First season on NCAA Football 2011.
First of I moved Nebraska into the Big 10 right off the bat, switched them for Purdue in case you were wondering, Purdue went to the C-USA East and did very well (finished in the Top 25 and won their bowl game). Anyway Nebraska's schedule was a B+, i customized their Non-conference schedule to include a Big 12 rival. This year was Colorado. First week was Air Force*, Colorado*, Ball State, Toledo, BYE, Northwestern*, Minnesota, Ohio State*, Illinios*, Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State*, Indiana, BYE, BYE. Nebraska played 3 Top 25 teams, in fact you can say, they played 3 Top 15 teams this year. Their only loss was against #2 Ohio State 33 - 27. Wisconsin was ranked #6 when I played them, and Michigan was ranked #12, two very convincing wins over them propelled Nebraska to #4 to finish out the season and went on to play Washington in the Rose Bowl against Heisman winner Jake Locker, who threw 3 INT, 2 of which were picked off by Thorpe winner Prince Amukamara, and was sacked 5 times, twice by Lombardi winner Pierre Allen. Major injuries were Curenski Gilleylen with a torn ACL, no biggie as he was 5th on my roster. Rex Burkhead was out against Ball State and 5 weeks after that with broken ribs. Seasn Fisher was out with a strained back for 6 weeks against Ohio State. Roy Helu Jr. won the Maxwell award and was #5 on the Heisman list, Niles Paul won the Bilenitoff Award, Keith Williams won the Offensive Lineman award, Rimington was awarded to Mike Caputo, Lombardi was given to Pierre Allen, Will Compton was number #2 on the LB of the year award, Jim Thorpe award went to Prince Amukamara, and finally Alex Henery won the Lou Groza Award for his stellar 41 record kicks for the year.
All in all, it was a good year for Huskers, I pulled in 21 new recuits, including a 5 star scrambler QB from TX in the first week, and a 5 star speed HB from AZ in week 3.
The Huskers went 13 - 1, Bo Pelini was given a 4 year extension, and Ohio State lost against Alabama in the National Championship Game.