Nebraska Football needs to keep running the damn ball
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Mar 4, 2024
We take a final look back at the win for Nebraska football over North Dakota and explain why the Huskers just need to keep running the ball to win.
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Welcome back, folks, Husker fans
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This is Chris Peterson from the husker big red.com. And joining me again, my co-host, Danny Gillette of the great cornholio.org
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This is the Husker Big Red podcast. We're also going to have this on the Husker Big Red YouTube channel
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It's Monday morning. We're back with our Monday morning fallout episode after we got a big
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not a big win, but a 21-point win and a better than a loss
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So 3817 victory. Danny, now it's Monday morning. you've had a little time to, you know, think about this victory
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What are your reactions here on Monday morning? How are you feeling about the Huskers
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I'm feeling pretty good. Yes, people will say it was North Dakota. And yes, people will say, oh, you know, it's not getting excited about
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But a win is a win. And, you know, I mean, they've been hard to come by lately in Lincoln
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And so I'm happy with it. I mean, if nothing else, Saturday needed, showed that we need to run
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the damn ball, as people like to say. And Anthony Grant, I'll tell you what, he's something special
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Yeah, man, I totally agree. That's like my biggest takeaway. The more I think about this game and let it marinate a little bit, you know
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these first two weeks, you know, I'm looking at Nebraska's got a star player in Anthony
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Grant when they found a running back. You know, I believe that Anthony Grant's the best running back Nebraska's had since
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Amir Abdullah. I mean, we haven't seen anybody like this in the Scott Frost there that they can hand the ball
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to and say, hey, man, go get us, go make a play. And, you know, we'll talk about that
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Let's talk about it right now. The playing calling was a big, you know, topic of conversation
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You know, it was kind of addressed in the postgame press conference. Scott Frost kind of, you know
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glazed over the question and said he wasn't really going to talk about the play calling, but there's no question that the play calling was different in this game. You know, there was
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42 running plays called, I believe only 21 passes, so almost a two to one run pass ratio. And it was
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clear in the second half. They didn't trust Casey Thompson to win this game. They put it in the hands
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of Anthony Grant and this much maligned offensive line and they delivered. So what did you think about
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the play calling, I guess, in the second half? And do you think that Scott Frost did take it over
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Well, I don't know if it wasn't as much that they didn't trust Casey Thompson as they didn't
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trust the offensive line to protect him and keep them upright. I mean, Saturday, you know, we said they
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look good against Northwestern. They looked horrible on Saturday. And so I think, you know, it was one of those situations where, you know, the coaches
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didn't want to leave Casey hung out to dry, so to speak. So they relied on the running backs
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And I really loved to see it because, you know, Nebraska, even last year, was a good running
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football team and we just didn't run the ball enough. And that commitment to the run in the second half really kind of put the pace of the
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game in Nebraska's favor. And it also allowed them to, you know, eat up the clock, get big yards, get Anthony Grant
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into a rhythm. And it was great to see. And it's something I hope we see more of because, boy, watching him, you know, get the
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ball, make his cuts, hit the hole. It's so much fun to watch
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Yeah, he's got like 290 yards through his first two games. I believe that's more rushing yards than any Nebraska running back has ever had during
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their first two games. us. Yeah. So, I mean, you know, back to back 100 yard games, I mean, he's been everything that, you know
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he's been as good as advertised and more. I didn't think he was going to be this good. I mean, I thought he was going to start
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But I would not have expected, I guess, back to back 100 yard games because I just thought
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it was going to be more of a run, more of a timeshare situation
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But hell, man, I'm keep Premier Johnson on the bench with that guy. Nobody else, except for A.J. Allen
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I'm pretty impressed with AJ Allen, though, too. Yeah. So he ended up with like 60 yards
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He scored that other touchdown. Yeah, I'm feeling pretty good about this running back tandem
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I think, you know, do you think that we're going to keep seeing that, you know, going into Georgia Southern this week
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Do you think that the running game, I guess, I'll put it this way. Do you think that Nebraska is going to keep running the damn ball
