Top 5 match up! GO BIG RED!!!! Stanford fans not filling the house.

Huskers beat NIL, La Tech, Illinois, Northwestern, Purdue, Mich St, Iowa (all equally crappy teams as huskers) and get a rematch against coach prime and his Colorado puffaloes in sin city. Not as far fetched as, well pretty far fetched; but I’m giving it a chance. Go big red!

Hit the link for a story on Gabe Ervin and how the Huskers' four best drives of the season have heavily featured the big back.

Just gotta weave through my story at the beginning from last Saturday's press box.

Full academic scholarship to Major Academic university, two weeks in decided to enlist in the ARMY. Proud if him, following in his Dad, and Grandfather's footsteps.

Rhule will hold his Thursday lightning round presser around 11:40 or 11:45 a.m. today. I'll have a few updates and drop the full presser video below.

September 15
1776 - British forces occupied New York City during the American Revolution.

1789 - The U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs changed its name to the Department of State.

1821 - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador gained independence.

1835 - Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands.

1857 - William Howard Taft — who served as President of the United States and as U.S. chief justice — was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1917 - Alexander Kerensky proclaimed Russia a republic.

1935 - The Nuremberg Laws deprived Jews of their citizenship and made the Swastika the official emblem of Nazi Germany.

1940 - During the World War II Battle of Britain, the tide turned as the Royal Air Force inflicted heavy losses upon the Luftwaffe.

1959 - Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet head of state to visit the United States as he arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington.

1963 - Four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. (Three Ku Klux Klansmen were eventually convicted for their roles in the blast.)

1972 - A federal grand jury in Washington indicted seven men in connection with the Watergate break-in.

1981 - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve the Supreme Court nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor.

2001 - President George W. Bush ordered U.S. troops to get ready for war and braced Americans for a long, difficult assault against terrorists to avenge the Sept. 11 attack. Beleaguered Afghans streamed out of Kabul, fearing a U.S. military strike against Taliban rulers harboring Osama bin Laden.

2006 - Ford Motor Co. took drastic steps to remold itself into a smaller, more competitive company, slashing thousands of jobs and shuttering two additional plants.

2021 - California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom soundly defeated a recall aimed at kicking him out of office.

2022 - President Joe Biden said federal mediators had helped foster an agreement that averted a rail strike that would have been devastating to the U.S. economy.

Birthdays
24 - Alla Bruletova (model)
27 - Sommer Ray (model)
35 - Chelsea Kane (actress)
36 - Kate Mansi (actress)
37 - Heidi Montag (reality star)
39 - Prince Harry (member of British royal family)
44 - Amy Davidson (actress)
44 - Dave Annable (actor)
46 - Marisa Ramirez (actress)
46 - Tom Hardy (actor)
51 - Queen Letizia of Spain
52 - Josh Charles (actor)
55 - Danny Nucci (actor)
62 - Dan Marino (football player/sportscaster)
63 - Lisa Vanderpump (reality star)
77 - Oliver Stone (director)
77 - Tommy Lee Jones (actor)
78 - Carmen Maura (actress)

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Today in Sports History - September 15

1912 - Joe Wood (Boston Red Sox) won his 16th consecutive major league game.

1946 - A Brooklyn Dodgers-Chicago Cubs game was called when players, umpires and fans were attacked by gnats.

1953 - The National Boxing Association adopted the 10-point scoring system for all of its matches.

1960 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard announces his retirement from hockey; he finishes his career with 544 goals, which was an NHL record at the time.

1963 - All three Alou brothers - Felipe, Matty and Jesus - played in the outfield at the same time for the San Francisco Giants in a 13-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1969 - Steve Carlton (St. Louis) struck out 19 Mets for a nine-inning game record.

1978 - Muhammad Ali defeated Leon Spinks to win his 3rd World Heavyweight Boxing title.

1979 - Bob Watson (Boston Red Sox) became the first player to hit for the cycle in both leagues. He hit for the cycle with the Houston Astros on June 23, 1977.

1979 - #8 Nebraska opens the season with a 35-14 win over Utah State.

1984 - #1 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 38-7.

1985 - Nike began selling its "Air Jordan 1" sneaker.

1985 - Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: Europe beats US, 16½-11½; first US loss since 1957; Sam Torrance clinches for Europe beating Andy North, 1 up

1990 - Bobby Thigpen (Chicago White Sox) became the first relief pitcher with 50 saves in a season.

1996 - The Baltimore Orioles broke the major league record for most home runs in one season. They finished with a total of 243. The New York Yankees had set the record at 240 in 1961.

1996 - The Texas Rangers retire Nolan Ryan's #34.

1997 - The NHL and the player's union agreed to change the format of the 1998 All-Star Game. The decision was made for the top players from the United States and Canada to play against the best players from the rest of the world.

1997 - Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners) hit his 51st and 52nd home runs to become the sixth player to hit 100 or more home runs over two consecutive seasons. He had hit 49 home runs the previous season.

1998 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis) hit his 63rd home run of the season.

1998 - Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners) became the fourth-youngest player to reach 1,000 RBIs when he hit his 52nd home run of the season.

