S S >> NEBRASKA ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY THAT THEY'D BE KEEPING HEAD COACH SCOTT FROST FOR THE 2022 SEASON FOLLOWING A CLOSE LOSS AGAINST TOP-RANKED TEAM OHIO STATE.

THE HUSKERS FELL 26-17 AND NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT A FIFTH STRAIGHT LOSING SEASON.

WHY DID THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT MAKE THE MOVE NOW?

WE LOOK AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT, MOVES ON THE STAFF AS WELL AS THE GAME AGAINST THE BUCKEYES WITH OUR GUEST, STEVEN M. SIPPLE FROM THE LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR.

SEAN CALLAHAN WILL ALSO BE IN TO UPDATE US ON BIG RED RECRUITING.

IT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

S S >> HI, EVERYONE, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE AND WELCOME TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP" ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

IF THE LOSS ON SATURDAY WASN'T ENOUGH, MONDAY WE HAD ONE HECK OF A LOT OF NEWS.

TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT NOW, FORMER HUSKER, JAY MOORE, SEAN CALLAHAN.

I THINK WE ALL KIND OF FELT THAT MAYBE THE BYE WEEK SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WE GOT EVERYTHING!

>> WE DID -- >> ALL IN ONE DAY IN A COUPLE HOURS.

>> YEAH, MONDAY WAS QUITE THE DAY.

I WAS JUST TELLING YOU GUYS BEFORE WE CAME ON IT WAS LIKE I RECORDED TWO SEPARATE RADIO INTERVIEWS TALKING ABOUT OHIO STATE AND NONE OF THEM WERE ABLE TO BE USED BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE - AND THEN, YOU HAVE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT COMES OUT THAT SAYS SCOTT'S GOING TO BE RETAINED, SOME RESTRUCTURING, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE HAS NOW LET GO FOUR OF HIS OFFENSIVE ASSISTANTS AND YOU'RE -- LIKE, WHOA!

YOU NOW, IT'S JUST -- JUST AN HOUR AFTER TREV ALBERTS MAKES ANNOUNCEMENTS, YEAH, SO IT'S CRAZY.

YOU HAD NEBRASKA PLAY HALFWAY DECENT AGAINST OHIO STATE -- THEY HAD THEIR CHANCES BUT THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS VERY SECONDARY TO WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE YESTERDAY EVENING.

>> SEAN, WE KNOW THIS IS BIG NEWS.

IN GENERAL, FROM THE RECRUITING ASPECT, HOW BIG IS THIS IN TERMS OF WHO THEY KEPT -- SEAN BECKTON, AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

HOW BIG IS THIS OVERALL, RECRUITING-WISE?

>> YOU KNOW, THE CLASS IS SO SMALL WITH JUST NINE RECRUITS RIGHT NOW.

RICHARD TORRES AND ASHTON HAYES, THE RUNNING BACK AND THE QUARTERBACK, THEY'RE PROBABLY THE TWO YOU LOOK AT AND I CAN TELL YOU I KNOW FROST IS A VERY BIG TORRES GUY AND -- AND, THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY KEEP HIM AT THIS POINT, OR HE'S GOING TO STAY AND WE TALKED TO ASHTON HAYES TODAY AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TALK TO FROST SOMETIME TODAY BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS COMPARED TO PAST MOVES IS THE EARLY SIGNING DAY.

WHEN SCOTT FROST TOOK THIS JOB, BACK WHEN HE TOOK IT, THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE EARLY SIGNING DAY, SO WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW KIND OF THE LAY OF THE LAND, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME NEBRASKA'S MADE A TRUE MOVE LIKE THIS WITH THAT EARLY SIGNING DAY AND THERE WAS ONLY TWO WEEKS THIS YEAR THAT YOU GET TO GO ON THE ROAD.

SOME YEARS, IT'S THREE -- THIS YEAR IT'S TWO.

A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON HOW EARLY OR LATE THANKSGIVING IS -- IF IT'S A LATER THANKSGIVING, SO THEN THE WINDOW IS CUT BACK AND THAT'S JUST NOT A LOT OF TIME TO GET THINGS ORGANIZED AND GO ON THE ROAD AFTER "BLACK FRIDAY" INTO LIVING ROOMS THAT SUNDAY.

>> THAT INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HAPPENED AROUND 2:00 ON MONDAY -- IT'S ABOUT THE RESTRUCTURING GOING FROM MAKING $5 MILLION A YEAR DOWN TO $4 MILLION, BUT THE REAL MITIGATION IS THE BUYOUT -- FROM $15 MILLION DOWN TO $7.5 MILLION SO, IF SOMETHING DOESN'T GO RIGHT NEXT YEAR, OR CONTINUES TO GO THE WAY IT'S GOING NOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO MOVE SCOTT FROST OUT.

HOW MUCH OF THIS DO YOU THINK, IN TERMS OF TREV ALBERTS, IS ABOUT GIVING SCOTT A CHANCE BUT ALSO SAVING MONEY FOR THE UNIVERSITY IF SOMETHING DOESN'T GO RIGHT?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S -- YOU HAVE TO DEFINITELY FACTOR THAT IN.

YOU MEAN, THERE'S -- WITH HIM COMING BACK AND YOU MAKE THE CHANGES ON OFFENSIVE STAFF, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT COULD GET ANY BETTER NEXT YEAR.

I MEAN, THE SCHEDULE DOES GET A LITTLE EASIER BUT YOU LOSE A LOT OF GUYS ON THE -- DEFENSIVELY THAT WERE KEY COGS TO THIS YEAR.

THE WHOLE ADRIAN SITUATION -- THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION -- YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE HAS BEEN ATROCIOUS FOR FOUR YEARS, SO HOW'S THAT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER?

AND SO, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT YOURSELF IN THIS SITUATION.

IF SCOTT REALLY WANTS TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, TREV'S LIKE, "HEY, I'M WILLING TO BET ON YOU.

I'M WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, PUSH THE POT ALL THE WAY IN BUT," LIKE, "HEY, MAN, WHAT BILL AND YOU GUYS DISCUSSED BEFORE, THIS ISN'T -- THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO THIS AND YOU WANT TO PULL SOME OF THIS POT -- YOU KNOW, THIS MONEY TO THE SIDE THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME OF THESE NEW ASSISTANTS COMING IN, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO -- WE'VE GOT TO NEGOTIATE HERE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THESE BUYOUT TERMS, YOU KNOW, ARE FOR PROBABLY A COACH THAT'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.

YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL."

THOSE BUYOUT TERMS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, MORE FOR A COACH THAT, YOU KNOW, SAY IF HE'D GONE 8-4, 9-3, 10-2 AND IS LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, AN 11-1 TYPE OF YEAR, IT MAY BE SUDDEN LIKE, HEY, NFL TIMES MIGHT WANT TO COME GET YOU.

MAYBE THAT PROTECT NEBRASKA'S SIDE OF IT BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE ANYMORE.

SO NOW, IT'S -- HE HASN'T GOTTEN THE JOB DONE, SO YOU HAVE TO -- YOU HAVE TO PROTECT NEBRASKA'S -- THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING -- THEY HAD TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND, YOU KNOW, SAY, "HEY, SCOTT, THIS -- IF YOU WANT THIS -- YOU WANT ANOTHER SHOT, THEN WE'VE GOT TO NEGOTIATE A LITTLE BIT AND PULL A LITTLE AWAY JUST SO IF THERE'S A CHANGE NEEDING TO BE MADE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT US TOO MUCH."

>> YOU MENTIONED EARLY SIGNING DAY.

THAT'S NOT INCLUDING, OBVIOUSLY, THE PORTAL, RIGHT?

SO, THEY'VE GOT TO JUMP ON THAT, FIGURE OUT, LIKE JAY WAS SAYING ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE, MAYBE FINDING SOME TACKLES -- MAYBE FINDING A PASS RUSHER -- MAYBE FINDING A QUARTERBACK, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH ADRIAN.

ALL THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY, TOO.

>> YEAH, EVERYTHING WITH RECRUITING NOW, FOR THE MOST PART, IS DONE BY CHRISTMAS.

I MEAN, YOU DON'T -- I MEAN, YOU GO BACK AND STUDY THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS, NEBRASKA HAS GONE MAYBE TWO YEARS IN A ROW WITHOUT A FEBRUARY ADDITION.

SO, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE TWO WEEKS REALLY BE CRITICAL, BUT THE TRANSFER PORTAL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF DECEMBER.

YOU'RE GOING TO WANT ANYBODY YOU GET IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL TO BE AT NEBRASKA BY JANUARY.

YOU WANT THOSE BUYS HERE FOR SPRING PRACTICE.

THAT'S A QUARTERBACK, THAT'D BE A RIGHT GUARD, THAT MIGHT BE A KICKER, THAT'D BE A PUNTER -- I MEAN, WHOEVER THEY GO AFTER IN THE PORTAL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S AS IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW AS RECRUITING.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS BY ADDING ANOTHER FRESHMAN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN IN THE RECRUITING CLASS.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET BETTER AS A TEAM BY ADDING AN IMMEDIATE-IMPACT GUARD, OR POSSIBLY AN IMMEDIATE-IMPACT QUARTERBACK, AND I THINK THOSE WILL BE SOME OF THE PRIORITIES.

>> SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT REGARDING THE TEAM AND WHERE THINGS ARE HEADED.

WE'RE HERE TO TAKE YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

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WE'VE ALREADY GOT A FEW THAT ARE SET UP.

HERE'S THIS WEEK'S ALL NEW "SIDELINE SURVEY."

"DO YOU THINK NEBRASKA MADE THE RIGHT MOVE IN KEEPING COACH SCOTT FROST?"

SIMPLE "YES" OR "NO."

90% SAY "YES, HE'LL GET THE PROGRAM BACK."

10% SAY "NO,FOUR YEARS AND A LOSING RECORD IS ENOUGH."

HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE NOW TO VOTE AND HEAD BACK OF COURSE EACH WEEK FOR A BRAND NEW SURVEY.

TREV ALBERTS SAID IT.

HE SAID THERE'S NO TANGIBLE REASON WHY SCOTT FROST, IN A WAY, WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK, RIGHT?

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT SAYS "DUE TO THESE FOUR YEARS, HE DESERVES A FIFTH YEAR."

BUT, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE'S A FORMER NEBRASKA PLAYER, BECAUSE HE'S A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, HE'S BACK.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

AS A FORMER HUSKER AND A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY?

>> IT'S HARD.

I GET TORN IN BOTH WAYS AND ONCE I SAY YES, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, I ALSO THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THESE FIRST FOUR YEARS, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO GET ANY BETTER?

AND, WHY NOT JUST SHUT IT DOWN RIGHT NOW AND SAY, "HEY, THANKS FOR -", YOU KNOW, YOU PART YOUR WAYS, YOU DO THE BUYOUTS, YOU DO WHATEVER, AND YOU FIND ANOTHER HEAD COACH.

