@Zack Carpenter @Steve Marik @Greg Smith

Maybe I missed it, but what is the typical schedule for in-week media availability during the season? I would assume Rhule will speak on Mondays and Thursdays, but what is the schedule for other coaches/players in between? Thanks

Wisconsin-Milwaukee def. Northwestern (25-23, 14-25, 25-22, 25-23)

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

Matches for Tuesday, September 5
Illinois at Illinois-Chicago

Next Nebraska Match - Wednesday, September 6
Creighton at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN)

September 5
1698 - Russia's Peter the Great levied a tax on bearded men.

1774 - The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia.

1836 - The Republic of Texas made military hero Sam Houston its first president.

1864 - Voters in Louisiana approved a new state constitution abolishing slavery.

1905 - The Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War, was signed at the Portsmouth Naval Base in New Hampshire.

1939 - Four days after war had broken out in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation declaring U.S. neutrality in the conflict.

1961 - President John F. Kennedy signed legislation making aircraft hijackings a federal crime.

1975 - President Gerald R. Ford escaped an attempt on his life by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, California.

1986 - Four hijackers who had seized a Pan Am jumbo jet on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, opened fire when the lights inside the plane failed; a total of 20 people were killed before Pakistani commandos stormed the jetliner.

1991 - The 35th annual Naval Aviation Symposium held by the Tailhook Association opened in Las Vegas; during the four-day gathering, there were reports that dozens of people, most of them women, were sexually assaulted or otherwise harassed. (The episode triggered the resignation of Navy Secretary H. Lawrence.)

1997 - Humanitarian Mother Teresa, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor, died in Calcutta, India at age 87.

2006 - Hugh O'Brian, the actor who shot to fame as Sheriff Wyatt Earp in what was hailed as television's first adult Western, died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 91.

2012 - Barack Obama was nominated to run for a second term at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.

2018 - The New York Times published an opinion piece from an anonymous senior administration official claiming to be part of an internal "resistance" working to thwart President Donald Trump's "worst inclinations;" Trump responded that if such a "gutless" person exists, "the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to the government at once!"

Birthdays
28 - Caroline Sunshine (actress)
34 - Kate Graham (actress)
35 - Emmy Raver (actress)
37 - Brittany Furlan (actress/comedian)
38 - Kyle O'Quin (musician)
39 - Erin Krakow (actress)
39 - Annabelle Wallis (actress)
47 - Carice Van Houten (actress)
50 - Rose McGowan (actress)
60 - Terry Ellis (singer)
67 - Debbie Turner (actress)
72 - Michael Keaton (actor)
77 - Jerry LeVias (football player)
77 - Dennis Dugan (actor)
78 - Al Stewart (singer)
84 - William Devane (actor)
84 - Billy Kilmer (football player)
88 - Lucille Soong (actress)
91 - Carol Lawrence (actress/singer)
94 - Bob Newhart (actor/comedian)

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Today in Sports History - September 5

1901 - The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues was formed in Chicago, IL. It was the first organized baseball league (minor league).

1906 - Brandbury Robinson of St. Louis University was recognized as throwing the first forward pass in football history.

1960 - At the Summer Olympic Games in Rome, American boxer Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) won the light heavyweight gold medal.

1971 - J.R. Richard, of the Houston Astros, tied Karl Spooner’s record when he struck out 15 batters in his major-league baseball debut.

1972 - Palestinian guerrillas killed 11 Israelis at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany.

1975 - In New York, Martina Navratilova appeared at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service office and asked for political asylum.

1987 - John McEnroe was fined $17,500 and suspended for two months for his behavior during a match with Slobodan Zivojinovic.

1987 - #2 Nebraska opens the season with a 56-12 win over Utah State.

1989 - Chris Evert retired from professional tennis after a 19 year career.

1992 - #11 Nebraska opens the season with a 49-22 win over Utah.

1994 - Wide receiver Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers surpasses Jim Brown as the NFL's career touchdown leader with 127.

1995 - Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles ties Lou Gehrig' "ironman record" by playing in his 2,130th consecutive game.

1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 60th home run of the season, tying him with Babe Ruth for the second-most all-time; on the same day, Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs hit his 58th home run of the year.

1998 - #4 Nebraska defeats Alabama-Birmingham 38-7.

1999 - The Cincinnati Reds set a major league team record for home runs in two consecutive games. The team hit 14 home runs over the two games at Veterans Stadium.

2001 - The New York Islanders signed Alexi Yashin to a 10-year $90 million contract. It was the biggest deal in NHL history.

2009 - #24 Nebraska opens the season with a 49-3 win over Florida Atlantic.

2015 - Mike Riley makes his debut as Nebraska head football coach; the Huskers lose their opener to BYU, 33-28.

