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Matt Rhule recalls toughest environments he has coached in

FaceProfileby:Thomas Goldkamp•09/05/24
Matt Rhule Nebraska-UTEP
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As Nebraska gets ready to host Colorado, looking for its first win in the series in more than 5,000 days, everyone in Lincoln is a little on edge. At the very least, they’re ready to create one of the toughest environments in the sport this weekend.

There is no underselling what the game will mean for the program in the start of coach Matt Rhule‘s second season in charge. It can set the tone.

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For his part, Rhule was asked about the toughest environments he has played in ahead of Saturday’s showdown.

“I would say they were mainly road games,” Rhule said. “I’ve never coached in this environment before as a home environment. We didn’t have that at Temple. We had a great environment at Baylor but not this. And we didn’t have it at Carolina. First year was COVID, so it was just a different (thing). NFL stadiums, as I’ve said, are different.”

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Memorial Stadium figures to be rocking on Saturday night. With a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff time, people will have all day to get limber and ready to roll.

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Rhule recalled some of the previous toughest environments he has played in, hoping Memorial Stadium comes close or even exceeds them this weekend.

“I’d say when I was at Temple going to Penn State, I mean Penn State’s really, really loud,” Rhule said. “Steel stadium. Even the double-ear thing hasn’t worked. In the American, honestly going to UCF was like that because they’re another steel stadium that just reverberates. But I’d say the loudest place I’ve probably ever been probably would be Penn State.”

This weekend the curtain can fall on that for the second-year head coach, assuming the Nebraska faithful show up as anticipated to create one of the toughest environments around.

Nebraska and Colorado are set for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff time on Saturday, with a national broadcast slated for NBC and Peacock.