Merritt, Jones, Shavers, McGahee, Noonan - Getting kind of excited about the level of young players we're getting now at LB.

UCLA def. Washington (25-23, 25-23, 25-20)

Standings
1. Nebraska (24-1, 14-0)
2. Penn State (23-2, 13-1)
3. Wisconsin (18-5, 12-2)
4. Purdue (20-5, 11-3)
5. Oregon (18-5, 10-4)
6. Illinois (17-7, 9-5)
6. Minnesota (16-8, 9-5)
6. USC (17-7, 9-5)
9. Washington (18-7, 8-7)
10. Michigan (16-9m, 6-8)
11. UCLA (12-12, 6-9)
12. Indiana (12-12, 5-9)
13. Ohio State (11-13, 4-10)
14. Iowa (9-17, 3-11)
14. Maryland (12-13, 3-11)
14. Northwestern (5-17, 3-11)
17. Michigan State (9-16, 2-12)
18. Rutgers (5-20, 0-14)

Matches for Thursday, November 14
Rutgers at Purdue
Indiana at Iowa
Minnesota at Nebraska (8:00 PM - BTN)
Wisconsin at USC

Matches for Friday, November 15
Michigan at Michigan State
Maryland at Ohio State
Illinois at Penn State
Northwestern at Oregon

#GBR

I've refrained because of superstition, but who cares anymore. NU 31 - SC 30. Hohl nails a long extra point with 23 seconds left after we tie it super late and receive a bogus excessive celebration penalty.

Per UNL, Dana Holgorsen will be paid $66,667.00 for the month of November.

Hoping that HH is the starter and Nebraska can run the ball! A back contusion, spasms do not go away quickly..hoping the best for DR, just think it’s time to go with a seasoned operator of the RPO! 😉

Bainbridge Qualifies for 2024 NCAA Championships
Huskers.com


Ali Bainbridge earned one of four qualification spots for the 2024 NCAA Championships, and the Nebraska women’s cross country team placed fifth with 181 points in the 6k at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Friday. The men’s team finished 17th in the 10k with 470 points.

Bainbridge is the first Husker to qualify for the NCAA Championships since Erika Freyhof in 2021. Bainbridge and Brynna McQuillen both earned All-Midwest Region honors. The women’s fifth-place team finish is the highest in program history.

Bainbridge led NU with a fifth-place finish and time of 19:53.82, and McQuillen finished 19th with a time of 20:21.09. Berlyn Schutz (36th, 20:43.86), Taya Skelton (57th, 20:58.40) and Cami Merickel (64th, 21:05.32) rounded out the scoring for NU.

Rico Leijenaar finished 39th with a time of 30:26.61 to lead the Husker men’s squad. Trevor Acton was 80th with a time of 31:03.83, and Dennis Chapman (107th, 31:25.09), Max Meyers (116th, 31:35.20) and Liem Chot (139th, 32:03.48) finished out the lineup.

Oklahoma State finished first in the women’s team competition with 61 points and Minnesota finished second with 76 points. The Cowboys also took first in the men’s team competition, grabbing only 25 points. Iowa State was second with 43.

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NCAA Midwest Regional Cross Country Championships

MEN (10,000 meters)
1. Oklahoma State - 25
2. Iowa State - 43
3. Tulsa - 124
4. Illinois State - 179
5. Loyola-Chicago - 184
6. South Dakota State - 196
7. Bradley - 229
8. Illinois - 230
9. Missouri - 260
10. Minnesota - 283
11. Oklahoma - 300
12. Kansas - 338
13. Iowa - 389
14. Wichita State - 397
15. Drake - 407
16. North Dakota State - 442
17. Nebraska - 470
18. Creighton - 496
19. Kansas State - 505
20. St. Louis - 544
21. DePaul - 563
22. South Dakota - 564
23. Illinois-Chicago - 602
24. Northern Iowa - 639
25. Eastern Illinois - 665
26. North Dakota - 707
27. Southeast Missouri State - 763
28. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville - 838
29. Southern Illinois - 864

