There were lots of them playing today. It will be interesting to see if most of them continue playing or if many will be shut down to preserve their eligibility.

What is your go to stick?

I’m a medium type smoke. Tried a New World Robusto last night and it was fantastic! Normally a Perdomo guy.

Seat hot smoking hot today after Florida got throttled by Miami in the Swamp.

Any word on his injury?

Halfway through the third quarter, near 14 - 0




.

Dowdell needs to be in the game

Rahmir just doesn’t have great vision or shiftiness the same straight line speed

Cue the Joker "And here we go" GIF

We are looking live at Memorial Stadium (to quote the legend Brent Musburger) with kickoff under 90 min away! Some of my personal game predictions:

Final Score
Nebraska 35, UTEP 13

>> Spread: NEB -27.5
>> Total: 48.5

OPOTG
WR Isaiah Neyor (6 catches, 94 yards, 1 TD w/ 3 of the 6 catches being 3rd-down conversions)
>> One of my two bold predictions: Neyor scores on a 40+ yard TD on a quick pass or WR screen

DPOTG
CB Tommi Hill
>> My other bold prediction: Tommi Hill pick-six

What do y'all got?!

I bought season tickets for the first time since 2014, which was a very fun year. At least early on. I think this year will be an awesome one as well and my brother and I wanted to be a part of it. Adding to the fun are the two Husker visits to my state, which my entire family will be attending.

Just got pick vs TA&M. Dang would be nice to have him

GBR

Could swear Alvano had little power on his kicks today for extra points and short field goal. Was at the game with a good angle and his kicks lacked power. Maybe that’s the plan right now with his injury idk.

Go, we have to win that game next Saturday to have the program put recruiting in hyper drive, building sustainability with high quality, talented kids. Can we flip a few kids we wanted, Dawson, Mills, Sanders, possibly Terry and getting Jones, it’s possible in my mind, it’s time for Nebraska to be great again and I love our coach and everything he brings……..confidence!

Video and audio pod w/ @TimVerghese recapping DR15 living up to the hype and today’s dominant, balanced performance from the ‘Skers

Login to view embedded media
Login to view embedded media
Login to view embedded media

It’s good for college football!

If both NU & CU take care of business week 1, any chance they come? That will be the most lit atmosphere in football.

Did he play?

CLASS A
Basha (Arizona) 39, Millard South 25
Bellevue West 28, Omaha Central 27
De Smet Jesuit (Missouri) 48, Omaha Creighton Prep 7
Elkhorn South 38, Lincoln East 5
Fremont 49, Bellevue East 7
Kearney 20, North Platte 0
Lincoln North Star 7, Lincoln Southwest 6
Lincoln Northeast 48, Omaha Northwest 0
Lincoln Southeast 35, Grand Island 20
Millard North 29, Millard West 21
Norfolk 35, Columbus 28 (OT)
Omaha Bryan 26, Lincoln High 7
Omaha Burke 62, Omaha Benson 0
Omaha Westside 22, Omaha North 7
Omaha Westview 52, Omaha South 16
Papillion-LaVista 29, Papillion-LaVista South 24
Plattsmouth (B) 57, Omaha Buena Vista 0
Sioux City North (Iowa) 21, South Sioux City 13

CLASS B
Bennington 23, Waverly 0
Blair 56, Lincoln Standing Bear 12
Elkhorn North 24, Lincoln Pius X 21
Gering 34, Torrington (Wyoming) 14
Gretna 38, Elkhorn 28
Holdrege (C1) 35, Lexington 27
McCook 56, Beatrice 6
Omaha Skutt 29, Norris 13
Platteview 14, Crete 0
Plattsmouth 57, Omaha Buena Vista (A) 0
Ralston 44, Lincoln Northwest 0
Scottsbluff 31, Grand Island Northwest 6
Seward 41, Gretna East 24
York 17, Hastings 14

