Husker247 Podcast: New DC and a bunch of OVs

It’s a big recruiting edition of the Husker247 podcast as the first half of the episode features Mike Schaefer and Michael Bruntz, before 247Sports analyst Andrew Ivins joins to talk about Matt Rhule’s recruiting, new commit Brice Turner and several of Nebraska’s weekend visitors. Despite the heavy recruiting talk the podcast actually starts with Tony White as Nebraska’s next defensive coordinator. Bruntz and Schaefer run through his background, why the 3-3-5 intrigues them, which positions the Huskers have to emphasize and more on the coach. From there the discussion turns into rundown of the visit weekend and all the players the Huskers are expected to host. They finish things up discussing Nebraska’s new facilities and what those could mean for visitors this weekend.When Ivins joins the conversation shifts to what about Rhule makes recruiting analysts get excited and how the methodology has paid big dividends. Ivins then breaks down Nebraska’s new commit and walks through why several recent Rhule offers received high ratings or even ratings bumps. Finally Ivins discusses the possibility of the Huskers landing Cameron Lenhardt and how he could fit with the defense and a spirited discussion on how Jeff Sims’ potential makes him tantalizing, even if the track record is uneven.