2002 - Curt Schilling (Arizona Diamondbacks) struck out eight to reach 300 for the season. Schilling and Randy Johnson became the first teammates in baseball history to each strike out 300 in the same season.

2004 - The NHL lockout began, which would ultimately cancel the 2004-05 season.

2007 - #1 USC defeats #14 Nebraska 49-31.

2012 - Nebraska defeats Arkansas State 42-13.

2018 - Troy upsets Nebraska 24-19.

2022 - Roger Federer announces his retirement from tennis, ending his career at age 41 with 20 Grand Slam singles titles and 103 ATP titles.

Good, honest stuff from Rhule today about what he's seeing from the players.



If you haven't yet, watch his presser from today. It's good:

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I'm not a Bishop fan but this was a good topic. Let's see what we think...

section: 19

Row: 56

Seats: 9-12

1) Freshmen DL are outstanding - already disruptive, high level, every down playmakers - they rocked Colorado from start to end & more reinforcements will be coming
2) Secondary play is beyond improved - coverage & tackling & situational awareness are all massively better - feeling this with the underneath LBers too but we need more studs along that LB position - think we will get them
3) Run game showing promise through ugly snaps/fumbles/QB issues/etc. - I see better interior OL push/consistency when faitigue is hitting in late 2nd qtr., early 3rd ... DEFENSE in GOOD HANDS with Tony White ...

Offensive side - REASON FOR CONCERNS = HUSKERS dependent on super young offensive players/recruits to get in & dominate Year 1/2

Raiola has loaded up the OL with top 50 recruits - or he is on the way toward that - please let us land a transfer OT or 2 that are true studs ... raid the rosters of teams left out of the new major playoff conferences

Daniel Kaelin needs to find his JR year form and basically take the reigns as a true freshmen ... or we have to find another transfer QB to bridge that gap ...

And, young group of high end WRs needs to get going ASAP .. we got nobody to make plays for the offense

Satterfield has failed big time w/ how Sims has crumbled under the bright lights - just the way it goes when you are the OC/QB coach - he's got short, short least IMO - especially after msising on Raiola

At Right Guard

CLASS A
Bellevue East 56, Omaha Northwest 0
Lincoln East 42, Lincoln Northeast 7
Omaha North 54, Omaha Benson 0

CLASS B
Elkhorn North 30, Grand Island Northwest 12

CLASS C1
Columbus Scotus 41, West Point-Beemer 27

CLASS C2
Holyoke (Colorado) 43, Hershey 6

CLASS D2
Boyd County 36, O'Neill St. Mary's 22
Wynot 54, Randolph 6

CLASS D6
Parkview Christian 59, Heartland Lutheran 16
Southwest 36, Creek Valley 0

USC def. Illinois (25-16, 17-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-13)
#9 Minnesota def. High Point (22-25, 25-11, 25-20, 25-17)
#6 Texas def. #19 Ohio State (25-27, 25-13, 25-14, 25-23)
#17 Purdue def. Central Florida (25-15, 25-19, 25-22)

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

Matches for Friday, September 15
#19 Ohio State at #18 Baylor
Indiana vs. Stetson (at Coral Gables, FL)
Indiana at Miami (FL)
Maryland vs. Le Moyne (at Fort Myers, FL)
Illinois vs. Central Florida (at West Lafayette, IN)
Michigan at Bowling Green
Yale at Northwestern
Maryland-Baltimore County at #13 Penn State
Michigan State at Connecticut
Princeton at Rutgers
Iowa at Syracuse
USC at #17 Purdue

Next Nebraska Match - Sunday, September 17
#21 Kentucky at #4 Nebraska (6:30 PM - BTN)

As always, good stuff from John Cook tonight. Hit the link.

I thought Mikai Gbayor was a transfer candidate last offseason. Then he played 43 snaps at Colorado, and looked good doing it.

Gbayor was pretty good in a press conference setting yesterday, too. He credited Rhule and Dvoracek for helping him believe in himself:

I know that Colorado is a historical rival. I've never had a hate for them, although I think their fans are up there with Wisconsin and Missouri as some of the worst.

The Colorado AD had a dumpster fire on his hands with his football team. He made a choice to gamble a little bit.

However, his investment is a paltry $30M over 5 years. So if the gamble doesn't pay off its pretty easy to get out of. Already, the decision has brought a lot of national media attention and exposure to the program.

Compare this to the choice Alberts made. He's guaranteeing $74M for a coach that hasn't brought much national media attention or excitement to the program. Watching game 1, you could even argue that the team has taken a step back since how it finished the season against Iowa.

Regardless how the game against TCU ends up, it's hard to look at the athletes on the field and them going toe-to-toe with a ranked team and say, "good thing we don't have that here". Momentum breeds success.

How possible is it next week we lose against a coach with almost 2/5 the salary we are paying?

Remember, Sanders inherited a program in far worse shape than ours was. This was a Colorado team that got beat 49-7 by Minnesota. Yet, if they surpass Rhule in year 1 what does that say for Albert's decision? Are Husker fans willing to play "the long game" and wait for that "magical year 3" that may not even occur if we can't generate any excitement to recruit with?

