♪ >>> NEBRASKA ENDS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER UNDEFEATED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2001, AFTER BEATING PURDUE 31-14 ON SATURDAY.

IN A HALLOWEEN MATCHUP, MONSTER PLAYS BY THE DEFENSE MADE THE CROWD HOWL.

WHILE ONCE AGAIN LOSING THE TURNOVER MARGIN CAUSED THEM TO SHRIEK IN FEAR.

WITH THE HOPE OF A BOWL GAME RISING FROM THE DEAD, WILL THIS TEAM CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO WIN?

WE'RE BREAKING IT ALL DOWN TONIGHT WITH OUR SPECIAL GUESTS, TREV ALBERTS AND KEVIN SJUTS.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AHEAD AT RECRUITING WITH SEAN CALLAHAN.

ALL THAT AND MORE ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

STAY TUNED IF YOU DARE.

♪ HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE.

I AM MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

NEBRASKA WINS IT WITH THE FIVE AND THREE, ONE GAME AWAY FROM BOWL ELIGIBILITY.

TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT WITH ME IS FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE AND OF COURSE SEAN CALLAHAN.

YOU KNOW THAT GAME WAS FUNNY.

WE WERE JOKING ABOUT IT BEING UGLY, BUT WHEN YOU WIN THE WAY THEY WON, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN CALL THAT GAME UGLY -- >> NO IT'S -- >> THAT'S FANTASTIC.

>> LISTEN ANY WIN IS FANTASTIC AND I THOUGHT COACH RHULE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD -- >> HE DID.

>> HE SAID IN HIS PRESSER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UGLY LOSSES, NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT UGLY WINS.

I THINK I'LL TAKE THE UGLY WINS.

AND I AGREE.

LISTEN, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PRETTY WITH ISSUES ON OFFENSE, INJURIES AND A LOT OF YOUNG PLAYERS BUT THIS TEAM CONTINUES TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT DONE AND IT IS A THING OF BEAUTY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE DEFENSE KNOW IF THEY GET PUT IN A TOUGH SPOT, THEY'RE GOING TO PERFORM.

THEY'RE GOING TO EXECUTE.

THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD TEAMS TO FIELDS GOALS.

IF THE BALLS TURN OVER ON THEIR OWN 10, THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

SPECIAL TEAMS WILL STEP UP AND EVEN THOUGH OFFENSE HAS THEIR ISSUES, THEY FIND THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE A BIG PLAY.

MALACHI COLEMAN OR JUST THOSE BIG OVER THE TOP PLAYS, JUST TO GET IT DONE AT THE RIGHT TIMES.

>> IT'S INCREDIBLE.

SUDDEN CHANGE, WHAT NEBRASKA'S DONE AFTER TURNOVERS.

THEY GAVE IT ONE TOUCHDOWN ON SATURDAY.

BUT LUCKED OUT EVERY OTHER TIME -- >> YEAH, THEIR DEFENSE IN GENERAL HAS HELD UP.

YOU THINK ABOUT THE SITUATIONS THEY'VE BEEN PUT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

EVEN ILLINOIS GAME, THE WAY THEY WERE STOOD AT THE GOAL LINE, THAT'S REALLY BEEN THE STORY.

WHAT TONY WHITE HAS GOTTEN OUT OF THIS GROUP.

THE DEPTH THEY'VE DEVELOPED, WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS MANY GUYS ON THE FRONT SEVEN PLAY THIS CONSISTENTLY WHERE THERE ARE PROBABLY 20 GUYS, THAT ROTATE ON THAT FRONT SEVEN -- >> YEAH.

>> OVER THE COURSE OF A GAME AND IT'S PAID OFF THE WAY THIS UNIT'S BEEN PLAYING AND THE NUMBER OF NEW FACES THAT STEP UP WEEK TO WEEK.

>> DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ISAAC GIFFORDS ARE ON THE FIELD AT A TIME?

'‘CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ONE, RIGHT?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> I KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT.

YOU KNOW HE'S PLAYED FANTASTIC -- I THOUGHT WE HAD IN THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A GUY WHO'S GOING TO THRIVE IN A 3-3-5?

I FIGURED IT WAS HIM.

JUST BECAUSE HE IS A, YOU KNOW I DON'T SEE HIM AS A TRUE SAFETY.

I SEE HIM MORE AS A -- >> HE'S A ROVER.

>> A ROVER.

YOU KNOW HE'S BIGGER IN A LINEBACKER ROLE, BUT HE'S STILL GETTING COVERAGE I CAN SEE HERE.

BUT HE WILL COME UP AND THUMP YOU ON THE LAST SCRIMMAGE.

HE IS NOT AFRAID OF CONTACT.

THE GUY MADE A FANTASTIC PLAY AGAINST NORTHWESTERN.

WE WENT OVER THAT NUMEROUS TIMES.

HE JUST STEPS UP AND MAKES PLAY.

THIS DEFENSE A LOOK AT THIS, SITTING ON THE EDGE, PLAYING ON THE EDGE, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THIS DEFENSE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO GET GASHED.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, A QUARTERBACK COMES AND DEFEATS A BLOCK.

YOU KNOW THESE GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.

YOU KNOW THESE GUYS DO A GREAT JOB OF -- YOU THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD COACH RHULE SAY IT, THE ONE FOR ONE.

MEANING, YES, I'M BLOCKED.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU MIGHT BE BLOCKED, BUT GET OFF THE BLOCK AND MAKE A PLAY.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN GET -- I DID MY JOB.

I SPILLED.

YOU DID THAT.

BUT GO MAKE THE PLAY STILL.

DON'T GO ONE FOR ONE.

THAT IS WHAT'S BEEN REALLY IMPRESSIVE ABOUT THE DEFENSE.

IS GUYS ARE DOING THEIR JOB AND MORE.

>> WE GOT A LOT TO GET TOO, BUT REAL QUICK DO YOU THINK QUINTON NEWSOME COULD BE ALL BIG 10, AT SOME POINT?

>> I MEAN, I'M A VOTER.

I AM ONE OF THE VOTERS ON IT.

YEAH, AS YOU LOOK AT THE PROCESS FOR THIS IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.

THERE ARE TWO OR THREE GOOD GUYS, BUT THERE ARE 14 TEAMS IN THIS LEAGUE RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME GUYS FOR SURE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF SECOND AND THIRD TEAM, BUT WHEN YOU START GETTING TO FIRST TEAM ALL BIG 10, THAT'S BASICALLY ALL-AMERICAN.

I THINK NASH HUTMACHER, ISAAC GIFFORD, QUINTON NEWSOME, THOSE THREE GUYS PARTICULARLY HAVE PLAYED AT A CONSISTENT LEVEL FOR NEBRASKA.

WHILE I THINK YOU CAN START TO CONSIDER THEM, MAYBE TOMMI HILL COULD PLAY HIMSELF INTO THERE WITH A BIG MONTH HERE TO FINISH HIMSELF OUT.

>> THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.

WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

GUID OUR CONVERSATION AND CONNECT WITH US.

OUR CALL ROOM IS UP AND RUNNING.

MANNED BY SPORTS INTERN HANNA ANDIS THAT A CROCODILE OR AN ALLIGATOR?

[ LAUGHTER ] I ALWAYS GET THEM CONFUSED?

THEY ARE THERE THE WHOLE SHOW ENJOYING VALENTINO'S PIZZA AND TAKING OUR CALLS.

YOU CAN ALSO TEXT OR EMAIL US YOUR QUESTIONS AT BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

AND WE ARE KEEPING OUR EYES PEELED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AS WELL.

SHARE YOUR QUESTIONS ON OUR "“BIG RED WRAP-UP"” ACCOUNTS AND WE WILL GET TO AS MANY AS WE CAN TONIGHT.

IN OUR LAST WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY WE ASKED HOW YOU FELT ABOUT THE 3-3-5 DEFENSE.

MOST OF YOU, 67% SAID I AM VERY IMPRESSED SO FAR.

I TOLD YOU I AM THE ONE THROWING THE BONES.

I'VE GOT THE CRAMP IN MY ARM BECAUSE THEY WERE SO GOOD.

IF YOU MISSED OUT ON LAST WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY, MAKE SURE YOU GO VOTE ON THE NEW ONE.

IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW.

IT ASKS SIMPLY, DOES NEBRASKA MAKE A BOWL GAME THIS YEAR?

YES.

NO.

OR ARE YOU SCARED OF JINXING IT?

77% OF THE PEOPLE, IT SHOULD BE 100% OF THE PEOPLE SAY YES RIGHT NOW.

WITH THAT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOP PLAYS FROM SATURDAY'S VICTORY?

NUMBER THREE.

I'M SO HAPPY FOR TRISTAN ALVANO.

HE HAS GOTTEN IN THE GROOVE AGAIN.

THIS IS A 55 YARD FIELD GOAL.

FOLLOWING UP LAST WEEK KICKING INTO THE WIND WITH THAT 47 YARD FIELD GOAL.

GREAT FOR HIM.

LOOK HOW HAPPY COACH RHULE WAS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE HE'S KNOWS, YOU GET TRISTAN HOT, HE IS A WEAPON IN THIS LEAGUE.

>> JAYLEN LLOYD, A KID I'VE KNOWN SINCE HE WAS ONE YEARS OLD IN DAY CARE WITH MY KIDS OVER AT CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE.

HIS MOM WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE FACILITY.

LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S AWESOME.

IT'S THAT BELLY G, MAN.

IT'S WORKING.

IT'S WORKING.

>> THE SAFETY COMES UP, COMMITS IN THE BOX AND YOU'RE ABLE TO GET UP TOP.

>> AND OF COURSE NUMBER ONE, THE BLOCKED KICK RETURNED BY QUINTON NEWSOME FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

JEUDY GETS UP, GETS -- IT'S A BAD SNAP, SO IT'S A LITTLE LOW BUT HE GETS IT AND THEN LOOKS LIKE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS RIGHT HERE, LIKE TYREEK HILL, RIGHT?

DOING THE -- COACH SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT THAT.

>> MAYBE THE REF WAS COLD.

>> YEAH, THE REF WAS COOL, HE DIDN'T THROW A FLAG OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE'LL GET TO MORE ON THE GAME LATER.

>> BUT NOW LET'S HEAR FROM PLAYERS AND COACHES FOLLOWING THE GAME BEFORE WE WELCOME IN OUR FIRST GUEST OF THE NIGHT, NEBRASKA ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, TREV ALBERTS.

>> I WENT AFTER THE OFFENSIVE STAFF THIS WEEK, I WANT 24 POINTS.

AND I WANT 40% ON THIRD DOWN AND I WANT TO WIN THE TURNOVER BATTLE, AND WE SCORED 24 POINTS ON OFFENSE.

WE WERE 43% ON THIRD DOWN, BUT WE LOST THE TURNOVER BATTLE.

WHEREAS PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, HEY, YOU GUYS ARE WINNING UGLY.

AND TRUST ME, I DO KNOW IT'S UGLY, SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

I'M AS UPSET AS ANYTHING.

BUT THE FLIPSIDE OF IT IS, I JUST THINK WE'RE KIND OF A TOUGH TEAM.

I KIND OF LIKE OUR GUYS, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF A GRITTY, TOUGH TEAM AND I KIND OF LIKE RUNNING THE BALL AND STOPPING THE RUN.

