Minny and USC tied up 10 all at half. Michigan down by 4 at the half. Indy was in a close one till the 4th, they got a offense. Iowa got a rude awakening I see.

Just a couple of thoughts. It was interesting to see Van Poppel play. That's his 3rd game, I believe. I was surprised to see him, but they must have made the decision that they needed to play him in this game against a good running offense to shut them down and get this win.

James Williams is an awesome story. I don't know what happened to his family, but the interview after the game was pretty intense. It's impressive what he has done. He's a sophomore and is the best pass rusher we've had since Randy Gregory. He's going to make serious waves by the time he's done at NU.

No Carter Nelson was a surprise. No Gabe Ervin, that I saw. I actually liked the RB rotation, for the most part, for just about the first time all season.

Special Teams need a new leader. The punt protection team and field goal team are bad. The coverage teams are average. Return teams are very average. Foley needs to go.

"I thought it was as great a defensive performance that I've been around," Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule said postgame of his defense, which held its fifth opponent in the past six games to 10 or fewer points.

I've been gathering reactions and interviews from recruits today, look for that piece either tonight or tomorrow morning on what some of the top recruits in attendance had to say about their time in town. For now, here's some notes on a prospect that didn't make it into town and some surprise visitors that made it into town.

- First off, check out my story on 2027 four-star QB Trae Taylor, who was offered while in town yesterday. Nebraska's going to be a serious contender there moving forward.

Login to view embedded media - 2026 Jackson (Minn.) County Central athlete Roman Voss made the trip down with his parents and coaching staff to see the game on Saturday. He's got offers from the likes of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas State to date, Nebraska could join the mix soon. A source close to him believes the Huskers would "definitely be high on his list" if they were to offer

- 2026 Derby (Kan.) three-star offensive lineman Maxwell Robinson didn't make it into Lincoln yesterday. Huskers are monitoring but they haven't offered yet and I'm not sure if they will.

Login to view embedded media - 2026 Prior Lake (Minn.) High offensive tackle Ethan Beckman, a gargantuan 6-foot-5, 330 pound prospect made the drive down to Nebraska. He's on the Huskers radar with offers from Kansas State and Iowa State to date. Name to keep an eye on. Wasn't on the initial visitor list, bit of a surprise he made it into town.

Login to view embedded media - 2026 St Louis (Mo.) Christian Brothers College athlete Nick McClellan, brother of Oregon freshman WR Jeremiah McClellan, made the six hour drive to see the Huskers on Saturday. Young McClellan could play wide receiver or defensive back at the next level with offers from Missouri and Kansas State to date. Huskers are monitoring.

Login to view embedded media - 2026 Greenwood (Ark.) three-star athlete Champ Davis popped up on the sideline before the game. He started his career at Omaha (Neb.) North and landed an offer from Nebraska while there, communication has dropped off a good bit between both sides, but he felt right back at home yesterday and was welcomed in. We'll see how much the Huskers engage moving forward but good to see a former local prospect pop back up in town.

Login to view embedded media - 2027 Clear Lake (Ia.) athlete Jaxson McIntire projects to safety at the next level, he's on the radar of programs like Iowa, Kansas State and Nebraska, with an early offer from Iowa State. He made the drive into Lincoln to see the game, I believe his first at Memorial Stadium. Another somewhat surprising visitor, but one the staff is keeping an eye on.

- Nebraska had a couple intriguing 2028 prospects from the Kansas City area. Lee's Summit (Mo.) West offensive lineman Brock Barrows, a name I mentioned way back in the spring as a young prospect to get to know, he stands 6-foot-3, 270 pounds as a freshman. Raymore-Peculiar (Mo.) wide receiver Jeremiah Hull stands 6-foot-5, 175 pounds as a freshman (!!!) and could eventually grow into a tight end or stick at wideout. He looked every bit of his size on the sideline. 2028 Blue Valley (Kan.) Northwest athlete Baron Marshall already holds an offer from Auburn and made the trip into Lincoln. Good crop of young talent the Huskers are in on already.

