(BAND MUSIC) >> QUESTIONS ABOUND AFTER YET ANOTHER MINNESOTA LOSS.

CAN THE HUSKERS BETTER PROTECT THEIR QUARTERBACK?

CAN NEBRASKA HAVE A BETTER RUN DEFENSE?

MOST IMPORTANTLY, CAN THEY GET THINGS FIXED TO KNOCK OFF NORTHWESTERN THIS SATURDAY?

ANSWERS AND MORE.

NEXT ON BIG RED WRAP-UP.

(BAND MUSIC) HI EVERYONE I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

WELCOME TO BIG RED WRAP-UP ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WE WANT TO GET YOURS AS FAST AS WE CAN.

SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK, X OR OUR BIG RED WRAP-UP PAGE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.

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

OUR PHONES ARE ALSO STANDING BY AND READY TO TAKE YOUR CALLS.

AT THE END OF THE SHOW WILL ANSWER AS MANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS TIME PERMITS.

IT'S TIME NOW FOR OUR SIDELINE SURVEY.

LAST WEEK WE ASKED YOU IS COACH RHULE GOING TO PENN STATE?

53% SAID YES, THE 39% SAID NO AND 8% SAID MAYBE THIS WEEK'S QUESTION.

HOW DOES THE HUSKERS SEASON GOING TO END UP FIVE GAMES LEFT TO PLAY?

HOW MANY WILL NEBRASKA WIN?

YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS SO FAR.

GET ON LINE AND VOTE.

THREE AND TWO IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE SAYING AT 43%, TWO AND THREE AT 26%.

HERE WITH FORMER HUSKERS JAY MOORE AND DAMON BENNING.

LET'S JUST CUT TO THE CHASE.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> YOU KNOW, I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

THAT WAS A HEAD SCRATCHER.

>> THAT'S WHAT COACH RHULE SAID.

>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST UNINSPIRING, EFFORTS I HAD SEEN IN QUITE SOME TIME.

ARGUABLY ONE OF THE, IF NOT THE WORST LOSS I THINK COACH RHULE HAS BEEN A PART OF, IN HIS THREE YEARS.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN ARGUMENT WITH UCLA PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR IS ONE OF THE AT HOME.

YEAH.

BUT.

>> WE WERE AT HOME LAST YEAR, UCLA WAS COMING.

THEY WERE STRUGGLING.

>> YEAH.

YOU JUST YOU TALK AND YOU TRY TO RATIONALE AND JUST BEING A PART OF THE GAME AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN AND, I JUST KEEP GOING BACK TO ONE THING.

AND YOU SEE A PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT.

WHERE IT JUST.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO QUESTION THE EFFORT, BUT I HAVE TO QUESTION THE PREPARATION.

>> YEAH.

>> I 100% HAVE TO QUESTION THE PREPARATION.

HOW THEY ATTACK THAT WEEK.

IT'S PRETTY EASY TO FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF COMING OFF, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRAVELING OUT EAST.

YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL AGAIN AND MINNESOTA SHORT WEEK AS WELL.

BUT I DON'T THINK THEY APPROACHED IT THE RIGHT WAY MENTALLY.

THEY TOOK FOR GRANTED.

HOW THE TYPE OF FOOTBALL TEAM MINNESOTA WAS AND THEY GOT EXPOSED.

ALL THOSE WEAKNESSES THAT NEBRASKA'S HAD IN THE FIRST SIX GAMES, PROTECTING THE QUARTERBACK, STOPPING THE RUN, RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, JUST KIND OF ALL, YOU KNOW, AND CULMINATING INTO ONE GAME.

AND, IT WAS BAD.

IT WAS NOT GOOD.

AND THEY GOT TO GET FIXED.

THIS IS KIND OF A CROSSROADS.

I FEEL THE SEASON THEY GOT TO GET FIXED.

IT'S NOW OR NEVER.

I FEEL LIKE.

BUT, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION 100%, A LACK OF PREPARATION.

>> YOU ARE AROUND THE TEAM.

YOU FOLLOW AROUND THE TEAM.

DID YOU FEEL THAT THERE WAS ANY KIND OF DISTRACTION OR ANY KIND OF ISSUE HEADING IN?

>> NO, I DON'T THINK IT WAS.

I DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO THE WHOLE DISTRACTION THING.

AND, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE VOTER POLLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST CHUCKLE.

BUT, I REALIZE THAT OPINIONS MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND.

I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY SIMPLE.

YOU KNOW, I WAS I WAS THERE WHEN NEBRASKA LOST 19-10 TO IOWA STATE IN 92.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> I WAS THERE WHEN WE WERE LOSING AT THE HALF TO WYOMING.

I WAS THERE WHEN WE STRUGGLED AGAINST WASHINGTON STATE.

AT HOME, I WAS DEALT A BAD BLOW AGAINST ARIZONA STATE WHEN WE GOT SHUT OUT.

>> YEAH.

>> I WENT OUT TO PASADENA AND WATCHED US WIN BY ONE SCORE IN A YEAR IN WHICH WE WON A NATIONAL TITLE.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE FOCUS GETS AWAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS TEAM, I THINK IT'S PART OF THE GROWING PROCESS WHERE IT'S EASY TO PICK THE LOW HANGING FRUIT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DIDN'T DO.

WE ALL KNOW THAT.

THE QUESTION IS WHY?

AND I THINK FOR THIS TEAM AND THIS YEAR, THEY'RE SO INTO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT OUR BURDEN TO BEAR.

YOU KNOW THAT'S LAST YEAR'S TEAM.

THAT'S THIS YEAR'S TEAM.

AND THAT'S GOOD.

IT'S HEALTHY.

BUT WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH IS EVERYTHING FOR THE FIRST TIME TOO.

IF YOU'RE SEPARATING 2024 FROM 2025, YOU GOT TO TAKE WHAT COMES WITH IT.

THAT MEANS HAVING SUCCESS ON THE ROAD.

THAT MEANS PEOPLE FEELING GOOD ABOUT YOU COMING BACK AGAINST MICHIGAN.

THAT MEANS PEOPLE FEELING BETTER ABOUT COMING BACK AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE.

THAT MEANS FEELING GOOD ABOUT WINNING ON THE ROAD AGAINST MARYLAND AND UNDERSTANDING, HEY, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

I CAN HANDLE IT.

WE'RE WINNING, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME WARTS AND NEED TO GET BETTER.

THAT'S THAT'S JUST EMOTIONAL MATURITY.

AND I THINK THEY IF THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WRITE THEIR OWN VERSIONS OF THIS BOOK, THAT'S ONE CHAPTER.

YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE.

HOW DO WE HANDLE PEOPLE SAYING GOOD THINGS ABOUT US?

HOW DO WE NOT GET A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY?

HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF PEOPLE DO THINK WE ARE PRETTY GOOD AND WE ARE RANKED IN THE TOP 25, THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET OUR BEST SHOT FROM A TEAM THAT ENJOYS BEATING OUR HEADS IN.

>> YEAH.

>> AND THAT'S JUST CLEARLY SOMETHING FROM THE TOP ON DOWN THAT THIS TEAM DIDN'T RECOGNIZE.

AND I'LL BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THEY RESPOND NEXT SATURDAY.

BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE THAT AGAIN AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND YOUR WHEN YOU'RE NEBRASKA AND OUR FAN BASES THE WAY THAT IT IS AND WE TRAVEL THE WAY THAT WE DO AND WE TALK ABOUT YOUR THREE RHULE.

AND HIS NAME IS MENTIONED ON THE NATIONAL MEDIA AND OTHER PEOPLE DON'T RESPECT US THAT WAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET THEIR BEST SHOT.

AND THE QUICKER YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, THE SOONER THE THREE OF US WILL STOP HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS.

>> YOU KNOW.

PEOPLE MAKE FUN OF PJ FLECK AND HIS SAYINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

I WATCHED HIS PRESS CONFERENCE DURING THE WEEK.

I WATCH THE PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE GAME.

>> HE'S DIALED.

>> YEAH, HE I BELIEVE I KNOW HIS TEAM BELIEVES HE'S GOT A HYPNOTIC EFFECT ON THEM.

>> YEAH.

>> HE IS DIALED.

>> AND I WAS HESITANT.

I MEAN, WE TALKED PRESHOW AND WE KNOW WHAT MINNESOTA SHOWING AND THE STATS SAY IT.

THE NUMBERS SAY IT.

YOU CAN SAY EASILY SAID THAT'S NOT A GREAT FOOTBALL TEAM.

BUT I WASN'T READY TO GO THERE.

I'VE BEEN I'VE SEEN THE STORY ELEMENT TOO MANY TIMES WHEN NEBRASKA IS PLAYING PJ FLECK TEAMS.

>> YEAH.

>> WHERE NEBRASKA SHOULD HANDLE THEM.

THEY SHOULD WIN BY DOUBLE DIGIT POINTS AND THEY DON'T BECAUSE HE GETS HIS TEAM SITUATED.

HE GETS THEM PREPARED.

HE GETS YOU UNCOMFORTABLE.

HE GETS YOU IMPATIENT.

HE GETS YOU TO DO SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE DOING.

AND THEN ALSO HE GETS THAT LEAD MAN HIS HIS TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS.

THAT BALL DOESN'T GET SNAPPED ABOUT FIVE SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK.

AND HE SHORTENS THE GAME.

AND THIS IS THAT'S WHAT HE DOES AND THAT'S HOW HE'S BEEN DOING IT.

HE IS A HELL OF A FOOTBALL COACH.

I DON'T CARE HOW YOU KNOW HIS LOOK.

HIS STICK.

HIS WHATEVER IT IS THAT GOES ABOUT HIM.

HE KNOWS HOW TO COACH FOOTBALL AND HE GETS THE BEST OF HIS PLAYERS.

HE DOESN'T HAVE A 30 OR $40 MILLION ROSTER.

HE GETS BEST OUT OF WHAT HE CAN GET UP TO MINNEAPOLIS.

BUT I WAS PREPARED, FOR A TOUGH, A BATTLE AND NEBRASKA GOT IT.

AND THEY DIDN'T FIGHT BACK.

AND, SO YOU CAN NEBRASKA'S GOT TO FIGHT BACK.

THEY GOT PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH AND, THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT.

AND WE SAW THE END RESULT.

BUT P.J.

FLECK HE IS A DAMN GOOD FOOTBALL COACH.

>> YOU KNOW.

IT'S SUCH A ONE PLAY KIND OF THING.

FIRST DRIVE NEBRASKA HAS IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

THEY'RE MOVING THE BALL.

YOU GOT A CHANCE TO THROW TO DANE KEY ON THAT RIGHT SIDELINE.

HE'S OPEN.

THEY SCORE THERE I THINK MINNESOTA'S GOT TO PLAY A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE TRAILING OPPOSED TO GETTING THE LEAD AND PLAYING DIFFERENTLY.

IT REALLY DOES COME DOWN TO A COUPLE OF PLAYS.

>> YEAH.

