♪ >> NEBRASKA CAME OUT FIGHTING AGAINST WISCONSIN AFTER A TUMULTUOUS BYE WEEK, KEEPING IT CLOSE BUT FALLING 35-28.

AS THE SEASON FINALE AGAINST IOWA LOOMS WE FIND OUT THAT ADRIAN MARTINEZ WILL NOT PLAY ANOTHER GAME IN 2021.

WILL HE RETURN?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AGAINST IOWA?

JOINED BY OUR SPECIAL GUEST OF THE LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR, PARKER GABRIAL.

ALSO, SEAN CALLAHAN WILL JOIN US FOR BIG RED RECRUITING.

JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL EPISODE INSIDE MEMORIAL STADIUM ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

♪ >> HI, EVERYONE, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

NEBRASKA FALL SHORT AGAINST WISCONSIN AND THEN WE FIND OUT THE BAD NEWS -- ADRIAN MARTINEZ IS OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT.

WE'RE JOINED BY FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE, OF COURSE, SEAN CALLAHAN.

JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SEASON, YOU LOSE THE STARTING QUARTERBACK -- YOUR FOUR-YEAR STARTING QUARTERBACK, AND, NEBRASKA'S ONLY 1.5-POINT UNDERDOG EVEN WITHOUT THE STARTING QUARTERBACK.

>> RIGHT, AND YOU KNOW, THE WEEK OPENS UP.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU GET THE LINEUP THAT'S UP WITH THE FRIDAY GAME AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHOA.

FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF?

YOU'RE LIKE - I THOUGHT NEBRASKA WOULD HAVE A DECENT CHANCE, BUT IOWA JUST - IOWA'S LIVED AND DIED BY THE TURNOVERS THIS YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY GOT AN EXPONENTIAL AMOUNT OF TURNOVERS, OFFENSE IS VERY LOW KEY.

NOTHING CRAZY.

>> NOT DYNAMIC.

>> NOT DYNAMIC BY ANY MEANS.

GOODSON IS NICE.

LaPORTA AT THE TIGHT END POSITION IS A TOUGH GUY TO MATCH UP WITH SOMETIMES BUT THEN YOU HEAR THE NEWS.

THERE'S THE SHOULDER ISSUE, THE TORN LABRUM, GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SEASON-ENDING SURGERY AND YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, ON THE ONE HAND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOUTING FOR LOGAN SMOTHERS WHEN ADRIAN WAS OUT.

>> CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.

>> RIGHT.

NOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THE WAY THE SEASON'S GONE - UPS, DOWNS, EBBS AND FLOWS, NOT YOU'RE PLAYING AGAINST -- YOU DON'T KNOW IF IF IT'S GOING TO BE AADRIAN'S LAST GAME HERE AT MEMORIAL STADIUM.

BUT IT'S JUST THROWN ANOTHER CURVEBALL INTO THIS CRAZY SEASON.

>> SEAN, WE KNEW THERE WERE RUMORS OUT THERE, BUT YOU'RE IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE, IT'S THE FIFTH OR SIXTH QUESTION: "WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN SCOTT FROST MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT?"

>> YEAH, IT WAS REALLY OUT OF HIS CHARACTER, MIKE'L, TO MAKE THAT KIND OF ANNOUNCEMENT LIKE THAT.

TYPICALLY, HIS STYLE WOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S DAY-TO-DAY, IT'S GOING TO BE AT GAME TIME, AND KIND OF PLAY IT OUT, BUT NEWS HAD ALREADY STARTED TO KIND OF GET UNDERGROUND AND ONCE IT STARTS GETTING OUT ON DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND GROUPS, IT WAS GOING TO GET OUT AND I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT THING, PROBABLY, WHY HE THOUGHT TO CONTROL THE MESSAGE ON THIS, CONTROL THE STORY.

DON'T LET OTHER PEOPLE KIND OF SPREAD THE RUMORS AND START -- YOU'RE THE HEAD COACH, AND IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

HE KNEW, I THINK, ON MONDAY AND IT WAS UNFORTUNATE.

HE'S HAVING SURGERY.

ADRIAN HAD HIS SURGERY HERE TODAY, ON WEDNESDAY, SO YOU HOPE THE RECOVERY IS GOING TO GO WELL FOR HIM AND WHAT THE TIMELINE IS?

I MEAN, TYPICALLY SHOULDERS ARE SIX-MONTH-TYPE INJURIES.

>> IT COULD BE A YEAR WITH A THROWING SHOULDER.

>> HE'S GOT A RED SHIRT.

THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THIS STORY WHERE IT GOES AFTER THIS SURGERY, NOW.

>> AND, JAY, SEAN WAS SAYING IT'S NOT NORMAL.

A QUARTERBACK'S NOT NORMAL.

WE CAN TALK ALL WE WANT ABOUT HOW EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM IS EQUAL.

NO, IT'S NOT TRUE.

THE QUARTERBACK IS DIFFERENT.

>> OH, IT'S 100% DIFFERENT.

HE'S THE GUY THAT TOUCHES THE BALL ON EVERY SNAP.

HE IS THE MOST KEY FACTOR OF AN OFFENSE OTHER THAN THE OFFENSIVE LINE, TO ME, BUT THAT'S THE ONE GUY -- THE OFFENSE KIND AND LIVES AND DIES BY HIM, AND NEBRASKA'S OFFENSE HAS LIVED AND DIED BY HIM ALL YEAR.

WHEN ADRIAN'S BEEN REALLY GOOD, NEBRASKA'S BEEN REALLY GOOD.

AND WHEN HE'S STRUGGLED, THIS TEAM HAS STRUGGLED AND SOME OF THEIR WORST LOSSES ARE WHEN ADRIAN'S REALLY STRUGGLED.

I LOOK TO THE MINNESOTA GAME AS ONE OF THOSE GAMES.

>> BUT OVERALL -- >> AT ILLINOIS.

>> YEAH, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT ONE.

IT SEEMS LIKE AGES AGO AFTER WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS YEAR.

BUT, YEAH, FOR A KID THAT HAS PLAYED SO WELL AT TIMES BUT YOU WANT THE BEST FOR HIM BUT THE CRAZY - HE'S DONE SO MANY THINGS.

YOU LOOK AT HIS STATS.

IT RANKS UP THERE WITH ALL THE BIG TEN QUARTERBACKS, BUT THE BIGGEST STAT THAT MATTERS IS THE WIN/LOSS TOTAL.

HOW MANY WINS HE'S BEEN A PART OF AND IT HASN'T BEEN HARDLY ANY OF THEM HERE IN THE FOUR YEARS.

>> THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, SEAN, IS LOGAN SMOTHERS.

AND, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORRIED OBVIOUSLY HE'S GETTING HIS FIRST START.

HE'S HAD SO MANY FIRST-TEAM REPS, HASN'T HE?

I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES THIS SEASON HAS ADRIAN NOT BEEN ABLE TO PRACTICE?

>> YEAH, THEY'VE REALLY TRIED TO GET HIM GOING WITH HIS REPS AND WHAT HE DOES.

YOU KNOW, HE'S FASTER PROBABLY THAN ADRIAN IN JUST LIKE PURE TRACK SPEED.

HE WAS A MULTI-SPORT QUALIFIER IN SPRINTS IN ALABAMA, IN HIGH SCHOOL STATE TRACK, SO HE CAN RUN AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S SMALLER, AS WE KNOW.

HE'S NOT AS TALL.

HE'S PROBABLY 185, 190 POUNDS.

BUT, I THINK IF YOU'RE PLAYING AGAINST IOWA THIS WEEK, YOU'VE GOT TO USE HIS MOBILITY TO GET IOWA OFF BALANCE BECAUSE HOW MANY QUARTERBACKS LIKE LOGAN SMOTHERS HAS IOWA FACED THIS YEAR?

>> NOT A WHOLE LOT OF THEM, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

LET'S GET TO THIS WEEK'S ALL NEW "SIDELINE SURVEY."

IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE QUESTION.

DO YOU THINK ADRIAN MARTINEZ WILL RETURN IN 2022?

THOSE ARE YOUR NUMBERS, YES, 52%.

NO 48%.

WE'LL GET TO THIS QUESTION AS WE GO ALONG IN THE SHOW FOR SURE.

WHAT ARE HIS OTHER OPTIONS, REALLY, ABOUT COMING BACK TO NEBRASKA?

LET'S GO TO OUR PLAY OF THE GAME FOR LAST SATURDAY.

THE FINAL OFFENSIVE PLAY FROM NEBRASKA AND MAYBE ADRIAN MARTINEZ'S FINAL OFFENSIVE PLAY OF HIS CAREER AT NEBRASKA.

IT IS A PASS JUST THROWN UP ON FOURTH DOWN.

YOU SEE BETTS GO UP -- IT LOOKED LIKE PRETTY OBVIOUS PASS INTERFERENCE.

BETTS NEVER RAISED HIS ARM BECAUSE HE GOT BUMPED, SO MAYBE THAT'S A PROBLEM.

IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE PASS INTERFERENCE TO ME.

IF I WAS THE REFEREE, YOU'VE GOT TO CALL THAT I THINK BECAUSE IT STOPS THE WIDE RECEIVER FROM COMING BACK TO THE BALL.

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

I MEAN, WE SEE A LOT OF DPIs OVER THE COURSE OF EVERY LEVEL OF FOOTBALL.

THAT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY STANDARD ONE.

>> YEAH, WHEN YOU SAW THE LIVE SHOT, OR EVEN THE SHOT FROM THE SIDELINE, IT DIDN'T LOOK AS BAD BUT WHEN YOU GET THE ALL-11 END ZONE SHOT, I MEAN, HE CLEARLY GOT THERE.

NOT EVEN IN SLOW MOTION, HE CLEARLY GOT THERE WAY BEFORE THE BALL DID.

THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PASS INTERFERENCE.

NOW, WHERE THEY GOT THE BALL, NOW, WHO KNOWS?

NEBRASKA STRUGGLED WITH SITUATIONS -- >> NOT ON THAT DAY, 4-5.

THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD.

>> YEAH, THEY WERE PRETTY GH ON N'DIAYE.

>> THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED, IT WAS A PRETTY DECENT CALLED GAME, BY THE REFEREES IN MY VIEWPOINT.

THAT'S AN OBVIOUS ONE.

I KNOW REFEREES LIKE TO SWALLOW THEIR WHISTLE IN THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.

HE WAS THROWING TO BETS AND HE WAS CLEARLY EARLY.

>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE USED TO A COACH GETTING UPSET.

I THINK THAT WAS ALL THE FRUSTRATION THAT SCOTT FROST HAD IN HIM, IN THAT PLAY, THE WAY HE REACTED ON THE SIDELINE IN THE WHOLE SEASON.

>> THAT WAS 11 WEEKS OF THIS.

THAT WAS SEVEN ONE-SCORE LOSSES, THAT WAS FIRING FOUR GUYS THAT YOU'VE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS IN COACHING, AND JUST TO HAVE THAT BREAK.

BECAUSE, HERE YOU ARE.

YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO BEAT WISCONSIN, AND I THINK THE HOLDING PENALTY, REALLY, BEFORE THAT IS WHAT PUT HIM IN THAT POSITION BECAUSE THEY WERE IN A MUCH BETTER SPOT BEFORE THE FIRST-DOWN HOLDING PENALTY AT THAT SITUATION AND TO NOW KNOW WHAT WE KNOW, THAT ADRIAN WAS DOING THOSE DRIVES THE WHOLE SECOND HALF WITH ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE THINK IS A TORN LABRUM ON HIS THROWING SHOULDER, AND THAT'S WHY THAT ONE BALL WAS SO OFF ON THE INTERCEPTION BECAUSE HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS ARM, IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE THE WAY ADRIAN PLAYED DOWN THE STRETCH AND JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT HE WASN'T ABLE TO KIND OF GET A SIGNATURE WIN AT NEBRASKA AS A QUARTERBACK.

THAT'S THE STORY.

HE'S NEVER REALLY HAD THAT SIGNATURE WIN.

>> YOU PLAYED WITH A REALLY TOUGH QUARTERBACK IN ZACH TAYLOR.

I STILL REMEMBER THAT SPRING WHERE THEY LET US COME IN HERE AND YOU GUYS BEAT HIM.

>> YOU SACKED HIM LIKE 6 TIMES!

>> BACK HERE - HE WAS RIGHT BACK HERE.

>> HE WAS ALL BEAT UP, BUT TO SEE ADRIAN MARTINEZ GO OUT THERE KNOWING WHAT HE HAD, HE IS A TOUGH BUY.

>> YEAH, IT IS.

AND THAT'S -- HE TAKES A LOT OF HEAT.

WHEN YOU'RE THE QUARTERBACK AT NEBRASKA AND YOU HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF WINS, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A BUNCH OF HEAT AND WHETHER, AGAIN, I'VE FOUGHT FOR HIM.

HE WAS ALWAYS OUR BEST OPTION TO WIN, BUT THE FACT THAT THIS GUY PLAYED WITH A BROKEN JAW.

YOU KNOW, HE'S HAD MULTIPLE HIGH-ANKLE ISSUES AND MULTIPLE SHOULDERS AND HE'S COME OUT HERE AND TRIED TO DO HIS BEST WITH NOT VERY GOOD WEAPONS TO THROW TO, A REALLY SPOTTY OFFENSIVE LINE, AND THEN YOU HAVE RUNNING BACKS, IT'S BEEN DIFFERENT EVERY WEEK.

SO, I'LL TIP MY HAT TO HIM.

YEAH, HE COULD HAVE DONE SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

ABSOLUTELY, HE WOULD TELL US THE SAME THING.

BUT, FOR HIM TO BATTLE THROUGH THIS AND COME OUT AND WANT TO FIGHT AND PLAY WITH HIS TEAMMATES, THAT'S WHAT SENIOR CAPTAINS DO AND I TIP MY CAP TO HIM.

>> SIP ASKED THE QUESTION AND, OF COURSE, COACH FROST MADE A JOKE ABOUT IT, BUT WHAT'S THE GAME YOU THINK WITH LOGAN SMOTHERS?

YOU KIND OF REFERENCED IT A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY DO SPECIAL WITH LOGAN SMOTHERS?

>> THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE HIM OUT OF THE POCKET.

I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, HE'S NOT, TO ME, A TRADITIONAL BIG-TEN POCKET GUY.

HE'S NOT TALL ENOUGH TO MAKE ALL THOSE THROWS, SO I WOULD IMAGINE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HIM ROLL OUT.

THIS AN IOWA DEFENSIVE LINE THAT'S DOWN FOR THEM, FOR THEIR STANDARDS.

THEIR SACK NUMBER IS IN THE LOW 20's ON THE YEAR, SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT NEBRASKA'S OFFENSIVE LINE CAN PROTECT.

THEY NEED A RUNNING GAME TO COMPLEMENT LOGAN, BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE ZONE READ, QB RUN.

THEY HAD TO BE A LOT MORE PROTECTIVE THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITH ADRIAN MARTINEZ WHERE HE WASN'T KEEPING THE BALL ON SOME OF THOSE PLAYS.

BUT, I THINK YOU'LL SEE LOGAN HAVE TO RUN IT 10-PLUS TIMES IN THIS GAME.

>> THE GREATEST DICHOTOMY OF THIS TEAM, IN MY OPINION IS, THEY HAVE BUILT AN OFFENSE THAT CAN, IF THEY DO EVERYTHING RIGHT, BEAT OHIO STATE AND MOVE THE BALL ON WISCONSIN.

NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE FOR SOME OF THE BIG TEN TEAMS, BUT THEY DO HAVE AN OFFENSE AND EVEN WITH LOGAN SMOTHERS, THAT'S GOING TO GIVE, I THINK, ALMOST ANY DEFENSE PROBLEMS.

>> AND JUST TO SEE IF THEY GO TEMPO.

I THINK SCOTT MENTIONED THAT LOGAN'S ABILITY TO OPERATE VERY QUICKLY IN THIS OFFENSE.

>> THAT'S WHAT HE RAN, YES.

>> IT WAS QUICK.

>> I CAN'T RECALL THE FEW TIMES HE'S PLAYED.

>> THE BUFFALO GAME.

>> THE BUFFALO GAME, YEAH.

HE WAS VERY QUICKLY IN THE MICHIGAN STATE GAME WITH ADRIAN OFF WITH HIS JAW.

>> THEY MOVED THE BALL.

>> >> RIGHT, A LITTLE BIT, AND TO SEE IF THEY WANT TO GO TEMPO - IT'S THE LAST GAME OF THE YEAR FOR NEBRASKA, OBVIOUSLY, AND IS HE WILLING TO KIND OF PUT HIS DEFENSE OUT THERE.

HE'S GOING TO BE SHORT-HANDED, OBVIOUSLY, WITHOUT JOJO DOMANN TO SEE SOME TEMPO.

THROW SOME DIFFERENT WRINKLES IN THERE, SO I'M KIND OF INTERESTED TO SEE THAT ASPECT WITH LOGAN, IF THEY WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE.

>> COMING INTO THE WISCONSIN GAME, NEBRASKA WAS IN THE TOP FIVE OF EXPLOSIVE PLAYS AND LIMITING THEM, AND WHY THEY LOSE TO WISCONSIN?

TWO LONG RUNS AND A KICKOFF RETURN.

>> WELL, THAT DEFENSE.

I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T GOT ON THE DEFENSE YET, BUT YOU TAKE OUT DAMION DANIELS WHO LEFT THAT GAME WITH AN UNKNOWN INJURY.

CAM TAYLOR-BRITT MISSED A COUPLE KEY TACKLES.

NO JOJO DOMANN.

CALEB TANNOR GOES OUT OF THE GAME, AND DEONTAI DIDN'T TRAVEL.

THEY WERE DOWN ESSENTIALLY FOUR OF THEIR 11, AND THOSE FOUR ARE MAIN GUYS.

>> PRETTY MAIN GUYS IN THE DEFENSE.

>> YEAH.

OTHER THAN THAT, WHAT YOU SAW FROM THAT WISCONSIN OFFENSE AND THEY WAY THEY RAN THE BALL, I'M ASSUMING YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO EXACTLY PLAY AGAINST BRADON HALLAND FOR THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS?

>> NUH-UH, NO.

>> HE JUST IS A HUGE 17-YEAR-OLD KID.

>> NO, HE'S A MONSTER.

I MEAN, THEY SHOWED A HIGHLIGHT OF HIM IN A GAME AS A 17-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN, SQUATTING LIKE 500 POUNDS.

THAT'S CRAZY FOR A FRESHMAN TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

IT REMINDS ME OF A GUY LIKE CODY GLENN, WHEN I WAS AT NEBRASKA, WAS ABLE TO KIND OF MOVE THAT WAY WHEN HE CAME IN AS A FRESHMAN, AND CODY PLAYED REALLY EARLY IN HIS CAREER AND WAS A REALLY GOOD RUNNING BACK AND THEN PLAYED FOR A FEW YEARS AS A LINEBACKER IN THE NFL.

BUT, IT NEVER FAILS, HE COMES OUT OF WISCONSIN, FROM THE STATE OF WISCONSIN -- WISCONSIN'S ALWAYS KNOWN FOR OFFENSIVE LINE AND THEN YOU JUST KIND OF THROW IN THESE RUNNING BACKS AND IT'S LIKE, "HOW DO THEY FIND THESE GUYS?"

OR, GET THESE GUYS, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH HIM FOR THE NEXT, LIKE YOU SAID, THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

HOPEFULLY, THREE, AND HE MIGHT BE A FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK AGAIN.

>> HE DIDN'T PLAY EARLY IN THE SEASON AND THEY HAD FOUR OF THEIR RUNNING BACKS THAT THEY ENDED UP GOING THROUGH AS THE SEASON WENT ALONG.

>> COACHING, NOW, IS A BIG CONVERSATION.

ONCE THE IOWA GAME ENDS, WE'LL BE TALKING A LOT ABOUT HIRES.

DO YOU THINK, SEAN, THAT A SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR NEEDS TO BE ONE OF THE COACHES?

>> I THINK IT'S TRENDING IN MORE THAT DIRECTION, ESPECIALLY, AGAIN, WHAT WE SAW.

YOU START DOWN 7-0 TO THE BEST DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY -- THAT WAS NOT IDEAL AND, I KNOW YOU'D BE CRITICAL OF THE MISSED TACKLES, BUT I THINK FRANKIE MISSED THE KICK.

>> I MEAN HE HAD THE WIND BEHIND HIM, AND THAT BALL ONLY GOT TO THE 11 OR 9 YARD LINE.

KICK RETURN.

>> THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY THE COVERAGE GUYS TO ME AS MUCH AS THE KICKER MISSING THAT KICK.

>> YEAH, BUT 23 COMES THROUGH THERE AND HAS A CHANCE TO MAKE A TACKLE AND THEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYBODY ON - WHEN YOU PLAYED, HOW MANY STARTERS WOULD YOU SAY WAS KICKOFF RETURN COVERAGE?

>> ON KICKOFF TEAMS?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

NOT A LOT.

>> NOT A LOT?

>> THERE WAS ALWAYS -- IN MY TIME, IT WAS ALWAYS A LOT OF YOUNG GUYS.

>> OKAY.

>> I REMEMBER, IT WAS, LIKE, RICKY FENARSE, AND MAJOR CULVER.

>> MARTIN WHEN HE WAS THERE.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH, A LOT OF YOUNG GUYS WHO WERE EITHER TRUE FRESHMEN, RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN, WHO WERE PROBABLY IN THE TWO-DEEP -- WEREN'T GOING TO BE PLAY A TON UNLESS YOU HAD SOME INJURY ISSUES.

A LOT OF OLDER GUYS LIKE BEN EISENHART.

>> DID YOU KNOW REGONY?

>> YEAH, REGONY WAS MY AGE, SO HE WAS --.

>> HE WAS AS GOOD AS THERE EVER WAS.

>> YEAH, HE WAS A GUY, I MEAN, HE WAS ONE OF THOSE FEARED GUYS OUT THERE.

SO, HE WAS A MAD MAN.

SO, NO, NOT A TON AND THAT JUST KIND OF -- YOU KNOW, GETS INTO YOUR DEPTH ISSUES, MAYBE WITH A SOMETHING.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE GUYS RUNNING FREE.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE RARE TIMES -- WE HAVEN'T SEEN A TONGUE OF KICKOFF RETURNS THIS YEAR.

WE HAD A GUY COME FREE.

NEBRASKA DID NOT TACKLE WELL ON DEFENSE ON THE WHOLE GAME.

