There’s much excitement over what’s to come for the Nebraksa football program. There’s excitement around campus, and there’s plenty of excitement from national analysts. One analyst in particular who thinks the Huskers could make some noise is On3’s Ari Wasserman, who has cast Matt Rhule’s team as one that could send the Big Ten into serious disarray.
Wasserman, who hasn’t always been kind to the Cornhuskers this year, (calling Matt Rhule soft at one point), certainly thinks they can make some noise. He believes that NU will be one of the sleepers of the conference and could end up pulling off some pretty impressive upsets.
Ari Wasserman labels Nebraska and Dylan Raiola the Big Ten’s sleeper threat for 2025
Wasserman stated that Nebraska football has been in this situation before. Especially their quarterback, Dylan Raiola. “Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola was so hyped at this time last year,” Wasserman said. “There almost has been an overcorrection of how much we’re talking about him now.”
“He had a very productive true freshman season, and with the sophomore jump, Raiola still has a chance to be a star in this sport.”
The analyst then turned to the man he once called “soft.”
“Matt Rhule also has a long history of building programs and assembling functional rosters, which was something that was missing in Lincoln during the Scott Frost era. Though CFP contention probably seems premature in this spot, crazier things have happened, especially considering the Cornhuskers don’t have a big-time non-conference game to potentially bog down their record.”
This continues to be the kind of take that Nebraska football fans would love to hear.