>> IT WAS A BIG, BIG WIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE HOME OPENER TONIGHT ON BIG RED WRAP-UP.

WE BREAK IT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT RECRUITING AND WELCOME A VERY SPECIAL GUEST, THREE TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION AND SUPER BOWL CHAMPION GRANT WISTROM.

ALL COMING UP NEXT ON BIG RED WRAP UP.

[BAND MUSIC] HI EVERYONE.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE AND WELCOME TO BIG RED WRAP-UP ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO TONIGHT, INCLUDING A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, THE VIEWER AS WELL.

YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK OR X OR OUR BIG RED WRAP-UP PAGE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL OR TEXT US AT NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

OUR PHONES ARE STANDING BY, READY TO TAKE YOUR CALLS.

AT THE END OF THE SHOW.

WE'LL ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS TIME PERMITS.

NOW TIME FOR OUR SIDELINE SURVEY.

LAST WEEK WE ASKED YOU, WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE BIG TEN?

OHIO STATE 58%, PENN STATE, WHO WILL WIN THE BIG TEN GOT 18%, OREGON AND USC AT 8%.

IN NEBRASKA AT 5%.

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION SHOULD THE HUSKERS BE AN AP TOP 25 TEAM?

EASY QUESTION.

YES OR NO?

88% SAY YES.

WE WILL TALK TO OUR FORMER HUSKERS RIGHT HERE.

JAY MOORE AND DAMON BENNING ANSWER THAT QUESTION FIRST.

SHOULD THEY BE RANKED IN THE TOP 25?

>> NOT YET.

I MEAN, THEY HAD A QUALITY WIN AGAINST CINCINNATI.

AKRON?

NOT SO MUCH.

TALK TO ME IN TALK TO ME A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW THEY'RE FOUR AND OH BEAT MICHIGAN.

ABSOLUTELY.

THEY WIN THIS WEEK.

THIS IS THEIR THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF HOUSTON CHRISTIAN RIGHT.

BUT EVEN AT 3-0 AFTER THAT I STILL FIND IT TOUGH TO PUT HIM IN THERE.

BUT YEAH ASK ME AND THEY TAKE CARE OF MICHIGAN.

ABSOLUTELY.

THEY BELONG IN THE TOP 25.

>> TOP FIVE.

>> I'M KIND OF IN AGREEMENT THERE I THINK.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE BACK HALF OF THE TOP 25 AND NO DISRESPECT TO THE AP POLL, BUT I'M SOMETIMES I'M NOT SURE HOW SERIOUS THEY TAKE IT.

AND IF THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUS, THEN I'M GOING TO LOG ON TO THE HOMER NETWORK.

BUT FOR THE SAKE OF OBJECTIVITY, I WILL.

I'LL WAIT TILL AFTER MICHIGAN.

>> YEAH, I'VE SEEN A FEW PEOPLE RANKING ALABAMA OVER FLORIDA STATE.

I THINK THEY PLAYED.

YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT GAME.

SO IT'S ONE THING TO NOBODY PLAYS A PERFECT GAME RIGHT.

BUT AFTER THE FIELD GOAL FOR THE MOST PART THE OFFENSE WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO PERFECT AND WITH BACKUPS IN.

>> YEAH THAT AND THEN WITH EMMETT FUMBLING RIGHT THERE AT THE AT THE ONE YARD LINE JUST HAVING THE BALL IN THE WRONG ON THE INSIDE HAND THERE.

YEAH THAT WAS THAT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU EXPECT.

YOU KNOW WE TOOK FOR GRANTED HOW NEBRASKA DID THAT TO OPPONENTS LIKE THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS.

OH YEAH.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, GOOD THINGS THAT COME OUT.

OBVIOUSLY YOU DEVELOP DEPTH.

YOU GET A LOT OF YOUNG PLAYERS ON THE FIELD, BUT ALSO TEST YOUR CHARACTER AND YOUR MENTALITY MATURITY.

BECAUSE WE ALL SAW THE CLIPS OF COACH RHULE AT HALFTIME GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE PLAYERS.

IT WAS 33 NOTHING.

BUT HE WASN'T HAPPY HOW AKRON WAS HANDLING IT.

AND HE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, SEND A MESSAGE.

HEY, LET'S CLOSE THIS THING OUT AND LET'S SEND THEM, YOU KNOW, NEVER WANTED TO COME BACK TO LINCOLN TO EVER PLAY AGAIN.

BUT YEAH, THE COME OUT IN THE SECOND HALF.

TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.

IT'S SO EASY NOWADAYS TO GET COMPLACENT AND THINK THE JOB'S DONE.

I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING I TOOK THAT NEBRASKA WASN'T COMPLACENT.

AND THE TWOS AND THREES THAT CAME IN AFTER THE ONES, THEY WEREN'T COMPLACENT AT ALL.

AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO GET THEIR OPPORTUNITY AND THEY TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS.

AND IT'S ANOTHER CHANCE TO NOT GET COMPLACENT AGAINST A SIMILAR OPPONENT AND HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS AND OBVIOUSLY GET READY FOR BIG TEN PLAY.

>> WHAT WAS THE YEAR THAT YOU PUT PACIFIC OUT OF BUSINESS WHEN THEY QUIT BEING A PROGRAM, WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE IN A GAME LIKE THAT?

BECAUSE YOU WERE IN SEVERAL OF THEM?

>> YEAH, WELL, I THINK SO.

WE ALL NEED TO KIND OF RECONDITION IF WE WANT NEBRASKA TO BE WHERE WE THINK THEY'RE CAPABLE OF BEING, AND THAT YOU DON'T DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ONES AND TWOS AND THREES.

IT'S JUST NEBRASKA.

RIGHT.

AND WHEN YOU GO INTO THE GAME YOU MAXIMIZE YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

BECAUSE AT SOME POINT, IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE LEGITIMATELY READY TO PLAY, YOU DON'T CONSIDER YOURSELF A ONE, A TWO OR A THREE.

YOU JUST GO OUT AND YOU PLAY TO THE STANDARD THAT'S BEEN SET FOR THE PROGRAM.

SO AT SOME POINT WE'LL STOP SAYING THAT.

COACH RHULE STOPS SAYING, HEY, THE REDS AND THE DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE TWO, YOU'LL JUST GO OUT AND PLAY NEBRASKA FOOTBALL.

SO WE'RE BACK.

WE'RE GETTING ACCLIMATED TO THAT.

AND WE TALKED OFF AIR JAY AND I, WHERE EVEN THIS WEEK WILL BE A LITMUS TEST.

AND IT'S NOT THE PHYSICALITY OR WHAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE IN TERMS OF SCHEME.

IT'S EMOTIONALLY ARE THEY MATURE ENOUGH TO STAY ON THE GAS?

NOT ONE WEEK, BUT TWO.

MAKE TWO WEEKS.

THREE MAKE THREE WEEKS, FOUR WHERE THE STANDARD TRULY BECOMES THE STANDARD AND IT'S A LIFESTYLE AND NOT JUST WORDS.

>> YEAH.

WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AFTER CINCINNATI GAME EXPLOSIVE PLAYS, THE BIG PLAYS, WHETHER IT'S TEN YARD RUSHING, 15 YARD RECEIVING, WE SAW A LOT OF THAT AND A LOT OF THAT WAS THAT OFFENSIVE LINE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

>> YEAH THEY DID.

THEY SUSTAINED THEIR BLOCKS.

THE PLAYOFF BREAKDOWN YOU KNOW EMMETT'S 47 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN ON THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE GAME A NICE SEAL.

HEINRICH KICKED HIM OUT.

GOTULLA SEALED DOWN ON THE END AND FINISHED ON HIM.

HE SAW HIM IN THE BACK END I MEAN HE KNOCKED HIM FIVE YARDS BACK IN THE BACKFIELD AND FINISHED ON HIM.

SO THERE'S A LOT.

>> OF WINNING OUT THERE ON THE PERIMETER.

>> SO IT WAS JUST A LOT OF THAT STUFF.

AND IT'S JUST THE LITTLE THINGS, RIGHT THAT YOU SEE THIS.

THEY'RE LIKE A GREAT SEAL IN THE KICK UP BY HEINRICH AND THEN THE FINISH BY EMMETT.

BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH RIGHT AT THIS LEVEL.

IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO FINISH THE PLAYOFF TO DO THE LITTLE NECESSARY THINGS TO WIN THAT PLAY, TO WIN THAT REP, TO WIN THAT ONE ON ONE BATTLE.

AND NEBRASKA JUST DID THAT MORE OFTEN IN THAT GAME AGAINST AKRON.

THEY WON THOSE ONE ON ONE BATTLES, AND THEY GOT THE BALL IN THE RIGHT INTO DYLAN'S HANDS.

AND HE GOT DISPERSED AMONGST HIS PLAYMAKERS AND GUYS MADE PLAYS.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT I MEAN, YOU KNOW AKRON ISN'T THE 85 BEARS DEFENSE.

WE ALL WE ALL REALIZE THAT.

BUT LISTEN IT'S GOOD REPS.

IT'S GOOD QUALITY ACTION.

IT'S CONFIDENCE BUILDING FOR EVERYBODY A LOT OF NEW FACES IN THERE.

AND YOU JUST STACK LIKE DAMON SAYS.

THIS IS YOU STACK THESE DAYS.

YOU STACK THESE REPS, YOU STACK THIS GAME.

NOW YOU TAKE IT INTO, YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK IT INTO MONDAY, TAKE IT INTO TUESDAY.

THEY'LL TAKE IT IN TOMORROW.

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU'RE PLAYING.

IT DOESN'T MATTER THE STANDARDS THE STANDARD.

RIGHT.

AND YOU APPROACH EVERY DAY THE SAME WAY.

AND NEBRASKA WILL MORE OF THESE OUTCOMES WILL START BECOMING THE NORM.

THEY'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT THOSE OUTCOMES WILL DEFINITELY BECOME MORE THE NORM.

>> YOU SEE, DYLAN, THEY ALWAYS SAY THE GAME SLOWING DOWN FOR YOU, BUT DO YOU SEE HIM BEING VERY COMFORTABLE IN HIS ROLE IN WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO?

>> YEAH, I THINK HE'S FANTASTIC.

AND LISTEN, I'M PROBABLY AS TOUGH ON DYLAN AS ANYBODY.

AND A LOT OF IT STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT I KNOW HIS DAD LIKES ME ENOUGH WHERE I WON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY FIGHT HIM, BUT.

>> YOU DON'T WANT DO THAT.

>> HIS.

WELL, I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES.

>> I KNOW YOU WOULD.

>> THE COMMAND THAT HE SHOWS OVER THIS OFFENSE AND HIS ABILITY TO RUN THE CHECK WITH ME'S, IT LETS ME KNOW THAT HE HAS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE KIND OF WE WERE SO FOCUSED ON THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN'T GET CHUNK PLAYS AGAINST CINCINNATI.

WE LOST FACT, WE LOST SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TEN DIFFERENT RECEIVERS IN A ONE SCORE GAME.

THAT LETS ME KNOW HE HAS COMPLETE COMMAND OF WHERE EVERYBODY IS IN THIS OFFENSE, AND HE DID IT AGAIN SATURDAY AGAINST AKRON, WHERE YOU SAW EVERY KIND OF THROW.