YOU'VE GOT TO COME THROUGH AND WRAP UP.

>> THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO PLAY FOR IN THIS GAME?

WELL, THEY'RE PLAYING AN IOWA TEAM THEY HAVEN'T BEATEN SINCE 2014.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT -- >> A RIVER AND A BORDER?

>> THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PLAYING FOR.

>> AND IT'S A TROPHY, YEAH.

YEAH, RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> HAVING TO HEAR ABOUT IT FROM IOWA FANS FOR A WHOLE 'NOTHER YEAR - I MEAN, THAT'S WORTH A LOT TO NEBRASKA FANS BECAUSE THE LAST SIX YEARS HAVE BEEN BRUTAL.

I MEAN, THIS WAS A SERIES THAT NEBRASKA STARTED OUT 3-1.

THEY WON THREE OF THE FIRST FOUR AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, LIKE NEBRASKA'S GOING TO OWN THIS TROPY AND, YOU KNOW, NOW IOWA HAS A CHANCE TO TAKE SEVEN IN A ROW?

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

AND, OBVIOUSLY, A LOT TO PLAY WITH, ANYTIME, PLAY FOR AS A RIVAL, BUT ALSO FOR A LOT OF THESE GUYS, IT'S THE LAST TIME THEY'LL EVER PLAY.

>> YEAH, FOR THESE SENIORS THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY.

AND, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT.

THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH COACHING CHANGES, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH A TON OF LOSSES, TOUGH LOSSES, BUT WHEN YOU WALK ON THIS FIELD FOR THE LAST TIME, IT IS -- IT TUGS AT YOUR HEARTSTRINGS.

>> HOW HARD IS THAT, THOUGH, THEN TO TURN IT AROUND AND GO OUT THERE AND PLAY THE GAME, AFTER HAVING THOSE HARDSHIPS?

>> OH, IT'S HARD.

I MEAN, I REMEMBER WALKING OUT THE LAST TIME OUT HERE.

WE PLAYED COLORADO HERE MY SENIOR YEAR AND I -- I WAS TEARY-EYED BECAUSE GROWING UP AS A NEBRASKA KID, THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR YOU AS A NEBRASKA KID AND WANTING TO PLAY HERE SINCE I WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD AND REALIZING THIS IS YOUR LAST TIME -- IT'S HARD.

BUT THEN, WE HAD -- YOU HAD TO SUCK IT UP.

YOU HAD TO GET YOUR EMOTIONS IN CHECK AND COME TO PLAY AND, LUCKILY, WE HANDLED AN AVERAGE COLORADO TEAM MY SENIOR YEAR AND MY SENIOR DAY, AND HAD TO GET READY FOR THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> WE KNOW ONE PLAYER WHO WON'T BE COMING BACK IS AUSTIN ALLEN.

HE'S HAD AN AMAZING CAREER AS A TIGHT END HERE.

JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHERE HE CAME FROM IN TERMS OF AS A RECRUIT TO WHERE HE IS NOW.

>> YEAH, HE WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT FELT LIKE A BASKETBALL PLAYER PLAYING FOOTBALL, AND NOW HE'S MADE HIMSELF INTO AN NFL-LEVEL TIGHT END.

AND, JUST TO WATCH HIS DEVELOPMENT, HIS GROWTH.

HE'S 13 YARDS AWAY FROM THE SINGLE-SEASON YARDAGE RECORD.

HE ALREADY HOLDS THE SINGLE-SEASON RECEPTION RECORD, THE SINGLE GAME RECORD FOR YARDS HE BROKE AGAINST WISCONSIN.

HIS GRADE RIGHT NOW IN PRO FOOTBALL FOCUS IS, I BELIEVE, NUMBER ONE FOR ALL BIG TEN TIGHT ENDS >> YAO YEAH.

>> HE AND FERGUSON, I THINK.

>> SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY FERGUSON'S THE BETTER PROSPECT BECAUSE HE'S PROBABLY A MORE COMPLETE -- >> YEAH, HE'S A MORE DISPLACED TIGHT END LIKE YOU SEE NOW AND THEN IN THE NFL.

>> I THINK AUSTIN ALLEN, THOUGH, HAS REALLY PUT HIMSELF IN A GREAT SPOT AND IF HE PUTS UP ANOTHER BIG GAME AGAINST TIGHT END U IOWA ON FRIDAY, I MEAN, TO ME IS GOING TO PUSH HIM.

DO YOU THINK HE'S A SENIOR BOWL GUY?

I MEAN, I'M CURIOUS.

>> HE'S GRADUATED?

>> YEAH, HE'S A FIFTH-YEAR GUY.

>> YEAH, AS LONG AS HE'S GRADUATED.

>> I CAN'T SEE HIM NOT BE.

>> CAM TAYLOR IS A SENIOR BOWL GUY AND HE'S ONLY BEEN HERE FOUR YEARS.

>> RIGHT, BUT I THINK THE RULE IS, RIGHT, IF YOU'VE GRADUATED AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE GRADUATING BY THE TIME THE BOWL GAME IS, THEY'LL LET YOU IN.

SO, I DEFINITELY THINK HE BELONGS IN THERE.

LET'S GET TO THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GAME.

WE STARTED OFF, AS WE'VE MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES, WITH ONE OF THE FEW TIMES THAT NEBRASKA'S COVERAGE TEAM HAS STRUGGLED THIS YEAR AND IT STARTED WITH THE OPENING KICKOFF.

AS SEAN REFERENCED, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SHORT KICKOFF.

AT HOME, I THOUGHT, "WELL, HE MUST BE KICKING IT INTO THE WIND THAT IT WAS THAT SHORT."

BUT, YOU RE-WATCH IT AND YOU SEE HE KIND OF CHUNKED IT AND MAYBE THE BOUNCE, DO YOU THINK THREW OFF THE COVERAGE LINES A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> A LITTLE BIT.

TWENTY-THREE -- NOT SURE WHERE 23 WAS, BUT HE CAME IN THERE A LITTLE OUT OF CONTROL AND 85, LEIVER, I THINK HE NEEDED TO MAKE THAT PLAY.

THAT WAS DOWN AT THE 25 -- YOU NEED TO MAKE THE TACKLES.

>> NEBRASKA SAID THEY WERE GOING TO OPEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT, AND DIDN'T THEY OPEN IT UP!

MOVING THE POCKET LIKE THEY DID MUCH OF THE DAY, AND SAMORI TOURE HAS BEEN AS GOOD OF A TRANSFER PORTAL, REALLY MAYBE TOP 10 IN THE COUNTRY, HOW GOOD HE HAS BEEN IN EVERYTHING HE'S DONE.

>> WISCONSIN LET HIM RUN, TOO.

THEY DIDN'T PUT A LOT OF HANDS ON HIM AND I WAS SURPRISED BY THAT.

>> YEAH, THEIR DEFENSE, AS GOOD AS IT IS AGAINST THE RUN, THERE ARE TIMES THIS SEASON WHERE YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT SUCCESS THROUGH THE AIR, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONE OF THE TOP TWO DEFENSES IN THE COUNTRY, NEBRASKA AGAIN HAD SUCCESS.

YOU SEE MARKESE STEPP COME IN HERE AND RUN REALLY HARD GETTING DOWN TO THE ONE-YARD LINE, WHICH OPENS UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STEPP JUST TO GO IN AND GET THE TOUCHDOWN.

WE HADN'T SEEN HIM FOR WEEKS.

WE SAW HIM AT THE END OF THE GAME LAST WEEK AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE COMES IN AND GETS AN TOUCHDOWN.

THIS HAS BEEN THE STRANGEST RUNNING BACK ROOM I'VE EVER HEARD OF.

>> RON BROWN'S COACHING IT NOW, BY THE WAY.

>> YEAH, RON BROWN IS DEFINITELY COACHING THEM.

AND THEN, YOU GO THIRD AND ONE.

WE SAW THIS A COUPLE TIMES LAST YEAR IN THE NORTHWESTERN GAME WHEN NEBRASKA LET SOMEBODY GET THROUGH ON A SHORT YARDAGE.

>> YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT CAM TAYLOR-BRITT'S TRYING TO DO THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE THINKS HE'S ABOUT FIVE INCHES TALLER AND 75 POUNDS.

>> HE'S RUNG A LOT.

>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW -- HE'S COMING THROUGH THERE.

WE'VE SEEN THAT A FEW TIMES FROM HIM IN HIS CAREER, BUT YEAH, HE'S GOT TO GET 'EM DOWN.

>> WITH ALL OF THE GUYS OUT AND RUNNING BACK IN THE ROOM AND SEVON MORRISON TRANSFERRING, BRODY BELT HAD A VERY NICE GAME THE ROOMMATE OF ADRIAN MARTINEZ.

HERE'S A SITUATION WHERE NEBRASKA'S TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY ON FOURTH DOWN.

WOULD YOU KICK THE FIELD GOAL, OR NOT?

>> I WAS ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF GOING FOR THIS IN THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS BUT I DON'T HATE THE CALL AT ALL.

>> YEAH, HERE'S YOUR SACK.

GARRETT NELSON HAD A PRETTY GOOD GAME, AS WELL, LEADING THE DEFENSE IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STATS.

GRAHAM MERTZ GOING DOWN RIGHT THERE.

ADRIAN MARTINEZ COMES BACK.

GOOD DAY FOR THE TIGHT ENDS.

WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AUSTIN ALLEN, BUT TRAVIS VOKOLEK MAKING A PLAY RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S A GUY I THINK THAT CAN MAKE THE ROSTER.

AND THEN, SAMORI TOURE COMPLETES THIS DRIVE, TYING IT AT 14-ALL, EIGHT PLAY, 33-YARD DRIVE FOR NEBRASKA RIGHT THERE, MAKING IT HAPPEN THROUGH THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND AND HERE COMES ADRIAN MARTINEZ -- SEAN REFERENCED THIS.

HIS SHOULDER WAS BOTHERING HIM, OBVIOUSLY.

THIS THROW GOT AWAY FROM HIM.

>> YEAH, HE LOST FEELING THERE.

I THINK HE WAS PRETTY NUMBED UP, OR SOMETHING, AT THAT POINT AND JUST DIDN'T HAVE FEEL FOR THAT THROW AT ALL.

>> I WOULD HAVE LOVED FOR OLIVER MARTIN TO KIND OF MAKE A BETTER EFFORT ON THIS, THOUGH.

HE'S IN POSITION TO AT LEAST KNOCK THE BALL DOWN, BUT IT LOOKED HE WAS TRYING TO AVOID THE CONTACT IN THAT SITUATION THERE.

IT TURNS AROUND, OF COURSE.

IT LEADS TO A TOUCHDOWN.

FOR WHATEVER REASON, NEWSOM IS OUT FOR A PLAY.

CLARK COMES IN, BRAXTON CLARK KENDRICK PRYOR GETS AROUND HIM AND GETS THE TOUCHDOWN TO GO UP 21-14.

AS WE BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH, ZAVIER BETTS MAKING A PLAY, A GUY WHO WE HOPE NEXT YEAR WILL MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON THIS TEAM AND AGAIN, GETTING IT DONE THROUGH THE AIR.

THAT PASS THERE, GETTING THE FIRST DOWN, AND THEN ADRIAN MARTINEZ -- AS HE DID MOST OF THE DAY MADE GREAT THROWS TO AUSTIN ALLEN.

TRAVIS VOKOLEK HAS A COUPLE, AS WELL.

HE RUNS IN HERE WITH THE BAD SHOULDER.

>> THAT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT RIGHT THERE.

OH, MAN, HE WAS ABLE TO LOWER THAT SHOULDER IN THAT SITUATION.

>> AND THAT MAKES IT 21-ALL ANOTHER RUSHING TOUCHDOWN FOR ADRIAN MARTINEZ.

THAT'S ONE OF THE COOL RECORDS HE HAS.

PASSING AGAIN TO KENDRICK PRYOR, ONE OF THE BIGGER PLAYS, OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO RUNNING PLAYS, FOR 28 YARDS AND THEN HERE COMES BRAYLAND ALLEN AGAIN, MAKING GUYS - HE HAS SUCH QUICK FEET FOR A BIG GUY.

>> HE DOES.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

I MEAN, HE IS SHIFTY, AND JUST SO SAVVY - AND, THE PATIENCE TO RUN LIKE THAT AS A TRUE FRESHMAN IS REALLY INCREDIBLE.

>> HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF MAYBE THAT'S DOMANN MAKING THAT HIT - I DON'T KNOW OR SOMEBODY ELSE MAKING THAT HIT.

INSTEAD, IT'S A FRESHMAN THAT MAKES THE HIT AND ISAAC GIFFORD, AND HE ENDS UP RUNNING THROUGH IT AND SCORING THERE.

THAT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME.

AND HERE'S THE SECOND INTERCEPTION, THIS IS THE ONE WHERE MARTINEZ TOLD COACH FROST THAT IT GOT AWAY FROM HIS BECAUSE OF HIS ARM, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

I THINK AT THAT POINT THEY'RE LIKE, "MAN, ANYTHING DOWN THE FIELD LIKE THAT, WE CAN'T REALLY CALL."

>> YEAH.

ANOTHER FOURTH-DOWN STOP -- ONE OF THREE ON FOURTH DOWN.

WISCONSIN WAS A REALLY GOOD FOURTH-DOWN TEAM -- REALLY THIRD-DOWN DEFENSE TEAM.

NEBRASKA CONVERTED ON THIRD DOWNS AND STOPPED THEM TWICE ON FOURTH DOWN, TO SHOW HOW WELL THEY PLAYED IN THE GAME.

THEN, ADRIAN MARTINEZ, ONE OF THE BEST PLAYS OF THE GAME, ON FOURTH DOWN.

>> AND TO BE ABLE TO SCRAMBLE, AVOID, AND BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT THROW WITH A BUM SHOULDER.

THAT'S BIG TIME.

>> A GREAT PLAY CALL, AS WELL.

AND, SPEAKING OF A GUY WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME, MARV VIN SCOTT GETS THE PLAY, ALSO GETS THE TOUCHDOWN AS WELL.

WE'RE ALL TIED UP AT 28, WITH MARVIN SCOTT MAKING THAT PLAY, GETTING IN.

BUT, OF COURSE, HERE COMES WISCONSIN WITH THEIR FRESHMAN RUNNING BACK AND MYLES FARMER'S GOT TO GO LOW.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO GO.

I MEAN, ALMOST - IF YOU GO HIGH, YOU GET A CHANCE OF GETTING A HORSE COLLAR IN THAT SITUATION, AS WELL.

YOU'VE GOT TO GO LOW AND TAKE THE LEGS OUT.

>> YEAH, AND THEN HERE'S THE FINAL PLAY AS WE SHOWED EARLIER.

ADRIAN MARTINEZ IS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY ON FOURTH AND 20 - THROWS IT UP TO A GUY WHO IS A PRETTY GOOD 50/50 BALL GUY, BUT HE GETS, AS WE MENTIONED, INTERFERED WITH.

THEY DON'T CALL IT AND THAT IS THE END OF THE GAME.

WE GO TO THE STATS.

YES, WISCONSIN OUT-RUSHED NEBRASKA BY A LOT, BUT YOU SEE NEBRASKA HAD MORE YARDS.

YOU SEE WHAT THEY DID ON THIRD DOWN WAS ACTUALLY BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE THAT WISCONSIN WAS GIVING UP.

AGAIN, LOSING THE TURNOVER BATTLE AND THEN POINTS OVER TURNOVERS WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME.

WITH >> ALL RIGHT, TIME FOR THE PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

PRETTY EASY AGAIN THIS WEEK.

AUSTIN ALLEN BREAKING RECORDS DURING THE GAME MOST RECEIVING YARDS FOR A TIGHT END.

HE HAD A TOUCHDOWN, WAS CLUTCH ALL DAY LONG.

AGAIN, HAD A PLAY WHERE HE GETS FLIPPED OVER ON A HIT, WHICH HE'S LEADING THE TEAM IN.

AND THEN, GARRETT NELSON, AS WELL.

BIG GAME FOR GARRETT NELSON.

HE'S COME SUCH A LONG WAY IN HIS TIME HERE AT NEBRASKA.

SIX TOTAL TACKLES.

HE HAD A BIG SACK, OF COURSE, WE SHOWED THAT EARLIER, AND EVEN HAD A PBU AS WELL.

WE'RE JOINED NOW BY AT THE LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR, PARKER GABRIEL, TO BREAK THIS GAME DOWN AND LOOK AHEAD TO IOWA.

WELCOME, PARKER.

>> GOOD TO BE HERE.

>> HEY, YOU DIDN'T BRING A JACKET, MAN.

YOU GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT OUT HERE?

>> IT'S ALRIGHT.

I'M NOT OUT HERE FOR LONG.

>> YEAH, YOU'RE A WISCONSIN GUY, YOU'RE FINE.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS WHEN YOU HEAR, FIFTH OR SIXTH QUESTION INTO THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THAT ADRIAN MARTINEZ WAS OUT.

>> YEAH, IT'S JUST -- I THINK, IT'S THE FIRST THING IS IT'S REALLY TOUGH NEWS FOR HIM, OBVIOUSLY, AND THE MORE YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT COULDN'T HARDLY BE WORSE TIMING FOR HIM.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE AT CLOSURE TO PLAY.

YOU HEARD JOJO DOMANN TALK WHEN HE KNEW HE WAS HURT.

HE WANTED THE CLOSURE OF KNOWING THAT HE WAS GOING TO PLAY IN HIS LAST GAME.

ADRIAN MARTINEZ, MAYBE HE KNEW IN THE SECOND HALF, BUT HE DOESN'T GET THAT CLOSURE.

HE DOESN'T GET TO PLAY ONE MORE GAME HERE AND THEN, ON TOP OF THAT, HE'S GOT TWO YEARS LEFT TO PLAY ONE, OBVIOUSLY, IF HE STAYS AT NEBRASKA, HE'LL HAVE A NEW COORDINATOR, A NEW POSITION COACH, AND IF HE LEAVES WHO KNOWS IF HE'LL BE HEALTHY FOR SPRING BALL COMPETING SOMEWHERE ELSE?

IT REALLY, JUST TIMING-WISE PUTS HIM IN A REALLY TOUGH SPOT AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IMPORTANT, DIFFICULT DECISIONS PRETTY QUICKLY HERE.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF MOVES THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU MENTIONED, YOU HAVE THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, YOU HAVE TRANSFER PORTAL GUYS, POTENTIALLY MAYBE TO COME IN.

WHERE WOULD YOU LEAN NOW?

YOU MENTIONED ALL THE ISSUES WITH THE SHOULDER NOW.

WHERE WOULD YOU LEAN IN WHAT ADRIAN'S DECISION WOULD BE?

>> I THINK ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, HE'S PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY THAN HE DID BEFORE THE INJURY.

MAYBE HE STAYS HERE THROUGH SPRING BALL, REHABS, LEARNS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH THEY CHANGE THE OFFENSIVE SYSTEM -- MAYBE HE THINGS, "HEY, I CAN WIN A JOB SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I JUST NEED TO GET THERE AND START LEARNING THE PLAYBOOK AND GETTING TO KNOW MY TEAMMATES AND ALL THAT."

I PROBABLY THINK IT'S MORE LIKELY HE STAYS NOW THAN PERHAPS I WOULD HAVE BEFORE THE INJURY, BUT I STILL THINK THERE'S SO MAN WRINKLES AND SO MANY DIRECTIONS HE COULD TAKE HIS DECISION.

>> IS IT GOOD FOR NEBRASKA IF HE STAYS?

>> I THINK IT IS.

I MEAN, SCOTT FROST SAID ON MONDAY THAT HE HOPES THAT IT'S NOT HIS LAST SENIOR DAY.

IT DOES MAKE THINGS MORE COMPLICATED.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH ANY QUARTERBACK THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT RECRUITING OUT OF THE TRANSFER PORTAL.

I THINK ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE DOES, THEY'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR HELP IN THE QUARTERBACK ROOM.

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN HE'S GOING TO BE HEALTHY AND YOU PROBABLY WANT COMPETITION FOR HIM.

SO, ON THAT HAND, IT DOES MAKE THE CONVERSATIONS AND MAYBE YOUR RECRUITING OF QUARTERBACKS OUT OF THE PORTAL MORE DIFFICULT, BUT IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THIS COACHING STAFF TELLING HIM, "HEY, LOOK, YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT BE BETTER OFF LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY SOMEWHERE ELSE."

>> YOU DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN THIS WAY, BUT YOU GET A CHANCE TO WATCH A GUY IN LOGAN SMOTHERS, WHO YOU'VE SEEN IN PRACTICE AND A LITTLE BIT IN GAMES AND AGAINST A TEAM LIKE IOWA -- THAT IS KIND OF A BENEFIT.

>> IT IS, YEAH, AND IT'LL BE INTERESTING BECAUSE WHOEVER THE NEXT OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND THE NEXT QUARTERBACKS COACH IS, HE'LL HAVE SOME SAY AND SOME INPUT, OBVIOUSLY, ON LOGAN SMOTHERS' DEVELOPMENT GOING FORWARD, ASSUMING THAT HE'S IN THE PROGRAM AFTER THIS YEAR, AS WELL.

AND SO YEAH, YOU'VE GOT 55-65, MAYBE 70 SNAPS TO EVALUATE WHERE HE'S AT RIGHT NOW IN HIS PROGRESSION.

>> GOT A QUESTION ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE FIRST CARRY OF THE GAME IN THE RUNNING BACK POSITION AGAINST IOWA -- WHAT'S YOUR GUESS?

>> I SUPPOSE, BASED ON LAST WEEK, I WOULD GUESS MARKESE STEPP, BUT, MAYBE NUMBER EIGHT MAYBE LOGAN SMOTHERS -- THEY WANT TO GET HIM A HIT, GETTING HIM SETTLED IN, JAY, THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT.

>> YOU WANT TO TAKE A HIT EARLY IN THE GAME --.

>> IT WON'T BE RAHMIR JOHNSON, YOU DON'T THINK?

THINK HE DOESN'T PLAY?

>> WELL, FROST SAID ON MONDAY THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT RAHMIR WOULD BE READY.

HE'S TRYING.

THAT WOULD BE A BIG BOOST FOR THEM IF HE'S ABLE TO GO BUT I WOULD GUESS MARKESE STEPP.

