♪ ♪ >>> WHAT A GREAT TIME IN NYC.

HUSKER FOOTBALL WON THE PIN STRIPE BOWL FOR THE FIRST POST SEASON WIN SINCE 2015.

NEBRASKA BEAT BOSTON COLLEGE IN YANKEE STADIUM IN THE MUD 20 TO 15.

TONIGHT, ON "BIG RED WRAP UP."

WE LOOK BACK AT THE WIN AND LOOK FORWARD, INTO WHERE THE PORTAL MIGHT TAKE US.

ALL COMING UP NEXT, ON BIG RED WRAP UP.

♪ ♪ >> HI, EVERYONE.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE WELCOME TO "BIG RED WRAP UP ON A NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

A LOT TO GET TO TONIGHT.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, THE VIEWER, OF COURSE.

THE PHONES ARE STANDING BY RIGHT NOW FOR YOU.

WE ARE READY FOR YOUR CALLS.

OR IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN TEXT OR E-MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS OR YOUR COMMENTS TO BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

WE ARE ALSO OUR MONITORING SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TONIGHT AS WELL.

SEND US YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE BIG RED WRAP UP FACEBOOK PAGE OR OUR X ACCOUNT AND WE WILL ANSWER AS MANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS WE CAN.

LETS DO OUR SIDELINE SURVEY TO START OFF THOUGH.

THE LAST TIME WE WERE WITH YOU, WE ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW DO YOU SEE THE BAD BOY MOWERS PINSTRIPE BOWL TURNING OUT?

NEBRASKA BLEW OUT AT B 6%.

CLOSE WIN AT 66%.

CLOSE BC WIN 20%.

A LITTLE BIT FOR OVERTIME WIN OR OVERTIME LOSS LOSS.

LET'S DO THIS WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY.

WHAT WILL THE NEBRASKA RECORD BE IN 2025?

IT'S WHAT EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT ALREADY.

12 AND 0, 4 PERCENT.

11 AND 2, 69 %.

9 AND 3, OR 8 AND 4, 3 %.

7 AND 5, 21 %.

UNDER 500 IS 2 %.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BOWL GAME.

WE ARE JOINED BY FORMER HUSKERS JAY MOORE AND DAMON BENNING.

YOU ARE THERE IN NEW YORK, SOAKING WET I'M SURE.

ONE OF THE WORST PLACES TO CALL A GAME EVER, IS FROM A BASEBALL STADIUM.

I DID A LOT OF TIMES AT REOSENBLATT.

>> DIFFICULT.

>> HOW WAS IT?

>> THE TRIP WAS FANTASTIC.

IT WAS WELL DONE.

YOU COULD TELL IT WAS INTENTIONAL FROM A SCHEDULING STANDPOINT TO NOT SPEND A TON OF TIME ON THE BUS.

TRAVEL WAS INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT.

WHICH IS AMAZING.

>> FOR NEW YORK.

>> 120 GUYS IN NEW YORK.

I THINK THE COACH RHULE KNOWING SO MANY OF THE SHORTCUTS AND HOW TO MOVE AROUND THE CITY.

THE DEAL HE HAD WITH FLORIDA.

THEY GOT OFF HALF-GIRDLE.

ON THE PLANE, JAY.

>> OH, WOW!

FORDHAM HAD JUST CLEARED THE FIELD ON THE FIRST SNOW ON THE 24th.

AND THEY WENT OUTSIDE ANYWAY.

HALF RACK.

GUYS DRESSED LIKE THEY WERE READY TO TACKLE THE ELEMENTS.

THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I NOTICED , GUYS WERE NOT BUNDLED UP.

OUTSIDE OF CEYAIR WRIGHT, THOSE GUYS WERE READY TO EMBRACE THE CONDITIONS.

AND I WAS LIKE "OKAY, WE ARE IN BUSINESS."

>> YEAH, HOLLYWOOD.

SO 7 AND 6.

A WINNING SEASON.

A WINNING BOWL GAME FIRST TIME SINCE 2015.

YOUR FEELINGS OF THE GAME?

>> HOW I EXPECTED IT, I THOUGHT NEBRASKA WAS GOING TO BE THE MORE PREPARED TEAM.

I UNDERSTAND BC'S ISSUES WITH THE ALL AMERICAN EDGE GUY NOT PLAYING.

I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THOUGHT RHULE'S DEMEANOR WAS REALLY GOING TO SET AT HOME WITH THE TEAM.

I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE HIS GUYS PREPARED.

I I LIKED NEBRASKA FROM THE GET GO.

A LOT OF MOMENTUM IN THE LAST 4 - 5 MINUTES OF THE GAME.

IT GOT A LITTLE DICEY.

AND THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

OBVIOUSLY SOME BOWL GAMES, YOU DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU SAW LOT OF FAKES.

SAW SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.

WHEN YOU HAVE 14, 15 EXTRA PRACTICE MINUTES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TIME TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT.

YOU GET OUT WITH THE WIN YOU HAVE SOME GOOD, SOLID MOMENTUM GOING FORWARD.

YOU ARE 7 AND 6.

I KNOW THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO GET WORKED ON.

