End of an era

Nebraska gets blown out on the road at Penn State, 89-72.

Three quick thoughts before I start the game recap:


Added the game recap with quotes from Fred Hoiberg:

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Would you take Jeremiah smith or Darrell Jackson (DT Clemson - top DT for 2026 draft)? This is for 2025 Huskers.

Like your thoughts.

Seems like they should be able to win 5 games? Huskers are 7.5 on Fandual. I always put money on the under hoping to lose. Unfortunately I’ve been disappointed the last few years but at least have some money for my pain

I approve.

#9 Arkansas 10, Rutgers 0
#21 Missouri 1, Rutgers 0
#23 Oregon 5, California 4
#23 Oregon 1, #6 Tennessee 0 (8 inn)
Texas-San Antonio 7, Michigan State 4
Akron 2, Michigan State 1
#15 Nebraska 4, Baylor 1
#7 UCLA 9, #15 Nebraska 1
#7 UCLA 4, #21 Missouri 1
BYU 3, Washington 1
Washington 10, UC-Riverside 0

Standings
Oregon (12-1)
UCLA (11-1)
Indiana (8-1)
Nebraska (9-3)
Iowa (6-3)
Wisconsin (6-4)
Ohio State (5-3-1)
Michigan (5-4)
Purdue (6-5)
Northwestern (5-5)
Washington (5-6)
Illinois (4-5)
Rutgers (5-7)
Maryland (4-6)
Michigan State (3-7)
Penn State (3-7)
Minnesota (2-7)

Next Nebraska Game - Friday, February 21
#15 Nebraska vs. #13 Duke (at Cathedral City, CA) (3:00 PM)

February 20
#20 Maryland 88, USC 71
Northwestern 70, Ohio State 49

Standings
1. Michigan (20-5, 12-2)
2. Michigan State (21-5, 12-3)
3. Wisconsin (21-5, 11-4)
4. Maryland (21-6, 11-5)
4. Purdue (19-8, 11-5)
6. UCLA (19-8, 10-6)
7. Illinois (17-10, 9-8)
8. Oregon (19-8, 8-8)
9. Nebraska (17-10, 7-9)
9. Ohio State (15-12, 7-9)
11. Indiana (15-11, 6-9)
11. Minnesota (14-12, 6-9)
11. USC (14-12, 6-9)
14. Rutgers (13-14, 6-10)
15. Iowa (14-12, 5-10)
16. Northwestern (14-13, 5-11)
17. Washington (13-13, 4-11)
18. Penn State (14-13, 4-12)

Games for Friday, February 21
#14 Michigan State at #12 Michigan (7:00 PM - FOX)

Next Nebraska Game - Monday, February 24
#12 Michigan at Nebraska (7:00 PM - FS1)

February 20
#3 UCLA 70, #25 Illinois 55
Indiana 71, #8 Ohio State 61
#21 Maryland 85, Northwestern 79
Washington 83, Rutgers 65

Standings
1. USC (24-2, 14-1)
2. UCLA (25-1, 13-1)
3. Ohio State (22-4, 11-4)
4. Illinois (21-6, 11-5)
4. Maryland (21-6, 11-5)
6. Indiana (17-9, 9-6)
6. Michigan (18-8, 9-6)
6. Michigan State (19-7, 9-6)
9. Nebraska (18-9, 9-7)
9. Oregon (18-9, 9-7)
11. Iowa (18-8, 8-7)
12. Minnesota (20-8, 8-8)
13. Washington (15-12, 6-9)
14. Wisconsin (12-14, 3-12)
15. Northwestern (9-16, 2-12)
16. Purdue (9-17, 2-13)
17. Rutgers (10-17, 2-14)
18. Penn State (10-16, 1-14)

Games for Saturday, February 22
Penn State at Michigan (11:00 AM - BTN)

Next Nebraska Game - Sunday, February 23
Washington at Nebraska (2:00 PM - BTN+)

No nights off in Big 10. Ohio St was 28 in NET rankings going into game.

The bottom feeder teams are much more motivated to make B1G tourney it seems.

Ultimate warrior. Both Cam Jurgens and Landon Dickerson played through major pain as the season wore on. They had to tag-team positions during the NFC championship game, and then both slogged through the SB together. Philly tough!

Nebraska will try to continue their winning ways on the road as they have won 3 in row.
Nittneys are dead last in conference play at 3-12 and 13-13 over all.

Have mixed feelings about this and could see a slip up, hoping to continue the good fortune before next weeks big game against Meechigan.

Could be why we didn't hear anything about his new contract when we heard about Raiola's

Using hindsight as your method of thinking. Of course we all want NU to get into the NCAA tourney but...would you rather

A) Miss the NCAA but win the NIT

or

B) Be another 10-11 seed and lose yet another 1st round game in the NCAA

It seems a little premature to extend his contract, but it's only a one-year extension from 2031 to 2032.
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Looks like the home game against the Gophers on Saturday, March 1, will be a red-white stripe-out in the crowd.

Next Season out now. Should be good.

While he's not a player or coach, Jordan Litten, who many know by his nickname J-Litt, is guy who made the Chasing 3 documentary and other videos for Nebraska football/athletics. Turns out he'll do his thing at UCF now as Director of Football Creative and Athlete Branding.

