Thoughts on early lines? I don't really like much so far, but might bite on. I've gotta do some research as there are a lot of big numbers this week.

Penn State -14
Syracuse -2.5

They could not have picked a better artist!

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Is everyone going to blame the NFL again? Or realize he is a grown ass man making his own decisions. And that the dude is just injury prone, especially to concussions. And that he and his family should just pull the plug on his career if they are really worried about it.

Unfortunately it is a rhetorical question we all know the answer.

Personally if I was the NFL I would pull the plug on his career. The bad PR of it happening again isn’t worth it.

What an awesome recruiting tool!
Best show on earth!
Just proud that I get to see it live and in person!

Offensive Player of the Week
RB - Kyle Monangai, Rutgers (JR)
- Rushed for 143 yards and a career-high three touchdowns on 16 carries (8.9 yards per carry) in the Scarlet Knights' 35-16 win against Virginia Tech, marking the first time a Scarlet Knight has topped 100 rushing yards in consecutive games since 2016
- Ripped off a 55-yard touchdown in a one-score game in the fourth quarter, his longest career carry and longest by a Scarlet Knight since 2020
- The three rushing scores were the most by a Rutgers player in a game since 2019 and his 357 yards this season leads the Big Ten through three weeks
- The two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree earns his first career Offensive Player of the Week award
- Last Rutgers Offensive Player of the Week: Gary Nova (Dec. 1, 2014)

Defensive Player of the Week
S - Hunter Wohler, Wisconsin (JR)
- Picked off two passes in Wisconsin's 35-14 win over Georgia Southern and made a team-high 10 tackles, including a sack, to become the first Badger to pick off two passes in a game since John Torchio vs. Purdue on Oct. 22, 2022
- Recorded 10 tackles to improve his streak of 10+ tackles per game to three straight games, becoming the first Badger to do so since Leo Chenal in 2021
- Just the second player in the country and first in the Big Ten this season to record two interceptions and a sack in the same game
- The Academic All-Big Ten honoree earns the first Defensive Player of the Week accolade of his career
- Last Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Week: John Torchio (Oct. 24, 2022)

Special Teams Player of the Week
WR - Braedan Wisloski, Maryland (FR)
- Jumpstarted Maryland to scoring 42 consecutive points by taking a kickoff return 98 yards for a touchdown in Maryland's win over Virginia
- It was Wisloski's first career touchdown and it marked the first time a Terp returned a kickoff for a touchdown since Javon Leake had a 97-yard score against Michigan on Nov. 2, 2019
- Marked the longest kickoff return for a Maryland player since Leake equaled a school record with a 100-yard return at Rutgers on Oct. 5, 2019
- Garners the first Special Teams Player of the Week honor of his career
- Last Maryland Special Teams Player of the Week: Chad Ryland (Nov. 28, 2022)

Freshman of the Week
RB - Darius Taylor, Minnesota (FR)
- Made his first career start at running back for the Gophers at North Carolina, finishing the game with 22 carries for 138 yards and a touchdown, while adding a 25-yard reception
- After running for 193 yards last week against Eastern Michigan, Taylor became the first Gopher true freshman to run for 100+ yards in consecutive weeks since Laurence Maroney did so in November of 2003
- His two-yard touchdown run with 0:30 left in the first half at North Carolina was his second in as many games
- Earns the second Freshman of the Week honor of his career
- Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Darius Taylor (Sept. 11, 2023)

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The latest Recruiting Blitz is here!

Some of the topics covered in the episode were:

01:19 - Notable visitors

06:40 - Anthony Rezac situation

11:40 - Latest on Caleb Benning

16:03 - Other noteworthy visitors

In Deions post game press conference he decided not to be petty because he is happy for any brother who is a head coach as he stated. We all know what Norvell
Said. Rhule tried praying and it was disrespectful.

Is there more to the story as to
Why Colorado seemed so upset with Rhule? He seems like a good guy

Couldn't really find a good thread to add this so bear with me for starting new thread.

First of all, in my 5 decades of attending NU football games, this was one of if not the most deflated pregame (outside the stadium and around Lincoln in general) atmospheres I've been a part of.

As they say, most popular player is the back up qb, stadium was pretty ecstatic when haarberg was announced as starting qb during pregame when the public address announcer gave lineups for both teams.

Haarberg has a ton of heart and seemed to manage the game well and made reads in running game pretty well. Missed a few wide open receivers and threw a few into double and triple coverage. On the radio show on the way home a caller referred to him as the next brook berringer. Other than size comparison, that's not even close...yet. Haarberg's throwing motion mechanics are somewhat cringeworthy.

Running backs-- Grant appears to have the best legs in space. NONE of them hit the hole hard and dance and cut too many times. Hit the whole hard and probably gain 2 more yards easily.

TE's-- Need to use them more in seam or skinny post routes.

WR's--- slow. Gonna have a hard time beating anyone deep imo. Hopefully people play zone and we can find open areas. Receivers held blocks well at times downfield...good job. We tend to run routes 2-3 yards short of the line to make. Is this because of good zone defense and taking what they give us or because line can't pass block long enough for the receivers to get to where they need to be on a consistent basis?

Line---Frustrating. Why we don't just line up and go helmet on helmet is beyond me. We have the most successful drives and eat clock when we do this. A lot of whiffs and maybe this is why backs are dancing too much. Don't trust the linemen and aren't sure where the hole will be. On big red reaction and lockerroom show they were bragging up the line play. I'm not in that camp.

