You get Michigan in Harbaugh's return, but it's at home. Should be a hornet's nest for Michigan. Only 1 other game against a ranked team and that's @Wisconsin. Iowa may end up ranked but it's the last game at home. Things should have gelled by then. In all honesty, win at CU and your season might be a very interesting one. Could be another one of those 8-9 win seasons you're known for if the ball bounces right. That assumes you win at CU. Lose and bowl eligibility probably becomes the main goal.

After we beat CU; all those wearing red storm Folsom field (just like they did in 2019). Talk about a headline

interesting to see how this will play out.

Anyone hear anything on whether Heinrich and/or Butler will be available for CU?

What is his status? Hard to really know if this guy is any good. He is always injured

The guys on 1620 have been making fun of Colorado all off season. I just cringe when I hear them do that. They are so convinced well beat Colorado. Well we will see yesterday on what they did to TCU sure doesn't make me so confident that we are going to win. Maybe N will surprise me but Nebraska media needs to STFU!

Nice talk with Will Bolt, Kyle Perry and Gabe Swansen yesterday. Hit the link.

Just one week after playing Nebraska play in front of 92K people, I'm back at the Devaney Center to see No. 4 Nebraska take on in-state rival and No. 16 Creighton to renew this in-state rivalry. CU has yet to play Omaha, but if the Huskers win tonight they'll seal up a 2-0 record against in-state competition and lock up the "state championship" as NU calls it.

Wednesday sees the Bluejays come back to the Devaney Center for the first time since 2019. Senior middle blocker Kiana Schmitt is the only Creighton player to have experienced Devaney back then. There was no matchup in 2020 while both teams played at CHI in 2021. They returned to Omaha in 2022 with CHI being the host of the Final Four that season. CU is 0-21 all-time against the Huskers, but 0-19 since restarting the volleyball program back in 1994.

To get you set for tonight's matchup while taking a deeper dive into the Bluejays, here is my preview from this morning.


Plus, comments from head coach John Cook on the matchup and the week ahead for NU.


Also releasing this morning, this week's Players' Corner featuring Bekka Allick and Harper Murray.

It's Thursday before a game so that means it's time to throw it back to look at Nebraska and its opponent as recruits. Hit the link....

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For better or worse, most of the country's CFB fans will watch this game. Not much in that same time window, and with the CU performance and Travis Hunter talk, it will be on everywhere.

It is a big opportunity to finally stand up for 60 minutes and get a win. Or just continue to lose on national TV.

Throw us a bone guys.

Too long, didn’t read version:

All three are back fully healthy and ready to go.

From a comparison of the 2022 and 2023 depth charts - it looks like TCU replaced its starters are QB, RB (but 2022 starter on the dc), all WR, and 3 on the OL. They replaced 2 DL (w/1 2022 starter on DC), 1 LB and 1 DB.

fast start for the devils

should be an interesting one in the ACC

Rhule met with the media today for a lightning-round presser. Gave a little less than 10 minutes of updates and final thoughts before the team travels to Boulder:

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TCU ran the ball for 8 yards per carry and shouldn't have passed much at all. You should never lose a game when you rush for that kind of yardage. We need to brutalize CU over and over with Gabe behind a fullback, limiting the number of possessions as much as possible. Don't give them opportunities to make picks. Even if it isn't real successful early on, we need to stick with it. Something about getting your brains bashed in takes away your will to play and strips your confidence. I know our line isn't the greatest but we are huge and should just lean on them all game. I saw the line of scrimmage get moved in the positive direction against Minny on several occasions. Lets see how tough they are and what kind of depth they have on the D line and at linebacker.
In the last several years, teams have always played with extreme confidence against us because we just weren't physical enough which is why every qb looks like Brady and every receiver looks like Jerry Rice making insane catches. I wasn't able to watch much of the CU/TCU game yesterday, but I did notice a couple of the buffs yelling at each other after a series that didn't go well. They will get extremely frustrated if they have to stand on the sidelines most of the first half and will play hero ball when they get in. Which leads to turnovers and more finger pointing.
We have a better defense and special teams than CU, so we should follow the Iowa model of winning (boring). Eventually, they will overcommit to stopping the run and then you hit them with play action.
This concludes my posting of the painfully obvious for this morning.

