“Justin Pugh… Straight off the couch”.


Folks always said honesty is the best policy.

I'm confident in saying that I believe this team is at least on the upward trajectory away from Rock Bottom. This makes watching the team at least somewhat fun again, even if it's nowhere near up to the standard we all know and love.

At this point last year, we lost to NW on the international stage, got embarrassed by Georgia Southern at home, defense was atrocious (until Busch stepped in, then it was just ok) the offense had split personality disorder with the cute "marrying" of Frost's option run game with Whipple's passing scheme, and nobody really experienced significant growth other than Palmer.

Last season was Rock Bottom. Really the only memorable thing was finally beating Iowa. But I think that says more about Iowa than it did for the skers...

I'm happy that at least this year, I can tune in week in and week out knowing I'll at least more than likely see growth - even when we lose. Injuries be damned.

Something to hang our hats on as fans!

Air Force 34, Wyoming 27
#11 Alabama 24, Arkansas 21
Arizona 44, #19 Washington State 6

Bowling Green 24, Buffalo 14

Central Michigan 17, Akron 10
Coastal Carolina 27, Appalachian State 24
Colorado State 31, Boise State 30

#17 Duke 24, North Carolina State 3

Eastern Michigan 28, Kent State 14
Florida 41, South Carolina 39
Florida Atlantic 56, South Florida 14
#4 Florida State 41, Syracuse 3
Fresno State 37, Utah State 32

#1 Georgia 37, Vanderbilt 20
Georgia State 41, Marshall 24

Houston 41, West Virginia 39

Illinois 27, Maryland 24
Iowa 15, Wisconsin 6
Iowa State 30, Cincinnati 10

James Madison 41, Georgia Southern 13

Kansas State 38, Texas Tech 21

Liberty 31, Jacksonville State 13
#22 LSU 48, Auburn 18

Miami (OH) 34, Western Michigan 21
#2 Michigan 52, Indiana 7
Middle Tennessee State 31, Louisiana Tech 23
Missouri 38, #24 Kentucky 21

Navy 14, Charlotte 0
New Mexico State 27, Sam Houston State 13
#12 North Carolina 41, #25 Miami (FL) 31
North Texas 45, Temple 14
Northern Illinois 23, Ohio 13
#21 Notre Dame 48, #10 USC 20

#3 Ohio State 41, Purdue 7
Oklahoma State 39, #23 Kansas 32
#15 Oregon State 36, #18 UCLA 24

#6 Penn State 63, Massachusetts 0
Pittsburgh 38, #14 Louisville 21

Rutgers 27, Michigan State 24

San Diego State 41, Hawaii 34
San Jose State 52, New Mexico 24
Southern Methodist 31, East Carolina 10
Stanford 46, Colorado 43 (2OT)
TCU 44, BYU 11
#19 Tennessee 20, Texas A&M 13
Texas-El Paso 27, Florida International 14
Texas-San Antonio 41, Alabama-Birmingham 20
Texas State 21, Louisiana-Monroe 20
Toledo 13, Ball State 6
Troy 19, Army 0
Tulane 31, Memphis 21

UNLV 45, Nevada 27
#16 Utah 34, California 14

Virginia Tech 30, Wake Forest 13

#7 Washington 36, #8 Oregon 33

AP Top 25 (10/15)
1. Georgia (43) (7-0)
2. Michigan (16) (7-0)
3. Ohio State (1) (6-0)
4. Florida State (1) (6-0)
5. Washington (2) (6-0)
6. Oklahoma (6-0)
7. Penn State (6-0)
8. Texas (5-1)
9. Oregon (5-1)
10. North Carolina (6-0)
11. Alabama (6-1)
12. Oregon State (6-1)
13. Mississippi (5-1)
14. Utah (5-1)
15. Notre Dame (6-2)
16. Duke (5-1)
17. Tennessee (5-1)
18. USC (6-1)
19. LSU (5-2)
20. Missouri (6-1)
21. Louisville (6-1)
22. Air Force (6-0)
23. Tulane (5-1)
24. Iowa (6-1)
25. UCLA (4-2)

Others Receiving Votes
James Madison, Clemson, Florida, Washington State, Fresno State, Liberty, Wyoming, Kentucky, Kansas, Miami (FL), West Virginia, Oklahoma State

Dropped Out
Washington State (#19), Kansas (#23), Kentucky (#24), Miami (FL) (#25)

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Coaches Top 25 (10/15)
1. Georgia (58) (7-0)
2. Michigan (4) (7-0)
3. Ohio State (1) (6-0)
4. Florida State (6-0)
5. Washington (6-0)
6. Penn State (6-0)
7. Oklahoma (1) (6-0)
8t. Texas (5-1)
8t. Alabama (6-1)
10. North Carolina (6-0)
11. Oregon (5-1)
12. Mississippi (5-1)
13. Oregon State (6-1)
14. Utah (5-1)
15. Tennessee (5-1)
16. USC (6-1)
17. Duke (5-1)
18. Notre Dame (6-2)
19. LSU (5-2)
20. Missouri (6-1)
21. Louisville (6-1)
22. Air Force (6-0)
23. Iowa (6-1)
24. Tulane (5-1)
25. UCLA (4-2)

Others Receiving Votes
James Madison, Clemson, Florida, Fresno State, Washington State, Arizona, Wyoming, Miami (FL), Oklahoma State, Maryland, Kentucky, Liberty, Kansas State, UNLV, Texas A&M, West Virginia, Kansas, Memphis

Dropped Out
Washington State (#19), Kentucky (#23), Kansas (#24)

Watching the Raiders game and the inability of Josh Mcdaniels to involve one of the best receiver in the game should be enough for any owner to know they didn’t hire the right coach.