Some familiar names on Scott Frost's staff at UCF. Here's a list of coaches/staffers with Frost at Nebraska who will be with him again at UCF:
>> Steve Cooper (Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends)
>> Sean Beckton Sr. (Associate Head Coach/Wide Receivers)
>> Sean Beckton Jr. (Assistant Director of Sports Performance, Football)
>> Mike Dawson (Defensive Run Game Coordinator/Edge Coach)
>> Travis Fisher (Senior Defensive Analyst)
>> Zach Duval (Director of Sports Performance, Football)
>> Andrew Strop (Associate Director, Sports Performance, Football)
>> Andrew Sims (Chief of Staff)
>> Ryan Callaghan (Senior Director, Football Operations & Recruiting)

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February 19
#4 USC 83, #22 Michigan State 75
Minnesota 74, Purdue 61
Nebraska 94, Oregon 90 (OT)

Standings
1. USC (24-2, 14-1)
2. UCLA (24-1, 12-1)
3. Ohio State (22-3, 11-3)
4. Illinois (21-5, 11-4)
5. Maryland (20-6, 10-5)
6. Michigan (18-8, 9-6)
6. Michigan State (19-7, 9-6)
8. Nebraska (18-9, 9-7)
8. Oregon (18-9, 9-7)
10. Indiana (16-9, 8-6)
11. Iowa (18-8, 8-7)
12. Minnesota (20-8, 8-8)
13. Washington (14-12, 5-9)
14. Wisconsin (12-14, 3-12)
15. Northwestern (9-15, 2-11)
16. Purdue (9-17, 2-13)
16. Rutgers (10-16, 2-13)
18. Penn State (10-16, 1-14)

Games for Thursday, February 20
#8 Ohio State at Indiana (6:00 PM - Peacock)
#21 Maryland at Northwestern (6:30 PM - BTN)
Rutgers at Washington (8:00 PM - BTN+)
#25 Illinois at #3 UCLA (8:30 PM - BTN)

Next Nebraska Game - Sunday, February 23
Washington at Nebraska (2:00 PM - BTN+)

February 19
USC 7, Cal State-Bakersfield 0

Standings
USC (5-0)
Michigan (4-0)
Michigan State (4-0)
Purdue (4-0)
UCLA (4-0)
Oregon (3-1)
Illinois (2-1)
Maryland (2-1)
Northwestern (2-1)
Penn State (2-1)
Rutgers (2-1)
Nebraska (2-2)
Washington (2-2)
Iowa (1-2)
Minnesota (1-2)
Ohio State (0-3)
Indiana (0-4)

Games for Friday, February 21
Illinois at Texas State
Indiana vs. Northwestern (at Cary, NC)
Iowa vs. Notre Dame (at DeLand, FL)
Maryland at Western Carolina
Michigan vs. #22 TCU (at Arlington, TX)
Michigan State vs. Washington State (at Corpus Christi, TX)
Minnesota vs. Oklahoma (at Round Rock, TX)
#23 Nebraska at Louisiana-Lafayette (6:00 PM - ESPN+)
Ohio State vs. #12 North Carolina State (at Jacksonville, FL)
Rhode Island at #11 Oregon
Penn State at Longwood
Purdue vs. Niagara (at Holly Springs, NC)
Rutgers at Grand Canyon
UCLA at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
USC at RIce
Washington at Stanford

I’m not through the whole conversation yet - but interesting discussion around college football in general.

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February 19
Penn State 89, Nebraska 72
Oregon 80, Iowa 78
Rutgers 89, Washington 85 (OT)

Standings
1. Michigan (20-5, 12-2)
2. Michigan State (21-5, 12-3)
3. Wisconsin (21-5, 11-4)
4. Purdue (19-8, 11-5)
5. Maryland (20-6, 10-5)
6. UCLA (19-8, 10-6)
7. Illinois (17-10, 9-8)
8. Oregon (19-8, 8-8)
9. Ohio State (15-11, 7-8)
10. Nebraska (17-10, 7-9)
11. USC (14-11, 6-8)
12. Indiana (15-11, 6-9)
12. Minnesota (14-12, 6-9)
14. Rutgers (13-14, 6-10)
15. Iowa (14-12, 5-10)
16. Northwestern (13-13, 4-11)
16. Washington (13-13, 4-11)
18. Penn State (14-13, 4-12)

Games for Thursday, February 20
Northwestern at Ohio State (5:30 PM - FS1)
USC at #20 Maryland (7:30 PM - FS1)

Next Nebraska Game - Monday, February 24
#12 Michigan at Nebraska (7:00 PM - FS1)

... can't wait....

I hope they open with the original skit...

" i want to feed your fingertips to the wolverines..."

Starting up the live game thread for today's game at Penn State. Tipoff at the Bryce Jordan Center is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and the game will be shown on BTN with Ed Cohen and Shon Morris on the call.

Outside of Berke Büyüktuncel (ankle), it's a clean availability report for Nebraska, which doesn't list anyone else as out or questionable.

The lone name on Penn State's availability report is Puff Johnson, who this week head coach Mike Rhoades confirmed is out for the season. Johnson hasn't played since injuring his wrist/hand on Jan. 15. Another Penn State player who's out for the season with an injury is former Nebraska guard Eli Rice. Rice played in just one game this season.

Here's some pregame reading while we wait: