It is that time of year where we reflect on the past 12 months and look ahead to what the future holds. 2025 was good to me. Two of the ranchhands got off the ranch payroll after landing their first grown-up
jobs. Given the stats that are being thrown around about job prospects for new college grads, I am very grateful for that.
I am also grateful for the Corn Nation community. I enjoy checking this website every day and having a place to share a love of Husker sports. You all make me laugh and make me think. Thank you for that.
Are you also in reflection mode at year-end? If so, what stands out to you about 2025? (the good, bad or ugly) Let me know in the comments!
Corn Flakes
Five things to watch for when the USC women play Nebraska
The nonconference schedule is over for USC women’s basketball. Now comes the heart of the Big Ten season, beginning with the post-Christmas showdown against 12-0 Nebraska on Monday.
Quarterback TJ Lateef is recovered from hamstring injury and ready to take on the Utes
The Huskers worked out at Bishop Gorman High School on Saturday, but the big news of the day is that it looks like TJ Lateef has fully recovered from that hamstring injury he suffered early on in the Iowa loss on Black Friday.
Quarterbacks to watch as Nebraska looks to the transfer portal
The silver lining in all this could be the opportunity Dana Holgorsen now has of finding someone who fits his offense moving forward and not having to adjust it around the skillset of someone he inherited.
As Nebraska adjusts to the new portal world, Rhule is allowing eventual transfers to finish ‘the right way’
As college football’s new portal era evolves, it’s setting new precedents almost daily. While players like Davila, Noonan, and Alvano must wait until the portal opens on Jan. 3, head coach Matt Rhule chose to let them finish their Nebraska careers out on the bowl trip.
Nebraska looks for answers at linebacker
That makes the New Year’s Eve bowl game an important one for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the Huskers having a chance to end the season on a strong note after back-to-back ugly losses to Penn State and Iowa to close the regular season.
Sports!
Tom Izzo blasts pros getting eligibility. ‘Shame on the NCAA. Shame on the coaches too’
If veteran college basketball coaches were hanging it up because of the transfer portal and NIL, the latest trend may push out even more venerable leaders.
Kyle Whittingham confident his style will be familiar fit as Michigan’s coach
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Whittingham brought plenty of energy on four hours’ sleep Sunday when he was introduced as Michigan’s football coach, saying it was one of five jobs that could bring him out of a short retirement and offering no hesitation about joining a program in the midst of cultural chaos.
Sports in 2025: What we learned from a year of growth
As the years go by, the sporting world continues to grow, and never was that more apparent than in 2025. Whether it was ever-increasing viewership — on myriad platforms — for the NFL, expansion in the WNBA and women’s sports in general or controversy related to rapid change, growth ruled the year.
How to do two coaching jobs during the college football playoff
THE PHONE BUZZED and the voice on the other end sounded characteristically upbeat and cheerful, but also a bit worn down.
Then There’s This
Meet the man with his name in most Nebraska elevators
Besides buttons and bells, most elevators in Nebraska have one thing in common: Timothy Trujillo’s name is printed on a placard in all of them.
Giant lazy Susans bring people together at Mississippi restaurant
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) — Over the course of a steaming-hot Southern lunch, served family-style on a giant lazy Susan, restaurant owner Andre Davis has watched people go from perfect strangers to lifelong friends.
Unforgettable fire: The U-2 incident
The May Day 1960 downing of a US U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union was one of the most famous incidents of the Cold War—and an extraordinary pile-up of mis- and dis-information. John A. Schell tells the story with the help of Soviet archival material available in English for the first time.
Note: the article below is a REALLY long read
The other Homo sapiens
Their skulls retained anatomical features seen in primitive humans like Neanderthals – huge brow ridges, massive jaws, thick skulls. But, despite their primitive appearance, they weren’t our ancestors; they appear too late in time. They’re a side branch of our evolutionary tree, one that went extinct, leaving no descendants. Why did we survive, while they didn’t?
Best friends exchange same birthday card back and forth for 81 years
It all started in 1944, when the Kentucky resident first received the card for her 14th birthday, after her family moved to Indianapolis during World War II.
