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Ex-Nebraska lineman headed west for 2022

More changes coming to Nebraska’s defense this season!!

A former Nebraska defensive lineman will be heading west to continue his college career. Casey Rogers announced on Wednesday that he has committed to Oregon and will play for new first-year coach Dan Lanning.  Rogers will also be playing for former Husker defensive line coach Tony Tuioti who had been in Lincoln for the last three seasons. He appeared in 19 games over the previous three years for Cornhuskers with 42 tackles and 1.5 sacks in his career. When Rogers announced that he had entered the transfer portal three weeks ago, I expressed concern due to the thin nature of the position group in the spring. With the additions of Ochaun Mathis and Devin Drew in the last week, that is no longer the case.  Rogers was initially expected to compete for a starting job in 2022. Still, with those two transfer additions to the Cornhusker’s defensive line, the writing was on the wall, and a starting job on the line this season was looking less likely. Rogers chose the Oregon Ducks over Auburn and Southern California.

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Nebraska’s Athletic Director offers updates on several projects

AD Trev Alberts gave updates on several major projects during his monthly radio appearance.

[vertical-gallery id=695][vertical-gallery id=670] I like that Alberts is accessible to the media as an athletic director. Nebraska has dealt with ADs in the past who seemed to treat every decision as a state secret instead of communicating with the fans about your goals for the department’s future. With a fan base as passionate as the Cornhusker’s, transparency is paramount in maintaining trust with your base. Unfortunately, once you lose that trust, there’s very little you can do to regain it, and based on previous athletic directors, it will only hasten your demise. Ask Steve Peterson, Sean Eickhorst and Bill Moos. All three made dramatic changes to Husker sports, but a lack of communication on why the changes were being made combined with a lack of on-the-field success led to all three of those athletic directors either being dismissed or leaving earlier than anticipated.

During his appearance, a few of the topics included an update on the new football facility, softball’s success, and new turf at Memorial Stadium.

Nebraska announces another major NIL partnership

Nebraska continues to make strides in its NIL Programs.

On the heels of a significant Name, Image, and Likeness announcement last week, Nebraska athletics announced another partnership on Tuesday in an attempt to build up its NIL program. Nebraska has announced a partnership with the advisory and education firm Altius Sports Partners with the goal of overall guidance on the school’s NIL policy as well as developing and managing all NIL related programs.

The Huskers are not unique in partnering with Altius either, as the firm currently represents athletics departments at other schools such as Arizona, Clemson, Duke, Georgia, Indiana, LSU, Mississippi State, Northwestern, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Penn State, Purdue, South Carolina, USC, Tennessee, Texas, Villanova, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

It was just last week that Nebraska announced another NIL move, this time with the launch of N100. That program is a partnership with Athlete Branding & Marketing LLC that will allow companies and individuals to support Husker athletes directly. That support will give those companies and individuals various levels of access to that athlete. Nebraska has been partnered with ABM since August of 2021 and since the company’s partnership with the University began, more than 90 Husker athletes in five different sports have received a combined $850,000 in payments.