Can Nebraska Football still land Malachi Coleman? | Breaking down transfers & coaching rumors

Hey folks, welcome back to the Husker Big Red YouTube channel. I'm Chris Peterson of

huskerbigred.com and my co-host as always is Danny Gillette of thegreatcornholio.org and it's been a wild week for Nebraska football fans. We've got a new head coach, we've got

transfers, decommitments. Obviously on this show we're not going to talk about the whole

Mickey Joseph situation. You can see the release in the news reports from the Lincoln Police

department, and we're just going to let that stuff speak for itself. But there is a lot of stuff going on this week, and yesterday was not a great day for

Nebraska football fans. You know, the two top items to me, you know, the Malachi Coleman decommitment and, you

know, Ernest Haushman entering the transfer portal. So, Danny, which one of those things surprised you more, Haushman or Coleman

Haushman, because I thought he would potentially stay with the Nebraska football program

Now, there is a chance that he is testing the waters and could come back

But being a kid from Columbus, Nebraska, I thought he would potentially stay

The Coleman thing doesn't surprise me, nor does the Coltis Crawford surprise me in terms of the transfer portal, because I think a lot of that was tied with Mickey

And now that's a different situation. And, you know, players have, you know, decided to make their choice on that

Yeah. And it's, you know, it's interesting with Malachi Coleman that he announced his decommitment. I mean, I'm not shocked that it happened, but it does still seem to be, you know, some hope there. Matt Rule is going to visit him today, make an M home visit with Malachi Coleman. He said that yesterday in an interview with rivals. You know, he said that Nebraska is still in the mix. And right now it's, it's kind of a late time to be, you know, decommitting. And, you know, you can see all these guys entering into the transfer portal

There's not a lot of, you know, a lot of these programs aren't going to have a ton of numbers. So I don't know that he's, I mean, he's going to have options for sure, but it's, you know

I don't think there's going to be as many options, but he's also talked about, you know

taking his recruitment into the next signing period because he's not enrolling early

So he doesn't need to sign in December. He can sign in February or whatever

And it wouldn't surprise me if that's what happened. We'll see with Matt rule

I mean, he doesn't have a receivers coach yet. And, you know, I know obviously this whole Mickey Joseph thing has kind of played into

that somewhat. They were supposed to talk the day everything went down and that didn't happen. And

so, you know, we'll see how that all works out. But there's a lot of staff changes to come. But

I do think, you know, the Hauschman move did surprise me that he's an in-state kid. But

you know, at the same time, it shouldn't surprise anybody anymore because, you know, and I'm not

I'm not trying to, you know, I have no inside knowledge of this or anything, but I almost

guarantee you that some people from another school or somebody was telling them, hey, man, you know

you look at all this NIL money, if you get out there, you know, you can get a market for yourself and who knows

maybe you could go to Georgia or, you know what I mean? Maybe he could go somewhere else and, you know, get a big payday

So it doesn't necessarily mean he's not coming back, but, you know, I just, I think this is going to be the new norm in college football

I mean, it's like, you know, Missouri had the Luther burden who was one of the five-star wide receiver and

they had to pay him an NIL deal to keep him out of the transfer portal. So this is the way that the world works. And, you know, so I don't

I don't think that we should be shocked about anything. I don't think it's, yeah, Haushman is a bummer

because he's a guy that everybody thought could start and make a huge impact next season

but things aren't over yet, but at the same time, when guys decommit and when they enter the transfer portal

they tend not to come back. And quite honestly, and I know this obviously isn't all Haushman's fault

but we went 4-8 last season, and it's just time for a new slate all around

new coaching staff new players new personnel new slate I'm ready to turn the page on the

Scott Frost Mickey Joseph era if it even was one so to speak usually eras are a little bit more

well remembered but certainly not this one and you know it's interesting because Matt Rule is

already hosting his first junior day on Sunday so you know that just speaks to you know his

recruiting and how he kind of wants to already start building the roster and you know I think

it's great to see because he's got a lot of work cut out for him and you know so far with a lot of

the offers he's put out in Texas for example in this junior day and you know he's showing that

he is really committed to building the roster back yeah and you know they're you know they're

going to have to be because it's there they're going to be more hits there's going to be more guys that leave in the transfer portal there's going to be more decommitments actually sean

callahan this morning um of husker online reported that he expects uh william watson and also arnold

barnes to not be part of this class and he makes it sound like it's a coaching staff judgment and

not their judgment so you know i definitely think we're going to see you know some different

quarterbacks um you know they're they've been in communication with the kid that's committed to