WHEN YOUR TEAM ISN'T WHEN YOU'RE NOT QUITE AS ESTABLISHED AS YOU WANT TO BE WITH YOUR CULTURE AND YOUR EMOTIONAL MATURITY AND HOW YOU APPROACH THINGS, PLAYS LIKE THAT CAN WIN GAMES BY A TREMENDOUS MARGIN.

YOU CANNOT REEL IN A PASS.

YOU CAN OVERTHROW A BALL.

YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING REALLY BASIC.

I MEAN, THE RUN PLAY THAT MINNESOTA SCORED ON, IT'S REALLY, REALLY SIMPLE.

YOU SEE DOWN, DOWN AND I'M A D-LINEMAN.

GET DOWN.

RIGHT.

IF I READ FACEMASK ON A SECOND LEVEL OF A LINEBACKER AND THEY'RE TRYING TO SCOOP ME, GET MY HEAD ON THE OUTSIDE BOX, THAT THING, IF I'M A RUNNER HITTER, GET INTO THE BOX, RIGHT?

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU'RE YOU'RE KIND OF HOPING AND WAITING, BUT YOU'RE UNSURE.

THOSE LITTLE THINGS RATTLE YOU.

MATURE TEAMS AND TEAMS THAT HAVE KIND OF BEEN THERE, DONE THAT.

WHAT'S THIS TEAM HAS AND IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT THEY'RE STILL GROWING.

AND THAT MATURATION YOU'RE EASILY INFLUENCED BY THE PLAYS YOU DON'T MAKE RIGHT.

IF YOU KNOW YOU HEARD COACH BUTLER TALK ABOUT IT IN THE PRESSER AND IT WAS WE'RE GOING TO PICK IT APART BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND CONTEXT.

WE DON'T LIKE CONTEXT AROUND HERE BECAUSE WE RATHER BE RIGHT AND GET IT RIGHT.

BUT COACH BUTLER WAS RESPONDING TO COACH RHULE'S COMMENTS ABOUT CALLING THE GAME A LITTLE VANILLA AND GETTING AWAY FROM CREATIVITY.

HE WAS RESPONDING TO A QUESTION ON DID IT SEEM LIKE THAT?

SO HE EXPLAINS IT.

HEY, WHEN WE GAVE UP THE LONG RUN, WE WERE A LITTLE SHOOK A LITTLE BIT.

SO I GOT CONSERVATIVE AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE.

THIS GUY'S GOT NO BUSINESS, COACHING.

YOU KNOW, HE'S TELLING YOU WHAT HAPPENED WITH AN EMOTIONALLY IMMATURE TEAM.

WE'VE TALKED AS A THREESOME ABOUT.

WELL, THEY GOT THEY DID TOO MUCH HERE.

HE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT HERE OR JUST GET BACK TO THE BASICS.

HE'S HUMAN TOO.

HE'S THINKING ABOUT THOSE WHOLE DYNAMICS IN TERMS OF HOW HIS TEAM THINKS.

SO IT'S EASY TO VANILLA THAT THING UP, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EXCUSE AND AN EXPLANATION IS OWNERSHIP.

HE'S OWNING WHAT HAPPENED AND WE DON'T LIKE THAT EITHER.

THAT'S WHY I JUST THINK THESE GUYS GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO WELL, WHO DOES IT WELL AND JUST DO THAT.

THE BACKGROUND NOISE AND OUR OPINIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

BUT LET IT BE WHAT IT IS.

JUST GO PLAY BALL.

>> LET'S TALK OFFENSIVE LINE.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS A BIG CONVERSATION.

WELL LET ME, LET ME LET'S SAY OFFENSIVE LINE.

LET ME SAY PASS PROTECTION, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PARTS TO IT.

FROM WHAT YOU SAW, FROM WHAT YOU'VE WATCHED, CAN YOU PUT A PERCENTAGE ON HOW MUCH WAS IT OFFENSIVE LINE, HOW MUCH IS IT, HOW MUCH IS MINNESOTA GETTING AFTER NEBRASKA?

IS IT THE RUNNING BACK NOT STEPPING UP?

IS IT.

WHAT IS THE ISSUE?

>> I MEAN, I WOULD I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 33.3%, YOU KNOW TO RUNNING BACK PROTECTION, LINE PROTECTION AND QUARTERBACK.

I THINK THEY'RE ALL EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE.

>> OR MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE PLAY CALLING.

>> POTENTIALLY.

YEAH.

OBVIOUSLY YOU LOSE ROCCO SPINDLER WITH THE HAND INJURY.

YOU GET PRITCHETT THAT GETS KICKED OUT OF THE GAME FOR THAT CRAZY CALL.

MINNESOTA DID A GREAT JOB WITH THEIR STUNTS.

THEY LIKE THE LATE WRAP WHERE NEBRASKA GETS OVER COMMITTED TO ONE SIDE AND THIS GUY COMES FREE.

THEY DID IT MULTIPLE TIMES JUST LIKE THAT RIGHT THERE.

THEY IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD, DESIGN CONCEPT THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S JUST A MISCOMMUNICATION FROM THE BACK AND THE TACKLE.

THAT HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES NEBRASKA HAS GOT TO COMMUNICATE.

THE RUNNING BACK HAS TO KNOW WHICH SIDE OR BECAUSE IN PASS PRO THEY'LL GO MAN ONE SIDE, ZONE TO THE OTHER.

SO THEY GOT TO KIND OF KNOW WHERE HE FITS AND WHERE ARE THEY, WHERE CAN THEY BE.

THE HOLE CAN BE TO FILL IN.

BUT IT'S A COMMUNICATION.

IT'S A PHYSICALITY THING.

AND DYLAN HAS TO DO A BETTER JOB.

PLAY CALL, STEP IN THE POCKET THE RIGHT WAY, HAVE SOME MORE URGENCY, SOME MORE SUDDENNESS.

AND, BUT IT'S EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBLE.

BUT TO ME, THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION UP FRONT BETWEEN RUNNING BACK AND O-LINE WAS THE BIGGEST AREA THAT I THINK THEY GET FIXED THE EASIEST.

BUT ALSO WHAT CAUSED NEBRASKA THE MOST ISSUES ON ON FRIDAY NIGHT?

>> I DON'T CARE HOW TOUGH YOU ARE.

HOW MUCH INTESTINAL FORTITUDE YOU HAVE.

YOU GET SACKED FIVE TIMES IN THE FIRST HALF.

YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING SOME THINGS.

HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THE SECOND HALF WAS A REFLECTION OF THE BEATING HE TOOK IN THE FIRST HALF?

>> NO QUESTION.

RIGHT.

THE LAST SERIES WAS COMPLETELY WAVING THE WHITE FLAG.

YOU STARTING TO SEE GHOSTS?

AND IT JUST IS WHAT IT IS.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A REFLECTION OF HIS CHARACTER AS MUCH AS I THINK WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH AND YOU LOOK AT THE LAST 3 OR 4 GAMES AND IT'S A MULTITUDE OF THINGS, IT IS WHAT IT IS, AS A 19 YEAR OLD.

AND, I THINK FOR THIS FOOTBALL TEAM IN PARTICULAR, WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, AND I KIND OF LIKE THE ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD, RIGHT.

ONE TIME YOU SEE IT BACK AT TRUCKED THE DELAYED PRESSURE.

WHY DID DELAY PRESSURES WORK?

WELL, CLEARLY YOU'RE GETTING TWO VERTICAL IN YOUR PASS GAME AS OPPOSED TO PLAYING CATCH.

THEY CAN SIT BACK AND PLAY TWO MAN OR INVERTED COVER TWO AND THE SHELL AND YOU'RE IMPATIENT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST PLAY CATCH.

WELL, THOSE DELAYED STUNTS CAN WORK.

IF THE BALL'S COMING OUT, I'M GONNA HIT MY FEET A LITTLE QUICKER.

RIGHT.

SO YOU CAN DELAY WRAP BECAUSE YOU GOT TIME, RIGHT?

WE'RE GOING TO HOLD, HOLD, HOLD, HOLD, HOLD.

SO IT'S A MULTITUDE OF THINGS RIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE QUICK GAME?

WHERE ARE THE... >> FOUR SCREENS?

ONLY FOUR SCREENS.

>> WHERE ARE THE SMOKE SCREENS?

I MEAN JUST LISTEN.

IF AT THE SNAP OF THE BALL YOU'RE GIVING BARNEY 12 YARDS, I WOULD JUST THROW THAT GUY THE BALL.

I MEAN DARN BE THE PLAY.

>> SMOKE.

>> JUST THROW HIM THE BALL.

SEE IF YOU CAN, COACH COLLINS.

THEIR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR IS A SMART INDIVIDUAL.

HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S DOING.

HE'S THAT'S PJ FLECK'S RIGHT HAND MAN.

HE'S BEEN WITH HIM LONGER THAN ANYBODY ON THAT STAFF.

HIS PRE-SNAP LOOKS ARE PRETTY GOOD.

BUT WHEN YOUR QUARTERBACK DOESN'T RUN THE BALL THERE ARE SOME CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU CAN.

YOU CAN PLAY TO MAN YOU YOU CAN GET IN SOME OF THESE COVERAGES AND SAY, OKAY, LISTEN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET HASTY AND WANT TO GET VERTICAL ON US, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU.

SO THAT'S WHEN YOU GOT TO KIND OF PULL BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE BALL OR PLAY CATCH UNDERNEATH.

THOSE TWO THINGS DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE I THINK THEY PANICKED.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE MINDSET WAS RIGHT.

THE MINDSET WAS FOUR QUARTERS SLUGFEST.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

>> THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT IT WAS.

THE GAME PLAN WAS GET HIM OUT OF HERE EARLY AND SEE IF THEY'LL TAP.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY DIDN'T.

>> THEY DID NOT, NO.

>> YOU FOUND YOURSELF IN A FOUR QUARTER FIGHT AND YOU TRAIN TO GO ABOUT THREE ROUNDS.

>> YEAH >> THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

>> LET'S FLIP THE OTHER SIDE.

SO YOU KNOW I TALK A LOT ABOUT HAVOC.

ONE SACK, FOUR TACKLES FOR LOSS.

I THINK THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT THREE PRESSURES.

THEY HIT HIM ONCE.

I MEAN.

>> YEAH AGAIN THE GAVE IT, I DON'T I DON'T MIND VANILLA.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

I'M TOTALLY OKAY.

THE BEST OF THE BEST GAMES I'VE BEEN A PART OF AS A DEFENSE AS A TEAM.

VERY BASIC.

>> YOU HAD DUDES THOUGH, I'M ASSUMING.

>> SURE.

>> I GOT A GUY WHO CAN BEAT YOU ONE ON ONE.

>> YES, WE DID HAVE, SUNDAY TALENT.

SO THAT DID HELP.

BUT WE'VE SEEN THEM GET BURNED BEFORE BY DOING UNIQUE STUFF AND BEING AGGRESSIVE.

THAT'S WHAT DAMON'S ALREADY ALLUDED TO AND BROUGHT UP.

SO IT'S DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED YOU DON'T, RIGHT.

SO HE BRINGS THE PRESSURE.