BUT, IN MY GUT, LOOKING THROUGH ALL THIS WHOLE SITUATION, I DID FEEL LIKE SCOTT DID DESERVE ANOTHER YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW WHY -- IT JUST FELT LIKE HE -- I WANTED TO GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

>> IF THIS WAS MIKE RILEY, SAME SITUATION, DOES HE DESERVE ANOTHER YEAR?

>> (CHUCKLES) --.

>> BUT THIS IS NOT 2017.

>> NO, I KNOW IT ISN'T --.

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

>> NO - NO --.

>> THEN IN 2018, INSTEAD.

>> NO.

IT JUST -- IT -- THERE IS -- THERE'S SOMETHING TO IT.

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT BEING - HE IS PART OF THAT FRATERNITY, ONE OF YOUR OWN.

AND, AS MUCH AS I HAVE NOT AGREED WITH A LOT OF THE CHOICES AND THINGS HE'S MADE WITH -- YOU KNOW, HE'S DONE ON THE FIELD IN SOME OF THESE THINGS AND I SCRATCH MY HEAD A LOT OF TIMES BUT A PART OF ME -- I WANT HIM TO LEARN AND I THINK HE'S LEARNING THE HARD WAY, THE HARDEST WAY POSSIBLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S -- I MEAN, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT IT'S GOING TO GET ANY BETTER.

I -- I DON'T BELIEVE -- BUT, WE CAN SIT UP HERE AND HAVE THE DISCUSSION, OKAY, IF THEY DID -- WHO'S A GUY THAT FITS IN WELL HERE THAT'S OUT THERE?

I DON'T KNOW -- THAT DOESN'T -- I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS THAT GUY, THAT FIT IN WELL WITH WHAT WE WANTED TO GET DONE HERE AND -- IT'S HARD MIKE'L -- IT REALLY, REALLY IS HARD BECAUSE THIS THING IS BIGGER -- SCOTT FROST IS NOT BIGGER THAN THE NEBRASKA FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

NEBRASKA FOOTBALL IS WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT HERE AND I WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR IT.

WE ALL WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR IT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL DO.

AND, I WANT TO SEE SCOTT SUCCEED JUST AS MUCH AS ANYONE, BUT IT'S HARD WHEN YOU SEE THE MISSTEPS AND THE SLOPPINESS AND DISORGANIZATION OF THINGS THESE FIRST FOUR YEARS AND IT'S LIKE, "MAN, WHAT - WHAT HAS HE LEARNED IN THE FIRST FOUR YEARS THAT MAKES YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER IN YEAR FIVE?"

I - WE DON'T KNOW THAT AND MAYBE IT'S FINALLY - HE'S TOUCHED THE STOVE TOO MANY TIMES AND HE GOT HIS HAND BURNED AND FINALLY SAID, "HEY, YOU KNOW, I'VE LEARNED" AND, I HOPE HE HAS LEARNED BECAUSE, I MEAN, OTHERWISE, A YEAR FROM NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SITTING HERE IN THE SAME CHAIRS, TALKING ABOUT THE SAME SCENARIO, ABOUT ANOTHER FIRING AND WHO THE HECK THEY GO GET NEXT?

AND, IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

>> SO, THEY START THE SEASON NEXT YEAR IN IRELAND VERSUS NORTHWESTERN.

WHERE'S THE SITUATION WHERE EVERY SINGLE LOSS IS GOING TO THEN BE THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN?

THEY OPEN THE SEASON WITH A LOSS, WE'RE -- WE'RE ESSENTIALLY FILLING IN THE SAME SPOT.

>> BUT, WITH A LOSS IN IRELAND, SCOTT FROST MIGHT BE STAYING IN IRELAND.

I MEAN, IT -- I MEAN, I JOKE, BUT --.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S -- WE'RE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE EVERY TIME THERE'S A LOSS --.

>> WE ALREADY HAD THAT FEEL, LIKE --.

>> YEAH.

>> EVERYBODY KNEW, LIKE, ILLINOIS WAS THE PATH TO 3-0, AND THEY HAD NEVER BEEN 3-0, THEY HAD NEVER WON THREE IN A ROWSO YEAH, THE IRELAND GAME IS HUGE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO WIN THAT OPENING GAME NEXT YEAR.

YOU TAKE OFF MICHIGAN STATE AND OHIO STATE -- >> RIGHT -- >> AND NOW YOU HAVE RUTGERS AND INDIANA, SO RIGHT THERE JUST FROM THIS YEAR'S RESULTS AND WHAT WE KNOW, YOU GET A BREAK IN THE "E" SCHEDULING.

YOU STILL GOT OKLAHOMA, BUT YOU'D LIKE TO THINK THERE'S A PATH TO GET THINGS FIGURED OUT AND EVERYONE'S LIKE "WHAT'S THE WIN TOTAL?"

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN JUST SAY, "HE'S GOT TO WIN EIGHT."

>> AND HE'S GOT TO MAKE A BOWL GAME."

>> I MEAN, I THINK, YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE A BOWL GAME, MINIMUM.

WE ALL AGREE ON THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S A FEEL.

AND, THERE'S A FEEL STILL NOW, WITH TREV ALBERTS, THAT THEY'RE PLAYING THESE TOP-TEN OPPONENTS VERY CLOSE.

THIS IS NOT 2007 KANSAS.

THIS IS NOT 2007 AT PENN STATE, OHIO STATE.

THIS IS NOT 2014, MELVIN GORDON/WISCONSIN -- >> SURE.

>> YOU KNOW, LIKE, IT'S A DIFFERENT FEEL AND I THINK THAT PLAYED A FACTOR.

>> AND THEN THERE'S ONLY ANOTHER COLUMN.

THERE'S ONLY TWO COLUMNS AND THE ONE COLUMN IS AN "L," AND IT KEEPS BEING THERE.

REAL QUICK, TWO MORE GAMES LEFT.

THEY STILL HAVE TO PLAY THESE TWO GAMES - WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S LIKE AS A PLAYER?

>> IT'S HARD.

I THINK, YOU KNOW -- MY TRUE FRESHMAN YEAR AT NEBRASKA, WE GO 7-7, AND THEY PRETTY MUCH FIRE THE MAJORITY OF THE DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE -- >> COACHES -- >> YEAH - SIX COACHES.

AND, SCOTT FROST ACTUALLY CAME IN AND COACHED ON THAT STAFF AND YOU KIND OF THREW TOGETHER SOME COACHES TO GET READY TO PLAY OLE MISS IN THE INDEPENDENCE BOWL.

SO, IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU HAVE THESE KIDS WHO HAVE SEEN FAMILIAR FACES FOR FOUR YEARS AND LISTENED TO A CERTAIN MESSAGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT'S CHANGED.

AND -- AND, I DON'T KNOW, A PART OF ME THINKS THAT IT MIGHT JUST LIGHT A LITTLE BIT OF A SPARK.

FOR SOME REASON, I'M LIKE MAYBE YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW -- SOMETHING -- YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN EDGE, YOU KNOW.

AN AXE TO GRIND A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THESE KIDS AND NOT THAT I'M SAY THAT -- THAT THEY NEED THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND FIGHT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT HARDER AND I THINK THE EFFORT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD, I THINK, SO FAR.

THIS YEAR, I CAN'T FAULT ON THAT BUT IT'S CRAZY.

I COULDN'T - YOU KNOW, YOU HAD YOUR COACH FOR THE FIRST 10 GAMES AND THE LAST THREE YEARS OF YOUR CAREER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S GONE AND YOU'VE STILL GOT TO PLAY TWO MORE GAMES AGAINST TWO REALLY GOOD OPPONENTS - AND, THE SEASON HASN'T BEEN GOING YOUR WAY.

IT'S HARD BECAUSE IF YOU THOUGHT OHIO STATE WAS TOUGH, TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE MENTALLY AT -- NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, LET'S SEE WHAT ALSO WHEN YOU JUST GOT RID OF FOUR COACHES, WHERE THIS MENTAL -- AND, YOU KNOW THERE'S NO BOWL GAME.

YOU COULD GO 5-7 AND YOU'RE STILL STAYING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.

SO, THAT'S WHAT HARD TO SEE WHERE THESE --.

>> YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YET.

>> APR IS POSSIBLE.

THERE'S A LOT OF BOWL GAMES.

>> SURE.

SURE.

BUT, YOU KNOW -- THAT'S -- SO LET'S JUST SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH THESE CHANGES.

>> OHIO STATE, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME POSITIVE, YOU GOT THREE GUYS THAT NEBRASKA'S PLAYED THAT ARE REALLY LEGITIMATE HEISMAN TROPHY CANDIDATES.

THEY SHUT DOWN KENNETH WALKER, THEY HELD HENDERSON TO ONE OF HIS LOWEST RUSHING IN TERMS OF YARDS PER RUSH, AND THEY SACKED STROUD TWICE AND FORCED TWO INTERCEPTIONS - SOMETHING THAT HADN'T HAPPENED ALL SEASON LONG.

THESE BLACK SHIRTS ARE PLAYING AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE WHEN YOU SEE THESE PERFORMANCES WASTED AND WHEN YOU SEE THE MINNESOTA SECOND HALF WASTED WITH TWO PICKS AND FOUR PUNTS FORCED - WHEN YOU SEE THAT MICHIGAN STATE HALF WASTED WITH NO FIRST DOWNS ALLOWED - WHEN YOU SEE A HALF LIKE THE BLACK SHIRTS HAD THE SECOND HALF WITH NO TOUCHDOWNS AGAINST THE NATION'S NUMBER ONE OFFENSE, I MEAN, YEAH THEY'RE PLAYING AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH LEVEL, AND THEY'VE SHUT DOWN ARGUABLY THE TWO BEST RUNNING BACKS IN THE COUNTRY -- TWO OF THE BEST.

>> YEP.

>> AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S LIKE KENNETH WALKER IS THE HEISMAN FRONT-RUNNER AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE VOTERS, MIKE'L, AND IT'S LIKE -- >> 61 YARDS!

>> AND, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

I WATCHED THEM LIVE.

HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, YEAH, IT'S HARD TO GRASP.

THEY STILL, MIKE'L, CAN'T CONSISTENTLY GET THERE WITH FOUR, AND THAT'S - AND,JAY, YOU'RE MORE THE EXPERT ON THAT, BUT GETTING TO THE QUARTERBACK WITH FOUR CONTINUES TO BE KIND OF AN ISSUE.

>> IT'S HARD.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME DUDES UP FRONT AND JUST THE FRONTS THEY PLAY, IT'S HARD WHEN YOU HAVE -- YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE RUNNING A FOUR AGAINST FIVE, BUT YEAH, IT'S -- IT'S THOSE INTERIOR GUYS -- STILLE IS NOT A GOOD PASS RUSHER.

YOU KNOW, DAMION DANIELS IS MORE OF A RUN GUY -- HE CAN PROVIDE SOME RUSH AT TIMES AND DEONTRE THOMAS --.

>> ISN'T IT THAT MOST PRESSURE?

>> YEAH --.

>> AGAINST OHIO STATE, THEY'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS?

