I have not seen or heard anything about Torres signing. Is he a late signee or is there an issue?

Wonder if our new WR coach can give this guy a IM on 12/09?

Rhule said HH wanting to explore other roles to pave a path for NFL👀

I know, there's lots of portal threads already, but I'm curious to see what everyone's top 5 HAVE to have at least one spots are.

For me its:

1. OT
2. DT
3. CB
4. ILB
5. IOL

5 was tough for me, I love our young talent in there, but it would be nice to add a quality experienced presence.

I think we have to add a couple WRs to, but think those are easier to find so, farther down the list.

That sucks.
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We really need a WR like 2 on Syracuse

He seemed in good spirits. He did say that he knew Tony was basically a short timer in Lincoln and that he knew that when he hired Butler such that Butler would be strongly considered for the DC job. He likes Tony’s defense and would definitely want to consider operating in some variant of it. He said he likes the flexibility.

We lost some guys in the portal and lost some guys to the draft. But bringing in guys like Dawson Merritt and Christian Jones who will play right away. Kade Pietzrak, Tyson Terry and Malcolm Simpson will help on the D line as well. Grab some big boys in the portal to offset the loss of Ty and Nash to play with RVP and we won't skip a beat.

Who is investing in Crypto? What are your favorites?

13:06 left in the game 👀

This defense has been ridiculously salty!!

Best coach Nebraska has had within the past decade.

Questions abounded. Questions were answered.

A rundown of everything Matt Rhule said at his NSD presser today on:

• Interim DC for the bowl game
• His answer to why Tony White left
• The status – for now – of Terrance Knighton and Garret McGuire
• What the future holds for Marcus Satterfield at Nebraska
• Daikiel Shorts and Dana Holgorsen reuniting
• Plans for this week and the rest of the bowl practice slate

That transfers would be visiting this weekend? I thought the visits had to wait until after the portal officially opens? Curious to see whom they have lined up for DL and LB. Major positions of need right now.

Said his goodbyes this morning to the players. Expectations are fsu. At least he waited until signing day.

Full press release via Nebraska Athletics:

After winning a second straight Big Ten championship, five members of the Nebraska volleyball team were named to the All-Big Ten First Team on Wednesday after a vote by the league's head coaches.

Senior libero Lexi Rodriguez was named Big Ten Libero of the Year, the first year the award was renamed from Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. Rodriguez was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2021 and 2023. She is the second player in Big Ten history to earn three Big Ten Defensive/Libero of the Year honors (Paula Gentil, Minnesota, 2002-04).

Sophomore setter Bergen Reilly was named Big Ten Setter of the Year for the second year in a row. She's the only player in Big Ten history to win Big Ten Setter of the Year in both her freshman and sophomore seasons, and she's the first Husker to win multiple Big Ten Setter of the Year honors.

In addition to the individual awards, Merritt Beason, Andi Jackson, Harper Murray, Reilly and Rodriguez were selected to the 25-player All-Big Ten First Team. Jackson and Rodriguez were two of seven players who were unanimous selections. Nebraska's five All-Big Ten First Team honorees were the most for any team and are NU's most since joining the conference in 2011.

Leyla Blackwell received Nebraska's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.

All-Big Ten First Team Honorees
Merritt Beason, Sr., Opposite Hitter, Gardendale, Ala.

• Beason is second on the team in kills at 2.99 per set, and the two-year captain also contributes 1.24 digs per set and 25 aces.
• Beason posted 22 kills, eight digs and three blocks in a 3-2 win over No. 10 Purdue on Oct. 11.
• She also had 19 kills and hit .471 with a career-high 10 blocks in a Big Ten title-clinching win at Maryland on Nov. 30.
• Beason was an AVCA First-Team All-American, the AVCA North Region Player of the Year, and All-Big Ten First Team in 2023, her first year as a Husker after transferring from Florida. She was also the MVP of the NCAA Lincoln Regional in 2023.

Andi Jackson, So., Middle Blocker, Brighton, Colo.

