>> NEBRASKA HAD TO COME BACK DOWN TO EARTH AT SOME POINT AFTER COMING WITHIN THREE POINTS OF THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPS.

THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVES TO TAKE AWAY FROM SATURDAY.

TONIGHT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE MATCHUP AND THE REELING OREGON DUCKS SQUAD.

WE'LL ASK SAM MCEWEN HOW NEBRASKA BOUNCES BACK AND WE GET YOU UP TO SPEED.

ON THE LATEST ON HUSKER RECRUITING.

THAT AND MORE.

NEXT ON BIG RED WRAP-UP.

[MUSIC] HI, EVERYONE.

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

WE'VE GOT AN INTERESTING GAME TO BREAK DOWN AND EVEN MORE INTERESTING ONE.

OF COURSE, THE PREVIEW WITH ME TONIGHT IS FORMER HUSKER JAY MOHR AND HUSKER INSIDER SEAN CALLAHAN.

I WAS SAYING BEFORE THE SHOW, JIM MOORE HAD A SAYING ALWAYS GO SHOULDA, COULDA, WOULDA DIDN'T.

>> YEP.

>> REALLY CLOSE, BUT OBVIOUSLY FALL SHORT AGAIN.

>> YEAH.

AGAIN.

IT WAS.

I LOVE THEIR MENTALITY HEADING THIS ONE.

I LIKE THEIR EXECUTION THROUGH WHAT, 47 MINUTES OF THE FOOTBALL GAME.

I WAS SUPER CONCERNED ABOUT INDIANA'S RUN GAME.

THEY COMPLETELY SHUT THAT DOWN AGAIN.

I MEAN YOU LOOK AT THE YARDAGE, THEY HAD ABOUT 370 YARDS AND TWO OF 200 OF IT CAME ON JUST THOSE FOUR PLAYS.

YEAH.

BUT JUST YOU LOOK AT SITUATIONAL FOOTBALL AND NEBRASKA HAD BEEN SO GOOD IN THE FOURTH QUARTER UP UNTIL THIS POINT.

AND THEN YOU GET UP THOSE TWO BIG PLAYS.

LISTEN THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE.

THIS IS WHAT THIS TEAMS LEARN TO WIN.

I THINK THIS IS A MUCH BETTER FOOTBALL TEAM.

I THINK THEY'RE OLDER, THEY'RE MORE MATURE.

I THINK THEY'LL HANDLE THIS LOSS BETTER GOING FORWARD.

BUT YOU HAD A GREAT TEAM BACK IN THE CORNER AND THEY CAME OUT SWINGING.

THEY LANDED A COUPLE PUNCHES AND THEY KNOCKED YOU OFF YOUR CENTER A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN ONCE THEY GET THAT BIG PLAY AT 7575 YARDER TO MARS, THAT JUST COMPLETELY FLIPPED THAT WHOLE FOOTBALL GAME.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHEN COLANDREA SCORED THAT TOUCHDOWN, YOU'RE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, NEBRASKA'S GOING TO DO THIS.

YEAH, IT'S COMING TO FRUITION.

YEAH.

COLANDREA NEEDS TO START GETTING RECOGNIZED FOR THE HEISMAN.

ALL THESE ALL THESE THINGS ARE GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND.

LIKE PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE NOTICE.

YEAH.

AND THEN THAT HAPPENS.

BUT THAT'S JUST, THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT IT'S A FOUR QUARTER FOOTBALL GAME.

NEBRASKA JUST DIDN'T EXECUTE FOR FOUR QUARTERS.

AND I THINK THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS THEY'LL LEARN FROM THIS BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF SITUATIONS WHERE THEY COULD BE UP A COUPLE SCORES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND THEY GOT TO LEARN TO STEP ON THE THROAT AND MAKE THOSE PLAYS AND EXECUTE.

SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A LEARNING CURVE FOR THEM, A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY'LL MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND ADAPT.

BUT YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS SO CLOSE, BUT YET SO KIND OF FAR AWAY.

>> YEAH.

THIS THIS TIME IT'S NOT SEAN CALLAHAN'S FAULT.

IT'S DIRK CHAPLIN'S FAULT FOR TWEETING OUT.

OH MY GOD, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

NEVER DO THAT EARLY.

THAT'S MY MY RULE.

>> FOR I'VE LEARNED THAT MANY TIMES.

>> NEVER TOO EARLY.

>> IT JUST, I JUST, I JUST THOUGHT IT I DIDN'T, I SAID IT, I.

>> SAID IT, THAT'S.

>> WHY I PUT IT INTO, INTO WRITING OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I THOUGHT IT.

>> SIPPLE SAID IT TO ROBIN I HEARD ABOUT THAT.

THE IRONIC PART IS NEBRASKA WAS THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY IN POINT DIFFERENTIAL IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND THEY ENDED UP GIVING UP THE 14 POINTS.

>> YEAH.

AND THIS WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF FOURTH QUARTER.

NEBRASKA, THOUGH THEY HADN'T BEEN IN ONE OF THIS CALIBER.

AND JUST HAVING TO FINISH OFF A FOURTH QUARTER.

I MEAN THEY HAD CONTROL BY OHIO.

THEY HAD CONTROL AGAINST MARYLAND.

THEY HAD CONTROL AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

THIS WAS ONE WHERE THEY STILL NEEDED TO HAVE THAT ONE MORE SIGNATURE MOMENT TO CLOSE THE DEAL.

AND THE ONE THING THAT COULDN'T CAN'T HAPPEN, HAPPENED WHEN YOU GIVE UP A HUGE EXPLOSIVE PLAY.

BECAUSE EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, INDIANA DRIVES DOWN THE FIELD AND IT'S LIKE A FOUR MINUTE, FIVE MINUTE TOUCHDOWN DRIVE, YOU STILL FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THE GAME AT THAT POINT.

SURE, WITH SEVEN MINUTES, SIX MINUTES REMAINING THAT, HEY, WE CAN STILL FINISH THIS THING OFF AND WIN IT.

BUT THE SUDDENNESS OF THAT PLAY, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE OFFENSE BACK OUT ON THE FIELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER SUCH A HIGH MOMENT FOR COLANDREA WAS NOT EASY.

>> YEAH, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

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THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A COUPLE OF PLAYS THAT REALLY DEFINE THIS GAME.

ONE FOR ME ISN'T THE ACTUAL PASS THE 75 YARD PASS TOUCHDOWN.

MINE IS THE DEFENSE THAT NEBRASKA WAS SETTING.

MATT RULE CALLED IT AN AGGRESSIVE QUARTERS.

MY QUESTION IS WHY.

WHEN YOU'RE UP 11, ARE YOU IN AGGRESSIVE QUARTERS?

I WANT THEM TO RUN.

>> THE BALL.

>> RIGHT.

SO YOU PLAY TWO DEEP.

YOU GET YOUR CORNERS OFF.

THAT RPO IS PROBABLY A HAND OFF.

LET THEM RUN THE BALL 6 OR 7 TIMES.

>> YEAH YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT BECAUSE IF YOU YOU WANT THEM TO EAT UP THAT CLOCK.

THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T ALLOW TO HAPPEN HAPPENED.

SO YES, I MEAN, THEY GAVE YOU THAT HARD RUN FAKE RPO AND LINEBACKERS AND SAFETY GOT SUCKED UP.

AND VICTOR EVANS DID A GOOD ENOUGH JAM ON ON MARSH AND LET GOT HIM ON INSIDE LEVERAGE IN THAT SAME PLAY THAT THEY RAN ON SATURDAY.

THEY HIT THAT SAME EXACT PLAY AGAINST IOWA LAST YEAR IN IOWA CITY WHEN IT WAS 13 TO 13 WITH ABOUT FOUR MINUTES LEFT AS WELL.

[MUSIC] SO THEY WENT BACK TO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN SOME SITUATIONS WHERE THEY NEED TO REGAIN THE MOMENTUM, AND IT WORKED AGAIN FOR THEM.

BUT YEAH, THEY NEBRASKA DIDN'T NEED TO BE SO AGGRESSIVE TO GET DOWNHILL.

THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF STOPPING THE RUN.

BUT SO WHAT IF THEY GET A THREE, 4 OR 5 YARD SIX YARD GAIN, YOU REGROUP AND AND MAKE THEM CHEW UP THAT CLOCK.

I LIKE THE AGGRESSIVENESS, BUT THAT WAS JUST NOT THE AT THE RIGHT MOMENT TO GET SO DOWNHILL.

FORCING THESE UP 6 OR 7 MINUTES ON THAT ON THAT GAME CLOCK.

BUT JUST AGAIN, LEARNING LIKE THIS, THIS TEAM, THE STAFF IS STILL LEARNING WITH THESE PLAYERS.

AND I THINK THEY'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE SEARED IN THEIR MIND FOR A LONG TIME TO MAKE SURE IF THEY GET IN THAT SITUATION AGAIN, LET'S BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT AND JUST KEEP EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU CAN'T LET ANYTHING GET BEHIND YOU AGAIN.

>> SO I THOUGHT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS COACHING WISE, BUT I THOUGHT THE PLAYERS HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THAT GAME.

WHAT'S KIND OF BEEN THE REACTION FROM THE FAN BASE ON YOUR MESSAGE BOARD?

WHAT WERE THEY?

WHO ARE THEY BLAMING FOR THE LOSS?

>> YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF THINGS.

I MEAN, YOU GET A LOT OF BLAME AT THE MISSED FIELD GOAL.

YOU KNOW WHETHER IT WAS THE HOLD THE SNAP, THE KICKER ALL THE ABOVE.

BUT THOSE THREE POINTS 13 TO 3 AT HALFTIME I THINK WOULD HAVE REALLY FELT DIFFERENT WITH THE WAY THE FIRST HALF HAD GONE AT THAT POINT.

YOU KNOW, THE 10 TO 3 LEAD WASN'T ENOUGH TO ME FOR WHAT NEBRASKA HAD DONE.

BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK SOME OF THE DECISIONS AGAIN, JAY TALKED ABOUT THE AGGRESSIVENESS ON THAT CALL, THE FOURTH DOWN AND ONE WHERE YOU GET CAUGHT IN THE WRONG SUBPACKAGE AND YOU'RE YOU'RE IN A MISMATCH AND NOT RECOGNIZING THE TIMEOUT POSSIBLY THERE.

MATT.

RULE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

ROB.

GEORGE TALKED ABOUT THAT SITUATION.

I MEAN, I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAD BEEN CRITICAL ABOUT THE FOURTH DOWN TO GO FOR IT LATE ON THE NEBRASKA SIDE.

I DIDN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE WIND, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, INDIANA'S GOING IN THE WIND ANYWAY.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET 20 PLUS YARDS TO GET A FIELD GOAL.

AND YOU KNOW, FOURTH AND NINE YEAH, IT'S A IT'S A RISK.

BUT YOU KNOW COLANDREA HE HAD BEEN MAKING THOSE THROWS.

AND I THINK THAT THAT WASN'T I GUESS THAT WASN'T ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS MOST CRITICAL OF.

>> YEAH.

MY THOUGHT WAS, IS THE SITUATION YOU WERE IN.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ANALYTICS, BUT YOU MENTIONED THE WIND.

SO IF YOU DO PUNT IT, YOU STOP THEM AND THEY KICK IT BACK TO YOU.

IT'S GOING TO BE A SHORT PUNT.

IF YOU DO GO FOR IT AND THEY'RE THERE, WHATEVER THEY PUNT, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO PUSH YOU BACK WHERE YOU GOT TO GO THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD.

SO I WAS THINKING THE EXCHANGE OF IT.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND GAME THEORY.

IF YOU GO FOR IT, YOU HAVE TWO CHANCES.

IF YOU PUNT IT AND THEY DON'T GIVE IT BACK TO YOU, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE CHANCE.

RIGHT?

SO I GET THAT.

BUT I WAS SHOCKED.

I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING DOWN, WORKING ON MY THIRD DOWN, ADDING UP, AND I LOOKED UP AND THEY WERE GOING FOR IT BECAUSE I REALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO PUNT.

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, YOU BE AGGRESSIVE.

SOMETIMES IT WORKS OUT FOR YOU, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.

WHAT ABOUT WHAT ABOUT THAT PACKAGE IDEA?

THE SUB PACKAGE IDEA.

SO I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE 25 SECONDS, YOU GOT A GUY UPSTAIRS RELAYING DOWN THE DOWN AND DISTANCE TO PERSONNEL.

YOU'RE GOING TO YOUR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

HE'S GETTING THE PEOPLE IN THERE.

IT'S REALLY FAST, WHETHER IT'S 25 OR 40S KIND OF WALK US THROUGH THAT SITUATION AND WHAT THEY DID TO COUNTER WHAT THEY THOUGHT THE PERSONNEL WAS.

>> SO THEY.

SO WHEN YOU GET, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR YOUR DOWN AND DISTANCE, YOU HAVE THE PERSONNEL, WHETHER IT'S 11 PERSONNEL, 12, 13, 23, 22, WHATEVER IT IS, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 22 WOULD BE TWO BACKS, TWO TIGHT ENDS, RIGHT?

DO THEY BRING IN AN EXTRA OFFENSIVE TACKLE?

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL DO THAT IN SHORT YARDAGE.

AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST IN A HEAVY RUN TYPE OF SUB PACKAGE FOR THEIR OFFENSIVE SET.

BUT THEY STILL HAD MARSH AND THEY STILL HAD BECKER IN THERE, AND THEY WERE LITERALLY RIGHT TO THE SIDELINE WHERE NEBRASKA WAS.

SO THEY SAW THEM THERE.

I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE WHERE I WOULD HAVE LOVED THEM TO USE THE TIME OUT.

OKAY.

WE'VE MATT RHULE LIKES TO USE TIMEOUTS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT THAT TO ME WAS ONE AREA WHERE YOU GOT TO CALL TIME OUT.

I KNOW YOU WANT TO HANG ON TO THOSE TIMEOUTS LATE IN THE GAME SCENARIO TO GIVE YOUR OFFENSE A CHANCE.

IF THEY DO SCORE, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY DID SCORE, BUT THEY JUST I THINK THEY ROLLED THE DICE ON IT AND OBVIOUSLY DID NOT WORK.

YOU HAD KEMP LENHARDT, WHO WAS BACK PLAYING AS LIKE A LINEBACKER.

YEAH.

AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WHAT'S HE DOING BACK THERE?

BUT HE WAS THAT'S A SITUATION WHERE HE'S KIND OF PROTECTING AGAINST A POTENTIAL BOOTLEG ON A QUARTERBACK.

BACKSIDE CONTAIN YOUR BACKSIDE CONTAIN.

SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT WAS DEFINITELY A HEAD SCRATCHER.

AND THEY JUST, THEY OUT SCHEMED THEM THERE.

AND I THINK NEBRASKA JUST OVERTHOUGHT THE SITUATION WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE MORE IN THIS SITUATION.

BASED GROUPING PERSONNEL PACKAGE NEEDED SOME SAFETIES IN THERE.

SO IF THEY DO AND THEY DID BREAK OUT ON THE BACK END OF THAT, THEY CAN COVER THEM OR AT LEAST OR AT LEAST GET THEM DOWN BECAUSE CAM LENHARDT HAD NO CHANCE TO TO OBVIOUSLY GET MARSH DOWN.

THAT WAS THAT WAS THE EASIEST TOUCHDOWN ALL DAY.

>> SEAN.

ROB.

AURICH KIND OF EXPLAINED A LITTLE BIT TODAY, AND HE SAID THAT THEY TOOK OUT THEIR H BACK, BUT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD BROUGHT TWO TIGHT ENDS IN.

AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE CONFUSION.

>> YEAH.

THEY HAD A PLAYER COME IN THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A TIGHT END, BUT WAS KIND OF MORE OF A BIGGER WIDE RECEIVER.

AND I THINK THE THE PERSONNEL I MEAN, NEBRASKA SUBBED IN.

I MEAN A BUNCH OF BIGS AT THAT POINT.

AND I MEAN THEY HAD 3 OR 4 EXTRA BIGS COME ON THE FIELD.

AND THERE WERE NO SAFETIES CORRECT.

ZERO AND TWO CORNERS.

BUT YEAH THEY WERE PLAYING THAT AS IF THEY WERE AT THE GOAL LINE.

AND YOU KNOW THERE WAS NOTHING BEHIND THEM.

YEAH.

NOT NOT WAS IT 45 YARDS.

>> 44 YARDS.

>> YEAH.

I MEAN JUST YEAH THE SITUATION YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE TIMEOUT WOULD HAVE MADE SENSE THERE.

IT'S EASY FOR US TO SAY THAT NOW.

BUT EVEN WITH THAT PACKAGE IN THERE THEY DIDN'T GET ANY PRESSURE.

YOU KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WITH THAT MANY BIG BODIES THEY COULD HAVE GOT IN AT HOOVER A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT HOOVER HAD ALL THE TIME.

>> I ALMOST THOUGHT THAT NEBRASKA DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS ON THE FIELD.

WHEN THAT PLAY HAPPENED, I WENT BACK AND LOOKED.

I'M LIKE, DID WE ONLY HAVE TEN PEOPLE ON THE FIELD JUST BECAUSE OF HOW EASY IT WAS?

BUT NO, THEY JUST IT WAS JUST THE WRONG PERSONNEL.

>> IT WAS A LATE SUBSTITUTION THEY CALLED BELLY.

THEY RUBBED THEIR BELLY TO BRING THE HEAVY OUT.

AND IT WAS A LITTLE TOO LATE FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET INTO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS NOW.

AND AND TALK ABOUT EXACTLY HOW THIS GAME WENT.

AND THE 85,000 THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE OBVIOUSLY WERE VERY LOUD AGAINST THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPS UNTIL HALFWAY THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER, WHEN THINGS GOT A LITTLE MORE QUIET, BUT STARTED OFF GREAT.

WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT COLANDREA COULD DO WITH HIS LEGS.

THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF JUST TAKING A FIRST DOWN FOR YOU.

AND IT WAS A PREVIEW.

THE 39 YARD RUN.

>> YEAH.

JUST A LITTLE BOOTLEG.

LIKE TO DO THIS GET LINDENMEYER OUT TO THE FLAT.

AND HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF POINTING LINDENMEYER DOES A GREAT JOB OF FINDING SOMEONE TO GIVE HIM SOME SPACE.

>> AND THEN OF COURSE, CUNANAN MAKES THE I WAS I DID A GUS JOHNSON THERE.

THIS IS A STUTTER GO HERE.

I THINK ANDREW MARSHALL THOUGHT THEY'D RUN THE BACK SHOULDER RIGHT THERE.

>> YEAH.

HE GOT HIS EYES CAUGHT A LITTLE BACK IN THE BACKFIELD THERE.

HE TOOK A PEEK AND BECKER WAS JUST ABLE TO GET BEHIND HIM FOR A BIG PICKUP.

>> YEAH.

RADIC IS ONE OF THE BEST KICKERS IN THE BIG TEN.

HE MAKES A FIELD GOAL THERE.

WE'RE SITTING AT THREE THREE AND THEN BACK COMES.

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BECAUSE HE FOUGHT THE WHOLE TEAM RIGHT.

HUNTER WAS NOT GOING DOWN.

HE WAS GOING TO WIN THAT BATTLE.

HIS ONE OF HIS LONGEST CATCHES OF THE YEAR OF COURSE.

SEAN, WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THIS END AROUND JET MOTION STUFF?

THEY RAN EARLY.

>> YEAH, THERE WAS A LOT OF TIMING BLOCKING.

YOU SAW JUST A LOT OF OFF BALANCE LOOKS FROM DANA HOLGORSEN AND THIS PLAY PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL TOUCHDOWN.

I MEAN YOU GOT YOU SAW PEOPLE CLIPPING THIS ONLINE EVERYWHERE.

NATIONAL PEOPLE JUST THE THE BEAUTY OF JUST THE WAY THE PLAY SET UP.

>> YEAH.

COUNTER TRAE USING TWO LINEMEN AND A TIGHT END.

AND THEN YOU GET THE WIDE RECEIVER MAKING THE BACKSIDE BLOCK TOO.

SO I MEAN THAT WAS GREAT UP TEN THREE HERE.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE TOUGH PLAYS BECAUSE THIS IS A FALSE START ON BABALADE.

THEN YOU BACK UP.

YOU END UP NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE FIRST DOWN AND YOU HAVE TO GET THE.

>> FIELD GOAL.

YEAH, THIS IS AGAIN THE PRESNAP.

NEBRASKA HAD ONLY TWO OF THEM.

THEY CLEANED UP THE PENALTIES.

BUT YEAH, AGAIN, JUST I COULD TELL FROM THE BOOTH THIS WAS MISHIT RIGHT AWAY.

THIS WAS DOWN WHEN YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE EASY MONEY.

UNFORTUNATELY NOT.

>> BACK COMES INDIANA.

THIS I KNOW THAT THE COACHING STAFF WAS VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS AND THEY WANTED THE INTERFERENCE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE REALLY TURNED HIM.

HE PUT HIS HAND ON HIS HIP, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE TURNED HIM RIGHT.

IT MAKES THE FIELD GOAL HERE.

NOW WE'RE SITTING AT TEN SIX AS IT'S GOING ALONG.

[MUSIC] THIS IS A THIS IS NOT A BAD INTERCEPTION.

THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER TURNOVERS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FROM A QUARTERBACK.

BECAUSE ALL IT IS IS AN ARM PUNT RIGHT.