HE DOES ALL THESE UNIQUE STUNTS IN GAMES.

HE GETS GASHED.

HE DOESN'T.

THEY GOT THE GUY HIT HIS HEAD ON A GOALPOST ONE TIME.

BUT THEY HAD A HARD TIME.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS IF NEBRASKA WOULD HAVE HAD SUCCESS EARLY IN THIS IN THE GAME SCORED POINTS.

THEY GOT IN THE RED ZONE.

THAT UNIQUELY CHANGES HOW HE'S ABLE TO CALL THAT GAME RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> AND HOW THEY CALL THE GAME.

>> CORRECT.

>> YEAH.

>> ALSO WHEN THEY'RE.

>> INSIDE THE 15 TWICE YOU HAVE SIX POINTS.

>> RIGHT.

SO THAT.

>> YEAH, THAT'S NOT GOING TO CUT IT.

>> THAT UNIQUELY CHANGES.

ALL SUDDEN YOU FIND YOURSELF AND LIKE MAN IT'S 7-6.

IT SHOULD BE 14-0.

AND THEY JUST GASED US LIKE AS A D-CORNER.

AND YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, I WASN'T YOU KNOW, YOU GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD.

SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE KIND OF YOU'RE GRASPING FOR STRAWS ON HOW TO OPERATE AND HOW TO.

>> HE SEES HOW THE OFFENSE IS PLAYING, RIGHT.

>> EXACTLY.

>> SO YOU, THERE'S THIS TENDENCY TO NOT WANT TO GIVE UP TOO MUCH BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO PLAY COMPLEMENTARY FOOTBALL.

>> LET'S GET A TO THE HIGHLIGHTS.

WE'LL COME BACK AND TALK MORE, OF COURSE.

FRIDAY NIGHT WENT TO MINNESOTA.

FIVE STRAIGHT LOSSES TO THE GOPHERS HADN'T WON THERE SINCE 2015.

OF COURSE HAD THE PINK AND ACCENTS BECAUSE OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

GAME GETS STARTED AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN 3 OR 4 TIMES WHERE EARLY IN THE GAME, DYLAN IS SCRAMBLING USING HIS LEGS, AND HE THROWS A DIME HERE TO LINDENMEYER.

THIS IS A GREAT THROW ON THE RUN.

I LIKE HIM THROWING ON THE RUN, BY THE WAY.

>> YEAH, I'M NOT A BIG ROLL HIM OUT.

YOU KNOW SPRINT OUT GUY >> I'M NOT A SPRINT OUT GUY.

>> BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF FOOL'S GOLD.

>> IT IS.

>> RIGHT.

IT'S LIKE A BAD THREE POINT SHOOTER HITTING HIS FIRST SHOT.

AND HE WANTS TO AS AN OPPONENT YOU'RE LIKE OH KEEP SHOOTING IT RIGHT.

YOU'LL RETURN THE LAW OF AVERAGES 11 SECONDS THAT PLAY TOOK.

>> YEP.

NOW YOU THROW IT OUT TO THE GOAL HERE WAS TO INITIALLY THROW THE BALL OUT TO HUNTER.

HE GET THERE LATE BECAUSE HE SHOVELS IT.

IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS PLAY.

HE LIKES TO DO THESE SORT OF THINGS.

HE COMPLETES THIS ONE.

BUT AS YOU CALL THAT'S MORE FOOL'S GOLD.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S JUST IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE.

IT WAS KIND OF A MIRACULOUS PLAY.

AND YOU COULD KIND OF SEE WHETHER IT WAS THE LEFT HAND THROW, WHICH WE'LL SEE IN A LITTLE BIT OR ANYTHING ELSE, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLE.

>> THREE PLAYS LATER HE'S GOT A SACK THERE, A LOSS OF FIVE YARDS.

GOT TO SETTLE FOR THE FIELD GOAL.

YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.

YOU GET IN THE RED ZONE.

YOU HAVE TO GET A TOUCHDOWN.

YOU'RE ONLY UP 3-0.

OPPOSED TO 7-0.

THAT CHANGED THE WAY YOU'RE DOING SOME THINGS.

DRAKE LINDSEY WHO IS A VERY GOOD INTERMEDIATE PASSER WAS ON TARGET THE WHOLE TIME FROM ZERO TO 14 YARDS.

THAT'S MALACHI COLEMAN THE FORMER HUSKER WITH THE 15 YARD CATCH AND RUN RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN HERE'S THE PLAY.

AND ARE YOU GOING TO BREAK THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT LATER.

>> YEAH.

IT TO ME IT STARTS WITH JEUDY.

HE WAS AN A-GAP PLAYER TO THE BOUNDARY.

HE TRIES TO GO BACK.

SO I SEE WHAT HE'S SEEING.

BUT IT'S JUST A BAD AS A POOR CHOICE.

HE PUT EVERYBODY ELSE IN CONFLICT AND IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT.

>> GOOD JOB BY ANDREW MARSHALL.

CHASE HIM DOWN.

THEN THEY GO TO THE TUSH PUSH.

TAKES A WHILE FROM THE SIDE THAT IT IS A TOUCHDOWN.

THEY DO EVENTUALLY SAY IT IS A TOUCHDOWN MAKING IT 7-3 MINNESOTA UP EARLY IN THE GAME.

WE'RE IN THE SECOND QUARTER DYLAN RAIOLA GOING BACK TO PASS AND FINDING REALLY WHAT'S BEEN.

WELL ACTUALLY THIS IS THE SACK.

THEY LEFT THIS OUT OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

BUT COMES BACK.

AND HERE'S THE LEFT HANDED THROW.

YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

THE GUYS ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

PUTS IT IN HIS LEFT HAND MAKES A THROW TO LINDENMEYER.

WHO'S REALLY BECOME A SECURITY BLANKET.

>> YEAH.

THE BALL GOES OUT THE KEY EARLY AND WE'RE COOKING WITH PEANUT OIL, BUT IT GETS A LITTLE DELAY.

WE HOLD IT A LITTLE.

I MEAN, HE'S OPEN RIGHT THERE.

JUST BANGING.

>> YEAH.

>> RIGHT.

LIKE, I MEAN SOME OF THIS IS NOT IT'S NOT REAL ROCK.

>> NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.

>> NO, WE'RE JUST PLAYING BALL.

>> YEAH.

I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM GET THE BALL TO KEY MORE.

I THINK MAYBE EVEN TARGET HIM A LITTLE BIT.

HERE'S A SPRINT OUT.

THIS IS THE RPO.

QUINN CLARK SHOWING HIS ABILITY.

HE'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD PLAYER.

>> HE'S FANTASTIC.

HE'S GOT A GREAT ATTITUDE.

HE'S HIGHLY COMPETITIVE.

AND HE LISTENS TO BEING WELL COACHED.

>> HERE WE GO AGAIN.

THIS NEEDED TO COME OUT RIGHT AWAY.

IF IT'S OUT RIGHT AWAY IT'S NO SACK.

>> YEAH.

>> SO NOW THEY'RE BACK TO THIRD AND 17.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER JUST THE TARGETING PLAY AFTER THE THROW OUT THERE TO MILLS.

YOU CAN SEE THE WIDE SHOT.

PRITCHETT KNOCKS HIM DOWN.

AND THEN HE DOES SOMETHING YOU USED TO CALL SPEARING BACK IN THE DAY.

>> WELL THIS HAPPENS IN >> HE DOESN'T SPEAR.

>> EVERY GAME.

>> HE PUSHES FIRST, RIGHT.

>> AND I'M NOT CONDONING WHAT HE DID.

BUT THESE GUYS CLEAN UP PILES.

ALL THE TIME.

>> THEY DO.

BUT NOW IF YOU'RE ON THE GROUND AND YOU DIVE ON THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO CALL IT.

THEY, YOU KNOW, THE OLD SPEARING THING THERE, BUT THEY CALL IT.

THEY EVEN THROW IN TARGETING.

SO HE'S OUT OF THE GAME NOW YOU AND TWO OF YOUR STARTING OFFENSIVE LINEMEN MAKE THE FIELD GOAL NOW AT 7-6.

NEBRASKA SITTING IN A GOOD SPOT.

THIS IS THE END OF THE HALF.

YOU'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO GET A FIELD GOAL, GET A LEAD.

MINNESOTA HAD LED AT HALF AGAINST A POWERFUL TEAM.

NOW THEY ARE 7-6.

THIS IS THE DRIVE I'M TALKING ABOUT.

THEY'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.

THIS IS FOUR MISSED TACKLES.

EVERY DAY EMMETT MAKES ME LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE A AMEER ABDULLAH.

THE WAY HE MAKES GUYS MISS IN SPACE.

BUT ANYWAY HE GETS THAT THROW.

GETS THAT CATCH.

AND NOW AGAIN EMMETT JOHNSON MAKING GUYS MISS GETTING DOWN THE FIELD.

THE NEXT PLAY, WHICH WE DON'T INCLUDE WOULD BE THAT THROW TO DANE KEY FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

YOU MISSED THAT.

INSTEAD YOU END UP GETTING ANOTHER SACK WHICH PUSHES OBVIOUSLY OUT OF FIELD GOAL RANGE AND HAVING A PUNT.

>> YEAH.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S SEEING FROM HIS VISION.

I JUST HIT THE CROSSER RIGHT.

>> THAT'S WHAT THEY DID ALL DAY.

>> AND LED TO PLAY ANOTHER DOWN.

>> THEY HIT CROSSERS ALL DAY LONG AND DID A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THAT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SAW A LOT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

I LIKE WATSON-TRENT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW HE GREAT HE IS IN COVERAGE IN THE MIDDLE.

YOU WERE WITHOUT VINCENT SHAVERS BECAUSE OF HIS THUMB.

HERE'S THE HOLDING.

THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO HOLDINGS ON THIS PLAY.

SO I THINK ANDREW MARSHALL WAS ALSO HOLDING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN THIS, BUT THEY END UP CALLING IT THERE.

>> YOU JUST CAN'T JUST.

>> JUST RUN WITH THEM, RIGHT?

>> JUST DON'T PANIC.

YEAH.

>> THIS IS A GREAT THIS IS A DIME.

THIS IS RIGHT.

>> THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KEY GETTING MISSED AND BROCKINGTON GETTING THAT ONE DROPPED IN A BUCKET.

>> YEAH.

YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO DROP IN THE BUCKET.

GET THE NOSE DOWN ANOTHER SACK.

AT THAT POINT YOU GOT THE SIX SACKS AT THAT POINT.

THIS SCREEN YEAH I MEAN IT'S A HOLD.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU GOT TO GET OVER THERE, YOU GOT TO MAKE TACKLES.

BUT OFFICIALS HAVE TO CALL THAT HOLD.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST RIGHT.

IT'S TOO OBVIOUS TO NOT CALL THAT HOLD.

>> I'VE SEEN THEM NOT CALL PLENTY OF TIMES THOUGH TOO.

>> I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW.

TOUCHDOWN BY TAYLOR.

ONE RUN.

ONE YARD RUN, 21-6.