I KIND OF THINK THAT'S PRETTY COOL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

>> YOU DON'T FEEL THAT, "AH, MAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

YOU FEEL THAT, "HEY, WE GET TO GO ON THE FIELD AND PLAY, SO LET'S GO PLAY."

AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE GUYS, YOU KNOW, BUYING INTO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE PROCESS.

>> WE DIDN'T PLAY NEARLY AS WELL ON DEFENSE AS THE STATS DENOTED.

SOMETIMES AND I THINK IN FAIRNESS TO ME, WHEN WE'VE LOST I'VE SAID, "HEY, WE'VE DONE THIS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT, THIS WAS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT."

WE CAME IN, I THINK THE GUYS, ALL OF US WERE KIND OF LIKE "HEY, THAT REALLY WASN'T THE LEVEL OF DEFENSE WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD -- WE WERE PLAYING."

>> THE STANDARD OF PLAY VERSUS THE RESULTS, YOU KNOW, AND SO MANY TIMES, EVERYBODY GETS FIXATED ON THE RESULTS.

BELIEVE ME, IT'S GREAT TO WIN AND ALL THAT STUFF BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU NEGLECT THOSE THINGS THAT WILL GET YOU BEAT.

>> WE TRUST THE PROCESS.

GRADUALLY.

IT TOOK TIME TOO, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE LOST THOSE BEGINNING GAMES.

WE HAD TO LEARN THE HARD WAY AND AFTER WE STARTED GRADUALLY TRUSTING THE PROCESS EVEN MORE, WE GET TO NOVEMBER AND NOVEMBER IS A MONTH TO REMEMBER, WE GET TO PLAY IN MORE MEANINGFUL GAMES, AND IT IS ACTUALLY VERY EXCITING.

I'M EXCITED.

>> MY CHALLENGE TO THEM HAS BEEN DOUBLE DOWN ON IT ONE MORE TIME HERE AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.

SEE IF YOU CAN GO GET ANOTHER WIN THIS WEEK.

SEE IF YOU CAN GO 1-0.

TRULY BE 1-0 MIND-SET.

>> NOW WE'RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY THE VICE CHANCELLOR AND DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, TREV ALBERTS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE.

YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB, I ENJOY WATCHING.

THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR HUSKER FOOTBALL.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SEASON SO FAR.

OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF INJURIES.

5-3, ONE WIN AWAY FROM BOWL ELIGIBILITY.

WHAT'S KIND OF YOUR FEEL OF THE SEASON SO FAR?

>> WELL JUST SO PROUD AND HAPPY OF THE PROGRESS AND IN TALKING TO COACH RHULE BACK IN THE HIRING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE JUST GOT TO START WITH THOSE FUNDAMENTAL THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO NEBRASKA AS NEBRASKA FANS AND ULTIMATELY, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT HELP YOU WIN IN THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE.

FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO HAVE A TOUGH TEAM AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS AS YOU GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE INJURIES AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THE ADVERSITY, MENTAL TOUGHNESS AND A TOUGH TEAM MATTERS AND SO HOW YOU PRACTICE MATTERS, AND BEEN REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL AND YOU HAVE TO STOP THE RUN IN THE BIG TEN.

AND SO, DO WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRESS TO MAKE?

WELL, OF COURSE.

ARE WE A FINISHED PRODUCT?

NO.

BUT WHAT I AM REALLY PLEASED ABOUT IS THOSE TANGIBLE THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE PROGRESS AND JUST REALLY PROUD OF THE CULTURE THAT MATT IS BUILDING AND THE PEOPLE HE HAS SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TOO, YOU KNOW, THE APPARATUS AROUND FOOTBALL.

I KNOW YOU, SEAN, DEAL A LOT WITH THIS BUT I LIKE WHERE THEY ARE IN TERMS OF THE RECRUITING APPARATUS AND WHERE THEIR FOCUS IS AND THEIR ENERGY AND IT IS A STAFF THAT WORKS REALLY HARD, YOU KNOW.

AND AT A PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA, YOU'VE GOT TO WORK REALLY HARD AND YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE A VERY STRONG VISION AND EXECUTE IT AND BRING AS MANY PEOPLE INTO THE FOLD AS YOU CAN AND THEY HAVE DONE THAT, SO IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO WATCH.

>> TREV, A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S FOUR GAMES LEFT HERE IN 2023 BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE SCHEDULE NOW FOR 2024.

WHAT CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON AS FAR AS WHEN WE WILL KNOW THOSE DATES?

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WEDDING PLANNERS AND PEOPLE WITH FAMILY REUNIONS AND FAMILY EVENTS WATCHING, PROBABLY SAID, "CAN YOU AT LEAST GIVE US SOME DATES HERE?"

WHEN DO YOU THINK WE CAN KNOW?

>> WELL, WE'RE GONNA KNOW VERY, VERY SOON.

I ACTUALLY HAVE IT.

WAS GIVEN IT TODAY FROM THE BIG TEN.

THE A.D.'s GOT THAT.

AND I LIKE THE WAY OUR SCHEDULE LAYS OUT FOR US AND SO THE BIG TEN HAS PLANS ABOUT HOW THEY'D LIKE TO RELEASE IT, SO WE WILL KEEP IT INTERNAL FOR NOW, BUT WE WON'T BE HOLDING IT LONG.

I KNOW WHEN THE DATE OF RELEASE IS, SO FANS, VERY SOON WE'RE GONNA GET TO KNOW WHAT THE SEQUENCING IS, WHAT THE HOME AND AWAY IS, AND I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I WILL BREAK ONE PIECE OF NEWS.

WE WILL START THE CONFERENCE SEASON AT HOME THIS YEAR WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST TIME, I THINK, IN SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.

SO THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO US, TOO.

I WAS ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH COACH RHULE THIS AFTERNOON, AND I THINK IT IS A SCHEDULE THAT HUSKER FANS WILL ENJOY AND LIKE.

IT WILL BE REALLY CHALLENGING, BUT THAT'S THE NEW REALITY OF THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE.

>> DEFINITELY.

>> TREV, WHEN YOU WERE PLAYING IN THE EARLY 90s, THINGS WERE A CERTAIN WAY.

WHEN I WAS PLAYING IN THE MID-2000s, THINGS EVOLVED IN A CERTAIN WAY.

WHAT YOU AND I KNOW HAS VASTLY CHANGED IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, RIGHT?

WITH THE TRANSFER PORTAL AND NAME AND IMAGE AND LIKENESS, AND I GO, HOW DO YOU SEE THE NIL EVOLVING BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF THE WILD WILD, WEST.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CLARITY ON IT.

SCHOOLS CAN BE EVOLVED, MAYBE NOT.

IT'S JUST, YOU HAVE COLLECTIVES.

WHERE DO YOU SEE -- WHERE DO YOU FORESEE THAT NIL EVOLVING IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS?

>> IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING WITH, JAY.

THE REALITY IS THAT CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS HAVE WORKED WITH THEIR LEGISLATURE, THEY'VE CREATED STATE LAWS THAT HAVE ALLOWED THEM SOME FREEDOMS TO CIRCUMVENT WHAT HISTORICALLY THE NCAA TOLD YOU YOU COULD OR COULDN'T DO.

I'M ACTUALLY ON A SUB-COMMITTEE THAT GENE SMITH IS CHAIRING THAT'S REALLY LOOKING AT INSTITUTIONAL INVOLVEMENT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE COLLECTIVES HAVE BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.

THEY REALLY HAVE.

IT'S REALLY FILLED AND STEPPED INTO A GAP OF NEED.

BUT I THINK THE INSTITUTION, IF WE COULD BE INVOLVED, AT LEAST HAVE THE FREEDOM --I MEAN, WE ARE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.

WE'RE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT PROTECTING THE BRAND IN THE END AND THE INTEGRITY, SO WE WANT TO DO THINGS A CERTAIN WAY BUT IF WE COULD HAVE MORE INSTITUTIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE COLLECTIVE AND WORKING WITH STUDENT ATHLETES, PERHAPS EVEN GOING THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH THEM, JUST BRING SOME TRANSPARENCY AND SOME CLARITY AROUND THOSE ISSUES, THAT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

THE REALITY IS IS WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SIGNIFICANT LITIGATION AGAINST THE NCAA IN WHAT'S CALLED THE IN RE LITIGATION OR HOUSE AND OLIVER, AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME THOUGHT ABOUT MEDIATING THAT AND AT SOME POINT, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GETS DONE.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT GETS DONE.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF AGGREGATED REVENUES THAT WE HISTORICALLY USE TO FUND THE DEPARTMENT ARE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO STUDENT ATHLETES AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE WITHIN A TITLE IX VISION, BECAUSE WE ARE TIED TO AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION, AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE CHALLENGE IS FOR US.

I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE LISTED AS IMPERMISSIBLE FROM AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE.

I'D LIKE US TO MOVE BEYOND THE HYPOCRISY, MOVE THEM OVER TO THIS LEDGE OF PERMISSIBLE AND GET WORKING ON THE REALITIES OF SUPPORTING STUDENTS AT A HIGHER -- THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

WE TAKE THESE JOBS BECAUSE WE ARE PRETTY GOOD AT SUPPORTING STUDENT ATHLETES BEYOND JUST THEIR FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE, SO I SEE IT EVOLVING.

TONY PATITTI, WHO WAS IN WASHINGTON AGAIN LAST WEEK, GREG SANKEY, I MEAN, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT TO HELP US.

IT'S NOT TO ELIMINATE COLLECTIVES.

IT'S, WE NEED SOME CONSISTENCY IN THE APPLICATION BECAUSE AS WE HAVE SEEN THIS WEEK IN OTHER AREAS, THE INTEGRITY OF OUR GAME IS WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND YOU'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WHEN YOU ENTERED THE WHITE LINES, AND I ENTERED THE WHITE LINES, WHENEVER YOU PLAYED, IT'S AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD AND EVERYBODY HAS A REASONABLE CHANCE OF WINNING THE GAME AND IF WE DON'T DO A BETTER JOB OF BRINGING SOME CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY IN THIS AREA, IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING.

>> LET'S GET INTO THE REMODELING OF MEMORIAL STADIUM.

$450 MILLION.

IS THERE AN AMOUNT YOU NEED TO RAISE TO WHERE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY?

IS THERE TIME LIMIT FOR THAT?

HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> YEAH, SO, WE WANT TO RAISE $225 MILLION WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE FEEL VERY PASSIONATELY ABOUT OUR NEED.

AND YOU THINK ABOUT, THESE ARE ALL INTERTWINED, RIGHT?

SO OF COURSE ONE OF THE OUTCOMES WE WANT IS WE WANT TO HAVE A STADIUM LIKE THIS THAT HAS A 360 CONCOURSE, THAT HAS THE MODERN AMENITIES THAT IN 2023 AND BEYOND, FANS HAVE COME TO EXPECT.

REMEMBERING A LOT OF OUR FANS GO TO VIKINGS GAMES OR BRONCOS, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, SO WE HAVE TO MEET THAT LEVEL OF EXPECTATION BUT THE REALITY IS THIS -- WHAT WE ARE ALL TRYING TO DO, WHAT I WANT TO DO, IS THINK ABOUT THE NEXT 25 TO 30 YEARS, AND WHAT IS OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY TO REPLACE ESSENTIALLY LOST REVENUE?