YOU SAW THE WHOLE THROWS FROM HASH TO SIDELINE.

YOU SAW HIM ON THE MOVE.

YOU SAW THE RUNNING FIRST DOWN.

HE'S GROWING AND EVOLVING IN THIS OFFENSE.

AND I THINK BETTER DAYS ARE AHEAD.

>> YEAH.

YOU SAW THE THROW ON THE RUN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN TO DANE KEY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JACORY BARNEY AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING FROM HIM IN THIS OFFENSE.

>> YEAH FIRST AND FOREMOST GLAD HE BOUNCED BACK HEALTHY AFTER THAT.

GETTING BACK.

>> HE'S PLAYING.

>> HE'S PLAYING HURT.

IT'S HARD FOR YOUNG GUYS.

TO PLAY HURT.

>> BUT SEEING YOU KNOW HIS EXPLOSIVENESS AND HIS ABILITY TO GET THE BALL IN SPACE UTILIZE IT.

YOU SEE HIM IN THE PUNT RETURN GAMES.

BUT JUST HAVING THAT WEAPON, I MEAN WHERE HE CAN SIT ON THE OUTSIDE, HE CAN MOVE INTO THE SLOT.

YOU GET HIM IN MOTION, YOU GET HIM ON THE JET SWEEPS, FLY MOTIONS, ALL THOSE THINGS.

HE'S A WEAPON.

AND NEBRASKA HAS WEAPONS.

NOW ON THE OUTSIDE, WHETHER IT'S HUNTER, BARNEY, DANE, KEY, QUINN CLARK.

RIGHT.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE DUDES BACK THERE WHO CAN ARE WHO CAN DO THINGS REALLY GOOD THINGS WITH THE FOOTBALL.

AND THAT'S.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'VE SEEN DYLAN BE ABLE TO FLOURISH LIKE HE HAS BECAUSE HE HAS CONFIDENCE IN THESE GUYS.

AND THE LINE'S GETTING BETTER AND HE'S GETTING MORE PROTECTION AND HE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT.

BUT YEAH, WITH BARNEY, YOU CAN SEE HIM RIGHT HERE.

IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A CATCH AND FINISH, MAN.

AND IT'S WE SAW IT LAST YEAR BUT NOW IT'S EVOLVING MAN.

ANOTHER YEAR IN THIS OFFENSE, ANOTHER YEAR WITH HOLGORSEN AND HOW HE CAN UTILIZE HIM IN THE OFFENSE.

IT'S JUST IT'S FUN TO WATCH AND IT'S FUN TO SEE THIS EVOLVE THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST HIM.

IT'S GOING TO BE A 5 OR 6 OTHER GUYS WHO CAN GET THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON SATURDAYS AND PERFORM WITH A REALLY, REALLY GOOD QUARTERBACK DISHING HIM THE BALL EVERY PLAY.

>> HE'S NOT GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT BONNER DID, BUT MOZEE IN THAT SLOT.

HE LOOKED GOOD AND HE'S HARD TO TACKLE.

HE'S VERY QUICK.

I LIKE HIM IN THAT SPOT.

>> YEAH, I DO, AND I THINK HE'S ULTRA COMPETITIVE AND I THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE WITH THE YOUNG GUYS, WHERE I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE STARK.

WHEN I SAY, HEY, LISTEN, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE REFERRED TO AS ONES, TWOS AND THREES.

WHEN YOU'RE THERE AND YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IT, YOU WANT OPPORTUNITY.

AND THOSE GUYS THINK THAT THEY'VE EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE WHATEVER THEY ARE IN THE PECKING ORDER.

THEY DON'T WANT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT THEY ARE.

AND MOZEE IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

HE HE'LL HE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH EMMETT AND THE CARRIES AND THE YARDS AND BARNEY AND THE PROWESS.

THOSE YOUNG GUYS COULDN'T CARE LESS.

THEY WANT THEIR OPPORTUNITY, AND THEY DON'T WANT THE DISCERNMENT BETWEEN THE TWO.

AND THAT'S HOW YOU WANT THOSE YOUNG GUYS THINKING, NO BETTER EXAMPLE THAN MOZEE.

>> REAL QUICK, BOTH OF YOU GUYS.

DO YOU THINK BY THE END OF THE SEASON, WE CAN SAY LEGITIMATELY THAT DYLAN'S A TOP THREE QUARTERBACK IN THE BIG TEN?

>> I THINK SO, I THINK, YEAH, I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE PENN STATE QUARTERBACK, YOU GOT ALLAR.

ALTMYER YOU PUT SAINT OR JULIAN SAYIN AT OHIO STATE.

>> EARLY FOR THAT.

>> BUT TOO EARLY.

BUT YEAH I THINK HE'S GOT TO BE HE'S DEFINITELY IN THE TOP FOUR I WOULD SAY I, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE IN SAYING.

>> THAT IN TERMS OF OVERALL TALENT.

HE'S A BIG TIME TALENT AND HE'LL SHOW YOU THE FULL ARSENAL.

AND I THINK WHAT THEY ASK HIM TO DO WITHIN THIS OFFENSE.

SO YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, MAIAYA AT SC THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROLIFIC AND THEY'RE BETTER THAN PEOPLE THINK.

YOU GOT SAND WHO'S TALENTED BUT A TON OF WEAPONS.

ALTMYER, ALLAR.

IT'S INTERESTING THE SECOND YEAR QUARTERBACKS IN THE SAME SYSTEM.

ARE UNDEFEATED WITHOUT ANY INTERCEPTIONS.

SO THAT'S REALLY THE STANDARD.

THE NEW GUYS ON THE BACK END YOU KNOW NINE AND FIVE.

FIRST YEAR GUYS SAW THE STATS COMING FROM SCOTT DOCHTERMAN WITH THE ATHLETIC.

AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

AND IT WAS TELLING WHERE DYLAN FITS IN IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS.

WE'LL SEE.

YOU NEED SOME BIG TIME WINS.

BUT IT'S FUNNY I SAID THIS LAST WEEK AND PEOPLE KIND OF LOOKED AT ME SIDEWAYS FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT NEBRASKA HAS AND THE YOUNG GUYS AT WIDE RECEIVER.

MY THING WAS, IF THEIR SUPERSTAR IS TRULY A SUPERSTAR, IF DYLAN IS DYLAN, HE'S THE KEY.

I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE RUN GAME.

I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE O-LINE.

IF HIS PROGRESSION IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE AS AN EVOLVING QUARTERBACK IN THIS LEAGUE, NEBRASKA WILL BE JUST FINE OFFENSIVELY.

>> GREAT QUARTERBACKS MAKE EVERYONE AROUND THEM BETTER, SO LET'S SWITCH OVER TO DEFENSE.

OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T GIVE UP ANY POINTS RIGHT?

RIGHT.

DIDN'T GIVE UP A LOT OF ANYTHING.

BUT WHAT DID YOU THINK OVERALL.

>> AGAIN MUCH IMPROVED ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE.

WE SAW SOME YOUNGER FACES GETTING PLAYED.

KADE PIETRZAK MAKING THAT PLAY.

YOU SEE A LOT MORE OF HIM WITHIN THIS DEFENSE.

THINGS LOOK CLEANER, NOT AS MUCH MOVEMENT UP FRONT, WHICH I LIKED.

I THINK THAT HURTS NEBRASKA AT TIMES.

THE MOVEMENT UP FRONT, IT JUST THEY'LL GET BETTER AT IT.

BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, IT JUST MADE THINGS CLEAN.

THERE'S ONLY ABOUT ONE PLAY I CAN THINK WHERE THEY HAD A BAD FIT.

IT WAS A RUN UP THE MIDDLE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT QUARTER IT WAS.

THEY WERE HEADING TOWARDS THE NORTH END ZONE.

IT WAS A BAD FIT, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THINGS LOOKED APPROPRIATE, RIGHT?

GUYS WERE FINISHING WELL, TACKLING WELL.

GUYS FIT WELL.

THE SECONDARY AGAIN WAS LIGHTS OUT AND OBVIOUSLY THE STRENGTH OF DEFENSE.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A NECESSARY STEP TO TAKE.

LISTEN, WE HAVEN'T HAD A SHUTOUT IN WHAT SINCE 2009.

SO THAT'S YOU GOT TO BE PROUD ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T CARE WHO THE OPPONENT IS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOWADAYS.

IT'S HARD TO SHUT ANYBODY OUT.

BUT I LIKE THE NECESSARY STEPS THE FRONT SEVEN TOOK FROM CINCINNATI TO AKRON.

I GOT TO DO IT AGAIN AND GET THEMSELVES READY FOR BIG TEN PLAY.

BUT IT'S IN A GOOD SPOT.

IT'S NOT PERFECT.

IT'S NOT GREAT BY ANY MEANS, BUT IT'S THEY GOT BETTER FROM WEEK ONE TO WEEK TWO, WHICH IS VERY ENCOURAGING.

>> CAN THEY GET PRESSURE IN BIG TEN PLAY WITHOUT PLUS PRESSURE?

CAN THEY DO IT WITHOUT BLITZING?

>> IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING, RIGHT?

WEEK ONE IT WAS CAN THEY STOP THE RUN NOW IT'S HEY WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE PASS RUSH.

AND NEBRASKA'S STILL BEEN EXTREMELY VANILLA DEFENSIVELY.

BUT ULTIMATELY I THINK THAT'S THE KEY.

AND WHEN WE TALK PLUS PRESSURES, IF THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY IN THE ODD FRONT IT'S PROBABLY PLUS TWO.

CAN THEY BRING FIVE AND WIN THE ONE ON ONES?

I THINK THEY'LL BE JUST FINE THERE.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND WHO THEY'RE PLAYING FROM A QUARTERBACK STANDPOINT OUTSIDE OF SC AND POTENTIALLY PENN STATE, WHO'S STILL GOING TO TRY TO LINE IT UP AND RUN IT AT YOU.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

I'M MORE INTERESTED IN TACKLES FOR LOSSES AND HAVOC PLAYS IN THE GROUND GAME BECAUSE SOMETIMES PRE-SNAP, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS DEFENSE AND OUR GUEST LATER ON CAN SPEAK TO THIS AS CAN JAY, YOU CAN AFFECT THE PASSING GAME AND PRESSURES BY PRE-SNAP LOOKS.

A LOT OF TIMES THAT IS DISRUPTIVE TO QUARTERBACKS BECAUSE YOU CAN GET THEM, AS SAM DARNOLD INFAMOUSLY SAID, TO SEE GHOSTS WITHOUT IT BEING THERE.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH THE GIVE AND TAKE IS WITH ACTUAL PRESSURES AND GETTING GUYS TO THE GROUND VERSUS CAN I AFFECT THE QUARTERBACK'S PSYCHE PRE-SNAP WITH WHAT I'M SHOWING HIM?

>> YEAH.

AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT SACKS WAY TOO MUCH IN MY OPINION.

IT'S AFFECTING THE QUARTERBACK IN ANY WAY.

>> YOU 100%.

>> GET HIM OFF HIS SPOT.

>> WELL THAT'S I MEAN MY JUNIOR YEAR WE LED THE COUNTRY IN SACKS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE, BUT WE WERE SEVEN AND FIVE REGULAR SEASON.

