Recruiting Nebraska's a top choice for 2025 QB Alex Manske after great game day visit
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"I feel like every time I come back, more of the coaching staff knows me. They're all just really nice. They have told me I'm their guy. They told me to do whatever I have to do like and take visits but just know that I'm their guy. They really liked me and I just like every coach down. It's really nice. So, it's just really cool.
“It definitely makes us feel like we're wanted because when you're going somewhere you want to go somewhere where you wanted. If you have one bad game or something that they just won't give up on you because they've like put more into you if that makes sense.”
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“It definitely makes us feel like we're wanted because when you're going somewhere you want to go somewhere where you wanted. If you have one bad game or something that they just won't give up on you because they've like put more into you if that makes sense.”
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Nebraska’s top 2025 quarterback target Alex Manske recaps his Husker visit.
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Recruiting Recruit Reaction to win over Northern Illinois [UPDATE: 9/18 1:12pm]
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I'll have several solo interviews coming from the visitors this weekend but I'll also use this space to give you guys quick updates on what the recruits are saying after the first win of the Matt Rhule Era.
>> Nebraska commit Jake Peters was in Lincoln for his first Husker game and was blown away.
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"My visit was great! It was my first Nebraska game and their game day atmosphere was super cool," Peters said. "I had a wonderful time talking with the coaches, players, and recruits. Can’t wait to be back for the game next week!"
Peters had a really good time talking with the commits and meeting some of them in person for the first time. He's looking forward to getting closer with the commits and the team this fall. I asked Peters his thoughts on the running game especially in the fourth quarter.
"I think the coaches and players did a great job executing the running game," Peters said. "You could see in the 4th quarter that NIU’s defense was getting worn out from the physical run game of Nebraska."
Expect to see Peters on the sidelines a lot this season.
>> Class of 2025 in-state running back Tony Palmer was also in town. The South Sioux City standout had a great experience on the visit. He especially liked getting to see the players up close and seeing how they interact with each other. I observed him getting some quality time with running backs coach EJ Barthel which he enjoyed.
"It was good to catch up with him," Palmer said. "He knew I was leading the state in yards and they teams I’m going against so it’s good to know that he’s watching me play."
Palmer has 924 yards and 13 TDs already this season.
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>> Full interview with Caleb Benning is live:
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>> Priority 2025 offensive tackle Jack Lange was at Memorial Stadium yesterday. The Missouri native was very impressed with with he found in Lincoln. He thought the whole experience was amazing including the fan support. The coaching staff and how much they want to win stood out to him as well.
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"I can just tell that they care about the players on the team and the players respect the coaching staff," Lange said. "Matt Rhule has had a very huge weight put on his shoulders and he and the other coaches are doing everything they can to make this a winning football team. They are in it for the long run and know it won’t happen overnight but they have a vision for the future of the program and the believe in it and are all in."
Lange says that he can "absolutely" see himself as part of that future and the coaches want him to be too. I noticed him hanging out a lot with Belleve West OT Jacob Arop and Rivals100 OT Brandon Baker. He liked his time with those two.
"They are both great guys and I felt like I formed a bond with most of the recruits that i talked to," Lange said. "Brandon and Jacob are great people and i would love to see them again. I also talked to Danny Kaelin and he’s an awesome dude."
Lange doesn't know yet if he will be back on campus this season but would like to make it happen. That all depends on his schedule.
>> Omaha North 2025 defensive line commit Tyson Terry was back in Lincoln for Rhule's home opener. Terry is pretty candid so it was great to get his thoughts on the visit and game.
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"Well, the environment was electric. Was sweet to see this staff open up with a night game that had great energy," Terry said. "This staff is very personable and it was great to see them interacting with the recruits and their families before the game. It was a different approach for pregame with this staff, which I feel was a positive compared to some of the things of the past during pregame."
Terry noted that it was "awesome" getting to see Matt Rhule's first win and experience the post game locker room. He thinks it was a huge weight lifted off his shoulders and makes him excited about what the future holds. The other thing that has Terry excited is the play of Tony White's defense.
"It was amazing seeing that defense shut the offense down the whole game," Terry said. "It felt like they were playing with some passion and swagger I haven’t seen in the past years. It was getting me pumped up just watching how we're going to be playing in a few years."
Terry will be back in Lincoln next Saturday for the Louisiana Tech matchup.
>> Millard North defensive back Caden VerMaas was back in Lincoln this weekend. Like the other commits, he was very happy about the result of the game.
"It was awesome. I would say it was the best visit that I have ever been on there," VerMaas said. "Meeting up with the players in the locker room after the game was definitely the best part I'd say. And I think Nebraskas defense looked really really good!"
I asked him what stood out to him about the defense.
"I think the defense already looks super comfortable in the 3-3-5 and I also think that [Nash] Hutmacher is a really good interior d-lineman. I loved when they dropped Gifford back for almost as a FS look on a package too."
