LINCOLN — The Nebraska football team saw its first action in full pads and helmets with a 90-minute practice on Saturday before playing host to 529 area youth as they ...

Random fact: As the myth goes, the Nebraska helmet used to have an "NU" on it. But, before the 1970 season, there were not enough "U" stickers, so they just went with an "N" on the helmet.

As they're required to do each year, organizers of the Middlefield Youth Football League, which fields three teams and about 60 8- to 12-year-old players, had sent 50 helmets off to be reconditioned.