Purdoodoo Game Week

[Alcaus]

I find some other shit talking, titty gazing, Io_a hating, message board dirtbags

 

[Irv]

Takeouts?

 

[Sous Chef]

Takeouts?

 

[Frogsker30]

Takeouts?

Chinese ?

 

[vailhusker]

Takeouts?

Dean's been helping them out, the question is if it was a spelling mistake or just an overused word in Dean's phone.

 

[vailhusker]

 

[vailhusker]

 

[vailhusker]

Mostly for the link but Martinez interview was kind of interesting.

 

[Mavsker]

Lots of free ammo here for the next time we play soft

 

[vailhusker]

Rhule spoke about this in his last presser -



That rule, Alberts said Tuesday, is being looked at closely and will be changing very soon.
Sounds like you can expect a future starting quarterback at Nebraska to be covering the ear holes in his helmet to hear the offensive play caller’s instructions sooner rather than later – perhaps as soon as 2024?
“It has been a topic,” said Alberts, who is involved with the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee in charge of overseeing rules and regulations. “And it’s been interesting how slow the conversation has gone, in a sense. We’re huge proponents, I’m a huge proponent, of anything we can do to modernize our game to make it better. Let’s use technology in a way to ensure a fair and equitable approach. There’s wearable technology, there’s liability relative to helmet and communication, but we can overcome that.”
But the bottom line?
“You are going to see it. It’s coming,” Alberts said. “The technology’s there, we ought to do it.”

You actually won’t even have to wait until next season to see it implemented. You’ll see mics in helmets at bowl games this December and/or January as Alberts said a “pilot program” is being conducted to test them out in a “cost-efficient way.”
“Quite frankly, I think it’s very player centric in terms of player safety,” Alberts said. “Everybody knows the play, you can get it done, get it moved in and out real quickly. Like Coach Rhule, I’m a huge proponent of including technology. The fact of the matter is, if you go down to a lot of big high schools – like in Texas – they’re utilizing technology, they’re utilizing tablets on the sideline. Obviously, the NFL’s doing it. But you get to our game and suddenly we’re taking a step back. We’ll look hard, we’re pushing hard, you’re gonna see some more modernization like that – wearable technologies and coach-to-player communication will be a part, I think, of college football in the very near future.”

SCHEDULE TALK​

On Wednesday, Nebraska and Cincinnati made date and location changes for their game in 2025 official. Instead of playing in Cincinnati, the Huskers and Bearcats agreed to play in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Aug. 30, 2025. It’ll be the season opener for both teams, with Cincinnati being the home team.
The original first game in the two-game series with Cincinnati was canceled in 2020, when the Big Ten chose to play a conference-only schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a replacement for the 2020 game in Lincoln, the Bearcats will now visit Lincoln on Sept. 11, 2032.
Nebraska also added a non-conference opponent for the 2025 season – FCS member Houston Christian, formerly Houston Baptist – and that game will be played on Sept. 13, 2025. Nebraska will pay Houston Christian $500,000 to come play in Lincoln.
Alberts said the previous staff at Nebraska had scheduled a non-conference game with Louisiana-Monroe for 2025 and agreed to pay the WarHawks around $1.65 million, which Alberts added was a steep price, so he worked to shift things around. Nebraska will no longer play Louisiana-Monroe, but agreed to pay it $850,000 while Northwestern will chip in the remaining $800,000.
“We actually are saving $300,000, moving a previous away game to a neutral-site game and then getting a return trip to Lincoln in 2032 for Cincinnati,” Alberts said. “So these are a little bit complicated. But I think what you're going to see as you move forward in an 18-team Big Ten schedule that's going to be very challenging, is you're going to see a different approach in scheduling the non-conference games.”
Alberts said with the addition of Washington, Oregon, UCLAbia and USC to the Big Ten in 2024, schedules will become very challenging. That will lead Nebraska to scheduling more non-conference opponents from the Group of Five and FCS levels.
“We're gonna have to be smarter about our scheduling,” Alberts said. “And I think you'll probably see us maybe have a more marquee game, a Group of Five game and perhaps an FCS game quite often in the non-conference moving forward.”

HUSKERS SWITCHING SIDELINES SOON​

In addition to Alberts’ assertion of headset-to-helmet communication coming down the pike soon, there’s another change coming on the horizon to Nebraska football, specifically: The Huskers will be switching from the east sideline to the west sidelined at some point in the near future to give them a more competitive advantage – mainly to keep the sun out of their eyes at home games and to keep them cooler with more shade on the west sideline.
“The fact of the matter is there is more room on that east side. So, back in the day, when we had rosters of 180-200 players that we were dressing, it just made it easier for Coach Osborne to physically have the space we need on that east side,” Alberts said. “But Coach Rhule wants to be on the west side. We are ultimately going to move the team to the west side, but as part of the whole transition of Memorial Stadium, rather than doing these slow one-offs, we’d like to have this holistic plan and vision around it. But I would anticipate, yes, the team is ultimately going to move.
“It’s also odd: The opposing coaches are up in the booth with binoculars staring right down at your team, looking at your signals, trying to figure out if there’s a competitive advantage there. I don’t know if many folks know but during Covid, when we weren’t allowed to have fans, Scott (Frost) actually moved the team to the west side. We think there’s good rationale for it. We’ll work with Coach Rhule and the football staff, but I would anticipate the football team will move over to the west side.”
Alberts also shared a story about receiving a call from Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh sometime after the Wolverines beat Nebraska on Sept. 30 to talk about the Huskers’ home sideline. (In a twist of irony, given everything that has come to light over the past few days.)
“Jim and I played together on the Colts and know each other, and he said, ‘Hey, I just want to let you know, you really ought to move the team to that other side.’ He said ‘it’s about 30 to 40 degrees cooler over there than it is on the east side.’ I said ‘Jim, we’re well aware,’” Alberts said with a laugh.

 

[vailhusker]

 

[vailhusker]

 

[Huskerforlife]

 

[cwessel76]

2016 was the last bowl game we had, right?

 

[Huskerforlife]

2016 was the last bowl game we had, right?

That's right. Feels like forever.

 

[nja13]

Alberts said the previous staff at Nebraska had scheduled a non-conference game with Louisiana-Monroe for 2025 and agreed to pay the WarHawks around $1.65 million, which Alberts added was a steep price, so he worked to shift things around. Nebraska will no longer play Louisiana-Monroe, but agreed to pay it $850,000 while Northwestern will chip in the remaining $800,000.

What am I missing here? Why is Northwestern chipping in? Are they going to play Northwestern instead of us that week?

 

[turek420845]

That's right. Feels like forever.

Since a boner?

 

[Frogsker30]

curious question, I am looking at seat geek tickets. Do the generally not list the seat number before you purchase?

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

curious question, I am looking at seat geek tickets. Do the generally not list the seat number before you purchase?

I don't think they do. My one remaining listing on seat geek doesn't look like it has seat numbers listed.

 

[Frogsker30]

I don't think they do. My one remaining listing on seat geek doesn't look like it has seat numbers listed.

Kinda Stupid if you ask me