Husker News: Nebraska Football is Ranked, Volleyball Wins, More Rumors and Odd Dolphins News

The Huskers are ranked! This is NOT a drill!

If the adage “you know it when you see it” is true, then Dylan Raiola is “it”. Husker fans saw it last week and apparently the national media was watching too. They saw “it” against a Power Four opponent and decided it was time to rule that the Huskers should be admitted to the Top 25.

I’m not sure the Huskers should be there yet, but I think this team will do a better job living up to the hype than previous ones.

Corn Flakes

Check out the game report card by Husker Mike.

Nebraska Football Returns to Top 25 – Corn Nation
Ranked 23rd by the AP sports writers and 24th by the coaches

Nebraska Volleyball Powers through Montana State – Corn Nation
Nebraska wins with efficient attacking

Freshman QB phenom Dylan Raiola followed family to Nebraska – ESPN
Following in his father’s footsteps with the Cornhuskers, the highly touted phenom is looking for a signature win in only his second career start this weekend.

Three takeaways and a question from Nebraska football’s win over Colorado | Sports | dailynebraskan.com
The DN’s football coverage is presented by Celerion.

Huskers Have a Heck of a Half then Hold on as the Blackshirts Bully the Buffs
ThotDoc’s brain droppings on the Colorado game.

Nebraska snap 3-game losing streak to Colorado
With the win, Nebraska notched the program’s 50th all-time victory against Colorado and snapped a three-game losing streak to the Buffaloes.

Nebraska defense’s first-half masterpiece helps Huskers to lead against Colorado
A first-half masterpiece from the Blackshirts and a patient, punching offense has Nebraska leading Colorado 28-0 at intermission of a big game living up to its reputation — at least on one side — in front of an electric Memorial Stadium crowd.

Sports!

Emotional Alex Morgan exits final game early in San Diego – ESPN
Forward Alex Morgan played 15 minutes and had a penalty kick saved on Sunday for San Diego Wave FC in her final match as a professional — a 4-1 loss to the the North Carolina Courage.

Forde-Yard Dash: Notre Dame Tops Crushed College Football Playoff Dreams List
Each week, The Dash will identify 12 people dealing with damaged playoff hopes, and gauge their teams’ chances of rebounding from calamity.

Mud Bowl football tournament celebrates 50 years of messy fun | AP News
On Sunday, a three-day sloppy, muddy mess wrapped up for the Mud Bowl, which is celebrating its 50th year.

Then There’s This

Dolphins ‘deliberately get high’ on puffer fish nerve toxins by carefully chewing and passing them around | The Independent | The Independent
Extraordinary scenes filmed for new documentary showing the marine mammals in their natural habitats

The Weekly Dump

How often you poop can affect your health well beyond the gut, study suggests
Everybody poops, but how often people go could reveal a lot about their long-term health, according to research published Tuesday in the journal Cell Reports Medicine.