Sorry if this is repetitive, but what's the injury that's keeping Alvono off the field?

DirecTV announced Monday it is buying rival Dish Network, ending multiple decades of on-and-off again talks about the satellite services merging.

The companies have struggled to retain subscribers in the streaming era. As platforms like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and YouTube have gained traction, peeling millions of subscribers away from pay TV with lower price tags and on-demand content, DirecTV and Dish have found it increasingly difficult to justify rising subscription costs, worsening already dramatic cord-cutting.

Under the deal, DirecTV will pay Dish's owner, EchoStar, just $1 for Dish in exchange for assuming its billions of dollars in debt.

Private equity firm TPG, meanwhile, will acquire AT&T's remaining 70% stake in DirecTV. The move comes nine years after AT&T purchased the company in 2015 only to sell a 30% stake to TPG in 2021.

The deal still hinges on Dish bondholders agreeing on net debt lower than $1.56 billion. Bondholders can accept a lower percentage, take a slightly higher percentage today, or wait it out, which risks Dish ending up in bankruptcy.

Dish currently has a $2 billion debt maturity coming up on November 23. To secure funding through a shared revenue stream, TPG and DirecTV will provide Dish with a $10 billion loan that will allow the company to pay off its maturity on November 24.

The newly merged DirecTV-Dish entity will continue to support the Dish brand for the foreseeable future, the DirecTV spokesperson said. DirecTV does not currently have plans to make changes to the existing Dish or Sling TV brands, meaning that current Dish customers should not be concerned about being forced over to DirecTV.

If they combine, the new service would have about 20 million subscribers with DirecTV accounting for over 11 million of that number. Yet this figure pales compared to DirecTV's 20.3 million peak TV subscriber base in 2015 when AT&T bought a majority stake in the company.

September 26
Maryland 0, Northwestern 0
Michigan State 2, Ohio State 2
Rutgers 1, Michigan 0
Iowa 2, Penn State 1
Nebraska 1, Illinois 0
Minnesota 2, USC 2
Washington 2, Purdue 0
Indiana 3, Oregon 1
UCLA 0, Wisconsin 0

September 29
Michigan State 1, Rutgers 1
Penn State 1, Nebraska 0
Ohio State 2, Michigan 1
USC 3, Wisconsin 0
Iowa 2, Northwestern 1
Illinois 1, Maryland 0
Washington 1, Indiana 0
UCLA 3, Minnesota 1
Purdue 1, Oregon 0

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

Next Nebraska Game - Sunday, October 6
Nebraska at Wisconsin (1:00 PM - BTN)

As Bo famously said. We lost to a decent team in overtime and fans lose it. This teams not making the playoffs but were making a decent bowl game. Lets support the boys and know better times are coming!

Line just came out

We got some dudes. Fired up for this class!!!!

I’m going to be in Boston this next weekend and need a Husker bar to watch the game at. Does anyone know if any? It looks like 730 Tavern Kitchen and Patio may be an option from the www.bostonhuskers.com website.

TIA

Michigan def. Rutgers (22-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 17-15)
#4 Penn State def. Michigan State (23-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-23)
#2 Nebraska def. #20 USC (25-18, 25-22, 25-16)
UCLA def. Ohio State (25-16, 25-22, 23-25, 25-14)

Standings
1. Nebraska (12-1, 2-0)
1. Iowa (8-6, 2-0)
1. Michigan (12-1, 2-0)
1. Oregon (10-1, 2-0)
1. Penn State (12-1, 2-0)
1. Washington (12-0, 2-0)
7. Minnesota (8-4, 1-1)
7. Northwestern (3-7, 1-1)
7. Purdue (10-3, 1-1)
7. UCLA (7-4, 1-1)
7. USC (9-3, 1-1)
7. Wisconsin (7-4, 1-1)
13. Illinois (8-4, 0-2)
13. Indiana (7-5, 0-2)
13. Maryland (9-4, 0-2)
13. Michigan State (7-6, 0-2)
13. Ohio State (7-5, 0-2)
13. Rutgers (5-8, 0-2)

Matches for Wednesday, October 2
#7 Wisconsin at Rutgers

Matches for Thursday, October 3
Maryland at #4 Penn State
#2 Nebraska at Illinois (6:00 PM - FS1)
#11 Oregon at Ohio State

Matches for Friday, October 4
#11 Oregon at #4 Penn State
Michigan State at Indiana
#10 Purdue at Northwestern
Washington at Iowa
Michigan at #20 USC
#16 Minnesota at UCLA

I must have missed this, but apparently Rhule had the guys doing "Oklahoma drills" and drilling each other. Heard a few people say they've never seen a team go so physical before a game in their life.

