A boat load of good stuff from head coach John Cook today at Big Ten Volleyball Media Days. Expect to see more content regarding Lexi Rodriguez and Merritt Beason in the coming days as well as position previews as we get closer to the Red-White Scrimmage on August 19.

In the least surprising news ever.

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Big day for the Huskers in Chicago. I’ll be on site in the Windy City today to see John Cook, Lexi Rodriguez and Merritt Beason at 2:40. Here’s my preview to get you set.

Has there been talk about putting in grass?

JFC...maybe they’ll class it up every once in awhile and play at Roddy.

Just curious.

Some key takeaways from Tuesday's player press conferences:

>>> MJ Sherman names others playing Jack
>>> Four leaders emerge on the D-line
>>> Ru'Quan Buckley "truly represents the process of why Coach Rhule was brought here"
>>> Blaise Gunnerson adds 15 pounds, says main position is D-end but is playing multiple spots during camp
>>> Mobility is biggest D-line improvement

Good stuff from Rhule today. Here are the quick hits:

What's it actually mean for coaches and players who say they want to be one-percent better each day? A few gave their answers Tuesday. Here's more:

Back to the Astros in a trade with the Mets.

Thinking about using it for the first time for a trip to the DC area this fall, anyone here have experience using it?

DC Tony White, DL coach Terrance Knighton and a group of defensive players will take the mic here shortly. Will have quick hits, takeaways, etc. on the way later this morning and early afternoon.

Here are the quick hits from DC Tony White:

@Greg Smith and I have some rapid-fire analysis on Nebraska's second day of fall camp following interviews with Tony White, Terrance Knighton and the four Huskers who took the podium today. YouTube video and audio podcast links below:

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Per a release from the university, Bob Wager has resigned as Nebraskas TE coach following a driving citation:

“It is with great remorse that I resign from my position as assistant football coach at the University of Nebraska," Wager said in a statement. "Earlier this week I received a citation for a driving offense that I regret immensely. I am grateful for the opportunity extended to me, and sincerely sorry for any negativity my poor decision has brought to my family, our team, our staff, and all those that I have disappointed.”

Josh Martin, who spent eight seasons as a college assistant (four with Arizona State, four with SMU), will be immediately elevated to full-time tight ends coach.

Jay and I had fun with this one as we break down the four-star Husker commit out of Palmetto High School in Miami:

Curious to know your 2nd favorite stadium to see a game in the B1G and then any other team outside the conference?

Caught up with 2025 Elkhorn North TE Chase Loftin. You'll be hearing a lot about him in the next year, he's next up in the tight end factory that Nebraska has become. He hit if off with Josh Martin this weekend.

I went from a gas powered mower to the Green Works dual blade system. Run time is fine for my 1 acre yard but it cut uneven and doesn't seem to have the "suck" when mowing over long grass...its doesn't pull it up therefor it doesn't get cut. Its a crap mower.

Looking at going back to gas....I know Honda's are highly rated.

Any recs?

I'd love a wider cut than 21 inches but not mandatory. Trying to spend less than $1k

Before the Nebraska basketball team left for Spain, Josiah Allick spoke about Eli Rice for two minutes and five seconds. Rice, a 6-foot-7 true freshman guard, scored 12 points against the Madrid All-Stars yesterday in Spain.

Here's more on Rice, who Allick really likes:

The Nebraska volleyball team will have 20 of its 29 regular-season matches set for TV broadcasts this season as announced by the team on Tuesday ahead of its appearance at the Big Ten Volleyball Media Day.

The Huskers will play on Big Ten Network 14 times, on Nebraska Public Media five times and on ESPNU once. All matches televised on Big Ten Network can be streamed on FoxSports.com. The five matches televised on Nebraska Public Media can be streamed on B1G+.

The four non-televised home matches will be streamed on B1G+ with a subscription. Those matches include: Lipscomb (Aug. 26), SMU (Aug. 27), Maryland (Oct. 27) and Rutgers (Oct. 28). Here is the full list.