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I hope so because, you know, it's really a great asset when you can have two backs that can provide a spark
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and AJ Allen, you know, I'm very impressed with him. And I think it speaks to the job that Brian Applewhite is doing in the running back room
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You know, it's been, I started covering this team in, let's see, my first season was fall 2019
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And I can't remember a situation where we had two actual running backs, not gadget players like Wondale Robinson, if you will, but running backs that we could just count on
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to give the ball and know that they would get production. And, you know, that's AJ Allen
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I mean, AJ Allen is the perfect complimentary piece to Grant. And he also allows for, you know, Grant to get a blow when needed because, boy
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it felt like he was carrying the game on his back at time Saturday. And you know what
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He was up for the challenge. So that's great to see. I think another thing people forget about, too, with the offensive line is running the
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football consistently makes their job easier. I mean, it gives you momentum
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It lets you run block. But the fact is when you have these pass rushers and you're constantly, you know
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putting in the run blocking situations, you know, that can help wear those guys down, you know
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and they have to hold up against the offensive line. And I just felt like that was a big confidence booster for the offensive line
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And I feel like instead of, you know, I do feel like that the play calling hasn't been
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has hurt the offensive line a little bit just because, I mean, recognize your personnel. This isn't an offensive line that you can
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throw the football with 40 times and they're going to just protect really well
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You have to run the ball, you know, keep it in, you know, because the bottom line is if you're
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in second and five or third and five, you know, the pass rush is going to be a little different than if it's third and 12
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I mean, that's just, you know, so I think that's something that also played into that running
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the ball a little bit more is to try to get the offensive line in a situation where they're
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confident and they're running, run blocking and then, you know, they can kind of pass
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block from there. And truth be told, you talked about recognizing your personnel
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If I had Trey Palmer and Marcus Washington, I'd try to throw the ball as many times as possible, too
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But in this case, you know, it's not, it wasn't the most efficient way to get things done
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And it was interesting because they kind of took a play out of North Dakota's playbook, so to speak, in the second half
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Just run the ball, drain the clock, wear that defense down. And then the final touchdown, I believe it was from Allen, was kind of the game winner
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Alan scored the second one. Brewington, actually, he caught the 3817 one
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But, yeah, AJ Allen got the one that made it to 3117
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And Anthony Grant broke the tie. And Trey Palmer, I believe it was 1717
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It was third and 12. And he threw it up. Trey Palmer made the play. Got the first down
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And then Anthony Grant took it for a 46-yard touchdown. I believe that's how that kind of sequence went down
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The defense made some plays. And Dave Borgacher made a play too. He had a solid day
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He made a couple of big plays. So, yeah, I felt, I'd feel good about him
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You know, he's kind of a young guy. And, you know, but you got a, you know
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Brewington, too, made the nice catch. You know, he had a, I believe he had a drop earlier in the game that he
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you know on a pass he didn come up with So it was good to see those guys stepping up with Vocalek out Earlier last week I kind of was a little bit worried about the tight end depth because I think you know the way we going to use Vocalik
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he's going to get, he's going to get, you know, hurt. You know, the human body is not made to be
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for example, 6'5, 300 pounds, 230 pounds, whatever, running over people. So tight ends are more susceptible to injuries
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It was good to see that depth for Nebraska kind of really shine
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because I was a big question mark I had. And even if they can get, and I kind of said this in my article on Sunday
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even if, you know, Borkshire can get four or five catches, Brewington can get a catcher too, just to take some of the load off Volclic as the grind of the season continues
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then I'd be very happy with that. Yeah, I think it's good to see, like, Brewington especially catching the ball
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because he is such an effective blocker. I mean, I really think that they need his physical presence out there blocking