Washington. You know, they tried with St. Flores who basically said, no, you know, thanks, but no

So, yeah, there's definitely going to be some more movement in this class and, you know, running back and quarterback, we're going to see both of those guys gone. And it sounds like that's

a, you know, a Matt rule and the coaching staff kind of evaluation deal. And that's, that's good

You know, if those guys aren't, aren't going to cut it, then, you know, that that's the decision

that you need to make. And, you know, that this is the time to do that. And, you know, because the

thing about it is you've only got so many scholarships that you can give out, you know, whether you're signing 25 freshmen or 10 to, you know

if you're going to sign a bunch of kids in the transfer portal, then you need to be selective about who you're taking

And if you don't think that these guys are, you know, big 10 level players, you don't need to, you can't waste a scholarship on them

You can't waste a scholarship on anybody because you only got 85 of them. And in the big 10, as we saw this season

every single one of those is valuable and needs to be, you know, as a productive spot, at least, you know, as productive as it can possibly be

We've wasted enough scholarships already on players. and this is partly how we got into this mess

We don't need to waste any more. And so I'm not surprised about Watson or Barnes

I mean, I know Watson was part of Mark Whipple's kind of recruiting strategy

I guess, if you will. Whipple basically has been recruiting him since he was the coach at UMass

since Watson was in sixth grade. And then Barnes, you know, Mickey Joseph got him to recruit here

so uh come here excuse me so you know i'm not surprised about either of those and like i said

and i'll you know i'll keep saying i'm just ready for a new slate because boy you know as a writer

this program definitely uh gives me a lot of stuff to write about on a daily basis

so i'm all i'm i'm just ready to get this new era fully underway yeah i think it's uh you know

it'll be interesting i'm you know i'm i'm interested to watch the balakai coleman recruitment

I mean, there's talk about him visiting Michigan. I think Oklahoma, you know, those feel like the three options to me right now, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma

but some others could hop in the mix too. You just never know. But I have a hard time seeing, you know, he's a top 100 kid for a reason

So I feel like if there's not much interest there, then, you know, some of these other schools, you know

have got to get back into the mix with this kid or, you know, like Miami or some of these other ones

So you know it be interesting to see what happens but I don believe at all that there going to be a big lack of interest in Malachi Coleman And honestly we see what happens with I don believe at all that you know there going to be a big lack of interest in Malachi Coleman and I honestly we see what happens with Nebraska but I don know that we going to see him make a decision here in a few weeks on early signing day he might

he might take it a little to the longer stretch and and I don't think that's a bad thing for

Nebraska gives him time to you know build up relationships with his coaching staff but

the fact that you know he's decommitted before they've even hired a receivers coach you know

makes me worried. So, like I said, when guys tend to make this decision, you know, they usually don't

come back. I mean, if he was still leaning towards coming to Nebraska, you know, why wouldn't he wait

until after meeting with Matt Rule to decommit, you know? So, I mean, I do feel, I guess, encouraged

that there's still, you know, that contact and that Matt Rule's trying and that, you know, he can

you know, we'll see potentially he'll get swayed today, you know, Malachi Coleman, but, you know

if there's not a lot of like positive vibes coming out of that and if he's not going to visit

Nebraska in December you know at any point with the new staff then you know I would I wouldn't

expect his commitment and I give it a less than 50 50 chance honestly that he's going to come back

I mean I there I still think there is a chance for Nebraska but not a great one yeah and you know

I'm honestly not too worried if Coleman comes back if he doesn't come back just just because

I feel confident in the staff's ability to evaluate talent and so um you know you look at a guy

like EJ Barthol. He has recruited well. He's been a recruiting coordinator for

I believe it was Penn State in 2016. I'm going to have to search the class up here real quick

but I'm confident in the staff's ability to evaluate talent. And, you know, I would rather

have a bunch of three-star cohesive pieces working together than a couple four-star recruits

that feel out of place. So, you know, I'm just really kind of curious to see

how this class shapes up and how much of it will be

you know, via the transfer portal. Yeah, I think it's going to be, I think we're going to see a lot

