Nebraska Cornhusker News: Volleyball and football continue undefeated seasons

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For most of the summer those of us in the agriculture community have been praying for rain as the drought baked crops, gardens and livestock. In September, we got way more rain than we needed and now there are reports of corn and soybeans either rotting or sprouting while still on the stalk. Mother Nature never gives us average.

Neither does Husker football. The first two quarters against Maryland were similar to this summer’s drought prayers – can we pleeeeeease just have a little bit of competent football?? Then the second half was like the dam burst and Nebraska buried the Terrapins under a flood headed up by Dwayne McDougle and Anthony Coleandra.

Now, let’s hope things aren’t all rotten and squishy next week vs the Hoosiers.

Corn Flakes

Jackson shines, Flynn sets as No. 1 Nebraska volleyball sweeps Maryland
Andi Jackson dominated in every phase of the game as No. 1 Nebraska volleyball swept Maryland on Saturday night — without Bergen Reilly.

Maryland volleyball draws program record 15,127 fans to match against No. 1 Nebraska
COLLEGE PARK, MD — Maryland volleyball set a new program attendance record in its three-set loss (25-13, 25-20, 25-15) to No. 1 Nebraska on Saturday night on the main court at XFINITY Center. 

Colandrea limits damage for Nebraska football
The Huskers proved their floor is getting higher by surviving an ugly first half to knock out Maryland.

What Maryland football coach Mike Locksley said after Nebraska’s win
Maryland had Nebraska where it wanted the Huskers with three minutes left in the first half.

How every Husker football player on offense graded out by PFF vs Maryland
Outside of the first quarter of play, Dana Holgorsen’s offense was highly productive in Week 5.

Up nine and driving.

Football: Husker defenders ‘man the hell up’ to pitch second half shutout vs Maryland
What changed for the Husker defense in the second half against Maryland?

Takeaways from Nebraska football’s win over Maryland
Maryland (2-3,0-2) trotted into Memorial Stadium off two straight losses and a coach on the hot seat and gave the Huskers a run for their money early on.

Nebraska rifle shoots by Buckeyes in Ohio
The Husker rifle team started their stretch of road games with a 4,730–4,675 win over No. 14 Ohio State.

Nebraska soccer draws 0-0 against No. 20 Wisconsin
Nebraska soccer had an opportunity Sunday to win back-to-back ranked conference games for the first time since joining the Big Ten.

Sports!

College football: Big Ten’s depth looks even shallower in 2026
The Big Ten’s bragging rights over the SEC are well-earned. When you win the last three national championships, you have the right to chirp a little bit.

Why these Milwaukee Brewers may win their first ever World Series
Yes, the Brewers can win the World Series. Yes, they just might be the favorites to do so given the favorable position they’ve created on this, their eighth posteason trip in nine seasons.

Connelly: Week 5 brought clarity, confusion to college football conference races
As a rule, October is pretty good at telling us everything we got wrong about college football in September. It didn’t waste any time this season.

College football Top 25: Missouri makes big jump to No. 14
Texas will go into Saturday’s Red River Rivalry game against Oklahoma as the No. 1 team for the fourth straight week. The rest of the top five stood pat with Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami and Ohio State following the Longhorns.

FCS football was rather exciting this weekend (see below)

Then There’s This

Comedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in pictures
A caiman wearing a wig, two brown bears laughing and a leopard doing a handstand feature in the selection of finalists from this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards. Winners will be announced on 8 December

A beloved Hawaii landmark disappeared into the sea overnight
The famous 90-foot lava rock arch, shaped by centuries of erosion, disappeared sometime between Sept. 23 and Sept. 27.

Dozens of curious artworks made with woven strands of human hair go on display at New York’s Morbid Anatomy Library
So-called hairworks were popularized during the Victorian era as a means of grieving the deceased

Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
Milt Windler, one of the four leaders of Mission Control who in 1970 directed the round-the-clock efforts to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts back to Earth safely, has died at the age of 94.

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