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Good News on the Injury Front Two Days Before Huskers Tangle With Buffs

Two offensive linemen and a defensive back are back in the mix for Nebraska football vs. Colorado

Joe Hudson

HuskerMax Practice Report, Sept. 5, 2024
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Nebraska has shor up its depth on the offensive line as the Huskers prepare for their Saturday night showdown against Colorado.


Head football coach Matt Rhule said Thursday that Gunnar Gottula and Henry Lutovsky, who sat out last week's season opener, are ready to play against the Buffaloes. Gottula is listed on the depth chart as the No. 2 man at right tackle behind Bryce Benhart, while Lutovsky is No. 2 at left guard behind Justin Evans.

Cornerback Blye Hill also could play Saturday, Rhule said. Hill is No. 3 on the depth chart but had positioned himself as a potential started before he suffered a knee injury during the Red-White spring game.

Rhule said he's looking for a physically dominating but businesslike approach from his team in Saturday's highly hyped game. He showed the team footage of Bud Crawford's performance against Errol Spence in their 2023 welterweight title bout and said it's the sort of thing he'd like to see his players emulate: Methodical, stoic, and “not a lot of emotion and rah rah.”

“It’s the same message we have all the time,” he said. “When we play, we’re worried about us. Try to play one snap at a time. If we play differently because of who we’re playing, then we’re not really who we say we are. We play to our standard, and sometimes we don’t get to our standard, but the goal this week is to play to our standard, and TV cameras and eyeballs watching shouldn’t affect that.” 

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Henry Lutovsky during a spring drills of 2024. / Nebraska Athletics

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Joe Hudson has operated a Husker-related website since 1995 and joined forces with David Max to form HuskerPedia (later renamed HuskerMax) in 1999. It began as a hobby during his 35 years as a newspaper editor and reporter, a career that included stints at the Lincoln Star, Omaha World-Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer and Denver Post. In Denver, Joe was chief of the copy desk during his final 16 years at the Post. He is proud to have been involved in Pulitzer Prize-winning projects in both Philadelphia and Denver. Joe has been a Nebraska football fan since the mid-1960s during his childhood in Omaha. He earned his bachelor of arts degree in journalism and economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1976. He resides a few freeway exits north of Colorado Springs and enjoys bicycling and walking his dogs in his spare time. You can reach him at joeroyhud@outlook.com.

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