Fake punt, that was awesome

"They responded like men. They went out there, they played together," Fred Hoiberg said after Nebraska's 85-68 win over Indiana Friday night.

That's four straight Husker wins over the Hoosiers.

Lots of attention so far on portal needs, wide receivers, OL, DL, rush ends, but nothing on a new special teams coach and overhaul

NVM

Other than Barney are we losing everyone who looked to be a player?

sounds like the perfect Iowa QB ...

I know most of you followed Roger Craig, but do you remember Curtis Craig. He was Roger's older brother who went to Nebraska. He played RB his first 3 years than switch to WR his senior year, had 44 catches and around 467 yards.

Curtis, Rogers and Jamie Williams were all from Davenport Central that went to Nebraska. All were heavily recruited. Jamie went on to play 12 years as a TE in the NFL. We all know about Roger's NFL career.

The four finalists are:

Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel
Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter
Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty
Miami QB Cam Ward

Nos. 5-10 in order of voting were announced yesterday. Kyle McCord came in at 10. He finished the regular season with 4,326 passing yards, 29 TDs and 12 INTs. His replacement at Ohio State didn't make the top 10.

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Anyone know who's on campus and visiting this weekend. Hope to have some commitment announcement Monday.

James Williams went to Florida State. Not surprising that he followed Pot Roast.

Umanmielen went to Ole Miss. I believe that his brother went there last season, but I think he's out of eligibility now.

s%&t. Hope this can help. Watch the vid for your daily dose of cringe (pretty sure this is a real thing 😅)

https://www.squattypotty.com/pages/how-it-works

On Monday, Matt Rhule confirmed sophomore WR Malachi Coleman intends to enter the transfer portal. Here's more:

Curious as to how you all feel about the current 12 team playoff format now that it's a reality?

Personally I'm not a Big fan of the expanded playoff but it's here to stay so..

One major aspect I don't care for is the top 4 conference champs getting the first round bye. Should be the top 4 teams by ranking. The conference champs can still get an automatic bid if that's how they want to do it but the 4 Best teams should receive the byes. Then the rest are seeded according to ranking as well.

Another change I would like to see is after the first round games are played, they should reseed the four teams that advanced so the Number 1 seed would get to play the lowest ranked team left and so on. Then reseeded again for the semis. The best teams should be rewarded as such throughout the playoffs.

Just my thoughts. What do you all think?

December 14
1799 - George Washington, the first president of the United States, died at his Mount Vernon, Virginia home at age 67.

1819 - Alabama became the 22nd state.

1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole.

1939 - The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.

1964 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, ruled that Congress was within its authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against racial discrimination by private businesses (in this case, a motel that refused to cater to Blacks).

1967 - DNA was synthesized for the first time.

1981 - Israel formally annexed the Golan Heights.

1985 - Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

1995 - The Dayton Accords were formally signed in Paris, ending the Bosnian War.

2012 - Adam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 26 people. The victims included 20 children between the ages of six and seven.

2020 - The Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden as the nation’s next president, ratifying his November victory in a state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost; electors gave Biden 306 votes to Trump’s 232.

2020 - The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history began with health workers getting shots on the same day the nation’s COVID-19 death toll hit 300,000.

Birthdays
27 - DK Metcall (football player)
28 - Barbie Ferreira (actress)
32 - Tori Kelly (singer)
36 - Vanessa Hudgens (actress)
40 - Jackson Rathbone (actor)
45 - Sophie Monk (singer/actress)
52 - Miranda Hart (actress)
53 - Natascha McElhone (actress)
59 - Craig Biggio (baseball player)
74 - Cliff Williams (musician)
76 - Dee Wallace (actress)
78 - Stan Smith (tennis player)

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Today in Sports History - December 14
1915 - Jack Johnson became the first black world heavyweight champion.

1947 - The Cleveland Browns defeat the New York Yankees 14-3 in the AAFC Championship Game.

1947 - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.

1980 - The New Orleans Saints snap a 14-game losing streak, defeating the New York Jets.

1982 - Marcel Dionne (Los Angeles Kings) scored his 500th goal.

1984 - Howard Cosell retired from the NFL's Monday Night Football.