For me the last time I felt good about a NU team was 2014 (almost 10 years) when the team had Abdullah getting some heisman hype, they beat Miami, and were doing well. This was before getting blown out by WI and pelini being eventually fired.

Good words from the true freshman yesterday. Huskers found a good one. Hit the link.

Does anyone have a pair of tickets for sale to the game this weekend?

Thanks!

SIAP

https://www.kcrg.com/2023/09/13/iowa-state-univ-police-seeking-identify-individual/

I'm sorry, I just cannot believe this is what the guy whose offenses led the SEC in turnovers the past 2 years and is currently leading the B1G in turnovers is actually saying in a press conference

prayers? really?

FIX IT!

Marcus Satterfield: "Saying some prayers to ... win the turnover margin"

Marcus Satterfield's offense has scored three touchdowns and has turned the ball over eight times.

nebraska.rivals.com

Link: Omaha World-Herald

Link: Lincoln Journal Star

Link: NebPreps

Link: HuskerlandPreps: 11-man | 8-man/6-man

Composite rankings

CLASS A
1. Omaha Westside (4) (3-0) - 40 pts
2. Millard South (3-0) - 36
3. Millard West (2-1) - 29
4. Gretna (3-0) - 27
5t. Kearney (3-0) - 22
5t. Omaha North (2-1) - 22
7. Elkhorn South (2-1) - 19
8. Bellevue West (2-2) - 8
9. Lincoln East (2-1) - 7
10. Grand Island (2-1) - 4

Contenders
Omaha Creighton Prep (1-2) - 3
Papillion-LaVista (2-1) - 2
Lincoln Southeast (1-2) - 1

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CLASS B
1. Bennington (4) (3-0) - 40 pts
2. Elkhorn North (3-0) - 36
3. Omaha Skutt (2-1) - 31
4. Waverly (3-0) - 29
5. Scottsbluff (3-0) - 24
6. York (2-1) - 19
7. Plattsmouth (2-1) - 15
8. Elkhorn (2-1) - 14
9. Omaha Gross (2-1) - 7
10t. Grand Island Northwest (1-2) - 2
10t. Seward (2-1) - 2

Contenders
Hastings (2-1) - 1

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CLASS C1
1. Boone Central (4) (3-0) - 40 pts
2. Wahoo (3-0) - 36
3. Omaha Roncalli (3-0) - 30
4. Ashland-Greenwood (2-1) - 29
5. Pierce (2-1) - 22
6. Adams Central (3-0) - 20
7. Aurora (1-2) - 17
8. Douglas County West (3-0) - 11
9. Minden (2-1) - 7
10. Gothenburg (2-1) - 4

Contenders
Columbus Scotus (2-1) - 2
Columbus Lakeview (1-2) - 1
Sidney (3-0) - 1

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CLASS C2
1. Norfolk Catholic (4) (3-0) - 40 pts
2. Battle Creek (3-0) - 35
3. Wahoo Neumann (3-0) - 33
4. Oakland-Craig (2-1) - 26
5. Ord (1-2) - 22
6. Hastings St. Cecilia (3-0) - 16
7. Malcolm (2-1) - 15
8. Fillmore Central (3-0) - 12
9. Yutan (2-1) - 9
10. Mitchell (3-0) - 8

Contenders
Hartington Cedar Catholic (2-1) - 2
North Bend (3-0) - 2

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CLASS D1
1. North Platte St. Patrick's (3) (4-0) - 39 pts
2. Stanton (1) (3-0) - 36
3. Cross County (3-0) - 33
4t. Crofton (3-0) - 19
4t. Sandy Creek (3-0) - 19
6. Elmwood-Murdock (3-0) - 13
7t. Hi-Line (2-1) - 12
7t. Thayer Central (3-0) - 12
9t. Clarkson/Leigh (2-1) - 10
9t. Exeter-Milligan/Friend (2-1) - 10

Contenders
Plainview (3-0) - 9
Shelby/Rising City (3-0) - 6
Alma (4-0) - 1
Arapahoe (3-0) - 1

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CLASS D2
1. South Loup (3-0) - 40 pts
2. Wynot (3-0) - 35
3. Central Valley (3-0) - 24
4t. Bruning-Davenport/Shickley (3-0) - 22
4t. Howells-Dodge (2-1) - 22
6t. Ainsworth (3-0) - 20
6t. Dundy County-Stratton (3-0) - 20
8. Johnson-Brock (3-0) - 15
9. Sandhills/Thedford (3-0) - 12
10. Humphrey St. Francis (2-1) - 9

Contenders
Nebraska City Lourdes (3-0) - 1

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CLASS D6
1. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (3) (3-0) - 39 pts
2. Arthur County (2-0) - 34
3. Pawnee City (2-0) - 32
4. Potter-Dix (3-0) - 30
5. Red Cloud (2-0) - 23
6t. Parkview Christian (1-1) - 17
6t. Shelton (2-0) - 17
8. Wilcox-Hildreth (2-0) - 12
9. Stuart (1-2) - 7
10. Garden County (2-1) - 5

Contenders
Cody-Kilgore (1-2) - 2
Hampton (3-1) - 1
Sioux County (3-0) - 1