NEED TO GET FIXED AND THEY WILL GET FIXED.

I JUST LOVE THE MOMENTUM THAT THIS TEAM.

THIS PROGRAM IS CARRYING INTO THE OFF-SEASON.

YOU FINISH UP RECRUITING WITH THE TRANSFER PORTAL.

NOW IN THE WINTER CONDITIONING, IN SPRING BALL.

I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE AT.

>> AT THE END OF THE GAME I WAS THINKING, REMEMBER JOHN ALWAYS USE TO TELL ME.

BECAUSE HE IS YOUNGER OBVIOUSLY THEN US.

HE'D GO, "YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THESE GUYS ARE DEALING WITH."

YOU DON'T KNOW.

AND USED TO SAY, YOU STILL SAY IT, IS THAT, "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE COACHES, IT IS ABOUT THE TEAM."

IT IS ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.

RAHMIR JOHNSON AFTER THAT.

LISTENING TO HIM TALK WITH HIS MOM SITUATION AND HOW MUCH HE LOVED THE TEAM AND WHY HE DECIDED TO STAY, PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF A HUSKER.

>> YEAH.

IT WAS FASCINATING THAT THAT'S REALLY WAS WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I THINK, I EVEN TRIED TO ASK SOME GUYS ON THE TEAM ABOUT THE SITUATION WHEN HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE CONCUSSION PROTOCOL, KIND OF MISSING GAMES.

AND I ESTABLISHED A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH EJ AND I WAS TO EMMETT TALKING ABOUT IT.

I GO BACK NOW AFTER KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON WITH RAHMIR AND I GO BACK TO SOME OF EMMETT'S RESPONSES ABOUT RAHMIR, AND I'M EVEN MORE IMPRESSED THEN I HAD BEEN.

YOU KNOW I'M A HUGE RAHMIR GUY.

AND I'M FAIRLY CLOSE TO EJ.

JUST RUNNING BACKS.

JUST KIND OF SIMILAR CAREERS, RIGHT.

HURT, AND HAD TO BE READY.

SHOWED SOME PROMISE.

THEN YOU ARE HURT AGAIN.

I KIND OF JUST GRAVITATED TOWARD HIS STORY AND ONE TIME, GOING TO FORDHAM, I DIDN'T TAKE THE BUS.

I TOOK UBER.

AND SO THE UBER DRIVER WENT THROUGH HARLEM AND I'M THINKING, I FORGOT HOW HE WENT TO SCHOOL AN HOUR EVERY DAY EACH WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS AT THE PREP SCHOOL THAT HE NEEDED TO BE AT.

AND I USED TO TELL YOU, "A GUYS HAS TO BE COMMITTED COMING FROM A WINNING PROGRAM LIKE THAT, THAT'S IS WILLING TO SPEND TWO HOURS AND 20 MINUTES OF HIS DAY EVERY DAY, TO GO TO SCHOOL."

>> HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY TO BURGIN THAT'S A BIG DEAL >> THAT WAS A HECK OF A DEAL.

>> THE OTHER IMPRESSIVE THING.

AND THIS HAS BEEN ALL SEASON.

MAN THAT D LINE.

I KNOW PEOPLE WERE WORRIED.

BECAUSE WE HAD SOME GUYS WHO TRANSFERRED, BUT.

A WHOLE BUNCH MORE STUFF TACKLES.

JUST DID THE JOB.

>> WHEN I SAY I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT NEBRASKA IS GOING FORWARD, IT'S BECAUSE OF RAHMIR.

GUYS LIKE TY AND NASH WHO EASILY SET OUT AND HAVE NOT PLAYED.

BUT THE UNSELFISHNESS AND PUTTING NEBRASKA FIRST AGAINST THEIR WANTS AND THEIR NEEDS, THEIR FUTURE ASPECTS.

TAKE A GUY LIKE -- AND KIND OF ALTERING ROLES A LITTLE BIT.

>> FIRST GUY OUT ON THE PRACTICE FIELD.

>> IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

>> CHANGING THAT.

IF THERE IS ANYBODY WHO THINKS I'M GOING TO TAKE MY BALL AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT WOULD BE HIM.

SO WITH THAT, AND I WILL GET TO THE D LINE.

I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE CULTURE AND JUST THE GUYS.

YOU HEAR, YOU PLAYING FOR THE N ON THE HELMET OR FOR A CERTAIN COACH?

I FEEL LIKE NEBRASKA IS GETTING TO WORDS AND YOU ARE PLAYING FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.

BUT TY AND NASH, WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO.

TY PLAYED HIS TAILS OFF ALL YEAR.

NASH DOING THE SAME THING.

>> THEIR ABILITY, I LIKE THE BC OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ON FILM.

>> THEY RAN THE BALL ALL YEAR ON EVERY BODY.

>> ESPECIALLY THE LAST THIRD OF THE SEASON.

I'M THINKING, "NEBRASKA MAY HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL."

WHETHER THEY HAVE THE PRESSURE, WHWTHER THEY HAVE TO RUN BLITZ.

I WAS IMPRESSED WITH NEBRASKA'S ABILITY TO HANDLE BC AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> JUST LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

YOU HAVE GUYS THAT LEFT.

