Tag: Nebraska offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield

REPORT: Nebraska meets with Ohio State quarterback

A recent report has Nebraska’s offensive coordinator meeting with an Ohio State quarterback.

A recent report has Nebraska’s offensive coordinator meeting with an Ohio State quarterback. Marcus Satterfield met with Buckeye QB Kyle McCord on Tuesday afternoon.

HuskerOnline‘s Steve Sipple reported that the two met at an undisclosed location, but after Satterfield met with Baylor quarterback Blake Shapen in Waco, Texas.

The five-star prospect started in all 12 games this season after appearing in 12 games over the previous two years. He threw for 3,170 yards with 24 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

McCord led Ohio State to an 11-1 record but struggled in his team’s loss against Michigan. He officially entered the transferred portal on December 4 after OSU head coach Ryan Day would not commit McCord as the Cotton Bowl starter.

Nebraska has met with other quarterbacks in the transfer portal including Michigan State’s Sam Leavitt and Kansas State’s Will Howard. This is a developing story. Find a photo gallery of Kyle McCord’s career below.

College football analyst gives brutal assessment of Marcus Satterfield

One prominent college football analyst gave a brutal and honest assesment of Nebraska offensive cooridnator Marcus Satterfield.

On Sunday, CBS Sports college football analyst Bud Elliott was asked on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, if he thought that the Nebraska Cornhuskers would have “a shot at any high-level QB transfer?”

Elliott’s reply was short and simple but ultimately brutal on the Huskers’ offensive coordinator. “No way in hell I would sign up to play QB for Satterfield,” he said as a quote-tweet. “But Nebraska does have money so,” he added, referring to the Cornhuskers’ ability to woo a quarterback when it comes to NIL potential.

As the Huskers’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach this season, Satterfield led the Huskers to an abysmal 18.0 points and 312.8 yards per game. Nebraska quarterbacks suffered mightily throughout the season, completing 52.1% of their passes for just 1,631 yards and ten touchdowns while throwing 16 interceptions on the season.

Nebraska only scored 30+ points three times this season and was kept to under 20 points in seven of 12 games while only surpassing the 400+ total yard mark once.

Ultimately, with the Cornhuskers’ defense among the best in the nation, only allowing 18.2 points per game, it will be Satterfield and the offense that carries the brunt of the blame for the Huskers’ season likely not reaching its full potential. Despite posting a top-20 scoring defense, Nebraska finished their first season under Matt Rhule with a 5-7 record, losing each of their last four games, including three games in which they kept opponents to 20 points or fewer.

In their regular-season finale, the Huskers’ defense kept the Iowa Hawkeyes to just 13 points and 257 total yards. Still, the offense could only muster up 10 points of their own as they eventually fell in overtime 13-10.

Ultimately, while Sattersfield’s job appears safe for now, his seat will undoubtedly be warm heading into the 2024 season.

The Huskers will start their 2024 season on August 31 against the UTEP Miners at Memorial Stadium.

Rhule calls change of offensive coordinator ‘ridiculous’

Nebraska fans have been vocal about the current state of the Husker offense.

Nebraska fans have been vocal about the current state of the Husker offense. Following the team’s five-turnover loss to Maryland last Saturday, fans vented their frustration on social media.

Head coach Matt Rhule told the media on Monday afternoon that fans can and should give voice to their opinions.

“The fans should do that. I have no problem with that. The fans can be critical of me. The fans should be critical of Satt (Marcus Satterfield), the fans should be critical. You come to the game and you sit there. For me, it’s not ‘oh we got this many guys,’ That’s not me. I think even within the coaching community we play them, then they talk to us afterwards. I think in year one, with as many injuries that we’ve had and different things that have happened, I think we’ve never made an excuse.”

Through ten games this season, the Huskers are ranked 114th in the nation in total offense, with an average of 312.5 yards per game. They also rank 118th in scoring offense, with an average of 18.5 points per game.

“We show up each week and we battle, we have a chance to be in every game. I think our guys are fighting their tails off. I never talk about changing the culture, but I do believe in instilling a culture. When you want to instill a culture, a mindset and I think all of that is happening. I think if people can’t feel that, but if you say to yourself ‘hey is this headed in the right direction?’ I got two freshmen, Jaylen (Lloyd) catching balls behind his hip, it’s going to continue to get better and better.”

