Spring Red-White football game set for April 9, 2022

Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty ImagesFor Nebraska Cornhuskers football fans it is Christmas come early, at least in terms of calendar date marking. The annual spring Red-White football game date is officially set for April 9, 2022.

Nebraska AD Trev Alberts says the Red-White football game will be April 9 in the spring. A little earlier, he says, as the program works to replace the artificial surface.

— Evan Bland (@EvanBlandOWH) December 21, 2021 The news came from Husker Athletic Director Trev Alberts as part of the Sports Nightly on the Huskers Radio Network and reported on by Evan Bland of the Omaha World Herald. The early April date, the earliest for the annual scrimmage since Apr. 6,…