When Nebraska conducts the rare 11 a.m. spring game Saturday — which means players have to rise around, well, 5 a.m. to start getting ready, it won’t take the Huskers by surprise. This is who they are now. Their days follow the arc of the sun. Like, well, Cornhuskers, if you will.
ILLUSTRATION BY MATT HANEYLINCOLN — College students rarely turn down a good, long stretch of sleep, and spring break is an ideal time to catch up on it, especially if you’re a 300-pound defensive lineman who just plowed through two body-altering months of strength and conditioning workouts.