Just getting ahead of the posts for when different units don't play up to the standards of some people on this board.

@Front Runner accurately called this happening in real time. How does Colt McCoy have a job again?

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AVCA Division I Top 25 (9/9)
1. Pittsburgh (29) (3-0)
2. Stanford (23) (4-0)
3. Penn State (6) (5-0)
4. Louisville (1) (5-1)
5. Nebraska (2) (5-1)
6. Texas (2-2)
7. Purdue (6-0)
8. Wisconsin (2-3)
9. Creighton (5-0)
10. Kentucky (5-2)
11. Kansas (6-0)
12. Oregon (4-1)
13. Florida (5-1)
14. Arizona State (6-0)
15. Georgia Tech (4-1)
16. Tennessee (2-2)
17. BYU (4-1)
18. Baylor (5-1)
19. Minnesota (1-3)
20. Miami (FL) (5-0)
21. Florida State (4-1)
22. Arkansas (7-0)
23. USC (3-1)
24. Dayton (5-0)
25. TCU (2-2)

Dropped Out
Marquette (#24), UCLA (#25)

Others Receiving Votes
Southern Methodist, Auburn, UCLA, Marquette, Washington, Georgia, South Florida, Western Kentucky

Link: Full Match Notes


WHEN: Tuesday, September 10 | 7:00 PM (CT)

WHERE: Bob Devaney Sports Center | Lincoln, Nebraska

TV: Big Ten Network (Larry Punteney, Emily Ehman)

RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (John Baylor, Lauren (Cook) West

MATCH PREVIEW
The Nebraska volleyball team hosts in-state foe Creighton in a top-10 matchup on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Tuesday's match will be televised on the Big Ten Network and streamed on FoxSportsGo. Larry Punteney and Emily Ehman will call the match. The Huskers Radio Network with John Baylor and Lauren (Cook) West will broadcast all the action on their volleyball affiliate stations, on Huskers.com and on the Huskers app.

ABOUT THE HUSKERS
- Nebraska (5-1) rebounded from its first loss of the season last Tuesday at SMU with sweeps of The Citadel and Montana State on Thursday and Saturday, respectively.

- Nebraska has won 27 home matches in a row dating back to Nov. 26, 2022.

- The Huskers rank 14th nationally and second in the Big Ten with a team hitting percentage of .295.

- NU ranks 17th in the nation in blocks with 2.95 per set.

- Outside hitter Harper Murray is leading the Huskers with 3.11 kills per set.

- Outside hitter Lindsay Krause adds 2.39 kills per set and has served a team-high nine aces.

- Opposite hitter Merritt Beason is averaging 2.45 kills per set for the Big Red.

- Middle blocker Andi Jackson is averaging 2.35 kills with a team-best .554 hitting percentage, which ranks second nationally.

- Middle blocker Rebekah Allick adds 2.25 kills per set on .373 hitting and has put up 26 blocks for an average of 1.63 blocks per set, which ranks 11th nationally.

- Setter Bergen Reilly is averaging 11.10 assists per set and 3.05 digs per set and is tied for the team lead in aces with nine.

- Three time All-American Lexi Rodriguez guides the Husker back row with 3.80 digs per set.

SCOUTING REPORT: CREIGHTON
- Creighton is 5-0 and was ranked No. 9 nationally in Monday's AVCA Coaches Poll, its highest ranking since 2019. The Bluejays beat No. 20 USC last Thursday in Omaha, 3-1, and also swept Kansas State on Saturday.

- Creighton is coming off a 29-5 season that included a Big East Conference championship and an NCAA Regional Semifinals appearance. The Bluejays return four starters from that squad, including 2022 Big East Player of the Year Norah Sis. She leads the Bluejays with 3.69 kills per set and his hitting .328 on the season. Two-time All-Big East outside hitter Ava Martin adds 3.19 kills per set.

- As a team, Creighton ranks fourth nationally in kills per set (14.69) and eighth in hitting percentage (.308). Setter Kendra Wait ranks 14th nationally with 11.00 assists per set.

SERIES HISTORY
- Nebraska is 22-0 all-time against Creighton, though two of the matches were in 1980 and the other 20 wins have come since Creighton restored its program in 1994.