Apparently, Rhule thought they were asleep and he was upset about the narrative after the Illinois game from critics about them being soft. Rhule also got the personal foul call for being the guy "sticking up for Nebraska." I love the edge from Rhule and getting after people. Think he knows they're on the verge of turning a corner and does not want negativity, officiating, or a lackadaisical effort derailing the season. A+ effort from coach Rhule to avoid a catastrophe.

#2 Nebraska vs #20 USC

Match is live right now on Fox Sports app while the Michigan-Rutgers match finishes up. Then, NEB-USC will switch over to Big Ten Network.

Currently 13-8 Nebraska in Set 1

With so many bad calls like the OPI on Fidone on the rub route that had the TD called back, I was wondering what happens when coaches send those calls into the B1G? Are they penalized or fined or sent down to the minors etc for repeated bad calls? Is there a meeting with all officials where their calls are QA? Seems like this year has been particularly bad

Time for the latest edition of the Conversations with Clouse live chat from 7-8pm.

Fire away with those questions!

Things could not have gotten off to a worse start for Georgia.

I’m not the one that looks toward the next game before the one that needs to be played tomorrow.

Huskers are -6 point favorite at home.

What a Life

Penn State should have watched our game against Illini! Same play, TE drag route they did to us 3-4 times!!

Not exactly big-name teams this year, but some interesting golf. U.S. team swept all five matches on Day One and then got trounced 5-0 today. Not sure I’ve ever seen that happen in this event or the Ryder Cup.

Yes please as the edibles kick in and my son goes to sleep voluntarily and with a, "You're an awesome dad." God is good, so is Raiola, wow.

USA Today Coaches Top 25 (9/29)
1. Texas (29) (5-0)
2. Alabama (19) (4-0)
3. Ohio State (7) (4-0)
4. Tennessee (4-0)
5. Georgia (3-1)
6. Oregon (4-0)
7. Penn State (4-0)
8. Miami (FL) (5-0)
9. Missouri (4-0)
10. Michigan (4-1)
11. Mississippi (4-1)
12. LSU (4-1)
13. Notre Dame (4-1)
14. Clemson (3-1)
15. USC (3-1)
16. Iowa State (4-0)
17. Oklahoma (4-1)
18. Utah (4-1)
19. BYU (5-0)
20. Kansas State (4-1)
21. Texas A&M (4-1)
22. Louisville (3-1)
23. UNLV (4-0)
24. Indiana (5-0)
25. Illinois (4-1)

Dropped Out
Oklahoma State (#20)

Others Receiving Votes
Boise State, Pittsburgh, Arizona, Rutgers, Iowa, James Madison, Duke, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, Southern Methodist, Nebraska, Navy, Colorado, Boston College, Army, Central Florida, Liberty, Tulane, South Carolina

Glad we got the win yesterday. We were clearly the better team and should have won by more. Kudos to the defense and to EJ who really energized the running game.

But this is a bad Purdue team and we should have won going away from the get go. And our field goal kicking is the worst I have ever seen. And our defense, though it played well against an awful offense yesterday, still allows too many long drives that eat clock and keep the ball away from our offense. Our blitzes were also predictable and ineffective.

So what will the rest of our season look like? I see us finishing 4-8 at best with our only possible win being UCLA. Every other team on our remaining schedule looks to be a better overall team than we are.

We have a very mediocre offensive line and a horrible kicking game. We have coaches who can’t identify the proper running back to play.

Going to be another disappointing year I fear. I hate this. Hate hate hate. I sure hope I am wrong. Maybe some of you can convince me otherwise

Nebraska has been on the benefiting end of 15 DPI penalties this year already after only 5 games. I knew we were going to have a lot, but never thought it would be this many. When you have a highly skilled QB with elite accuracy and confidence those happen way more often. Feels great to be on this end of these calls for a change.