>> YEAH THIS IS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING THE CALL.

AND IT'S LIKE THIS.

THAT'S YOU'RE GOING TO THROW A PICK.

THAT'S THE BEST SPOT TO THROW IT.

YOU'RE GOING INTO THE WIND.

HE HAD HUNTER EARLY.

AND AGAIN THE WIND JUST ATE UP THAT BALL.

>> YEP.

NEBRASKA ONLY GOT TWO SACKS ON THE GAME.

BUT THIS WAS ONE OF THEM RIGHT HERE.

VINCENT SHAVERS JUST ABOUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT FOUR PLAYS BEFORE THIS.

MISSED GETTING THE SACK BACK IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

AND THEN HE GETS THE SACK HERE.

GOOD JOB BY VINCENT SHAVERS.

>> YEAH JUST A LITTLE PRESSURE RUSH.

YOU HAVE ANY MAN TO MAN WITH THE RUNNING BACKS.

SO HE JUST FILLED IN ON THE RUSH AND GOT HOOVER DOWN.

>> SEAN WHEN YOU WERE UP THERE AND YOU'RE WATCHING THIS PLAY, WERE YOU YELLING FOR A SCREEN LIKE I WAS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T RUN A SCREEN UNTIL THIS POINT?

>> YEAH, THE SCREENS HAD BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL FOR NEBRASKA.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, MICHAEL.

LIKE, I FEEL LIKE THE OFFENSIVE LINE FOR NEBRASKA, THEY'RE MUCH BETTER IN THESE SCREEN SITUATIONS.

>> VERY ATHLETIC.

AND THIS IS THE PLAY THAT JAY'S GOING TO BREAK DOWN FOR YOU LATER.

ALL THE WIDE RECEIVERS GOT BLOCKED.

LINDENMEYER GOT A BLOCK AS WELL.

AND THEN HE BECOMES AN ATHLETE RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

THIS IS JUST A THING OF BEAUTY.

THAT EXECUTION BRINGING BONNER AND LINDENMEYER IN MOTION JUST CREATES THAT GAP, THAT SEAL FOR HIM.

AND THEN KWAZI GILMER COMES ACROSS THE FORMATION TO CLEAN UP ON THE SAFETY.

AND THEN COLANDREA USES HIS ATHLETICISM TO OUTRUN EVERYBODY.

>> AND HE GETS HIS POINT FOR WILL.

COMPTON PUT THAT IN THERE TOO.

GOT TO GET THAT.

OF COURSE, THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE GAME, AND MOST OF US THOUGHT RIGHT THERE THAT NEBRASKA HAD IT, BUT THIS HAPPENS.

NO, NO.

BUMP GETS ACROSS HIS FACE.

KALEB BENNING HAD STEPPED UP.

THEY WERE TRYING TO PLAY THE RUN REALLY AGGRESSIVELY.

AND THIS HAPPENED 75 YARDS.

>> YEP.

JUST ONE.

IF HE COULD I MEAN ANYTHING WITH WITH VICTOR EVANS JUST HOLD THEM AND DO SOMETHING.

GET A HAND ON HIM.

AFFECT THE TIMING.

NEBRASKA'S GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING THEM DOWN AND JUST CAN'T BE SO COMMITTED TO THE RUN IN THAT SCENARIO.

>> AND WE BROKE DOWN THIS PLAY OF COURSE FOURTH AND ONE HEAVY PACKAGES IN THERE.

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE ONE SAFETY AND ONE CORNER.

ANDREW MARSHALL WAS THE ONLY CORNER IN THE GAME.

NICK MARSHALL MAKES THE CATCH GOES 44 YARDS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF IT REALLY HERE AT THIS POINT.

I MEAN THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAM LENHARDT CAN DO.

MAYBE BACK WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WADE LIKE 195.

>> ALMOST THOUGHT HOOVER DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO THROW IT TO BECAUSE BECKER AND MARSH WERE BOTH WIDE OPEN.

>> BOTH WIDE OPEN.

THIS IS COMING OFF OF A MISS THAT THEY HAD OF A DROP.

AND THEN YOU HAVE GILMER, WHO WAS ACTUALLY OPEN ON THE POST HERE, BUT HE DIDN'T THROW IT.

AND THEN HE TRIED TO THROW THE OVER ROUTE.

IT'S INCOMPLETE.

GIVES THE BALL BACK TO INDIANA.

NEBRASKA STILL HAS ANOTHER CHANCE.

THREE MAN RUSH JAY MOORE YEAH THREE MAN RUSH SHOULD NEVER GET BEAT LIKE THAT.

>> NO YOU SHOULD NOT.

AND INDIANA DID A GOOD JOB OF DIALING UP THAT PASS.

THE PASS RUSH.

THEY GOT HOME A COUPLE TIMES WITH SOME THREE MAN RUSH, WHICH FOR AN OFFENSIVE LINE IS JUST AN ABSOLUTE NO NO.

>> THERE'S THE STATS FOR YOU.

AS WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT, NEBRASKA ALMOST DOUBLED HIM UP ON TIME OF POSSESSION.

THEY DOUBLED HIM UP ALMOST ON PLAYS.

YOU SEE THE YARDAGE EVERYTHING THERE.

THE ONE TURNOVER FOR NEBRASKA THAT REALLY DIDN'T HURT THEM.

BUT NEBRASKA FALLS PLAYERS OF THE GAME NOW NOT A SHOT NOT A SHOCK.

ARCHIE WILSON HAS HIS BEST GAME NOT JUST OF THIS YEAR BUT HIS CAREER.

REMEMBER HE'S ONLY BEEN PLAYING FOR TWO YEARS.

HE HAD A GREAT GAME BOOTING TWO PUNTS FOR OVER 60 YARDS, WHICH EARNED HIM ONE OF THE RAY GUY RECOGNITION AWARDS TO.

EACH WEEK, THEY GIVE OUT SIX OF THEM TO STANDOUT PUNTERS, AND ONE OF THEM WAS FOR ARCHIE.

AND IN THE BIGGEST TEST YET, ANTHONY COLANDREA EMBRACED ADVERSITY, THROWING FOR 263 YARDS AND GIVING HUSKER FANS ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS IN RECENT HISTORY WITH HIS FOURTH QUARTER RUSHING TOUCHDOWN.

WHEN WE COME BACK, JAY WILL BREAK THAT PLAY DOWN AND SAM MCKEWON WILL JOIN US TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE GAME SITE FROM THE INDIANA GAME, BROUGHT TO YOU BY HURRDAT SPORTS.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

[MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] ALL RIGHT.

WELCOME BACK.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO POST.

INDIANA HOT TAKES CJ BUNKER ON FACEBOOK SAYS GOOD AND GREAT TEAMS WITH THE 176 LEAD PLAY.

CONFIDENT TO WIN.

AND THEY DO BAD TO AVERAGE TEAMS WITH THE 17 TO 6 LEAD PLAY.

SCARED NOT TO LOSE AND LOSE.

PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

SEAN, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF POST 2020 VISION?

>> SEE, I DISAGREE IN SOME RESPECTS BECAUSE I THINK NEBRASKA ALMOST PLAYED TOO AGGRESSIVE AT THAT POINT.

>> OH, THEY DID.

>> THEY THEY DID NOT PLAY LIKE CONSERVATIVE.

THEY ALMOST ROLLED THE DICE TO A HIGH LEVEL WITH THE CALL ON THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 75 YARD TOUCHDOWN, THE CALL ON THE FOURTH AND ONE, AND THEN THE FOURTH AND NINE COLANDREA CALL.

I MEAN, THERE ARE THREE MOMENTS WHERE THEY WENT VERY AGGRESSIVE TO TRY TO WIN THE GAME.

AND ALL THREE OF THE MOMENTS WENT WRONG.

>> ALSO WITH COLANDREA WHEN HE HAD BARNEY GOING ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND SAID HE THREW THAT ONE TO BELL DEEP JUST OFF HIS BACK FOOT.

THAT'S ANOTHER TIME.

IF HE HAD JUST TAKEN THE CHECKDOWN AND MAYBE.

>> HE HAD THE WIND, I MEAN.

SO YEAH, IT JUST WITH THE WIND BEHIND THEM.

NEBRASKA DID NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>> YEAH.

THE ONLY POINTS THEY SCORED WERE IN THE FIRST AND FOURTH, BUT OBVIOUSLY COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE.

KEEP SENDING US YOUR HOT TAKES.

CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, VIA EMAIL OR FROM YOUR PHONE AND SHARE YOUR HOTTEST TAKE.

WE'LL SHOWCASE IT THE BEST EACH TIME ON THE SHOW, AND THE FEATURED TAKE WILL WIN A COPY OF SEAN'S BOOK, THE PROGRAM.

WELL, BASED ON ALL YOUR COMMENTS, IT SEEMS LIKE THE MAJOR GRIPES FROM SATURDAY WERE SOME PLAY CALLING, A LITTLE BIT OF OFFICIATING.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH JAY FOR SOME OF THE GOOD PLAYS FROM THIS WEEKEND.

>> THANKS, MICHAEL.

LET'S LOOK AT A COUPLE PLAYS, AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT NEBRASKA'S RUN DEFENSE IN THIS FIRST PLAY.

THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF RISING TO THE CHALLENGE OF STOPPING INDIANA'S POTENT RUNNING GAME WITH LEE BEEBE AND TURBO RICHARD.

SO THE BALL RIGHT NOW AND HIGHLIGHT IT'S INTO THE IT'S INTO THE BOUNDARY.

RIGHT.

THE BOUNDARY IS OVER HERE.

FIELDS OVER HERE.

LENHARDT RIGHT HERE.

STOUDMIRE RIGHT HERE.

REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB OF BEING STRONG AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.

KIND OF CONDENSING THINGS RIGHT THERE TO FORCE THE BALL OUTSIDE.

YOU GOT CHAMBLISS RIGHT HERE.

HE'S GOING TO COME HERE DOWN INTO THE C GAP.

IT'S GOING TO FORCE BEEBE TO GO WIDE.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MCDOUGALL RIGHT HERE.

HE'S GOING TO COME DOWN HEAVY IN THIS RUN GAME.

AND THIS LEAVES JAMIR CONN RIGHT UP TOP ON THE BIG TEN LOGO.

HE'S GOING TO COME ALL THE WAY OVER HERE TO MAKE THIS PLAY FOR A TACKLE FOR LOSS.

IT TAKES EVERYBODY.

NEBRASKA DOES A GOOD JOB OF FORCING THINGS, TAKING CARE OF THE INSIDE OF THE RUN GAME AND MAKING IT BOUNCE OUT, AND ULTIMATELY USING THE BEST DEFENDER OUT THERE, THE SIDELINE.

SO AS WE RUN THIS, WE CAN GO HERE.

BOOM.

WATCH FITS, FITS EVERY ONE OF OUR TOP.

