Fairly straight forward.

PS; feel free to provide pics.

Watching Boston/ Miami summer league. Sam G has played some good D

Records just for reference, this is not about who will have a better record, but who will undoubtedly have a better team.

For example, I believe NW will have a better record, but I can not say they undoubtedly will have a better team.

Just an interesting exercise when looking at our schedule.


Personally I can only vote for CU and Wisconsin with a fairly high level of confidence.

Was close to choosing Iowa, but I’m not convinced their improvement on offense will supersede the step back they take on the defensive side of the ball that they will absolutely have at least from talent/personnel standpoint.

I would love to see us pick up an interior defensive lineman in this class. Is there anyone out there that we have a reasonable shot at ?

Rhule was the guy I wanted - quote me on this if he fails. I wanted him ever-so-slightly over Luke Fickell. Because he'd done something crazy special at Baylor.

Now, he seems to be "in process" of doing the same thing here. Of course, not a game has been played yet. There's a LOT of positive energy flowing now.

Recruiting is at an all-time high from June...we're getting cohesiveness. National media has been noting us once again. Other Big 10 coaches are openly worried.

But, is it real...?

SO...WHAT SAY YOU, HUSKER FAITHFUL?

1) Will Rhule do the job and bring us back to relevance - maybe an expanded playoff appearance at some point? (YES / NO)

2) What do you EXPECT our record to be in 2023?

3) What do you EXPECT our record to be in 2024? 2025?

4) If successful, does Rhule retire here or go somewhere else (college of NFL)?

Here are my answers:

1. YES

2. 6-6

3. 8-4 & 9-3

4. YES RETIRE AS HUSKER COACH

Brother's bachelor party.

The group has some above average to good golfers including myself.
But there would be a few that are beginners who haven't played a whole lot.

We are open to fun, challenging courses.

Throw me some recs please. TIA

Iowa State - 125 seasons (1895-2022)

- record -- (539- 664- 45) - 44.8% - win %
- never won 10 games in a season
- never won 9 regular season games
- 5 bowl game wins (5-12) - 2000 1st bowl win.
- 2 conference championships 1911, 1912. MVC
- 0 National Championships

What an unbelievable track. Got done and felt like I'd been beat up.

Is not happening. Saw some chatter about him taking an official visit during the season and its bad information. He's actually planning to announce his college choice on Aug. 25 (likely LSU). Hate to be the bearer of bad news.

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Need some restaurant recommendations.

Staying at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach near Dana Point the 1st week of August.

Lookinng to go to dinner with 8-10 people. Any ideas on a place to eat? it can be anything from unique to trendy to fine to whatever.

TIA.

@Foremanjay5655 and I had fun with this one. Lacy is probably my favorite recruit so far of this 2024 class. Check it out:

What comes after football is over?

That's what the Huskers' director of football player development, Gus Felder, is helping Nebraska's players figure out.

"Let’s be realistic — football should be your plan B. Life is your plan A.”

Not Husker related, but thought I'd share anyway:

Interesting development out of Stromsburg as Cross County TE Tanner Hollinger will take an OV to Illinois this weekend.

Hollinger is a 6-foot-6, 230-pounder who's used primarily as a blocker for the eight-man Cougars in their run-heavy offense, but he's an athletic kid who can be an effective pass catcher, too. He's been dealing with a hamstring injury this month which has kept him out of the camp scene, but he owns MAC offers from Northern Illinois, Miami (OH) and a couple from the FCS in South Dakota State and South Dakota.

He attended the Husker camp this past weekend to hang out and meet with coaches more. He was scheduled to visit Kansas State for a camp this weekend, but the Wildcats canceled on him. Illinois called and wanted him to take an OV, so Tanner and his family are headed out to Champaign.


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What are we thinking 2-3?

DB: Sanders/Benning

OT: Brix/Taumua/Mafi/Tonga

DE/OLB: Smith/Tutaga/Johnson/Ross

July 7

1456 - Twenty-five years after her execution, Pope Calixtus III annulled the heresy charges brought against Joan of Arc.

1797 - William Blount of Tennessee became the first U.S. Senator to be impeached.

1846 - Commodore John D. Sloat occupied Monterey and declared California annexed to the United States.

1865 - Four people were hanged in Washington, D.C. for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln: Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt, who was the first woman ever executed by the federal government.

1898 - The United States annexed Hawaii.

1930 - Construction began on the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam.

1946 - Future U.S. President Jimmy Carter, age 21, married Rosalynn Smith, age 18, in Plains, Georgia.

1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, who directed the establishment of hospitals, orphanages, nurseries and schools in the U.S. and Latin America, became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized.

1948 - Six female U.S. Navy reservists became the first women to be sworn into the regular U.S. Navy.

1954 - An Elvis Presley recording was played on the radio for the first time.

1976 - The United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980.

1981 - President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor to be the first female to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

1990 - The first "Three Tenors" concert took place as opera stars Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras performed amid the brick ruins of Rome's Baths of Caracalla on the eve of soccer's World Cup tournament.

2005 - Fifty-two people were killed and hundreds injured in London when terrorists bombed subways and a bus.

