Damned loser Hawkeye has had 3 drops for the Vikes today. WTH did that knucklehead GM first trade for him then give him that record TE deal? Horrible.

Good stuff from Matt Rhule following Friday's win over Illinois. He talked about how the defense showed up in big moments.

“I got in there (the huddle) a couple times, they were like, ‘Hey, we got this,’ like basically, 'Get your ass out of here',” Rhule said with a laugh.

This past weekend:

Northwestern was sacked 4 times by Howard...
Purdue was sacked 6 times by Iowa...

That portends good things for the Blackshirts!

Guy is taking a lot of heat this year from Husker fans.

Yes, I get it.

We are far from a well oiled machine, and we have looked completely inept in a large amount of drives this year. It isn't much fun to watch a good amount of time.

I like what he is doing though. It isn't easy calling plays and creating an offense for a team that can't throw the football with any amount of effectiveness, and struggles mightily to run the ball between the tackles.

We held the ball for 37 plus minutes last night, and ran the ball 49 times while holding Illinois to 21 yards rushing. We also had 10 penalties and 3 turnovers, yet we won by 13 points on the road.

Run the ball. Stuff the run. That is a good recipe for the rest of our schedule as this team gets better each week.

Was it ever said what he is dealing with? Just seems like a really weird situation. Appendix? Staph?

Nebraska junior outside hitter Lindsay Krause was named Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday by the conference office.

Krause sparked the Huskers to a 3-1 win at Michigan State and a 3-0 sweep at Michigan with 3.43 kills per set on a .458 hitting percentage. She also added a team-high four service aces. Krause had a season-high 15 kills and just one error on 27 swings for a .519 hitting percentage in Saturday's win at Michigan. The Papillion, Neb., natve also had two aces and five digs. On Friday night, Krause posted nine kills with four digs and two aces while hitting .381. For the weekend, Krause totaled 24 kills and just two hitting errors on 48 swings.

It’s the third time in the last four weeks that a Husker has won the B1G Player of the week award. Merritt Beason won in back-to-back weeks before Krause earned the accolade this time around.

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Nebraska remains No. 2 in the AVCA Poll as it’s the same top five as last week.

It’s the same since No. 3 Stanford took care of No. 4 Washington State Sunday in four sets despite the Cougars reaching set point in three of the four sets.

Nebraska hosts Michigan State and No. 13 Penn State this week as the Nittany Lions moved up one spot after beating Ohio State for its notable win over the weekend. Full rankings attached.

Any idea when it will be announced?

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Here are the snap counts and PFF grades from Friday's win over Illinois. Pedestrian grades for the offense, but multiple standout performances on the defense including exceptional grades for a pair of true freshman. Hit the links.

Offense:


Defense:

October 9

1635 - Religious dissident and Rhode Island founder, Roger Williams, was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

1888 - The Washington Monument was opened to the public.

1910 - A coal dust explosion at the Starkville Mine in Colorado left 56 miners dead.

1930 - Aviator Laura Ingalls became the first woman to make a solo transcontinental flight across the United States.

1936 - The first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.

1962 - Uganda won autonomy from British rule.

1967 - Marxist revolutionary guerrilla leader Che Guevara, 39, was summarily executed by the Bolivian army a day after his capture.

1975 - Soviet scientist Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end the nuclear arms race.

1985 - The hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise liner surrendered two days after seizing the vessel in the Mediterranean and killing passenger Leon Klinghoffer.

2001 - In the first daylight raids since the start of U.S.-led attacks on Afghanistan, jets bombed the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar.

2006 - Google Inc. announced it was snapping up YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion in a stock deal.

2009 - Despite minimal time in office, President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

2010 - Chile's 33 trapped miners cheered and embraced each other as a drill punched into their underground chamber where they had been stuck for an agonizing 66 days.

2018 - Taylor Swift captured four honors at the American Music Awards to become the most decorated woman in the show's history.

