Nebraska fans cheer for the team before a college football game against Michigan State on Saturday in East Lansing, Mich.
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Saturday afternoon, some four hours before kickoff for Nebraska-Michigan State, a smiling former Husker rush end entered Harper’s Restaurant and Brewpub on the edge of MSU’s campus.
This was an especially fun time for Demoine Adams as Saturday marked his first road game as a Nebraska fan. There’s no major reason for it other than he’s been a busy man with work and family.
He said he wasn’t even quite sure how to approach the day. I’ll say this: He was off to a great start. As he entered Harper’s, he traded pleasantries with a handful of Nebraska fans seated near the bar area.
“Go Huskers!” they said, exchanging fist-pumps.
Earlier this month, Adams took over as chief executive officer of the TeamMates Mentoring Program. No stranger to the program, Adams has served TeamMates for eight of its 30 years, first as post-secondary education coordinator (2012-16), then as program director (2016-20). He most recently served as director of development for the University of Nebraska Foundation for the College of Business.
A native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Adams started 24 games for Nebraska from 2000 to 2002. In 2001, when NU finished 11-2 and played Miami in the Rose Bowl for all the marbles, he started all 12 games at right rush end opposite Chris Kelsay and led the Huskers with 5.5 sacks while ranking fourth on the squad with eight tackles for losses.
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