Mike’l Severe, Damon Benning and Sean Callahan discuss the Husker happenings during the Bye Week. Former Husker Brent Qvale is a special guest along with Sean Fitz from Blue White Illustrated.
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[MUSIC] THE HUSKERS ARE WELL-RESTED
AND HEADING TO HAPPY VALLEY TO TRY TO GET TO EIGHT WINS.
WE PREVIEW THE GAME AND CHAT ABOUT THE SEASON THUS
FAR, AND WE TALK WOMEN’S TACKLE FOOTBALL TONIGHT ON
BIG RED WRAP-UP. [MUSIC]
[MUSIC] HI EVERYONE!
[MUSIC] I’M MIKE’L SEVERE AND
WELCOME TO BIG RED WRAP-UP ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.
THE HUSKERS ARE TRYING TO GET ITS HIGHEST WIN TOTAL
SINCE 2016 AT PENN STATE THIS WEEK. AND WE WANT TO
HEAR YOUR OPINION. YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US, OF COURSE,
ON FACEBOOK LATER. OF COURSE, YOUAN ALSO EMAIL
US AS WELL. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BOWL GAME.
WOULD YOU LIKE SEE THE HUSKERS IN. THIS IS THE
SILINE SURVEY FROM LAST WEEK. CITRUS BOWL 42% THE
HIGHEST ONE IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. AND THEN OF COURSE
22% TIED FOR TAMPA AND NASHVILLE.
[MUSIC] THIS WEEK’S QUESTION HOW
MANY TEAMS DO YOU THINKHE BIG TEN WILL GET IN THE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF? [MUSIC]
ONE. TWO THREE. FOUR. FIVE. 20% SAYS TWO. 45% SAY THREE.
AND OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS HOPE THAT MICHIGAN
BEATS OHIO STAND MAYBE THEY GET FOUR. CHAT MORE
ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON WITH NEBRASKA RHT NOW. FORMER
HUSKER DAMON BENNING AND OF COURSE, SEAN CALLAHAN.
MICHIGAN DOE CONTROL THEIR FATE STILL, AND IF THEY CAN
WIN FOR THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW OVER OHIO STATE, THAT
WOULD BE THAT. THAT WOULD BE CRAZY.
>>EAH. JUST BECAUSE I THINKIDEAL
THERE’S A IT’S NOT TOO FAR FETCHED OF A WORLD WHERE I
COULD BOTH GET IN. AND THEN YOU GET YOUR G5. YEAH. AND
THEN GO FOUR AND FOUR. AND THEN IT GETS INTERESTING
WITH OR FOUR FROM THE BIG TEN. THEN IT GETS
INTERESTING WITH CAN TWO GET IN FM THE BIG 12
WHICH REALLY SQUEEZES THE SEC, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT
I’M AFTER. >> OF COURSE, ON THE OTHER
SIDE, USC GETS UPSET OVER OREGON. OHIO STATE STILL
BEATS MICHIGAN, USC LOSE. IT COULD BE TWO AS EASY,
RIGHT? I MEAN, IT COULD GO BACK AND FORTH PRETTY
EASILY. >> DO YOU LOOK AT SC OREGON
AS AN ELIMINATION GAME FOR OREGON?
>> YES.ES. >> THEIR THEIR RESUME IS
SHAKY. >> YEAH. THE WAY THEY HAVE.
>> THEM WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT’S BECAUSE RIGHT NOW.
>> BECAUSE THEIR BIG WIN AGAINST PENN STATE OF
COURSE IS NO LONGER. >> THEY HAVE WASHINGTON
AFTER USC. >> YES, EXACTLY. SO YEAH IT
COULD GO EITHER WAY. THOUGHTS SO FAR ON THE
SEASON AND AND HOW AS A FORMER PLAYER DO YOU TREAT
THE BYE WEEK. WHAT’S IMPORTANT PART OF THE BYE
WEEK FOROU GUYS. >> SO I THINK IT WAS
INRESTING THAT THEY’RE COMING OFF THE WIN AGAINST
UCLA FOR THE BYE WEEK BECAUSE IT IT CHANGES YOUR
PREPARATION TO SOME DEGREE. I THINK YOU ALWAYS WA TO
BE YOUR OWN BENCHMARK, BUT REALISTICALLY YOU GET A
LITTLE MORE PEP IN YOUR STEP BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING
TO GET THE EXTRA TWO DAYS OF PREP. YOU TREAT THE REAL
REST DAY AS AN ACTIVE REST DAY, BECAUSE YOU WANTO
STAY BUSY AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM.OUR MOOD IS
DIFFERENT, SO I THINK YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS KICKS IN ABOUT
TO STAY AGGRESSIVE, SO YOU ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF REST AND RECOVERY. THAT’S NUMBER ONE.
BUT WHEN YOU START TO IMPLEMENT THAT GAME PLAN
EARLY AND YOU GET THE IPAD AND THEY’RE DOING THEIR
INSTALL, MAN, YOU’RE LOCKED AND LOADED AND YOU KNOW
THAT YOU’RE ON, YOU’RE ON. YOU’ GOING TO A TOUGH
PLACE. AND PROBABLY YOUR FIRST TRUE ROAD GAME. I
THINK YOU WA TO ALWAYS WANT TOE ON ATTACK MODE
WITH THE BYE WEEK. >> SO THERE’S A BYE WEEK IN
BETWEEN. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE SAW THIS EARLIER IN THE
SEASON. THEY BEAT MARYLAND. THEN THEY HAD TO GO TO
MINNESOTA. YOUR FEEL ABOUT ADJUSTING TO WHATEVER
DIDN’T GO QUITE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
>> YEAH I THK THIS IS DIFFERENT FOR NEBRASKA.
JUST HAVING THE WEEK OFF TO GET READY FOR THIS TRIP. I
MEAN THAT AND YOU BROUGHT THE POINT UP, THE STAT
NOT WINNING THE BACK TO BACK WEEKS ON THE ROAD, HOW
HARD THAT IS TO DO. I THINK THE MOMENTUM OF A GETTING
THEIN, THEN HAVING THE WEEK OFF TO KIND OF RECOVER,
LOOK AT THINGS CLOSER, TCH PENN STATE PLAY. BUT
PENN STE WAS AT HOME OR PENNTATE WAS ON THE ROAD
LAST WEEK. SO I JUST THINK THEY’RE IN A DIFFERENT
POSITION THAT MARYLAND. MINNESOTA WAS A UNIQUE
THE THE SHORTENED WEEK OUT AT MINNEAPOLIS. NOW
NEBRASKA’S GOING TO SEE A FFERENT VERSN OF THAT
WITH THE SHORTENED WEEK AT HOME WITH A VERY PHYSICAL
IOWA TEAM THAT’S GOING TO COME TO LINCOLN ON BLACK
FRIDAY. BYE WEEK FOR EMMETT JOHNSON?
WE TALKED SO MUCH EARLY ABOUT HOW MANY CARRIES HE
WAS GETTING THE LAST FOUR WEEKS. OBVIOUSLY, HE’S BEEN
RUNNING THE BALL A LOT. HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT FOR HIM?
>> WELL, IT WAS IORTANT, RIGHT. BUT FOR EJ HE HE
DOESN’T TAKE TIME OFF. RIGHT. EVEN WHEN HE COULD
HE COULD CUT REPS DOWN OR MAYBE GET LIGHT WORKHE’S
CONSTANTLY GETTING REPS. HE’S ONE OF THOSE GUYS
THAT’S A RHYTHM AND FEEL GUY. SO HE LIKES TO STAY
BUSY. HE ES THE RIGHT WAY. HE TAKESOOD CARE OF HIS
BODY AND SO FOR HIM, MAN, YOU ALMOST WANT TO STAY IN
A RHYTHM. BUT HE’S SMART. HE’S PLAYED THE LONG GAME
WITH HIS BODY AND HE DOESN’T TAKE A LOT OF GOOD
SHOTS IN TERMS OF DIRECT. SO I THINK HE ENJOYS THE
TIME OFF. HE GOT A CHANCE TO CAMPAIGN A LITT BIT.
NOW LET’S SEE IF HE CAN PUT IT TOGETHER IN A IN A GOOD
PERFORMANCE. >> DOESN’T TAKE LOT OF
BIG SHOTS. RANDOM NAME. BUT PIERRE THOMAS, THAT’S WHO
HE IS. >> OH THE TIPTOE.
>> ALWAYS TURNED HIS SHOULDER. TREY JUST JUST
SUBTLE. YEAH.URNS REALLY EVER TOOK A BIG SHOT. WHAT
ABOUT IN TERMS OF AND DAMON WAMENTIONING RHYTHM
GETTING TJ LATEEF ANOTHER WEEK RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO
GET INTO THE OFFENSE, GET UNDER COROL, UNDERSTAND
WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO BEFORE GOING ON THE ROAD IN THIS
TOUGH TRIP. >>EAH. THEY GAVE HIM A
REALLY SIMPLE MENU AT UCLA, JUST THE WAY THEY USED HIM,
THE WAY HE HAD CONFIDENCE IN WHAT HE WAS DOING. NOW
THAT’S ALL ON FILM. AND NOW JIM KNOWLES HAS HAD TE TO
LOOK AT THAT. SO I THINK HOW DO YOU PIVOT OFF OF
WHAT HE DID AT UCLA? FIND SOME MORE THINGS THAT YOU
KNOW COULD HURT PENN STE. WEW PENSTATE HAS
STRUGGLED, WHICH EVERYBODY STRUGGLES IN A WAY WITH
MOBILEUARTERBACK SO HOW CAN YOU UTILIZE THAT
MOBILITY THIS WEEK TO GET THIS VERY AGGRESSIVE PENN
STATE DEFENSE OFF BALANCE. YOU KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO
BRING NUMBERS AT LATEEF TO SEE HOW HE HANDLES IT. JIM
KNOWLES DID SOMETHING SIMILAR LAST YEAR TO DYLAN
RAIOLA IN COLUMBUS WHEN HE WAS AT OHIO STATE. AND YOU
HAVE TO THINK HE’S GOING TO HAVE A SIMILAR AGGRESSIVE
GAME PLAN TO GET AFTER LATEEF.
>> NOT TO DISAGREE WITH SEAN AT ALL. I SAW PLAYS
THAT THEY HADN’T RUN BEFORE, SO THEY ADDED SOME THINGS.
>> RIGHT. I’M IN AGREEMENT. I’M ON THIS.
>> THEY ADDED STUFF. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT IT LOOKED
SIMPLE BECAUSE YOU WERE GOG AGAINST UCLA AND
BECAUSE HE LOOKED LIKE WAS IN RHYTHM, BUT THEY
ADDED STUFF. THAT PLAY WE JUST SAW. I DI’T SEE THAT
PLAY ALL SEASON. >> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW. RUNNING THE DUO THE PLAY OF
ACTION OFF DUO PUTTING HIM IN UNDERNEATH CENTER A
LITTLE BIT MORE AND PUTTING EJ DIRECTLY BEHIND THE
RUNNING BACK. IT WAS SUBTLE BUT IT WAS IT WAS DIFFERENT.
AND I THINK THE THING THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT TJ, HE’S
HE’S BRIGHT. HIS FOOTBALL ACUMEN IS AT A HIGH, HIGH
LEVEL. ANDE PREPARES LIKE A PRO. SO THEY’LL CONTINUE
TO BUILD ON IT AND HIS CONFIDENCE WILL GROW TOO.
