December 4
#4 Purdue 87, Iowa 68

Standings
1. Illinois (6-1, 1-0)
1. Indiana (6-1, 1-0)
1. Northwestern (6-1, 1-0)
1. Ohio State (7-1, 1-0)
5. Purdue (8-1, 1-1)
6. Nebraska (7-1, 0-0)
6. Michigan (4-4, 0-0)
6. Michigan State (4-3, 0-0)
6. Penn State (4-4, 0-0)
6. Wisconsin (6-2, 0-0)
11. Iowa (5-3, 0-1)
11. Maryland (4-4, 0-1)
11. Minnesota (5-3, 0-1)
11. Rutgers (5-2, 0-1)

Games for Tuesday, December 5
#20 Illinois vs. #11 Florida Atlantic (at New York, NY) (5:30 PM - ESPN)
#23 Wisconsin at Michigan State (6:00 PM - Peacock)
Indiana at Michigan (8:00 PM - Peacock)

Next Nebraska Game - Wednesday, December 6
Nebraska at Minnesota (8:00 PM - BTN)

December 4
West Virginia 83, #25 Penn State 65

Standings
Iowa (8-1)
Indiana (7-1)
Michigan (7-1)
Michigan State (7-1)
Minnesota (7-1)
Ohio State (6-1)
Penn State (7-2)
Nebraska (6-2)
Maryland (6-3)
Illinois (4-2)
Purdue (5-3)
Wisconsin (5-3)
Rutgers (5-5)
Northwestern (3-5)

Games for Tuesday, December 5
Ohio at #12 Ohio State
La Salle at Rutgers
North Carolina-Wilmington at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN+)

If you are 18-20 years old and unlikely to sniff the NFL draft, wouldnt you try and score 100k+ in the transfer portal if your own squad can’t or won’t pay you. Loyalty is no longer a part of the equation if there is an opportunity to make a big chunk of money once, twice or even 3 times for some kids. Not saying I like it, but I get it. It really sucks to be honest…but again, at least understand why it’s rampant.

Edit: Even 50-75k is a large number at that age.

Had a friend of mine who knows the family tell me that he will commit to Nebraska either this week or next week.

Just passing it along

Daughter did it three years in a row and that is hard to do in sales!

Thanks Fusion for honoring her!

It seems like every team has tons of guys entering the portal and we haven’t heard of anybody yet? How is this possible!?

Just a horrible last minute for the officials in the KC Green Bay game! Late hit on Mahomes out of bounce bad call! no pass interference. Call on the long throw to Marquez Valdez S. Really no skin in the game and who I was rooting for but just horrible officiating. Possibly even passing interference on the Hail Mary.

Georgia beat Alabama? What would the 4 teams have been?

I contend it would be Georgia, Michigan, Washington and Florida State. I think Texas would have been on the outside looking in.

Which makes what happened that much worse, in my opinion. Florida state should not have been left out.

If this was discussed in one of the other threads, apologies, ignore this one.

Per Lincoln Arneal of Huskers Illustrated.

Please be respectful in this thread.

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This is why I like the NFL more then college. ACC 6-4 against SEC. FSU got screwed!!

Do you think he stays at Jack linebacker or moves down to dline? Also, do you think MJ could move from Jack to middle?

Huskers Finish Second at Cliff Keen
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Las Vegas - Two Huskers claimed individual titles as the Nebraska wrestling team finished second at the 2023 Cliff Keen Invitational.

Ridge Lovett (149) and Peyton Robb (157) finished atop their weight classes as NU amassed 125.5 team points.

Finals
Lovett (149) won five-straight matches, including three bonus-point victories, to win the Cliff Keen title. He met Virginia Tech’s No. 4 Caleb Henson in the finals where he defeated him 4-3.

Robb (157) became the second 2023 Cliff Keen champ as he won he’s second-straight title in Vegas. He tallied four-straight victories before he met Virginia Tech’s No. 4 Jacori Teemer and defeated him 6-4.

Third-place Matches
Caleb Smith (125) finished competition at the Cliff Keen Invite with a third-place finish and a 6-1 record. He won three-straight matches, including an overtime victory against No. 2 Matt Ramos, before meeting Oregon State’s No. 14 Brandon Kaylor and defeating him in overtime, 4-1.

Lenny Pinto (184) won three-straight matches to open the Cliff Keen before falling to top-ranked Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) in the semifinals. Pinto then defeated Michigan’s Jaden Bullock in the consolation semis before falling to Oklahoma State’s No. 5 Dustin Plott in the third-place match.

Fifth-place Matches
Brock Hardy (141) opened competition with three-straight victories, including two bonus point victories, en route to a semifinals matchup against Ohio State’s No. 5 Jesse Mendez. Hardy battled, but fell by major decision and moved on to consolation where he finished sixth.

