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ON-AIR TALENT PLAY BY PLAY
Greg Sharpe
Football, Men’s Basketball, Baseball, Sports Nightly
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Men’s Basketball
Matt Coatney
Volleyball
Nate Rohr
Women’s Basketball
Football, Sports Nightly, Softball
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Josh Banderas
Lauren Cook
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Nick Handley Baseball
Football, Sports Nightly
Jake Muhlheisen
Brenden Stai
Steve Taylor
Football
Women’s Basketball
Men’s Basketball
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Matt Davison Football
Ben McLaughlin
Football
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THE OPENING DRIVE (5 hours before kickoff) The Husker Sports Network announcers and a panel of experts discuss everything going on with Nebraska Football and the latest in the college football world. HUSKER GAMEDAY (4 hours before kickoff) Ben McLaughlin and Brenden Stai give a thorough breakdown of the Husker matchup and the rest of the Big Ten Conference. COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF (2 hours before kickoff) Greg Sharpe chats with experts of both the Huskers and their opponent, while Matt Coatney updates the national college football scoreboard. SCOTT FROST PREGAME (45 minutes before kickoff) Coach Scott Frost shares his final thoughts about the day’s matchup with Greg Sharpe just before kickoff. PLAY-BY-PLAY Greg Sharpe and Matt Davison bring you all the excitement of Nebraska Football, while Ben McLaughlin adds insights from the Husker sideline. THE 5TH QUARTER Nate Rohr guides you through the highlights of the game and the college football scoreboard, while also hearing from Scott Frost in his postgame news conference. SCOTT FROST POSTGAME Coach Scott Frost discusses his immediate reaction to the game and the Huskers moving forward with Greg Sharpe in this exclusive postgame conversation. LOCKER ROOM SHOW Ben McLaughlin takes you inside the Nebraska locker room to get immediate reaction from Husker players. BIG RED REACTION Hear the reaction from other Husker fans as former All-American quarterback Steve Taylor and Matt Coatney take your calls.
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2018 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT
LOCATION
TIME
9/1
Akron
Memorial Stadium
7 p.m.
FOX
9/8
Colorado
Memorial Stadium
2:30 p.m.
ABC
9/15
Troy
Memorial Stadium
11 a.m.
BTN
9/22
Michigan
at Ann Arbor, Mich.
TBA
TBA
9/29
Purdue
Memorial Stadium
2:30 or 3 p.m.
TBA
10/6
Wisconsin
at Madison, Wis.
TBA
TBA
10/13
Northwestern
at Evanston, Ill.
11 a.m.
TBA
10/20
Minnesota
Memorial Stadium
TBA
TBA
11/3
Ohio State
at Columbus, Ohio
TBA
TBA
11/10
Illinois
Memorial Stadium
TBA
TBA
11/17
Michigan State
Memorial Stadium
TBA
TBA
11/23
Iowa
at Iowa City, Iowa
11 a.m.
FOX
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MEMORIAL STADIUM MAP
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Culture Center
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Harper Schramm Smith
Nebraska Union
Kauffman Center
U STREET
Anderson Hall
Q STREET
NSHS
S STREET
Wick Alumni Center
Fairfield
Benton
Seaton
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Reunion
University Housing
University Health Ctr.
Selleck Quad
Henzlik Hall
Teachers College
Charter Bus Parking
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Husker Village
Alexander Bldg.
Canfield Administration
Andrews Hall
Morrill Hall
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Utility Plant
Cook Pav ilion
Love Library
Van Brunt Visitor Center
Ross M.A.C
Burnett Hall
9 14th & Avery Parking Garage
Oldfather Hall
Bessey Hall
Temple
Hamilton Hall
Q Place Garage
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Lied Center
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Football Practice Field
Avery Hall
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Architecture Hall
Woods Hall
Ferguson Hall
Westbrook Music Bldg.
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Behlen Lab
Richards Hall
MEDIA
South Stadium
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Memorial Stadium
West Stadium
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Maintenance
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Cather Pound Neihardt
Husker Courtyards
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Math Comp.
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G.E. Bldg.
Business Svcs.
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Mail & Distribution Services
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2018 FOOTBALL OUTLOOK
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S P O R T S | Fall 2018
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With the dawn of the season upon us, Coach Scott Frost’s plan will be tested on the field
THE WAIT IS OVER BY NATE ROHR @RohrOfTheCrowd
The offseason honeymoon after Scott Frost’s hiring gives way to a season of unknowns. How quickly can the Nebraska offense adapt to Scott Frost’s new scheme? How quickly will the Blackshirts adjust to their third defensive coordinator in four years? And can a punchless Husker defense, which generated only 12 takeaways and 14 sacks, morph into a big-play defense like the one Erik Chinander ran at UCF (32 takeaways, 27 sacks last year)? Helping to answer those questions immediately will be a class of newcomers that includes five junior-college transfers.
QUARTERBACK
The questions start at quarterback. Redshirt freshman Tristan Gebbia and true freshman Adrian Martinez will battle throughout fall camp, and perhaps longer, for the right to lead the Husker offense. Gebbia, a pro-style quarterback, and the dual-threat Martinez, both ran the Red offense in the spring game. Martinez was one of the first prospects called by Frost after he was hired at Nebraska, while Gebbia was recruited by the prior staff. Frost has said little about how either ranks, and both will be a factor this season.
RUNNING BACK
Another wide-open race is at running back. Tre Bryant ran for nearly 300 yards in the first two games last season, but chronic knee problems ended his season early and kept him out of spring ball. Mikale Wilbon and Devine Ozigbo split starting duties after Bryant went down, but neither claimed the I-Back job definitively. Jaylin Bradley also got limited work as a freshman. Junior college transfer Greg Bell, who averaged six yards per carry at Arizona Western, was on campus this spring and will compete immediately.
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RECEIVERS
The Huskers are well-stocked at wide receiver, starting with Stanley Morgan Jr., who returns after setting a school record with 986 receiving yards last year. J.D. Spielman, who distinguished himself in his freshman year, could be a gamechanger in the new offense both as a receiver and ballcarrier. Tyjon Lindsey, who had a quiet freshman year, could be similarly dangerous. After redshirting with an injury as a true freshman, Jaevon McQuitty will look to emerge. At tight end, Jack Stoll, Kurt Rafdal and Austin Allen will battle to replace the graduated Tyler Hoppes.
OFFENSIVE LINE
A decent amount of experience returns on the O-Line, led by left guard Jerald Foster, who started all 12 games and served as a captain last year. Two-year starter Tanner Farmer returns at right guard, while Brenden Jaimes, who started nine games as a true freshman, moves from right tackle to left tackle to replace Nick Gates. Cole Conrad is expected to start at center after splitting the starting job with Michael Decker last year. Decker retired from football during the spring due to injuries.
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TROY
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PURDUE
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FOOTBALL OUTLOOK Carlos Davis
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DEFENSIVE LINE
All six players from last year’s D-Line twodeep return and are looking for increased production. The Huskers struggled both in controlling opponents on the ground (allowing 5.6 yards per carry) and slowing down their passing game (only 14 sacks). Ben Stille had 3.5 of those sacks at outside linebacker and will move to defensive end this year. Mick Stoltenberg anchors the middle after starting every game at nose tackle last year while serving as a team captain. Carlos Davis looks to build on last season at defensive end, where he totaled four tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
LINEBACKERS
Nebraska will have to replace the graduated Chris Weber, who led the team in tackles with 95. Junior college transfer Will Honas has made a strong case that he’ll be able to plug into that spot. The four-star prospect comes to Nebraska after making 96 tackles last year at Butler CC in Kansas. He’ll play alongside Dedrick Young II, who is only the fourth player in school history with 200 career tackles before his senior season. On the outside, another newcomer, Breon Dixon, is expected to make an immediate impact. Dixon transferred from Ole Miss after
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one year and received an NCAA waiver to play right away. He was a four-star recruit in Georgia. Luke Gifford will return to the other outside spot after missing the last five games and spring ball with a hip injury.
DEFENSIVE BACKS
Nebraska has big holes to fill in the secondary with the graduation of Joshua Kalu and the depature of Chris Jones. The Huskers have significant experience at safety, as Aaron Williams (48 tackles, two interceptions) and Antonio Reed (42 tackles, one interception) both return. Lamar Jackson is also back after starting the last two years at cornerback, but is still looking for his first career interception.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Two freshmen will battle to replace four-year starter Drew Brown at kicker. Cole Frahm, a redshirt freshman, will battle Barret Pickering, a true freshman who was in for spring, for the job. Caleb Lightbourn improved last year after an uneven freshman year at punter. J.D. Spielman returned a kick for a 99-yard touchdown in the opener, and could be a force returning kicks this year. The punt returner job is open after the graduation of De’Mornay Pierson-El.
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HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)
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PLAYER TO WATCH
DEDRICK YOUNG II | SR. | LB
A three-year starter at linebacker, Young is just the fourth player in school history with 200 tackles before his senior season. With a good year, Young could end his career in the top five in school history in career tackles. This season, the Huskers are looking for more big plays from Young, after he had one sack, four tackles for loss and no interceptions last year. AARON BABCOCK
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PLAYER TO WATCH
STANLEY MORGAN JR. SR. | WR
After setting a school record with 986 receiving yards, Morgan looks for a big senior season in 2018. He earned second-team All-Big Ten honors after snagging a career-high 61 catches with 10 touchdowns. He enters his last season at Nebraska with 1,743 receiving yards, just 238 yards from becoming the fifth receiver in school history with 2,000 career receiving yards and with the school career receiving yards record within reach. AARON BABCOCK
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PLAYER TO WATCH
JERALD FOSTER | SR. | OL
Foster has been a mainstay at left guard for the Huskers ever since Foster rushed back from what was thought to be a season-ending knee injury in 2016 to play in the final four games of that season. Last year, the Lincoln Southeast product was one of two offensive linemen to start all 12 games while serving as a team captain. AARON BABCOCK
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PLAYER TO WATCH
MICK STOLTENBERG | SR. | DL
Facing constant double-teams in the middle of the Husker defense, Stoltenberg held up for 12 games at nose tackle for the Huskers last season. The Gretna graduate ended the season with 33 tackles—more than doubling his output from his first two years—along with four tackles for loss. He’ll look to build on a great finale to last year: four tackles, two tackles for loss against Iowa. AARON BABCOCK
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PART OF THE PROCESS Greg Sharpe sits down with new head coach Scott Frost
GREG SHARPE: Do you feel settled here yet, or does that take a full year to go through a cycle? SCOTT FROST: It’s a process kind of like getting our team better is a process. Anytime you move there’s a lot of complications that go along with that. Everybody is family here and we feel comfortable here. Kind of like the team continuing to improve, our quality of life and our comfort will continue to improve. GS: How’s the work ethic of the team? Do you see a difference from early on as you approach the season? SF: There’s definitely been improvement. I’m thrilled with the buy-in of the team and effort in the weight room, on the field, and in the classroom. The new guys are going to buy in to what we’re doing sometimes faster, because they won’t know a different way. We’re getting the older guys to change their habits and start having them work the way we want them to and both those things take a bit of time. GS: Earlier in the summer you had a chance to go out and visit communities around the state and get a sense of the passion and excitement. Did that hit home or surprise you? SF: I knew the passion was here, but the enthusiasm even surprised me. I can’t tell you how great of a reception we’ve gotten from the state. We’re thrilled to have a part in trying to make Nebraska what it should be again, and like I’ve said a bunch of times, it’s
going to be a process, but I know we have the state of Nebraska behind us. GS: How do you approach this daunting 2018 schedule? SF: We try not to look at the big picture. We want to look at what’s right in front of us. Right now, what’s in front of us is summer conditioning and summer school and making sure we are doing well in those areas. This is a good league. It’s going to be tough every year. Year one was going to be tough no matter what, as guys are figuring out our way of doing things. It’s going to be an even bigger challenge with the schedule we have. This year is going to be the first giant step on the way to something bigger. GS: Some rule changes for college football, one being that freshmen can play up to four games and save some eligibility. Do you like the rule and how do think you’re going to manage it? SF: I think the NCAA got this one right. We’re going to have a meeting as we get toward fall camp on how we want to handle it. A lot of the decisions won’t be made until after fall camp of who’s going to play full time as a freshman. The great thing is the ones that may or may not be ready to contribute their freshman year right away, still have an opportunity to play if they develop later in the year. We’ll still be able to use all the kids for depth and special teams and for them to get their feet wet with what college football games are like.
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GS: Will this rule help keep players engaged and motivated all of fall? SF: It keeps guys engaged, keeps guys working their freshman year. It’ll help if we have any injuries. I want us to be smart in how we use it, but we’re smart if every one of our freshmen touches the field and gets a taste of college football. GS: Do you have the practice schedule figured out, when and what time of day you’re going to practice? SF: We’re practicing in the mornings. We are going to be a morning operation. Time will continue to adjust as we get that settled, but that helps our team be at its best, getting practice over with in the morning. We are
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working with our student athletes’ schedules to make sure that’s possible, but I really believe in it and what it can help our team do. GS: You are the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Has there been a moment where it has hit you that you now occupy this chair? SF: For the most part we just keep our heads down and do our work. It’s not often that you come up and smell the roses but walking out of the tunnel for the spring game and being back in that stadium brought back a lot of memories for me. We have a monumental task in front of us to try to resurrect and reignite this program, and we have everything we need to do it now it’s up to us to put in the hard work to get it there.
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FOOTBALL ASSISTANT COACHES ERIK CHINANDER, Defensive Coordinator
The Blackshirts have struggled to generate turnovers, averaging only 17.4 takeaways per season since 2013. Erik Chinander seems equipped to turn that around, since his UCF defenses forced 58 turnovers in his two seasons as defensive coordinator. Chinander has coached nine years at four different stops with Scott Frost. He played college football at Iowa.
TROY WALTERS, Offensive Coordinator Troy Walters brings a decorated resume as a player and coach to the offensive coordinator job at Nebraska. While at Stanford, Walters totaled 4,047 career receiving yards and 26 career touchdown catches, winning the Biletnikoff Award as a senior in 1999. He then played eight years in the NFL and had 98 career catches. As a coach, Walters was a Broyles Award finalist after coordinating the top scoring offense in college football last season.
GREG AUSTIN, Offensive Line
Greg Austin started for the 2006 Huskers that won the Big 12 North Championship and played in the Cotton Bowl. He met Scott Frost in 2010 as a graduate assistant for the Ducks. After following Chip Kelly to the Eagles for three seasons, Frost hired Austin to coach the offensive line at UCF.
SEAN BECKTON, Tight Ends
Scott Frost’s first recruiting job was not for a future Husker, but rather for a coach. Despite playing at UCF, then coaching 19 years for the Knights, Beckton was persuaded to come to Nebraska. He’s already made a huge impact in recruiting, helping the Huskers pull several prospects from Florida and Georgia.
MIKE DAWSON, Defensive Line Mike Dawson is making the most of a second chance at coaching. After 14 years as a college coach, Dawson worked as an athletic director at a high school in Massachusetts. An old colleague, Chip Kelly, offered him a job with the Eagles. After three years with the Eagles, Frost hired Dawson as UCF’s D-Line coach. The Knights forced 58 turnovers and scored nine defensive touchdowns in two years.
JOVAN DEWITT, Outside LBs/Special Teams
Jovan DeWitt is smart enough to be a rocket scientist. Literally. After graduating from Northern Michigan with degrees in physics and mathematics, DeWitt turned down a job offer from NASA to coach. DeWitt succeeded Scott Frost as UNI’s defensive coordinator, and helped the Panthers to two playoff appearances in three years. After coaching at Florida Atlantic and Army, Frost hired DeWitt at UCF, where DeWitt coached linebackers and served as special teams coordinator.
