Generational talent, everyone in college football will know his name. GBR!

"I'm not scared of anybody," Micah Mazzccua said. "There are good players out there, but I'm not really thinking like, 'Oh, we have to deal with them.' They have to deal with me. Feel me?"


Some Mazzccua content from earlier this year:


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August 21
1680 - Pueblo Indians drove out the Spanish and took possession of Santa Fe in present-day New Mexico.

1831 - Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people; scores of Black people were killed in retribution in the aftermath of the rebellion, and Turner was later executed.

1858 - The first of seven debates between senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas began in Illinois.

1911 - The "Mona Lisa" was stolen from the Louvre museum in France by an Italian waiter, Vicenzo Perruggia in what is arguably the world's most famous art heist. (It was recovered two years later in Italy.)

1944 - The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China opened talks at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington that helped pave the way for establishment of the United Nations.

1945 - President Harry S. Truman announced the end of the Lend-Lease Program.

1959 - Hawaii became the 50th state.

1983 - Filipino politician Benigno Aquino Jr. was assassinated as he exited an aircraft at Manila International Airport. (His widow, Corazon Aquino, would become president of the Philippines three years later.)

1991 - Latvia declared its independence from the Soviet Union.

1991 - A hardline coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin.

1992 - An 11-day siege began at the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho as government agents tried to arrest Weaver for failing to appear in court on charges of selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns; on the first day of the siege, Weaver's teenage son, Samuel, and Deputy U.S. Marshal William Degan were killed.

1993 - In a serious setback for NASA, engineers lost contract with the Mars Observer spacecraft as it was about to reach the red planet on a $980 million mission.

2000 - Rescue efforts to reach the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk ended with divers announcing none of the 118 sailors had survived.

2010 - Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant, which Moscow promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production.

2015 - A trio of Americans, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and college student Anthony Sadler, and a British businessman, Chris Norman, tackled and disarmed a Moroccan gunman on a high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris.

2017 - Americans witnessed their first full-blown coast-to-coast solar eclipse since World War I, with eclipse watchers gathering along a path of totality extending 2,600 miles across the continent.

2018 - Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations and other charges; Cohen said Trump directed him to arrange the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal to fend off damage to his White House bid. (Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to the payments in May 2024.)

2020 - A former police officer who became known as the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, told victims and family members in a Sacramento court room that he was "truly sorry" before he was sentenced to multiple life sentences for a decade-long string of rapes and murders.

Birthdays
26 - Jade Chynoweth (model/actress)
30 - Alex Cooper (radio host)
34 - Bo Burnham (comedian)
35 - Hayden Panettiere (actress)
36 - Kacey Musgraves (singer)
38 - Usain Bolt (track and field athlete)
41 - Brody Jenner (reality star)
45 - Kelis (singer)
51 - Sergei Brin (co-founder of Google)
57 - Carrie-Anne Moss (actress)
65 - Jim McMahon (football player)
68 - Kim Cattrall (actress)
70 - Archie Griffin (football player)
75 - Loretta Devine (actress)
79 - Willie Lanier (football player)
80 - Peter Weir (director)
83 - Jackie DeShannon (singer)
85 - James Burton (singer)

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Today in Sports History - August 21
1901 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity is suspended from MLB for punching & spitting on umpire Tom Connolly in previous day's 5-2 loss to Detroit Tigers; lifetime suspension reduced to 12 days.

1929 - The Chicago Cardinals traveled out of town for training camp. They were the first professional football team to do this.

1931 - Babe Ruth hits his 600th career home run.

1971 - Laura Baugh, at the age of 16, won the United State's Women's Amateur Golf tournament. She was the youngest winner in the history of the tournament.

1984 - Victoria Roche, a reserve outfielder, became the first girl to ever compete in a Little League World Series game.

2006 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) hit his 725th career homerun.

2008 - The United States defeats Brazil 1-0 in extra time to win the gold medal in women's soccer at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

2009 - The Dallas Cowboys played their first game at their new stadium in Arlington, TX. During the preseason game, against the Tennessee Titans, the Titans' kicker hit the scoreboard hanging in the center of the stadium.

2016 - The United States men's basketball team defeats Serbia 96-66 to win gold at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

2020 - Scottie Scheffler makes birdie on 4 of final 5 holes to become 12th player in PGA Tour history to shoot 59 in 2nd round of the Northern Trust at TPC Boston.

Confirmed with 2025 3-star Oak Hill Academy center Francis Chukwudebelu that he'll take an official visit to Nebraska Oct. 4-6, the same weekend as the Husker football home game against Rutgers.

Chukwudebelu is a 6-foot-10, 225-pounder with a self-reported wingspan of 7 feet, 6 inches and a standing reach of 9-3. The Huskers offered in June 2023.

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A man from Germany visits the US in Vegas and NY and gives his thoughts on the US vs Germany. You'll have to see the thread and scroll he makes about 14 comparisons. I am curious I know we have some travelers here on this board what did you think of all his observations? There is no politics that he brings up either so I hope this can be a fun conversation on a Tuesday.

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A Michael Terry update, plus a ton of news on 2026 and 2027 prospects scheduling visits

Kenny Pickett wasn't the problem.

