Nebraska Cornhuskers news: Jeff Sims still not 100 percent, a flip attempt, and more

Nebraska football QB Jeff Sims still isn’t 100 percent, plus more Nebraska Cornhuskers news.

One thing we know for sure about the Nebraska football quarterback situation is that we won’t know anything until kickoff on Saturday against Louisiana Tech.

Matt Rhule said that he won’t be making any announcements prior to the game, similar to last week, about the starting quarterback. Marcus Satterfield told reporters on Tuesday that Sims took “50-55 percent of the snaps” so he’s improving, but according to Rhule, he’s still not 100 percent.

Matt Rhule said on Huskers Radio Network that QB Jeff Sims is not yet at 100 percent with QB draws, running the option or scrambling after his ankle injury.

He thought Heinrich Haarberg did a "great" job managing the game vs. NIU, including running the huddle, subs, reads etc.

— Abby Barmore (@Abby_Barmore) September 19, 2023

Rhule indicated that Sims is throwing the ball well. The Nebraska Cornhuskers just want to see some more movement skills out of their starting quarterback. One of the starting quarterbacks I should say since Sims and Heinrich Haarberg were listed as co-starters this week on the depth chart.

We’ll see how it plays out. If Sims is healthy, I expect that he will get the start or at least play, but with how thin Nebraska football is at running back, both quarterbacks will probably be needed, especially with their prowess for pounding the rock.

Nebraska Cornhuskers aiming to flip Michigan State 4-star

Andrew Dennis is a 6-foot-5, 275-pound offensive lineman rated as a four-star prospect by the 247 Sports composite rankings. He’s out of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and has been committed to Michigan State since April but Nebraska football is one of many programs to throw out a recent offer.

After an amazing conversation with @s_kwilli32 I am blessed and honored to receive an offer to play football at the University of Nebraska!!!! @CoachMattRhule @AllenTrieu @Rivals_Clint@ESPNRittenberg @TheD_Zone @samspiegs @JimLahde@BernreuterHugh @SamAliSports@BGreenReports pic.twitter.com/9eDm7JkjBW

— Andrew (AJ) Dennis (@andrewdennis_08) September 19, 2023

We don’t know if Dennis has any plans to visit Nebraska football. He’s been offered by Auburn, Stanford, Penn State, and Purdue just since Monday. I wouldn’t get too serious worrying about Dennis until he takes a visit to Nebraska, but if that happens, watch out.

It’s at least a name to keep on the radar and a decommitment definitely seems possible with the situation going on at Michigan State with Mel Tucker getting fired.

Nebraska Cornhuskers Big Ten basketball schedule released

We knew which teams Nebraska basketball would play in the 2023-24 Big Ten season but got the official schedule on Tuesday. The Huskers released it on their official Twitter account.

Go B1G Red.

🗓️ https://t.co/ustbApU7Yc | #GBR pic.twitter.com/7s42V3pCZe

— Nebraska Men's Basketball (@HuskerMBB) September 19, 2023

Nebraska basketball will open Big Ten on December 6th against Minnesota on the road. Fred Hoiberg’s first conference home game will be against Michigan State on December 10th.

The schedule is fairly balanced in terms of the home and road games. The Huskers have consecutive home games twice on the conference schedule. Nebraska has also back-to-back road games twice.

My first impressions though, are that Nebraska basketball is capable of a winning season in Big Ten play, which would definitely keep Fred Hoiberg in place and likely, would give the Huskers a realistic shot at making their first NCAA tournament since the 2014 season.

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