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And so if you can catch the ball, I mean, that's going to set up some nice play action, you know, opportunities for Casey Thompson
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But, you know, I do want to bring back to this point. I think that Casey Thompson has not delivered so far in the first two games
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I have not been that impressed with his play. I mean, you look at he's got four turnovers in two games, three interceptions
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That interception in the second half against North Dakota, that could have been very costly
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And he didn't see, he made a bad read. I mean, he's just, I haven't been that impressed with Casey Thompson through two games
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Yeah. I mean, he's had his ups and downs. obviously, you know, that amazing play against Northwestern where he threw it all
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It seemed like off his back foot and started to twirl around. Like, you know, so there have been flashes, but he hasn't been able to put it all together
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And now, what I used to, you know, was part of a college football team, we would bring in transfers
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quarterbacks and expect them to learn a playbook in a year and hope for the best
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And that was tough. That was tough on them. And, you know, it was kind of tough on the offense as everybody got acclimated
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Hopefully, this is something, you know, that's what Thompson is going through and he'll get better
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But he's looked shaky over the first two games. I just don't think that, you know, looking at him, I don't think he's a guy that you want throwing the football 40 times a game
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I don't think this is, you know, and I think that's what Mark Whipple wants to do. I think he threw it too much against Northwestern
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And I think he was going to throw it too much against North Western. until Scott Frost stepped in
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And Scott Frost should have done that. He should have stepped in in the Northwestern game and said, hey, man, run the damn ball
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We need to stop throwing it every single down, even though we're down by three points
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You know, you're acting like we're down 17 in the Northwestern game. You know, Anthony Grant hardly ever got the ball in the second half, and it was like a bunch
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of three and outs. You know, it just, so I was, I don't, I was glad to see something happen there because
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literally Scott Frost was coaching for his job on Saturday. If they lose that game, I don't, you know, maybe he, maybe the buyout saves him
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But, you know, I think Nebraska friends would have been, that would have been a bad situation if you lose at home to North Dakota
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And it was 7-7 and halftime and it was 17-17 midway through the third quarter and it was mistake
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I mean, it's not Casey Thompson's fault that he got hit, but you need to have some pocket awareness and hold on to the ball
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You know what I mean? Like I've ripped Adrian Martinez for fumbling in the pocket too, so I'm going to rip Casey Thompson
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And, you know, the bottom line is we need a quarterback that's not turning it over two times a game
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So he has to take better care of the football. And I think that's why we're going to see more of a shift towards, you know, this is an Anthony Grant-led offense instead of, you know
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this isn't going to be some 300-yard-a-game passing offense, I don't think
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And I don't think that Scott Frost is a bad play caller either. I really don't
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But, you know, he was coaching for his job. and, you know, there were adjustments made, and he was able to make them
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And speaking of somebody who needs to make adjustments, Eric Shenander, oh, my goodness
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like, that defense is not where it needs to be right now
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I mean, and I don't think it's players. I really think it's scheme
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I really think it's the plays he's calling, and I really think it's scheme
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because what we saw on Saturday, they got better as the game went on
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but something is just not right. And last year we had guys like Jojo and Cam Taylor Britt to, you know, cover the mistakes
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And this year we don't have it. And if you remember, last year was like the first year with Shenander leading the defense that we were like, okay, like this defense is keeping us in games
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This defense is decent. I mean, prior to that, it was a mess
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So, I mean, I don't think Frost is doing himself any favors by keeping Shenander
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Yeah, you know, I wasn't a shadander fan. And then last year, yeah, they did start to play better
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And I think the public opinion shifted a little bit. It shifted for me
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Yeah, it definitely shifted. You could feel it shift, you know, but the thing that bugs me that I keep seeing is the big plays
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I mean, they had a 63-yard run. It wasn't a touchdown run, but it set up a score
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And it's just, I don't see why they have to give plays like that up every game