BUT TO TO AGREE WITH SEAN, THE PRESSURE PACKAGE WILL
PROBABLY LOOK A LOT MORE LIKE THE LAST FEW SERIES
AGAINST INDIANA. YEAH, THAN IT WILL WHAT HAPPENED IN
EA LANSING, BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU’RE PENN STATE,
I GET IT. YOU KNOW, THE COACH EFFECT BUMP AND MAYBE
YOU SETTLE IN AND NO NO OLLA VERSUS OLLA. BUT I
MEAN IF WE’RE HONEST FIU PENN STATE LOOKED A LOT
LIKE MICHIGAN STATE PENN STATE. SO YEAH, THAT WAS AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON WITH A HEALTHY QUARTERBACK
AND A FULL TEAM. IT’S STILL IS THE SAME PENN STATEEAM
THAT IT LOOKED A LOT LIKE WHAT WE SAW AT EA LANSING
LAST WEEK. >> WE’RE GOING TO TALK TO A
GUY WHO COVERS PENN STATE A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT WHAT
I’VE NOTICED WATCHING THEM THEY’RE PRESSURE PACKAGES
HAVE CHANGED. THEIR TWO BEST SACK GUYS COMBINED FOR
SIX OF THEIR EIGHT SACKS IN THE LAST FOUR GAMES.
THEY’VE BEEN GETTING AFTER IT MORE. THAT’S SOMETHING
R.VIOUSLY THEY GET READY >> YEAH, I THINK THEY JUST
HAVE BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE AS THE MATCHUPS HAVE
CHANGED. I MEAN, I FELT LIKE WHEN THE SCHEDULE WAS
HARDER, THEY PLAYED WITH PRESSURE, THE OREGON GAME,
THEY JUST DIDN’T REALLY PLAY TO WIN THAT GAME. WHEN
THEY WERSO CONSERVATIVET, AT TIMES WITH WHAT THEY DID.
>> IT WAS A JAMES FRANKLIN GAME.
>> THEY LOOKED. WATCHING AND YOU KNOW, YOU ST
THINK ABOUT HOW FAR THINGS HAVE COME. JAMES FRANKLIN
IS NOW THE HEAD COACH OF VIRGINIA TECH. YEAH. IN
THATREGON GA WASN’T THAT LONG AGO. I THINK
NOW THERE’S THIS NOTHING TO HEAVY FAVORITES BY ALMOST
TEN POINTS THIS WEEK. THEY’RE GOING TO BE HEAVY
FAVORITES AGAINST RUTGERS. GET TO SIX WINS. GET TO
MAYBE NEW YORK FOR THE PINSIPE BOWL. AND THAT’S
KIND OF WHAT PE STATE IS PLAYING FOR RIGHT NOW. THEY
PLAY FOR OTHER THAN, Y KNOW, EXTENDING THEIR
SEASON AND HOPEFULLY GETTING A BOWL.
>> TRIP, THE BACK END OF THAT OR THE OTHER SIDE OF
THAT COIN IS WITH THAT FRONT FIVE, SIX MAN
PRESSURES. THEY’VE THEY’VE BEEN VULNERABLE TO SOME BIG
PLAYS. AND WHAT’S HAPPENED IS, IS TEAMS HAVE THROWN
THE BALL OVER THEIR HEAD A LITTLE BIT. SO THEY’LL HAVE
TO SHORE THAT UP A LITTLE CAN SPIN IT AT A GOODNK TJ
ENOUGH LEVEL WITH THOSE GUYS OUTSIDE, WHERE YOU
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RUNNING AFTER THE CATCH, YOU SEND,
PLUS TWO PRESSURES YOU BETTER TACKLE ON THE BACK
END AND IT’S LEFT THEM A LITTLE BIT VULNERABLE.
>> AND ALSO PRETTY MUCH EVERY QUARTERBACK THEY’VE
GONE AGAINST WAS MOBILE HAS HAD A BIG NUMBERS. NICO
OBVIOUSLY HAD A HUGE GAME AGAINST THEM. EVEN MENDOZA
HAD TWO RUNS FOR FIRST DOWNS, HAD.
>> A RUN. HE HE SAVED THEIR BACON ON A COUPLE OF THOSE
THOSE SCRAMBLES EXTENDING >> YEAH. SO IT WOULDN’T BE
SURPRISED IF SOME OF THOSE RUN PLAYS FOR LATIFAH PUT
INTO IT TO GO AGAINST WHAT WE’VE EN ALREADY IS A
PROBLEM. >> FOR YEAH. SET THE TONE
EARLY WITH HIS LEGS AND KIND OF GET THEM OFF
BALANCEECAUSE IT’S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
QUARTERBACK THAN DYLAN RAIOLAYEAH. YOU KNOW SO
THE FILM THAT THEY WERE EPARING ON NEBRASKA THROW
IT OUT THE WINDOW I MEAN YOU DON’T HAVE AS MUCH TO
STUDY. BUT WE KNOW LATEEF’S ATHLETIC ABILITY CAN REALLY
GET YOU OFF BALANCE. WE SAW WITH UCLA OPENING PLAY OF
THME WHAT THEY DID. AND THAT REALLY SETHE TONE. I
FELT LIKE FOR THE REST OF E NIGHT, WITH HIS
MOBILITY, THAT THEY HAD TO DEFEND NEBRASKDIFFERENTLY
THAN MAYBE PREVIOUSLY WITH DYLAN RAIOLA.
>> YEAH, IT’S AN OLD WIVES TALE, BUT NOBODY TALKS
ABOUT THE SOUP AS LONG AS IT’S HOT. NOBODY TALKED
ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE LAST WEEK. I DON’T REMEMBER
HEARING MUCH OFFENSIVE LIN TALK ON MONDAY TUESDAY
AFTER THAT GAME. >> IT’S JUST INTERESTI
HOW I JUST, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME IT’S THE SAME
OFFENSIVE LINE THAT’S GOT A GUY MENTIONED IN THE
HEISMAN. HE’S A MAXWELL FINALIST. YOU’VE RAN THE
BALL WELL. YOU KNOW, YOU’VE PLAYED NINE DIFFERENT
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN. WHO KNOWS HOW MANY DIFFENT
COMBINATIONS. YOU’RE DOWN TWO OF YOUR TOP THREE
TACKLES. YOU HAD A GUYLIP POSITIONAND YOU CAN’T
LOOK ME IN THE. YOU CAN’T LOOK ME THE EYE WITH A
STRAIGHT FACE AND TELL ME PRITCHETT IS NOT A BETTER
PLAYER TODAY THAN WHEN THEY GOT HIM. SO WHILE ARE THEY
A PERFECT IT? ABSOLUTELY NOT. WERE THEY LEAKY OTHE
EDGES? A COUPLE OF GAMES, 100%, BUT I’M NOT YET READY
TO HAVTHE DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION. WHEN WE LOOK AT
IT IN ITS TOTALITY WITH CONTEXT ONLY.
>> THEY’VE GIVEN UP 24 SACKS IN BIG TEN PLAY, BUT
ONLY TWO OVER THE LAST THREE GAMES. SO OBVIOUSLY
SOMETHING HAS GOTTEN BETTER. >> YEAH, SINCE THAT
MINNESOTA NINE SACKAME. I MEAN, EVERYTHING HAS
CHANGED AND IT STARTS WITH GETTING THE BALL OUT OF THE
QUARTERBACK’S HAND. I MEAN, YOU’RE JUST NOT SEEING THE
QUARTERBACK HOLD THE BALL FOR FOUR PLUS SECONDS. AN
WE SAW AT TIMES WHETHER IT WAS PROTECTION ISSUES,
RECEIVERS NOT GETTING OPEN OR JUST THE QB HOLDING THE
BALL TOO LONGTHE BALL WAS IN THE QUARTERBACK’S HANDS
WAY TOO LONG, AND IT L TO ISSUES WITH EVERYTHING THEY
WERE DOING. I THINK DANA HOLGORSEN HAS DONE A MUCH
BETTER JOB OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE BALL OUT OF THE
QUARTERBACK’S HAND, NOT ALLOWING WHAT WE SAW
AGAINST MICHIGAN, WHAT WE SAW AGAINST MINNESOTA TO
HAPPEN AGAIN. >> PLUS, THEY’RE RUNNG
THE BALL. >> AND IT’S INTERESTING IF
WEE HONEST. JUST PULL OUT, GO 30,000FT AND BE
OBJECTIVE. WOULD YOU REALLY SURPRISED IF TWO OF THE
THREE INTERIOR LIMEN WERE HAD GOT POSTSEASON HONORS?
I MEAN, BETWEEN LITOVSKY, EVANS AND SPINDLER, THOSE
GUYS ARE PLAYING AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL. IT’S
JUST UNDERAPPRECIATED POTIONS, AND IT’S T AS
SEXY AS LOOKING AT WHAT’ HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF TACKLE.
>> BEFORE WE GET TO DEFENSE REAL QUICK, WE’RE NOT
TALKING ENOUGH ABOUT EVANS MOVING TO CENTER AND HOW
HE’S PLAYING. IT’S THE TOUGHEST POSITION ON THE
LINE IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING YOU NEED TONOW, ANDE IS
PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL. >>E’S FLOURISHED. HE I
MEAN HE’S NOT IT’S IT’S NOT JUST THE POSITION CHANGE.
IT’S YOU DON’T EVEN MENTION HIM FOR ANYTHING THAT’S
GOING WRONG. AND WE TAKE FOR GRANTED HIS ATHLETICISM.
WHEN IT GOES RIGHT, IT’S LIKE, OH THAT’S JUST THAT’S
JUST JUST IN BEING JUST. AND IT’S LIKE AGAIN, THE
CONVERSATION IN ITS TOTALITY WITH OFFENSIVE
LINE DEVELOPMENT, I GET WHAT’S EASY TO SEE
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GIVE UP 18 SACKS AND TWO GAMES
BETWEEN MICHIGANTATE AND MINNESOTA, RIGHT. IT GETS
UGLY IN A HUY. YEAH. BUT FROM A DEVELOPMENT
STANDPOINT I’LL LISTEN. >> YEAH. DEFENSIVE WISE WE
LOOK AT THE BLACKSHIRTS AND UP 28 SEVEN. THEY GIVE UP
THOSE LATE SCORES. YOU’RE FEELING ABOUT WHAT YOU’VE
SEEN FROM THE TEAM OVER THE LAST. EVER SINCE NEBRASKA
STARTED RUNNING THE BALL AND GETTING MORE TIME IN
POSSESSION. WHAT YOU’VE SEEN FROM THE DEFENSE.
>> WELL THE PASS DEFENSE HAS BEEN ELITE. AND I THINK
THE USC GAME REALLY SOLIDIFIED THAT. NOBODY DID
WHAT NEBRASKA DID TO MEKHI LEMON.