Cal leading Miami midway through the game. Miami is extremely lucky to 5-0.

Tenn, Bama, USC, Michigan all lose

I love college football

Watching Purdue.....damn they are weak. The Bruins making a game of it. Mizzou not looking like a top ten program so far today.

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Normally, it’s Fast-Fact Friday ‘round these parts. But calling an audible after Thursday’s DNT/F.

Little tougher one today:

“Including the three winners, how many Top-10 Heisman finalists (from 1935-present) has Nebraska had in program history? How many of them can you name?”

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Answers:

13 finalists

>> Sam Francis, 1936 – 2nd (Fullback, 1934-36, Oberlin, Kan.)*
*Received 47 points as runner up to Larry Kelley of Yale

>> Bobby Reynolds, 1950 – 5th (Halfback, 1950-52, Grand Island, Neb.)

>> Jerry Tagge, 1971 – 7th (Quarterback, 1969-71, Green Bay, Wis.)

>> Rich Glover, 1972 – 3rd (Middle Guard, 1970-72, Jersey City, N.J.)

>> Dave Humm, 1974 – 5th (Quarterback, 1972-74, Las Vegas, Nev.)

>> Jarvis Redwine, 1980 – 8th (I-Back, 1979-80, Inglewood, Calif.)

>> Dave Rimington, 1982 – 5th (Center, 1979-82, Omaha, Neb.)

>> Mike Rozier, 1982 – 10th (I-Back, 1981-83, Camden, N.J.)

>> Turner Gill, 1983 – 4th (Quarterback, 1981-83, Fort Worth, Texas)

>> Lawrence Phillips, 1994 – 8th (I-Back, 1993-95, West Covina, Calif.)

>> Zach Wiegert, 1994 – Tied for 9th (Offensive Tackle, 1991-94, Fremont, Neb.)

>> Tommie Frazier, 1995 – 2nd (Quarterback, 1992-95, Bradenton, Fla.)*
*Received 1,196 points as runner up to Eddie George of Ohio State

>> Ndamukong Suh, 2009 – 4th (Defensive Tackle, 2006-09, Portland, Ore.)

Key takeaways from Matt Rhule, Dylan Raiola and more Huskers at the postgame podiums:

The choice at the start of the game that enabled us to have the wind in the 4th quarter. I remember in an article last summer where Rhule spoke about that. He is learning how to adapt to Big football. Was a major factor in the outcome.

Yep

Rutgers, coming off a hard fought 21-18 victory over Washington, is well positioned for success.

Kyle Monangai is our primary running back and has been mentioned as a possible Heisman Candidate. He is supported by Sam Brown, who is a bruiser. Monangai had 132 rushing yards vs Washington and Brown had 44 yards rushing with a 37 yard burst for a touchdown.

The OL and running back are the heart and soul of this team. LT #72 Hollín Pierce is an All American Candidate. LG #65 Felter is an All Conference Candidate as is C Zilinskas. Not a coincidence that our biggest runs have been towards the left side of the line or up the middle. RG Kobe Asamosh has played some, but is going to need time to acclimate, but will be a good player someday. RT Robert Needham is a Monster Right Tackle, who has bolstered our run game, while providing better pass protection.

The quarterback, Athan Kaliakmanis, is capable of throwing accurately and making the easy throws. I’m looking for a 58% completion percentage from him with 20TDs and 7 ints. Thus far, he is over 60%.

He will be supported by an exceptionally talented WR Corp. Dymere Miller is a true WR1, is fast and has exceptional hands. Ian Strong is a future Superstar, capable of dominating opposing DBs. Chris Long has had issue with injuries, but has demonstrated big play ability when healthy. 6’6” Korey Duff is a True Freshman acclimating to this level of play.

