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Offense Dominates Saturday’s Nebraska Football Scrimmage

Matt Rhule calls it ‘by far the best day we've ever had’ on that side of the ball

Joe Hudson

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The Huskers scrimmaged Saturday, and it was a dominant day on one side of the ball.

The offense enjoyed "by far the best day we've ever had since I've been here," said Matt Rhule, Nebraska football's second-year head coach.

"There might have been eight, nine, ten, twelve touchdowns out there today," Rhule said. "Explosive plays, big plays. I think we had one fumble late with the threes, but I thought the ball was protected." (See highlights below.)

Saturday's practice consisted of 200 plays, including 120 during the scrimmage. At one point, one of the quarterbacks led the offense on a 99-yard drive. Rhule did not say who that was: Dylan Raiola, Heinrich Haarberg or Daniel Kaelin.

"I thought all three quarterbacks played really well. I'd like to watch the tape to be able to talk about specifics. ... Quarterbacks excelled at taking what was there."

Rhule did caution that "we aren't hitting the quarterback, and a lot of plays extend. So I’m going to go back and say, ‘Well, that would have been a sack.’ I don’t want to sound the alarm. The ability to throw and catch the ball and guys making catches and plays after the catches has been good."

The head coach had praise for running back Emmett Johnson, citing his do-it-all versatility, and Jack linebacker Chief Borders, described by Rhule as probably the team's the most improved player this spring. “He’s a problem out there,” Rhule said of Borders.

It was the 12th practice and second full scrimmage for the 2024 Huskers. The team will practice twice more next week before wrapping things up with the annual Red-White spring game on April 27.

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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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