>> NOBODY, NOBODY. >>ND I HAD USC WRIRS
SAY THAT TO ME AFTER THE GAME. THEY’RE LIKE, WOW,
WHAT NEBRASKA SECONDARY DID TO USC’S REIVERS THAT
HADN’T BEEN DONE ALL YEAR. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY’VE
STRUGGLED, OBVIOUSLY WIT THE MOBILE QUARTERBACKS AND
STOPPING THE RUN AT TIMES. BUT THEY’VEEEN VERY GOOD
ABOUT NOT GIVING U THE BIG PLAYS. I THINK THAT’S THE
ONE THING WHEN TEAMS SCORE ON THE DEFENSE, IT’S LONG
DRIVES. IT’S 14, 15, 16 PLAY DRIVES. SO I THINK
THAT IS A POSITIVE THAT HEY, NO MATTER WHAT, THEY
HAVE TO EARN WHAT THEY GET AGAINST THIS BLACKSHIRT
DEFENSE. AND YOU KNOW, THERE’S BEEN MOMENTS WHERE
THEY’VE BEEN EXCELLENT. THE PASS RUSH WITH JUST FOUR
S JUST NOT BEEN WHAT YOU NEED IT TO BE THOUGH, TO TO
BE AN ELITE DEFENSE IN THE BIG TEN ALL AROUND.
>> YEAH. YOU FORCE SOMEBODY TO GO ON LONG DRIVES LIKE
GETTING PENALTIES, TURN THE BALL OVER ANTHAT SORT OF
THING. >> YEAH. AND WHAT’S
HAPPENING NOW IN COLLEGE. >> FOOTBALL, AND IN
PARTICULAR WITH THE COUPLE OF LONG DRIVES TT
NEBRASKA HAS GIVEN UP, THINK THEY HAVE FOUR DRIVES
OF6 PLAYS OR MORE ON 75% OF THOSE. THERE’S BEEN A
DEFENSIVE PENALTY THAT HAS EXTENDED THOSE DRIVES, TOO.
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANXCUSE AND AN
EXPLANATION IS ACCOUNTABILITY. SO NEBRASKA
HAS TO OWN THE FACT THAT THEY NEED TO BE A LITTLE
BIT MOREISCIPLINED. YOU GET A LITTLE HANDSY, YOU
GET A LITTLE GRABBY, YOU GET PIS, THOSE EXTEND
DRIVES. BUT WHEN TEAMS ARE TAKING FOUR DOWNS TO GET
TEN YARDS OR YOU GIVE UP A SCRAMBLE, SOME OF THAT
YOU’LL YOU’LL LIVE WITH, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON’T LOVE
IT BECAUSE YOU DON’T THINK IT’S SUSTAINABLE OVER THE
LONG HAUL. BUT TO TO SEAN’S POINT, THEY’RE NOT THROWING
IT OVER TO NEBRASKA. THEY’RE NOT THROWING IT
OVER NEBRASKA’S HEAD, AND THEY’RE NOT GIVING UP THE
EXPLOSIVES FOR SCORES. OVER TIME, THAT DOG WILL USUALLY
HUNT. >> NOW, YOU THINK ABOUT, I
THINK ALL THE WAY BACK TO THAT OHIO STATE GAME. YOU
KNOW, LAST YEAR WHEN JEREMIAH SMITH GOT OVER THE
TOP ON THE ONE. BUT I MEAN, YOU JUST DON’T I CAN’T EVEN
THINK OF REALLY ANY THAT HAVE BEEN OTHER THAN A PASS
INTERFERENCE THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN DEEP BALLS.
>> YOU THINK ABOUT HOW OPPOSITE THAT DEFENSE WAS.
THAT DEFENSE AT OHIO STATE ALLOWED ONE RUSHING FIRST
DOWN. IT WAS A QB SNEAK WHERE A FALSE START WASN’T
CALLED ON, RIGHT WHERE JEREMIAH SMITH OBVIOUSLY
DID WHAT HE DOES. YEAH, BUT THIS DEFENSE.
>> WHICH RELEASED THEY TURNED HIM FREE.
>> IT’S NOW THE PASS DEFENSE THAT’S BEENLITE
WHERE THE RUN DEFENSE HAS HAD ISSUES. MAYBE JUST
BEING CONSISTENT YOU KNOW GIVING UP A LOT OF 4 TO 8
YARD TYPE RUNS. AND THEN WHEN THEY GET TO THIRD AND
LONGS IT’S BEEN THE QB RUNS. YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE WE SE THE THIRD AND EIGHT AND LONGER ON A QB
PLAYET A FIRST DOWN. AND THAT’S BEEN, YOU KNOW, A
TOUGH BL AT TIMES FOR THE DEFENSE.
>> PROBABLY WON’T SEE THAT THIS WEEK WITH PENN STATE’S
BACKUP QUARTERBACK, BUT JUST GETTING MORE PRESSURE.
THEY’VE ONLY GIVENP 12 SACKS IN BIG TEN PLAY. WHAT
DO YOU THINK ABOUT NEBRASKA BEING ABLE TO GET A LITTLE
BIT MORE HAVOC? >> SO I THINK FOR THEM IT’S
THE PRE-SNAP LOOKS RATHER YOU YOU SHOW FIVE. YOU BACK
OUT. YOU SHOW SIX YOU BACK OUT. GRUNKEMEIER HAS HAS
HASN’T SEEN SOME THINGS REAL CLEAN YET. HE’S
FLUSHED HIMSELF OUT OF THE POCKET A FEW TIM TO AND
THESE LAST FEW STARTS FOR NEBRASKA. I THINK THE
BIGGEST WAY FOR THEM TO AFFECT THE QRTERBACK
SATURDAY WILL BE PRE-SNAP LOOKS. THEIR D-LINE IS
QUIETLY GETTING BETTER. KEONA DAVIS WINERY, THOSE
GUYS, V POPPEL TRAJECTORY UP. SO IF YOU’RE NEBRASKA,
YOU GET MCCULLOUGH BACK. WHETHER IT’S PLUS ONE PS
TWO PRESSURE, THE EFFECTIVENESS WILL BE ALL
ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOW HIM PRE-SNAP.
>> THE ONE THING THAT NEBRASKA WON’T HAVE AS BIG
OF AN ADVANTAGE THEY’VE HAD RECENTLY IS THAT EVEN
THOUGH NEBRASKA’S NUMBER TWO SPECIAL TEAMS WISE,
PENN STATE SIX, THEY’VE ACTUALLY BEEN REALLY GOOD
IN COVERAG WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT MATCHUP
SPECIAL TEAMS WISE? >> YEAH, THE PUNT RETURNS
IN GENERAL ARE JUST RDER G TEN GAMES. I MEAN,THESE
YOU’RE SEEING A LOT OF PUNTS FROM MORE MIDFLD
AREA, WHICH GENERALLY YOUR RETURN GUY IS KIND OF IN A
JUST CATCH IT OR LET IT GO IN THE END ZONE MODE A
THATOINT. SO I THINK A LOT OF IT IS EARLY IN THE
YEAR. YOU GET KIND OF MORE RETURN OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH
WE SAW, AND THERE JUST HAVEN’T BEEN THOSE CHANCES.
BUT THE BLOCK PUNT FACTOR PENN STATE HASLOCKED FOUR
PUNTS. THREE NEBRASKA HAS OBVIOUSLY GOT THE ONE BIG
E FOR POINTS AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE. I THINK
EVERYONE MUST HAVE BLOCKED PUNTS MICHIGAN STATE
BECAUSE THEY DID ONE ON PENN STATE LAST WEEK TOO.
SO I LEAN TOWARDS NEBRASKA BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN SO
SPECIAL IN THAT AREA THIS YEAR WITH WHAT THEY’VE
GOTTEN OUT OF THE RETURN GAME, THE KICKING GAME. YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE NOT SEEN A LOT OF PRESSURE, THOUGH IN
ARCHIE WILSON. IT WILL BE INTERESTING WHAT KIND OF
HEAT THEY BRING AT HIM. >> HE HAS MORE RETURN YARDS
THIS YEAR THAN TY HAD TWEEN 2021 AND 2024,
WHICH IS CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT COMING UP A LITTLE
LATER ON. G RED WRAP-UP. WE’LL SHOW YOU A STORY
ABOUT WOMEN’S FOOTBALL IN NEBRASKA. NEXT UP, WE’LL BE
JOINED BY FORMER NEBRASKA LINEMAN BRET QUALLEY AS WE
GO TO BREAK MORE SHOTS FROM HURRDAT SPORTS BACK IN TWO. >> SOO PLAY ON NBC
NATIONAL TV, YOU KNOW, DO I LOVE GETTING BACK AT 3:00
IN THE MORNING AND PLAYING FRIDAY AT 11? YEAH, WE’LL
GO DO SOMEING TOUGH, YOU KNOW? BUT THAT’S NOW YOU
GUYS KNOW WHY I SAY THINGS LIKE, HEY, LET’S STOP
FIGHTING AS A HUSKER NATION, LET’S ALL COME TOGETHER
BECAUSE WE GOT BIGGER FISH TO FRY. SOUT THAT’S, YOU
KNOW, FOR ? FOR NIGHT GAMES THIS YEAR, FOR ROAD
NIGHT GAMES THIS YEAR. SO, YOU KNOW, ERYONE’S GONN
GET A CHANCE TO SEE OUR DEFENSE FLAROUND. WHEN I
GET THERE. IT’S JT ANOTHER GAME. YOU KNOW,
I’VE COACHED IN A BUNCH OF COOL STADIUMS AND COOL
VENUES, BUT YOU KNOW, GOING BACK THERE, I’M GOING TO
HAVE A BUNCH OF FAMILY GOING TO THE GAME. AND MY
SON, THEY’RE FLYING IN FOR THANKSGIVI. SO IT’LL BE
COOL. >> YOU KNOW, IT’S WE GOT
PLENTY OF PEOPLE ON THE STAFF THAT HAVE AND I’VE
HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK TIS GOING TO BE
FIRED UP. READY TO GO, MAN? I MEAN, YOU YOU COME TO
NEBRASKA TO PLAY IN THESE GAMES. AND SO THESE ARE THE
KIND OF GAMES THAT YOU LOOK FORWARD TO. I WAS JUST
TALKING WITH DYLAN OUT THERE AT PRACTICE. AND YOU
KNOW HE IT’S IT’S KILLING HIM. YOU KNOW HE’S HE’S
ONCE AGAIN IN THE MEETINGS TAKING NOTES. YOU KNOW
GREAT SOUNDING BOARD. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID
TO ME OUT THERE WA IS, MAN, THIS WAS A GAME THAT I WAS
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO. SO PEOPLE COME HERE TO PLAY
IN TYPESF GAMES LIKE THESE. WE WERE CONCERNED
WITH THE NUMBER OF SNAPS AND THE NUMBER OF TOUCHES
EARLY. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH GAME
ONE TOO MUCH AND THEN GAME FO TOO MUCH. WELL, IS IT
BECAUSE THAT’S, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN’TOOK LIKE IT IS
TO ME? I MEAN, THE DUDE JUST KEEPS GETTING STRONGER
AND WHATEVER, WHATEVER, YOU KN, WE NEED TO DO TO GET
THE BALL TO HIM. ONE, WE’RE GOING TO DO THAT. BUT TWO,
HE CAN HANDLE THAT, YOU KNOW? AND SO IT’S PRETTY
COOL TO SEE A YOUNG MAN THAT’S WORKED SO HARD THAT
HE DESERVES. YOU KNOW, IAT MEAN JUSLOOK AT THE
NUMBERS. THE NUMBERS ARE AS GOOD AS ANYBODY IN THE
COUNTRY. >> LOVE THAT HOODIE. LAST
WEEK TRIVIA QUESTION EMMETT JOHNSON’S OVER 1000 YARDS
THIS SEASON. [MUSIC]
IT’S AN EASY QUESTION. WHO HOLDS THE SINGLE SEASON
HUSKER RECORD AND HOW MANY YARDS DID HE RUSH FOR THAT
SEASON? THE ANSWER OF COURSE. MIKE ROZIER IN 1983,
2148 ON WAY TO WINNING THE HEISMAN TROPHY.
[MUSIC] R WINNER IS JEFF
GILBERTSON FROM GRAND ISLAND. HE WINS A COPY OF
OUR OWN, SEAN CALLAHAN’S NEW BOOK ABOUT THE HUSKE.