In another thread I said that VerMaas' comp coming out of high school is Gifford so it's interesting to see him watching Isaac so closely.
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>> There was one player in town this weekend that offered a scholarship for the 2024 recruiting class. Texas multi-sport standout JD Crisp was in town and Nebraska offered him on Saturday.
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Crisp had been a priority recruit for rival Iowa and holds a scholarship offer from the Hawkeyes. The Houston native is also a standout baseball player too. It was his first time in Lincoln for a football game and he won’t forget the experience.
“It was absolutely amazing the experience was unforgettable,” Crisp said.
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What stood out the most to Crisp is the support was amazing from both fans and the coaches. It made him feel like he will have a second home in Lincoln if he picked Nebraska. The Huskers offered him as an athlete because they feel he could project to either side of the ball. That is just fine with Crisp.
“I’m really excited to have the option to play either side to see where I fit best,” Crisp said.
Crisp loved his time in Lincoln and having the chance to speak with several coaches. He hopes to be back in Lincoln soon.
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>> Exchanged a few messages with Omaha Westside 2024 ATH Anthony Rezac. The prospect getting a lot of buzz in-state said that it was fun being in Lincoln on Saturday and he had a good time. He didn't get a chance to speak with coach Rhule or Satterfield. However, he did speak with other staffers.
"I talked to coach [Omar] Hales and coach [Tony] White," Rezac said. "And I was really impressed the whole night with the performance on the field and the new facilities."
Rezac might hit a game at Kansas and Notre Dame. His brother is committed to the Irish but they want him to be a walk-on. He's open to hearing more from Nebraska moving forward and feels like this is just the start of their communication.
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>> Nebraska commit Jake Peters was in Lincoln for his first Husker game and was blown away.
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"My visit was great! It was my first Nebraska game and their game day atmosphere was super cool," Peters said. "I had a wonderful time talking with the coaches, players, and recruits. Can’t wait to be back for the game next week!"
Peters had a really good time talking with the commits and meeting some of them in person for the first time. He's looking forward to getting closer with the commits and the team this fall. I asked Peters his thoughts on the running game especially in the fourth quarter.
"I think the coaches and players did a great job executing the running game," Peters said. "You could see in the 4th quarter that NIU’s defense was getting worn out from the physical run game of Nebraska."
Expect to see Peters on the sidelines a lot this season.
>> Class of 2025 in-state running back Tony Palmer was also in town. The South Sioux City standout had a great experience on the visit. He especially liked getting to see the players up close and seeing how they interact with each other. I observed him getting some quality time with running backs coach EJ Barthel which he enjoyed.
"It was good to catch up with him," Palmer said. "He knew I was leading the state in yards and they teams I’m going against so it’s good to know that he’s watching me play."
Palmer has 924 yards and 13 TDs already this season.
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>> Full interview with Caleb Benning is live:
Decision coming soon for Omaha Westside ATH Caleb Benning
Omaha Westside ATH Caleb Benning is closing in on a decision.
>> Priority 2025 offensive tackle Jack Lange was at Memorial Stadium yesterday. The Missouri native was very impressed with with he found in Lincoln. He thought the whole experience was amazing including the fan support. The coaching staff and how much they want to win stood out to him as well.
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"I can just tell that they care about the players on the team and the players respect the coaching staff," Lange said. "Matt Rhule has had a very huge weight put on his shoulders and he and the other coaches are doing everything they can to make this a winning football team. They are in it for the long run and know it won’t happen overnight but they have a vision for the future of the program and the believe in it and are all in."
Lange says that he can "absolutely" see himself as part of that future and the coaches want him to be too. I noticed him hanging out a lot with Belleve West OT Jacob Arop and Rivals100 OT Brandon Baker. He liked his time with those two.
"They are both great guys and I felt like I formed a bond with most of the recruits that i talked to," Lange said. "Brandon and Jacob are great people and i would love to see them again. I also talked to Danny Kaelin and he’s an awesome dude."
Lange doesn't know yet if he will be back on campus this season but would like to make it happen. That all depends on his schedule.
>> Omaha North 2025 defensive line commit Tyson Terry was back in Lincoln for Rhule's home opener. Terry is pretty candid so it was great to get his thoughts on the visit and game.
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"Well, the environment was electric. Was sweet to see this staff open up with a night game that had great energy," Terry said. "This staff is very personable and it was great to see them interacting with the recruits and their families before the game. It was a different approach for pregame with this staff, which I feel was a positive compared to some of the things of the past during pregame."
Terry noted that it was "awesome" getting to see Matt Rhule's first win and experience the post game locker room. He thinks it was a huge weight lifted off his shoulders and makes him excited about what the future holds. The other thing that has Terry excited is the play of Tony White's defense.
"It was amazing seeing that defense shut the offense down the whole game," Terry said. "It felt like they were playing with some passion and swagger I haven’t seen in the past years. It was getting me pumped up just watching how we're going to be playing in a few years."
Terry will be back in Lincoln next Saturday for the Louisiana Tech matchup.
