Matt Rhule Articles - Page 6

The Nebraska football team’s week one matchup against Minnesota football looked all too familiar for Cornhuskers fans. Nebraska led 10-3 late in the game with the ball and it looked like the Matt Rhule era could be starting off with a bang. However, two costly turnovers led to a late-game meltdown for the Cornhuskers, and […]

The Matt Rhule Era of Nebraska football didn’t get off to a great start with a 13-10 loss to Minnesota. Now, the Nebraska-Colorado game is up next, with the Cornhuskers’ rivals flying high after upsetting No. 17 TCU. However, Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders just gave Rhule some bulletin board material that may fire the team […]

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders put the Buffaloes on the map with their season-opening upset of TCU. In Week 2, Deion Sanders hopes to settle the score against Nebraska. The Week 2 Colorado-Nebraska matchup renews a rivalry that was largely dominated by the Cornhuskers when the two teams were part of the Big 12. The […]

Coach Matt Rhule needs to change up a lot of their schematics after the loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The Nebraska football team held their own with Jeff Sims but just could not get a win. Deion Sanders’ Colorado football squad is up next and they are looking good. Will they be able to […]

The Nebraska football program is looking to bounce back from a brutal loss in week 1 to Minnesota as they prepare to take on Deion Sanders and the Colorado football program on the road on Saturday, and Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule had some high praise for Deion Sanders as a head coach. “He’s won […]

The stunning upset win of Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes on the road over No. 17 TCU Horned Frogs just made next week’s meeting between his team and Nebraska Cornhuskers a whole lot more interesting, to say the least. Nebraska football, coming off a painful road loss at the hands of the Minnesota Golden […]

The Nebraska football program is a proud one, with five national titles to its name and a reputation as one of the grittiest and most dangerous teams in college football. The Nebraska football program won its last national title in 1997, when coach Tom Osborne’s team was voted number one by the coaches. For Nebraska […]

The Nebraska football team kicked off the Matt Rhule era on Thursday night against Minnesota football, hoping to erase the memories of the tumultuous Scott Frost era. In the past five seasons for Nebraska, all coached by Frost, the Cornhuskers have lost 25 games by one score. They also have 16 blown second half leads […]

Nebraska football fans had been eager to see the Cornhuskers begin the Matt Rhule era after a tumultuous past several seasons under Scott Frost. Nebraska always looked like they were right on the brink of getting a marquee win to bring them back to relevancy, but the Huskers could never get over the hump, and […]

Nebraska fans excited to watch first-year head coach Matt Rhule usher in a new era of Cornhuskers football were horrified as the team lost its season-opener to Minnesota in all-too-familiar fashion. In fact, Nebraska football fans had seen this movie play out last year with former head coach Scott Frost, who was fired last September […]

The first game of Matt Rhule’s tenure with the Nebraska football team didn’t go according to plan. They were on pace to beat the odds and beat Minnesota in their first game of the season. However, in a shocking twist, the Cornhuskers inexplicably collapsed in the final quarter of the game. After the game, Matt […]

Matt Rhule has learned to temper the expectations of the Nebraska football fans. He had asked the Cornhuskers led by Jeff Sims to step up regardless of his rookie mistakes as a head coach. This did not sit well with most fans, especially after their tough loss against PJ Fleck’s Minnesota football program. The Cornhuskers […]

The Matt Rhule era of Nebraska football will begin on Thursday night as the Cornhuskers travel to Minneapolis to face the Minnesota Gophers. Say what you want about Rhule’s tenure in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers, but what he accomplished before that at Baylor, turning around what was deemed a cultural and institutional mess, […]

Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule is going all out for their women’s volleyball team. They will go against Omaha volleyball at Memorial Stadium with 90,000 fans in attendance on Wednesday. The turnout is the highest ever for a volleyball match. It could possibly be the highest attendance for a women’s sporting event in history, […]

Coach Matt Rhule is already having a hard time in his first season leading the Nebraska football program. Arik Gilbert might have his NCAA eligibility revoked on account of alleged burglary. The Cornhuskers’ five-star tight end was arrested after he was seen walking with a huge bag of liquor and vapes. His stint with Nebraska […]

Nebraska football tight end Arik Gilbert was arrested early Tuesday Morning and booked on a burglary charge, and head coach Matt Rhule spoke on his disappointment when finding out the news. “Really disappointed, really sad for him,” Matt Rhule said, via Michael Bruntz of 247Sports. “When we took Arik, we knew we had a good […]

The Nebraska football team is just a few days away from beginning a massive season with high expectations. Despite a lot of struggles in recent years during the Scott Frost era, hopes are high in Lincoln that Matt Rhule can turn things around in his first season. Even during the tough times, Cornhukers fans continued […]

Nebraska football three-star wide receiver commit Isaiah McMorris will miss the first two games of the Bellevue West Thunderbirds’ 2023 season due to a hamstring injury. A video showed McMorris hobbling slightly on the field prior to Bellevue Wests’s game last Friday, per KETV sports journalist Ellie French (via HuskerCorner.com’s Oliver Vandervoort). It appears the […]

Matt Rhule and Nebraska football received a tremendous boost when in-state running back prospect Conor Booth committed to the program on Sunday. Booth, a junior at Bishop Neumann High School in Wahoo, NE, becomes the team’s third in-state prospect for its 2025 recruiting class. The two other prospects are defensive lineman Tyson Terry and safety […]