THE PROGRAM NEBRASKA CURATED HTORY OF THE
CORNHUSKERS. THIS WEEK’S WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON
NEXT WEEK’S SHOW. THIS WEEK’S TRIVIA QUESTION
GOING INTO THE WEEKEND’S GAME IHAPPY VALLEY, WHERE
DID PENN STE AND NEBRASKA RANK ON THE ALL TIME WINS
LIST? REMEMBER, PENN STATE LOST SOME OF THOSE WINS
AFTER THE SANDUSKY SCANDA OUR HUSKER HISTORY FLASHES
BACK TO ONE OF THE MOST SURREAL DAYS IN ALL OF
COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY. IN 2011, THE HUSKERS WERE
AT PENN STATEAND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1950
WITHOUT JOE PATERNO ON THE SIDELINE. HE WAS FIRED THE
WEESDAY BEFORE THE GAME. THAT WAS A CRAZY NIGHT. THE
GAME ITSELF WAS CONTROLLED PRETTY MUCH BY NEBRASKA,
AND REX BURKHEAD RAN ALL OVER PENN STATE’S DEFENSE
FOR 121 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN. ANON DEFENSE,
LAVONTE DAVID HAD NINE TACKLES AND A HUGE STOP ON
FOURTH DOWN AS OSCS WON 17 TO 14. JOINING US NOW
FORMER HUSKER OFFENSIVE LINEN THAT WAS ACTUALLY
OUT FOR THAT GAME RICK WILEY JOINING US HERE ON
BIG RED WRAP-UP. THAT’S THE ONE GAME YOU MISSED THE
WHOLE YEAR. >> THAT WAS YEAH, I GOT A
CONCUSSION THE WEEK BEFORE, SO I MISSED THAT GAME. BUT
WHAT EVERYONE SAID ABOUT IT WAS JUST THAT IT WAS JT
AN EERIE FEELING. RIGHT? YOU TALKED ABOUTHE FIRST
GAME WITHOUT JOE PATERNO THERE. IT WAS EERIE. IT WAS
IET. IT WAS JUST A KIND OF A SURREAL VENUE, IS WHAT
WHAT I WAS TOLD FROM MISSING THAT GAME. BUT I
MEAN, WE WENT IN THERE, WE GOT GOT THE WIN. THAT’S THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING. >> COACH BROWN GETTING
EVERYBODY TOGETH FOR THE PRAYER. JUST WATCHING THAT
ON TV, MAN I HAD CHILL BUMPS.
>> OH YEAH, COACH BROWN, COACH BROWN WAS ONE OF THE
YOU KNOW HIS HIS LEADERSHIP AND HIS JUST HOW HE CAN
BRING A WHOLE GROUP OF GUYS TOGEER IS SOMETHING
SPECIAL THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SOMETHING THAT EVERY
TIME I SEE HIM IT’S STILL JUST LIKE IT’S STILL LIKE,
OH, IT’S COACH BROWN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, YOU
SEE HIM, YOU GIVE HIM A HUG. AND IT’S JUST IT’S JUST
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE COACH BROWN LIKE THAT.
>> DO YOU LOOK FANTASTIC? SUPER GOOD NATURED. YOU’RE
GIVING ME THESE LOWRY GOLF VIBES WITH THE.
>> HE DOES. HE’S GOT. >> A MUCH BETTER
TEMPERAMENT THAN LOWRY. SO I’LL GIVE YOU THAT. BUT I
MEAN Y’RE WATCHING THESE GUYS PLAY AND WE WERE JUST
HAVING THE INTERIOR LINEMAN VERSUS THE YOU KNOW THE
TACKLE TALK. YOUR SWING GUY SUPER YOU KNOW SUPER
VERSATILE. YOU COULD PLAY A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
WHAT DO WE MISS WHEN WE’RE SO EASILY SO EASY TO
CRITIQUE WHAT HAPPENS ON THE EDGES. AND ALL THE
TACKLES DIDN’T DO THIS OR OR THAT. WHAT ARE WHAT ARE
WE MISSING? SOTIMES WHEN WE DUMB IT DOWN THE WAY WE
DO? >> YEAH, I THINK LIKE
ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, I THINK THERS BEEN SEVERAL
DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TACKLES THAT HAVE BEEN IN
THERE. THEY’VEOTATED. THINK WE WERE YOU GUYS WERE
TALKING EARLIER ABOUT HOW MANY DIFFERENT GUYS HAVE
PLAYED, AND NOW GUYS ARE KIND OF FINDING THEIR ROLE.
WE’VE HAD SOME SOME INJURIES THIS YEAR. BUT ON
THE TACKLE POSITION, YORE KIND OF EXPECTING, LIKE YOU
EXPECT THE QUARTERBACK TO BE IN A CERTAIN SPOT, BUT
THINGS BREAK DOWN. AT THE END OF THE DAY. YOU GOT TO
JUST KP FIGHTING TO GET THERE. AND SOMETIMES I
THINK GUYS, MAYBE THEY FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE AT THE
PLACE THEY NEED TO BE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT’S LIKE
THE PLACE IS BREAKING DOWN. THINGS ARE THINGS ARE
CHANGING AND EVERY PLAY IS DIFFERENT. AND THAT’S THE
HARDEST PART, RIGHT? IS THAT EVERY SINGLE PLAY, IT
DOESN’T MATTER. YOU THINK YOU’RE TAKING A GOOD SET,
YOU THINK SOMETHING AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST GET
PLAIN BEAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’ O ON ONE ON THE
EDGE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT’S A HORRIBLE FEELING TO
GET BEAT ON THAT. NUMBER ONE, IT’S HORRIBLE TO GE
BEAT ON THE EDGE, BUT I THINK IT’S JUST ONE OF
THOSE THINGS THAT MAYBE THE PLAY, MAYBE THERE WAS A
CERTAIN ROUTE THAT WAS CALLED, HEY, WE’RE GOING TO
THROW ON THREE STEPS THIS TIME, AND THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN A CRAP, HEIDN’T THROW IT. SO I THINK LIKE
SOMETIMES YES, TACKLES DO JUST GET GET BEAT. AND IT’S
AN UNFORTUNATE PART OF THE GAME. SOTIMES IT’S
SCHEMATIC, SOMETIMES YOU JUST DON’T KNOW. SO IT’S
ONE OF THOSE THINGS LIKE YEAH IT’S QUICK TO JUDGE.
LIKE MAN THIS GUY JUST GOT BEAT AGAIN. AND IT’S
ANOTHER PART WHERE IT’S LIKE MAYBE THERE WAS A
CERTAIN PLAY CALL. THERE WAS A GUY THAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE OPEN. HE WASN’T. PLAY BREAKS DOWN AND IT LEADS TO
A SACK. AND IT’S AN UNFORTUNATE PART OF THE
GAME, ESPECIALLY PLAYING TACKLE IN THE O LINE.
>> I’M CURIOUS YOUR THOUGHTS ON ELIJAH
PRITCHETT. I MEAN, WHEN YOU WERE HERE, YOU HAD A UNIQUE
TACKLE BATTLE YOURSELF. YOU BEAT OUT TYLER MOORE, WHO
WAS A HIGHLY TOUTED STARTER AND ENDED UP YOU ENDED UP
WINNING THE JOB. AND, YOU KNOW, PRITCHETT COMES IN AS
THIS HIGHLY TOUTED TRANSFER DOESN’T INITIALLY WIN THE
JOB, BUT HAS GOT BACIN THERE WITH OPPORTUNITY.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HIS UPSIDE AND HIS
POTENTIAL IF HE PLAYS TO HIS LEVEL?
>> YH, LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK OVER THESE LAST FEW
GAMES HE’S REALLY SETTLED IN AS BEING THE LEFT TACKLE
NOW. YEAH IT’S TOUGH. IT’S TOUGH TYOU KNOW YOU COM
OUT, YOU COME OUT THINKING YOU’RE THE GUY. YOU KNOW
MAYBE THAT WAS THE CASE. I DON’T I DON’T KNOW HOW IT
WAS IN THE LOCKER ROOM IN THE, IN THE MEETINGS AND
EVERYTHING. BUT YOU COME OUT, YOU’RE TRANSFERRING IN,
YOU’RE GOING TO BE THE GUY AND YOU DON’T WIN IT RIGHT
AWAY. SO WT DO YOU DO? IT SEEMS LIKE FROM, FROM, YOU
KNOW, OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, IT SEEMS LIKE HE JUST KEPT
BATTLING. AND NOW NOW HE’S SETTLED IN, HE’S DONE. HE’S
DONE SOME GOOD THINGS. YOU CAN TELL THAT PRITCHARD IS
VERY ATHLETIC. HE’S HE’S MOVING REALLY WELL. SO I
HOPE H CAN JUST CONTINUE TO SETTLE IN THESE LTWO
REGULAR SEASON GAMES. YOU KNOW WE GOT A BOWL GAME
COMING UP TOO. SO IT’S LIKE IT’S ONE OF THO THINGS
THAT YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY THESE LAST TWO REGULAR
SEASON BOWL PREP WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A MINI TRAININ
CAMP. AGAIN FOR TSE GUYS TO TO GET EVEN MORE REPS
AND THEN WHATEVER, WHEREVER THE BOWL GAME IS, YOU KNOW,
SO THESE LAST, LAST MONTH OF THE SEASON OR SO REALLY
JUST HONE IN AND GET READY, FINISH THIS SEASON STRONG.
AND NOW YOU BUILD THAT OFF IN THE O SEASON.
>> I T TO PREACH TO PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH
YOU LOVE FOOTBALL, HOW MUCH YOU WATCH IT, YOU PROBABLY
DON’T KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING ON T OFFENSIVE LINE,
RIGHT? YOU THINK YOUNOW WHERE THAT GUY WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE? UNSS YOU’RE IN THE MEETING ROOMUNLESS YOU’RE
WATCHING TAPE. HOW HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR THE
AVERAGE FOOTBALL FAN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT’S HAPPENING?
PLAY TO PLAY ON THE >> THE THE BEST WAY TO PUT
IT IS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEMES THEY’LL BE A DN
JUST RUNNING FREE AND HE’S AND HE KILLS THE
QUARTERBACK. RIGHT. LIKE WHAT IS THIS TACKLE DOING.
WELL, LIKE WE WEREALKING ABOUEARLIER. LIKE THE
PRESSURE LOOKS RIGHT. SO ARE YOU ARE YOU HOT. IS THE
RUNNING BACK OUT ON A ROUTE. IS THE TIGHT END IN ON THAT
PLAY. AND THEN THEY THEY CAN’T YOU CAN CCEL THAT
OUT. SO NOW YOU’RE STILL YOU’RE STILL SLIDING DOWN.