>> Millard North defensive back Caden VerMaas was back in Lincoln this weekend. Like the other commits, he was very happy about the result of the game.
"It was awesome. I would say it was the best visit that I have ever been on there," VerMaas said. "Meeting up with the players in the locker room after the game was definitely the best part I'd say. And I think Nebraskas defense looked really really good!"
I asked him what stood out to him about the defense.
"I think the defense already looks super comfortable in the 3-3-5 and I also think that [Nash] Hutmacher is a really good interior d-lineman. I loved when they dropped Gifford back for almost as a FS look on a package too."
In another thread I said that VerMaas' comp coming out of high school is Gifford so it's interesting to see him watching Isaac so closely.
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>> There was one player in town this weekend that offered a scholarship for the 2024 recruiting class. Texas multi-sport standout JD Crisp was in town and Nebraska offered him on Saturday.
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Crisp had been a priority recruit for rival Iowa and holds a scholarship offer from the Hawkeyes. The Houston native is also a standout baseball player too. It was his first time in Lincoln for a football game and he won’t forget the experience.
“It was absolutely amazing the experience was unforgettable,” Crisp said.
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What stood out the most to Crisp is the support was amazing from both fans and the coaches. It made him feel like he will have a second home in Lincoln if he picked Nebraska. The Huskers offered him as an athlete because they feel he could project to either side of the ball. That is just fine with Crisp.
“I’m really excited to have the option to play either side to see where I fit best,” Crisp said.
Crisp loved his time in Lincoln and having the chance to speak with several coaches. He hopes to be back in Lincoln soon.
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>> Exchanged a few messages with Omaha Westside 2024 ATH Anthony Rezac. The prospect getting a lot of buzz in-state said that it was fun being in Lincoln on Saturday and he had a good time. He didn't get a chance to speak with coach Rhule or Satterfield. However, he did speak with other staffers.
"I talked to coach [Omar] Hales and coach [Tony] White," Rezac said. "And I was really impressed the whole night with the performance on the field and the new facilities."
Rezac might hit a game at Kansas and Notre Dame. His brother is committed to the Irish but they want him to be a walk-on. He's open to hearing more from Nebraska moving forward and feels like this is just the start of their communication.
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SIAP Adrian Martinez cut by Lions
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Former Nebraska football QB goes back to the drawing board after getting cut
Former Nebraska football quarterback Adrian Martinez is officially on the hunt for a new job after the Detroit Lions cut him from their roster.
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Several other former Huskers cut also...Bootle, Lamar Jackson, Khalil Davis, Austin Allen, Oliver Martin...
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Football Game Notes: Louisiana Tech at Nebraska
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Link: Full Game Notes (Huskers.com)
WHEN: Saturday, September 23, 2023 | 2:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, Nebraska
TV: Big Ten Network (Mark Followill, Matt Millen, Meghan McKeown)
RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (Greg Sharpe, Damon Benning, Jessica Coody)
HUSKERS
Record: 1-2 (0-1 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Northern Illinois (W 35-11)
Rankings: NR
Coach: Matt Rhule (1-2, 1st year NU / 48-45, 8th year overall)
Rhule vs. Louisiana Tech: 0-0
BULLDOGS
Record: 2-2 (1-0 Conference USA)
Last Gmae: vs. North Texas (L 37-40)
Rankings: NR
Coach: Sonny Cumbie (5-11, 2nd year LT / 7-14, 3rd year overall)
Cumbie vs. Nebraska: 0-0
NUMBERS TO KNOW
2 - Nebraska ranks second nationally in rushing defense allowing 46.3 yards per game. NU has held each of its first three opponents to less than 60 yards rushing. The last time Nebraska held three straight opponents to under 60 rushing yards was he final three games of the 2008 season (Kansas State, Colorado, Clemson).
4 - Quarterback Heinrich Haarberg was just the fourth Nebraska native to start a game at quarterback for the Huskers since 2001. The Kearney native joined Noah Vedral (Wahoo, 2019), Ryker Fyfe (Grand Island, 2015 and 2016) and Ron Kellogg III (Omaha, 2013) as native Nebraskans to start since Eric Crouch completed his career in 2001.
8 - Seven former Huskers and one former Nebraska coach will become the eight newest Huskers in the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame this weekend. The group will be officially inducted on Friday evening and honored on the field before Saturday's game.
THE MATCHUP
Nebraska continues a three-game homestand on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers play host to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers will complete their non-conference schedule with the contest, which will kick off shortly after 2:30 p.m. Central in Lincoln. The game will be televised by Big Ten Network and available on the Fox Sport App. The radio broadcast will be available on the Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com and the official Huskers App.
The Huskers picked up their first victory of the 2023 season last Saturday with a decisive 35-11 victory over Northern Illinois at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska was paced by a strong defensive effort as the Huskers limited NIU to just 149 total yards, including just 73 yards through three quarters. On the offensive side, quarterback Heinrich Haarberg had a solid outing in his first career start, accounting for 256 yards of total offense and three total touchdowns. The Huskers picked up 244 yards on the ground, including 96 rushing yards in the fourth quarter.
