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Could Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule be on the verge of making his first significant roster decision of the 2023-24 season? Ahead of their Saturday afternoon home game against Louisiana Tech, Rhule is going to stick with the guy who helped him earn his first Cornhuskers win last week. “Sources: Heinrich Haarberg will start […]

Coming off a huge 35-11 victory over Northern Illinois last week, the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team is entering the fourth game of their season, a huge clash against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, with high hopes. Nevertheless, head coach Matt Rhule still has to sort out who will start for the team at quarterback tomorrow afternoon, […]

After losing both running backs Rahmir Johnson and Gabe Ervin for the season due to injuries, Matt Rhule and his Nebraska football coaching  staff are working hard to lessen the impact of their absences on the team. Speaking to reporters on Thursday as they prepare for their Week 4 game against Louisiana Tech on Saturday, […]

The Nebraska football team has gotten off to a disastrous start, going just 1-2 to begin the year. After Nebraska went into the season with high expectations under Cornhuskers’ first-year coach Matt Rhule, the team has had a disappointing first three games. The Cornhuskers opened the season with a 13-10 loss to Minnesota before following […]

Nebraska football finally grabbed their first win of the 2023 season in Week 3, beating Northern Illinois 35-11. That was with backup Heinrich Haarberg under center, who played in place of starting QB Jeff Sims. He was sidelined due to injury. On Thursday, head coach Matt Rhule gave an update on Sims’ status for Week […]

The Matt Rhule era hasn’t gotten off to a great start on the football field so far in Lincoln. Nebraska football lost in an all too familiar fashion in week one against Minnesota after blowing a late seven point lead. In week two, the Cornhuskers went on the road and lost to Colorado, 36-14. Nebraska […]

The 2023 season has not gotten off to the start that Nebraska football fans were hoping for. Matt Rhule said before the season started that this rebuild was going to take some time, and he was right. The Cornhuskers lost in heartbreaking fashion in week one against Minnesota after leading by seven late in the […]

The Nebraska football program is reeling under the supervision of head coach Matt Rhule. Quarterback Jeff Sims’ tendency to commit unforced errors is just one reason why the longtime national power is now just 1-2 on the season and 0-1 in the Big Ten. A Nebraska football wide receiver stepped up to the plate recently […]

The Matt Rhule era in Lincoln hasn’t gotten off of the start that Nebraska football fans were hoping for. The Cornhuskers lost in week one after having the ball late in the fourth quarter with a seven-point lead against Minnesota, and then Colorado handily defeated Nebraska in week two, 36-14. The Cornhuskers finally had an […]

Nebraska football may have just gotten their first win of the season but there is still so much to improve on. A large concern for the Matt Rhule and Jeff Sims-led squad is their passing game. The team has been rushing the ball a lot which meant that wide receivers like Marcus Washington don’t get […]

Adrian Martinez made a name for himself with Nebraska football, etching himself in the Cornhuskers record book during his four seasons in Lincoln. The former Nebraska star is back at the school after spending the summer with the Detroit Lions. Nebraska’s athletic director Trev Alberts posted a photo with Martinez at the school, revealing that […]

Gabe Ervin Jr. might no longer return to the Nebraska football squad following his hip injury. However, Coach Matt Rhule’s decision for a replacement came easier than expected. The Cornhuskers head honcho knows exactly the man for the job and his name is Anthony Grant. Injuries have not been kind to the Nebraska football program. […]

Matt Rhule and the Nebraska football team got its first win of the season with a lopsided 35-11 victory over Northern Illinois. However, it came at a cost, as the Cornhuskers lost a couple of key players to big injuries. Both Gabe Ervin and Rahmir Johnson are out for the season with a pair of […]

Nebraska football and Coach Matt Rhule finally got a needed win in their NCAA college football season. A lot of adjustments needed to be made against the Northern Illinois football squad because Jeff Sims went down. But, the Cornhuskers did get a huge boost from Heinrich Haarberg, who started as the team’s quarterback. This win […]

Nebraska football player Arik Gilbert was arrested in Lumpkin County, Georgia on burglary charges Friday. It’s Arik Gilbert’s second arrest in the last few weeks. The tight end was also arrested on burglary charges in Lincoln, Nebraska on Aug. 29. In Gilbert’s latest arrest, he was charged with smash-and-grab burglary and obstruction of officers. In […]

Nebraska looks for their first win of the season as they face Northern Illinois. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Northern Illinois-Nebraska prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Northern Illinois enters the game at 1-1 on the season. They started the season with an overtime win over Boston College. In the […]

Matt Rhule’s attempt to turn the Nebraska football program around is off to a shaky start. The Cornhuskers were defeated by Minnesota 13-10 in Week 1. In Week 2, Deion Sanders’ revamped Colorado team blew out Nebraska 36-14 in front of a national audience. With the Cornhuskers set to host Northern Illinois in its home […]

Following a turnover-riddled loss to Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes, the Nebraska football team will likely have to pick up their first victory without their starting QB Jeff Sims. Sims hurt his ankle in the fourth quarter of a 36-14 loss on Saturday afternoon, and has missed or been limited in practice since then, […]

The Nebraska football team has gotten off to a 0-2 start, which is a bit of a disappointment after hiring Matt Rhule. However, games against Minnesota and Colorado aren’t bad losses by any means, and there is still hope for the Nebraska football team. With a Week 3 matchup against Northern Illinois on the docket, […]

What a start to the 2023 season it has been for the Colorado football team. It did not take Deion Sanders long to flip a switch with this program, and while it is still early in the season, this Buffaloes squad looks like a completely different team compared to last season. The 2022 team only […]

