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Nebraska football didn’t exactly have the best season in 2023 during Matt Rhule’s first year in charge, as they finished with just a 5-7 record. Still, it was their best season since 2019 when they finished with the same record, and if you ask Joel Klatt, he believes that the Cornhuskers could end up taking […]

Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule has reportedly named Dylan Raiola the starting quarterback for Week 1 of the season, per Brett McMurphy of Action Network. Raiola, a five-star freshman, will start the August 31 season-opener against UTEP. Nebraska landed Raiola after he flipped his commitment from Georgia. The Cornhuskers have belief in Raiola’s ceiling. […]

The Arizona State Sun Devils are another program that has finally come to a decision on its starting quarterback. The battle was between former Nebraska signal-caller Jeff Sims and Michigan State transfer Sam Leavitt. On Monday, Pete Thamel of ESPN reported that Leavitt earned the job. “Sources: Sam Leavitt has been named the starting quarterback […]

Nebraska football has underwhelmed in recent seasons, and Matt Rhule’s team is far from the first team fans will think of when asked who they expect to see in the College Football Playoff this winter. Yet, the Huskers could surprise the country and rise to the top of the college football world if a few […]

It’s an exciting time to be a college football fan, and one fan base that is excited for the season is Nebraska football fans. The Cornhuskers have a lot of hype coming into the 2024 season. We’re almost there. Another long college football offseason is almost over as the calendar now reads August, and the […]

The Nebraska football team is getting ready for year two of the Matt Rhule era, and this is a crucial season for the Cornhuskers. We are approaching the 10-year mark for Nebraska’s bowl drought, and after a 5-7 year in 2023, Rhule needs to show that he is the man for the job. Unfortunately for […]

It’s the college football offseason, and you know what that means: It’s time to get on the Nebraska football hype train. The Cornhuskers haven’t had a successful season in nearly 10 years, but every offseason it seems like they are bound to turn it around the following year. Year two of the Matt Rhule era […]

The Nebraska Cornhuskers football program has a storied history filled with national championships, conference titles, and a tradition of producing legendary players who have left indelible marks on the sport. Before Nebraska football kicks off for the 2024 season, we decided to rank the top 10 players in the Cornhuskers history. 1. Rich Glover (DT, […]

Dylan Raiola has taken the internet by storm. No, he didn’t make any viral highlight in practice whatsoever. It just happens to be that in a recent photo, the Nebraska football quarterback looked eerily like Patrick Mahomes. This drew plenty of social media reactions, even from the likes of Tyreek Hill and Mahomes himself. For […]

The college football season is almost here as games kick off in less than a month, and Nebraska football fans are eager for the new year to get under way. The past decade or so hasn’t been too kind to the Cornhuskers, but times could be changing soon. Nebraska fans have high hope for the […]

Nebraska football is holding out hope for a very successful 2024 season. Head coach Matt Rhule is in his second season in Lincoln, and is used to rebuilding programs. While Nebraska lost four games in a row to finish last season, the team lost them all by only one score. A few plays going differently […]

Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule is issuing a mission statement to his team, as the squad prepares for the 2024 campaign. Rhule wants his guys to know how much hard work can truly pay off. “There is NO substitute for hard work,” Rhule posted on his X account, formerly Twitter. Rhule is trying to bring […]

If there is one aspect about the Nebraska football team that will be interesting, it has to be the quarterback room that will go through an old fashioned competition to see who the stater will be by the start of the upcoming season. Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule was on “The Pat McAfee Show” on […]

Last season was the first year that Nebraska football had Matt Rhule as their head coach, and it didn’t go as well as Cornhuskers fans hoped. In fact, it had a lot of shades of the Scott Frost era. Nebraska was a very competitive team, but they couldn’t close out games and they lost a […]

With conference realignment creating major shakeups across college football this year, there is a lot of debate about which conference is the best. There are only four power conferences now as the Pac-12 has diminished to just Oregon State and Washington State. Now, it’s just the Big Ten, SEC, Big 12 and ACC. Nebraska football […]

The Nebraska football program is entering its second season with Matt Rhule as the head coach. With Dylan Raiola at quarterback, there are big expectations for the Cornhuskers going into the 2024 season. Rhule’s time in the NFL didn’t pan out as he had hoped, so coming back to the college ranks made sense. While […]

There were a lot of rough outings for the Nebraska football program in the Big Ten Conference during the 2023 season. They finished with only five wins and are hoping to get back into title contention. Dylan Raiola has largely been considered their quarterback of the future and the key to their success. So, Matt […]

Matt Rhule is now entering his second year with the Nebraska football program. There were a lot of growing pains when the Cornhuskers faced the Big Ten Conference as well as their cross-conference rivals. But, those are expected to eventually die down come fall. A big problem they had was their quarterback conundrum. The revolving […]

Spring football is over. The transfer portal is closed. The calendar reads June. You know what that means? College football is almost here. It has now been five months since Michigan took down Washington in the national championship game in Houston, and we have made it through the hardest part of the offseason. We are […]

The Nebraska football team is currently in a down period as it has been nearly 10 seasons since they made a bowl game. The Cornhuskers are one of the most storied programs in college football, but they haven’t looked the part in awhile. Nebraska athletic director Troy Dannen seems to think that NIL could have […]

