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.
Nebraska boasts one of the richest bowl game traditions in the history of college football. The Huskers appeared in their first bowl game at the 1941 Rose Bowl. The Huskers appeared in an NCAA-record 35 consecutive bowl games from 1969 to 2003.