I’ve been asking myself a particular question a lot throughout the year, and this past weekend’s softball Big Ten championship celebration brought it right back to the forefront.
Is this the best year of Nebraska athletics we’ve seen in more than a quarter century?
There are seasons and years that feel successful in the moment, then there are seasons that hold up under the weight of history. For Nebraska, the 2025–26 campaign is starting to look like the latter.
Across fall, winter and into the heart of the spring calendar, the various Husker programs have produced a collection of results that—when viewed together—place this year firmly in the conversation with the program’s best all-sports stretches…