“You look at our team this year and, both offensively and defensively, the red zone really hurt us in terms of what we’d like to get done. And so the ability to add different run game, especially quarterback run counter, is a great answer for that.” – Head Coach Matt Rhule
Very early in Friday’s press conference, Matt Rhule more than hinted there was an element to Geep Wade’s hiring which many probably didn’t consider beyond “please fix the pass blocking ASAP!” He mentioned how he liked Georgia Tech’s counter elements and specifically singled out Haynes King and the QB run element he added to the Yellow Jacket attack.
Later, I asked Rhule if it was fair to say the Huskers would be focusing on the QB recruitment of dual-threat high school recruits and portal entries. He said it was…sort of, with a slight caveat…