The Nebraska football season is not off to the start Matt Rhule and the Cornhuskers hoped for. They are 0-2 with losses to Minnesota and now Colorado. After losing 14-36 to Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes, is it time to hit the panic button in Nebraska? Rhule’s players don’t think so, according to an article […]

There was some aftermath to the Colorado football game against Nebraska that took pace on Saturday, as Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders said that Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule was being disrespectful by standing on the midfield logo. Matt Rhule said that he had been praying, and encouraged Shedeur Sanders to join him. Colorado head coach Deion […]

Gabe Ervin Jr. and Nebraska football were defeated by Colorado football on Saturday. Ervin fumbled the ball in the fourth quarter  after a difficult handoff between him and QB Jeff Sims. Ervin recently commented on the fumble, per Sam McKewon of the Omaha World-Herald and HuskerExtra. “When the ball touched my hands, I’ve got to secure […]

After Colorado quarterback and early Heisman candidate Shedeur Sanders blasted Nebraska football following the Buffaloes’ 36-14 blowout win, Matt Rhule is now giving his side of the story. The Cornhuskers head coach led a meeting on Colorado’s logo last Saturday before the game, which Sanders interpreted as “extreme disrespect.” Though, according to Rhule, there was […]

Jeff Sims struggled against Colorado football during Nebraska football’s 36-14 defeat. He also reportedly suffered an ankle injury in the game. Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule provided updates on both Sims’ injury and his status as the starting quarterback. “QB Jeff Sims didn’t practice Sunday with an ankle injury, Nebraska coach Matt Rhule says. When Sims is […]

Coach Matt Rhule is having a rocky and tumultuous start to his Nebraska football tenure. The Jeff Sims-led Cornhuskers crumbled in the last minutes against the Minnesota Golden Gophers and hoped things would change. Now, they knew that Deion Sanders’ Colorado football program was going to be a tough battle. Every terrible thing in their […]

The Colorado Football team has arrived. If that wasn’t evident in Colorado’s Week 1 win over TCU, then perhaps their Week 2 thumping of Nebraska helped. The Buffaloes beat the Cornhuskers 36-14, making them 2-0, already surpassing their record from last season of only one win. Head coach Deion Sanders kept many guessing all offseason […]

It’s Colorado football coach Deion Sanders’ world and we’re all just living in it. Sanders made his home debut as head coach of Colorado against Nebraska on Saturday. Coach Prime made sure to let his guys know that the game was “personal” with an epic pregame speech that hyped up the boys. It’s safe to […]

Week two of the college football season provided the country with a plethora of intriguing matchups, and with that, the stars were shining. ESPN’s College GameDay traveled to Tuscaloosa for a top-15 clash between #11 Texas football and #3 Alabama football. The two teams played last season as well, and it was an instant classic. […]

The Matt Rhule era in Lincoln has not gotten off to the start that Nebraska football fans were hoping for. When Scott Frost was the head coach at Nebraska, the issue for the Cornhuskers was closing games. In the past five seasons that were coached by Frost, Nebraska led the FBS in losses by one […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James couldn’t be more hyped up after watching Deion Sanders and Colorado football destroy Nebraska during Saturday’s showdown at Folsom Field. Sanders and his new-look Buffaloes were making their home debut on the season.  And just like what Coach Prime promised after he said prior to the game that “ain’t […]

Shedeur Sanders and Colorado football had said that the game against Nebraska was personal, and they played like it on Saturday, blowing out the Cornhuskers 36-14. As it turns out, Rhule and Nebraska had provided Sanders and company with some extra bulletin board material with their pregame actions. Rhule and the Cornhuskers held a team […]

Nebraska football had injury added to insult on Saturday, as starting quarterback Jeff Sims suffered an injury late in the 36-14 loss to Colorado. After the game, Cornhuskers head coach Matt Rhule spoke to reporters, revealing that Sims “may have a high ankle sprain”, per Lauren Michelson of ABC. Sims slowly walked off the field […]

Matt Rhule and the Nebraska football program dropped to 0-2 after a blowout 36-14 loss to Deion Sanders and Colorado on the road. It was not the start that Matt Rhule wanted in the first year of his tenure with the Nebraska football program. Expectations are high from that fanbase as they want the program […]

The Colorado football team didn’t simply beat Nebraska Saturday afternoon. Deion Sanders’ squad delivered one of the most impressive victories in the history of the Colorado-Nebraska football rivalry. Colorado’s 36-14 win over Nebraska gave the Buffaloes their largest margin of victory over Nebraska in 22 years. After a scoreless first quarter, Colorado thoroughly dominated Nebraska. […]

Nebraska’s 2023 campaign didn’t get off to a great start in Week 1 with a 13-10 loss to Minnesota, and things aren’t going much better in Week 2 against Colorado. The Cornhuskers have struggled to move the ball on offense for much of the day, and the main culprit for their struggles here has been […]

While the focus was on the late-game blunders, Nebraska football showed signs of marked improvement in their season opener against Minnesota. The team played with a visible defensive intensity and maintained a lead most of the night. The offense, however, is a clear work-in-progress, with turnovers specifically being a big issue. Going into a Week […]

Tensions are already high between Nebraska and Colorado football ahead of their rivalry clash on Saturday. Buffaloes fans showered the Cornhuskers players with “F**k Nebraska” chants as they entered Folsom Field. Nebraska football, led by head coach Matt Rhule, responded by holding a team meeting directly on top of the Buffaloes’ logo, a disrespectful move […]

Deion Sanders didn’t mince words when addressing his Colorado Buffaloes team about the importance of winning their home opener. In a video posted on the Huskers Talk Twitter page, Sanders boldly proclaimed to his team that nobody is “whooping us at the crib”. “Ain’t nobody whooping us at crib” pic.twitter.com/jjDzJQBDhg — Huskers Talk | 𝙉𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙖 […]