Nebraska football players’ dreams of volleyball glory will have to wait another year after a humbling defeat to their national-powerhouse classmates in Lincoln.
As revealed on Cornhuskers volleyball star Harper Murray’s TikTok page, the highly rated Nebraska women once again beat the boys from the football team at a summer scrimmage. Both teams are going through summer practices in Lincoln, and just as they did last season, the two groups decided to kill some downtime with an impromptu game at the Devaney Center.
And as was the case last summer, the Cornhuskers women lived up to their reputation despite some impressive athleticism from the Nebraska football players. In addition to quarterback Dylan Raiola, 6-foot-5 pogo stick Quinn Clark was also involved and proved to be formidable at the net.
‘We about to put on a show,’ one football player said beforehand. ‘Show these girls how we really get down.’
Ultimately, though, Murray said the two sides ‘weren’t even close.’
Raiola, considered an NFL prospect, may have gotten the worst of it. Not only was he on the receiving end of several huge spikes, but the son of former NFL center Dominic Raiola was further embarrassed on an ace by Murray.
This marked the second straight year that football players lost to the volleyball team
Quin Cook, a 6-foot-5 receiver on the football team, is seen defending at the net
The Nebraska women won their second consecutive conference title last season
The Cornhuskers football team was 7-6 last season, but just 3-6 in the Big Ten. Third-year head coach Matt Rhule helped Nebraska finally return to a blow last season, beating Boston College, but the Cornhuskers are widely projected to be a middling team in the conference this season.
Nebraska women’s volleyball recently bid farewell to legendary coach John Cook, who will be replaced by former Louisville head coach Dani Busboom Kelly this season.
Regardless, the Cornhuskers are once again expected to complete for a national championship, which they haven’t won since 2017.
Nebraska was conference champion again last season before reaching the NCAA Tournament semifinals.
