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It probably won't take new coach Ellis Johnson long to learn a lot about his Southern Miss football team this fall - it opens on Sept. 1 at Nebraska.

A player can choose to play for a traditional power like Nebraska, "where the train already is rolling down the track," former Husker assistant Mike Ekeler says. "Or you can come to Indiana, stand right in the middle of the track, take that thing on head on, turn that sucker around and hop on."  

The offseason is a time of preparation—a time when participants take stock of where they have been and where they are going. Athletes use the offseason to get healthy, to get stronger and to hone their skills in preparation for the season ahead. Fans, too, use the offseason to prepare. Recruiting sites and preview magazines would not exist if there wasn’t an insatiable desire from college ...

Presumably like the football players in the weight room, Memorial Stadium is getting bigger in the offseason.

Defending Conference USA champion Southern Miss will open the 2012 football season at Nebraska on Sept. 1.

With less than a week until National Signing Day on February 1, Nebraska's class is the second smallest of its Big Ten peers—with just 13 recruits. Only Wisconsin has less recruits with 11.  The ranking of Nebraska's class ranges from 59th on Scout.com to 36th on Rivals . Needless to say, some in Husker Nation are feeling anxious about this class. While Nebraska does contain several top players ...

The hype surrounding the Iowa-Nebraska football game in November had bubbled and brewed for years. ... ;

When the University of Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference in the summer of 2010, the subject was football. Football, football, football. Nebraska football, marquee name. No explanation why the Big Ten added Nebraska was necessary from the league office.

Sure, we’re hip-deep in recruiting season. But what are those recruits for, ultimately? For success on the football field, of course. Ultimately, that’s what Nebraska fans are hoping for, that the fresh-faced recruits coming into the program will translate to major bowl appearances for NU. So, let’s take a look at all of the B1G-affiliated bowl games and think ahead to 2012 to assess (at a very ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - New Nebraska coach Darin Erstad loves when people say he can't do something.