Silas Allred (197) started with a pin and a major decision before falling by tech. fall to Cornell’s No. 6 Jacob Cardenas in the quarterfinals. In consolation, Allred recorded two-straight bonus-point victories before facing No. 3 Tanner Sloan of South Dakota State. Allred fell to Sloan, and then faced Sonny Sasso (Virginia Tech) and won by decision to finish fifth

Consolation
Jacob Van Dee (133), Antrell Taylor (165), Adam Thebeau (174) and Harley Andrews (HWT) all won their opening Round of 32 matches, but dropped the following Round of 16 matches to move on to consolation. Van Dee tallied a tech. fall over Cal State Bakersfield’s Santino Sanchez before falling to Northern Iowa’s Julian Farber 9-5. He ended his tournament run with a 2-2 record. Taylor defeated Northern Iowa’s Evan Yant by major decision before falling to Purdue’s No. 30 Stoney Buell in the next round and ending his weekend with a 2-2 record. Thebeau and Andrews both dropped their opening consolation round and finished with an overall 1-2 record.

Up next, the Huskers host South Dakota State on Saturday, Dec. 16. Action is set for 6 p.m. (CT) and will be streamed on B1G+.

125 - No. 9 Caleb Smith (6-1) 3rd
Round of 32: No. 9 Smith tech. fall Jake Ice (SHU) 19-4 (3:07)
Round of 16: No. 9 Smith dec. Nicholas Babin (Columbia) 8-6
Quarterfinals: No. 11 Jore Volk (Wyoming) dec. No. 9 Smith 4-2
Cons. of 8 #2: No. 9 Smith dec. No. 21 Troy Sprately (Oklahoma State) 5-4
Cons. of 4: No. 9 Smith dec. No. 2 Matt Ramos (Purdue) 8-4 SV-2
Cons. Semis: No. 9 Smith dec. No. 5 Michael DeAugustino (Michigan) MFF
Third-Place Match: No. 9 Smith dec. No. 14 Brandon Kaylor (Oregon State) 4-1

133 - No. 27 Jake Van Dee (2-2) DNP
Round of 32: No. 27 Van Dee tech. fall Jameson Garcia (Harvard) 19-3 (6:57)
Round of 16: Zeth Romney (Cal Poly) dec. No. 27 Van Dee 10-4
Cons. of 16 #2: No. 27 Van Dee tech. fall Santino Sanchez (Cal State Bakersfield) 15-0 (5:12)
Cons. of 8 #1: Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) dec. No. 27 Van Dee 9-5

141 - No. 4 Brock Hardy (3-3) 6th
Round of 32: No. 4 Hardy tech. fall Cole Solomey (Purdue) 21-0 (5:33)
Round of 16: No. 4 Hardy pinned Cole Brooks (Wyoming) 2:47
Quarterfinals: No. 4 Hardy dec. No. 24 Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State)
Semifinals: No. 5 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) major dec. No. 4 Hardy 11-3
Cons. Semis: No. 9 Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) dec. No. 4 Hardy 15-13
Fifth-Place: No. 24 Tagen Jamison (Oklahoma State) major dec. No. 4 Hardy 13-5

149 - No. 1 Ridge Lovett (5-0) 1st
Round of 32: No. 1 Lovett pinned Noah Tapia (Hofstra) 1:35
Round of 16: No. 1 Lovett major dec. Dylan Gilcher (Michigan) 11-1
Quarterfinals: No. 1 Lovett dec. No. 12 Quinn Kinner (Rider) 13-6
Semifinals: No. 1 Lovett major dec. No. 5 Dylan D’Emilio (Ohio State) 11-0
Finals: No. 1 Lovett dec. No. 4 Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) 4-3

157 - No. 3 Peyton Robb (5-0) 1st
Round of 32: No. 3 Robb tech. fall Jaden Le (Columbia) 26-10 (6:28)
Round of 16: No. 3 Robb tech. fall Legend Lamer (Cal Poly) 16-0 (4:03)
Quarterfinals: No. 3 Robb major dec. No. 13 Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) 10-0
Semifinals: No. 3 Robb dec. No. 6 Will Lewan (Michigan) 8-2
Finals: No. 3 Robb dec. No. 4 Jacori Teemer (Virginia Tech) 6-4

165 - No. 10 Antrell Taylor (2-2) DNP
Round of 32: No. 10 Taylor dec. Connor Gaynor (South Dakota State) 8-5
Round of 16: No. 25 Giano Petrucelli (Air Force) dec. No. 10 Taylor 12-9
Cons. of 16 #2: No. 10 Taylor major dec. Evan Yant (Northern Iowa) 11-3
Cons. of 8 #1: No. 30 Stoney Buell (Purdue) major dec. No. 10 Taylor 12-1

174 - Adam Thebeau (1-2) DNP
Round of 32: Thebeau pinned Luke Rada (Harvard) 2:19
Round of 16: No. 5 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) pinned Thebeau 2:12
Cons. of 16 #2: Sal Perrine (Ohio) pinned Thebeau 1:42