1986 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) set an NFL record with his seventh 400-yard game.

1988 - The NBA's Miami Heat won their first game i franchise history, 89-88 over the Los Angeles Clippers. They had lost their first 17 games.

1991 - Michigan wide receiver Desmond Howard wins the Heisman Trophy.

1996 - Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel wins the Heisman Trophy.

1997 - Mike Gartner (Phoenix Coyotes) became only the fifth player in NHL history to score 700 career goals. The other 700 goal scorers were Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Phil Esposito and Marcel Dionne.

1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) ran for more than 100 yards for his 13th consecutive game.

1998 - Texas running back Ricky Williams wins the Heisman Trophy.

2009 - Alabama running back Mark Ingram wins the Heisman Trophy.

2019 - LSU quarterback Joe Burrow wins the Heisman Trophy; he wins with the highest percentage of first-place votes in history with 90.7%.

2021 - Stephen Curry set a new NBA career 3-point record; the Golden State Warriors’ guard hit his 2,974th 3-point shot against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, breaking the record held by Ray Allen.

Poor guy, lost mine when I was about his age. Probably the most defining loss I've experienced.

JB said head coaches are "prohibited by NCAA from doing radio interviews during the tournament". What a joke the NCAA is.

LINCOLN, Neb. - The third-ranked Nebraska volleyball team defeated 23rd-ranked Dayton, 3-1, in front of a crowd of 8,725 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Friday night.

Harper Murray had a career-high 22 kills and hit .318 while also recording a season-high 16 digs and four blocks. Murray also tied her career high with four service aces Rebekah Allick provided 10 kills and hit .368, while Taylor Landfair and Andi Jackson each had eight kills.

The Huskers had 11 blocks with Jackson leading the way with seven. Allick, Murray and Bergen Reilly each had four. Lexi Rodriguez tied her season high with 22 digs for the Big Red. Nebraska's defense held Dayton to an .087 attack percentage, the first time in more than 100 matches that the Flyers have been held below a .100 attack percentage.

Lexie Almodovar led Dayton with 20 kills on 68 swings. The Flyers ended their season with a 31-3 record.

Set 1: Dayton got off to a hot start taking a 4-1 lead. Murray provided a pair of kills to help the Huskers crawl back, and two kills by Landfair brought the Huskers within 8-7. Allick recorded three kills, and Jackson and Merritt Beason had a block that tied the score at 12-12. Murray's third kill gave Nebraska its first lead at 14-13, and a kill by Jackson put the Huskers up 15-14 at the media timeout. Jackson and Reilly teamed up for a block after the break, and Murray served an ace before another Jackson kill made it 18-14. But Dayton posted a block and and an ace to cut it to 18-16. After a timeout, the Huskers closed the set on a 7-1 run to win 25-17. Landfair, Allick and Murray all had kills down the stretch, and Reilly served a 6-0 run to end the set.

Set 2: The Huskers used a 4-0 run that included an ace by Rodriguez to go ahead 7-3. Dayton fought back to within 13-12, but Allick terminated a long rally and the Flyers committed an error for a 15-12 Husker advantage. Dayton made a service error, and Murray then served three straight aces before a block by Reilly and Jackson made it 21-14. Nebraska used a timeout after Dayton scored three in a row, and Landfair terminated for a sideout kill, and the Huskers went on to win 25-18.

Set 3: Dayton got out to an 8-4 start after four straight kills by Almodovar and an ace by Gaby Arroyo. Murray had two kills and a block with Jackson to help NU pull within 9-7, but Dayton answered to go back up 12-8. Murray continued to keep the Huskers in it with two more kills to cut it to 13-11. After a Dayton kill, Murray had a kill and a block with Jackson, and the Flyers hit out before Jackson smashed a kill for a 15-14 Husker lead. Another Murray kill made it 16-15, but the Flyers went on a 4-1 run to gain a 19-17 lead. Dayton led 20-18 before committing a service error, and Landfair returned an overpass down to the floor to tie the score at 20-20. Landfair tied the score again at 21-21, and Murray put her 16th down for a 22-21 lead. But an Almodovar kill and a Husker net violation made it 23-22 Flyers. Dayton served out to tie the score at 23-23, but the Flyers earned set point with a kill. Murray answered for the Big Red with back-to-back kills to earn match point, 25-24, but Almodovar kept the Flyers alive with her 18th and 19th kills to regain set point for Dayton, and the Flyers won 27-25 with a block.