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FOOTBALL ASSISTANT COACHES TRAVIS FISHER, Defensive Backs
Travis Fisher uses his experience from nine years as an NFL defensive back to coach Husker DBs. Playing alongside Hall of Famer Aeneas Williams, Fisher piled up 341 tackles and nine interceptions, including four pick-sixes. A UCF graduate, Fisher spent four of his first five years as a coach at his alma mater. In his last two seasons with the Knights, UCF picked off 35 passes, fifth in the nation.
RYAN HELD, Running Backs
A former Husker walk-on, Ryan Held has brought a dogged approach to the recruiting trail in helping Nebraska restock the talent on the roster. Held played for the 1994 and 1995 national champions, then served as an undergraduate assistant coach for the 1997 champions. Held collected another national title ring as a graduate assistant at Tennessee in 1998. After 12 years as a head coach at the Division II, NAIA and junior college levels, Frost hired Held at UCF to help direct the Knights’ high-powered offense.
BARRETT RUUD, Inside Linebackers
Nebraska’s school record holder with 432 tackles, Ruud returns to a program for which his father, uncle and great-grandfather played. A third-team All-American for the Huskers in 2004, Ruud broke Jerry Murtaugh’s school record for career tackles, then played eight years in the NFL for Tampa Bay, Tennessee, New Orleans and Houston. Ruud began his coaching career in 2016 as a quality control administrator for UCF. This is his first full-fledged coaching job.
MARIO VERDUZCO, Quarterbacks
The most veteran member of the Husker staff, Mario Verduzco brings 41 years of coaching experience to the table as he works with Nebraska QBs. His work with McKenzie Milton at UCF may have been his best. Milton directed a Knights offense that was the top scoring offense in the country in 2017, as Milton threw for 4,037 passing yards and 37 touchdowns. Frost and Verduzco crossed paths at UNI, where Verduzco coached quarterbacks from 2001-2014.
ZACH DUVAL, Strength & Conditioning
The Huskers have already made massive strides in the weight room thanks to the aggressive program of Zach Duval, Nebraska’s new strength and conditioning coach. Duval brings a deep background in Husker Power, as he worked 10 years and for three national championship football teams at Nebraska. After working as an assistant at Nebraska, Duval became the head strength coach at Buffalo, then spent two years at Wyoming before going with Frost to UCF in 2016. Football Scoop named him the Strength & Conditioning Coach of the Year in 2017.
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AKRON at Lincoln Sept. 1 FAST FACTS Head Coach.......................Terry Bowden Location................................. Akron, Ohio Distance from Lincoln...............873 miles Stadium....... Infocision Stadium (30,000) 2017 Attendance..................19,569 (avg.) Joined MAC.......................................1992 MAC Football Titles................................. 1 FB National Titles.............................None School Colors...........................Blue, Gold NU’s record against.............................1-0 2017 RESULTS 9/2............................. at Penn State, 0-52 9/9................... Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 52-3 9/16................................ Iowa State, 14-41 9/23.....................................at Troy, 17-22 9/30...................at Bowling Green, 34-23 10/7................................... Ball State, 31-3 10/15.............. at Western Michigan, 14-13 10/21................................at Toledo, 21-48 10/28..................................Buffalo, 21-20 11/7............................at Miami (OH), 14-24 11/14........................................Ohio, 37-34 11/21...............................Kent State, 24-14 2018 SCHEDULE 9/1..........................................at Nebraska 9/8.......................................Morgan State 9/15................................. at Northwestern 9/22..................................... at Iowa State 10/6......................................... Miami (OH) 10/13..........................................at Buffalo 10/20....................................at Kent State 10/27..............................Central Michigan 11/1...................................Northern Illinois 11/10.......................... at Eastern Michigan 11/17.................................. Bowling Green 11/23..................................................Ohio LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017......................... 7-7......................6-2 2016........................5-7......................3-5 2015........................8-5......................5-3 2014.........................5-7......................3-5 2013.........................5-7......................4-4
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ABOUT THE ZIPS Akron won the MAC East for the first time in 12 seasons, but the season ended with a thud, as the Zips were throttled in the MAC Championship Game by Toledo, 45-28, then blasted by Florida Atlantic in the Boca Raton Bowl, 50-3. After the suspension of starting quarterback Thomas Woodson, Kato Nelson moved into the starting role and led Akron to a 37-34 win over Ohio that put the Zips in the drivers’ seat for the division title. Nelson threw for 989 yards and eight touchdowns last year as a freshman. Little else returns for Akron on offense. Only four starters, including three offensive linemen, return from an offense that was 108th in scoring offense in the country last year. Nine starters return from an opportunistic Zips defense that helped Akron rank 19th in the country in turnover margin (+10). Senior linebacker Ulysees Gilbert, a first-team All-MAC performer last year, keys the defense. He led the team in tackles (140) and sacks (5), while also compiling 9.5 tackles for loss and three interceptions.
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COLORADO at Lincoln Sept. 8 FAST FACTS Head Coach.....................Mike Maclntyre Location..............................Boulder, Colo. Distance from Lincoln.............. 500 miles Stadium..................Folsom Field (53,613) 2017 Attendance................. 47,056 (avg.) Joined Pac-12.................................... 2011 Pac-12 Football Titles.......................None FB National Titles............................. 1990 School Colors.........................Black, Gold NU’s record against..................... 49-18-2 2017 RESULTS 9/1.............................Colorado State, 17-3 9/9.................................Texas State, 37-3 9/16...................Northern Colorado, 41-21 9/23.............................Washington, 10-37 9/30..................................at UCLA, 23-27 10/7....................................Arizona, 42-45 10/14.................... at Oregon State, 36-33 10/21............... at Washington State, 0-28 10/28............................. California, 44-28 11/4........................at Arizona State, 30-41 11/11.........................................USC, 24-38 11/25.......................................Utah, 13-34 2018 SCHEDULE 8/31................................... Colorado State 9/8.........................................at Nebraska 9/15................................. New Hampshire 9/28................................................. UCLA 10/6......................................Arizona State 10/13.............................................. at USC 10/20................................. at Washington 10/27....................................Oregon State 11/2........................................... at Arizona 11/10..........................at Washington State 11/17...................................................Utah 11/24......................................at California LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017.........................5-7......................2-7 2016...................... 10-4......................8-1 2015........................ 4-9.......................1-8 2014.........................2-10....................0-8 2013......................... 4-8.......................1-8
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ABOUT THE BUFFALOES After winning the Pac-12 South in 2016, Colorado regressed to 5-7, its 11th losing season in the last 12 for the Buffaloes. Colorado started the year 3-0, but lost seven of nine to end the season. The departure of running back Phillip Lindsay leaves a big hole in Colorado’s offense. Lindsay set a school record with 301 carries, while rushing for 1,474 yards and 14 touchdowns. Virginia Tech transfer Travon McMillian will get the first shot to replace him. Steven Montez returns for his second season at quarterback. He also saw significant time in 2016. Montez hit 60.5 percent of his passes last year while throwing for 2,975 yards and 18 touchdowns. Colorado struggled against the run last year, allowing 5.23 yards per carry and 208 yards per game. Six returning starters, including four in the front seven, will try to be stronger in run defense. The secondary took a hit when Isaiah Oliver declared a year early for the NFL Draft. Oliver broke up 13 passes and had two interceptions last year.
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TROY at Lincoln Sept. 15 FAST FACTS Head Coach.......................... Neal Brown Location......................................Troy, Ala. Distance from Lincoln.............1,081 miles Stadium....... Veterans Memorial (30,402) 2017 Attendance.................24,456 (avg.) Joined Sun Belt................................2005 Sun Belt Football Titles.......................... 6 FB National Titles............................ None School Colors...................Cardinal, Silver NU’s record against............................4-0 2017 RESULTS 9/2............................ at Boise State 13-24 9/9............................Alabama State, 34-7 9/16...................New Mexico State, 27-24 9/23...................................... Akron, 22-17 9/30..................................... at LSU, 24-17 10/11.........................South Alabama, 8-19 10/21..................... at Georgia State 34-10 10/28.................Georgia Southern, 38-16 11/2....................................... Idaho, 24-21 11/11.................. at Coastal Carolina, 42-17 11/24............................. Texas State, 62-9 12/2....................... Arkansas State, 32-25 12/16......N Texas, 50-30 (New Orleans Bowl) 2018 SCHEDULE 9/1........................................... Boise State 9/8.........................................Florida A&M 9/15........................................at Nebraska 9/22......................... at Louisiana Monroe 9/29................................Coastal Carolina 10/4..................................... Georgia State 10/13.......................................... at Liberty 10/23............................at South Alabama 11/3.............................Louisiana Lafayette 11/10..........................at Georgia Southern 11/17........................................ Texas State 11/24........................at Appalachian State LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017........................ 11-2...................... 7-1 2016...................... 10-3......................6-2 2015........................ 4-8......................3-5 2014......................... 3-9......................3-5 2013.........................6-6......................4-3
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ABOUT THE TROJANS Troy won seven games in a row to wrap up a share of the Sun Belt Championship last year. The Trojans are a combined 21-5 the last two seasons. There will be a new quarterback running the Troy offense after the graduation of four-year starter Brandon Silvers. Neither Kaleb Barker nor Sawyer Smith has stepped forward to take over as starting QB, and they’ll be competing with three-star freshman Gunnar Watson for the job when fall camp starts. The Trojans also lost their top two running backs, but Jamarius Henderson, who averaged 7.9 yards per carry last season in limited work, would seem like a solid option to replace them. Troy’s defense was one of the stingiest in the country last year, ranking 11th in scoring defense, seventh in rush defense and 24th in total defense. Six starters return from that unit. Linebackers Tron Folsom and Hunter Reese set the tone for the Trojans. Folsom led the team with 80 tackles, while Reese racked up 14.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks.
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MICHIGAN at Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept. 22 FAST FACTS Head Coach.......................Jim Harbaugh Location..........................Ann Arbor, Mich. Distance from Lincoln...............750 miles Stadium........ Michigan Stadium (107,601) 2017 Attendance.................111,589 (avg.) Joined Big Ten...................................1896 Big Ten Football Titles.......................... 42 FB National Titles.................... 1948, 1997 School Colors.........................Maize, Blue NU’s record against..........................4-4-1 2017 RESULTS 9/2........................................Florida 33-17 9/9..................................Cincinnati, 36-14 9/16..................................Air Force, 29-13 9/23................................at Purdue, 28-10 10/7......................... Michigan State, 10-14 10/14...................... at Indiana, 27-20 (OT) 10/21..........................at Penn State 13-42 10/28.................................Rutgers, 35-14 11/4................................ Minnesota, 33-10 11/11............................. at Maryland, 35-10 11/18...........................at Wisconsin, 10-24 11/25............................. Ohio State, 20-31 1/1..South Carolina, 19-26 (Outback Bowl) 2018 SCHEDULE 9/1......................................at Notre Dame 9/8............................... Western Michigan 9/15....................................................SMU 9/22...........................................Nebraska 9/29................................ at Northwestern 10/6............................................ Maryland 10/13......................................... Wisconsin 10/20............................ at Michigan State 11/3...........................................Penn State 11/10..........................................at Rutgers 11/17.............................................. Indiana 11/24.................................... at Ohio State LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017.........................8-5......................5-4 2016...................... 10-3...................... 7-2 2015...................... 10-3......................6-2 2014.........................5-7......................3-5 2013......................... 7-6......................3-5
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ABOUT THE WOLVERINES A struggling Michigan offense got a shot of life from the NCAA in May when Ole Miss-transfer quarterback Shea Patterson was ruled immediately eligible for the 2018 season. In seven games last year, Patterson threw for 2,259 yards and 17 touchdowns for Ole Miss. The Wolverines offense was one of the worst in the country, sitting 105th in the NCAA in total offense and 91st in the country in scoring offense. Offensive coordinator Tim Drevno was fired and no new offensive coordinator has officially been named. While Michigan’s passing game struggled mightily (nine touchdowns, 10 interceptions), the run game was solid and will likely improve this year. Running backs Karan Higdon and Chris Evans, who combined for 1,679 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns return, as do three starters on the offensive line. The Wolverines defense has been ferocious under defensive coordinator Don Brown, and this year is likely no different. Michigan returns eight starters on defense, including the entire defensive backfield that led the nation in passing defense. Khaleke Hudson (eight sacks) and All-American Devin Bush (100 tackles) anchor a linebacker corps expected to lead the Michigan defense.
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PURDUE at Lincoln Sept. 29 FAST FACTS Head Coach............................Jeff Brohm Location.................... West Lafayette, Ind. Distance from Lincoln.............. 520 miles Stadium........Ross-Ade Stadium (62,500) 2017 Attendance..................47,884 (avg.) Joined Big Ten...................................1896 Big Ten Football Titles............................ 8 FB National Titles.............................None School Colors.................. Old Gold, Black NU’s record against............................ 4-2 2017 RESULTS 9/2..................................Louisville, 25-38 9/8.......................................... Ohio, 44-21 9/16.................................... Missouri, 35-3 9/23.................................Michigan, 10-28 10/7.................................Minnesota, 31-17 10/14............................ at Wisconsin, 9-17 10/21...............................at Rutgers, 12-14 10/28............................. Nebraska, 24-25 11/4.......................................Illinois, 29-10 11/11...................... at Northwestern, 13-23 11/18....................................at Iowa, 24-15 11/25...................................Indiana, 31-24 12/27...... Arizona, 38-35 (Foster Farms Bowl) 2018 SCHEDULE 8/30.................................... Northwestern 9/8................................ Eastern Michigan 9/15..............................................Missouri 9/22..................................Boston College 9/29.......................................at Nebraska 10/13...........................................at Illinois 10/20....................................... Ohio State 10/27............................. at Michigan State 11/3.....................................................Iowa 11/10..................................... at Minnesota 11/17.......................................... Wisconsin 11/24......................................... at Indiana LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017......................... 7-6......................4-5 2016........................ 3-9.......................1-8 2015........................2-10....................2-5 2014......................... 3-9.......................1-7 2013..........................1-11.....................0-8
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ABOUT THE BOILERMAKERS After winning eight games combined the three years prior, Purdue won seven games, including the Foster Farms Bowl, in Jeff Brohm’s first season as head coach. Purdue won despite both quarterbacks battling injuries. David Blough suffered a seasonending ankle injury Nov. 4, while Elijah Sindelar played the last three games with a torn ACL. Both return this year. The offensive line returns plenty of experience. Four of five starters return, led by senior center Kirk Barron and left guard Shane Evans. The Boilermakers were solid on defense last year, ranking 24th in the country in scoring defense, but only four starters return from the unit. The biggest defensive loss is linebacker Ja’Whaun Bentley, who led the team with 97 tackles. Middle linebacker Markus Bailey (89 tackles and seven sacks) is the top returner.
