A Nebraska volleyball player managed to set off a viral moment for all the wrong reasons during a recent press conference, and the clip has been getting plenty of attention online.
The unnamed Cornhuskers star was trying to talk about a teammate, but the phrasing of her answer took a very different turn. In the video circulating on social media under the title “Woah woah woah timeout!”, she says, “Oh my gosh.
It’s harder than you think it is. And you might think it’s hard, but it’s harder than that.”
She then adds, “She’s just so good at moving the balls,” before the clip cuts out.
That was enough to send social media into a frenzy. “Pause,” one person said.
“Chuckster, we’re live!” a second person wrote.
“Can confirm!” a third person added.
“The N in Nebraska Athletics stands for knowledge,” a fourth person stated.
The moment came with Nebraska sitting at No. 1 in the country and off to a 13-0 start. The Huskers’ roster has been built around experienced senior leadership and highly talented underclassmen, and the program’s standard remains as high as ever.
Nebraska women’s volleyball has long been one of the defining powers in college sports. The Huskers have won five NCAA national championships, finished as runners-up multiple times, and piled up more than 30 conference titles over the decades. The program has also produced dozens of AVCA All-Americans and national players of the year, with John Cook continuing to guide that tradition of excellence.
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