- Nebraska beat Creighton 3-1 last year at the Devaney Center (25-9, 25-13, 23-25, 25-20). Merritt Beason had 17 kills in that match.

- John Cook is 19-0 against Creighton all-time as head coach at Nebraska.

- This will be the first matchup between the two schools when both are ranked in the Top 10.

Creighton 2024 VB Schedule (5-0)
North Carolina State (W 3-0)
Missouri (W 3-0)
Drake (W 3-0)
#20 USC (W 3-1)
Kansas State (W 3-0)

this time naming the BTN - notably majority owned by FOX - along with the NCAA

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Weekend couldn’t have worked out better with all the losses at the bottom of the rankings and a dominant Husker win.

Just keep climbing the ladder week by week and see where it takes us. Nice to see the program relevant again.






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Offensive Player of the Week
RB - Kyle Monangai, Rutgers (SR)
- Rushed for a career-high 208 yards in the win over Akron, tying for the 10th-best mark in a game in school history
- Became the first Scarlet Knight to reach 200 rushing yards in a game since 2014
- Marked his fourth-straight 100-yard game dating back to 2023, the best Rutgers streak since Jawan Jamison had six consecutive 100-yard games from 2011 to 2012
- Rushed for three touchdowns for the second time in his career
- Ranks ninth among Rutgers' career rushing leaders with 2,315 yards
- Last Rutgers Offensive Player of the Week: Kyle Monangai (Sept. 18, 2023)

Defensive Player of the Week
DB - Xavier Scott, Illinois (JR)
- Forced three turnovers in Illinois' 23-17 win over No. 18 Kansas
- Only player in the nation to force three turnovers in a single game this season
- Collected two interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown, one forced fumble, 1.0 sack and eight solo tackles to lead Illinois to hits highest-ranked nonconference win since 1995
- Had a game-changing pick-six with :36 seconds left in the first half to give Illinois a 13-10 lead entering halftime
- Recorded the game-ending strip-sack forced fumble on the final play to secure the win
- Last Illinois Defensive Player of the Week: Seth Coleman (Oct. 16, 2023)

Special Teams Player of the Week
WR - Tez Johnson, Oregon (SR)
- Returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter of Oregon's 37-34 win over Boise State
- First Duck to return a punt for a touchdown since Ugo Amadi in 2018
- Recorded the fifth-longest punt return in program history and longest since 2008
- Finished with 109 punt-return yards, becoming the first Oregon player to go over 100 punt-return yards in a game since 2019
- The punt return touchdown was the first of his career

Freshman of the Week
WR - Nick Marsh, Michigan State (FR)
- Snared eight catches for 194 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, to help Michigan State beat Maryland on the road in its Big Ten opener
- His 194 receiving yards was the best MSU single-game receiving total against Maryland and only the second 100-yard receiving outing against the Terps, topping the previous mark set in 2021
- It was the 10th-most receiving yards in a single game by a Spartan and the second-most by a true freshman
- Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: Katin Houser (Nov. 20, 2023)

Since when?

Yes, I know we beat a flawed team that didn't in any way resemble the '85 Bears.

That aside, this was inarguably a big win for the program. On several levels.

That fact was reflected in the atmosphere in the stadium Sat. night.

When was the last win that meant this much, overall, to the program?

September 10
1608 - John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.

1813 - Oliver H. Perry sent his famous message, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours," after defeating the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

1846 - Elias Howe of Massachusetts received a patent for his sewing machine.

1939 - Canada declared war on Germany and entered World War II.

1960 - Hurricane Donna, a dangerous Category 4 storm blamed for 364 deaths, struck the Florida Keys.

1963 - Twenty Black students entered public schools in Birmingham, Mobile, and Tuskegee, Alabama after President John F. Kennedy sent National Guardsmen to end the standoff with Alabama Gov. George Wallace.

1979 - Four Puerto Rican nationalists imprisoned for a 1954 attack on the U.S. House of Representatives and a 1950 attempted killing of President Harry S. Truman were freed from prison after being granted clemency by President Jimmy Carter.

1987 - Pope John Paul II arrived in Miami, where he was greeted by President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan as he began a 10-day tour of the United States.