NOW MINNESOTA LEADS AND IT REALLY FEELS LIKE THE GAME IS OVER.

ALTHOUGH NEBRASKA'S GOT THE BALL BACK.

THERE STILL TEN MINUTES.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE SACKS.

THAT'S A RON JAWORSKI SACK FOR THE OLD PEOPLE.

I'M JUST GETTING DUMPED.

GETTING HIT.

GETTING TIRED OF GETTING HIT.

THIS IS A MESS OF A PLAY AS WELL.

YOU GET A, A TFL, BUT THERE'S A PENALTY CALLED, AND THEN YOU COME BACK.

>> AND RUNS IT HERE.

LIKE, WHO'S CONTAINED THIS?

I MEAN, THAT'S NOT SCHEME.

THAT'S JUST DISCIPLINE.

JUST BE DISCIPLINED.

>> THERE'S THE HANDS OF THE FACE CALL.

I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

AND THEN DARIUS TAYLOR, THIS IS ACTUALLY.

YEAH.

NO, IT'S STILL DARIUS TAYLOR.

THE BACKUP RUNNING BACK IS GOING TO COME IN.

>> NO, THAT'S IJEBOI.

>> WAS THAT HIM?

>> IJEBOI.

>> IJEBOI.

AND THEN THE FIELD GOAL THAT REALLY PUTS IT OUT OF REACH.

THAT'S THREE SCORES.

NEBRASKA TRIED TO BLOCK IT.

COULDN'T BLOCK IT.

NEBRASKA HAS THE BALL.

STILL TRYING TO GET DOWN AND MAYBE GET A SCORE HERE.

GOOD.

NICE.

GREAT MOVE BY EMMETT JOHNSON.

MAKING GUYS MISS.

>> HOW HE DOESN'T GIVE THE BALL UP MORE GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND.

>> I KNOW IT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> IT'S AMAZING.

>> HE'S A STRONG KID.

>> BOTH TIMES AGAINST MARYLAND I'M LIKE THAT.

HE'S LIKE THE >> IT'S COMING OUT, RIGHT.

LIKE YOU COULD JUST SEE A RECIPE.

>> FOR JUST TWO OF THOSE.

THIS IS FOURTH AND ONE NEBRASKA CAN'T PICK IT UP.

AND AGAIN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS KIND OF OVER I HAVE NO IDEA RIGHT HERE WHY DYLAN RAIOLA'S IN THE GAME AND WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO PASS THE BALL DOWN THREE SCORES WITH 30 SECONDS LEFT.

>> I AGREE >> YOU'RE STARTING QUARTERBACK SHOULDN'T BE IN THE GAME, OR THEY SHOULD BE HAND THE BALL OFF OR KNEELING OR ANYTHING, BUT THAT.

THAT'S THE END OF THE GAME.

LET'S GO TO THE STATS AND SEE JUST WHAT MINNESOTA DID TO CONTROL THE BALL.

THEY WON THE TIME OF POSSESSION.

OF COURSE YOU SEE THE RUSHING YARDS NOW OF COURSE THAT'S NINE SACKS.

SO THE SACK ADJUSTED WASN'T THAT MUCH.

BUT STILL >> DID YOU SEE.

DID YOU THINK TIME OF POSSESSION WOULD BE GREATER?

>> I DID, BUT THEN >> I FELT LIKE.

>> I THOUGHT MINNESOTA WOULD HAVE MORE TIME OF POSSESSION.

>> BECAUSE OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> YEAH.

BUT IT WAS ONLY IT ENDED UP ONLY BEING TWO MINUTES.

>> IT WASN'T THAT BIG OF A DIFFERENCE.

NO PLAYERS OF THE GAME FOR THIS ONE.

BUT WE DO WANT TO BREAK DOWN A COUPLE OF KEY PLAYS FROM THE DEFEAT.

LET'S GO OVER TO MR.

MOORE FOR JAY'S PLAYS.

ALL RIGHT.

WELCOME TONIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK HERE AT A COUPLE PLAYS NEBRASKA DIDN'T HAVE SUCCESS AGAINST MINNESOTA FRIDAY NIGHT.

BUT THIS FIRST ONE IS A LONG RUN THAT MINNESOTA GOT THE MOMENTUM GOING IN THE FIRST HALF.

SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE ELIJAH JEUDY.

SO THIS IS WHERE THE PLAY BREAKS DOWN OBVIOUSLY MULTIPLE MISTAKES.

BUT IN MY OPINION THIS IS WHERE IT REALLY I'M ALWAYS GOING TO FAULT THE D-LINE OKAY.

BECAUSE I WAS D-LINE PLAYER, BUT I THINK THE D-LINE DOES ITS JOB.

IT MAKES THE REST OF THE THE DECISIONS THAT EVERYONE ELSE BEHIND THEM NEEDS TO MAKE EASIER.

BUT HE MAKES A POOR BUSINESS DECISION IN MY OPINION, HE WAS AN A-GAP PLAYER ALL RIGHT.

A-GAP IS RIGHT HERE.

BUT HE GOES BACK SIDE NEBRASKA HAD THIS GAP TAKING CARE OF RIGHT HERE BY THIS LINEBACKER.

NOW SINCE HE GOES BACK SIDE HE CREATES A BIGGER HOLE FOR THE LINEBACKERS.

AND BUFORD TO COME DOWN.

NOW THERE'S LINEBACKERS.

DO IN THE SAFETIES.

HAVE TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB FILLING HERE.

BUT IF HE STAYS FRONT SIDE ON THIS GAP HERE THIS FORCES THIS BALL.

HE COULD PRESS THE CENTER BACK AND FORCES THE RUNNING BACK HERE TO CUT BACK TO WHERE ALL THE HELP IS.

BUT HE DOESN'T.

HE'S ABLE TO GET OUT HERE.

NEBRASKA'S HAD A HARD TIME FILLING THIS.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THE END RESULT.

BUT AS EMMETT GOES BACK DOOR LOOK AT, JUST MAKES SO MUCH SPACE.

IT MAKES EVERYONE'S JOB MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.

IDEALLY, IF HE COULD JUST PRESS THAT STAYED FRONT SIDE A-GAP, IT WOULD HAVE HELPED EVERYONE ELSE FILL IN BEHIND HIM.

SO LET'S LOOK AT ONE OF THE MANY SACKS, ONE OF THE NINE SACKS WE HAD HERE.

SO DYLAN AGAIN HAS TO DO A BETTER JOB GETTING THE BALL EARLIER.

PLAY CALLS CAN HELP HIM, BUT ALSO STEPPING UP IN THE POCKET AND KEEPING HIS EYES DOWNFIELD.

BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RUN THIS AND YOU CAN SEE THE RUSH, RIGHT.

AS WE SET THIS, THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THE LITTLE CROSS STUNT HERE.

STOP IT RIGHT HERE.

PAUSE RIGHT HERE IF YOU CAN.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THEY BRING MORE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S CONFUSION PASSING OFF THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PASSING OFF AND SWITCHING.

YOU HAVE TWO GUYS ON HERE NEBRASKA CAVES DOWN, RIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO SEE EMMETT STAY ON THIS GUY.

AND THEN I THINK THAT'S KNAAK RIGHT HERE.

CAN STAY HERE, BECAUSE NOW EVANS IS KIND OF SITTING HERE.

HE'S LOOKING BACK BY AND THERE HE KNOWS OH BOY DYLAN'S GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE AND OBVIOUSLY HE WAS.

SO COMMUNICATION ALL RIGHT.

HE DOES HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF STEPPING UP AND ELUDING PRESSURE.

BUT COMMUNICATION NEEDS TO BE MUCH, MUCH BETTER BETWEEN OFFENSIVE LINE OF RUNNING BACKS AND PASS PRO SITUATIONS.

IF IT DOESN'T GET BETTER, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT MORE OF THESE IN THE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

LET'S SEND IT BACK TO MIKE'L.

>> THANKS, JAY.

GOOD JOB.

NEXT UP WE'RE JOINED BY AVARIE HOWARD FROM HURRDAT SPORTS.

AS WE GO TO BREAK SOME OF THEIR SHOTS.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IT AFTER THIS BACK INTO.

(BAND MUSIC) I REALLY I. THINK I'VE ONLY BEEN REALLY I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU GUYS.

IT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.

I MEAN, I'M, PISSED OFF.

I WORK FOR TOM KAUFMAN, AND HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, HUMBLE ENOUGH TO PREPARE.

CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO PERFORM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU LISTEN TO COACH SABAN.

HE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME LIKE, WORKHORSES OR SHOW PONIES, RIGHT?

LIKE, LIKE YOU HAVE TO WORK AND WORK AND WORK AND WORK AS IF AS IF YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO WIN THE GAME.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PLAY AS IF YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO LOSE THE GAME.

BUT YOU CAN'T.

AND SO WE WORKED, BUT YOU CAN'T EXPECT IT TO BE EASY.

YOU JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT, HEY, IF I PLAY AS HARD AS I CAN FOR 60 MINUTES, THEN THEN SOMETHING, THEN GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.

A PART OF THAT, THOUGH, IN MY OPINION, IS WHEN YOU GET PUNCHED IN THE FACE, YOU EITHER COWER BACK OR YOU COME OUT SWINGING.

AND I'M NOT SAYING WE COWERED BACK, BUT LIKE, WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T SWING.

I WORRY ABOUT OFFENSE AND WHAT WE GOT TO DO.

OBVIOUSLY IT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.

YOU KNOW, SO JUST GOT TO CHALLENGE THEM TO GET BETTER.

I THINK HE'S REFERENCING THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T.

I DIDN'T CALL THE GAME AS AGGRESSIVELY AS I HAD PLANNED.

YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OFF PRETTY STRONG.

THE FIRST TWO DRIVES, GOT NO DECENT RHYTHM.

AND THEN AFTER THAT EXPLOSIVE RUN, YOU KNOW, THAT PROBABLY AFFECTED ME MORE THAN IT SHOULD.

AND IT SHOULDN'T.

YOU KNOW.

KNOW EVERY PLAY HAS ITS OWN LIFE.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE NEXT PLAY IS NOT ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED ON THE PREVIOUS PLAY.

SO KIND OF A WHAT'S NEXT MENTALITY.

I'VE GOT TO STICK TO THE PLAN AND SAY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PREVIOUS PLAY, WE STILL GOT TO APPROACH THE GAME WITH AN AGGRESSIVE MENTALITY.

SIX POINTS, THAT'S TERRIBLE.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND SUGARCOAT IT.

I'LL TAKE THAT.

THAT FULL ON MY PART AND, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST THING IS THAT WE GOT TO NEXT GAME, WE GOT ANOTHER GAME TO GO DO IT AND PROVE TO.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS.

WE PROVED OURSELVES THAT WE ARE THAT OFFENSE, THAT WE THINK WE ARE.

>> I WANT TO WELCOME IN AVARIE HOWARD, OF COURSE, REPORTER AND PODCAST FROM HURRDAT SPORTS YOUR SECOND TRIP TO MINNEAPOLIS.

BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN HORRIBLE.