Birthdays
26 - Jharrel Jerome (actor)
26 - Megan Moroney (singer)
27 - Bella Hadid (model)
30 - Scotty McCreery (singer)
30 - George Kittle (football player)
31 - Tyler James Williams (actor)
36 - Melissa Villasenor (actress/comedian)
40 - Spencer Grammer (actor)
42 - Zachery Ty Bryan (actor)
44 - Brandon Routh (actor)
45 - Randy Spelling (actor)
48 - Sean Lennon (singer)
50 - Steve Burns (actor)
53 - Annika Sorenstam (golfer)
54 - P.J. Harvey (singer)
65 - Mike Singletary (football coach)
69 - John O'Hurley (actor)
69 - Scott Bakula (actor)
70 - Tony Shalhoub (actor)
71 - Sharon Osbourne (TV host)
72 - Richard Chaves (actor)
73 - Gary Frank (actor)

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Today in Sports History - October 9

1909 - Nebraska defeats Knox 34-0.

1915 - Woodrow Wilson becomes the first sitting U.S. president to attend a World Series game.

1915 - Nebraska defeats Kansas State 31-0.

1919 - The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. The win would be later tainted when 8 Chicago White Sox were charged with throwing the game. The incident became known as the "Black Sox" scandal.

1920 - Nebraska defeats Colorado State 7-0.

1926 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 14-7.

1928 - The New York Yankees sweep the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series.

1934 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Detroit Tigers in seven games to win the World Series.

1937 - Nebraska defeats Iowa State 20-7.

1943 - Indiana defeats Nebraska 54-13.

1944 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the St. Louis Browns in six games to win the World Series.

1948 - Colorado defeats Nebraska 19-6.

1949 - The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in five games to win the World Series.

1954 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 7-3.

1958 - The New York Yankees defeat the Milwaukee Braves in seven games to win the World Series.

1961 - The New York Yankees defeat the Cincinnati Reds in five games to win their 19th World Series.

1965 - #2 Nebraska defeats Wisconsin 37-0.

1966 - The Baltimore Orioles sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the World Series.

1971 - #1 Nebraska defeats Missouri 36-0.

1974 - The Washington Capitals made their NHL debut.

1976 - #6 Nebraska defeats Colorado 24-12.

1982 - #7 Nebraska defeats Colorado 40-14.

1997 - University of North Carolina men's basketball coach Dean Smith announces his retirement.

1999 - #4 Nebraska defeats Iowa State 49-14.

2000 - Brett Hull of the Dallas Stars scored his 611th NHL goal. The goal allowed him to pass his father, Bobby Hull, on the all time scoring list bringing him to number 9.

2002 - The Los Angeles Kings retired Wayne Gretzky's #99.

2004 - Texas Tech defeats Nebraska 70-10.

2012 - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, to 30 to 60 years in prison following his conviction on 45 counts of sexual abuse of boys.

2021 - #9 Michigan defeats Nebraska 32-29.

Gophers having some success on the ground.

What an absolute bloated tub of goo Bielema has become. Dear lord, if I cared, I’d be concerned for his health

We interested?

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Due to forecasted weather later in the week, Nebraska baseball’s annual Red-White Series has been moved up a day and will be played on Monday-Wednesday, Oct. 9-11 at Hawks Field.

First pitch of the series opener is set for 3 p.m. this afternoon, while the remaining games on Tuesday and Wednesday are scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

The three games are open to the public with free admission.

Additionally, all three games will be streamed live on Youtube (youtube.com/Huskers).

Won’t be there today with the change, but hoping to get there Tuesday or Wednesday. Nebraska took care of Cloud County CC 22-2 last Friday.

Offensive Player of the Week
WR - Marvin Harrison Jr., Ohio State (JR)
- Recorded his third 100-yard receiving game this season with eight receptions for 163 yards and one touchdown in Ohio State's 37-17 win over Maryland
- Added a 58-yard second quarter catch and run to help the Buckeyes to a field goal and a tie game at the half, before his 17-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter clinched the win, giving Ohio State a 34-17 lead with just seven minutes to play
- Tied Michael Jenkins and Garrett Wilson for third at Ohio State with ten career 100-yard receiving games
- Earns the first Offensive Player of the Week award of his career
- Last Ohio State Offensive Player of the Week: C.J. Stroud (Nov. 14, 2022)