Michigan 52, Indiana 7
Ohio State 41, Purdue 7
Penn State 63, Massachusetts 0
Rutgers 27, Michigan State 24
Illinois 27, Maryland 24
Iowa 15, Wisconsin 6

Bye Week
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern

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STANDINGS

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

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

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Games for Week #8

Saturday - October 21

Penn State at Ohio State (11:00 AM - FOX)
Rutgers at Indiana (11:00 AM - BTN)
Minnesota at Iowa (2:30 PM - NBC)
Wisconsin at Illinois (2:30 PM - FS1)
Northwestern at Nebraska (2:30 PM - BTN)
Michigan at Michigan State (6:30 PM - NBC)

Bye Week
Maryland
Purdue

Methinks Rhule was not the problem there.

Whom y'all got???

RIP your fantasy teams.

Great comeback.
21 points in last 4 minutes.
The "bat the ball down" approach backfired once again.

What a massive miss... did anyone else see him block not one but two Texass pass rushers on the play when OU threw the winning touchdown. Corc would have whiffed on both of them.

We identified the right guy... almost had him. Damn.

Its at 4:39 in this highlight clip

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Just merged all the threads for the main stories of our coverage of Nebraska at the season's midway point. Check them all out below!

Midseason Awards:

Bold Predictions:

Final record projections:

Three Questions Series
Offense:

Defense:

Special Teams:

I guess they aren’t as awesome as folks thought

O.K. I'll post this before someone else does. Rank the remaining 6 teams we place one through six.

Here's mine:
1. Iowa, great we get them at home.
2. Maryland, still think their QB is going to cause trouble.
3. Wisconsin, no offense good defense , sound familiar.
4. Mich. State, not a terrible team but we should beat them.
5. Purdue, they can put some points up but little defense
6. Northwestern, I had to put them somewhere near the bottom.

Now with all this being said we are more than capable of losing to any one of these teams and we are also capable of beating any one of these teams. It's going to be a wild ride the rest of the way to the finish. I think we go 3-3 with a few games we let get away from us, I hope I'm wrong.
Final season record 2023 6-6, not too bad considering.

NC going for a 4th down. Miami assistant coach flips his shit walks Al the way out to the hash marks gets flagged automatic first down for NC

Strong weeks 2-5 and a .500 week 6. Theme of the week is don't over think it. The public has been on fire in CFB and NFL so far this year with the public hitting almost 60% on games where the bets are over 65% in favor of one team.

Friday

Memphis +5
Over 55 Tulane/Memphis
Fresno st -4.5
Stanford +11.5

Saturday
Georgia -31.5
Syracuse +17.5
Arkansas +19.5
Rutgers -4.5
Cincinnati -5.0
Washington -3
Over 67 Oregon/Washington
Texas A&M +3.0
Maryland -13.5
Under 51.5 Illinois/Maryland
South Carolina -2.0
BYU +6.0
Wisconsin -9.5
LSU -11.0
K St +1.5
USC +3.0
Under 57.0 Miami/UNC
Kentucky -2.5
Under 54 UCLA/Oregon st

Best bets in bold. Where is everyone's heads at? Good luck

If I set the over/under at 9 points for Iowa, which way would you bet?

Can't believe I'm rooting for them but I hate USC as well. Hopefully Miami loses tonight too. Rooting for the Beavers , Cowboys, and Wildcats .

cowboys in another wild one

Both of these teams pass the eye test. This feels like Alabama/LSU of years past.

Not looking forward to these 2 coaches being in the conference, hopefully A&M poaches one of them

Just saw a commercial with Joe Montana, advertising for non-alcoholic Guinness. Who in the heck would buy that?

Indiana def. Michigan (25-10, 25-20, 25-12)
Michigan State def. Iowa (23-25, 25-13, 30-28, 25-23)
Nebraska def. Penn State (25-22, 25-22, 25-19)

Standings
1. Nebraska (17-0, 8-0)
1. Wisconsin (16-0, 7-0)
3. Penn State (13-4, 7-1)
4. Indiana (15-6, 5-3)
5. Ohio State (7-9, 4-3)
5. Purdue (10-6, 4-3)
7. Michigan State (12-7, 4-4)
8. Maryland (13-6, 3-4)
8. Minnesota (7-8, 3-4)
8. Northwestern (9-8, 3-4)
11. Illinois (7-10, 2-5)
12. Rutgers (9-8, 1-6)
13. Michigan (3-14, 1-7)
14. Iowa (8-12, 0-8)

Matches for Sunday, October 15
Purdue at Ohio State
Northwestern at Minnesota
Rutgers at Illinois
Maryland at Wisconsin

Next Nebraska Match - Wednesday, October 18
Nebraska at Northwestern (7:00 PM - BTN+)

Right guys???

In this week’s Recruiting Rundown I gave my thoughts on immediate impact recruits in the 2024 class, why NIL isn’t the (only) answer to Nebraska’s problems and more. Hit the link…

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Incredible footage in here