P/K---Buschini was a good 15 yards better in pregame warm-ups. He dropped one nice one inside the 5 but other than that I was very disappointed. FG kicking in pregame was a little sketchy. They didn't have pads and jerseys on so I couldn't see who was who.

Play calling/execution-- first play we had to waste timeout that cost us....by the way where was "every play is reviewed " we wasted a timeout in 2nd qtr. Rhule should have kept that timeout. Thought there was some plays that should have been reviewed especially the int and northern Illinois completed pass late 4th qtr that lead to TD.
Wasn't a fan of the reverse call in the first half deep in our territory. We were using a lot of play action so huskies were having to stay home. Wasn't the place or time for that call imo.

Overall on offense this grade may seem harsh but I am at c+ to b-.

Defense-- solid game for the most part. Soooo much better than a year ago in tackling and effort. Good communication out there. Line and linebacker play the best I've seen in years. I know it was late in the game, but if you get a chance to rewatch, Buckley was impressive. He was a beast. DL coach doing well and we've got depth there.

Grade b+ to A- just because I'm not sure how good huskies were.

Much needed win. This Saturday was a head scratcher in many ways in college football and that's not surprising at this point in the season.

Amazing what can happen when you limit turnovers and don't continually shoot yourself in the foot. A little concerned with the unsportsmanlike conduct calls every week. Refs watch tape and they remember that and anticipate it. I realize this team is frustrated but can't do stupid stuff.

Stadium--full. Tweaked a few things from last year. Light show and drones seemed to be a huge hit with the crowd. Watched many of the recruits walk by outside of east stadium. For some reason didn't see baker. Said a few words to Pyle. He seemed excited to be here and is all N.

Sorry for the length of this. Maybe you saw what I saw and maybe totally opposite than me. The good news is I have found positives each week. Bad news is we've got a LONG way to go until we can even sniff being playoff caliber.

GBR

Can they suck enough to be in the Caleb Williams sweepstakes? Through 2 games it looks promising

Is a night/day difference from last year. We sit in North end zone. Some of NIU's running plays started with huge holes that ended up being only 2 and 3 yard gains. That was great to watch.

Someone smarter than me insert the video please. So simple- why hasn’t anyone done this? Next week every team gonna try it college and pro.

The Huskers were on upset watch tonight, but a late surge in the NU block saw the Huskers outpace Kentucky in a wildly entertaining match. Hit the link.

Nebraska is sitting at 30th
Minnesota is sitting at 55th
and finally Colorado is at 125th

Haarberg wasn’t playing against the School of the Blind or the Sisters of the Poor!

Any word on the injuries from the game? I heard some rumblings that both Rhamir Johnson and Gabe Ervin are done for the year. If true, that would be a huge blow to the rb room. Anybody else hear anything like this?

I’m back out at the Devaney Center for a weird Sunday night battle between No. 4 Nebraska (8-0) and No. 21 Kentucky (s2-5). First serve is set for 6:30 p.m. with coverage on the Big Ten Network.

The Huskers are coming off one of their most impressive games in the last few seasons in a 3-1 victory over No. 5 Stanford Tuesday night in California. To show just how impressive the Cardinal are, they took down No. 2 Louisville on the road in a reverse sweep today. NU announced to the college volleyball world that they’re in the discussion for a national title after that showing against Stanford.

It’s the final game of the non-conference slate for Nebraska who opens up Big Ten play next week with No. 19 Ohio State and No. 9 Minnesota at home. For now, they’re focused on the Wildcats who are led by former NU assistant and national championship winning head coach Craig Skinner. Don’t be fooled by the poor 2-5 record from UK who still have multiple All-Americans on the roster.

The Wildcats put together a tough non-conference schedule as they lost to No. 10 Pittsburgh twice, No. 20 Purdue and in-state rival No. 2 Louisville. They lost a bad one to Colorado State, but UK also beat No. 21 Houston earlier this month. I got the breakdown of the Wildcats right here:


Plus, Cook’s What We Learned from this week:


And the Players’ Corner as well:

Any way to get a list of guys still in line for redshirts? Like who has played in what games.

Northwestern 1, Purdue 0
Michigan State 1, Ohio State 1
Indiana 3, Rutgers 2
Illinois 1, Iowa 1

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

Next Nebraska Game - Thursday, September 21
Nebraska at Ohio State (6:00 PM - BTN)

On 60 Minutes tonight. Tune in, I think we will have even more ammo to cause our heads to explode!

Coach Prime is prolly just misunderstood.

What a hire!! This defense looks championship level!!
Satterfield… not so much

Saturday night is what Trev and Rhule envisioned. They talked about it all the way back on November 28. That was complementary football. It was just one game, it was just one night, and, yes, it was against a MAC team. But that was the blueprint.

Time for another edition of the Conversations with Clouse live chat from 7-8pm.

I’m currently at a Love’s Truck Stop in Valley City, ND…so that’s interesting lol


Fire away!

Games going to be chippy. Go Rams.

Are we witnessing a paradigm shift that we will look back on in a decade and wonder why we didn’t see it and we’re slow to respond? Are we at a point where coaches need to be wildly successful their first year or it will not work out? Does a head coach now only have their first year to prove they can do something or it’s an uphill battle? I wonder this because the transfer portal now makes it possible for kids to jump ship right away if things are not going right and the increased turnover created by such a paradigm shift means top coordinators are bouncing to new gigs all the time to fill the open HC jobs.

If this is the case, is locking a coach into a long term contract a bad thing to do? Did Colorado figure out this paradigm shift early and Prime has a better strategy than Rhule which is to win now rather than try to build from the ground up over the long road?