While Rhule agreed with the idea of fans venting their frustrations, he had blunt words for anyone looking for a change in coordinator or a change in philosophy.

“The answer in life sometimes is always to just change everything. Players want to transfer, everybody wants their head coach to fire everybody. Has that worked out here? Where has that worked out? Just firing assistant coaches and coordinators? So we want the whole offense to start over again with a whole new language next year? I’m not doing that, that’s ridiculous.”

It’s no surprise to see these comments from Rhule, as he and Marcus Satterfield have a history together. The two worked together as assistants at Western Carolina during the 2005 season.

Satterfield would then join Rhule’s inaugural staff at Temple as an assistant. He would offer him the offensive coordinator position shortly after hiring him when the original choice at OC, Nick Rolovich, backed out of the job.

Regardless of what fans may be looking for, Nebraska will not be making a change at offensive coordinator any time in the near future. Find a photo gallery of Nebraska’s 2023 season below.

Turnovers doom Nebraska football in 13-10 loss to Maryland

The Huskers spent the entire season struggling to perform on offense.

The Huskers spent the entire season struggling to perform on offense. Nebraska averaged under 20 points and over two turnovers per game, with two quarterbacks heading into its Saturday showdown with Maryland. Somehow, the Huskers’ offense hit rock bottom, losing to the Terrapins 13-10.

Nebraska saw three quarterbacks sit under center throughout the game: Heinrich Haarberg, Jeff Sims, and Chubba Purdy. The trio combined for 86 passing yards, 66 rushing yards and five turnovers. Haarberg got the start but was benched after an interception and an injury. Sims took over and helped Nebraska score all 10 points. But he threw two interceptions and fumbled once.

Purdy then came in on what would be Nebraska’s final drive and almost led the Huskers to a game-winning score. But threw an interception in the endzone, which ended up being the play of the game for Maryland. The Terrapins marched down the field and kicked a game-winning field goal on the next drive for the win. They only scored six points off the five turnovers, but it was enough to secure a win.

This overshadowed the rest of Nebraska’s play in the game, as they rushed for 183 yards and held Maryland to its lowest-scoring scoring performance of the season, as well as forcing three turnovers.

The Huskers now stand at 5-5 on the regular season and will travel to Wisconsin next Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. and can be viewed on NBC.

Husker quarterback discusses relationship with coaching staff

Nebraska starting quarterback Heinrich Haarberg met with the media earlier in the week.

Nebraska starting quarterback Heinrich Haarberg met with the media earlier in the week. The Nebraska native was confirmed as the starting quarterback for this Saturday’s game against Maryland. Haarberg was asked about his relationship with head coach Matt Rhule and offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield as the season has evolved.

“Coach Rhule it’s weird as a first year, especially when I’ve been here. He didn’t recruit me, he met my family for the first time a couple weeks ago, he didn’t know what kind of environment I grew up in, how I handled things and he’s seen how I handled it. He’s just kind of ran with it and as we finish out this year, going into next year he’s getting to know me better and I’m getting to know him better too. How he treats me, some weeks he’s been on me really hard and other weeks he’s kind of backed off, just let me do my own thing. I think it’s a good balance of both.”

The quarterback will lead the Huskers against Maryland this Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 11:00 a.m. and the game can be seen on Peacock.

Find a photo gallery of Heinrich Haarberg’s season below.

Nebraska’s offensive coordinator discusses gameplan against Colorado

Nebraska offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield met with the media on Wednesday afternoon.

Nebraska offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield met with the media on Wednesday afternoon. The Huskers continue their preparations for Colorado on Saturday afternoon.

The Husker coordinator opened his availability by talking about the continued preparations for this week’s game.

On the week of preparation for Colorado

“It’s been a good week. When you get to play a game, you get to uncover some warts you need to work on, and I think our guys and our coaches have done a nice job. We’ve been attacking things that we needed to get fixed. From just personnel things of getting off the field, from the sideline to the huddle, to the play calls, the technical things needed to be improved.”