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WISCONSIN at Madison, Wisc. Oct. 6 FAST FACTS Head Coach........................... Paul Chryst Location............................ Madison, Wisc. Distance from Lincoln...............483 miles Stadium................Camp Randall (80,321) 2017 Attendance................. 78,824 (avg.) Joined Big Ten...................................1896 Big Ten Football Titles........................... 14 FB National Titles.............................None School Colors..........................Red, White NU’s record against............................ 4-8 2017 RESULTS 9/1................................. Utah State, 59-10 9/9.......................... Florida Atlantic, 31-14 9/16.......................................at BYU, 40-6 9/30.........................Northwestern, 33-24 10/7............................. at Nebraska, 38-17 10/14..................................... Purdue, 17-9 10/21............................... Maryland, 38-13 10/28...............................at Illinois, 24-10 11/4..................................at Indiana, 45-17 11/11.........................................Iowa, 42-17 11/18.................................Michigan, 24-10 11/25........................... at Minnesota, 31-0 12/2......... Ohio State, 21-27 (B10 Champ.) 12/30...........Miami, 34-24 (Orange Bowl) 2018 SCHEDULE 8/31.............................. Western Kentucky 9/8........................................ New Mexico 9/15.....................................................BYU 9/22...............................................at Iowa 10/6............................................Nebraska 10/13.......................................at Michigan 10/20.............................................. Illinois 10/27............................... at Northwestern 11/3................................................Rutgers 11/10.....................................at Penn State 11/17...........................................at Purdue 11/24........................................ Minnesota LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017........................13-1......................9-0 2016....................... 11-3...................... 7-2 2015...................... 10-3......................6-2 2014........................ 11-3...................... 7-2 2013.........................9-4...................... 7-2
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ABOUT THE BADGERS The Badgers may have their best offensive line in school history. Three All-Americans — left guard Michael Deiter, right guard Beau Benzschawel and right tackle David Edwards-return — to a Wisconsin O-Line that brings back all five starters. Running behind that offensive line will be Heisman Trophy candidate Jonathan Taylor, who ran for 1,977 yards and 13 touchdowns last year. He finished sixth in the Heisman voting last year as a freshman. Alex Hornibrook prepares for his third year as starting quarterback needing to take better care of the ball. Last year, he hit 62.5% of his passes with 25 touchdowns, but also threw 15 interceptions. Wisconsin ranked in the top-five nationally in all four major categories (rushing defense, passing defense, total defense and scoring defense), but only three starters return. Despite losing most of last year’s starting defense, last year’s top two tacklers return. Linebackers Ryan Connelly (88 tackles) and T.J. Edwards (81 tackles, four interceptions) will pace an inexperienced Badgers defense.
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NORTHWESTERN at Evanston, Ill. Oct. 13 FAST FACTS Head Coach....................... Pat Fitzgerald Location................................Evanston, Ill. Distance from Lincoln...............475 miles Stadium.......................Ryan Field (47,130) 2017 Attendance.................35,853 (avg.) Joined Big Ten...................................1896 Big Ten Football Titles............................ 8 FB National Titles.............................None School Colors.................................Purple NU’s record against............................ 7-4 2017 RESULTS 9/2.....................................Nevada, 31-20 9/9...................................... at Duke, 17-41 9/16.......................... Bowling Green, 49-7 9/30.......................... at Wisconsin, 33-24 10/7................................. Penn State, 31-7 10/14............................at Maryland, 37-21 10/21................................ Iowa, 17-10 (OT) 10/28............Michigan State, 39-31 (3OT) 11/4...................... at Nebraska, 31-24 (OT) 11/11.....................................Purdue, 23-13 11/18................................Minnesota, 39-0 11/25......................................Illinois, 42-7 12/29....... Kentucky, 24-23 (Music City Bowl) 2018 SCHEDULE 8/30...........................................at Purdue 9/8....................................................Duke 9/15..................................................Akron 9/29............................................Michigan 10/6............................... at Michigan State 10/13..........................................Nebraska 10/20........................................at Rutgers 10/27......................................... Wisconsin 11/3.........................................Notre Dame 11/10...............................................at Iowa 11/17..................................... at Minnesota 11/24............................................... Illinois LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017....................... 10-3...................... 7-2 2016........................ 7-6......................5-4 2015...................... 10-3......................6-2 2014.........................5-7......................3-4 2013.........................5-7.......................1-7
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ABOUT THE WILDCATS Northwestern has the best home schedule in the country. The Wildcats entertain Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Notre Dame at Ryan Field this season. If he’s healthy, quarterback Clayton Thorson could be one of the top signal-callers in the Big Ten. Thorson has 7,548 pass yards and 44 touchdowns in his career, but had knee surgery in January and may not be ready for the start of the season. The Wildcats will have to replace running back Justin Jackson, who paced the offense with 1,311 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. Jeremy Larkin, who averaged an explosive 6.0 yards a rush on 84 carries, will have the first shot at it. An already tough Northwestern rush defense should be even tougher this year. After ranking ninth in the country in rush defense last year, the Wildcats return five starters from last year’s front seven. Northwestern’s season-ending eight-game winning streak was keyed by taking better care of the ball. After committing 12 turnovers while starting 2-3, the Wildcats gave it away just six times over the final eight games of the season.
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MINNESOTA at Lincoln Oct. 20 FAST FACTS Head Coach.............................. P.J. Fleck Location......................Minneapolis, Minn. Distance from Lincoln...............435 miles Stadium........TCF Bank Stadium (50,805) 2017 Attendance................. 44,358 (avg.) Joined Big Ten...................................1896 Big Ten Football Titles...........................18 FB National Titles.....1936, 1940, 1941, 1960 School Colors..................... Maroon, Gold NU’s record against.....................24-32-2 2017 RESULTS 8/31........................................Buffalo, 17-7 9/9........................at Oregon State, 48-14 9/16.....................Middle Tennessee, 34-3 9/30................................ Maryland, 24-31 10/7..................................at Purdue, 17-31 10/14......................Michigan State, 27-30 10/21.....................................Illinois, 24-17 10/28.................................. at Iowa, 10-17 11/4...................................Michigan, 10-33 11/11.................................Nebraska, 54-21 11/18...................... at Northwestern, 0-39 11/25................................ Wisconsin, 0-31 2018 SCHEDULE 8/30............................. New Mexico State 9/8........................................Fresno State 9/15......................................... Miami (OH) 9/22....................................... at Maryland 10/6....................................................Iowa 10/13.................................... at Ohio State 10/20.....................................at Nebraska 10/26............................................ Indiana 11/3..............................................at Illinois 11/10...............................................Purdue 11/17.................................... Northwestern 11/24.....................................at Wisconsin LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017.........................5-7......................2-7 2016........................9-4......................5-4 2015........................6-7......................2-6 2014.........................8-5......................5-3 2013.........................8-5......................4-4
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ABOUT THE GOLDEN GOPHERS Minnesota returns no experience at quarterback. Conor Rhoda graduated, while Demry Croft, who ran for 183 yards and three touchdowns against Nebraska, transferred to Tennessee State. Running back Rodney Smith enters the season 1,260 yards from setting the school record for career all-purpose yards. Left tackle Donnell Greene anchors a solid offensive line that returns three starters. Minnesota ranked third in the Big Ten in rushing and fifth in sacks allowed. After missing most of last year with a hamstring injury, safety Antoine Winfield, Jr., returns. He was a Freshman All-American in 2016 with 52 tackles and an interception but went down in the conference opener. Middle linebacker Thomas Barber anchors a Gopher defense that returns seven starters. In his first year as a starter, Barber led Minnesota with 115 tackles.
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OHIO STATE at Columbus, Ohio Nov. 3 FAST FACTS Head Coach........................ Urban Meyer Location.......................... Columbus, Ohio Distance from Lincoln............... 815 miles Stadium...............Ohio Stadium (104,944) 2017 Attendance................ 107,495 (avg.) Joined Big Ten................................... 1912 Big Ten Football Titles.......................... 34 FB National Titles......'42, '54, '57, '68, '02, '14 School Colors.......................Scarlet, Gray NU’s record against.............................1-4 2017 RESULTS 8/31................................ at Indiana, 49-21 9/9..................................Oklahoma, 16-31 9/16.......................................... Army, 38-7 9/23....................................... UNLV, 54-21 9/30................................at Rutgers, 56-0 10/7................................. Maryland, 62-14 10/14...........................at Nebraska, 56-14 10/28........................... Penn State, 39-38 11/4.....................................at Iowa, 24-55 11/11.........................Michigan State, 42-17 11/18..................................... Illinois, 52-14 11/25............................at Michigan, 31-20 12/2..........Wisconsin, 27-21 (B10 Champ.) 12/29................. USC, 24-7 (Cotton Bowl) 2018 SCHEDULE 9/1........................................Oregon State 9/8................................................Rutgers 9/15.....................................................TCU 9/22................................................Tulane 9/29.....................................at Penn State 10/6............................................... Indiana 10/13........................................ Minnesota 10/20.........................................at Purdue 11/3.............................................Nebraska 11/10.............................. at Michigan State 11/17....................................... at Maryland 11/24...........................................Michigan LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017........................13-2......................9-1 2016....................... 11-2......................8-1 2015.......................12-1...................... 7-1 2014........................14-1......................8-0 2013........................12-2......................8-0
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ABOUT THE BUCKEYES Three-year captain and four-year starting QB J.T. Barrett graduated after setting Big Ten records for passing touchdowns (104), total touchdowns (147) and total offense (12,697 yards). But Dwayne Haskins made his case to start after leading OSU to a win at Michigan. Taking the heat off Haskins will be running back J.K. Dobbins, who churned out 1,403 rushing yards while gaining 7.2 yards per carry as a freshman. Backup Mike Weber is also proven. OSU also returns its top seven receivers. K.J. Hill (56 catches, 549 yards, three touchdowns) and Parris Campbell (40 catches, 584 yards, three touchdowns) headline an explosive group. The biggest question defensively is the linebacker corps. The lone returning starter, middle linebacker Tuf Borland, will miss the start of fall camp with an Achilles injury. Nick Bosa paces a big-play defensive line that helped Ohio State lead the nation with 114 tackles for loss. Bosa led the team with 8.5 sacks as a sophomore.
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ILLINOIS at Lincoln, Nov. 10 FAST FACTS Head Coach...........................Lovie Smith Location...............Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Distance from Lincoln.............. 450 miles Stadium........ Memorial Stadium (60,670) 2017 Attendance................. 39,429 (avg.) Joined Big Ten...................................1896 Big Ten Football Titles...........................15 FB National Titles.............................None School Colors...................... Orange, Blue NU’s record against.........................11-3-1 2017 RESULTS 9/2.................................. Ball State, 24-21 9/9......................Western Kentucky, 20-7 9/15...................... at South Florida, 23-47 9/29................................. Nebraska, 6-28 10/7.....................................at Iowa, 16-45 10/14................................. Rutgers, 24-35 10/21..........................at Minnesota, 17-24 10/28............................. Wisconsin, 10-24 11/4..................................at Purdue, 10-29 11/11.....................................Indiana, 14-24 11/18.......................... at Ohio State, 14-52 11/25..........................Northwestern, 7-42 2018 SCHEDULE 9/1.............................................Kent State 9/8....................................Western Illinois 9/15......................................South Florida 9/2...........................................Penn State 10/6...........................................at Rutgers 10/13..............................................Purdue 10/20....................................at Wisconsin 10/27...................................... at Maryland 11/3........................................... Minnesota 11/10.......................................at Nebraska 11/17...................................................Iowa 11/24................................... Northwestern LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017.........................2-10....................0-9 2016........................ 3-9......................2-7 2015........................5-7......................2-6 2014.........................6-7......................3-5 2013......................... 4-8......................3-5
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ABOUT THE FIGHTING ILLINI Illinois has struggled in conference play under Lovie Smith. In his two years as coach, the Fighting Illini are 2-16 in the Big Ten, including a winless showing last year. The picture got worse for Illinois as the season went along. Not only did the Illini lose the last 10 games of the season, Illinois lost the final five games by a combined score of 171-55. With both Chayce Crouch and Jeff George, Jr., leaving the program, Illinois had only one scholarship quarterback for spring ball: sophomore Cam Thomas. Former Husker AJ Bush and three freshmen will compete with Thomas in fall camp for the starting QB job. Trying to spark a struggling offense, Smith fired offensive coordinator Garrick McGee, replacing him with Rod Smith. Illinois was last in the Big Ten in scoring and next-to-last in total offense. Senior middle linebacker Del’Shawn Phillips returns after leading the team with 85 tackles. Last year’s starting secondary also returns for an Illinois pass defense that ranked 34th in the country.
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MICHIGAN STATE at Lincoln Nov. 17 FAST FACTS Head Coach..................... Mark Dantonio Location..................... East Lansing, Mich. Distance from Lincoln...............720 miles Stadium...........Spartan Stadium (75,005) 2017 Attendance................. 72,485 (avg.) Joined Big Ten...................................1949 Big Ten Football Titles............................ 8 FB National Titles....................1952, 1965 School Colors....... Dark Green and White NU’s record against:...........................8-2 2017 RESULTS 9/2......................... Bowling Green, 35-10 9/9.................... Western Michigan, 28-14 9/23............................Notre Dame, 18-38 9/30.........................................Iowa, 17-10 10/7.............................. at Michigan, 14-10 10/14.........................at Minnesota, 30-27 10/21.....................................Indiana, 17-9 10/28................... at Northwestern, 31-39 11/4................................Penn State, 27-24 11/11.............................at Ohio State, 3-48 11/18................................... Maryland, 17-7 11/25....................................Rutgers, 40-7 12/28.......... Wash. St., 42-17 (Holiday Bowl) 2018 SCHEDULE 8/31.......................................... Utah State 9/8...................................at Arizona State 9/22.......................................... at Indiana 9/29...............................Central Michigan 10/6..................................... Northwestern 10/13....................................at Penn State 10/20..........................................Michigan 10/27..............................................Purdue 11/3......................................... at Maryland 11/10......................................... Ohio State 11/17.......................................at Nebraska 11/24.............................................Rutgers LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017........................ 11-3...................... 7-2 2016........................ 3-9.......................1-8 2015.......................12-2...................... 7-1 2014........................ 11-2...................... 7-1 2013........................13-1......................8-0
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ABOUT THE SPARTANS Nineteen starters return from a team that rebounded from a 3-9 season in 2016 to go 10-3 last year. Michigan State has won 10 games or more in four of the last five seasons. The vast majority of the Spartans’ offensive production returns. 100 percent of its passing yards, 100 percent of its receiving yards and 76 percent of its rushing yards return. Quarterback Brian Lewerke returns after a breakout sophomore season in which he threw for 2,793 yards, 20 touchdowns and nine interceptions. Nine starters return from a defense that was second in the country against the run, allowing only 95.3 yards per game. MSU ranked seventh in the nation in total defense and 19th in the country in scoring defense. The Spartans could be especially tough against the pass this season. The entire starting secondary returns from last year, including free safety David Dowell, who led the team with five interceptions.
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IOWA at Iowa City Nov. 23 FAST FACTS Head Coach..........................Kirk Ferentz Location............................Iowa City, Iowa Distance from Lincoln.............. 300 miles Stadium............Kinnick Stadium (70,585) 2017 Attendance................. 66,337 (avg.) Joined Big Ten...................................1899 Big Ten Football Titles............................11 FB National Titles................. 1958 (FWAA) School Colors.........................Black, Gold NU’s record against..................... 29-15-2 2017 RESULTS 9/2....................................Wyoming, 24-3 9/9.....................at Iowa State, 44-41 (OT) 9/16.............................. North Texas, 31-14 9/23...............................Penn State, 19-21 9/30.................... at Michigan State, 10-17 10/7...................................... Illinois, 45-16 10/21..............at Northwestern, 10-17 (OT) 10/28............................. Minnesota, 17-10 11/4................................Ohio State, 55-24 11/11............................ at Wisconsin, 14-38 11/18....................................Purdue, 15-24 12/2............................ at Nebraska, 56-24 12/27.....Boston College, 27-20 (Pinstripe Bowl) 2018 SCHEDULE 9/1....................................................... NIU 9/8........................................... Iowa State 9/15.................................... Northern Iowa 9/22.......................................... Wisconsin 10/6...................................... at Minnesota 10/4..................................... Georgia State 10/13......................................... at Indiana 10/20......................................... Maryland 10/27....................................at Penn State 11/3.............................................at Purdue 11/17............................................at Illinois 11/23..................................................Iowa LAST 5 YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017.........................8-5......................4-5 2016........................8-5......................6-3 2015.......................12-2......................8-0 2014......................... 7-6......................4-4 2013.........................8-5......................5-3
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ABOUT THE HAWKEYES Kirk Ferentz enters the 2018 season tied with Hayden Fry for most wins by an Iowa coach with 143 career wins. Ferentz begins his 20th season, tying Fry for longest tenured Hawkeye coach. Omaha South graduate Noah Fant could garner All-America attention at tight end. Of Fant’s 30 receptions last season, 11 were for touchdowns. Keegan Render will be expected to anchor an Iowa offensive line needing to replace two All-Big Ten performers. Last year, Render started nine games at right guard and three at left guard after starting the season opener at center. Iowa has to replace two All-Americans on defense – linebacker Josey Jewell (433 career tackles) and cornerback Josh Jackson (8 career interceptions). Only four starters return on defense, including no starting linebackers. The schedule is in Iowa’s favor, other than a road test at Penn State. The Hawkeyes get divisional foes Nebraska, Wisconsin and Northwestern at home.