HOW DO WE LOOK FOR NEW ENTREPRENEURIAL WAYS, THROUGH MAYBE INCREASED POINT OF SALES.

THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN STUDYING AND I THINK THOSE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE A STRONG VISION AROUND AND A BUSINESS STRATEGY ON REPLACING SOME OF THAT LOST REVENUE IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL FOR US GOING FORWARD WHILE MAINTAINING NO DEBT.

SO WE COULD JUST TAKE OUT A BUNCH OF DEBT, MORTGAGE OUR FUTURE.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT EVERYTHING WE ARE ENJOYING TODAY, MIKE'L, IS A RESULT OF PAST LEADERSHIP RUNNING A GOOD BUSINESS OPERATION AND A FAN BASE THAT SUPPORTED US.

I FEEL A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW THREE A.Ds FROM NOW WHEN WE LOOK BACK AND THEY SAY," WELL, WHAT WAS TREV ALBERTS DOING?"

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SOUND BUSINESS PLAN IN PLAY.

SO, WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD BENCHMARKS.

OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD OF REGIONS GONNA BE VERY, VERY INVOLVED.

YOU CAN'T GET TO INTERMEDIATE DESIGN UNTIL YOU HAVE CERTAIN -- AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR TO US WE'RE NOT GOING TO START TEARING DOWN PARTS OF THE STADIUM UNTIL WE HAVE OUR FUNDING IN PLACE AND THAT'S WHAT I AM LIVING AND WORKING EVERY DAY.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER PROJECTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW?

THE ACADEMIC CENTER, THE WEIGHT ROOM, THE TRAINING TABLE, OBVIOUSLY THE COACHES' OFFICES.

>> YEAH.

>> DO YOU HAVE SOME TIMELINES ON WHEN YOU WOULD EXPECT THOSE TO BE READY TO GO?

>> YEAH, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, BOTH THE ARCHITECTS AND CONSTRUCTION AND OUR OWN INTERNAL -- WE ACTUALLY HIRED RAINWOOD DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS CHAD BEESON WHO'S THE PROJECT MANAGER WHO'S BROUGHT SOME CLARITY TO US THERE.

IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY, GOOD.

SO EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS HAS A COMPLETION DATE ON THEM AND BY AND LARGE, MOST OF ALL THOSE AREAS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR INTO JANUARY.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF THE AREAS ON THE STUDENT SERVICES SIDE THAT ARE MORE LIKE APRIL, MARCH TIMEFRAME.

SO IF IT IS ACADEMIC SUPPORT OR LIFE SKILLS, WE MAY CHOOSE TO JUST WAIT TO THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR INSTEAD OF CAUSING THAT DISRUPTION.

REMEMBERING THAT MOST OF OUR FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE TODAY ARE PRETTY DARN GOOD.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO BE THE LEAST DISRUPTIVE AS POSSIBLE AND IT'S ALSO HARD TO CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION WHILE PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN.

SO, WE'LL GET IT DONE.

IT IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT.

IT WILL BE THE BEST DEVELOPMENT FACILITY IN THE COUNTRY, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT VISION DESERVE AN AWFUL LOT OF CREDIT, BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE MANY UNIVERSITIES, JAY, AS WE GO FORWARD, TO NIL, THAT WILL BE IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO HAVE THE BEST DEVELOPMENT FACILITY, 315 SQUARE FEET WITH NO DEBT, A COACH LIKE MATT RHULE, AN ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT WITH NO DEBT AND THEN WHAT WE THINK IS A STRATEGY VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF MEMORIAL STADIUM TO ENSURE WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES LONG-TERM.

'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WHERE IT USED TO BE ABOUT THE FANCIEST LOCKER ROOM OR MAYBE THE WEATHER OR LAKES OR STREAMS, GEOGRAPHY -- NUMBER ONE, WE ARE IN GREAT SHAPE BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOOTPRINT.

NUMBER TWO, IF IT COMES DOWN TO THE HEALTHIEST BALANCE SHEET I LIKE OUR CHANCES AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF OUR FANBASE.

>> LAST THING, IN A COUPLE WEEKS, NEBRASKA WILL BE ON PEACOCK.

WHAT DO YOU TELL PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SEARCHING TO BEING ON FS2 TO START THE GAME LAST WEEKEND, WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM ABOUT FINDING THE GAMES?

>> I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CONSTERNATION.

THE REALITY IS THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING.

>> YUP.

>> IT ISN'T JUST THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.

THIS IS ALL OF -- THIS IS HOW CONSUMERS ARE MOVING IN TERMS OF HOW THEY CONSUME LIVE SPORTING EVENTS IN THE CABLE MODEL, AS IT CONTINUES TO UNWIND, IN A SENSE.

YOU KNOW ESPN USED TO BE 110 MILLION HOMES.

IT'S NOW IN THE 50s.

SO STREAMING IS THE FUTURE AND SLOWLY, THE BIG TEN IS MOVING.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES IN THE BIG TEN ON THE STREAMING NETWORK.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, PEACOCK IS A HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTION.

>> IT IS.

>> THEY DO A VERY NICE JOB AND SO, WE'LL DO OUR BEST.

YOU CAN GO ON HUSKERS.COM.

THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME DISCOUNTS FOR ALUMNI AND OTHERS AND WE'LL TRY TO BROADLY COMMUNICATE THAT MAKE IT AS EASY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN CAN.

>> TREV, IT'S BEEN A GREAT FALL SO FAR WITH VOLLEYBALL, SOCCER, FOOTBALL, SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> TREV ALBERTS, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.

WE'LL TAKE UP QUICK BREAK NOW.

BEFORE WE GO THOUGH, ENJOY THE PHOTOS FROM THIS WEEKEND'S GAME, COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

I'M HERE NOW WITH SPORTS INTERN HANNAH.

SHE GOT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING OVER THE WEEKEND.

WHAT YOU GOT FOR US?

>> WE'VE GOT THREE POSTS HERE FOR YOU.

>> NICE.

>> THE FIRST ONE, "WHAT ARE THE HUSKERS STUDYING NEXT WEEK IN PRACTICE?"

[ LAUGHTER ] >> WE'VE GOT TACKY GLUE, IN REFERENCE TO THOSE FUMBLES WE HAD OVER THE WEEKEND.

>> NOT FOR THE QUARTERBACK THOUGH, RIGHT?

BECAUSE HE GOTTA BE ABLE TO THROW THE BALL AND THE PITCH THE BALL.

EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> EVERYBODY ELSE, YEAH.

>> YEAH, YEAH, SURE.

>> AND THEN OUR NEXT TWO, OUR COSTUME BASE, AND THESE TWO DRESSED UP AS MICHIGAN WITH SOME BINOCULARS IN REFERENCE TO THE MICHIGAN NCAA SCANDAL.

>> MICHIGAN SPIES.

>> YES.

>> YES.

>> AND THEN OUR LAST ONE, WE HAVE TWO DRESSED UP AS COACH RHULE AND COACH WILLIAMS.

>> OH, THAT IS REALLY WELL DONE.

>> YEAH.

>> EVEN GOT THE COOL SHOES ON THAT COACH WILLIAMS WEARS AS WELL.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

HANNAH, WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL CHECK IN AGAIN NEXT WEEK WITH YOU.

>> YES.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

NOW IT'S TO JUMP INTO HIGHLIGHTS BEFORE WE WELCOME IN 10/11 SPORTS DIRECTOR KEVIN SJUTS.

IT'S ACTUALLY "SUITS."

THE G SILENT -- THE J IS SILENT.

EXCUSE ME.

>> YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT GAME.

I WASN'T THERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW COOL IT WAS.

IT STARTS OFF LIKE IT DOES TWO WEEKS IN A ROW NOW WITH NOT THE BEST START FOR NEBRASKA.

YOU HAVE THE KICKOFF.

GARRETT SNODGRASS GRABS IT.

ENDS UP FUMBLING IT.

ORIGINALLY, THEY GIVE THE BALL TO NEBRASKA BUT THEN CHANGE THEIR MIND AND END UP GIVING IT TO PURDUE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE RIGHT CALL.

>> IT WAS THE RIGHT CALL.

>> YEAH.

>> AND I WOULD THINK ANYBODY THAT -- THE WAY HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE BALL I THINK 99% OF THE PEOPLE ARE FUMBLING THAT FOOTBALL.

>> NO DOUBT.

YEAH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A LINEBACKER.

FUMBLED SNAP TO START THE GAME.

NEBRASKA BOWS UP ON DEFENSE LIKE THEY'VE DONE IN SUDDEN CHANGE DEFENSE SO OFTEN.

AGAIN NOW, IT'S FOURTH DOWN AND THIS PLAY -- IT MIGHT'VE BEEN A LITTLE GRAB ON THE SHOULDER BUT THEY LET HIM PLAY.

RIGHT?

NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

THAT WAS HARTZOG IN THE COVERAGE THERE.

HERE'S WHAT WE HADN'T SEEN A LOT THIS YEAR.

WE HADN'T SEEN A LOT OF PITCHING THE BALL.

I LOVE SEEING THE PITCH ON THE OPTION.

>> YOU, HE COULD STILL DO IT MORE.

>> YES.

>> I THINK HE NEEDS THE SLOW PLAY AS AN OPTION.

THIS LOOKS A LITTLE MESSY SOMETIMES WITH HIM BUT MAKE A DECISION RIGHT, AND GO WITH IT.

>> YEAH HAARBERG TAKES SO MANY BIG HITS -- A BUNCH OF BIG HITS.

THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE IN THE GAME, BUT THEN A GREAT THROW TO THOMAS FIDONE.

I LOVE THAT LITTLE SLIPPING HIM OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.

HE'S A BIG GUY.

GET HIM THE BALL.

NEBRASKA GOES UP 7-0.

HUDSON CARD COMES BACK.

TRIES TO GET A LITTLE HOT.

STARTING TO MAKE SOME PLAYS.

THIS WAS A GREAT THROW AND THE GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY, AS WELL.

AND THEN YOU COME WHAT NEBRASKA HAS BEEN DOING.

THEY CONSTANTLY PUTTING PRESSURE.

I THINK EVENTUALLY THEY GOT HIM SHOOK UP A LITTLE BIT.

DON'T YOU THINK SEAN?

>> YEAH, HE JUST NEVER WAS COMFORTABLE.

HE RAN WELL AND MOVED AROUND BUT NEBRASKA LIMITED THAT BIG PLAY.

AND THEN HE TRIES TO MAKE THE THROW RIGHT IN THE WIND.

I MEAN THAT WAS NOT THE TIME TO MAKE THAT THROW THERE.

>> WHAT DOES COACH OSBORNE TALK ABOUT?

RIGHT?

THERE ARE TIMES IN THE WHERE YOU CAN'T DO THAT, NOW IN THE BIG TEN AND TOMMI HILL TAKES ADVANTAGE OF IT AND PICKS THE BALL OFF.

AND THEN I LOVE THIS.

SUDDEN CHANGE THE OTHER WAY.

FIRST PLAY AFTER THE TURNOVER, YOU GOT THAT BELLY-G OPTION PASS AND AS I MENTIONED, JAELYN LLOYD.

>> 10.4.

>> TOUCHDOWN THERE.

10.4 SPEED, YES.

>> HE IS A SPRINTER.

NOT A BIG GUY, BUT HE CAN SCORE LIKE THAT FOR SURE.

73-YARD TOUCHDOWN, WHICH WAS ADDED TO MOST OF THE YARDS THAT HAARBERG HAD ON THE DAY.

I THINK HE WAS 6 OF 11, LIKE 122 YARDS AND MOST OF IT WAS ON THAT PLAY.

MATTER OF FACT, NEBRASKA DID NOT THROW THE BALL PRETTY MUCH ALL THE FOURTH QUARTER AND THEY ONLY HAD ONE COMPLETION REALLY IN THE SECOND HALF WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATS.

>> JUST SIX COMPLETIONS, RIGHT?

>> HE HAD SIX TOTAL COMPLETIONS.

I THINK FIVE OF THEM WERE IN THE FIRST HALF THOUGH AND HE ONE IN THE SECOND HALF, WHICH IS CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT.

THERE'S THE FUMBLE.

BUT NEBRASKA DEFENSE AGAIN.

THAT'S NICE RUN BY CARD THERE.

I'M SURPRISED THEY RAN HIM SO MUCH COMING UP HIS BACK INJURY BUT HE MUST BE HEALTHY.

AND YOU HAVE THIS THROW HERE WHERE HE'S TRYING TO GET AWAY.

GETS SACKED FOR 11 YARDS.

FORCES THE LONG FIELD GOAL AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU HAVE A BAD SNAP, LOW KICK, AND THEN -- NICE.

YOU PLAYED INSIDE?

>> I WAS ALWAYS ON THE OUTSIDE, MORE OF A CONTAIN GUY.

SO I THINK MY JUNIOR YEAR, WE BLOCKED LIKE FOUR OR FIVE FIELD GOALS MY JUNIOR YEAR.

SO WERE HALFWAY DECENT BUT FIRST TOUCHDOWN FOR A FIELD GOAL BUT FOR A TOUCHDOWN SINCE 2014.

>> DIDN'T POTTER PLAY INSIDE THOSE?

>> HE DID.

HE WAS JUMPER.

>> THOSE WERE SOME BIG BASKETBALL PLAYING GUYS.

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

I KIND OF LIKE HIM TO PITCH THERE AS WELL.

THAT'S FINE.

HE KEEPS IT.

HE GETS EIGHT YARDS.

GOOD JOB FOR HAARBERG, AND THEN ON THIS PLAY, ON THE FIRST DOWN, THIS IS WHEN NEBRASKA REALLY KIND OF STARTED GETTING GOING.

YOU CAN SEE IT.

TRISTAN ALVANO 55 YARDS.

A VERY WINDY STRANGE DAY WITH A GREAT KICK.

>> THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT KICKS THAT'S BEEN MADE IN A STADIUM IN A WHILE.

>> YEAH.

>> JUST WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

>> YEAH.

AFTER A BIG HIT, HAARBERG RUNS OPTION.

THIS TIME DOESN'T PITCH IT AGAIN, GETS HIT.

YOU HAVE THE FUMBLE.

ONE OF THE FEW TIMES AFTER A TURNOVER NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE HASN'T COMPLETELY STOP THEM.

YOU GET A TACKLE FOR LOST HERE BUT THIS IS JUST A GREAT PLAY.

I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SAY ABOUT THE WAY THEY CATCH BALL WHERE HE THROWS THE BALL?

>> YEAH, HE STEPS ON THE POCKETKNIFE, LOSE THE PRESSURE AND BROUGHT OVER THE TOP.

>> IT'S A GREAT THROW.

>> BUT IT WAS A GREAT THROW AND CATCH.

PUT IT RIGHT WHERE ONLY HIS GUY COULD GET IT.

>> MAKES IT 24-6.

THE TWO POINT CONVERSION IS NO GOOD.

BUT LOOK AT THIS THROW, AND THEY DROPPED BALLS ALL DAY -- >> THEY DID.

>> -- AND THEY MAKE THAT CATCH, WHICH IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

24-6, AS WE SAID.

JEFF SIMS COMES IN AFTER AN EXCHANGE OF OFFSIDES ON ONE SIDE AND ANYWAY, THIS HAPPENS WHEN JEFF SIMS COMES IN.

>> THEY SHOULD'VE JUST PUNTED IT.

>> MATT RHULE SAID THAT AFTER THE GAME.

>> HOW ABOUT NOT RUNNING FOURTH AND ONE FROM THE SHOTGUN?

>> AND THEN HAVING THE PLAY CALL WRONG.

AT THAT POINT, JUST CALL THE TIMEOUT.

>> YEAH, HE WENT THE WRONG WAY THE PLAY BEFORE.

THE TACKLE OVER SITUATION HE WENT TO THE WRONG SIDE.

GOT TO MOVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

IT WAS A HOT MESS FROM THE GET-GO.

>> TWO POINT CONVERSIONS GOOD THERE.

IT'S ONLY A 10-POINT LEAD 24-14, BUT NEBRASKA GOES TO THE GROUND WITH EMMETT JOHNSON FOR FOUR YARDS AND THEN FOUR YARDS AGAIN.

EMMETT JOHNSON'S PLAYING REALLY WELL RIGHT NOW AN EIGHT YARD RUN HERE AND THEN IT BREAKS WIDE-OPEN ON THE INSIDE ZONE.

>> IT DOES.

A FANTASTIC PLAY.

I'LL BREAK THIS PLAY DOWN IN THE HUDDLE.

YOU'LL SEE RIGHT HERE THIS IS PERFECT CREASE HERE.

>> EVERYBODY DID THEIR JOB, RIGHT?

>> YOU'RE SEEING THIS YOUNG MAN GROW UP HERE.

THAT COULD BE -- THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME COMPETITION OUT OF THAT RUNNING BACK SPOT WITH HIM AND THAT'S IF THOSE OTHER GUYS WHO GOT BANGED UP COME BACK.

>> YEAH, HE CAME INTO THE SEASON PROBABLY NOT EXPECTING TO GET ANY PLAY.

NOW HE'S THE LEAD RUNNING BACK.

TOMMI HILL WITH SECOND INTERCEPTION ON THE DAY.

AS SEAN SAID, HE'S PUTTING UP SOME GOOD NUMBERS FOR THE SEASON.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN POSTSEASON AWARDS.

LET'S GO TO THE FINAL STATS AFTER THE 31-14 VICTORY AND THE FINAL STATS ARE IN.

A BOILERMAKER YELLOW THAT I CAN BARELY SEE.

I USED TO BE YOUNG AND I COULD SEE STUFF.

ANYWAY, NEBRASKA AS YOU SEE, VERY GOOD WITH THE 155 AND 122 WITH THE PASSING YARDS ON JUST 6 INCOMPLETIONS.

GOOD JOB BY NEBRASKA.

AGAIN, FOR THE THIRD GAME IN ROW, WINS, BUT LOSING THE TURNOVER BATTLE WHICH THEY NEVER USED TO DO, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL.

LET'S GO.

THE PLAYERS OF THE GAME NOW FOR THE WIN.

NOT A SURPRISE.

BIG TEN SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK, QUINTON NEWSOME, FOR THE EXPLOSIVE TOUCHDOWN RIGHT OFF THE BLOCKED KICKED.

AND SECONDLY, A MAN WHO IS ALL OVER THE FIELD, DEFENSIVE POWERHOUSE ISAAC GIFFORD.

HE HAD NOT JUST TEN TACKLES ON THE GAME, HE ALSO HAD TWO DFL'S AND HE ALSO HAD A BATTED PASS AS WELL.

SO PRETTY GOOD WITH THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

TIME TO WELCOME OUR THE SECOND GUEST, KEVIN SJUTS JOINING US.

KEVIN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

HOW'VE YOU BEEN?

>> BEEN WELL.

ENJOYING THIS SEASON.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

IT'S NICE TO DO HIGHLIGHTS FOR WINS, ISN'T IT?

>> IT'S NICE FOR THE MORALE OF EVERYBODY AROUND THE STATE WHEN THE WINS HAPPEN.

>> YEAH, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

WHY DO THINK -- WELL FIRST OF ALL, HOW CAN THE TEAM BE LAST IN FUMBLES AND LOST FUMBLES YET BE 5-3 ON THE SEASON?

>> THEY FIND WAYS TO WIN.

AND THEY DON'T BEAT THEMSELVES LATE IN GAME.

BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE GAMES OUTSIDE OF THIS PAST WEEK YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN KIND OF A FLIP OF A COIN LATE IN THE GAME AND NEBRASKA'S FOUND WAYS TO CLOSE GAMES AND THEN WHEN THERE IS ONE THING THAT GOES AGAINST THEM THEY'VE SHOWED GREAT MENTAL FORTITUDE.

THEY'VE RESPONDED WELL AND I THINK THIS TEAM HAS --IT STARTING TO SHOW THE DNA THAT MATT RHULE WANTS OF YOU KNOW WE'RE JUST TAKING IT A PLAY AT A TIME.

>> YEAH.

>> I KNOW IT IS CLICHE.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW THEY ARE PLAYING, AND I KIND OF GROOVE WITH IT.

IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

>> KEVIN, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND A LOT OF COACHES FROM YOUR TIME COVERING NEBRASKA.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT MATT RHULE?

WHY DO YOU THINK HIS STYLE IS SO SUCCESSFUL THE WAY HE COMMUNICATES, THE WAY HE KIND OF RUNS THE PROGRAM?

>> WELL, THE ONE THING I THINK IS DIFFERENT, SEAN, AND YOU CAN PROBABLY AGREE WITH THIS IS THAT NOTHING IS BY ACCIDENT WITH MATT RHULE.

IT SEEMS LIKE HE IS SO INTENTIONAL ABOUT EVERY SINGLE THING.

I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING WITH HOW HE COMMUNICATES WITH AND HIS STAFF, HOW HE HANDLES THE SCOUT TEAMERS AND HOW HE EVEN PRAISES OTHER TEAMS.

AND ONE THING THAT IS REALLY FASCINATING TOO IS THAT HE USES THE PRESS CONFERENCE, I BELIEVE, AS A WAY TO COMMUNICATE TO HIS TEAM.

HE ONLY SAYS THOSE THINGS BEHIND THEIR CLOSED WALLS.

HE ALSO SAYS THEM PUBLICLY AND THAT'S VERY REFRESHING THAT THERE ARE NO HIDDEN MESSAGES, THERE'S NO -- I FEEL LIKE NO SOAP OPERA THAT IS BEEN NEBRASKA FOOTBALL OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS -- >> YEAH.

>> -- THERE IS NONE OF THAT.

IT'S ALL ABOUT WE'RE GONNA PLAY FOOTBALL.

WE'RE GONNA BE TRANSPARENT WITH EVERYBODY.

AND TERE ARE SO MANY EXAMPLES OF THE WAY THAT MATT RHULE IS COMMUNICATING WITH THIS TEAM AND SOME OF THESE STORIES COMING TO LIFE.

JAMES WILLIAMS, PERFECT EXAMPLE.

>> YEAH.

>> A GUY THAT WHEN HE MAKES A SACK LATE IN THE GAME, EVERYBODY SAYS, "WHO'S NUMBER NINE?"

BUT HE WAS PRETTY HONEST WITH JAMES AHEAD OF THE GAME AND HE WAS HONEST WITH EVERYBODY AFTER THE GAME ABOUT HIS VERY QUICK RISE SCOUT TEAM TO ON THE FIELD IN ONE WEEK.

>> MM-HMM.