JAMARI LEAVING.

YOU GOT SOME YOUNG GUYS STEP IN.

THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING TOO.

IS THAT SO MANY YOUNG PLAYERS.

VINCENT SHAVERS, McGAHEE STEPPING IN.

NOT PLAYING A TON THROUGHT THE YEAR.

BITS AND PIECES THROUGHOUT THERE.

BUT YOU CAN LEAN ON THOSE TWO.

YOU GET IN THAT HUDDLE, YOU ARE LIKE, "THERE ARE SOME FAMILIAR FACES.

WE KNOW THEY WERE GOOD BECAUSE THEM TWO ARE HERE."

IT WAS FUN.

WE WILL MISS WATCHING THEM TOO.

>> NO DOUBT ABOU THAT, THOSE SENIORS WERE A HUGE PART OF THIS.

MATTER OF FACT WITH THE COVID YEAR 2020, IT CREATED A DIFFERENT LISTING FOR PLAYERS.

THAT'S SIX YEAR SENIOR.

AT NEBRASKA, THOSE GUYS WANT TO ONE OF THE MOST ODDEST HISTORICAL ERAs IN MAJOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL, BUT THEY FINISHED IT ON THE RIGHT NOTE.

>> THE 2023 SEASON ENDED AGAINST IOWA IN PAINFUL FASHION FOR THE HUSKERS.

A TURNOVER.

A LAST SECOND FIELD GOAL AND A SEVENTH SEASON WITHOUT A BOWL TRIP.

2024 ENDED THE LONGEST POWER CONFERENCE NON-BOWL STREAK WITH A 44-25 WIN.

OVER WISCONSIN.

THUS GIVING A GROUP OF FIFTH AND SIXTH YEAR SENIORS A TASTE OF THEIR FIRST POSTSEASON.

>> BRINGING IT HOME.

BRINGING HOME A WIN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME.

I THINK IT WILL BE A FUN TIME THERE.

SPENDING TIME WITH MY TEAMMATES FOR THE LAST TIME.

JUST TAKING IT ALL IN AND ENJOYING THE MOMENT.

>> ESPECIALLY FOR THE GUYS THAT HAD BEEN THERE LONGER THEN ME, THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG.

I THINK IT IS ONLY RIGHT FOR ALL THE SENIORS TO BE THERE AND TO GO OUT WITH OUR LAST BANG.

>> JUST REALLY HAPPY.

I WOULD SAY MORE HAPPY THAT I CAN DO IT WITH THIS GROUP OF GUYS AND GROUP OF COACHES WE GET TO DO IT WITH.

SO JUST REALLY EXCITED.

>> "ADVENTUROUS," I WOULD SAY.

HAD SOME UPS, HAD SOME DOWNS.

THROUGHOUT THE WAY, I ALWAYS KEEP MY HEAD DOWN AND WORKED HARD.

AND ALWAYS KEPT COMING.

I NEVER STOP BELIEVING IN MYSELF.

EVERY COACHES STAFF I HAVE BEEN PART OF.

THEY ALWAYS BELIEVED IN ME.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

GLAD TO SAY I'M A HUSKER, HONESTLY SPEAKING.

>> THE GROUP LED BY TY ROBINSON, ALL OPTED IN TO PLAY, IN THE PIN STRIPE BOWL.

>> I THINK A LOT OF IT GOES BACK TO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH THE PAST SIX YEARS.

YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH THE HIGHS AND LOWS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THEY GET TO DO FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND IT SHOWS SO MUCH THAT HE CARES MORE ABOUT THAN JUST HIMSELF.

BECAUSE HE CAN SIT OUT AND NOT PLAY, AND WATCH US PLAY, AND BE THERE FOR US.

BUT LIKE, HE'S PART OF THIS TEAM, HE'S PART OF THIS BROTHERHOOD.

HE'S BEEN THROUGH EVERYTHING WITH US THIS YEAR, AND, YOU KNOW, HE WANTS TO FINISH IT OFF THE RIGHT WAY.

>> ROBINSON, A SUREFIRE DRAFT PICK WAS A SURPRISE TO SUIT UP.

>> I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE GUYS WHO PLAYED.

I TOLD TY ROBINSON, "HEY, I DON'T THINK I'D PLAY."

I THINK HE'S -- I THINK HE SHOULD BE A FIRST OR SECOND ROUND PICK.

AND HE WAS LIKE, "I DIDN'T DO ALL OF THIS TO NOT PLAY."

AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN A WORLD WHERE SOME GUYS DON'T WANT TO DO IT, THOSE GUYS THEY WANT TO DO IT.

AND THEY WANTED TO BE HERE, AND WE WANT 'EM TO PLAY, AND WE WANT 'EM TO PLAY WELL.

>> BUT PLAY THE BIG D LINEMAN DID, AND HE FINISHED WITH A SACK AND A PASS BREAKUP IN A GAME HE PLAYED FOR THE LOVE OF THE HUSKERS.

AMONG THE SIXTH TEAR PLAYERS, JOHN BULLOCK ADDED A SACK AND JAVIN WRIGHT LED THE HUSKERS WITH EIGHT TACKLES.