>> YEAH, I'M 0-2.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I GOT TO DO DIFFERENTLY, BUT I'M 0-2 SO FAR.

BOTH VERY SIMILAR EXPERIENCES, I'LL TELL YOU THAT MUCH.

AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR COACH RHULE MENTIONED EARLY IN THE WEEK HOW THIS MIGHT BE A BENCHMARK FOR THIS TEAM AND SEE HOW DIFFERENT IT WAS.

AND I'LL TELL YOU, THE ATMOSPHERE WAS EERILY SIMILAR TO 2023.

>> YEAH, THAT ONE IS.

TELL YOU WHAT, NEBRASKA HASN'T HAD SUCCESS UP THERE SINCE 2015.

LAST TIME THEY WENT UP THERE THEY WON THE ALL WHITES.

BUT THAT WAS I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.

I KNOW EVEN AFTER THE SHORT WEEK THAT I DID, I EXPECT THEM TO FULLY COME OUT AND PLAY PREPARED.

WHAT CAUGHT YOU OFF GUARD BY THIS PERFORMANCE OF MOST?

ONCE YOU KIND OF WHAT'S THE GAME KIND OF GOT GOING?

YOU'RE LIKE, OH, THIS WAS THIS IS ME.

LIKE, THIS WOULDN'T BE THE SAME STORY WE'VE SEEN IN MINNEAPOLIS THE LAST FEW YEARS.

>> I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE ENERGY BEFORE THE GAME, IT SURPRISED ME A LITTLE BIT.

THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON AROUND THE GAME.

NOT DISTRACTIONS WISE, BUT JUST THE QUICK TURN COMING OFF THE TRAVEL, THE HIGH THAT THEY HAD AT MARYLAND.

GOING INTO A ROAD GAME IN MINNESOTA.

THE ENERGY BEFORE THE GAME WASN'T WHAT I'M USED TO IT BEING.

EVEN ON THE ROAD.

THERE WAS A TON OF ENERGY ON THE ROAD AT MARYLAND.

THERE WAS A TON OF JUICE FROM THE GUYS PRE-GAME.

HEARD A FEW THE COACHES BEFORE THE GAME.

HEY, TIME TO WAKE UP.

TIME TO WAKE UP.

AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HEAR THAT A WHOLE LOT.

WHETHER IT'S MAYBE IT'S THE FRIDAY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT JUST FELT IT FELT DIFFERENT.

I TRY, I TRIED WHEN I HEARD IT BE LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M JUST GOING TO LET IT GO.

BUT IT DEFINITELY IT SHOWED ITSELF EARLY IN THOSE FEW COUPLE SERIES.

AND I THINK FROM THAT POINT ON, ONCE THEY WERE OUT OF WHACK, IT JUST THEY WEREN'T REALLY ABLE TO FIND THE RHYTHM.

>> WHAT DO YOU DO AS A COACH?

>> WHAT'S THAT?

>> WHAT DO YOU DO AS A COACH WHEN YOU SEE THAT WITH WEST SIDE OR WHATEVER?

WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU DO?

>> YEAH, SO I'VE BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF THAT TOO, RIGHT?

I'VE BEEN PART OF A STAFF THAT'S BEEN CALLED OUT BY THEIR HEAD COACH FOR, REALLY NOT APPROACHING AN OPPONENT THE WAY THAT WE HAVE SOME OTHER OPPONENTS.

SO USUALLY, SOMETIMES WE CATCH THAT EARLY.

WITH ME, I'D LIKE TO THINK.

AND MAYBE I'M JUST THAT NAIVE WHEN IT COMES GAME TIME, THOUGH.

YOU KNOW, I STAY PRETTY DIALED, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THAT I'M WIRED.

BUT FOR THIS TEAM, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE DON'T WORK TOGETHER, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF IS PAYING ATTENTION TO PRESS CONFERENCES.

DID YOU CATCH ANY TELLTALE SIGNS FROM WHAT WAS BEING SAID DURING THE WEEK THAT MAYBE LET YOU KNOW THAT WHAT COACH RHULE ALLUDED TO ON MONDAY, BECAUSE THE WAY HE HANDLED THAT PRESS CONFERENCE, IT SURPRISED ME A LITTLE BIT.

>> ON THIS MONDAY.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH.

I THINK WE SEE AN AUTHENTIC VERSION OF HIM ALL THE TIME.

BUT I THINK THAT VERSION WAS I'M SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO MY STAFF MORE THAN I'M SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO MAYBE A FAN BASE.

AND I THINK EVERY PRESS CONFERENCE, HE'S VERY ARTICULATE WHAT HE'S SAYING BECAUSE HIS MESSAGE IS VERY CLEAR TO WHO IT'S TO.

BUT I DON'T THINK IN THE TIME THAT HE'S BEEN HEAD COACH IN NEBRASKA, WE'VE HEARD HIM BE THAT DIRECT.

AND THIS IS MY MESSAGE.

THIS IS WHO I'M SAYING IT TO.

AND I TOLD YOU SO.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD IT.

>> HOW DID YOU BALANCE HEARING COACH BUTLER EARLIER IN THE WEEK SAY, WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY TRY TO RUN IT AT US?

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.

>> YEAH.

>> VERSUS HOW WE SAW THEM RESPOND.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY RAN IT AT THEM.

>> YEAH.

I MEAN ME AND YOU TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK.

I KIND OF LIKE THE ATTITUDE LIKE, HEY, WE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY US, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED FOR IT.

IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR HIM SAY TODAY THAT HE DID CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T SCARE YOU TOO MUCH, BUT JUST KNOWING HIS MANNERISMS AND HIS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE GAME, HE FEELS LIKE A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE PLAY CALLER, PRETTY AGGRESSIVE WITH HIS GUYS.

I WAS A LITTLE BIT CAUGHT OFF GUARD THAT HE DID CHANGE MAYBE HOW AGGRESSIVE HE WANTED TO BE CONSIDERING THE WEEK BEFORE, HE SAID.

I EXPECT FIVE HITS IN THE QUARTERBACK MINIMUM.

AND SO FOR HIM TO CHANGE THINGS AFTER THAT ONE BIG, EXPLOSIVE PLAY THAT SURPRISED ME A LITTLE BIT.

BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO HEAR YOUR GUY'S PERSPECTIVE THAT THAT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, SCARE YOU TOO MUCH.

HEARING WHAT HE HAD TO SAY TODAY.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WERE SITTING THERE IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE GAME, AND THE PERSON I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE WISEST WAS CEYAIR WRIGHT.

CEYAIR WRIGHT LISTEN, THAT GUY, HE'S JUST WISE.

BUT HE SAID A LITTLE LINE WHEN HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE, IF OUR MINDS WEREN'T RIGHT.

YEAH, WE GOT TO GET THEM RIGHT.

SO HE WAS ACKNOWLEDGING A LITTLE BIT THAT MAYBE WE WEREN'T READY FOR THIS GAME.

YEAH, I THOUGHT HE WAS REALLY GOOD.

>> YEAH.

I THINK HE'S ALWAYS IT'S I ALWAYS ENJOY LISTENING TO HIM SPEAK.

HE'S VERY CLEAR MINDED IN WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

AND HONESTLY, I'LL GIVE KUDOS TO THE PLAYERS TODAY WHO ALL SPOKE.

THERE WAS NO SUGARCOATING ANYTHING AND THAT CAN BE REALLY HARD TO GO UP THERE AND ADMIT PUBLICLY.

HEY, EVERYONE SAW WHAT HAPPENED ON THE FIELD AND WE HAD TO COME BACK AND BASICALLY TELL YOU, YEAH, WE DIDN'T TAKE THINGS AS SERIOUSLY, WHICH ALSO SURPRISES ME A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I YOU KNOW, DAMON, YOU SAID THIS THIS MORNING.

COACH RHULE WAS TAKING BLAME FOR THAT THIS WEEK BECAUSE HE ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN.

AND TO HEAR THE PLAYERS TODAY REALLY OWN UP AND ECHO THAT MESSAGE OF THEIR HEAD COACH SAYING, YEAH, WE MAYBE DID TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE GAS LAST WEEK, WHICH EXCITES ME SOME TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE COME SATURDAY.

JUST KNOWING HOW THIS TEAM FEELS RIGHT NOW AND WHAT LAST WEEK FELT LIKE, BECAUSE I THINK THE FIRST STEP IS YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT WE'RE AWARE THAT WE DID NOT DO WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN WE GOT AWAY FROM OUR PROCESS.

SO I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT DOUBLING DOWN ON THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE THIS WEEK AND HOW IT TURNS OUT ON SATURDAY.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU GET A GOOD FEEL.

YOU'RE ALWAYS AT PRESSERS IN PRACTICE AND WHATNOT.

AND YOU MENTIONED CEYAIR WRIGHT.

HE'S A GUY, HE HAD 5 OR 6 OF THOSE DBS ON THE OFF DAY YESTERDAY.

>> YEAH.

>> IT'S JUST THEM WORKING OUT.

IT'S THE SIX OF THEM OR WHATEVER.

AND IF THERE'S A GUY YOU COULD PICK THAT'S NOT DYLAN AND IT'S NOT CEYAIR THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE TAKE JUST FROM ALL THE PERSONALITY TRAITS YOU'VE SEEN, TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE AND INVESTING IN GUYS, WHO WOULD THAT BE FOR YOU?

>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I, I'M GOING TO SAY TO DASAN MCCULLOUGH.

>> A GOOD PLAYER.

>> BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE SEEN HIM GROW LITTLE BY LITTLE.

BUT HE HAS A TON OF VETERAN EXPERIENCE IN THE GAME OF FOOTBALL.

>> YEAH.

>> AND I THINK HIS KNOWLEDGE FOR THE GAME, WE'RE WATCHING IT SHOW.

BUT I THINK HIS TEAMMATES RESPECT HIM.

AND I THINK THAT'S A POSITION GROUP AS WELL THAT HAS BEEN IN SOME HIGH PRESSURE SITUATIONS THIS SEASON.

AND ALSO YOU KNOW, I WE HEARD WATSON-TRENT SAY TODAY, YOU KNOW WHEN STOPPING THE RUNS OUR FOCUS IT KIND OF FALLS ON OUR POSITION GROUP.

SO TO SEE THE WAY IF HE COULD STEP UP A LITTLE BIT MORE, I KNOW HE'S NEWER TO THE PROGRAM, BUT HE'S PLAYED A LOT OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN HIM RISE LITTLE BY LITTLE, GAME BY GAME.

IF HE GETS THAT ROOM AND HIS GUYS, FROM A LEADERSHIP STANDPOINT TO FOLLOW IN HIS STEPS, I'D BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

>> UNO SOCCER, RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> SOMETIMES MY BRAIN I NEVER I CAN'T TRUST MYSELF, A 56 YEAR OLD LIKE I USED TO.

HOW DO YOU HOW DID YOU HANDLE THAT?

WHEN?

BEFORE A MATCH.

MAKING SURE THAT YOU WERE READY TO GO.

WHAT WAS.