Nebraska will be playing host to Louisiana Tech for the third time in school history. The Huskers hold a 2-0 advantage in the all-time series, with the Bulldogs, most recent trip to Lincoln coming in 2006.
Louisiana Tech will bring a 2-2 record to Lincoln, following a 40-37 loss at North Texas on Saturday night. The Bulldogs trailed by 17 points in the fourth quarter, before rallying to tie the game in the final three minutes. North Texas kicked the game-winning field goal in the waning seconds. Louisiana Tech's offense will challenge the Huskers, as the Bulldogs' balanced attack averages better than 400 yards and 31.0 points per game.
SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's meeting between Nebraska and Louisiana Tech will be the third all-time matchup between the two schools. Nebraska has won both previous meetings with victories at Memorial Stadium in 1998 and 2006.
- The 1998 meeting came in the Eddie Robinson Football Classic and was Nebraska's first game under Frank Solich. In that game, Louisiana Tech's Troy Edwards set NCAA records with 21 receptions for 405 yards in a 56-27 Nebraska win.
- The 2006 matchup featured the first crowd of more than 80,000 in Memorial Stadium history in what was a 49-10 Husker victory.
- Nebraska has a 7-0 all-time record against current members of Conference USA, most recently defeating Western Kentucky in 2010. Nebraska has CUSA member UTEP on its 2024 and 2028 home schedules.
MEMORIAL STADIUM CELEBRATES 100 YEARS
One of the most iconic venues in all of college sports reaches a milestone this fall as Nebraska's Memorial Stadium hits the 100-year mark. Nebraska will celebrate the anniversary of Memorial Stadium throughout the 2023 home season.
- Memorial Stadium was built at a cost of $450,000 in 1923 and had an original capacity of 31,080.
- The first game in Memorial Stadium occurred on Oct. 13, 1923, with the official dedication of the stadium a week later when Nebraska hosted Kansas on Oct. 20, 1923. Memorial Stadium was dedicated to honor Nebraskans who served in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, and Nebraskans who died in World War I. Later the dedication was expanded to honor Nebraskans who died in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
- Nebraska owns an all-time record of 429-147-13 at Memorial Stadium.
- The Huskers have posted 33 unbeaten seasons in Memorial Stadium history, most recently in 2016.
- Every game at Memorial Stadium since 1962 has been sold out, a streak of 390 consecutive games. The 390-game sellout streak spans nearly two-thirds of all games played at Memorial Stadium.
- Nebraska opened the 2023 home season under the lights at Memorial Stadium against Northern Illinois. The first night game in Memorial Stadium occurred in the 1986 season opener in a win over Florida State. Nebraska is 50-10 all-time in home night games following the win over NIU.
ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH FOOTBALL
Louisiana Tech has fielded a football team since 1901, and the Bulldogs have totaled over 600 wins as a program. LA Tech has claimed three national titles (Division II) and 25 conference championships.
The Bulldogs have made 13 bowl game appearances, claiming eight wins. Tech's last bowl appearance came in 2020 when the Bulldogs took on Georgia Southern in the New Orleans Bowl.
First Year: 1901
All-Time Record: 641-491-38
Bowl Record: 8-4-1
Conference Titles: 25
National Titles: 3 (1972, 1973, 1974 - Division II)
Stadium: Joe Aillet Stadium
Capacity: 28,562
Surface: FieldTurf
Location: Ruston, Louisiana
Enrollment: 11,083
Colors: Blue & Red
2023 Louisiana Tech Schedule/Results
Florida International (W 22-17)
at Southern Methodist (L 14-38)
Northwestern State (W 51-21)
North Texas (L 37-40)
at Nebraska
at UTEP
Western Kentucky
at Middle Tennessee State
New Mexico State
at Liberty
Sam Houston State
at Jacksonville State
ABOUT 2023 LOUISIANA TECH FOOTBALL
Louisiana Tech has split its first four games of the season after falling 40-37 in a high-scoring affair against non-conference foe North Texas last weekend.
The Bulldogs enter Saturday averaging 406.5 yards per game, with 225.5 yards per game through the air and 181.0 yards per game on the ground. Hank Bachmeier has completed 70-of-106 passes for 756 yards, five touchdowns and a pair of interceptions. Smoke Harris has 24 receptions for 288 yards and three touchdowns, followed by Cyrus Allen with 11 grabs for 144 yards and a score. Keith Willis Jr. has carried the ball 33 times for 240 yards and three touchdowns, while Tyre Shelton has 214 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries.
Defensively, the Bulldogs are allowing 29.0 points per game and 381.3 yards per game this season. Myles Heard leads the LA Tech defense with a team-high 44 tackles, followed by Brevin Randle with 32 stops. Jeslord Boateng has recorded a team-high five tackles for loss through four games, while Deshon Hall Jr. has posted a team-high two sacks this season.