SO IT'S JUST PERFECT EXECUTION OF CLEANING UP THE INSIDE AND MAKING SURE THAT BALL BOUNCES OUTSIDE.

JAMIR CONN FANTASTIC TACKLE.

SO NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN RUN EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

NEBRASKA RUNS THIS PERFECTLY.

OKAY LOVE THE EXECUTION.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING LINDENMEYER.

AND WE HAVE BONNER COME HERE IN MOTION.

THESE TWO ARE GOING TO SET THIS UP.

WE'RE GONNA GET PLAY ACTION HERE ON MOZEE IN GILMER OVER TOP HERE.

HE REALLY SETS THIS PLAY UP WITH A LATE BLOCK.

THE WIDE RECEIVER IS IN A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB OF BLOCKING ALL YEAR ON THE EDGE.

SO WE RUN THIS HERE.

YOU'LL SEE BRING A MOTION BOOM PERFECT CREASE.

BOOM.

THERE GOES GILMER GETTING THAT BLOCK THERE.

NOW TEN.

JUST BEING A GREAT QUARTERBACK AND USING ATHLETICISM.

SPEED GETS THE POINT OVER AT WILL.

COMPTON ON THE SIDELINES.

GREAT EXECUTION ON THAT RUN PLAY.

NEBRASKA USES THAT A LOT MORE THIS SEASON.

>> WE'RE CERTAINLY DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT DISCOURAGED.

BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO NOT PLAY REALLY WELL FOR 55 MINUTES.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY WELL FOR 60.

>> FOR THE MOST PART, THEY RAN TWO TIGHT ENDS ON THE FIELD.

WE THOUGHT THEY STEPPED OFF A RECEIVER.

THEY STEPPED OFF THEIR LITTLE H BACK 39, AND SO WE MISIDENTIFIED IT AND HAD A HAD A PERSONNEL THAT WAS WAS GEARED UP FOR A DIFFERENT SET OF PLAYS THAN WHAT WE RECEIVED HAUNTING A LITTLE BIT.

BUT DON'T LET THE GAME BEAT YOU TWICE.

YOU TAKE WHAT YOU CAN, YOU LEARN FROM IT.

FIRST YEAR WITH THESE GUYS.

I THINK IT'S A IT'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WINNING TIME IS.

>> I FOLLOWED THE ANALYTICS.

YOU KNOW, THE ANALYTICS HAD TO GO UP UNTIL FOURTH AND TEN.

SO I JUST FELT LIKE I WAS GONNA FOLLOW THE ANALYTICS AND PUT THE BALL IN ANTHONY'S HANDS.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST THROWN, I THINK THE IN CUT THAT GOT IN.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD HOLES THAT WE THOUGHT WERE OPEN AND.

FELT LIKE I FELT LIKE IF YOU WANT TO WIN THOSE GAMES, IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO WIN THAT GAME, THAT BALL IN THAT FIELD POSITION, WHEN YOU NEED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 20 YARDS TO KICK A FIELD GOAL, I'M GOING TO PUT IT AND PUT IT PUT IT IN COLANDREA HANDS.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE TEAMS THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING NUMBER THIS NUMBER, THAT YOU CAN SAY THEIR NAMES BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN THEIR NAMES SINCE THEY WERE FRESHMEN IN HIGH SCHOOLS, ON THE ON THREE SITES AND ON ALL THOSE DIFFERENT SITES.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE BY NAME AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW TALENTED THEY ARE.

REALLY WELL COACHED BY COACH LANNING.

>> ON THEIR DEFENSE.

ARE THERE SOME GUYS THAT IN PARTICULAR THAT POP OUT.

>> YEAH, ALL OF THEM.

I MEAN THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.

I MEAN THEY HAVE A LOT OF GUYS BACK FROM LAST YEAR.

THAT FRONT FOUR IS AS GOOD OF A FRONT FOUR AS I'VE EVER SEEN.

I MEAN THEY'RE A REALLY GOOD TEAM.

SO NOW WE KNOW THAT WE'RE A REALLY GOOD TEAM.

THERE'S THE YOU KNOW THE MESSAGE THE COACH RHULE WANTS YOU KNOW WANTS SENT AND RECEIVED.

>> NOW WE'RE JOINED BY OMAHA WORLD HERALD SPORTS EDITOR, COLUMNIST, PODCASTER, SAM MCEWEN.

SAM, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> SO I WANT TO START WHERE YOU STARTED WITH A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS THIS WEEK.

AND IT'S THAT FOURTH AND ONE AND THE PERSONNEL ISSUE.

AFTER ASKING EVERYBODY, YOU COULD YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT PLAY AND WHAT HAPPENED?

>> WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY A COSTLY PLAY IN THE GAME.

AND WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT MATT RULE KIND OF IDENTIFIED IT ON SATURDAY.

HE SAID THEY SHOULD HAVE CALLED TIME OUT.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A MISTAKE MADE IN THE BOOTH IDENTIFYING WHICH PLAYERS WERE ON THE FIELD FOR INDIANA.

INDIANA CAME UP TO THE LINE QUICKLY AND AT THAT MOMENT THEY CALLED SO MANY TIME OUTS EARLIER IN THE GAME.

THAT'S THE MOMENT WHERE YOU USE ONE.

IF YOU'RE UNSURE, YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE TWO RECEIVERS, NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO THAT WERE RUNNING 15 YARDS WIDE OPEN.

I THOUGHT I WAS WATCHING TRACEY WISTROM ON ONE OF THOSE OPTION PASSES THAT ERIC CROUCH USED TO THROW, WHERE EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT ERIC WAS GOING TO KEEP IT, AND THEY THREW IT OVER THE TOP, AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S NOT JOSH HOOVER AND THAT'S NOT WHO HE IS.

SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE MOMENTS THAT REMINDED ME A LITTLE BIT.

ANOTHER ONE OF ROLL LEFT THAT THAT PLAY IN 96 WHEN TEXAS WINS THAT GAME.

AND NEBRASKA THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO DO WHAT IT WAS GOING TO DO.

AND YOU HAVE CAM LENHARDT THERE.

THE DEFENSIVE END WAS SERVING AS A LINEBACKER, SO IT'S JUST A COSTLY MOMENT.

I THOUGHT THE 75 YARD TOUCHDOWN WAS COSTLY TOO.

I THINK YOU GUYS NAILED IT.

THE DEFENSE THAT THEY WERE IN IN THAT MOMENT SEEMED AGGRESSIVE FOR AN 11 POINT LEAD.

WHEN YOU WANT THEM TO TAKE 5 OR 6 MINUTES OFF THE CLOCK AND DRIVE THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD, YOU GAVE THEM 75 YARDS ON ONE PLAY.

IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE AND IT'S WHY NEBRASKA LOST THE GAME.

>> SAM WE CAN KIND OF BELABOR ON ON THOSE TWO PLAYS.

OBVIOUSLY THAT COST NEBRASKA THE FOOTBALL GAME, BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE POSITIVES, AND I WAS SUPER CONCERNED WITH NEBRASKA NOT HAVING RILEY VAN POPPEL AND INDIANA'S RUN GAME WITH THEIR TWO HEADED MONSTER WITH BEEBE AND TURBO RICHARD.

BUT THEIR ABILITY TO STOP THE RUN PLAY A YOUNG GUY IN DYLAN BERRYMAN, HE STEPPED UP AND FILLED THAT ROLE.

I THOUGHT THAT SET NEBRASKA UP IN THIS FOOTBALL GAME.

ONCE I SAW OUR ABILITY TO STOP THAT RUN, I KNEW THAT NEBRASKA WAS GOING TO, WAS ABLE TO MATCH SOME PHYSICALITY AND WAS GOING TO HAVE 100% CHANCE TO WIN THIS FOOTBALL GAME.

>> THAT WAS SUPER ENCOURAGING BECAUSE THIS WAS THE REAL TEST.

SOME OF THE OTHER TEAMS THAT THEY HAD PLAYED COULD NOT RUN THE BALL ANYWHERE NEAR WHAT INDIANA HAD BEEN DOING THIS SEASON.

I WILL SAY THIS NEBRASKA WAS READY FOR THIS GAME.

THEY WERE PREPARED.

THEY SPENT A LOT OF THE OFFSEASON PREPARING.

THIS WAS THE GAME THAT THEY REALLY FELT LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO WIN.

AND RULE ALLUDED TO IT A LITTLE BIT IN THE MONDAY PRESSER, BUT THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO WIN THIS ONE.

THEY WALKED INTO YOU REMEMBER LAST WEEK THEY WERE KIND OF GUARDED AND THEY WERE A LITTLE SHUT DOWN.

IT WAS CONFIDENCE.

THEY FELT VERY GOOD ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO BE GOING INTO LAST WEEK'S GAME.

AND SO THEY WERE READY.

THEIR PLAN WAS GOOD.

STOUDMIRE WAS GREAT, BERRYMAN WAS GREAT.

ALL THE GUYS THAT THEY ROLLED OUT THERE AND THEY ROTATED SOME DUDES THROUGH.

THEY WERE READY TO PLAY THAT GAME.

NOW THEY HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY LEARNED AND ALL THE THINGS THEY DID WELL, AND THEY GOT TO GO REAPPLY IT THIS WEEK TO A TEAM THAT'S NOT I DON'T THINK IS GOOD, ESPECIALLY ON OFFENSE.

THEY'RE GOING TO REDO A BUNCH OF STUFF, I THINK, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

BUT A TEAM THAT IS EVERY BIT AS TALENTED AS INDIANA AND MAYBE EVEN MORE SO.

>> YEAH.

WHAT'S YOUR READ SAM ON OREGON?

I MEAN, WHY HAS IT NOT WORKED WITH THIS ROSTER?

AND, YOU KNOW, DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A MOTIVATED DUCKS TEAM ON SATURDAY NIGHT?

>> FOUR YEARS AGO, KENNY DILLINGHAM WAS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR THERE.

HE BECOMES THE HEAD COACH AT ARIZONA STATE.

THEY PROMOTE WILL STEIN TO THAT ROLE.

WILL STEIN BECOMES THE HEAD COACH AT KENTUCKY.

AND DAN LANNING WENT BACK TO THE WELL.

HE WENT BACK TO THE WELL THREE TIMES AND HE'S LIKE, I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP PROMOTING.

AND I THINK HE OVERPROMOTED.

AND SO I THINK WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW, THEIR QUARTERBACKS COACH WAS A TIGHT END 11 YEARS AGO IN COLLEGE.

THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE COACH I THINK IS FINE, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE BRAIN TRUST THERE RIGHT NOW TO GET IT DONE.

I THINK DANIEL HOLGORSEN AND GLENN THOMAS PUT THOSE TWO GUYS TOGETHER.

THAT'S A LONG WAYS AHEAD OF WHERE OREGON IS.

AND WHAT I SAW FROM DYLAN RAIOLA LAST WEEK, AND I FINALLY WATCHED THE WHOLE GAME ON MONDAY NIGHT.

HE DID STUFF HE NEVER DID AT NEBRASKA.

YEAH.

LIKE HE WAS EITHER HE WAS COACHED TO DO IT OR HE FELT PRESSURE IN THAT GAME TO GO DO THINGS THAT HE CAN'T DO.

AND B, HE NEVER DID WHEN HE WAS AT NEBRASKA.

SO I FEEL LIKE OREGON'S COACHING INFRASTRUCTURE IS JUST NOT WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

NOW, ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, THAT IS THE MOST TALENTED STARTING 11 IN THE COUNTRY, AND SO YOU CANNOT MESS WITH THEM.

THEY ARE REALLY GOOD ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, AND NEBRASKA, TO GET TO 27 POINTS IS GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY REALLY WELL BECAUSE THAT GROUP IS GOOD.

>> EARLY ON, UCLA WAS HAVING SUCCESS.

I KNOW AT ONE POINT IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THEY WERE ALREADY 200 YARDS AHEAD OF WHERE OREGON WAS, BUT OREGON OBVIOUSLY FOUND THEIR FOOTING.

IT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT TEAM, THOUGH, BEING THERE A LOT MORE LATERAL RIGHT THAN INDIANA BECAUSE THEY HAVE SPEED, THEY HAVE SMALLER GUYS.

IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE NEBRASKA TO REALLY RUN AND TACKLE.

>> I THINK IT IS FOR SURE.

OREGON IS FASTER.

THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO SPREAD YOU.

WELL, WE ASSUME THEY'RE GOING TO SPREAD YOU LATERALLY AND THEN VERTICALLY.

THEY'RE MAKING CHANGES THIS WEEK.

WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THOSE ARE.

MY GUESS IS THEY'LL TAKE THE PRO STYLE OR THE GEORGIA OF THE WEST PLAYS OUT OF THEIR OFFENSE, AND THEY'LL JUST GO TO MORE OF A SPREAD THING, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO SPREAD YOU OUT LATERALLY, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SPREAD YOU VERTICALLY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO USE THEIR SPEED.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF NEBRASKA MATCHES UP.

I ACTUALLY THINK NEBRASKA WILL BE OKAY.

I THINK MAYBE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SPEED.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE HARD FOR THE SAFETIES TO HANDLE.

BUT I DON'T THINK NEBRASKA IS A SLOW TEAM.

I DON'T.

AND SO I THINK NEBRASKA CAN HANG AND HANG IN THERE WITH THEM AND THEN TACKLING.

NOW ONE THING IS TRUE, AND THIS WAS TRUE FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN JOJO DOMANN WAS THERE, TEAMS REALLY STRUGGLED TO RUN WIDE ON NEBRASKA.

YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY BACK AND WATCH THE JET SWEEP FROM FIVE YEARS AGO.

TEAMS DON'T RUN WIDE ON NEBRASKA VERY EASILY, AND INDIANA WASN'T ABLE TO DO IT EITHER, SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT OREGON WILL STRUGGLE TO RUN ON THE EDGES BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S EVERYBODY STRUGGLED FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

>> SAM I THINK THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION, THOUGH, IS WHO ARE GOING TO ROLL OUT AT QUARTERBACK?

WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR FEEL RIGHT NOW?

I DON'T THINK DANTE MOORE WILL PLAY.

I'LL BE SURPRISED IF HE PLAYS YET THIS SEASON JUST TO PROTECT HIS HEALTH.

BUT OBVIOUSLY HIS FUTURE.

OBVIOUSLY DYLAN COME OFF THAT POOR PERFORMANCE HE HAD BROCK THOMAS THAT COMES IN.

THEY'RE GOING TO THROW A CHANGE UP THE OFFENSE.

WHAT YOU'RE KIND OF FEEL RIGHT NOW ON ON TUESDAY NIGHT WHO OREGON PLAYS AT QUARTERBACK ON ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

>> MY GUT FEELING IS THAT BROCK THOMAS WILL GET THE START.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM A SHOT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID AT THE END OF THAT GAME.

IT DOESN'T.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A KNOCK ON DYLAN AT ALL, BUT I THINK THEY FEEL LIKE HE'S MAYBE SLIGHTLY MORE MOBILE AND THEY NEED SOMETHING IN THERE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE A SITTING DUCK.

>> KIND OF TOUGH TO DO THAT THOUGH, RIGHT, SAM?

BECAUSE IF YOU START HIM AND HE FAILS, YOU GOT TO GO.

DYLAN.

YEAH, YOU START.

DYLAN.

THEN YOU HAVE THE SAME SITUATION AS LAST WEEK WHERE YOU GO TO THOMAS, RIGHT?

THAT'S WHY IT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I THINK MAYBE IT IS DYLAN, BECAUSE OF THAT COMBINATION OF IF IF SOMEBODY STRUGGLED.

>> THAT'S VERY POSSIBLE.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, NEBRASKA HASN'T RUN INTO THIS SCENARIO VERY OFTEN.

AND IT'S IN IT'S TIME.

I CAN GO BACK MAYBE TO LIKE 98 MONTE CRISTO STARTED.

ERIC CAME OFF THE BENCH.

THAT WAS THAT WAS ONE TIME WHEN IT.

IT WAS DIFFERENT.

BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN THAT MANY.

IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT DYLAN IS THE STARTER.

I THINK IT WILL BE CHALLENGING FOR HIM FOR SURE.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT A PLAN AROUND HIM, AND THEY GOT TO GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS AGAIN.

WHAT THEY WERE DOING AGAINST UCLA DID NOT WORK AND IT LOOKED UNLIKE OREGON.

AND THEY WERE RUNNING.

YOU KNOW THEY HAD THREE TIGHT ENDS ON THE FIELD.

THEY'RE RUNNING MAX PROTECTION.

THEY'RE INSIDE THEIR OWN 15 AND THROWING LONG PASSES.

AND IT JUST DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT.

AND SO I THINK IF YOU GET DYLAN IN A SITUATION WHERE HE'S ABLE TO GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS, MAYBE HE'S GOING TO BE OKAY, BUT HE'S GOING TO FEEL SOME NERVES.

AND I JUST WONDER IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO WITH THE OLDER GUY THAT'S BEEN AROUND THERE A LONG TIME, AND THEY JUST FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS KID A SHOT BECAUSE HE PLAYED WELL IN THE LAST GAME AND PRESSURE ON RAIOLA AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

>> SAM, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON AT THIS POINT, WHICH IS HARD TO BELIEVE.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT PAT STEWART DID IN THE OFF SEASON AND YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS GOT ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO GET IT FIGURED OUT AFTER THE PORTAL OPENS, HOW IMPRESSIVE IS THE JOB THAT HE'S DONE?

JUST KIND OF RETOOLING THIS TEAM TO WHAT WE SAW IN THIS GAME AGAINST INDIANA, BECAUSE A YEAR AGO, I DON'T KNOW, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS.

>> IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL.

THEY ADDED A LOT OF THE RIGHT PLAYERS.

I THINK ROB HAWKS DESERVES SOME CREDIT TOO.

I REMEMBER PAT STEWART TALKING.

I THINK IT WAS ON THE THE WEEKLY MONTHLY RADIO SHOW AND SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T EXACTLY UNDERSTAND MAYBE SOME OF HAWKS VISION RIGHT OFF THE JUMP, BUT THEN WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT.

AND ORANGE WAS RIGHT.

I MEAN, OWEN STOUDMIRE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD.

JAHSEAR WHITTINGTON HAS BEEN GOOD, MCDOUGALL'S BEEN GOOD.

THEY HIT ON A LOT OF DEFENSIVE GUYS, AND SO I THINK WURTZ DESERVES SOME CREDIT FOR IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE PLAYERS THERE.

BUT THEY JUST DID A TREMENDOUS JOB AND I DON'T THINK THEY BROKE THE BANK.

I MEAN THEY DIDN'T THEY SPENT MONEY.

THAT'S OBVIOUS.

BUT I DON'T THINK THEY SPENT WHAT SOME OF THESE OTHER TEAMS SPENT IN ORDER TO TO ACQUIRE PLAYERS OR TO RETAIN THEM.

AND I THINK COLANDREA IS ULTIMATELY A BARGAIN.

NOW, HERE'S WHAT'S INTERESTING.

THE GUY THAT NEBRASKA WANTED, HE'S HAVING A GOOD YEAR.

KENNY MENTIONED HUSKY.

SO NEBRASKA IDENTIFIED THE RIGHT GUY OFF THE JUMP AND THEN KENTUCKY PAID HIM MOORE NEBRASKA STATED ITS NUMBER AND THEY BROUGHT IN COLANDREA.

AND I THINK THAT I THINK THAT IT'S ABOUT AN EVEN TRADE.

SO NEBRASKA DID A REALLY NICE JOB.

AND THEN AIDAN CHILES AT NORTHWESTERN, WHO WAS THE OTHER GUY THEY WERE LOOKING AT, HE'S HAVING A PRETTY DARN GOOD YEAR AT NORTHWESTERN.

SO CREDIT DANIEL HOLGORSEN FOR BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE RIGHT QUARTERBACKS TO BRING IN.

AND THEY ULTIMATELY GOT ONE OF THE THREE GUYS THEY WANTED, AND HE'S PRETTY DARN GOOD.

>> NEBRASKA HAD THE SECOND MOST YARDS RUSHING AGAINST AGAINST A CINCINNATI TEAM AT INDIANA.

IT'S A NUMBER ONE RUSH DEFENSE IN THE BIG TEN.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED.

YOU HEAR THEM ABOUT THE TRADITIONAL RUN GAME.

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT TRADITIONAL RUNNING GAME GOING FORWARD?

>> WELL, I THINK AGAINST OREGON, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE CONCERNED BECAUSE OREGON'S PRETTY DARN GOOD ON DEFENSE.

AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BLOCK BARRY ALEXANDER, WHO LOOKS LIKE WHO AGAINST UCLA LOOKED LIKE A FIRST ROUND PICK.

OH HE IS HE DOESN'T ALWAYS BUT HE DID AGAINST UCLA.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BLOCK THOSE GUYS.

SO THEY MIGHT HAVE A TOUGH SLED THERE.

BUT OVERALL I THINK THE RUN GAME IS PRETTY DECENT.

I THOUGHT DANA HOLGORSEN CAME UP WITH A GOOD PLAN AGAINST INDIANA.

JAMAL RULE REALLY CAME BACK AND ROARED BACK.

I WAS IMPRESSED THERE.

NO, I THINK THEIR RUN GAME WAS GOOD AND THAT PLAY WITH COLANDREA, WHICH WAS A RUNNING PLAY FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLAY THAT JAY DIAGRAMED.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST SUCH A COOL POWER SORT OF PLAY AND YOU'RE USING YOUR QUARTERBACK IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE.