2010 - Los Angeles police charged Lonnie Franklin Jr. in the city's "Grim Sleeper" serial killings. (Franklin, who was sentenced to death for the killings of nine women and a teenage girl, died in prison in March 2020 at the age of 67.)

2016 - Micah Johnson, a Black Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, opened fire on Dallas police, killing five officers in an act of vengeance for the fatal police shootings of Black men; the attack ended with Johnson being killed by a bomb delivered by a police robot.

2018 - After two days of talks in North Korea's capital, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he had commitments for new discussions on denuclearization, but North Korea said Pompeo's visit had been "regrettable" and that the United States was making "gangster-like" demands.

2022 - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation after droves of top government officials quit over the latest scandal to engulf him, marking an end to three tumultuous years in which he tried to bluster his way through one ethical lapse after another.

2022 - A federal judge sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights, telling the former Minneapolis police officer that what he did was "simply wrong" and "offensive."

Birthdays
28 - Maddie Tae (singer)
28 - Alyssa Lynch (actress)
30 - Ally Brooke (singer)
30 - Ally Hernandez (singer)
33 - Luke Null (actor/comedian)
39 - Ross Malinger (actor)
41 - Gabbie Nolen (singer)
41 - Cassidy (rapper)
43 - Michelle Kwan (figure skater)
47 - Berenice Bejo (actress)
50 - Troy Garity (actor)
51 - Kirsten Vangsness (actress)
54 - Cree Summer (actress)
55 - Jorja Fox (actress)
55 - Amy Carlson (actress)
57 - Jim Gaffigan (actor/comedian)
60 - Vonda Shepard (singer)
64 - Billy Campbell (actor)
74 - Shelley Duvall (actress)
76 - Linda Williams (singer)
77 - Joe Spano (actor)
83 - Ringo Starr (musician)
96 - Doc Severinsen (musician/conductor)

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Today in Sports History - July 7

1912 - American athlete Jim Thorpe wins four of five events to take the Olympic gold medal in the pentathlon at the Stockholm Summer Olympics. (The medal was stripped in 1913 for having played professional baseball but was reinstated posthumously in 1982.)

1953 - The Brooklyn Dodgers set a major league record when they got a home run in their 24th consecutive game.

1971 - MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces that Negro League players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame will be given full membership in the museum.

1974 - West Germany defeats the Netherlands 2-1 to win the World Cup.

1978 - NBA owners approves franchise swap; Buffalo Braves owner John Y. Brown and Harry Mangurian acquire Boston Celtics, while the Celtics owner Irv Levin gets Braves, later moved to San Diego to become the Clippers.

1985 - Boris Becker became the youngest, the first unseeded and the first German player to win the Wimbledon men's finals.

1990 - Martina Navratilova won a record ninth Wimbledon women's singles title.

2006 - Cleveland Indians first baseman Travis Hafner becomes first player in MLB history to hit 5 grand slams before the All-Star break when he homers off Baltimore's Kris Benson.

2007 - Sprint-Nextel and NASCAR announce the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series to be renamed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2008.

2013 - Andy Murray became the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon title, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the final.

2019 - The United States wins a record fourth women's World Cup title, defeating Netherlands 2-0 in the final.

2021 - The Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Montreal Canadiens in five games to win a second consecutive Stanley Cup.

Lavonte David is 52 solo tackles away from breaking 1000 and is currently 3rd all time trailing only London Fletcher and Karlos Dansby.

His 1346 combined tackles is 4th most in NFL history trailing only the above and Bobby Wagner.

His 27 Forced Fumbles ranks 4th most among linebackers in NFL history and is currently 3rd most amongt active players.

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Minny almost never sells out their stadium, like maybe 8 times in 10 years for big games. Stadium holds over 50K and their average attendance is 46K. However, Nebraska fans wanting to start the Rhule era and irrationally drunk on Rhule-Aid may want to pack the place. UNL didn't get many tix from Minny and I wasn't a big enough donor to get two, I heard you had to be a fairly substantial donor to score tix from UNL.

Right now seats on SeatGeek and Vivid Seats are ridiculous with the shipping and handling making even seats on the 20 around $500/pair. My question is do you think I should bite the bullet now and drop $500, or do you think when all the Nebraska people going buy their tickets there will be a glut of Gopher fans wanting to sell and prices will tank? Or should I risk buying at tailgates/stadium day of?

A new edition of Husker Hurry Up to send you into the weekend. Hit the link.

…. Today is the 160th anniversary of ANOTHER huge moment in the Civil War…. The end of the battle ( siege) of Vicksburg… a 47 day encounter that ended with a Union victory that gave it control of the Mississippi River…. Now what WAS that Union general’s name????

Oh, yeah…. US Grant….

Please feel free to explain why you chose the burger you choose between the two.

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Former Iowa offensive lineman Ezra Miller has announced his intentions to walk-on to Nebraska today.

The Holstein, Iowa native medically retired from football and announced he was entering the transfer portal back in late May. From what we know, Miller's back is healthy and should not limit him in any sort of way.

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More from Miller in May why he left Iowa:

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QB Luke Longval is another June camp find who is getting an opportunity with the Huskers as a preferred walk-on. Here's more: