Rhule to Penn State?
- Thread starter Toe
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SuperBigFan69
Head Coach
Right now, he is like a hot girl that won't commit to plans for the weekend because...you just never know if something better will come along.
I don't have a problem with him not categorically shutting it all down. To my mind, that's how most coaches usually handle these things.
Many of us have dream jobs or opportunities that we'd leave our current positions for, even if we're happy in our current positions, so it's not like Rhule or coaches should be an exception (if PSU is indeed a dream job for him).
I think if we as fans expect our favorite teams to cut out distractions and do their jobs, we too can cut out this distraction
. This is D1 football in 2025 so if your coach isn't being mentioned for good jobs or your players aren't being solicited to change teams for more NIL money then you're probably doing something wrong.
Many of us have dream jobs or opportunities that we'd leave our current positions for, even if we're happy in our current positions, so it's not like Rhule or coaches should be an exception (if PSU is indeed a dream job for him).
I think if we as fans expect our favorite teams to cut out distractions and do their jobs, we too can cut out this distraction
. This is D1 football in 2025 so if your coach isn't being mentioned for good jobs or your players aren't being solicited to change teams for more NIL money then you're probably doing something wrong.
Corn Train
Five-Star Recruit
Let me get the first round of koolaid’s for everyone !
Red Five
Heisman Trophy Winner
We have to be north of that. Rev share accounts for about $15M. Then on top of that NIL has to be another $10M+.
Cornfed
Special Teams Player
How many coaches have flat out said that they're not taking a gig and then ended up taking it? I think he's handling it fine.. and if he wants to leverage it for more NIL, great. It's also his alma mater so I would imagine he's going to be extra careful in his wording. Maybe A. he's offered B. he wants to take it (given what he went through in carolina and what just happened with Franklin) and C. His wife wants to go. All those things have to coexist.
Lorewarn
All-Conference
Why would he? It wouldn't accomplish anything except giving him less leverage.
Savage Husker
All-Conference
Rhule being Nebraska’s #1 guy gives him leverage for not just NIL but also a restructured contract for himself and his staff.
Guy Chamberlin
Heisman Trophy Winner
Being the #1 guy in Nebraska - literally the biggest celebrity in the state - should also ensure higher than average non-salary income. I have no idea what Rhule's endorsement deals and side-money entails, or if he's monetized his growing podcast profile.
If Matt wants to stand still and let our donor base worry we'll lose him if we don't pony up more NIL money, then the speculation is working in our favor.
If Matt wants to stand still and let our donor base worry we'll lose him if we don't pony up more NIL money, then the speculation is working in our favor.
The Dude
Heisman Trophy Winner
Based on what, exactly? They beat a 9-win Northwestern that year. They could have easily beat a Nebraska team that was poised to pull off a 6-game losing streak.
gorp512
Starter
Guy Chamberlin
Heisman Trophy Winner
Well I can't say anything exactly, but I would still put money that Nebraska beats Akron in the season opener that became the Colorado game, and a game-tested Nebraska might have made a difference in the game they gave away to Colorado.
Maybe not. But it always felt like a legitimate "what if"
Those same Huskers took #8 Ohio State down to the wire in Columbus, but I don't think that proves they were among the Big 10 elite either.
Toe
All-American
This is almost certainly the actual outcome of all of this, on our end anyway.
But the Cignetti news makes me hope it happens sooner rather than later. Something something if you want it you should put a ring on it, or however that goes...
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