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shorts vs pants in football uniform

I don't think i've ever seen/heard it addressed, but about 10 years ago (give or take) football uniforms pretty much ditched the knee pads and players now just wear shorts with their knees exposed well up onto the lower thighs. What was the purpose of migrating to this as the preferred uniform? Did players decide that their knees weren't taking a beating and no padding was needed? Were the pants previously worn for 100 years that ended just below the knees deemed too restrictive sort of like the older and larger shoulder pads? Curious. All input welcome.

Basketball Despite cold shooting night, Nebraska downs Ohio State to defend home court (Juwan Gary OUT for season)

“We liked it. Coach was showing his emotions, and I feel like that helped us,” Denim Dawson said of Fred Hoiberg's technical foul in Wednesday night's Husker win over Ohio State. “We huddled up and were like, ‘Alright, the game isn’t going how we want. Calls are getting missed.’ We were just like, ‘We’re going to win this no matter what,’ and that’s what Sam Griesel said.”

Nebraska beats Ohio State at home. Here's the recap, along with a bad-news update on Juwan Gary, who will miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury:

EJ Barthel appears to be a sly recruiter

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Looks like the coaches are carrying these around and giving them out/ putting them up.

They recruit hard and I am expecting to see a highly ranked class in 24. 2023 is probably top 25 easy with all the new additions.

The last one is from Bussin with the Boys, should be a cool interview with the coaches.

Basketball WBB FINAL: Nebraska 71, Purdue 64

In just a few minutes we got Nebraska (11-7, 3-4) taking on Purdue (12-5, 3-4) in West Lafayette. Both teams are tied for 7th in the conference and are near even in NET Rankings with the Boilermakers at No. 47 with the Huskers at No. 42. Purdue has won 3 of the last 4 vs. NU.

NU coming off a 76-67 home loss to No. 3 Ohio State while Purdue snapped a two-game losing streak by beating Northwestern 65-54 on Saturday.

You can follow along here and watch the stream if you have a subscription to BTN+.
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Raiola Redux

"Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield gushed Friday about the 40-year-old assistant who is the lone holdover from the previous staff. Raiola’s coaching method stood out. So did his commitment to player development and to Nebraska.

“I met with him with every intention of not liking him,” Satterfield said. “Because you’re a new guy, you got it in your brain like, ‘Hey I want to bring this guy, this guy, this guy.’ I spent about 30-35 minutes with him and just fell in love with him.”

Rhule later asked Satterfield if the coordinator wanted to continue with Raiola. Absolutely, Satterfield responded, then took it a step further — let’s not drag on feet on keeping him around and wrap up this process quickly.

“This is my guy; I want this guy,” Satterfield said. “Excited to have him and he’s going to help us do some really good things.”"

Props to coach Satterfield about being so open about his initial mindset. While there's a whole pile of new coaches, it seems Raiola will probably be one of the top guys Husker fans follow to see how this develops.

Coach also mentioned we won't be "majoring" in the QB run game, but need to have it occasionally to make defenses defend it.

Recruiting FutureCast prediction for three-star Charlotte target (Updated WED at 11:38 a.m.)

Former NC State commit Kyron Jones took an official visit to Nebraska over the weekend and decommitted from the Wolf Pack on Monday. Despite that OV to Lincoln, though, momentum was – and still is – trending Georgia's way for the 2023 three-star out of Charlotte.

@Greg Smith and I have placed a FutureCast prediction for Jones to land with the Bulldogs. Jones is listed as an ATH in his recruiting profile and has been recruited as a RB by Nebraska. But I believe he is being recruited by Georgia as a defensive back prospect. And, I mean, if the best defense in college football over the last two years wants you in the class? I would analyze that as not the worst decision in the world to take them up on that offer.

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Football Zavier Betts ends stint in transfer portal, appears on Nebraska's roster

It appears a familiar face is officially rejoining Nebraska’s football program.

Not a surprise, but after weeks of speculation about his status, Zavier Betts appeared on Nebraska football's online roster Tuesday night. He was also shown participating in team workouts in a video that was posted by the program's social media account on Tuesday.

Betts, as well as Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda, provide much-needed talent and depth in Nebraska's WR room. Here's more:

Edit: Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda is on the roster as well. Not sure why I didn't add him in the original post and say "two familiar faces are officially rejoining blah blah blah." But he's mentioned in the story, too.

Dodged a Bullet.....


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Recruiting Follow the Trail: Tracking Nebraska recruiting activity (1/17) [UPDATE: Official visit added]

There is lots of news, offers and activity to track right now with Nebraska recruiting. Why not have a daily article to keep things organized? I'll come back and update as we learn more. Hit the link...


Late night UPDATE

Nebraska's latest offer Jeremiah Charles just told me that he will be taking an official visit to Nebraska this weekend. The Huskers offered him as a wide receiver.

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