The Huskers held a huge recruiting event on Sunday centered around a cookout for recruits and their families. There were almost 30 prospects scheduled to attend including all the in-state commits for 2024 and 2025. Priority offensive tackle target Grant Brix was also on campus for the event. So was 2025 QB target Alex Manske, 2025 WR target Andrew Marsh and several others. We'll break out some individual stories but will also use this thread for quick reaction from players that attended.

>> Class of 2024 walk on fullback Izaac Dickey was back on campus today.

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"It was amazing, spent a ton of time getting to know the guys," Dickey said. "We went on a scavenger hunt, played games, then had some ribs and socialized. Then at the end we were taking a picture and had a water balloon fight."

Dickey said he certainly enjoyed the food. He ate brisket, ribs, cornbread, beans, and mac n cheese. One of the best parts of the day was spending more time with the other commits in the class.

"It feels like I’ve known them my whole life," Dickey said. "They are all really relaxed and it feels like a brotherhood. I drove down Saturday to eat with Nico’s [Ottomanelli] family then walked around with Nico and Jake [Peters] for awhile.

Dickey's favorite thing that happened this weekend was also building the bond with his future teammates.

"Socializing with everyone and getting to know them," Dickey said. "Also just sitting down with the coaches and talking life and allowing them to get to know our families."

>> Got a quick comment from 2025 Missouri offensive lineman Jack Lange. The Huskers offered him in June and he quickly made it back to campus.

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"It was good! I had a really good time," Lange said.

I'm expecting full comments from Lange shortly and will update when I have more.

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Just exchanged messages with 2025 Kansas OT Andrew Babalola.

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The fast-rising prospect really enjoyed his time in Lincoln.

"The visit was great today," Babalola said. "My favorite part was the water balloon fight at the end. We were supposed to take a group photo and then we were just hit with a bunch of water, so that was fun."

The lineman said it was a lot of fun being around the other recruits and staff on campus. he likes Nebraska's staff a lot and enjoyed meeting other recruits. Babalola says he "definitely" plans to be back for a game in the fall. He's got his eye on the Week 3 game against Northern Illinois.

>> Nebraska's top QB target for 2025 was back on campus this weekend.

"It definitely means a lot knowing how good they think I am,” Manske said. “That's what they do for a job. They just evaluate quarterbacks and knowing that they have that high of an opinion of me it's definitely really nice. That makes me lean towards wanting to go there. When you know you got people you trust and people that really trust you and want to invest in you is really nice."

Hit the link: https://nebraska.rivals.com/news/pr...-connects-with-other-recruits-on-latest-visit

>> Omaha Westside 2025 linebacker Christian Jones was back on campus on Sunday.

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"It was good! It was very interactive and set up very well," Jones said.

Jones is already familiar with many of the commits and local recruits that were in Lincoln. He knows most of them personally off the field so it was a good time to catch up with all of them. The highlight of the visit was similar to what we've heard from other recruits.

"Getting into a water balloon fight," Jones said. "It was a lot of fun."

Jones did say that he spent most of his time with linebackers coach Rob Dvoracek on Sunday. Their relationship is good and the pair talk every week. The four-star standout is being recruited hard by the other local players committed to Nebraska. He's certainly feeling the love from the Husker staff and players.

>> Caught up with 2025 Elkhorn North TE Chase Loftin. You'll be hearing a lot about him in the next year, he's next up in the tight end factory that Nebraska has become. He hit if off with Josh Martin this weekend.

https://nebraska.rivals.com/news/20...sses-visit-and-bond-with-new-tight-ends-coach

We'll update this thread as more reaction comes in.

August 1

1790 - The first U.S. census was completed, showing a national population of 3,929,214 people.

1876 - Colorado became the 38th state.

1907 - The U.S. Army Signal Corps established an aeronautical division, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force.

1944 - An uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt lasted two months before collapsing.

1946 - President Harry S. Truman signed the congressional acts that created the Atomic Energy Commission and the Fulbright Scholarship program.

1957 - The United States and Canada announced they had agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).

1966 - Charles Joseph Whitman, age 25, went on an armed rampage at the University of Texas in Austin that killed 14 people, most of whom were shot by Whitman while he was perched in the clock tower of the main campus building.

1975 - A 35-nation summit in Helsinki, Finland concluded with the signing of a declaration known as the Helsinki Accords dealing with European security, human rights and East-West contacts.

1981 - MTV made its debut at 12:01 AM on cable television, with the first music video shown being "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.

1994 - Pop superstar Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley confirmed they had secretly married 11 weeks earlier.

2007 - The eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, collapsed into the Mississippi River during evening hour, killing 13 people.

2011 - The House of Representatives passed, 269-161, emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default.

2013 - Defying the United States, Russia granted Edward Snowden temporary asylum, allowing the National Security Agency leaker to slip out of the Moscow airport where he had been holed up for weeks.

2013 - President Barack Obama faced congressional critics of the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' telephone records as he and Vice President Joe Biden joined lawmakers on both sides of the issue for an Oval Office meeting.

2014 - A medical examiner ruled that a New York City police officer's chokehold caused the death of Eric Garner, whose videotaped arrest and final pleas of "I can't breathe!" had sparked outrage.

2018 - The remains of dozens of presumed casualties of the Korean War were returned to U.S. soil; in an emotional ceremony in Hawaii, military members carried 55 boxes draped with American flags off two military transport planes.

2022 - President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation Biden said delivered justice and hopefully "one more measure of closure" to families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Birthdays
27 - Luke Eisner (actor)
27 - Cymphonique Miller (rapper)
29 - Mary Jon Nelson (actress)
33 - Jack O'Connell (actor)
35 - Max Carver (actor)
37 - Elijah Kelley (actor)
42 - Taylor Fry (actress)
42 - Ashley Parker Angel (singer)
44 - Jason Momoa (actor)
50 - Tempestt Bledsoe (actress)
51 - Charles Malik Whitfield (actor)
53 - Jennifer Gareis (actress)
57 - George Ducas (singer)
59 - Adam Duritz (singer)
60 - John Carroll Lynch (actor)
63 - Chuck D (rapper)
64 - Joe Elliott (singer)
65 - Michael Penn (singer)
73 - Roy Williams (basketball coach)
81 - Giancarlo Giannini (actor)
92 - Ramblin' Jack Elliott (singer)

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Today in Sports History - August 1

1918 - The Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Braves play a record 20-inning scoreless game before the Pirates win 2-0 in the 21st inning.

1933 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants sets a major league record with 45 1/3 scoreless consecutive innings thrown.

1936 - Adolf Hitler presided over the opening of the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin.

1945 - Mel Ott of the New York Giants hit his 500th career home run, joining Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx as the only other players to reach the milestone.

1971 - In winning the Dixie 500 in Atlanta, Richard Petty becomes the first NASCAR driver to win $1 million in career earnings.

1972 - Joe Namath signed a record two-year, $500,000 contract with the New York Jets.

1973 - Struggling ABA franchise Virginia Squires trades star forward Julius Erving to the New York Nets for George Carter and cash.

1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds ended his streak of hitting in 44 consecutive games.

1986 - Bert Blyleven became only the 10th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in his career.

1987 - Mike Tyson defeats Tony Tucker by decision in 12 rounds to become the first heavyweight boxer to hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles simultaneously.

1993 - Reggie Jackson was admitted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1996 - American track star Michael Johnson wins the 200 meter dash at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta in a world record time of 19.32 seconds; he also becomes the first man to win both the 200 meter and 400 meter races at the same Olympic Games.

1996 - Decathlete Dan O'Brien becomes the first American to win the event at an Olympics since Bruce Jenner in 1976.

2002 - In signing star linebacker Ray Lewis to a five-year contract extension, the Baltimore Ravens give him a $19 million signing bonus, then the largest in NFL history.

2005 - It was announced that Raphael Palmeiro would be suspended for 10 days after testing positive for steroid use. Palmeiro stood by his statements to the U.S. Congress on March 17, 2005, that he had never taken steroids.

2018 - Ohio State University placed football coach Urban Meyer on paid leave amid claims that his wife knew about allegations of domestic violence against an assistant coach years before the staff member was fired.

is this poster a problem?

I see alot of folks banging on this person in chat....are they a husker fan?

all I really remember is redmich saying rhule wasen't N...in a thread I started, but so did alot of folks..
and then later that day...rhule N

just wanted to clear this up before the season starts...and we start rhule N the gridiron....