You know, I do think we're going to see some 2023 commitments. You know, he offered the wide receiver here in Nebraska

the, you know, running back out of Texas. You know, there's been, you know, Vanderbilt

four-star tight end that's committed to Vanderbilt. um so you know there's been a few offers out there i think he's gonna you know flip some of

those guys there's some defensive linemen um you know the the running back from colorado seems like

he would be a golden opportunity to flip that kid and i think he's you know ranked quite a bit higher

than arnold barnes you know i'm blank i don't have the name in front of me right now but so

there's definitely going to be some some more 2023 additions but i don't jay newberry yeah aj

and Newberry. But I don't see them getting really this class above 20. I mean, that seems just like

a, I would think somewhere around the four or five guys, it depends how many people leave in

the transfer portal. But Nebraska, I would think is at least, I mean, a conservative estimate would

be double digit additions in the transfer portal. I mean, they had them last year. I would think

it wouldn't surprise me if there was 20, 25 additions via the transfer portal through this

combination and then you know after because I believe there's another period after spring ball

that you can do it yeah and quite honestly Nebraska has had very good recent success in the transfer

portal Torre Palmer Grant Thompson I'm trying to think I'm blanking on some other names right now

Marcus Washington so I mean it's not like they've had a bad track record of going into the transfer

portal either which is you know obviously good because it means you know you've been able to

maximize your talent there but we'll see you know I think this roster is going to look very different

come 2023 and you know I'm curious to see with all the Texas offers and the junior day and stuff

like that how much of an imprint Matt Rule could leave in terms of roster construction before next

season begins? Yeah. So, I mean, just to kind of shift into this topic with roster questions

you know, O'Shaun Mathis is a guy that declared for the draft, you know, Caleb Tanner declared

or O'Shaun Mathis has talked about it. I think he's going to leave, but, you know, he's talked

about the draft. Caleb Tanner's declared for the draft. You know, there's still some big roster

questions right now. I think the biggest one is, you know, number 11, the quarterback, what's he

going to do? Because right now you can't really have much of a, you know, you can't really have a

transfer portal kind of strategy, I guess, you know, in terms of, you know, Casey Thompson

until you know what he's going to do. And so if he's going to come back, you know, and play

quarterback, then I think that that obviously lessens the need to go out and get a transfer

If not, you know, if he does leave and decides to go for a draft, go to the draft or whatever

then I think Nebraska, you know, they need to go find a quarterback like now

because there's nobody on this roster that is good enough to start for this team next year

I mean, that's just the way it is. I mean, you know, these guys can develop, but they need to find ��

if Casey Thompson can't start next year – Can they develop? Can they develop

Well, I mean, I think they can, but, you know, I just don't see any of them starting here, you know what I mean

So this program, I know that Matt Rule has a reputation as being a builder

and da-da-da-da-da, but I go across with somebody. I read something the other day

There is no rebuilding in college football anymore. USC went from four wins to the college football playoff in one year

LSU was not even making a bowl game, and now they're in the SEC championship game

So if those guys can do it, there's zero reason Nebraska can't do it. That's just what I believe

I know that Nebraska doesn't have the same level of talent that those programs do

but there's no reason this team can't make a bowl game next year. And frankly, that should be the expectation

So you need to find a quarterback who can get this can get in here and, you know, can play solid football next year unless that's Casey Thompson

And I have to feel like, you know, a Casey Thompson decision is coming down here pretty quickly

Oh, yeah. And, you know, I think and I think having him back would be absolutely crucial

I mean, it would I it would be tough for him, I think, a little bit next year because his wide receiver room is going to look different

you know the offensive line and this is a positive it's gonna probably look different so

you know if we get him back that would be great and you know I think um I think having him back

definitely kind of helps the program identify what their transfer portal strategy is so

I would expect a decision and I have no knowledge of this but I'm just guessing

somewhere in the next couple weeks just because I think if he decides to come back

that will give him time to get ready for spring and get acclimated with his new teammates down the road

Yeah, and it's, you know, it'd be nice for him to have that time

but if you're Matt Rule in Nebraska, you kind of need to know. You need to know within the next week, in my opinion