ON OFFENSE, RIGHT TACKLE BRYCE BENHART MADE HIS 54th CAREER START, CLEARING THE WAY FOR THE BIG STORY OF THE DAY, MVP RAHMIR JOHNSON, WHO BATTLED INJURIES THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, BUT MOST OF ALL, DEALT WITH TRAGEDY IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE.

>> HE LOST HIS MOM IN NOVEMBER, AND, UH -- I MEAN, THOSE -- THOSE OF THE KIDS THAT GOT ME INTO COACHING.

THOSE OF THE KIDS THAT -- MEN THAT KEEP ME IN COACHING.

AND HE'S AWESOME.

SO FOR HIM TO GO OUT THERE, AND DO THAT TODAY, FOR HIM TO HAVE THAT RUN, FOR US TO HAVE TO GET HIM OUT OF THE STANDS TO GET HIM TO TAKE -- ACCEPT THE MVP TROPHY.

>> YEAH, WHEN I CAME BACK FOR MY SIXTH YEAR, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL.

AND EVERYTHING I DO IS FOR NEBRASKA, FOR THIS TEAM.

SO WHEN I FOUND OUT THE NEWS ABOUT MY MOM PASSING, I TOLD COACH RHULE, LIKE, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE, A BIG DISTRACTION.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T WITH THE TEAM TO BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, "OH, RAHMIR, I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS," AND ALL THAT STUFF.

BUT, UM -- YEAH, THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO, YOU KNOW, BE, YOU KNOW, A CORNHUSKER.

MAN, I JUST -- I LOVE THIS PROGRAM.

I'M DEDICATED TO THIS PLACE.

AND EVEN WITH NEWS LIKE THAT, I STILL WANT TO PLAY FOR THESE GUYS.

AND THAT'S JUST THE TYPE OF PERSON I AM.

>> THE HARLEM NATIVE CAME UP BIG IN YANKEE STADIUM, A MERE FIVE MINUTES FROM WHERE HE GREW UP.

HE RUSHED FOR 60 YARDS, GIVING HIM 1,000 FOR HIS CAREER.

HIS BIGGEST PLAY COMING ON THE GAME'S FIRST SCORE, FOLLOWING FELLOW SIX YEAR SENIOR TY ROBINSON IN THE END ZONE.

>> YEAH, I JUST TOLD RAHMIR TO FOLLOW ME.

AND ON THE EDGE I SAW THREE DUDES, AND THEY ALL KIND OF STOPPED WHEN THEY LOOKED AT ME.

AND THEN I FELT RAHMIR HIT THE SEAM, AND THEN I GOT RIGHT BEHIND IT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, HE CAN KEEP GOING.

SO YEAH, NO.

I'M OUT THERE, I DON'T KNOW MUCH, EXCEPT JUST GO GET SOMEBODY.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> HE WAS LIKE, "THIS IS YOUR CITY, MAN.

LET'S FINISH IT THE RIGHT WAY."

AND I SAW THE LANE, TY CREATED THE LANE FOR ME.

AND WE GOT THE FIRST DOWN, WE GOT THE BOWL WIN, AND HERE WE ARE TODAY.

>> JOHNSON MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR ON THE FIELD DURING HIS SIX YEARS FOR THE BIG RED, BUT HIS SPIRIT WILL LIVE ON WITH THE BROTHERHOOD IN LINCOLN HE HELPED CREATE.

>> YOU KNOW, FOR THE YEAR I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW RAHMIR, I ALWAYS KNEW HE WAS A SPECIAL GUY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, NOW, I'M HAPPY TO CALL HIM A BROTHER.

AND I LOVE HIM LIKE MY OWN BROTHER.

>> I MEAN, I TOLD RAHMIR IN THE LOCKER ROOM AFTER THIS, THAT THIS IS FOR LIFE.

YOU KNOW, THE BROTHERHOOD THAT WE BUILT, IT MEANS SO MUCH.

I MEAN, THE NEXT TIME I COME TO NEW YORK CITY, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA BE HITTING HIM UP.

WE HANG OUT, GO WHATEVER.

IT JUST KINDA SHOWS WHAT KIND OF PERSON RAHMIR IS TO GO THROUGH THAT TYPE OF ADVERSITY.

>> EVERY TIME, I WAS JUST LOOKING UP IN THE CROWD, SEEING WHO I WAS SEEING.

I SAW MY OLD YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM, THE HARLEM JETS, IN THE CORNER.

I SAW MY FAMILY IN THE END ZONE WHERE I SCORED AT.

IT JUST MEANT A LOT, MAN.

I MEAN, FOR ME, IT'S LIKE I PLAYED MY LAST GAME IN THE CITY.

I GUESS THE TEAM, WHICH IT WAS MY FIRST OFFER, AND TO GO OUT WITH A W, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY, LIKE TY SAID, WE WORKED SIX YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT, AND I'M GLAD WE LEFT THE FIELD AS A WINNER.

AND I'M GLAD WE PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FUTURE.

AND I SEE SPECIAL THINGS COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THIS TEAM.

♪ >> YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, AND YOU HEAR THIS A LOT, BOWL GAMES DON'T MEAN ANYTHING.