• Jackson has elevated her game as a sophomore, averaging 2.58 kills per set with a .442 hitting percentage, which ranks sixth in the nation and first among Big Ten players. Her hitting percentage also ranks third in school history.
• Jackson was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 28 after 11 kills and six blocks against Illinois and 10 kills and five blocks against Michigan.
• In the final two matches of the regular season, Jackson tied her career high with eight blocks in each match.
• In her freshman season in 2023, Jackson earned AVCA All-Region, All-Big Ten Second Team and Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors.

Harper Murray, So., Outside Hitter, Ann Arbor, Mich.

• Murray leads the Huskers in kills with 3.28 per set and adds 2.27 digs per set and 30 aces, the most on the team.
• The sophomore outside hitter had 20 kills and hit .302 with six digs and three blocks in an Aug. 31 win over TCU.
• She was also clutch with 17 kills in a 3-2 win against No. 10 Purdue on Oct. 11, and 16 kills and 14 digs in a 3-2 win against No. 9 Creighton on Sept. 10.
• Murray made an instant impact as a freshman in 2023, earning Big Ten Freshman of the Year, AVCA North Region Freshman of the Year, All-Big Ten First Team and AVCA All-America Third Team.

Bergen Reilly, So., Setter, Sioux Falls, S.D.

• Reilly is the only player in Big Ten history to win Big Ten Setter of the Year in both her freshman and sophomore seasons. She was also on the All-Big Ten First Team in 2023 and the AVCA All-America Second Team.
• The sophomore setter collected five Big Ten Setter of the Week honors this season, which set a school record, and she was also named Best Setter at the season-opening AVCA First Serve Showcase in Louisville, Ky.
• Reilly leads the Big Ten and ranks eighth nationally in assists per set with 11.12, and she adds 2.89 digs per set and has 20 aces. She has 15 double-doubles on the season.
• Reilly set the Huskers to a .288 season hitting percentage, which ranks second in the Big Ten and 11th nationally.
• She had a career-high 60 assists to go with 17 digs in a 3-2 win against No. 10 Purdue on Oct. 11.

Lexi Rodriguez, Sr., Libero, Sterling, Ill.

• A four-year starter and three-year team captain, Rodriguez has climbed to No. 2 in school history in career digs with 1,819. She is chasing Justine Wong-Orantes' school record of 1,890.
• Rodriguez is the fifth Husker to be named first-team all-conference four times in a career, joining Greichaly Cepero (1999-2002), Sarah Pavan (2004-07), Kadie Rolfzen (2013-16) and Lauren Stivrins (2018-21).
• Rodriguez was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2021 and 2023, and the Big Ten Libero of the Year in 2024. She is the second player in Big Ten history to earn three Big Ten Defensive/Libero of the Year honors (Paula Gentil, Minnesota, 2002-04).
• The Sterling, Ill., native is a three-time AVCA All-American, earning first-team honors in 2021 and 2023.
• This season, Rodriguez leads the Huskers with 3.80 digs per set and was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week twice, giving her seven career Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors.

This news is now official: Daikiel Shorts has been announced as Nebraska's new WRs coach. Below is the full press release via Nebraska Athletics.


Nebraska Head Coach Matt Rhule announced today the addition of Daikiel (pronounced duh-KEL) Shorts Jr. as Nebraska’s wide receivers coach. Shorts brings Power Four coaching experience to the Huskers, as well as an accomplished resume as a receiver.

In his position at Nebraska, Shorts rejoins newly hired Nebraska offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen. Shorts worked for Holgorsen at both West Virginia and Houston and played for the Mountaineers while Holgorsen was the WVU head coach.

“It is exciting to add Daikiel Shorts Jr. to our offensive staff,” Head Coach Matt Rhule said. “Daikiel is someone who has played for and coached with Coach Holgorsen, and Dana really trusts and believes in him. Daikiel is one of the best recruiters in the country, and he’s a great coach who is familiar with our system.”

Shorts spent the 2024 season as the wide receivers coach at the University of Kentucky. In his lone season with the Wildcats, Kentucky junior wideout Dane Key caught 47 passes for 715 yards to lead the UK passing attack.

