Nebraska came out swinging on the opening weekend of the live June recruiting period. We hit on that and more in this week’s 3-2-1 column. THREE THINGS WE LEARNED THIS WEEK 1 – 14 official visitors will hit Lincoln on the first two weekends Private workouts, camps, official visits – it was all there this […]
May 31, 2021
We hit on the busy month of June that’s about to take over the college football world and more as we kick off this Memorial Day edition of the Weekly Rundown.
Sure bets
You have to feel pretty good about these things right now:
A wild and crazy June: It’s been over 15 months since Nebraska has hosted any type of prospect on campus for a visit. That all changes on Tuesday.
College football recruiting is back open for business. Official visits, unofficial visits, private workouts, on-campus and satellite camps – we get the whole enchilada from June 1 to June 27.
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These were my surprises of the week:
No Big Ten teams will host a regional: I shouldn’t be surprised, but I still am. The fact the Big Ten didn’t have one of the possible 20 NCAA host regional sites was a blow. It also was a message to the league’s tone-deaf leadership that decided to do their own thing by being the only high-profile league in the country to not allow non-conference games.
Phalen Sanford’s testing marks: When former strength coach Boyd Epley used to list the top winter conditioning marks over 20 years ago at NU, it allowed Husker fans to get to know a few under-the-radar names based on their athletic testing results.
May 10, 2021
We set the tone on Monday with HuskerOnline’s weekly rundown report as we hit on several things from this past week and what to watch going forward.
Sure bets
You have to feel pretty good about these things right now:
The benefit of adding Fordham: Nobody is probably jumping with excitement to watch Fordham in Memorial Stadium on Sept. 4, but it was a huge win to get this game for several reasons.
Besides saving Nebraska $100,000, it most likely gives the Big Red a night home opener in Memorial Stadium on the BTN to bring several recruits in, along with providing a huge boost to the Lincoln economy on Labor Day weekend.