Ouch! Aerial view showing a lot of empty seats. Guess everyone went to the beach this weekend.
Any Husker connections to either team?

Both about 6'4 220. How big was it getting these two dudes in the portal.

2026 Great Bend (Kan.) three-star tight end Ian Premer has seen his recruitment steadily rise this offseason. He visited Nebraska in the spring and returned for camp back in June. He's now planning to visit for the Colorado game next month, his first opportunity to experience a game at Memorial Stadium.

Premer ranks as the No. 2 prospect in Kansas next cycle. He had 32 receptions for over 500 yards and nine touchdowns as a sophomore. Also a standout basketball player who averaged 21.2 points and 9.2 rebounds a game this past season.
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Sorted by Date/Time. All times Central. All rankings from AP Poll.

BYE WEEK
Florida State
Hawaii
Louisiana Tech
Miami (OH)
New Mexico
Purdue
UCLA

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FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 6

6:00 PM
BYU at Southern Methodist (ESPN2)
Western Illinois at Indiana (Big Ten Network)

8:00 PM
Duke at Northwestern (FOX Sports 1)

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SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 7

11:00 AM
Akron at Rutgers (Big Ten Network)
Arkansas at #16 Oklahoma State (ABC)
Army at Florida Atlantic (CBS Sports Network)
Bowling Green at #8 Penn State (Big Ten Network)
#23 Georgia Tech at Syracuse (ACC Network)
#17 Kansas State at Tulane (ESPN)
Merrimack at Connecticut (No TV)
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (ESPN2)
Rhode Island at Minnesota (Peacock)
#3 Texas at #10 Michigan (FOX)
Troy at Memphis (ESPNU)

11:45 AM
McNeese State at Texas A&M (SEC Network)

1:00 PM
Missouri State at Ball State (ESPN+)
Tennessee Tech at #1 Georgia (ESPN+)

1:30 PM
St. Francis at Kent State (ESPN+)

2:00 PM
Utah Tech at UNLV (Silver State Sports Network)

2:30 PM
Baylor at #11 Utah (FOX)
California at Auburn (ESPN2)
Charlotte at North Carolina (ACC Network)
Duquesne at Boston College (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Washington (Big Ten Network)
Idaho at Wyoming (truTV)
Iowa State at #21 Iowa (CBS)
Jacksonville State at #22 Louisville (ESPN+)
Massachusetts at Toledo (ESPN+)
Michigan State at Maryland (Big Ten Network)
Northern Illinois at #5 Notre Dame (NBC)
South Carolina at Kentucky (ABC)
South Dakota at Wisconsin (FOX Sports 1)
Temple at Navy (CBS Sports Network)

3:00 PM
Texas-San Antonio at Texas State (ESPNU)

3:15 PM
Middle Tennessee State at #6 Mississippi (SEC Network)

3:30 PM
Marshall at Virginia Tech (The CW)

5:00 PM
Albany at West Virginia (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at Florida International (ESPN+)
East Carolina at Old Dominion (ESPN+)
Florida A&M at #12 Miami (FL) (ESPN+)
Gardner-Webb at James Madison (ESPN+)
South Alabama at Ohio (ESPN+)

5:30 PM
Sam Houston State at Central Florida (ESPN+)

6:00 PM
Alabama-Birmingham at Louisiana-Monroe (ESPN+)
Buffalo at #9 Missouri (ESPN+)
Cal Poly at Stanford (ESPN+)
Chattanooga at Georgia State (ESPN+)
Eastern Kentucky at Western Kentucky (ESPN+)
Georgia Southern at Nevada (truTV)
#19 Kansas at Illinois (FOX Sports 1)
Louisiana-Lafayette at Kennesaw State (ESPN+)
Northern Colorado at Colorado State (Mountain West Network)
Samford at Florida (ESPN+)
San Jose State at Air Force (CBS Sports Network)
South Florida at #4 Alabama (ESPN)
Southeastern Louisiana at Southern Mississippi (ESPN+)
Texas Southern at Rice (ESPN+)
Tulsa at Arkansas State (ESPN+)
Virginia at Wake Forest (ESPN2)
William & Mary at Coastal Carolina (ESPN+)

6:30 PM
Alcorn State at Vanderbilt (ESPNU)
Colorado at Nebraska (NBC)
Nicholls State at #18 LSU (ESPN+)
Stephen F. Austin at North Texas (ESPN+)
#14 Tennessee at #24 North Carolina State (ABC)
Western Michigan at #2 Ohio State (Big Ten Network)

6:45 PM
Houston at #15 Oklahoma (SEC Network)

7:00 PM
Appalachian State at #25 Clemson (ACC Network)
Long Island at TCU (ESPN+)