>> SURPRISED AT THE OPENING LINE BEFORE MARTINEZ, OR EVEN MORE SURPRISE AFTER THE LINE THAT WITH MARTINEZ, KNOWING THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE?

>> I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE WE KNEW ABOUT THE EXTENT OF ADRIAN MARTINEZ'S INJURY.

I WASN'T SHOCKED THAT NEBRASKA WAS FAVORED AND I'D ALSO BE A LITTLE SURPRISED IF THEY WON.

>> RIGHT.

>> UNDERSTANDABLE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SEE IT ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE SAW IT HAPPEN.

A QUESTION FROM RYE BREAD ON TWITTER, ASKING ABOUT THE PORTAL QUARTERBACK, AND THIS IS A HARD QUESTION TO ASK BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IS BUT DO YOU THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER RUN/DUAL-THREAT GUY?

OR MAYBE A POCKET PASSER?

>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN TRUE AS LONG AS SCOTT FROST HAS BEEN COACHING ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL IS THAT HE'S PUT A PREMIUM ON ATHLETICISM IN THE QUARTERBACK POSITION.

UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, IT BASICALLY WAS A NON-NEGOTIABLE FOR HIM THAT YOU HAD TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO MAKE PLAYS.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO RECRUIT A STATUE BACK THERE.

NOW, WILL IT BE SOMEONE WHO'S AS ATHLETIC AS ADRIAN MARTINEZ?

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THOSE GUYS OUT THERE BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'LL SEE THEM RECRUIT SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T AT LEAST HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET OUTSIDE THE POCKET.

YOU'VE HEARD SCOTT SAY THAT A FEW TIMES ABOUT GUYS WHO THEY'VE PLAYED THIS YEAR AT MICHIGAN STATE.

NOT A RUNNER BUT CAN RUN.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE FLOOR FOR WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

>> CALL THAT A "FUNCTIONAL RUNNER."

>> YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

>> IF YOU NEED FIVE, HE CAN GET YOU SIX -- GET YOU A FIRST DOWN AND MOVE THE CHAINS, OF COURSE.

WE MENTIONED ALL THOSE RUNNING BACKS.

WHAT ABOUT YANT?

QUESTION FROM J.D.

ON TWITTER.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ABOUT YAN YANT.

I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCIPLINARY STUFF LAST WEEK.".

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM THIS WEEK?

>> YEAH, FROST CALLED THAT A COACH'S DECISION ON MONDAY AND SAID HE WOULD BE BACK IN MIX THIS WEEK.

LOOK, THE WAY -- I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW BRODY BELT LOOKED RUNNING THE BALL.

I THOUGHT THAT THOSE OTHER TWO GUYS, MARVIN SCOTT AND MARKESE STEPP, RAN THE BALL WELL, TOO.

SO, HE'LL BE BACK IN THE MIX.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT GUARANTEES THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE A BIG ROLE BUT YOU COULD SEE THE BIG NUMBER ZERO OUT THERE.

>> DO YOU HAVE A LEAN?

WE -- GETTING INTO -- WE HAVE SOME OFF-SEASON COACHING CHANGES TO BE MADE HERE.

DO YOU HAVE A LEAN ON HOW QUICKLY THAT WOULD BE MADE OR EVEN WHAT FROST OF KIND OF THINKING OF WHAT TYPE OF OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR HE WANTS TO BRING IN FOR 2022?

>> YEAH, I THINK THE WAY THAT HE'S TALKED, I THINK PROBABLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE.

THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG GUYS OUT THERE THAT ARE TALENTED PLAY-CALLERS AND ALL THAT.

I'D BE A LITTLE SURPRISED IF IT WENT THAT DIRECTION.

I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT SOMEBODY THAT HAS SOME YEARS UNDER THEIR BELT AND IN TERMS OF TIMING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WRAP UP THEIR SEASON ON SATURDAY AND SO, WHETHER IT'S SHORTLY AFTER THAT OR IN THE WEEK AFTER THAT, IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THE PIECES FALL INTO PLACE QUICKLY BECAUSE THE EARLY SIGNING DAY IS DECEMBER 15TH.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME KIDS IN HERE.

YOU'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THE NEW COACHES OUT ON THE ROAD TO SEE PLAYERS THE SOONER THE BETTER AND I WOULD THINK THAT NEXT WEEK'S WELL WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.

>> EXPERIENCED OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

SO, YOU'RE SAYING EITHER DAN MULLEN OR TOM HERMAN, ONE OF THOSE TWO GUYS.

>> YEAH -- TIM BECK, MAYBE.

>> TIM BECK, BRINGING HIM BACK.

HEY, HE'S HAD SOME SUCCESS.

THE GUY THAT WAS IN THE BOOTH AND HIS NAME JUST LEFT ME A SECOND AGO, BUT IS HE A GUY YOU THINK THEY MAY HAVE AROUND BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT SCOTT'S SAID ABOUT HIM?

>> YEAH, HE'S REALLY HIGH ON STEVE COOPER.

>> THAT'S THE NAME.

>> STEVE COOPER WAS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT PORTLAND STATE, FCS SCHOOL, BEFORE HE CAME HERE.

HE'S BEEN WITH SCOTT FOR A LONG TIME NOW.

HE OBVIOUSLY TRUSTS HIM AND HE SAID THAT THIS WEEK.

I DON'T KNOW, I THINK HE'S PROBABLY OUT OF THAT GROUP THAT'S BEEN ELEVATED.

HE'S PROBABLY THE GUY THAT IF THEY WERE GOING TO ELEVATE ONE TO A FULL-TIME ROLE, MAYBE I'D PUT HIM AS THE LEADER IN THE CLUBHOUSE.

AND, I'M SURE THEY'D LOVE TO KEEP HIM AROUND IN AN OFF-FIELD CAPACITY IF HE'S NOT ONE OF THE FOUR COACHES THAT'S HIRED.

>> SOME MORE ABOUT THE IOWA GAME, IN A WAY IT REMINDS ME A LITTLE BIT OF '05 COLORADO.

COLORADO CAME IN, THEY WERE A GOOD TEAM, BUT THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF GUYS THAT SCARED YOU.

OBVIOUSLY, THE RUNNING BACK TYLER GOODSON CAN SCARE YOU.

THE TIGHT END LAPORTA.

KEAGAN JOHNSON'S A YOUNG GUY, BUT A LOT OF TEAMS HAVE SHUT DOWN IOWA'S OFFENSE.

COULD NEBRASKA BE THE NEXT ONE?

>> YEAH, AND NEBRASKA'S DONE A BETTER JOB THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS DEFENDING THE RUN GAME.

IF THEY CAN TAKE THAT AWAY AND MAKE THE QUARTERBACK BEAT THEM, THEY'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

IOWA HAS DONE SORT OF WHAT WISCONSIN WAS DOING EARLIER IN THE YEAR WHERE YOU HIT THE ONE BIG PLAY TO HAVE A 75-YARD TOUCHDOWN IN THAT GAME AGAINST MINNESOTA.

THEY HAD A KICK RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN LAST WEEK.

THAT'S THE SORT OF -- WHEN YOU PLAY THE WAY THEY PLAY AND YOU'RE LIMITED OFFENSIVELY THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THIS YEAR, THEY'RE BANKING ON THREE YARDS IN A CLOUD OF DUST AND THEN AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE THE BIG PLAY, YOU HAVE CONTROL OF THE GAME AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU LET YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THOSE SITUATIONS GET YOU HOME FROM THERE.

>> YEAH, WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS GAME IS?

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE TWO COACHING STAFFS FOR MINNESOTA AND FOR NEBRASKA, NOT NECESSARILY LIKING EACH OTHER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE RELATIONSHIP IS BETWEEN IOWA AND NEBRASKA ON THAT FRONT?

>> I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE NUANCED, PROBABLY, THAN THE MINNESOTA ONE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SHARED HISTORY.

YOU KNOW, ERIK CHINANDER PLAYED FOR KIRK FERENTZ.

A LOT OF THOSE GUYS, THEY'VE CROSSED PATHS WHILE THEY'RE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, AT NORTHERN IOWA -- OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S DISLIKE.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY RECRUIT AGAINST EACH OTHER A LOT.

>> DID CLAPGATE LAST YEAR.

>> YEAH.

THEY'RE -- YES.

>> THAT GOT A LITTLE HEATED.

>> YEAH, KIRK DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME FOR THAT CONVERSATION.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> BUT, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY -- I THINK THE STYLE OF RELATIONSHIP, JUST INTERPERSONALLY BETWEEN THE TWO COACHING STAFF'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PROBABLY WITH THIS GROUP THAN WITH MINNESOTA.

>> BUT, IT IS A RIVALRY GAME AND THAT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WE SEE IT AROUND THE COUNTRY.

TEAMS GET READY FOR TEAMS THAT THEY KNOW ARE THEIR RIVALS, AND ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT HAVE BEATEN THEM.

>> YEAH, WITHOUT A DOUBT, YOU'VE GOT TO -- WE'VE STRUGGLED, WE'VE LOST SEVEN IN A ROW.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT, IT'S A CHANCE TO GO OUT ON A HIGH NOTE AND WHETHER YOU'VE HAD SUCCESS THIS YEAR, OR NOT, IOWA'S PREPARING TO PLAY FOR A BOWL GAME AND THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A GAME AFTER THIS.

NEBRASKA'S JUST TRYING TO SOMEHOW WIN A CLOSE FOOTBALL GAME AND SHOW THAT IT'S DO-ABLE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE FOOTBALL GAME AND IT'S TO SHOW CAN YOU PUT ALL THREE PHASES TOGETHER -- THE KICKING GAMES, SPECIAL TEAMS, AND DEFENSE/OFFENSE.

CAN THEY DO IT IN THE ONE SETTING BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET THIS YEAR.

>> IF I GAVE YOU AN ELEVATOR PITCH AND SAID NEBRASKA WOULD FINISH THE SEASON 3-9, LOSE A BUNCH OF CLOSE GAMES, WOULD YOU HAVE BELIEVED IT?

DID YOU SEE THIS COMING AT ALL?

>> NO, I THINK OUT OF ALL THE POSSIBILITIES THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE WAY THIS SEASON PLAYED OUT WASN'T AMONG THEM.

I THINK YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME, HEY, IT COULD REALLY GO OFF THE RAILS AND GET UGLY, AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MAYBE NOT YOUR FIRST GUESS, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.

BUT TO GO 0-7 IN ONE-SCORE GAMES IN THE FIRST 11, TO HOLD OKLAHOMA TO 23 POINTS AND OHIO STATE TO 26, IF THAT WAS THE ONE THING YOU TOLD ME BEFORE THE YEAR, HEY, NEBRASKA'S GOING TO BE IN EVERY GAME AND THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD OKLAHOMA TO 23 AND OHIO STATE TO 26, YOU WOULD BE SAYING, "BOOK THE TICKETS TO INDY," AND INSTEAD, YOU'RE 3-8 WITH ONE GAME LEFT ON THE DOCKET.

IT'S BEEN A VERY BIZARRE YEAR.

>> A COUPLE THINGS HAPPENED IF THEY MAKE A 30 FOR 30 ON THIS SEASON BUT THE MICHIGAN STATE SECOND HALF WHERE YOU GIVE UP LESS THAN 15 YARDS AND YOU SOMEHOW MANAGE TO LOSE THE GAME, THAT'S AGAIN -- IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU COULD EVEN MAKE UP.