DID YOU EVER HAVE THE SITUATION WHERE YOU FELT LIKE YOU NEEDED A SMELLING SALTS OR SOMEBODY KICK YOU IN THE BUTT.

>> BUT YEAH, FOR SURE.

FIRST OF ALL, MUSIC IN LOCKER ROOMS GOT TO BE GOOD, THAT'S FOR SURE.

>> ALL CHRIS STAPLETON, YEAH.

>> BUT I UNDERSTAND FROM A FROM A COACHING STANDPOINT, WHEN YOU HEAR A COACH SAY, HEY, THE ENERGY'S GOT TO BE UP BEFORE GAME DAY.

SOMETIMES IT WOULD WORK YOU A LITTLE BIT LIKE COACH LIKE IT'S THEY'RE JUST LIKE GIVE US A SECOND YOU KNOW.

HOWEVER WHEN YOU DO HEAR IT FROM A PLAYER PERSPECTIVE THEN I HEAR IT NOW IN MY JOB I'M LIKE, OH COACH'S USUALLY RIGHT.

HE CAN TELL WHEN THE ENERGY'S A TAD BIT OFF.

BUT THAT THAT THAT DOES COME ON THE PLAYERS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DO IN THE LOCKER ROOM BEFORE THE GAME.

HOW MANY HOURS BEFORE ARRIVING TO THE LOCKER ROOM ARE YOU LOCKED IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENERGY IS CONTAGIOUS WHEN BEFORE YOU TAKE THE FIELD FOR WARMUPS.

SO IF THAT ENERGY'S NOT THERE ON THE FIELD DURING WARMUPS, IT'S IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING HOURS BEFORE OR WHATNOT THAT DOESN'T FEEL QUITE RIGHT.

>> DO YOU SEE THE DEFENSE, THE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN FAKE DUNKING FROM MINNESOTA?

THEY WERE HAVING A BLAST BEFORE THE GAME.

THEY WERE DOING 360 DUNKS.

THEY WERE LOOSE.

>> YEAH.

THE THE WEIRD THING ABOUT THAT IS THE JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN COLLEGE PARK AND MINNEAPOLIS.

>> YEAH.

>> IT TOOK FOREVER TO SEE MARYLAND PLAYERS TAKE THE FIELD EARLY FOR WARM-UP.

MINNESOTA, I MEAN BETWEEN THE STUDENT SECTION GETTING THERE EARLY CUSSING OUT NEBRASKA FANS AND PLAYERS, AND MINNESOTA'S PLAYERS GOING THROUGH THEIR GROUP WORK.

THEY WERE OUT THERE EARLY AND OFTEN.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH I WOULD AGREE.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK GOING FORWARD OKAY.

SO SATURDAY'S NORTHWESTERN GET A COUPLE BACK TO BACK HOME GAMES.

WHAT'S YOUR FEEL FOR HOW THIS TEAM WILL FINISH.

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I THINK THE RESULT BEING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON FRIDAY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A DIFFERENT ANSWER.

BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S A SITUATION WE'RE IN NOW IF IF THEY HAVE A STRONG PERFORMANCE IN THE WAY THAT THE GAME LOOKS ON SATURDAY, I THINK THE NEXT FOLLOWING GAMES CAN LOOK DIFFERENT.

IT'S JUST THE WIN THAT WE'VE SEEN A MICHIGAN STATE, MARYLAND KIND OF THING.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE THREE AND TWO IS I DON'T KNOW, I'M A LITTLE BIT HESITANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT THE REST OF THE SEASON, DEPENDING ON HOW IT LOOKS ON SATURDAY, AND I THINK THAT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR A FEW THE PLAYERS SAY THAT TODAY EVEN LIKE YET THE RESULTS DO AND DON'T MATTER.

IT'S THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS THAT WE ALSO CARE ABOUT.

SURE, THEY WANT THE W AT THE END OF THE DAY, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT, BUT IS IT LOOK LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK.

AT THIS POINT YOU'RE GOING TO GET A WIN NO MATTER HOW IT HOW YOU CAN GET IT.

BUT I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THAT IMPACTS THE REST OF THE SEASON IF IT LOOKS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK ON SATURDAY.

>> THE THING IS, THOUGH, LIKE THOSE LAST FIVE GAMES, ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN >> 100%.

>> RIGHT.

WE HAVE NO IDEA.

>> NO CLUE.

>> LIKE IF YOU TOLD ME THEY WENT 5-0.

I WOULD BE LIKE, OH, THAT'S GOOD.

BUT I WOULDN'T BE SHOCKED.

AND IF YOU TOLD ME THEY WERE 1 IN 4.

>> 1 IN 4, I'D BE SHOCKED.

>> WOULD YOU?

>> YES.

>> 5-0 I WOULD NOT.

>> REALLY?

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK THEY'RE.

>>THEY'RE REALLY CAPABLE.

>> RIGHT?

>> I COMPLETELY AGREE.

WE ALL AGREE.

>> THEY'RE REALLY CAPABLE.

>> BUT I THINK THIS TEAM'S SHOWING THEIR AGE.

THIS IS A VERY YOUNG FOOTBALL TEAM.

THAT'S WHAT >> AT DIFFERENT SPOTS.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.

IS LIKE YOU SAID, HANDLING SUCCESS EMOTIONAL MATURITY AND ATTACKING IT THE RIGHT WAY.

YOUNG.

THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS ME THE MOST.

IS JUST... >> SO THERE'S YOU KNOW, I THINK USC WILL HAVE THEIR FULL ATTENTION BECAUSE WHAT THEY'VE SHOWN AS THEY PLAY UP AND DOWN.

>> YEAH.

>> TO THEIR COMPETITION.

>> IOWA WILL HAVE THEIR ATTENTION.

USC WILL HAVE THEIR ATTENTION.

IT'S EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN THAT I'M KIND OF.

THEY ALWAYS PLAY IOWA.

IT'S I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.

>> OH I KNOW IT'S 13-10 GAME.

>> OH I'M JUST GOING TO BE LIKE YEAH.

>> GOING TO PENN STATE.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME RIGHT.

THERE'S NO STORYLINES TO BE WRITTEN ABOUT THAT ONE.

>> SO THE HIDDEN FACTOR FOR THAT I'LL BE CURIOUS WHAT YOU THINK BECAUSE YOU, YOU HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME.

I ACTUALLY AND WE GOT TO GET NORTHWESTERN.

SO I HEAR MY HEART.

>> SURE.

>> BUT GOING TO PENN STATE WITH COACH RHULE.

>> YEAH.

>> GIVEN WHAT THIS TEAM KNOWS VERSUS WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS.

WELL ACTUALLY, HE COULD TURN THAT INTO A, YOU KNOW, THIS GUY.

HE COULD ACTUALLY TURN THAT INTO A BENEFIT.

>> I THINK HE COULD.

IT'S INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE STORYLINE, HOW THE EXCITEMENT WOULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

OH COACH RHULE WILL RETURN HOME.

AND NOW IT'S LIKE OH COACH RHULE WILL RETURN HOME.

BUT I'M BUT I'M CURIOUS.

I'M CURIOUS TO SEE EXACTLY TO YOUR POINT HOW HE USES THAT.

>> AVARIE, APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS A LOT.

>> YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME, GUYS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE COME BACK, WE WILL TALK SOME RECRUITING AND TALK ABOUT THE WILDCATS AS WELL.

THE ONE GUY WHO COVERS THE TEAM, LOUIE VACCHER, WILL JOIN US AS WELL.

(BAND MUSIC) >> WELCOME BACK.

LET'S GET INTO TOP PLAYS FIRST EARLY ON SCRAMBLE BY DYLAN RAIOLA.

IT'S ONE DIRECTION AND HEAD BACK AND THROWS A TRUE DIME RIGHT THERE BETWEEN DEFENDERS LUKE LINDENMEYER NICE GAME EARLY IN THE GAME.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE PLAY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT NATIONALLY.

AS DYLAN SAID, THEY DIDN'T WIN.

BUT HE DID THROW WITH HIS LEFT HAND SOMETHING HE'S THOUGHT ABOUT DOING MANY TIMES BEFORE.

AND THEN LASTLY, DYLAN RAIOLA AGAIN, THIS TIME KEEPING HIMSELF UP.

NO KNEE DOWN PITCHES IT.

A LITTLE DANGEROUS BUT COMPLETED AGAIN TO END UP GETTING THE FIRST DOWN.

THEY REVIEWED IT AND SAID IT WAS A CATCH AND HE WAS NOT DOWN.

LET'S TALK SOME RECRUITING NOW.

SEAN CALLAHAN JOINING US.

ANY EFFECT ON THAT REALLY ROUGH LOSS?

MINNESOTA ON RECRUITING.

>> I WOULDN'T SAY A LOT OF EFFECT.

I MEAN, I THINK NOW THEY'VE GOT TO GET GET SOME FOOTBALL GOING THIS WEEKEND OBVIOUSLY 11 A.M.

GAME.

BUT THEY GOT A HUGE BREAK MIKE'L WITH THE USC GAME BEING ANNOUNCED AS A 6:30 GAME.

AND THAT WAS THE INITIAL PLAN.

BUT THERE WAS SOME RUMBLINGS THAT IF USC BEAT NOTRE DAME AND NEBRASKA BEAT MINNESOTA, THAT COULD GO TO BIG NOON.

WELL, OHIO STATE, PENN STATE GOT THE 11.

AND NEBRASKA IS EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, 40, 50 TOP RECRUITS IN FOR USC.

I'M TALKING 40 OR 50 YEAR OLD GUYS WITH OFFERS.

SO THEY GOT A HUGE BREAK, WITH THESE TWO HOME GAMES NOW AND IDEALLY THE USC GAME AT NIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AS MANY RECRUITS AS WE'VE EVER SEEN.

ON CAMPUS, >> AND THEY BRING ALL OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINEMEN IN.

IS THAT OKAY?

>> A LOT OF THEM.

>> YOU MIND THAT?

I WOULDN'T MIND AT ALL DANNY ODEM LET'S TALK ABOUT HIM.

THE FOUR STAR.

QUARTERBACK.

>> YEAH.

YOU LOOK AT THE RECRUITS FOR NEBRASKA IN THIS 2026 CLASS DANNY ODEM IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE TOP, IF NOT THE TOP GUY.

YOU ALMOST LOOK AT YOUR RECRUITING CLASS AS A DRAFT CLASS, AS THIS WOULD BE KIND OF WHERE THEIR FIRST ROUND MONEY'S AT.

AND YOU LOOK AT DANNY ODEM AS A GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THEIR CORNERS ON THIS ROSTER, SOMEONE THAT THEY WENT ALL IN ON TO GET AND HAD TO BEAT OUT A LOT OF SEC AND FLORIDA SCHOOLS TO GET HIM.

AND THEY WERE ABLE TO LOCK HIM UP.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT A LOCAL ONE TYRELL CHATMAN, CORNERBACK.

NORTH STAR GOING TO IOWA STATE, 6'2" 175.

SOUNDS LIKE HE KIND OF FITS THE SIZE THAT NEBRASKA WILL.

>> YEAH OUR IN-STATE TONIGHT IS TYRELL CHATMAN.

