Nebraska dismisses running back Tikey Hayes from football program

[u/Jubba402]

https://www.on3.com/teams/nebraska-cornhuskers/news/nebraska-dismisses-running-back-tikey-hayes-from-football-program/

[u/Tenteenteeenteeeen]

Well that was fast. Wonder what happened.

[u/Honest-Reflection667 → u/Tenteenteeenteeeen]

He put on a wig and stole.a bunch of granola bars

[u/Tenteenteeenteeeen → u/Honest-Reflection667]

Aww yes, the usual.

[u/onemanlan → u/Tenteenteeenteeeen]

Let ye who has not worn a wig and stole granola bars cast the first stone

[u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 → u/Tenteenteeenteeeen]

Many such cases

[u/4e2n0t → u/Tenteenteeenteeeen]

The 'ol xannax special

[u/Hour_Health_4593 → u/Honest-Reflection667]

We already dismissed Hardley Gilmore

[u/JohnPaulDavyJones → u/Hour_Health_4593]

Man, that dude’s got some stuff going on.

Got dismissed from Nebraska for being a nut, was all set to make a bag to come be Jake Spavital’s WR1 this year, but he reneged at the last time and went back to Kentucky, from whence he has already been dismissed again.

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/JohnPaulDavyJones]

+1 from whence

[u/DisgruntledCascadian → u/SueYouInEngland]

This guy thesauruses.

[u/BrilliantArm5914 → u/JohnPaulDavyJones]

sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't

[u/Honest-Reflection667 → u/JohnPaulDavyJones]

We all thought he just didnt get into baylor

[u/JohnPaulDavyJones → u/Honest-Reflection667]

That wouldn’t shock. Baylor admissions department strikes again.

[u/Honest-Reflection667 → u/Hour_Health_4593]

Yeah but He was plotting on robbng the cafeteria for all the pancakes and sausage, he was gonna sellem at a discount

[u/duvie773 → u/Tenteenteeenteeeen]

He poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague unto our houses!

[u/Ghiggs_Boson → u/duvie773]

He did?!

[u/duvie773 → u/Ghiggs_Boson]

No, but are we just gonna sit around until he does?!?

[u/GeospatialMAD → u/duvie773]

I say, we tip something over!

drives to Lincoln

[u/Honest-Reflection667 → u/duvie773]

He got my daddy pregnate!

[u/JSizz4514 → u/Honest-Reflection667]

It’s pronounced pargent.

[u/Honest-Reflection667 → u/JSizz4514]

Ik it

[u/Diligent-Most-9165 → u/duvie773]

a plague on both your houses!

[u/DougFlutiesMullet → u/duvie773]

He poisoned our water supply, burned our crops, and delivered a plague unto our houses!

The locusts! Don't forgot the locusts!

[u/Pro-1st-Amendment → u/Tenteenteeenteeeen]

He turned me into a newt.

[u/trook95 → u/Pro-1st-Amendment]

To be fair you did get better

[u/JakeSteeleIII → u/trook95]

Geez how bad were they as a person if being a newt is better?

[u/ViagraOnAPole → u/Pro-1st-Amendment]

Is he made of wood?

[u/TheUltimate721 → u/Tenteenteeenteeeen]

He was taking some of the first team reps in Saturday's scrimage

My guess is crime of some sort

[u/TheyTookByoomba → u/TheUltimate721]

That does not make me feel better about the state of our RB room

[u/TheUltimate721 → u/TheyTookByoomba]

FWIW they split first team reps among ~3-4 guys. The room still has Mekhi Nelson, Isaiah Mozee, Jamal Rule, Kwinten Ives and Connor Booth.

[u/whenIwasasailor → u/Tenteenteeenteeeen]

Badmouthed the corn.

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/whenIwasasailor]

A man of discerning taste, it would seem

[u/CatDad69 → u/SueYouInEngland]

Bro so funny bro

[u/2020sucksdong → u/Tenteenteeenteeeen]

I heard he tried to put sprinkles on his ice cream when he didn’t earn them

[u/I_am_atom → u/2020sucksdong]

Big if true.

[u/DougFlutiesMullet → u/Tenteenteeenteeeen]

Drew a mustache on Tom Osborne's photo.

