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Former Univeristy of Tennessee at Chattanooga football player Russ Huesman accepts the job of head football coach in the Stadium Club at Finley Stadium on Monday.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team will open the 2011 season on the road against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Sept. 3, the schools announced today.
A verbal agreement had been in place for months prior to this morning's announcement and well before the Cornhuskers moved from the Big 12 conference to the Big Ten this summer.
The Mocs will be Nebraska's first opponent as a member of the Big Ten.
For the second time in four years, UTC will be heading to the heartland for its opener. In 2008, the Mocs began their season at Oklahoma, falling 57-2.
This will be the first meeting between UTC and the Cornhuskers, who are 10-3 this season and ranked No. 17 in the AP poll. Nebraska will face Washington in the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 30.
For more, see tomorrow's Times Free Press.
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