MR provided an injury update do DR15 on Monday. Info on the injury + Rhule's thoughts on the star freshman through his first nine games are in the story below.

Also included are a few additional injury updates:

Who else is going?!

UCLA played like they wanted it more. They were more excited and better prepared than the Huskers. Of course they had a bye week to prepare. Their Senior QB was rippin us. Our secondary is one of the softest in the B1G. John Butler is a downgrade from Cooper. The B1G refs allow a lot of contact. Most B1G teams take advantage of this, but not the Huskers. Perhaps John Butler needs to adapt and get secondary playing more physical in coverage and tackling. I would Strip Satt of play calling and see what Glen Thomas can do. I predict we will win at least one more game.

Matt Rhule is expected to speak to the media at around 11:30 a.m.

I'll provide any notable updates and the presser video in this thread.

AVCA Division I Top 25 (11/4)


Dropped Out
(none)

Others Receiving Votes
Missouri (102), Washington (39), Texas A&M (27), Arkansas (23), Marquette (23), Miami (FL) (15), South Dakota State (13)

I can't believe Rhule said that. Against a 2-5 team??

I expected us to by up by 7+ and running the ball to control the game.

EXPECT TO BE GOOD, COACH!

So now that we're almost 2 years in and with all the "fire everyone" talk, hindsight being 20/20, who should we have hired? I included what I remember to be the realistic, most thrown around names. Assuming we weren't getting Saban, Urban, the ghost of Bob Devaney, etc. And guys like Cignetti weren't on anyone's radar.

Offensive Player of the Week
RB - Kaleb Johnson, Iowa (JR)
- Tallied his seventh 100-yard game, rushing for 135 yards on 24 attempts and three touchdowns in Iowa's 42-10 victory against Wisconsin
- Found the end zone for the ninth straight game, the longest streak in school history
- Has three games with three rushing touchdowns and 20 total touchdowns, tying Shonn Greene's school record, while his 120 points are also tied for the school record
- Last Iowa Offensive Player of the Week: Kaleb Johnson (Sept. 29, 2024)

Defensive Player of the Week
LB - Carson Bruener, Washington (SR)
- Led the Huskies to a vital 26-21 win over longtime rival USC, with two pass breakups and leading both teams with 12 total tackles (five more than any other UW or USC player)
- Notched two interceptions in the game with the first coming early in the opening quarter and led to a UW field goal to give the Huskies a 3-0 lead
- His second interception was in the third quarter, leading to Washington scoring the game's final touchdown to move in front 26-21
- Earns Washington's first Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award

Special Teams Player of the Week
K - Dragan Kesich, Minnesota (SR)
- Went 4-for-4 on field goals, converting from 20, 45, 38 and 46 yards in Minnesota's 25-17 win against Illinois
- Becomes the fifth kicker in Gophers history with multiple games of four-plus made field goals, while his four made field goals ties a career high and ties for third-most in Gopher history
- His 13 points (4 field goals, 1 PAT) at Illinois were a career high, bringing his career total to 36 made field goals, passing Brent Berglund (35) for eighth most in program history
- Last Minnesota Special Teams Player of the Week: Dragan Kesich (Oct. 23, 2023)

Freshman of the Week
WR - Kwazi Gilmer, UCLA (FR)
- Posted a career-high 88 receiving yards on three catches as UCLA defeated Nebraska on the road, 27-20
- Reeled in his first career touchdown in the second half on a 48-yard touchdown pass from Ethan Garbers
- His 48-yard reception also marked a career best
- Earns UCLA's first Freshman of the Week honor

Will any brave soul ask the question to Rhule, what do you say to this fan base that is losing confidence in you to be able to turn it around when they see Indiana having success in year one?

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Total Offense - 99
Scoring Offense - 100 (tie)
Red Zone Offense - 126
Rushing Offense - 104
Passing Offense - 67
4th down conversions - 132
Interceptions - 99 (tie)

the timing might be even more serendipitous than when we got Rhule away from Carolina ...

Nebraska VB followed up its dominant sweep of No. 7 Wisconsin on the road Friday night by not having any type of letdown performance today at Northwestern. Win streak is now at 19 in a row. Since the road loss at SMU in the fourth match of the season, the Huskers have won 57 of 63 sets during this 19-game streak. Creighton (currently ranked No. 6 nationally) and Purdue (currently No. 11) both took them to five sets and UCLA + Michigan each grabbed one set against Nebraska.

Going further: Four of those six sets were won by the minimum two points, and one was won by three points. That includes Creighton taking one by score of 33-31 and Michigan taking one by score of 28-26.