1991 - The Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The proceedings would become a watershed moment in the discussion of sexual harassment when Anita Hill, a law professor who had previously worked under Thomas, came forward with allegations against him.

2002 - Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations.

2005 - Teams for forensic workers and cadaver dogs fanned out across New Orleans to collect the corpses left behind by Hurricane Katrina.

2008 - The Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) was powered up for the first time, successfully firing the first beam of protons through its 17-mile-long (27-kilometer-long) underground ring tunnel.

2022 - King Charles III was officially proclaimed Britain's monarch in a pomp-filled ceremony two days after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Birthdays
20 - Emmy Perry (actress)
26 - Ellise (singer)
29 - Matt Rife (comedian)
41 - Joey Votto (baseball player)
42 - Misty Copeland (ballerina)
50 - Ryan Phillippe (actor)
56 - Guy Ritchie (director)
60 - Raymond Cruz (actor)
61 - Randy Johnson (baseball player)
64 - Colin Firth (actor)
67 - Kate Burton (actress)
70 - Clark Johnson (actor)
71 - Amy Irving (actress)
75 - Bill O'Reilly (TV host)

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Today in Sports History - September 10

1937 - The Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams play their inaugural game.

1960 - Running barefoot, Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the Olympic marathon in Rome, becoming the first Black African to win an Olympic gold medal.

1961 - Mickey Mantle hit his 400th career home run, the seventh to ever do so.

1972 - Gayle Sayers of the Chicago Bears announced his retirement from football.

1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals set a MLB record with his 105th stolen base of the season.

1988 - Steffi Graf achieved tennis' first Grand Slam since Margaret Court in 1970 by winning the U.S. Open women's final.

1989 - Five days after hitting a home run for the New York Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown for the Atlanta Falcons.

1989 - Indianapolis Colts running back Eric Dickerson becomes the fastest in NFL history to surpass 10,000 career rushing yards (91 games).

1992 - In Minneapolis, MN, a federal jury struck down professional football's limited free agency system.

1997 - Mark McGwire joins Babe Ruth as the only players in MLB history to hit 50 home runs in two consecutive years.

2000 - Indiana University fires basketball coach Bob Knight after an altercation with a student; Knight had spent 29 years at the school compiling a record of 662-239.

2006 - Roger Federer won his third straight and 12th overall U.S. Open.

Great opportunity going against a run heavy UNI team. Take control early and play a LOT of dudes, stay healthy, play efficient and continue to reinforce the winning mentality. Stay away from complacency and focus on UNI and nothing or anyone else.

Not sure a lot of Special Teams opportunities will present itself but if it does, try some different guys. Continue to develop.

…. As an actor, but does ANYTHING scream LOOK AT MEmore than his seeking the spotlight on the Longhorn sideline? Love that he likes his team, but come on… it ain’t about you, Matt….

What happened to them? All of the sudden Burrow and Chase look super pedestrian and they lost to the Patriots yesterday. Seems like they went from the Super Bowl to nowhere pretty quick.

Roundup of intel on top targets that were in town this weekend. This was recorded prior to Christian Jones' commitment so the comments on him are a little dated.
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So far we look like we could be the 2nd or 3rd best team in the conference. Oregon doesn't look ready for November football, I could see them dropping a game or 2 to a team like NW. MI doesn't have a qb, PSU is talented but not impressing. WI and IA look average. USC looks decent and OSU looks like OSU.

C'mon home buddy.

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Next week could be a let down game. Watching the disfunction after the half made this a very real possibility. I think our defense will still function at a high capacity but our offense could be potentially disappointing.

Just keeping it real. First half last night I thought we were winning every game. Second half gave me some second thoughts.

31-10 Neb ovr UNI after a very sloppy start

maybe Tim or Steve? if so, this should be pointed out. that was a hellofa specific prediction.

This is probably most aligned with my thoughts on Dion.

Enjoy Santabarbara!

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This guy has been reviewing film on some of the top QBs in cfb every week. Has some nice things to say about Raiola. I was surprised at how critical he's been of our WRs the past 2 games but the film doesn't lie... lots of lazy routes out there.

Who, if any, go N?