Nebraska

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The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, known as Nebraska for all NCAA purposes, is located in Lincoln, Nebraska. Its mascot is the Cornhuskers. Nebraska's traditional rivals are Colorado and Oklahoma. Historically, Penn State has been a rival of Nebraska. And since the mid '90s, Kansas State has also been considered a rival of Nebraska.

Contents 1 Traditions 2 Stadiums 3 Football 3.1 Staff 3.2 Projected Starters 3.3 History 4 Basketball 4.1 Staff 4.2 Projected Starters 4.3 History 5 Baseball 5.1 Staff 5.2 History

[edit] Traditions

• Colors - Scarlet & Cream
• Fight Songs - "Hail Varsity", "Dear Old Nebraska U"
• Blackshirt Defense
• The Tunnel Walk
• NCAA Record 275 consecutive home sellouts and counting
  
• Rivalry trophies- Missouri-Nebraska Bell
• Rivalry games- Oklahoma, Missouri, Colorado

[edit] Stadiums

• Football - Memorial Stadium
• Basketball - Bob Devaney Sports Center
• Baseball - Haymarket Park

[edit] Football

[edit] Staff

Head Football Coach - Bo Pelini
Defensive Coordinator - Carl Pelini
Offensive Coordinator - Shawn Watson

[edit] Projected Starters

Offense
QB: Zac Taylor
RB: Marlon Lucky / Cody Glenn
WR: Terrance Nunn
WR: Nate Swift
LT: Chris Patrick
LG: Andy Christensen
C: Kurt Mann
RG: Mike Huff
RT: Matt Slauson

Defense
DE: Jay Moore
DT: Ola Dagunduro
DT: Barry Cryer / Ndamukong Suh
DE: Adam Carriker
LB: Stewart Bradley
LB: Corey McKeon
LB: Steve Octavien
CB: Zackary Bowman
CB: Courtney Grixby
FS: Andrew Shanle / 2006 Commit
SS: Tierre Green / Andrew Shanle

[edit] History

• Bowl Appearances - 43
  
• Bowl Record - 22-21
  
• BCS Appearances - 1999 Fiesta Bowl, 2001 Rose Bowl
• Western Interstate Champs - 1894, 1895, 1897
  
• Missouri Valley Champs - 1907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923
  
• Big 8/Big 12 Champs - 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999
  
• National Championships - 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997
  

• Famous Alumni - Johnny Rodgers (71' Heisman ), Mike Rozier (83' Heisman ), Eric Crouch (01' Heisman ), Tommie Frazier, Ahman Green, Grant Wistrom, Mike Rucker, Kyle Vandenbosch, Mike Minter, Mike Brown, Will Shields, Bob Brown, Ed Weir, Dave Rimington, Irving Fryar, Turner Gill.
  

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Staff

Head Basketball Coach - Doc Sadler

[edit] Projected Starters

PG: Charles Richardson
SG: Jamel White
SF: ?
PF: ?
C: Alex Maric
Key Bench Players:
PG:
SG:
PF/C:
SF:

[edit] History

• Final Four Appearances - 0
  
• National Championships - 0
  
• Famous Alumni - Stu Lantz, Tyronn Lue, Mikki Moore, Eric Piatkowski, Erick Strickland
  

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Staff

Head Baseball Coach -Mike Anderson (4th Year)
Pitching Coach - Dave Bingham (1st Year)
Hitting Coach - Andy Sawyers (1st Year)

[edit] History

• College World Series Appearances - 3 (2001, 2002, 2005)
  
• NCAA Super Regional Appearances - 4 (2000 - Stanford, 2001 - Rice, 2002 - Richmond, 2005 - Miami)
  
• NCAA Regional Appearances - 9 (1979, 1980, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
  
• National Championships - 0
  
• Big 12 Championships - 3 (2001, 2003, 2005)
  
• Big 12 Tournament Championships - 4 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005)
  
• All Americans - 16 (Bob Cerv - OF - 1950, Don Brown - IF - 1955, Gene Stohs - OF - 1972, Steve Stanicek - 1B - 1982, Paul Meyers - OF - 1986, Troy Browhawn - P - 1993, Marc Sagmoen - OF - 1993, Darin Erstad - OF - 1995, Ken Harvey - 1B - 1999, Shane Komine - P - 2000 & 2001, Dan Johnson - 1B - 2001, John Cole - OF/2B - 2001, Matt Hopper - DH - 2001, Jeff Leise - OF - 2002, Jed Morris - C - 2002, Alex Gordon - 3B - 2004 & 2005 - Dick Howser Award - Brooks Wallace Award - Golden Spikes Award)
  
• Famous Alumni - Darin Erstad, Alex Gordon