AND IT WASN'T LIKE WE WENT UNDEFEATED.

SO AND WE HAD WE GAVE UP SOME YARDS DEFENSIVELY, BUT WE BLITZED A LOT AND WE GOT HOME AND IT WAS FUN TO PLAY IN, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE WERE.

WE WERE A GREAT TEAM BY ANY MEANS.

>> NO, THE IMPORTANT NUMBER WAS 0-3 TURNOVERS.

>> CORRECT.

>> YOU FORCED TURNOVERS.

THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT.

>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.

BUT LIKE DB WAS SAYING PRE-SNAP SETTING UP PROTECTIONS.

YOU GET THE LINE TO SLIDE A CERTAIN WAY.

>> SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET THE BALL TO COME OUT QUICK JUST BY.

>> BY WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING.

>> ALL SUDDEN YOU GET A TIGHT END ON A DEFENSIVE END, OUTSIDE LINEBACKER, ON A RUNNING BACK.

YOU GOT TO WIN THOSE BATTLES 100% OF THE TIME.

SO IT'S JUST SETTING UP THOSE PRE-SNAP READS, WHICH I THINK THEY'LL GET INVOLVED IN.

BUT THERE'S A LOT LIKE DB.

IT'S BEEN VERY VANILLA, BUT IT'S FUN TO SEE THIS THING EVOLVE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T IT'S BEEN THERE'S THERE'S A LOT MORE COME WITH COACH BUTLER I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT.

>> TODAY'S POINT ONLY SIX SHUTOUTS IN ALL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND.

SIX IN ALL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

AND IT WAS A DOG'S.

IT WAS A DOG'S SCHEDULE.

AND YOU STILL ONLY HAD SIX SHUTOUTS.

I MEAN, YOU GOT TO GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE.

>> HOW GOOD IS THE SECONDARY?

HOW GOOD CAN THE SECONDARY BE?

>> I THINK THE SECONDARY IS OUTSTANDING AND IT STEMS FROM COMPETITION.

I MEAN DAY IN, DAY OUT, YOU'RE FIGHTING TO KEEP YOUR JOB AND YOU WANT THOSE GUYS TO HAVE A HEALTHY UNDERSTANDING OF CHECKING THE REAR VIEW MIRROR.

RIGHT.

WHO'S BEHIND ME?

HOW GOOD ARE THESE YOUNG PUPS?

THEY'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF TIME.

CAN I STILL CHEER FOR THEM?

ALL THAT STUFF MATTERS.

THESE GUYS CAN TELL YOU BECAUSE THAT DEFENSIVE END SPOT FOR A LONG TIME WAS, MAN, WE'D SHUTTLE IN 3 OR 4 GUYS.

THE RUNNING BACKS SPOT 3 OR 4 GUYS.

SO YOU KNOW YOU BETTER MAKE HAY WHEN YOU GET YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

BECAUSE IF YOU SIT OUT OR YOU GET CAUGHT WATCHING THE PAINT DRY, WALLY PIPP WILL HAVE CHANGED ADDRESSES AND HE'LL BE IN LINCOLN.

>> IT FEELS THAT SAME WAY AT LINEBACKER.

YOU SEE THE.

>> OH, IT'S HEAVY.

>> IT'S THAT'S A REAL COMPETITION.

>> SHAVERS, WATSON-TRENT.

YEAH.

>> HOW ABOUT MERRETT STARTING TO COME ALONG?

>> YEAH, IT'S THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S A GOOD THING.

I MEAN, I REMEMBER MY JUNIOR YEAR, BARRY TURNER CAME IN AS A TRUE FRESHMAN AND PLAYED.

THAT GOT MY ATTENTION REAL QUICK.

>> OH YEAH.

>> SURE.

IT'S LIKE THERE WAS YOU HAD TO YOU HAD TO BE PREPARED DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN PRACTICE AND THAT'S THAT'S A HEALTHY THING.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

COMPETITION IS THE MOST HEALTHIEST THING YOU CAN HAVE IN A GREAT PROGRAM.

YOU DON'T HAVE IT.

YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM OR A GOOD PROGRAM IN GENERAL.

SO YES, I LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S DEVELOPING THE DEPTH, RIGHT?

IT'S ANOTHER GREAT WEEK TO DEVELOP MORE DEPTH BECAUSE YOU CAN DO ONE THING IN PRACTICE.

RIGHT.

AND DO IT IN A SCRIMMAGE AGAINST YOUR TEAM, AGAINST NOBODY IN FRONT OF MEMORIAL STADIUM ON A TUESDAY AFTERNOON, BUT DOING IT IN FRONT OF 90,000 WHEN IT MATTERS, YOU'RE TIRED.

YOU GOT TO THINK THROUGH THINGS.

YOU GOT TO COMMUNICATE WHEN YOU'RE TIRED.

YEAH.

THAT'S BIG.

THOSE ARE TEACHABLE MOMENTS IN ON TAPE FOR THOSE COACHES TO HAVE THIS LAST SATURDAY, AN UPCOMING GUEST HOUSTON CHRISTIAN WELL THAT YOU JUST DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO EVER HAVE.

>> AND YOU WIN OVER THE TEAM THOUGH.

ZACH TAYLOR THAT SATURDAY YOU.

>> GUYS BEAT THE HECK OUT OF HIM.

>> HE WON OVER THE TEAM.

LET'S GET TO THE FULL HIGHLIGHTS.

BUCKLE UP.

BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM, IT WAS A SELLOUT FOR THE 404TH TIME IN THE HOME OPENER AGAINST THE AKRON ZIPS.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

COOL.

NOT A LOT OF WIND.

AND NEBRASKA CAME OUT WANTING TO SCORE AND SCORE EARLY.

NICE LOOK ACROSS THE MIDDLE HERE.

THIS WAS A HUGE DAY FOR LUKE LINDENMEYER AND WE'LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WELL.

BUT NOT JUST HIM.

HUGE DAY FOR EMMETT JOHNSON YOU TALK ABOUT THIS ONE LATER.

>> YEAH, IT WAS JUST A GREAT DOWN BLOCK BY GOTTULA AND THE KICKOUT BY HAARBERG.

JUST HE HAD TWO GUYS OUTSIDE THE GAP AND THAT WAS JUST A HUGE CREASE FOR HIM TO HIT.

>> BIG PUNT RETURN DAY FOR JACORY BARNEY.

HERE'S ONE OF THEM AS HE RETURNS IT FOR 23 YARDS TO GET THE DAY STARTED.

AND THEN DYLAN TAKEN TO THE AIR AGAIN.

LET'S JUST SAY KIND OF MAYBE HIS FAVORITE RECEIVER, NYZIAH HUNTER.

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MATCHUPS RIGHT.

KEY AFTER WEEK ONE GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION.

AND HE'S GOING THROUGH HIS PROGRESSIONS GETTING BACKSIDE.

AND THERE'S HUNTER.

>> TELL US TELL US ABOUT THE FIVE POINTS OF PRESSURE HERE.

>> YEAH WELL I LIKE THE THING.

>> ROLLED FORWARD.

AND HE'S JUST TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY I LIKE THE BALL IN THE OTHER ARM.

I WANT IT OUTSIDE NOT INSIDE.

AND IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS.

BUT THAT'S A HUSTLE TURNOVER.

YOU DON'T LOVE IT BUT YOU'LL LIVE WITH IT.

>> AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE PET SHOP BOYS.

>> YEAH.

THE YOUNG MAN.

JUST NOT YOU KNOW.

>> YEAH.

>> HE'S UNBLOCKED BUT NOT GETTING TOO EXCITED RIGHT.

MAKING THE PLAY BECAUSE.

BUT THE FULLBACK TRIES TO CUT HIM OFF BUT JUST COMPLETELY WHIFFS THEM.

AND IT'S A GOOD I MEAN THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES GUYS WILL MISS THAT PLAY BECAUSE.

>> IT'S INTERESTING RIGHT.

BECAUSE YOU SEE DOWN BLOCK.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU THINK HE'S GOING TO PROBABLY GET DOWN.

>> CORRECT.

>> HE GOT VERTICAL.

>> HE'S DOING WHAT HE WAS TOLD THAT HE WANTED.

BUTLER SAID RIGHT.

BE AGGRESSIVE.

ANOTHER NYZIAH HUNTER CATCH DOWN THE FIELD AS HE HAD A BIG DAY THAT WAS FOR 26 YARDS.

>> AND THEN ACROSS.

OVER HERE TO BARNEY AS HE COMES ACROSS THE FIELD.

THAT IS FOR 18 YARDS.

AND THEN SO TRIED TO GO WITH THE HEINIE PUSH AS THEY'RE CALLING IT.

>> SHOULD HAVE NEVER GOT TO THIS.

YOU KNOW THEY MISSED THE RUN EARLIER.

JUST CUT TO YOUR RIGHT.

AND THEN BARNEY'S GOT TO MAKE THAT PLAY ON THE SPEED OUT.

AND WE DON'T EVEN GET TO HAVING TO OVERTHINK THIS THING.

>> YEAH.

THAT WOULD THAT WAS THE FIRST INCOMPLETE OF THE GAME.

THAT THROW TO THE CORNER OF THE END ZONE THAT WENT OFF OF BARNEY'S HANDS.

HERE'S MORE BARNEY ANOTHER PUNT RETURN AS HE HAD A BIG DAY FOUR RETURNS FOR 87 YARDS.

JUST A HUGE DAY.

HE'S ACTUALLY GOT MORE RETURNS THAN THE PUNT GAME THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE BIG TEN.

AND A NICE RUN BY EMMETT JOHNSON.

>> THAT'S A NICE LITTLE WINGBACK PLAY THERE JUST AGAIN HAARBERG BRINGING ACROSS.

>> LOOK AT THIS WHOLE.

RUN THROUGH THAT DAMON.

GET THROUGH THAT DAMON.

>> DAMON EVANS.

EVANS JUST SEALING OFF HIS GUY I MEAN.

>> SHOOT I'M SCORING.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> I KNOW I'M SAYING I'M NOT GETTING CAUGHT.

>> I SEE THAT THING OPEN UP LIKE THAT.

I'M HITTING THE X BUTTON.

>> FAKE HIP AND ALL.

>> YEAH A LITTLE SWING PASS.

EMMETT JOHNSON PUTTING UP TOUCHDOWNS ALL DIFFERENT WAYS.

IT WAS A HUGE DAY FOR EMMETT JOHNSON.

OVERALL, I KIND OF FIGURED THAT HE WOULD BE OUR OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME AS A PREVIEW.

AND THEN QUINN CLARK'S PLAY, AND THEN AT THE END HE GIVES A SHOUT OUT TO HIS POPS.

>> YEAH.

I THIS WAS A THIS IS A TOUGH CALL I LAID OUT FOR CASEY SO HE COULD DO HIS THING AND JUST TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY AFFINITY FOR HIS DAD.

>> OH YEAH.

>> THERE'S ONLY TWO RUNNING BACKS THAT I HOLD IN THAT KIND OF REGARD, ROGER CRAIG AND KEN CLARK.

SO THAT ONE WAS SPECIAL.

>> THAT WAS.