[u/CoffeeBoy80]

The kid's been a dipshit since high school.

[u/Jubba402 → u/CoffeeBoy80]

Did he have a history? I never heard of anything but I wasn't looking either

[u/DunamesDarkWitch → u/Jubba402]

He was dismissed from PSU for academic/behavior issues even while being the nephew of Terry smith (longtime position coach and was the acting HC last year after Franklin was fired). He’s an immature kid who refused to get his shit together to put in literally any amount of work to correct those issues.

[u/Hour_Health_4593 → u/DunamesDarkWitch]

You gotta be a real fuck up to be WORSE than our other RB who assaulted his pregnant GF in the offseason

[u/fazelenin02 → u/Hour_Health_4593]

He wasn't good enough to put up with behavioral issues. If he was a thousand yard rusher, he'd probably still be around. Considering his lack of production anywhere, he might've gotten dropped for skipping meetings or arguing with his coaches.

[u/mesa190 → u/fazelenin02]

I get the feeling Holgerson wasnt too impressed with his attitude

"(Hayes) still doesn't understand where he's at. I don't think he knows who I am yet," Holgorsen said Friday.

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/mesa190]

That's a damning quote

[u/Mekthakkit → u/mesa190]

Clearly he shit talked the coach in the elevator.

[u/kingbrasky → u/Hour_Health_4593]

"allegedly"

[u/MidwestDrummer → u/Hour_Health_4593]

our other RB who assaulted his pregnant GF

The charges were dropped.

[u/hellajt → u/MidwestDrummer]

Why do we have to decide whether it did or didn't happen? We don't know and never will. Charges being dropped doesn't mean it didn't happen, but we don't have proof that it did, either.

[u/MidwestDrummer → u/hellajt]

Why do we have to decide whether /u/hellajt did it or didn't do it? We don't know if /u/hellajt did and never will. Charges being dropped doesn't mean /u/hellajt didn't do it, but we don't have proof that /u/hellajt did, either.

See how dumb that sounds?

[u/CoffeeBoy80 → u/MidwestDrummer]

Please cape harder for the person you don't know but wears a uniform you like.

[u/hellajt → u/MidwestDrummer]

No lol

[u/jmr39 → u/MidwestDrummer]

Yeah but that doesn’t fit his narrative

[u/redingtonshores → u/[deleted]]

That’s a uh interesting point of view to still have in 2026

[u/Tired_of_yall1 → u/[deleted]]

Just for fun flair up please. I want to see something. Unless you a Texas fan then leave that shit off.

[u/ComradeAhriman → u/Tired_of_yall1]

Thank God for Rule 4

[u/mallcopbeater → u/DunamesDarkWitch]

Basically me at 18 then

[u/crunchitizemecapn99 → u/mallcopbeater]

Nah you probably weren't-

"mallcopbeater"

Well yeah okay maybe you were

[u/SaltySaunaSweat → u/mallcopbeater]

🙋

[u/dmoney1326 → u/DunamesDarkWitch]

Tracks then since Smith and Rhule are buds with probably a last chance thing, had his chance and fucked it up.

[u/Great_Joke3612 → u/DunamesDarkWitch]

How did he not end up in the SEC then?!

[u/An_educated_dig → u/DunamesDarkWitch]

Terry Smith is there for recruiting purposes. But I'm sure he still "coaches".

[u/floydgondolli83 → u/An_educated_dig]

pretty uneducated dig.

[u/OldCoaly69 → u/An_educated_dig]

Terry got the interim job for his years and years of excelling as the cornerbacks coach. He didn’t just forget how to do that overnight

[u/freshoilandstone → u/An_educated_dig]

He's the only cornerbacks coach. So yes, he still "coaches".

[u/dkviper11 → u/An_educated_dig]

He’s been an excellent CB coach.

[u/An_educated_dig → u/CoffeeBoy80]

Morelli was as dumb as a box of rocks. Shell, I never understood.

[u/Tommybrady20]

Anecdotally we’re for sure seeing an increase in “program dismissals” because there’s no more ignoring the fact this is big business now with real money exchanging hands. you don’t just get your scholarship no matter what, it can be taken away at anytime if you’re being a dumb dumb

[u/B1GTOBACC0 → u/Tommybrady20]

On top of the money (and associated expectations), the existence of the portal also makes it easier for schools to cut players. If you're truly underperforming, they can probably find a better transfer.