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They give up big runs and big plays like that almost every single game. game. And, you know, I don't know if it's scheme or personnel. I think sometimes, like I said
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like I've been saying, I do think sometimes he plays the wrong personnel. I think you need
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I've never been a fan of this nickel linebacker stuff. I mean, I like it. I don't mind having
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I mean, I wouldn't mind having like one or two linebackers, but I don't like having three linebackers on the field, almost ever. And we're doing it all the time. It makes no sense. We're
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like the only team in college football that's like putting more linebackers on the field instead
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of less. I mean, Isaac Gifford's played well. I don't want to criticize him, but there's a difference
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between, you know, like Isaac Gifford and like, you know, Marquez Buford or something. I mean
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their body type, the size, defensive backs are just, you know, they're more, that's what they do
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They cover people. So I think we, I've been saying it, I think we need more, more speed on the field
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but. Well, I think we, you know, I think our problem is if we get, if the running back gets by
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a defensive line. Then the linebackers are the ones, you know, on that second level of the defense
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so they're just not quick enough. They really just aren't quick enough and that causes problems
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So, and then there seems to be this habit of uncertain plays, corners coming down
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and opposing my receivers being able to literally go over the top
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especially in the red zone for a touchdown. Like it works, it works for the opposing offense
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It's like no problem at all. I've seen it, you know, a couple times against Northwestern
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one or two times on Saturday. And, you know, their red zone defensive schemes are absolutely horrible
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Yeah, I don't know if they get, you know, start to bite on play action or, you know, what it is
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But, I mean, I just, you know, you look at this defense and there's no, there's really no playmakers on it, to be honest
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I mean, Garrett Nelson played well on Saturday, but he didn't dominate
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and this was against North Dakota and he got one strip sack, you know, like, so O'Shawn Mathis got a sack, but it's just, I don't see anybody on that. There's no Anthony Grant on this defense right now, and Garrett Nelson hasn't delivered on that aspect to me
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O Mathis hasn you know Luke Reimer and Heinrich didn play but you know we need some we need some playmakers on defense because we had some last year and right now I not seeing really anybody I mean hopefully Garrett Nelson can build on that But you know he just he looks kind of slow to me honestly
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Yeah, this defense, particularly the linebackers, have been disappointing so far. And yes, it's only two games, but, you know, we can't start off slow against the likes of Oklahoma, Michigan, you know, Illinois, even, Iowa
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You know, it's just about building habits. that will get you ready for, you know, the harder games
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than we can't even make the quote-unquote easy games look easy. Yeah, we'll see
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I mean, there's going to be another challenge. You know, Georgia Southern. I don't know how much you've checked them out
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but they won like 59 to 3. Yeah, they're good. Clay Hilton
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I mean, they were 3 and 9 last year. I don't want to, like, jump to conclusions. You know, I don't know much about Morgan State who they beat
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But, you know, Clay Hilton came over from USC, and it's not going to be a pusover
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know, they're going to be ready to go. But, you know, Saturday night, I think we really should see the best of this Nebraska
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team that we haven't seen yet. That's kind of my anticipation. And I really hope so, because we need to get some momentum, you know, going into that
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Oklahoma game. But, yeah, I hope that we see, you know, more Anthony Grant
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Did you, one thing I wanted to mention, I guess, Ramir Johnson got a tweet out and deleted it
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What was that about? I didn't see that. Did you see it before you did it? I didn't see the tweet either, but I can go
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look it up real quick. See if it has anything. What do you think about the Ramayor Johnson situation, though
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It is a little weird that he's not touched the ball one time. It is a little weird, but with this staff, when they fall in love with, like, gadget
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like, duck back players, so to speak, they literally feed them the ball to the point where
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they're, like, exhausted and run to the ground. So I'd honestly rather not have the temptation of, you know, a type of gadget player and
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just focus on running the football. and, you know, passing to the wide receivers
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I mean, it is a little weird, but I see an offensive formula that is starting to work
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and I don't know if Vermeer fits into that equation. I really don't, and it's not because of lack of skill
