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Nebraska Herbie Husker dates to the mid-1970s and was officially adopted in 1977. Prior to Herbie, Nebraska attempted several mascots that wore an ear of corn on someone’s head.
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 ...
It's a pattern we've written about numerous times before: new coach, new uniforms. The team's attire becomes a visual metaphor for change within the program. And so if you can't change the uniforms, ...
Nebraska’s new Herbie Husker is actually not so new after all. The Nebraska Athletic Department released a redesign of the school’s Herbie Husker mascot on Tuesday, returning to a design that ...
The weekend invitational closes out the regular season and is the first time the Cornhuskers have hosted the Big Red Invitational since the 2022-23 season, where NU finished first.
But Herbie had been the official Husker mascot since 1974. The image we’re all most familiar with — the one people are still most likely to paint on their garages — was created by a Texas ...
By Michelle Watson, CNN The University of Nebraska has changed its mascot’s hand gesture after more than 47 years, the university said, after the traditional one became associated with racist ...
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.
The new-look Herbie Husker is a modernized version of the mascot and logo that have served Nebraska for nearly 50 years. “Herbie Husker has been one of the iconic symbols of Nebraska Athletics for ...
Meet the new Herbie Husker — pretty much the same as the old Herbie Husker — on the mascot’s 50th anniversary. New and old school, blending together for the Huskers’ latest spring soiree.
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.