This week’s Cover Five considers how Nebraska might handle running back and wide receiver, among other topics.

Nebraska football has a tidy plan for its quarterback run game. Everybody does until it's third-and-four in the Big Ten, writes Sam McKewon.

Nineteen minutes into a two-hour interview with the Journal Star’s Amie Just, Trev Alberts stated the obvious: “I’m a little passionate about this.” 

It’s that time of year where people want predictions on Matt Rhule’s first Nebraska season. This just in: I have no idea., writes Tom Shatel. But the last 60 years of Nebraska football history tells us some sort of significance is coming for the program.

No matter the position group, Nebraska's coaches have led an intense, competitive first two weeks of fall practice. "Their mentality brings a lot out of us," said one defender.

Black-and-blue Big Ten life on the defensive line isn't for everyone. As Nebraska's young group prepares, other league defenders are clear — the learning curve can be rough.

For the second time in 18 months, wide receiver Zavier Betts has left the Nebraska football team — this time, just before the beginning of the 2023 season.

Sam McKewon has five key takeaways from a Nebraska men's basketball summer full of hoops — and additions. 

Notes and sound bites from Big Ten volleyball’s media days event includes … Jim Harbaugh, along with an Elkhorn North Star primed for Purdue.

From setting the edge to pass rushing and dropping into coverage, Nebraska's "Jack" linebackers have a lot of responsibilities. For Chief Borders and Jimari Butler, that's a plus.

In the dog days of training camp, a defensive coordinator balances urgency, patience, and the need to channel his inner CIA agent. Sam McKewon gets a sense of how Huskers DC Tony White is prepping for the "8/31" battle vs. Minnesota.

Bullock has been on the field for 228 plays on special teams in his Nebraska career. Zero on defense. That’s about to change for the fifth-year Husker and Creighton Prep graduate.

Cooper Markle is coming home to play college baseball. The Lincoln native — who has spent the last decade-plus growing up in the Houston area — committed to Nebraska baseball.