Score Predictions
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Beat BC: Pick 'em Week 2
- Pick/market: For anyone who wants to pick still, one of our games is tonight...
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ESPN FPI's game-by-game predictions for Nebraska's 2026 season
- After Nebraska's 2026 opening win over Ohio, the article reports ESPN FPI moved the Huskers up seven spots to No. 23 and raised their projected wins from 6.7 to 7.5. This is a model update following one game, not a sportsbook win total or a confirmed change in team personnel.
- At the post-Week 1 snapshot, ESPN FPI gave Nebraska an 87.8% chance of reaching six wins, up from 74.5%, and a 9.8% playoff chance, up from 7.3%. These are the model's season-outcome probabilities after the Ohio win, not implied probabilities from betting prices.
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Model Results after Week 1
- Pick/market: Hey everyone I wanted to share what my Endzone Labs model shows after some game results.
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Carter Nelson
- Pick/market: That DE is a 6-3 240lb freshman.
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FSU makes history!
- Pick/market: I heard someone complain that the '22 team was an all time bad team (at the start of the season).
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Injuries
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Nebraska's Owen Chambliss trending towards debut Saturday
- Nebraska linebacker Owen Chambliss is trending toward his season debut against Bowling Green after missing the opener with a lingering hamstring issue, with Thursday reporting expecting him to play while Matt Rhule remained hopeful rather than confirming clearance.
- Rhule also said Nebraska safety Caleb Benning could play Saturday after missing the Ohio opener, but the report provides neither a definitive availability decision nor a planned workload.
- Chambliss brings prior experience directing Rob Aurich's scheme, while his absence forced Nebraska's Vincent Shavers Jr. to change linebacker assignments and defensive calls from field-side partners to boundary-side communication, with Dexter Foster and Dawson Merritt also taking significant opening-game snaps.
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Podcast: REACTION: Nebraska football survives Week 1 as Anthony Colandrea shines
- Nebraska's opening-game recap identified the pass rush as a concern, saying the defensive front struggled to generate pressure against Ohio.
- The hosts highlighted a 51-yard reception and Anthony Colandrea's unexpectedly heavy focus on one receiving option, who drew 10 targets, as notable features of Nebraska's passing distribution.
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Quarterbacks
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More TDs from Khalil Taylor
- Pick/market: Husker commit Khalil Taylor had a kickoff return for a touchdown and a 60-yard receiving TD last night.
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DraftKings on Bowling Green @ Nebraska
- Pick/market: The text in my group chat that spurred this: "(BTBR), are you going to be pissed if your QB needs to pass 30 times tomorrow?" I said, "Beyond pissed." He said "Great, I'll take...
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Minchey. not impressed.
- QB: I’d rather have AC, especially since he has 2 years, but Minchey is a good QB.
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Brock Purdy
- QB: far, I’m happy with our quarterback, he pretty much is everything Raiola wasn’t.
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NFL Thread
- Pick/market: I’m hopeful right now, we will see how long that lasts.
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For actual fans.
- QB: Didn't like the running game under Solich, way to reliant on the QB.
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Interesting Colandrea Stat...
- QB/TE: I don't think it hints at that unless you can demonstrate that he had ample receiving weapons but as QB was unable to get the ball to them.
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Huskers award 13 players with single-digit numbers to start season
- Nebraska awarded single-digit numbers to 13 players before the Ohio opener, including linebackers, receivers, defensive linemen, tight ends, defensive backs, and corners. - Nebraska center Justin Evans received enough teammate support for a single digit but cannot wear one under NCAA offensive line numbering rules. - Nebraska quarterback Anthony Colandrea also received enough votes for a single digit but chose to keep No. 10. - Matt Rhule said the player vote should reveal le
Depth Chart
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Nebraska's Jamal Rule earns Big Ten Freshman of the Week
- Nebraska freshman Jamal Rule produced 122 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries against Ohio, plus two catches for 47 yards and another score, contributing as both a runner and receiver in his debut.
- Rule is expected to remain in Nebraska's three-back rotation with Mekhi Nelson and Isaiah Mozee despite the breakout debut, preserving a shared workload rather than establishing an exclusive featured-back role.
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Coaching / Pressers
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Jamar Mozee's title changed, but relationships remain at heart of his Nebraska role
- Nebraska's Jamir Conn made his first start Saturday after transferring from Southern Illinois, with assistant head coach Jamar Mozee emphasizing his work habits and leadership rather than announcing a larger role for the next game.
- Nebraska's Williams Nwaneri remains a high-upside development player in Mozee's assessment, with Roy Manning and Rob Aurich pushing him to convert his talent into performance rather than the coach describing him as a finished product.
- Nebraska running back Isaiah Mozee has reached 216 pounds after moving from receiver, and his coach highlighted retained receiving skills plus potential perimeter and return uses without confirming a specific workload or return assignment.
- Nebraska tight end Luke Lindenmeyer was credited by Mozee with roughly 16-18 knockdowns after the unit was challenged to improve its blocking, setting a higher expectation for the next game while leaving the exact count uncertain.
- Nebraska's second-half offensive improvement was tied by Mozee to fewer penalties, making discipline and routine execution his stated priorities for this week rather than treating his score-on-every-drive ambition as a projection.
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Thoughts from Holgorsen on the season-opener
- QB/RB: Nebraska offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen met with the media Tuesday to debrief following the team's first game of the season with Ohio, and look ahead to Bowling Green on Saturday.
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Nebraska OC Dana Holgorsen and DC Rob Aurich review win over Ohio, preview Week 2
- Nebraska produced 523 offensive yards in its 49-21 opener against Ohio, providing a productive first-game baseline for Anthony Colandrea's debut before facing Bowling Green.