I mean, how much time do you need? I mean, you just got to make up your mind because these guys need to know who to go out and get

You know what I mean? And if Casey not going to be here that going to change the targets in the transfer portal But I mean either way I think they could use a transfer quarterback because I don have any faith in the guys that they have in the room right now

I just don't, and I don't think they should either. So, you know, I do think that they should look for some other guys

but, you know, it's different looking for a guy that, you know, you're not going to take Cade McNamara, for instance, like Iowa did

if Casey Thompson's coming back. I mean, that makes no sense. but if you you know look at a guy like there's there's some other kids that you know like

Colorado Oregon a bunch of quarterbacks that have transferred that haven't played a bunch

you know kind of like Chubba Purdy I mean you could take a quarterback like that but if Casey's coming back then you need somebody who you know like a Cade McNamara who's ready to

come in and play right away and kind of get you through this next season so it's going to be

interesting to see but I hope that Casey makes his decision sooner rather than later or you know if

not that he might risk losing that starting spot I mean that's just the way it works this is for agency anymore. I mean, this isn't, you know, there's not a ton of time here. They got it. I

mean, Cade McNamara, the transfer portal hasn't even officially opened yet and he's already

committed to a school. So, I mean, that tells you how fast this thing is going to, I think we're

going to see a bunch more commitments over this weekend. And I think, you know, a bunch of guys

are going to be committed before the transfer portal even opens up. So, I mean, like officially

opens up, which is December 5th. So, I mean, there's definitely some big question marks there

and they need to be answered soon. But who else, I guess, you know, in terms of the roster questions

who else are you watching in terms of transfers? Thomas Fedoni. I'm curious to see if he stays or if he goes

I know there was speculation. He removed Nebraska from his Twitter bio and things like that

And, you know, he's not a question to me because of his, you know

oh, we're going to lose this impact tight end because, quite frankly, we haven't seen him. it's more so if he goes now you need a tight end and you know who who knows it's Carney and Rollins

I mean you may have to rethink your strategy in the tight end room now as well and you know I think

whether or not Thomas Vidoni comes back um is going to be big not because again of production

but because if he doesn't, you definitely need to make tight end a priority

especially if you're running the football because they can block as well

So, I mean, Thomas Fedoni is a big name for me. I'll be curious to see if he comes back

And, you know, if he doesn't, then Nebraska has another positional need

that they need to fill because Vokalek is gone, I believe, correct

uh yeah he was a senior this year yeah so yeah yep so that was already an issue before

but before the coaching staff came into play and so i mean thomas hedoni is a guy i'm watching and

you know i'll be interested to see who else enters the transfer portal uh this week i'm honestly

surprised it took until yesterday to see the first kind of mass exodus so to speak but you know

this roster is going to be very interesting. And, you know, Matt Rule has a builder's reputation

He's going to definitely earn his keep, hopefully, with this program. And also, just to kind of circle back on Thompson for a second

for what it's worth, he decided on January 7th that he was going to come to Nebraska

So do we want it to play out that long? No. Is it possible

Yeah, but truthfully, I don't think we'll see it that late. yeah and it's it's different too because they didn't have we didn't have these time frames

last year we didn't have the time windows and everything so i'm and his situation in texas was

also a little different in that he didn't really make his decision until they decided to go after

queen ewers so there's a there's a few more things at play but there's also you know these time frames

that you didn't have last year so i think it's like you know this week is going to be like the

start of free agency and there's going to be a crap ton of names in there and if you're i just

don't think you can sit there waiting and you know forever knowing if you're you know what i mean so

yeah that's that's my thought on it but uh you know the guy i'm worried about the most and who i

you know aj allen i wouldn't be surprised if we saw his name in the transfer portal like today

you know i mean i i think we're gonna see more names hitting the transfer portal today and i

think he's probably one of the most attractive ones on the roster um his his uh position coach

is gone you know and so i just i really i hope that they can keep the kid but uh he's i'm worried

about I'm worried about him more than Thomas Fedoni and just because I feel like he has the

ability to be a big time player to start next year and to you know the idea of losing Houshman and

AJ Allen which it's total speculation on my part it's just guessing but you know if they lost those

two guys that's basically your you know basically your top two players from the 2023 class so that's

not a great start but that's what happens when you fire a coach it just it is what it is

