» Current Husker coaches have been told to be available early in the week to meet with search-firm personnel.

» Discussions are continuing with former Husker All-America center Dave Rimington to become interim A.D. Sources with knowledge of the situation told The World-Herald that Rimington has interest as the interim, and perhaps in the future as a full-time member of NU athletics.

Quarterback pain

Injuries to key Big Ten position players are piling up. On Saturday, quarterbacks took the brunt of the blows.

Maryland saw its second starting quarterback in three games sidelined with what apparently was a serious leg injury.

True freshman Kasim Hill was carried off the field by trainers with his legs not supporting his weight after getting tackled on a scramble in the first quarter of the loss to Central Florida. Coach DJ Durkin declined to speculate on the severity of the injury until further medical tests were done.

In Maryland’s opener — an upset of Texas — then-No. 1 quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome was lost for the season with a torn ACL. If Hill also is out, that leaves sophomore Max Bortenschlager as the only healthy scholarship quarterback.