>> KEVIN, I THINK EVERYBODY'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DEFENSE.

BUT I THINK THE EVOLUTION OF THE OFFENSE, EVEN WITH THE TURNOVERS, I DO BELIEVE THEY'VE GOTTEN BETTER THROUGHOUT THE GAME AND THROUGH EIGHT GAMES SO FAR THIS SEASON, BUT OVERALL, YOU'LL BE SEEING THE TRUE FRESHMEN PLAY ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE.

STARTING TO SEE A LOT MORE FRESHMAN PLAY ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE.

THIS ALLUDES TO THOSE GUYS ON THE STAFF GETTING THEM READY TO PLAY IN GETTING TO TAKE WHAT THEY DO IN PRACTICE TO THE GAME ON SATURDAYS.

>> ABSOLUTELY, AND I DON'T THINK ENOUGH CREDIT IS GOING TO THE OFFENSIVE LINE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH FROM TWO WEEKS AGO TO LAST WEEK.

YOU'RE ASKING NOT ONE BUT THREE GUYS TO MOVE INTO STARTING ROLES AND WE DID NOT SEE THE DROP OFF FROM THE GROUND GAME THAT MAYBE SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WOULD'VE SEEN.

YOU KNOW, NOW YOU'RE ASKING HENRY LUTOVSKY TO PLAY A STARTING ROLE.

BEN SCOTT, THANKFULLY, HE WAS HEALTHY FOR LAST WEEK, BUT WE KNOW TEDDY PROCHAZKA HAS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL.

AND JUST ACROSS THE BOARD, THOSE GUYS -- AND THEN JUSTICE EVANS JENKINS.

>> YEAH, HE PLAYED WELL.

>> HE PLAYED -- HE'S A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN.

I THINK IS A GUY THAT HAD A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE FOR NEBRASKA.

SO, THE FACT THAT THERE WAS KIND OF A LINE SHIFT UP FRONT FOR NEBRASKA YET THE OFFENSE -- I KNOW THE PASSING NUMBERS WEREN'T GREAT BUT OVERALL RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, AND THAT'S NUMBER ONE WITH THAT OFFENSE, DID A NICE JOB.

>> YEAH, THEY DIDN'T REALLY TRY TO PASS THE BALL REALLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER BECAUSE THEY HAD THE LEAD AND WERE PLAYING WELL ON THE GROUND.

YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THINGS COACH RHULE SAYS.

I THINK HE SPEAKS THINGS INTO EXISTENCE, TOO.

HE'LL SAY SOMETHING -- AND REMEMBER HE KEPT SAYING OVER AND OVER WE ARE NOT FORCING TURNOVERS.

NOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, LAST COUPLE OF GAMES, THEY ARE FORCING TURNOVERS.

I THINK HE'S REALLY GOOD ABOUT DOING THAT.

>> HE'S MENTIONED THAT AT THOSE PRESS CONFERENCES, TOO.

"I'M GOING TO SPEAK THIS INTO EXISTENCE."

AND THAT'S KIND OF MORE OF A -- YOU KNOW, HIS BACKGROUND.

YOU KNOW, A RELIGIOUS FAMILY, HIS FATHER IS A PASTOR AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL SAY THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.

AND AGAIN, IT IS ALSO A WAY FOR HIM TO MAYBE REMIND HIS PLAYERS OR ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS FOLLOWING HIS TEAM, TO KNOW WE ARE EMPHASIZING THIS A PRACTICE.

AND IT'S SO TOP OF MIND FOR HIM.

AND DOESN'T -- HE JUST HAS SO MUCH CONFIDENCE TO SPEAK PUBLICLY THAT HE'S GOING TO SHARE THOSE THINGS AND KNOW WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

AND EVEN THIS PAST MONDAY, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT DEFENSIVE NUMBERS.

THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE.

HE DIDN'T THINK THE DEFENSE PLAYED VERY WELL.

>> RIGHT.

>> YOU SAW THE ONE HIGHLIGHT -- THE ONE TOUCHDOWN FOR PURDUE.

THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS PLAY BY THE BOILERMAKERS.

>> RIGHT.

>> THAT WAS THE LONE TOUCHDOWN THE DEFENSE GAVE UP.

I THOUGHT THE DEFENSE PLAYED GREAT.

>> YEAH.

>> AND THEY'VE BEEN ON A HEATER RIGHT NOW.

YET, HE HAS THAT ABILITY TO SAY LISTEN -- >> DON'T GET TOO COMPLACENT HERE BOYS.

>> EXACTLY.

>> CHECK YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT.

>> FIRST TIME UNDER 100 YARDS ON PASSING AT MICHIGAN FOREVER RIGHT?

LIKE 2012.

>> WELL, THAT WAS PURDUE'S WORST GAME OF THE YEAR OF THE YEAR, TOO.

FIRST TIME THEY WERE -- >> A PRETTY GOOD OFFENSE.

>> THEY WERE UNDER -- LET'S TALK ABOUT TONY WHITE, THIS DEFENSE.

WHEN THE 3-3-5 WAS COMING TO LINCOLN, WHAT WERE YOUR FIRST THOUGHTS?

WHAT WAS IT GOING TO BE?

AND HOW SURPRISED WERE YOU HOW WELL THIS WAS COMING TOGETHER?

>> FIRST THOUGHT WAS IN THE 3-3-5 YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RUSH THE PASSER.

AND THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE PASS RUSH HASN'T BEEN VERY GOOD.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE GUYS THAT WORK COMING OFF THE EDGE BECAUSE OCHAUN MATHIS, HE GRADUATED.

GARRETT NELSON, HE'S GONE.

SO, YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT IN A SYSTEM WITH SOME PIECES YOU THAT AREN'T SO SURE ABOUT.

AND NOW, EVERY WEEK, THERE IS SOMEBODY ON DEFENSE THAT YOU GO, "HE FITS PERFECTLY."

MIKAI GBAYOR EARLY IN THIS SEASON, AND THEN PRINCEWILL UNANMIELEN.

LIKE, HE'S HAVING A GREAT SEASON.

AND THE PLAY HE MADE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE THIS GAME.

LIKE, THAT'S A LEGIT ADVANCED PLAY.

AND HE'S DOING IT AS A TRUE FRESHMAN.

SO THE 3-3-5 -- MY INITIAL THOUGHT ON THAT WAS DO YOU HAVE THE PIECES TO DO IT?

AND WE'RE FINDING OUT THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES.

AND ALSO, YOU'RE FINDING OUT THAT THEY'VE SOME DUDES ON THE BACK END THAT ARE NOT AFRAID TO GO MAKE PLAYS.

I THINK THAT'S THE KEY SEAN, IS THAT TO RUN THAT SYSTEM YOU HAVE TO HAVE GUYS WHO PLAY FEARLESSLY.

>> LIKE ISAAC GIFFORD.

>> LIKE ISAAC GIFFORD.

AND YOU KNOW IM A HUGE ISAAC GIFFORD FAN.

A LINCOLN SOUTHEAST KID AND A TREMENDOUS FAMILY.

AND I THINK HE'S THE PERFECT FIT TO PLAY THAT ROVER SPOT IN THE 3-3-5.

>> WHAT ABOUT QUARTERBACK?

YOU SEE HEINRICH TAKING THESE BIG HITS.

HE'S GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO LEAVE SOME GAMES.

WE SAW IT ALREADY.

DO THEY -- CAN THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE BRINGING IN A QUARTERBACK WHO SEEMS TO HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN JEFF SIMS?

MAYBE YOU GO TO CHUBBA?

>> MATT BRINGS UP CHUBBA QUITE OFTEN.

>> YEAH, HE DOES.

>> HE LOOKS GOOD RIGHT NOW, I'VE HEARD.

>> WELL THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.

>> ANOTHER OPTION.

HE'S HEALTHY, TOO.

>> THE ONE THING WITH HEINRICH, HE PROTECTS THE FOOTBALL.

>> HE DOES.

>> HE PROTECTS THE FOOTBALL.

AND FOR THE WAY THEY ARE PLAYING RIGHT NOW, LEANING ON THE DEFENSE, YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A QUARTERBACK THAT WILL NOT PUT THE BALL ON THE GROUND OR PUT IT IN THE AIR THAT CAN GET PICKED.

>> YEAH.

>> AND SO, I THINK THAT IS A BIG PART OF HEINRICHS SUCCESS THIS YEAR.

SO, MIKE'L, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YOU KNOW, CHUBBA MAY BE LEGITIMATELY IN PLAY.

HEINRICH, I'D BE SHOCKED IF HE MAKES IT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS SEASON -- >> TAKING THE SHOTS.

>> -- UPCOMING GAMES IN NOVEMBER, THE WAY THAT HE RUNS SO PHYSICALLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, PURDUE'S NOT MICHIGAN'S DEFENSE.

BUT THEY POP THEM UP COUPLE OF TIMES THAT WERE PRETTY GOOD.

AND SO, AS THE SEASON WEARS ON, WHAT'S THE DURABILITY LOOK LIKE?

>> LIKE A CONCUSSION'S PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE HEADHUNTING.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HEINRICH ALMOST -- HE GOES TO THE CONTACT SO POORLY SOMETIMES.

JUST NOT REALLY SURE -- >> SHOULD HE SLIDE?

SHOULD HE NOT SLIDE.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE SLIDE BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DOWN RIGHT, YOU CAN START THE SLIDE, YOU CAN ALMOST DIVE.

THAT WAY IF YOU DO LOSE THE BALL, YOU KNOW, IN THAT SITUATION THE GROUND MIGHT CAUSE THE FUMBLE BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE THE BALL.

>> NEVER HAD TO IN HIGH SCHOOL.

>> RIGHT.

>> EVEN BIGGIE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU GO -- >> CORRECT, YOU RUN EVERYONE OVER.

>> CAN YOU IMAGINE TACKLING THIS GUY IN ELKHORN HIGH?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT I JUST -- EARLIER IN THE YEAR, HE WENT INTO CONTACT SO MUCH BETTER.

NOW JUST GETTING A LITTLE BANGED UP, THINGS START MOVING A LITTLE QUICKER, YOU KNOW.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE -- JUST HE LOOKS A LITTLE HESITANT, NOT GOING -- NOT INTO CONTACT, NOT AS WELL, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM JUST GET A LITTLE LOWER AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, DIVING'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY.

NO ONE'S GOING TO CALL YOU SOFT IN THE SITUATION.

>> NO.

>> I FEEL FOR HEINRICH, THOUGH, HE HAS TO SELL HIS SOUL TO SLIDE.

AND I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST START THAT HE MADE, AND HE LED NEBRASKA TO THE WIN AGAINST NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

HE TOLD ME AFTERWARDS, YOU KNOW, HE SAW TOMMIE FRAZIER, AND THAT WAS A COOL MOMENT.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT HE EVEN RIBBED TOMMIE, BECAUSE TOMMIE TOLD HIM, "HEY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT GETTING DOWN EVERY NOW AND AGAIN," AND HE CLAPPED BACK TO TOMMIE FRAZIER SAYING, "I NEVER SAW YOU DO THAT."

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, SO CONFIDENCE IN HEINRICH, AND JUST A GREAT GUY.

YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS REALLY HAD A PRETTY HIGH APPROVAL RATE OF HEINRICH HAARBERG, A HOMEGROWN GUY.