AND IT WAS JUST AN EMOTIONAL.

EVERYBODY WENT AND GOT THE FOOTBALL AND MADE SURE THAT HE GOT IT BACK FROM THE REFEREE.

ANOTHER CATCH BY BARNEY TRIPS A LITTLE BIT BUT GETS THOSE YARDS.

AND THEN HERE IS DYLAN RAIOLA AGAIN GETTING OUT OF THE POCKET.

AND AS THAT GUY AGAIN HE HAD A ONE HANDED CATCH.

HE HAD A TOUCHDOWN.

AND HE PROPOSED TO HIS GIRLFRIEND ALL IN THE SAME DAY.

>> WHAT A DAY.

>>THAT'S A HECK OF A DAY.

>> YOU WANT A TESTAMENT TO DEVELOPMENT.

>> YEAH.

>> LOOK AT DOUBLE FOURS.

HE MUCH BETTER IN EVERY FACET OF THE GAME.

>> HE'S REPRESENTING THE 44 VERY NICELY AS WELL.

>> MAKE IT MAKE THAT 33.

NOTHING.

I'LL TELL YOU MAN.

LINDENMEYER IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS GOOD.

HE HAD TWO TOUCHDOWNS AGAINST WESTSIDE.

I REMEMBER THAT WELL.

THE LONGEST PUNT OF THE DAY GETS BACK.

MAYBE THE OUTKICK THE COVERAGE THERE.

AND BARNEY COMES DOWN AND GETS A 39 YARD RUN.

AND NOW HERE'S JACORY BARNEY THE FADE.

YOU MENTIONED EVERY THROW.

THERE'S YOUR FADE RIGHT THERE.

THE ONLY TIME THAT HAPPENED REALLY IN THE GAME.

AND THEN A NICE RUN BY EMMETT JOHNSON.

>> NICE CUT.

>> IT SEALS THE DEAL.

AND SPEAKING OF KICKING YOUR COVERAGE IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU AND YOUR MARRIAGE LIFE.

BUT AS WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THE HIGHLIGHTS, JUST THE COMPLETE PACKAGE FROM THE QUARTERBACK IN TERMS OF DELIVERY.

>> 14 RUSHES FOR 140 YARDS.

THAT WAS SWEET.

AND THEN AFTER YOU GET A NICE MOVE HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

BARNEY HAS THAT ABILITY WHEN HE'S IN OPEN FIELD TO KIND OF GIVE YOU IT'S NOT A DEAD LEG AS MUCH AS HE JUST GIVES YOU A LITTLE SHOULDERS AND HAS GUYS RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

>> YEAH, HE JUST KEEPS YOU ON YOUR HEELS.

HE'S SO SUDDEN.

>> THIS IS THE THROW OF THE DAY.

I MEAN, DANE KEY MAKES A GREAT CATCH BECAUSE BOTH FEET DOWN NFL CATCH AND THE THROW OF COURSE IN THE PERFECT SPOT.

AND IN COMES THE BACKUP.

WE'RE NOT CALLING HIM A SECOND TEAM.

HERE COMES T.J. LATEEF.

HE COMES IN THE GAME.

CONTINUE TO MAKE PLAYS AS WELL.

BIG PLAY HERE.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOZEE IS HARD TO TACKLE.

>> YEAH IT'S I'M TELLING YOU SPEND FIVE MINUTES RUNNING FIVE SECONDS.

HE'S SO COMPETITIVE.

JUST ONE MAN ISN'T GOING TO GET IT.

>> NOW CAN YOU RUN THROUGH THAT HOLE.

>> I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THERE.

>> THAT'S JUST 27 YARDS AND THAT WAS A HUGE HOLE.

THAT WAS A GOOD BLOCK BY CARTER COMING ACROSS FOR THAT ONE AS WELL.

THAT WAS 28 YARDS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

AND NOW AGAIN MOZEE.

>> WELL THIS.

IS MY GUY.

>> THIS IS NELSON I'M SORRY.

>> BUT LISTEN.

HOW ABOUT HIM.

HOW ABOUT TJ.

GIVE ME A LITTLE DREW BREES.

>> OH YEAH.

>> WITH THE TIMING ON THE SCREEN AND THE POISE RIGHT A LOT OF SCREEN GAME IS SET UP BY THE QUARTERBACK.

>> YEAH.

AND NELSON IT'S EVERYBODY.

IT'S THE OFFENSIVE LINE'S GOT TO DO THEIR JOB.

THE BACKS GOTTA DO THE JOB.

THE QUARTERBACK'S GOT TO BE PATIENT.

AS YOU MENTIONED MICHAEL JOHNSON WITH THE FUMBLE RECOVERED BY ANOTHER SON OF A FORMER PLAYER MAVERICK NOONAN GETS HIS RECOVERY RIGHT THERE.

OF COURSE, DANNY NOONAN'S KID.

AND THEN THIS ONE WAS MOZEE.

>> YES, THAT'S.

>> STILL BREAKING TACKLES.

>> HE'S JUST RELENTLESS.

I MEAN, REPRESENTING IN THAT TWO TWO OLD DOUG DUBOSE.

>> TJ HAD A CALL A RUN CALLED BACK EARLIER.

HE GETS THIS ONE GETS IN THE END ZONE.

HOLGORSEN DID SAY THAT.

MAYBE HE SHOULD WRAP UP A LITTLE BETTER BEFORE HE GETS IN THERE.

BUT HE GOT INTO THE END ZONE ON THAT ONE ZERO PUNTS, EVEN THOUGH HIS FAMILY CAME ALL THE WAY FROM AUSTRALIA TO SEE HIM.

AND THEN HERE'S THE ENGAGEMENT RIGHT HERE.

THAT ADDS TO A WONDERFUL DAY FOR LUKE LINDENMEYER.

AND CAITLIN, I BELIEVE IS HER NAME.

INSTEAD OF JUST CALLING HIM HER GIRLFRIEND, HIS GIRLFRIEND ALL.

>> THE TIME.

>> COACH RHULE APOLOGIZE.

HE CAN'T KNOW EVERYBODY.

>> NO.

NOT ME.

I CALLED HIM THE GIRLFRIEND.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I KNOW HER.

I HAD TO LOOK IT UP, SO I FOUND IT THERE.

>> SO DEFINITELY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

ACUALLY, IT WASN'T EMMETT JOHNSON.

MY FAULT.

FINAL STATS.

FIRST, TAKE A LOOK AT HIM.

NOT A LOT FOR THE ZIPS 62 YARDS PASSING.

NEBRASKA IS GIVING UP LESS THAN 80 YARDS PASSING IN A GAME, WHICH IS NUTS TO THINK ABOUT.

AND YOU SEE THE BIG NUMBERS FOR DYLAN AND THE OTHER QUARTERBACKS AS WELL.

HUGE DAY TIME POSSESSION EVERYTHING AND AVOIDING TURNOVERS.

SOMETHING THAT NEBRASKA IS DOING VERY WELL.

LET'S GO TO THE PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

JACORY BARNEY HAD A GREAT DAY.

OF COURSE WE MENTIONED HIS RECEPTIONS AND ALSO WHAT HE DID IN SPECIAL TEAMS.

HAD A GREAT DAY OVERALL AND A LOT OF GUYS TO PICK FROM ON DEFENSE.

BUT REX GUTHRIE, WHO HAD THREE TACKLES, ONE TACKLE FOR LOSS AND ONE PASS BREAKUP, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GONE WITH PET SHOP BOYS.

>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING WITH.

>> NO QUESTION.

>> ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT PFF GRADES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, LIKE PET SHOP.

I'D BE CURIOUS.

I WANT TO STICK AROUND.

GLAD I'M NOT LEAVING FOR INSIDE THE HUDDLE BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU GUYS HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO SEE BALL, GET BALL AND NOT TO PLAY THE DOWN BLOCK.

THE INSIDE THE HUDDLE IS GOING TO.

BE FANTASTIC.

>> YEAH, I'LL TAKE A PEEK AT IT.

BUT IT WASN'T QUITE A DOWN BLOCK.

HE JUST GOT UP SECOND LEVEL AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

>> BUT YOU ASKED FOR IT NOW TO BREAK DOWN A COUPLE.

OF THE BIG MOMENTS.

HERE'S JAY'S PLAYS FROM SATURDAY NIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELCOME TO TONIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TWO PLAYS OF THE NIGHT.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY THE FIRST TWO SCORING PLAYS ON THE NIGHT.

ONE DEFENSE ONE DEFENSE.

BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT THIS EMMETT JOHNSON TOUCHDOWN RUN.

NEBRASKA IS GOING TO RUN THIS.

THEY'RE GOING TO SEAL DOWN HERE AND HAVE A HEINRICH HAARBERG KICK OUT.

SO YOU CAN WATCH THIS A REALLY GOOD TIMING OF THE PLAY.

GUNNAR GOTTULA AT LEFT TACKLE DOES A GREAT JOB OF FINISHING THIS BLOCK.

THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE AN ALLEY.

YOU'LL SEE THIS RIGHT AS I GET RID OF ALL THIS.

WE RUN THIS.

YOU CAN SEE SEAL DOWN PUTS THE DEFENSIVE END IN CONFLICT.

THEY FIT.

THE TWO GUYS ARE OUTSIDE.

THEY'RE WIDE OPEN.

HOLE MAKES A SAFETY A TOUGH TO COME DOWN TO FILL IN THAT GAP.

SIX POINTS OF THE BIGGER YOU CAN SEE.

FREEZE IT RIGHT HERE GUYS.

IF YOU CAN.

RIGHT THERE.

BOOM.

LOOK AT THIS.

YOU GET THE SEAL DOWN THE KICK OUT HERE.

NOW YOU HAVE TWO GUYS IN THIS OUTSIDE GAP.

THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO FILL THIS.

THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH.

THEY PUT THE AKRON DEFENSE IN CONFLICT EMMETT DOES A GREAT JOB OF CUTTING IT UP.

GO AHEAD AND RUN IT.

BOOM.

SIX POINTS FOR THE BIG RED.

REALLY GREAT JOB WITH THE OFFENSE.

JUST GETTING BEING EXPLOSIVE FINISHING OFF PLAYS AND FINISHING OFF DRIVES AGAINST AKRON DEFENSE ALL NIGHT.

SO NEXT PLAY IS THE SAFETY BY PIETRZAK THE FRESHMAN UP FROM WEST FARGO NORTH DAKOTA.

ALL RIGHT.

SO HE IS RIGHT HERE I'M GONNA CIRCLE HIM.

THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY JUST KIND OF COME UP HERE.

BLOCK DOWN.

THEY LEAVE LENHART OPEN BACK UNBLOCKED AS WELL.

THEY'RE KIND OF THIS UNIQUE KIND OF TRIPS BACKFIELD ALMOST WISHBONE ESQUE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS REALLY KADE JUST COMES COMPLETELY UNBLOCKED, RIGHT?

THE FULLBACK WHIFFS ON THEM.

THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO.

JUST A GREAT PLAY INTRODUCTION TO THIS YOUNG MAN.

THAT'S A TRUE FRESHMAN PLAYING.

AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF KADE THIS SEASON.

LET'S KICK.

LET'S KICK BACK TO MIKE'L.

