Is a straight up baller! God I would love for NU to have someone like him!!

EDIT: Instant analysis and reaction after No. 2 Nebraska takes down No. 1 Wisconsin in an epic five-set thriller that lived up to the hype



Here we are folks. I'm at the Devaney Center of the biggest game of the college volleyball season with No. 1 Wisconsin coming to town to take on No. 2 Nebraska for the first battle of No. 1 vs. No. 2 since 2019. The hype for this match has been off the charts and now we finally get to see what these two teams are made of.

There's plenty on the line tonight. The winner is in the driver's seat for the Big Ten title in the second half of conference play. For the Huskers they're trying to snap a 10-game losing streak to the Badgers that dates back to October 2017. Everyone should be full strength tonight except for Lindsay Krause who twisted her ankle during Tuesday's practice. Ally Batenhorst will get the start at L2 and will need to replicate the lost production from Krause. That's a hard ask considering that Krause hit over .300 in five of the last six matches she played in before getting injured.

First serve is set for 7 p.m. on the Big Ten Network with Larry Punteney and Emily Ehman on the call. Here's the TV guide for tonight's match:


Plus, my column on how tonight is the chance for this group to right the wrongs of the past 10 losses and kick off a new era without the lingering thought of the Wisconsin boogeyman waiting at the end:


The official match preview that released this morning:


John Cook's WWL this week that was mostly Northwestern, but had some stuff in there:

Indiana def. Ohio State (21-25, 25-23, 25-22, 20-25, 15-13)
Maryland def. Iowa (25-16, 25-16, 17-25, 25-17)
Northwestern def. Michigan (25-13, 19-25, 16-25, 28-26, 15-11)
#2 Nebraska def. #1 Wisconsin (25-22, 17-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-13)

Standings
1. Nebraska (19-0, 10-0)
2. Wisconsin (18-1, 9-1)
3. Penn State (14-4, 8-1)
4. Purdue (12-6, 6-3)
5. Indiana (16-7, 6-4)
6. Michigan State (13-7, 5-4)
6. Minnesota (9-8, 5-4)
8. Illinois (9-10, 4-5)
9. Maryland (14-8, 4-6)
9. Northwestern (10-10, 4-6)
9. Ohio State (7-12, 4-6)
12. Rutgers (9-10, 1-8)
13. Michigan (3-16, 1-9)
14. Iowa (8-14, 0-10)

Matches for Sunday, October 22
Purdue at Penn State
Michigan State at Minnesota
Illinois at Rutgers

Next Nebraska Match - Friday, October 27
Maryland at #1 Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN+)

We're back! As always, check out the written version of our Bold Predictions and our video/audio that has a set of separate predictions + our final score calls for the game:


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#22 Air Force 17, Navy 6
#11 Alabama 34, #17 Tennessee 20

Ball State 24, Central Michigan 17
Baylor 32, Cincinnati 29
Boston College 38, Georgia Tech 23
Bowling Green 41, Akron 14
Buffalo 24, Kent State 6
BYU 27, Texas Tech 14

Charlotte 10, East Carolina 7
Coastal Carolina 27, Arkansas State 17

#4 Florida State 38, #16 Duke 20
Florida International 33, Sam Houston State 27 (2OT)

Georgia Southern 38, Louisiana-Monroe 28
Georgia State 20, Louisiana-Lafayette 17

Jacksonville State 20, Western Kentucky 17
James Madison 20, Marshall 9
Kansas State 41, TCU 3

Liberty 42, Middle Tennessee State 35
#19 LSU 62, Army 0

Memphis 45, Alabama-Birmingham 21
Miami (FL) 28, Clemson 20 (2OT)
#2 Michigan 49, Michigan State 0
Minnesota 12, #24 Iowa 10
#13 Mississippi 28, Auburn 21
Mississippi State 7, Arkansas 3
#20 Missouri 34, South Carolina 12