THE BEST PROSPECT RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF LINCOLN.

HIS FATHER PLAYED AT ARKANSAS.

AND YOU KNOW, HE HE PLAYS QUARTERBACK FOR HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.

PLAY SAFETY.

YOU'LL SEE HIM IN THE TOP.

YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR HE'LL GRADUATE EARLY.

BUT LAST YEAR HE WAS IN THE FINALS OF THE 400 METER DASH.

YOU KNOW HE'S A 47 TYPE RUNNER IN THE 400, 10, EIGHT, TEN, SEVEN AND 100.

SO I THINK IOWA STATE'S GET A REALLY GOOD ONE HERE.

AND TYRELL CHATMAN HIS UPSIDE IS WHAT REALLY JUMPS OUT TO ME.

I THINK HE'S GOT A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO GROW WELL, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE GRADUATES EARLY.

>> THANKS, SEAN.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S GET TO TRIVIA.

QUESTION FROM LAST WEEK.

WHO HAVE MORE NATIONAL TITLES, MINNESOTA OR NEBRASKA?

AND HOW MANY IS EACH ONE?

WELL, MINNESOTA HAS MORE.

SIX AND NEBRASKA HAS FIVE.

OF COURSE, THE GOPHERS THE ONLY COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT TO WIN THREE STRAIGHT TITLES 34, 35 AND 36.

OUR WINNER, MARK WITT, FROM OMAHA.

OF COURSE, HE HE WINS A COPY OF SEAN CALLAHAN'S NEW BOOK ABOUT THE HUSKERS, THE PROGRAM NEBRASKA CURATED HISTORY OF THE CORNHUSKERS.

THIS WEEK'S WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON NEXT WEEK'S SHOW.

HERE IS THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION.

THIS ONE IS AN EASY ONE.

DAMON CAN GET THIS ONE.

THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION.

FROM 1969 TO 2003, NEBRASKA DID NOT MISS A BOWL GAME, BUT SINCE 2006, HOW MANY BOWLS HAVE THE HUSKERS BEEN TO?

THAT'S YOUR QUESTION.

EVERYBODY SHOULD GET THIS ONE RIGHT.

NOT THAT HARD.

LET'S GO TO HUSKER HISTORY TAKES US BACK TO JANUARY 1ST, 1941.

SEAN WROTE ABOUT THIS IN HIS BOOK.

THE FIRST BOWL GAME IN PASADENA, THE ROSE BOWL.

THE SEVENTH RANKED HUSKERS TOOK ON THE SECOND RANKED STANFORD CARDINAL NEBRASKA A 7-0 LEAD, AND THEN AGAIN AT 13-7 AND ON THIS ALLEN ZIKMUND 33 YARD PASS TO HERM ROHRIG.

WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?

STANFORD ANSWERED WITH A 40 YARD PASS TO FRANKIE ALBERT TO HUGH GALLARNEAU, WITH STANFORD RETURNING A PUNT TO MAKE IT 21-13 FINAL AND STILL THE ONLY TIME THOSE TWO TEAMS HAVE EVER MET.

NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION TO ANOTHER ELITE EDUCATIONAL UNIVERSITY.

OF COURSE, THAT'S NORTHWESTERN.

WE WELCOME IN LOUIE VACCHER.

PUBLISHER OF WILDCAT REPORT.

LOUIE, HOW ARE YOU DOING, MAN?

HEY, LOUIE.

>> I'M GOOD GUYS.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> WE'RE DOING WELL, MAN.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PRESTON STONE, BECAUSE I LIKE THE KID BACK WHEN IS SMU STARTED, KIND OF ROUGH THIS SEASON.

TALK ABOUT HOW HE'S KIND OF TURNED IT AROUND.

>> YEAH.

HE STARTED REALLY ROUGH, RIGHT?

HE HAD FIVE TURNOVERS IN THE FIRST GAME.

I THINK HE NEVER HAD MORE THAN TWO INTERCEPTIONS IN ANY GAME.

AND HE THREW THREE IN THE FIRST HALF AGAINST TULANE IN THE OPENER.

BUT I THINK SINCE THEN HE'S SETTLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK HE REALIZES HE DOESN'T HAVE TO MAKE BIG PLAYS FOR THIS TEAM TO WIN.

THEY'VE REALLY KIND OF DOUBLED THEIR EFFORTS IN THE GROUND GAME AND OPENED UP SOME PLAY ACTION, PASSING FOR HIM, AND HE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDER CONTROL I THINK.

SO I THINK YOU REALLY SEEN A PROGRESSION OF HIM GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO THE OFFENSE AND FILLING HIS ROLE AS THE WILDCATS REALLY KIND OF FOUND THEIR IDENTITY THESE LAST FEW WEEKS.

>> I THINK THE IDENTITY REMINDS ME OF A LOT OF PAT FITZGERALD'S TEAMS IN THE PAST THAT NEBRASKA'S PLAYED AND STRUGGLED WITH, AND HAD GREAT BATTLES WITH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE IDENTITY IS OF THIS NORTHWESTERN OFFENSE SO FAR THROUGH THEIR FIRST SEVEN GAMES?

>> YEAH, I THINK THE DEFENSE HAS BEEN SOLID ALL SEASON SAVE FOR THAT OPENER.

MAYBE THEY HAD A ROUGH OPENER TOO.

BUT THE OFFENSE JUST IN THESE LAST FEW WEEKS, LIKE I SAID, THEY'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE GROUND GAME.

LAST WEEK THEY HAD 50 CARRIES AGAINST PURDUE.

YOU LOOK AT THEIR LAST THREE BIG TEN GAME UCLA.

THEY RAN IT.

I THINK IT WAS 42 TIMES PENN STATE 32 TIMES.

AND THEN 50 LAST WEEK AGAINST PURDUE.

SO THAT'S THEIR GAME.

NOW CALEB KOMOLAFE IS REALLY EMERGED AS THEIR BALL CARRIER AS THEIR, MAIN MAIL CARRIER.

THEIR BELL COW IN THE BACKFIELD AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE, I THINK IS MUCH MORE SUITED TO RUN BLOCKING THAN PASS BLOCKING.

SO THEY'VE REALLY KIND OF FOUND WHO THEY WERE, THESE LAST FEW WEEKS.

AND IT'S MADE THE DIFFERENCE.

>> HEY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE DIDN'T JUST TALK THIS MORNING ON THE SHOW, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, I WANT TO EXPAND A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE YOU GUYS DEFENSIVELY ARE REALLY GOOD IN THE RED ZONE.

WE TALKED, BEND BUT DON'T BREAK.

NEBRASKA HAS STRUGGLED TO SCORE TOUCHDOWNS.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS DEFENSE.

WHETHER IT'S THAT YOU KNOW THAT QUARTER'S COVERAGE THEY TACKLE REALLY WELL.

WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT CONDENSED FIELD DEFENSIVELY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BE SO GOOD WHEN TEAMS GET INTO THE RED ZONE?

>> YEAH I THINK YOU SAID IT RIGHT.

SO THEY PLAY A LOT OF COVER FOUR IN THE BACK END.

THEY LIKE TO PLAY THAT SHELL.

KEEP EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF THEM AND NORTHWESTERN'S A VERY DISCIPLINED SOUND FUNDAMENTAL UNIT.

YOU KNOW THEY ARE WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

THEY PLUG THEIR GAPS, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN AND THEY TACKLE REALLY WELL.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU BIG PLAYS.

YOU KNOW, THEY WANT YOU TO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SCORE ON THEM, THEY WANT YOU TO GO 10, 12 PLAYS AND THEY WANT TO LIMIT YOU TO FIELD GOALS RATHER THAN TOUCHDOWNS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND IN THAT CONDENSED AREA, IT'S YOU KNOW, THEIR BACK END ISN'T AS FAR BACK ANYMORE.

SO THEY'RE A LOT CLOSER TO LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

AND THEY JUST DO THE SAME THING IN A TIGHTER AREA.

I THINK THEY'RE JUST A TOUGH TEAM TO SCORE ON.

AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND.

THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BIG STARS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEY KNOW HOW TO PLAY, TEAM DEFENSE.

>> LOUIE, NORTHWESTERN'S FIVE AND TWO.

BUT IN YOUR OPINION, HOW UNDER THE RADAR DO THEY FEEL?

IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF TALK LIKE A FIVE AND TWO TEAM.

AND IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THAT SIX WIN THIS WEEKEND, HOW BIG WOULD THAT BE FOR DAVID BRAUN?

>> OH, IT'D BE HUGE RIGHT?

IT'S A BOWL GAME.

I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF THE GOAL.

THAT'S REALLY THE STANDARD THIS YEAR.

IF THEY COULD MAKE A BOWL GAME, YOU FEEL LIKE THEY HAD A GOOD SEASON BOUNCING BACK AND FOUR AND EIGHT LAST YEAR.

SO IT'D BE A HUGE PROGRESS FOR THE PROGRAM I THINK.

AND AS FAR AS BEING UNDER THE RADAR, I THINK THAT'S JUST WHERE THEY LIKE IT.

NORTHWESTERN DOES NOT LIKE BEING THE FAVORITE.

THEY LIKE BEING THE UNDERDOGS.

THEY LIKE TO GO INTO STADIUMS LIKE AT PENN STATE AND NEBRASKA AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND STEAL WINS.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF THEIR M.O.

THAT'S WHAT THEY DO THERE.

THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF PRESS.

THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF PUBLICITY, NOT A LOT OF BIG STARS ON THE TEAM.

BUT THAT'S THE WAY THEY LIKE IT.

THEY RATHER BE THE UNDERDOG THAN THE FAVORITES, FOR SURE.

>> LOUIE, WE APPRECIATE IT.

ENJOY IT ON SATURDAY.

WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE PRESS BOX.

>> YEAH.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME, GUYS I APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANKS AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO VIEWER QUESTIONS.

WE GOT A LOT OF THEM.

AND HI, DAMON.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION FROM SAM, AND I HAVE ONE FROM RYAN, AND I HAVE ONE FROM ANOTHER PHONE CALLER.

AND THEY ALL WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY'RE NOT PUTTING T.J.

LATEEF IN MORE FOR HIS MOBILITY.

>> YEAH.

I AGAIN I'M GOING TO DEFER TO SOMEBODY MUCH SMARTER.

I THINK THE QUESTIONS ARE FAIRLY RIDICULOUS.

BUT I DO THINK IS IS IF THIS I WILL SAY TO THAT IF THE STAFF DOESN'T LIKE THE WAY THAT ONE OF THEIR BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYERS IS PLAYING, THEN PLAY THE OTHER GUY.

AS LONG AS THEY DO.

>> YEAH.

>> ENJOY THE WAY THAT DYLAN RAIOLA'S PLAYING.

THEN WE SHOULD PROBABLY PASS ON THIS QUESTION.

>> IMAGINE IF YOU'RE A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

AND THE WEEK OF THE GAME YOU'RE PLAYING NEBRASKA.

