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Nebraska players and coaches wouldn't go there this week when they were asked about seeking vengeance against Purdue on Saturday. The defeat prompted athletic director Shawn Eichorst to write an open letter to fans expressing confidence in the new coach. The Huskers are 9-1 since, having started this season 6-0 and earning their highest ranking in five years at No. 8. Continue to Article

October 21, 2016 1:32:pm EST

Purdue hired Mike Bobinski as athletic director from Georgia Tech in August. Now he’s tasked with hiring a new football coach. Brock Spack seems like an obvious fit for the head-coaching vacancy at Purdue, no? Continue to Article

October 20, 2016 6:50:pm EST

Nebraska's up-and-down offense has found a go-to guy in Terrell Newby. The senior running back is coming off consecutive 100-yard games for the first time in his career and probably will play a prominent role again Saturday when the No. 8 Cornhuskers go against a Purdue defense that has been awful against the run. Newby has been especially good while helping the Huskers (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) close out the last two games. Continue to Article

October 19, 2016 12:48:pm EST

When Gerad Parker was 12 and growing up in tiny Louisa, Kentucky, just across a bridge from West Virginia, he began cutting his coaching teeth, giving basketball instructions to elementary school students in his backyard. On Sunday, the 35-year-old Parker was called into athletic director Mike Bobinski's office and told that fourth-year head coach Darrell Hazell had been fired. Bobinski asked his wide receivers coach to step in as interim head coach for the rest of the season. Continue to Article

October 18, 2016 7:27:pm EST

Nebraska is unbeaten in mid-October and its No. 8 ranking is its highest in five years. Time for the fans and media to start scrutinizing just how good the Cornhuskers are. One narrative is that the Huskers have been just good enough to beat everyone on what thus far has been a light schedule and that their worthiness of a top-10 ranking is questionable. Continue to Article

October 17, 2016 6:36:pm EST

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