In 2021, we took every team down to the wire, including tOSU and Michigan. Our OL, while not stellar, was way better than it is now.

3 of the 5 guys who started for us on Saturday started for us in 2021 (Corcoran, Piper, and Benhart). The other 2 in 2021 were Jurgens and Sichterman.

Clearly, Jurgens was good enough to play in the NFL, but it would be a stretch to say that Sichterman is as good as Nouili.

It's hard to believe that the difference between scoring 29 points and having 431 yards against Michigan in 2021 to what we saw this Saturday is because of Jurgens.

To this point, Benhart and Piper seem to be better than they were in 2021, Nouili is probably better than Sichterman, and Scott is not as good as Jurgens, but not that bad.

I remember the best offensive performance on the last 5 years for Nebraska, 2021 Northwestern. The biggest change for that game was replacing Corcoran at LT with Freshman Teddy. I know they're being really protective of Teddy, but this change needs to happen again soon. Corcoran needs to be in a 3 man rotation with the guards and never play tackle again.

It's just sad that 3 guys have so much experience and so little improvement to show for it.

Hey everyone, we're getting the coordinators a little bit earlier today. I'll provide live updates as they come, and I'll have a couple quick hits stories later today.

Great stuff from John Cook today who recapped an intense weekend and previews an emotional match upcoming at Michigan. Hit the link.

After week 5, FPI gives us 20.8% probability of winning 6 games, down from 31.7%. Probability of winning increased significantly against no one. Probability of winning decreased significantly against Maryland and Purdue. The single most likely outcome is 5 wins. 4 wins (I apologize for the false hope running on fumes this morning)

With Reimer and Singleton out for Illinois, the defense will not be as good as it was in the first four games. Getting Cam L. back will help, but to win this game, the offense will have to do more to make up for the losses on defense. So we'll see.
Winning this game will probably lead to a happy ending to our season, losing it.....well, who knows?

October 3
1226 - St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, died.

1863 - President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.

1922 - Rebecca L. Fulton became the first female U.S. senator when she was appointed to serve out the term of Sen. Thomas E. Watson.

1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes formally changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

1941 - During World War II, German chancellor Adolf Hitler declared in a speech in Berlin that Russia had been "broken" and would "never rise again."

1944 - During World War II, U.S. Army troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany.

1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" and "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on television.

1970 - The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was established under the Department of Commerce.

1981 - Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison near Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended seven months of hunger strikes that had claimed 10 lives.

1990 - East Germany and West Germany united to become Germany, 45 years after being split into two countries at the end of World War II.

1995 - The jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman.

2001 - The Senate approved an agreement normalizing trade between the United States and Vietnam.

2003 - A tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of duo "Siegfried & Roy" during a performance in Las Vegas, leaving the superstar illusionist in critical condition on his 59th birthday.

2008 - O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was later sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison; he was granted parole in July 2017 and released from prison in October of that year.)

2011 - An Italian appeals court freed Amanda Knox of Seattle after four years in prison, tossing murder convictions against Knox and an ex-boyfriend in the stabbing of their British roommate, Meredith Kercher.

2013 - A smugglers' ship packed with African migrants sank off the coast of a southern Italian island, killing more than 365 people.

2017 - Yahoo announced that the largest data breach in history had affected all 3 billion accounts on its service, not the 1 billion it had revealed earlier.

Birthdays
28 - Carmella Rose (model)
35 - Alicia Vikander (actress)
35 - A$AP Rocky (rapper)
39 - Ashlee Simpson (actress/singer)
39 - Christopher Marquette (actor)
39 - Meagan Holder (actress)
39 - Jessica Parker Kennedy (actress)
40 - Drake White (singer)
40 - Tessa Thompson (actress)
41 - Erik Von Detten (actor)
42 - Seth Gabel (actor)
44 - John Morrison (professional wrestler)
45 - Shannyn Sossamon (actress)
47 - Seann William Scott (actor)
48 - Alanna Ubach (actress)
50 - Lena Headey (actress)
50 - Neve Campbell (actress)
50 - Keiko Agena (actress)
52 - Kevin Richardson (singer)
54 - Gwen Stefani (singer)
54 - Janel Moloney (actress)
59 - Clive Owen (actor)
61 - Tommy Lee (musician)
64 - Jack Wagner (actor)
64 - Greg Proops (actor/comedian)
64 - Fred Couples (golfer)
67 - Peter Frechette (actor)
67 - Hart Bochner (actor)
69 - Al Sharpton (civil rights activist)
69 - Dennis Eckersley (baseball player)
72 - Dave Winfield (baseball player)
74 - Lindsey Buckingham (singer)
82 - Chubby Checker (singer)