September 7
1822 - Brazil declared independence from Portugal.

1901 - The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol.

1940 - Nazi Germany began its initial bombing of London during World War II.

1943 - A fire at the Gulf Hotel, a rooming house in Houston, claimed 55 lives.

1977 - The Panama Canal treaties, calling for the U.S. to eventually turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington by President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos.

1986 - Desmond Tutu became the first Black to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.

1996 - Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot and mortally wounded on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later.

2005 - Police and soldiers went house to house in New Orleans to try to coax the last stubborn holdouts into leaving the city shattered by Hurricane Katrina.

2007 - Osama bin Laden appeared in a video for the first time in three years, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they wanted the war in Iraq to end.

2008 - Troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in government conservatorship.

2015 - Hillary Clinton, interviewed by The Associated Press during a campaign swing through Iowa, said she did not need to apologize for using a private email account and server while at the State Department because “what I did was allowed.”

2019 - President Donald Trump said he had canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghan leaders, just days before the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, after a bombing in Kabul that killed 12 people, including an American soldier.

2022 - Myles Sanderson, the 32-year-old suspect in stabbings that killed 11 people and injured 18 in Saskatchewan, Canada three days earlier, was arrested and died in a hospital after showing medical distress.

Birthdays
27 - Donovan Mitchell (basketball player)
32 - Jennifer Veal (actress)
34 - Jonathan Majors (actor)
34 - Loren Allred (singer)
35 - Kevin Love (basketball player)
36 - Evan Rachel Wood (actress)
37 - Wes Willis (singer)
38 - Alyssa Diaz (actress)
39 - Benjamin Hollingsworth (actor)
44 - JD Pardo (actor)
45 - Devon Sawa (actor)
47 - Oliver Hudson (actor)
50 - Shannon Elizabeth (actress)
53 - Tom Everett Scott (actor)
53 - Monique Gabriela Curnen (actress)
54 - Diane Farr (actress)
54 - Angie Everhart (actress/model)
56 - Leslie Jones (actress/comedian)
57 - Toby Jones (actor)
60 - W. Earl Brown (actor)
66 - J. Smith-Cameron (actor)
66 - Margot Chapman (singer)
67 - Diane Warren (singer)
69 - Michael Emerson (actor)
69 - Corbin Bernsen (actor)
73 - Julie Kavner (actress)
75 - Susan Blakely (actress)
80 - Gloria Gaynor (singer)


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Today in Sports History - September 7

1896 - A.H. Whiting won the first automobile race held on a racetrack. The race was held in Cranston, Rhode Island.

1963 - The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, Ohio.

1979 - The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its debut on cable television.

1985 - #10 Nebraska opens the season with a 13-17 loss to #17 Florida State.

1986 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins threw his 100th career touchdown pass, in only his 44th NFL game, which set a NFL record.

1986 - The Cleveland Browns become the first team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay in a game against the Chicago Bears.

1988 - Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Bark are inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame.

1991 - BYU quarterback Ty Detmer sets an NCAA record with 11,606 career passing yards.

1991 - #14 Nebraska opens the season with a 59-28 win over Utah State.

1992 - MLB commissioner Faye Vincent announces his retirement; Milwaukee Brewers president Bud Selig is named interim commissioner (Selig would be appointed commissioner in 1998).

1996 - #1 Nebraska opens the season with a 55-14 win over Michigan State.

2002 - #9 Nebraska defeats Utah State 44-13.

2013 - #22 Nebraska defeats Southern Mississippi 56-13.[/b][/color]

2014 - American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan beat Spanish pair Marcel Granollers & Marc López 6–3, 6–4 to win their Open era record 5th US men's tennis doubles title; extends record for most Grand Slam doubles titles (16).

