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In this lively and wide-ranging episode of the Five Heart Podcast, hosts Greg and Minnie deliver a fun-filled Thursday night show covering everything from Husker football scheduling to mascot ...
On Saturday, Ben Hastreiter and Brady Moylan — better known as Lil’ Red and Herbie Husker respectively — will graduate at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) May 6, 2025 It takes a law degree to keep up with college sports today. Nebraska is well-positioned for anything that might happen this week.
A year after Nebraska lost two key pieces in the spring game to injury, Saturday served as a fun finish to five weeks of offseason practice.
The Huskers won’t be playing their traditional Spring Game this year, but fans will still get a chance to don the red and white for a new event: the Husker Games.
The Nebraska Athletic Department released a modernized version of the original Herbie Husker design. Check it out here.
Herbie Husker Mascot’s History The University of Nebraska–Lincoln underwent a series of changes in its official mascots before ultimately adopting Herbie Husker.
Herbie is the pride and joy of the Cornhusker nation, and in 1996, a former high school mascot became the first female to don the red hat-wearing costume.
With the "okay" hand sign deemed to have taken on associations with white supremacists, Nebraska officials moved to give Herbie Husker a "We're No. 1" gesture.
Blond Herbie Husker is back! On Monday, Nebraska released a video showing the new mascot logo. The new costumed mascot will debut during Saturday’s Red-White game. The new logo is immediately ...
He preferred to be known as a "Husker" instead of a Cornhusker, because he believed that image would "sell better" outside of Nebraska. But by rejecting his agricultural roots, he lost his identity.