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Today in Sports History - October 3

1903 - Nebraska defeats South Dakota 23-0.

1908 - Nebraska defeats Doane 43-0.

1914 - Nebraska opens the season with a 14-7 win over Washburn.

1925 - Nebraska opens the season under new coach Ernest E. Bearg with a 14-0 win over Illinois.

1931 - Northwestern defeats Nebraska 19-7.

1936 - Nebraska opens the season with a 34-0 win over Iowa State.

1942 - Nebraska defeats Iowa State 26-0.

1951 - The New York Giants captured the National League pennant by a score of 5-4 as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the "shot heard 'round the world."

1951 - CBS-TV aired the first coast-to-coast telecast of a prizefight. Dave Sands defeated Carl Olson at Soldier Field in Chicago.

1953 - Kansas State defeats Nebraska 27-0.

1959 - Nebraska defeats Oregon State 7-6.

1964 - Nebraska defeats Iowa State 14-7.

1970 - #6 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 35-10.

1974 - Frank Robinson became the first African American manager in Major League Baseball, taking the role with the Cleveland Indians.

1976 - Hank Aaron singles in his final MLB at-bat, driving in his 2,297th career run.

1981 - Nebraska defeats Auburn 17-3.

1987 - #2 Nebraska defeats South Carolina 30-21.

1989 - Art Shell became the first African-American head coach in the modern NFL when he took over the Los Angeles Raiders.

1998 - #2 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 24-17 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) broke Babe Ruth's major league single-season record for walks at 171.

2004 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. used a vulgar term during a live postrace television interview with NBC after winning a race in Talladega. On October 5, NASCAR penalized him $10,000 and 25 points in the Nextel Cup standings.

2004 - The New England Patriots, dating back to the prior season, defeat the Buffalo Bills to win their 18th consecutive NFL game.

2004 - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners sets a MLB single-season record with 262 hits.

2012 - Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers achieved MLB's first "Triple Crown" since 1967. He finished the season leading the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs.

2015 - Illinois defeats Nebraska 14-13.

2021 - The Cleveland Indians play their final game under the "Indians" moniker, beating the Texas Rangers 6-0. (The franchise was renamed "Guardians" the following season.)

2021 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady becomes the NFL's all-time leader in career passing yards, surpassing Drew Brees' record of 80,358 yards.

This is more about what does the shift of power look like in the next 5-10 years if NIL stays the same? Are the 1-5 picks going to be more selective about the team that drafts them now if they’re making enough money to “dodge” teams in the draft? When does the NFL get involved to lobby some change within the NCAA?

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The tweet is nothing more than a launching off point for the discussion. The validity of the persons “knowledge” is neither here nor there.

This week's Turning Point focuses on that failed fourth-and-1 from the gun in the first quarter. What started as a promising drive ended in a turnover on downs and gave Michigan another series it scored a touchdown on.

Nebraska will never sniff the level of play that Michigan showed Saturday. We are paying our players peanuts compared to Michigan

The top 5 players at Nebraska make less than a quarter of the top 5 at Michigan.

That's it folks game over ....MONEY.

Here’s this week’s Checkdown, where I touch on Heinrich Haarberg and six wins before emptying the notebook from the Michigan game.

