WATCH: Matt Rhule's last updates before Nebraska at Maryland
Game Week No. 6 for Nebraska football is on the horizon.
Year 3 of the Matt Rhule Era – the most pivotal of his tenure thus far as the Huskers’ head coach – began with a crucial season opener against Cincinnati in Week 1, a victory over Akron in a 68-0 shellacking and a 59-7 blowout win over Houston Christian. Then, the 30-27 loss to Top-25 Michigan set the Huskers back – but only for a week, it seems, as they came out and finished off Michigan State, 38-27, last week.
Now, Nebraska (4-1 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) must prove it can play away from home (or very close to it) during its first true road game of the season at Maryland (4-1, 1-1) this weekend.
The Terrapins are in a somewhat similar situation as Nebraska was following the Michigan game. Mike Locksley’s team began the season 4-0 and then welcomed Washington to town in what was set up to likely be a swing game for both teams. The Terps, after building a 20-0 lead, saw UW rattle off four unanswered scores en route to a 24-20 loss to the Huskies.
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As Maryland hopes to bounce back this week, the Huskers are looking to squelch the Terps’ rebound effort on Saturday.
Opening kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. Central Time with the game available to watch live on Big Ten Network.
Before the Week 7 matchup gets rolling, Nebraska held its last press conference of Game Week inside Hawks Championship Center on Thursday. Rhule took the podium for his weekly lightning-round session with the media as the Nebraska head man gave his final updates, injury reports and additional thoughts on the matchup with Maryland.
Watch and listen to Rhule during the press conference via the video below. You can check out video and audio of Rhule’s more in-depth comments from his Monday Game Week press conference HERE.
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