Nebraska football’s annual Spring Game

Of course, much of the attention will be focused on the quarterback, particularly the freshmen: Dylan Raiola and Daniel Kaelin. Rhule’s title for the game — “Red-White Shootout” — did nothing to damper the intrigue surrounding the QBs and offense in general.

Follow along with us below. The action begins at 11 a.m., and is televised on Big Ten Network. 

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1:08 p.m. That’ll do it. White team wins 25-21. Thanks for following along! Let the takes begin ….

12:59 p.m. Both teams just lined up and ran sprints — “gassers” — after Alvano’s field goal. Damon Benning says on the radio he thinks it’s a tribute to past teams, which traditionally ran sprints after scrimmages.

12:57 p.m. Tristan Alvano is on the board with a 40-yard field goal.

12:48 p.m. That’s the end of the three quarters. Now, we go to the fourth, where the 12-minute period will be played with no clock stoppages.

12:41 p.m. Dante Dowdell rips off a 49-yard touchdown run for his second score of the game. 

12:15 p.m. Alvano misses another kick — this time from 43 yards out — and we go to halftime with Red leading 21-14.

12:11 p.m. Tristan Alvano misses a 32-yard field goal wide left.

Noon: Dylan Raiola, deep in his own end zone, flips a perfect pass to Alex Bullock and gets the White team out to the 25.

11:58 a.m. “What is he doing?” Matt Rhule says in response to Jacory Barney’s curious decision to bring the ball out from deep into the end zone on a kickoff, getting to just the 5-yard line.

11:56 a.m. Thomas Fidone is looking awfully spry out there. He just caught a pass, broke a tackle and cut up the field for a 25-yard touchdown. Nice drive from QB Heinrich Haarberg there.

11:52 a.m. There have now been two Huskers carted off the field since Matt Rhule joined the Big Ten Network broadcast. This time it’s Blye Hill, who appeared to suffer a non-contact injury to his leg.

11:47 a.m. Attendance: 60,452.

11:45 a.m. Dante Dowdell punches in a short TD run for the White team, which capitalizes on Barney’s big kickoff return. Score is 14-14.

11:44 a.m. Demitrius Bell injured after a catch. He’s carted off with an apparent right knee injury.

11:40 a.m. Jacory Barney with an electric kickoff return, but gets tackled by the kicker. Barney, in a White jersey, perhaps thought the kicker, wearing grey, was on his team.

11:37 a.m. Matt Rhule is now on the Big Ten Network broadcast. Right on cue, Dylan Raiola hits Jaylen Lloyd for a deep touchdown pass. The speedy Lloyd beat his man and Raiola didn’t miss him.

11:35 a.m. Hello. Here’s Heinrich Haarberg throwing a deep touchdown pass to true freshman Jacory Barney. About 46 yards or so on the reception. Barney makes a nice catch at the pylon.

11:32 a.m. End of first quarter: Red 7, White 0.

11:31 a.m. Another interception. This time it’s Daniel Kaelin getting picked off by Mason Jones.

11:29 a.m. Interception. Raiola’s pass was behind Demitrius Bell, and the ball goes off Bell’s hands and into Ethan Nation’s hands.

11:28 a.m. Dylan Raiola has the White team on the move, hitting Alex Bullock for a big gain inside the Red 20.

11:20 a.m. Haarberg will be the QB for this drive for the Red team. He took for a long gain on a scramble, but the drive ultimately fizzled out.

11:18 a.m. Daniel Kaelin in at QB for the White, which goes three-and-out for the second straight possession.

11:14 a.m. Here we go. Dylan Raiola just dropped a 16-yard pass into Janiran Bonner’s hands for the game’s first touchdown. Flick of the wrist from the five-star QB, and Bonner made a nice catch.

11:11 a.m. Dylan Raiola just uncorked a 50-yard pass … it fell incomplete but Isaiah Neyor drew a pass interference call. That throw looked effortless.

11:08 a.m. Now it’s Dylan Raiola and the Red team taking over at their own 25. Raiola gets a long applause. He promptly finds Thomas Fidone on a short pass, and Fidone looks good as he turns upfield with a burst.

11:06 a.m. Heinrich Haarberg takes the first snap, finds Dante Dowdell on a screen pass to start the game. Vincent Shavers with a hard tackle. The freshman linebacker from Miami has been a popular name this spring.

11:05 a.m. We’re off and rolling. Red kicks off to White. There will be three 12-minute quarters, and the fourth will be running clock.

10:16 a.m.: Yes, the quarterbacks are here.

9:03 a.m. Nebraska Athletics reveals an apparel line aimed at supporting victims of the tornadoes that tore through the state Friday. Former Husker Will Compton of Barstool Sports also created T-shirts. Both apparel lines will direct proceeds to relief funds.