>> THANKS JAY.

NEXT UP TWO TIME ALL-AMERICAN GRANT WISTROM JOINS US TO CHAT ABOUT THIS YEAR'S HUSKERS.

AS ALWAYS THANKS TO HURRDAT SPORTS FOR THEY'RE STILL PHOTOGRAPHY.

>> THIS IS CRAZY.

>> WELCOME BACK.

THIS WEEK'S HUSKER HISTORY TAKES US BACK TO TOM OSBORNE'S 250TH WIN.

IT WAS NOVEMBER 1ST, 1997.

THE HUSKERS DOMINATED ON THE GROUND WITH 406 YARDS ON THE WAY TO A 69 TO 7 WIN OVER THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS.

AHMAN GREEN LED THE WAY WITH 105 YARDS, AND JOEL MAKOVICKA RAN FOR THREE SCORES AND 101 YARDS ON TEN CARRIES.

AND I'M ASSUMING OUR GUEST HAD A PRETTY GOOD DAY AS WELL.

I'M JUST ASSUMING THAT HE PROBABLY HAD A GOOD DAY AS WELL.

NOW FOR THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA.

IN THE TOM OSBORNE ERA, HOW MANY TIMES DID THE HUSKERS SCORE MORE THAN 68 POINTS?

AND FOR EXTRA CREDIT, THE BREAK IS A TIE BREAKER.

EXCUSE ME?

MANY POINTS.

HOW MANY POINTS WAS A TOUCHDOWN WORTH IN 1910 WHEN NEBRASKA BEAT HASKELL 119-0?

PUT YOUR ANSWER EITHER AT THE BIG RED WRAP-UP PAGE, FACEBOOK OR X, NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

YOU HAVE UNTIL 8:00 TONIGHT TO ANSWER.

IF YOU WIN, WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF OUR OWN SEAN CALLAHAN'S NEW BOOK ABOUT THE HUSKERS.

THE PROGRAM NEBRASKA CURATED HISTORY OF THE NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS.

THIS WEEK'S WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON NEXT WEEK'S SHOW, BUT THIS WEEK'S WINNER IS LAMONT EP OF SPRINGFIELD, WHO CORRECTLY ANSWERED LAST TIME BEFORE 2018.

THE GAME WAS CANCELED WAS 1943 AGAINST PITTSBURG DUE TO WORLD WAR TWO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.

TONIGHT'S GUEST GRANT WISTROM LOMBARDI WINNER, TWO TIME ALL-AMERICAN.

I JUST FOUND OUT.

TWO TIME ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN AS WELL.

NORMAL SIZED FEMURS AND HAS MADE FUN OF DAMON ALREADY FIVE TIMES ON THE SHOW SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE, SO I'M FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT.

WELCOME SUPER BOWL CHAMPION AS WELL.

>> I APPRECIATE MIKE.

>> THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT BEING BACK IN NEBRASKA.

THAT'S BEEN KIND OF COOL FOR YOU.

>> IT'S BEEN AWESOME.

YOU KNOW WE MADE THE TRIP BACK UP HERE AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

OUR DAUGHTER'S PLAYING SOCCER FOR THE UNIVERSITY.

SO I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED HER HAD SHE GONE ANYWHERE ELSE BUT CHANCE TO COME BACK TO LINCOLN FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.

WE JUMPED ON IT.

>> GRANT.

I WANT TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE OLD FACILITIES.

WHEN I GOT NEBRASKA IN 2002, THE PIT, RIGHT.

THOSE FACILITIES BACK IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STADIUM, THE D LINE HAD A NORTHWEST THE O LINE, YOU'D COME BACK, YOU'D MEET TOGETHER, GO THROUGH INDIVIDUAL GO THROUGH, RUN BLOCKING, ONE ON ONE PASS RUSH.

IT'S KIND OF WHERE A BOY BECAME A MAN RIGHT THERE AS PG AS YOU CAN KEEP IT FOR, FOR THE SHOW PURPOSES.

JUST TALK ABOUT THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU CAME IN AS A FRESHMAN AND JUST WITH JASON AND, AND ALL THE OTHER D-LINE THAT YOU JUST THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS GOT TO WORK AND REALLY BECAME ONE OF THE BEST D LINES IN THE NATION.

>> AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT'S ALL ABOUT COMPETITION.

AND SO AND THAT'S ALL IT WAS DOWN IN THE PIT WAS COMPETITION.

YOU KNOW.

AND SOMETIMES COMPETITION ESCALATED INTO A BARROOM FIGHT.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WAS AWESOME ABOUT THOSE TEAMS IS WE ALL LOVED EACH OTHER.

AND JUST LIKE YOU FIGHT WITH YOUR BROTHERS AT HOME WHEN YOU WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, IT'S DONE.

AND SO WHEN YOU GET BACK IN THE LOCKER ROOM, WE'RE ALL BROTHERS AGAIN, AND WE'RE READY TO GO OUT AND FIGHT THE OPPONENT NEXT SATURDAY.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU WENT FROM A BOY TO A MAN DOWN THERE FOR SURE.

AND A LOT OF FIGHTS, AND THE CAMERA CREW ALWAYS TOOK CARE OF US.

THEY THE FIGHTS WOULD START.

THEY'D SHUT THE CAMERA OFF.

COACH OSBORNE DIDN'T LIKE THAT TOO MUCH.

BUT YEAH, WE HAD SOME GOOD TIMES DOWN THERE.

>> TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS KEY AND THIS IS KIND OF SOMETHING THAT THIS TEAM IS LOOKING FOR.

WE HEARD THE FOOTAGE FROM COACH RHULE AND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TEAMS SHOULDN'T WANT TO SCHEDULE NEBRASKA AGAIN.

AND LIKE THE STANDARD IS THE STANDARD.

WHERE'D THAT COME FROM FOR YOU.

BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T WALK IN ON CAMPUS FROM WEBB CITY AND BE INDOCTRINATED INTO THAT.

LIKE WHAT WAS THE PROGRESSION LIKE FOR YOU?

>> YOU KNOW.

LUCKILY WE CAME IN, WE HAD AWESOME SENIOR LEADERS, YOU KNOW, COMING OFF OF A, YOU KNOW, A ORANGE BOWL LOSS TO FLORIDA STATE THE YEAR BEFORE.

AND IT WAS JUST AN ATTITUDE OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN.

AND THERE WAS JUST NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

SO WE HAD A GREAT GROUP OF LEADERS THAT SET THE TONE.

AND JUST IF THESE GUYS ARE DOING IT AND THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE 4 OR 5 YEARS, WHY AM I ANY BETTER?

I'M NOT BETTER THAN THAT.

IF I WANT TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE, THIS IS WHAT I GOT TO DO.

AND SO THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF MODELING THAT AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE, WHETHER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IN THE WEIGHT ROOM BEFORE PRACTICE, YOU KNOW, HITTING AN EXTRA SESSION AFTER PRACTICE, FIGHTING COMPETING EVERY SNAP AT PRACTICE.

THERE WERE JUST NO PLAYS OFF AT THAT POINT.

AND IT REALLY YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SAID A HUNDRED TIMES BUT OR MORE.

BUT YOU KNOW, GAMES SLOWED DOWN ON SATURDAYS, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT WE FACED EVERY DAY IN THE COMPETITION THAT WE HAD EVERY DAY ON THE PRACTICE FIELD.

YOU KNOW, SATURDAYS WERE USUALLY EASIER FOR US.

>> YEAH, IT'S STILL BLOCKING AND TACKLING, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THE GAME HAS CHANGED IN THOSE 20 OR 30 YEARS NOW, SINCE 95, CAN YOU KIND OF TALK ABOUT YOUR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GAME NOW, WHAT'S YOUR FEELING ABOUT IT, THE WAY IT'S BEING PLAYED, THE WAY THINGS ARE BEING HANDLED?

>> I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I'M AN OLD MAN NOW.

SO THE WAY WE DID IT WAS ALWAYS BETTER.

BUT I JUST LIKE THE YOU KNOW, THE FULL PADDED PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, GOING LIVE ALL THE TIME.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT MADE US GREAT.

THAT'S WHAT ALLOWED THE TO US TO DEVELOP THE DEPTH THAT WE DEVELOPED.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD FOUR FULL TEAM STATIONS GOING EVERY DAY AT PRACTICE.

SO YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SCORE WAS 66 TO NOTHING, YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF REPS EVERY DAY AT PRACTICE.

SO THERE WAS NO LETDOWN WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GOT TO STEP ON THE FIELD, YOU KNOW.

AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS.

THE BIGGEST CHANGES IN THE GAMES ARE JUST REMOVING SOME OF THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF IT, TRYING TO PROTECT GUYS A LITTLE BIT MORE, WHICH ISN'T A BAD THING, BUT STILL, FOOTBALL IS A VIOLENT GAME AND YOU HAVE TO GO OUT.

YOU CAN'T JUST THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FLIP A SWITCH ON SATURDAY AND BECOME A VIOLENT PERSON.

YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO BE TRAINED IN YOU AND THAT HAS TO BE INGRAINED IN YOU.

AND IT WAS EVERY DAY AT PRACTICE.

>> WHICH ONE DO YOU THINK WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER TO OVERCOME AND STILL BE GOOD?

THE LIMITED HOURS OF WEEK, THE 20 HOURS A WEEK, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD HAVE BEEN GOOD WITH THE ONLY THE 20 HOURS OR SOCIAL MEDIA AND LIKE WHICH ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER TO NAVIGATE BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO SAY IN REVISIONIST HISTORY, OH, WE WOULD HAVE DONE.

BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE HAD OUR OWN DIFFICULTIES.

>> YEAH.

AND, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF IT HAS ITS OWN SET OF PITFALLS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK I WOULD RATHER HAVE MORE PRACTICE AND STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY YOU CAN CONTROL IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, MY WIFE AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE VIDEOS WERE COMING OUT BEFORE CINCINNATI AND A LOT OF HYPE AROUND THE TEAM AND GUYS.

>> HE WAS NOT HAPPY.

>> WE HAD AN EVENT THE OTHER DAY AND I WENT OFF FOR A LITTLE BIT ON IT, BUT JUST SOME OF THE STUFF COMING OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM, IT'S LIKE, GUYS, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AND GO PLAY FOOTBALL.

AND MY WIFE SAID, YOU GUYS DIDN'T DO THAT.

AND I'M LIKE, NO, YOU KNOW.

>> FOR THE TEAM, RIGHT?

YOU GUYS DID THE SPEECHES FOR THE TEAM, BUT NOT FOR THE OUTSIDE.

>> THE ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO CONSUME.

AND I SAID IF YOU DID THAT, IF YOU GOT IN THE OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, IF IT WAS IN PRINT OR ON TV AND YOU DID THAT, YOU'D HAVE GOT LIT UP IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

THE COACHES WOULDN'T HAVE TOLERATED IT, THE PLAYERS WOULDN'T HAVE TOLERATED IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO REASON TO GIVE ANY TEAM ANY MORE INCENTIVE TO GO OUT AND FIGHT YOU ON SATURDAY, YOU KNOW?

BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT NOW.

AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T HEAR NEAR AS MUCH OF THAT BEFORE AKRON.