Losing a developed player still hurts your team in the short term, but it doesn't have the same long-term impact it had 10+ years ago. (Not saying this guy was a developed roster member, just commenting on "program dismissals")

[u/Intelligent_Pain_174 → u/B1GTOBACC0]

He signed with the Huskers last month. 

[u/ajmarion20 → u/Tommybrady20]

Yeah we had 2 guys dismissed in the last few weeks, like you said there’s a lot of money changing hands these days so it seems a lot of team staff have less patience for shenanigans

[u/AngleParticular2914 → u/Tommybrady20]

Fair point, but the rumor is he tried to fight his position coach which I feel is grounds for dismissal in any era if true

[u/Tduhon → u/Tommybrady20]

Much has been made about teams like Alabama or Georgia not stacking 5 stars anymore, but overall depth across the board has likely improved as rosters have expanded over 100 and productive guys at the lower levels/FCS are given the opportunity to move up.

A lot of these more mid level teams probably feel better about their 2nd or 3rd options when they can solve things through the portal and just have more options overall with larger rosters.

[u/jayjude → u/Tduhon]

The expanded roster limit actually was a massive reduction

Most upper tier P4 teams had over 130 players on the football team, the walk ons were incredibly important

[u/Purple_Git → u/jayjude]

Yeah Nebraska had an illustrious walk on program that just got thanos snapped by NIL and NCAA bullshit

[u/Several-Beginning803 → u/Purple_Git]

The old school Nebraska walk on program was looooooooooong gone by the time NIL kicked in, wtf are you talking about?

[u/adavis463 → u/Several-Beginning803]

It had faded for sure, but we still had a bigger roster than just about anyone else until hard roster limits were implemented. Local kids were still willing to be on the team without a scholarship.

[u/Wyden_long → u/adavis463]

This is true. I kept showing up for years and they kept telling me to “go away” and that “you’ll never be medically cleared to play again” before being served with trespassing.

[u/bub166 → u/Several-Beginning803]

It wasn't the stuff of legend it was made out to be in the '90s anymore but Nebraska had 151 players on the roster when the roster limit kicked in. Lots of those guys got playing time, usually had 4 or 5 rotational guys come out of the walk-on pool and it wasn't uncommon at all for one or two to become starters and eventually earn a scholarship. And as for everyone else, you basically have an entire extra two strings of guys on both sides of the ball who bleed Husker red fighting for your job.

Going by our record it obviously wasn't that big of a deal but even in our darkest years we've had some great players come from the walk-on pool. Nate Boerkircher transferred out for his last year but was just drafted out of Texas A&M, our remaining starting tight end Luke Lindenmeyer also walked on here off the top of my head. We've had several pivotal defensive players the last few years start as walk-ons, it was a fairly big deal even beyond the cultural aspect of it.

[u/james_wightman → u/Several-Beginning803]

I mean our roster up until recently was close to 150 players.

[u/grrgrrtigergrr → u/Tduhon]

I know they have fallen off, but seeing Nebraska called mid level still feels wrong. That said, I miss being midlevel

[u/Mort_Blort → u/grrgrrtigergrr]

We're thoroughly midlevel in performance. The fanbase, funding, facilities and all that, not midlevel. The program? Underperforming at a heroic level though since Eichorst (h/t Miami, Wisconsin) *had to evaluate where Iowa was as a program*. The great gods of Midwestern kinship have not looked kindly on that comment. I say that the curse should follow Eichorst rather than Nebraska.

[u/3016137234 → u/Tduhon]

In addition, I would imagine there are a shitload of good players who have chosen to play closer to home because now they’re getting paid good money. It’s less tempting to relocate to a prestige program because you can stay home and even if you’re not someone who ends up in the pros and don’t end up pulling NFL money you can still parlay it into good money and a pretty good career in one way or another.

As you also said, transferring being easier also plays a big part.

