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LINCOLN — Finally. It was Nebraska's turn for some late-game heroics. The Huskers stunned undefeated Michigan State and snapped the Spartans' 12-game winning streak Saturday night with an improbable game-winning drive — covering 91 yards in 38 seconds — to earn a 39-38 victory. NU got the ball back without any timeouts trailing by five. And quarterback Tommy Armstrong went to work. He found Jordan Westerkamp for gains of 28 and 33 yards on back-to-back plays.

LINCOLN — Husker Athletic Director Tom Osborne announced his retirement at a news conference Wednesday, capping an eventful five-year stint at the head of Nebraska sports. He will retire, effective Jan. 1, and he will stay on for about six months after that deadline to assist the transition to a new athletic director. The university will begin its search for a new athletic director immediately. "It's been a real privilege to work with Tom," said University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman. "I think he's done an extraordinary job. He's stabilized the department.

Rod Hansen was at Memorial Stadium when Bob Devaney coached his first football game at Nebraska in 1962. He was there to watch Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier and Eric Crouch, and he saw Tom Osborne finish his coaching career with three national titles in four years in the 1990s. The 71-year-old Hansen watched Nebraska’s winning tradition crumble under Bill Callahan, and he’s been there to see Bo Pelini try to rebuild it. In all kinds of weather, Hansen has been at the venerable stadium for every game of an NCAA-record sellout streak that will hit 300 when...

A source close to Nebraska coach Bill Callahan has confirmed that Callahan was fired Saturday morning at a meeting with interim athletic director Tom Osborne. A news conference will be held in Lincoln at 10:30 ET. Joe Schad is a college football reporter for ESPN.

The Nebraska Bookstore kicked off its “Tickets For Veterans” program on Thursday, giving an opportunity for Husker football ticket holders to donate their tickets to Nebraska veterans for the NU-Kansas State game Nov. 12 in Lincoln. The program celebrates the 75th anniversary of Veteran’s Day. “Many of us have family, friends and co-workers who are veterans or know a veteran,” Barry Major, chief operating officer of Nebraska Book Company, said in a prepared statement. “Needless to say, we owe these men and women a great deal. With 160,000 veterans in the state, several with ties to our company, we feel...