ABOUT HEAD COACH SONNY CUMBIE
Sonny Cumbie is in his second season as the head coach at Louisiana Tech. Cumbie joined the Bulldogs in 2022 after serving one season as the offensive coordinator and interim head coach at Texas Tech in 2021. In his first season at the helm of the LA Tech program, Cumbie led the Bulldogs to a 3-9 overall record and posted wins over Stephen F. Austin, UTEP, and Middle Tennessee State.
Prior to his one-year gig at Texas Tech, Cumbie was the offensive coordinator at TCU from 2014 to 2020. Cumbie began his coaching career in the college ranks as a graduate assistant at Texas Tech in 2009, before becoming an assistant coach with the Red Raiders in 2010 and offensive coordinator in 2013.
The 42-year-old Cumbie is a graduate of Texas Tech (2005) and was a starting quarterback for the Red Raiders in the 2004 season, when he led the nation in passing yards and total offense while leading TTU to the 2004 Holiday Bowl. Cumbie played professionally in the Arena Football League, Indoor Football League and briefly in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts and Baltimore Ravens.
Saturday's matchup will mark the first all-time meeting between Sonny Cumbie and Nebraska.
LAST MEETING: SEPTEMBER 2, 2006
#20 Nebraska 49, Louisiana Tech 10
LINCOLN - Zac Taylor matched his career high with three touchdown passes and No. 20 Nebraska won its 21st consecutive season opener with a 49-10 victory over Louisiana Tech on Saturday.
The Cornhuskers effectively mixed the run and pass against their overmatched opponent and amassed 584 total yards. They scored on the last series of the first half and opening series of the second to break open a 14-10 game on their way to extending the longest winning streak in openers in the nation.
Taylor, who has thrown at least two touchdown passes in nine of his last 10 games, was 22 of 34 for 287 yards. He was intercepted once on a deflected pass. Four tight ends caught touchdown passes. Taylor's were thrown to Matt Herian, J.B. Phillips and Josh Mueller, and backup quarterback Joe Ganz threw one to Hunter Teafatiller late in the game.
The Huskers, 105th nationally in rushing last season, ran for 252 yards. It was the first time in 14 games that the Huskers had rushed for more than 200 yards. Coach Bill Callahan made good on his promise to involve all four of his I-backs. Cody Glenn had 88 yards on 13 carries, Marlon Lucky 79 on 13, Kenny Wilson 47 on 15 and Brandon Jackson 36 on three. Glenn, Lucky and Jackson each had touchdowns.
First-time starter Zac Champion completed 12 of 27 passes for 231 yards and a touchdown, with one interception for Louisiana Tech.
Glenn finished an 11-play, 78-yard drive with a 1-yard run seven seconds before halftime, and Taylor threw a 6-yard TD pass to Phillips for a 28-10 lead early in the third. Taylor completed 12 of 13 passes on the two scoring drives, including 10 in a row. Herian, who hadn't played since October 2004 because of a broken leg, caught a 13-yard pass from Taylor to open the scoring in the first quarter.
Tech had to settle for Danny Horwedel's 23-yard field goal after driving from its 20 to the Nebraska 5 on its next possession.
The Huskers then made it 14-3, with Lucky scoring his first career touchdown on a 13-yard run. Tech's Johnathan Holland made the catch of the game to pull his team to 14-10. It looked as if Champion had overthrown Holland along the left sideline, but Holland accelerated and stretched to pull in the ball with his left hand at the 2, crossed the goal line for a 39-yard touchdown and bounded over a padded wall into the first row of the end zone seats.
The Huskers squandered three scoring chances. What would have been a 29-yard touchdown run by Wilson was nullified by a holding penalty far behind the play, Taylor was intercepted on a deflected pass by D'Anthony Smith inside the 5 and Wilson fumbled inside the 10.
Attendance of 85,181 was a Memorial Stadium record. The stadium was expanded by 6,500 seats as part of a $50 million facilities project.
LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS (2-2) | at | NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS (1-2) |
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WHEN: Saturday, September 23, 2023 | 2:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, Nebraska
TV: Big Ten Network (Mark Followill, Matt Millen, Meghan McKeown)
RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (Greg Sharpe, Damon Benning, Jessica Coody)
HUSKERS
Record: 1-2 (0-1 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Northern Illinois (W 35-11)
Rankings: NR
Coach: Matt Rhule (1-2, 1st year NU / 48-45, 8th year overall)
Rhule vs. Louisiana Tech: 0-0
BULLDOGS
Record: 2-2 (1-0 Conference USA)
Last Gmae: vs. North Texas (L 37-40)
Rankings: NR
Coach: Sonny Cumbie (5-11, 2nd year LT / 7-14, 3rd year overall)
Cumbie vs. Nebraska: 0-0
NUMBERS TO KNOW
2 - Nebraska ranks second nationally in rushing defense allowing 46.3 yards per game. NU has held each of its first three opponents to less than 60 yards rushing. The last time Nebraska held three straight opponents to under 60 rushing yards was he final three games of the 2008 season (Kansas State, Colorado, Clemson).