>> NO, IT'S NOT AND TO HAVE -- TO DO WHAT THEY DID AT PUNTER EARLY IN THE YEAR, MIXING AND MATCHING, TRYING TO PUT THE RIGHT GUY OUT THERE, AND THEN TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN, AND TO GIVE UP A LEAD, NOT ONLY TO LOSE A GAME WHERE YOU DON'T GIVE UP A FIRST DOWN, BUT TO GIVE UP A LEAD WITHOUT GIVING UP A FIRST DOWN IN THE SECOND HALF -- IF THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, IT CAN'T BE VERY MANY TIMES.

>> IF YOU JUST TOOK THE STAT LINES WITHOUT THE BOX -- WITH THE FINAL SCORE, YOU COMPARED IT.

>> I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.

>> WHO WINS THE GAME?

NEBRASKA HAS SEVEN OF THEM, SIX OF THEM AT LEAST THIS YEAR >> ALTHOUGH IOWA'S BEEN IN ONE OF THOSE.

I THINK IF YOU PUT THE MINNESOTA ONE UP, WHERE THEY DOUBLE UP ON TIME OF POSSESSION, THEY RAN FOR ALL THE YARDS THEY DID, AND STILL IOWA BEAT MINNESOTA.

IOWA WINS THOSE KIND OF GAMES.

>> YEAH, MINNESOTA HAD THE BALL FOR 41 MINUTES.

THAT'S THE WAY IOWA WANTS TO PLAY.

IOWA STILL FINDS A WAY TO GET THE JOB DONE, IN A GAME WITH BIG RAMIFICATIONS AT THAT POINT.

OBVIOUSLY, IOWA NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF HELP NOW IN ORDER TO WIN THE WEST, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MATCHUP OF A TEAM THAT LIVES IN THESE KINDS OF GAMES AND HAS FOUND WAYS TO WIN, AND A TEAM THAT LIVES IN THESE KIND OF GAMES AND HASN'T.

>> IN THE END, WHAT HAPPENS ON FRIDAY?

>> ONE-SCORE LOSS, I GUESS.

>> EASY PREDICTION.

>> BASED ON THE LAST FEW MINUTES OF OUR CONVERSATION AND THE WHOLE YEAR.

LIKE JAY SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE GAME, IT'S BEEN ONE SCORE EACH OF THE THREE YEARS THAT SCOTT FROST HAS BEEN HERE AGAINST IOWA.

AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT, IF YOU'RE AN OBSERVER OR YOU'RE A NEBRASKA PLAYER OR COACH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET ONE OF THESE DONE.

>> GOT TO EVENTUALLY GET IT DONE.

IT'S "DO" THEORY.

>> YOU WOULD THINK THAT AT SOME POINT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> PARKER, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> COMING UP NOW, WE HAVE OUR BIG RED REPORT.

ME.

>>> NOW OUR BIG >> I DON'T THINK GIVING UP IS GOING TO BE THE ISSUE.

GETTING PREPARED FOR A GOOD TEAM IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

THE KIDS ARE EXCITED TO PLAY.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GRIND THEM THIS WEEK AND DO A TON OF HITTING.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET THE BEST GAME PLAN IN WE CAN AND LET IT RIP.

>> IT'S GOING TO FEEL A LITTLE WEIRD, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE, IF IT'S GOING TO BE MY LAST, AND THAT'S HOW I TELL GUYS THEY SHOULD PLAY, LIKE PLAY IT LIKE IT IS YOUR LAST GAME, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE.

A LOT OF GUYS GET HURT, A LOT OF GUYS HAVE SEASON CAREER-ENDING INJURIES THAT REALLY HAMPER THEM.

THAT'S KIND OF MY MENTALITY.

JUST PLAY EVERY GAME LIKE YOUR LAST.

>> EVERY GAME'S A HUGE DEAL TO ME.

WITH IOWA, I GUESS, THERE IS A LITTLE EXTRA SPICE, I GUESS, BEING OUR RIVALS, AND THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, BUILT -- THE PENT-UP RIVALRY AND THE GUYS WE HATE THE MOST, BUT FOR ME, I TREAT IT LIKE EVERY OTHER WEEK, YOU CAN'T LOSE YOUR MIND, AND START GETTING OUT OF GAPS AND TRY TO BE A HERO BECAUSE IT'S A BIG GAME.

JUST STAY ON THE PATH YOU'VE BEEN DOING, AND TRUST YOUR TRAINING THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

>> WE HAVE TO START WINNING SOME OF THESE GAMES BEFORE YOU CAN TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROGRAM'S RISE, IF YOU WILL, AND I THINK THESE GAMES ARE BIG IN RECRUITING, THESE GAMES ARE BIG FOR THE TEAM, AND A WIN IN THIS KIND OF GAME CAN SET YOU UP FOR WHERE YOU WANT TO GO NEXT YEAR, CAN SET YOU UP A LITTLE BIT AS WE GO OFF RECRUITING, SO I THINK THIS GAME IS SUPER IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY ABOUT THE RIVALRY BUT ALSO JUST THE AFTERMATH THAT A WIN COULD MEAN TO THE PROGRAM.

>> ONE THING TO SAY ABOUT THIS TEAM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP FIGHTING AND THIS TEAM WON'T STOP FIGHTING ON FRIDAY.

I CAN GUARANTEE THAT.

WE'RE PLAYING A REALLY GOOD TEAM, THEY'VE GOT A LOT BETTER RECORD THAN WE DO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OURSELVES EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO TRY TO WIN THE GAME.

>> YOU HEARD RIGHT THERE, ERIK CHINANDER, A GREAT FEEL FOR THAT GAME.

A GUY FROM IOWA WHO KNOWS ABOUT IT.

TALKS ABOUT WINNING THE BORDER AND WINNING THE RECRUITING.

SPEAKING OF RECRUITING, COMING UP NEXT, SEAN CALLAHAN WILL JOIN US WITH MORE BIG RED RECRUITING.

ONE LAST LOOK AT MADISON COURTESY OF "HAIL VARSITY".

STAY WITH US.

RECRUITING.

ONE LAST LOOK FROM "HAIL VARSITY".

STAY WITH US.

>> BE SURE TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY QUESTION.

PRETTY EASY.

"DO YOU THINK ADRIAN MARTINEZ WILL BE BACK IN 2022?"

CURRENTLY 55% OF HUSKER FANS THINK HE WILL RETURN, OF COURSE, 45% SAY NO.

MAKE SURE TO VISIT THE "WRAP-UP" WEBSITE AND CAST YOUR VOTE.

WELCOME BACK.

WE ARE JOINED NOW BACK ON THE SET AGAIN BY SEAN CALLAHAN ALONG WITH JAY MOORE.

BIG RECRUITING WEEKEND.

BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT AN 11:00 A.M. GAME, IT'S A 12:30 START.

MAYBE THE FIRST IN THE HISTORY OF NEBRASKA 12:30 START.

>> IT'S LIKE AN OLD-SCHOOL 1987 KICKOFF TIME.

>> YEAH, IT'S LIKE A 1:00 PM EVERY TIME.

HOW DOES THAT HELP A LITTLE BIT?

WHAT'S THIS RECRUITING WEEKEND LIKE?

>> WELL, IT'S A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, SO KIDS ARE HOME.

FOR THE MOST PART, GUYS ARE DONE WITH THEIR SEASON.

THERE'S PLACES LIKE TEXAS THEY'RE STILL PLAYING.

I'LL BE CURIOUS WHAT THE FINAL LIST COMES TO.

WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY GOT A FULL BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE WEEKEND'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT I DO THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SURPRISES.

YOU MIGHT SEE MAYBE A TRANSFER PORTAL GUY SLIP IN HERE THIS WEEKEND TOO BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO OPEN.

BY THE WAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE BLACK FRIDAY IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE JUST HUNDREDS OF NAMES FROM THE FBS RANKS.

FCS BLACK MONDAY, TUESDAY, WAS THIS WEEK AND THE FBS IS GOING TO BLOW UP ON MONDAY, TUESDAY OF THIS NEXT WEEK.

>> AND ALSO, COACHES THAT WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS AS WELL THAT MIGHT BE IN THE MIX IN SOME WAY.

>> YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE A WILD, WILD WEST OF NAMES, DROPPING COACHES -- THE SEASON'S OVER, BUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER MIGHT BE BUSIER THAN THE SEASON, IN SOME RESPECTS.

>> ON THE FIELD, LAST NIGHT, COURTESY OF OUR TAPING WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, ZANE FLORES WENT OUT THERE AND SHOWED JUST WHAT KIND OF QUARTERBACK HE IS.

HE'S A REALLY GOOD ATHLETE.

I'VE BEEN ASKING THE QUESTION OF WHY THIS GUY DOESN'T HAVE A SCHOLARSHIP OFFER TO REALLY ANY BIG PLACE, INCLUDING NEBRASKA.

WHAT DID ZANE PROVE LAST NIGHT TO YOU?

>> I THINK HE, ON THE BIG STAGE, HE MADE THE THROWS, HAD THE POISE IN THE POCKET, ALL THE THINGS.

320 YARDS LAST NIGHT IN THAT GAME, AND IT WAS WINDY.

THIS WAS NOT AN EASY DAY TO THROW THE BALL IN THE STADIUM WITH THE WIND CONDITIONS AND I THOUGHT HE PLAYED LIKE A PRO.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ZANE, HE'S ALMOST 6'4".

HE'S A LEGIT CLOSE 6'3"-6'4", VERY POISED, VERY TOUGH.

STARTED VARSITY AS A FRESHMAN, AND I BELIEVE THE FIRST EVER TO START VARSITY FOR GRETNA IN THEIR PROGRAM'S HISTORY.

>> WHAT'S THE PHRASE ABOUT THE QUARTERBACK WHO CAN GET -- THE PHRASE YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT?

>> FUNCTIONAL RUNNER.

>> TO ME, THAT'S ZANE FLORES.

TO ME, THAT'S ZANE FLORES.

THAT KID CAN SPIN IT.

HE CAN THROW.

HE HAS STRENGTH.

I'VE SEEN A LOT OF FOOTBALL.

FOR A KID TO STEP UP THERE AND PLAY AGAINST A DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION IN WESTSIDE, AND COMPLETE THE PASSES LIKE HE WAS ABLE TO DO, AND HAS SOME FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY -- I'M SURPRISED NEBRASKA -- I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD GIVE HIM A SHOT.

>> YOU ASK ABOUT THE RECRUITING.

WHAT'S HURT A GUY LIKE ZANE FLORES IS THE PANDEMIC.

HIS FRESHMAN YEAR, WHEN HE STARTED, WAS THE LAST TIME COACHES COULD GO OUT ON THE ROAD.

THIS SEASON, THEY COULD GO INTO SCHOOLS AND POP IN AND OUT, BUT HE REALLY HASN'T HAD ANY LIVE BUILDING ACTION WITH COACHES COMING IN TO GRETNA, EYEBALLING HIM, WATCHING HIM GO TO P.E.

CLASS.

>> AND HE HAD A POOR CAMP, TOO, RIGHT?

AT NEBRASKA?

>> I WOULDN'T SAY IT WAS A POOR CAMP, BUT I DON'T THINK HE WAS ON REALLY MARIO VERDUZCO'S RYE DARE.

>> SURE.

>> AND J.J. COLE REALLY WASN'T.

