Just when Nebraska appears to take a step towards leveling the financial playing field with the top teams in college football, those top teams take three more steps.
That's the indication head coach Matt Rhule gave on Thursday, while meeting with the media ahead of spring practices starting on Saturday. Rhule was asked directly if he felt like he had enough to do what he wanted in the transfer portal this cycle.
"I think we have had more than we ever have," Rhule began. "But as we've ascended, other people have certainly ascended, right?"
One step for Nebraska; three steps for the big boys.
"Sometimes people ask me, 'Why didn't we do this? Why did we do that?' And there's a finite amount of dollars that are available," Rhule continued.
Rhule acknowledged that his job is not to complain. Instead, he has to "figure it out with whatever we have."
"But there are $40-50 million rosters in 2026 in college football," Rhule said.