The point? Nebraska is throughly dominating its opponents (at home, on the road, doesn't matter), it's closing out the difficult sets AND it's making its opponents scratch and claw for everything – even to just take a victory in one set.

Here's the full game story from Nebraska's sweep of Northwestern today via Nebraska Athletics:

EVANSTON, Ill. – The No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team won its 19th match in a row with a 25-18, 25-15, 25-15 sweep at Northwestern in front of a sold-out crowd of 6,003 on Sunday afternoon.

Merritt Beason had nine kills and hit .643 to lead the Huskers (22-1, 12-0 B1G), who trailed for just three rallies in the entire match. Andi Jackson recorded eight kills and hit .545, and Taylor Landfair had six kills. Rebekah Allick finished with four kills.

Nebraska hit .287 and held Northwestern to .082. The Huskers had the advantage in kills (39-29), aces (7-2) and blocks (7-2). Harper Murray served three of Nebraska's aces and added four kills. Six different Huskers recorded two blocks.

Bergen Reilly had 25 assists and a team-high nine digs and also dumped four kills. Lexi Rodriguez had seven digs.

Buse Hazan had eight kills to lead Northwestern (4-16, 2-10 B1G).

Set 1: Nebraska took a 6-1 lead to start the match with three kills on six swings along with an ace by Olivia Mauch. Three kills by Landfair helped push the lead to 13-6, but Northwestern fought back to get within 15-12 after a 5-1 spurt sparked by three kills by Hazan. Beason and Jackson responded with kills to make it 17-12, and Reilly and Jackson posted back-to-back kills before an ace by Murray increased the Husker lead to 20-13. Nebraska led 21-13 before a three-point Northwestern run, but the Huskers got two kills from Beason to win 25-18.

Set 2: With the score tied 4-4, Murray tallied a kill before a Northwestern hitting error and a block by Jackson and Reilly made it 7-4 Big Red. Reilly dumped a kill and an ace by Murray put the Huskers up 9-5. Northwestern pulled within one, 10-9, but a solo block by Landfair, a kill by Allick and an ace by Reilly put the Huskers back up by four, 13-9. Landfair, Allick, Murray and Beason put down kills and Beason served an ace to extend the advantage to 19-12. Landfair and Jackson terminated kill, and a block by Allick and Landfair put the Huskers at set point. Reilly dumped a kill for the 25-15 win.

Set 3: Leyla Blackwell started the set for the Huskers at middle blocker and had two kills and a block with Murray for a 4-1 start. Murray had two kills and an ace as the Huskers built their lead to 13-5 after she served a 5-0 run. Northwestern cut it to 15-9, but Reilly dumped a kill and Lindsay Krause tooled a block to put Nebraska up 17-9. The Wildcats used another 3-0 run to get within 17-12, but Beason answered and Murray and Blackwell stuffed a Northwestern attack to make it 19-12. Beason and Jackson teamed up for a block before Rodriguez served an ace, and the Huskers pulled away for a 25-15 win.

Up Next: The Huskers continue their stretch of four straight road matches this week. Nebraska will play at No. 10 Oregon on Thursday at 9 p.m. (CT), and will then travel to face Washington on Saturday at 9:30 p.m. (CT).

Who is out there?

It could be somebody in the NFL who’s willing to move to college to make a name for himself. It’s risky, because it’s an experiment that could end in one and done. Probably have to pay 2, million and guarantee three years. Not a lot of money for the right guy..

The big question is whether or not we think the Raiola experiment is worth continuing. he’s basically our franchise quarterback, and that scares the crap out of me. Sitting the $2 million man is not a good look when the guys behind him are unproven as well . His style of quarterbacking is out of vogue. it basically went away with Tom Brady. The last two alive are probably Kirk cousins and Joe Flacco. He’s zero threat to pick up first down with his feet. I think we are ****ed. Having a hard time imagining a scenario where this really turns around, unless you commit to throwing it fewer than 20 times per game and just running downhill.

Excited to have him on our team. However, the offense continues to be a dumpster fire with no end insight. He has a track record of moving from school to school. Played for 3 different High Schools across the country and changed commitment to 3 different colleges.
Why would he stay here with a continued nightmare of an offensive line? He would benefit by transferring to a top school that has a track record of protecting passing QBs. A QB at N has to be an elite scrambler to survive. Sorry, but this will happen just watch it unfold.

November 4
1842 - Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois.

1880 - James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio patented the first cash register.

1922 - Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt.

1924 - Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first female governor, to serve out the term of her husband who had died in office.

1956 - Russian troops attacked Budapest and crushed the Hungarian revolt under Premier Imre Nagy.