>> WE SAW JOJO EVEN COME IN A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS WEEK.

>> YEAH, IT'S JUST HARD WITH THIS -- IN A 3-4 BASE, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A DOG ON THAT -- ON THE EDGE, AND NEBRASKA - I MEAN, CALEB TANNOR'S PLAYED WELL.

HE'S PLAYED MUCH BETTER, BUT TO BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN A 3-4, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE GUYS ON THE EDGE THAT CAN JUST -- YOU'RE BOTH JUST SCARED TO DEATH OF.

AVON MILLER, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER, THAT TYPE OF PROTOTYPICAL GUY WOULD BE.

>> YOU LOOK AT THE STAT, AND IT GOES BACK TO THAT BO QUOTE, RIGHT, SO MANY YARDS BY POINT?

>> CORRECT.

>> THIS IS ABOUT POINTS.

THESE ARE TEAMS THAT ARE FOUR OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY, SCORING ALL ABOVE 36 POINTS A GAME, AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT NEBRASKA DID TO THEM AND ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM IS AT LEAST ONE SCORE -- TWO OF THEM ARE THREE SCORES -- ANOTHER ONE IS ALMOST TWO SCORES.

>> MM-HMM.

>> THAT'S DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GIVE YOUR OFFENSE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO WIN THE GAME.

>> YEAH -- YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM, YOU KNOW, GET A FEW MORE TURNOVERS BUT PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO AGAINST OHIO STATE?

AND, I'D SAY, THE WIN THE TURNOVER BATTLE AND HOLD OHIO STATE TO FIELD GOALS, NEBRASKA HAS A CHANCE.

AND, THEY DID HAVE A CHANCE AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT NEBRASKA DID.

>> JUST DON'T MISS TWO FIELD GOALS.

>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE DEFENSE DID --.

>> THEY LITERALLY DID THAT.

I MEAN, THEY WERE PLUS TWO, THEY HAD TWO PICKS - THEY COULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER FUMBLE THERE ON - THE STROUD FUMBLE WHEN GARRETT NELSON GOT HIM -- AND THEY HELD THEM TO FOUR FIELD GOALS IN THE RED ZONE.

I MEAN, THAT'S A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE NATION.

>> LAST TIME NEBRASKA, TWICE IN A SEASON, WON THE TURNOVER BATTLE, BUT LOST BOTH GAMES?

2005.

>> OOH, THAT -- >> WHAT GAME WAS THAT?

>> IN MY ERA.

>> 2005.

I'LL PULL THEM UP FOR YOU, BUT YEAH, BECAUSE JOHN BISHOP KEEPS TRACK OF IT -- 2005 WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD -- YOU WON IT TWO TIMES BUT LOST BOTH GAMES.

>> TEXAS TECH.

>> I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THEM.

>> YEAH.

>> LET'S GO TO HIGHLIGHTS.

IT WAS A PERFECT SATURDAY.

WE HAD TWO OF THESE, BACK-TO-BACK PERFECT DAYS, AT HOME.

NOW IT WOULD HAVE BETTER IF THEY ENDED IN WINS, BUT THEY WERE PERFECT DAYS.

C.J.

STROUD COMES OUT AND THIS PASS ON FOURTH DOWN -- WHAT DEFENSE BY REIMER HERE.

THAT IS HARD TO DO.

>> IT'S REALLY GOOD.

YOU HAVE MAN COVERAGE AND YOU JUST LOOK FOR HIS HANDS TO COME UP AND WHEN HE COMES UP, YOU PUT YOUR HAND IN BETWEEN THEM AND TRY TO GET THE BALL OUT.

>> THIS IS MY PICK TO CLICK, GOING INTO THE GAME I FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT.

I DIDN'T REALIZE SAMORI TOURE WOULD HAVE THIS KIND OF GAME - THAT WAS A 24-YARD CATCH, BUT HERE WE GO AGAIN -- CHASE CONTRERAZ MISSES A FIELD GOAL FROM 45 YARDS.

HE WAS WIDE LEFT IN PRE-GAME SEVERAL TIMES, HITTING THE UPRIGHTS AND HE WAS WIDE LEFT AGAIN RIGHT THERE.

C.J.

STROUD COMES BACK.

AGAIN, BIG THROW -- THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SAW ALL DAY.

THEY FORCE C.J.

STROUD INTO 54 PASSES, WHICH STILL KIND OF AMAZES ME AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A 24-YEAR-OLD VERSUS AN 18-YEAR-OLD.

>> MM-HMM.

>> AND JOJO DOMANN MAKING A PLAY ON A PASS OUT THERE BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY STRUGGLES WITH THEIR KICKER.

RUGGLES WAS ON FIRE.

>> HE WAS ON POINT.

>> HE WAS ON POINT, YEAH -- >> HE WAS ON POINT.

>> HE HAD A GREAT DAY GETTING FOUR FIELD GOALS ON THE DAY.

THE SHANK, SEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE -- >> TWELVE YARDS.

>> ONCE A GAME.

>> THEY SCORE A TOUCHDOWN -- I MEAN, IT'S LOSING POINTS.

>> YEP, IT WAS WORTH ESSENTIALLY EITHER THREE OR SEVEN AND WE KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO GET POINTS ON IT - THEY ENDED UP GETTING POINTS ON IT.

AGAIN, NEBRASKA PLAYED VERY GOOD DEFENSE -- ONLY GAVE UP A HANDFUL OF BIG PLAYS, BUT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD, WELL-RUN, ROUTE.

BY CHRIS OLAVE --.

>> YEAH, HE ALMOST LOOKED LIKE HE WAS - THERE HE GOES, A FADE ROUTE, BOOM, JUST RIGHT TO THE PYLON.

THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD ROUTE.

>> YEAH, THAT'S A TOUCHDOWN AND THAT WOULD MAKE IT 10-0.

BUT, THIS IS WHAT NEBRASKA'S ALSO DONE ALL YEAR.

IF THEY'RE DOWN TWO SCORES, NEBRASKA HAS GONE AND GOTTEN A SCORE AND THEY DID IT HERE.

AUSTIN ALLEN WITH TWO OF -- WITH ONE OF HIS TWO CATCHES AND THEN THIS OVER-ROUTE HERE.

A GREAT THROW - OH, NOT YET -- THIS IS OMAR MANNING.

AND THEN, YOU HAVE THE FIELD GOAL MAKE BY CHASE CONTRERAZ TO MAKE IT 10-3, BACK TO A ONE-SCORE GAME AGAIN.

AND, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A THEME, STROUD TO SMITH-NJIGBA OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THEIR LEADING RECEIVER WAS OUT FOR THE GAME.

THIS IS THE LONGEST PLAY NEBRASKA'S GIVEN UP DEFENSE ALL YEAR LONG.

>> AND THIS IS KIND OF DANGER ZONE, YOU'RE LIKE, "OH, BOY."

THIS IS WHEN OHIO STATE COULD REALLY MAKE THIS A BLOW-OUT.

>> 17-3, BUT AGAIN, WHEN NEBRASKA'S DOWN TWO SCORES, ALL YEAR LONG THEY HAVE RALLIED AND HERE COMES ADRIAN MARTINEZ, GETTING OUT OF THE POCKET - SOMETHING HE DID A LOT TO HELP PROTECT HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE STRUGGLING IN PROTECTION.

I DIDN'T KNOW SAMORI TOURE HAD THIS KIND OF SPEED.

DID YOU NOW?

>> HE'S ONE OF THE THREE OR FOUR FASTEST GUYS ON THE TEAM.

>> HE CERTAINLY LOOKED LIKE IT RIGHT THERE, RUNNING AWAY.

OVERALL, 16-31 FOR ADRIAN MARTINEZ FOR 248 YARDS, BUT HE WAS SACKED FIVE TIMES.

C.J.

STROUD ALSO HAD A HUGE DAY ALL DAY LONG AND MOST OF IT WAS THROWING TO SMITH-NJIGBA WITH THROWS LIKE THAT ONE -- 15 CATCHES, 240 YARDS, A TOUCHDOWN -- ONLY 10 YARDS OFF THE RECORD FOR OHIO STATE RECEIVING IN ONE GAME.

THIS IS A VERY GOOD PLAY BY NEBRASKA - YOU LET IT HAPPEN IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU GET THE STOP, FORCE THEM INTO A FIELD GOAL, OF COURSE RUGGLES MAKES ANOTHER ONE.

HE WAS PERFECT ON THE DAY, AND HE'S PERFECT ON THE YEAR.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF GOING IN THE PORTAL AND FINDING A GUY, RIGHT?

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, I KNEW THEY GOT HIM FROM THE CHANCE REPORT.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF NEBRASKA COULD GET ONE OF THOSE FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> THAT WOULD BE VERY NICE.

HERE'S CHRIS OLAVE MAKING A BIG CATCH ACROSS THE MIDDLE.

HE HAD SEVEN CATCHES FOR 61 YARDS AND THAT TOUCHDOWN EARLIER.

I MENTIONED THE BIG DAY THAT SMITH-NJIGBA HAD -- THAT WAS 15 CATCHES ON 18 TARGETS.

RUGGLES MAKES ANOTHER FIELD GOAL, 23-10.

NEBRASKA, AGAIN, DOWN TWO SCORES AND HERE THEY COME BACK AGAIN TO MAKE A PLAY.

AGAIN, MARTINEZ MOVES A LITTLE BIT IN THE POCKET -- I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK THIS PLAY DOWN LATER.

>> YEAH.

>> AND SAMORI TOURE -- WHAT THIS IS ONE-ON-ONE - THIS GUY IS --.

>> JUST MAKING PLAYS.

THAT'S BIG TIME RIGHT THERE.

>> THIS GOT HIM ON A LOT OF RADARS, A LOT OF SCOUTS AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW --.

>> FROM WATCH LIST, AS WELL.

ADRIAN MARTINEZ, AGAIN, ANOTHER GAME WHERE HE THROWS A TOUCHDOWN AND RUNS FOR ONE.

ONE OF THE FEW PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY, IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL, TO DO IT AS MANY TIMES AS HE'S DONE IT.

AND, THEN THIS IS A HUGE PLAY IN THE GAME.

AGAIN, PRESSURE FROM NEBRASKA.

STROUD THROWS IT UP, LETTING HIS GUY TO MAKE A PLAY - MYLES FARMER MAKES THE PLAY- GET A COUPLE PENALTIES ON THE PLAY BUT IN THE END, NEBRASKA WINS.

THEY GET THE BALL AND THEY GET THE PERSONAL FOUL ON THE LATE HIT, WHICH GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THE GAME.

TWO SACKS, TWO INTERCEPTIONS ON C.J.

STROUD ON THE DAY -- SOMETHING THAT HADN'T HAPPENED A LOT AT ALL.

AND THEN, IN GOES RAHMIR JOHNSON LONGEST RUN OF THE DAY FOR HIM 12 YARDS TO START THIS DRIVE.

AND, YOU'VE GOT TO FEEL PRETTY GOOD AT THIS POINT.

