MATT RHULE HUSKERS FOOTBALL $72 MILLION MAN, 72 MILLION OVER EIGHT YEARS. THAT’S THE TERMS RULES CONTRACT FIRST REPORTED BY IAN RAPOPORT EARLIER TODAY SO WHAT KIND OF GUY NEBRASKA FOOTBALL GETTING. LET’S BRING IN OUR BIG RED ZONE ANALYST, DAVID BENNING OF THE HUSKER RADIO NETWORK. YOU KNOW, HE’S NEVER HAD IT EASY. AND I KIND OF LIKE PEOPLE LIKE THAT THAT ARE JUST KIND UPHILL CLIMBERS BY NATURE. HE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A IN TERMS OF SWIMMING UPSTREAM GAME AND HE’S HAD SOME TOUGH SITUATIONS. AND SO I, I THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE AN ASSET. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME CRITICS. WELL, THEY’LL LOOK AT THE RECORD AND I’M JUST TELLING YOU, HAVEN’T BEEN CUT IN ENOUGH NFL LOCKER ROOMS AND HAVING HAD SUCCESS AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL. THAT’S TWO DIFFERENT WORLD. I THINK COLLEGE EXTENT ACCENTUATES WHAT HIS STRENGTHS ARE, AND THAT’S DEVELOPMENT. PLAYERS SEEM TO KIND OF ENJOY, AT LEAST AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL, RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM HIM. AND IF THAT CONTINUES TO BE THE CASE, I’M ALL IT. ALL RIGHT, THANKS. TV FROM THE TWITTER MACHINE MATT RHULE HIRED AT NEBRASKA. YOU GIVE IT A THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN. WELL, 76% OF THE 1000 VOTES GIVES IT A HIGHER A THUMBS UP, 24% SAY THUMBS DOWN. LUKE FICKELL, BIG SURPRISE. HIGHER AT WISCONSIN TODAY AND ADDS EVEN MORE INTRIGUE AND URGENCY TO THAT MATT RHULE DEAL AT NEBRASKA GONE JUST THE DAY BEFORE BUT IT EASY TO GET A FINISH AND GIVE CREDIT TREV ALBERTS THIS ACCORDING TO OUR OLD FRIEND MATT SCHICK OF ESPN. HE WASN’T GOING TO TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THIS WAS LIKE A MEL TUCKER, MICHIGAN STATE SITUATION WHERE THEY WENT TO HIM AND HE SAID NO AND THEY WENT BACK SOMEWHERE AND SAID, YOU NEED TO SAY YES. WE’RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER, GIVE THEM AN OFFER THEY CAN’T REFUSE. AND THAT’S WHAT TREVOR ALBERTS DID. TREVOR ALBERTS KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. THERE’S NO BETTER. I SAID THIS TIME. AND AGAIN, IN THIS DARK DAY, NEBRASKA FOOTBALL, THIS DARK ERA, THE DARKNESS THAT WE’VE SEEN IN THE LAST 50 YEARS, THERE’S NO ONE YOU’D WANT IN CHARGE MORE SO THAN TREV ALBERTS WHO CAN WIN OVER A ROOM, WIN OVER A COACHING RECRUIT, AND SELL NEBRASKA TO ANYBODY AND. HE WAS A GREAT SALESMAN IN THIS PROCESS. AND YEAH, HIS SUCCESS, HIS TENURE IS GOING TO BE DEFINED BY HOW GOOD THIS FOOTBALL PROGRAM DOES UNDER MATT RHULE AND BASED ON THE TRACK RECORD, MACK RULE, I THINK TREV ALBERTS SAW THAT SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I’LL HITCH MY WAGON TO THIS GUY AND TAKE MY CHANCES. AH, THANK YOU, MATT. MATT RULE OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED TOMORROW IN A NEWS CONFERENCE 130 AND LINK AND WE WILL CARRY LIVE ON KETV AND KETV ICON. BUT WHAT COMES AFTER THAT WITH WHAT’S NEXT? HERE’S OUR BIG ZONE INSIDER, SEAN CALLAHAN OF HUSKER DOT COM. WELL, MATT RULE WAS HIRED ON SATURDAY. NOW HE’S GOT A LONG LIST OF THINGS THAT NEED TO GET SORTED OUT HERE OVER THIS NEXT WEEK. NUMBER ONE, THE COACHING STAFF, PARTICULARLY MICKEY JOSEPH, WILL HE HAVE A FUTURE ON THIS STAFF MOVING FORWARD? I THINK HIS ASKED TO STAY IT WILL BE PRETTY HIGH. SO IT’S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE KIND OF WHERE THAT ALL GOES, THE NUMBER TO THE ROSTER, WHAT PLAYERS WANT TO GO PRO, WHAT PLAYERS WANT TO GO INTO THE TRANSFER PORTAL. YOU’VE GOT TO GET ALL THOSE THINGS SORTED OUT. THEN OBVIOUSLY NOT ONLY A COACHING STAFF BUT THE SUPPORT STAFF. WHAT HIRES WILL RULE PUT PLACE HERE THIS WEEK AND LINK IT WITH THE HUSKERS AND LINCOLN ARMSTRONG, CALLAHAN AND PLUS CAROLINA COME FOR KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN SPORTS. THANK YOU, SEAN. SEAN’S REPORTING TONIGHT THAT EVAN COOPER HAS ALREADY JOINED RHULE STAFF COOPER WAS THE CORNERBACKS COACH AND RECRUITING COORDINATOR FOR RULE IN THE PAST. TERENCE KNIGHTON AND CAMPBELL AL