AND MARIO HAD HIS OWN TYPE OF TASTE.

AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING WHAT THE NEW QUARTERBACK'S COACH, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR -- HOW THEY LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I DO THINK THE CRIES FOR ZANE FLORES ARE GOING TO GROW LOUDER.

>> LET'S TALK DOMINIC REZAC WHO DIDN'T SHOW EVERYTHING HE COULD BECAUSE HE WAS INJURED LAST NIGHT BUT THIS IS A KICKOFF RETURNER.

CAN PLAY SOME DEFENSE AND A RUNNING BACK.

>> YEAH, IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

HIS FINAL GAME AS A HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER, HE HAD BATTLED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A CALF INJURY.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD AFTER THE GAME AND IT REALLY AFFECTED HIS ABILITY TO KIND OF EXPLODE AND CUT AND GO.

HE STILL HAD THAT STRAIGHT-LINE SPEED AT TIMES, BUT THIS CLEARLY WASN'T QUITE THE SAME BACK HE WAS.

REMARKABLE ATHLETE AT WESTSIDE.

DID SO MANY THINGS ON THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM A YEAR AGO.

WAS A GUY THAT WAS RIGHT THERE BUT, ON A YEAR WHEN EVERYONE'S LIMITED ON THEIR NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE SUPER SENIOR RULE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, HE WAS KIND OF LIKE, "YOU'RE OUR NEXT GUY."

"YOU'RE OUR NEXT GUY."

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

HE SAID, "I'M NOT GOING TO WAIT AROUND.

I'M JUMPING ON THIS AIR FORCE OPPORTUNITY."

>> WESTSIDE HAS GOT A LOT OF REALLY GOOD YOUNG PLAYERS.

CALEB BENNING IS ONE OF THEM, A GUY WHO HAD A VERY SHORT OFFSEASON BECAUSE HE HAD SOME BACK ISSUES.

HE FINALLY GETS IN THERE TO PLAY.

HE'S A TACKLING MACHINE AT THE SAFETY POSITION.

>> YEAH, I THINK CALEB BENNING'S RECRUITING PROCESS IS GOING TO PICK UP EXTREMELY QUICK HERE.

I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF NEBRASKA'S OFFER CAME IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.

I THINK IT'S COMING SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, BASED ON WHAT HE HAS SHOWN AS A SOPHOMORE, AS A DEFENSIVE BACK.

HE IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BEST, IF NOT THE BEST RECEIVER, AS WELL.

A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE.

AND THE TOUGHNESS.

HE IS A VERY FOCUSED, DETERMINED KID AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BY THE WAY HE PLAYS.

>> HE IS AND OBVIOUSLY HIS DAD PLAYED AT NEBRASKA, AND HAS WORKED HIM THROUGH DUAL-SPORT ATHLETE, DONE A LOT OF THINGS, CLASS OF 2024.

BEN BRAHMER.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM.

>> ANOTHER COACH'S SON, COMMITTED TO NEBRASKA, WE GOT TO SEE HIM IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME NOW FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

PIERCE CAME UP SHORT, BUT SUCH GREAT SIZE AND LENGTH.

A 1000-YARD RECEIVER THIS PAST YEAR FOR PIERCE.

YOU KNOW, THEY LOST A LOT FROM THAT STATE TITLE TEAM A YEAR AGO.

THEY HAD THEIR HANDS FULL AT TIMES AGAINST LAKEVIEW, BUT BRAHMER DEFINITELY, TO ME, WAS THE GUY ON THE FIELD.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PROSPECTS AND WHAT HE BRINGS.

ALREADY RANKED AS A FOUR-STAR FOR 2023.

>> I TRUST MATT VERSA WHO SAYS HE'S THE REAL DEAL.

HE WENT TO WATCH HIM IN PRACTICE AND SAID HE'S THE REAL DEAL.

KOA McINTYRE.

>> KOA McINTYRE KIND OF THE SAME CAMP AS DOM REZAC.

A LOT OF OTHER YEARS, THIS GUY MIGHT BE A NEBRASKA, MIGHT BE A KANSAS STATE-TYPE OFFER, BUT HE'S LIMITED.

THE NUMBERS KIND OF HURT HIM, TOO.

HE PLAYS QUARTERBACK, CLASS C-2 SCHOOL, BUT HE HAS ELITE TRACK SPEED.

HE A 10:08-TYPE KID.

38-INCH-TYPE VERTICAL, PROBABLY A SAFETY AT WYOMING.

>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS THE DAY AFTER ANY OF THESE GAMES, MY DMs ON TWITTER CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT WHY THIS GUY HASN'T BEEN OFFERED YET.

THAT WAS DYLAN MOSTEK.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T SEE HIM PLAY DURING THE SEASON.

HE HAS THIS GREAT GAME.

WHAT ABOUT DYLAN MOSTEK?

>> WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT KOA HERE.

>> KOA, SORRY.

>> AND I WANT TO MENTION TOO HIS BROTHER KADE McINTRYE.

KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.

>> OKAY.

>> HE IS A JUNIOR.

AND HE'S AN OUTSIDE LINEBACKER GUY AND MATT VERSA ON THE BROADCAST REALLY WAS LIKE, "THIS IS A GUY THAT WISCONSIN OR SOMEONE'S GOING TO MAKE AN OLB BUT HE COULD BE ANOTHER GAGE STENGER-TYPE GUY THAT EMERGES" BUT DYLAN MOSTEK, BENNINGTON.

HE'S A KID THAT CAME TO BENNINGTON FROM NORRIS.

HE PLAYED HIS FIRST TWO YEARS AT NORRIS, WAS ON A STATE CHAMPION 4x1 RELAY TEAM AS A SOPHOMORE.

RAN WITH JAMES CARNIE, ASHTON HAUSMANN ON A 4x1 RELAY TEAM, MOVED OR TRANSFERRED TO BENNINGTON THE LAST TWO YEARS, WAS NOT EVEN A THOUSAND-YARD GUY AS A JUNIOR.

HE WAS LIKE A 500, 600-YARD GUY.

>> HE WAS BACKING UP.

THERE WAS A STARTER IN FRONT OF HIM.

>> AND THEN HE COMES OUT THIS YEAR AND GOES FOR 3,100 YARDS, REMARKABLE SEASON.

I TALKED TO HIM AFTER THE GAME.

I WAS LIKE, "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO DO?"

HE'S GOT A WAYNE STATE OFFER, BUT HE TOLD ME TRACK.

I THINK THAT PROBABLY COMES AS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

HE IS A 22'7" LONG JUMPER, AND HE'S A 10:08 GUY IN THE 100s SO HE'S GOT A CHANCE TO WIN CLASS-B IN BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS THIS YEAR.

>> WHEN YOU STAND ON THE SIDE AND WATCH HIM GO BY, YOU REALIZE HOW FAST HE WAS.

>> THAT 89-YARDER?

WHERE HE CUT IT UP THERE?

AND HE BROKE AWAY?

LOOKED AT THAT AND HE ABSOLUTELY TURNED THE BURNERS ON.

HE WAS -- THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

>> DAMON BENNING COMPARED IT TO A RUN BY LAWRENCE PHILLIPS.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT A BIG-TIME COMPARISON?

THAT'S A PRETTY BIG COMPARISON RIGHT THERE.

HE SAID IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.

SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S GO LOOK AROUND THE BIG 10 NOW.

IT WAS OF COURSE A BUSY WEEKEND AS IT ALWAYS IS.

OHIO STATE DOMINATED MICHIGAN STATE, 56-7.

THE GOLDEN GOPHERS OF MINNESOTA TOOK DOWN INDIANA 35-14.

AND AS IOWA OFTEN DOES, OUTLASTED ILLINOIS 33-23.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE HAWKEYES NOW.

WE'VE SEEN WHAT WE CAN DO, EVEN IN GAMES WHERE THEY'RE OUTGAINED, THE LAST THREE GAMES THEY WON, THEY HAD BEEN OUTGAINED.

BUT AS BO PELINI SAYS, IT'S NOT ABOUT YARDS, IT'S ABOUT POINTS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS?

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GRIND.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE ONE.

I DO.

I THINK NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE IS ABLE TO HANG WITH IOWA'S OFFENSE, JUST TO LIMIT THE GASH PLAYS.

I THINK YOU GET THOSE STRETCH PLAYS GOING A LITTLE BIT, AND IF GOODSON CAN GET NORTH TO SOUTH TO SOME OF THOSE, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT THAT EDGE, AND LIMIT THE PLAY ACTION LIKE THEY DO THE BOOTS.

YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH LaPORTA ON SOME OF THOSE BOOTS AND PLAY ACTIONS OFF THE STRETCH PLAYS, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF NEBRASKA CAN TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL -- BECAUSE IOWA HAS BEEN SO GOOD IN THAT SECONDARY, IN CREATING TURNOVERS AND INTERCEPTIONS-- IF THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL AND THEN GET POINTS WHEN THEY NEED TO -- THE KICKING GAME -- I THINK NEBRASKA HAS A SHOT.

IT WOULD BE CRAZY NOT TO THINK THEY DON'T HAVE A SHOT.

IT'S JUST, CAN THEY CAPITALIZE?

CAN THEY MAKE THE FIELD GOALS?

CAN THEY MAKE THE SIMPLE PLAYS, AND CAN THEY WIN UGLY BECAUSE IOWA HAS DONE THAT UNDER FERENTZ.

THEY KNOW HOW TO WIN UGLY AND CAN NEBRASKA?

>> COACH FERENTZ CAN BE KIND OF FRUSTRATING TO FANS BECAUSE HE'S NOT WILLING TO MAKE CHANGES.

KIND OF LOOKED UP.

PETRAS GETS HURT, PADILLA COMES IN, AND HE CERTAINLY HAS PLAYED BETTER.

>> YEAH, THEIR OFFENSE.

YOU LOOK AT IT, THOUGH.

THE LAST RUN THEY'VE HAD, THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST YEAR THEY'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME, AND THEY'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE NFL QUARTERBACKS BEFORE PETRAS AND PADILLA SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE GOODSON VERY CLOSE TO A THOUSAND YARDS RUSHING.

KEAGAN JOHNSON.

HE'S ONE THAT INTRIGUES ME.

>> DYNAMIC.

>> YOU KNOW THIS GAME MEANS SOMETHING TO HIM, COMING INTO THIS STADIUM, HOW HE COMES AT IT.

THIS IS A GOOD MATCH-UP FOR NEBRASKA ON DEFENSE.

WHAT WE DON'T KNOW: DAMION DANIELS, WILL HE PLAY?

CALEB TANNOR?

DEONTAI WILLIAMS, SO MANY PIECES TO THIS DEFENSE THAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR NEBRASKA ON FRIDAY IF THOSE GUYS PLAY.

>> WHAT MADE IT TOUGH IS THE SHORT WEEK, RIGHT?

CALEB TANNOR OBVIOUSLY GOT BANGED UP.

YOU SAW KIND OF A HEAD THING, THAT SHORT TURNAROUND MAKES IT HARD TO GET BACK.

>> IT DOES.

IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THIS YEAR AND IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, NEBRASKA HAS NOT PLAYED WELL COMING OFF BYE WEEKS.

>> IT'S TRUE.

WORST TACKLING GAMES HAVE BEEN OFF OF BYE WEEKS.

>> YEAH, SO I WONDER IF THEY CAN FINALLY PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, SHORT TURNAROUND.