Nebraska 17, Northwestern 9
Nevada 6, San Diego State 0
New Mexico 42, Hawaii 21
New Mexico State 28, Texas-El Paso 7
Northern Illinois 20, Eastern Michigan 13

Ohio 20, Western Michigan 17
#3 Ohio State 20, #7 Penn State 12
#6 Oklahoma 31, Central Florida 29
Oklahoma State 48, West Virginia 34
Old Dominion 28, Appalachian State 21
#9 Oregon 38, Washington State 24

Rice 42, Tulsa 10
Rutgers 31, Indiana 14

San Jose State 42, Utah State 21
South Alabama 55, Southern Mississippi 3
South Florida 24, Connecticut 21
Southern Methodist 55, Temple 0

#8 Texas 31, Houston 24
Texas-San Antonio 36, Florida Atlantic 10
Toledo 21, Miami (OH) 17
#23 Tulane 35, North Texas 28

#25 UCLA 42, Stanford 7
UNLV 25, Colorado State 23
#14 Utah 34, #18 USC 32

Virginia 31, #10 North Carolina 27

Wake Forest 21, Pittsburgh 17
#5 Washington 15, Arizona State 7
Wisconsin 25, Illinois 21

Yea, I know. Doesn't sound like much.

Then again we haven't been here since 2017.

We haven't won a division title since 2012 when we got ass-raped on national tv. We all know we have pretty much stunk for a regretfully long time.

We'd have lost that game yesterday in past years. I have little doubt. We didn't this time around, and actually pulled away when it got tough.

Winning games isn't easy these days, and every weekend is and will be a grind.

But we are winning games we used to lose. That is progress. I'll take baby steps. A winning record in October. Not gonna lie, it feels kinda good.

Evans-Jenkins came in and played 2 different positions this game. And he played them well! Shout out to the kid, and to coaches who can develop backups!

Nebraska 17, Northwestern 9
Michigan 49, Michigan State 0
Ohio State 20, Penn State 12
Minnesota 12, Iowa 10
Rutgers 31, Indiana 14
Wisconsin 25, Illinois 21

Bye Week
Maryland
Purdue

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Standings

EAST
1. Michigan (8-0, 5-0)
2. Ohio State (7-0, 4-0)
3. Penn State (6-1, 3-1)
4. Rutgers (6-2, 3-2)
5. Maryland (5-2, 2-2)
6. Indiana (2-5, 0-4)
6. Michigan State (2-5, 0-4)

WEST
1. Wisconsin (5-2, 3-1)
2. Iowa (6-2, 3-2)
3. Nebraska (4-3, 2-2)
3. Minnesota (4-3, 2-2)
5. Northwestern (3-4, 1-3)
5. Purdue (2-5, 1-3)
7. Illinois (3-5, 1-4)

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Games for Week #9

Saturday - October 28

Indiana at Penn State (11:00 AM - CBS)
Maryland at Northwestern (11:00 AM - BTN)
Purdue at Nebraska (2:30 PM - FS1)
Michigan State at Minnesota (2:30 PM - BTN)
Ohio State at Wisconsin (6:30 PM - NBC)

Bye Week
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Rutgers

POSTGAME NOTES

Northwestern at Nebraska

- With the win, Nebraska improved to 10-7 in the series with Northwestern, including a 6-3 record in Lincoln

- Today's game marked the 592nd all-time game in the 100-year history of Memorial Stadium. With the victory, Nebraska improved to 431-148-13 all-time at Memorial Stadium.

- Nebraska limited Northwestern to nine points after holding Illinois to seven points in its last game. The Huskers have held back-to-back conference opponents to single-digit points for the first time since November of 2010, when Nebraska limited Kansas to three points and then allowed only nine points the next week at Texas A&M

- The Huskers totaled 13 tackles for loss with eight sacks. The 13 TFLs were the most for Nebraska this season and marked the most TFLs since NU also had 13 TFLs at Illinois during the 2019 season. Nebraska's eight sacks against Northwestern tied its season high (also at Colorado).