The Nebraska football team has high hopes for this upcoming season, and a big reason why is true freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola. Raiola is one of the top players from the 2024 recruiting class and he was originally committed to Georgia. He ended up flipping his commitment over to the Cornhuskers. Nebraska fans got their […]

In a pivotal move that could reshape the future of Nebraska football, the Cornhuskers have secured a commitment from TJ Lateef, a four-star quarterback from Lutheran High School, for their 2025 recruiting class (per On3’s Hayes Fawcett). This development comes at a crucial time for Nebraska, which has been keen on bolstering its squad to […]

The Nebraska football team is desperate to find any sort of success as it has been since 2016 that they last went to a bowl game. The Cornhuskers have brought in new head coaches, and nothing changed. Matt Rhule is now the head coach at Nebraska and his squad failed to get a bowl game […]

It has now been over three months since the Michigan football team raised the national championship trophy back in January at NRG Stadium in Houston. It was a season to remember in college football as it was the last year of the four-team College Football Playoff, and it was also the last year of the […]

It has now been over three months since the Michigan football team raised the national championship trophy back in January at NRG Stadium in Houston. It was a season to remember in college football as it was the last year of the four-team College Football Playoff, and it was also the last year of the […]

Matt Rhule’s first year with the Nebraska football program was not successful, to say the least. The Cornhuskers only notched three wins in the Big Ten Conference and had five entries in the win column throughout 12 games. Obviously, the squad plans to change that this season as the program is slowly forming its identity. […]

Coaches clinics provide an invaluable platform for coaches across football’s spectrum to exchange knowledge and insights. Recently, at Nebraska football’s Coaches Clinic, Matt Rhule and the other attendees were treated to a session with a true icon of the game in Bill Belichick. While Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule’s presence added depth to the event, […]

Former Nebraska football head coach Scott Frost has an aching to be in the profession once again as the last time he was, it was in 2022 after spending almost five seasons with the program before being relieved of his duties. In an interview with Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports, Frost stressed and was candid […]

Earlier this week, the collegiate sports world received a jolt to the senses when it was announced that Washington athletic director Troy Dannen would be departing the program to take the same position at Nebraska. He served less than six months in that role at Washington before making the shocking move to Nebraska, and now, […]

The Nebraska football team is in the middle of a rebuild, and they need a good athletic director to support the program right now. The Cornhuskers surprisingly lost Trev Alberts, their former AD, over to Texas A&M recently, so Nebraska was in need of a new guy, and they needed to make a good hire. […]

The Nebraska football program finished the 2023-24 season with a 5-7 record and was fourth in the Big 10. As a result, Head Coach Matt Rhule has been under scrutiny for the team’s performance. Rhule opened up about his frustrations following the Cornhuskers’ subpar season. Coach Rhule talks about future and details frustrations after 23-24 […]

Ross Bjork is departing from Texas A&M which means that the Aggies searched for a new athletic director. The idea was to get someone with a lot of experience in running a competitive program. Trev Alberts clearly fits the bill. Now, it is the Nebraska football program that is in need of a new athletic […]

The Nebraska football team and the rest of the Cornhuskers athletic programs are expected to lose Athletic Director Trev Alberts to Texas A&M, according to a report from The Houston Chronicle. This move comes as a bit of a surprise as Alberts is leaving Nebraska for the same job with the Aggies. Albert has been the AD for […]

Some Nebraska football players had a little fun on the basketball court on Sunday, with a number of Matt Rhule’s players joining in a slam dunk contest during halftime of the hoops game between the Cornhuskers and the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Pinnacle Bank Arena. One of the competitors, running back Emmett Johnson, even used […]

Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule is making efforts to get the program back on its feet after several down years. Rhule recently spoke about the improved culture in the Nebraska football program, per Mitch Sherman of The Athletic: “‘I think we’re headed in that direction,’ Rhule said. “It’s been night and day, significantly better than […]

It was a tough first year in the Big Ten Conference for Matt Rhule. He could not get his Nebraska football program near to contend for a College Football Playoff spot. The Cornhuskers ended the year with only five wins which was far from their former glory back in 2008 to 2014. Currently, they have […]

Nebraska football made a move that officially puts the Cornhuskers in the Brady Smigiel sweepstakes. Smigiel, who is a five-star quarterback prospect for the 2026 college football season, just received an offer from the Big Ten school, per Cornhuskers Wire. “The Nebraska Cornhuskers have made a scholarship offer to a California quarterback. Brady Smigiel is […]

Nebraska football is putting its new quarterback through the paces. Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola is in the driver’s seat to get the starting job in 2024 with the Cornhuskers, per the Athletic. Nebraska football had a disappointing season in 2023, finishing the season with a losing record at 5-7. It’s a far cry from the days […]

The Nebraska football program is setting up its roster for the upcoming season with the spring game right around the corner. However, many noticed something different about the Cornhuskers’ roster, as one defensive player wasn’t listed on the latest roster update. Corey Collier Jr., a defensive back for the Nebraska football team, is confirmed not […]