The Slavic people are a race that descends from Indo-European roots that once shared a common language as well as area of descent.Today, the majority of these people â also called Slavs â live in Central and Eastern Europe.ctually the Slavs are the genetic group that Poles, Russians, Czechs, Ukranians, Croatians, Serbs, Slovaks belong to. Slavs are the ancestors of the native citizens of these lands in Central & Eastern Europe.
The name would be used again, this time to refer to Nebraska by Charles Cy Sherman in The Nebraska State Journal during the 1899 season and would replace all other names by 1900. The Cornhuskers have two official mascots, Herbie Husker and Lil' Red.
What an awesome tribute to the Cornhuskers and the fans! I grew up on a farm near Platte Center, Neb., and listening on the radio to the Saturday Husker games was a big treat ... for every man, woman and child.. Thanks, Randy, for telling the story as only you can. Yes, it's a very, very, very fine house. Susan Kreifel, Olathe, Kansas.