Matt Rhule seems to have broken his own rule regarding trendy dances at the hallowed grounds of Memorial Stadium.

The Nebraska football coach was spotted in a recent TikTok video posted by Husker volleyball’s Harper Murray, performing a viral dance inside of Memorial Stadium. Murray added in her caption that she thought the coach “didn’t like tik tok.”

Rhule had previously stated publicly on the Pat McAfee Show back on Feb. 27 that he had to institute a new rule at the Nebraska football facilities to limit the use of the app from his younger players. He was made aware of the use of the football complex for TikToks through his daughter and inpart due to Murray.

“I walked into the training table the other day and Harper Murray, our All-American volleyball player, was sitting there with my nine-year-old,” Rhule said on the Pat McAfee Show during the NFL Combine. “She said, ‘Coach Rhule, we’re going to do a TikTok.”

“Now, I’m anti-TikTok,” Rhule said. “I won’t let the kids have it. My nine-year-old is like ‘What are you going to say to Harper?’ I’m like, ‘Oh, have fun.”

Rhule then said he downloaded the popular app, only to find “people in the facility” on different videos across TikTok. Rhule stated he saw 35 of his football players using the app, while one player used the app inside of the facility. The coach defined that as a “hard no.”

The football coach then returned to his team and instructed the strength and conditioning staff to use the learning moment into a team workout.

“Our strength coach did a TikTok workout this morning with the freshman,” Rhule said to McAfee. “They were pushing players with their bios and all their cool stuff they to post on there. They were doing wall sits at the end, and every freshman had to get out and do a 10-second TikTok dance while the rest of the guys did the wall sit.”

Rhule called it a “welcome to old school” for the new players on the Nebraska football roster. Despite his stern message, Rhule elected to join Murray for the TikTok posted on Monday afternoon.

Murray is used to having featured guests in her TikTok’s including former volleyball coach John Cook, as well as other Husker volleyball teammates. Following her post, several social media profiles commented on the post ranging from Barstool Sports’ owner Dave Portnoy, 2027 quarterback recruit Trae Taylor, and other media members.

Despite the coach’s stance on using TikTok within the private Nebraska football complex, Rhule still seems capable of staying one step ahead of his team in viral content. The Huskers continue their spring practice sessions leading into their April 26 “Husker Games” in place of a traditional Red-White Spring Game to conclude the spring season.

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Nebraska and Arizona State are riding five-game losing streaks and haven’t played in three weeks.

March has been college basketball’s ultimate month for decades, but March Madness might gain another definition thanks to the inaugural College Basketball Crown tournament.

Take Monday’s first-round game between Nebraska (17-14) and Arizona State (13-19) at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It’s definitely postseason basketball, but it’s a clash of two teams riding five-game losing streaks that haven’t played in three weeks.

It’s also two programs in a state of flux due to injuries, transfers, coaching moves and more. It almost feels like the Cornhuskers and Sun Devils must fit this game into their busy schedules as if it were a dentist appointment instead of a trip to Sin City.

“Obviously a crazy time preparing and doing everything for the tournament,” Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg said. “At the same time, with the landscape of college basketball right now, we’re doing a lot of work as far as trying to figure out our roster for next season. And visits and Zooms and going out and seeing guys.”

Nebraska hasn’t played since March 9, when a loss in its Big Ten regular-season finale to Iowa kept the Cornhuskers out of the conference tournament. Since that time, top assistant coach Adam Howard has departed to join the staff of new North Carolina State coach Will Wade.

Nonetheless, it’s a chance for Nebraska’s seniors — including first-team all-Big Ten guard Brice Williams (20 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists per game) and forward Juwan Gary (14 points, 4.8 rebounds) — to write a different ending to their college careers.

One senior, 7-foot-1 center Braxton Meah, is a game-time decision due to a lingering back injury that kept him out of Nebraska’s past two games. And another, point guard Rollie Worster, has been shut down after fighting through a foot injury for the final three months of the season.

“He’s been playing with a plate in his shoe,” Hoiberg said. “He’s been really, really sore. It just got to the point to where it’s tough to put a lot of weight on it. The decision was made to put him in a boot.”

Meanwhile, Arizona State hasn’t played since March 11, when the Sun Devils dropped their Big 12 tournament opener to Kansas State.

Though the Sun Devils lost 11 of their final 12 games to clinch their fourth losing record in the past five seasons, head coach Bobby Hurley reportedly will return for an 11th season in Tempe, Ariz.

Arizona State will play without fourth-leading scorer Joson Sanon (11.9 points per game); the freshman guard — a Top 25 recruit in the 2024 class — already has announced a transfer to St. John’s.

On the flip side, the Sun Devils are adding wing Marcus Adams via the transfer portal, On3 reported Saturday. Adams rang up 16.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game for Cal State Northridge in 2024-25. Of course, Adams will not be eligible to play in the Crown, a 16-team tournament that runs through next Sunday.

The Sun Devils figure to have just seven scholarship players available Monday, but that includes all five starters. Senior guards BJ Freeman (13.7 points per game) and Alston Mason (13.5 points, 4 assists) and freshman big Jayden Quaintance (9.4 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.6 blocks) lead the way.

Whichever team snaps its five-game losing streak will advance to the quarterfinals Wednesday against the winner of Monday’s game between Georgetown (17-15) and Washington State (19-14).

–Field Level Media