AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 (12/2)


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North Carolina (#25)

Others Receiving Votes
North Carolina (69), Miami (FL) (40), Texas A&M (32), Marquette (30), Western Kentucky (13), South Dakota State (5)

Anybody heard if any B1G refs have hit the portal??

I’m hearing Jimari Butler just entered the portal - anyone else hearing that?

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- Nebraska's biggest priority is going to be retaining the key contributors on the current roster, specifically the front with Terrance Knighton reportedly set to follow White: Jimari Butler is already planning to enter the transfer portal. A few others in the defensive line room probably will too. Keeping Riley Van Poppel, James Williams, and Keona Davis around should be a top, top priority for Rhule. Keep an eye on some movement in the secondary as well potentially, especially with the report that Evan Cooper could be joining White and Knighton in Tallahassee.

- Of the 2025 commits, the one that's most affected by this is probably three-star defensive line commit Malcolm Simpson. As far as we know, both Tyson Terry and Kade Pietrzak remain on track to sign with the Huskers this week. Simpson could opt to wait or back off his pledge. He told Rivals' Adam Gorney there's no change to his commitment status, once the dominoes officially fall, that could change. Rhule is going to put in work to keep him committed though. We're tracking the linebacker group as well, but there's some confidence they'll stick together. We'll see though.

- This sets Nebraska back a bit with 2026 defensive targets, again mainly defensive line targets, but that will get sorted out with new hires and there's too many other priorities for Nebraska to address right now.

Probably Butler with Snow’s help

I believe he is Knighton’s replacement

New DC (eventually)
New OC

Good players will leave. Good players will join.

Everyone is going to be learning a new system on both sides of the ball.

New blood will hopefully help to change the 'here we go again' mentality.

Bring it on

Boom.

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and please provide justification for your vote (tech specifics included)

biggest crap shoot known to man.

Success at one stop doesn't mean success at the next (ex: Frost & pretty much every hot commodity coach the year we hired him and too many others to list).

Although rarer, failure doesn't mean failure at the next stop either (ex: Sarkisian, Odom, Kiffin)

For every Saban & Meyer, there are many, many opposite examples.

It doesn't do any good to get your panties in a bunch over this stuff. Stress and anxiety shortens lifespans and all the crap posting probably hurts the program.

Blow it up. We aren't losing any first round talent or future Power 5 head coaching geniuses (outside of maybe some graduating DL). The question/poll that was posted yesterday was significant: do you trust Rhule (and Dannen) to right the ship?

Best first half of D since when?

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!