1. Denis Kipngetich, Oklahoma State - 28:51
2. Laban Kipkemboi, Oklahoma State - 29:06
3. Robin Kwemoi Bera, Iowa State - 29:09
4. Said Mechaal, Iowa State - 29:09
5. Abraham Celangam, Oral Roberts - 29:12
6. Brian Musau, Oklahoma State - 29:17
7. Victor Shitsama, Oklahoma State - 29:17
8. Thobias Cheruiyot, Oklahoma - 29:18
9. William Sinclair, Illinois State - 29:19
10. Carson Noecker, South Dakota State - 29:25
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39. Rico Leijenaar, Nebraska - 30:26
80. Trevor Acton, Nebraska - 31:03
107. Dennis Chapman, Nebraska - 31:25
116. Max Meyers, Nebraska - 31:35
139. Liem Chot, Nebraska - 32:03
147. Sam Kirchner, Nebraska - 32:14
158. Grant Wasserman, Nebraska - 32:28


WOMEN (6,000 meters)
1. Oklahoma State - 61
2. Minnesota - 76
3. Northwestern - 103
4. Iowa State - 139
5. Nebraska - 181
6. Bradley - 203
7. Oklahoma - 222
8. Illinois - 261
9. Loyola-Chicago - 261
10. Tulsa - 303
11. Missouri - 316
12. South Dakota State - 392
13. Kansas - 404
14. Kansas State - 427
15. Northern Iowa - 435
16. Drake - 439
17. Iowa - 478
18. North Dakota State - 485
19. Illinois State - 532
20. DePaul - 567
21. North Dakota - 576
22. South Dakota - 595
23. St. Louis - 619
24. Wichita State - 654
25. Eastern Illinois - 681
26. Missouri State - 701
27. Oral Roberts - 767
28. Southeast Missouri State - 769
29. Illinois-Chicago - 779
30. Omaha - 820
31. Creighton - 825
32. Southern Illinois - 993
33. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville - 1,025

1. Leah Jeruto, Oklahoma - 19:42
2. Ali Weimer, Minnesota - 19:48
3. Maelle Porcher, Iowa State - 19:52
4. Josphine Mwaura, Oklahoma State - 19:53
5. Ali Bainbridge, Nebraska - 19:53
6. Halle Hill, Illinois - 19:55
7. Victoria Lagat, Oklahoma State - 20:02
8. Ava Earl, Northwestern - 20:03
9. Chloe Wellings, Northwestern - 20:04
10. Sivan Auerbach, Oklahoma State - 20:04
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19. Brynna McQuillen, Nebraska - 20:21
36. Berlyn Schutz, Nebraska - 20:43
57. Taya Skelton, Nebraska - 20:58
64. Cami Merickel, Nebraska - 21:05
126. Alea Hardie, Nebraska - 21:52
169. Jacquelyn Abanses, Nebraska - 22:32

Jeanty and Travis Hunter appear to have the inside track, but it’s pretty wide open

Much moreso than recent years

A fun storyline to follow

First question of Matt Rhule's lightning round presser today was on Dylan Raiola's status. He answered it about as succinctly as possible.

"Dylan's ready to go. Great week of practice."

A little more from the Husker HC in regard to QBs:

Nebraska at USC Game Preview, Prediction
by Pete Fiutak, CollegeFootballNews.com

Put this game in the 1970s or 1980s and it would stop the college sports world in its tracks. These two superpower programs haven't been as strong as they should be, and the loser is in big, big trouble.

Nebraska has hit a wall. It was 5-1, all was well, and being in the Big Ten title chase was on the table. A bowl game was an afterthought and then the team started losing. Lose this one and the Huskers will need that sixth win against Wisconsin or at Iowa.

USC has lost four of its last five games because it can't close AT ALL. All five losses were by seven points or fewer -- USC is closer to being 8-3 than 3-6. But with at UCLA and Notre Dame to finish, this becomes a must win just to go to a bowl.

Nebraska (5-4) at USC (4-5)
Saturday, November 16 - 3:00 PM (CT) - FOX

Why Nebraska Will WIn
Here comes the offensive left turn. New offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen was brought in to crank up the attack that's been a bit too stale and doesn't have enough explosion.

USC doesn't have the pass rush to be any sort of a problem. Dylan Raiola won't start bombing away deep now just because there's an OC change, but he'll start pushing things a little more -- he'll have the time. It also helps that he's playing.

Questionable after getting a bit banged up, it's all systems go in what should be a firefight. The Huskers want that -- they're good enough at controlling the clock and tempo to be in charge late, but .....