184 - No. 7 Lenny Pinto (4-2) 4th
Round of 32: No. 7 Pinto pinned Quayin Short (Wyoming) 0:50
Round of 16: No. 7 Pinto dec. No. 20 Dylan Fishback (NC State) 4-1
Quarterfinals: No. 7 Pinto dec. No. 5 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) 12-10
Semifinals: No. 1 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) dec. No. 7 Pinto 8-4
Cons. Semis: No. 7 Pinto dec. Jaden Bullock (Michigan) 9-6
Third-Place: No. 5 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) dec. No. 7 Pinto 11-7

197 - No. 12 Silas Allred (5-2) 5th
Round of 32: No. 12 Allred pinned Jake Trovato (Sacred Heart) 1:16
Round of 16: No. 12 Allred major dec. No. 21 Evan Bates (Northwestern) 11-2
Quarterfinals: No. 6 Jacob Cardenas (Cornell) tech. fall No. 12 Allred 17-1 (5:52)
Cons. of 8 #2: No. 12 Allred tech. fall No. 23 Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) 19-3 (6:09)
Cons. of 4: No. 12 Allred pinned Joey Novak (Wyoming) 4:57
Cons. Semis: No. 3 Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) major dec. No. 12 Allred 12-1
Fifth-Place: No. 12 Allred dec. Sonny Sasso (Virginia Tech) 8-5

HWT - Harley Andrews (1-2) DNP
Round of 32: Andrews major dec. Jordan Greer (Ohio) 8-0
Round of 16: No. 3 Lucas Davison (Michigan) pinned Andrews 2:36
Cons. of 16 #2: Jose Valdez (Northern Iowa) dec. Andrews 3-2

TEAM SCORES
1. Iowa State - 130.5
2. Nebraska - 125.5
3. Ohio State - 123.5
4. North Carolina State - 115
5. Oregon State - 98.5
6. Cornell - 93.5
7. Stanford - 85.5
8. Michigan - 91.5
9. Oklahoma State - 78.5
10. South Dakota State - 74

And lost by a combined score of 57-0.

Worst 10 win team in the history of football.

Fuk Iowa.

Giving up 52 in the first half, getting outrebounded by 10, and virtually every loose ball was grabbed by Creighton. PBA like a morgue the last 25 minutes of the game.

I just thought the days of getting run out of the gym were over. Serious reality check for the team and the fans.

I see in Kirk’s post game press conference vs Michigan he was referencing poor officiating in the game. He also chastised The review process on the punt return vs Minnesota, which seems to be a weekly thing for him. Mark it down, Iowa gets full benefit of calls in 2024.

I didn't realize his brother went into coaching as well.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39021472/zac-taylor-press-taylor-square-jaguars-bengals

Inside Nebraska has confirmed Myles Farmer has entered his name in the transfer portal as a grad transfer.

The latest Recruiting Blitz is here!

00:00 - Intro

00:55 - Final thoughts on landing Grant Brix

03:48 - Carlon Jones decommits from Nebraska

05:31 - Thoughts on Nebraska landing 2025 WR CJ Simon

07:57 - Early transfer QB targets for Nebraska

11:19 - What is Nebraska's NIL spending power in the portal?

14:49 - Which transfer QB is the best fit for Nebraska?

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Guess who is on the list?

If they beat Georgia do they raise a national title banner like UCF/Scott Frost did after being snubbed by the playoff committee?

Let us travel back in time, to a place where "BCS CHAOS" and "BCS BUSTERS" ruled supreme... There is a Twitter account called BCSKnowHow that uses the old BCS formula to show how the rankings would have ended up if college football still used the BCS rankings to determine bowls and national championship matchups. I think it's fun to check out every season just as a hypothetical. This year, this is how the BCS Top 20 would have turned out:

1. Michigan – 13-0 - Big 10 Champion
2. Washington – 13-0 - PAC 12 Champion
3. Alabama – 12-1 - SEC Champion
4. Florida State – 13-0 - ACC Champion
5. Texas – 12-1 - Big 12 Champion
6. Georgia – 12-1
7. Ohio State – 11-1
8. Oregon – 11-2
9. Penn State - 10-2
10. Missouri - 10-2
11. Ole Miss - 10-2
12. Oklahoma - 10-2
13. LSU - 9-3
14. Notre Dame - 9-3
15. Arizona - 9-3
16. Louisville 10-3
17. Liberty - 13-0
18. Iowa - 10-3
19. SMU - 11-2 - AAC Champion
20. NC State - 9-3

Using those rankings, and the automatic qualifier status of the conference champs noted above, here is how the BCS Bowls might have been set up:

National Championship - Michigan vs. Washington

Rose Bowl - Ohio State vs. Oregon
Fiesta Bowl - Texas vs. Georgia
Sugar Bowl - Alabama vs. SMU
Orange Bowl - Florida State vs. Oklahoma

What do you think? Would this hypothetical BCS bowl season be more or less controversial than the Playoff? More or less entertaining? More or less effective at deciding a national champion?

Starting OU QB??

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