Set 4: Murray continued her strong play early on, recording four kills as the Huskers went up 7-4. Jackson was then in on two straight blocks, one with Reilly and one with Landfair, as the Huskers built the lead to 10-4. Reilly, Landfair and Allick tallied kills, and Reilly served an ace to increase the lead to 16-7. Allick's 10th kill and an ace served by Mauch put the Huskers up 20-8 and in control. NU went on to finish off the match, 25-13.

Up Next: The Huskers will face No. 7 Wisconsin in an NCAA Regional Final on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Nebraska Post-Match Notes

• With the win, Nebraska advanced to an NCAA Regional Final for the 33rd time in program history. The Huskers’ 33 regional final appearances are the most in NCAA history. Nebraska has made an NCAA Regional Final in 12 of the past 13 seasons.
• With the win, Nebraska improved to 133-37 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers rank second in NCAA history in postseason wins and winning percentage (.782).
• Nebraska improved to 33-7 all-time in NCAA Regional Semifinal matches, including a 16-1 record in matches played in Lincoln.
• NU improved to 86-7 all-time in home NCAA Tournament matches, including 31-2 at the Devaney Center.
• The win was Nebraska’s 25th consecutive home victory in the NCAA Tournament, a school record.
• Overall, Nebraska has won 44 consecutive home matches dating back to Dec. 1, 2022. The Huskers’ own the nation’s longest home winning streak, and the streak is the longest since Nebraska moved into the Devaney Center in 2013.
• John Cook improved to 100-25 in his NCAA Tournament career. Cook joined retired Penn State coach Russ Rose as the only two coaches in NCAA history with 100 NCAA Tournament victories.
• Cook improved to 92-20 in the NCAA Tournament as Nebraska’s head coach. He ranks second all-time in career NCAA Tournament victories and NCAA Tournament wins at one school.
• Cook coached his 125th career NCAA Tournament match tonight. He joined Russ Rose as the only two coaches in NCAA history to coach in 125 NCAA Tournament matches.
• With the win, Nebraska improved to 12-1 against ranked opponents this season.
• Nebraska won the first two sets before losing set three. That marked the Huskers’ first set loss of the NCAA Tournament and the first set where an opponent had reached 20 points. Nebraska was the last team to lose a set in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
• Nebraska improved to 103-1 in the NCAA Tournament when taking a 2-0 lead. The Huskers have won 102 consecutive postseason matches when winning the first two sets.
• The Huskers held Dayton to a season-low .087 attack percentage. It marked the first time in 101 matches – dating back to August 26, 2022 – that the Flyers were held below a .100 attack percentage.
• Nebraska also held Dayton to 39 kills in the four-set match, an average of 9.8 kills per set. The Flyers entered the match ranked 13th nationally with an average of 14.1 kills per set
• Harper Murray had a career-high 22 kills in the match. Her 22 kills tied for the most ever by a Husker in either a three- or four-set NCAA Tournament match during the rally-scoring era. Murray tied Sarah Pavan, who had 22 kills in back-to-back four-set victories over UCLA and Stanford in the 2006 NCAA Tournament.
• Murray also tied her career high with four aces in the match, including three in a row in the second set. It marked the third time in Murray’s career that she had four aces in a match.
• Murray also had a season-high 16 digs in the match, one shy of her career high.
• In the match, Murray set career highs in kills and aces and season highs in digs and blocks (4).
• Bergen Reilly had 47 assists against Dayton. Reilly recorded her 2,500th career assist in tonight’s match.
• Andi Jackson had eight kills against Dayton. Her first kill was the 500th kill of her career.
• Lexi Rodriguez had 22 digs in the match to tie her season high. Rodriguez now has 248 career digs in the NCAA Tournament. She moved into second place on Nebraska’s all-time postseason digs chart, trailing only Kayla Banwarth (253 digs from 2007 to 2010).