SO HOPEFULLY GUYS HAVE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW IT'S WALK YOU KNOW WALK SILENTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK.

YOU KNOW NOBODY CARES WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

THEY ONLY CARE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND DO.

>> RIGHT.

YOU'VE SEEN THE 335 NOW IN THE THIRD YEAR WITH NEBRASKA TONY WHITE BROUGHT IT IN.

JOHN BUTLER HAS KEPT IT HERE.

THESE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN GOT TO PLAY MULTIPLE POSITIONS.

YOU'RE NOT JUST PLAYING A 6I A 5 TECHNIQUE.

YOU'RE NOT PLAYING A THREE.

THOSE GUYS ARE PLAYING A THREE.

YOU'RE PLAYING OVER THE SHADE OVER THE CENTER.

THE GUYS ARE PLAYING A FIVE.

GOT TO PLAY A 4I.

HOW DIFFICULT DO YOU THINK THAT IS JUST TO GET THE CORRECT REPS TO PLAY THOSE BLOCKS, BUT ALSO THE DEFENSIVE END LIKE YOU'RE ON THE FIVE.

BUT I MEAN I KNOW SOMETIMES I CAME IN AND HAD TO PLAY THAT 4I OR THAT THREE TECHNIQUE.

THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALLGAME IN THERE.

JUST THAT THE MINDSET TO HAVE TO PLAY THOSE, THOSE DIFFERENT POSITIONS, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS TRYING TO DO TO YOU, BUT GET THE NECESSARY REPS TO BE REALLY GOOD AT IT.

>> YEAH.

AND I WAS FORTUNATE I NEVER HAD TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, MY ENTIRE CAREER, COLLEGE OR NFL.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST EITHER ON THE TIGHT END ON THE OUTSIDE SHOULDER TACKLE OR OUTSIDE THE TIGHT END BECAUSE EACH POSITION, EACH, YOU KNOW, YOU MOVE OVER SIX INCHES, IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TECHNIQUE.

>> DIFFERENT BALL GAME.

>> YEAH.

SO IT IS HARD.

IT WOULD BE TOUGH FOR THE GUYS TO GET THE REPS AT, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF REPS THAT'S NEEDED TO HONE IN YOUR TECHNIQUE AT EACH SPOT YOU GOT TO SHIFT OVER TO.

LIKE I SAID, I, I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

I PROBABLY WASN'T A GOOD ENOUGH ATHLETE TO DO THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST PUT ME ON THE EDGE AND LET ME GO, I'M PRETTY GOOD AT THAT.

BUT IF I GOT TO GO INSIDE RIGHT NOW, WHERE DO I GOT TO STEP HERE ON THIS PLAY?

IT TAKES A LOT OF THE AGGRESSIVENESS OUT OF YOU.

AND YOU KNOW, TO ME, FOOTBALL IS ALL ABOUT AGGRESSION AND IT'S CONTROLLED AGGRESSION.

AND IF YOU'RE OUT THERE THINKING, YOU'RE HESITATING, YOU'RE DEAD.

SO YOU KNOW GUYS NEED YOU KNOW, AS THE SEASON GOES ON, THEY'LL GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, THE NUANCES OF EACH SPOT.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BETTER PRODUCT EACH WEEK.

>> DO YOU THINK THERE'S ONE POSITION THAT THE DEFENSIVE I'VE TALKED WITH JASON ABOUT THIS A LOT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST DIFFICULT SPOT TO PLAY ON THE D LINE?

DO YOU THINK IT'S A SHADE?

A THREE.

OUR DISCUSSION WAS TO PLAY LIKE AN INSIDE FOUR TECHNIQUE, A 4I.

>> A 4I, I THINK A 4I EVERY NOW AND THEN WE GET IN SOME DEFENSES WHERE I HAD TO LINE UP IN A 4I.

YOU JUST HATE IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW BECAUSE YOU'RE USUALLY FACING A GUY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR ME WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES 100 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN ME ON THE OTHER SIDE.

AND JUST HE HAS THAT DOWN BLOCK ON YOU.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THINKING YOU WANT TO STEP UP WITH A STRONG INSIDE LEG TO FIGHT BACK THIS WAY.

WELL, THEN THAT GUARD COMES AND HITS YOU.

SO YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A REALLY TOUGH POSITION TO PLAY.

>> JAY HASN'T HAD TO DEAL WITH IT YET.

JUST LITTLE'S HE'S HAD TO DEAL WITH IT.

WHAT'S THE FEELING LIKE AS A PARENT WATCHING YOUR KID OUT THERE HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, PERFORM LIKE YOU DID BACK WHEN YOU.

>> WERE PLAYING?

>> YOU KNOW, I'M LOVING IT.

SHE'S HAVING A GREAT TIME.

YOU KNOW, COACH WALKER IS A GREAT MAN.

YOU KNOW, I PUT HIM UP THERE WITH COACH OSBORNE.

WHEN YOU SEND YOUR KID AWAY TO GO TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, YOU HOPE THAT HE HAS THEY OR SHE HE OR SHE HAS, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO LOOK OUT FOR THEM AND TAKE CARE OF THEM, HAVE THEIR BEST INTEREST AT HEART.

AND I TRULY BELIEVE COACH WALKER IS THAT PERSON.

SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S A THAT ALLEVIATES A LOT OF THAT.

BUT YOU KNOW I WANT TO ASK HER HOW EVERY PRACTICE WENT.

YOU KNOW HAD THE CONVERSATION.

AND SHE'S LIKE DAD NO YOU KNOW I'VE GOT THREE COACHES I DON'T NEED ONE MORE.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE I'M RELIVING A LOT OF THE SAME CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH MY DAD.

IT'S LIKE, DAD, I WANT TO HEAR IT TEN TIMES ON MONDAY.

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S TOUGH TO DO.

YOU CAN'T GO OUT THERE AND PLAY IT FOR THEM, BUT IT SURE BRINGS A LOT OF JOY WHEN YOU SEE YOUR KID OUT THERE EXCELLING AT SOMETHING THEY LOVE.

>> HOW DO YOU BALANCE?

I'VE GOT MY NOTEBOOK OUT.

LIKE HOW DO YOU BALANCE THE WHOLE NON-NEGOTIABLES?

THIS IS THE WAY I DID IT.

THIS IS THE WAY THAT WORKS VERSUS NOT WANTING TO GIVE IN.

BECAUSE 2025 IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, RIGHT?

WE MAKE ALL THESE GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT KIDS, BUT THEY'RE PARENTED BY SOMEBODY TOO, SO IT'S ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.

HOW DO YOU NEGOTIATE THAT SPACE?

>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST CERTAIN THINGS THAT LIKE YOU HIT ON ARE NON-NEGOTIABLES.

YOU'RE GOING TO COMPETE.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO BE A TEAM FIRST PLAYER.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE TOUGH.

YOU KNOW.

AND WITH THOSE THREE THINGS, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU CAN TAKE YOU CAN GO OUT AND YOU CAN BE A GREAT PLAYER AT ANY SPORT.

AND YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS SAID ABOUT CHARLIE, I'M LIKE, YOU'RE TOUGH, YOU'RE ATHLETIC AND YOU'RE COACHABLE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN BE THOSE THREE THINGS, YOU'RE GOING TO GO PLACES.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SPORTS THAT'S ANYWHERE.

YOU KNOW, IN BUSINESS, WHATEVER YOU DO, IF YOU'RE JUST IF YOU'RE TOUGH, YOU'RE WILLING TO LISTEN.

YOU PICK YOURSELF BACK UP OFF THE GROUND EACH TIME YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN AND YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO BETTER YOURSELF EVERY DAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

A LOT OF THE OTHER STUFF I HAVE MY OPINIONS ON, BUT SHE'S A LOT LIKE HER MOM, SO IT SOMETIMES FALLS ON DEAF EARS.

SO I PICK MY BATTLES.

>> YOU KNOW.

>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS TO SEE YOU GUYS JUST TALKING RIGHT ABOUT THE GAME AND EVERYTHING.

SO MICHIGAN WEEK 1995 REUNION IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THEN THERE'S THE FEELING BACK FROM 97, THE ARGUMENT ON WHO WAS THE TRUE NATIONAL CHAMPION.

WHAT'S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE FOR YOU GUYS WHEN YOU ALL GET TOGETHER IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE BEING BACK IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE, YOU STEP BACK IN TIME.

30 YEARS.

LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE 94 REUNION AT THE COLORADO GAME AND IT WAS LITERALLY LIKE JUST STEPPING RIGHT BACK INTO THE LOCKER ROOM.

EVERYBODY ASSUMED THE SAME ROLES, THE SAME JOKES WERE THERE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S AWESOME.

AND IT'S YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THOSE THINGS.

YOU KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO BE IN 30 YEARS.

BUT MAN, IT'S SO GREAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSITY BRINGS EVERYBODY BACK TOGETHER.

AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE GUYS STILL CARE SO MUCH ABOUT IT AND STILL SO MUCH A PART OF WHO THEY ARE THAT, YOU KNOW, I BET THERE WERE 80 TO 90% OF OUR TEAMMATES WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, GUYS COME FROM AUSTRALIA TO IT.

SO IT WAS AN AWESOME EVENT AND I DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE ANY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

>> IS THERE ANY ANIMOSITY YOU HAVE TOWARDS MICHIGAN?

>> I HATE MICHIGAN.

>> YES, YES.

>> STILL HATE MICHIGAN.

>> YOU GOT THE GREAT RECRUITING STORY.

>> I DID.

WELL, I DID HAVE A REALLY GOOD.

I HAD A GREAT TRIP TO MICHIGAN AND I LOVED IT.

AND IF I HADN'T PROMISED MY DAD I'D TAKE ALL MY TRIPS, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE COMMITTED ON THAT TRIP.

BUT JUST AFTER THE 97 SEASON AND ALL THE NOISE OUT OF THAT, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD WE STEPPED.

IT PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, PLAYING TENNESSEE OR FLORIDA REVISITED.

YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE JUST WORE THEM OUT.

>> COMPLETELY AGREE.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT AT ALL.

>> FOR SURE.

>> SO YOU GOT A PREDICTION FOR THE SEASON REST OF THE SEASON FOR US.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT.

YOU KNOW I'M STILL YOU KNOW 9-3 10-2 STILL PRETTY OPTIMISTIC.

YOU KNOW WE GOT SOME TOUGH GAMES AHEAD OF US.

BUT YOU KNOW IF THE GUYS JUST KEEP THE TRAJECTORY THAT THEY'RE ON AND DON'T LOOK PAST ANY GAME THIS SEASON, YOU KNOW THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TEAMS THAT CAN BEAT THEM OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW I THINK THAT THEY PLAYED GREAT AGAINST AKRON.

YOU KNOW KEPT THE FOOT ON THE GAS.

AND YOU KNOW AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOT TO HAPPEN AGAIN THIS WEEK.

YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY DON'T LOOK PAST HOUSTON CHRISTIAN BUT GO OUT THERE DOMINATE A GAME.

LET SOME YOUNG GUYS GET IN THE GAME AGAIN AND LET THEM GET SOME REPS AND SOME EXPERIENCE AND THEN REALLY FOCUS IN ON MICHIGAN.

