Is Nebraska the ULTIMATE Big Ten SLEEPER in 2024?

It's June, so naturally we are talking about the potential of the Nebraska Cornhuskers to emerge as a winning team for the upcoming season. Will Matt Rhule and the Huskers take a B1G step in the Big Ten in 2024? Is Dylan Raiola ready for the big time?

[@CraigKerwood-001]

I think most Nebraska fans, myself included, are playing it coy. We've been burned before, so it's wait and see. Show me!

[@66048fishn-huntin]

This is so true!

[@TheHuskerGeno]

Yup. #GBR

[@Trusted_Advisor]

100% Feeling very positive. Lots of potential....not every player with potential will play up to that potential. One snap at a time, one quarter at a time, one game at a time. Must get on field results. As Coach Rhule says, we're a 5-7 team until we aren't.

[@JamesWilson-tm8vt]

move to mizzery

[@beebers99]

They'll go 7 and 5 and give away 2 games and everyone eill be like, "I love coach Rhuke!"

[@TheOtherDave148]

Nebraska is always undefeated in the offseason. Sunshine pumping has mainly come from national pundits this time. Perhaps it’s really our time this year!

[@goingforgold_8536]

Cautiously optimistic, I’d be happy with a winning record and a bowl game

[@blabberer8950]

With this schedule, I think that will happen. 7-8 regular season wins and a lot of hope for the future in year 2 of Railoa is to me the realistic goal.

[@Lukuigi]

It would be awesome if Nebraska could be 7-0 and likely ranked top 10-15 at the time. Then keep it close at Ohio St. we wouldn’t drop far and be primed to make a playoff berth.

[@MileHighResell]

Reminds me of 2016 all over

[@Lukuigi]

@@MileHighResell haha yea just praying we don’t get blown out

[@johnvaccaro7022]

The sleeper of 2024 crown will go to either Nebraska or Rutgers. Buckle up...their showdown in Lincoln on Oct.5 should be a classic!

[@reedwilson64GTO]

Watermelon Cherry Kool-aid chilled to perfection.

[@dennisyoung7363]

It's a tough call until you see them play, but last year we lost 4 games by 3 points and that team wasn't near as good as this team is, and the QB play was terrible. 9-3 is very possible. 10-2 isn't impossible. And our QB is RaioLA.

[@Trusted_Advisor]

Like the "LA" - hope to get to that game.

[@Trusted_Advisor]

Update: Bought 20 tix to the "LA" game USC Nov. 16. It's been awhile since I've been to a game. Hopefully the previous 9 games will have been reasonably good and we'll have a decent chance vs. Trojans.

[@dennisyoung7363]

@@Trusted_Advisor We definitely have a decent chance. That'll be a big game for both sides.

[@rodneyrozanek9302]

Exactly 👍! Coach White's defense with experience goos guys lights out! Decent offense gives you 10 wins😮

[@jesusrivera743]

Very good passing teams will give the Nebraska defense trouble unless we develop a pass rush.

[@DonaldJamesParker]

you should have mentioned the Minnesota game. That was the ultimate in giveaways.

[@BigTenTed]

So many to choose from, but I gave that one a slight pass due to it being the first game.

[@batape1965]

Nebraska is going to SURPRISE the college football world by going 7-6 this season!

[@goingforgold_8536]

We’d take a winning record, as long as there’s progress

[@batape1965]

@@goingforgold_8536 That is a great attitude to have, goingfor. But you know how it is: win 5 and it should have been 7, win 7 and it should have been 9... All fans are the same. And your fans have been waiting for a return to the good ol' days for a good long time.

[@jesusrivera743]

Can’t get blown out by Ohio State must play them close in order to find out what’s it gonna take to beat them how to beat them. Who knows we may wind up meeting them late in the season. Like the conference championship.

[@jesusrivera743]

Can’t get blown out by Ohio State must play them close in order to find out what’s it gonna take to beat them how to beat them. Who knows we may wind up meeting them late in the season. Like the conference championship.

[@claytongardinier5179]

Their easy schedule certainly helps Mat Rhule and the huskers make a major jump this year.

[@Trusted_Advisor]

I kinda see it as "two seasons" - we have a fairly easy short 6 game season to get everything running well, and build up confidence. Then in the second season, the model is tested with several tough games.

[@Trusted_Advisor]

I also predict more Husker fans at away games. We've seen the acceleration in quality players, significant culture upgrade, hard work the adoption of a grind mentality and want to support this team. I just bought 20 tickets for Nov 16 USC game @LA Coliseum for my family and a few others. That's their 10th of 12 games. A lot will have happened by then.

[@A-Train23]

EVERYONE is picking Nebraska to be the surprise team in the B1G this year, so I don’t feel like they’re under the radar. Purdue and Rutgers are my picks

[@johnhoie-hj7cg]

Rutgers for sure. Schiano, like Rhule, is a builder.

[@teeoff406]

What, no Golden Gophers, I always enjoy watching that game.

[@MichaelSmith-em7pv]

I'm not from Missouri, But Nebraska needs to " Show Me" that they belong in the elite group of BIG TEN teams

[@NEbeliever]

What does being from Missouri have to do with Nebraska?

[@rstrizek]

​@@NEbelieverMissouri is the "show me" state

[@jesusrivera743]

If we don’t get blown out by Ohio State and beat Iowa we belong 10-2.

[@JamesAllen-ns7wg]

The biggest turnaround for NE is in the turnover area. Avoid the amount of turn overs like last season, 9-3 is possible.

[@ralphlivingston894]

Very insightful video. Excellent analysis. I think it’s possible that they could do very well… Unfortunately, the last 19 years have not been great… Maybe it’s 17 years? Good report… keep it coming

[@BigTenTed]

Appreciate it! I judge Nebraska (and other teams) on a year by year and roster by roster basis. This roster is one of the best they've had in the last 20 years.

[@naujelbr]

This Nebraska team has been hyped into oblivion. How on earth could they be a sleeper team? Everyone in the CFB world is picking them to win 8-10 games. Dozens of CFB personalities are calling for them to be a potential playoff team.

[@BigRedB2BTwice]

False

[@mikef3896]

Haven't heard one person say they're a playoff team

[@jesusrivera743]

I feel you, but it’s another year new season either put up or shut up . Make a run for the playoffs you got it in you Big Red now Go !!!!

[@aviatorheadsets8804]

I believe NE is a LOT better than the national media believes. If they take care of business and it put it on Deion as they should- 9 wins is the floor especially with a solid senior transfer QB on the roster.

[@jesusrivera743]

I don’t think it’s about the offensive line staying healthy. It’s all about them protecting Raiola and keeping him healthy.

[@jaco8083]

I think the team you are thinking of Ted is Minnesota.

[@Lfg117]

separate topic: 1 other under-the-radar '24 spartan player: rush end jones, previously played at iu (and at oregon in '22, where jones didn't play). 6' 4" 255, jones knew msu defensive coach wilt from when both were at iu. jones (from LV Liberty HS) had 8 solo tackles and half of 1 TFL in '23 and 1 qb hit (vs msu, who else?). idk where jones stands on the 2-deep for '24 sparty d-linemen. jones was another late portal add for msu, signing w 'go-green' after msu's '24 spring game.

[@jesusrivera743]

Dylan Raiola is the straw that stirs the drink.

[@Lfg117]

separate topic: under-the-radar players, '24 sparty fb: rb lynch-adams: n.-s. runner. veteran rb w patience & vision. too underrated. late add (after '24 msu spring gm). rb tullis: not d. martinez-level, but is the next excellent tx rb in jSmith's offense. physicality, quicks. from elite-level hs fb district. if tullis learns playbook & pass-pro' well, could be rb2 by end of yr. te masunas: listed by spartans wire as te4, imo masunas might pass faleye in terms of being the #3 te for msu, in terms of receiving yards in '24. also underrated and from a hi-level hs fb region (tucson, az). during offseason practice video highlights of offense-vs-d' scrimmage-type settings, masunas could be seen catching passes (u know jSmith uses 4 or more TEs every game). te hook: 6' 6" 240, fast, receiver-1st te. from hi-level hs fb region (NorCal). like rb tullis: future-difference-maker. dt douse: legit, instant-starter import from GaTech. likely future-sunday player. dt ben "big worm" roberts: rs-soph, 3 yrs' eligibility. added mid-may. roberts was so highly thought of at oregon that "big worm" was highlighted by a ducks' fb pod' (april '24?) as a projected 2-deep d-lineman expected to get meaningful snaps in '24. cb ed woods: ik u already know about him. he's my fav' newcomer to '24 sparty fb. hopin' woods has a productive season and goes on to make a 2025 practice squad in NFL. tho woods is not a lock to make a 2025 NFL roster, he is 1 of many individual bigTen players I'll be tracking in '24. qb ryland jessee: 6' 4" 206. a name to file away for future reference. talented backup qb who, in '25, will be offered a bag to play in the sec or other p-4 conference. from legendary san diego-area hs fb program (la mesa helix) that has produced NFL players, dating back to early 80s, eg, former packers' NFL S, chuck cecil (who u know). more '24 sparty roster details: spartanswire.usatoday.com/lists/projecting-michigan-state-footballs-depth-chart-post-spring-edition/

[@rogerwong5831]

I am expecting 11-1 0r 10-2. No less. GBR

[@daviddesain]

Iam thinking a big season

[@KALICOE]

Nebraska the ultimate sleeper team if Dylan play how he did and better in the spring game past 7 yrs Nebraska qb's looked bad in the spring and they definitely were one competent qb away from playing in the big10 championship

[@randywenzl6527]

I think they will have better year

[@JamesWilson-tm8vt]

win big red! no more gbr. WIN RED, WIN!!

[@blabberer8950]

Look at their schedule... I mean it doesn't get much easier than that the first 8 games. I have them going 8-4. Starting off hot, and then cooling down. Does Raiola start all 12 games? I doubt it. What true frosh QB in the Big 10 started all 12 games last year and stayed healthy? None. We'll see... That O-line still suspect.

[@jesusrivera743]

Mazzucca over Corcoran….

[@beebers99]

Are they really a Sleeper Team? The schedule is trash. This is the perfect schedule for a 1st year QB.

[@beebers99]

Matt Rhule 0 and 14 all-time vesus ranked Teams as a Power 5 head coach? 0 and 11 at Baylor and 0 and 3 last season.... And what? They will play 2 rankes teams this year, both on the road?

[@danieldille8676]

Washington is the sleeper team everyone is expecting them to be like tcu but that’s not gonna happen

[@mattsauer2683]

Teddy Prochka!? lol. Try again

[@JamesWilson-tm8vt]

R1Gged. It's the rust belt money machine if anything... college ball is BS, the NFL needs to own their farm league teams like MLB.

[@timostransky468]

I’m staying at 7 bc they aren’t use to wining

[@rodneyrozanek9302]

WATCH the BLACKSHIRTS are back!!! Better Big Red machine. 10-3😮

[@lastnamefirstname7950]

Sleeper team BS, better wake up first. No O line or D line, same old crap …….

[@jorgy1470]

Really?