8:00 PM
Southern Utah at Texas-El Paso (ESPN+)

9:00 PM
Boise State at #7 Oregon (Peacock)
Northern Arizona at #20 Arizona (ESPN+)
Sacramento State at Fresno State (Mountain West Network)
Texas Tech at Washington State (FOX)

9:15 PM
Liberty at New Mexico State (ESPN2)

9:30 PM
Mississippi State at Arizona State (ESPN)
Oregon State at San Diego State (CBS Sports Network)

10:00 PM
Utah State at #13 USC (Big Ten Network)

Link: https://collegefootballnews.com/col...ka-prediction-game-preview-betting-lines-2024

Colorado at Nebraska Preview and Prediction
by Pete Fiutak, CollegeFootballNews.com

If Colorado's win over TCU last season made a splash, the 36-14 victory over Nebraska created a tidal wave.

The sports world went Coach Prime crazy, and it's all still going. The Buffaloes started the season with a win over North Dakota State, Nebraska roared past UTEP, and now this meeting means something more.

This time around, both teams are expected to be good.

Colorado (1-0) at Nebraska (1-0)
Saturday, September 7 - 7:30 PM (ET) - NBC

Why Colorado Will Win
The passing game continues to be amazing.

Don't let the 31-26 victory over an FCS team fool you -- North Dakota State is good enough to win the FCS national title, and Shedeur Sanders ripped the Bison apart.

Okay, so there's no running game, but that's because the offense is put in the hands of Sanders, who completed 26-of-34 passes for 445 yards with four scores and a pick, Travis Hunter played like the best all-around player in college football, and Nebraska has to be ready to handle all of it.

It's a better Husker team than the one that got rocked in Boulder last year, but the defense is still untested, and the offense has to prove it can keep up the pace without a slew of turnovers, and .......

Why Nebraska Will Win
......Colorado didn't fix the glitches that turned last season so sour.

How did it beat Nebraska last season?

Yeah, Sanders was wonderful -- he threw for almost 400 yards -- but the Huskers gave the ball away four times.

That's still a concern with a freshman quarterback in his second career game, but Dylan Raiola isn't just an average newbie.

Raiola was terrific and poised against UTEP last week, the running game was good, the team played with more confidence than it has showed in years, and ........

What Will Happen
........Oh yeah, that whole Colorado not fixing the glitch thing.

The defensive line was meh against North Dakota State, the offensive line continues to play like it's designed to get Sanders hit as many times as humanly possible, and there's going to be a HUGE time of possession disparity.

Nebraska had the ball for almost 39 minutes against UTEP. Colorado had the ball for 23 minutes against NDSU. Sanders will come up with his yards and moments, but there won't be enough of them to overcome the lack of any ground game and a porous defense.

Prediction
Nebraska 38, Colorado 23

Spread
Nebraska is favored at home by 7.5 points

September 5
1698 - Russia's Peter the Great levied a tax on bearded men.

1774 - The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia.

1836 - The Republic of Texas made military hero Sam Houston its first president.

1905 - The Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War, was signed at the Portsmouth Naval Base in New Hampshire; for his efforts in mediating the peace negotiations, President Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the following year.

1972 - Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games, killing two and taking nine others hostage; five of the militants, a German police officer and all nine hostages were killed in the following 24 hours.

1975 - President Gerald R. Ford survived an assassination attempt by Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, California.

1986 - Four hijackers who had seized a Pan Am jumbo jet on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, opened fire on the jet’s passengers; a total of 20 passengers and crew members were killed before Pakistani commandos stormed the jetliner.

1997 - Humanitarian Mother Teresa, won won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor, died in Calcutta, India at age 87.

1991 - The 35th annual Naval Aviation Symposium held by the Tailhook Association opened in Las Vegas; during the four-day gathering, there were reports that as many as 90 people, most of them women, were sexually assaulted or otherwise harassed. (The episode triggered the resignation of Navy Secretary Henry L. Garrett III.)

Birthdays
22 - Lisa Yamada (actress)
23 - Nicole Anderson (model/actress)
26 - Jada Kingdom (singer)
29 - Caroline Sunshine (actress)
33 - Alexandra Kay (singer)
34 - Yuna Kim (figure skater)
35 - Kat Graham (actress)
36 - Emmy Raver (actress)
38 - Brittany Furlan (model/actress)
40 - Annabelle Wallis (actress)
40 - Erin Krakow (actress)
47 - Sin Cara (professional wrestler)
48 - Carice Van Houten (actress)
48 - Tatiana Gutsu (gymnast)
51 - Rose McGowan (actress)
73 - Michael Keaton (actor)
79 - Al Stewart (singer)
85 - George Lazenby (actor)
85 - William Devane (actor)
88 - Bill Mazeroski (baseball player)
89 - Lucille Soong (actress)

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Today in Sports History - September 5
1901 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues was formed in Chicago, IL. It was the first organized baseball league.