CLASS C1
Alliance 28, Gordon-Rushville (C2) 15
Ashland-Greenwood 7, Douglas County West 3
Auburn 32, Elkhorn Mt. Michael 7
Boys Town 50, Wilber-Clatonia 0
Central City 48, Ord (C2) 20
Chadron 28, Broken Bow 8
Chase County 33, Yuma (Colorado) 6
Columbus Lakeview 41, Omaha Gross 21
Columbus Scotus 14, David City Aquinas (C2) 7
Fairbury 14, Superior (C2) 0
Falls City 42, Palmyra (C2) 14
Fort Calhoun 13, Arlington (C2) 0
Gothenburg 35, Ogallala 22
Holdrege 35, Lexington (B) 27
Lincoln Christian 28, Lincoln Lutheran (C2) 14
Louisville 33, Schuyler 7
Milford 36, Syracuse 32
Minden 18, Adams Central 15 (3OT)
O'Neill 28, Valentine (C2) 20
Omaha Concordia 26, Omaha Brownell-Talbot 6
Omaha Roncalli 31, Wayne 12
Pierce 41, Aurora 28
Sidney 22, Cozad 13
Wahoo 62, Nebraska City 0
West Point-Beemer (C2) 26, Logan View/Scribner-Snyder 20

CLASS C2
Alliance (C1) 28, Gordon-Rushville 15
Battle Creek 41, Cross County 0
Boone Central 14, Hartington Cedar Catholic 0
Central City (C1) 48, Ord 20
Columbus Scotus (C1) 14, David City Aquinas 7
Doniphan-Trumbull 20, Amherst 17
Fairbury (C1) 14, Superior 0
Falls City (C1) 42, Palmyra 14
Fremont Bergan 41, Conestoga 14
Gibbon 17, Hershey 14
Grand Island Central Catholic 41, Hastings St. Cecilia 13
Fort Calhoun (C1) 13, Arlington 0
Kearney Catholic 19, St. Paul 7
Lincoln Christian (C1) 28, Lincoln Lutheran 14
Malcolm 34, North Bend 13
Mitchell 53, Wheatland (Wyoming) 6
Norfolk Catholic 28, Wahoo Neumann 21
O'Neill (C1) 28, Valentine 20
Oakland-Craig 34, Yutan 14
Ponca 33, Tekamah-Herman 16
Raymond Central 28, Fillmore Central 8
West Point-Beemer 26, Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (C1) 20
Wood River 33, Centura 20

CLASS D1
Arapahoe 44, Cambridge (D2) 14
Arcadia/Loup City 26, Hi-Line 15
Atkinson West Holt 36, Elkhorn Valley 14
Bancroft-Rosalie (D2) 34, Tri County Northeast 20
Bayard (D2) 38, Morrill 32
Boyd County 38, North Central (D1) 14
Creighton (D2) 58, Niobrara/Verdigre 16
Crofton 36, Wynot (D2) 12
David City 64, Centennial 22
Dundy County-Stratton 20, Perkins County 16
East Butler 84, Nebraska Lutheran (D2) 6
Exeter-Milligan/Friend 50, Clarkson/Leigh 20
Franklin (D2) 56, Southern Valley 8
Guardian Angels Central Catholic 39, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 18
Hartington-Newcastle 54, Ainsworth (D2) 34
Homer 33, Lyons-Decatur Northeast (D2) 14
Hyannis (D2) 30, Kimball 12
Maxwell (D2) 90, Sutherland 6
Nebraska City Lourdes 60, Falls City Sacred Heart (D2) 8
Neligh-Oakdale (D2) 56, Humphrey/Lindsay Academy 28
North Platte St. Patrick's 21, Bridgeport 8
Omaha Christian 54, Madison 0
Plainview 32, Pender 21
Pleasanton 45, Elm Creek (D2) 20
Ravenna 60, Alma 14
Sandhills Valley 42, Mullen (D2) 22
Sandy Creek 60, Johnson-Brock 8
Shelby/Rising City 66, Freeman 24
South Loup 54, Hemingford 36
Southern 62, Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer (D2) 14
Stanton 42, Bloomfield 16
Summerland 60, Newman Grove/St. Edward 8
Sutton 30, McCool Junction 28
Thayer Central 66, Heartland 6
Tri County 34, Johnson County Central 22
Twin River 54, Giltner (D2) 0
Wausa/Osmond 50, Wakefield 32
Weeping Water (D2) 16, Mead 14
Wisner-Pilger 52, Lutheran High Northeast 35