"OH, IT'S JUST A BOWL GAME."

IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE COLLEGE BALL PLAYOFF, OR YOU'RE NOT IN WHATEVER.

YOU WATCH THOSE GUYS AFTER THE GAME, YOU LISTEN TO RAHMIR.

I MEAN, IT MEANS A LOT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

LIKE, DAMON PLAYED IN SOME MORE MEANINGFUL BOWL GAMES THAN I DID -- >> YES, HE DID.

HE DID PLAY SOME MEANINGFUL BOWL GAMES.

>> I GUESS, I CAN SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BETTER.

WHETHER IT WAS INDEPENDENCE BOWL, ALAMO BOWL, COTTON BOWL.

>> YEAH.

>> IT WAS COMPETING, AND YOU WANTED TO WIN.

AND YOU SPENT -- I MEAN, THAT'S THE HARD PART IS YOU SPEND, IT'S LIKE AN EXTRA SPRING BALL ESSENTIALLY THAT YOU GO THROUGH.

AND YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MICHIGAN, MICHIGAN STATE, AUBURN, WHOEVER, AND SOME OF THOSE TEAMS WE PLAYED -- OLE MISS.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU BEAT THEM.

AND YOUR COMPETITIVE JUICES ARE THERE.

YOU KNOW THE TV'S ON.

I MEAN, ANYTIME YOU PUT THE HELMET ON, YOU PUT THE PADS, YOU WANT TO WIN.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND YOU KINDA GET -- YOU GOT SOME GROUP GATHERINGS, WHERE EVERYONE GETS AROUND.

A LOT OF TALKING GOING ON.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, AND THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA NOW, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TALKING NOISE TO EACH OTHER.

SO IT'S COMPETITIVE.

AND -- BUT YOU WANT THAT.

YOU WANT THAT TO BE IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, IT WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND THEY TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT.

>> AND YOU HAD THREE OR FOUR GUYS THAT HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT AREA TOO, THAT MEANS A LOT.

>> YEAH, IT DOES.

AND I THINK JAY THINKS I'M WEIRD SOMETIMES, I HAVE THIS STRANGE AFFINITY FOR 'EM.

AND A LOT OF IT IS, LIKE, DURING THAT STRETCH, AND THAT ERA, JUST THE RESULT, RIGHT?

YOU GUYS JOKE ABOUT THE MEANINGFUL BOWL GAMES, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, AND WE'LL TALK TO THE GUESTS LATER ON WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HANDLE PLAYING IN THE -- AGAINST VIRGINIA TECH VERY WELL, BECAUSE IT WASN'T WHAT WE WERE ACCUSTOMED TO.

>> SURE.

>> AND IT TOOK A COUPLE STERN TALKS, AND A COUPLE PRACTICES TO GET INTO IT BEFORE WE REALIZED THAT, JUST WHAT YOU SAID, THIS IS UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.

IT'S COMPETITIVE.

YOU'RE PLAYING TO WIN THE GAME.

AND WE GOT A SUBTLE REMINDER FROM A COUPLE OF THE PLAYERS ABOUT WHAT WE WERE THERE TO DO.

SO I'M ALWAYS -- I ALWAYS KIND OF GRAVITATE TOWARD GUYS THAT HAVE THAT KIND OF MINDSET, THAT ARE GOING TO FUNCTION AT A HIGH LEVEL REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S AT STAKE, BECAUSE THEY'RE COMMITTED TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, RIGHT?

AND LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH THE PROCESS, YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH A LOT MORE WHEN YOU'RE NOT AS OUTCOME DRIVEN, RIGHT?

LIKE, WHEN -- IT'S ABOUT THE PROCESS.

YOU GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE.

>> 100%.

IF YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, YOU'RE GONNA DO IT RIGHT.

IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE -- >> YEAH.

>> I MEAN, NOT ONLY REPRESENT THE "N" ON THE HELMET, BUT THE LAST NAME ON YOUR BACK TOO.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA HAVE THAT -- >> THE OTHER -- IT'S JUST -- IT'S IMPORTANT.

LIKE, THAT GOT THOSE -- THAT GOT THOSE GUYS THROUGH.

I WATCHED 'EM ON THE BUS.

I WATCHED 'EM DURING THE SNOWBALL FIGHT.

I WATCHED 'EM, YOU KNOW, AT THE CHRISTMAS DINNER.

EVEN LIKE THE 12 NIGHTS OF -- DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, WHEN THEY HAD TO SING AS TABLES, THAT WAS COMPETITIVE.

LIKE, IT'S JUST THE GROUP.

LIKE, THE FIVE -- LIKE, THEY HAD TO -- THEIR SECTION HAD TO WIN.

AND I'M JUST THINKING, THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THAT GROUP WHERE I FELT LIKE THEIR RESOLVE AND THEIR CHEMISTRY WAS KIND OF THE CORE OF WHY THEY DID WHAT THEY DID.

>> I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CHASING THREE, TO SEE ALL THAT STUFF.

AND IT'S -- EVERY BOWL IS BETTER THAN '04, RIGHT?

BECAUSE MISSING A BOWL GAME -- >> MISSING A BOWL, YEAH.