The top ten, the Huskers, Illini, and bottom-ranked team

TOTAL OFFENSE
1. Washington - 569.4 ypg
2. Oregon - 557.8
3. USC - 555.0
4. LSU - 551.4
5. Central Florida - 545.8
6. Washington State - 532.2
7. Miami (FL) - 519.0
8. Mississippi - 517.4
9. Oklahoma - 510.0
10. Liberty - 501.0
70. Illinois - 390.8
93. Nebraska - 348.4
130. Iowa - 240.8

RUSH OFFENSE
1. Air Force - 329.8 ypg
2. Liberty - 271.2
3. Central Florida - 255.2
4. Tennessee - 231.2
5. Navy - 227.5
6. Oregon - 227.2
7. Louisiana-Lafayette - 225.2
8. Toledo - 223.4
9. Miami (FL) - 222.5
10. Cincinnati - 220.2
13. Nebraska - 209.0
78. Illinois - 148.2
130. Hawaii - 59.0

PASS OFFENSE
1. Washington - 446.4 ypg
2. Washington State - 405.8
3. Colorado State - 383.5
4. USC - 382.4
5. Colorado - 356.8
6. LSU - 353.4
7. Oklahoma - 352.4
8. Georgia Southern - 337.0
9. Mississippi - 336.6
10. Georgia - 332.6
60. Illinois - 242.6
125. Nebraska - 139.4
130. Air Force - 82.0

SCORING OFFENSE
1. USC - 53.6 ppg
2. Oregon - 51.6
3. Oklahoma - 47.4
4. Washington - 46.0
5. Washington State - 45.8
6. Mississippi - 44.6
7. LSU - 44.0
8. Miami (FL) - 43.8
9. Texas State - 43.4
10. Florida State - 43.2
103. Illinois - 21.6
120. Nebraska - 18.8
130. Kent State - 12.6

PASS EFFICIENCY
1. Air Force - 307.05
2. USC - 204.66
3. Washington - 197.20
4. Miami (FL) - 192.92
5. Washington State - 192.84
6. Oklahoma - 192.50
7. Missouri - 186.02
8. Oregon - 185.84
9. New Mexico State - 183.57
10. LSU - 183.56
86. Illinois - 127.36
115. Nebraska - 113.93
130. East Carolina - 89.21

FIRST DOWNS GAINED
1. LSU - 144
2. Oregon - 140
3. Oklahoma - 136
4. Clemson - 133
5. TCU - 132
5. Washington - 132
7. Appalachian State - 131
7. Georgia Southern - 131
9. Notre Dame - 130
10. Georgia - 128
10. Penn State - 128
10. USC - 128
61. Illinois - 103
106. Nebraska - 86
130. Navy - 60

COMPLETION PERCENTAGE
1. Oregon - 81.0%
2. Florida - 78.6
3. Oklahoma - 76.2
4. Michigan - 75.9
5. Alabama-Birmingham - 75.6
6. Miami (FL) - 75.4
7. Washington State - 75.0
8. Colorado - 74.5
9. Washington - 74.1
10. Air Force - 73.7
58. Illinois - 62.9
119. Nebraska - 53.7
130. Iowa - 48.8

TURNOVERS LOST
1. Oregon - 1
1. Penn State - 1
3. Air Force - 2
3. Notre Dame - 2
5. (13 teams tied) - 3
114. Nebraska - 10
119. Illinois - 11
129. Arizona State - 13
129. Old Dominion - 13

SACKS ALLOWED (per game)
1. Rutgers - 0.40
1. Toledo - 0.40
3. Marshall - 0.50
4. Air Force - 0.60
4. Iowa State - 0.60
4. Maryland - 0.60
4. Michigan - 0.60
4. Oregon - 0.60
4. Penn State - 0.60
4. Washington - 0.60
4. Western Kentucky - 0.60
97. Nebraska - 2.60
125. Illinois - 4.20
130. Old Dominion - 5.40

TACKLES FOR LOSS ALLOWED (per game)
1. Michigan - 2.00
2. Air Force - 2.80
3. Liberty - 3.00
3. Tennessee - 3.00
5. New Mexico State - 3.20
5. Toledo - 3.20
7. Florida State - 3.25
7. Ohio State - 3.25
9. Notre Dame - 3.33
10. Minnesota - 3.40
10. USC - 3.40
66. Nebraska - 5.60
110. Illinois - 7.00
129. Kent State - 8.80
129. Nevada - 8.80