4 - Quarterback Heinrich Haarberg was just the fourth Nebraska native to start a game at quarterback for the Huskers since 2001. The Kearney native joined Noah Vedral (Wahoo, 2019), Ryker Fyfe (Grand Island, 2015 and 2016) and Ron Kellogg III (Omaha, 2013) as native Nebraskans to start since Eric Crouch completed his career in 2001.
8 - Seven former Huskers and one former Nebraska coach will become the eight newest Huskers in the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame this weekend. The group will be officially inducted on Friday evening and honored on the field before Saturday's game.
THE MATCHUP
Nebraska continues a three-game homestand on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers play host to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers will complete their non-conference schedule with the contest, which will kick off shortly after 2:30 p.m. Central in Lincoln. The game will be televised by Big Ten Network and available on the Fox Sport App. The radio broadcast will be available on the Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com and the official Huskers App.
The Huskers picked up their first victory of the 2023 season last Saturday with a decisive 35-11 victory over Northern Illinois at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska was paced by a strong defensive effort as the Huskers limited NIU to just 149 total yards, including just 73 yards through three quarters. On the offensive side, quarterback Heinrich Haarberg had a solid outing in his first career start, accounting for 256 yards of total offense and three total touchdowns. The Huskers picked up 244 yards on the ground, including 96 rushing yards in the fourth quarter.
Nebraska will be playing host to Louisiana Tech for the third time in school history. The Huskers hold a 2-0 advantage in the all-time series, with the Bulldogs, most recent trip to Lincoln coming in 2006.
Louisiana Tech will bring a 2-2 record to Lincoln, following a 40-37 loss at North Texas on Saturday night. The Bulldogs trailed by 17 points in the fourth quarter, before rallying to tie the game in the final three minutes. North Texas kicked the game-winning field goal in the waning seconds. Louisiana Tech's offense will challenge the Huskers, as the Bulldogs' balanced attack averages better than 400 yards and 31.0 points per game.
SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's meeting between Nebraska and Louisiana Tech will be the third all-time matchup between the two schools. Nebraska has won both previous meetings with victories at Memorial Stadium in 1998 and 2006.
- The 1998 meeting came in the Eddie Robinson Football Classic and was Nebraska's first game under Frank Solich. In that game, Louisiana Tech's Troy Edwards set NCAA records with 21 receptions for 405 yards in a 56-27 Nebraska win.
- The 2006 matchup featured the first crowd of more than 80,000 in Memorial Stadium history in what was a 49-10 Husker victory.
- Nebraska has a 7-0 all-time record against current members of Conference USA, most recently defeating Western Kentucky in 2010. Nebraska has CUSA member UTEP on its 2024 and 2028 home schedules.
MEMORIAL STADIUM CELEBRATES 100 YEARS
One of the most iconic venues in all of college sports reaches a milestone this fall as Nebraska's Memorial Stadium hits the 100-year mark. Nebraska will celebrate the anniversary of Memorial Stadium throughout the 2023 home season.
- Memorial Stadium was built at a cost of $450,000 in 1923 and had an original capacity of 31,080.
- The first game in Memorial Stadium occurred on Oct. 13, 1923, with the official dedication of the stadium a week later when Nebraska hosted Kansas on Oct. 20, 1923. Memorial Stadium was dedicated to honor Nebraskans who served in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, and Nebraskans who died in World War I. Later the dedication was expanded to honor Nebraskans who died in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
- Nebraska owns an all-time record of 429-147-13 at Memorial Stadium.
- The Huskers have posted 33 unbeaten seasons in Memorial Stadium history, most recently in 2016.
- Every game at Memorial Stadium since 1962 has been sold out, a streak of 390 consecutive games. The 390-game sellout streak spans nearly two-thirds of all games played at Memorial Stadium.
- Nebraska opened the 2023 home season under the lights at Memorial Stadium against Northern Illinois. The first night game in Memorial Stadium occurred in the 1986 season opener in a win over Florida State. Nebraska is 50-10 all-time in home night games following the win over NIU.
ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH FOOTBALL
Louisiana Tech has fielded a football team since 1901, and the Bulldogs have totaled over 600 wins as a program. LA Tech has claimed three national titles (Division II) and 25 conference championships.
The Bulldogs have made 13 bowl game appearances, claiming eight wins. Tech's last bowl appearance came in 2020 when the Bulldogs took on Georgia Southern in the New Orleans Bowl.