THEY BENCH THEIR FIVE STAR QUARTERBACK WHO IS THROWING IT LIKE A SEVEN FIFTH BEST IN THE COUNTRY.

COMPLETION RATE OVER 1800 YARDS IN CONFERENCE PLAY.

>> YEAH.

>> AND BENCH HIM TO PUT IN A FRESHMAN.

IMAGINE HOW EXCITED YOU'D BE AS A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

>> YEAH.

YOU FIGURE THERE... >> YOU COULD PLAY IN A 4 OR 5.

WHAT'S IT MATTER.

YOU GET SOME.

>> BEHIND THE SCENES DISCIPLINARIAN ACTUALLY GOING ON BECAUSE THAT YEAH I GET IT.

I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION.

I GET FRUSTRATED AT TIMES AS WELL.

BUT WHEN 15 IS BEHIND THERE, HE GIVES THEM THEY CAN DO ANYTHING BACK THERE WITH HIS OFFENSE.

>> YEAH.

>> TJ'S NOT THERE YET.

SO THAT'S I UNDERSTAND HIS ATTRIBUTES THAT HE HAS, BUT DYLAN GIVES HIM THE FULL GAMUT OF AN OFFENSE AND THAT'S WHY HE'S BACK THERE ALL THE TIME.

>> WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE, SEAN?

RECRUITING WISE?

'26 '27 IN TERMS OF MORE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN COMING IN?

>> YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE GOT COMING IN THIS CLASS RIGHT NOW, MOSTLY INTERIOR GUYS.

THEY DO HAVE MPOUMA THOUGH.

>> YES.

>> AS A BIG TACKLE.

BUT I REALLY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE PORTAL AGAIN.

I MEAN, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT TWO PORTAL LINEMEN COMING IN, AND I'LL BE INTERESTED HOW THE RENEGOTIATIONS GO WITH CURRENT LINEMEN THAT ARE MAYBE PAID ON THE OLD STRUCTURE SYSTEM THAT AREN'T MAYBE IN THE TWO DEEP RIGHT NOW, HOW THEY BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TOUGH DECISIONS NOW GM'S HAVE TO MAKE BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF THE REVENUE SHARING AND HOW YOU WANT TO REDISTRIBUTE YOUR MONEY, WITH GUYS IN THE TWO DEEP AND GUYS THAT AREN'T.

>> WE'RE LIKE FAMILY, RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY >> YEAH.

OKAY.

>> CHAD WANTS TO KNOW, DOES NEBRASKA HAVE A LACK OF TALENT PROBLEM OR A COACHING PROBLEM?

THOSE ARE ONLY TWO CHOICES HE GAVE YOU.

>> NO THAT'S OKAY.

A IT'S NOT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH SOMETIMES I THINK.

BUT MOSTLY IT'S EMOTIONAL IMMATURITY.

I LIKE THE STAFF.

THEY'RE ACCOMPLISHED.

I THINK BUTLER'S THAT'S A GOOD COACH.

I THINK ADDISON WILLIAMS IS A GOOD COACH.

PHIL SIMPSON, DANA HOLGORSEN HAS PROVEN SO.

YOU KNOW, NEBRASKA HAS AN EMOTIONAL MATURITY ISSUE.

AND THE COACHES, IT'S THEIR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PUT THOSE GUYS IN THE BEST POSITION TO WIN FOOTBALL GAMES.

BUT IT'S ALSO THE PLAYER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL IN ALL THE TIME.

WHEN THOSE TWO THINGS, WHEN THOSE TWO WORLDS COLLIDE, NEBRASKA WILL BE JUST FINE.

WE'RE READY TO THROW OUR ARMS UP.

MOST PEOPLE SAID 8-4.

YOU HAD TO LOSE TWO.

YEAH, YOU HAVE TO LOSE FOUR TO GET TO EIGHT AND FOUR.

>> THAT'S RIGHT?

TO THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER.

THE INABILITY TO EAT THE MEAT AND SPIT OUT THE BONES IS FASCINATING.

>> SO THIS IS ABOUT 5 OR 6 OF THESE, OBVIOUSLY.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH DONOVAN RAIOLA?

YOU TRY TO MAKE A MOVE.

THEY MADE A MOVE TO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON LAST YEAR.

PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT THAT END OF THE SEASON.

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU DO WITH THE AFTERLIFE OF.

>> WELL, I TELL YOU WHY.

THAT'S THE DISCUSSIONS AND THEY NEED TO BE HAD ABOUT MAKING THIS GROUP BETTER.

THAT'S NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT.

THEY'VE BEEN HAD.

I KNOW THAT I'M NOT OBVIOUSLY THERE DAY TO DAY, BUT THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING HAD.

THIS IMPORTANT TO GET THIS GROUP TO BE BETTER.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO?

DO WE HAVE TO MOVE GUYS AROUND?

WE HAVE TO PLAY DIFFERENT GUYS.

DO WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS IN PRACTICE?

WE NEED TO DO MORE GOOD ON GOOD.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THIS GROUP OVER THIS HURDLE AND PROTECT DYLAN BETTER.

RUN THE FOOTBALL MORE EFFICIENTLY.

YEAH.

SO THAT'S.

IT'S A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION.

YOU NEED TO HAVE AND HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I FEEL RATHER CONFIDENT IF DONOVAN IS NOT WILLING TO DO THE NECESSARY THINGS THAT COACH RHULE WANTS TO GET DONE, HE PROBABLY WON'T BE HERE.

>> YEAH.

>> AND THAT'S JUST THAT'S BLACK AND BLACK AND WHITE.

AND IF HE WANTS TO BE HERE, HE'LL MAKE THOSE CHANGES.

AND I'LL GET THIS GROUP BETTER.

IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO, THEN WE'LL FIND SOMEONE ELSE WHO CAN DO IT.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR SEAN, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SIDELINE SURVEY USING CATCH A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, WE ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW'S THE HUSKER SEASON GOING TO END UP 35%, 35% SAYING 3-2 OR 2-3.

SO 70% OF THOSE VOTING BELIEVE YOU 3-2 OR 2-3.

SEAN, I ASKED THIS QUESTION.

A FEW PEOPLE HAVE ASKED IF I'M GOING TO READ JAMES'S EMAIL.

IT SAYS IT SHOULD BE AS OBVIOUS AS THE NOSE ON YOUR FACE, YET NO ONE SEEMS TO SEE IT.

THE REASON WE LOST THOSE DAMN ALL WHITES.

SEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> YEAH, I THINK ANY TIME YOU DO ANY UNIFORM CHANGE, IT'S GOING TO.

IT'S GOING TO CREATE DEBATE.

I MEAN, IT WOULD BE ALL BLACK FOR USC, AND I'M SURE IF THEY DON'T PLAY WELL, THERE'S GOING TO BE NEVER WEAR THE ALL BLACKS AGAIN.

SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW THAT STUFF GOES.

I MEAN.

>> HOW MANY OF THOSE SACKS DO YOU THINK WERE OVER THREE SECONDS, DAMON?

>> OVER THREE SECONDS.

>> IS THAT THE ISSUE.

THE QUESTION BASICALLY IS HE HOLDING THE BALL TOO LONG.

>> SEVEN OF THEM.

>> 80%.

>> YEAH >> 80% SACKS >> 80% YOU HAD THE BALL MORE THAN THREE SECONDS.

SO I MEAN ONE TIME EMMETT GOT TRUCKED.

LISTEN HE SOLD OUT.

IT'S TOUGH I BEEN THERE.

>> THEY SLID DOWN.

>> DEREK BROOKS STOOD ON MY CHEST, LIKE THAT HAPPENS.

>> YEAH.

>> RIGHT.

>> YOU HAD THE QUICK EDGE PRESSURE, WITH GOTTULA, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, 80% WAS MORE THAN THREE SECONDS.

>> THIS IS AN INSANE QUESTION.

DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD SEE MORE?

TWO BACK SETS WITH 12 PERSONNEL?

TO HANDLE THE SACK PROBLEM?

I KNOW YOU HAD THIS.

>> SO LISTEN IT'S DIFFERENT.

IT'S NOT JUST PLAYING 12 PERSONNEL.

THEY PLAY A LOT OF 12 PERSONNEL.

IT'S WHERE YOU PUT THEM AND WHAT YOUR PROTECTION IS TO UTILIZE 12 PERSONNEL.

>> LET'S GO TO BURNING QUESTIONS.

SEAN, YOU'RE FIRST.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS CAN NEBRASKA BRING THEIR ENERGY FOR AN 11 A.M.

GAME?

YOU KNOW HOW THESE ATMOSPHERES CAN BE, ESPECIALLY AT 11 A.M., AND THE OFFENSE NEEDS TO COME OUT AND PLAY A BRAND THAT THE CROWD'S GOING TO GET BEHIND RIGHT AWAY.

>> FOR ME IT'S EASY.

IS THIS PERSONAL.

SOMETIMES THE GAME OF FOOTBALL JUST HAS TO BE PERSONAL.

YOU GET TO SOLVE PROBLEMS WITH AGGRESSION.

IS IT PERSONAL.

>> GET THE BALL TO NUMBER TWO.

>> CAN THEY GET THE BALL TO NUMBER TWO.

>> HEY YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO TO GET THE BALL TWO HANDS FIND NUMBER TWO, QUICK.

>> TWO, ONE AS WELL >> QUICK, QUICK TO NUMBER TWO.

>> YEAH.

>> IT WILL BE.

THE OFFENSE WILL BE MUCH BETTER IF THEY GET TO BARNEY.

>> TWO AND SIX BOTH.

MINE IS REALLY SIMPLE.

WHEN PRESTON STONE THROWS YOU A PICK, WILL NEBRASKA TO CATCH IT?

>> BECAUSE HE WILL THROW PICKS.

HE IS A TURNOVER WORTHY PLAY KIND OF GUY.

FOR OUR PICKS ON HOW THE SEASON WILL END UP AND OF COURSE, HOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON SATURDAY AGAINST NORTHWESTERN.

GO TO THE PREDICTION FACEBOOK, X, BIG RED WRAP-UP PAGE.

ALL THOSE SPOTS AND REMINDER THE NEXT GAME ON TV WILL BE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, 11 A.M.

ON FS1.

THE NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT, WE'RE BACK RIGHT HERE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA WILL RECAP THE NORTHWESTERN GAME.

OUR GUEST WILL BE SAM MCKEWON OF THE WORLD HERALD ON BIG RED WRAP-UP AT 7 P.M.

ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

YOU CAN ALSO TUNE IN LIVE ON FACEBOOK LIVE, YOUTUBE LIVE AND OUR WEBSITE.

NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

AND IF YOU HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF BIG HIGH SCHOOL GAMES, HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES ARE BACK AS WELL.

NEW SEASON AND NEW EPISODE DROPS EVERY WEDNESDAY.

WE GOT VOLLEYBALL FOR YOU AS WELL.

FRIDAY NIGHT, 6 P.M.

AS THE TOP RANKED HUSKERS HOST NORTHWESTERN.

OUR THANKS TO AVARIE HOWARD, FOR JAY MOORE, DAMON BENNING AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

(BAND MUSIC)