There are rumors (now being reported as true) that Tony White is leaving to take the DC position at FSU and taking Terrance Knighton with him.

This needs to be the goal not chasing 3
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Per ESPN's Pete Thamel, Holgorsen is here to stay. We had heard two years and thanks to the buyout money he's still owed from Houston, Nebraska gets him at a bit of a bargain

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Malcolm Simpson says there is no change to his commitment.

December 2
#21 Illinois 68, Canisius 55
St. John's 72, Penn State 67

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

Games for Tuesday, December 3
Mount St. Mary's at #7 Maryland (6:00 PM - BTN+)
Lindenwood at #25 Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN+)
North Florida at Minnesota (7:00 PM - BTN+)
California Baptist at #6 USC (8:30 PM - BTN)

This past Saturday we almost had four post game brawls because four road teams won at their arch rivals house. Surprisingly Texas has the one coach who shut that crap down, he knew they had bigger things in front of them.

Michigan started the trend after upsetting Ohio State. The Buckeyes head coach decided against using his fifty million dollar five stars in the fashion he's been good at, opting to play slow and boring against a team that could only win that way because he(Day) still hasn't got past being punched in the nose. But his team will still be a threat in the playoff, maybe he should've concentrated on that🤣.


Florida won at FSU and decided they wanted to celebrate beating a two win rival by emulating Michigan, instead of looking forward to getting an eighth win in a season many declared them dead, and their coach a dead man walking. Napier at least got in the middle and said the action was unacceptable. FSU's coach evidently wasn't having it though.

Lastly NC State did the same in Mack Brown's last game. Resulting in another brawl.

People are so outraged about this, yet there isn't much said when fans storm the field. This action is dangerous as well, not only because it's a bunch of rampaging drunken students and adults. But because it happens so fast and there are too many people doing things, including pulling down goalposts. There are elderly people, children, and cheerleaders scattered around 70 big football dudes on each side. I see that as a potential disaster one day.

Storming the field is celebrated, but planting the flag is vilified. I guess it's because the logo is sacred or something. I don't see the issue with either despite my previous comments. I just find it hilarious how one is laughed about and the other has Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt crying in their oatmeal.

Pay that guy to stay

Can anyone point to a time when a coach overhauled the entire staff after a dumpster fire season and didn't get fired the next year? It's the equivalent of a PIP for an employee. I also think Coach Prime will leave CU after next season. He will be the next coach at FSU. He fits there perfectly and that is where his heart is.

So Tony will just end up jobless in a year. If he stays at NU he will be a HC in a year.

A friend asked me last week if I thought the Chasing 3 episode for Wisconsin ended strangely. No locker room coverage, no coaches after the game and didn’t have the usual add on clip after the main event. Hadn’t thought much about it at the time, but given today’s events I now wonder if people already knew big changes were coming? Also makes me wonder who suggested or approved foregoing the pregame handshake at the coin toss? Was it a player or coach already planning to leave? How many of those players out there for the coin toss are not coming back next year due to graduation or transfer? Did HCMR know in advance? Did other coaches know in advance? Also wondering if it’s illegal or improper for a departing coach to talk to players about transferring with them. Perhaps that’s why so many defenders are already in the Portal, so they can talk to other teams, including FSU.

The vision that was sold here two years ago was that we would be a developmental program.

That some schools were going to take shortcuts in order to become relevant, but we were going to do this methodically and developmentally.

Thus, it would be 3-4 years before this vision took hold, as players were brought in, coached up, and fit into the culture and system. And we need to be patient.

In the last several weeks, our OC has basically been shown the bricks. DH will probably be taking over and bringing in players to complement his offense. Assuming he takes over, MANY of next season's offensive contributors are not on the roster currently.

Our best two coaches on the staff just left for a lateral position elsewhere (were not poached for a promotion) -- both from the defensive side of the ball.

The enema of players flushing out on the defensive side of the ball due to those departures will begin shortly. It will likely be brutal.

So, who the hell are we "developing"? Players that will contribute elsewhere but never here?

Is it possible in this age of college football, with easy and unlimited mobility of players and assistants alike, to be a relevant program -- and a developmental program -- at the same time?

If not, what value does Rhule bring to the table?

…and not the name on the back of the jersey. Players come and go. The N will always be there.

Go Big Red!

I don’t know what Rhule promised or didn’t promise John Butler to come be secondary coach, but if it was with the plan to potentially become DC, Rhule needs to probably scratch that plan and go poach the very best guy he can find from the best defense he can find that can bring as many of their playmakers as possible.

Cause it certainly looks like we are about to get raided over losing our DC and simply promoting a guy new to the college game will net us much less opportunity to replace those players through the portal.