TE Kenny Fletcher will be the primary tight end, and has been productive, leading all receivers with 16 receptions. The rest of the tight ends are a question mark, but hopefully some emerge. Konopka has been used in situations where a 2nd TE was needed.

Rutgers Defense has limited opponents scoring to 23 points or fewer.

Malcolm Ray is the Nose Tackle, and he is backed up by 315 lb NT Zaire Angoy, anchoring the middle of the defensive line. Ray is complemented by future NFL starter, DT Kyonte Hamilton. They are sandwiched by a pair of All American potential Ends in Aaron Lewis and Wesley Bailey.

The Linebackers are the heart and soul of the defense. Tyreem Powell is an All American and Butkus award Candidate. Lost to injury is Mohamed Toure, who was very productive last year. He is replaced by Dariel Djabome. Desmond Igbinosun plays a hybrid LB-DB position and was exceptionally productive last year, with 64 tackles and 6.5 tfl.

The secondary could also be the nations best, with Flip Dixon and Shaquan Loyal vying for All American honors. As will Robert Longerbeam, who has slowly but surely built himself into one of the best DBs in the game. The other CB is Eric Rogers, who has played very well this year. Bo Mascoe is the nickel back.

Jai Patel is the Kicker and Jakob Anderson is the Punter.

Last year, we had too many deficiencies. This year, there are few, if any. Looking forward to our game Saturday.

Too many teams are doing fireworks these days, every game isn't special...ASU set them off after beating a 1-5 Kansas team. It's enough ya'll.

Wow. The overall excellent coaching staff Rhule has put together is bogged down by a single weak - pitifully weak - coach. Time to renegotiate his contract, get him out, and hire someone competent. All the rest of the staff's good work is being undone by his awful inability to do any part of his job competently.

Put 4 quarters of football together? Good one half, crap the the other one. Whose to blame? HCMR, yes, but who else OC? D does it's part...thank God! F'ing "special teams coach" better be ****ing gone by noon tomorrow! What a farce!

If this is how the defense will play, I only see 2 more wins. Purdue and UCLA are wins. tOSU and USC losses. Everything else are toss ups and if the defense implodes like it did tonight and last week, mark the rest as losses. Not panicking about 1 game, but the last 2 games the offenses dictated to the defense and picked them apart. Tony needs to rethink his approach, he had no answers for what was going on and out coached the last 2 games.

Tony stunk up the joint tonight. I think Altmyer was 21-26 and 3TD's. Gonna be a long conference schedule.

Arizona State 35, Kansas 31
Arkansas 19, #4 Tennessee 14
Arkansas State 18, South Alabama 16
Army 49, Tulsa 7

#21 Boise State 62, Utah State 30
Bowling Green 27, Akron 20

Charlotte 55, East Carolina 24
#15 Clemson 29, Florida State 13
Coastal Carolina 45, Old Dominion 37
Connecticut 29, Temple 20

Florida 24, Central Florida 13

#5 Georgia 31, Auburn 13
Georgia Tech 24, Duke 14

Houston 30, TCU 19

#23 Indiana 41, Northwestern 24
#16 Iowa State 43, Baylor 21

Jacksonville State 63, Kennesaw State 24

Louisiana-Lafayette 23, Southern Mississippi 13
Louisiana-Monroe 21, James Madison 19

Marshall 52, Appalachian State 37
#8 Miami (FL) 39, California 38
Minnesota 24, #11 USC 17
#12 Mississippi 27, South Carolina 3

Navy 34, Air Force 7
Nebraska 14, Rutgers 7
Northern Illinois 34, Massachusetts 20

#3 Ohio State 35, Iowa 7
#6 Oregon 31, Michigan State 10
Oregon State 39, Colorado State 31 (2OT)

#7 Penn State 27, UCLA 11
Pittsburgh 34, North Carolina 24

San Diego State 27, Hawaii 24
Sam Houston State 41, Texas-El Paso 21
San Jose State 35, Nevada 31
Southern Methodist 34, #22 Louisville 27
Syracuse 44, #25 UNLV 41 (OT)