>> GOT LIKE A MINUTE LEFT GOT ANY DAMON STORIES.

>> WELL, DAMON WAS MY NEIGHBOR FOR A WHILE, BUT I THINK WE'LL LEAVE THOSE.

WE WON'T PUT THAT UP FOR.

>> NOTHING FROM PRACTICE OR ANYTHING.

>> THANK YOU.

YEAH.

>> I GOT.

>> YOU I GOT YOU PG, PG STORIES.

>> TREV ALBERTS ALWAYS TELLS THE STORY, BUT HE DIDN'T RUN THE PLAY LIKE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO RUN THE PLAY.

>> HE'S GOT.

>> A LOT OF PRACTICE.

>> YEAH, YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, DAMON'S GOING TO DAMON, BUT.

>> YOU CAN'T SEE THE HAT BACK THERE.

YOU CAN'T.

>> SEE IT BEHIND HIS HEAD.

>> YEAH.

YOU WERE CLOSE TO (LAUGHING) >> GRANT WE APPRECIATE YOU.

>> YOU WERE CLOSE TO GETTING OUT OF HERE.

>> WELCOME BACK TO NEBRASKA.

WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN.

AND ON THE WAY TO BREAK A LOOK AT THE DRONE SHOW BROUGHT TO US BY HURRDAT SPORTS.

>> ALL RIGHT, TIME FOR TOP PLAYS.

WE START OFF WITH QUINN CLARKE'S 37 YARD CATCH AND RUN, MAKING A GUY MISS RIGHT HERE AND GETTING IN THE END ZONE AND PUTTING UP THE THREE TWO FOR HIS POPS.

NUMBER TWO KADE PIETRZAK GETTING IN THE BACKFIELD FOR THE SAFETY.

PRETTY MUCH EVERY PLAY HE WAS IN HE DID SOMETHING.

HE AFFECTED SOMEONE.

AND THE NUMBER ONE EMMETT JOHNSON'S 47 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN TO GLORY.

FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME TO MAKE IT 7-0.

WE'RE HERE INSIDE THE NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA STUDIO.

I AM MIKE'L SEVERE WITH SEAN CALLAHAN TO TALK SOME RECRUITING.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE GUYS THAT VISITED THIS PAST WEEKEND.

>> YEAH.

FIRST GAME FOR NEBRASKA TO HAVE VISITORS ON CAMPUS, REALLY?

SINCE JUNE, THE HUSKERS HAD SEVERAL TOP 2027 GUYS HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 2026, THEY'RE BASICALLY DONE.

BUT THEY HAD FIVE TOTAL TOP 100 PLAYERS IN THE CLASS OF 2027.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE GUYS THAT WERE HERE, TORY PITMAN OBVIOUSLY COMMITTED TO NEBRASKA, BUT YOU HAD MATTHEW GREGORY, A TOP FOUR STAR WIDE RECEIVER IN TOWN.

ALBERT SIMEN, ARGUABLY ONE OF THE TOP OFFENSIVE LINEMEN IN THE COUNTRY, A GUARD, AND THEN K.J.

GREEN, AN EDGE PLAYER OUT OF GEORGIA.

SO A VERY IMPRESSIVE GROUP ON OUR FIRST SLIDE HERE.

AND THEN YOU HAD TRAE TAYLOR, NEBRASKA QUARTERBACK RECRUIT HERE AS WELL LEADING THE WAY.

AND HE'S GOING TO BE A KEY COMPONENT TO THIS RECRUITING CLASS.

JACOB THOMAS, WHO'S CURRENTLY COMMITTED TO PITT.

THEN GRIFF GALLOWAY WAS A SURPRISE EDGE VISITOR FOR NEBRASKA.

THEN MATT ERICKSON WHO'S ON COMMIT WATCH.

I WOULD SAY I WOULD THINK FOR NEBRASKA.

MATT ERICKSON, >> AND THAT'S MIKE'S SON.

>> MIKE'S SON IS ON COMMIT WATCH HERE MOVING FORWARD AND I THINK COULD BE A HUSKER SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

>> AWESOME.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK ALL AROUND THE BIG TEN.

MICHIGAN LOST.

I WOULDN'T CALL IT A TOUGH ONE.

THEY LOST ONE TO OKLAHOMA WHERE THEY GOT TAKEN TO THE WOODSHED A LITTLE BIT OVER THE FIRST TWO WEEKS.

THE CONFERENCE IS 31-5.

AND NOW HAS SIX TEAMS RANKED IN THE TOP 25 AND THREE OF THE TOP FOUR OHIO STATE AND PENN STATE TOP OF THE RANKINGS AT ONE AND TWO.

OREGON'S MOVED UP TO NUMBER FOUR.

ILLINOIS JOINS THE TOP TEN AT NUMBER NINE, INDIANA IS 22ND AND MICHIGAN DROPS TO 23RD AFTER THE LOSS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SURVEYS THAT WE HAD FROM EARLIER.

QUICK QUESTION.

DO YOU THINK THE HUSKERS SHOULD BE RANKED IN THE AP TOP 25?

88% SAY NO.

>> THAT CHANGE.

>> THAT COMPLETELY FLIPPED.

>> IT WAS 88% WAS.

>> SEE, NEBRASKA WANTS YOU TO EARN IT.

NEBRASKA FANS WANT THEM TO EARN IT OR MAYBE THAT'S WHAT MAYBE THE IOWA PEOPLE ARE DOING IT.

NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

AND NOW LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS WEEK'S BIG READ REPORT.

>> YOU KNOW, HE JUST CHALLENGED US AND WE ANSWERED THE CALL.

AND I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE TYPES OF MOMENTS, IT'S IT BUILDS A LOT OF TEAM, YOU KNOW, CHARACTER.

AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE A COACH THAT CARES THAT MUCH WHEN YOU'RE UP 33-0 AT HALF, YOU GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL.

>> THE RHYTHM WAS THERE.

WE JUST DIDN'T FINISH THOSE DRIVES.

THE FOURTH DRIVE WAS IRRITATING.

THAT'S WHEN WE STALLED.

OKAY?

THAT'S WHEN WE STALLED.

AND JACORY HAD THE PUNT RETURN TO THE 20.

THAT'S LIKE A SUDDEN CHANGE.

I MEAN, WE SHOULD TREAT THAT LIKE A SUDDEN CHANGE.

YOU KNOW, GO OUT THERE WITH URGENCY AND EXECUTE.

AND THEN WE JUST WENT OUT THERE IN THREE PLAYS IN A ROW.

WE DIDN'T EXECUTE.

THAT WAS IRRITATING.

>> YEAH.

HE'S INCREDIBLE I MEAN THAT'S THE GUY THAT KNOWS BALL AND HE TRUSTS US TOO.

I MEAN LIKE IF WE SEE SOMETHING HE'S WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THE PROTECTION, YOU KNOW, HEAR WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU TRUST OUR EYES, MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE EYES.

BUT HE CAN SEE DEEP DOWN THE FIELD.

AND I MEAN, HE CAN MAKE CRAZY THROWS.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S AWESOME TO SEE.

>> HE HAS AN EXTREME KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME AND JUST SEES I MEAN EVERYTHING FROM THE QUARTERBACK POSITION.

HE REALLY CAN HELP US OUT.

YOU KNOW MAKING PROTECTION CALLS FOR US.

MAYBE WE CAN'T SEE IT.

>> SO HE'S GOING TO GO UP AND WAIT AND CHALLENGE HIMSELF AND WAIT AND BE THE UNDERDOG FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

BUT HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THAT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY.

HE'S A COMPETITOR AND HE'S GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND HE EXPECTS TO WIN.

AND SO YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE A MESSAGE FOR OUR GUYS.

LIKE LOOK LIKE YOU.

YEAH.

ONE THING I KEEP TELLING THEM IS LIKE IF THE PRESSURE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THE PRESSURE TO PERFORM FEELS LIKE TOO MUCH RIGHT NOW.

WAIT.

JUST WAIT.

LIKE THERE'S THE PRESSURE DOESN'T GO AWAY.

LIKE IT DOESN'T GO AWAY.

AND IT MAKES YOU EITHER FIGHT OR FLIGHT.

>> I KNOW EVERYBODY LIKES TO WATCH THE BALL, BUT JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND WATCH ROCCO SPINDLER AS HE PLAYS AND WATCH ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE PLAY.

AND SOMETIME A LITTLE AFTER THE PLAY.

I LIKE THAT IT'S A LITTLE NASTY.

HOUSTON CHRISTIAN I KNOW THERE'S NOT A LOT TO GET INTO, BUT THEIR DEFENSE IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE FCS.

THEY'VE ONLY GIVEN UP ONE THIRD DOWN CONVERSION ALL SEASON.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

HOW THEY CHALLENGE NEBRASKA?

>> WELL, I THINK THERE COULD BE A UNIQUE.

AND THIS IS THIS.

YOU KNOW THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE HERE.

I MEAN I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO THROW EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK AT NEBRASKA IN THIS OFFENSE AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO.

BUT LET'S BE HONEST, NEBRASKA IS MORE TALENTED AND HAS MORE WEAPONS, BUT NEBRASKA HAS TO COME OUT WITH THE RIGHT MENTALITY TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.

AND THAT STARTS THAT STARTED YESTERDAY, TODAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

THE RIGHT MENTALITY TO PREPARE BECAUSE IT IS YOU CAN OVERLOOK THIS GAME AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, SET YOUR SIGHTS A COUPLE WEEKS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MICHIGAN COMES TO TOWN.

THIS GAME WILL SPEAK A LOT TO NEBRASKA'S MATURITY IN THEIR MINDSET COME THIS WEEK.

BUT I TELL YOU WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET A TOUGH TASK.

TOUGH, TOUGH TEST AGAINST HOUSTON FROM HOUSTON CHRISTIAN.

BUT THE BUSINESS IS DONE.

YOU SHOULD SEE YOU KNOW THE BACKUPS I KNOW DB DOESN'T LIKE CALLING THE BACKUPS THE TWOS AND THREES.

BUT THOSE GUYS SHOULD PLAY THE WHOLE SECOND HALF.

IF THE THINGS ARE THE NECESSARY THINGS ARE DONE IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> DB I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, BUT A LOT OF TALK WITH FANS ABOUT MAYBE HAVING AN ATHLETIC RUNNING BACKUP QUARTERBACK, MAYBE PLAYING HIM A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S LIKE PULLING DYLAN OFF THE FIELD AND HAVING A WILDCAT KIND OF THING.

>> YEAH.

NOT HAPPENING.

>> YOU'RE NOT TAKING YOUR FIVE STAR OFF THE FIELD.

>> HE'S THEIR BEST PLAYER ON OFFENSE.

AND I DON'T THINK YOU I DON'T THINK YOU SITUATIONAL.

>> NO.

>> DO THAT WITH HIM.

AND I THINK TO JAY'S POINT YOU KNOW FORTUNATELY UNFORTUNATELY I WAS PART OF A TEAM THAT WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THAT SHOT AT THE HALF TO WHAT I WOULD CALL AN INFERIOR OPPONENT IN WYOMING.

>> YEAH.

>> WHERE WE'RE LOSING AT THE HALF.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAUTION FOLKS WHERE WHEN YOU HAVEN'T ARRIVED YET, EVERYBODY, IT DESERVES YOUR RESPECT.

