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Bo Pelini ran his Nebraska bowl record to a perfect 3-0 Wednesday night in a rainy San Diego at the Holiday Bowl, demolishing childhood friend Mike Stoops' Arizona Wildcats by a 33-0 score.

Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 12:13 a.m. While the Nebraska defense was setting Pacific Life Holiday Bowl records last night, the offense was making some points - 33 to be exact.

Zac Lee threw a 74-yard touchdown pass to Niles Paul in the third quarter to highlight No.

Call it lucky. Call it too close for comfort. Call it anything you want but when you do, you have to call Texas the 2009 Big 12 Champions.

Although fourth-ranked TCU is not playing in tonight's game, the Horned Frogs were a popular topic during Friday's news conference with coaches from the schools competing in the Big 12 Championship Game at Cowboys Stadium.

Colt McCoy 's late clock management almost cost the Longhorns a chance to advance to the Bowl Championship Series title game.

Some sage advice prepared Zac Lee for the highs and lows he's faced this season.

Nebraska is looking to mess with Texas and get a little payback for its Cornhusker brethren who lost to the Longhorns in the first Big 12 championship game.

Osborne issues statement on retiring Bowden 2:36 p.m. Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne released a statement today about longtime friend Bobby Bowden, who announced his retirement today as Florida State football coach.

NO. 5 CINCINNATI 49, ILLINOIS 36: Tony Pike answered all the questions six times over.

CU's Brian Lockridge watches the ball get away from him on a kickoff return during Friday's game against Nebraska.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers had just as tough of a tuneup for the Big 12 championship game as No.

Most Nebraska players and fans knew that the Big 12 North would come down to this.

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Zac Lee's 166 passing yards with one touchdown Saturday led No. 25 Nebraska to a 17-3 win over Kansas State and the Big 12 North Division title.

Saturday's showdown with Kansas Statue on Saturday will be the 11th game for the University of Nebraska football team, and its most important of the season.

Dexter McCluster rushed for 282 yards and finished with 324 all-purpose yards, setting two Mississippi records, and the host Rebels ran over Tennessee, 42-17, on Saturday.

There's no shortage of "experts" around here willing to give Nebraska coach Bo Pelini advice on how to run his program.

Shawn Watson and Ted Gilmore knew that if their newfangled offensive scheme was going to have any chance of pulling the unit out of the depths of inefficiency, Niles Paul was going to have to be the man.

He might be 12 years removed from his last coaching gig, but Tom Osborne still watches tape.