And this isn’t just based on Spring Game which is largely tough to decipher accurately. Rather simply based on the eyeball test, my instincts and my experience after watching decades of college football. Just speaking the truth on what has made our Defensives great as well as ALL the teams with top defenses. It’s always speed agility athleticism and strength that tend to be better than just pure size. have to have the quicker off the ball players

I am sure I will be called crazy but I wasn’t all that impressed last year with any of the 3 out for spring game - Reimers Henrich or even Ty Robinson.

Reimers too small and slow, Henrich too often hurt and avg when healthy and Robinson simply hasn’t lived up to hype. When i’m doubt, start and elevate the better play making athletes with speed PLEASE should be the rule. I hope that Sherman Borders Princewell even Wynn and Buckley and AJ Rollins who just switched mid way in Spring from TE to DE all get a fair shot at major PT and starting

I normally don't do things like this as I don't recall ever starting a thread about Sparkys. But I'm gonna do this. Sparkys just got first place at the World Hot Sauce festival in Louisiana in the Wing Sauce Mild/Medium division.
I'm stoked.
Thanks to everyone on here who has supported my wife & I in our adventure.

As a portal option?

Nebraska returns more production but we also are coming off 4 wins vs their 9, and have a new coaching staff... Tricky Thursday night game opener @ MN

Video/audio podcast with @Steve Marik is live on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Here is a link to our extensive written coverage of the spring game: SPRING GAME COVERAGE

Rundown of what we talked about on the podcast:

>>> First, the guys give their No. 1 overreaction from the game as Jeff Sims took another step toward winning the starting quarterback job, and the Husker pass rush got home early and often.

>>> Then, they give some more thoughts on the offensive side of the ball as Billy Kemp IV shined and the Husker running back room looks to have a three-man rotation ahead of it. (14:45)

>>> After that, they shift to the defense to talk about Tony White's pressure schemes and Corey Collier Jr. staking his claim as a starting safety. (22:44)

>>> They wrap the show with some final reactions to the fumbles on Saturday, the kicking game and Matt Rhule's response when asked about potentially adding offensive line depth. (27:41)

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GBR!

Below is a roundup of every written story we've published so far from the spring game. Just wanted it all in one place in a thread for anyone who may have missed some of these.

Note that these are in order of newest to oldest.

I took a look at the roster and was surprised how young our OL group really is. I have no doubt coach Rhule will try and take a OL player or two if they become available from the portal even if those O linemen are for depth purposes only. My hope is some of the young O linemen that are just starting out work their way into some games because we're going to need them. Bottom line for our first team O linemen is they need to stay healthy this year, please!

Very glad to be back at Haymarket Park (media setup sucked at Tal Anderson) tonight as Nebraska (22-14-1) takes on South Dakota State (17-17) for its second midweek game. The Huskers look to continue their momentum after slaying the in-state demon last night by coming out with a 6-3 win over Omaha. The young guns stepped up last night for Nebraska as sophomore Drew Christo fired four innings of one-run ball in relief while Dylan Carey came back into the lineup to collect four RBI on the night including a three-run home run. Here's that recap from Tal Anderson Field:


South Dakota State comes in with a 10-game winning streak that matches the program's longest since joining Division I back in 2005. If they win tonight, it would become the school record in the D1 era. The Jackrabbits had a 17-game winning streak back in 1977. SDSU has outscored its opponents 111-45 while hitting 30 home runs during the winning streak. Nebraska holds a very commanding 18-2 advantage in the series history with the Huskers winning the last 13 with the last matchup being a 12-3 win for Nebraska in 2012. SDSU hasn't beaten the Huskers since 1971.

Tonight it'll be LHP Jackson Brockett (2-0, 2.43 ERA) vs. RHP Will Kent (1-0, 6.30 ERA) in tonight's pitching duel. Be ready to see a lot of guys who haven't pitched in a while for Nebraska coming out of the bullpen.

Well if you aren't a regular watcher of this excellent show, you won't really get it...

But tonight's episode had quite of bit of Husker mentions and talk during the episode...Martinez, Pelini, Osborne, quite the discussions. They did talk about a move to the Big Ten, losing to Texas, Oklahoma State the next week, so the time sequence seems to be around mid-season 2010.

Nothing like some relevant information coming up in your favorite TV show!

April 27

1521 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in a fight with natives of the Philippines.

1805 - U.S. Marines captured Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.

1810 - Ludwig van Beethoven wrote one of his most famous piano compositions, the Bagatelle in A-minor.

1813 - The Battle of York took place in Upper Canada during the War of 1812 as a U.S. force defeated the British in present-day Toronto before retreating.

1865 - The worst steamship disaster in the history of the United States occurred when there was an explosion aboard the Sultana; more than 1,400 were killed.

1941- German forces occupied Athens, Greece during World War II.

1961 - Sierra Leone gained independence from Great Britain.

1973 - Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray resigned after it was revealed he had destroyed files removed from the safe of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt.

1978 - Fifty-one construction workers plunged to their deaths when a scaffold inside a cooling tower at the Pleasants Power Station site in West Virginia fell 168 feet to the ground.

1987 - Austrian President Kurt Waldheim was barred from entering the United States as he was accused of aiding the Nazi effort in executing thousands of Jews in World War II.

1992 - Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics won entry into the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

1993 - Eritrea declared its independence.

1994 - President Richard Nixon was remembered at an outdoor funeral service attended by all five of his successors (presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton) at the Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California.

2010 - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was extradited from the United States to France, where he was later convicted of laundering drug money and received a seven-year prison sentence.

2011 - Powerful and deadly tornadoes ranked the South and Midwest; more than 60 twisters crossed parts of Alabama, leaving about 250 people dead and thousands of others injured.

