Nebraska will make its 48^th bowl appearance in program history in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando on January 2^ndagainst South Carolina. The 9-3 Huskers, ranked 20^th in the final BCS standings, face a 10-2 South Carolina team that finished 9^th in those same rankings. It will be the fourth all-time meeting between the two schools and first since 1987. The Huskers are 3-0 all-time against the Gamecocks. It’s the second time Nebraska has played in the bowl game formerly known as the Citrus Bowl. The Huskers defeated Georgia Tech in the 1991 edition of the game. The Huskers have won 10 of their last 15 bowl games. A victory in the bowl would give Nebraska three consecutive 10-win seasons for the first time since 1999 to 2001. The game will be televised on ESPN with a noon kickoff.

The predominant color of in-state college basketball is blue after Creighton topped Nebraska 77-66 in Omaha yesterday afternoon. The 22nd-ranked Jays went on an 11-0 run in the second half to pull away, sparked in part by controversial technical fouls called on Nebraska’s Toney McCray and coach Doc Sadler with 9:15 to play and the Huskers down by one. Bo Spencer scored a career high 29 points to lead the Huskers in the defeat. The Huskers drop to 4-3 on the season and host Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday night. In womens basketball, the Husker ladies improved to 7-1 by cruising past Texas-Pan American 65-27. Jordan Hooper led the way with 16 points. The Huskers held the Broncs to 20% shooting in the win. They return to the home floor for their own battle with Creighton Tuesday night.

Nebraska’s football coaching staff may lose a Pelini brother. CBS Sports reported last night that Husker defensive coordinator Carl Pelini is expected to take the head coaching job at Florida Atlantic University. ESPN’s Joe Schad also reported last night that the school and Pelini had made a verbal agreement. The 46-year old Pelini has served as defensive coordinator under brother Bo since he took the head job at Nebraska in 2008. Carl Pelini hasn’t been a head coach since he was at Austintown Fitch High School in Ohio in 2002. The Florida Atlantic Owls are 1-10 heading into their final game this Saturday. Their head coach, Howard Schnellenberger, is retiring at the end of the year. The Owls play in the Sun Belt Conference and has played just nine years of Division I football, all of them under Schnellenberger.

The Nebraska volleyball team cruised past Jackson State in three sets in their first-round NCAA Tournament match last night at the NU Coliseum. The Huskers swept the Tigers 25-10, 25-16, and 25-13. Gina Mancuso and Brooke Delano had ten kills apiece to lead the Huskers attack. Morgan Broekhuis chipped in nine kills, and Hannah Werth added seven. The victory moves the Huskers to 25-4 on the season and advances them to a second-round matchup tonight against Kansas State. The Wildcats swept Wichita State, 25-18, 25-22, and 25-17 in Lincoln to earn the matchup with their former Big 12 Conference foes. The Huskers and Wildcats play at 7 PM tonight. The winner moves on to Honolulu for the West Regional semifinal against either North Carolina or Pepperdine.

Both of Nebraska’s basketball teams went down to defeat in their Big Ten/ACC Challenge matchups last night. The Husker women are unbeaten no more after a 73-57 loss at Georgia Tech. The Huskers shot just 32 percent from the field and committed 26 turnovers. Lindsay Moore scored 16 points and Jordan Hooper contributed 15 points and 10 rebounds in the defeat. The Husker women drop to 6-1. The Husker men lost a heartbreaker at the Devaney Center to Wake Forest, 55-53. CJ Harris’s layup with three seconds left was the winning basket for the Demon Deacons. Bo Spencer scored 13 points to lead the Huskers. Toney McCray and Jorge Brian Diaz each had 12 points. The Husker men fall to 4-1. Next up, the Husker women host Texas-Pan American on Sunday, and the men visit Creighton, also on Sunday.