Maybe it's just me (again), but IMO this 2025-26 Husker athletics season has been rather soul crushing so far. I've been a Husker fan for 49 years, and I don't recall too many years with multiple gut punches like this one has had. Whats odd/surprising to me though is that the PSU and Iowa disasters didn't hurt all that much. This one, however, hurts! I feel even worse for the football and volleyball seniors who have worked their tails off for 4-5 years.
I'm quite sure this is no consolation now, but I hope Rebekah, Allie, Maisie and Taylor are proud of what they've done at Nebraska and proud of helping Coach DBK keep the program on the same consistent, winning, path that Coach Cook, and before him Coach Petit, established. Heck, they raised the bar even! They may not have won a NC, but what they did this year was remarkable.
Other than Navy beating Army, Nebrasketball pulling one out on the road, and seeing the entire George Mason men's Final Four bball team, including Head Coach Jim Larranaga, return to Fairfax to be honored at halftime of the bball win over ODU, this hasn't been a fun weekend. It's been 20 years since my alma mater pulled off that miracle run!
I expected the Huskers wbb to destroy Illinois State, but it's really nice to see them keep rolling too. Hopefully, Natalie Potts will get to return when conference play starts. Given Allison's knee problems, if Husker sports has yet another player with a knee injury out longer than expected, it might be time for the Athletic Department to look at what they're doing as far as sports medicine.