[@michaelfitzgerald434]

Who? HaHaHaHaHa

[@youwish9365]

Stop. We do this every year then we are disappointed. Just shut up

[@jorgy1470]

You shut ip

[@youwish9365]

@@jorgy1470 “shut up ip” elementary ass😂😂

[@Lfg117]

2025 sleeper b1g team: ucla just received commit from '25 S Hudson, 247 sports composite top-300 overall, nationally; 247 sports composite #21 S, nationally. at this early stage, ucla '25 hs fb recruiting has more hi-impact guys than wisky or iowa: qbIamaleava.956, rbCox.905 & S hudson.880, + S Hudson has bigTen-ready frame: 6' 2" 175, & is from respected NorCal hs progrum, Pittsburg (w no 'h' on end) - same hs as qbRashada. big-picture: ucla hcFoster, in less than 5 months, has assembled the foundations of a '25 hs fb recruiting class which will likely end up being rated higher than any of cKelly's 6 recruiting classes. proof cKelly, as a hc at least, was a blowhard-fraud and a jerk IRL (per Ucla media & former Eagles' NFL players).💯

[@foosful]

Great video. Thanks for covering the Huskers! Despite the tough losses over the last 7 years, I actually think this will be their breakthrough year. Their lines are the best we have had in 10 years. We finally have solid WR's and a talented QB. Our secondary and field goal unit concerns me. 7-9 wins should be a reasonable expectation. GBR!

[@coreykaczmarek]

Hell yes Go Big Red

[@taitrief]

Potential is there

[@DrKingTiberius]

We are always going undefeated until the season starts.. after the first game I can tell what season we are going to have.

[@ChosenPlaysYT]

One bonus for always winning less games than you should, is you’re always primed to be hyped for a bounce back the next preseason lol

[@djjackb1]

Show me on the field!! Been burned before. One game at a time. GBR!!!!

[@dionpryor369]

Im a Nebraska fan and im saying show me until then im saying no.

[@NEODOMINATION]

Fake ass fan

[@emmanuelmoreno3737]

I got Nebraska going 9-3 this year, I do feel they beat the buffs this year by two touchdowns.

[@huskerjpg]

A great season for me is 9-3 with wins against Colorado, Wisconsin, and Iowa and then a decent bowl win in something like the Gator Bowl.

[@BenjaminLarsen-v2q]

I think the schedule sets up really well for them. If we can stay healthy I believe we will be 7-0 starting. Only loss I think is inevitable is OSU, other than that I think we can win the rest, not we will, can win. I’m excited GBR!

[@terrylessmann2274]

Jalen Lloyd is going to have a monster season.

[@NEODOMINATION]

8 wins or better boys watch it. GBR

[@Mark-clipper]

They need a consistent field goal kicker

[@KALICOE]

They need a consistent qb

[@carlosgordan2856]

All of you Nebraska Fan base are over looking that Colorado buffaloes beat the brakes off the 🌽 Corn Eaters last year by over 15 points ... Colorado buffaloes had a bad team in 2023.. Now they have a better offense than last year..a better defense than last year...so why is Nebraska over looking Colorado buffaloes...

[@emusdad]

First time listener. That was a good show.

[@BigTenTed]

Appreciate that! 👊

[@alscompleteoutdoor9091]

Does Nebraska have the same talent as the top 5 of the conference?....the west coast teams are going to be all done by week 5 o 6 ...just way different having to win 50 plays a game vs win 5 or 6 plays a game....can sneak a win here or there but having to play and win in all 3 phases of the game...none of those west coast teams are built like that...

[@kenroeloffs7152]

Big difference this year from past years is that we are keeping the best of the players we are recruiting. This year we see whether we can develop the talent we have. That has not been the case in the past.

[@austinbrown7952]

I'm thinking 7 wins in Raiola's first year, and 9 to 10 in year 2

[@Lfg117]

💯 - 🎯. Nebraska. IU will improve noticeably.

[@jesusrivera743]

Emmett “Smith” Johnson here here …..

[@jesusrivera743]

Be competitive against Ohio State if you don’t beat them, at least you find out what it takes to beat them because you might meet them later on in the season like the playoffs GBR !!!!

[@jesusrivera743]

MSU arguably the best coaching staff in the B10 .

