In This Issue:

Husker Highlights
Feature Story
Game Spotlight
Upcoming Schedule 

Husker Highlights

Volleyball

• Red 3, White 1, Red/White Scrimmage, Saturday, Aug. 18, NU Coliseum.

Soccer

• Drake 1, Nebraska 0, Sunday, Aug. 19, Abbott Sports Complex.
• Oklahoma 2, Nebraska 1, Friday, Aug. 17, Norman, Okla.

Burroughs Confesses He’s a Momma’s Boy

Randy York’s NSider - Jordan Burroughs finally got prime-time status on NBC Tuesday, August 14, and the good-natured Olympic gold medalist from Nebraska used the occasion to confess something that tough guys usually try to hide: He’s a mamma’s boy and so proud of it, he was willing to show Tonight Show host Jay Leno and his runaway No. 1 late-night television audience. Somehow, I knew Janice Burroughs would be a focal point because NBC twice promoted his post-gold medal match sprint into the stands to find his mother before Leno introduced her son with a full force of triumphant Olympic music.

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News Spotlight

The Nebraska men’s basketball team will face a 13-game non-conference schedule that features matchups against teams from the Pac-12 and ACC, along with both of the state’s other Division I programs, first-year coach Tim Miles announced Tuesday.

“I’m excited to get going with the season,” Miles said. “I think we will be challenged a great deal, and we will know exactly what we have going into the start of Big Ten play.”

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Upcoming Schedule

• Aug. 24 | Soccervs. Virginia Tech (Husker Classic),Nebraska Soccer Field, 6 p.m.
• Aug. 24 | Volleyballvs. Saint Louis,NU Coliseum, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 25 | Volleyballvs. UCLA,NU Coliseum, 6 p.m. (BTN)
• Aug. 26 | Soccervs. New Mexico (Husker Classic),Nebraska Soccer Field, 1 p.m.
• Aug. 26 | Volleyballvs. Notre Dame,Omaha, Neb. (CenturyLink), 1:30 p.m. (NET)