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PENN STATE FAST FACTS Head Coach.....................James Franklin Location..................... University Park, Pa. Distance from Lincoln.............. 985 miles Stadium........... Beaver Stadium (107,282) 2017 Attendance................106,707 (avg.) Joined Big Ten.................................. 1990 Big Ten Football Titles............................ 3 FB National Titles....................1982, 1986 School Colors........................ Navy, White NU’s record against............................ 9-7 2017 RESULTS 9/2......................................... Akron, 52-0 9/7.................................Pittsburgh, 33-14 9/16................................Georgia St,. 56-0 9/23.................................... at Iowa, 21-19 9/30....................................Indiana, 45-14 10/7.........................at Northwestern, 31-7 10/21................................Michigan, 42-13 10/28............................at Ohio St., 38-39 11/4......................... at Michigan St., 24-27 11/11..................................... Rutgers, 35-6 11/18............................... Nebraska, 56-44 11/25.............................at Maryland, 66-3 12/30.....Washington 35-28 (Fiesta Bowl) 2018 SCHEDULE 9/1................................Appalachian State 9/8........................................at Pittsburgh 9/15...........................................Kent State 9/21.............................................at Illinois 9/29......................................... Ohio State 10/13................................. Michigan State 10/20........................................ at Indiana 10/27..................................................Iowa 11/3..........................................at Michigan 11/10.......................................... Wisconsin 11/17..........................................at Rutgers 11/24.......................................... Maryland LAST FIVE YEARS Year Overall Conf. 2017........................ 11-2...................... 7-2 2016....................... 11-3......................9-1 2015........................ 7-6......................4-4 2014......................... 7-6......................2-6 2013......................... 7-5......................4-4
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ABOUT THE NITTANY LIONS Penn State has to find a way to replace running back Saquon Barkley, who set school records for total touchdowns (53), career rushing touchdowns (43) and career all-purpose yards (5,538). Junior Miles Sanders will have the first shot at it, rushing for 6.2 yards per carry in limited action last year. Trace McSorley is back for his final year in Happy Valley after leading the Big Ten in passing, with 3,570 yards and 28 touchdowns against 10 interceptions. Two three-year starters, tackle Ryan Bates and center Connor McGovern, anchor an offensive line that returns four starters from last year. Eight of 10 offensive linemen listed on the two-deep for the Fiesta Bowl are back. The Nittany Lions have huge questions defensively. Only two starters return from a defense that ranked sixth in the country in scoring and 17th in the nation in total defense. The biggest loss is safety Marcus Allen, who ranks fifth in school history with 321 career tackles. All four starters are gone from the secondary.
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INDIANA FAST FACTS Head Coach..............................Tom Allen Location........................Bloomington, Ind. Distance from Lincoln.............. 550 miles Stadium........Memorial Stadium (52,929) 2017 Attendance.................43,953 (avg.) Joined Big Ten...................................1899 Big Ten Football Titles............................ 2 FB National Titles.............................None School Colors................ Crimson, Cream NU’s record against.........................8-9-3 2017 RESULTS 8/31................................Ohio State, 21-49 9/9................................. at Virginia, 34-17 9/16...................................FIU (Cancelled) 9/23.......................... Ga. Southern, 52-17 9/30..........................at Penn State, 14-45 10/7 ......................... Charleston So,. 27-0 10/14............................... Michigan, 20-27 10/21.....................at Michigan State, 9-17 10/28..........................at Maryland, 39-42 11/4................................. Wisconsin, 17-45 11/11.................................. at Illinois, 24-14 11/18.....................................Rutgers, 41-0 11/25...............................at Purdue, 24-31 2018 SCHEDULE 9/1........................ at Florida International 9/8 ............................................... Virginia 9/15............................................ Ball State 9/22.................................. Michigan State 9/29..........................................at Rutgers 10/6...................................... at Ohio State 10/13..................................................Iowa 10/20.......................................Penn State 10/26................................... at Minnesota 11/10........................................... Maryland 11/17........................................at Michigan 11/24..............................................Purdue LAST 5 YEARS Year
ABOUT THE HOOSIERS The only area on the field where Indiana returns any experience is the offensive line. The Hoosiers return four starters on the O-Line, but only five starters on the rest of the squad. In Tom Allen’s first full year as Hoosier head coach, IU came within one game of qualifying for a bowl game but lost 31-24 to Purdue in the final game of the regular season. After suffering a season-ending injury on the opening kickoff of the season, dangerous wide receiver Nick Westbrook returns. He had 54 catches for 995 yards and six touchdowns in 2016. The biggest loss for Indiana’s defense is linebacker Tegray Scales. A three-year starter, Scales piled up 89 tackles, six sacks and two interceptions.
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2016...........................6-7....................... 4-5
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had only five interceptions as a team and finished minus-7 in turnover margin for the season.
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MARYLAND FAST FACTS Head Coach............................D.J. Durkin Location........................College Park, Md. Distance from Lincoln............1,202 miles Stadium................Byrd Stadium (54,000) 2017 Attendance................. 39,643 (avg.) Joined Big Ten...................................2014 Conference Titles...................................11 FB National Titles..............................1953 School Colors...............Red, White, Black NU’s record against.............................1-0 2017 RESULTS 9/2..................................... at Texas, 51-41 9/9..................................... Towson, 63-17 9/23.........................................UCF, 10-38 9/30.......................... at Minnesota, 31-24 10/7............................at Ohio State ,14-62 10/14.........................Northwestern, 21-37 10/21.......................... at Wisconsin, 13-38 10/28.................................Indiana, 42-39 11/4.................................at Rutgers, 24-31 11/11..................................Michigan, 10-35 11/18............................ at Mich. State, 7-17 11/25.............................. Penn State, 3-66 2018 SCHEDULE 9/1.............................. Texas (at Landover) 9/8................................ at Bowling Green 9/15................................................Temple 9/22......................................... Minnesota 10/6.........................................at Michigan 10/13.............................................Rutgers 10/20.............................................at Iowa 10/27............................................... Illinois 11/3.................................... Michigan State 11/10.......................................... at Indiana 11/17......................................... Ohio State 11/24....................................at Penn State LAST 5 YEARS Year
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ABOUT THE TERRAPINS After making a bowl game in DJ Durkin’s first season as head coach, injuries to Maryland’s top two quarterbacks in the first three games, among others, hampered the Terrapins in year two of the Durkin era. New offensive coordinator Matt Canada is installing a pro-style offense. Canada comes to Maryland from LSU, and has also run offenses at Pitt, NC State, Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. There’s plenty of material on offense. Running backs Ty Johnson and Lorenzo Harrison, who rushed for 1,497 yards last year return, as does the entire offensive line. The departure of wide receiver D.J. Moore leaves a huge hole. Moore had a school record 80 catches last year, with 1,033 yards and eight TDs. The defense is bolstered by the return of linebacker Jesse Aniebonam. After racking up nine sacks and 14 tackles for loss in 2016, Aniebonam broke his foot in the season opener last season, but returns healthy this season to a defense that returns just four starters from last year.
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RUTGERS FAST FACTS Head Coach.............................. Chris Ash Location.......................... Piscataway, N.J. Distance from Lincoln........... 1,284 miles Stadium..... High Point Solutions (52,454) 2017 Attendance..................39,749 (avg.) Joined Big Ten...................................2014 Conference Titles................................... 0 FB National Titles.............................None School Color.................................. Scarlet NU’s record against............................4-0 2017 RESULTS 9/1............................... Washington, 14-30 9/9............................ Eastern Mich., 13-16 9/16................................Morgan St., 65-0 9/23............................ at Nebraska, 17-27 9/30....................................Ohio St., 0-56 10/14.............................. at Illinois, 35-24 10/21....................................Purdue, 14-12 10/28...........................at Michigan, 14-35 11/4.................................. Maryland, 31-24 11/11................................ at Penn St., 6-35 11/18................................. at Indiana, 0-41 11/25............................ Michigan St., 7-40 2018 SCHEDULE 9/1........................................... Texas State 9/8....................................... at Ohio State 9/15............................................at Kansas 9/22...............................................Buffalo 9/29.............................................. Indiana 10/6................................................. Illinois 10/13...................................... at Maryland 10/20.................................. Northwestern 11/3........................................at Wisconsin 11/10............................................Michigan 11/17.........................................Penn State 11/24............................. at Michigan State LAST 5 YEARS Year
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2017...........................4-8....................... 3-6 2016...........................2-10..................... 0-9 2015...........................4-8........................1-7 2014...........................8-5....................... 3-5 2013...........................6-7....................... 3-5
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ABOUT THE SCARLET KNIGHTS Rutgers’ Big Ten schedule starts tough (week two vs. Ohio State), and ends tougher (at Wisconsin, Michigan, Penn State, at Michigan State). After struggling mightily last year on offense (121st in scoring offense, 129th in total offense), the Scarlet Knights have a new offensive coordinator. John McNulty comes back to Piscataway after serving as Greg Schiano’s offensive coordinator in 2007 and 2008. Rutgers will have to replace running back Gus Edwards, who ran for 713 yards and seven touchdowns as a graduate transfer, and wide receiver Janarion Grant, who battled injuries his last two seasons, but was a dangerous threat on the perimeter and in the return game. The Scarlet Knights were decent against the pass last year (55th in the nation), and could be again this year. The secondary has experience, with cornerbacks Blessaun Austin, Isaiah Wharton and Damon Hayes starting a combined 70 games in their careers. Rutgers will have to find new pass-rushers, as defensive ends Kemoko Turay and Sebastian Joseph were drafted last spring.
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BIG TEN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE THURSDAY, AUG. 30 New Mexico State at MINNESOTA NORTHWESTERN at PURDUE
RUTGERS at Kansas 6 p.m. BTN 7 p.m. ESPN
Western Kentucky at WISCONSIN
South Florida vs. ILLINOIS
3:30 p.m. BTN
SMU at MICHIGAN
2:30 p.m. BTN
Miami (OH) at MINNESOTA
FRIDAY, AUG. 31 Utah State at MICHIGAN STATE
12 p.m. FSN 2
6 p.m. BTN 8 p.m. ESPN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 1 Kent State at ILLINOIS
11 a.m. BTN
Oregon State at OHIO STATE
11 a.m. ABC
Texas State at RUTGERS
11 a.m. BTN
MARYLAND vs. Texas 1
11 a.m. FS1
BYU at WISCONSIN
2:30 p.m. BTN 2:30 p.m. ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
Northern Iowa at IOWA
6:30 p.m. BTN
Akron at NORTHWESTERN
6:30 p.m. BTN
Missouri at PURDUE
6:30 p.m. BTN
TCU vs. OHIO STATE 3
7 p.m. ABC
FRIDAY, SEPT. 21 PENN STATE at ILLINOIS
8 p.m. FS1
Northern Illinois at IOWA
2:30 p.m. BTN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 22
Appalachian State at PENN STATE
2:30 p.m. BTN
Boston College at PURDUE (HC) 11 a.m. ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
6 p.m. CBSSN
MICHIGAN STATE at INDIANA
TBA
WISCONSIN at IOWA
TBA
MINNESOTA at MARYLAND
TBA
NEBRASKA at MICHIGAN
TBA
Tulane at OHIO STATE
TBA
Buffalo at RUTGERS
TBA
INDIANA at Florida International MICHIGAN at Notre Dame Akron at NEBRASKA
6:30 p.m. NBC 7 p.m. FOX
SATURDAY, SEPT. 8 Western Michigan at MICHIGAN Duke at NORTHWESTERN
11 a.m. FS1 11 a.m. ESPNU
Eastern Michigan at PURDUE
11 a.m. BTN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 29
New Mexico at WISCONSIN
11 a.m. BTN
PURDUE at NEBRASKA (HC)
2:30 or 3 p.m.
Colorado at NEBRASKA
2:30 p.m. ABC
Central Michigan at MICHIGAN STATE
TBA
RUTGERS at OHIO STATE
2:30 p.m. BTN
MICHIGAN at NORTHWESTERN
TBA
OHIO STATE at PENN STATE
TBA
INDIANA at RUTGERS
TBA
Iowa State at IOWA
4 p.m. FOX
MARYLAND at Bowling Green
5 p.m. ESPN+
Western Illinois at ILLINOIS
6:30 p.m. BTN
Virginia at INDIANA
6:30 p.m. BTN
Fresno State at MINNESOTA
6:30 p.m. FS1
PENN STATE at Pittsburgh MICHIGAN STATE at Arizona State
7 p.m. ABC 9:45 p.m. ESPN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 15 Ball State at INDIANA
12 p.m. BTN
Temple at MARYLAND
12 p.m. BTN
Troy at NEBRASKA
12 p.m. BTN
Kent State at PENN STATE
12 p.m. FS1
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SATURDAY, OCT. 6 MARYLAND at MICHIGAN (HC)
11 a.m.
NORTHWESTERN at MICHIGAN STATE (HC) 2:30 or 3 p.m. IOWA at MINNESOTA (HC)
2:30 or 3 p.m.
INDIANA at OHIO STATE (HC)
2:30 or 3 p.m.
ILLINOIS at RUTGERS
TBA
NEBRASKA at WISCONSIN
TBA
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BIG TEN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SATURDAY, OCT. 13 IOWA at INDIANA (HC)
SATURDAY, NOV. 10 MARYLAND at INDIANA
TBA
RUTGERS at MARYLAND (HC)
11 a.m. ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 11 a.m.
NORTHWESTERN at IOWA
TBA
NEBRASKA at NORTHWESTERN (HC)
11 a.m.
OHIO STATE at MICHIGAN STATE
TBA
PURDUE at ILLINOIS (HC)
2:30 or 3 p.m.
PURDUE at MINNESOTA
TBA
MICHIGAN STATE at PENN STATE (HC)
2:30 or 3 p.m.
ILLINOIS at NEBRASKA
TBA
MINNESOTA at OHIO STATE
TBA
WISCONSIN at PENN STATE
TBA
WISCONSIN at MICHIGAN
TBA
MICHIGAN at RUTGERS
TBA
SATURDAY, OCT. 20
SATURDAY, NOV. 17
MARYLAND at IOWA (HC)
11 a.m.
IOWA at ILLINOIS
TBA
NORTHWESTERN at RUTGERS (HC)
11 a.m.
OHIO STATE at MARYLAND
TBA
ILLINOIS at WISCONSIN (HC)
11 a.m.
