First thing Rhule has done as our head coach I don't like. And I don't like the single digit jersey thing ALOT. This is something you do with a junior high team. Motivating players by them aspiring for a single digit jersey is something you do at Temple. Here at Nebraska, we expect every player to play tough whether he has jersey #1 or #99. I can see where this kind of thing, Matt's teambuilding tug of wars, etc. went over like a lead balloon with his professional players at Carolina, and they said as much.
So Buford #1, Newsome #6, Washington #7, Farmer and Smothers #8, and AJ Allen #9 lose their numbers. So much for him showing up and saying these are "all my guys". He just stripped guys who weren't really his guys of their numbers. Numbers are important to players.