#25 Texas A&M 41, #9 Missouri 10
Texas State 38, Troy 17
Texas Tech 28, Arizona 22
Toledo 30, Miami (OH) 20
Tulane 71, Alabama-Birmingham 20

Vanderbilt 40, #1 Alabama 35
Virginia 24, Boston College 14
Virginia Tech 31, Stanford 7

Wake Forest 34, North Carolina State 30
Washington 27, #10 Michigan 17
West Virginia 38, Oklahoma State 14
Western Michigan 45, Ball State 42
Wisconsin 52, Purdue 6

Postgame Notes: Rutgers at Nebraska

- Today's game marked the 600th all-time game at Memorial Stadium since 1923. Nebraska owns a record of 436-151-13 at Memorial Stadium after today's game

- Today's game was the 113th Homecoming Game at Nebraska. The Huskers improved to 86-24-3 on Homecoming. Nebraska has won 13 of its last 15 Homecoming games and is 10-2 against Big Ten opponents on Homecoming, including 2-0 against Rutgers

- The Huskers are 5-1 on the season. This year marks the 10th time Nebraska has started 5-1 or better since 2000 but just the second time since 2015

- The official temperature at kickoff today was 97 degrees, the hottest kickoff temperature at Memorial Stadium for a home game since at least 1985. The previous high kickoff temperature in that stretch was 93 degrees on four occasions, most recently last season against Michigan (Sept. 30)

- Nebraska limited Rutgers to seven points, marking the fifth opponent in six games the Huskers have held to 10 or fewer points

- Nebraska held Rutgers scoreless in the first half, marking the second straight opponent it has shut out in the first half. Overall, NU has pitched three first-half shutouts in six games this season and allowed just 20 first-half points. Nebraska has out-scored opponents 65-3 in the second quarter in 2023

- Nebraska limited Rutgers to 264 total yards. The Huskers have held 13 consecutive opponents to fewer than 400 total yards. The last time Nebraska held more than 13 straight opponents to fewer than 400 yards was a 14-game stretch spanning the 2008 and 2009 seasons

- Nebraska did not allow a rushing touchdown today, and the Huskers have not allowed a rushing touchdown this season. Nebraska is the only team in the country that has not allowed a rushing touchdown this season

- Running back Rahmir Johnson had a season-long 36-yard reception to set up Nebraska's first touchdown. Johnson has had a catch of at least 10 yards in five straight games. Johnson finished the game with five rushes for 34 yards and three receptions for 40 yards

- Running back Dante Dowdell scored on a 1-yard TD run in the first quarter, marking his team-leading fifth touchdown of the season. Dowdell finished the game with 14 carries for 57 yards.

- Junior Marques Buford Jr. had a second-quarter interception, marking his first interception of the season and third of his Nebraska career. Buford also added a career-high three pass breakups in the game

- Nebraska converted Buford's second-quarter interception into a touchdown for a 14-0 lead. Nebraska has now out-scored opponents 35-0 in points off turnovers this season

- Receiver Janiran Bonner had his second rushing TD of the season on a 11-yard score in the second quarter. Before the 11-yard run, Bonner had five career carries totaling nine yards

- Senior receiver Jahmal Banks had a season-long 31-yard reception in the second quarter.

- Sophomore receiver Jaylen Lloyd had a 30-yard reception on a fake punt in the fourth quarter. Lloyd has 12 career receptions with eight of those covering at least 25 yards.

- Punter Brian Buschini had a 61-yard punt in the second quarter and a 69-yard punt in the fourth quarter giving him three 60-yard punts this season and seven in his Nebraska career. Buschini averaged 50.2 yards on his five punts, and he also completed a 30-yard pass on a fake punt.