INDIANA at MICHIGAN
TBA
PENN STATE at INDIANA
TBA
NORTHWESTERN at MINNESOTA
TBA
MICHIGAN at MICHIGAN STATE
TBA
MICHIGAN STATE at NEBRASKA
TBA
MINNESOTA at NEBRASKA
TBA
WISCONSIN at PURDUE
TBA
OHIO STATE at PURDUE
TBA
PENN STATE at RUTGERS
TBA
FRIDAY, OCT. 26 INDIANA at MINNESOTA
FRIDAY, NOV. 23 7 p.m. FS1
SATURDAY, OCT. 27
NEBRASKA at IOWA
11 a.m. FOX
SATURDAY, NOV. 24
ILLINOIS at MARYLAND
TBA
MICHIGAN at OHIO STATE
IOWA at PENN STATE
TBA
PURDUE at INDIANA
TBA
PURDUE at MICHIGAN STATE
TBA
RUTGERS at MICHIGAN STATE
TBA
WISCONSIN at NORTHWESTERN
TBA
ILLINOIS at NORTHWESTERN
TBA
MARYLAND at PENN STATE
TBA
MINNESOTA at WISCONSIN
TBA
SATURDAY, NOV. 3 Notre Dame at NORTHWESTERN
TBA
MINNESOTA at ILLINOIS
TBA
SATURDAY, DEC. 1
MICHIGAN STATE at MARYLAND
TBA
Big Ten Championship Game 4
PENN STATE at MICHIGAN
TBA
NEBRASKA at OHIO STATE
TBA
IOWA at PURDUE
TBA
RUTGERS at WISCONSIN
TBA
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FedEx Field, Landover, Md. Soldier Field, Chicago; 3 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas 4 Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind. (HC) - Homecoming Weekend 1
2
11 a.m. FOX
7 p.m. FOX
FBS FOOTBALL SCHEDULES AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE UCF 8/30.............................at UConn 9/8................South Carolina State 9/15...................at North Carolina 9/21......................Florida Atlantic 9/29.................................... Pitt 10/6....................................SMU 10/13........................ at Memphis 10/20...................at East Carolina 11/1................................. Temple 11/10.................................. Navy 11/17............................Cincinnati 11/23................................ at USF CINCINNATI 9/1..................................at UCLA 9/8...................... at Miami (Ohio) 9/15........................Alabama A&M 9/22...................................Ohio 9/29.............................at UConn 10/6................................. Tulane 10/20...........................at Temple 10/27.............................. at SMU 11/3................................... Navy 11/10....................................USF 11/17................................ at UCF 11/23....................... East Carolina UCONN 8/30....................................UCF 9/8........................ at Boise State 9/15........................ Rhode Island 9/22..........................at Syracuse 9/29............................Cincinnati 10/6.......................... at Memphis 10/20............................... at USF 10/27.................... Massachusetts 11/3................................at Tulsa 11/10...................................SMU 11/17....................at East Carolina 11/24............................... Temple EAST CAROLINA 9/1...................North Carolina A&T 9/8....................... North Carolina 9/15......................at Virginia Tech 9/22................................ at USF 9/29.......................Old Dominion 10/6.............................at Temple 10/13.............................Houston 10/20...................................UCF 11/3..............................Memphis 11/10.............................at Tulane 11/17................................ UConn 11/23........................ at Cincinnati
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HOUSTON 9/1...................................at Rice 9/8.................................Arizona 9/15........................ at Texas Tech 9/22.....................Texas Southern 10/4................................... Tulsa 10/13...................at East Carolina 10/20..............................at Navy 10/27...................................USF 11/3................................ at SMU 11/10............................... Temple 11/15................................ Tulane 11/23......................... at Memphis
SMU 9/1.........................at North Texas 9/7......................................TCU 9/15.......................... at Michigan 9/22.................................. Navy 9/29....................Houston Baptist 10/6................................. at UCF 10/20............................at Tulane 10/27...........................Cincinnati 11/3...............................Houston 11/10.............................at UConn 11/16.............................Memphis 11/24...............................at Tulsa
MEMPHIS 9/1.................................. Mercer 9/8.................................at Navy 9/14........................Georgia State 9/22.....................South Alabama 9/28.............................at Tulane 10/6................................. UConn 10/13...................................UCF 10/20......................... at Missouri 11/3.....................at East Carolina 11/10.................................. Tulsa 11/16............................... at SMU 11/23..............................Houston
TEMPLE 9/1................................Villanova 9/8................................. Buffalo 9/15..........................at Maryland 9/20.................................. Tulsa 9/29................. at Boston College 10/6........................ East Carolina 10/13..............................at Navy 10/20...........................Cincinnati 11/1.................................. at UCF 11/10.......................... at Houston 11/17....................................USF 11/24.............................at UConn
NAVY 9/1............................... at Hawaii 9/8...............................Memphis 9/15.................................Lehigh 9/22............................... at SMU 10/6...........................at Air Force 10/13.............................. Temple 10/20.............................Houston 10/27........ Notre Dame [San Diego] 11/3......................... at Cincinnati 11/10................................ at UCF 11/17.................................. Tulsa 11/24.............................at Tulane 12/8.Army West Point [Philadelphia]
TULANE 8/30........................ Wake Forest 9/8................................ Nicholls 9/15................................. at UAB 9/22........................at Ohio State 9/28.............................Memphis 10/6......................... at Cincinnati 10/20..................................SMU 10/27..............................at Tulsa 11/3................................. at USF 11/10....................... East Carolina 11/15.......................... at Houston 11/24.................................. Navy
USF 9/1...................................... Elon 9/8..........................Georgia Tech 9/15.................at Illinois [Chicago] 9/22....................... East Carolina 10/6...................at Massachusetts 10/12..............................at Tulsa 10/20............................... UConn 10/27......................... at Houston 11/3................................. Tulane 11/10........................ at Cincinnati 11/17............................at Temple 11/23....................................UCF
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TULSA 9/1..................... Central Arkansas 9/8................................ at Texas 9/15...................... Arkansas State 9/20............................at Temple 10/4........................... at Houston 10/12...................................USF 10/20........................ at Arkansas 10/27............................... Tulane 11/3................................. UConn 11/10......................... at Memphis 11/17...............................at Navy 11/24...................................SMU
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE BOSTON COLLEGE 9/1........................ Massachusetts 9/8.............................Holy Cross 9/13......................at Wake Forest 9/22............................at Purdue 9/29............................... Temple 10/6.............................N.C. State 10/13........................... Louisville 10/26................................Miami 11/3......................at Virginia Tech 11/10............................. Clemson 11/17.................... at Florida State 11/24.............................Syracuse CLEMSON 9/1..................................Furman 9/8......................... at Texas A&M 9/15...................Georgia Southern 9/22.................... at Georgia Tech 9/29.............................Syracuse 10/6......................at Wake Forest 10/20...........................N.C. State 10/27................... at Florida State 11/3............................. Louisville 11/10................. at Boston College 11/17.................................. Duke 11/24..................... South Carolina DUKE 9/1...................... Army West Point 9/8.....................at Northwestern 9/15..............................at Baylor 9/22.........................N.C. Central 9/29........................Virginia Tech 10/13................... at Georgia Tech 10/20..............................Virginia 10/27................................at Pitt 11/3.............................. at Miami 11/10..................... North Carolina 11/17..........................at Clemson 11/24........................ Wake Forest FLORIDA STATE 9/3..........................Virginia Tech 9/8................................Samford 9/15...........................at Syracuse 9/22.................................... NIU 9/29.........................at Louisville 10/6.............................. at Miami 10/20....................... Wake Forest 10/27............................ Clemson 11/3......................... at N.C. State 11/10..................... at Notre Dame 11/17.....................Boston College 11/24................................Florida
FBS FOOTBALL SCHEDULES GEORGIA TECH 9/1............................Alcorn State 9/8.................................. at USF 9/15..................................at Pitt 9/22............................. Clemson 9/29..................... Bowling Green 10/5..........................at Louisville 10/13................................. Duke 10/25....................at Virginia Tech 11/3...................at North Carolina 11/10.................................Miami 11/17...............................Virginia 11/24...........................at Georgia
PITT 9/1...................................Albany 9/8.............................Penn State 9/15.........................Georgia Tech 9/22..................at North Carolina 9/29................................ at UCF 10/6..............................Syracuse 10/13.................... at Notre Dame 10/27................................. Duke 11/2............................ at Virginia 11/10........................Virginia Tech 11/17.....................at Wake Forest 11/24............................. at Miami
LOUISVILLE 9/1................... Alabama [Orlando] 9/8......................... Indiana State 9/15....................................WKU 9/22........................... at Virginia 9/29........................Florida State 10/5.........................Georgia Tech 10/13................ at Boston College 10/27....................... Wake Forest 11/3...........................at Clemson 11/9...........................at Syracuse 11/17............................N.C. State 11/24.............................Kentucky
SYRACUSE 8/31...............at Western Michigan 9/8.................................Wagner 9/15.........................Florida State 9/22................................ UConn 9/29..........................at Clemson 10/6..................................at Pitt 10/20.................... North Carolina 10/27...........................N.C. State 11/3......................at Wake Forest 11/9............................. Louisville 11/17........at N.D. [Yankee Stadium] 11/24................. at Boston College
MIAMI 9/2....................... LSU [Arlington] 9/8...................... Savannah State 9/15..............................at Toledo 9/22.................................... FIU 9/27...................... North Carolina 10/6.........................Florida State 10/13.......................... at Virginia 10/26................ at Boston College 11/3................................... Duke 11/10.................... at Georgia Tech 11/17.....................at Virginia Tech 11/24.................................... Pitt
VIRGINIA 9/1...............................Richmond 9/8............................. at Indiana 9/15....................................Ohio 9/22............................ Louisville 9/29........................ at N.C. State 10/13................................Miami 10/20..............................at Duke 10/27.................... North Carolina 11/2..................................... Pitt 11/10................................Liberty 11/17.................... at Georgia Tech 11/23.....................at Virginia Tech
NORTH CAROLINA 9/1........................... at California 9/8......................at East Carolina 9/15.....................................UCF 9/22.................................... Pitt 9/27.............................. at Miami 10/13.......................Virginia Tech 10/20.........................at Syracuse 10/27.......................... at Virginia 11/3.........................Georgia Tech 11/10...............................at Duke 11/17.................. Western Carolina 11/24............................N.C. State
VIRGINIA TECH 9/3...................... at Florida State 9/8.......................William & Mary 9/15........................ East Carolina 9/22................... at Old Dominion 9/29...............................at Duke 10/6..........................Notre Dame 10/13.................at North Carolina 10/25.......................Georgia Tech 11/3......................Boston College 11/10.................................at Pitt 11/17.................................Miami 11/23...............................Virginia
N.C. STATE 9/1.......................James Madison 9/8.........................Georgia State 9/15.........................West Virginia 9/22..........................at Marshall 9/29...............................Virginia 10/6......................Boston College 10/20.........................at Clemson 10/27.........................at Syracuse 11/3.........................Florida State 11/8......................... Wake Forest 11/17.........................at Louisville 11/24..................at North Carolina
WAKE FOREST 8/30.............................at Tulane 9/8.................................Towson 9/13......................Boston College 9/22.........................Notre Dame 9/29................................... Rice 10/6.............................. Clemson 10/20................... at Florida State 10/27........................at Louisville 11/3..............................Syracuse 11/8......................... at N.C. State 11/17.................................... Pitt 11/24...............................at Duke
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BIG TEN ILLINOIS 9/1.............................. Kent State 9/8...................... Western Illinois 9/15........................USF [Chicago] 9/21............................Penn State 10/6............................at Rutgers 10/13.............................. Purdue 10/20....................... at Wisconsin 10/27........................at Maryland 11/3............................Minnesota 11/10.........................at Nebraska 11/17.................................. Iowa 11/24...................at Northwestern INDIANA 9/1....................................at FIU 9/8.................................Virginia 9/15............................. Ball State 9/22.....................Michigan State 9/29...........................at Rutgers 10/6.........................at Ohio State 10/13................................. Iowa 10/20..........................Penn State 10/26...................... at Minnesota 11/10............................ Maryland 11/17......................... at Michigan 11/24............................... Purdue IOWA 9/1....................................... NIU 9/8.............................Iowa State 9/15.......................Northern Iowa 9/22............................Wisconsin 10/6........................ at Minnesota 10/13.......................... at Indiana 10/20........................... Maryland 10/27...................... at Penn State 11/3.............................at Purdue 11/10...................... Northwestern 11/17.............................at Illinois 11/23............................ Nebraska MARYLAND 9/1......................Texas [Landover] 9/8....................at Bowling Green 9/15................................ Temple 9/22...........................Minnesota 10/6.......................... at Michigan 10/13............................. Rutgers 10/20..............................at Iowa 10/27............................... Illinois 11/3......................Michigan State 11/10........................... at Indiana 11/17........................... Ohio State 11/24....................... at Penn State
MICHIGAN 9/1........................ at Notre Dame 9/8...................Western Michigan 9/15....................................SMU 9/22............................ Nebraska 9/29...................at Northwestern 10/6............................. Maryland 10/13...........................Wisconsin 10/20.................at Michigan State 11/3............................Penn State 11/10...........................at Rutgers 11/17...............................Indiana 11/24........................at Ohio State MICHIGAN STATE 8/31............................Utah State 9/8......................at Arizona State 9/22........................... at Indiana 9/29.................. Central Michigan 10/6....................... Northwestern 10/13...................... at Penn State 10/20............................Michigan 10/27.............................. Purdue 11/3..........................at Maryland 11/10........................... Ohio State 11/17.........................at Nebraska 11/24.............................. Rutgers MINNESOTA 8/30.................New Mexico State 9/8.......................... Fresno State 9/15.........................Miami (Ohio) 9/22.........................at Maryland 10/6................................... Iowa 10/13.......................at Ohio State 10/20........................at Nebraska 10/26..............................Indiana 11/3..............................at Illinois 11/10............................... Purdue 11/17...................... Northwestern 11/24........................ at Wisconsin NEBRASKA 9/1.................................... Akron 9/8...............................Colorado 9/15.................................... Troy 9/22......................... at Michigan 9/29............................... Purdue 10/6......................... at Wisconsin 10/13..................at Northwestern 10/20..........................Minnesota 11/3.........................at Ohio State 11/10................................ Illinois 11/17.....................Michigan State 11/23...............................at Iowa NORTHWESTERN 8/30............................at Purdue 9/8.................................... Duke 9/15.................................. Akron 9/29.............................Michigan 10/6...................at Michigan State 10/13........................... Nebraska 10/20..........................at Rutgers 10/27...........................Wisconsin 11/3..........................Notre Dame 11/10...............................at Iowa 11/17....................... at Minnesota 11/24................................ Illinois
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FBS FOOTBALL SCHEDULES OHIO STATE 9/1.......................... Oregon State 9/8................................ Rutgers 9/15...................... TCU [Arlington] 9/22................................ Tulane 9/29....................... at Penn State 10/6................................Indiana 10/13..........................Minnesota 10/20...........................at Purdue 11/3............................. Nebraska 11/10..................at Michigan State 11/17.........................at Maryland 11/24.............................Michigan PENN STATE 9/1....................Appalachian State 9/8...................................at Pitt 9/15............................ Kent State 9/21..............................at Illinois 9/29........................... Ohio State 10/13....................Michigan State 10/20.......................... at Indiana 10/27................................. Iowa 11/3.......................... at Michigan 11/10............................Wisconsin 11/17...........................at Rutgers 11/24............................ Maryland PURDUE 8/30...................... Northwestern 9/8....................Eastern Michigan 9/15...............................Missouri 9/22.....................Boston College 9/29.........................at Nebraska 10/13............................at Illinois 10/20.......................... Ohio State 10/27.................at Michigan State 11/3................................... Iowa 11/10....................... at Minnesota 11/17............................Wisconsin 11/24........................... at Indiana RUTGERS 9/1.............................Texas State 9/8..........................at Ohio State 9/15.............................at Kansas 9/22............................... Buffalo 9/29...............................Indiana 10/6................................. Illinois 10/13........................... Maryland 10/20..................... Northwestern 11/3......................... at Wisconsin 11/10.............................Michigan 11/17...........................Penn State 11/24..................at Michigan State WISCONSIN 8/31....................................WKU 9/8...........................New Mexico 9/15.....................................BYU 9/22...............................at Iowa 10/6............................. Nebraska 10/13........................ at Michigan 10/20............................... Illinois 10/27..................at Northwestern 11/3............................... Rutgers 11/10....................... at Penn State 11/17............................at Purdue 11/24...........................Minnesota
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OKLAHOMA 9/1........................Florida Atlantic 9/8.................................... UCLA 9/15........................ at Iowa State 9/22................... Army West Point 9/29................................ Baylor 10/6........................Texas [Dallas] 10/20............................... at TCU 10/27.......................Kansas State 11/3........................ at Texas Tech 11/10....................Oklahoma State 11/17............................... Kansas 11/23.................... at West Virginia OKLAHOMA STATE 9/1.........................Missouri State 9/8.......................South Alabama 9/15...........................Boise State 9/22...........................Texas Tech 9/29............................at Kansas 10/6............................Iowa State 10/13................... at Kansas State 10/27.................................Texas 11/3..............................at Baylor 11/10........................at Oklahoma 11/17........................West Virginia 11/24................................ at TCU TEXAS 9/1............. at Maryland [Landover] 9/8.................................... Tulsa 9/15.....................................USC 9/22....................................TCU 9/29.................... at Kansas State 10/6.............. at Oklahoma [Dallas] 10/13............................... Baylor 10/27............... at Oklahoma State 11/3.........................West Virginia 11/10....................... at Texas Tech 11/17...........................Iowa State 11/23............................at Kansas TCU 9/1................................Southern 9/7................................. at SMU 9/15..............Ohio State [Arlington] 9/22.............................. at Texas 9/29...........................Iowa State 10/11...........................Texas Tech 10/20.......................... Oklahoma 10/27...........................at Kansas 11/3.........................Kansas State 11/10.................... at West Virginia 11/17.............................at Baylor 11/24....................Oklahoma State TEXAS TECH 9/1................... Ole Miss [Houston] 9/8.................................. Lamar 9/15...............................Houston 9/22................ at Oklahoma State 9/29........................West Virginia 10/11................................ at TCU 10/20.............................. Kansas 10/27...................... at Iowa State 11/3............................ Oklahoma 11/10..................................Texas 11/17.................... at Kansas State 11/24..................Baylor [Arlington]
WEST VIRGINIA 9/1............... Tennessee [Charlotte] 9/8...................Youngstown State 9/15......................... at N.C. State 9/22........................Kansas State 9/29....................... at Texas Tech 10/6................................ Kansas 10/13...................... at Iowa State 10/25............................at Baylor 11/3............................... at Texas 11/10....................................TCU 11/17................ at Oklahoma State 11/23........................... Oklahoma CONFERENCE USA CHARLOTTE 9/1................................Fordham 9/8...................Appalachian State 9/15........................Old Dominion 9/22..................at Massachusetts 9/29................................ at UAB 10/13..................................WKU 10/20.............at Middle Tennessee 10/27.....................Southern Miss 11/3........................ at Tennessee 11/10..........................at Marshall 11/17.................................... FIU 11/24................. at Florida Atlantic FLORIDA ATLANTIC 9/1...........................at Oklahoma 9/8............................... Air Force 9/15.................Bethune-Cookman 9/21................................. at UCF 9/29..............at Middle Tennessee 10/6........................Old Dominion 10/20.........................at Marshall 10/27.................... Louisiana Tech 11/3..................................at FIU 11/10...................................WKU 11/17......................at North Texas 11/24............................ Charlotte FIU 9/1..................................Indiana 9/8..................... at Old Dominion 9/15...................... Massachusetts 9/22............................. at Miami 9/29...............Arkansas-Pine Bluff 10/13................Middle Tennessee 10/20.................................. Rice 10/27.............................. at WKU 11/3......................Florida Atlantic 11/10...............................at UTSA 11/17.........................at Charlotte 11/24............................. Marshall
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RICE 8/25.........................Prairie View 9/1.................................Houston 9/8.............................. at Hawaii 9/22...................at Southern Miss 9/29.....................at Wake Forest 10/6................................... UTSA 10/13...................................UAB 10/20................................at FIU 10/27.....................at North Texas 11/3................................... UTEP 11/10..................at Louisiana Tech 11/17................................ at LSU 11/24.......................Old Dominion SOUTHERN MISS 9/1......................... Jackson State 9/8.....................................ULM 9/15.............. at Appalachian State 9/22................................... Rice 9/29............................at Auburn 10/13.....................at North Texas 10/20................................. UTSA 10/27........................at Charlotte 11/3.............................. Marshall 11/10................................ at UAB 11/17..................... Louisiana Tech 11/24...............................at UTEP UAB 8/30.................... Savannah State 9/8..................at Coastal Carolina 9/15................................. Tulane 9/29............................ Charlotte 10/6...................at Louisiana Tech 10/13...............................at Rice 10/20........................ North Texas 10/27..............................at UTEP 11/3................................... UTSA 11/10......................Southern Miss 11/17....................... at Texas A&M 11/24..............at Middle Tennessee UTEP 9/1..................... Northern Arizona 9/8.................................at UNLV 9/15........................ at Tennessee 9/22.................New Mexico State 9/29...............................at UTSA 10/6.......................... North Texas 10/20.................at Louisiana Tech 10/27...................................UAB 11/3.................................at Rice 11/10.................Middle Tennessee 11/17............................... at WKU 11/24......................Southern Miss
H U S K E R S P O R T S | Fall 2018
UTSA 9/1.......................at Arizona State 9/8.................................. Baylor 9/15..................... at Kansas State 9/22..........................Texas State 9/29.................................. UTEP 10/6.................................at Rice 10/13.................... Louisiana Tech 10/20..................at Southern Miss 11/3................................. at UAB 11/10.................................... FIU 11/17..........................at Marshall 11/24......................... North Texas
BOWLING GREEN 9/1...............................at Oregon 9/8.............................. Maryland 9/15...................Eastern Kentucky 9/22........................Miami (Ohio) 9/29.................... at Georgia Tech 10/6..............................at Toledo 10/13................Western Michigan 10/20.............................. at Ohio 10/30.......................... Kent State 11/10...............at Central Michigan 11/17..............................at Akron 11/23............................... Buffalo
WKU 8/31......................... at Wisconsin 9/8...................................Maine 9/15..........................at Louisville 9/22.........................at Ball State 9/29............................. Marshall 10/13........................at Charlotte 10/20......................Old Dominion 10/27................................... FIU 11/2...............at Middle Tennessee 11/10................. at Florida Atlantic 11/17.................................. UTEP 11/24..................at Louisiana Tech
BUFFALO 9/1....................... Delaware State 9/8..............................at Temple 9/15...................Eastern Michigan 9/22...........................at Rutgers 9/29................... Army West Point 10/6................at Central Michigan 10/13................................ Akron 10/20............................at Toledo 10/30.......................Miami (Ohio) 11/6............................ Kent State 11/14............................... at Ohio 11/23..................at Bowling Green
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE AKRON 9/1............................at Nebraska 9/8.........................Morgan State 9/15....................at Northwestern 9/22....................... at Iowa State 10/6.........................Miami (Ohio) 10/13...........................at Buffalo 10/20.......................at Kent State 10/27................. Central Michigan 11/1...................................... NIU 11/10.............. at Eastern Michigan 11/17..................... Bowling Green 11/23............................... at Ohio BALL STATE 8/30...............Central Connecticut 9/8....................... at Notre Dame 9/15............................ at Indiana 9/22...................................WKU 9/29........................... Kent State 10/6..................................... NIU 10/13..............at Central Michigan 10/20.................Eastern Michigan 10/25.............................. at Ohio 10/31............................at Toledo 11/13.................Western Michigan 11/20................... at Miami (Ohio)
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 9/1............................ at Kentucky 9/8................................. Kansas 9/15..................................at NIU 9/22.................................Maine 9/29..................at Michigan State 10/6................................ Buffalo 10/13........................... Ball State 10/20................Western Michigan 10/27.............................at Akron 11/3............... at Eastern Michigan 11/10..................... Bowling Green 11/23.............................at Toledo EASTERN MICHIGAN 8/31........................... Monmouth 9/8..............................at Purdue 9/15.............................at Buffalo 9/22................ at San Diego State 9/29.................................... NIU 10/6...............at Western Michigan 10/13............................... Toledo 10/20........................at Ball State 10/27.................. Army West Point 11/3................... Central Michigan 11/10................................. Akron 11/23........................at Kent State KENT STATE 9/1................................at Illinois 9/8................................ Howard 9/15........................ at Penn State 9/22.......................... at Ole Miss 9/29.........................at Ball State 10/6....................................Ohio 10/13................... at Miami (Ohio) 10/20................................ Akron 10/30.................at Bowling Green 11/6.............................at Buffalo 11/15................................ Toledo 11/23..................Eastern Michigan
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FBS FOOTBALL SCHEDULES MIAMI (OHIO) 9/1................................ Marshall 9/8.Cincinnati [Paul Brown Stadium] 9/15........................ at Minnesota 9/22..................at Bowling Green 9/29.................Western Michigan 10/6...............................at Akron 10/13.......................... Kent State 10/20...............at Army West Point 10/30...........................at Buffalo 11/7.....................................Ohio 11/14.................................at NIU 11/20........................... Ball State NIU 9/1..................................at Iowa 9/8.....................................Utah 9/15................... Central Michigan 9/22.................... at Florida State 9/29.............. at Eastern Michigan 10/6..........................at Ball State 10/13..................................Ohio 10/27............................... at BYU 11/1................................at Akron 11/7.................................. Toledo 11/14........................Miami (Ohio) 11/20.............at Western Michigan OHIO 9/1................................. Howard 9/15............................ at Virginia 9/22........................ at Cincinnati 9/29..................... Massachusetts 10/6.........................at Kent State 10/13................................at NIU 10/20.................... Bowling Green 10/25........................... Ball State 11/1................at Western Michigan 11/7...................... at Miami (Ohio) 11/14............................... Buffalo 11/23................................. Akron TOLEDO 9/1.......................................VMI 9/15..................................Miami 9/22...............................Nevada 9/29.....................at Fresno State 10/6...................... Bowling Green 10/13............. at Eastern Michigan 10/20.............................. Buffalo 10/25.............at Western Michigan 10/31........................... Ball State 11/7...................................at NIU 11/15........................at Kent State 11/23.................. Central Michigan WESTERN MICHIGAN 8/31..............................Syracuse 9/8........................... at Michigan 9/15..................... Delaware State 9/22................... at Georgia State 9/29.................... at Miami (Ohio) 10/6...................Eastern Michigan 10/13.................at Bowling Green 10/20..............at Central Michigan 10/25............................... Toledo 11/1.....................................Ohio 11/13.........................at Ball State 11/20................................... NIU
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MOUNTAIN WEST AIR FORCE 9/1............................Stony Brook 9/8................... at Florida Atlantic 9/22....................... at Utah State 9/29...............................Nevada 10/6................................... Navy 10/12............... at San Diego State 10/19..............................at UNLV 10/27.........................Boise State 11/3.................at Army West Point 11/10.........................New Mexico 11/17......................... at Wyoming 11/22..................... Colorado State BOISE STATE 9/1...................................at Troy 9/8.................................. UConn 9/15................. at Oklahoma State 9/29......................... at Wyoming 10/6.....................San Diego State 10/13.......................... at Nevada 10/19.................... Colorado State 10/27.........................at Air Force 11/3.....................................BYU 11/9......................... Fresno State 11/16..................... at New Mexico 11/24...........................Utah State COLORADO STATE 8/25................................Hawaii 8/31..................Colorado [Denver] 9/8...............................Arkansas 9/15............................. at Florida 9/22........................ Illinois State 10/6...................at San José State 10/13........................New Mexico 10/19..................... at Boise State 10/26............................Wyoming 11/10........................... at Nevada 11/17...........................Utah State 11/22..........................at Air Force FRESNO STATE 9/1.................................... Idaho 9/8......................... at Minnesota 9/15................................at UCLA 9/29................................ Toledo 10/6............................ at Nevada 10/13............................Wyoming 10/20.................... at New Mexico 10/27...............................Hawaii 11/3................................at UNLV 11/9....................... at Boise State 11/17....................San Diego State 11/24..................... San José State
H U S K E R S P O R T S | Fall 2018
HAWAII 8/25..................at Colorado State 9/1..................................... Navy 9/8..................................... Rice 9/15.................at Army West Point 9/22............................Duquesne 9/29..................at San José State 10/6..............................Wyoming 10/13............................... at BYU 10/20..............................Nevada 10/27....................at Fresno State 11/3............................Utah State 11/17.................................. UNLV 11/24................ at San Diego State NEVADA 8/31.......................Portland State 9/8..........................at Vanderbilt 9/15........................ Oregon State 9/22.............................at Toledo 9/29..........................at Air Force 10/6......................... Fresno State 10/13.........................Boise State 10/20........................... at Hawaii 10/27...................San Diego State 11/10..................... Colorado State 11/17..................at San José State 11/24...............................at UNLV NEW MEXICO 9/1....................... Incarnate Word 9/8.......................... at Wisconsin 9/15...............at New Mexico State 9/29................................Liberty 10/6................................at UNLV 10/13.................at Colorado State 10/20....................... Fresno State 10/27...................... at Utah State 11/3.....................San Diego State 11/10..........................at Air Force 11/16..........................Boise State 11/24.............................Wyoming SAN DIEGO STATE 9/1.............................at Stanford 9/8................... Sacramento State 9/15........................ Arizona State 9/22..................Eastern Michigan 10/6....................... at Boise State 10/12............................ Air Force 10/20.................... San José State 10/27.......................... at Nevada 11/3...................... at New Mexico 11/10.................................. UNLV 11/17.....................at Fresno State 11/24................................Hawaii
SAN JOSÉ STATE 8/30............................. UC Davis 9/8................at Washington State 9/15.............................at Oregon 9/29................................Hawaii 10/6...................... Colorado State 10/13.................. Army West Point 10/20............... at San Diego State 10/27................................. UNLV 11/3.......................... at Wyoming 11/10....................... at Utah State 11/17...............................Nevada 11/24.....................at Fresno State UNLV 9/1................................... at USC 9/8.................................... UTEP 9/15..........................Prairie View 9/22..................at Arkansas State 10/6..........................New Mexico 10/13...................... at Utah State 10/19............................ Air Force 10/27.................at San José State 11/3......................... Fresno State 11/10................ at San Diego State 11/17............................ at Hawaii 11/24...............................Nevada UTAH STATE 8/31...................at Michigan State 9/8...................New Mexico State 9/13..................... Tennessee Tech 9/22............................. Air Force 10/5................................. at BYU 10/13................................. UNLV 10/20........................ at Wyoming 10/27........................New Mexico 11/3............................. at Hawaii 11/10..................... San José State 11/17..................at Colorado State 11/24...................... at Boise State WYOMING 8/25..............at New Mexico State 9/1.................... Washington State 9/8............................ at Missouri 9/15............................... Wofford 9/29..........................Boise State 10/6............................. at Hawaii 10/13....................at Fresno State 10/20..........................Utah State 10/26.................at Colorado State 11/3...................... San José State 11/17............................. Air Force 11/24..................... at New Mexico