2021 - Tour Championship, Men's Golf, East Lake GC, GA: Patrick Cantlay claims richest prize in golf ($15m) with 1 stroke win over Jon Rahm; runner-up Rahm pockets $5m

… was when he was a Red… but gots to give him credit

Offensive Player of the Week
QB - Drew Allar, Penn State (SO)
- Completed 21 of 29 passes to finish with a career-high 325 passing yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in the Nittany Lions' 38-15 win against West Virginia
- Allar tossed a 72-yard touchdown pass to KeAndre Lambert-Smith on Penn State's opening drive, the sophomore's longest career pass
- Earns his first career Offensive Player of the Week award
- Last Penn State Offensive Player of the Week: Sean Clifford (Oct. 24, 2022)

Co-Defensive Players of the Week
DB - Miles Scott, Illinois (SO)
- Made the key defensive play in Illinois' 30-28 win over Toledo, swinging momentum back in the Illini's favor with an interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter
- The 48-yard TD return was the only interception return for a touchdown by a Big Ten player in Week 1 and ranks as one of the five longest interception returns for touchdown in Week 1 nationally
- Finished the game tied for third on the team with six tackles, including five solo stops
- The Academic All-Big Ten honoree earns the first Defensive Player of the Week accolade of his career
- Last Illinois Defensive Player of the Week: Sydney Brown (Nov. 28, 2022)

S - Tyler Nubin, Minnesota (SR)
- Made two interceptions in Minnesota's 13-10 win against Nebraska, marking Minnesota's fifth straight win against the Huskers
- His first interception came with 8:42 left in the first half and thwarted a Nebraska drive, while his second interception came with less than a minute to play in the game, he returned it 14 yards to the Minnesota 49-yard line
- Also made three tackles and Pro Football Focus gave him a 90.3 Grade after allowing only four yards and a 2.8 allowed passer rating
- The three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree earns his the first Defensive Player of the Week accolade of his career
- Last Minnesota Defensive Player of the Week: Mariano Sori-Marin (Dec. 14, 2020)

Special Teams Player of the Week
K - Dragan Kesich, Minnesota (SR)
- Recorded 2-of-3 field goals against Nebraska, completing kicks from 34 and 47 yards
- Made a 47-yard field goal with zero seconds left on the clock to lift Minnesota to a 13-10 victory, its fifth straight win against Nebraska, and the first walk-off field goal win since 2003
- Added a long PAT on the night and had one touchback on three kickoffs
- The two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree garners the first Special Teams Player of the Week honor of his career
- Last Minnesota Special Teams Player of the Week: Matthew Trickett (Nov. 7, 2022)

Freshman of the Week
DB - Dillon Thieneman, Purdue (FR)
- Made a team-high 10 tackles, all solo, becoming the first true freshman to record 10 or more tackles in a game since Navon Moseley in 2016 and one of nine players in the country to record at least 10 solo tackles in their first game of the season
- Hauled in his first career interception in the fourth quarter, which led to a Purdue touchdown that gave the Boilermakers the lead
- Became just the third Purdue true freshman since 1996 to make an interception in their debut
- Earns the first Freshman of the Week honor of his career
- Last Purdue Freshman of the Week: Devin Mockobee (Nov. 28, 2022)

Matt Rhule says he’s not surprised at all that Colorado won on Saturday. Hit the link..

Was on vacation with limited Internet. So here's the update from Sunday's games

Illinois def. Illinois State (25-23, 20-25, 25-18, 25-20)
Iowa def. South Dakota State (25-21, 25-19, 25-22)
Navy def. Maryland (25-23, 25-23, 25-21)
Arkansas def. Michigan (25-16, 25-17, 25-23)
Michigan State def. Delaware State (25-13, 25-16, 25-21)
Florida def. Minnesota (25-22, 25-18, 25-22)
Nebraska def. Kansas State (25-21, 25-15, 25-19)
Penn State def. James Madison (25-18, 20-25, 25-16, 25-16)
Wisconsin def. Tennessee (25-16, 25-23, 18-25, 20-25, 15-13)

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

Matches for Monday, September 4
Northwestern at Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Next Nebraska Match - Wednesday, September 6
Creighton at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN)

to get through the season, I'm fine with it. Would love to be balanced, but skill set and injury says otherwise. No O coordinator we've had recently has ever truly tailored the playbook to the players we have, though all CFB coordinators say they do. We'll see.

After the first four episodes what are your thoughts?

I'm pretty disappointed so far. The essence of Raylan Givens just isn't there. Hopefully it changes rather quickly.

@Foremanjay5655 and I got together for another Blackshirt Breakdown. Instead of a recruit in the Class of 2024, we take a detailed look at a few plays from the Minnesota loss. A couple good plays, a couple bad plays and a cause-and-effect segment at the end. Check it out:

This video should start at the 20:39-mark, where Deion steps to the table:

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What happens when Jeff Sims goes down which is going to happen? Then what?
Why have we not recruited at least 1 big strong running back with break- away speed to put games away in the 4th that we always use to have in the 80's and 90's.
And how can we lose to the Row the Boat idiot every year? Just depressing to watch our Football team lose to these Big 10 teams that are not very good!!!!
Excluding Ohio State and Michigan of course. They are good every year.

The Nebraska volleyball team stayed at No. 4 in the latest AVCA poll released on Monday. The Huskers face No. 16 Creighton on Wednesday at home who jumped up from No. 20.

Huskers also received one first-place vote. Florida made the huge jump this week as they went to No. 8 to No. 3. NU also hosts Long Beach State on Saturday who’s coached by former assistant Tyler Hildebrand. The Beach beat No. 1 Texas earlier this season.

Full rankings:

Using 2 backs in the backfield…can you do that??? Seems illegal or unfair or something.

Depth chart for the game with the Buffalo just hit. I’m in the car driving, but on my quick glance I don’t see any changes:

first of what I assume will be many

purdue beat by fresno st in their own building

CC: @BoilerN

Hard to believe none of the press had the courage to ask anything other than softball questions today Namely:

How short a leash is Sims on this week? Or, how many interceptions will it take before you would consider making a change? Or, after the QB play last week, has there been more emphasis this week on getting Haarberg and Purdy ready? Do you think a QB with a proven history of throwing interceptions can be coached up so it doesn't happen? You said when asked about Sims' interception history you couldn't believe he had a history of that because he didn't throw any in spring, do you not look at how much a QB turns the ball over when looking at getting him from the portal?

You mentioned if you can't take care of the football you can't play for us. What is the threshold of interceptions and fumbles before a player can't play for us?

The Panthers were notorious for turnovers, like they had 18 by mid-December 2021. Is there something in your coaching scheme that makes avoiding turnovers difficult?

Do you think your comments about Grant fumbling in the scrimmage may have encouraged Minnesota to try to strip the ball from him?

Why was Ervin the starter, but didn't start and Grant had two more carries even though Ervin had a significantly YPC than Grant? Do you do player analytics during the game? Do you ever make personnel recommendations, or is that entirely up to your assistants?

Are there ANY means applied to make players accountable for false starts?

Who was responsible for calling three consecutive pass plays the next series after NU ran the ball 9 out of 12 plays for an 80 yard drive. Was that you, Coach Satterfield, someone in the booth, a computer??? Any regrets about that decision?

Will you consider giving Gottula a shot at starting LT to get better pass protection?

What exactly is Nebraska's offensive identity?

Minnesota 13, Nebraska 10
Michigan State 31, Central Michigan 7
Michigan 30, East Carolina 3
Iowa 24, Utah State 14
Fresno State 39, Purdue 35
Ohio State 23, Indiana 3
Wisconsin 38, Buffalo 17
Maryland 38, Towson 6
Illinois 30, Toledo 28
Penn State 38, West Virginia 15
Rutgers 24, Northwestern 7

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STANDINGS

EAST
1. Ohio State (1-0, 1-0)
1. Rutgers (1-0, 1-0)
3. Maryland (1-0, 0-0)
3. Michigan (1-0, 0-0)
3. Michigan State (1-0, 0-0)
3. Penn State (1-0, 0-0)
7. Indiana (0-1, 0-1)

WEST
1. Minnesota (1-0, 1-0)
2. Illinois (1-0, 0-0)
2. Iowa (1-0, 0-0)
2. Purdue (0-1, 0-0)
2. Wisconsin (1-0, 0-0)
6. Nebraska (0-1, 0-1)
6. Northwestern (0-1, 0-1)

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Games for Week #2

Friday - September 8
Indiana State at Indiana (6:00 PM - BTN)
Illinois at Kansas (6:30 PM - ESPN2)

Saturday - September 9
Youngstown State at Ohio State (11:00 AM - BTN)
Nebraska at Colorado (11:00 AM - FOX)
Purdue at Virginia Tech (11:00 AM - ESPN2)
Delaware at Penn State (11:00 AM - Peacock)

UNLV at Michigan (2:30 PM - CBS)
Richmond at Michigan State (2:30 PM - BTN)
Texas-El Paso at Northwestern (2:30 PM - BTN)
Iowa at Iowa State (2:30 PM - FOX)

Eastern Michigan at Minnesota (6:30 PM - BTN)
Temple at Rutgers (6:30 PM - BTN)
Wisconsin at Washington State (6:30 PM - ABC)
Charlotte at Maryland (6:30 PM - NBC)

It is said that this is when teams make their biggest adjustments and improvements. I think we're going to find out how good Rhule and his staff are this week! I'M DRINKING THE KOOL-AID BABY! GBR!!

I went back and watched the Minn game focusing on the Oline. Our left side is way below average as we all know. Cochran has very poor lateral movement and balance and Piper is athletic with good feet but seems outmatched in the strength department.

Here is my crazy thought: Switch them…make Piper the OT and Cochran the OG.

It seems to play to both of their strengths better. I’m convinced the results would be better…..still not great….but better.