Frank Solich has a great case, but not as good as the legendary Nebraska football center from the 1930s. Also, the greatest ...

Dom was the first Hawaiian to become a Husker. Longtime assistant coach George Darlington recruited the West Coast for years ...

In the same article, Joel Makovicka said similar things about his older brother Jeff: “He got his foot in the door and then widened the door for me to get there.” ...

Jeff and Joel Makovicka are pictured here with Mom and Dad following their induction into the NEMFCA Hall of Fame a few years back at Hastings College.

Yet early last week, East Butler standout Justin Makovicka — brother of former Husker fullbacks Jeff and Joel Makovicka — leaned toward playing at Iowa State. The Cyclone coaching staff ...

No players represented the tradition more than the Makovicka brothers of tiny Brainard, Nebraska. Jeff and Joel played eight-man football in high school, walked on and turned into standout ...

"Where they really contributed was at practice when you had to go up against them," Joel Makovicka said, "because they knew what it was all about. That was their game day.