First Year: 1901
All-Time Record: 641-491-38
Bowl Record: 8-4-1
Conference Titles: 25
National Titles: 3 (1972, 1973, 1974 - Division II)
Stadium: Joe Aillet Stadium
Capacity: 28,562
Surface: FieldTurf
Location: Ruston, Louisiana
Enrollment: 11,083
Colors: Blue & Red
2023 Louisiana Tech Schedule/Results
Florida International (W 22-17)
at Southern Methodist (L 14-38)
Northwestern State (W 51-21)
North Texas (L 37-40)
at Nebraska
at UTEP
Western Kentucky
at Middle Tennessee State
New Mexico State
at Liberty
Sam Houston State
at Jacksonville State
ABOUT 2023 LOUISIANA TECH FOOTBALL
Louisiana Tech has split its first four games of the season after falling 40-37 in a high-scoring affair against non-conference foe North Texas last weekend.
The Bulldogs enter Saturday averaging 406.5 yards per game, with 225.5 yards per game through the air and 181.0 yards per game on the ground. Hank Bachmeier has completed 70-of-106 passes for 756 yards, five touchdowns and a pair of interceptions. Smoke Harris has 24 receptions for 288 yards and three touchdowns, followed by Cyrus Allen with 11 grabs for 144 yards and a score. Keith Willis Jr. has carried the ball 33 times for 240 yards and three touchdowns, while Tyre Shelton has 214 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries.
Defensively, the Bulldogs are allowing 29.0 points per game and 381.3 yards per game this season. Myles Heard leads the LA Tech defense with a team-high 44 tackles, followed by Brevin Randle with 32 stops. Jeslord Boateng has recorded a team-high five tackles for loss through four games, while Deshon Hall Jr. has posted a team-high two sacks this season.
ABOUT HEAD COACH SONNY CUMBIE
Sonny Cumbie is in his second season as the head coach at Louisiana Tech. Cumbie joined the Bulldogs in 2022 after serving one season as the offensive coordinator and interim head coach at Texas Tech in 2021. In his first season at the helm of the LA Tech program, Cumbie led the Bulldogs to a 3-9 overall record and posted wins over Stephen F. Austin, UTEP, and Middle Tennessee State.
Prior to his one-year gig at Texas Tech, Cumbie was the offensive coordinator at TCU from 2014 to 2020. Cumbie began his coaching career in the college ranks as a graduate assistant at Texas Tech in 2009, before becoming an assistant coach with the Red Raiders in 2010 and offensive coordinator in 2013.
The 42-year-old Cumbie is a graduate of Texas Tech (2005) and was a starting quarterback for the Red Raiders in the 2004 season, when he led the nation in passing yards and total offense while leading TTU to the 2004 Holiday Bowl. Cumbie played professionally in the Arena Football League, Indoor Football League and briefly in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts and Baltimore Ravens.
Saturday's matchup will mark the first all-time meeting between Sonny Cumbie and Nebraska.
LAST MEETING: SEPTEMBER 2, 2006
#20 Nebraska 49, Louisiana Tech 10
LINCOLN - Zac Taylor matched his career high with three touchdown passes and No. 20 Nebraska won its 21st consecutive season opener with a 49-10 victory over Louisiana Tech on Saturday.
The Cornhuskers effectively mixed the run and pass against their overmatched opponent and amassed 584 total yards. They scored on the last series of the first half and opening series of the second to break open a 14-10 game on their way to extending the longest winning streak in openers in the nation.
Taylor, who has thrown at least two touchdown passes in nine of his last 10 games, was 22 of 34 for 287 yards. He was intercepted once on a deflected pass. Four tight ends caught touchdown passes. Taylor's were thrown to Matt Herian, J.B. Phillips and Josh Mueller, and backup quarterback Joe Ganz threw one to Hunter Teafatiller late in the game.
The Huskers, 105th nationally in rushing last season, ran for 252 yards. It was the first time in 14 games that the Huskers had rushed for more than 200 yards. Coach Bill Callahan made good on his promise to involve all four of his I-backs. Cody Glenn had 88 yards on 13 carries, Marlon Lucky 79 on 13, Kenny Wilson 47 on 15 and Brandon Jackson 36 on three. Glenn, Lucky and Jackson each had touchdowns.
First-time starter Zac Champion completed 12 of 27 passes for 231 yards and a touchdown, with one interception for Louisiana Tech.
Glenn finished an 11-play, 78-yard drive with a 1-yard run seven seconds before halftime, and Taylor threw a 6-yard TD pass to Phillips for a 28-10 lead early in the third. Taylor completed 12 of 13 passes on the two scoring drives, including 10 in a row. Herian, who hadn't played since October 2004 because of a broken leg, caught a 13-yard pass from Taylor to open the scoring in the first quarter.
Tech had to settle for Danny Horwedel's 23-yard field goal after driving from its 20 to the Nebraska 5 on its next possession.
The Huskers then made it 14-3, with Lucky scoring his first career touchdown on a 13-yard run. Tech's Johnathan Holland made the catch of the game to pull his team to 14-10. It looked as if Champion had overthrown Holland along the left sideline, but Holland accelerated and stretched to pull in the ball with his left hand at the 2, crossed the goal line for a 39-yard touchdown and bounded over a padded wall into the first row of the end zone seats.