While today has certainly been an eventful day from a personnel standpoint, I for one, am excited about the future and not at all down on losing the players that we have or the coaches. Gbayor and Coach Knighton are the two that probably sting the most, but its a DL coach and a linebacker with very little eligibility left. Same goes for Butler and Ervin. None of those guys are All Americans or first team all-conference even. The defections only open the door for young players and better coaches to come through. White's defense certainly had its shining moments, but they also had quite a few failures as well. Over the last two years, how many different times did we see the offense give us the lead, only for the defense to give up the easiest drive of the game immediately afterwards to hand it right back. I don't think I am saying anything groundbreaking when I say that the Frost mentality of pooping your pants when the lights are the brightest has carried over to this regime as well. Purging some of these players and replacing them with guys that aren't used to losing is nothing but positive in my personal opinion. The staff will hit the portal hard, McGuire is likely replaced by Mozee (who is an even better recruiter) and the defense will continue to grow with a youth infusion (and likely a few portal additions as well). We won 6 games this year and bottomed out last Friday night. There is nowhere to go but up from here.

Doesn't Jim Leonhard have to be your first call as a DC? 1.5 Million, let him run the Defense he wants. He had very good, aggressive defenses at Wisconsin and understands the Big 10. Plus a chance to stick it to Wisconsin who let him go for some reason? I think he is just an assistant for the Broncos, he can't be making that much as a db coach there can he?

You just wouldn't. You would be excited for the potential of your team and its growth. You would use the offer to make NE match money, and you would settle in and get after it.

CEO head coaches have back up big names ready to replace at anytime because they are good at their job. Sucks that we aren't a real college football team with real direction anymore. Frustrating just isnt a big enough word anymore, and Im a Lions fan.

Hey folks, will have a story up in the morning to get you ready for Signing Day this Wednesday and there's plenty that could change across the country over the next 72 hours or so. Typically the final stretch to the Signing Day features unpredictable twists and turns, this year is no different especially with the accelerated calendar.

Login to view embedded media First off, on Cortez Mills. Like we've been reporting for a month at least at this point, Nebraska's continued to chip away at Oklahoma and confidence in Norman is dwindling, especially as they manage their offensive coordinator search, which has been a roller-coaster. Nebraska has been aggressive with their pitch on the field and with NIL. It isn't over till it's over, but signs favor the Huskers here in the final hours. Oklahoma making an OC hire, or at least indicating to their commits that they have one in the fold could change the momentum here though.

Login to view embedded media Nebraska has battled hard for four-star athlete Michael Terry III, making this a tougher decision than he ever imagined. But ultimately, the current read is Texas still holds the edge because of the proximity to home and the clearer path to national championship contention. At this point, if Nebraska is the pick, it's going to be because he has a last-second change of heart at the table on Wednesday. He's planning to early enroll, otherwise Nebraska likely would have preferred if he delayed his decision till the All-American Bowl or the February Signing Period. Still a chance Nebraska ends up being the pick and I don't want the effort that Rhule, Garret McGuire and so many others on staff have made here to make this recruitment as tightly contested as it is. We're going to stay diligent in our coverage on it as the staff makes their final push over the next few days.

Login to view embedded media Finally, weirdly enough the recruitment that might be the toughest to read of the three right now: We're expecting a final decision of some sort from four-star tight end Chase Loftin this week. Sources indicate it's coming down to Florida State or Nebraska. Either he sticks with his pledge to the Seminoles, amidst their disastrous 2024 season, or he decides to stay home. There's confidence out of Tallahassee that he'll stick with his pledge, especially after they hired Gus Malzahn to take over as offensive coordinator, an aggressive move that has gone over well with current commits and targets. As

IF either are involved in a leadership or coordinator role in the new defense, I will puke in my mouth. Big boy decision time, they ain't it...

I have not entered the Portal, and plan to return for my 63’rd year of eligibility.

Don’t get pissed off, contemplate it as a serious question. If a coach eventually builds a winner, do they move on to a better situation? I ask this as an Iowa grad living in Boulder for many years. My guess is Ferentz’s successor will be looking at the next job. Prime’s final destination is likely not Boulder. Just wondering if Nebraska is now in a similar situation.

Every 2 or 3 year it's been a shit show. Fans, location, conference, talent, no booze in the stadium, coaching, monetary support? I mean WTF

You gonna give as much as last year?

I haven’t decided yet

1st bowl game since 2016.

Just logged on after coming down with the flu the last few days. I didn’t want my last post to get buried in another thread and saw multiple threads on this.

Made some calls and there’s a lot of talk of Tony White going to FSU as DC and taking T Knight with him. People that told me this don’t know what to think and don’t call it some done deal, but a lot of smoke at this point. Most people I spoke with assume a possible scenario is promoting John Butler to DC.

Not calling this a done deal by any means. Just a lot of people believe this plan is in motion, at least the Tony White and T Knight part.