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It's just because of, you know, I don't, with the emergence of Anthony Grant
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and, you know, how well A.J. Allen played on Saturday, that kind of shifts the offensive focus, in my opinion
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I mean, I think it should, but I still think that Ramirez Johnson should have a role in this offense
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I mean, the Brian Westbrook role that Mark Whipple talked about throwing him the football
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I mean, Casey Thompson needs more high percentage throws. And I think it would not hurt to have Ramer Johnson out there to throw some swing passes to, some screens, you know, some checkdowns
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Anthony Grant can do that type of stuff too. But, you know, at any rate, I just think it's interesting that they're not utilizing him
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And it seems like he's, I would be surprised if he likes. left and went in the transfer portal here pretty soon
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But, you know, I just think that they need more guys in the slot
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They need more high percentage throws for Casey Thompson. I think everything's just down the field
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And I don't trust the guy. I don't trust the guy at quarterback right now. I don't trust him with the ball
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I mean, he didn't play well enough to win the Northwestern game
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And, you know, to be honest, he didn't really play all that well against North Dakota. So, I mean, if it wasn't for Anthony Grant, it might be a different story
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So I wanted Casey Thompson to be, you know, the solution. But after two games, I don't know that he's much better than Adrian Martinez, honestly
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I don't know. I mean, I think it makes a difference when you have a balanced play calling sheet
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I mean, in the first quarter, he was literally getting his head knocked in. And by the third quarter, he looked exhausted
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I mean, like, he looked exhausted. So I think play calling balance will be able to help him a lot
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I'm not ready to give up on him yet. He did have a couple of rough games, but I think, you know, that balance of play calling needs to be there throughout the entire game, especially with this offensive line, if nothing else, just to give Thompson a little bit of a breather because that line is still not good
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And I know I've said it already, but this line is a mess
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Yeah, I mean, I'm not, yeah, I'm not giving up on Casey Thompson, but I don't think he's, I don't think he's an upgrade, really, a quarterback
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I think he's basically, you know, he's a better passing version of Adrian Martinez
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Can't run the ball as well. I mean, so there is plus and minuses. He ran the ball a little bit, you know, over the week
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But, yeah, I mean, I just think that we'll see what happens. I mean, I think that I would like to see him throwing the ball 20 times a game
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I think if he starts throwing it 30, 40 times a game, I think Nebraska's going to lose. I just don't think he's going to take care of the ball well enough
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And they don't need to. That's the thing. Like, if you think about it, Casey Thompson's a pocket passing quarterback
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So what do you do? You compliment that by getting strong running backs in the running back room
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And that's what they did this offseason. And now it's just about finding the balance
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And, you know, I don't think Mark Whipple's found the balance yet. Maybe Scott Frost, you know, will help him find the balance
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But it's not going to be like Kenny Pickett. You're going to need to find some sort of balance and not just in the third and fourth quarters
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but throughout the entire game. Yeah, and we'll see. You know, we'll see what happens
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I like the receiving core, but yeah, I think it's, I think that, you know, Whipple has, you know, kind of lived up to that
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You know, he fell in love with the passing game too much, I think. And so we'll see what happens this week
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But I really hope they try to come out and establish Anthony Grant
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And, you know, I don't know. I just don't know what to kind of expect, you know, from this team
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I guess through, you know, two games, like if I was to, you know, hand out grades for the, they wouldn't be very good
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They'd be like Cs across the board at this point, you know. Yeah
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I mean, honestly, A plus for Brian Buccini, but that's about it
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I mean, I've been very impressed with Brian Buccini, and it's sad when he's the highlight of, you know, the season so far
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And it's sad when we consider good punting to be like this amazing thing
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But that's where we've been at the past couple of years. So there you have it
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I don't know what to tell you guys. Yeah, Buccini and then Grant
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I mean, they've been the two standouts. You know, defensively, yeah, they need some guys to step up, you know, really
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I think that's been the biggest kind of misjudgment. You know, I mean, we kind of knew the offensive line sucked and we were hoping