>> -- IS PAINFUL, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE USED TO GOING TO BOWL GAMES.

>> YEAH, IT IS.

IT'S A REWARD.

>> YEAH.

>> AND I KNOW -- TRUST ME, GETTING ALL THE NICE -- THE FREE BOWL STUFF, THAT WAS GREAT.

IT MIGHT NOT MEAN AS MUCH TO THE GUYS NOW.

>> AS MUCH ANYMORE, RIGHT?

>> BECAUSE -- >> OH, THEY WENT SHOPPING.

THEY TOOK THE LITTLE ADIDAS GIFT CARD, AND THEY WENT.

>> OH, YEAH.

LIKE WE SAID, "IF IT'S FREE, IT'S ME," RIGHT?

YOU KNOW, IT'S -- YOU CAN'T -- YOU GOTTA LOVE THAT STUFF.

BUT NO, THAT'S PART OF IT.

BUT YOU GO TO THE BOWL GAME, YOU GET THESE HUGE ROOMS THAT ARE FOR YOU.

FOOD, VIDEO GAMES.

I MEAN, I REMEMBER GOING TO THE COTTON BOWL, MAN.

THAT THING WAS -- THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

WE WALKED INTO THIS ROOM, THERE WERE HOT WINGS AND BURGERS AND SLIDERS COMING BACK FROM PRACTICE.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY GAINED 10 POUNDS DOWN THERE.

IT WAS JUST FUN.

YOU GOT -- AND YOU DID THAT WITH EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW?

COACHES, I REMEMBER COACHES GOT GIFTS EVERY DAY.

LIKE, IT'S -- IT'S A REWARD.

AND YOU SHOULD GET REWARDED FOR WINNING ENOUGH FOOTBALL GAMES, BUT YOU WANT TO ENJOY THAT TIME WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY, YOUR TEAMMATES.

AND IT'S AN AWESOME ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME DEAL.

>> COTTON BOWL AND FIESTA BOWL, TWO OF THE BEST BOWLS IN TERMS OF THE MEDIA.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST FO YOU GUYS.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE SATURDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, AND TAKE LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM WHAT WAS A MUCKY FIELD, OR A MUCK FIELD -- MUCK FIELD?

-- AT YANKEE STADIUM.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.

LET'S LOOK AT THE TROPHY, AND THE FIELD, WHICH WAS A MESS.

BUT NEBRASKA CAME OUT RIGHT AWAY AND DID WHAT I TALKED ABOUT ALL SEASON.

JUST GIVE THESE GUYS A SHOT.

THROW THE BALL OUT THERE.

MAYBE GOOD THINGS'LL HAPPEN.

>> YOU COULD TELL EARLY ON, I THINK THE GAME PLAN WAS TO WIN YOUR ONE-ON- ONES.

AND SO THEY TOOK THEIR DEEP SHOTS.

NOW, AS THEY REALIZE THE PLAYING CONDITIONS MAY NOT ALLOW IT -- >> YEAH.

>> -- THEY STARTED TO GO TO THOSE MESH CONCEPTS, AND CHANGED RIGHT BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.

>> YEAH.

SO IN THAT SITUATION, YOU HAD TO TRY TO THROW THE BALL AWAY, ENDED UP GETTING INTERCEPTED, DOESN'T SCORE ON THAT FIRST DRIVE.

BIG PLAY HERE, ONE OF THE FEW BIG PLAYS ACTUALLY FOR BOSTON COLLEGE.

THEY CONVERTED A LOT ON THIRD AND LONG FOR SOME REASON, BUT THEN COULDN'T CONVERT ON FOURTH AND SHORT.

PLAYED PRETTY WELL.

THIS GRAYSON KID, GRAYSON JAMES, I LIKE HIM.

HE'S YOUNG AND PLAYED A LOT.

I THOUGHT HE'S GONNA BE PRETTY GOOD.

HERE'S THE THING THAT WHAT THEY STRUGGLED WITH ALL SEASON -- THEY ONLY WENT FOR FOUR FIELD GOALS ALL YEAR.

SO THEY WERE STRUGGLING SPECIAL TEAMS AS MUCH AS NEBRASKA WAS.

JAHMAL BANKS, YOU'D HAVE LOVED TO SEEN HIS WHOLE SEASON IN DANA'S OFFENSE.

>> YEAH.

JUST JUST BIG -- JUST BIG-BODIED, BIG BOY CATCHES.

AND AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE MESH CONCEPTS THAT THEY STARTED TO EMPLOY, THEY JUST WERE REALLY TOUGH.

>> YEP.

AND HERE'S MY -- I'VE LIKE LUKE LINDENMEYER SINCE HE WAS BACK AT PAPILLION.

>> I THOUGHT HIS DEVELOPMENT -- >> YEAH.

>> RIGHT?

YOU DON'T GET LUKE LINDENMEYER'S LIFE WITHOUT THEIR TIGHT END'S COACH IN IT.

>> EXACTLY.

>> YEP.

>> OH, YEAH, DEFINITELY.

HE'S DONE A WHOLE LOT TOO.

YOU SAW FIDONE GET A CATCH THERE.