AND I LIKE HOUSTON CHRISTIAN DEFENSIVELY.

THEY'RE BIG UP FRONT AND I'M NOT BLOWING SMOKE.

THEY GOT SOME GOOD SAFETIES THAT WILL RUN THE ALLEY.

THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE NEBRASKA ALL THEY WANT DEFENSIVELY FROM A CONCEPT STANDPOINT.

SO I DON'T EXPECT NEBRASKA TO SCORE NEAR AS MANY POINTS AS THEY DID AGAINST AKRON.

AND I THINK THEY BETTER SHOW SOME EMOTIONAL MATURITY IN.

THIS ONE.

>> NUMBER SEVEN.

NUMBER EIGHT.

NUMBER 15.

THAT SECONDARY.

THEY CAN ALL RUN AND HIT.

THEY'RE GOOD PLAYERS.

SEAN I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.

RICK CALLED IN AND ASKED THIS, IS THERE A WAY TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE OUT BIG TEN SCHEDULING?

I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT NEBRASKA BEING PUT IN THAT TOUGH SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO MARYLAND AND SHORT WEEK.

YOU HAVE OTHER TEAMS THAT DON'T PLAY ANYBODY OFF A BYE WEEK.

NEBRASKA PLAYS LIKE THREE TEAMS OFF A BYE WEEK.

IS THERE ANYTHING THEY CAN DO WITH SCHEDULE?

>> SO I'LL SAY THIS.

THEY THEY DO A GOOD JOB WITH THE OPPONENTS.

I THINK THEY'VE GOTTEN THAT FIGURED OUT.

OTHER THAN IOWA IS THE ONLY TEAM THAT GETS THREE GUARANTEED LOCKED IN GAMES.

NO ONE ELSE HAS THAT.

>> AND THEY REQUESTED THAT.

>> AND THEY GOT THAT REQUEST.

PENN STATE HAS NONE.

NEBRASKA GETS ONE.

I MEAN, BUT THE SCHEDULE ITSELF IS SLOTTED BY THE TV FOLKS.

AND I THINK THE REAL UPSET WAS MINNESOTA NEBRASKA GOT TAKEN FOR FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, COULD IT COULD IT HAVE BEEN FLIPPED THE OTHER WAY AROUND WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE MARYLAND GAME COULD HAVE BEEN THE FRIDAY GAME, BUT I THINK THAT THE TV NETWORKS ARE PAYING NEBRASKA THIS YEAR $83 MILLION DOLLARS AND SO AT THAT POINT, IF THEY'RE TELLING YOU YOU'RE PLAYING A GAME ON THE MOON, YOU'RE FIGURING IT OUT AT THAT POINT.

YES.

THE TV NETWORKS REALLY PUZZLE THAT TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THERE'S 3 TO 4 GOOD GAMES EVERY WEEK TO SLOT ON THOSE THREE MAJOR NETWORKS.

>> DB JESUS FROM KEARNEY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE RUNNING BACK ROOM AND SEPARATION BETWEEN IVES AND MOZEE AND NELSON.

AND HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT?

>> YEAH, I'M ONE OF THOSE GUYS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I KNOW TOO MUCH.

MAYBE I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH.

BUT EITHER WAY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SEPARATION FROM AN ABILITY STANDPOINT.

I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TOP END TALENT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INTERCHANGEABLE NOW WITH EXPANDED ROLES, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT DYNAMICS IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITY, BUT FROM JUST NATURAL RUNNING AND CATCHING THE BALL, THEY'RE ALL PRETTY CLOSE.

CLEARLY, EMMETT HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE THE MAN I THINK HE KNOWS THE MOST.

HE'S THE MOST DEPENDABLE, BUT FROM A TALENT STANDPOINT, THEY'RE RIDICULOUSLY CLOSE.

>> TIM ON FACEBOOK HAS A QUESTION ABOUT BRINGING THE NASTY BACK.

HE LOVED HAVING GRANT ON THE SET.

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE THAT EDGE, ESPECIALLY ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE?

>> THAT'S EVERYTHING.

THAT'S THE GAME.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME WITH A CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER WITH EDGE.

THIS ISN'T FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, MAN.

THIS IS YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING INSIDE OF YOU.

ONCE YOU CROSS THOSE SIDELINES, YOU CAN BE A GOOD DUDE OFF THE FIELD AND BE A GENTLEMAN.

YOU KNOW, A GOOD STUDENT ATHLETE.

BUT ONCE YOU HAVE TO YOU GOT TO ALMOST.

IT'S LIKE A YOU GOT TO BECOME BIPOLAR IN A WAY.

WHEN YOU STEP BETWEEN THE LINES, YOU GOT TO TURN INTO A DIFFERENT HUMAN BEING.

THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT.

AND THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY BORNE WITH YOU GOT TO INGRAIN THAT AND YOU GOT TO WORK ON IT, BECAUSE SOME DAYS YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

TRUST ME, THERE'S SOME DAYS, SOME DAYS YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BE THAT GUY BECAUSE YOU'RE TIRED.

YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LOT.

YOU'VE YOU'RE SORE.

A LOT OF EXCUSES YOU CAN MAKE.

BUT YOU GOT TO DIG DEEP AND YOU GOT TO DEVELOP.

YOU GOT TO WORK ON IT EVERY DAY BECAUSE IT'S LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES IT'S EASY.

YOU WANT TO SHUT THAT DOWN.

>> WE JUST TALKED TO A PRETTY SMART GUY, TWO TIME ALL CONFERENCE ACADEMIC SELECTION.

>> YEAH.

>> WAS ABOUT AS NASTY AS THEY GET.

SO YOU CAN YOU CAN PLAY IN BOTH WORLDS.

>> YEAH, I THINK HE WAS AN OVERALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN, NOT JUST IN THE CONFERENCE.

I'M NOT SURE.

>> I DON'T WANNA SAY.

>> I GOTTA CHECK ON THAT ONE.

>> 34 ON THE ACT OR ANYTHING.

>> DYLAN.

THE QUESTION FROM DYLAN ON FACEBOOK, SEAN, WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE ON SATURDAY BECAUSE YOU'RE PLAYING ANOTHER INFERIOR OPPONENT BASED ON, YOU KNOW?

>> WELL, I GO BACK TO LAST YEAR, THE NORTHERN IOWA GAME WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG BLOWOUT, AND IT WAS 38-3, AND IT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A GREAT FEEL TO IT.

YOU DON'T WANT THAT.

OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO COME OUT AND EXECUTE AT THE LEVEL WE SAW LAST SATURDAY AND WALK AWAY KNOWING THAT YOU TOOK A STEP FORWARD.

YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE KIND OF LIKE, YEAH, WE WON.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE LEFT OUT THERE, AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE MATT RHULE 11 A.M. GAME AS WELL, THE CHALLENGE OF JUST GETTING EVERYBODY UP AND READY TO ROLL AFTER YOU'VE PLAYED BACK TO BACK NIGHT GAMES.

>> CHAD FROM PAPILLION, DAMON, WILL TERENCE CRAWFORD WIN SATURDAY NIGHT.

>> AT PLUS 145?

I'M GOING TO GIVE IT MY BEST SHOT.

I THINK WITH TC.

WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS HE'S A NATURAL HUNTER AND 78 POUNDER WALKING AROUND.

HE LOOKS FANTASTIC.

LEGACY IS IMPORTANT TO HIM.

AND FOR ONCE I'LL TAKE THE GREAT SMALL GUY OVER THE GOOD BIG GUY ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU COULD ALSO TAKE BY DECISION OR TECHNICAL DECISION FOR PLUS TWO, TEN, TWO.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE, WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE TO YOU FOR THIS WEEK?

>> TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS EARLY.

TAKING CARE OF THE NECESSARY THINGS.

FINDING SUCCESS EARLY, GETTING THE OFFENSE GOING.

YOU MIGHT.

IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE IN POINTS RIGHT AWAY, BUT DOING THE EXTRA THINGS FLIP THE FIELD.

JUST NOT SLOPPINESS.

NOT A LOT OF MISTAKES.

TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.

DOING NECESSARY THINGS ON SPECIAL TEAMS, MAKING TACKLES.

YOU SAW THIS GAME LAST YEAR.

NORTHERN IOWA WAS THE THIRD GAME, STRUGGLED.

LED INTO THE ILLINOIS GAME THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

ON THAT FRIDAY NIGHT GAME.

SO EARLY SUCCESS.

CLEAN FOOTBALL DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 68-0 BUT JUST YOU SHOW YOU'RE THE BETTER OPPONENT.

YOU'RE THE BETTER TEAM ON THAT DAY.

>> BURNING QUESTIONS.

SEAN, WE START WITH YOU.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS, WILL WE SEE JACORY BARNEY TAKE ONE OF THE HOUSE THIS WEEK?

I THINK IT'S SET UP FOR HIM TO HAVE A BIG GAME AND POSSIBLY RETURN ONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

>> YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO BE ANYTHING LIKE GAS CAN, BUT I'M WITH HIM IN THE SPECIAL TEAMS RIGHT WHERE I'M JUST LIKE, CAN THEY FLIP IT EITHER STARTING WITH A HUGE HIT OR A BIG RETURN WHERE YOU USED TO BE TERRIFIED WHEN NEBRASKA TOOK THE FIELD ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

IN A GAME LIKE THIS, CAN THEY FLIP IT EARLY TO SET THE TONE?

>> I WANT TO SEE THE MATURITY OF THIS TEAM.

NEBRASKA IS STILL A VERY, VERY YOUNG FOOTBALL TEAM.

YOU LOOK AT THE ROSTER, DO THEY HAVE THE MATURITY TO COME OUT AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS THIS WEEK DURING PRACTICE AND SHOWS TO NOT OVERLOOK AN OPPONENT?

HOUSTON CHRISTIAN GETTING READY FOR MICHIGAN.

>> I'VE ALWAYS SAID SACKS AREN'T THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, BUT HAVOC IS.

I COULD SEE A BIG HAVOC DAY, ESPECIALLY FROM THE STARTERS.

NO SACKS YET FROM THE STARTERS, SO THAT'D BE NICE TO SEE.

A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE FROM THE STARTERS.

FOR OUR PICKS FOR NEXT WEEK'S GAME, CHECK OUT FACEBOOK, X AND THE BIG RED WRAP-UP WEB PAGE TO SEE WHAT WE THINK ABOUT HOUSTON CHRISTIAN GAME.

AND AS A REMINDER, YOU CAN SEE THAT GAME SATURDAY MORNING, 11 A.M. THAT MEANS LIKE A 4 A.M. PREGAME SHOW FOR DAMON ON FS1.

AND NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT HERE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA WILL RECAP THE HOUSTON CHRISTIAN GAME AND PREVIEW THE BIG MICHIGAN MATCHUP ON OUR NEXT EDITION OF BIG RED WRAP-UP AT 7 P.M. YOU CAN ALSO TUNE IN ON FACEBOOK LIVE, YOUTUBE LIVE, AND OUR WEBSITE, NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

OUR THANKS TO GRANT WISTROM FOR JAY MOORE DAMON BENNING AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK HERE ON BIG RED WRAP-UP.

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