Super Official Nebraska vs Ohio Game Week Thread.
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You didn’t need the ‘super official’ part, Nebraska 99, the cheerleaders were all you needed! 
Should be a tasty, good-info morning: Rhule presser, single-digit announcement, team captains, and most interestingly, this week’s depth chart.
The flag is ready, the sacred coffee mug is ready, the Herbie Husker doll that plays There Is No Place Like Nebraska is in its customary place near the TV....GOOO BIIIG REEED 
Finally !
You know ATX and Doc only "Liked" your post because of the cheerleader pic...right?
j/k GBR!
Traffic, stadium gates, concession menus...
https://huskers.com/news/2026/08/31/2026-husker-football-game-day-updates
https://huskers.com/news/2026/08/31/2026-husker-football-game-day-updates
My takeaways from Rhule's presser. I take what he said then apply the subtext of what I think he's really getting at.
* Personnel of a football team may change year to year, but the offense, defense, and special teams will be mostly consistent. So you don't watch film to see what their personnel from last year do, you watch film to see what the team does in a given situation. For example, if you notice on film a team does ___ in a situation, then it usually doesn't matter what personnel or formation they're in, they're probably going to do ___. Because college football teams are comprised of people and people inevitably develop habits. And if those habits are successful, then there is an overwhelming probability they'll do ___ again and again.
* Teams need focused accountability, meaning coaches are honest with players, players are honest with coaches, and players are honest with each other. The ability to tell someone, "Hey what you're doing isn't right, or to standard." in a supportive, not demeaning way.
* Playing defense in a connected way, understanding that it goes beyond just: do your job. Understanding how what you do effects the other levels. As a DL, if you need to slant inside, then yeah you can slant inside. But knowing why you need to slant inside is the key. On a play call, as a DL, you need to slant inside because the goal is to occupy the TE and OT or OT and OG so the OLB, S, or CB has a free and clear path to the QB on a blitz. Or maybe you slant inside to allow the DT to loop around you on a twist or stunt. And that twist or stunt is to open a lane so a MLB can make his fit in the run game.
* Memorial stadium should be the most difficult place to play in college football. Me: well not with the blue hairs who sit on their hands and don't yell their lungs out. Okay, that was me just
the boomers. 
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* We have different plans of attack based on what we see: 4-2-5 or 3-3-5. That is so much better to hear than Frost after the Illinois game saying they came out in an odd front which took away half of what we wanted to on offense. That still has to be one of the most bizarre admissions I have ever heard from a coach at any level.
* I invented single digits. Bro, you did not.
* Have a chip on your shoulder but use it as motivation for yourself, not to burden others. Compared Anthony Colandrea to Baker Mayfield.
* Personnel of a football team may change year to year, but the offense, defense, and special teams will be mostly consistent. So you don't watch film to see what their personnel from last year do, you watch film to see what the team does in a given situation. For example, if you notice on film a team does ___ in a situation, then it usually doesn't matter what personnel or formation they're in, they're probably going to do ___. Because college football teams are comprised of people and people inevitably develop habits. And if those habits are successful, then there is an overwhelming probability they'll do ___ again and again.
* Teams need focused accountability, meaning coaches are honest with players, players are honest with coaches, and players are honest with each other. The ability to tell someone, "Hey what you're doing isn't right, or to standard." in a supportive, not demeaning way.
* Playing defense in a connected way, understanding that it goes beyond just: do your job. Understanding how what you do effects the other levels. As a DL, if you need to slant inside, then yeah you can slant inside. But knowing why you need to slant inside is the key. On a play call, as a DL, you need to slant inside because the goal is to occupy the TE and OT or OT and OG so the OLB, S, or CB has a free and clear path to the QB on a blitz. Or maybe you slant inside to allow the DT to loop around you on a twist or stunt. And that twist or stunt is to open a lane so a MLB can make his fit in the run game.
* Memorial stadium should be the most difficult place to play in college football. Me: well not with the blue hairs who sit on their hands and don't yell their lungs out. Okay, that was me just
the boomers. .* We have different plans of attack based on what we see: 4-2-5 or 3-3-5. That is so much better to hear than Frost after the Illinois game saying they came out in an odd front which took away half of what we wanted to on offense. That still has to be one of the most bizarre admissions I have ever heard from a coach at any level.
* I invented single digits. Bro, you did not.
* Have a chip on your shoulder but use it as motivation for yourself, not to burden others. Compared Anthony Colandrea to Baker Mayfield.