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FBS FOOTBALL SCHEDULES PAC-12 CONFERENCE ARIZONA 9/1.......................................BYU 9/8............................ at Houston 9/15.......................Southern Utah 9/22....................at Oregon State 9/29....................................USC 10/6.............................California 10/12.............................. at Utah 10/20..............................at UCLA 10/27.............................. Oregon 11/2..............................Colorado 11/17..............at Washington State 11/24....................... Arizona State ARIZONA STATE 9/1..................................... UTSA 9/8.......................Michigan State 9/15................. at San Diego State 9/22......................at Washington 9/29....................... Oregon State 10/6.......................... at Colorado 10/18............................ Stanford 10/27............................... at USC 11/3....................................Utah 11/10.................................. UCLA 11/17............................at Oregon 11/24........................... at Arizona CALIFORNIA 9/1........................ North Carolina 9/8.................................. at BYU 9/15...........................Idaho State 9/29............................... Oregon 10/6............................ at Arizona 10/13................................. UCLA 10/20...................at Oregon State 10/27........................ Washington 11/3...............at Washington State 11/10................................ at USC 11/17............................. Stanford 11/24.............................Colorado COLORADO 8/31.......... Colorado State [Denver] 9/8...........................at Nebraska 9/15.....................New Hampshire 9/28.................................. UCLA 10/6........................ Arizona State 10/13............................... at USC 10/20.....................at Washington 10/27...................... Oregon State 11/2............................ at Arizona 11/10................. Washington State 11/17...................................Utah 11/24........................ at California
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OREGON 9/1........................ Bowling Green 9/8........................Portland State 9/15...................... San José State 9/22............................. Stanford 9/29........................ at California 10/13........................ Washington 10/20.............at Washington State 10/27.......................... at Arizona 11/3................................... UCLA 11/10............................... at Utah 11/17....................... Arizona State 11/23....................at Oregon State
UTAH 8/30.........................Weber State 9/8...................................at NIU 9/15.......................... Washington 9/29..............at Washington State 10/6...........................at Stanford 10/12..............................Arizona 10/20...................................USC 10/26..............................at UCLA 11/3.....................at Arizona State 11/10............................... Oregon 11/17......................... at Colorado 11/24....................................BYU
ARKANSAS 9/1........................ Eastern Illinois 9/8....................at Colorado State 9/15.......................... North Texas 9/22............................at Auburn 9/29.........at Texas A&M [Arlington] 10/6.............................. Alabama 10/13............ Ole Miss [Little Rock] 10/20................................. Tulsa 10/27.......................... Vanderbilt 11/10....................................LSU 11/17............... at Mississippi State 11/24.......................... at Missouri
OREGON STATE 9/1...........................at Ohio State 9/8........................Southern Utah 9/15............................ at Nevada 9/22...............................Arizona 9/29....................at Arizona State 10/6.................. Washington State 10/20...........................California 10/27........................ at Colorado 11/3.....................................USC 11/10..........................at Stanford 11/17......................at Washington 11/23............................... Oregon
WASHINGTON 9/1.......................Auburn [Atlanta] 9/8......................... North Dakota 9/15................................ at Utah 9/22....................... Arizona State 9/29....................................BYU 10/6................................at UCLA 10/13...........................at Oregon 10/20............................Colorado 10/27....................... at California 11/3.............................. Stanford 11/17....................... Oregon State 11/23..............at Washington State
AUBURN 9/1................ Washington [Atlanta] 9/8....................... Alabama State 9/15.....................................LSU 9/22.............................Arkansas 9/29......................Southern Miss 10/6................ at Mississippi State 10/13..........................Tennessee 10/20......................... at Ole Miss 11/3............................Texas A&M 11/10...........................at Georgia 11/17................................Liberty 11/24..........................at Alabama
STANFORD 8/31.....................San Diego State 9/8......................................USC 9/15.............................. UC Davis 9/22............................at Oregon 9/29..................... at Notre Dame 10/6....................................Utah 10/18...................at Arizona State 10/27................ Washington State 11/3.......................at Washington 11/10....................... Oregon State 11/17........................ at California 11/24...............................at UCLA
WASHINGTON STATE 9/1............................ at Wyoming 9/8....................... San José State 9/15............... Eastern Washington 9/21................................. at USC 9/29...................................Utah 10/6.....................at Oregon State 10/20.............................. Oregon 10/27.........................at Stanford 11/3.............................California 11/10......................... at Colorado 11/17...............................Arizona 11/23......................... Washington
FLORIDA 9/1.................Charleston Southern 9/8...............................Kentucky 9/15...................... Colorado State 9/22....................... at Tennessee 9/29............... at Mississippi State 10/6.....................................LSU 10/13.......................at Vanderbilt 10/27....... at Georgia [Jacksonville] 11/3...............................Missouri 11/10..................... South Carolina 11/17................................. Idaho 11/24.................... at Florida State
UCLA 9/1...............................Cincinnati 9/8..........................at Oklahoma 9/15......................... Fresno State 9/28......................... at Colorado 10/6.......................... Washington 10/13....................... at California 10/20..............................Arizona 10/26..................................Utah 11/3.............................at Oregon 11/10....................at Arizona State 11/17....................................USC 11/24............................. Stanford
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GEORGIA 9/1.............................Austin Peay 9/8....................at South Carolina 9/15..................Middle Tennessee 9/22.......................... at Missouri 9/29.............................Tennesse 10/6............................ Vanderbilt 10/13............................... at LSU 10/27............Florida [Jacksonville] 11/3.......................... at Kentucky 11/10............................... Auburn 11/17..................... Massachusetts 11/24........................Georgia Tech
USC 9/1..................................... UNLV 9/8............................at Stanford 9/15............................... at Texas 9/21.................. Washington State 9/29........................... at Arizona 10/13............................Colorado 10/20.............................. at Utah 10/27...................... Arizona State 11/3.....................at Oregon State 11/10............................California 11/17...............................at UCLA 11/24.........................Notre Dame
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ALABAMA 9/1...................Louisville [Orlando] 9/8....................... Arkansas State 9/15........................... at Ole Miss 9/22...........................Texas A&M 9/29............................ Louisiana 10/6.......................... at Arkansas 10/13.............................Missouri 10/20...................... at Tennessee 11/3................................. at LSU 11/10...................Mississippi State 11/17..........................The Citadel 11/24............................... Auburn
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FBS FOOTBALL SCHEDULES KENTUCKY 9/1..................... Central Michigan 9/8.............................. at Florida 9/15.........................Murray State 9/22...................Mississippi State 9/29..................... South Carolina 10/6........................ at Texas A&M 10/20.......................... Vanderbilt 10/27......................... at Missouri 11/3............................... Georgia 11/10....................... at Tennessee 11/17.................Middle Tennessee 11/24.........................at Louisville
MISSOURI 9/1...............................UT-Martin 9/8...............................Wyoming 9/15.............................at Purdue 9/22.............................. Georgia 10/6...................at South Carolina 10/13.........................at Alabama 10/20............................Memphis 10/27............................Kentucky 11/3............................. at Florida 11/10........................... Vanderbilt 11/17....................... at Tennessee 11/24.............................Arkansas
VANDERBILT 9/1....................Middle Tennessee 9/8.................................Nevada 9/15...................... at Notre Dame 9/22..................... South Carolina 9/29................... Tennessee State 10/6............................at Georgia 10/13...............................Florida 10/20........................ at Kentucky 10/27........................ at Arkansas 11/10.......................... at Missouri 11/17..............................Ole Miss 11/24...........................Tennessee
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 9/1.................South Carolina State 9/8....................... Massachusetts 9/15...........................at Clemson 9/29..................... Arkansas State 10/6......................South Alabama 10/11...................... at Texas State 10/20.............at New Mexico State 10/25................Appalachian State 11/3................................ at ULM 11/10................................... Troy 11/17................at Coastal Carolina 11/24................... at Georgia State
LSU 9/2.................... Miami [Arlington] 9/8............Southeastern Louisiana 9/15.............................at Auburn 9/22..................... Louisiana Tech 9/29..............................Ole Miss 10/6............................. at Florida 10/13............................. Georgia 10/20..................Mississippi State 11/3.............................. Alabama 11/10......................... at Arkansas 11/17................................... Rice 11/24....................... at Texas A&M
SOUTH CAROLINA 9/1......................Coastal Carolina 9/8................................ Georgia 9/15.............................. Marshall 9/22........................at Vanderbilt 9/29......................... at Kentucky 10/6...............................Missouri 10/13..........................Texas A&M 10/27..........................Tennessee 11/3........................... at Ole Miss 11/10............................ at Florida 11/17........................Chattanooga 11/24..........................at Clemson
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GEORGIA STATE 8/30................... Kennesaw State 9/8.......................... at N.C. State 9/14.......................... at Memphis 9/22.................Western Michigan 9/29...................................ULM 10/4.................................at Troy 10/18.................at Arkansas State 10/27..................Coastal Carolina 11/3...........................Texas State 11/10.........................at Louisiana 11/17............. at Appalachian State 11/24..................Georgia Southern
OLE MISS 9/1................ Texas Tech [Houston] 9/8..................... Southern Illinois 9/15.............................. Alabama 9/22........................... Kent State 9/29................................ at LSU 10/6....................................ULM 10/13........at Arkansas [Little Rock] 10/20.............................. Auburn 11/3...................... South Carolina 11/10....................... at Texas A&M 11/17........................at Vanderbilt 11/22...................Mississippi State
TENNESSEE 9/1............West Virginia [Charlotte] 9/8...............East Tennessee State 9/15................................... UTEP 9/22................................Florida 9/29...........................at Georgia 10/13...........................at Auburn 10/20............................ Alabama 10/27.................at South Carolina 11/3............................. Charlotte 11/10.............................Kentucky 11/17..............................Missouri 11/24........................at Vanderbilt
MISSISSIPPI STATE 9/1.....................Stephen F. Austin 9/8...................... at Kansas State 9/15............................. Louisiana 9/22......................... at Kentucky 9/29................................Florida 10/6................................ Auburn 10/20............................... at LSU 10/27..........................Texas A&M 11/3...................... Louisiana Tech 11/10..........................at Alabama 11/17.............................Arkansas 11/22.......................... at Ole Miss
TEXAS A&M 8/30...............Northwestern State 9/8............................... Clemson 9/15....................................ULM 9/22..........................at Alabama 9/29.............. Arkansas [Arlington] 10/6..............................Kentucky 10/13.................at South Carolina 10/27.............. at Mississippi State 11/3.............................at Auburn 11/10..............................Ole Miss 11/17....................................UAB 11/24....................................LSU
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APPALACHIAN STATE 9/1.......................... at Penn State 9/8...........................at Charlotte 9/15.......................Southern Miss 9/22......................Gardner-Webb 9/29.....................South Alabama 10/9...................at Arkansas State 10/20........................... Louisiana 10/25............. at Georgia Southern 11/3.................at Coastal Carolina 11/10...................... at Texas State 11/17.......................Georgia State 11/24................................... Troy ARKANSAS STATE 9/1...........Southeast Missouri State 9/8............................at Alabama 9/15................................at Tulsa 9/22.................................. UNLV 9/29.............. at Georgia Southern 10/9..................Appalachian State 10/18......................Georgia State 10/27........................at Louisiana 11/3......................South Alabama 11/10................at Coastal Carolina 11/17...................................ULM 11/24...................... at Texas State COASTAL CAROLINA 9/1.....................at South Carolina 9/8......................................UAB 9/15............................. Campbell 9/22.........................at Louisiana 9/29................................at Troy 10/13..................................ULM 10/20.................at Massachusetts 10/27.................. at Georgia State 11/3..................Appalachian State 11/10..................... Arkansas State 11/17..................Georgia Southern 11/24................. at South Alabama
LOUISIANA 9/1..............................Grambling 9/15................ at Mississippi State 9/22...................Coastal Carolina 9/29..........................at Alabama 10/6....................... at Texas State 10/13................New Mexico State 10/20............ at Appalachian State 10/27.................... Arkansas State 11/3.................................at Troy 11/10.......................Georgia State 11/17.....................South Alabama 11/24............................... at ULM ULM 8/30..........Southeastern Louisiana 9/8.....................at Southern Miss 9/15........................ at Texas A&M 9/22................................... Troy 9/29................... at Georgia State 10/6........................... at Ole Miss 10/13...............at Coastal Carolina 10/20.........................Texas State 11/3...................Georgia Southern 11/10................. at South Alabama 11/17..................at Arkansas State 11/24............................ Louisiana
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SOUTH ALABAMA 9/1........................ Louisiana Tech 9/8.................. at Oklahoma State 9/15...........................Texas State 9/22......................... at Memphis 9/29............. at Appalachian State 10/6............... at Georgia Southern 10/13.................... Alabama State 10/23.................................. Troy 11/3...................at Arkansas State 11/10...................................ULM 11/17.........................at Louisiana 11/24...................Coastal Carolina
BYU 9/1.............................. at Arizona 9/8..............................California 9/15......................... at Wisconsin 9/22.....................McNeese State 9/29......................at Washington 10/5............................Utah State 10/13...............................Hawaii 10/27................................... NIU 11/3....................... at Boise State 11/10..................at Massachusetts 11/17.................New Mexico State 11/24............................... at Utah
TEXAS STATE 9/1..............................at Rutgers 9/8.......................Texas Southern 9/15.................. at South Alabama 9/22...............................at UTSA 10/6............................. Louisiana 10/11..................Georgia Southern 10/20.............................. at ULM 10/27................New Mexico State 11/3.................... at Georgia State 11/10.................Appalachian State 11/17................................at Troy 11/24..................... Arkansas State
LIBERTY 9/1..........................Old Dominion 9/8..................at Army West Point 9/15........................ Norfolk State 9/22......................... North Texas 9/29..................... at New Mexico 10/6...............at New Mexico State 10/13.................................. Troy 10/20.........................Idaho State 11/3...................at Massachusetts 11/10........................... at Virginia 11/17............................at Auburn 11/24.................New Mexico State
TROY 9/1.............................Boise State 9/8...........................Florida A&M 9/15..........................at Nebraska 9/22............................... at ULM 9/29...................Coastal Carolina 10/4........................Georgia State 10/13........................... at Liberty 10/23................ at South Alabama 11/3............................. Louisiana 11/10.............. at Georgia Southern 11/17..........................Texas State 11/24............. at Appalachian State
MASSACHUSETTS 8/25............................Duquesne 9/1.................... at Boston College 9/8................ at Georgia Southern 9/15..................................at FIU 9/22............................ Charlotte 9/29............................... at Ohio 10/6.....................................USF 10/20..................Coastal Carolina 10/27............................at UConn 11/3.................................Liberty 11/10....................................BYU 11/17...........................at Georgia
12/26 — Quick Lane Bowl: ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten, ESPN, 5:15 p.m.
NEW MEXICO STATE 8/25.............................Wyoming 8/30....................... at Minnesota 9/8......................... at Utah State 9/15..........................New Mexico 9/22...............................at UTEP 10/6.................................Liberty 10/13........................at Louisiana 10/20.................Georgia Southern 10/27..................... at Texas State 11/3..........................Alcorn State 11/17................................ at BYU 11/24............................ at Liberty
12/28 — Alamo Bowl: Big 12 vs. Pac-12, ESPN, 9 p.m.
