Matt Rhule professed his love for living and working in Nebraska and trying to return the Cornhuskers to the upper echelon of college football. That said, he did nothing Monday to shut down speculation that he could be up for the Penn State job, which opened with Sunday's firing of James Franklin. Rhule's name surfaced immediately as a front-runner because of his ties to Penn State. He was a walk-on linebacker at Penn State under Joe Paterno in the 1990s, met his wife at the school and is close friends with athletic director Pat Kraft.

Kraft hired Rhule in 2012 at Temple, where he coached for four seasons before leaving for Baylor. Rhule left Baylor after three years and was the Carolina Panthers' coach for two-plus seasons. He came to Nebraska in December 2022, hired by former athletic d

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