Tag: Tommy Armstrong

Calinger: Wisconsin is the new Nebraska

By J.W. CALINGER ISL Correspondent OMAHA, Neb. — So, I told the guys at the sports bar: Old-school Husker football is alive and well. It simply moved to Madison, Wis. The student surpassing the teacher is almost a cliché. While the Wisconsin Badgers aren’t exactly students of the Huskers, they’re pretty close. Barry Alvarez, a […]

Fahrbach: Nebraska-Purdue slideshow

ISL photographer Ben Fahrbach was on the field for the Nebraska-Purdue game and got close to the action. Ameer Abdullah ran for 126 yards and a touchdown, Terrell Newby ran for 61 yards and Imani Cross added 56 yards and two touchdowns for the Cornhuskers (5-1, 2-0 Big Ten). Nebraska held Purdue to 216 yards, […]