>> I LOVE -- THEY'RE MOVING IT - YOU'RE -- I MEAN, YOU KNOW THEY THEN GO UP HERE BY, AT ONE POINT - I MEAN, ADRIAN'S LOOKING GOOD, EVEN GETTING DINGED UP EARLY.

I MEAN, THEY'RE MOVING THE BALL WELL AND, OF COURSE, AND LITERALLY, I WAS WATCHING THIS GAME WITH MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON AT HOME AND I LAUGHED OUT LOUD AT THIS.

HE SAID, "DAD, WHAT'S SO FUNNY?"

I GO, "YOU HAVE NO -- YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND."

>> YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

>> YEAH, I THINK I HAD TO LAUGH BECAUSE OTHERWISE I WANT TO CRY.

>> YEAH, HERE'S THE LONGEST RUN BY TREVEYON HENDERSON, ANOTHER GUY WHO WAS COMING IN - ONE OF THE HEISMAN TROPHY BEST ODDS, AND NEBRASKA DID A GREAT JOB HOLDING HIM -- ONLY 92 YARDS.

THAT WAS THE LONG RUN THERE.

AND THEN, THIS: THAT BALL IS JUST SITTING OUT THERE.

>> I KNOW, I WAS WAITING FOR A CORNER TO COME UP.

THAT'S A SCOOP-AND-SCORE --.

>> JOJO DOMANN, WHERE ARE YOU?

>> YEAH.

THAT'S A -- THAT'S A SCOOP-AND-SCORE SITUATION RIGHT THERE.

>> THEY END UP RECOVERING AND GETTING ANOTHER FIELD GOAL TO PUT IT UP BY TWO SCORES AT THIS POINT, SITTING UP THERE 26-17.

YOU'D THINK NEBRASKA, BUT MANY TIMES AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME THEY'VE GONE DOWN AND GOTTEN A LATE SCORE, BUT A LITTLE UNLUCKY HERE WITH THE TIP.

STEELE CHAMBERS GETS THE INTERCEPTION TO PUT THE GAME AWAY FOR OHIO STATE.

AGAIN, ANOTHER TEAM THAT COMES IN HERE AS A TOP TEN TEAM AND WHEN THEY LEAVE, I THINK THEY FEEL LUCKY.

THEY FEEL LUCKY THAT THEY WON THIS GAME.

I THINK RYAN DAY IS SAYIYI "I'M JUST GLAD I GOT OUT OF THERE WITH --."

>> THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WORST -- I MEAN, THE OREGON GAME - BUT, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WORST WE'VE SEEN OHIO STATE LOOK IN TWO MONTHS.

>> YEP, NO DOUBT.

>> SORRY - THEIR GAME PLAN IS VERY INTERESTING - COME OUT, THEY THROW IT, WITH HENDERSON AND HOW WELL HE'S RUN THE BALL THIS YEAR.

>> 54 TIMES.

>> I MEAN, THAT WAS VERY - I MEAN, LATE IN THE GAME WHEN THEY'RE UP AND THEY'RE STILL THROWING THE FOOTBALL.

THEY COULD HAVE RUN IT AND EAT UP SOME CLOCK.

>> THAT WAS VERY SURPRISING, THERE.

THE ONE BIG STAT YOU CAN SEE THERE HIGHLIGHTED, TWO OF 13 FOR NEBRASKA ON THIRD DOWN, 0 AND 10 TO START THE GAME.

THEY JUST COULDN'T CONVERT.

AND THEN, THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AT THIRD AND FOUR - THEY MISSED THE THIRD-DOWN CONVERSION AND DECIDED TO GO FOR THE FIELD GOAL AND THAT WAS VERY CONTROVERSIAL IN THE MEDIA, DECIDE TO KICK THE FIELD GOAL - THEY MISSED THE FIELD GOAL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GET IF THEY GO FOR IT THERE, BUT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HOPING THEY WOULD.

HERE, YOUR PLAYER OF THE GAME.

THIS IS EASY - JOJO DOMANN BASICALLY PUT OUT A RESUME TAPE FOR THE NFL.

HE DID EVERYTHING.

THE ONLY THING HE DIDN'T GET WAS FUMBLE RECOVERY: TACKLES, SOLO TACKLES, INTERCEPTION, TACKLE FOR LOSS, PASS BREAKUPS, AND A QUARTERBACK HURRY.

HE'S GOT EVERYTHING.

>> THAT'S DECENT.

>> THAT IS PRETTY GOOD DAY.

>> THAT'S DECENT.

>> AND, THEN WE MENTIONED SAMORI TOURE -- WHO AFTER THIS WAS PUT ON THE BILETNIKOFF WATCH LIST -- 150 YARDS RECEIVING -- HIS PER-CATCH ISN'T IT IN THE TOP THREE?

>> IN THE COUNTRY --.

>> IN THE COUNTRY, RIGHT?

IN TERMS OF PER-CATCH, WHAT HE'S DOING, OVERALL GREAT DAY FOR THE PLAYERS OF THE GAME, KEEPING NEBRASKA IN THE GAME ALL ALONG.

COMING UP NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP," STEVEN M. SIPPLE FROM THE LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR WILL JOIN US TO SHARE HIS TAKES ON THE LATEST MEMORIAL STADIUM.

BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK, THOUGH, IMAGES FROM SATURDAY COURTESY OF "HAIL, VARSITY."

WE'RE RIGHT BACK SOON.

S S >> WELCOME BACK TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP" WITH SOME OF THE BEST FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

FIRST UP, A HOT MESS HUSKER TWEETS OUT A GAME RECAP, USING THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF CORN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, A NICE SPECKLED ONE FOR THE BLACK SHIRTS.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT ONE ON THE BOTTOM IS - I JUST KNOW IT'S THE HUSKER DEFENSE - THEY'RE MAKING THEIR POINT WITH HOW BAD IT WAS.

AND THEN, SOMETHING THAT, AS JAY SAID A LITTLE WHILE AGO, ALL YOU COULD DO WAS LAUGH.

YOU'VE GOT THE UNDERRTAKER WITH NEBRASKA FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTS, RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF NEBRASKA SPECIAL TEAMS, CAUSING HIM A LOT OF PAIN.

HUSKER BRETT 98 WITH THAT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

NOW, WE DIVE INTO THE PLAYBOOK.

JAY MOORE IN "THE HUDL."

( WHOOSH) >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT A KEY DEFENSIVE PLAY EARLY IN THE GAME.

OHIO STATE PICKS UP A NICE THIRD AND FOUR CONVERSION HERE.

INITIALLY, AND I WAS LOOKING AT THIS PLAY WHEN I WAS WATCHING IT AT HOME, I'M WANTING TO BLAME GARRETT NELSON BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.

BUT, NEBRASKA -- I LOVED THE CALL THAT NEBRASKA DOES HERE.

IF THIS COULD HAVE WORKED OUT, NEWSOME COULD HAVE EXECUTED BETTER.

I WOULD HAVE LIKED -- I THINK HE GETS STROUD RIGHT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, MAYBE EVEN FOR A TFL, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GIVE OHIO STATE CREDIT, AS YOU SEE HERE, THEY BRING A LITTLE CORNER BLITZ SO YOU HAVE ALL THESE GUYS TRYING TO CROSS-FACE.

AND, WHAT HAPPENS HERE -- WE TALK ABOUT GAP INTEGRITY -- SETTING AN EDGE, SO, TECHNICALLY NEBRASKA IS IN REALLY POOR SITUATION HERE ALL OF A SUDDEN.

NEWSOME SHOULD BE RIGHT HERE, HONESTLY, MAKING THE PLAY, BUT OHIO STATE - I GOT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT - I'M NOT SURE WHY THE WIDE RECEIVER IS HERE, BUT DOES A GOOD JOB OF FALLING WITH HIM, ALMOST BEING LIKE IN A MAN-TO-MAN SITUATION OR EVEN A MAN-TO-MAN SITUATION IN BASKETBALL AND BOXES HIM OUT HERE, SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY HAVE NO INSIDE DEFENDER AND YOU CAN SEE STROUD IS ABLE TO PICK THIS UP VERY EASILY.

SO, JUST VERY SIMPLE DETAILS - AND NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE OBVIOUSLY PLAYED REALLY WELL IN THIS GAME, BUT SIMPLE DETAILS LIKE THAT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EXECUTE WELL.

SO, OVERALL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE PLAY BUT, YOU KNOW, NEBRASKA DID PUT -- PLAY VERY WELL OVERALL.

LET'S LOOK AT THIS SECOND ONE PASS THAT TOURE GOT IN -- BETTS IN MOTION -- YOU SEE THIS A LOT.

TOURE'S RIGHT HERE IN THE SLOT.

AS WE LOOK AT THIS, AS THIS PLAY GOES, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TOURE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF BEATING THIS GUY.

HE'S SITTING HERE, DEFEATS THE HANDS, GETS INSIDE, IS ABLE TO GET OVER TOP.

NOW, WE LOOK AT THE PROTECTION NEBRASKA GETS.

NEBRASKA KEEPS SEVEN GUYS IN THE PROTECT.

THEY NEED TO.

OFFENSNS NOT VERY GOOD.

YOU'RE KEEPING RAHMIR JOHNSON IN HERE AND ADRIAN FINALLY GETS A POCKET, A CLEAN POCKET, AND HE HAS THE VISION TO THROW, AND YOU SEE HERE, BOOM, YOU GET THE CLEAN POCKET.

NOW, THIS IS NOT LIKE A DELAYED BLITZ BY ANY MEANS.

OHIO STATE'S GOING TO BRING A GUY, BECAUSE HE HAD MAN-TO-MAN PRESSURE ON RAHMIR, SO WE CALL THIS A "PRESSURE RUSH," SO HE KNOWS HIS GUY HAD MAN-TO-MAN TO STAY IN THE BLOCK.

YOU ALWAYS CONVERT INTO THE RUSH TO GO -- YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE A FREE HITTER, ESSENTIALLY.

BUT, A GOOD POCKET -- ADRIAN'S ABOUT TO GET HIT, PROBABLY DOES GET HIT, DELIVERS A REALLY GOOD BALL, TOURE OBVIOUSLY -- HECK OF A FOOTBALL GAME -- MAKES A COUPLE GUYS MISS HERE, ALMOST SCORES, AND I LIKE THE EFFORT BY BETTS TRYING TO COME DOWN HERE AND CLEAN UP LATE, BUT A NICE PITCH AND CATCH THERE FROM ED MARTINEZ TO TOURE.

( WHOOSH ) >> WE TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH TALENT OHIO STATE HAS.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS NUMBER 18 ON THE BLOCK.

THAT'S MARVIN HARRISON'S KID.

>> YEAH - NO, YOU KNOW WHAT?

-- YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT.

>> THAT'S A FRESHMAN OUT THERE, MARVIN HARRISON.

>> THAT WAS -- THAT WAS -- THAT WAS VERY --.

>> MAKING A SMART PLAY.

>> A VETERAN-SAVVY MOVE BY HIM.