SOMETIMES THE QUARTERBACK WILL EVEN AUDIBLE AND DO A
FULL LINE SLIDE ONE WAY. AND THE BALL IS SUPPOSED TO
COME OUT. WELL THAT GUY’S COVERED. AND THEN RIGHT IN
THE BACK. AND THEN IT’S KE, WHY DIDN’T THE TACKLE
BLOCK HIM? WELL, THE TACKLE WAS TOLD TYPICALLY IT’S THE
QUARTERBACK’MAKING THE THE QUARTERBACK’S NUMBER
ONE WAYS QUARTERBACK’S MAKING THE CAL. THEN THE
CENTER’S ECHOING IT RIGHT. SOME TEAMS DO IT DIFFERENT.
SOME TEAMS DO IT WHERE THE CENTER IS IS MAKING EVERY
CALL, EVEN FOR THE QUARTERBAC ESPECIALLY
WITH THE OLDER CENR, YOUNGER QUARTERBACK,
SOMETIMES THE CENTER. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE’S JUST SOME
TIMES WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE WHY DID NO ONE BLOCK HIM?
WELL, AT WASHE THAT WAS THE READ OF THE PLAY. THE
PLAY TAKING 2 TO 3 SECONDS. IF IT DOESN’T HAPPEN,
SOMEONE’S GETTING KILLED. AND YEAH, YOU’RE LOOKING
BAD. BUT THEN IN THE MEETING ROOM YOU’RE KIND OF
LIKE, WELL, MAYBE THAT WAS ON HIM THIS TIME. MAYBE
HE’S ON THIS. WE GOT TO FIX THIS. AND THAT’S ONCE AGAIN
ON I’M TRYING. SO ON SUNDAYS NOW PLAYING
SATURDAYS ON SUNDAYS, AT’S WRE YOU GET IN TH
MEETING ROOM. AND YOU, YOU DISSECT.
>> IT OVER AND OVER. >> YEAH. RUN IT BACK.
>> THE CLICKER JUST RIGHT HERE.
>> THE CLICKER JT GOES BACK AND FORTH. YEAH. SITS
THERE AND GOES BACK. BUT YEAH THERE’S SO MUCH
THERE’S SO MANY YOU KNOW THE THE COMPLEXITY OF IT.
LIKE EVEN I’M LE WHY DID WHY WAS THAT A FIVE YARD
PASS. BUT THE AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT HAD TO HAPPEN OR
THE AMOUNT OF AUDIBLES THAT HAD TO HAPPEN TO GET A FIVE
YARD PASS, EVERYONE’S HAPPY. COACHES LIKE THAT WAS GREAT
BECAUSE Y CAN’T CONTROL WHAT THE DEFENSE IS GOING
TO DO. YOU CAN READ IT, YOU MAKE YOUR ADJUSTMENTS AND
YOU GO AND YOU GOT 40S PLAY GETS CALLED. NOYOU’RE
DOWN TO 20S YOGOT TO MAKE YOUR CALLS, MAKE YOUR
AUDIBLES AND GO. AND THAT’S THAT’S WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.
YOU GOT TO EVERYONE’S GOT TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY’RE
DOING. EVERYONE’S GOT TO KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING.
YOU SAY SET HUT! ANYOU KNOW YOU LET IT HAPPEN.
>> I GET WRE ONLY TALKING BUT THE GAME HAS CHANGED A
TON, RIGHT? THE SCREEN GAME, THE SLOT RECEIVERS GETTING
THE BALL OUT QUICK. YOUE ALWAYS BEEN A GD ATHLETE,
RIGHT? YOUOOK LIKE A HOOPER. I KNOW THAT’S YOUR
BROTHER. YOU CAN GOLF REALLY GOOD ATHLETE. WHEN
YOU PLAY AT OFFENSIVE LINE WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO PLAY
OFFENSIVE LINE? WE JOKED THE FLOZELL ADAMS, THE
ORLANDO PACE’S. THOSE GUYS WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME IN
MY OPINION. A HARD TIME PLAYING NOW WITH THE WITH
THE WAY THEAME IS MOVING. AT’S AN IDEAL OFFENSIVE
NEMAN NOW LOOK LIKE WH AL THESE GUYS ARE SO
INTERESTED IN MEASURABLES? YEAH, I THINK I THINK.
PRITCHARD? LOOK LIKE >> YEAH.
>> I MEAN. >> WITH THOSE LONG ARMS
DOWN TO. >> HIS KNEES. YEAH. LONG
ARMS. >> MR. BASKETBALL BY.
>> THE WAY, HE. >> WAS.
>> MR. BASKETBALL LONG. >> Y KW LONG ARMS. I
THINK THE GUYS WHO REALLY SEEM TO DOING THE BEST
ARE GUYS WHO IN HIGH SCHOOL ARE THE LIKE TWO 3240.
>> AND YOU. >> GROW INTO IT, YOU GROW
INTO IT, AND IT TAKES TIME. AND IN TODAY’S IN TODAY’S
COLLEGE WORLD, THERE’S NO TIME ANYRE. YOU’RE
GETTING PAID, YOU’RE GETTING YOU’RE GETTING A
BONUS TO COME, COME IN AND PLAY. YOU’RE GETTING AL
THIS STUFF. SO WHERE NOW GUYS? NOW YOU SEE LIKE I
JUST COME ACROSS THESE RECRUITS ARE SIX FOOT SIX
330 IN HIGSCHOOL. AND I’M LIKE, THAT’S.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING? >> YOU’RE JUST GOING TO
HAVE TO COME DOWN, RIGHT? >> YEA YEAH.
>> BECAUSE THE SPEED IS SO LIKE YOU SAID, THE SCREEN
GAME, THE BEING ABLE TO YOU GOT TO RUN LIKE YOU HAVE TO
BE. THERE’S NO THERE’S LESS AND LESS LIKE LINE UP ON
THE BALL FULL BACK OUTSIDE ZONE. TRY TO THERE’S STILL
LIKE THE MASHING AND MAULING OF GUYS. YEAH. BUT
AT THE SAME TIMEHERE’S SO MANY CHECKS TO THESE
SCREENS. YOU BETR BE ABLE TO RUN. YOU BETTER BE ABLE
TO MOVE IN SPACE. CUT. YOU GOT TO BLOCK A 200 POUND
DEFENSIVE BACK WHO’S PROBABLY DIVING AT YOUR
KNEES ANYWAY. SO YOU G TO DO ALL OF THAT TO.
>> AT LEAST. >> CLEAN THE.
RULES UP. YEAH. >> THESE GUYS WHERE THEY
CAN’T. >> CUT YOU GUYS. YEAH, YEAH.
>> BRENT WHEN YOU WERE AT NEBRASKA, YOU GUYS DEALT
WITH SOME QUARTERBACK INJURY STUFF WHERE YOU HAD
TO PLAY A LOT OF DIERENT GUYS. RON KELLOGG HAD TO
COME IN AND PLAY. OBVIOUSLY TOMMY ARMSTRONG, I FORT
IF YOU WERE ON THE TEAM WITH ZACH LEE THAT YEAR
WHERE CODY GREEN, I MEAN, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> YEAH. >> HOW DO YOU THINK
NEBRASKA MANAGED IT THIS PAST WEEK WITH TJ LATEEF?
AND HOW HARD IS THAT TO GET A YOUNG QUARTERBACK READY.
>> YEAH, I THINK THEY I THINK I THINK LATEEF CAME
IN I FROM JUST WATCHING YOU KNOW ONCE AGAIN WATCHING ON
TV IT LOOKED LIKE MAYBE A SIMPLER GAME PLAN, A LOT
MORE RUNNING. JUST LETTING HIM GET OUT IN SPACE, USE
HIS ATHLETICISM TO MAKE THESE PLAYS. AND HE DID A
GREAT JOB. THERE’S NO I MEAN HE CAME IN WITH HIS
FIRST YOU KNOW HIS FIRST START. HE CAME OUT HE HE
HAD LIKE TWO INCOMPLETIONS ALL GAME SOMETHING LIKE
THAT TO WHERE LIKE I MEAN IT’S FANTASTIC YOU. AND
THAT’S A THAT’S LIKE AN OC LIKE HOLGORSEN WHO’S BEEN
IN THE GAME FOREVER. HE CAN HE CAN MAKE A GAME PLAN TO
WHERE YOU KNOW HE’S LETTING THESE GUYS PLAY UP TO THEIR
ABILITIES. AND YOU SAW IT LA WEEK AT UCL
>> YEAH. >> DO YOU FEEL DO YOU LIKE
HAVING THAT MOBILE QUARTERBACK BEHIND YOU. OR
WOULD U RATHER HAVE THE GUY STANDING IN ONE SPOT?
>> IT’S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. IT’S TWO
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW
MORE OF AOCKET PASSERS BACK THERE, RIGHT, YOU’RE
GETTG TO YOUR DEPTH. YOU’RE SETTING, YOU’RE
KEEPING THE WIDTH OF THE POCKET RIGHT. THE FRONT,
THE INTERIOR THREE’S YOUR DEPTH, THE TACKLES ARE YOUR
WIDTH. THAT’S YOUR WE CALL IT THE DISH. RIGHT. LIKE
YOU MAKE MAKE A DISH LIKE THAT. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A
MOBILE GUY, THAT DISH DOESN’T REALLY. THEY GET
YOU OUT OF A LOT OF STUFF, BUT SOMETIMES THEY CAN BE
RUNNING AND A GUY BREAKS F. THEN YOU’RE, WHERE ARE
YOU GOIN YOU’RE HOLDING GHT THINGS LIKE THAT. SO
BUT THEY ALSO GET YOU OUT OF A LOT OF SPOTS TOO. IF
YOU, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU GET BEAT OR SOMETHING
OR YOU LET A GUY RUN THE EDGE, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY
MOBILE QUARTERBACK CAN GET AROUND. LIKE WHEN I WAS
PLAYING LIKE TAYLOR MARTINEZ, HE COULD WRITE,
HE COULD MAKE A LOT OF GUYS MISS AND MAKE YOU LOOK
REALLY GOOD, EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE NOT HAD THE
BEST BLOCK. >> ARE YOU ARE YOU A CHECK
WITH ME GUY? SOME LINEMEN ARE DIFFERENT, RIGHT? IT’S
GONE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT VERSUS RUN TO PASS TO NOW
RIGHT, LEFT. CHECK WITH ME OR A PASS RIGHT LIKE DO.
IT’S HARD TO SETTLE IN. DO YOU. LIKE THE FREEDOM OR
WOULD YOU LIKE IT A LITTLE MORE?
>> YEAH. IT DEPENDS. LIKE WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE. WE’D
ALWAYS HAVE PROBAY TWO PLAYS CALLED ANYWAY. SO YOU
COULD GO LIKE YOU’D HAVE ALERTS AND KILLS AND. GHT.
BUT BUT YOU, YOU KNOW THE GAME PLAN WELL ENOUGH TO
WHERE YOU WALK UP. AS YOU’RE TURNING AROUND, YOU
SEE W THEY’RE GOING TO START LINING UP. YOU BETTER
KNOW WHI WAY IT’S GOING. >> YEAH, RIGHT.