OH, YOU SAW, HAARBERG GET A CATCH THERE.

THAT WAS ALMOST A SCORE TO END THE FIRST QUARTER, FOR EVERYONE WHO HAD NEBRASKA MINUS 0.5.

[ LAUGHTER ] IN THE FIRST PLAY, NEBRASKA SCORES TO MAKE IT 7-0.

GREAT BY RAHMIR JOHNSON, OF COURSE.

10 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE HE GREW UP, SCORING THERE IN YANKEE STADIUM.

WHAT A GREAT STORY, IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT A LOT.

NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE THOUGH, THIS HIT -- OH, SHAVERS COMING OUT OF NOWHERE.

LIKE -- LIKE HIS NAMESAKE, RIGHT?

LIKE, ERNIE.

>> YEAH, CLOSING TIME.

>> JUST A NICE LITTLE PRESSURE RUSH, THAT'S ALL IT WAS.

>> NO DOUBT.

>> AND YOU NOTICE THAT TOO.

YOU CAN TELL THAT COACH BUTLER LIKES PRESSURE.

NOW, THEY CAME FROM OFF-BALL, LIKE, YEP.

BUT HE -- I THINK HE'S GONNA BE PRESSURE D.C. >> B.C.

WAS STRUGGLING SO MUCH WITH THEIR PUNTING AND THEIR FIELD GOAL.

THEY HAD TO GO FOR A LOT OF TIMES ON LONG.

THAT WAS 4th IN 14.

DIDN'T CONVERT THERE.

I LOVED THIS.

THE FEET, AND YOU SEE THE WAY THOSE GUYS BOTH -- EMMETT JOHNSON AND RAHMIR JOHNSON -- ALL DAY, BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR BALANCE.

OF COURSE THE FUMBLE HAPPENS ON THIS PLAY WITH A REALLY GOOD HIT.

>> YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT-- IT WAS A GREAT TACKLE.

BUT I LIKE COACH HOLGORSEN SCHEMED THE RUN GAME BECAUSE OF SO MUCH MAN-TO-MAN FROM B.C.

>> YEP, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF NEBRASKA GETTING IN THERE, KNOCKING A BALL DOWN.

HERE'S FOURTH AND SEVEN, HAVING TO GO FOR IT AGAIN.

0 FOR 4 ON THE DAY, BOSTON COLLEGE COULDN'T CONVERT ON FOURTH DOWN.

THEY WERE GOOD, 6 OF ON THIRD DOWN.

AND THEN HERE'S A CHANCE FOR RAIOLA TO GET THE JUMP OFFSIDES AND CONVERT ON A FOURTH AND TWO.

>> YEAH, IT'S A GOOD JOB OF HOLDING YOUR WATER, AND NOT REACTING TOO EARLY BY THOSE -- THAT RIGHT TACKLE.

>> YEAH, GOOD JOB BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE MOST OF THE DAY.

AND I THOUGHT WE SAW SOME REALLY GOOD BLOCKING AS WELL FROM THE TIGHT ENDS.

AND THEN YOU GET KWENTIN IVES TO GET A SCORE.

WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF HIM PROBABLY NEXT YEAR.

>> YEAH.

AND THAT END OF THE FIELD WAS A NIGHTMARE.

THAT WAS THE END FIELD AND THEY HAD JUST LAID THE GRASS FROM ABOUT 20 ON IN.

THERE WAS STANDING WATER, IT WAS MUCKY.

THAT END OF THE FIELD WAS A DEBACLE.

>> THAT WAS KIND OF A LOW SNAP, BUT I THINK MORE BUSCHINI DROPPED IT, TRIED TO GET IT BACK UP, IT GETS BLOCKED, AND BROUGHT BACK TO MAKE THE WEIRD SCORE OF 13-2 THERE, WITH BOSTON COLLEGE KINDA HANGING AROUND.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE MANY TIMES BOSTON COLLEGE WAS IN THE RED ZONE, OR AT LEAST IN NEBRASKA'S END OF THE FIELD AND COULDN'T GET POINTS.

TWO BACK TO BACK PLAYS.

>> YEAH, ANECDOTALLY, I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT NEBRASKA DID ON THOSE THIRD -- FOURTH AND SHORTS, THOSE OBVIOUS PLAYS.

THEIR SUCCESS RATE -- >> ALL SEASON LONG.

>> IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE.

>> IT WAS RIDICULOUS.

>> YEP.

YOU SHOULD LOOK THAT UP.

>> LIKE, IT HAD TO BE -- >> OVER 50%.

>> AND THEN 2 FOR 2 ON THE SEASON, FOR 38 YARDS.

BRIAN BUSCHINI, ANOTHER COMPLETION ON A FAKE PUNT TO GET A FIRST DOWN, ON WHAT WAS A REALLY WACKY DRIVE.

HERE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYS OF THE GAME.

MISSED BLOCK, DOESN'T MATTER, EMMETT MADE EVERYBODY ELSE MISS.

>> YEAH, JUST THE VISION AND THE CUT.

AND HE MAKES MOVES GOING FORWARD, MY FAVORITE.

>> YEAH.

DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE MAYBE THE TOP END SPEED BUT CERTAINLY CAN GET ENOUGH YARDS.