>> YOU SAY HE'S A FRESHMAN --.

>> WE'RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED NOW BY STEVEN M. SIPPLE OF THE LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR AND "HUSKER EXTRA," AS WELL.

MORNING, SIP, HOW YA DOIN'?

>> WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, GUYS?

>> IT'S AN ENDLESS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SAME THING.

>> RINSE AND REPEAT, RIGHT?

>> EXACTLY.

SIP, EXPECTATIONS.

I THINK A LOT OF US THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE BYE WEEK WE'D HEAR SOMETHING.

DO YOU THINK WE HIT EVERYTHING OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF HOURS LIKE WE DID?

>> OH, I MEAN --.

>> THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE CONTRACT, AND ALSO, THE COACH IS BEING LET GO?

>> I THOUGHT DURING THE BYE WEEK, WE'D HEAR SOMETHING.

YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE IT WOULD BE MONDAY, BUT PRETTY QUICKLY ON MONDAY MORNING, WE WERE HEARING THINGS.

A COUPLE SEAN, MAY A FEW GUYS.

SO, I DON'T KNOW - NO, THEN I WROTE ON SUNDAY THAT I THOUGHT THEY WOULD SAY SOMETHING, THAT THEY SHOULD SAY SOMETHING IF THEY WERE GOING TO RETAIN HIM.

SO, YEAH, I WASN'T TOTALLY CAUGHT OFF GUARD.

I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT FOUR ASSISTANTS WERE LET GO.

I MEAN, THAT SURPRISED ME A LITTLE BIT.

I SPOKE AT --.

>> LIKE, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ONE OF 'EM THOUGH, RIGHT?

>> YEAH, FOR SURE.

>> RECRUITING-WISE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIS PLAYERS?

>> YEAH.

YEAH, I -- BUT, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE AS IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED BY TREV ALBERTS SO FAR.

WE'LL TALK TO FROST -- WE'LL TALK TO FROST TOMORROW AT 11:00 A.M. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MOVE THAT WAS MADE, FOR TWO GAMES REMAINING, HOW MUCH VALUE DO YOU THINK IS ON THOSE TWO GAMES, IN TERMS OF HAVING TO WIN THEM OR PLAY WELL?

BECAUSE, THE DECISION'S ALREADY BEEN MADE.

HE'S BACK.

HE ALREADY CHANGED THE COACHES.

HOW MUCH VALUE IS THERE ON WISCONSIN AND IOWA?

WHICH WE THOUGHT COMING INTO THE SEASON WERE VERY IMPORTANT.

>> RIGHT.

>> JAY, I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING.

I'M GLAD A PLAYER'S SITTING THERE BECAUSE THAT MAKES ME THINK OF THE PLAYERS.

THERE'D BETTER BE AN EMPHASIS -- I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF GUYS THAT WANT TO WIN GAMES THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE GUYS ONLY HAVE TWO GAMES LEFT.

I MEAN, THEY CAME HERE TO WIN GAMES.

THERE'D BETTER BE AN EMPHASIS.

I MEAN, IF IT'S NOT, IT WOULD BE REALLY DISAPPOINTING.

NOW, SCOTT'S GOING TO BE SPREAD REALLY THIN, BUT I HOPE PART OF THE PLAN THAT HE PRESENTED TO THE A.D.

INCLUDED, "ALRIGHT, THIS IS HOW I'M GOING TO MAKE THE REP - I MEAN, I'VE GOT TO MAKE 2022 WORK."

I HOPE A BIG PART OF HIS PRESENTATION WAS, "THIS IS HOW I'M GOING TO MAKE THE REST OF 2921 WORK."

I THINK ABOUT THE PLAYERS.

I MEAN, COME ON, MAN, I MEAN THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

GIVE THOSE KIDS A LEGITIMATE CHANCE TO WIN THOSE GAMES.

DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

>> SIP, DO YOU FORESEE ANY OTHER CHANGES COMING ON THIS STAFF?

I MEAN, NOT THAT ATTRITION, YOU KNOW, OR GUYS GETTING FIRED, BUT MAYBE SOME GUYS GETTING SOME BETTER OFFERS AFTER THE SEASON?

>> WELL, SURE.

I MEAN, THAT'S --.

>> YEAH?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, YOU'RE IN A TOUGH SPOT AT NEBRASKA RIGHT NOW.

THE DEFENSE IS GOOD - YEAH, THERE'S A FEW OF THOSE GUYS THAT COULD DEFINITELY GET PRETTY GOOD OFFERS AND LOOK AROUND.

I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW -- I MEAN, WE'RE ALL ADULTS.

WE UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION HERE -- IT'S ROUGH.

THERE'S NO GUARANTEES NEXT YEAR.

I MEAN, I THINK -- I MEAN, I'LL JUST KEEP IT AT THAT.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT THERE'S SOME GUYS THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GET LOOKS ON THAT DEFENSIVE STAFF BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S PLAYED.

>> I MEAN, EVEN ERIK CHINANDER TO THE POINT OF A HEAD COACHING JOB.

>> PERHAPS.

>> THEY WANT TO SEE SOMEONE BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A DEFENSE AND DEVELOP YEAR OVER YEAR - THEY'VE BEEN AS GOOD SUCCESS DEFENSE-WISE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, IN TERMS OF GAINS, OF ANYBODY IN THE COUNTRY.

SO, WHEN YOU'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT THE ANALYTICS, IT CERTAINLY COULD BE A POSSIBILITY.

COACH FISHER, A GOOD RECRUITER -- I KNOW HE'S BEEN LOOKED AT BEFORE.

I MEAN, EITHER ONE --.

>> TUIOTI'S A GUY THAT'S I WOULD THINK WOULD BE -- A LOT OF TEAMS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, TONY TUIOTI, THE D-LINE COACH.

BARRETT -- ALL OF THEM.

THEY'VE DONE A GREAT -- THOSE GUYS HAVE DONE -- DAWSON'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE O-LINE OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS.

YEAH, THEY'RE ALL VERY MARKETABLE, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

>> HOW QUICKLY DO YOU THINK THEY NEED TO GET THESE PERMANENT PEOPLE IN HERE -- NEED TO GET THESE GUYS HIRED?

>> I THINK THE SOONER THE BETTER FOR RECRUITING PURPOSES.

>> RIGHT.

>> I DON'T THINK YOU MAKE THE MOVE NOW UNLESS YOU TRY -- YOU WANT TO GET IT GOING PRETTY FAST.

SO, YEAH, I THINK FOR --.

>> YOU THINK IT'LL BE DIFFICULT?

>> NOVEMBER 28TH IS, YOU KNOW, THE NOVEMBER 28TH, THERE'S A RECRUITING PERIOD THAT BEGINS IN THAT TWO- WEEK -- THERE'LL BE A TWO-WEEK PUSH UNTIL THE DECEMBER 15TH EARLY-SIGNING DATE, AND I THINK IT'S RELATIVELY IMPORTANT TO GET SOME GUYS IN.

I DON'T THINK IT'S MANDATORY.

YOU HAVE OTHER GUYS ON THE STAFF THAT CAN GO TRY TO RECRUIT.

>> YOU THINK IT'LL BE DIFFICULT, THOUGH?

I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING SCOTT FROST IS A LAME DUCK COACH, BUT HE'S GETTING ANOTHER YEAR WHERE THEY'VE REDUCED HIS BUYOUT -- AN ASSISTANT COACH, I DON'T THINK, WOULD LEAVE A JOB TO GO TO A PLACE WITH UNCERTAINTY.

HOW DIFFICULT DO YOU THINK HIRING THESE FOUR WILL BE?

>> DEPENDS ON WHO YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

I MEAN, YOU CAN CATCH SOME GUYS -- YOU CAN CATCH SOME GUYS THAT ARE IN SOME -- LIKE A TOM HERMAN, WHO'S AN ANALYST IN AN ANALYST POSITION AT CHICAGO.

HE MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR A ROLE LIKE THIS.

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CATCH A YOUNG GUY WHO YOU'RE GOING TO PAY A MILLION DOLLARS TO?

I MEAN, THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR JOB AT NEBRASKA MIGHT PAY A MILLION DOLLARS - IT COULD.

>> RIGHT.

>> VERY EASILY.

OH, YOU COULD CATCH A YOUNG OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR ON THE RISE, I THINK, FAIRLY EASILY.

JAKE PEETZ WENT TO LSU,TANDING THAT THAT WAS JAKE PEETZ'S, A FORMER NEBRASKA PLAYER --.

>> O'NEILL, NEBRASKA.

>> O'NEILL, NEBRASKA.

HE WENT TO LSU, IS MAKING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, AND HE UNDERSTOOD IT MIGHT BE A ONE-YEAR GIG.

NOW, HE'S GOT A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT, BUT THAT'S PART OF IT, TOO.

IF YOU CAN GET A TWO-YEAR DEAL, I DON'T THINK IT'S AS HARD AS SOME PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT.

I THINK YOU CAN GET ENOUGH - THERE'S ENOUGH GUYS OUT THERE LOOKING FOR WORK AND LOOKING FOR A RISE.

>> I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY SITTING HERE, LIKE, "OKAY, THEY NEED TO HIRE A FULL TEAM, SPECIAL TEAMS COACH."

SO DOES -- WHERE ARE YOU AT ON THAT ONE?

DO YOU THINK FROST SHOULD TAKE TITLE AS OC OR QB COACH TO OPEN UP ANOTHER SPOT FOR A FULL-TEAM SPECIAL TEAMS GUY?

>> OH, I THINK IT'S -- IT MAKES SENSE TO ME EXCEPT FOR WHAT TREV SAID YESTERDAY ABOUT HIM TAKING A CEO ROLE - IT DOESN'T REALLY --.

>> AH --.

>> IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT WITH WHAT TREV SAID ABOUT SCOTT'S EVOLUTION AS A COACH.

I DON'T THINK THEY'D WANT TO TIE HIM TO SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS SPECIAL TEAMS IF YOU JUST LOOK AT WHAT TREV SAID.

I DON'T MIND THE IDEA, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T JIBE WITH WHAT THE A.D. KIND OF - OR WITH WHAT FROST LAID OUT TO TREV WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.

I AM OF THE MIND THAT THEY ARE STRUCTURALLY SOUND NOW IN SPECIAL TEAMS AND SCHEMATICALLY SOUND, AND I AGREE WITH SCOTT THAT IT'S JUST MOSTLY BEEN THE PLAYERS THAT TOUCH THE BALL.

AND, THAT'S AN ISSUE, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

>> RETURNING KICKS AND PUNTS, RIGHT -- IT'S A BIGGIE.

>> YEAH, THAT'S A BIGGIE --.

>> AND WHO WILL KICK FIELD GOALS.

THOSE ARE BIG.

>> BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE WORKED SOME OF THAT OUT, TO BE FAIR.

I MEAN, THEY'VE WORKED THE PUNT RETURN SITUATION OUT.

PRZYSTUP HAD BEEN PRETTY GOOD - HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD THE LAST THREE OR FOUR GAMES.

