...to the Knicks, for the rest of this year. and next.

Could be a good opportunity for him.

I can smell smoke inside around 72nd and L. Apparently a large fire in Sarpy county?? 🔥

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Really good listen.

Rough afternoon for the Huskers. Hit the link.

Nebraska offensive line target Andrew Sprague announced he will be his college choice public on Friday.

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The lineman was part of Nebraska big Junior Day weekend but I don’t like the Huskers’ chances here. Looking like a Michigan vs Mizzou battle and I like the Wolverines.

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Update (and I apologize for the supreme lateness on another announcement)

Congrats to our bracket contest winner and our second- and third-place finishers!

@Blackshirt56 won first place with 98 points after knowing that UConn was going to win the whole damn thing and then predicting exactly that to happen! What a magical run...

Our second- and third-placers are a couple grinders who battled their way through one of the most absurd March Madness tournaments in the year of our Lord. Their names are Josh and Dale, but I don't have their username info. So like Professor Lambeau said in Good Will Hunting: Come forward silent rogue and receive thy prize.

As for how I did in the bracket pool, I'm taking a tee ball approach this year: We were all just here to have a good time and the score was fun-to-fun...





We are handing out subscription prizes to the top-three finishers, but there must be a minimum of 25 participants who are not Inside Nebraska staff members for the contest to be prize-eligible. Staff members are, of course, not eligible to win a subscription prize.

1st place = free or comped six-month subscription
2nd place = free or comped three-month subscription
3rd place = free or comped one-month subscription

Good to go on the road and win the 1st game of the series vs michigan.
Now let's get the sweep.

Update (and I apologize for the supreme lateness on another announcement)

Congrats to our bracket contest winner and our second- and third-place finishers!

@Blackshirt56 won first place with 98 points after knowing that UConn was going to win the whole damn thing and then predicting exactly that to happen! What a magical run...

Our second- and third-placers are a couple grinders who battled their way through one of the most absurd March Madness tournaments in the year of our Lord. Their names are Josh and Dale, but I don't have their username info. So like Professor Lambeau said in Good Will Hunting: Come forward silent rogue and receive thy prize.

As for how I did in the bracket pool, I'm taking a tee ball approach this year: We were all just here to have a good time and the score was fun-to-fun...





We are handing out subscription prizes to the top-three finishers, but there must be a minimum of 25 participants who are not Inside Nebraska staff members for the contest to be prize-eligible. Staff members are, of course, not eligible to win a subscription prize.

1st place = free or comped six-month subscription
2nd place = free or comped three-month subscription
3rd place = free or comped one-month subscription

How old are you, and which version of the Block N logo do you prefer?

The N with the script:


The N without the script:


The third option:

GBR!

My wife and I are coming back this weekend for my nephew’s 10th birthday party, and for some reason we’ve reaallllly been craving a bison burger? Haha.

We can get them in Las Vegas, obviously, but the schedule does not allow for us to get one tonight.

The only places I know that have them are Piedmont (not have I ever been), Buzzard Billy’s and Granite City……

Haven’t had the Piedmont one, but I’ve had BB’s and they make their Pattie’s waaaay to thin. Then GC has just never impressed me even though others seem to like it?

Anyway…..let me know if there’s a hidden gem orrrrr I’m heading out to Pioneers park to kill one and make them at my parents’ house.

A lot to unpack from a pretty loaded and insightful Matt Rhule presser.

– Latest evals as the QBs went live again on Thursday
– He believes Bryce Benhart is "an NFL player"
– He reveals "the key for how this season will go"
– Calls Jimari Butler "one of our best pass rushers" and alludes to Elijah Jeudy repping with the ones
– Speaking of the ones, he said the first-team offensive units are repping live against the first-team defensive units "every day"
– Some early enrollees are taking first- and second-string reps, making the most of their opportunities with the Huskers having thin numbers at OL and DL

I recall other threads on this topic but cannot be fussed to dig into the “stacks” of the Insider’s Board’s history, what is the fellow insiders view on the show? My vague recollection is that it series was cheesy and not very good. There just isn’t much I’m interested in and was hoping the series might be worth a go. What say you?

"I literally had to say to the guys, ‘Hey guys, do me a favor,’" Rhule recalled during a news conference on National Signing Day, "‘When you guys walk up and say hello, for like the first couple weeks, just introduce yourself again. I’m meeting 120 new players. There’s one of me, there’s 120 of you.’"