CLASS D2
Arapahoe (D1) 44, Cambridge 14
Archangels Catholic 54, Winside 8
Bancroft-Rosalie 34, Tri County Northeast (D1) 20
Bayard 38, Morrill (D1) 32
Boyd County (D1) 38, North Central 14
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley 38, Elmwood-Murdock 6
Burwell 24, Elgin/Elgin Pope John 20
Cedar Bluffs 38, Walthill 20
Central Valley 50, Riverside 42
Chambers/Wheeler Central 46, Randolph 28
Creighton 58, Niobrara/Verdigre (D1) 16
Crofton (D1) 36, Wynot 12
East Butler (D1) 84, Nebraska Lutheran 6
Franklin 56, Southern Valley (D1) 8
Fullerton 32, Palmer 30
Hartington-Newcastle (D1) 54, Ainsworth 34
High Plains 50, Nebraska Christian 14
Hitchcock County 68, Brady 0
Homer (D1) 33, Lyons-Decatur Northeast 14
Howells-Dodge 36, Lawrence-Nelson 8
Hyannis 30, Kimball (D1) 12
Kenesaw 40, Bertrand 34
Loomis 48, Blue Hill 6
Maxwell 90, Sutherland (D1) 6
Maywood/Hayes Center 19, Wilcox-Hildreth 18
Nebraska City Lourdes (D1) 60, Falls City Sacred Heart 8
Neligh-Oakdale 56, Humphrey/Lindsay Academy (D1) 28
O'Neill St. Mary's 42, Twin Loup 33
Osceola 22, Deshler 8
Overton 60, Axtell 36
Pleasanton (D1) 45, Elm Creek 20
Sandhills/Thedford 58, Anselmo-Merna 16
Sandhills Valley (D1) 42, Mullen 22
Southern (D1) 62, Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer 14
Twin River (D1) 54, Giltner 0
Weeping Water 16, Mead (D1) 14

CLASS D6
Arthur County 71, Wallace 20
Creek Valley 48, Minatare 6
Diller-Odell 37, Harvard 0
Garden County 59, Crawford 13
Hampton 72, Parkview Christian 28
Hay Springs 28, Paxton 14
Lewiston 93, Santee 64
Leyton 42, Fleming (Colorado) 14
Pawnee City 57, Meridian 6
Potter-Dix 62, Peetz (Colorado) 43
Silver Lake 13, Shelton 12
Sioux County 50, Banner County 6
Southwest 71, Heartland Lutheran 34
Sterling 40, Dorchester 8
Stuart 46, Cody-Kilgore 20
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 52, Ansley/Litchfield 20
Wauneta-Palisade 29, South Platte 6

Bye Week
Medicine Valley (0-0)
Red Cloud (0-0)

ALL-NATIONS FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Omaha Nation 20, Tiospa Zina (South Dakota) 0
Winnebago 44, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte/Tiospaye Topa (South Dakota) 0

I loved Will Compton’s pre-game speech. That was pretty awesome and had me fired up.

Please play that before the CU game!!!

To me the thing that stands out most is how Rhule analyzed the shortcomings of last year and methodically went about fixing them in the off season. I'm very impressed with how he brought talent in to fix the problems experienced in the first year. And that includes players as well as bringing in a new QB coach. Now that's the sign of a good coach.

POSTGAME NOTES: UTEP at NEBRASKA

August 31, 2024

- Today's game marked the first time Nebraska opened the season at home since 2019, and the victory was the Huskers' first in a season opener since 2019. Nebraska improved to 99-31-5 all-time in season openers, including 86-14-3 when opening at home.

- Nebraska's 40 points marked its first 40+ point game since a 56-7 victory over Northwestern in 2021. The 33-point margin of victory was Nebraska's largest since that 49-point victory over the Wildcats. The victory margin was Nebraska's largest in an opener since a 43-10 win over Fresno State to open the 2016 season.

