Nebraska football appears close to locking down 12th game

The Nebraska football team has been going back and forth on who and when to play but it looks like an announcement is on the horizon.

Before you get too excited, no Bo Pelini isn’t coming back to Lincoln this season. While the Nebraska football team appears ready to lock down a replacement opponent for Akron, it won’t be Youngstown State.

We know this because the Omaha World-Herald reports that numerous sources have told them the school is close to finding an opponent for a game on October 27. The opponent is said to be an FCS team but the Fightin’ Penguins already have a game on their schedule that day.

The news also rules out Turner Gill making a triumphant return. While his Liberty Flames…