Rhule might have reinstated that grace period over the last few weeks as seven early enrollees from high school and 11 transfers arrived in Lincoln for the spring semester. That’s the kind of churn expected during a hard restart of a program that won 23 games in the last six seasons combined. It’s going to take patience, and it’s going to take a while.
A good way to contextualize the breadth of Nebraska’s roster turnover is to examine Rhule’s first recruiting class, a group that ranked 30th in the country and fifth in the Big Ten behind Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan and Michigan State, according to 247Sports.

Rhule brought in a staggering 39 players in the 2023 cycle, with another wave of transfer portal activity still to come later this spring. The Cornhuskers signed 28 high school prospects, which was their largest group since 2010, and added 11 more players through the transfer portal, all of whom came from high-major programs. It’s worth noting that Nebraska’s reliance on the transfer portal reflects Rhule’s desire to flip the roster as quickly as possible rather than a long-term recruiting strategy.
The highest-rated transfers include:

— Former Georgia tight end Arik Gilbert, who is No. 73 in the current transfer portal rankings and was a five-star prospect in 2020. Gilbert was rated the No. 1 tight end in the country for his recruiting class.

— Former Georgia Tech quarterback Jeff Sims, who is No. 117 in the transfer portal rankings and was a four-star prospect in 2020. Sims was rated the No. 10 dual-threat quarterback in the country for his recruiting class.

— Former Florida defensive back Corey Collier, who is No. 184 in the transfer portal rankings and was a four-star prospect in 2021. Collier was the No. 6 safety in the country and the No. 17 prospect in the talent-rich state of Florida for his recruiting class.

— Former Virginia wide receiver Billy Kemp IV, who is No. 228 in the transfer portal rankings and was a three-star prospect in 2018. Kemp ranks fourth in school history at Virginia with 192 receptions and ranks 10th in career receiving yards with 1,774 across five seasons.

On the track, Coleman finished second in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the 2022 Class A Nebraska Track and Field Championships with times of 10.58 seconds and 21.34 seconds, respectively. He finished third at the state meet in the triple jump as a junior and fourth as a sophomore.

"The speed is there," Rhule said.

And Coleman wasn’t alone. Consider some of the other prospects Rhule signed in the last few months:

— ATH Brice Turner from Bay City, Texas: 665 total yards and eight TDs in 2022; won both the 100-meter title (10.25 seconds) and the 200-meter title (21.04 seconds) at the Texas UIL 4A State Championships

— WR Jalen Lloyd from Omaha, Nebraska: 44 catches for 784 yards and five TDs in 2022; Class A state champion in the 100-meter dash (10.54 seconds), long jump and triple jump last spring

— DB D’Andre Barnes from Aurora, Colorado: 37 catches for 785 yards and nine TDs in 2022; 5A state champion in the 200-meter dash (21.69 seconds) as a sophomore and finished third in the 100-meter dash (10.91 seconds)

— WR Jaidyn Doss from Peculiar, Missouri: 47 catches for 794 yards and nine TDs in 2022; ran 11.36 seconds in the 100-meter dash as a junior and long jumped more than 21 feet

"I had a lot of success over the years bringing in guys who were fast and (then) finding the right position," Rhule said. "For us to increase our team speed — and I’m not saying the previous team was slow — but just to bring in that level of speed to me is really important."

Michael Cohen covers college football and basketball for FOX Sports with an emphasis on the Big Ten. Follow him on Twitter @Michael_Cohen13.

Big afternoon for the Huskers. Hit the link.

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• Friday at 3:31 PM March 31st. Zach Carpenter

"There's more to add, and I plan to go more in-depth with some of this for a written story over the weekend. For now, I wanted to make you guys aware of this update:"

* Referencing DR..

This is wild, I am listening to a stream live as it came across my feed.

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Nebraska (16-9-1, 2-1) gets back into B1G play this weekend as they're in Ann Arbor for a three-game series against Michigan (16-12, 5-1) who's tied for first in the Big Ten early on in league play. The Huskers look to keep their momentum after a hard-fought 6-1 win over Kansas State earlier this week. It'll be a tough series for Nebraska, especially in today's series opener as they take on one of the best pitchers in the conference in Connor O'Halloran who owns a 2.09 ERA and leads the Big Ten in innings pitched, strikeouts, ERA and tied for first in wins. Nebraska ace Emmett Olson takes the mound for NU with one of the best pitching matchups we've seen this season. Here's what the team had to say in the latest media availability as they prepared for this series:


And here's the series preview:


Today's game can be seen on the Big Ten Network - with the rest of the two games being on BTN+ this weekend.