>> LIKE YOU SEE A NOSE GUARD THIS WAY OR HEY, IN
THIS PLAY WE WANT TO RUN AT THE NOSE OR THIS PLAY WE
WANT TRUN AT THE THREE TECH, THE D-TACKLESO IT’S
ONE THOSE. D THEN THEY SHOW PRESSURE. YOU GOT TO
GET OUT AND GET TO A PASS ANYWAY. SO IT’S KE YOU
GOT TO GET THE SCREEN OR SOMETHING. SO YOU KIND OF
JUST KNOW OR YOU BETTER, YOU BETTER KNOW WHAT’S
COMI. SO THAT’S KIND OF BUT YOU I LIKED IT I LIKE
BECAUSE YOU GET TO THE BEST PLAY AND THEN YOU GET TO
RIGHT. YOU GET TO GO DO YOUR BEST BLOCKS.
>> I’M CURIOUS. YOU PLAYED WITH A LOT OF GOOD RUNNING
BACKS AT NEBRASKA. HOW SURPRISED A YOU THAT
AMEER ABDULLAH IS STILL PLAYING IN THE NFL?
>> OH IT FANTASTIC. I MEAN LOOK LOOK AT WHAT HE’S
DONE. HE’S NOW HE’S PLAYING. HE’S STILL I THINKEAR 11
NO SUPER PROUD OF HIM HERE. LIKE TO KEEP GOING. YOU
KNOW REX PLAYED FOREVER ROY HAD A GREAT CAREER UNTIL
HAD SOME INJURY ISSUES. IT’S ONE OTHOSE LIKE YOU
DON’T REALIZE HOW SPECIAL THEY ARE. AND THEN YOU KNEW
THEY WERE SPECIAL IN COLLEGE. AND TO GO SEE THE
CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE NFL.
>> THAT’S A HECK OF. >> A IT’S REALLY COO IT’S
REALLY COOL TO TO BE THAT. I WAS ABLE TO JUST A
PART. >> OF THAT.
>> AND BY THE WAY, ROY STILL PLAYING WITH THOSE
EIGHT KIDS AT HOME, HE’S. >> YEAH, HE’S GOT.
>> A LOT. >> HE’S BUSY. HE’S
DEFINITELY. >> STILL BUSY.
>> BUT WE APPRECIATE IT MAN. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.
>> APPRECIATE IT. >> THANKS. WHEN WE COM
BACK WE’RE GOING TO TALK SOME RECRUITING. AND SEAN
FITZ OVER IN STATE COLLEGE WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE GAME
ON SATURDAY BACK AFTER THIS. >> YO.
>> HEY GUYS. YEAH OF COURSE. AWESOME. >> WELCOME BACK TO BIG RED
WRAP-UP. LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IT WAS A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
SEMIFINALS MILLARD SOUTH AT OMAHA, WEST SIDE. IT WAS
ALL ABOUT ALABAMA RECRUIT JETT TAMALA MILLARD SOUTH’S
QUARRBACK. HE THREW FOR OVER 450 YARDS WITH SEVEN
TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN THE 6221 WINAND THE PATRIOTS
WILL TAKE ON PAPILLION-LA VISTA, WHO KNOCKED OFF
CRGHTON PREP ONUESDAY NIGHT IN THE FINALS AT
MEMORIAL STADIUM. YOUOF COURSE, CAN SEE THAT GAME,
ALONG WITH ALL THE FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
RIGHT HERE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA STARTING A10
A.M. MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ALL SIX GAMES WILL BE LIVE
FOR YOU, ALONG WITH THE AWARDS AND ALL THE POMP AND
CIRCUMSTANCE THAT COMES WITH NEBRASKA STATE FINALS
HERE WITH US, OF COURSE. SEAN CALLAHAN TO TALK
RECRUITING. LET’S FIRST TALK ABOUT THE DECOMMIT
NAARR OUT OF NEW ORLEANS.
>> YEAH, LEON NEAL, OFFEIVE LINEMAN, HAD BEEN
COMMITTED FOR A WHILE TO NEBRASKA OVER THE SUMMER,
HAD BEEN FLIRTING WITH MISSISSIPPI STATE, HAD
VISITED MISSISSIPPI STATE IN JUNE, WENT BACK THERE
FOR A TRIP IN NOVEMBER, OFFICIALLY PARTED WAYS. AND
LOOK, IT’S JUST DIFFERENT. ANYONE THAT COVERS HIGH
SCHOOL RECRUITING NOW WILL TELL YOU IT’S SO MUCH
DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, EVEN MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, JUST
WITH HOW TEAMSRE MANAGING COMMITS AND SPOTS AND THE
MONEY AND EVERYTHING ELSE INVOLVED. SO I DON’T GET
THE SENSTHAT NEBRASKA IS TOO BEAT UP ABOUT THIS,
BEUSE THERE’S SO MANY OTHER WAYS THAT YOU CAN T
THIS FIGURED OUT. >> NOW, LOUISIANA KIDS LIKE
TO STAY CLOSE TO HOME. I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF
TALK ABOUT WHAT COACH RHULE HAD TO DO DURING THE BYE
WEEK. >> YEAH, COACH RHULE, THE
WERE OUT ON THE ROAD FOR A COLE O DAYS. HE WAS IN
FLORA. HE WAS IN GEORGIA, GOT OUT, SAW SOME OF THE
RECEIVER COMMITSWAS AT DAYTON RAIOLA GAME AS WELL
IN GEORGIA. SO THEY DID GET OUT THERE AND SEE A FEW
FOR NEBRASKA. SO THAT WASND GOOD. AND THOSE WILL BE THE
FINAL DAYS THAT NEBRASKA WILL BE OUT ON THE ROAD.
YEAH. AND UNTIL JANUARY, I MEAN, SO THE DEAD PERIOD
WILL BE RE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. SIGNING DAY IS THE
FIRST WEDNESDAY IN DECEMBER. >> THAT’S INCREDIBLE. AND
THEN KEENAN KIZER FROM SYDNEY.
>> YEAH LOOKING AT OUR IN-STATE SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT
WE’VE GOT KEENAN KIZ AN IOWA STATE COMMIT.
>> I NEVER WOULD HAVE SPELLED.
>> THAT CORRECTLY. AND HE PLAYED. THEY PLAYED AGAI
COLUMBUS LAKEVIEW ON THE ROAD UNDEFEATED MATCHUP.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CONSIDER LAKEVIEW THE
FAVORITE IN THAT GAME. LL SYDNEY WENT IN THERE AND
WON I WATCHED THAT ENTIRE GAME AND HE WAS ALL OVER
THE PLACE ON DEFENSE. MADE SOME BIG PLAYS DOWN THE
FIELD. WE’LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE KEENAN KIZER, THE
IOWA STATE COMMIT FROM SYDNEY IN THE STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THEY’RE GOING TO BE GOING AGAINST A
WHO WHO HAS BEEN THE NUMBER. ONE RANKED TEAM ALL YEAR IN
CLASS C ONE >> YEAH THEY’VE ONE OF THE
BEST PLAYERS IN THE STATE AS WELL. LET’S TAKE A LOOK
AT THE BIG TEN STANDINGS. NOW OF COURSE INDIANA
SITTING THERE AT SEVEN AT EIGHT. NO OHIO STATE AT
SEVEN. AND OH IN CONFERENCE OREGON USC MICGAN.
THERE’S NEBRASKA SITTING THERE REMINDING YOU AGAIN
THEY ARE SEVEN AND THREE ON THE SEASON. ALL YOU PEOPLE
KE TALKING STUFF. THEY’RE STILL SEVEN AND THREE ON
THE SEASON AROUND THE BIG TEN THIS WEEK. THE
CONFERENCE HEADS INTO WEEK GAMES FOR TEN TEAMS ALREADY
BOWL ELIGIBLE. FOUR OTHER TEAMS STILL WITH A CHANCE
TO MAKE IT. THE BIGGEST GAME THIS WEEK S USC
HEADING TO EUGENE TO TAKE ON OREN TO KEEP THEIR
ANOTHER GAME OF SURVIVAL SEES MICHIGAN VISITING
RYLAND. BOTH THOSE GAMES IN THE AFTERNOON WINDOW.
EARLIER, WE ASKED YOU TODAY’S SIDELINE SURVEY HOW
MANY BIG TEN TEAMS YOU THINK WILL MAKE THEOLLEGE
FOOTBALL PLAYOFF? 50% OF YOU SAY THREE, GOING WITH
THE SAFE NUMBER RIGHT IN BETWEEN THAT WEIRD TWO AND
WHAT COULD BE A FOUR IF OHIO STATE LOSESO
MICHIGAN AGAIN. AND NOW TURNING OUR ATTENTION BACK
TO THIS WEEK’S GAME, NEBRASKAAME, OF COURSE,
HEADING TO PENN STATE. WE’RE JOINED VIA ZOOM B
SEAN FITZ FROM BLUE WHITE ILLUSTRATED TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THE NITTANYIONS. SEAN, I WANT TO I WT TO
START ABOUT THE PASS RUSH THE LAST 3 OR 4 WEEKS FOR
THE LIONS. IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S REALLY GOTTEN BETTER.
WHAT’S THE CHANGE BEEN? >> YEAH, I THINK JIM
KNOWLES, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, IT’S BEEN A
STRUGGLE AT PENN STATE THIS YEAR TO FIRST OFF, THANKS
FOR HAVING ME. I FORGOT THE PLEASANTRIES. MY MY
APOLOGIES FOR THAT. BUT YOU YOU TALK ABOUT THE DEFENSE
THAT PENN STATE’S HAD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND JIM
KNOWLES WAS THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR OHIO STATE,
WHO WON A NATIONAL TITLE LAST YEAR. AND YOU THOUGHT
THAT MAYBE THESE TWO THINGS COULD MARRY AND PRODUCE
SOMETHING SPECIAL. THEY THEY HAVEN’T, FRANKLY, THEY
THEY DON’T HAVE THE PHYSICALITY UP FRONT TO, TO
GET IT DONE. AND THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THEY’VE
RESORTED TO A LITTLE BIT MORE EXOTIC BLITZING,
BRINGING THINGS OFF THE EDGE. A LOT OF RNER
BLITZING THEY’VE I THINK, FORCED 2 OR 3 FUMBLES OVER
THE LAST TWO WEEKS. BOTH OR ALL OF THEM VIA CORNER
BLITZ. SO IT’S PRESSURE COMING FROM ALL OVER, WHICH
IS INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND
PENN STATE, WHEN THEY WERE ING THROUGH THE EARLY
PART OF THEIR SIX GAME LOSING STRK, THEY WERE
REALLY STRUGGLING AGAINST MOBILE QUARTERBACKS IN THE
LASTHREE WEEKS, REALLY HAVEN’T FACED THAT. PLAYED
SOME REALLY DARN GOOD QUARTERBACKS. BUT GUYS THAT
AREN’T GOING TO TEAR YOU UP RUNNING THE FOOTBALL. SO
WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT AGAINST UA, AGAINST
NORTHWESTERN IS,S GUYS GETTING UPFIELD DIED
DENNIS-SUTTON NUMBER 33 AS PENN STATE’S BEST PASS
RUSHER. GETTING UPFIE AND THEN JUST GETTING LOOPED
UNDERNEATH BY THE THE RUNNING QUARTERBACK. AND
AND REALLY THAT’S THAT’S BEEN WHAT’S TEARING HIM .