INDEPENDENTS ARMY WEST POINT 9/1..................................at Duke 9/8..................................Liberty 9/15.................................Hawaii 9/22........................at Oklahoma 9/29............................at Buffalo 10/13.................at San José State 10/20.......................Miami (Ohio) 10/27............. at Eastern Michigan 11/3.............................. Air Force 11/10............................ Lafayette 11/17...............................Colgate 12/8................ Navy [Philadelphia]
NOTRE DAME 9/1................................Michigan 9/8.............................. Ball State 9/13............................ Vanderbilt 9/22.....................at Wake Forest 9/29............................. Stanford 10/6......................at Virginia Tech 10/13................................... Pitt 10/20.............. at Navy [San Diego] 11/3....................at Northwestern 11/10........................Florida State 11/17..... Syracuse [Yankee Stadium] 11/24................................ at USC
12/15 — New Mexico Bowl: Mountain West vs. Conference USA, ESPN, 2 p.m. 12/15 — Cure Bowl: American vs. Sun Belt, CBSSN, 2:30 p.m. 12/15 — Las Vegas Bowl: Mountain West vs. Pac-12, ABC, 3:30 p.m. 12/15 — Camellia Bowl: MAC vs. Sun Belt, ESPN, 5:30 p.m. 12/15 — New Orleans Bowl: Sun Belt vs. Conference USA, ESPN, 9 p.m. 12/18 — Boca Raton Bowl: American/Conference USA/MAC, ESPN, 7 p.m. 12/19 — Frisco Bowl: American vs. at-large, ESPN, 8 p.m. 12/20 — Gasparilla Bowl: American vs. Conference USA, ESPN, 8 p.m. 12/21 — Bahamas Bowl: MAC vs. Conference USA, ESPN, 12:30 p.m. 12/21 — Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: MAC vs. Mountain West, ESPN, 4 p.m. 12/22 — Birmingham Bowl: SEC vs. American, ESPN, noon 12/22 — Armed Forces Bowl: Big 12 vs. American, ESPN, 3:30 p.m. 12/22 — Dollar General Bowl: MAC vs. Sun Belt, ESPN, 7 p.m. 12/22 — Hawai’i Bowl: Conference USA vs. Mountain West, ESPN, 10:30 p.m. 12/26 — Heart of Dallas Bowl: Big Ten vs. Conference, USA, ESPN, 1:30 pm. 12/26 — Cactus Bowl: Big 12 vs. Pac-12, ESPN, 9 p.m. 12/27 — Independence Bowl: ACC/Notre Dame vs. SEC, ESPN, 1:30 p.m. 12/27 — Pinstripe Bowl: ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big Ten, ESPN, 5:15 p.m. 12/27 — Texas Bowl: Big 12 vs. SEC, ESPN, 9 p.m. 12/28 — Music City Bowl: ACC/Big Ten/Notre Dame vs. SEC, ESPN, 1:30 p.m. 12/28 — Camping World Bowl: ACC/Notre Dame vs. Big 12, ESPN, 5:15 p.m. 12/28 — Arizona Bowl: Mountain West vs. Sun Belt, CBSSN, 5:30 p.m. 12/29 — Peach Bowl: At-large vs. at-large, ESPN, noon 12/29 — Belk Bowl: ACC/Notre Dame vs. SEC, ABC, noon 12/29 — Cotton Bowl: College Football Playoff semifinals, ESPN, 4 or 8 p.m. 12/29 — Orange Bowl: College Football Playoff semifinals, ESPN, 4 or 8 p.m. 12/31 — Military Bowl: ACC/Notre Dame vs. American, ESPN, noon 12/31 — San Francisco Bowl: Big Ten vs. Pac-12, FOX, 3 p.m. 12/31 — Liberty Bowl: Big 12 vs. SEC, ESPN, 3:45 p.m. 12/31 — Holiday Bowl: Big Ten vs. Pac-12, FS1, 7 p.m. 12/31 — Gator Bowl: ACC/Big Ten/Notre Dame vs. SEC, ESPN, 7:30 p.m. 12/31 — Sun Bowl: ACC/Notre Dame vs. Pac-12, CBS, TBA 1/1 — Outback Bowl: Big Ten vs. SEC, ESPN2, noon 1/1 — Citrus Bowl: Big Ten vs. SEC, ABC, 1 p.m. 1/1 — Fiesta Bowl: At-large vs. At-large, ESPN, 1 p.m. 1/1 — Rose Bowl: Big Ten vs. Pac-12, ESPN, 5 p.m. 1/1 — Sugar Bowl: Big 12 vs. SEC, ESPN, 8:30 p.m. 1/7 — College Football Playoff championship: Semifinal winners, ESPN, 8 p.m.
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With fresh faces and young players, the Huskers will try to build on the successes of the past decade
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Two national championships and three trips to the national semifinals in the last three years have set the bar high for Nebraska Volleyball in 2018. But with only three starters returning from last year’s national champions, and only two players with more than one year of college volleyball experience on the roster, young players will have to step in and contribute immediately for the Huskers if they’re to meet the standards set the last three years.
FOECKE AND MALONEY LEAD YOUNG HUSKER TEAM
The only two upperclassmen on the roster, seniors Mikaela Foecke and Kenzie Maloney, will lead the team as captains this season. Foecke earned second-team All-America honors last year at outside hitter, leading the team with 441 kills, while earning her second NCAA Championships Most Outstanding Player award of her career after racking up 20 kills and 14 digs against Florida in the national final. Meanwhile, Maloney played every set as the Huskers’ libero, and set a school record with 13 aces in the NCAA Tournament. Both have started all three years of their Husker career. But this season, they’ll be called upon to lead the team. To help them grow into that role, Cook is calling on Director of Operations Lindsay Peterson to build Foecke and Maloney’s leadership skills. “They had been meeting all season long and will continue to meet over the summer just to
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work on how to become great captains, and I’m really fired up with how they’re attacking this and how passionate they are about becoming leaders,” Cook said. They’ll be called upon to lead a roster with almost as many newcomers (seven) as returners (eight). “We have a lot of work to do this summer, and we’re labeling it ‘Operation Come Together’, because technically, seven of our players are new,” Cook said. “We’ve got to come together this summer pretty quickly, or we are going to get knocked out the first couple of weeks.”
YOUNG, BUT EXPERIENCED
While Foecke and Maloney are the only players with more than a year of college volleyball, there’s still some experience back for the Huskers. Three Huskers — Jazz Sweet, Lauren Stivrins, and Hayley Densberger — return after playing at least 30 matches and at least 85 sets last year as freshmen. Sweet, an
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outside hitter, was fourth on the team with 277 kills, while Stivrins, a middle blocker, was fifth on the team with 259 kills. Stivrins also ranked second on the team with 127 blocks. Densberger, a serving specialist, had 10 aces last year.
ANOTHER TALENTED TRANSFER
In past years, John Cook has added talented transfers like Kelsey Robinson, Briana Holman and Lauren Cook. This year, the Huskers add Lexi Sun, who was named firstteam All-Big 12 after piling up 327 kills for the Longhorns. Like her head coach, Sun is a San Diego-area native. “We have a lot of ties,” Cook said. “Her club coaches all worked for me at one point, and so we tried to recruit her early on and didn’t get very far with her. Once we could get her
to visit, she fell in love with it. I don’t think there’s any better place to play volleyball.” Sun came to Texas as the Gatorade National High School Player or the Year and the MVP of the Under Armour All-American game in 2016.
BIG SHOES TO FILL AT SETTER
Kelly Hunter left a sizable legacy at setter for the Huskers. A two-time All-American, Hunter led the Huskers to two national championships and a pair of Big Ten titles. Heralded freshman Nicklin Hames will be the first to try to take her place. A Knoxville, Tenn., native, Hames won five state championships for the Webb School while playing for her mother, Chris. Four times, she was named the MVP of the state tournament in Tennessee, and was ranked the fourthbest overall prospect and top setter recruit in this class, according to PrepVolleyball.com.
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LEANING ON TEAM LEADERS John Baylor sits down with volleyball coach John Cook
John Baylor: What is the mentality of the returning players? John Cook: We are not allowed to work with them in the summer. So, I can’t ask questions or comment on that, but they’ve all started back, they started workouts this week. When you have so many new players and then so many new open positions, that creates a lot of competition, so I think there’s some motivation for players. JB: Where was this program when seniors Mikaela Foecke and Kenzie Maloney arrived in 2015 and what have they meant in this ascent of Nebraska Volleyball? JC: They have a chance to do something that no other Nebraska Volleyball players have done. Which is win three National Championships or even potentially three Big Ten Championships. The second thing is that both those girls I think have played every match since they have been here, and both have performed at a really high level and they’ve accomplished as much as any Nebraska Volleyball player. We named them captains and now they get a new role of being leaders. They are our only two seniors and we have no juniors, so they have big loads on them as far as leadership.
school program. Mikaela was a great middle blocker, but we knew at college she probably wasn’t best suited to be a middle blocker. Her junior year of high school I said, “Hey. We’re going to recruit you. We are going to offer you, but we want you to be an outside hitter”, and she loved the idea. She’s from smalltown Iowa, farm girl, farm family, she’s a PreVet major, and is a typical Husker volleyball player, but just happens to be from Iowa. JB: You have a high impact transfer arriving this year in Lexi Sun. Do you take greater satisfaction in getting an elite fifteen-year old to say yes to Nebraska Volleyball, or an elite nineteen-year old who’s already been somewhere else to say yes? JC: I don’t know if it’s any different. We’re trying to find the right players for the right program. She’s from San Diego and I’m from San Diego, we have a lot of ties, her club coaches all worked for me at one point, and so we tried to recruit her early on and didn’t get very far with her. Most kids growing up in San Diego don’t know much about Nebraska. Once we could get her to visit she fell in love with it. I don’t think there’s any better place to play volleyball.
JB: What have Mikaela and Kenzie meant for your culture?
JB: You had unparalleled chemistry in the last title year 2017. How do you preserve that with the new comers?
JC: One of the reasons I wanted to recruit Kenzie is she’s the oldest of four kids, three younger sisters. She came from a very tough club program and a very successful high
JC: It’s a 24/7 process we’re going through with our performance team and with our captains trying to figure out what buttons to push. We have a lot of work to do this
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summer and we’re labeling it ‘Operation Come Together’, because technically seven of our players are new. In volleyball it’s about relationships, they have to feel comfortable with each other, we have to make the new players feel comfortable.
JB: Annika Albrecht’s a player who couldn’t get to the front row her first three years here. Boom. She vaults to All-American status. What were you able to do? What was she able to do to suddenly make that leap in such a pivotal part in that title team?
JB: You’ve got to replace one of the greatest volleyball players, at least in the history of this program, and that’s Kelly Hunter. Any news on a transfer setter?
JC: We call that “training the complete athlete.” She bought in to her having to train the mental part, having to train the physical part, and with that comes good nutrition, getting in great shape, trying to become a better athlete. Then there’s the emotional part. So, the combination of those three things allowed her to play at the level she’s probably capable of and she was having fun. I think she knew she had a big role on our team and she could make a big impact and she really embraced that.
JC: We are continuing to work on that, and we can’t really say anything until we can cross the t’s and dot the i’s. It’s just taking time and that will be the final piece of the recruiting class is to get that done. Everybody’s here now and we just have to get them going. Like I said it’s “Operation Come Together.”
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BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Nebraska will be the favorites to win the conference crown this year, though 17-time Big Ten champion Penn State shouldn’t be counted out.
NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS (32-4, 19-1, Big Ten co-champs, National Champions)
Coach: John Cook (532-70, 19th year, 4 national titles) Quick Hit: Freshman Nicklin Hames takes over at setter and Texas transfer Lexi Sun will play outside with Michaela Foeke, who hit .293 and crushed 3.5 kills per set in 2017. Libero virtuoso Kenzie Maloney and Foeke go for their third national title in 2018.
ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI (23-11, 12-8, tied 5th)
IOWA HAWKEYES (7-13, 18-15, tied for 10th)
Coach: Bond Shymansky (63-66, 5th year) Quick Hit: The NCAA Tournament Committee has left Iowa out of the tournament the last two years. Senior OH Taylor Louis smacked 3.4 kills per set last year and gifted setter Gabrielle Orr is back for her sophomore season to get the Hawkeyes over the bubble in 2018.
MARYLAND TERRAPINS (7-13, 18-14, tied for 10th)
Coach: Chris Tamas (23-11, 2nd year) Quick Hit: Tamas, a former Husker assistant, is leading a resurgence in Champaign, notching six more wins overall and two more conference wins in 2017 than the 2016 Illini had. Two All-American caliber seniors lead Illinois in 2018: setter Jordyn Poulter and MB Ali Bastianelli.
Coach: Adam Hughes (1st year) Quick Hit: Five Terps, including four starters, have transferred since Steve Aird stunned Maryland by announcing he’d be taking the Indiana job. Coach Hughes, a 4-year assistant under Aird, couldn’t stop those departures but has added three transfers to this program that was the final team left out of the 2017 tournament.
INDIANA HOOSIERS (1-19, 12-20, 13th)
MICHIGAN WOLVERINES (21-12, 11-9, tied for 7th)
Coach: Steve Aird (1st year – 55-74, in 4 years at Maryland) Quick Hit: Steve Aird takes over at Indiana after building Maryland the last four years. The Hoosiers will play in a new, muchneeded arena this fall. This year’s motto: New Coaches, New Facility, New IU. It will be a young team with only two juniors and no seniors.
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Coach: Mark Rosen (384-244, 20th year) Quick Hit: Three-year starting setter MacKenzi Welsh leads the Wolverines after being an AVCA All-America honorable mention in 2016. Last year Coach Rosen took Michigan to the NCAA Tournament for the 16th time in 19 years, including the 2012 national semifinal.
MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS (24-9, 14-6, 4th)
PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (33-2, 19-1, Big Ten co-champs)
MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS (28-6, 15-5, 3rd)
PURDUE BOILERMAKERS (23-10, 12-8, tied for 5th)
Coach: Cathy George (244-170, 14th year) Quick Hit: Like Penn State, Purdue, and Nebraska, Michigan State has to replace a talented senior class. The 2018 Spartans will be young, with only two juniors. The lone senior is ex-Husker and ex-UCF OH Maddie Haggerty, who in two full years already at MSU has yet to play a match.
Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (162-43, 7th year) Quick Hit: Coach McCutcheon has designs on his second Big Ten Title and the program’s third ever. All American senior setter Samantha Seliger-Swenson leads a potent offense that includes sophomore right-side hitter Stephanie Samedy, a first-team AVCA All-American last year as a freshman, and third-team All-American outside hitter Alexis Hart.
NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS (4-16, 14-18, 12th)
Coach: Shane Davis (24-40, 3rd year) Quick Hit: Talent arrives this fall as the Wildcat freshman class is ranked 18th best in the country by PrepVolleyball.com (the 2017 freshmen were ranked 22nd). These six freshman and seven sophomores better deliver because the Cats have no seniors. Coach Davis won two titles in twelve years coaching men’s volleyball down the road at Loyola.
OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (15-16, 8-12, 9th)
Coach: Geoff Carlston (208-133, 11th year) Quick Hit: Taylor Hughes’ medical challenges have forced the fantastic lefty setter to retire after her junior year. Her successor is a transfer from Kentucky, Olivia Dailey, a former All-SEC setter who lost her job last year to Wildcat freshman phenom Madison Lilley. Attacker Jordan Fry is also leaving Kentucky for Ohio State.
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Coach: Russ Rose (1,246-198, 40th year, 7 National Titles) Quick Hit: Penn State lost only two matches in 2017, both to Nebraska. The Lions are 0-7 vs. Nebraska over the last three seasons. Penn State always reloads, but this year the Lions replace one of the greatest senior classes ever.
Coach: Dave Shondell (324-175, 16th year) Quick Hit: Purdue is young and have just three seniors and two juniors. Danielle Cuttino is done and playing in Italy. Her 4.1 kills per set will be difficult to replace, though senior Sherridan Atkinson smacked 3.4 kills per set and hit .322 in 2017.
RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS (0-20, 5-27, 14th)
Coach: CJ Werneke (72-219, 11th year) Quick Hit: Starting setter Megan Sharkey transferred to Creighton, saying, “I was just tired of losing.” Rutgers, only 39 miles from the UN, will dress seven foreigners this season, including four Russians. Four Scarlet Knights hail from the U.S.
WISCONSIN BADGERS (22-10, 11-9, tied for 7th)
Coach: Kelly Sheffield (135-35, 6th year) Quick Hit: Outside hitter Molly Haggerty, the 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, returns after red-shirting with a bad back in 2017. Setter Sydney Hille was an Honorable Mention All-American last year as a freshman. The Badgers are loaded in the middle with senior MB Tionna Williams, also a 2018 Honorable Mention All-American, and sophomore Dana Rettke, a 6’8” First Team All-American last year.
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