AND, YOU KNOW, FUNNY THING IS, MY YOUNGEST EVEN HAD A FLAG FOOTBALL GAME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND I LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER, THERE ARE TWO PLAYERS, NEBRASKA -- ALL IN NEBRASKA GET UP, JUST WATCHING A FOURTH GRADE FLAG FOOTBALL GAME.

>> WOW.

>> IT WAS HEINRICH HAARBERG AND JACK WOCHE, AND -- >> OH, YEAH.

>> THEY'RE JUST EATING ICE CREAM, JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE AREA, SAW THE LIGHTS ON, STROLLED DOWN THERE.

I MEAN, THAT'S GOOD STUFF.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

>> YOU KNOW, TWO GUYS THAT ARE JUST A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, JUST WANTED TO WATCH SOME FOOTBALL.

>> I HOPE TOMMY SAID, "YEAH, BUT I HAD BROOK BEHIND ME.

SO, I COULD DO THAT."

THE REST OF THE SCHEDULE, FOUR GAMES REMAINING.

THEY'RE IN A PERFECT SPOT TO GET TO BOWL ELIGIBILITY.

MAYBE THEY CAN EVEN GET TO 8-4.

YOUR THOUGHTS.

>> THEY COULD MAYBE WIN THE WEST.

>> AH, THERE'S NO DOUBT.

>> I MEAN, THEY'RE IN A FOUR-WAY TIE ATOP THE DIVISION RIGHT NOW, AND IF YOU SPEND SOME TIME LOOKING AT THE REMAINING SCHEDULES FOR THE OTHER TEAMS, I THINK NEBRASKA -- YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TWO OF THE TEAMS THEY NEED TO KNOCK OUT OF THE TOP SPOT ON THE SCHEDULE.

>> EXACTLY.

RIGHT.

>> SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SPOT TO BE IN THAT YOU HAVE WISCONSIN, YOU HAVE IOWA, AND I THINK GOING 2-2, VERY ATTAINABLE.

3-1, PRETTY ATTAINABLE, AS WELL.

>> SURE.

>> ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY IOWA AT HOME.

I THINK THAT THIS MAY ALL SET UP FOR THAT BLACK FRIDAY GAME INSIDE MEMORIAL STADIUM TO HAVE SOME PRETTY HIGH-STAKES.

>> THAT COULD MEAN A BOWL GAME IN TAMPA.

I WAS LOOKING AT SOME -- THAT GUARANTEED RATE BOWL -- WHATEVER IT'S CALLED -- IN TAMPA?

THEY COULD BE THERE.

I KNOW FANS WOULD LOVE TO GO TO FLORIDA.

[ CROSSTALK ] >> THE OLD OUTBACK BOWL?

>> I BELIEVE IT IS THE OLD OUTBACK BOWL.

YEAH, IT'S THE NEW YEAR'S DAY IN TAMPA.

>> IT'S COOL TO TALK BOWL GAMES, BECAUSE WE COULD TALK ABOUT TAMPA, PHOENIX, VEGAS -- >> YEAH.

>> -- AND EVEN NASHVILLE'S POPPING UP ON THE BOARD.

AND I KNOW -- MUSIC CITY BOWL, PUT -- THAT'S A GREAT BOWL.

>> WE HAD A BLAST IN THAT.

THAT WAS OUR LAST TRIP.

MY DAUGHTER WASN'T EVEN BORN, MY YOUNGEST WASN'T EVEN BORN.

>> THAT'S HOW LONG IT'S BEEN, YEAH.

>> 7-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.

>> KEVIN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE HAVE A NEW GAME DAY PHOTO WINNER THIS WEEK.

DAVE SENT US THE PICTURE OF HIM AND HIS FAMILY, WHO FLEW ALL THE WAY FROM LAS VEGAS TO CHEER ON THE HUSKERS.

HE SAYS THEY ALWAYS MAKE IT BACK FOR HOMECOMING.

THAT IS AWESOME TO COME BACK FOR HOMECOMING.

I SAW SO MANY PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT GOING DOWN TO THE GAME BECAUSE OF HOMECOMING, HAVING THEIR GEAR ON, READY TO GO, IT'S PRETTY COOL.

CONGRATULATIONS, DAVE.

THANKS FOR SENDING US THIS IN.

DON'T MISS OUT ON YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SEND US YOUR BEST GAME DAY PHOTO FOR CHANCES TO WIN GREAT PRIZES LIKE THESE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

WE WAIT TO SEE YOUR GAME BEST.

MAKE SURE YOU SEND IT, NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING THE GAME, WE WANT THEM.

AND WITH THAT, WE TOSS IT TO THE HUDL, JAY MOORE.

>>> ALL RIGHT, A COUPLE PLAYS FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT IN THE HUDL.

I FIGURED SINCE WE HAVEN'T BLOCKED THE KICK FOR A TOUCHDOWN SINCE 2014, WE'LL GO IN TO DISCUSS.

SO FOOTAGE A LITTLE GRAINY, BUT YOU'RE GONNA SEE -- AND I COULDN'T GET THE CIRCLE SMALL ENOUGH -- ELIJAH JEUDY RIGHT HERE DOES A GREAT JOB.

THEY SAID THAT THE LEFT GUARD WAS A LITTLE LIGHT, IN A STANCE THEY KNEW THEY HAD OPPORTUNITY TO ATTACK THERE.

YOU'RE GONNA GET -- YOU CAN'T LINE OVER AT THE CENTER, SO YOU GET A GOOD RUSH.

RIGHT HERE IS JEUDY, DOES A GOOD JOB GETTING INTO THAT BACKFIELD.

THE SNAP WAS SLOW AND WAS BOBBLED, THE KICK COMES OUT A LITTLE LOW, BUT AGAIN, HANDS UP, GET THE BLOCK.

BUT THE COOL THING ABOUT BEING ON THE FIELD, YOU KNOW YOU HEAR THAT SOUND, AND NEWSOME, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, TURNS HIS HEAD.

HE'S -- HE CAN HEAR THAT, THAT BALL BEING BLOCKED, SO HE HAS A GOOD WHEREABOUTS TO FIND IT, GO AND CATCH IT.

HE GETS A LITTLE CONVOY INTO THE ENDZONE WITH HIS BUDDY.

A LITTLE HIGH FIVE.

THAT WAS THE FIRST FIELD GOAL BLOCK SINCE MINNESOTA IN 2014, SO A GREAT PLAY.

NEXT PLAY.

OFFENSIVE, GAME-STEALING TOUCHDOWN.

REALLY COOL PLAY THEY RUN HERE.

EMMETT JOHNSON KIND OF FINDING HIS LEGS TO GET -- TO GET GOING TO FINISH OFF THIS DRIVE.

NEBRASKA IS JUST GONNA COMPLETELY SQUEEZE THIS DOWN INTO THE BOUNDARY, BLOCKING-WISE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THE MOTION GUY TIGHT END OVER TO KICK OUT WRAP AROUND.

AND WE'RE GONNA GET A GREAT BLOCK HERE.

MALACHI COLEMAN DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OVER THIS, JUST PUTS THIS GUY ON SKATES, A FANTASTIC JOB.

SO YOU GET THE -- THE PURDUE GUY TRYING TO SPILL THE FORCE.

HE DOES HIS JOB, SO HE'S GONNA GO OUT HERE.

HE PUTS THESE TWO PURDUE DEFENDERS IN A TOUGH SPOT.

THEY'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHERE TO FIT.

31 IS JUST KIND OF LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO."

CREATES THIS SEAL HERE.

EMMETT DOES A GOOD JOB OF NOT BEING ARM TACKLED THERE, AND SEALS THE GAME FOR THE BIG RED WHEN IT WAS A LITTLE UNSURE AT THAT MOMENT.

>> THAT WAS AN AWESOME PLAY.

>> HONESTLY, DUDE, IF I WASN'T MARRIED ALREADY, I'D MARRY THAT LINE BLOCK.

IT WAS PERFECT.

>> THAT WAS GREAT.

>> THE SEAL HERE, IT'S OUTSTANDING, IT'S AWESOME.

I REALLY LIKE THAT.

THANKS, JAY, WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE HAVE TO TAKE ONE MORE SHORT BREAK, BUT FIRST, MORE PHOTOS FROM THE HUSKER WIN, COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

♪ >>> WELCOME BACK TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

IT'S TIME TO CHECK IN ON THIS WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY.

"DOES NEBRASKA MAKE A BOWL GAME?"

65% OF THE PEOPLE SAY YES.

18% ARE HATERS.

AND 17% SAY "I'M SCARED OF ANSWERING AND JINXING IT," I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.

NOW WE TURN TO RECRUITING.

SEAN CALLAHAN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COMMIT FOR THIS WEEK BECAUSE IT'S FROM FRISCO, TEXAS, A GREAT FOOTBALL COMMUNITY.

IT'S WHERE THE FCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS PLAYED.

TELL US ABOUT THE LATEST COMMIT.

>> YEAH, JACKSON LEE, A REALLY DYNAMIC EDGE RUSH PLAYER.

6'2", 6'2.5", ABOUT 225.

RUNS IN THE 4-5s, 36 INCH VERTICAL.

HE'S A 10-1 BROAD GUY.

>> OH, WOW.

>> SO AN EXPLOSIVE ATHLETE IN EVERY METRIC AND A PERFECT FIT FOR PROBABLY THAT JACK POSITION, IF YOU START TO LOOK, OR MAYBE EVEN A LINEBACKER.

I MEAN HE -- I THINK HE'S GOT THE VERSATILITY TO REALLY BE A GOOD 3-3-5 GUY.

>> YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT VISITORS FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND.

>> YEAH, THIS WEEKEND FOR NEBRASKA, YOU KNOW, THE HUSKERS BROUGHT A LOT OF GUYS IN.

HERE'S DOUG UTU AND SJ ALOFAITULI, FROM BISHOP GORNMAN HIGH SCHOOL.

TWO OF THE TOP 2025 OFFENSIVE LINEMEN IN THE COUNTRY.

UTU THERE ON THE LEFT, PROBABLY, I MEAN -- >> TACKLE.

>> HE'S A -- YEAH.

AND SJ IS A GUARD.

THEY HAVE AN EXTREMELY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH DONOVAN RAIOLO FROM THE HAWAII DAYS, AND SO I THINK THAT HELPED NEBRASKA GET THESE GUYS HERE.

THERE ARE FIVE BISHOP GORMAN PLAYERS THAT CAME TO LINCOLN, AND THOSE TWO OBVIOUSLY WERE THE TWO HIGHLIGHTED NAMES.

>> SPEAKING OF 2025, WE GO TO THE PHONE NOW.

ALEX MANSKE JOINS US.

HE'S FROM ALOGONA, IOWA, JOINING US FROM THE PHONE.

ALEX, HOW ARE THINGS GOING?

>> IT'S GOING GOOD, HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS?

>> GOOD, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.

I KNOW YOU TOLD US BEFORE, YOUR SEASON ENDED IN THE PLAYOFFS, BUT HOW DID YOU DO OVERALL THIS YEAR?

>> I THOUGHT I DID PRETTY WELL OVERALL THIS YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY GETTING A LOT BETTER FROM THE YEAR BEFORE, AND IMPROVING ON THE SMALL THINGS THAT I NEEDED TO WORK ON FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.

I THOUGHT I SAW IMPROVEMENT IN EVERYTHING I DID, SO IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT.

