Nebraska’s 2025 schedule may be labeled the easiest in the Big Ten Conference by Phil Steele, but don’t let that fool you — the back half is a gauntlet.

Nebraska Cornhuskers mascot Herbie Husker during the game against the Fighting Illini at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 3, 2015, in Champaign, Illinois. (Michael Hickey/Getty Images) ...

Deep Red: The story behind the name ‘Cornhuskers’ Before the 20th century, the NU football team took the field under a wide collection of nicknames, ranging but not limited to the Rattlesnake ...

There was an Iowa Cornhuskers entity of some fame, however, but it had nothing to do with college sports. That would be the old swing band that toured Iowa and the Midwest.