Matt Rhule is ready to start his journey to rebuilding the Nebraska football program, and his first official depth chart is here. Jeff Sims will start at quarterback again, but who else made the Cornhuskers’ first string?   Offense Quarterback: Jeff Sims Running back: Gabe Ervin Jr. Wide Receivers: Alex Bullock, Isaiah Garcia-Casteneda Slot receiver: […]

Nebraska football fans have been clamoring for some change and excitement for a long time. New head coach Matt Rhule has brought plenty of both to Lincoln, as he tackles his next reconstruction project. His last one, an unsuccessful tenure with the Carolina Panthers, should hold no merit with the Cornhuskers. Reviving college programs is […]

A highly anticipated college football season is going to begin in Lincoln, Nebraska in under a week. The Nebraska football team begins their 2023 campaign on August 31st against Minnesota football on the road. This will be the first game for new head coach Matt Rhule, who comes in with a lot of pressure on […]

It’s been awhile since the Nebraska football team was as good as the fanbase would like them to be, but there is new hope in Lincoln this year. The failed Scott Frost era is over, and the Matt Rhule era is set to begin in one week when the Cornhuskers hit the road to play […]

Matt Rhule’s first fall camp as the Nebraska football coach has been a success. That’s what Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts seems to believe, at least. Not long after the Carolina Panthers fired Matt Rhule, the head coach was hired to lead the Nebraska football program. Offensive lineman Ethan Piper described the camp as “brutal,” […]

A very crucial season is about to begin in Lincoln for Nebraska football. Nebraska is one the most storied programs in all of college football, and for the past several years, they have looked far from that. The Scott Frost era was a failed experiment. He was brought there to resurrect the program and bring […]

The decision to hire Matt Rhule was a huge $74 million gamble that the Nebraska football program took. They are getting a veteran NCAA head coach. Furthermore, he had experiences with Baylor and Temple before transitioning into being the mastermind of the Carolina Panthers. But, rookie concerns are always present for a new coach that […]

A massive season for Nebraska football is almost here as the Cornhuskers kick off the Matt Rhule era on August 31st on the road against Minnesota football. Times have been tough in Lincoln for the past several years, but hope is evident as the new season is almost here. Yes, the Cornhuskers have been struggling, […]

Nebraska head football coach Matt Rhule revealed running back Gabe Ervin Jr. will be the team’s starting running back, according to a Saturday article from AllHuskers. Ervin Jr., a former three-star recruit in Nebraska’s 2021 football recruiting class, rushed for 94 yards on 20 carries in 2022. He recorded as many as 60 rushing yards […]

The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team is gearing up for their first season under new head coach Matt Rhule, and the former NFL HC is bringing serious changes to beef up their offensive strategy. The Huskers have struggled in the red zone in recent years, and Rhule is bringing his years of experience to right the […]

Matt Rhule is entering his first season as head coach of the Nebraska football program, and while Rhule has big expectations long-term, he was honest about where the team stands in 2023. “I don’t want to take shortcuts,” Matt Rhule said, via Eric Olson of The Associated Press. “I don’t want to build something (where) […]

Zavier Betts’ abrupt decision to leave Nebraska football less than three weeks before the season opener left Matt Rhule by surprise. Just because one of his team’s most talented playmakers will no longer suit up for the Cornhuskers, though, hardly means Rhule has lost any love and respect for Betts. “He came to me and […]

The Scott Frost era with Nebraska football was an interesting one. First off, the decision by the Cornhuskers to fire Bo Pelini was head scratching. Nebraska didn’t want to settle for 9-10 wins a year and wanted to take the next stop, but they did the opposite under Frost. Former Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne […]

Coaches are known to be serious and focus first on managing egos and plotting schematics for games. Although, a lot of them are not that one-dimensional. A lot of really good coaches act as mentors and some even father figures to their players. A certain amount of unwavering belief is needed for all of that […]

Geography plays a huge part in the success of a team in any sport. Homecourt advantage in places like Denver bothers a lot of their opponents. Traveling for away games plays a huge part in the advantages that a squad can get throughout the season. Coach Matt Rhule thinks that his Nebraska football program and […]

The situation that Matt Rhule came into at Nebraska football certainly wasn’t ideal. After firing Bo Pelini, the Cornhuskers looked to Nebraska legend Scott Frost to resurrect the program. That experiment went very poorly, and now Rhule has his hands full. While we’ll have to wait to see what the Cornhuskers do on the field, […]

Nebraska football safety Myles Farmer has entered the transfer portal, according to On3. Farmer started for the Cornhuskers last season and was suspended indefinitely from the team during the summer. New Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said Monday Farmer’s suspension was for “simple things, nothing major, just some of our standards.” “He’s a competitive kid,” Rhule […]

First-year Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule has suspended defensive back Myles Farmer indefinitely. Farmer, Nebraska football’s leading tackler, wasn’t on the Nebraska Cornhuskers’ 120-man roster when the team began practice on Monday. There is no timetable for his return, per The Associated Press (via ESPN). When reporters asked Rhule the reason why he suspended […]

College football training camps are yet to start but drama is already in the conferences from left to right. The Big Ten conference seems to be at the receiving end of most of them. After Northwestern football endured their Pat Fitzgerald debacle, Matt Rhule and Nebraska football were the next in line. Bob Wager, the […]

New Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule spoke at Big Ten media days on Thursday, and he was honest about the direction that he wants to take the program in for the future. “There was a time when Nebraska football was feared,” Matt Rhule said, via Brett McMurphy of Action Network. “We need to take back […]