Whey USC Will Win
....the Nebraska offense has crashed, the defense -- while playing great -- hasn't been able to do enough, and the three-game losing streak has made everything really, really tight.

The program hasn't been to a bowl since 2016, rumors are spreading that transfer vultures from other teams are circling around Raiola, and after so much positivity early on the pressure is cranked up to another level.

That, and there's a shot USC finally has the right guy at quarterback.

It wasn't the fault of Miller Moss that the team struggled, but former UNLV star Jayden Maiava has been waiting in the wings and now gets his shot.

Last year for the Rebels Maiava threw too many picks, but he also bombed away for over 3,000 yards with 17 scores and ran well enough to matter.

What Will Happen
Here's the problem.

USC changing quarterbacks doesn't fix the defense. Nebraska changing offensive coordinators doesn't overcome the overall lack of talent.

There might not be two bigger pressure-packed teams playing each other, and not in a positive way, and both teams will press way too hard.

Raiola will go off -- watch this offense start to kick in big -- and the Huskers will get a few takeaways to make this a fight in the second half, but the Trojan offense will be a wee bit stronger late.

Prediction
USC 28, Nebraska 24

Spread
USC is favored at home by 7.5 points

I put them in the likeliest of scenarios (in my own head lol)

Nine Nebraska players were selected for the Senior Bowl Watch List, which consists of 859 prospects.

> WR Jahmal Banks
> WR Isaiah Neyor
> TE Thomas Fidone II
> OL Micah Mazzccua
> OL Ben Scott
> DL Nash Hutmacher
> DL Ty Robinson
> DB Tommi Hill
> DB DeShon Singleton

The offense is in shambles and one of the worst in the nation. The head coach did what a CEO should do; identify the weakness and correct it.

DH is not an unknown commodity, he has a proven track record of developing QBs and his offenses were constantly in the top 15 of the nation. (This should have happened the last bye week)

Where is the downside? Rhule wants the seniors to go out with a winning record and give them something they have not experienced... A bowl game!! If you see this as a panic move or a bush league move, you need to open your mind to a coach doing what is necessary to correct problems before the complete implosion. Satterfield was not working and Rhule got fed up with him not calling the game plan

I salute Rhule for making the move and hiring a proven winner 🏆.

Three quick thoughts before the game story with quotes:


And the game story:

Whatever it takes to keep this man on staff, Rhule lock him up. I know there were several factors in play with Merritt, but he was one of them. A recruiting beast. He is locking down the KC area for the Big Red. GBR

Does anybody care about this Utah/Northwestern Women's Basketball game?

Please no OT.

I’m curious what everyone thinks. Two weeks since UCLA game but didn’t get Dana in till late on the first and didn’t turn it over to him till game week. Is there enough talent and low hanging fruit to turn this offense around in one week?

Where is the team staying in LA. Where are the Husker fans hanging out? Thanks GBR

Fast-fact Friday:

“Nebraska swimming and diving coach Pablo Morales can speak from the pinnacle of the sport when he talks swimming with his team. Morales was a five-time Olympic medalist with three gold medals and two silvers. He also captured an NCAA-record 11 individual titles at Stanford.”

“Name the former Huskers men’s basketball player who had a breakout game in the Toronto Raptors’ 115-111 win over Detroit on this night in 2022 and give his point total in that game. It marked the second straight game in which this Toronto native posted a career-high in points.”

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Answers:

Dalano Banton

27 points

November 15

1763 - Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon Line, which settled a border dispute involving Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the U.S. Constitution.

1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop now known as Pike's Peak in present-day Colorado.

1864 - Late in the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman began their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah, Georgia on Dec. 21.

1939 - The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. was laid by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1959 - Four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, were found murdered in their home. (Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were later convicted of the killings and hanged in a case made famous by the Truman Capote book “In Cold Blood.”)

1966 - The flight of Gemini 12, the final mission of the Gemini program, ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic after spending four days in orbit.

1969 - About 250,000 protestors against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully on Washington, D.C.

2002 - Hu Jinato replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader.

2012 - The Justice Department announced that BP had agreed to plead guilty to a raft of charges in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and pay a record $4.5 billion, including nearly $1.3 billion in criminal fines.