♪ >> ALEX, GO BACK TO JUST KIND OF HOW YOUR RECRUITING PICKED UP.

YOU WENT TO NEBRASKA CAMP IN JUNE, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU PITCHED ALMOST 100 PITCHES THE DAY BEFORE THAT CAMP AND STILL, THREW LIGHTS OUT FOR THAT NEBRASKA STAFF.

YOU KNOW, HOW QUICKLY DID THINGS RAMP UP WITH NEBRASKA?

AND I THINK YOU'VE BEEN TO LINCOLN PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX TIMES NOW, AT LEAST.

>> YEAH, I WAS DEFINITELY REALLY QUICK BECAUSE I KIND OF WENT INTO THE CAMP, LIKE, NOT HAVING MUCH COMMUNICATION WITH ANYONE FROM THERE, AND LIKE, THE NEW STAFF AND EVERYTHING.

BUT DID WELL AT THE CAMP AND GOT THE OFFER AND THEN JUST SINCE THEN IT'S KIND OF BEEN LIKE, KIND OF JUST DOWN THERE, SO I JUST WANT TO GET BACK.

I THINK I'VE BEEN THERE FIVE TIMES NOW SINCE CAMP, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL.

>> ALEX, I KNOW YOU'RE A PRO SCOUT QUARTERBACK, BUT WATCHING YOU RUN, YOU LOOK LIKE A DUAL THREAT TO ME.

HOW DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF IN TERMS OF BEING A PASSER AND A RUNNER?

>> YEAH, I THINK I -- I THINK I'M LIKE -- I'M NOT LIKE EXTREMELY FAST, BUT LIKE, IF I NEED TO RUN, IF I -- LIKE, IF THE POCKET COLLAPSES, I NEED TO TAKE OFF, AND IF I NEED TO EXTEND THE PLAY, I FEEL LIKE I CAN DO THAT REALLY WELL.

>> YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY RIGHT THERE IN IOWA.

WITH THINGS IN IOWA RIGHT NOW, WITH THE CHANGE OF COORDINATOR AND SOME THINGS GOING ON THERE, YOU KNOW, HOW -- HOW ARE YOU GOING TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION THERE IN THE IN-STATE?

BOTH OF IOWA AND IOWA STATE, OBVIOUSLY I KNOW THEIR PLAYERS IN YOUR RECRUITMENT, AND WHAT OTHER TEAMS HAVE TRIED TO KIND OF GET INTO THE PICTURE THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T OFFERED YET?

>> UM, A FEW TEAMS THAT HAVEN'T OFFERED YET BUT ARE KIND OF GETTING INTO THE PICTURE LIKE, I'M GOING TO THE MICHIGAN-OHIO STATE GAME LATER IN NOVEMBER, AND THEN I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH, LIKE, TENNESSEE AND A COUPLE OF OTHER SCHOOLS LIKE THAT, SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY INTERESTING.

>> THE THING THAT JUMPS OUT OFF THE PAGE, WATCHING YOU ON VIDEO, YOUR QUICK RELEASE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST NATURAL FOR YOU?

HOURS OF WORKING ON IT?

HOW'D YOU GET SUCH A QUICK RELEASE?

>> I USED TO HAVE A REALLY, REALLY LONG RELEASE.

I USED TO, LIKE, BRING IT, LIKE, REALLY BELOW MY HIP, BUT I JUST, LIKE -- GOING INTO MY FRESHMAN YEAR ONE SUMMER, I JUST KIND OF JUST DID SOME DRILLS TO LIKE WORK ON MY QUICK RELEASE, AND IT STILL WASN'T QUICK BUT I THINK AFTER WHILE JUST, LIKE, THROWING MORE AND MORE, I THINK NATURALLY IT'S JUST GOTTEN BETTER, SO -- IT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD THING TO HAVE THAT AS ONE OF THE PLUSES.

BACK WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND STUFF IT WAS ONE OF MY NEGATIVES, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY DEFINITE -- REALLY COOL TO SEE AN IMPROVEMENT.

>> AND ALEX, YOUR TEAMMATE, JACK LIMBAUGH, HIS MOM IS FORMER HUSKER VOLLEYBALL PLAYER AMBER HOLMQUIST, HIS DAD, JACK LIMBAUGH SR.

PLAYED FOR NEBRASKA.

HOW MUCH HAVE THEY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THEIR TIME HERE AT NEBRASKA?

>> YEAH, THEY DEFINITELY BRING IT UP WHENEVER I'M AROUND THEM, AND LIKE, THEY HEAR I'M GOING, LIKE, DOWN TO A VISIT, THEY'RE ALWAYS LIKE TELLING ME "GO BIG RED," AND STUFF, AND ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY LOVE IT DOWN THERE, SO IT'S DEFINITELY COOL TO HAVE THAT DYNAMIC.

>> ALEX, LAST THING -- DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION?

DO YOU HAVE A DATE IN YOUR MIND?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A DATE IN MY MIND, BUT I THINK AFTER, LIKE, AFTER THE SEASON'S -- THE SEASON'S OVER NOW.

I THINK I'M JUST GONNA -- LIKE, AFTER ALL THE VISITS ARE DONE I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DECOMPRESS AND STUFF, AND I THINK LIKE, THEN, ONCE I FEEL LIKE IF IT'S RIGHT, I THINK I MIGHT MAKE MY DECISION SOMETIME AFTER THAT.

>> AWESOME, ALEX, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.

>> YEP, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK IN-STATE, PIERCE MOOBERRY, WHO'S GOTTEN A COUPLE -- I THINK JUST GOT OUT FROM MINNESOTA, RIGHT?

AND HE ALREADY HAS ONE FROM IOWA STATE.

>> YEAH, MILLARD NORTH, JUST A TACKLING MACHINE FOR FRED PETITO ON THAT DEFENSE, WITH CADEN VERMAAS AND PIERCE MOOBERRY.

YOU KNOW, KIND OF REMINDS YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A SEAN FISHER, COLE FISHER TYPE, THE WAY THEY UTILIZE HIM IN THAT DEFENSE.

AND I REMEMBER I BROUGHT THAT COMPARISON UP BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT IS A GOOD COMPARISON.

LIKE, I'M SHOWING MY AGE HERE 'CAUSE THE FISHERS HAVE PLAYED A NUMBER OF YEARS THERE.

BUT VERY TALENTED PLAYER FOR PETITO, AND JUST GOT THAT MINNESOTA OFFER.

I KNOW IN NEBRASKA HE'S BEEN TO SOME GAMES, HE WENT TO CAMP.

SO ON THE RADAR FOR THE HUSKERS, AND A NUMBER OF REGIONAL PROGRAMS, BUT TWO POWER FIVE OFFERS ALREADY HERE FOR PIERCE MOOBERRY.

AND YOU SEE THE SIZE, THAT IS A LEGIT 6'4", 196 MEASUREMENT FROM THE HUSKER ONLINE IN-STATE TOUR EVENT WE DID.

>> YEAH, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT THREE LINEBACKER SET, HE COULD PLAY ACROSS THE BOARD PROBABLY, IF THAT'S ASKED.

>> YEAH, I THINK THE QUESTION IS THE SPEED.

I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE METRICS OF WHAT THEY DO IN THE RECRUITING HERE, THEY -- YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RUN IN THIS 3-3-5.

SO WHERE DOES HE FIT IN THAT SCHEME?

NO DOUBT A VERY TALENTED PLAYER, THOUGH.

>> SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN AT PERFORMANCES OF TEAMS THAT NEBRASKA WILL BE PLAYING.

MICHIGAN STATE FELL TO MINNESOTA 27-12.

MICHIGAN STATE FOUGHT PRETTY HARD IN THAT GAME THOUGH.

OHIO STATE, LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO, BEAT WISCONSIN BY 14, 24-10.

AND MARYLAND, WHO GOT OFF TO A QUICK START KIND OF, LOST TO NORTHWESTERN 33-27.

LET'S TALK SOME MICHIGAN STATE NOW.

THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF INJURIES.

THEY'RE ON THEIR BACKUP QUARTERBACK RIGHT NOW.

OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE AN INTERIM COACH 'CAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

THEY EVEN HAVE TWO OF THEIR TOP WIDE RECEIVERS MOST LIKELY OUT -- THEY'RE DAY-TO-DAY, THEIR COACH DOESN'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY.

IT'S REALLY AN INTERESTING MATCHUP GOING THERE.

AT 11:00, TOO.

WILL IT BE EVEN A GOOD CROWD?

>> I DON'T -- I FORESEE THAT TO BE SIMILAR TO AN ILLINOIS GAME ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.

BE SOME FANS THERE, BUT IF NEBRASKA GETS ON 'EM EARLY, I WOULD EXPECT THAT CROWD TO, YOU KNOW, TO SHRINK A LITTLE BIT.

I DON'T KNOW THE WEATHER SITUATION -- >> 50s.

>> YEAH, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE TOO BAD.

BUT IT'S ANOTHER FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR NEBRASKA TO FIND ANOTHER WIN, GET BOWL ELIGIBLE, TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER, BUILD MORE CONFIDENCE, AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT THIS WHOLE OFFENSIVE DYNAMIC THEY GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW FOR THIS PART OF THE SEASON.

>> SO, THE NEBRASKA CONNECTION'S THERE AT MICHIGAN STATE.

>> YEAH, YOU LOOK AT THAT COACHING STAFF, TJ HOLLOWELL WAS ELEVATED TO THE TENTH ASSISTANT ROLE WHEN MEL TUCKER WAS FIRED.

ROSS ELS IS THE SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR.

>> NICE.

>> LINCOLN NORTHEAST NATIVE COACH HERE IN NEBRASKA.

THEN TED GILMORE IS THE RECEIVERS COACH, SO THERE ARE 3 OF THE 10 ASSISTANTS ARE FORMER HUSKER PLAYERS OR FORMER HUSKER ASSISTANT COACHES IN BOTH CASES, WITH HOLLOWELL.

SO IT'S A UNIQUE MAKEUP.

AND THEN ALANTE BROWN IS ON THAT TEAM AS WELL, AS A RECEIVER.

SO YEAH, THEY'RE -- THEY'RE -- THEY'VE GOT SOME GOOD COACHES.

WHEN MEL TUCKER WENT THERE, HE HAD QUITE A BUDGET, AND HE TOOK SCOTTIE HAZELTON FROM KANSAS STATE.

HE WAS CHRIS KLIEMAN'S GUY THAT WAS WITH HIM AND TOOK HIM UP THERE TO MICHIGAN STATE.

DOUBLE THE SALARY, SO THEY'VE GOT A BUDGET AND, YOU KNOW, THEY STILL GOT SOME REALLY GOOD COACHES ON THAT STAFF THERE AT MICHIGAN STATE.

>> THEY'RE REALLY INJURED IN THE SECONDARY.

THEY ARE 11th IN SCORING DEFENSE IN THE BIG TEN, SECOND TO LAST IN PASS DEFENSE, LAST IN PER ATTEMPT, 7.7 YARDS ARE GIVEN UP, AND THEY'RE ALLOWING 62% PASSING HIGHEST IN THE BIG TEN, AS WELL.

I KNOW NEBRASKA HASN'T THROWN THE BALL WELL.

I KNOW THAT.

ONLY COMPLETED SIX BUT THIS IS AGAINST THE PASS DEFENSE THAT'S REALLY STRUGGLING.