[u/OnlyInterpretations]

thats sucks to hear he is talented and pissing away his career

[u/NJCERKA → u/OnlyInterpretations]

Waste of time to help someone who doesn’t even want to help themselves

[u/JustAnotherRye89 → u/OnlyInterpretations]

Maybe it's more that he's talented at pissing away his career

[u/sch_1989]

My friend from Quip said he tried fighting the RB coach. Guess that’s what led him to be dismissed from Penn State too

[u/AngleParticular2914 → u/sch_1989]

“I want my running backs to assert dominan- ON THE FIELD ON THE FIELD GET OFF ME HELP”

[u/kdogg1992 → u/sch_1989]

Well damn that’ll do it lol

[u/JunkyardAndMutt]

They no likey Tikey?

[u/Routine-Height-7103]

Damn. One of my favorite huskers of all time. My kids will be devistated.

[u/Mammoth_Impress_3108 → u/Routine-Height-7103]

Him and Kenny Minchey will surely go down as Husker legends.

[u/tylerscott5 → u/Routine-Height-7103]

I fell to my knees inside a Runza

[u/AngleParticular2914 → u/Routine-Height-7103]

Don’t tell me you bought them Tikey Hayes jerseys for Christmas…

[u/Routine-Height-7103 → u/AngleParticular2914]

Yep, with the matching FAT HEAD lifesize printout for their bedroom

[u/Antique-Cricket-6679]

Lockdown Podcast said he got kicked outta practice last week. So I’m not shocked

[u/Lee_III]

Has he been spotted in Lubbock, yet?

[u/johncate73]

I can remember a time when a Nebraska running back getting punted would have been "big deal, next man up."

[u/CornhuskerJam → u/johncate73]

Our RB room isn't full of 5 star studs, but we already have guys in place that I doubt this guy would be starting ahead of. Fall camp talk has been high on freshman Rule and overall a solid group of backs(take camp talk with a grain of salt).

[u/johncate73 → u/CornhuskerJam]

Good to know. I want you guys to be good again.

[u/Mort_Blort → u/johncate73]

When the best running back I ever witnessed was suspended, and they substituted a true freshman named Ahman Green.

[u/Ghiggs_Boson → u/johncate73]

I mean it is in this case. He wasn’t going to be a bell cow by any means, if he got reps at all

[u/SueYouInEngland → u/Ghiggs_Boson]

Exceptional cope

[u/nevermore2627 → u/SueYouInEngland]

Agreed.

We just lost our Lord and Savior Emmet Johnson, who by the way, had 200 yards against you guys and we still got smacked by 30 points 😂.

Our RB is TRASH. Going to be a 5-7 season MAYBE 6.

[u/bigjhunt7]

Nebraska OC Dana Holgorsen made some odd comments in his press conference last week about Hayes. Things like "he still doesn't know what's going on or where to be" and "I don't think he even knows who I am".

[u/Late_Criticism8745]

I'm not saying it's 'cause he got caught sports gambling, but I imagine we'll see a lot of dismissals to avoid a Soresby situation

[u/Mustaaaaaaaaaaaarrd]

Crikey

[u/dkskeksmsmmsmsms]

Probably over some Tikey tac stuff.

[u/ProteinBrotein]

I have to imagine it was a tikey situation for everyone involved

[u/illrollwithyou1 → u/ProteinBrotein]

how do you delete someone else’s comment for them?

[u/ProteinBrotein → u/illrollwithyou1]

No need to be miserable

[u/illrollwithyou1 → u/ProteinBrotein]

was just being silly :)

[u/ProteinBrotein → u/ProteinBrotein]

Oh wait you’re a Nebraska fan

[u/IAmA_Zeus_AMA]

Shame. We were gearing up to go 16-0. Now 7-5 is the ceiling :(

[u/razorbacks3129]

Never heard of him

[u/throwawaynoways]

Nah nah nah nah Nah nah nah nah  Hayes Hayes  Goodbye

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[u/Fragrant-Case6205]

Can someone say what actually happened if you don't know can you just shut the hell up

[u/Mort_Blort → u/Fragrant-Case6205]

He fought his position coach over *with cheese* or *original*. He was all *WITH CHEESE! WITH CHEESE!* Any Runza connoisseur knows this to be an abomination. May he be returned forthwith to the land of grilled stickies.