Before his season at Kentucky, Shorts spent three seasons (2021-23) as the wide receivers coach under Holgorsen at Houston. He also spent two years as the Director of Player Development (2019-20) for the Cougars.

“I am extremely grateful for the chance to work for Coach Rhule at the University of Nebraska,” Shorts said. “When you walk into this place, you can feel the history and tradition associated with Nebraska Football and what it means to everyone inside the program and the fan base. It also means a lot for me to reconnect with Coach Holgorsen. He is a special person in my life, and I have learned a lot from him as a player and a coach.”

In his first season as a collegiate coach in 2021, Shorts coached current Houston Texans standout Tank Dell to first-team American Athletic Conference honors and top 15 national rankings in receptions (90), receiving yards (1,329) and receiving touchdowns (12). As a team, UH ranked 23rd nationally in passing offense (271.6).

In 2022, nine players combined to catch 40 touchdowns, once again led by Dell, who totaled a nation-high 109 catches for 1,398 receiving yards and 17 receiving touchdowns. He was named a second-team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and earned first-team all-conference honors for the second straight season. In two seasons under Shorts (2021-22), Dell combined to pace the country in receiving yards (2,727), receiving touchdowns (29) and receptions (199).

Also under Shorts’ tutelage, true freshman Matthew Golden set Houston’s true freshman record in 2022 with seven receiving touchdowns, and he tied for first nationally among true freshmen with four receiving scores of 20-plus yards and second among true freshmen in total receiving touchdowns (7).

In 2023, Houston’s first season in the Big 12, a young wide receivers corps made an immediate impact. According to Pro Football Focus, five of the league’s Top 11 graded underclassmen wide receivers came from Houston.

Shorts also worked on Holgorsen’s Houston staff as director of player personnel in 2019 and 2020 and was a program assistant at West Virginia in 2018.

Before getting into the coaching ranks, Shorts was a standout receiver under Holgorsen at West Virginia from 2013-16. The four-year letterwinner led the Mountaineers in receiving in three of his four years. As a senior team captain in 2016, he earned second-team All-Big 12 honors and the Iron Mountaineer Award after totaling a team-high 63 receptions for 894 yards and five touchdowns.

He finished his collegiate career ranked fifth on the WVU career chart with 177 receptions and sixth with 2,263 receiving yards and 14 scores. He owns the program’s freshman receptions record with 45 in his first year with the program. He was on the Buffalo Bills practice squad in 2017.

Shorts, originally from Clayton, New Jersey, and a standout at Eastern Christian Academy, graduated from West Virginia in 2016 with a degree in multidisciplinary studies. During his career, he was named to the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll and the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Shorts’ Coaching Career
Year – School – Position

2024 – Kentucky – Assistant Coach, Wide Receivers
2021-23 – Houston – Assistant Coach, Wide Receivers
2019-20 – Houston – Director of Player Personnel
2018 – West Virginia – Program Assistant

Playing Career
Year – Team – Position

2017 – Buffalo Bills – Practice Squad, Receiver
2013-16 – West Virginia – Receiver

So with Holg agreeing to a two year contract it's a net plus for the offense. He has cred as an offense mind and that should help with top tier offensive players. With White leaving it could be a net loss; he also has cred as an up and coming D coordinator. Some of the players entering the portal on the defensive side could be following him to Free Shoes. That's why it would be good if Rhule rolls the dice and makes a splash DC hire, altho it would probably piss off a couple of guys on the staff who would like to take the job. A splash DC hire couldn't help but turn the heads of some good defensive players.

Hope that rolodex has a few more good cards in it.

Multiple sources have informed me that wide receivers coach Garret McGuire will not return to Nebraska next season. It’s obviously going to be an offseason of staff shakeups for the Huskers.

It’s unclear if he’ll take a different job in college or head back to the NFL.

Starting up the live thread. Rhule starts off with saying Jeremiah Jones has signed with Nebraska.

Mizzou was close to flipping him this morning.

Full presser video:

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