THIRD DOWN CONVERSION PERCENTAGE
1. Washington State - 59.6%
2. North Carolina - 57.9
3. Air Force - 57.6
3. LSU - 57.6
5. Michigan - 56.6
6. Oklahoma - 55.2
7. Georgia - 54.7
8. Kansas State - 54.4
9. UNLV - 52.6
10. Syracuse - 51.4
82. Nebraska - 39.0
118. Illinois - 32.2
130. Florida International - 24.6

RED ZONE OFFENSE
1. Colorado - 100%
1. Florida State - 100
1. Oklahoma State - 100
1. Oregon State - 100
1. South Alabama - 100
1. Western Kentucky - 100
1. Wisconsin - 100
8. Toledo - 96.2
9. UNLV - 95.5
10. Missouri - 95.2
19. Illinois - 93.3
106. Nebraska - 75.0
130. Old Dominion - 46.2

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TOTAL DEFENSE
1. Penn State - 210.6 ypg
2. Air Force - 223.8
3. Ohio - 237.2
4. Michigan - 245.8
5. Texas A&M - 253.8
6. Ohio State - 255.5
7. Oregon - 255.6
8. UCLA - 263.8
9. Clemson - 266.4
10. Rutgers - 267.8
36. Nebraska - 325.6
110. Illinois - 419.4
130. Nevada - 508.8

RUSH DEFENSE
1. Miami (FL) - 48.0 ypg
2. Ohio - 66.6
3. Utah - 67.0
4. Oregon State - 67.2
5. Air Force - 70.6
6. Kansas State - 73.2
7. Penn State - 74.2
8. Missouri - 74.8
9. Kentucky - 75.8
10. UCLA - 77.8
14. Nebraska - 86.8
109. Illinois - 179.6
130. North Texas - 241.8

PASS DEFENSE
1. Penn State - 136.4 ypg
2. Marshall - 143.0
3. Florida - 144.0
4. Notre Dame - 146.8
5. Ohio State - 149.0
6. Louisiana Tech - 152.0
7. Air Force - 153.2
8. Oregon - 153.6
9. Texas A&M - 157.6
10. Virginia Tech - 157.8
84. Nebraska - 238.8
87. Illinois - 239.8
130. Nevada - 326.2

SCORING DEFENSE
1. Michigan - 6.0 ppg
2. Ohio State - 8.5
3. Penn State - 9.6
4. Ohio - 10.8
4. Oklahoma - 10.8
6. UCLA - 11.0
7. Duke - 11.2
8. Oregon - 11.8
8. Utah - 11.8
10. Air Force - 12.2
56. Nebraska - 23.8
102. Illinois - 30.6
130,. North Texas - 43.0

PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE
1. Penn State - 86.46
2. Marshall - 88.94
3. Notre Dame - 91.30
4. Georgia - 94.06
5. Liberty - 95.48
6. Duke - 96.68
7. Oklahoma - 102.74
8. Fresno State - 102.94
9. Ohio - 103.03
10. Clemson - 103.93
53. Nebraska - 125.24
63. Illinois - 128.32
130. Nevada - 191.62

FIRST DOWNS ALLOWED
1. Miami (FL) - 56
2. Michigan - 57
3. Penn State - 58
4. Marshall - 59
4. Ohio State - 59
6. Wake Forest - 61
7. Utah - 62
8. Army - 65
8. Ohio - 65
8. UCLA - 65
75. Nebraska - 98
122. Illinois - 120
130. San Diego State - 138

TURNOVERS GAINED
1. Western Kentucky - 14
2. California - 13
3. Colorado - 12
3. Fresno State - 12
3. Liberty - 12
3. Maryland - 12
3. Oklahoma - 12
3. Penn State - 12
9. Arkansas - 11
9. Ohio - 11
9. Syracuse - 11
9. Tulane - 11
9. Alabama-Birmingham - 11
9. Louisiana-Monroe - 11
9. UNLV - 11
98. Illinois - 5
111. Nebraska - 4
128. Arizona State - 1
128. Florida - 1
128. Texas-San Antonio - 1