2019 - Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was convicted of all seven counts in a federal indictment accusing him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation of whether Trump coordinated with Russia during the 2016 campaign. The president commuted Stone’s 40-month sentence days before he was to report to prison.

2022 - The United Nations announced that the world population, based on U.N. projections, had reached 8 billion people.

Birthdays
23 - Sadie Stanley (actress)
27 - Sephora Maria Noori (model)
29 - Karl-Anthony Towns (basketball player)
33 - Shailene Woodley (actress)
39 - Lily Aldridge (model)
43 - Lorena Ochoa (golfer)
47 - Sean Murray (actor)
50 - Chad Kroeger (singer)
52 - Jonny Lee Miller (actor)
53 - Jay Harrington (actor)
67 - Kevin Eubanks (musician)
68 - John Roberts (news correspondent)
73 - Beverly D'Angelo (actress)
79 - Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad (singer)
84 - Sam Waterston (actor)
92 - Petula Clark (singer)

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Today in Sports History - November 15

1960 - Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 71 points in a game against the New York Knicks.

1964 - Mickey Wright shoots a 62, the lowest golf score for a female professional at the Tall City Open in Midland, Texas.

1992 - Richard Petty drove in the final race of his 35-year career.

1998 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) registered his fifth straight 100-yard running game. It was the 75th of his career.

2002 - Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars scored his 1,000th NHL point. He was only the 5th U.S.-born player to reach the milestone.

2005 - Major League Baseball players and owners agreed to tougher penalties for steroid use for the next season. The new rules called for a 50 game suspension for a first offense, 100 games for the second, a lifetime ban for a third, plus testing for amphetamines.

2017 - Three basketball players from UCLA were arrested and detained in China on charges of shoplifting. (They were ultimately released on request from President Donald Trump.)

2018 - LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers passes Wilt Chamberlain in to fifth place on the NBA's career scoring list.

2020 - American Dustin Johnson wins the Masters which had been moved from its traditional spring playing date due to COVID.

November 14
#23 Illinois 84, Eastern Illinois 37
Penn State 101, Niagara 45
Michigan State 96, Eastern Kentucky 54
Northwestern 71, Utah 69
Michigan 99, Central Michigan 62
Purdue 83, Indiana-Indianapolis 64
Washington 83, Eastern Washington 59

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

Games for Friday, November 15
Iona at Rutgers (10:00 AM - BTN+)
Santa Clara at #3 USC (2:00 PM - BTN+)

Next Nebraska Game - Saturday, November 16
#21 Nebraska vs. South Dakota (at Sioux Falls) (5:00 PM - BTN+)

Iowa def. Indiana (25-18, 25-22, 25-21)
Nebraska def. Minnesota (25-12, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19)
Purdue def. Rutgers (25-14, 25-14, 25-16)
Wisconsin def. USC (25-18, 25-19, 25-12)

Standings
1. Nebraska (25-1, 15-0)
2. Penn State (23-2, 13-1)
3. Wisconsin (19-5, 13-2)
4. Purdue (21-5, 12-3)
5. Oregon (18-5, 10-4)
6. Illinois (17-7, 9-5)
7. Minnesota (16-9, 9-6)
7. USC (17-8, 9-6)
9. Washington (18-7, 8-7)
10. Michigan (16-9m, 6-8)
11. UCLA (12-12, 6-9)
12. Indiana (12-13, 5-10)
13. Ohio State (11-13, 4-10)
14. Iowa (10-17, 4-11)
15. Maryland (12-13, 3-11)
15. Northwestern (5-17, 3-11)
17. Michigan State (9-16, 2-12)
18. Rutgers (5-21, 0-15)

Matches for Friday, November 15
Michigan at Michigan State
Maryland at Ohio State
Illinois at Penn State
Northwestern at Oregon

Matches for Saturday, November 16
Rutgers at Ohio State
Indiana at Nebraska (7:30 PM - BTN)
Wisconsin at UCLA

Matches for Sunday, November 17
Michigan at Minnesota
Penn State at Maryland
Michigan State at Iowa
Oregon at USC
Northwestern at Washington
Illinois at Purdue

8pm CT tonight - BTN

Landfair's previous team comes to town. I'm emotionally prepared for this to be a 4 or 5 set match, but who knows? That's why I watch.
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