2013 - North Korea announced that Kenneth Bae, an American missionary detained for nearly six months, was being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government (Bae was later sentenced to 15 years of hard labor; he was released in November 2014 along with another American, Matthew Miller).

2015 - Rioters plunged parts of Baltimore into chaos, torching a pharmacy, setting police cars ablaze and throwing bricks at officers hours after thousands attended a funeral for Freddie Gray, a Black man who died from a severe spinal injury he'd suffered while in police custody; the Baltimore Orioles home game against the Chicago White Sox was postponed due to safety concerns.

2018 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made history by crossing over to South Korea to meet with President Moon Jae-in; it was the first time a member of the Kim dynasty had set foot on southern soil since the end of the Korean War in 1953.

2018 - The Republican-led House Intelligence Committee released a lengthy report concluding that it found no evidence that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential campaign.

2018 - The members of the Swedish pop supergroup ABBA announced that they had recorded new material for the first time in 35 years, with two new songs.

2022 - The United States and Russia carried out an unexpected prisoner exchange in a time of high tensions over the war in Ukraine, trading a Marine veteran jailed by Moscow for a convicted Russian drug trafficker serving a long prison sentence in America.

Birthdays
30 - Brittney Lee Saunders (reality star)
31 - Allison Iraheta (singer)
34 - Emily Rios (actress)
34 - Martha Hunt (model)
35 - Lizzo (singer)
36 - William Moseley (actor)
37 - Jenna Coleman (actress)
38 - Sheila Vand (actress)
40 - Ari Graynor (actor)
40 - Francis Capra (actor)
47 - Sally Hawkins (actress)
51 - Maura West (actress)
51 - David Lascher (actor)
61 - James Le Gros (actor)
64 - Sheena Easton (singer)
74 - Douglas Sheehan (actor)
75 - Kate Pierson (singer)
75 - Si Robertson (reality star)
91 - Anouk Aimee (actress)

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Today in Sports History - April 27

1938 - A colored baseball was used for the first time in any baseball game. The ball was yellow and was used between Columbia and Fordham Universities in New York City.

1947 - "Babe Ruth Day" was celebrated at Yankee Stadium an throughout Major League Baseball for the ailing star.

1956 - Rocky Marciano retired as the undefeated heavyweight boxing champion of the world.

1961 - The NFL officially recognizes the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

1982 - The New England Patriots select Texas defensive end Kenneth Sims with the first pick in the NFL Draft.

1983 - Pitcher Nolan Ryan surpassed Walter Johnson's career strikeout record of 3,508 that had stood since 1927.

2017 - The Cleveland Browns select Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett with the first pick in the NFL Draft.

No Nebraska but I'm bringing this here because I have a FutureCast in for him to pick Nebraska. I'll tell that story post signing day but obviously this isn't happening for Nebraska. It'll be Texas or Bama for the talented Texan.

Inside Nebraska has confirmed that WR Shawn Hardy II has entered the transfer portal. He joins Stephon Wynn Jr. as the team's second portal entry of the day and fifth overall of the spring transfer window thus far.

Inside Nebraska has confirmed that DL Stephon Wynn Jr. has entered the transfer portal. Huskers now have 14 scholarship defensive linemen and are at 94 total scholarship players.

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There you go!

hilarious. I like it.

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Wisconsin is running a fast paced no huddle offense in their spring game. With lots of boundary throws. I've read this story before and it did not end well.

April 26
Kent State 10, Ohio State 5
Miami (OH) 8, Purdue 4
Maryland 16, Georgetown 3
Minnesota 9, St. Thomas 4
South Dakota State 8, Nebraska 3

STANDINGS
1. Indiana (31-11, 9-3)
2. Maryland (27-15, 8-4)
3. Michigan (21-18, 9-6)
4. Nebraska (22-15-1, 7-5)
4. Iowa (30-10, 7-5)
4. Michigan State (25-13, 7-5)
4. Rutgers (25-16, 7-5)
8. Purdue (19-21, 8-7)
9. Illinois (18-19, 7-8)
10. Penn State (23-14, 5-7)
11. Minnesota (11-28, 4-8)
12. Northwestern (7-28, 3-9)
13. Ohio State (20-21, 3-12)

Games for Friday, April 28
Oklahoma State at Michigan
Iowa at Penn State
Rutgers at Purdue
Illinois at Ohio State
Maryland at Indiana
Northwestern at Michigan State
Minnesota at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN)

The in-state three-star made his third visit this spring to Nebraska's campus on Saturday for the Red-White Spring Game.

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I exchanged a few messages with him today about his trip. He said the visit was good and he really enjoyed the spring game. He said it felt like a game in the fall with how into the game the fans were. Since he's been to Lincoln multiple times just this spring, I asked him if his interest in the Huskers has grown.

"My interest in Nebraska has gone up since the spring after meeting with coaches and developing a relationship with them," Pyfrom said.

It's no secret that Iowa was out in front on this recruitment prior to Rhule taking over the program. Now Nebraska is squarely back in the mix and Pyfrom says that he was definitely take an official to Lincoln.

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@Alum-Ni welcome back!

Toledo's RayJ Dennis entered the portal today. He is the MAC POY. Originally from Boise State, he has 1 year of eligibility remaining. He averaged 19.5/4.3/5.8 last season. Would definitely help if he's the right fit. He's also testing the NBA draft waters like Keisei is doing.

ESPN.com article

Rough night at Haymarket. Hit the link.

Anyone else hearing he's N?

Casey Thompson is throwing again. Late last night on his Instagram account, he posted about 30 clips of him throwing at the Hawks. Shoulder looks good.

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