The Huskers squandered three scoring chances. What would have been a 29-yard touchdown run by Wilson was nullified by a holding penalty far behind the play, Taylor was intercepted on a deflected pass by D'Anthony Smith inside the 5 and Wilson fumbled inside the 10.
Attendance of 85,181 was a Memorial Stadium record. The stadium was expanded by 6,500 seats as part of a $50 million facilities project.
Football Offseason film review of Heinrich Haarberg showed Matt Rhule the QB's potential
- By Steve Marik
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Good stuff from Rhule today about what he saw from Haarberg during the offseason.
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InsideNebraska - Offseason film review of Haarberg showed Rhule the QB's potential
Matt Rhule liked what he saw from Heinrich Haarberg's practice clips from last season.
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Volleyball Beeson, Murray earn Big Ten Player of the Week Awards
- By Alum-Ni
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Nebraska, Michigan State and Indiana Earn Week 4 Volleyball Honors
The Big Ten Conference has announced this week’s Volleyball Weekly Awards for the week of September 11 – 17.
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Offensive Player of the Week
OPP - Merritt Beason, Nebraska (JR)
- Led the Huskers with 4.00 kills/set and a .354 hitting percentage along with 1.88 digs/set as Nebraska won at No. 5 Stanford and at home vs. No. 21 Kentucky
- Posted a season-high 17 kills and 10 digs with a .438 hitting percentage in the win over the Wildcats
- Helped Nebraska to a statement road victory at Stanford with 15 kills, five digs and two blocks
- Last Nebraska Player of the Week: Madi Kubik (Nov. 21, 2022)
Defensive Player of the Week
MB - Amani McArthur, Michigan State (SR)
- Named tournament MVP at the 2023 Dog Pound Challenge as she helped the Spartans go 3-0 over the weekend
- Ranked second in the Big Ten over the last week hitting .545 and tied for 1st in blocks/set (1.75) and total blocks (14)
- Was one off her career-high in kills on Sunday with 14 against Binghamton and was one off her career-high in blocks on Saturday with 10 against Brown
- Last Michigan State Defensive Player of the Week: Nalani Iosia (Sept. 5, 2023)
Setter of the Week
S - Camryn Haworth, Indiana (JR)
- Totaled 144 assists, 32 digs, 15 aces, 12 blocks and 10 kills in four Hoosier victories
- Posted a double-double (33 assists, 11 digs) and recorded her 2,000th-career assist vs. Jacksonville, becoming the 4th player in IU history to record 2,000 assists, 500 digs and 100 aces
- Matched a career-high with 51 assists at Miami (FL)
- Last Indiana Setter of the Week: Camryn Haworth (Nov. 21, 2022)
Freshman of the Week
OH - Harper Murray, Nebraska (FR)
- Averaged 3.63 kills/set on a .349 hitting percentage with 2.00 digs/set as the Huskers earned wins over No. 5 Stanford and at home against No. 21 Kentucky
- Posted 12 kills on .417 hitting with six digs, four blocks, three aces and three set assists vs. Stanford
- Totaled a career-high 17 kills on a .308 hitting percentage with 10 digs, three blocks and three set assists against the Wildcats
- Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Harper Murray (Aug. 28, 2023)
Football Matt Rhule after NIU win: "This game was about belief"
- By Greg Smith
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Matt Rhule spoke after the game about fans wanting hope that the program is going in the right direction. For him it was about belief.
“Before the game Giff [Isaac Gifford] came up to me and said ‘you know what coach no matter what this will never get old.’ But I think the biggest thing is that as much as this was hope for a lot of people that we are moving in the right direction for me this was about belief,” Rhule said.
“I believe that what we are doing is working. I believe we are doing it the right way. I believe we can overcome the first two games and being close but not close enough in the first one. The players believed and showed belief in each other. In today’s day and age that can be hard but we have special players. I’m glad they got the win the way we got it. But that’s how we are going to play. At least for right now.”
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“Before the game Giff [Isaac Gifford] came up to me and said ‘you know what coach no matter what this will never get old.’ But I think the biggest thing is that as much as this was hope for a lot of people that we are moving in the right direction for me this was about belief,” Rhule said.
“I believe that what we are doing is working. I believe we are doing it the right way. I believe we can overcome the first two games and being close but not close enough in the first one. The players believed and showed belief in each other. In today’s day and age that can be hard but we have special players. I’m glad they got the win the way we got it. But that’s how we are going to play. At least for right now.”
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InsideNebraska - Matt Rhule after NIU win: "This game was about belief"
Matt Rhule knows fans were hungry for a win. He just needed his players to believe.
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FPI win probability distribution after week 3
- By zar45
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After week 3, FPI gives us 32.5% probability of winning 6 games, up from 19.9%. Probability of winning increased significantly against Illinois, NW, Purdue, Michigan State. Probability of winning decreased significantly against No One. The single most likely outcome is 5 wins. There is hope. Go Big Red.