- The Huskers' 23-point second quarter was their highest-scoring quarter since scoring 28 in the first quarter against Bethune-Cookman in 2018. It was Nebraska's most lopsided shutout quarter since outscoring Wyoming 28-0 in the fourth quarter in September of 2016.

- True freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola became just the second Husker true freshman quarterback to start a season opener since World War II, joining Adrian Martinez who started in 2018 against Colorado.

- Raiola completed 19-of-27 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns, including 192 yards before halftime. Raiola played just one series in the second half.

- Nebraska threw for 284 yards, its highest total since throwing for 354 yards at Purdue in 2022. Nebraska's season high in passing in 2023 was 199 yards vs. Michigan.

- Nebraska finished with 507 yards of total offense, including 284 passing yards and 223 yards on the ground. The total offense output was Nebraska's best since gaining 575 yards against Georgia Southern in 2022, which was also Nebraska's last 500-yard output. The Huskers had 339 yards before halftime, just 80 yards shy of the Huskers' 2023 game high (419 yards vs. Louisiana Tech)

- Today marked the first time Nebraska has topped 200 yards in both rushing and passing offense since 2022 against Georgia Southern.

- Receiver Isaiah Neyor caught five passes for 107 yards and had a 59-yard second quarter touchdown in the first half. He finished the game with 121 yards on six catches, tying his career high in receptions and falling just five yards short of his career high in yardage (126 at Boise State in 2021).

- This marked Neyor's fourth career 100-yard receiving game. The previous three came while he played at Wyoming including 2020 at Nevada (3 rec, 102 yds), 2021 at Boise State (6 rec, 126 yds) and 2021 at Utah State (4 rec, 125 yds)

- Neyor's 100-yard receiving game is the first by a Husker since Trey Palmer had 165 receiving yards at Iowa in 2022

- Sophomore running back Dante Dowdell opened the scoring for Nebraska with a five-yard TD run on the Huskers' opening series. It marked Dowdell's second career touchdown, after having one TD run at Oregon last season.

- Dowdell finished the game with eight carries for 55 yards, all in the first half. Those totals tied his career high with Dowdell posting the same numbers for Oregon in a game against Portland State last season

- Sophomore running back Emmett Johnson had a 42-yard run to set up a second-quarter touchdown. The run was the longest of Johnson's career, bettering a 29-yard run against Maryland last season. Johnson finished the game with eight carries for 71 yards.

- Junior running back Gabe Ervin Jr. had a pair of touchdown runs (3 yards, 1 yard) tying his career high for rushing touchdowns (also 2 vs. Buffalo in 2021).

- Offensive tackle Bryce Benhart made his 42nd career start in today's game, setting a record for the most career starts by a Husker offensive lineman.

- Nebraska held UTEP to seven points, marking the eighth consecutive opponent the Huskers have limited to 24 or fewer points. This is the longest stretch Nebraska has limited the opposition to 24 or less points since a 14-game stretch spanning the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

- NU limited UTEP to 205 total yards, marking its eighth consecutive opponent to gain less than 400 yards. The last time Nebraska had held eight straight opponents to less than 400 yards was an eight-game stretch spanning the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

- Nebraska limited UTEP to 56 rushing yards, marking the ninth time in 13 games under Head Coach Matt Rhule the Huskers have held opponents to less than 100 rushing yards

- Defensive lineman Ty Robinson had a three-yad TFL in the second quarter resulting in a safety. Robinson finished the game with two tackles, including 2.0 TFLs for eight yards.

- The safety was Nebraska's first defensive safety since recording a safety in the 2009 Holiday Bowl against Arizona.

- Today's game captains for Nebraska were safety DeShon Singleton, offensive tackle Turner Corcoran, long snapper Camden Witucki, and safety Derek Branch

• Balanced offensive game plan
• +1 in T/O margin
• >70% passer completion
• 3 penalties
• Defense swarming to the ball
• QB who can step through progressions
• Solid second, third and fourth string game experience
• Punt coverage
• D-line is as advertised
• 3rd down efficiency

This should be a pretty good year to enjoy Husker football again.

A&M -3 is a dirty line regardless.

Half of ND’s dudes on defense are wearing biker shorts instead of football pants.