How a Heavy Crown Derailed Nebraska’s Harper Murray

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🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In Lincoln, Nebraska, it doesn't get any bigger than Husker Volleyball. From sold out arenas, to raking in record attendances, it's not so much a team as it is a culture, and heavy is the head that wears the crown. But for Harper Murray, who made a bold prediction after losing in the national championship game to Texas, social media threats and public pressures began to take over not just her career, but her life. So today, Jen Karson-Strauss, the co-director of a recent E-60 feature on the Huskers titled “No Place Like Nebraska” explains how this team dealt with adversity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A note before we start the episode.
0:04.0	Today's story contains threats of violence and suicidal themes.
0:08.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:10.0	Jen Carson Strauss, Strauss, I think we should start today with this scene after the women's
0:17.9	volleyball national championship game last fall.
0:21.0	Tell us what went down.
0:22.0	Nebraska had been the number one team for much of the year.
0:26.6	They had only lost one game all season,
0:30.4	and they get to the national championship and they're playing against Texas.
0:35.0	Nebraska will serve first.
0:38.0	In front of a packed Amelie Arena, They were lined up over three hours
0:44.5	before this match started.
0:47.0	Let's go.
0:48.5	They've had a rivalry with this team
0:50.3	that dates back years and years and years and
0:52.5	and Nebraska's actually had Texas's number
0:55.4	in the national championship.
0:57.4	But coming into this game, they get swept.
1:01.1	For the championship. Just like last year, back to back on an ace for Texas. Your National Champions, the Texas Longhorns!
1:15.0	And they were pretty devastated.
1:17.0	And so after that game concludes,
1:21.1	Harper Murray, Big Ten freshman of the year,
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