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We were optimistic that it was going to be better. I still think that I think Lutovsky, putting Latovsky in there, taking out Bando, I think that helped
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I think they were better once he made that move. And, you know, so we'll see
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I still have hope for those guys. But defensively, you know, I think we just kind of overrated, you know, the defense
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And maybe it was because of Shinnander and, you know, some of the, the transfers or, you know, just some of these guys that were here before, but, you know
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they need to start making some more impact plays. You know, we just have not seen that
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I think they got two or three sacks on set. I mean, through two games, I think we've got
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three sacks. That's the same old shit that we did last year. You cannot win if you're
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getting three sacks in two games. You're just not going to do it. I honestly think it's a play
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calling issue. I mean, yes, it goes with mismanaging personnel, but I don't think the right
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schemes are being called defensively, and I think that falls on Shenander. I mean, I think it has some to do with the scheme
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but you know, I always go back to that, you know, it's not the X's in the O's, it's the billies and the Joe's
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And I think Nebraska just doesn't have the billies and the Joe's. I mean, I don't, you know
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Schenander scheme it doesn you know that you know Garrett Nelson still can win one on one blocks He not winning on the edge you know what i mean like these guys aren they not they not getting off blocks they not made they missing tackles like i just think it i think they just got to play better you know i think o mathis
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asked to play better he's got to start showing up and they've got to play dev and drew more i think
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you know hutchmaker and feasts need to go to the bench sorry guys kai robinson needs to step his ass up
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yeah i mean he has sucked he has not been good at all
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And honestly, I would consider him as somebody who needs to go to the bench
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But he's been absolutely brutal. And he was one of the ones that I was really excited about coming into this season
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And he showed flashes last year, but just has not been there this year
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Yeah, and it's tough because there's not a lot of depth. You know, they've got a couple of, you know, sophomore guys there
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I think like Rayquan. Buckley? Yeah, Buckley. Yep. He was a pretty good pickup
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They've got some talent there, but they don't really have any of those proven guys
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So I would really like to see, you know, I think that the more they can get Devin Drew in there, I think win from Alabama
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But you can really see like this team needs more defensive line depth, which is probably why they're, you know, interested in that Western Iowa defensive tackle
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And Blanking on his name. But it's definitely got to be a focus, I think, you know, on the transfer portal and, you know, the Juko ranks because they don't have enough, they don't have enough defensive tackles
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I mean, it's clear that's like the weakest position on the defense. And like, this is something I talked about before the season started
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They're in this tough position of needing to win now, but needing to win now with all these new pieces
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Like, people are still trying to figure out all their roles. And, you know, we already, we already like want them, you know, to win
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And is that an excuse? No, not necessarily. But there is an element where you need to figure out where these
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players go where they fit on the offense, what are their strengths and weaknesses
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and that takes time. And this year, Nebraska doesn't have it for the sake of everybody's job
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Yeah, they got to figure it out quick. I mean, they got to hopefully play a better game against Georgia Southern
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Really, it doesn't matter. They just have to beat Georgia Southern, and then it's all about Oklahoma
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I mean, that's what this whole, you know, Scott Frost thing, if he loses that game
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you know, then it's going to be, I mean, I'm not saying he's going to get fired that day
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unless they get totally boat race by Oklahoma, like 3810. I think that would, you know, if it's something like that
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I think that's the end. Maybe they'll wait until October 1st to save a few bucks
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but, you know, it's coming soon. And so I think it's really building up to that game
25:31
but it's like Scott Fras just has to make it through these to get to that game, you know, two and one
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to have kind of a chance to save his job. Because if you beat Oklahoma, as long as you don't shit the bed the rest of the season
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you're coming back, you know, because you should be able to make a bowl game if you do that, and you've got one big win on your resume and something for people to, you know, cling on to and have some hope, you know, going into the future
