An Adidas illustration of the new Husker alternate uniforms. An Adidas illustration of the new Husker alternate uniforms. Adidas and Nebraska went with a black helmet -- and black pants and jersey ...

The summer after he graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Andy Schadwinkel was in London when he spotted someone wearing a Husker hat.

But in “Big Red” Nebraska’s case, black is the new red. In the late 1980s, complaints emanated from Lincoln that Nebraska was losing urban recruits to Colorado, which in 1990 won the ...