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EA Sports’ College Football cover usually showcases the expected stars of the season ahead…did they get it right for 2027? Jun 03, 2026

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-The cover was released yesterday, featuring Miami (FL)’s Malachi Toney, Ole Miss’ Kewan Lacey, and Oregon QB Dante Moore

-The Stool is known to love Malachi Toney, so seeing him on there makes us happy….did Jeremiah Smith say no or not get asked?

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Not a single player for Nebraska showed up in ESPN’s Top 100 newcomers list posted yesterday ahead of this year’s college football season…at what point does this all become bulletin board material and desire to prove people wrong? Jun 03, 2026

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-ESPN posted their list of top newcomers yesterday----whether freshmen or via the portal---and Nebraska had no one on the list---

though former Husker Princewill Umanmielen was in the top 10 and Kentucky’s Kenny Minchey was Top 70—who was a Nebraska

commit for a day

-We can say all we want about what this shows about a lack of talent on the roster OR….we could say how these types of articles and

lists continuing to disrespect Nebraska can be a motivational tactic to prove doubters wrong…why can’t THAT be the premise?

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The Spillover (sponsored by Raising Cane’s) Jun 02, 2026

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-Update on college baseball Super Regionals….any low seeds moving on for possible Cinderella opportunities in Omaha?

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It’s early June, but CBS Sports has high regard for Nebrasketball in their early B1G rankings….but not much regard for a perennial power Jun 02, 2026

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-Nebraska comes in 6 th in the B1G Power Rankings from yesterday, behind Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, USC, and….Indiana?! Iowa follows

Nebraska at 7 th , and then Ohio State at 8 th

-A couple of rankings that might make you look twice are Purdue at 9 th ; and Wisconsin at 12 th ….

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The 2027 College Football Hall of Fame ballot is out and there are some great names of the past, highlighted by a couple of Heisman Trophy winners and Mike Leach Jun 02, 2026

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-We mentioned last week that Leach would be on the ballot---and should be voted in---he’s joined on the ballot by Cam Newton and Robert

Griffin III as names that should get in without hesitation

-Other names from the past: Tavon Austin, Brad Banks, Adrian Clayborn, Rocky Calmus, Cris Carter, Dallas Clark, Ken Dorsey, Troy Edwards,

Melvin Gordon, Percy Harvin, Josh Heupel, AJ Hawk, Sebastian Janikowski, Bruce Matthews, Marshawn Lynch, Kellen Moore, Colt McCoy and

more…which of those names do you think of as a Hall of Famer?

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June is one of the slowest sports months of the year, but not in recruiting and coaching….how busy is the month ahead? / Shut Up Sipple (sponsored by Bagels & Joe) Jun 02, 2026

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-Sip has been getting a taste of what June looks like since he joined Husker Online and has had to cover recruiting camps, and Bill has been

through them over the years at various spots…how crazy is the month of June for those who aren’t aware?

-Are June commitments as important now as they were in the past with how crazy things get in recruiting?

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A headline from On3 brings us back to (kind of) better times---would a return to the BCS be better for picking playoff teams? Jun 02, 2026

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-Andy Staples wrote the article yesterday as we have constant chaos in discussions about what is best for college football’s size of playoff and

what’s not—and mentioned that UCF’s Danny White says we should consider bringing back the BCS formula in picking playoff teams

-A potential mistrust in the voters is one reason why---and there was a comparison of what the committee’s playoff rankings looked like vs.

what the BCS would have put it at…who’s against the BCS coming back???

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Bill’s Thrills (sponsored by Deinert Contracting) Jun 02, 2026

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-It’s a Bugaboo Tuesday…what’s bothering Bill today?

-Also, SONG OF THE DAY (sponsored by Sartor Hamann Jewelers):

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A massive trade in the NFL makes the Los Angeles Rams that much stronger ahead of a Super Bowl-Or-Bust season Jun 02, 2026

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-Yesterday, the Cleveland Browns traded superstar DE Myles Garrett to the Rams for DE Jared Verse, a 2027 first round pick, a 2028 2 nd round

pick and a 2029 3 rd round pick

-Garrett has been one of the stars of the league since he entered as the No. 1 overall pick, but has been lost in the shuffle with the lowly

Browns…a change of scenery offers him a likely chance of playing for a championship…finally. Also, OBJ back to the Giants…

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CBS Sports looked at the toughest 3-game stretches in college football in 2026, and there are some that will make you cringe Jun 02, 2026

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-Northwestern is deemed to have the toughest 3-game stretch in the country; at Oregon on October 31 st ; home vs. Iowa on Nov. 7 th ; and at

Ohio State on Nov. 14 th . OUCH. Iowa has the 2 nd toughest 3-game stretch, at Michigan on Sept. 26; home vs. Ohio State on Oct. 3 rd ; and at

Washington on Oct. 9 th

-Nebraska didn’t show up as having one of the toughest 3-game stretches (without a bye) in the country….but there are some brutal ones

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