See, the only reason I'm worried about Fedoni is just because, you know, we're already having to start a, you know, a new face at the tight end position. And so I think AJ Allen, and again, I have no inside information, but I think he's probably going to be not with the program

and you know I think that he'll be able to definitely find somewhere else to play it was

fun to watch him play while he was here and I hope he stays but I don't think he is going to

be in Nebraska for much longer I mean we'll see you know if EJ Barthel is a good recruiter then

you know he'll be on AJ you know that's the number one recruit right now AJ Allen you know that's the

guy you got to recruit outside of any running backs that are out there you got to recruit your own roster. So if, you know, if he's a great recruiter, maybe you'll be able to keep AJ Allen

but you know, I'm seeing rumblings on Twitter. It's going to be another rough day. And I think

it is. I, I absolutely think it is that this is just, you know, the type of thing that happens

you know, I mean, USC lost a bunch of guys in the transfer portal last year, you know

they lost quarterback, they lost a really good tight end, really good defensive end

It just, it is what it is. It's just how it works. Guys want to, you know, go where, you know

that play for the coaches that recruited them. And that's, you know, just how it happens. But I don't think anybody needs to panic right now where

you know, this is, and this is going to happen. This isn't just Nebraska. I mean, let's be clear about that too

This isn't going to be a Nebraska thing. This is going to be from every program across the country

You're going to see guys flooding into the transfer portal. And like, you know

you're going to be like, that's one of this guy's best players. Yeah. That's why they're going into the portal. They want the NIL money

And I know people are, you know, kind of frustrated about that, But look, it is what it is. So we just have to deal with it. It's a new world of college football and you have to recruit your own roster as much as you have to recruit high school kids anymore

And for what it's worth, EJ Barthel coached a UConn program that was on the upswing last season

He helped the program go from 3.18 yards per carry to 4.80 and they made a bowl game

um he was also part of the uh he actually recruited the I believe it was 2016 class that

included uh freshman Miles Sanders at Penn State so I have very um high expectations

and Barthol ability to recruit I think that one of the reasons um Matt Rule brought him here So losing Allen would definitely be tough but I don think we going to go barren at the position

like we have, quite frankly, in some other years. I feel very confident in the job that EJ Barthol

is going to be able to do. And I'm kind of excited to see what kind of element he brings to the

running back room because, you know, like I just said, UConn's, you know, best running back was

hurt last year, and yet they were still able to make a bowl game with their lower string running

back. So that's certainly a testament to Barthol's coaching, and I think he's a good addition on the

staff. I said it kind of earlier this week. If you look at some of the staff additions, you have

E.J. Barthol, Foley, and, you know, guys with offensive line experience, guys with recruiting

experience and running back experience. There is a clear vision, I think, for this coaching staff

and that is to run the football. And although we may lose, you know, key contributors that we had

last year and a guy like Allen prior to his injury, you know, I think the running game will be in

good hands and I think recruiting will be in good hands at the running back position

Yeah, it'll be interesting. You know, Anthony Grant's another decision that's lingering out there. You know, if he decides to go or come back, you know, Emmitt Johnson is a pretty

you know, solid running back too. But I mean, he could leave in the transfer portal. We just don't

know. So it's the next, you know, few days are going to be pretty wild. So hold on to your hats

and just, you know, don't freak out too much because for every departure, there's probably

going to be some additions and, you know, we just have to, you know, wait and see how things kind of

play out with Matt Rule. And, you know, this, this was always, this was going to be the situation

I mean, no matter who it is, I mean, Luke Fickle got hired at Wisconsin and they've had just a rash

of decommitments and that's just, that's how it works. You know, you have to kind of, you know

rebuild your own infrastructure. And, and, you know, I know nobody likes to go through that

adjustment period, but that's how, that's what happens. And, you know, so we'll see how kind of

those dominoes fall for the rest of the week. But the other big thing is we've still got, you know

a bunch of coaches that haven't been hired. You know, we, Jake Peets was reported earlier this week

but then, you know, was confirmed and then it wasn't confirmed. And there was all this weird talk that it was contingent on Mickey Joseph

yet nobody seemed to understand what that contingency meant. So I just, I really didn't understand that reporting saying it was contingent

on Mickey, but they didn't, they didn't say if it was about money or about

you know, they, they wanted to coach together or what. So it's like, of course, cause it gets the clicks

