Everyone has an opinion on Nebraska football. Head coach Matt Rhule confirmed as much during his press conference at the Big Ten Media Days on Wednesday.
Rhule also talked about getting help from some of Nebraska football’s legends, like Hall of Fame Coach Tom Osborne, who shared his advice on Memorial Stadium’s wild weather.
One of the things about being at Nebraska, you do get a lot of advice. Coach Osborne is there all the time to help. Coach Solich is there to help. Coach Osborne tried to warn me about the weather. He tried to warn me about the wind. And I heard it, but it was until it was 30 miles an hour in my face, I was like, oh, Coach Osborne wasn’t lying.
When discussing his biggest regrets from last season, Rhule said that he failed to adjust to the crowd in college football games as compared to his time in the NFL.
I think the biggest thing I regret from last year was, when you’re in pro football, it’s kind of quiet, and there aren’t bands and things like that. The crowd isn’t — and we started our first two games last year on the road in hostile environments. Minnesota, they did a great job. They had a gold out for their first game. So just getting readjusted to the crowd noise and the passion of the fans in the Big Ten, the atmospheres we’re going to have to go into. We have to be better on the road, so I wish I would have taken that to heart and gotten that advice.
He also shared the special guests who make appearances at football practices from time to time.
But I am so blessed. I get to coach college football, and some days I’ve got George Darlington, legendary secondary coach. I might have Tommie Frazier or Eric Crouch. I might have Coach Osborne there. I might have Coach Solich there. It’s a football coach’s dream.
Matt Rhule enters his second season as Nebraska’s head coach after finishing his first campaign with a record of 5-7. The Huskers will kick off the 2024 season on August 31, when they welcome UTEP to Memorial Stadium.