7-year-old Jack Hoffman is a cancer patient fighting for his life. He was diagnosed at a young age with a brain tumor and is a huge Nebraska Cornhusker fan. The Cornhusker family has not left his side. They not only invited Jack to their Spring Game, but they put him into play. On a 4th and 1 situation, Jack received a handoff and sprinting down the far sideline with a caravan of blockers...

After Orlando-area wide receiver Dominic Walker elected to decommit from Nebraska this past weekend, well, coach Bo Pelini and one of his assistant coaches allegedly had choice words for the 6’2, 190 lb. Walker. Walker decided it’d be appropriate to deliver the news of his decommitment personally by making a phone call to Nebraska’s staff. This did not sit well with Pelini. Here’s how Walker described the call to the Orlando Sentinel’s Chris Hays...

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"It was a very tough decision. They were [mad]. They were very mad. But I thought I had to call them like a real man should," Walker said. "But yeah, they were mad. Coach Pelini said, 'Best of luck, you're going to need it.'”

Walker then added that Nebraska wide receivers coach Rich Fisher was on the call too.

"Coach Fisher said, 'I can’t believe you,' " Walker said. “It was really awkward."

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Following Nebraska’s 45–31 loss to Georgia in the Capital One Bowl on New Year’s Day, Cornhusker QB Taylor Martinez stuck with his pregame assessment that the Bulldogs were “just another typical Big Ten defense” and then some. Martinez said in a story for the Lincoln Journal Star...

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“I think the Big Ten, talent-wise, is a lot better, and the defenses in the Big Ten are better than SEC defenses,” “This was supposed to be one of the top defenses in the SEC, and we pretty much did anything we wanted against them.”

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Adidas has unveiled Nebraska's new alternate uniforms...

Nebraska's coach Bo Pelini is being mentioned among the candidates to replace Bobby Petrino at Arkansas. So what is he saying?

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"Bo Pelini says he's happy at Nebraska and that it's "ludicrous" his name is being connected to the coaching vacancy at Arkansas.

Pelini said Wednesday he believes Nebraska is a "destination job" and that he's concentrating on winning a championship with the Cornhuskers and having the best possible team this fall."

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Nebraska is a "destination job," eh? Keep telling yourself that, bud.