SO IHINK JIM KNOWLES MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS I DON’T
WANT TO SAY SIMPLIFIED SOME THINGS BUT BROUGHT PRESSURE
FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. AND IT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. YOU
KNOW PENN STATE HAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROGRAM
THAT’S BEEN ABLE TO GET AFTER THE QUARTERBACK,
USUALLY WITH FOUR. THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO DO
THAT. SO YOU’RE LOOKING AT SORT OF A DIFFERENT A
DIFFERENT SETUP A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE THAN, THAN THAN
WE SAW THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF TT LOSING STREAK.
AND IT’S BEEN A POSITIVE ONE. IT’S BEEN A LOT MORE
FUN TO WATCH DEFENSE THAN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
>> SEAN, I’M CURIOUS, JUST KIND OF GETTING INSIDE THE
NUMBERS. I WATCHED, YOU KNOW, FIU EARLY AND AND
THEN I LOOK AT MICHIGAN STATE LATER A VERY SIMILAR
STYLE GAMES IN TERMS OF PULLG AYATE KIND OF
BLUDGEON YOUR TEAMS WORE THEM DOWN. WHENOU LOOK AT
HOW PENN STATE WAS WHEN TH WERE HEALTHY. POST
AHLERS INJURY VERSUS NOW WITH GRUNKEMEIER, THE STYLE
SEEMS SIMILAR OFFENSIVELY. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE? AND
IN SPITE OF THE RECORD IN THE TALENT, IS THIS KIND OF
JUST WHO PENN STATE IS OFFENSIVELY?
>> YEAH, I THINK SO. THEY’VE HAD SOME STRUGGLES
AT RECEIVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEY TRIED TO
FIX THAT BY BRINGING IN SOME GUYS THAT WERE VERY
PRODUCTIVE OR PRETTY PRODUCTI AT THEIR LAST
STOPS. DEVONTE ROSS AT TROY WAS VERY GOOD. TREVOR PENA
AT SYRACUSE WAS WAS A VOLUME GUY. I THINK HE
SO YOU WERE HOPING THAT,. YOU KNOW, FROM A PENN STATE
PERSPECTIVE THAT PRODUCTION WOULD CARRY OVER. IT REALLY
HASN’T. PENN STATE AT ITS HEART HAS BEEN A RUNNING
TEAM. THEY’RE I MEAN, THEY’RE ALWAYS A RUNNING
TEAM, BUT THEY’VE BEEN A TEAM THAT YOU COULD SORT OF
PLACE THEIR FLOOR AROUND. KEENAN ALLEN A NICK
SINGLETON, THE TWO BACKS. ALN’S REALLY SORT OF
SEPARATED HIMSELF IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. HE’S
GOTTEN MORE CARRIES. THEY WERE 5050 FOR A WHILE. BUT
BUT ALLEN HAS REALLY SEPARATED HIMSELF AND HAS
BEEN I MEAN, HE JUST KNOCKED OUT MICHIGAN STATE
181 YARDS LA WEEK. SO YEAH I THINK YOU’RE SEEING
SOMETHING SILAR. PLUS QUTERBACK. ETHAN MYERS, A
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN. HE’LL START HIS FTH GAME THIS
WEEK AND HE’, YOU KNOW, DO SOME SOME GOOD THINGS
AND THEN HE’LL LOOK LIKE A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
QUARTERBACK WHO’S MAKING HIS FIFTH START THIS THIS
PAST WEEK AT MICHIGAN STATE. YOU EXPECTED HIM TO MAYBE
OPEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE. PENN STE’S BEEN
THROWING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD A LITTLE BIT MORE,
WHICH HASEEN A REALLY BIG POINT OF CONTENTION IN
HAPPY VALLEY. HE HAD A 75 RD TOUCHDOWN TO DEVONTE
ROSS. BUT ALSO YOU KNOW FEELING PRESSURE IS IS VERY
DIFFERENT ON THE PRACTICE FIELD THAN IT IS ON THE
GAME FIE. AND YOU’VE SEEN THAT WITH BROCKMEYER THE
LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I THINK HE DONE SOME NICE
THINGS, BUT IT’S NOT A BREAKOUT BY ANY STRETCH OF
THE IMAGINATION. HE’S HE’S BEEN ABLE TO KEEP HIS HEAD
ABOVE WATER AND DO SOME VERY GOOD THINGS. BUT HE’S
ALSO BUOYED BY THAT RUN GAME. THAT RUN GAME IS
GOING TO OPEN THINGS UP IN THE PLAY ACTION PASS. IT’S
GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THAT SAFETY A COUPLE STEPS
FURTHER, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU’RE ABLE TO GO
OVER THE TOP. AND I THINK THAT’S REALLY WHAT PENN
STATE HAS LEANED ON THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT DOWNFIELD THROWS, IT’S BEEN IT’S BEEN
VERY MUCH WELCOMED. AND AND IT ALL STARTS WITH THE
RUNNING GAME. LAST YEAR DURING THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
PLAYOFF, THEY RAN THE HECK OUT OF THE BALL REGARDLESS
OF THE POSTSEASON TEAMHAT THEY PLAYED AGAINST. AND OF
COURSE THEY BEAT SMU AND BOISE. SOME PEOPLE DON’T
COUNT THOSE AS WINS, BUT THEY PLAYED IN THE BIG TEN
TITLE GAME AGAINST OREGON, RAN THE BALL VERY WELL
THERE, RAN THE BALL AGAINST NOTRE DAME. SO AT ITS PEAK,
PENN STATE DNA. S, THEY WANT TO RUN THE FOOTBALL.
AND THAT’S GOING TO BE WHAT’S KIND OF GET THEM
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN A COLD NIGHT
GAME WHERE YOU KIND OF EXPECT BOTH TEAMS TO TRY
AND HAMMER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
>> SEAN, QUICKLY, AS WE WRAP IT UP HERE, HOW HAVE
THEY KEPT THIS LOCKER ROOM TOGETHER, AND WHAT IS YOUR
FEEL ON WHAT THE ATMOHERE IS GOING TO BE LIKE FOR A
NIGHT GAME WITH STUDENTS GOING ON BREAK IN STATE
COLLEGE? >> YEAH, THAT’S THAT’S
TERRY SMITH RIGHT THERE. THE INTERIM HEAD COACH.
HE’S BEEN THE CORNERBACKS COACH HERE ACTUALLY ARRIVED
WITH NOT WITH JAMES FRANKLIN, BUT JOINED HIS
STAFF AS AN OUTSIDER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FEW OUTSIDERS
THAT CAME IN BACK THEN. BACKN THAT DAY, THEY ONLY
HAD NINE ASSISTANTS AT THAT POINT, SO OR NINE FULL TIME
ASSISTANTS AT THAT POINT. BUT HS BEEN THE GUY
THAT’S THAT’S PUT EM ALL TOGETHER. IT’S BEEN
INTERESTING TO WATCH BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT SIX
STRAIGHT LOSSES AND YOU THINK, THIS IS A THIS IS A
BIT OF A MESS. BUT IF YOU WATCH IOWA,F YOU WATCH
EXCUSE ME AT IOWA, AT OHIO STATE AND AHOME AGAINST
INDIANA, PENN STATE ACTUALLY PLAYED PRETTY WELL
INHOSE GAMES. IT WAS VERY DIFFEREN THAN WHAT WE SAW
IN THE NORTHWESTERN GAMES IN THE UCLA GAME. SO CREDIT
TO TERRY SMITH. CREDIT TO I THINK THE THE YOU KNOW,
HOLDING ON TO SORT OF THE CULTURE THAT’S BEEN BUILT
OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS BECAE THOSE GUYS ARE ARE
HERE FOR A REASON THAT REASONS A LOT OF THAT
REASON IS GONE NOW WITH JAMES FRANKLIN GOING TO
VIRGINIA TECH. BUT TERRY SMITH HAS BEEN A GUY THAT
HAS KEPT THINGS UNDER CONTROL. AND AGAIN, THE
LOSSES WERE THERE. BUT IF YOU WATCH THIS TEAM PLAY,
THEY DIDN’T QUIT. AND THAT INCLUDES GUYS WHO ARE, YOU
KNOW, COULD HAVE PACKED IT IN AND OPTED OUT, YOU KNOW,
WENT TO THE DRAFT OR WHATEVER. SO I THINK THAT
THERE’S BEEN AOT OF CREDIT TO BE DUE TO TERRY
SMITH D TO THAT COACHING STAFF FOR, FOR KEEPING
THESE GUYS UP. >> SEAN, WE APPRECIATE YOU
JOININUS. ENJOY THE GAME ON SATURDAY.
>> ALL RIGHT. THAN GUYS. >> APPRECIATE IT. THANKS,
SEAN. >> IS THERE A LIMIT TO THE
GROWTH OF AMERICAN FOOTLL FLAG FOOTBALL IN THE
OLYMPICS IN 28 NFL GAMES IN ENGLAND GERMANY SPAIN
MEXICO, IRELAND WHERE OF COURSE THE HUSKERS PLAYED
AS WELL. YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABT A WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
LEAGUE HERE IN THE STATES. AND YES, THERE’S A TEAM
RIGHT HERE IN NEBRASKA. PRIDE COACH NANCY MAJOR HAS
PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN >> OKAY, LAST REGULARGAME.
SEASON GAME OF THE YEAR. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD
OWD AND WE’RE GOING TO G OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN.
>> ONE STEP BACK. >> IT’S FOOTBALL. YOU KNOW
WE PLAY NCAA RULES. IF YOU LOVE FOOTBALL YOU’RE GOING
TO LOVE WATCHING THIS. AND I THINK THAT WE WOULD
IMPRESS YOU IF YOU GAVE US THE CHANCE. WE’RIN THE
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL ALLIANCE. IT IS THE LARGEST WOMEN’S
TACKLE FOOTBALL LEAGUE IN THE WORLD. LAST YEAR WE
WERE IN OUR SECOND SEASON, WE WON THE DIVISION TWO
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. SO THERE’S THREE TIERS, KIND
OF LIKE NCAA SETUP. YOU’VE GOT YOUR DIVISION THREE OR
YOUR SMAER TEAMS, THE ONES THAARE JUST GETTIN
STARTED. YOU GOT YOUR DIVISION TWO, WHICH IS FOR
YOUR INTERDIATES, YOUR ONES THAT HAVE FIGURED IT
OUT BUT AREN’T QUITE THERE YET, BUILDING WISE. AND
THEN YOU’VGOT YOUR PRO DIVISION. THERE’S 12 TEAMS
IN THE PRO DIVISION. SO IN OUR SECOND YEAR AS A TEAM,
AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE WON THE DIVISION TWO NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT PUSHED US UP TO THE PRO DIVISION.
SO WE’RE NOW IN THE TOP LEVEL.
>> NANCY MEYER IS THE HEAD COACH, GM PRESIDENT AND PR
DIRECTOR IN ALL THINGS NEBRASKA, PRIDE OF THE
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. OVER 20 YEARS
AGO, SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH FOOTBALL, DRIVING HER TO
MAKE IT HER LIFELONG PURSUIT.