25:52
And this is where I think the running game is going to come into play with the game like Oklahoma
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Control the clock. You know, if you get two yards, you get two yards
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Don't force Thompson to make any tough throws. And we'll get into it more once Oklahoma week comes
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But, you know, I mean, and you never want to look ahead to future opponents, but that's the one that we've all kind of had circled on our calendar, so to speak
26:15
Yeah, for sure. I think I am interested to see what they do against Georgia Southern, but yeah, I want to see Anthony Grant, hopefully get another 100 yards this week. And AJ Allen, I think is going to get more carries. You know, I do think that, you know, going back to Casey Thompson, instead, if we can get to a situation where, you know, he's got a play action passing game to work with, and he's in second and five a lot. And that's going to make his job easier, too. You know, I mean, to be fair on him, it has not been, it's not easy when you're sitting there first and 10, second and 10, third and 10
26:45
And, you know, guys are dropping passes. It's a new line. So, I mean, I do think, I do like what I've seen from him in terms of a thrower
26:51
And he isn't upgrade as a thrower. But I think Nebraska can't fall in love with that and be like, we're going to throw 40 times a game
26:58
No, you've got one of the best running backs in the Big Ten and Anthony Grant. And whatever we've seen out of this offensive line, they can run block better than they can pass block
27:06
So let's play into that. Well, the play action passed is two things, right
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One, you can set it up via the run. It keeps the defense honest
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and two, you know, it gives Thompson a chance to kind of get out of the pocket a little bit
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and just set his feet versus going under center. That's the other thing. Mark Whipple loves to go under center with this offensive line
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They should not go under center if they can help it. I mean, they need to go in the shotgun because, you know
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there were a couple times on Saturday where Thompson had literally a second throw
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and there was just nothing there. So if I'm, you know, if I'm Frost and Whipple, and I don't even care if opponent
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know it. Put Casey Thompson in the shotgun and, you know, just try to save him from getting beat up so early
27:53
Yeah, and part of it, too, you know, it's one thing that we talked about constantly on Saturday
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You know, if you didn't join us, we were watching the game together through playback, which will be doing this Saturday as well
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A lot of emotions on Saturday. Yeah, a lot of emotions. But that time of possession, you know, North Dakota had it like 36 minutes
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That's what was crazy. That's what Nebraska needs to do. We need to have the ball for 36 minutes
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We need to run the football, keep our defense off the field because they suck
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And that'll be a lot better. If the Nebraska defense, the best thing we can do is have them on the field for 20-some minutes a game
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That'll be, you know, it's not rocket science. Football is not rocket science
28:29
And so that's one thing I'd like these Nebraska coaches to remember
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I know you got a lot of talented players, but Anthony Grant is your best player
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Give him the football as much as possible. It's not that hard
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And if he needs to breathe there, put in AJ Allen. I think, you know, he's a guy that can be trusted to kind of, you know, supplement the running game
28:51
And again, I know it's tough with all these playmakers, but we don't need sexy football
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We need winning football and touchdowns and gritty plays, you know, and just get back to the basics
29:04
Get back to the basics and don't try to overdo it. That's why I think, you know, the second half of Saturday's game worked so well
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was just because they ran the football. They stuck with it. Grant got into a rhythm
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He got hot and he was able to make things happen. Yeah, you're exactly right, though, man
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We don't need anything sexy. We just need some more wins. So hopefully we'll get another one of those on Saturday
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But since we got a bit of a late start here, so I'm going to have to get rolling
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But, yeah, it's been a good. We're going to have our Husker Big Red podcast episodes here every Monday
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So make sure that you're checking us out. We'll have some more content this week. And we're going to be also promoting our watch party again on Saturday
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So, you know, Georgia Southern Nebraska. You know, we'll have that about, what is it, 630, 630 Nebraska time
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It's going to start, I believe. Yeah, 730 on my end. And I'm an hour ahead of Nebraska
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Yep. So we'll be there for the pregame show and everything. So make sure you guys come and check us out, watch some games with Danny
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You can get our live ysis, you know, while you're also watching the game. So, you know, you can add a little bit more flavor
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to, you know, your football Saturdays. So, you know, we'll also have some other content here
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Check out the great cornholio.org this week. You can see everything that Danny's producing about the Huskers
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