[@blkbyrd]

I think 8-5 is pretty likely for this team and honestly would be the floor in my opinion. They should pretty easily secure 7 regular season wins with the cupcake schedule they got this year and then I think they will have an absolute fire under them to win a bowl for the first time in a decade. Now this team also absolutely has the potential to go 10 regular season wins as well. The only team I think anybody can confidently say is a loss is Ohio State. Everyone else on the schedule at this time looks extremely beatable for this roster. My expectations are 8 regular season wins, a bowl win, and a final record of 9-4 with them either ranked at the bottom of the top 25, or just barely outside it.

[@jeffzuiderveen7266]

I roll my eyes at this.....then I remember that Michigan was a meh 3-3 (Covid year)...but then picked up a hot shot 5 star QB.....sounds eerily familiar

[@BigTenTed]

Like Michigan, Nebraska is not going to be down forever. The people that think that are delusional. Too much money and resources are being invested, they are recruiting too well for the Huskers to be 6-6 every year.

[@jesusrivera743]

We got the coach in Matt Ruhle it’s all that matters you’ll see ….

[@WangHungLo]

​@@jesusrivera743Matt Rhule is 1-2 in Bowl Games though. Let's not forget how he got fired from the Carolina Panthers. Nebraska needs to focus more on Colorado

[@Rochrikqv]

@@WangHungLoI wouldn’t say Matt Rhule coached bad in those games is the thing. One of his losses was to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl for example. That Georgia team was a year out from winning a national championship. Baylor wasn’t a bad team, but Georgia was just more talented. Also, you really can’t look at NFL careers and compare them to college careers. The game is completely different and requires differently responsibilities at each level. Lots of good college coaches fail in the NFL. The Panthers still haven’t gotten it figured out either, as everyone who comes in seems to struggle. I think they got bigger issues than the head coach. It’s too early to know if Nebraska will be good or not this year, but Matt Rhule is somebody who can at least get the program in the right direction.

[@WangHungLo]

@@Rochrikqv typical excuses. Americans are always giving excuses

[@calvinperkins544]

I'd be upset if they didn't get eight

[@jamesfirnhaber984]

Win the first five games, and win them convincingly and I'll start to believe. The last five years have been such a SS that my mentality is only sip the Kool-Aid and show me on the field with consistent, turnover and penalty free play. Talk is so so cheap. I'm hopeful but not holding my breath. In the final analysis, NU needs NFL quality talent to defeat teams with NFL quality players.

[@swallman]

I stopped drinking red koolaid years ago. Nebraska will start a freshmen QB so I expect more TOs yet again and under performance. Ruhle is the coach but cool your jets.

[@mathius_dragoon532]

No

[@briggsofdisaster]

Aren’t they every year? 6-6 or 7-5.

[@stevengegg6405]

i'll go out and say 11-1,only loss is to iowa

[@nnonotnow]

Sure why not ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@stephenlang7870]

Considering the seasons they've had for the past decade, thier 6-6 ceiling will seem like a comeback.

[@jansonroberts2616]

👀

[@grondhero]

As a TCU fan, I will root for Nebraska against CU, but I don't see Nebraska winning 7 games in the regular season. I would _like_ for them to, as I tend to root for the underdogs, but I don't see it. They are the kings of 1 possession losses. I think Nebraska's biggest mistake was leaving the Big12. They entered a new region and disintegrated as their core players left and couldn't find regional replacements. Since 2017, they've been 4-8, 4-8, 5-7, 3-5 (Covid), 3-9, 4-8, & 5-7. I can see 6-6 + a bowl game. As it is, it seems Nebraska is the Big 10's "Texas" as in *_"Is Nebraska back?"_* each year. 😆 (Not as in wealth or infamy.)

[@robertcouncil6172]

Sleeper? Been comatose for 10 years!!!!!

[@user-lr5ju5fm5e]

Been kicked in the balls too many times . I’ll get excited when I see results. Myself I’d watch Rutgers.

[@jesusrivera743]

Indiana has a new coach loves to pass and has the quarterback to do it . With our secondary we can’t sleep on this team. Teams with a great offensive line and passing quarterback can upset anybody on any Saturday