Of course they won't. Of course they'll put them out there. It's rumor season, baby

I know, but I want to email Sip will be like, what the hell does this mean? I've read this four times, and I don't know what it means

It's like you have to know what that means. I don't know, whatever. You have a valid point to be frustrated

because these reporters will be like, this is contingent, sources said this, that

and all this other BS. Just give me the information. I don't need all these fancy words and stuff

just giving the information is he staying is he going what's going on i'm tired of all these rumors

and anyway and people are you know and then i i was i was talking somewhere and i'm like well it's

probably based on money because you know if mickey had stayed he wanted a million dollars and pete's

you know and some person was like pete shouldn't get paid over 500 000 it's like dude the guy was

making 1.3 million two years ago at lsu you think he's coming to lincoln for i mean it's just people

Matt Rule is not coming to Nebraska for less than, you know, $9 million

I'm sorry. Like, these are the going rates for coaches. These are what, you know, these are what is expected

And they're lucky they don't have Joe Schmo deciding their salaries because they would be, like, living in a cardboard box

Yeah, and then, you know, they're like, well, the LSU offense wasn't very good. Neither was the Rams offense this year

And it's like, yep, and that's all because of Jake Peets. There's no other, you know, Matthew Stafford's injury has nothing to do with it

You know, just the lowly offensive assistant. I mean, people are, you know, but it's like, yeah

But, you know, he's making over, he's got to be making over a billion dollars there. So I guarantee he's not coming to Nebraska for less than a million dollars

Why would he? Exactly. So, I mean, hopefully he gets hired, though

I mean, I think that would be another good move. And, you know, I like that some of these other guys do have that offensive line experience

I am worried about Donovan Rayola getting retained. I don't know. Maybe it would work better under a different coach

I don't know. But he's been tagged in a few offers. So I don't know

We'll see. I mean, the way I look at it, if I'm wrong, but Nebraska needs O-line, quarterback, wide receiver, linebacker

and a defensive coordinator, essentially, right? Yeah. Yeah, and I think, Rayola, is he a good coach

I don't think so, but was the line of his problem last season

No, this was years and years of not being coached correctly, but he's not very good

So I just thought it was funny when I heard you say you were worried about a coach being retained

because that's not something you hear too often. You're usually worried about losing coaches

But I agree. I would share that worry. I would share that worry but you know it's yeah it's really interesting I'm not sure exactly

you know I mean he does have it's not like he's hasn't coached anywhere before I mean he was

working with the Bears before and um you know he's obviously I I know but you know um that's

not all his fault either but I'm not saying like you know waving the Bears flag isn't exactly

helping his cause either but anyway so I don't know we'll see I mean he it seems like uh Matt

rule does like guys with NFL, you know, kind of backgrounds. I'm not, I just, I, that was one

position. I wasn't really, there, there wasn't really like a Matt rule guy that you could say

okay, this, this makes sense. This is a guy that, you know, we're really going to see here. So I

don't know. It's, it's, it's interesting to see what, what's going to, you know, translate there

and, and with the, you know, wide receiver too. You know, I know people have been talking about

Joe Daly and some of those guys, so we'll see how it all works out. But on defense, I think the big

the big hire is right now defensive coordinator and you know I'm really hoping that we haven't

heard an announcement because it's going to be Glenn Schumann the guy the defensive coordinator

co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Georgia that would make a lot of sense

obviously Barrett Root I don't think is coming back so they need a linebackers coach and they

need a defensive coordinator and he you know has done a really great job there you know obviously

that the defense with Georgia kind of speaks for itself, but, you know, he's also, you know

served as a director of, uh, you know, player development, um, you know, associate director

of player personnel. And I think you see a lot of guys on this staff that have kind of, you know

player personnel backgrounds. And I think that's going to be really key too, with the transfer

portal, because it's, you know, you need to be able to, um, evaluate guys that can come in and

help your football team right away. And that that's very similar to NFL free agency. So I think

it's good that guys kind of have some experience in that regard. Oh yeah, and this was

one of the things that Matt Rule said in his press conference. He wanted development and he wanted

to help guys get to the NFL and get that second contract, he said

The coaches that he's hiring are kind of lining up with his vision and

You know, I think it's a really positive thing. I think it's a really positive thing