YOU TAKE SOME SHOTS AT LEAST?

>> OH, YOU'LL SEE SOME SHOTS.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO STILL ESTABLISH THE RUN GAME.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE OPTION.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, IS IT GOING TO BE AN EMMETT JOHNSON OR A FLEEKS SITUATION STARTING OFF ON SATURDAY?

BUT I THINK THEY WANNA UTILIZE BOTH.

I LIKE THE WAY THEY UTILIZE FLEEKS IN THE PASSING GAME.

>> OH YEAH.

>> PUT HIM ON THE EDGE, I LOVE THAT ROLE FOR HIM.

HAD SOME NICE -- UTILIZE HIM IN THE SCREEN GAME VERY WELL, TOO SO I THINK THEY'LL DEFINITELY ESTABLISH THE PASS BUT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR SHOTS.

WE'VE SEEN IT.

WE'VE SEEN IT SINCE -- ALL YEAR REALLY.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THE BALL IS, WE SAW THEM TAKE A SHOT BACKED UP AGAINST ILLINOIS BEFORE MARCUS WASHINGTON GOT HURT HE MADE GREAT PLAY.

WE'VE SEEN COLEMAN AND JAYLEN LLOYD PLAY.

SO THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO BE IN PLAYS, ESPECIALLY AFTER NEBRASKA CREATES A TURNOVER, HE'S TAKING A SHOT.

LIKE HE'S SHOWN TO DO THAT.

>> NATE CARTER, FOURTH LEADING RUSHER IN THE BIG TEN.

HE'S GOT FOUR TOUCHDOWNS, AND CAL HALADAY IS ONE OF THE BEST TACKLERS IN ALL OF THE BIG TEN.

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THEY STILL HAVE SOME GOOD PLAYERS.

I MEAN THEY LOST THE QUARTERBACK AND THEIR TOP RECEIVER TO THE TRANSFER PORTAL LAST SPRING SO THIS TEAM LOST THEIR HEAD COACH AND TWO OF THEIR BEST PLAYERS BUT THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL.

I MEAN I THINK THIS WAS A TEAM A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS MORE LIKE A SIX-TO-EIGHT WIN TYPE TEAM THAT'S FALLEN OFF TO WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION.

I MEAN, THEY'VE LOST SIX GAMES IN A ROW.

AND LOOK, WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE HERE AT NEBRASKA WHEN YOU FIRE THE HEAD COACH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON.

IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO KEEP A TEAM TOGETHER AND THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.

THEY'VE PLAYED TOUGH, BUT THEY'VE BEEN SO LIMITED WITH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO ON OFFENSE.

>> AND THEY'VE GOTTEN OFF TO A GOOD START.

OFF TO A GOOD START AGAINST RUTGERS, THEY HAD THE LEAD EARLY AGAINST MINNESOTA.

>> TOUCHDOWNS ON FIRST TWO DRIVES.

>> THEY CAN'T JUST -- THEY HAVEN'T HELD TOGETHER.

THEY SHOULD'VE WON THE GAME AT RUTGERS BUT RUTGERS JUST FOUGHT BACK AND MICHIGAN STATE TURNED THE BALL OVER WAY TOO MANY TIMES.

>> BRAD MENTIONED, SEAN, SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, YOU THINK WE SEE ETHAN NATION BACK THERE AT PUNT RETURN?

>> YOU KNOW, HE PLAYED IN ONE GAME.

>> YES, HE DID COME IN AND PLAY IN ONE GAME.

I KNOW IT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO HE WAS OUT THERE AT CORNER.

>> YEAH, I THINK THE THING WITH ETHAN NATION IS THEY WILL PROBABLY WANT TO KEEP HIM AT FOUR.

>> SURE.

>> SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THERE.

THE NICE THING, IF YOU MAKE A BOWL GAME, AND I LOVE THIS RULE.

IF YOU'VE ALREADY PLAYED IN FOUR GAMES AND THE BOWL GAMES ARE FIFTH, THAT DOESN'T MATTER.

YOU CAN STILL PLAY, SO ANY ONE OF THESE GUYS WHO HIT THE FOUR GAME MARK, THEY CAN PLAY THEM IN A BOWL GAME WHICH IS A GREAT RULE THEY PUT IN TO KIND OF COUNTER AGAINST PLAYERS WERE OPTING OUT OF PLAYING IN BOWL GAMES TO GO TO THE NFL OR OTHER REASONS.

>> JOHN WANTS TO KNOW FROM FACEBOOK, SEAN, WHO IS NEXT AMONG THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN?

NOW THAT YOU HAVE THREE BACKUPS IN THERE, WHO'S NEXT?

>> WELL NOW THAT WE ARE AT GAME NINE, IT MIGHT BE SAM SLEDGE.

I THINK TYLER KNAAK AND JOEY MANCINO WERE THE TWO GUYS THAT WERE KIND OF COMING IN FIRST.

BUT NOW THAT GUNNAR GOTTULA AND SAM SLEDGE, THOSE TWO GUYS, ARE ELIGIBLE TO PLAY THE NEXT FOUR GAMES IN A ROW, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF A GUY LIKE SAM SLEDGE GETS ON THE FIELD IN THIS GAME HERE AT MICHIGAN STATE.

HE'S TRAVELED ALL YEAR AS A TRUE FRESHMAN.

>> I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS BUT MARK IN GRAND ISLAND, WHY WAS CINDERELLA SO BAD AT FOOTBALL?

BECAUSE HER COACH WAS A PUMPKIN.

GET IT?

OKAY, TOM FROM OMAHA.

RE-EXAMINING THE RUNNING BACK ROOM, WHAT'S LEFT NOW AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR WITH THE MAIN RECRUIT FLIPPING?

>> WELL, KEWAN LACY DECOMMITTED FROM NEBRASKA AND HE'S REOPENED THINGS.

I KNOW THEY HAVE A RUNNING BACK ON THE RADAR THAT WILL PROBABLY COME IN FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT WHETHER IT'S MARYLAND OR IOWA, SO THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING IN PLAY.

IT'S NOT PUBLIC YET WHO THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS.

I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING IN PLAY BUT THEY'VE GOT TO GET A RUNNING BACK FOR SURE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU DO GET SOME OF THESE INJURED GUYS BACK NEXT YEAR.

EMMETT JOHNSON'S HAS DEVELOPED MORE SO YOU'LL HAVE DEPTH RETURNING BUT MAN, KEWAN LACY WAS PROBABLY GOING TO HELP THEM NEXT YEAR.

>> YEAH, HE WAS A GOOD-LOOKING PLAYER.

I KNOW YOU PLAY ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE, BUT DO YOU THINK THAT NEBRASKA NEEDS TO HAVE A FULL-TIME QUARTERBACKS COACH?

JUST TO TEACH HIM HOW TO DO A QUARTERBACK SNEAK ALONE.

>> WELL, SATTERFIELD'S THE QUARTERBACK COACH, OBVIOUSLY HE'S AN OC BUT -- NOT NECESSARILY.

I MEAN I LOOK AT IT KIND OF YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE HEYDAYS, T.O.

WAS OC BUT YOU HAD TURNER GILL AS A QB COACH.

I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, TURNER'S ROLE EVOLVED AS THE YEARS WENT ON.

I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S A HUGE -- I JUST THINK WE'RE DEALING WITH A QB WHO THIS IS HIS FIRST YEAR PLAYING, INJURIES GALORE AND HE'S JUST -- THEY'RE LEARNING.

I GUARANTEE YOU SATTERFIELD DID NOT COME IN HERE THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO RUN BELLY G OPTION PLAYS.

>> NO, NO WAY.

>> I MEAN, LEARNING AS MUCH AS -- >> ROB BROWN'S DRAWING THE PLAYBOOK.

>> I MEAN, WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF THESE -- YEAH.

SO I THINK THEY'RE LEARNING JUST AS MUCH AND IT'LL GET BETTER.

IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER.

IT'S JUST THE FIRST YEAR FOR GUYS.

>> REAL QUICK, SEAN, WE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER BUT DO YOU THINK THE POLAR BEAR COULD BE ALL BIG TEN.

>> I THINK HE'S KNOCKING ON THE DOOR.

I MEAN, IT'S A POSITION WHERE YOU DON'T PUT UP A LOT OF STATS BUT HE'S PUT UP STATS.

I MEAN THAT TWO-AND-A-HALF SACK GAME HAS PUT HIS NAME UP THERE.

AGAIN, THOUGH, MAYBE NOT FIRST-TEAM BUT I THINK SECOND, THIRD TEAM THEY'VE GOT A COUPLE GUYS ALREADY AND IF THEY GET TO LIKE 8-4, 9-3, THOSE ARE THE TEAMS THAT GENERALLY HAVE GUYS TO GET UP THERE.

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY PLAYERS IN THIS LEAGUE, TO MAKE A FIRST TEAM ALL BIG TEN, IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.

>> SEAN CALLING FOR NEBRASKA TO WIN.

NOW YOUR BURNING QUESTION?

>> MY BURNING QUESTION THIS WEEK, CAN NEBRASKA WITHSTAND THAT OPENING CHARGE FROM MICHIGAN STATE?

IT WILL BE EMOTIONAL FOR THESE PLAYERS, IT'S THEIR SENIOR DAY.

YOU KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT WITH SOME HAYMAKERS.

YOU'VE GOT TO SURVIVE THAT OPENING CHARGE.

>> I'M STICKING WITH THE TURNOVER THEME UNTIL I GET THIS THING RIGHT.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> '‘CAUSE I SAID TAKE CARE OF THE BALL, THEY STILL HAVEN'T DONE THAT.

CAN WE FINISH ON THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THE TURNOVER MARGIN IN THIS GAME?

>> CAN NEBRASKA DO SOMETHING THAT MICHIGAN STATE IS HORRIBLE AT, AND THAT IS, CAN THEY PASS?

BECAUSE THE PASS DEFENSE FOR MICHIGAN STATE IS ONE OF THE WORST IN THE BIG TEN.

CAN NEBRASKA GET THE BALL OVER THE TOP AND GET SOME COMPLETIONS?

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

WE WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT ON SATURDAY WHEN NEBRASKA IS IN EAST LANSING TO TAKE ON THE MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS.

KICKOFF FOR THAT GAME IS 11:00 A.M. CENTRAL ON FS1.

ALSO ON SATURDAY BE SURE TO WATCH THE 2023 NSAA VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL DAY COVERAGE.

THESE GAMES START AT 9:00 A.M. CENTRAL AND THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN FIND IT IS RIGHT HERE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

THEN, WE ARE BACK HERE TUESDAY NIGHT TO RECAP THE GAME AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE WITH SPECIAL GUEST AND FORMER NEBRASKA ASSISTANT COACH AND NOW RADIO PERSONALITY BILL BUSCH.

WE APPRECIATE HIM TAKING THE TIME TO COME ON.

OUR THANKS TO TREV ALBERTS AND KEVIN SJUTS.

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

WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ON "“BIG RED WRAP-UP.

"” BUSCH.

WE APPRECIATE HIM TAKING THE TIME TO COME ON.

THANKS TO TREV ALBERTS AND KEVIN SJUTS.

FOR JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN, I AM MIKE SEVERE.

WE WILL SEE YOU HERE NEXT WEEK ON THE BIG RED WRAP-UP.

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