Defensive Player of the Week
S - Josh Proctor, Ohio State (SR)
- Led the Buckeyes' defensive effort with a career-best performance in a 37-17 win over Maryland on Saturday
- Intercepted a Taulia Tagovailoa pass and raced 24 yards across field and into the end zone for Ohio State's first touchdown of the day
- Tied his career-high with seven tackles, set a new personal best with six solo tackles and had 1.5 tackles for loss
- Earns the first Defensive Player of the Week award of his career
- Last Ohio State Defensive Player of the Week: J.T. Tuimoloau (Oct. 31, 2022)

Special Teams Player of the Week
P - Tory Taylor, Iowa (SR)
- Had six punts for 284 yards, averaging 47.3 yards per punt, in Iowa's 20-14 win over Purdue
- Recorded a 61-yard punt and two of his kicks were downed inside the 20-yard line
- Garners the fourth Special Teams Player of the Week honor of his career and first of this season
- Last Iowa Special Teams Player of the Week: Cooper DeJean (Oct. 2, 2023)

Freshman of the Week
DB - Dillon Thieneman, Purdue (FR)
- Made his team-leading third interception of the year to become the only true freshman in the country with three interceptions this season in a contest against Iowa
- Recorded eight tackles, including seven solo, to remain the Big Ten leader in solo tackles and ranking second nationally
- Led a Purdue secondary that limited Iowa to 6-of-21 passing for 110 yards, the lowest completion percentage (28.6%) by an opposing quarterback since 2006
- Earns the second Freshman of the Week honor of his career
- Last Purdue Freshman of the Week: Dillon Thieneman (Sept. 5, 2023)

I know almost ALL of us are glued to the Huskers games, but alot of you out there also watch other games that interest you in addition.

Just wanted a thread on people's observations so far of the CFB year. good, bad, random etc. everything's open and would love any knowledge brought to the table.

A few of mine:

Michigan seems pretty legit, have a good D, and their O is not bad.

TOSU seems to have taken a small step back IMHO from past years.

Saw Fla St today, they seem semi-legit. Have alot of offensive weapons, QB seems ok, D seems pretty solid..Not a single white dude starting on the whole D.. hahaha

OU seems like they are better than I thought, their D seems like it's a few steps better than previous years, and they made alot of key stops when it mattered against TX today.

Man Bret Bielema has put on a ton of weight, I am actually a little worried about dudes health. He's turning Into Mangino before our eyes.

Anyway, drop some Info, disagree or agree w any of my takes etc.

As always GBR..

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The Huskers made an intriguing offer earlier today. Florida ATH (6-4, 200) Greg Smith announced an offer from the Huskers. Smith told me that defensive backs coach Evan Cooper called him after his visit to Florida and made the offer.

Smith doesn’t have the date locked in but he’s excited to come to Nebraska this season for an OV.

The Huskers offered him at DB.

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The latest episode of the Recruiting Blitz is here. Really good show this week.

00:00 - Intro

03:02 - Matt Rhule's culture

07:54 - Importance of on-field success for recruiting

11:16 - Objectives for Nebraska coaches during bye week

It’s like we have two totally different coaching staffs and players at work on the same team. Do the coordinators have that much autonomy under Rhule? What exactly is going on because it’s so dramatic? The offense looks like a carbon copy of a Riley and Frost offense while the Defense plays like a 90’s style Charlie McBride blackshirt defense!

I've noticed Matt coaching his ass off the last two games.

I think we have more than a couple bad position coaches.. one of those being the RB's coach.

When a young player doesn't even know which side of the formation the run is going and can't get his handoff receiving correct, it tells me that coach isn't doing his job. Every time I see that punk coach on the sideline, it's like he's standing there with his fascinating beard, doing NOTHING. Not coaching up his players, and maybe the camera is just catching things at the wrong time, but I think our RB coach sucks.

Our OC's playing calling has been maddening. You can see Matt Rhule interjecting and getting involved thankfully in an attempt to stop that dumb dumb from doing something even more stupid. I can not get behind this backwards idiot OC.

