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In his 20 years as Nebraska volleyball coach the motto for coach John Cook has been to dream big -- in winning national championships, beginning and maintaining a sellout streak and being a rare women’s program that generates a profit -- and it’s clear that Cook has fans dreaming big, too.

So now, on the suggestion of a fan, Cook is trying to see if it’s possible for the Nebraska volleyball team to play matches in Ireland, too

On Monday it was announced that the Nebraska football team will play a game in the European country to open the 2021 season. It will be the first game the Huskers play that season, on Aug. 28. The football game will be the second game in a new five-game series of college games in Dublin.

So Cook thinks it would be great if the volleyball team could play one or two regular-season matches during the same week in Ireland, and has asked Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos to look into it.

Maybe it’s a long shot, due to NCAA rules or finding other teams who are willing and able to go there also. But Cook is shooting his shot, and thinks he has an athletic director who will also.

“It would be historic,” said Cook to the Journal Star on Wednesday evening.