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Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule announced earlier this week that Dana Holgorsen would be calling plays for the offense shortly after Holgorsen joined Nebraska’s staff as an offensive consultant. As a longtime college coach, Holgorsen has plenty of play-calling experience, and amid a three-game losing streak in which the team has averaged 11.3 points per […]

After a promising start to the season, Nebraska football is on a massive skid over the last few weeks. Bowl eligibility is now in question for the Cornhuskers after a three-game losing streak that includes ugly losses against Indiana and UCLA. The main reason for the team’s struggles has been the offense, which has severely […]

On the heels of three straight losses, Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule decided to make a change to his offense. Rhule made a late-season addition to the coaching staff by hiring former West Virginia and Houston head coach Dana Holgorsen. Holgorsen will assume the role of offensive consultant with the Cornhuskers, per ESPN’s Pete […]

Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule is pointing to just a few plays that doomed his team on Saturday, in a loss to Ohio State. Nebraska dropped a 21-17 game, after giving up three touchdown passes to Ohio State quarterback Will Howard. “I thought our defense was dominant all day, save three plays. Take away three […]

Nebraska football is showing a great deal of respect for Ohio State ahead of their Saturday matchup. Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule went as far to deny name, image and likeness is giving their competition a bad name. The Buckeyes have adapted to the current landscape of NIL, which has led to high-profile recruits and […]

The Nebraska football program is undergoing something of a renaissance under second-year head coach Matt Rhule, cracking the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2019 earlier this season. This return to prominence started when the Huskers signed highly-touted quarterback Dylan Raiola last December, the program’s highest rated recruit of the last 19 years. […]

Nebraska football suffered their first loss of the season on Friday night, dropping a shocker in Lincoln against No. 24 Illinois 31-24 in overtime. Matt Rhule and the Cornhuskers had plenty of chances to win the game in regulation, but left too many points on the field and allowed the Illini to pounce at the […]

Nebraska football was riding high in 2024 after starting the season off 3-0. True freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola was clicking, the defensive line was dominating, and an impressive win over Deion Sanders and Colorado got Matt Rhule and the Cornhuskers into the top 25. However, not even all of that could help Nebraska end a […]

The Nebraska football team is hosting a huge matchup this weekend as rival Colorado is coming to Lincoln. It’s always fun when these two schools get together on the football field, and Saturday night’s battle is going to be one of the best games of week two. Cornhuskers fans are ready, and Nebraska head coach […]

In their Week 2 matchup, Colorado football (1-0) will travel to Lincoln to face their most heated rival, Nebraska (1-0). This game features two programs that appear to be on upward trajectories. Both have faced a decade or more of hardships, struggling to find a worthy head coach and failing in multiple facets. Deion Sanders, […]

Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders spoke highly of his opposing coach this week. Following Colorado’s 31-26 comeback victory over North Dakota State to start the 2024-25 season, the Buffaloes now take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Week 2 of the college football season. Ahead of the rivalry matchup, Sanders spoke to the media on […]

The Nebraska football team has a huge game this weekend as they will be hosting Colorado football under the lights. The Cornhuskers and Buffaloes met last season in Boulder, and Colorado cruised to a lopsided victory. One notable thing from last year’s game was some drama between Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule and Colorado quarterback […]

One of the biggest college football games of week two will take place in Lincoln, Nebraska this week as Nebraska football and Colorado football will go to battle. The Cornhuskers and Buffaloes both won their week one games, and each will hope to improve to 2-0 this Saturday. Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule is looking […]

The fireworks are already lit in Dylan Raiola’s Nebraska football debut against UTEP. With just over 10 minutes left in the second quarter, Raiola let it rip on a deep ball to Isaiah Neyor for a 59-yard touchdown pass to extend the Cornhuskers lead to 16-7. Dylan Raiola with a DEEP pass to Isaiah Neyor […]

From 1969 until 2001, the Nebraska football program went 33 straight seasons with nine or more wins, including five national championships. Since then, they’ve won nine games or more just 10 times and have only six bowl game victories. There have been no national title appearances since their last one in the 2001 Rose Bowl […]

The Big Ten Conference just got a whole lot bigger. There will be new conference rivals due to the entry of new squads from across the nation. Despite this, the Nebraska football program is going to stick with what they have and knows well. After a horrid 2023 season, Matt Rhule is looking to get […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Nebraska football program is trying to improve for the 2024 season and beyond. Matt Rhule’s team took a massive step in that direction by landing five-star quarterback and former Georgia commit Dylan Raiola. Raiola initially considered Nebraska before going to Georgia but decided to come to the Cornhuskers this offseason. Rhule recently spoke about […]

The Nebraska football team is hoping for an improved recruiting season this spring, and the spring game at Memorial Stadium is a big part of it. According to Coach Matt Rhule, a tweak has been made in hopes of improving the entire experience for the team’s incoming, prospective team members. Recently Kirk Herbstreit spoke about […]

Former Carolina Panthers coach matt Rhule has been busy in the college ranks coaching the Nebraska Cornhuskers, but he still has stories about his time in the NFL. Speaking on the Super Bowl, Rhule brought up the 2022 NFL Draft, when that he thought now San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy should have been on […]

Nebraska football’s Dylan Railoa was widely considered to be the top quarterback in the 2024 recruiting class, but rankings started to scatter in the fall. Raiola was the No. 1 quarterback in the class for quite some time, garnering comparisons to the NFL’s Patrick Mahomes. When Raiola’s recruiting got murky, with the decommittment from Georgia, […]

Taking over a college football program in the first year is never easy because the entire reason for a new head coach being hired is that things weren’t working with the predecessor. But with a new head coach comes new optimism under new leadership. And no one brought more optimism to a program than Deion […]

Matt Rhule is bringing more promising players to the Nebraska football program. His first season with the Cornhuskers saw him notch only three wins in the Big Ten Conference and five victories overall. Now, he is looking to find talents such that they could get close to a conference title or even make a deep […]