SACKS (per game)
1. Tennessee - 4.40
2. Marshall - 4.00
2. Penn State - 4.00
2. Texas A&M - 4.00
2. Wake Forest - 4.00
6. Louisiana-Lafayette - 3.80
6. USC - 3.80
8. UCLA - 3.75
9. Oregon - 3.60
10. Kansas State - 3.50
29. Nebraska - 2.80
107. Illinois - 1.40
130. Iowa - 0.60

TACKLES FOR LOSS (per game)
1. USC - 9.8
1. Texas A&M - 9.8
1. Texas State - 9.8
4. UCLA - 9.5
5. Tennessee - 9.4
6. Kansas State - 9.0
7. Colorado State - 8.5
8. Oklahoma - 8.4
9. Kansas - 8.2
9. South Florida - 8.2
9. Syracuse - 8.2
84. Nebraska - 5.2
106. Illinois - 4.6
128. California - 3.6
128. New Mexico - 3.6
128. Stanford - 3.6

THIRD DOWN CONVERSION PERCENTAGE DEFENSE
1. Utah - 21.2%
2. Michigan State - 23.1
3. Texas A&M - 23.4
4. Marshall - 23.7
5. Memphis - 23.8
6. Georgia - 24.6
7. Ohio - 25.8
8. Penn State - 26.2
9. Texas - 26.9
10. Oklahoma - 27.6
94. Nebraska - 42.7
122. Illinois - 48.7
130. Stanford - 55.6

RED ZONE DEFENSE
1. Michigan - 37.5%
2. Texas - 50.0
3. Duke - 53.8
3. Syracuse - 53.8
5. Louisville - 54.5
6. Notre Dame - 55.0
7. UCLA - 55.6
7. Wake Forest - 55.6
9. Rutgers - 61.5
10. Army - 63.6
99. Illinois - 88.5
124. Nebraska - 100.0
(six others tied for last at 100.0)

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NET PUNTING
1. Vanderbilt - 47.39 ypk
2. Iowa - 46.16
3. Syracuse - 45.00
4. Texas - 44.62
5. Duke - 44.40
6. Alabama - 44.27
7. Miami (OH) - 44.11
8. Coastal Carolina - 43.75
9. Utah - 43.70
10. Florida - 43.47
40. Illinois - 40.52
68. Nebraska - 38.86
130. Western Michigan - 32.38

PUNT RETURNS
1. North Carolina - 40.50 ypr
2. Navy - 25.50
3. Appalachian State - 23.00
4. Arkansas - 22.43
5. Florida Atlantic - 21.75
6. Oregon State - 20.17
7. Alabama-Birmingham - 19.00
8. Army - 17.00
9. Tulane - 16.86
10. San Jose State - 16.80
37. Illinois - 11.40
105. Nebraska - 3.80
130. Ball State - (-6.00)

PUNT RETURN DEFENSE
1. Boston College - (-2.00) ypr
2. Wake Forest - (-1.33)
3. Akron - (-0.83)
4. Oklahoma - (-0.75)
5. Washington - (-0.67)
6. Oregon State - (-0.60)
7. Florida International - 0.00
7. Georgia - 0.00
7. Kansas - 0.00
7. Louisiana-Lafayette - 0.00
7. North Texas - 0.00
7. South Alabama - 0.00
7. USC - 0.00
66. Illinois - 7.11
85. Nebraska - 8.36
130. Arizona - 25.00

KICKOFF RETURNS
1. Rutgers - 44.00 ypr
2. Purdue - 33.67
3. Eastern Michigan - 33.22
4. Wisconsin - 32.00
5. Miami (FL) - 31.12
6. Kentucky - 30.29
7. UNLV - 29.45
8. Texas State - 29.39
9. Colorado State - 29.20
10. Arizona State - 29.00
34. Nebraska - 22.89
86. Illinois - 18.15
130. Arizona - 11.71

KICKOFF RETURN DEFENSE
1. North Texas - 2.50 ypr
2. Liberty - 11.64
3. Syracuse - 12.00
4. Georgia Southern - 13.38
5. Ohio State - 13.57
6. Arizona State - 13.62
7. Michigan - 14.00
8. Buffalo - 14.29
9. Texas - 14.57
10. San Jose State - 14.60
23. Nebraska - 15.83
52. Illinois - 18.36
130. Washington State - 55.00

TURNOVER MARGIN (per game)
1. Penn State +2.20
2. Maryland +1.80
3. Louisiana-Monroe +1.75
3. Liberty +1.75
5. Oklahoma +1.60
5. Fresno State +1.60
7. Western Kentucky +1.40
7. Colorado +1.40
9. UNLV +1.20
9. Houston +1.20
9. Arkansas +1.20
122. Nebraska -1.20
122. Illinois -1.20
130. Arizona State -2.40

PENALTY YARDS PER GAME
1. Michigan - 18.60 ypg
2. Iowa - 21.60
3. Army - 25.00
4. Air Force - 27.60
5. Minnesota - 28.20
6. Baylor - 30.20
7. Boise State - 32.00
8. West Virginia - 33.40
9. Rutgers - 34.00
10. Duke - 34.40
59. Nebraska - 50.00
119. Illinois - 72.00
130. Colorado State - 98.00

AVERAGE TIME OF POSSESSION
1. Penn State - 36:07
2. Air Force - 35:44
3. Army - 34:56
4. Ohio - 34:36
5. Cincinnati - 34:03
6. Florida - 33:40
7. Utah - 33:34
8. Liberty - 33:08
9. West Virginia - 32:53
10. Fresno State - 32:52
77. Nebraska - 29:51
112. Illinois - 27:35
130. Old Dominion - 23:30

BHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

What am I missing with this guy?

Here's the latest edition of the Blackshirt Breakdown with @Foremanjay5655. Jay took a detailed look at a handful of plays from the 45-7 loss to No. 2 Michigan.

Commitments , how many do we try and get in the portal?

Are there any commitments
that probably will switch to the o-line ?
I’m just trying to figure this out
Thanks in advance

As I posted in another thread, as ugly as the Michigan game was it did not tell us anything we did not already know. Very, very few people thought we would beat Michigan this year. This game did not therefore tell us anything new. Michigan is better than we are. But we knew that. So personally I have just shaken the dust of that game off of my shoes and am setting my sights on the rest of the season.

We have seven games ahead of us all of which are winnable. I am not saying we will win them all. We probably won't. But assuming we get some guys healthy (Reimer, Lenhardt, Singleton, Teddy, Sims) there is not a team left on our roster that we cannot beat if we get a few breaks for a change. The Big Ten West is an absolute dumpster fire of awfulness this year. in fact, the only team that really scares me on our schedule is from the East -- Maryland. But even they are not world beaters and the game is in Lincoln.

Believe it or not we have a chance to go 9-3 this year and with a bowl win we could end up 10-3. And even if we do not do that we can end up 8-5 or 9-4.

Rhule is not going anywhere. So now is not the time to give up on this season and to check out. There is still a ton of things to play for and we need to start building for the future.

Forget Michigan. Time to turn our attention forward. Let's go beat the snot out fat Biliema and pound Illinois into the turf.

Here are the PFF snap counts and grades from Nebraska's 45-7 loss to No. 2 Michigan Saturday afternoon in Lincoln. Pretty much what you'd expect.

Defense:


Offense:

Rhule was talking with some fire today. Here are his quick hits:

I’m moderately more enthusiastic with his potential after today. He was far from our main problem today.

The Empty Stadium at the end of the game does not help in Recruiting Players nor retaining Commitments already in hand.

Nor retaining the Players already on the team.

An Emptying Stadium has an impact. And not a good one.

The Recruits saw a full stadium of Fans quit on their team, and get up and walk out, before the game was over.

That will be be the most memorable Visual of Nebraska Football each recruit will have.

It makes the rebuilding process for the Head Coach and Staff even more difficult.

Saturday was a sad day for Nebraska football and Memorial Stadium. For larger reasons than the result of the game.

With every new coaching staff I have hoped that they would make it priority number one to get us back to dominant line play. Hasn't happened yet. Rhule is one year in so obviously it is too earl to tell. He has said all the right things about how important line play is so I'm more hopeful then probably any time in the last 20 years. It has to get better. There is no other way. Period!!!

Huge week for No. 2 Nebraska in the Big Ten weekly awards as the Huskers earned an honor in three of the four categories.

It’s a repeat of awards for all of Merritt Beason, Bergen Reilly and Harper Murray. Full release:

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A trio of Nebraska volleyball student-athletes received weekly Big Ten honors on Monday, the conference office announced. Merritt Beason was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the second time this season. Bergen Reilly was named co-Big Ten Setter of the Week for the second week in a row. And Harper Murray was selected as Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time.

Beason, Reilly and Murray played key roles in leading the Huskers to a 3-2 road win at No. 17 Purdue on Friday and a 3-1 road win at Indiana on Saturday.

Beason led the Huskers with 4.56 kills per set on a .384 hitting percentage to go with 2.33 digs per set. The junior opposite hitter had 19 kills and hit .368 with nine digs and five blocks in the 3-2 win at No. 17 Purdue. Beason followed up on Saturday in a 3-1 win at Indiana with a career-high 22 kills and season-high 12 digs while hitting .400.

Murray posted 4.22 kills per set and 1.67 digs per set while hitting .278 in the two victories. On Friday night, Murray had a career-high 21 kills with 10 digs and two blocks in a 3-2 win over the Boilermakers. She followed up on Saturday at Indiana with 17 kills on a .368 hitting percentage to go with five digs.

Reilly set the Huskers to the two wins, averaging 11.89 assists per set and 1.89 digs per set with eight kills and a pair of service aces in leading the Huskers to a .323 hitting percentage on the road. On Friday at Purdue, Reilly had a career-high 54 assists with 12 digs and five kills. Reilly followed up on Saturday in a 3-1 win at Indiana with 53 assists, five digs and three kills.

Ohio State def. Maryland (25-23, 25-22, 25-12)
Wisconsin def. Michigan (25-13, 25-15, 25-14)
Michigan State def. Rutgers (19-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-23)
Northwestern def. Purdue (17-25, 15-25, 27-25, 25-11, 15-12)

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

Matches for Wednesday, October 4
Illinois at Purdue
Wisconsin at Iowa

Matches for Friday, October 6
Northwestern at Michigan
Indiana at Penn State
Nebraska at Michigan State (6:00 PM - BTN+)
Ohio State at Rutgers
Minnesota at Maryland

The Nebraska volleyball team stayed at No. 2 in the latest AVCA Poll released Monday afternoon. This comes off the heels of two wins over now No. 19 Purdue and Indiana.

Wisconsin and Stanford stay at No. 1 and No. 3. After some Sunday chaos, Washington State moves up to No. 4 after beating Oregon who’s at No. 5. Full rankings in the image attached.

AVCA Division I Top 25 (10/2)
1. Wisconsin (60) (13-0) - 1,595 pts
2. Nebraska (4) (13-0) - 1,538
3. Stanford (11-2)
4. Washington State (14-1)
5. Oregon (13-2)
6. Louisville (12-2)
7. Pittsburgh (13-2)
8. Texas (9-3)
9. Florida (11-2)
10. BYU (13-3)
11. Georgia Tech (13-1)
12. Tennessee (13-1)
13. Arkansas (13-2)
14. Penn State (10-3)
15. Creighton (12-3)
16. Minnesota (6-6)
17. Kansas (12-2)
18. Baylor (7-6)
19. Purdue (8-5)
20. Dayton (15-2)
21. Houston (7-5)
22. Kentucky (5-7)
23. Arizona State (15-1)
24. Ohio State (5-8)
25t. Auburn (12-3)
25t. Iowa State (12-3)

Others Receiving Votes
Western Kentucky, USC, Central Florida, James Madison, North Carolina State, Marquette, Rice, Texas A&M, UC-Santa Barbara, Pepperdine

Dropped Out
(none)