I THINK YOU COULD MAKE IT WORK WITH DAWSON IF HE WANTED TO DO IT.

SO, I DON'T THINK IT'S MANDATORY THAT THEY HIRE A SPECIAL TEAMS COACH AT THIS POINT.

>> ANOTHER THING THAT CAME OUT OF SATURDAY WAS US OFFICIALLY FINDING OUT ABOUT ADRIAN MARTINEZ'S INJURIES -- BROKEN JAW, HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN, THAT KIND OF THING.

WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE ON SCOTT FROST'S RELEASING THAT INFORMATION?

>> WELL, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THIS IS SCOTT ILLUSTRATING WHAT NEBRASKA'S BEEN UP AGAINST, PERHAPS FOR HIS BOSSES, MAYBE FOR THE FANS -- THE "SHAREHOLDERS," I CALL THEM.

BUT ALSO, ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, ALSO ILLUSTRATE WHAT ADRIAN'S BEEN UP AGAINST.

ADRIAN'S PRETTY POLARIZING AND I THINK A LOT OF IT'S UNFAIR, AND ESPEC - AND, I KIND OF KNEW THAT HE HAD - I MEAN, THAT HE HAD - MIKE'L, I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ON YOUR SHOW THAT HE HAD AN ANKLE PROBLEM.

THE JAW THING, I WAS NOT CONVINCED THAT HE WAS OVER IT.

>> YEAH, YOU COULD SEE THE RUBBER BAND FOR A FEW WEEKS IN THERE.

>> HE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL.

I ASKED HIM PRIVATELY ABOUT IT AND HE -- IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY.

HE -- HE GOT REALLY ANIMATED -- HE THREW UP HIS HANDS AND SAID, "I'M FINE.

I'M FINE, SIP.

I'M FINE."

(LAUGHTER).

UM, SO I MEAN HE'S A DUDE AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A -- I TOOK IT AS HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A DISTRACTION.

>> OR MAKE EXCUSES.

>> YEAH, OR MAKE EXCUSES, EXACTLY.

>> I HEAR MUSIC -- ARE WE DONE?

>> NO-NO, THAT'S JUST HIGHLIGHTS -- WE HAVE MUSIC --.

>> OR, AM I JUST HEARING MUSIC IN MY HEAD?

>> NO, YOU'RE HEARING MUSIC.

WAYLEN, ON TWITTER, ASKED THE QUESTION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM A FEW DIFFERENT PEOPLE: "IS THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GAMES THAT FROST HAS TO WIN IN 2022?"

I KNOW WHAT TREV ALBERTS HAS SAID ABOUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GAMES, BUT DO YOU THINK THERE'S A WIN TOTAL HE HAS TO REACH?

>> YEAH, TREV DOESN'T PUT A WIN TOTAL ON IT -- HE WON'T DO IT.

UM, YEAH, I DO.

I MEAN, I THINK THE MINIMUM -- I CAN'T BELIEVE HE COULD GO WORSE THAN 6-6.

>> BOWL GAME.

>> YEAH, BOWL GAME.

I MEAN, AT THE MINIMUM.

I THINK FROST WOULD TELL YOU THAT.

I MEAN, FROST ISN'T INTERESTED IN JUST GOING 6-6.

YEAH, I'D SAY YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A WINNING RECORD.

I'D SAY A WINNING RECORD IS WHAT I'D SAY.

>> HOW DO YOU FEEL THE CULTURE, SINCE TREV ALBERTS HAS BEEN BROUGHT ABOARD -- HOW DO YOU THINK THE CULTURE HAS CHANGED?

HAS IT?

FROM WHAT YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE, TALKING TO FOLKS THERE IN NORTH STADIUM?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY BEEN FOUR MONTHS, BUT I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME DIRECT EFFECTS ON FROST.

I THINK THAT THAT WHOLE CONVERSATION ABOUT HIM BEING MORE OF A CEO TYPE.

I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, TREV PORTRAYS THAT AS BEING SCOTT'S IDEA.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE COLLABORATIVE AND I SEE IT WITH FROST.

I THINK HE - THE WAY HE PRESENTS HIMSELF IN THE POST-GAME.

I THINK IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO, IT'S BEEN BETTER THE WAY HE PRESENTS HIMSELF ON MONDAYS AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN BETTER.

AND, I THINK THAT'S A DIRECT RESULT -- I MEAN, IT'S JUST MY READ, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY A DIRECT RESULT OF TREV.

YOU GUYS SEE HOW TREV PRESENTS HIMSELF.

I MEAN, HE'S -- HE'S DEFINITELY A CEO TYPE, AND THAT'S -- HE'S LEARNED THAT FROM, YOU KNOW -- YOU LEARN THAT AT UNO, AND THAT'S THE WAY HE COMPORTS HIMSELF AND I THINK HE EXPECTS HIS HEAD COACH TO BE THAT WAY.

YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?

>> NO, I KNOW.

>> SMOOTH, RESPECTFUL --.

>> THOUGHTFUL.

>> YEAH, I THINK -- THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT IS, I THINK TREV LIKES A HEAD COACH AS OPPOSED TO A BALL COACH - DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

A HEAD COACH, A CEO-TYPE, AS OPPOSED -- >> WELL, EVEN DEAN BLAIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

HE'S A MAN WHO HAD WON AT A HIGH LEVEL, BUT BY THE TIME HE WAS HIRED AT UNO, HE WAS IN A WAY A CEO.

HE WAS THE GRAND POOBAH OF UNO HOCKEY BY THE TIME HE GOT THERE AT THAT AGE.

>> AT THAT POINT, YEAH.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS, THOUGH, SIP -- DO YOU FEEL THIS CAN WORK?

I MEAN, WHAT IS THE PHRASE AGAIN?

"NO TANGIBLE EVIDENCE," THAT'S WHAT TREV SAID.

>> THERE'S SOME EVIDENCE --.

>> DIDN'T TREV SAY THAT?

"THERE'S NO TANGIBLE EVIDENCE?"

>> "EMPIRICAL."

>> "EMPIRICAL -- HE USED THE WORDS "EMPIRICAL."

>> THAT'S EVEN A BIGGER WORD!

>> HE USED THE WORD "EMPIRICAL."

NOW, I -- I -- YOU CAN MAKE THIS CONVERSATION OVERLY NUANCED AND PICK IT APART, BUT FRANK DID IT IN '03.

FRANK HIRED SIX GUYS, THREE ON OFFENSE, THREE ON DEFENSE, AND THEY WENT 10-3.

>> TWO YEARS REMOVED FROM PLAYING A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> YOU CAN MAKE IT NUANCED ALL YOU WANT, HE HIRED -- THEY WENT 7-7, AND THEN HE HIRED SIX NEW GUYS.

>> 7 AND 7 - THAT'S 14 GAMES.

THAT'S HOW MANY TOTAL SCOTT FROST HAS WON SO FAR IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

>> WELL, AGAIN, MAKE IT NUANCED ALL YOU WANT.

HE MADE IT -- HE MADE IT WORK.

>> OKAY.

>> HE MADE IT WORK.

AND, YOU CAN DO IT.

THERE'S NO REASON THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT.

OH, I ABSOLUTELY THINK HE CAN.

I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A BUNCH OF EXCUSES FOR HIM.

YOU GET THE RIGHT GUYS, YOU GET THE RIGHT QUARTERBACK.

>> DOES THAT START OUT GOING TO GET THE RIGHT QUARTERBACK, OR DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE HIM ON CAMPUS?

>> MY GUESS IS YOU --.

>> WE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT LOGAN SMOTHERS -- >> NO, IT STARTS OFF WITH GET THE OFFENSIVE LINE RIGHT.

>> OH, YES, SIR.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT'S - I'LL SAY IT 'TIL I'M BLUE IN THE FACE.

THIS OFFENSE WILL NOT GO UNTIL THIS OFFENSIVE LINE IS RIGHT.

>> I THINK DROP-BACKS HAVE BEEN A PRESSURE OVER THE SEASON FOR ADRIAN MARTINEZ, AND WHEN IT'S PASSING DOWNS, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE 70%.

>> OH, GOD, I KNOW.

HE CAN'T DROP BACK TO PASS THE FOOTBALL.

>> I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE SYMPATHETIC TO HIM.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO RUN THE FOOTBALL.

>> YEAH, THAT WOULD HELP ADRIAN A LOT.

>> YEAH IT WOULD.

IMMENSELY.

>> SIP, IT'S A RANDOM QUESTION: IS THE KICK/CATCH INTERFERENCE THE WORST CALL YOU'VE SEEN THIS YEAR?

>> THE KICK --.

>> THE PUNT/CATCH INTERFERENCE THAT WAS CALLED IN THE OHIO STATE GAME AGAINST NEBRASKA?

>> NO, THE -- I THOUGHT THE INTERFERENCE ON JOJO WAS THE WORST.

>> THAT WAS THE WORST ONE?

>> OH, THAT WAS A BAD ONE -- THE MICHIGAN GAME?

THAT WAS TERRIBLE.

>> THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

>> YEAH.

>> I FOUND THAT CALL TO BE REMARKABLE.

>> I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT CALL MADE WITHOUT THERE BEING CONTACT ON THE PUNTER.

>> I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

>> IT WAS ON NEBRASKA'S SIDELINE THEY WERE PUNTING NORTH TO SOUTH -- >> YES.

>> AND THEY LITERALLY CALLED KICK/CATCH INTERFERENCE ON MYLES FARMER, I BELIEVE.

>> I DID SEE IT.

YEAH, IT WAS A BAD CALL, BUT NOT AS BAD AS JOJO'S INTERFERENCE, WHERE THE RECEIVER RAN INTO HIM ON A BALL THAT --.

>> OH, YEAH --.

>> ON A BALL THAT WASN'T CATCHABLE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> AND THEY ENDED UP GETTING A TOUCHDOWN.

>> IT'S INCREDIBLE.

IT WAS A -- I DON'T -- I'M NOT THE GUY THAT HAMMERS ON REFS AT ALL -- I'M NOT -- I DON'T LIKE IT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE EXCUSE-MAKING, BUT, WHEN A REF AFFECTS THE OUTCOME OF A GAME, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

THAT'S A PROBLEM, BIG PROBLEM, IN MY OPINION.

>> SIP, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS, MAN.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

>> IT WAS A VERY NUANCED DISCUSSION.

( LAUGHTER ) >> WE APPRECIATE THAT.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

(LAUGHS).

THANK YOU, MIKE'L.

>> COMING UP NEXT, OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS, WE'LL HAVE MORE CONVERSATION WITH SEAN CALLAHAN ABOUT RECRUITING.

BEFORE WE GET THAT, THOUGH, ANOTHER LOOK AT THE LOSS FROM SATURDAY, COURTESY OF "HAIL, VARSITY."

STAY WITH US.

S S S S >> WELCOME BACK AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THE "WRAP-UP."

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE JOINED BY SEAN CALLAHAN.

