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Cane's on Coach: Before going separate ways, national champion Huskers wanted to get chicken fingers together

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The fancy banquets and formal celebrations for winning the national championship will come later for the players and coaches on the Nebraska volleyball team.

But about 14 hours after the team won the NCAA title, the players just really wanted to go get some chicken fingers together. And so, just like the coach of a youth sports team, that’s exactly what John Cook said the Huskers would do.

The morning after the Huskers defeated Florida in the championship match in Kansas City, Missouri, there was a welcome-home celebration back in Lincoln at the Devaney Sports Center. That wrapped up around lunch time.