YOU KIND OF JUST -- YOU'RE ABLE TO FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A MORE CONDENSED GAME PLAN, YOU STREAMLINE AND FOCUS.

YOU JUST GO OUT AND PLAY.

YOU FORGET ABOUT THE WISCONSIN GAME.

YOU JUST GO PLAY AND I THINK MAYBE THEY COME OUT AND TACKLE WELL AND THEY PLAY WELL JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED WELL WHEN THEY HAVE A COUPLE WEEKS OFF SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET OVER SOME INJURIES AN STUFF BUT HEY, IT'S THE LAST ONE FOR THESE GUYS, YOU KNOW, WITH A LOT OF SENIORS, LAST GAME OF THE YEAR SO YOU GOTTA GET IN THE COLD TUBS, GET IN THE HOT TUBS, DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO GET READY FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A BRUISER.

>> IS THERE ANYBODY YOU THINK YOU'D BE SURPRISED BY THAT COMES BACK NEXT YEAR?

MAYBE WALKS?

DOESN'T GET THE REVIEW THEY THINK FROM THE NFL AND COMES BACK?

>> I THINK VOKOLEK IS COMING BACK.

>> OKAY.

WHAT ABOUT CAM JURGENS?

>> I THINK HE'S PROBABLY COMING BACK.

NIL WILL PROBABLY PLAY A FACTOR WITH CAM JURGENS.

>> BUT HE'S AN NFL DRAFT PICK.

>> I THINK HE WILL BE, YEAH.

THIS MATCHUP WITH LINDERBAUM AND HIM, THE TWO CENTERS.

I MEAN, THERE'LL BE SOME EYES ON THAT AND THEN DAMION DANIELS.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT INTRIGUES ME THE MOST FO ANY OF THEM.

I LEAN TOWARDS HIM COMING BACK, BUT VINCENT VALENTINE, SIMILAR SPOT A FEW YEARS AGO AND PEOPLE WERE LIKE, "WHY DID HE GO?"

>> ENDED UP BEING A FOURTH ROUNDER.

>> DAMION DANIELS COULD EASILY FIND HIMSELF IN THAT TYPE OF CATEGORY, BUT I STILL DON'T THINK HE HAD NEAR THE PRODUCTION, OBVIOUSLY, OF A VINCENT VALENTINE.

>> DAMION DANIELS, IF YOU LOOK AT IT, LAST YEAR AGAINST IOWA, HE GOES AGAINST A GUY LIKE LINDERBAUM AND ACTUALLY CONTROLS HIM A LITTLE BIT AND HAD A GOOD GAME.

THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY IF HE COULD PLAY TO PUT MORE TAPE IN AND MAYBE GET HIMSELF A DRAFT PICK.

>> YEAH, WITHOUT A DOUBT.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF MATCH-UP YOU WANT.

YOU KNOW WHEN SCOUTS WILL LOOK AT HIS FILM, THEY'LL GO RIGHT TO THIS GAME.

LINDERBAUM IS ONE OF THE BEST - IS THE BEST CENTER IN THE COUNTRY.

HE'S GOING TO BE A SURE FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK SO IF HE'S ABOUT TO GO, I IMAGINE HE IS GOING TO WANT TO STRAP IT UP AND SHOW THAT HEY, I DID IT LAST YEAR AGAINST HIM.

I'M GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.

>> NEBRASKA HAS PLAYED SIX REALLY GOOD TEAMS, TEAMS THAT CAN GET TO 9-10 WINS.

I THINK IOWA MAY BE THE WORST OF THE SIX.

IT'S EITHER THEM OR MICHIGAN STATE, I THINK.

>> WELL, YOU LOOK AT IOWA.

WHO ARE THEIR BEST WINS?

WHEN YOU REALLY LAY IT DOWN.

THEY BEAT IOWA STATE.

>> YEP.

THE MINNESOTA WIN WAS A GOOD WIN.

>> THE MINNESOTA WIN WAS A GOOD WIN.

THE PENN STATE GAME IS PROBABLY THEIR BEST WIN.

>> YEAH, AND THAT COMES WHEN A QUARTERBACK GETS OUT.

>> THEY KNOCKED OUT CLIFFORD AND CHANGED THAT GAME AT IOWA CITY SO THEY'VE HAD THE LUXURY OF A REALLY NICE SCHEDULE.

THEIR CROSSOVER MATCH-UPS ARE MUCH MORE FAVORABLE THAN NEBRASKA'S.

>> OH, YEAH, EVERY YEAR.

>> AND I THINK TV RATINGS IS A FACTOR.

NEBRASKA DRAWS THESE BETTER CROSSOVER GAMES BECAUSE THEY PLAY UP A WEIGHT CLASS BECAUSE THEY DRAW A BETTER RATING WHEN THEY'RE ON TV AND THE BIG 10 PUTS NEBRASKA AND WISCONSIN IN MORE OF THOSE GAMES FOR WHATEVER REASON THAN IOWA.

>> WE TALK A LOT ABOUT SENIORS.

BEN STILLE.

I COULD SEE HIM COMING OUT WITH HIS HAIR ON FIRE ON FRIDAY.

>> HE'D BETTER.

HE'S BEEN HERE FOR SIX YEARS.

>> HE PLAYED YOU, I THINK!

>> YEAH, HE'S BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.

LIKE I SAID, I ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER, IT'S A SPECIAL DAY FOR THESE GUYS.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE YOUR EMOTIONS IN CHECK, BECAUSE IT'S THE LAST DAY THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY.

THERE IS A GUY WHO CAN REALLY TURN IT UP AN EXTRA NOTCH.

HE'S PLAYED REALLY WELL THIS YEAR.

IF HE CAN TAKE IT UP ANOTHER LEVEL, TO FINALLY BEAT IOWA WHILE HE'S BEEN HERE WOULD BE REALLY SPECIAL.

>> I HAD A COUPLE OF BURNING QUESTIONS IN MY HEAD, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ONE OF THEM.

CAN NEBRASKA BREAK EVEN ON SPECIAL TEAMS ON FRIDAY?

>> I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE THE UPSET OF UPSETS, BECAUSE IOWA, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EDGES IN THIS GAME, THEIR RETURN GAME, THEIR KICKING GAME, THEIR PUNTING GAME -- SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES IN ALL OF THOSE AREAS, AND IF NEBRASKA CAN JUST DO SOMETHING IN THOSE PHASES AND LIMIT THAT, THAT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY THE DIFFERENCE.

>> AND CAN THEY GET PASS RUSH ON A GUY WHO IS FUNCTIONALLY MOBILE IN PADILLA?

HE CAN CERTAINLY GET AROUND.

IF THEY CAN DO THAT, THEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN SOME PASS RUSH AGAINST A COUPLE DIFFERENT GUYS.

I THINK THE BEST PASS RUSH THAT OHIO STATE'S SEEN ALL YEAR LONG WAS AGAINST NEBRASKA.

>> YEAH, THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AGAINST OHIO STATE.

OHIO STATE IS PROBABLY THE BEST OFFENSIVE LINE ARGUABLY IN THE BIG 10, IN MY OPINION.

BUT HOW IS IOWA GOING TO APPROACH THIS?

ARE THEY GOING TO COME OUT?

BECAUSE THEY CAN COME OUT IN 20-2 PERSONNEL, TWO BACKS, TWO TIGHT ENDS.

ARE THEY GOING TO KEEP SEVEN GUYS INTO PROTECT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE STRETCH GAME AND YOU'LL HAVE THE PLAY ACTION, THE BOOTS OFF OF IT, LIKE YOU'VE SEEN FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS WITH FERENTZ'S OFFENSE?

WHEN IT'S THIRD AND OBVIOUS, IN PASSING SITUATIONS, CAN THEY DIAL UP THE PRESSURE AND GET TO PADILLA AND CAPITALIZE, OR ARE THEY GOING TO TRY TO SAY, HE HAS A LITTLE MORE MOBILITY.

WE WANT TO SIT BACK AND LIMIT SOME THINGS.

BUT IF THEY'RE ABLE TO GET OFF THE FIELD AT THIRD AND LONG, WE'LL TAKE THAT ALL DAY.

>> IF IT COMES DOWN TO A FIELD GOAL, DO THEY TRY IT?

DOES NEBRASKA TRY THE FIELD GOAL?

>> LET'S SEE WHAT THE WIND'S DOING.

WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE LOW 60s, SO THAT'S GOING TO BRING PROBABLY A HEAVY SOUTH WIND.

THE WAY IT SWIRLS IN THE END ZONES, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A FACTOR IN KICKING DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO EXPECT SOME WIND IN THIS STADIUM ON FRIDAY.

>> BY THE WAY, NEBRASKA NUMBER ONE PLACE KICKING DEFENSE, IN ALL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

12 TO 23 OPPONENTS HAVE BEEN AGAINST NEBRASKA KICKING FIELD GOALS.

>> YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND ONE STAT.

>> THERE'S ALWAYS ONE STAT!

>> IT'S REALLY NOT A STAT, I KIND OF MADE IT UP, BUT IT'S JUST SHOWS YOU THAT IT'S HARD TO KICK HERE, IT'S HARD TO KICK IN THE BIG 10, BECAUSE OF WEATHER AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

>> OUTDOORS -- YOU GET EVERYTHING.

OHIO STATE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ISSUES THIS YEAR.

THAT GUY WAS PRETTY GOOD.

>> YEAH, HE FINALLY MISSED ONE!

LAST WEEK, SO YEAH.

>> THEY GOT A 56-7 GAME.

>> LET'S GO NOW, BURNING QUESTIONS.

WE START WITH YOU, SEAN.

>> LOGAN SMOTHERS.

THIS IS HIS AUDITION.

IS HE READY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY?

CAN LOGAN SMOTHERS MAXIMIZE THIS START ON THE BIG STAGE?

>> SENIOR DAY.

I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT THIS YEAR.

CAN THESE SENIORS, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT, CAN THEY GET A WIN AGAINST IOWA AND GO OUT WITH A WIN IN A TOUGH FOUR, FIVE, SIX YEARS FROM THESE GUYS.

>> IOWA LOVES TO BEAT NEBRASKA.

ARE YOU TIRED OF THAT TEAM BEATING YOU?

YOU'VE GOT TO PLAY LIKE THEY PLAY.

YOU HATE THEM, THEY HATE YOU.

GO OUT AND WIN A RIVALRY GAME, WIN A CLOSE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A VERY LONG TIME.

LET'S HEAD, OF COURSE, TO THE WEBSITE FOR YOU TO GO AND CHECK OUT OUR PREDICTION.

ANY TIME YOU GO THERE, EVERY SINGLE WEEK, WE DO A PREDICTION.

JAY AND I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT ON SATURDAY.

NEBRASKA WRAPS UP THE 2021 SEASON ON FRIDAY AS THEY HOST THE IOWA HAWKEYES.

KICKOFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 12:30 CENTRAL TIME ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK.

OF COURSE, WE'RE BACK NEXT WEEK ON OUR REGULAR NIGHT TO BREAK THE GAME DOWN WITH SPECIAL GUEST 10-11 SPORTS DIRECTOR KEVIN SJUTS!

OUR THANKS TO PARKER GABRIEL FOR COMING ON WITH US, OF COURSE JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN, AS WELL.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

LIC MEDIA'S "BIG RED WRAP-UP".

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