I THINK THEIR RUN GAME IS ABOUT AS AS IS IN AS GOOD A SHAPE AS IT'S BEEN FOR SOME TIME.

AND DEFINITELY, IN MY OPINION, AS GOOD OF A SHAPE AS IT'S BEEN IN THE RULE ERA.

>> THIS LEADS ME PERFECTLY TO MY TO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, YOU SAW GOTTALOOK AT THE START AT GUARD.

DO YOU THINK THAT CONTINUES BECAUSE THEY DID BRING MUBENGA IN EARLY IN THE FIRST HALF.

DOES THAT GIVE NEBRASKA A BETTER OPPORTUNITY JUST TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THE GUARD PLAY, BRING IN GOTO IN THERE?

JUST ULTIMATELY, I WOULD SAY GET THEIR FIVE BEST LINEMEN ON THE FIELD.

>> WELL, IT'LL BE INTERESTING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY GOTO HAS GOT GOT A BUDDY ON THE OREGON TEAM AND PAID HIM TOYOSI.

AND THEY WERE THEY WERE FRIENDS GROWING UP.

SO I'M SURE HE'LL GET AN OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE WHETHER HE STARTS OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK THEY'LL PROBABLY PLAY.

THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE SIX STARTERS AND I THINK PAUL MUBENGA PLAYED WELL AND SO I THINK HE'LL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO.

SO I THINK YOU'LL SEE A ROTATION THERE.

THEY DO SEEM TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH TREE BABALADE AS AS THE RIGHT TACKLE.

AGAIN, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY A GOOD GAME.

THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO PUT YOU KNOW UIAGALELEI.

OH YEAH.

ON THAT SIDE.

ANOTHER FIRST ROUND PICK.

I THINK HE IS.

HE IS.

AND HE PLAYED THAT WAY AGAINST UCLA.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY BLOCK THAT FRONT.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHALLENGED BY THAT FRONT.

IF THEY CAN GET PAST THAT FRONT THEY MIGHT MAKE SOME PLAYS.

BUT REMEMBER THEY GOT ONE OF THE BEST SAFETIES IN THE BIG TEN AND CLAY.

THEY GOT ONE OF THE BEST LINEBACKERS IN DEVIN JACKSON.

YEAH.

SO JUST A STACKED DEFENSE.

NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE HAS TO SHOW UP AND REALLY WRECK OREGON'S DREAMS.

THEY GOT A THEY GOT TO THEY GOT TO WRECK THE POCKET.

AND THEY GOT TO PUT THAT TEAM BEHIND THE STICKS AND GET OREGON'S CONFIDENCE WAY DOWN.

BECAUSE IF THEY CAN DO THAT, I THINK THEY'LL WEAR DOWN OREGON'S DEFENSE OVER TIME.

BUT IF OREGON COMES OUT AND HAS SUCCESS, THAT'S A GAME THAT CAN GO AGAINST YOU PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE OREGON'S DEFENSE WILL WILL GET AFTER YOU IF YOU'RE BEHIND.

AND SO NEBRASKA'S GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY REALLY WELL EARLY.

>> SAM WITH AN 8 P.M.

PACIFIC KICKOFF, 10:00 CENTRAL.

WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING OUT THERE?

I MEAN, ARE YOU EXPECTING LIKE A JUICED ATMOSPHERE, OR DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A DUCK FAN BASE THAT IS ALREADY DISAPPOINTED, KNOWING THAT THEY PROBABLY AREN'T A PLAYOFF TEAM RIGHT NOW?

>> PROBABLY THE LATTER.

I DO THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME HUSKER FANS.

OH YEAH, THAT'LL SHOW UP FROM PORTLAND AND COME DOWN FROM SEATTLE OR COME UP FROM LA.

AND SO THEY'LL HAVE A LITTLE WEDGE AND THEY'LL SHOW UP NO MATTER WHAT.

THE LAST TIME THEY HAD A GAME THAT KICKED OFF THIS LATE WAS OUT IN FRESNO.

AND YOU REMEMBER THAT WE.

>> WERE 930 AT NIGHT CENTRAL.

>> TIME, AND IT WAS 134 DEGREES.

AND IT WAS PACKED.

IT WAS IT WAS FULL.

AND EVERYBODY WAS USING THE HAND FANS AND ALL THIS STUFF.

BUT I THINK OREGON'S CROWD WILL ACTUALLY BE KIND OF SUBDUED.

AND I THINK NEBRASKA WILL BE ABLE TO WALK INTO THAT ATMOSPHERE.

IT WON'T BE MICHIGAN STATE, IT'LL BE LOUDER THAN THAT, BUT I THINK THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT.

AND I THINK COLANDREA WILL WILL ENJOY THAT ENVIRONMENT A LOT.

>> LAST THING, ARE YOU PICKING THE HUSKERS TO WIN.

>> EARLY IN THE WEEK?

I WAS VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT.

I'VE WATCHED ALL OF OREGON'S GAMES NOW, AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT A ONE POINT WIN ONE OR THE OTHER WAY.

I THINK OREGON'S DEFENSE IS REALLY TALENTED, AND IF THEY'RE MOTIVATED AND THEIR OFFENSE PLAYS WELL EARLY, I THINK OREGON WILL WIN.

IF NEBRASKA COMES OUT OF THE OUT OF THE CHUTE AND SCORES, THEN I THINK NEBRASKA WINS.

I'LL TAKE NEBRASKA, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A TOSS UP GAME.

>> COMES DOWN TO FIELD GOAL KICKING.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK IT IS.

I KNOW IT COULD BE BAD.

SAM WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

THANK YOU AS ALWAYS.

COMING UP NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK SOME RECRUITING AND SCOUT THE DUCKS IN DEPTH SITES FROM SATURDAY.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY HUSKER SPORTS.

[MUSIC] WELCOME BACK TO BIG RED WRAP-UP.

I'M MICHAEL SEVERE, JOINED BY SEAN CALLAHAN.

TIME TO TALK SOME RECRUITING.

I THINK THERE ARE 250 BRICE WILLIAMS IN BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL AT PLAY.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT ONE.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S RECRUITING AND COMING TO NEBRASKA.

>> YEAH.

FOUR STAR CORNERBACK OUT OF FLORIDA.

NEBRASKA GOT AN EARLY COMMIT OUT OF HIM OVER THE SUMMER.

NO DOUBT ONE OF THE TOP GUYS IN THIS CLASS KIND OF FITS THE MOLD OF ADDISON WILLIAMS AND WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO SIX TWO WITH BIGGER CORNERS FROM THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY THAT JUST THAT FLAVOR OF GEORGIA, FLORIDA.

ADDISON HAS JUST BEEN OUTSTANDING.

[MUSIC] AND YEAH, JUST THE LENGTH I HAD BRICE WE INTERVIEWED HIM TWO WEEKS AGO, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE MARYLAND GAME, AND HE WAS UP IN OUR STUDIO AND JUST IMPRESSIVE OFF THE JUST THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF HIS SIZE AND WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE.

>> AND AMAZING HAIR.

GUYS.

A LOT OF HAIR FOR SURE.

IN-STATE RECRUIT KYLE AND HANEY, OF COURSE, WHO STARTED HIS FIRST THREE YEARS AT OMAHA CENTRAL.

NOW HE'S AT MILLARD NORTH.

NO OFFERS REALLY FOR HIM YET.

>> WELL, KYLE AND HANEY HAD OFFERS.

NEBRASKA, RIGHT.

WISCONSIN, NEBRASKA, SOME OTHERS CAME IN EARLY, BUT THAT'S HOW RECRUITING GOES.

YOU MIGHT GET THESE EARLY INQUIRIES THAT ARE OFFERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS COMMITTABLE.

SO THE RUNNING BACK POSITION PARTICULARLY IS A PREMIUM SPOT.

BUT KYLE IS HAVING AN OUTSTANDING YEAR.

I MEAN, I WATCHED HIM IN THAT OPENING GAME AGAINST MILLARD SOUTH, AND THERE'S.

>> NO DOUBT YARDS IN THAT GAME.

>> YOU KNOW HE KATE JENKINS AT WEST SIDE AND HIM ARE THE TWO BEST RUNNING BACKS RIGHT NOW PROBABLY IN THE STATE.

AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.

AND I'LL BE INTERESTED WHERE HE ENDS UP GOING.

YEAH.

IF HE GETS LIKE A LATE I WOULD I WOULD ASSUME HE'S GOING TO GET SOMETHING LATE.

I'M SURE I'LL.

WESTERN AND THE JUCOS ARE REALLY HOPING MAYBE THEY CAN GET A SHOT AT HIM BECAUSE HE'S A REALLY GOOD RUNNING BACK.

AND I WOULD IMAGINE HE'S GOING TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.

>> I THINK HE'D BE GREAT IN THE MAC.

I THINK THE MAC WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A KID LIKE THAT.

BIG, STRONG.

THAT'S HOW THEY RUN IN THAT CONFERENCE.

SO I THINK HE WOULD.

>> FIT AND YOU GOT IT.

AND THAT'S THE NEW FORMULA.

I MEAN IKE ACKERMAN FROM CENTRAL, HIS FORMER TEAMMATE.

HE'S AT OHIO.

HE'S GOING TO PROBABLY PLAY A YEAR OR TWO THERE GET PAID AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I MEAN YOU HAVE TO PUT UP NUMBERS AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THAT IN RECRUITING, WHERE A GUY IS GOING TO GO TO THE MAC FOR A YEAR OR TWO AND THEN HOPEFULLY MOVE UP TO THE BIG TEN OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.

>> NO DOUBT.

THANKS, SEAN.

LAST WEEK WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY WITH OUR STORY.

IT GOT CUT SHORT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY'S HEAD COACH, PATRICK DE BARCO, MADE TECHNOLOGY MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR FOOTBALL COACHES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> I THINK YOU'RE JUST ALWAYS LOOKING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S TRUE OF ANYBODY.

OR AT LEAST IT SHOULD BE IF YOU'RE A LEADER IN ANY CAPACITY.

I THINK IT'S YOUR DUTY TO TRY AND FIND THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THINGS.

>> HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE LEFT TRIPLE TIGER, RIGHT BUBBLE.

>> THE HEADSET APP STARTED AS A BUDGET PROBLEM.

WHY DOES HEADSET COMMUNICATION HAVE TO COST SO MUCH?

I WENT TO REPLACE THE HEADSETS AND GOT A BILL FOR $64,000 TO REPLACE TEN HEADSETS, AND IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE COMMON SENSE THAT IT WOULD COST THAT MUCH.

>> PATRICK CAME TO ME IN LATE 2022 AND WE WERE JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION.

HE SAID, I JUST GOT QUOTED $64,000 FOR A HEADSET SYSTEM.

HE LITERALLY PULLED OUT HIS PHONE AND HIS EARBUDS AND HE'S LIKE, TELL ME THIS CAN'T WORK.

THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY.

AND FROM THAT POINT, WE DECIDED, OKAY, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING HERE.

[MUSIC] HEADSET TECHNOLOGY HAS NOT ADVANCED IN EXTRAVAGANTLY IN THE COURSE OF 20 OR 30 YEARS.

IT'S ALL BEEN RADIO BASED TECHNOLOGY.

NOBODY'S REALLY STEPPED INTO A NEW WAY TO THINK ABOUT SOLVING THAT PROBLEM.

[MUSIC] SO OUR ENTIRE GOAL WAS TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT FEELS COMPLEX AND MAKE IT SIMPLE.

IN THE DESIGN THINKING REALM.

IT'S A IT'S AN INFINITY LOOP.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE REALLY KIND OF CRUSHED THAT DOWN INTO A SIMPLE CONCEPT OF BUILD, TEST, LEARN.

OUT OF THAT, WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD RECOMMENDATION FOR HARDWARE.

WE ALSO LEARNED THAT VOICE ISOLATION IS A VERY BIG THING.

AND THOSE ARE TWO QUICK EXAMPLES OF WAYS THAT WE'VE HAD TO BUILD, LEARN, PIVOT.

[MUSIC] >> GOOD JOB.

DON'T GET BORED WITH IT.

DON'T GET BORED WITH IT.

>> THE SETUP IS YOU TAKE YOUR PHONE OUT, YOU OPEN THE APP AND YOU'RE IN.

IT'S, IT'S LITERALLY LESS THAN 30S TO GET EVERYBODY UP AND RUNNING AND ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

GETTING COACHES TO, TO BE COMFORTABLE GETTING AWAY FROM THE OLD WAY OF DOING THINGS AND KIND OF USHERING IN THIS, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE OF COMMUNICATIONS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

I'M COMFORTABLE WEARING AN AIRPOD ON THE SIDELINE.

I THINK THAT MOST OF OUR PLAYERS, PARENTS AND OUR FANS KNOW THAT I'M NOT LISTENING TO A PODCAST OR A BOOK ON TAPE.

SOME OF OUR COACHES PREFER TO WEAR LIKE BEATS AUDIO OR SOME OF THE HIGHER END GAMER TRUCKER HEADSETS, BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST USE WHATEVER IS PREFERABLE TO YOU.

I'D SAY THE BIGGEST ADJUSTMENT IS WHEN YOU GET UPSET WHEN YOUR TEAM DOESN'T DO WELL ON FOURTH DOWN.

IF YOU GO TO SPIKE AN AIRPOD, IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME EFFECT.

IT'S ALSO A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE, BUT IT JUST IT DOESN'T QUITE DO IT FOR YOU.

>> WE INSERTED JOHNNY AGAIN.

I MEAN, PROBABLY RIGHT.

GOOD CALLS.

GREG.

THAT'S FREAKING GREAT DRIVE.

>> WE STARTED IN FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL.

AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THERE'S ACTUALLY VALUE FOR AN ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I AM SO EXCITED BECAUSE IF YOU CAN HIT THE RIGHT SPOT IN A PRODUCT, YOU ARE GENUINELY CREATING A BETTER OVERALL EXPERIENCE.

YOU ARE SOLVING A PROBLEM THAT AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY HAS HAD FOR A LONG TIME, AND GETTING TO SEE THAT PROBLEM BEING SOLVED INSTANTLY WITH A PRODUCT THAT WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BUILD IS SO.

[MUSIC] SO COOL.

>> AND SO THE HEADSET APP WAS WAS BORN FROM A SOLVING A BUDGET PROBLEM AND A, AN EFFICIENCY PROBLEM.

AND WHAT WE'VE FOUND ALONG THE WAY IS THAT NOT ONLY CAN WE JUST REPLACE THE HEADSET COMMUNICATION PIECE, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN ADD A LOT OF DATA ANALYTICS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT DRIVE AI.

NOW WE CAN HOUSE ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED NOT ONLY ABOUT LIKE THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE SOLVING, BUT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE LAUNCHING INTO.

[MUSIC] >> IF YOU HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR GRASSROOTS SPORTS, THAT WAS CERTAINLY A STORY FOR YOU.

AND SPEAKING OF GRASSROOTS SPORTS, WE WANT TO REMIND YOU, YOU CAN CATCH THE 2026 NSAA SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

FIRST PITCH IS AT 12 P.M.

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY.

WE'LL UPDATE THE RESULTS FOR YOU.

SATURDAY WAS THE LOUDEST GAME AT MEMORIAL STADIUM SINCE STILL RIGHT ABOUT 69% COLORADO 2024.

DEFINITELY ON THE PICK SIX.

WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THAT PLACE WAS ROCKING.

AND THEN OREGON 2016 AND THEN DOWN MIAMI.

AND THEN SOME PEOPLE DON'T WATCH THE GAME.

THEY ONLY WATCH IT ON TV.

SO YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO THE WEBSITE AND CAST YOUR VOTE AS WELL.

[MUSIC] ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS GAME.

WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.

WE'LL GET TO THOSE BEFORE WE DO THAT.

WHAT POSITION FOR YOU WOULD YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN AS A PLAYER COMING OFF OF THE WAY OREGON LOST OR THE WAY NEBRASKA LOST?

>> I THINK COMING OFF THE NEBRASKA LOSS, JUST BECAUSE I MEAN THAT GAME, THAT GAME THAT HAD KIND OF UP IN EUGENE, THAT WAS SUCH A WEIRD GAME.

I MEAN, TEN TOTAL TURNOVERS IN THAT FOOTBALL GAME YOU HAD.

DYLAN RAIOLA GETS BENCHED.

UCLA QUARTERBACK GETS HURT.

NICO GETS HURT.

IT WAS JUST IT WAS SLOPPY.

IT WAS JUST IT WAS JUST A WEIRD GAME.

IT WAS ALMOST HARD TO WATCH AT TIMES.

I GIVE ME THE WAY NEBRASKA PLAYED.

NEBRASKA PLAYED REALLY, REALLY WELL.

EXCEPT FOR TWO PLAYS OF THAT FOOTBALL GAME.

THEY OUTPLAYED AND WERE MORE PHYSICAL FOOTBALL TEAM THAN INDIANA.

SO WITHOUT A DOUBT, GIVE ME THE WAY NEBRASKA PLAYING RIGHT NOW.

THEY DEFINITELY HAVE MORE MOMENTUM THAT I FEEL THAN OREGON DOES RIGHT NOW.

>> IN TERMS OF THE SPECIAL TEAMS, OBVIOUSLY IT'S RANKED 61ST IN A LOT OF THE RATINGS.

THE BIGGEST THING IS, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR A FOR FIELD GOALS, THAT BRINGS YOUR YOUR SCORE DOWN, YOUR SCORE DOWN.

BUT HOW DO YOU THINK THEY'RE HANDLING THAT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF HAVING A NEW SPECIAL TEAMS COACH AND THE WAY IT'S GONE.

>> SO FAR?

YEAH, IT'S BEEN A WEIRD YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD A PUNT A LOT.

AND THEY FINALLY DID AT LEAST THREE BIG ONES.

AND HE WAS GREAT.

YEAH.

AND THE SAME GOES FOR FIELD GOAL.

THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO KICK A LOT OF FIELD GOALS.

AND THREE OF THEM MATT RHULE KIND OF WANTED TO TRY SOME LONGER KICKS TO GIVE HIM THE EXPERIENCE.

HE MISSED ALL THREE OF THEM.

THE 40 YARDER WAS THE FIRST REAL CHIP SHOT THAT HE MISSED.

AND YOU KNOW THE EXTRA POINT WHERE THERE WAS A PENALTY THAT THEY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, ENFORCED PROPERLY.

BUT SO I THINK YOU CAN LOOK AT CUNANAN STRUGGLES IN A LOT OF WAYS.

HAS THERE BEEN MAYBE SOME OPERATIONAL ISSUES?

POSSIBLY, BUT THERE'S ALSO NOT BEEN A LOT OF SAMPLE SIZE.

I MEAN, THE 52 TO 54 AND THE 55 ARE PRETTY LONG KICKS TO LIKE SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE GOT TO REALLY CRITICIZE THIS GUY FOR MISSING THOSE THREE KICKS.

BUT THE 40 YARDER WE TALKED ABOUT THIS 13 TO 3 AT HALFTIME CHANGES A LOT OF THINGS IN MY OPINION.

>> YEAH.

AND IT'S CHANGED A LOT IN MY MIND IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN COVERING COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

BECAUSE YES I FELT LIKE YOU DID.

BUT NOW YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE A SEMIPROFESSIONAL.

YOU'RE GETTING PAID.

THIS IS A FIELD GOAL.

NOW THAT'S MORE COMMON TO MAKE BECAUSE GUYS ARE JUST SO MUCH BETTER THAN THEY USED TO BE.

AND I KNOW IT'S 50 YARDS, BUT YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT GUY OUT THERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND WIN A GAME.

LIKE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO IS MATT RULE GOING TO GO FOR IT NOW?

MOORE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, INSTEAD OF SETTLING FOR 50 YARD BECAUSE OF THE MISSES?

>> YEAH.

AND THE THOUGHT OF CHANGING GOING TO JOHN HOHL OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT COULD BE ON THE TABLE TOO.

I YEAH, IT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP.

I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY SET ON CUNANAN, BUT IF HE MISSES LIKE ANOTHER CHIP SHOT THIS WEEK, RIGHT.

I DO THINK YOU HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK AT YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE MIGHT HAVE TO TRY ANOTHER GUY AT THAT POINT.

>> THIS IS FROM CAROL FROM LINCOLN.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS KIND OF THE PROCEDURE FOR A PLAYER CALLING A TIMEOUT.

LIKE WHEN YOU WERE PLAYING.

WAS THAT SOMETHING YOU COULD DO IF YOU SAW SOMETHING?

YEAH.

IS IT JUST THE GREEN DOT GUY NOW?

WHO DO YOU THINK?

>> I THINK AT THAT TIME, IF LISTEN, IF OWEN CHAMBLISS SAW SOMETHING HE DIDN'T LIKE, IF HE CALLED TIME OUT, HE COULD YOU CAN HE COULD CALL TIME OUT.

THAT'S NOT A THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

IT'S JUST.

ARE YOU DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE THAT LONG OF A LEASH TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS A AS A PLAYER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNICATION IS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY.

HE HAS THE BLESSING, I GUESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, TO DO THAT.

BUT YEAH, I'VE BEEN IN WE'VE BEEN IN SCENARIOS WHERE IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OR YOU'RE, YOU DON'T HAVE A GUY OR YOU'RE SOME SOMEONE'S HURT OR THIS COMMUNICATION IS OFF.

YEAH, WE'VE PLAYERS HAVE CALLED TIMEOUTS BEFORE.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED TO.