AS THE WHEELS AND THE SAND IN THE HOURGLASS, RECRUITING NEVER STOPS -- IT JUST CONTINUES AND CONTINUES AND KEEPS YOU EMPLOYED.

WHAT HAVE WE SEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS?

>> YEAH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN VERY BUSY.

NEBRASKA HAD A GOOD GROUP OF VISITORS FOR AN 11:00 A.M. GAME AND WE GOT A COMMIT, WHERE WE'LL TALK TO JALIL MARTIN HERE IN A SECOND, BUT I THINK NOW ALL EYES ARE ON THIS CLASS.

YOU KNOW, NEBRASKA GOT NINE COMMITS.

DID THE COACHING MOVES ON OFFENSE HAVE ANY EFFECT?

I KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW I HIT ON IT.

WE'VE TALKED TO A FEW OF THE KEY RECRUITS -- YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OFFENSIVE LINEMEN RIGHT NOW.

>> RIGHT-RIGHT.

>> SO, YOU KNOW, AND MATT LUBICK -- THERE ARE TWO RECEIVERS, BUT OTHER COACHES ON STAFF WERE INVOLVED IN THESE GUYS, AS WELL, SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY SHAKEUP AT ALL BUT I DON'T FORESEE ANY AT THIS POINT.

>> LET'S GO TO THE PHONE NOW, JALIL MARTIN JOINING US YOU MENTIONED A SECOND AGO -- A DEFENSIVE BACK RECRUITED OUT OF CHICAGO.

SO, HOW YA DOIN'?

>> I'M DOING GOOD -- HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING?

>> WE'RE DOING GREAT.

TELL ME WHY NEBRASKA WAS THE PLACE FOR YOU?

>> I MEAN, FIRST, MY RELATIONSHIP WITH COACH FROST, COACH FISH, AND COACH CHINANDER PLAYED A HUMONGOUS ROLE IN THAT DECISION.

YOU KNOW, THEY RECRUITED ME THE HARDEST OUT OF ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT OFFERED ME, AND THEY RECRUITED MY PARENTS, TOO, WHICH WAS A BIG PART, YOU KNOW.

THEN, THE -- JUST THE PROGRAM, THE TRADITION THAT THEY HAVE.

THEY HAVE A GREAT FAN BASE, YOU KNOW -- I NOTICED THAT ON MY OWN OFFICIAL VISIT.

THEY HAVE A GREAT FAN BASE AND THEN ALSO, I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GUYS ON THE TEAM ALREADY, LIKE, CAM TAYLOR, MARQUES BUFORD, AND ALANTE BROWN, THOSE ARE ALL LIKE BIG BROTHERS TO ME, SO, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT ALL PLAYED A ROLE.

>> JALIL, WE HAVE YOU LISTED AT 6'2", 189, BUT YOU LOOK BIGGER THAN THAT.

WHAT IS YOUR UPDATED MEASURABLES RIGHT NOW?

BECAUSE, WHEN I WAS WATCHING YOU KIND OF WALK IN AT THE GAME ON SATURDAY, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK LIKE A GUY THAT'S REALLY ADDED SOME LENGTH IN THE LAST YEAR.

>> YEAH, I'M 6'3", 190 STILL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I MEASURED IN AT ON THE SYSTEM.

AND, I GOT AN 81-INCH WINGSPAN, TOO, SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY.

>> 81-INCH WINGSPAN.

>> WOW.

>> WE'RE WATCHING HIGHLIGHTS OF YOU PLAYING WIDE RECEIVER.

WHAT DO YOU SEE - WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU YOU'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING WHEN YOU GET TO NEBRASKA?

>> I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PLAYING DB - I'LL BE ON THE DEFENSE SIDE OF THE BALL.

>> ANYTHING MORE OF A CHANCE OF CORNERBACK, SAFETY, OR MAYBE SOMETHING IN BETWEEN?

>> SOMETHING IN BETWEEN ACTUALLY.

>> JALIL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME UP THIS SUMMER.

I SAW YOU GUYS AT THE CAMP BACK IN JUNE -- A BIG GROUP OF CHICAGO KIDS CAME UP.

HOW DID THAT ALL COME ABOUT AND WAS THAT REALLY YOUR FIRST TASTE OF VISITING THE STATE OF NEBRASKA AND HOW MUCH OF THAT INITIAL JUNE VISIT KIND OF OPENED YOUR EYES FOR YOUR COMMITMENT THAT HAPPENED HERE IN NOVEMBER?

>> IT -- COULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION?

>> YEAH, YOU WERE UP HERE IN THE SUMMER, RIGHT?

IN JUNE?

>> YEAH.

>> WHEN YOU CAME UP HERE THIS SUMMER, HOW MUCH DID THAT REALLY OPEN YOUR EYES ABOUT NEBRASKA AND GET YOU INTERESTED IN WANTING TO COME BACK?

>> YOU'RE KIND OF BREAKING UP -- IF YOU COULD REPEAT IT ONE MORE TIME?

>> HOW MUCH DID YOUR TRIP THIS SUMMER TO NEBRASKA, JALIL, REALLY OPEN YOUR EYES TO WANT TO COME HERE AND COME BACK?

>> OH, IT ACTUALLY MEANT A LOT BECAUSE WHEN I CAME DOWN THERE -- DOWN THERE THE FIRST TIME TO THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS CAMP, I HAD GOT A CHANCE TO HAVE THE ONE-ON-ONE WORKOUT WITH COACH FISHER AND HE ALSO - I WENT THROUGH THE DB DRILLS DURING THE CAMP AND JUST EVERYTHING HE WAS TEACHING DURING THE ONE-ON-ONES, TOO, THAT PLAYED A WHOLE -- THAT KIND OF OPENED MY EYES TO NEBRASKA.

>> JALIL, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME, MAN AND CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> LONG, OBVIOUSLY, SO YOU CAN SEE IT - 6'3", 190 - SOMETHING IN BETWEEN SAFETY AND CORNERBACK.

>> SO, 81 INCHES, I MEAN, THAT COMES OUT TO --.

>> IT'S OVER SIX FEET --.

>> IT'S LIKE 6'9".

>> YEAH.

>> SIX-NINE WINGSPAN.

>> SO, A 6'3" GUY WITH A 6'9" WINGSPAN.

REMINDS YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CALEB TANNOR, KIND OF THAT LONG WINGSPAN HE HAS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR IN-STATE RECRUIT.

>> YEAH, LOOKING HERE TONIGHT AT WILL HUBERT, OUT OF PAPILLION LA VISTA, JUST COMMITTED TO NEBRASKA AS A WALK-ON, HAD MULTIPLE GROUP OF FIVE OFFERS, INCLUDING NORTH TEXAS AND A FEW OTHER ONES THAT KIND OF JUMPED OUT, BUT YOU KNOW, DAKOTA-TYPE OFFERS AND YEAH, HE JUST KIND OF HUNG AROUND AND YOU KNEW WHEN HE DIDN'T JUMP ON ONE OF THOSE THIS SUMMER, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE WAS INTERESTED AND IT WAS LIKE, "YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO TO A LOWER GROUP OF FIVE.

I WANT TO STAY IN THIS AREA, BET ON MYSELF," AND HE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK HE WILL WALK ON AT NEBRASKA.

I THINK A REALLY GOOD FIT AS A 3-4 OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.

>> OUTSIDE LINEBACKER, RIGHT.

>> AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAN GET A GUY THAT HAS LEGIT DIVISION 1 GROUP OF FIVE OFFERS TO WALK ON, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING FOR RIGHT NOW.

>> AND, THAT'S WHAT IT ALWAYS WAS FOR SO MANY YEARS FOR NEBRASKA.

>> YEAH, AND IT -- IT JUST WORKED OUT, AND HE'S A GUY THAT LED THE STATE IN SACKS A YEAR AGO.

>> AND, WITH MAVERICK NOONAN, I BELIEVE, LEADING IT THIS YEAR, PRETTY SURE.

THANKS, SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

BE SURE TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK'S "SIDELINE SURVEY" QUESTION: "DO YOU THINK NEBRASKA MADE THE RIGHT MOVE IN KEEPING SCOTT FROST?"

IT'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN IT WAS BEFORE, 89% OF PEOPLE SAY, "YES, HE'LL GET THE PROGRAM GOING."

ANOTHER 11% SAY, "NO, FOUR YEARS OF LOSING WAS ENOUGH."

MAKE SURE YOU VISIT OUR "WRAP-UP" WEBSITE AND CAST YOUR VOTE.

AND NOW, A QUICK LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN.

PURDUE UPSETS UNBEATEN MICHIGAN STATE, 40-29.

IT'S WHAT PURDUE DOES.

WISCONSIN THRASHES RUTGERS, 52-3 THAT'S WHAT WISCONSIN DOES.

AND, THE IOWA HAWKEYES OUTLAST NORTHWESTERN, AND IT WAS AN UGLY ONE, 17-12.

THAT WAS AN ULTIMATE BIG TEN KIND OF GAME.

>> OH, I WATCHED.

I WATCHED ABOUT THREE-QUARTER - I COULDN'T KEEP MY EYES AWAKE IN THE SECOND QUARTER, ER, SECOND HALF - IT WAS SO MONOTONOUS AND SLOW --.

>> VERY DIFFICULT, YEAH.

SEAN, DO YOU THINK THERE IS A TOTAL WINS THAT SCOTT HAS TO GET?

THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS HERE ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.

>> I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO START WITH POST-SEASON, NUMBER ONE.

THAT'S THE BAROMETER BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT IT.

I STILL BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT A FEEL.

YOU COULD GO 6-6, BUT GET BLOWN OUT IN FIVE GAMES AND THAT 6-6 DOESN'T HAVE THE "FEEL."

LIKE, NEBRASKA'S 3-7, BUT THE "FEEL" OF IT IS DIFFERENT.

I MEAN, YOU HEARD ONE OHIO STATE GUY SAY, THAT'S THE BEST 3-7 TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL.

>> ANALYTICALLY, THEY ACTUALLY ARE.

>> THE "FEEL" OF NEBRASKA IS DIFFERENT.

THEY'VE GOT TO WIN THESE GAMES - THEY'VE GOT TO STOP HAVING THE "FEEL."

THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY WIN SOME OF THESE GAMES.

>> I DON'T BELIEVE THE FPI'S EVER HAD A TEAM WITH A 3-7 RECORD IN THEIR TOP 30.

I DON'T - I THINK I WAS READING THAT ON ESPN'S WEBSITE.

>> WOW.

>> AND, THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, AT 3-7, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

IN TERMS OF THE COACHES THEY LOST, SEAN, WHICH ONE IS THE BIGGEST LOSS RECRUITING-WISE?

>> RYAN HELD.

I MEAN, I THINK JUST HIS IMPACT IN JUCOS AND, YOU KNOW, JUST HIS AGGRESSIVE NATURE - HE'S A GRINDER.

I MEAN, HE WAS THE GUY THAT REALLY, REALLY PUT A LOT ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL.

I MEAN, I THINK YOU COULD MAKE A CASE FOR ALL OF THEM.