1979 - The American embassy in Tehran, Iran was seized by militants and 90 Americans were taken hostage, which would last for 444 days.

1980 - Republican Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent President Jimmy Carter (489-49) to become the 40th president of the United States.

1991 - Ronald Reagan opened his presidential library in Simi Valley, California; attending were President George H.W. Bush and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford and Richard M. Nixon -- the first-ever gathering of five past and present U.S. chief executives.

1995 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a right-win Israeli.

2007 - King Tutankhamen's face was unveiled for the first time to the public more than 3,000 years after the pharaoh was buried in his Egyptian tomb and on the 85th anniversary of the discovery of that tomb.

2008 - Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain (338-161) to be elected the 44th president of the United States, and the nation's first African American president.

Birthdays
28 - Fivel Stewart (actress)
31 - Drew Starkey (actor)
31 - Taylor Tomlinson (comedian)
32 - Kiana Madeira (actress)
33 - Adriana Chechik (model)
34 - Raquel Santiago (reality star)
36 - Dez Bryant (football player)
37 - Jessica Rabbit (model)
42 - Devin Hester (football player)
49 - Orlando Pace (football player)
54 - Bethenny Frankel (reality star)
55 - Matthew McConaughey (actor)
55 - Diddy (rapper)
63 - Jeff Probst (TV host)
63 - Ralph Macchio (actor)
64 - Kathy Griffin (actress/comedian)
74 - Charles Frazier (author)
78 - Laura Bush (wife of President George W. Bush)
84 - Delbert McClinton (musician)
87 - Loretta Swit (actress)

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Today in Sports History - November 4
1954 - The Philadelphia Athletics moved to Kansas City.

1960 - Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA record when he missed all 10 of his free throw attempts in a game.

1972 - The Los Angeles Kings set an NHL scoring record with three goals in 45 seconds against the New York Islanders.

1973 - The Chicago Bears set an NFL record by holding the Green Bay Packers to minus-12 yards passing.

1976 - MLB held its first free agent draft with 24 players available from 13 teams.

1987 - The NBA announces the addition of four new franchises: the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat for the 1988 season and the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic for 1989.

2001 - Quarterback Randall Cunningham of the Baltimore Ravens surpassed 30,000 career passing yards.

2001 - The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees in seven games to win their first World Series.

2003 - Mark Messier (New York Rangers) scored two goals and moved into second place in career points. The goals were points 1850 and 1851 of his career.

2009 - The New York Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games to win the franchise's record 27th World Series championship.

Let's get this thing started.

UCLA players walking out to the field for the first time. Can't really tell from the picture, but they're all wearing slick powder blue suits.

This will be the first matchup between Nebraska and UCLA since 2015, the Foster Farms Bowl which NU won 37-29. With a win today, the Huskers will qualify for a bowl game for the first time since 2016.

Tad Stryker: Nebraska Fails Physicality Test​

Nothing has changed. Rhule is no better than Frost/Riley. Obviously we can’t fire him now so looks like another 4 year coaching stint with losing seasons.

I know Rhule has 6 years/ 65 million guaranteed-
Satterfield is making 1.4 million- is it year to year or did he sign long term deal?

Monday, November 4

5:00 PM
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at #14 Purdue (BTN)

6:00 PM
Manhattan at Maryland (BTN+)
Monmouth at Michigan State (BTN+)

6:30 PM
Binghamton at Penn State (BTN+)

7:00 PM
Cleveland State at Michigan (BTN)
Eastern Illinois at Illinois (BTN+)
Holy Cross at Wisconsin (BTN+)
Lehigh at Northwestern (Peacock)
Texas A&M-Commerce at Iowa (BTN+)
Texas-Rio Grande Valley at Nebraska (BTN+)

9:00 PM
Chattanooga at USC (BTN)
Ohio State vs. #19 Texas (at Las Vegas) (TNT)

9:30 PM
Rider at #22 UCLA (FS1)
UC-Riverside at Oregon (BTN+)

Turn the key sir. Turn the key

"Union Omaha defender Mechack Jérôme, his wife and another family member were the three people injured in an explosion at a house in Bellevue Thursday, according to the club.

Firefighters responded to the explosion, which was believed to be caused by a propane leak, at at a duplex on the 4900 block of Robin Drive near Bryan High School at approximately 10:34 p.m. The three people who were injured experienced severe burns, according to Bellevue Fire and Rescue."

Union Omaha defender, 2 family members identified as those injured in Bellevue house explosion

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BTW Union Omaha has reached the USL1 playoffs and all their games will be in Omaha. The first one starts today.