1906 - Brandbury Robinson of St. Louis University was recognized as throwing the first forward pass in football history.

1960 - Cassius Clay, who later took the name Muhammad Ali, won the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing division at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome.

1971 - J.R. Richard, of the Houston Astros, tied Karl Spooner’s record when he struck out 15 batters in his major-league baseball debut.

1975 - In New York, Martina Navratilova appeared at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service office and asked for political asylum.

1989 - Chris Evert retired from professional tennis after a 19 year career.

1994 - Wide receiver Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers surpasses Jim Brown's NFL record for career touchdowns with 127.

1995 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles ties Lou Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 consecutive games.

1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 60th home run of the season, becoming just the third player to ever reach the mark and tying him with Babe Ruth for the second-most in a season in MLB history; Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs hit his 58th home run on the same day.

1999 - The Cincinnati Reds set a major league team record for home runs in two consecutive games. The team hit 14 home runs over the two games at Veterans Stadium.

2001 - The New York Islanders signed Alexi Yashin to a 10-year $90 million contract. It was the biggest deal in NHL history.

It has been years since I have sat in South Stadium for many reasons. Did South Stadium get the new aluminum wider seat benches like North Stadium? Might need some additional options with the current cost of tickets on the secondary markets.

I appreciate your help.

Best outing so far for him in the majors. 7 1/3 innings pitched, 10 strikeouts, no walks, no runs given up!

2026 Kingston (Ga.) Cass four-star quarterback Brodie McWhorter, who's committed to West Virginia, tells me he's flying out to Lincoln this weekend to see Nebraska take on Colorado

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This is the fourth 2026 quarterback Nebraska will host this weekend, alongside four-star Michael Clayton, three-star Dayton Raiola and three-star DJ Bordeaux. Interesting note, three of the four hail from Georgia. McWhorter has been committed to West Virginia since June, Nebraska offered back in May but didn't have enough time to make an impression prior to his commitment. Now they're working to flip him away

NU received votes in both polls that came out today. Beat CU soundly and I wouldn't be surprised if they break the Top 25, or come close. Especially the AP. 27 votes in the AP sitting at 31. 8 votes in the Coaches sitting at 39.

Called Nebraska, a sleeping giant…Cowherd agreed & said he thinks Nebraska could be a trap game for USC (which says quite a bit considering he is a huge USC guys).

Klatt picked Nebraska this weekend, but said you never know with SS and Hunter on the field for CU. Said Nebraska had better overall talent, but that SS and Hunter would be the two most talented players on the field (hard to argue at this point).

Klatt through out a pretty stunning stat about last season (these are his numbers and haven’t personally verified). Said Nebraska lost five games by a field goal or less, and during those five games we had 17 turnovers, almost exclusively by the QB. Says to win this game, all DR has to do is play competently, and not turn the ball over.

Couldn’t locate a link. Doesn’t look like it’s posted yet.

Edit: video just uploaded…
Nebraska talk starts at the 17:13 mark:


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Michigan def. Eastern Michigan (25-14, 25-13, 25-20)

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

Matches for Thursday, September 5
Purdue at California
UCLA at Tennessee
The Citadel at Nebraska (6:00 PM - BTN+)
USC at Creighton
Rutgers at Arkansas
Indiana at Texas
Northwestern at Long Beach State

Absolutely shouldn't do this based on one game, but what the hell.

It's hard to make a good college football team out of the transfer portal.

and

Bill O'Brien is pretty good college HC.

Have at it.

“Colorado vs Nebraska Prediction:​

The winning team model predicts Nebraska will win this game with 70.4% confidence, based on game simulations, offensive & defensive matchups and recent game results.”





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Heisman contender Cam Ward was asked about the crowd at Miami vs Florida.

“I played at USC. USC wasn’t packed, but it was louder than this,” Ward said. “I played at Oregon and it was louder than this. The Pac-12 gets misspoken for. The Pac-12, that’s where I believe real football is played. ... Washington was one of the loudest environments I’ve played (in).”

He went on to say this which I think every fan should hear/read going into the game this Saturday.

“Advice to the fans: If you’re going to be loud, you have to be loud when we’re huddling,” Ward said following No. 19 Miami’s 41-17 victory at Florida Field. “You can’t just be loud once we break the huddle. By that time, it’s no point. We hear the play and we’ve communicated already.”

Drives me crazy at games, crowd sitting on their hands silent until the opposing QB walks up to the line on 3rd down. Planning to lose my voice this weekend screaming every second pre snap.

GO BIG RED!

Is finished. A great tribute to a true Husker legend.
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