I MEAN, VERDUZCO WAS JUST QUARTERBACKS.

>> YEAH.

>> GREG AUSTIN WAS PRIMARILY OFFENSIVE LINEMEN AND, YOU KNOW, THE TRACK RECORD, HONESTLY OF HIS RECRUITS HADN'T BEEN GREAT, I MEAN, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE CRITICAL.

I MEAN, CAM JURGENS WAS A TIGHT END RECRUIT.

>> YEAH.

>> BRANT BANKS WAS A DEFENSE LINE RECRUIT.

ETHAN PIPER IS A DEFENSIVE LINE RECRUIT.

THEY MOVED ALL THE GUYS -- SO, A LOT OF HIS GUYS, UNFORTUNATELY, DIDN'T PAN OUT ANDFEEL LIKE MATT LUBICK, WE BARELY KNOW THE GUY.

I MEAN, THE PANDEMIC SEASON, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY TALKED TO HIM ON ZOOMS, LIKE THE WHOLE YEAR, SO HE'S JUST A GUY THAT YOU HONESTLY NEVER REALLY GOT A FEEL FOR.

AT NEBRASKA, MATT LUBICK HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO CONDUCT AN IN-HOME VISIT.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

BECAUSE, HE GOT HERE AND THE PANDEMIC HAD REALLY ALREADY STARTED, SO YOU KNOW, IT JUST -- HE'S -- YEAH, I THINK WITHOUT A DOUBT IT'S RYAN HELD.

>> JAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHANGES THEY'VE MADE, DO YOU THINK -- AND IT'S IN A COUPLE OF THESE QUESTIONS, TOO IMPORTANT TO BRING PEOPLE IN WITH NEBRASKA TIES?

OR, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU DON'T EVEN CONSIDER?

>> I MEAN, IT HELPS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A NECESSITY.

I THINK WHAT THIS OFFENSE NEEDS IS -- IS SOMEONE THAT IS WILLING TO GET THIS OFFENSE MORE PHYSICAL.

I THINK IT'S A GUY THAT UNDERSTANDS IT, UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT TAKES, HAS BEEN IN SOME PROGRAMS THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED A RUN GAME, PRACTICED PHYSICAL -- YOU KNOW, JUST GET AFTER IT -- GET YOUR FIVE GUYS GETTING OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU WATCH OHIO STATE GET OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE THIS LAST -- AND YOU WATCH NEBRASKA GET OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IN THE RUN GAME, HOW DIFFERENT DID THAT LOOK?

I MEAN, OHIO STATE'S GOING DOWNHILL WORKING IN UNISON AND WHAT NEBRASKA'S DOING IS JUST KIND OF LIKE, GUYS JUST KIND OF STANDING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE JUST NOT WORKING TOGETHER, SO MY BIGGEST HIRE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, WHO'S THIS OFFENSIVE LINE COACH GOING TO BE TO BRING SOME NASTINESS, SOME PHYSICALNESS, INTO THIS -- THOSE GROUP OF GUYS.

IF IT'S A NEBRASKA GUY, GREAT.

I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE.

I DON'T.

I JUST THINK IT'S SOMEONE THAT'S WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGE SCOTT A LITTLE BIT, TOO, I THINK, AND AS A GUY THAT'S WILLING TO STAND UP TO HIM A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, "HEY, THIS IS HOW IT NEEDS TO BE AND IF YOU WANT TO GO THIS WAY, IT HAS TO BE DONE THIS WAY.

I DON'T CARE HOW YOU DID IT AT OREGON, OR CENTRAL FLORIDA, LIKE, THAT WORKED THERE -- WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING HERE HASN'T BEEN WORKING, SO THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT."

SO, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE A GUY THAT'S WILLING TO KIND OF STAND UP TO SCOTT A LITTLE BIT, TOO.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT'S IRONY IS THAT WE TALK ABOUT GETTING A GUY THAT WAS AN OREGON, CENTRAL FLORIDA GUY.

THE OREGON OFFENSE NOW IS MORE OF WHAT NEBRASKA WANTS.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> RIGHT?

THEY'RE PHYSICAL IN THE TRENCHES BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

THEY RUN DOWNHILL AT YOU.

IT'S KIND OF WHAT NEBRASKA WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.

>> AND THE OREGON OFFENSE OF THE PAST -- I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF OUTDATED NOW -- IT'S BEEN -- THE GAME'S EVOLVED WITH WHAT CHIP KELLY DID, AND YOU'VE JUST GOT TO HAVE MORE CONSISTENCY.

I MEAN, NEBRASKA GOT BEAT BY PURDUE, AND PURDUE AVERAGED 3.2 YARDS A RUSH AND HAD ONE PASS PLAY THAT WAS 21 YARDS THE ENTIRE GAME.

THEY JUST CONSISTENTLY EXECUTED PLAYS, AND THAT'S NEBRASKA'S PROBLEM.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY EXECUTE OVER THE COURSE OF A GAME.

>> COLIN ON FACEBOOK -- WELL, THE MOST CONSISTENT THING IS THEIR INCONSISTENCY.

COLIN, ON FACEBOOK, SAYS "WE NEED SPECIALISTS BADLY."

SIMON MCCLANNON AT MILLARD SOUTH, FIVE-STAR KICKER, THIRD IN THE NATION, 4.5-STAR PUNTER, 20TH IN THE NATION IN THAT.

CHANCES OF GETTING HIM IN THE 2023 CLASS?"

DO YOU KNOW?

>> YOU KNOW, KICKERS ARE A HARD ONE TO EVALUATE -- I MEAN --.

>> I KNOW WEST SIDE HAS AN OUTSTANDING KICKER.

HE'S ONLY A SOPHOMORE --.

>> I THINK MIKE'L THEIR -- THEIR PRIORITY IS GOING TO BE A PORTAL, LIKE, VETERAN GUY.

>> PLAYING NOW, YEAH.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SAY, "LOOK, WHOEVER THE BEST GUY OUT THERE IS THAT HAS PROVEN STATS" --.

>> AND, THEY MAY LINE THEM UP AN NIL BILL, TO GET THE BEST KICKER -- THE TRAINING REPORT, HONESTLY --.

>> I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY IN THE RIGHT BALLPARK.

I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO GET A PUNTER AND YOU'VE GOT TO GET A KICKER AND YOU FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE THE PLAN THAT THEY'VE HAD HASN'T WORKED VERY WELL AND I KNOW ALL THESE GUYS THEY BROUGHT IN HAVE SOME ABILITY, BUT IT JUST HASN'T WORKED OUT.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT'S MESSED UP IS THAT COLE FRAHM LEAVES HERE, ENDS UP GOING ON TO BE A REALLY GOOD PLACE KICKER -- I BELIEVE HE SET THE RECORD FOR THE MOST FIELD GOALS MADE -- IS IT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE?

>> YEAH.

BURT KIDD - AND THEY WENT WITH BARRET PICKERING, AND I REMEMBER WATCHING IN THE SPRING - LIKE THIS DUDE IS BETTER THAN BARRET PICKERING!

>> HE CAN BANG IT, YEAH.

>> I MEAN, I GET IT, BARRET PICKERING'S UP FOR SCHOLARSHIP, BUT WHO CARES?

>> MM-HMM, YEP.

>> I MEAN, ALEX HENRY WAS A WALK-ON.

>> YEP.

YEP.

>> AND, KIND OF LIKE JAY DUCKER LEAVING AND GOING TO NORTH -- THESE GUYS THAT ARE IN-STATE, THEY'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PROJECTING THE ONES THAT CAN COME IN AND PLAY IS THE ONE THAT MAYBE -- >> LIKE MAURO BONDI, YOU KNOW, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PUNTER, AND THEY WENT WITH FOLTZ FOR A WHILE I MEAN, YOU'VE JUST GOT TO GO WITH THE BEST DUDE, YOU KNOW, AND I GO BACK TO THAT EARLY DECISION WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PICKERING.

I MEAN, THEY HAD TO HAVE HAD BETTER KICKERS ON THE ROSTER.

PICKERING JUST - YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE DEBACLE KIND OF STARTED THE SLIDE OF THE KICKER POSITION.

>> SO, KICKER, QUARTERBACK, OFFENSIVIV >> RIGHT GUARD --.

>> RIGHT GUARD, THOSE ARE ALL KIND OF STAND UP FOR PORTAL MOVES, IN YOUR OPINION?

>> I MEAN, EVERYBODY WANTS A PASS RUSHER.

I MEAN, I THINK IF YOU QUIZ ANY COACH, "WHO DO I WANT ON THE PORTAL?

I WANT A PASS RUSHER."

>> "I NEED A RANDY GREGORY."

>> THOSE WOULD BE NICE.

>> THAT WOULD BE NICE.

>> IT WOULD BE NICE TO FIND ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.

>> BE NICE TO FIND A GUY LIKE RANDY GREGORY AND REMEMBER, RANDY GREGORY GOT INJURED RIGHT BACK IN JUNIOR COLLEGE AND THAT'S WHY NEBRASKA GOT A CHANCE TO GET HIM.

BECAUSE, I THINK HE COULDN'T DO A LOT OF TRAVELING, LIKE --.

>> HE'D TAKE A DEVANTE DAVIS.

>> OH, I'LL TAKE ONE OF THOSE, AS WELL, YEAH, NO DOUBT.

>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO THE BURNING QUESTIONS.

WE START WITH YOU, SEAN.

>> HOW WILL THIS TEAM RESPOND AND TOMORROW WE'LL TAKE WITH COACH FROST - WHAT WILL BE HIS FIRST PUBLIC MESSAGE TOMORROW?

>> HOW QUICKLY ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE THESE HIRES, YOU KNOW?

HOW QUICKLY DOES THAT GO INTO AND IF THEY DO MAKE SOME RATHER QUICKLY BEFORE THIS YEAR'S END, WHAT'S THEIR ROLE GOING TO BE?

ARE THEY JUST GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO RECRUITING?

WHAT'S - YOU KNOW, HOW THAT'S GOING TO SHAKE OUT?

>> YEAH, THERE ARE A FEW GUYS WHO CERTAINLY HAVE DRAFT GRADES OUT THERE AND DO THEY DECIDE TO NOT PLAY THE FINAL TWO GAMES OUT?

OPTING OUT IS PRETTY POPULAR NOW.

WILL WE SEE OPT-OUTS FROM ANY OF THE PLAYERS OVER THESE LAST TWO GAMES.

WE'RE BACK NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE A BYE WEEK, SPECIAL PROGRAMMING PREVIEWING THE FINAL TWO GAMES OF 2021.

SPECIAL GUEST, FORMER HUSKER, JORDAN WESTERKAMP WILL JOIN THE SHOW.

THIS FRIDAY, YOU CAN CATCH NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL RIGHT HERE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AS THEY TAKE ON THE MARYLAND TERRAPINS.

FIRST SET IS SCHEDULED FOR 6:00 P.M., CENTRAL TIME.

OUR THANKS TO STEVEN M. SIPPLE FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

FOR JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA'S "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

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