- Nebraska limited Northwestern to 81 rushing yards on 39 carries, including negative yards (-5) on 18 carries in the second half. The Huskers have held six of their seven opponents under 100 rushing yards this season.

- Freshman running back Emmett Johnson rushed 12 times for 73 yards, marking career highs in both categories. His previous highs were seven carries for 29 yards at Illinois. Johnson surpassed those totals before half with nine carries for 43 yards before intermission.

- Freshman receiver Malachi Coleman had a 44-yard TD reception early in the fourth quarter for his first career touchdown. It was Coleman's second career reception.

- The 44-yard touchdown was Nebraska's longest touchdown pass of the season and its fourth touchdown this season of at least 44 yards.

- Defensive tackle Nash Hutmacher had 2.5 sacks, including 1.5 in the first half, marking a career high for Hutmacher. He finished the game with a career-high seven tackles, bettering his previous high of 6 vs. Northern Illinois earlier this season.

- Freshman linebacker Princewill Umanmielen had seven tackles, marking his career best. His previous high was two stops against Northern Illinois. Umanmielen also set career highs with 2.0 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack.

- Safety Isaac Gifford finished with seven tackles, including 0.5 sacks and 1.0 TFL, marking his fourth consecutive game with at least seven tackles.

- Nebraska allowed Northwestern a pair of field goals in the first half. In its last six games against Big Ten West opponents, Nebraska has allowed only 16 first-half points. The Wildcats scored three points in the first quarter, ending a streak of five consecutive games against Big Ten West foes in which NU had held the opposition scoreless.

- Freshman placekicker Tristan Alvano connected on a 47-yard field goal to open Nebraska's scoring, marking the longest field goal of his Husker career

- Today's game captains were LB Luke Reimer, LB Grant Tagge, OT Turner Corcoran, and S Malcolm Hartzog

Holy Moly.

....great job ladies, love seeing those girls kick ass.

You already did the dirty work, let it all rip now with the world convinced you are cheaters and fakes - against a hapless & helpless in-state rival that's had odd levels of success against you & Harbaugh is the type of dude that would relish for this very day to give this very pregame speech to a group of dudes being told by everyone all day on social that they are fakes and cheats and etc.

Going to be a bloodbath

nfm

Next week, Nebraska takes on Purdue at home. Will they get their first three-game win streak since they beat Purdue on October 22, 2016?

Just rushed and pressured the qb on that third down.

How about that!! I don’t think he’s been listed in the 2 deep. Must be killing scout team.

Loving the blue trim on the numbers. They should consider making it permanent. Really makes the numbers pop.

generally approve of “illegal touching”.















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Holy cow at some of the missed calls in our favor. It's nice to get the Ohio treatment for once. Lol

Team is clearly getting better & they play with their hair on fire - that to me is always the sign of good coaching - how bad do the players want it? How do they react to one another in good times and bad & do they quit when it gets going the wrong direction? To me, this team wants it BAD & plays with that kind of energy across the roster. The defense has taken strides I didn't think possible under the guidance of White & Rhule - they are legitimately one of the 25 best defenses in the nation IMO, with a roster of players very much similar to the past few seasons. That alone tells you to stick with this HC & his vision - as he spoke passionately about his desire to build a strong defense at Nebraska. That is an IDENTITY - that toughness & the ability to get stops raises the energy (and effectiveness) of the entire team. When we get a QB in here who can hit a high % of medium & long throws to a WR group that has DYNAMIC players who are just freshmen along with Fidone (himself a fast rising NFL prospect) to combine with a rushing offense that again seems light years better than in years prior, watch out.

Appreciation thread. Has had some ups and downs but kicking a 47 yarder into the wind was big. This is a very young team who will improve with experience.

Go fist yourself

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