And, you know, I'm excited to see once the staff gets settled, you know, what they can do

I really am. I think hopefully our defensive coordinator, fingers crossed, is playing, is coaching this weekend

So, you know, I'm very, very optimistic about the staff losing a guy like Applewhite Hurts

But, you know, that is part of the game. And, you know, I think that the staff that we have now, I'm confident in

I'll be interested to see if Marcus Satterfeld can, you know, put together consistent offensive performances

Because I know there were rumors that he didn't even call the plays in Clemson in the last two games of the season

So who knows? But I'm just excited to see kind of how these player development backgrounds translate to this program

because I think it's going to be really important and it lines up with Matt Ruhl's vision

Yeah, and so I'm thinking here, how many coaches do we still have to hire

DC. So you get, I believe you get 10 on field

So I think people have kind of, they're saying that we only have four because they're counting this

The strength coach is not an on field coaching. So you can have 10 on field assistants

So I believe that Nebraska still has five positions they can hire. So I would think they would be linebackers, coach, defensive coordinator

O-line receivers, and quarterbacks. I want any coach that's coaching this weekend. Any single coach that's coaching this weekend can come to Nebraska

I'm interested what, you know, Jeff Collins is a name. Obviously he coached at Georgia Tech

Maybe he wants to take a year off. I'm not sure. But, you know, he would be a name I would be interested in for linebackers

you know it seems like they just I feel like they need a couple more hires on the defensive

side of the ball but and again I don't really like having just one guy in the secondary but

I don't know that's just me but I mean didn't we have one guy in the secondary before and then

Mickey when he was the interim head coach broke it up into two groups it was Travis Fisher and

Bill Bush didn't Fisher yeah yeah okay so I mean it's not like we haven't done that before but I

I agree with you. I don't like, I don't love the idea of having one coach for that grouping

but we'll see. I mean, I guess Michigan does it that way. You know, they only have one guy that coaches

and then they have a linebackers coach a D line coach and then a true So then that maybe is a little bit different And so so maybe Nebraska is going to do that where they get you know if they have a if they have position coaches for each one and then

or maybe they're going to do, you know, one of those things where they have an inside linebackers coach and then

somebody that coaches just like the edge players. I don't know. We'll see. Then there's going to be on field

I think there's going to be a lot of ysts too, you know, in this thing. And so those guys can, they could do a little bit of coaching

They're not supposed to do a lot of coaching, but they still do. so i mean whatever it happens everywhere as as we know with our special teams coach from the scott

frost era it doesn't always help you but i don't even remember his name jonathan rutledge i think

it was but yeah it didn't help us because we still suck to special teams we can't even like

cheat right so to speak yeah we always get caught anyway so yeah i mean i i am wondering why we

haven't you know heard more of the offensive hires but uh you know maybe some of that has to

I think, you know, Rule did say in an interview that Satterfield was going to have, you know, a say, you know, for instance, on the Mickey Joseph decision

So I think that that, you know, he's obviously going to have a say on who coaches quarterbacks and who coaches offensive line and stuff

So maybe there's, you know, part of that stuff there. But I just don't know. Like, I don't know the rule coaching tree as well to know anybody this weekend that would be, you know, kind of coming here, I guess, you know, per se

but i don't know if i want another coach from his coaching tree because he already has a lot

of coaches from his coaching tree and i'm not saying they're bad coaches but we fell into this

trap with scott frost i thought uh kind of hired his friends and you know now from just looking at

the resumes the the match will coaching tree is a lot more robust than the uh scott frost coaching

tree so i'm not trying to compare it to that in terms of production but i mean i like more outside

coaches. I get what you're saying. I do. I think it's just the nature of the beast because, you

know, that's just, you know, guys and, you know, it's just, it's hard to kind of, you know, hire

kind of random people you're not connected to, I guess, you know, but I understand what you're

saying. I also think that was, I think Scott Frost just got, I think he's a good play caller that

fell into a dream situation at UCF taking over for George O'Leary. And it just kind of, you know

it was the perfect storm, and people thought he knew what he was doing in terms of running a program, and he clearly didn't, at least not this one

Maybe he'll learn from this, and he can do a better job somewhere else in the future