NBC hired Colt McCoy and an article says he will be an analyst for the CU game. I assume that means color analyst in the booth, but didn’t read that specifically.

Kind of surprised they would hire a big12 Texas alum for a network that will be covering the BigTen pretty much exclusively.

https://www.si.com/college/nebraska...-huskers-cornhuskers-matt-rhule-deion-sanders

Personnel interactions remind me a lot of Bobby Bowden. Very at ease when talking to the media, open and honest, but at the same time is able to say that he won't discuss something and it doesn't come off defensive. Quick to compliment, players, opponents, fans etc. A favorite to interview by a lot of national media and is open to doing it. I would not be surprised if Rhule has had more national interviews already than Frost had in totality.

Attention to detail, initially I wanted to say Osborne, but I don't think that's quite accurate. Rhule will never be called an offensive or defensive genius. He isn't busy perfecting one particular thing. Rhule is busy supervising everything at the same time. I don't think anything happens that he isn't aware of and approves, but at the same time he gives the assistants a fair amount of leeway. The assistants and coordinators know exactly what he wants done, I don't think there is a lot of ambiguity there, but at the same time there is latitude to get it done. So he's a "CEO" HC like Mack Brown in that he hires the "geniuses" instead of being one and lets his assistants do their thing. but at the same time I think he knows every part of the game plan and roster every detail that needs to be done, which reminds me of Nick Saban when he drew the defense on a white board for one particular play in a game. Knows everything that is going on but yet his assistant do it. It's a tricky balance but wildly successful way to do things.

Belief. Preaches family and brotherhood and gets that belief and buy in from the team and staff. People don't want to leave him, and players and coaches keep returning to him when given the opportunity. Reminds me of Belichick in how players and coaches kept coming back, even for less money. They want to be a part of his team. I also see Belichick in Rhule in the way players will willingly play different spots or share playing time to make the team greater. Players and coaches believe in Rhule and will take a smaller part to be a part of the team.

Adaptability. I was going to say Osborne again, as TO had vastly different offenses and defenses from when he started to when he ended and he made changes every year. But Rhule's adaptability is more, Rhule will change his schemes in a heartbeat as long as it doesn't violate his core. He wants a physical football team that can not only win, but control the game. The offense and defensive scheme don't matter and will change based on opponents, players and assistants. His offense and defensive schemes have changed a lot from Temple, Baylor and Nebraska, it's tailored for who he has, where and who his opponents are and the coaches that he has, but it's always going to be a physical and controlling style. He wants to do more than win, he wants to dominate, not by outsmarting the opposition but by being better at what we do. I'm going to say this is similar to Marty Shottenheimer. Shottenheimer used a variety of offenses and defenses in Cleveland, Kansas City and San Diego, which changed as his personnel and assistants changed, but they were always a physical team.

Team Construction, once again I thought of Osborne, but also once again I don't think that is quite right. Rhule is about development, about making every player, every person in the program better, better in ways beyond football. Now he knows he has to start with the right ingredients, both tangible and intangible, in both players, coaches and support people. At the same time he isn't afraid to take the raw ingredients from any source, he has taken coaches from HS, NFL and college jobs, taken players from HS, JUCO, or transfers. If the traits are there to be great, then Rhule will work on developing it. Once again it's about the core principles and not about the exact plan, as plans change but your principles shouldn't. It's not about prioritizing Texas HS, or the 500 mile radius, that's a recruiting tactic, the principle is find people that have the ability to be great, bring them in and develop them into great people. I'm going with Bill Snyder, or at least Bill Snyder in his first run at Kansas State. Snyder took players from whatever was available developed them into good players and developed good coaches at the same time.

I am looking for season tickets or tickets to Colorado UCLA Wisconsin and Rutgers. Text me if you have any questions! GBR

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Special teams coordinator Ed Foley and 3-4 players will be available following Tuesday’s practice, which should end around 11-11:30 a.m.

A few updates and presser videos will be going ITT after they post to our YT channel (LINK)

Live feed will be through the official Huskers page (LINK)

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1. Gottula was the left tackle with the #1 offense in every clip.

2. Ervin with the 2s or 3s, had a nice run.

3. Keelan Smith had a nice catch and run from Kaelin for a TD.

4. Hartzog form tackles Boerkircher. Only a 70lb weight difference on that one...

5. Dowdell repping with the 1's with a nice run.

6. Quinn Clark had a beautiful side line catch for a TD.

7. Dowdell trucks Doss

8. Koby Bretz had an insane Int.



I am encouraged to see Dowdell ripping chunk plays against our #1 defense. Also Interesting to see if Gottula has taken over the LT position.

That time of the week again, I'll have some updated intel tomorrow evening and the mailbag will be out on Wednesday as usual, what are your recruiting questions this week?

And please spare me the “I don’t watch the NFL” tripe. You don’t like the NFL…that’s fine. Please choose to not participate in this thread.


Mine would be Cris Collinsworth, Jay Feely, and really surprised how much I like Mark Sanchez (considering how much I hate USC).






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@TimVerghese it would be really cool (not sure how much work it would be though) if you did a short piece identifying everyone in the new 250 that Nebraska has had on campus and where we stand in their recruitment.