2019 - Colorado defeats #25 Nebraska 34-31 in overtime.

Sorted by Date/Time. All times Central. All rankings from AP Poll.

BYE WEEK
Colorado State

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THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 7

6:30 PM
Murray State at Louisville (ACC Network)

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FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 8

6:00 PM
Indiana State at Indiana (Big Ten Network)

6:30 PM
Illinois at Kansas (ESPN2)

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SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 9

10:00 AM
Vanderbilt at Wake Forest (ACC Network)

11:00 AM
Ball State at #1 Georgia (SEC Network)
Delaware at #7 Penn State (Peacock)
Delaware State at Army (CBS Sports Network)
Holy Cross at Boston College (ESPN+)
James Madison at Virginia (ESPNU)
Nebraska at #22 Colorado (FOX)
#10 Notre Dame at North Carolina State (ABC)
Purdue at Virginia Tech (ESPN2)
Troy at #15 Kansas State (FOX Sports 1)
#12 Utah at Baylor (ESPN)
Youngstown State at #5 Ohio State (Big Ten Network)

12:00 PM
South Carolina State at Georgia Tech (ESPN+)

12:30 PM
New Hampshire at Central Michigan (ESPN+)

1:00 PM
Eastern Illinois at Bowling Green (ESPN+)

1:15 PM
Charleston Southern at #25 Clemson (ACC Network)

2:00 PM
Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky (SEC Network+ / ESPN+)
Southern Utah at Brigham Young (ESPN+)

2:30 PM
Iowa at Iowa State (FOX)
Miami (OH) at Massachusetts (ESPN+)
#20 Mississippi at #24 Tulane (ESPN2)
Richmond at Michigan State (Big Ten Network)
Southern Illinois at Northern Illinois (ESPN+)
#23 Texas A&M at Miami (FL) (ABC)
Texas Southern at Toledo (ESPN+)
Texas State at Texas-San Antonio (ESPN+)
Texas-El Paso at Northwestern (Big Ten Network)
UNLV at #2 Michigan (CBS)
Wagner at Navy (CBS Sports Network)
Western Michigan at Syracuse (ESPN+)

3:00 PM
Cal Poly at San Jose State (NBC Sports Bay Area)
Kent State at Arkansas (SEC Network)
Marshall at East Carolina (ESPNU)
Portland State at Wyoming (Mountain West Network)

4:00 PM
Austin Peay at #9 Tennessee (SEC Network+ / ESPN+)
Southeastern Louisiana at South Alabama (ESPN+)
Tulsa at #8 Washington (Pac-12 Network)

4:15 PM
Appalachian State at #17 North Carolina (ACC Network)

5:00 PM
Alabama-Birmingham at Georgia Southern (ESPN+)
Duquesne at West Virginia (ESPN+)
Fordham at Buffalo (ESPN+)
Lafayette at #21 Duke (ESPN+)
Louisiana-Lafayette at Old Dominion (ESPN+)
Morgan State at Akron (ESPN+)
New Mexico State at Liberty (ESPN+)
Ohio at Florida Atlantic (ESPN+)
Southern Methodist at #18 Oklahoma (ESPN+)

5:30 PM
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (The CW)
North Texas at Florida International (ESPN+)

6:00 PM
Central Florida at Boise State (FOX Sports 1)
Connecticut at Georgia State (ESPN+)
Florida A&M at South Florida (ESPN+)
Houston at Rice (NFL Network)
Houston Christian at Western Kentucky (ESPN+)
Idaho at Nevada (Mountain West Network)
Jacksonville State at Coastal Carolina (ESPN+)
Memphis at Arkansas State (ESPN+)
Middle Tennessee State at Missouri (SEC Network+ / ESPN+)
Northwestern State at Louisiana Tech (ESPN+)
#13 Oregon at Texas Tech (FOX)
#11 Texas at #3 Alabama (ESPN)