Our OL coach, has always been suspect, but it seems Illinois was doing something to draw the OL offsides, and they were able to get away with it, but Rhule is certainly on top of it. Whatever that thing is, why isn't the OL coach teaching this stuff in his drills?

I've just noticed Matt being involved a lot more in things, like he's trying to take over for some of these coaches that aren't doing their jobs in game.

I'm glad he's doing that, but would like to see him take the next step and get some better coaches in here when he can.

Rant over.. glad we won.

Rhule talked about this in his presser and seemed pissed at the officials. I also remember Iowa doing this in Iowa City in the past. I wonder how many false starts can be traced back to this alone from the game? Not exactly something the commentators pick up on or you can hear from the broadcast.

Wisconsin 2, Northwestern 1
Nebraska 4, Iowa 2
Rutgers 1, Maryland 0
Michigan State 3, Michigan 2
Indiana 1, Purdue 0
Penn State 2, Ohio State 1
Minnesota 3, Illinois 1

Standings
1. Penn State (11-0-2, 5-0-1)
2. Indiana (10-1-3, 4-1-1)
2. Michigan State (9-3-2, 4-1-1)
2. Wisconsin (9-2-3, 4-1-1)
5. Nebraska (9-2-3, 3-1-2)
6. Michigan (7-3-3, 3-2-1)
6. Ohio State (7-4-2, 3-2-1)
8. Iowa (8-2-3, 2-2-2)
9. Rutgers (6-5-3, 2-3-1)
10. Illinois (5-5-3, 1-3-2)
10. Minnesota (5-4-4, 1-3-2)
12. Northwestern (7-4-3, 1-4-1)
13. Maryland (3-6-5, 0-5-1)
13. Purdue (3-10-1, 0-5-1)

Next Nebraska Game - Thursday, October 12
Maryland at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN+)

AP Top 25 (10/8)
1. Georgia (50) (6-0)
2. Michigan (11) (6-0)
3. Ohio State (1) (5-0)
4. Florida State (1) (5-0)
5. Oklahoma (6-0)
6. Penn State (5-0)
7. Washington (5-0)
8. Oregon (5-0)
9. Texas (5-1)
10. USC (6-0)
11. Alabama (5-1)
12. North Carolina (5-0)
13. Mississippi (5-1)
14. Louisville (6-0)
15. Oregon State (5-1)
16. Utah (4-1)
17. Duke (4-1)
18. UCLA (4-1)
19t. Tennessee (4-1)
19t. Washington State (4-1)
21. Notre Dame (5-2)
22. LSU (4-2)
23. Kansas (5-1)
24. Kentucky (5-1)
25. Miami (FL) (4-1)

Others Receiving Votes
Missouri, Wyoming, Air Force, Wisconsin, Tulane, West Virginia, Clemson, Maryland, Iowa, James Madison, Texas A&M

Dropped Out
Missouri (#21), Fresno State (#24)

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Coaches Top 25 (10/8)
1. Georgia (61) (6-0)
2. Michigan (6-0)
3. Ohio State (2) (5-0)
4. Florida State (5-0)
5. Penn State (5-0)
6. Washington (1) (5-0)
7. Oklahoma (6-0)
8. Oregon (5-0)
9. USC (6-0)
10. Alabama (5-1)
11. Texas (5-1)
12. North Carolina (5-0)
13. Mississippi (5-1)
14. Oregon State (5-1)
15. Louisville (6-0)
16. Utah (4-1)
17. Tennessee (4-1)
18. Duke (4-1)
19. Washington State (4-1)
20. LSU (4-2)
21. Notre Dame (5-2)
22. UCLA (4-1)
23. Kentucky (5-1)
24. Kansas (5-1)
25. Missouri (5-1)

Others Receiving Votes
Miami (FL), Wyoming, Air Force, Iowa, Maryland, Clemson, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Texas A&M, Tulane, James Madison, BYU, Fresno State, Memphis, Ohio, Florida, Liberty

Dropped Out
Miami (FL) (#17), Fresno State (#24)

Zack and Steve gave their snap judgements from Nebraska's conference win over Illinois tonight.