Husker notes: Nebraska leaves 'curse' frustrations behind, Luke Lindenmeyer's career day

NEW YORK Henry Lutovsky emerged from the visitors clubhouse wearing an unbuttoned Yankees jersey with his No.

59 on the back.

A gift from the Pinstripe Bowl.

The Nebraska offensive lineman considers whether Saturday has made him a Yankees fan.

Then he nods.

I dont even watch baseball, the blocker from eastern Iowa said.

But I am now.

From the venue of one of Major League Baseballs most iconic teams, Lutovsky had curses on his mind.

Not the one with the Bambino or the Billy Goat, but the one hed heard about Nebraska football for four seasons.

The bowl drought.

The run of consecutive losing seasons.

All of it seemed especially made-up as the Huskers celebrated a 20-15 win over Boston College on a soaked field.

This group didnt believe in that curse, Lutovsky said.

We showed it we made it to a bowl and we won it.

I think this is great momentum to carry into the offseason.

This is something we can work to achieve again and do better than again next year.

Now the supposed jinx has been exposed as fiction, Lutovsky said.

And the coming offseason of work can finally be about building on something instead of starting something different.

Luke Lindenmeyer shrugged.

If anything, an afternoon at the Pinstripe Bowl made him less sure about what Nebraska tight ends could do next season.

I have no idea, the third-year player from La Vista said Saturday from the bowels of Yankee Stadium.

Thats the best part.

The 6-foot-3, 250-pounder finished with the best production of his college career two catches for 22 yards while blocking and lining up all over the soggy field.

Of his five career catches, four have come in the four games since offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen took over in early November.

Lindenmeyer suddenly moves toward the front of a position group stuffed with intrigue.

Thomas Fidone still has one more year of eligibility after two straight seasons as a regular starter.

Meanwhile, Heinrich Haarberg is continuing his transition from quarterback to tight end while former four-star prospect Mac Markway who abruptly left LSU for NU early in fall camp may also be a factor in his return from a torn ACL.

Former No.

2 tight end Nate Boerkircher this month transferred to Texas A&M while reserve AJ Rollins also left the team.

Nebraska has not put an emphasis on targeting tight ends in the portal.

The emergence of Lindenmeyer as displayed Saturday is one reason why.

Ever since I came here Ive been working, Lindenmeyer said.

I came in as a walk-on and it still kind of feels like Im a walk-on I still have more to prove.

When (Holgorsen) came in he saw how hard I work and how I can fit in his offense.

He just put me in places where I can fly.

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