Via Nebraska Athletics Communications, here is the recap and final results for the Huskers at the 2023 Cliff Keen Invitational:


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

The Inside Nebraska crew's weekly CFB picks – and remember, we did against the spread picks all season so back off! – was a Big Ten West imitation of rugged survival all week until we grinded our way to a winner. Nonetheless, here are the final standings as our digital producer, Jansen Coburn, is the best knower of CFB teams and games on the entire staff:

Final Standings:
1 – @jansencoburn: 69-66-5 (77 pts)
2 – @Greg Smith: 64-70-6 (73 pts)
3 – @Zack Carpenter: 64-72-4 (73 pts)
4 – @Steve Marik: 67-69-4 (72 pts)


Also ... I already posted these the other day, but while we're at it, here's the list of Guess the Score Contest winners for the season. The contest was fun to do, so we'll certainly be bringing it back next year! Thank you to @BradWesley for yore suggestion on re-opening the contest:

Guess the Score Contest Winners:
Nebraska at Minnesota: None
at Colorado: @Jaemekon
Northern Illinois: @NU HZKRZ
Louisiana Tech: @HuskerFitter98
Michigan: @TheAdmiral7777 and @argon
at Illinois: @Huskersrockin
Northwestern: @HuskerRick
Purdue: @gobigredno.1 ***
at Michigan State: @saudi_aurora
Maryland: @valleyred
at Wisconsin: @Hskr I brly kno her
vs. Iowa: @Norva ***

***Our two one-year subscription winners this season: gobigredno.1 correctly predicted the exact final score of Nebraska 31, Purdue 14 (😄) and Norva correctly predicted the exact final score of Iowa 13, Nebraska 10 (😕)

If the SEC champion is left out. It will be fun to see the way this plays out.

NFM

Not sure if any of you saw this quote but after being appointed Head Coach at Oregon State, Bray wished his players well in their bowl game but said he would not be there.

"I'm fired up about you guys and the opportunity in the bowl game. Wish I could be there with you, but I'll be around at practice. You're in great hands and I look forward to watching you guys go out there."

Later said that he would rather spend his time assembling his staff and focusing on recruiting.

Is there a good site that has our scholarship availability/distribution? I'd like to see who is leaving and what that does to our numbers. Also curious on the time table on when announcements for qbs coming and going

Glad we could hire away their tenured loser of a coach to allow them to search for qualified coaching candidates. The Butterfly Effect.

Reminds me a lot of someone near and dear to all of our hearts...

Anyone see that? Anonymous donor donates a $1 million Lear jet for recruiting. That's a hopeful sign.

Matches for Saturday, December 2

NEBRASKA REGION
at Lincoln, NE
#1 Nebraska def. #8 Missouri (25-14, 25-19, 25-21)

#5 Georgia Tech (has advanced to Sweet 16)

at Fayetteville, AR
#3 Arkansas def. TCU (25-18, 27-25, 23-25, 25-20)

#2 Kentucky (has advanced to Sweet 16)

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PITTSBURGH REGION
at Pittsburgh, PA
#1 Pittsburgh def. #8 USC (23-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-18)

at Pullman, WA
#4 Washington State def. #5 Dayton (25-21, 25-15, 20-25, 25-16)

at Omaha, NE
#3 Creighton def. Minnesota (25-21, 25-20, 29-27)

#2 Louisville (has advanced to Sweet 16)

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MADISON REGION

Sweet 16 (next week)
#1 Wisconsin vs. #5 Penn State
#2 Oregon vs. #3 Purdue

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STANFORD REGION
at Palo Alto, CA
#1 Stanford def. #8 Houston (25-15, 25-20, 22-25, 22-25, 15-7)

at Provo, UT
#5 Arizona State def. #4 BYU (25-20, 25-21, 25-21)

at Knoxville, TN
#3 Tennessee def. #6 Western Kentucky (25-20, 25-16, 26-24)

#2 Texas (has advanced to Sweet 16)

Pleading for Florida State to not get in the playoffs being undefeated! Thinks a 1 loss team should get in instead. Washington, Michigan, Florida State and figure it out between Bama, Texass etc. Period!!

SCREWeD! No review on a redzone int when on replay it appears clear that the UT DB didn’t complete the catch through ground contact. Big12. Some things never change.

AAC Championship Game
Southern Methodist 26, Tulane 14

ACC Championship Game
Florida State 16, Louisville 6

Big 12 Championship Game
Texas 49, Oklahoma State 21

Big Ten Championship Game
Michigan 26, Iowa 0

CUSA Championship Game
Liberty 49, New Mexico State 35

MAC Championship Game
Miami (OH) 23, Toledo 14

Mountain West Championship Game
Boise State 44, UNLV 20

Pac-12 Championship Game
Washington 34, Oregon 31

SEC Championship Game
Alabama 27, Georgia 24

Sun Belt Championship Game
Troy 49, Appalachian State 23

December 2
Wisconsin 75, #3 Marquette 64
#24 Illinois 76, Rutgers 58
Bucknell 76, Penn State 67
Oregon 86, Michigan 83 (OT)

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

Games for Sunday, December 3
#15 Creighton at Nebraska (3:00 PM - FS1)
Minnesota at Ohio State (5:30 PM - BTN)

December 2
#4 Iowa 99, Bowling Green 65
Michigan 80, Harvard 66
Minnesota 94, Drake 88 (2OT)
Nebraska 80, Georgia Tech 72

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

Games for Sunday, December 3
George Mason at Maryland
Butler at Wisconsin
Stetson at #17 Indiana
Valparaiso at Purdue
Miami (OH) at Michigan State
Georgetown at Northwestern
#16 Ohio State at #20 Tennessee

Next Nebraska Game - Tuesday, December 5
North Carolina-Wilmington at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN+)

Said no Nebraska fan ever. Go Blue. I hate you but I hope Iowa gets humiliated.
That is all.

My pedicitions:

ACC - Florida State
Big 12 - Texas
B1G - Michigan
PAC 12 - Washington
SEC - Georgia

Do we need to put Fidone’s picture on a milk carton to see if we can find him. The Iowa game is one where he should have dominated and instead all I remember is that he was the target on the last interception.

I’m not criticizing Fidone but rather our lack of a passing attack that fails to use its best receiver. Fidone and the tight ends in general have been grossly mismanaged this year.

Maybe just a coincidence but the tight end coach is the position where we had to replace a coach with an Analyst at the last minute. I think that has come back to haunt us and hopefully Rhule will get a real tight end coach in there quickly.

Let's go Lady Huskers!!!


Volleyball Schedule




Freaking Slay!

Nm

12 straight Sweet 16 appearances for John Cook's Huskers and a 12th time hitting the 30-win mark under Cook (24th time in program history). It all had me comparing Nebraska's postseason run to the New England Patriots after the Huskers' sweep of Missouri in Round 2 of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night.

Game story and postgame presser video below:


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9-0 SS blowout imminent

All-time great line. You're not that bad. We were just the best CFB team of all time. You'll be fine Nick. Saban turned out to be a pretty good coach.
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