Football Video & Report: Sept. 5

Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule met with members of the media following practice on Thursday. Rhule spoke on the prep for Colorado, the atmosphere and the fans. 

“I think we made a jump this week,” he said. “I think we’re able to look at the game and see the things from last week that we didn’t do well, look at some players and see what their natural strengths are, and we came out healthy. You start stacking days. We had three days in pads this week to really get some work done, so I think we’re getting a little bit better every day.”

Rhule touched on the atmosphere and what he’s telling his players to prepare them.

“It’s the same message we have all the time,” he said. “When we play, we’re worried about us. Try to play one snap at a time. If we play differently because of who we’re playing, then we’re not really who we say we are. We play to our standard, and sometimes we don’t get to our standard but the goal this week is to play to our standard, and TV cameras and eyeballs watching shouldn’t affect that.” 

Rhule discussed the support of the fans and how he wants the team to feel.

“I want us to enjoy this,” he said. “We’re obviously having this opportunity because of Colorado and what they bring, but our fans are here because of us, so we’ll play for our fans, we’ll play for our families, we’ll play for each other, and play for the state of Nebraska.”

NU will face off against the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 6:30 p.m. (CT) at Memorial Stadium. The game will be broadcast on NBC and streamed on Peacock, with radio coverage by the Huskers Radio Network.