6:30 PM
Arizona at Mississippi State (SEC Network)
Charlotte at Maryland (NBC)
Eastern Michigan at Minnesota (Big Ten Network)
Furman at South Carolina (SEC Network+ / ESPN+)
Grambling at #14 LSU (SEC Network+ / ESPN+)
McNeese State at Florida (ESPNU)
Temple at Rutgers (Big Ten Network)
UCLA at San Diego State (CBS)
#19 Wisconsin at Washington State (ABC)

7:00 PM
Air Force at Sam Houston State (CBS Sports Network)
Idaho State at Utah State (Mountain West Network)
Lamar at Louisiana-Monroe (ESPN+)
Nicholls State at TCU (ESPN+)
Tennessee Tech at New Mexico (Mountain West Network)

7:30 PM
Southern Mississippi at #4 Florida State (ACC Network)

8:00 PM
Eastern Washington at Fresno State (Mountain West Network)
UC-Davis at #16 Oregon State (Pac-12 Network)

9:30 PM
Auburn at California (ESPN)
Oklahoma State at Arizona State (FOX Sports 1)
Stanford at #6 USC (FOX)

11:00 PM
Albany at Hawaii (Spectrum Sports PPV)

At least that’s what the headline that I saw said. I didn’t read the article, but I did LOL.

9 years ago today . .

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Good stuff from @Greg Smith:

Quick story on the Huskers' first ranked win of the year. Will be updated with more analysis and quotes.

Iowa State def. Iowa (24-26, 17-25, 26-24, 25-18, 15-9)
Nebraska def. Creighton (25-9, 25-13, 23-25, 25-20)
Rutgers def. Rider (25-12, 25-27, 25-21, 25-15)

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

Matches for Thursday, September 7
Illinois at Notre Dame
Arizona at Wisconsin

Next Nebraska Match - Saturday, September 9
Long Beach State at Nebraska (7:00 PM - Nebraska Public Media / BTN+)

How bad are the limited or obstructive view tix?
Do you know if there are any specific sections to steer clear of?

If you ask 100 Husker fans to explain the moment they observed the death of Nebraska football, the majority would point to one game.

70% of those fans would tell you it occurred in 2001 when Colorado destroyed Husker football, 62-36.

At that time, Husker fans were complacent after 30+ seasons of domination. We became lazy and privileged. Hell, to this day, many fans still expect Nebraska football to win every game, every time they take the field.

We tested God's will.
We tested God's favor.
We even tested God's Wrath when Satan kissed the hands of Matt Davison allowing him to catch a miracle vs. Mizzou in 1997. God knew Davison hailed from Southeast Nebraska where Satan rules over man and country. But Evil prevailed.

The Dark Lord of Richardson, Pawnee, and Johnson Counties in Nebraska dominated Husker football after Tom Osborne chose salvation. This test of fate lasted 5 years. God became vengeful.

In 2001, that wrath superceded Evil when Colorado gashed the Huskers like hot frosting on a rural Nebraska kolache.

Over the next 20 seasons, Husker football often resembled a Ford Escape posing next to a Mustang in front of its peers.

God pulled out and the curse became a comedic backdrop which flowed with our tears of heartache and despair. Game after game, Nebraska would compete and even lead late only to watch victory disappeer like a joint in front of a Boulder skate shop.

Wins and happiness have been fleeting.
Sadness has been a constant.
Does God hate us?
Does Got just hate me?
Does God hate you?
Does God just hate Tecumseh and Falls City and Rulo and Beatrice?

The answer is God cries for all of the above.

Saturday provides Husker football with a chance to sacrafice the goat. It gives us the opportunity to kill the first born. We have the chance to stare into the hollow tunnel of the Supernatural and excorcise the Demon of losing.

This Saturday, Nebraska Football can erase the curse. We can eradicate The Bison of Colorado in honor of our forefathers who got to those mountains and said, "fvck it. Im not climbing that shyt" and then they turned around and fed off that giant brown cow instead.

Go Big Red.

End that God Damned Curse.