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.
The Huskers have also played in a bowl game for a national championship on four other occasions. Nebraska is one of only three schools to win five national titles in football since 1970, and the Huskers are one of only seven teams in college football history to capture at least three crowns.