I MEAN, AGAIN, HINDSIGHT IS 2020 VISION, RIGHT?

I MEAN ULTIMATELY CALL THAT TIME OUT THERE BECAUSE IT JUST IT WAS A COMPLETE MATCHUP NIGHTMARE.

BUT YEAH, PLAYERS CAN WITHOUT A DOUBT CALL A TIMEOUT IN THAT SCENARIO.

>> YEAH.

SEAN THIS IS AGAIN WAY TOO EARLY.

BUT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR NIIL MONEY KIND OF SET.

IF YOU SEE CUNANAN STRUGGLING, YOU COULD YOU SEE THEM GOING OUT INTO IT EVEN THOUGH HE'S GOT YEARS LEFT?

>> WELL, I DON'T THINK YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON KICKERS.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN NFL MODEL KICKER NIL IS PRETTY.

>> I KNOW THE A AND M KICKER IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PAID ONES.

HE GOT $450,000, BUT HE IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

>> BUT LIKE CUNANAN IN TERMS OF HIS MARKET VALUE, HE CAME FROM CHARLOTTE.

SURE.

AND SO THERE WAS NO LIKE, LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A SPOT AND MAYBE A LITTLE MONEY, BUT I DON'T EVER LOOK AT IT AS LIKE THEY'RE PAYING A LOT TO HIM BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SMART MODEL THAN I L TO OVERPAY FOR A KICKER IN THE SAME FOR ARCHIE WILSON.

I'M SURE THEY'RE GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S AN NFL MODEL WITH WHAT HOW YOU USUALLY PAY YOUR SPECIALISTS.

>> JAY THIS IS FROM RYAN KREKLOW ON FACEBOOK.

HOW MUCH HARDER IS IT TO PREPARE FOR A TEAM YOU DON'T KNOW THE QUARTERBACK'S GOING.

>> TO BE?

>> I THINK I'VE BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION A FEW TIMES ALREADY THIS WEEK.

I THINK ULTIMATELY.

COMPARING WHAT DYLAN DOES TO WHAT BROCK THOMAS DOES IS ASSUMING DANTE IS NOT GOING TO PLAY.

YEAH, NOT MUCH DIFFERENT.

I THINK ULTIMATELY YOU ALWAYS GO BACK TO YOUR BASE CALLS AND YOU HAVE YOUR FUNDAMENTALS OF EVERY DEFENSE.

BROCK THOMAS A LITTLE MORE MOBILE, A LITTLE MORE ATHLETIC.

SO THAT MIGHT CHANGE IT JUST WITH SOME OF THE QB RUN GAME.

BUT ULTIMATELY IT JUST ALWAYS GOES DOWN TO PLAYING YOUR KEYS.

SO I DON'T THINK IT STRESSES YOU OUT THAT MUCH BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BASE CALLS.

NEBRASKA IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE UP HOW THEY, THEIR FRONTS OR THEIR DEFENSES IN THE WHAT, THE SEVENTH GAME OF THE SEASON.

SO I THINK IT'S NOT THAT TALL OF A TASK.

YOU'RE STILL IN YOUR BASE FUNDAMENTALS, YOUR BASE CALLS.

YOU JUST EXECUTE THEM.

>> SEAN I'LL TELL YOU, I PROBABLY HEARD A DOZEN OF 15 PEOPLE DURING THE OFF SEASON THAT SAID THIS WAS THEIR ROAD TRIP.

THEY WERE GOING TO OREGON.

THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THEIR TICKETS BOUGHT.

WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION FOR WHAT THE CROWD LOOK LIKE FROM NEBRASKA?

>> I'LL SAY THIS WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE IN 2017, PEOPLE AT OREGON SAID THAT WAS THE MOST FANS HAVE EVER SEEN FROM AN OPPOSING TEAM.

COME OUT THERE.

WOW.

THEY IF YOU WENT INTO LIKE THE PORTLAND AIRPORT OR ANY OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE DENVER'S THE CONNECTING AIRPORTS, THEY'RE JUST FULL OF HUSKER FANS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE AT THAT LEVEL, BUT ANYTIME NEBRASKA PLAYS WEST, NO MATTER WHO IT'S BEEN, THEY'VE GENERALLY BROUGHT.

YEAH, YOU KNOW, MINIMUM OF 15,000 TO 25,000 FANS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY BROUGHT 15,000 FOR THIS TYPE OF GAME AT NIGHT AND HOTELS.

EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET IN EUGENE, OREGON.

SO I'D BE IMPRESSED.

BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE TEN, MAYBE TEN COULD BE IN THERE.

>> I REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE FOR THE USC GAME ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT WAS THE SECOND BIGGEST ALUMNI GROUP, RIGHT?

I THINK IT WAS NORTH NORTH, NO CAL FOR NEBRASKA OR WHATEVER.

THAT WAS THE BIGGEST BEHIND THE ONE THAT'S IN TEXAS.

SO THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT COULD DRIVE UP FROM THERE, FLY UP FROM CALIFORNIA.

>> EVEN THE FRESNO STATE GAME WAS JUST PACKED.

I MEAN, THERE WAS SO MUCH RED.

AND I THINK THE FRESNO PLAYERS, I'LL NEVER FORGET WERE CONFUSED.

THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL LIKE, WHO ARE ALL THESE FANS?

THEY'RE NOT YOURS MAN.

THESE ARE NEBRASKA FANS.

YEAH.

AND AT THE END OF THE GAME, THEY WERE SO CONFUSED THAT ALL THE PEOPLE IN RED WERE IN.

THEY'RE STILL CHEERING.

THEY'RE LIKE, WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE CHEERING FOR US?

>> IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

>> LET'S DO IT MIDSEASON.

SO GRADES QUESTION ON HOW WOULD YOU GRADE THE COACHING STAFF'S PERFORMANCE THROUGH SIX GAMES?

THAT'S FROM JOHN AND LINCOLN.

>> IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

OTHER THAN MY ONLY KNOCK IS THIS NOT CALLING THE TIMEOUT ON THAT FOURTH AND ONE?

I'D GIVE IT.

GEEZ, I'D GIVE IT A B+ RIGHT NOW.

OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY FAIR GRADE FOR FOR ME THROUGH SIX GAMES.

>> I'M IN THAT AREA TO ABOUT A B PLUS.

DEFINITELY SOME HOLES WITH SPECIAL TEAMS RIGHT NOW THAT NEED TO BE FIXED AND CLEANED UP IN SOME AREAS, THE PENALTIES AND THE KICKS.

BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY I MEAN THE OFFENSE I WILL SAY THE DEFENSE HAS OVERACHIEVED FOR WHAT WE THOUGHT.

AND THE COACHING HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING, ESPECIALLY ON THE FRONT SEVEN WITH WHAT THEY'VE GOTTEN OUT OF THE LINEBACKERS AND THE DEFENSIVE LINE.

>> AND THE REASON I DON'T YOU DON'T GIVE THEM AN A I THINK IS I THINK WE THOUGHT MORE ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE WITH GEEP WADE COMING IN WITH ALL THE GUYS THEY BROUGHT IN.

WE THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE SUCCESSFUL.

I WOULD AGREE, AND THAT HAS HAD A SCHERER.

>> THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN THE ONE AREA WHERE IT'S IT'S THEY HAVEN'T THEY'VE UNDERACHIEVED AND AND THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO MESS WITH IT RIGHT NOW.

BUT SURE, I THOUGHT THE OFFENSIVE LINE WAS GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD WHERE THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHO THE BEST FIVE GUYS ARE RIGHT NOW.

>> BEFORE WE GET TO OUR BURNING QUESTIONS.

IF IT IS RAIOLA, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT'LL BE LIKE?

>> I MEAN, I THINK IT'S I THINK THE PLAYERS WILL WANT THAT.

I THINK IT'LL BE FUN FOR THEM.

BUT I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE LIKE ONCE YOU'RE OUT THERE IN THE BALL SNAPPED, IT'S STILL 11 ON 11 FOOTBALL.

YOU STILL GO OUT THERE AND EXECUTE.

YOU CAN'T BE SO WORRIED ABOUT WHAT DYLAN'S DOING BACK THERE OR I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GET BACK THERE.

I WANT TO GET TO HIM SO I CAN TALK TO HIM AND MESS WITH HIM.

YOU STILL GOT TO GO AND EXECUTE.

AS SOON AS YOU START THINKING EXTERNALLY ABOUT WHAT?

WHAT?

DYLAN.

THAT'S WHERE YOU GO WRONG.

SURE.

BUT YEAH, I THINK THESE PLAYERS WANT A SHOT AT HIM JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, RIGHT?

I MEAN, A LOT OF PROBABLY FRIENDS NOT SELLING THIS FOOTBALL TEAM, BUT THEY WANT TO THEY WANT A CHANCE AT THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO GET THEIR SHOT FOR SURE.

>> NO DOUBT.

BURNING QUESTION.

>> SEAN MY BURNING QUESTION DOES NEBRASKA HAVE WHAT IT TAKES MENTALLY TO GET UP FOR ANOTHER BIG GAME TWO WEEKS IN A ROW, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROAD AND THIS LATER KICKOFF, WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE TO PLAY AT 10 P.M.

CENTRAL GAME.

>> YEAH.

CAN NEBRASKA GET THE RUN GAME GOING?

I THINK NOW WITH JAMAL RHULE BACK AND JUST SEEING THIS FRONT WITH OREGON, IT'S A STOUT VERY ATHLETIC RUN DEFENSE THAT THEY HAVE.

CAN THEY GET THIS RUN GAME GOING TO GIVE COLANDREA A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.

WE KNOW HE'S GOING TO UTILIZE HIS LEGS.

BUT CAN THOSE THAT THREE HEADED MONSTER GET GOING.

AND ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN EUGENE.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS WE SAW IT IN THE FIRST HALF.

LUKE LINDENMEYER HAD SEVEN TARGETS.

CAN WE SEE EVEN MORE TARGETS THAN I THINK THEY CAN REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MIDDLE OF THAT DEFENSE FOR OREGON.

DON'T FORGET TO HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK PAGE AND CLICK ON THE PREDICTION.

JAY.

SEAN, I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT ON SATURDAY AFTER ALL THOSE NONCONFERENCE GAMES AND A COUPLE OF SOCCER GAMES, NOW WE'RE INTO THE BIG CONFERENCE GAMES WITH REAL IMPLICATIONS.

10 P.M.

CENTRAL TIME ON BIG FOX.

COME BACK TUESDAY, WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE GAME WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST, AVERY HOWARD OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

DON'T FORGET TO TUNE IN TO STATE OF VOLLEYBALL THIS THURSDAY AT 9 P.M.

RIGHT HERE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

OUR THANKS TO SAM MCKEWON FOR JOINING US TONIGHT FOR JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

I'M MICHAEL SEVERE.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON BIG RED WRAPUP.