College Football is Here!!!

The Nebraska College Football Season kicks off this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. on Lloyd Wilson Field at the Osborne Family Sports Complex in Hastings, Nebraska, as the Hastings College Broncos host the Peru State Bobcats. The game is the only non-conference game for the Broncos this season. The Bronco's, who compete in Great Plains Athletic Conference, will play an 11 game regular season, including three NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) preseason top 25 teams. The Broncos face #1 Sioux Falls (SD) on September 19 before hosting #19 Dakota Weslyan (SD) on September 26 and #5 Morningside (IA) on October 10.

The University of Nebraska at Kearney Lopers open their season at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 29 in Wayne, Nebraska, against the pre-season #25, Wayne StateWildcats. The following Saturday, the Lopers will host cross state rivals and preseason #23 University of Nebraska at Omaha Mavericks. The game is scheduled for a noon kick-off on Saturday, September 5, on Foster Field at the Ron & Carol Cope Stadium in Kearney, Nebraska, and will be televised on NET. The University of Nebraska at Omaha opens on Thursday at home against East Central University (OK). The Lopers compete in the Rocky Mountain Conference and NCAA Division II. They will play a 12 game regular season (10 conference games). Included on their schedule is #15 Chadron State on September 26 in Kearney. The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers open their season at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 5, by hosting Florida Atlantic University. Nebraska's first five games will all be televised. Florida Atlantic, Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette will all be available via pay per view, ABC will televise the Virginia Tech game on Saturday, September 19, and ESPN will show the Missouri game on Thursday, October 8. Nebraska brings a #24 Associated Press ranking and a #22 USA Today Coaches Poll ranking into the season. They will face pre-season #7 Virginia Tech on September 19, #3 Oklahoma on November 7, and #25 Kansas on November 14. Area athlets making college rosters this year include; Freshman Cody Karr at Outside Linebacker for the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Freshman Nathan Petska at Running Back for Nebraska Weslyan, Junior Garrett Schroder at Running Back for Doane College, Junior Blake Erickson (Campbell) at WR for Doane College, Freshman Brett Bonifas (Roseland) at Defensive Line for Doane, Senior Dereck Meyer (Campbell) at Offensive Line for theUniversity of Nebraska at Lincoln, and Junior Kyle Schmidt (Riverton) at QB for Concordia College.