It wouldn't shock me, but... I can see him being a very good offensive coordinator when he gets back to coaching

Yeah, I wouldn't be shocked. I would not be surprised at all if he back at it next year No I wouldn either You look Tom Herman I mean Tom Herman actually like won games at Texas he had like three eight wins he had ten win season

at Texas he he took Texas to the freaking Sugar Bowl and his last year there I think they were

eight and three or eight and four and he just got hired at Florida Atlantic so I mean that's the

kind of you know Scott's gonna have to take one of those group of five jobs if he ever gets another

head coaching job he's going to have to start at the group of five level but i do think at some

point after he becomes an offensive coordinator he'll get another chance but anyway we don't need

to waste time talking about scott frost but lord knows he's done enough of that already yeah so you

know i would i i hope that we see some of these coaching hires come out soon and uh you know

it's interesting and and there's uh guys in the transfer portal nebraska's offer you know keegan

johnson from uh from nebraska who went to iowa just entered the transfer portal yesterday so

recruited him right yeah originally yep we did yeah he he got uh he had some predictions to

nebraska and then ended up you know i don't remember what happened with him but uh yeah

he's he's a guy that we've recruited and there's a bunch of guys that have kind of gone into the

portal that you know have baylor offers and stuff so i mean there's there's going to be a lot of

guys that rule and his staff have connections too and we'll just have to see i think we're going to

see a lot of transfer portal offers though in the next week or so yeah and you know i would expect

to because you're seeing a coach who wants to try to put his mark again on the program and

you know this is going to uh be an interesting build I'm curious to see how this all plays out

and as a result you know there are probably going to be more Nebraska players entering the transfer

portal like Chris said don't freak out because this is just what college football is nowadays

does it suck sometimes yeah absolutely but you know this means we can get you know quality

players in the portal because there are just i'm not going to say just as many but we're not the

only program that this is happening to so we can definitely find quality talent yeah texas and em's

lost about 15 players already so you know there's there's guys there's talent out there so absolutely

so all right folks i guess uh do you have any other final thoughts right now danny heading

into the weekend? The basketball team beat Boston College on, what was it, Wednesday

Yeah. So I thought they looked really good. Casey Tominaga, you might as well call him the next

Stephen Curry. No, but he played really well. And, you know, I think that was the first game

that I seen in quite a while where the offensive game plan worked like it was supposed to Like if Wednesday was a kind of game where I saw you know

okay, this is what Fred Hoiberg's offense is supposed to look like

and it's firing on all cylinders, and so they're 5-3, and then they head into a matchup with Creighton, I believe, on Saturday

And Creighton is going to be tough, so I'm not exactly expecting a win

but I am encouraged to see that we already have five wins before conference play because I think

we had 10 wins total last year, if my memory serves me correctly. So, you know, the fact

they're already halfway there, I mean, granted, some of the opponents have not been strong, but

wins are wins. And, you know, I'm not sure what this team is going to be able to do in

big-time play, but when they're on, they're fun to watch. yeah and um you know having Derek Walker back has made a huge difference and the the offense is uh

kind of flowing really well and you can see the the ball movement you know they had 12 three

pointers they assisted on 21 of 32 field goals so you know that's a that's a pretty high percentage

that's some really good basketball and we'll see if they can keep that up I believe that game is

actually Sunday though against Creighton um so keep an eye out for that and then of course we

have the Huskers in the NCAA volleyball tournament they beat Delaware State last night so you know

they've got, you know, more matches to play this weekend. And then of course a championship week

and then it'll be even the transfer portal and everything else will be even

crazier next week. So, you know, make sure you check back in with us on Monday

We'll have all the reactions from everything that happens today through the

weekend. And I'm sure there's going to be a lot of, you know, coaching hires and, you know, commitments, decommitments

a bunch of different stuff. So make sure you're checking back in with us on Monday and you know

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don't freak out about all this stuff, but you know, keep refreshing your Twitter pages a lot because there's going to be a lot of

information, but we're going to get through it. And we're going to get to a bowl game next year

That's my guarantee. So I'm going to wrap up the show with that

We're going to hold you to that, actually. Chris, we're going to hold you to that. It's coming. We're going

We're going bowling next year. I feel it. I hope so. It's been too damn long

So anyway, on that note, everybody have a great weekend and go Big Red

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