>> AS SOON AS I GOT DONE WITH COLLEGE, I WAS KIND OF
BOD AND I HAD SOME FRIENDS THAT WERE LIKE,
DUDE, YOU NEED SOMETHING TO DO. AND SO THEY FOUND
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL FOR ME AND I STARTED PLAYIN, WENT OUT,
DIDN’T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I WAS DOINWHEN I WENT OUT
ON THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME, KIND OF SELF-TAUGHT
BECAUSE I STARTED OUT PLAYING FOR A TEAM IN IOWA
WA’T DEVELOPED. SO I KIND OF SELF-TAUGHT MYSELF.
EVERYTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL THROUGH MY 16 YEARS PLAYING
NDF GREW A LOVE FOR THE GAME. VAST KNOWLEDGE OF THE
GAME AND JUST KIND OF NATURALLY WENT INTO
COACHING. >> AS A FORMER COLLEGE
SOCCER PLAYER TURNED FOOTBALL VET, SHE
UNDERSTANDS THE NEED TO FIND PLAYERS FROM ALL WALKS
OF LIFE AND ALL SPORTS TO FIND HER NEXT STAR.
>> PLAYER. >> TWO, THREE, FOUR, FE,
SIX. [MUSIC]
FAMILY. >> HUSBAND ALWAYS HAD GREAT
STORIES OF WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL PLAYING, AND SO
I WAS LIKE, MAYBE I SHO Y THIS. I DIDN’T HAVE THE
EDUCATION BEHIND IT FOR THE FOOTBALL, BUT THAT WAS PART
OF THE CHALLENGE, WAS LEARNING THE SPORT. NO ONE
HANDED ME A FOOTBALL WHEN I WAS LITTLE. THEY HANDED ME
A SOCCER BALL TO HAND ME A BASKETBALL. I TOLD MYSELF
IF I DON’T GO, THEN I DON’T HAVE A STORYO TELL. AND I
WENT TO IT AND MADE THE TEAM, TRIED OUT WITH AL
THE GIRLS AND I TUGHT, THIS IS AWESOME. SO WENT
AND GOT MY STORY STARTED. I HAD STARTED IN THIRD GRADE
WITH THE LITTLE JUNIOR. >> FOOTBALL TEAM, AND I
JUST KT GOING, AND I GOT UP TO HIGH SCHOOL, AND BY
THE TIME I HIT HIGH SCHOOL, ALL THE COACHES HAD KNOWN
ME BECAUSE I HAD DONE ALL THE FOOTBALL CAMPS GROWING
UP. SO THEY WERE FULLY BOUGHT IN. IT WAS IT WAS
REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE. I HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH IT.
>> SO ERIN’S ACTUALLY THE FIT PLAYER THAT I’VE HAD
CO AND THAT HAS PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL. I’VE HAD SOME
PLAYERS THAT PLAYED LIKE JUNIOR FOOTBALL WN THEY
WERE LIKE 8 TO 10, 12 YEARS OLD. BUT ERIN’S THE FIRST
PLAYER THAT I’VE HAD THAT’S PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL. AND AND
JUST HAVING THAT BASE KNOWLEDGE IS HUG
[MUSIC] >> AARON MARTI’S BASE
OM PLAYING FOR A STATEES CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IN 2023
AT OMAHA WEST SIDEIGH SCHOOL, BUT FOR MOST WOMEN,
PLAYING TACKLE FOOTBALL IS. >> A WHOLE NEW WORLD.
>> FOOTBALL IS JUST A WHOLE FFERENT BREED.
>> DEFINITELY TERRIFIED TO GET HIT. I MEAN, A LOT OF
INTERCEPTIONS IN THE FIRST COUPLE GAMES THAT I’D
THROWN WERE PANICKED ONES. IT’S MORE FUN TO HIT THAN
BE HIT, FOR SURE. [MUSIC]
I LIKE THE CONTACT OF IT. IT CHALLENGES YOU
PHYSICALLY, AND THEN THERE’S A MENTAL CHALLENGE
TO IT, TOO. AND IT’S JUST LIKE AN ULTIMATE TEAM SPORT.
SO I LOVE THAT, AND I LOVE SHOWING UP THE NEXT DAY
WITH BRUISES AT WORK AND, AND YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE,
YEAH, I DID THAT. AND JUST BODY.ALLENGE AND PUSH YOUR
>> NICE SKOLNICK IS ON OF MANY PLAYERS WHO GOES
BOTH WAYS. IRON WOMEN FOOTBALL PRIDE STAR BRETT
PETERSON, ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE WFA,
WAY.DN’T HAVE IT ANY OTHER >> I LOVE PLAYING BOTH.
>> SIDES OF THE BALL. >> I’M NOT SAYING IT’S NOT
HARD. I THINK WHAT AVIS HUNTER DID WAS LAST YEAR
WAS INCREDIBLE. HIS SNAP COUNT IS INSANE. I’M SURE
OUR SNAP COUNTS IF PEOPLE TRACKED HIM WOULD BE UP
THERE TOO. >> THEY’RE GOING TO BRING
MYTUFF OUT. WE JUST NEED MORE LINEMEN. SO THE CHANGE
ON THE SIDELINE. [MUSIC]
>> ALL RIGHT. >> COMING OFF THE SIDELINE
TO SUIT UP AND PLAY. >> I ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY
2020. I HAD MY KNEEG IN REPLACED. SO I HAD TOSSED
AROUND THE IDEA BEFORE SEASON LEADING UP TO THIS
YEAR AND WAS LIKE, NO, LIKE, THE TEAM NDS A COACH AND
THAT’S WHERE I SHOULD BE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
NEEDING TH PERSONNEL O THE FIELD, I’M READY TO
JUMP OUT THERE AND HELP THE TEAM OUT.
[MUSIC] >> AND AFTER SOME OFFENSIVE
LINE INJURIES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT COACH JABO
MEYER DID PUTTING ON THE PADS IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
>> SO YOU’RE GOING TO PICK UP THAT LINEBACKER THAT’S
COMING THROUGH. YOU JUST DRIVE THEM A YOU’LL GE
THE YARDS. >> YEP. BAT OUT OF HELL.
THAT’S. >> IT WAS A GALLANT BUT
FUTI EFFORT AS THE PRIDE DROPPED THEIR SEASON FINALE
TO THE MINNESOTA VIXEN, 35 TOOTHING. BUT IN THEIR
FIRST YEAR IN E PRO LEAGUE, THEY DID MAKE THE
AYOFFS AT FOUR AND TWO AND LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND.
BUT THE CAMARADERIE IN THE JOY OF THE GAME FOR THESE
WOMEN IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
>> VIXEN. >> THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.
GREAT GAME. IT’S HARD TAKING 20 PEOPLE AGAINST
WHAT, 80? >> YEAH.
>> LET’S KEEP HOLDING DOWN THE MIDWEST AND SHOWING
THEM THAT THAT’S WHERE THE BEST FOOTBALL IS.
>> YOU OBVIOUSLY HAD A CHANCE TO COACH A GIRLS
PLAYER AT WEST SIDE. >> YEAH AARON IS SHE.
THAT’S HOW SHE WAS THE WHOLE TIME RIGHT. ALWAYS A
GO GETTER. ALWAYS WANTED TO GET AFTER IT. AND IT’S GOOD
TO SEE HER HAVE OPPORTUNITIES. SO EVERYBODY
HAS SOME SORT OF GOATHAT THEY CAN GO GET WHEN THAT’S
THEIR DREAM. >> EXACTLY. LET ME ASK YOU,
SEAN WOULDO TO OUR VIEWER QUESTIONS. WHAT DO YOU
THK THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE EIGHTH WIN IS PENN
STATE OR IOWA? >> IT’S IOWA. I JUST INK
I JUST LIKE THE MATCH. THE MOBILITY OF IOWA
QUTERBACK WORRIES YOU, BUT I JUST THINK THE
EMOTIONS AND THE FANS AND THE CROWD, IT’S GOING TO BE
AN EMOTIONAL ATMOSPHERE. >> THIS IS FROM STEVE AND
MICHAEL SEVERE ON X. WHEN WE GET THE TIGHT ENDS MORE
INVOLVED MAN. >> WELL THE LAST TWO GAMES
ARE TIGHT END GES. SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO IF IF WE
WIN AT ATTATE COLGE, THE RECEIVING CORPS WILL BE
LED BY THE TIGHT ENDS. >> GOOD.
>> WRITE IT DOWN. >> I’D LOVE TO S THAT.
HOW YOU WHY DO YOU THINK NEBRASKA IS A TEN POINT
UNDERDOG? >> I JUST THINK IT’S IN
STATE COLLEGE. AND I MEAN, THIS POINT SPREAD WAS SET
LONG, LONG TIME AGO. AND OBVIOUSLY THEY ADJUST THE
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BUT I JUST THINK AT HOME, A
LOT OF TEAMS WOULD BE UNDERDOGS IN STATEOLLEGE.
I MEAN, WHAT WAS INDIANA’S NUMBER OUT THERE? I MEAN,
THEY WERE FAVORED. >> BY SEVEN.
>> YEAH. BUT ‘S IT’S JUST NOT AN EASY PLACE TO GO WIN.
YOU KNOW NEBRASKA WHEN THEY WERE PLAYED OUT THERE IN
THE PAST YEARS, IF THEY WERE FAVORED, IT WAS ALWAYS
BY MAYBE A FIELD GOAL. I MEAN, IT WAS NEVER BY MUCH.
>> RIGHT? >> I KW WHAT RECORD PENN
STATE HAS, BUT THIS COULD BE KIND OF A SIGNATURE WIN,
RIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE
YOU’RE IT’S LIKE A LOT OF THINGS THA HAVE HAPPENED
UNDER THIS COACHINGENURE. YOU’RE FIGHTING AGAINST
MYSTIQUE, RIGHT? THAT’S WHY I ASKED OUR PENN STATE GUY,
YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK A LOT LIKE YOU DID AGAINST FSU,
LIKE YOU DID AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE, BUT YOU’RE
STILL PENN STATE. SOHAT IS IT? YEAH, IT’S T
MYSTIQUE OF OF OF STATE COLLEGE AND HAPPY VALLEY
AND NEBRASKA GOT A CHAE TO FIGHT SOME DEMONS.
>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. WHAT’S YOUR BURNING
QUESTION, SEAN? >> MY BURNING QUESTION IS,
CAN NEBRASKA FIGURE IT OUT ON THE ROAD AGAIN? AND
OTHER TOUGH ROAD ENVIRONMENT. MOST
PORTANTLY, CAN THEIR DEFENSE SHOW UP AND PLAY AT
THE LEVEL NEEDED? >> CAN THEY WIN THE
TURNOVER BATTLEI SELDOM DUMB IT DOWN TO TURNOVERS,
BUT IF NEBRASKA WINS THE RNOVER BATTLE, MARK MY
WORDS, THEY’LL WIN THE GAME. CAN TJ LATEEF HAVE A BIG
GAME LIK SOME RUNNING QUARTERBACKS HAVE HAD
AGAINST PENN STATE? IF HE GETS 75, IT’S ENOUGH TO
KE THE GAMELOSE. FOR OUR PICKS FOR THE PENN
STATE GAME SATURDAY NIGHT, CHECK THE PREDICTION ON
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