- Nebraska allowed 303 total yards, including a 68-yard pass on the opening snap, but only 115 yards after halftime, showing a first-game improvement in containment without the supplied article explaining the specific adjustment.
- The article reports that Dana Holgorsen called Luke Lindenmeyer's performance one of the best tight-end games he has seen, identifying a strong staff assessment without supplying a target or snap projection.
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Thoughts from Holgorsen on the season-opener
- Dana Holgorsen said Nebraska has no designated starting running back among Isaiah Mozee, Mekhi Nelson and Jamal Rule, with all three getting touches on the opening drive against Ohio and the order against Bowling Green still dependent on practice.
- Holgorsen described equal playing time and touches as Nebraska's running-back goal rather than a guaranteed split, allowing a hot hand to influence usage while favoring continued rotation when all three backs are playing effectively.
- After Anthony Colandrea completed 18 of 32 passes against Ohio, Holgorsen set a completion target closer to 70 percent and emphasized better ball placement and less velocity on intermediate throws, while also identifying receiver drops as a contributor to the misses.
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Takeouts and Takeaways from Husker Presser Day: Old-school Barney, a ‘second game’ and a walk-on promise
- Dana Holgorsen said Nebraska must give Nyziah Hunter more touches after only one screen opportunity in the opener, citing his repeated ability to generate explosive plays.
- Holgorsen called Luke Lindenmeyer's tight-end performance the best he had coached and said he would like to increase Lindenmeyer's involvement beyond two touches.
- Holgorsen said Anthony Colandrea's accuracy fell below his practice standard in an 18-of-32 opener and identified overthrows, intentional grounding and a fumble as corrections while praising his decision-making on most plays.
- Rob Aurich said Nebraska's early defensive hesitation came from trying not to miss tackles, emphasizing decisive full-speed pursuit while Matt Rhule called for more swarming.
- Nebraska's second-half rushing improvement against Ohio produced 183 yards on 23 carries, averaging 7.96 yards per carry after the team's uneven start.
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Schematics
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'Go blow stuff up': Husker defenders embrace old-school role in short-yardage package
- Nebraska restored Matt Rhule's short-yardage package with defenders Anthony Jones and Jahsear Whittington serving as offensive lead blockers after camp tryouts, with Dana Holgorsen saying the package had been shelved last season because the personnel did not fit.
- The package converted both opportunities against Ohio, helping Jamal Rule score his first touchdown and gain 13 yards on fourth-and-one in the third quarter while Nebraska held a 14-13 lead.
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Offensive Updates
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Jamar Mozee on Carter Nelson
- TE: I hear ya, ordinary, but I really can’t blame them for trying to get that kind of athlete in the mix early.
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Double teams
- OL/LB: Playing the 1-tech(which is Stoudamire true position) generally is the position that gets doubled the most.
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Podcast: Husker247 Podcast: Where can Nebraska make biggest jump in week 2?
- The hosts highlighted Nebraska finishing with touchdowns on its last five possessions and averaging more than nine yards per play over those drives, describing offensive production the team had lacked in recent seasons.
- Passing efficiency was identified as an area that still needs improvement against Bowling Green, separating the strong offensive finish from the execution standard the hosts want to see next.
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Defensive Updates
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Other Games Thread
- TE: Establish the run game then slide the TE behind the secondary.
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GAME THREAD: Nebraska vs. Bowling Green
- DB: Vic Evans looked like the starting corner in warmups, Dwayne McDougle the starting safety next to Conn, and Dexter Foster next to Chambliss.
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Glad he's gone
- DL: Rhule is the one that ran the schematics for the DL in 23 and 24
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When King Kong and Macho Man are right
- DL: Wai Wait until B1G play youngster, then you’ll get to agree with what football fans(not only koolaid drinking Nebraska fans) see when it comes to football.
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Novell and Tony White
- Defense: Part of that was how well he transformed the Defense in his first season at Nebraska, and then the excuses started flying that he wasn’t able to run the Defense like he wanted.
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Everything
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Other Games Thread
- Intel: Some transparency when all the teams can pay for players now in college football.
Mizzou at KU
- Intel: I was thinking the VB game would at least get me through half of the FB game.
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Jersey numbers for tomorrow...
- Intel: if you want to know how to actually pronounce any of their names, the players themselves have a recorded audio clip telling you how.
- Intel: While drama engulfs college football, Nebraska can embrace a little anonymity, writes @tomshatelOWH
Tory Pittman
- Intel: He did drop a perfectly thrown 50 yard TD when he was wide open.
- Intel: "To bring that sense of pride back about being the standard of running the football is everything in the world to me" Talking ball with @CoachEJbarthel
Week 1 Special Teams
- KICKER: Last season "Nebraska ranked ninth nationally in fewest punt return yards allowed (23) and 15th in opponent punt return average (3.8 yards per return).
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- Intel: “I guarantee Eddie George would say the same thing that he would give me the Heisman Trophy just to win a national championship with his team.
Nebraska/Ohio replay.
- LB: YouTube TV will also save it in your Library if you are subscribed to Nebraska Cornhusker Football.
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SP+ Projected Games Lines
- Intel: 2026 college football SP+ rankings for all 138 FBS teams The updated SP+ rankings, plus strength of schedule and résumé SP+, after this weekend's results.
Kleinholz...
- Intel: I brought his name up for us during portal Szn and got a few snide remarks… Cause you know, he wasn’t a big enough name.
Rhule at the podium
- Intel: Nothing worse than a population of dumb people that have been told they are the smartest fans in college football
Coaches Poll out today
- Intel: Nebraska receives 11 votes Clemson, who was 23rd, is the lone team to drop out.
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