- Defensive lineman Ty Robinson had a nine yard sack in the second quarter, his team leading fourth sack of the season. Robinson finished the game with three tackles, including 2.0 tackles for loss and a PBU

- Cornerback Ceyair Wright had a second-quarter interception marking his first Nebraska interception. Wright also had two pass breakups in the game

- Senior rover Isaac Gifford finished the game with a team-high eight tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss and a pass breakup

- Nebraska finished the game with 4.0 sacks for 29 yards. Rutgers has allowed four sacks in the first four games this season.

- The Huskers also finished with a season-high nine pass breakups in the game. Nebraska's previous high in a game this season was six against Northern Iowa.

- Today's game captains for Nebraska were RB Rahmir Johnson, OG Justin Evans, LB Mikai Gbayor and DL Elijah Jeudy. Johnson, Evans, Gbayor are New Jersey natives and Jeudy is from Philadelphia

Not bad at all. Reminds me of 09

Don't care is they are all 1 point wins. 5-1

Maryland def. Rutgers (25-22, 25-20, 25-19)
Michigan def. UCLA (26-24, 19-25, 23-25, 25-19, 15-13)
#21 USC def. #12 Minnesota (25-23, 22-25, 25-11, 25-18)

Standings
1. Penn State (14-1, 4-0)
2. Nebraska (13-1, 3-0)
2. Washington (13-0, 3-0)
4. Michigan (13-2, 3-1)
4. Oregon (11-2, 3-1)
4. USC (11-3, 3-1)
7. Iowa (8-7, 2-1)
7. Purdue (11-3, 2-1)
7. Wisconsin (8-4, 2-1)
10. Minnesota (9-5, 2-2)
11. Indiana (8-5, 1-2)
11. Northwestern (3-8, 1-2)
13. Maryland (10-5, 1-3)
13. UCLA (7-6, 1-3)
15. Illinois (8-5, 0-3)
15. Michigan State (7-7, 0-3)
15. Ohio State (7-6, 0-3)
18. Rutgers (5-10, 0-4)

Matches for Sunday, October 6
Ohio State at Indiana
Northwestern at Illinois
#25 Washington at #9 Wisconsin
Michigan State at #10 Purdue
Iowa at #2 Nebraska (2:00 PM - Nebraska Public Media)[/cplor]

Oregon 31, Michigan State 10
Nebraska 14, Rutgers 7
Ohio State 35, Iowa 7
Penn State 27, UCLA 11
Washington 27, Michigan 17
Minnesota 24, USC 17
Indiana 41, Northwestern 24
Wisconsin 52, Purdue 6

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Standings
1. Indiana (6-0, 3-0)
2. Ohio State (5-0, 2-0)
2. Oregon (5-0, 2-0)
2. Penn State (5-0, 2-0)
5. Nebraska (5-1, 2-1)
5. Michigan (4-2, 2-1)
5. Washington (4-2, 2-1)
8. Illinois (4-1, 1-1)
8. Iowa (3-2, 1-1)
8. Rutgers (4-1, 1-1)
8. Wisconsin (3-2, 1-1)
12. Michigan State (3-3, 1-2)
12. Minnesota (3-3, 1-2)
12. USC (3-2, 1-2)
15. Maryland (3-2, 0-2)
15. Northwestern (2-3, 0-2)
15. Purdue (1-4, 0-2)
18. UCLA (1-4, 0-3)

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Games for Week #7

Friday - October 11
Northwestern at Maryland (7:00 PM - FOX)

Saturday - October 12
Washington at Iowa (11:00 AM - TBD)
Wisconsin at Rutgers (11:00 AM - TBD)
Penn State at USC (2:30 PM - CBS)
Purdue at Illinois (2:30 PM - FS1)
Ohio State at Oregon (6:30 PM - NBC)
Minnesota at UCLA (8:00 PM - BTN)

Bye Week
Indiana
Michigan
Michigan State
Nebraska

Next Nebraska Game - Saturday, October 19
Nebraska at Indiana (TBD)