AND THIS -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS -- IS THIS WORK IN PRACTICE?

>> YEAH.

>> IT DID, REALLY?

>> YEAH, IT DID.

I WATCHED IT 15 TIMES.

>> INTERESTING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKED IN PRACTICE, BUT GOOD JOB FOR THEM IN PRACTICE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

HERE'S ANOTHER GOOD THROW DOWN THE FIELD AGAIN BY JAMES, MAKING A PLAY.

BUT GREAT JOB ALL DAY LONG CONTACTING HIM, FORCED THE FUMBLE THERE.

JEUDY RECOVERS IT AFTER BULLOCK MAKES THE HIT.

GOOD JOB THERE ON THE -- OFF OF THE DEFENSE.

AND THEN, HERE WE GO AGAIN, JAHMAL BANKS, 4 CATCHES, I MENTIONED, ON THE DAY FOR 79 YARDS.

GOOD DAY FOR HIM.

I WISH HIM ALL THE LUCK IN THE WORLD GOING FORWARD AT THE NEXT LEVEL.

AND THEN -- THAT'S YOUR WHEEL.

>> LOVE THE PLAY CALL.

>> YEAH.

>> LOVE THE PLAY CALL.

>> IT'S JUST TOUGH, RIGHT?

THEY CALLED THE TIMEOUT, AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE HIM SCORE BECAUSE OF THE BLITZ PICKUP A COUPLE OF PLAYS BEFORE THAT.

>> YES.

>> RIGHT?

SO HE GOT REWARDED ON THE BACK END.

>> AND IT BASICALLY, EVERYBODY -- ALL THREE RUNNING BACKS SCORED, WHICH IS COOL TO SEE.

THAT ONE OF COURSE BY A CATCH.

AND THEN HERE'S ANOTHER GOOD GOAL LINE STANCE, SOMETHING NEBRASKA HAS DONE WELL ALL YEAR, MAKING TEAMS STRUGGLE AND FINISHING DRIVE RATE, JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.

ALMOST AN INTERCEPTION BY CEYAIR WRIGHT THERE.

>> YEAH, THAT'S TOUGH.

THEY TRIED TO RUN A LITTLE SMASH ROUTE, AND THOSE CORNERS FALL OFF.

WE SAW NEBRASKA -- REMEMBER MINNESOTA IN THE OPENER A YEAR AGO.

>> YEAH, THEY DID A GOOD JOB STAYING DEEP ON THAT.

CAN'T GET SUCKED UP.

>> SO LATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER -- OR AT LEAST IN THE FOURTH QUARTER -- YOU HAD SOME MISSED TACKLES.

IT STARTED TO KINDA SCARE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT.

AND YOU GET THIS 15-YARD PENALTY, WHICH, IT PROBABLY WAS A PASS INTERFERENCE, DIDN'T GET HIS HEAD TURNED.

SO YOU HAVE THAT CALL THERE, ALLOWING B.C.

TO GET INTO SCORING RANGE.

BUT YOU LOOK AT NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE, CONSTANTLY MAKING PLAYS.

THAT WAS A GOOD PLAY BY THE QUARTERBACK, MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

>> IT REALLY WAS.

AND FROM HIS VANTAGE POINT, IT'S A TOUGH THROW TOO.

>> YEAH.

TOUCHDOWN, 20-8 HERE.

AGAIN, NEBRASKA FANS STARTING TO GET A LITTLE NERVOUS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAD THE MINUS FOUR IN THE GAME, WERE STRUGGLING RIGHT HERE.

BLOCKED PUNT.

WHAT IS GOING -- 10 BLOCKED KICKS IN A SEASON?

>> YEAH, YOU DON'T SEE TEAMS COME OUT OF THE BACK END OF THAT WITH A WINNING RECORD.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> THAT'S OPERATION TIME TOO.

HE'S GOTTA GET -- HE HUNG ON JUST A SKOSH TOO LONG.

THAT'S A ONE CATCH, AND THAT'S GOTTA BE GONE, NO MATTER WHAT.

>> GOTTA GET RID OF THAT.

>> 20-15.

MISSED TWO-POINT CONVERSIONS.

A 5-POINT GAME HERE.

GOOD THEY MISSED THAT TWO-POINT CONVERSION, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

AND THEN THIS IS WHAT NEBRASKA'S GOTTA DO SOMETIMES, FOUR MINUTE DRIVE.

PUT THE GAME AWAY.

>> IT BECAME A BIG KID GAME, RIGHT?

THE INTERIOR PASSING IN THE DOWNHILL RUNNING GAME.

AND THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT CARRIES OF THE GAME ARE HAD BY YOUR QUARTERBACK.

>> YEP.

LITTLE LATE SLIDE THERE BUT THEY CALLED THE PENALTY ON IT.

HE GETS UP TO DEFEND HIMSELF.

I NOTICED THAT LUTOVSKY CAME OVER THERE AND TRIED TO RIP SOMEBODY'S HEAD OFF.

I LIKE THAT GUY.

>> I DO.

>> I LIKE THAT.

HE CAME OVER AND TOOK CARE OF SOME BUSINESS.

AND THEN A GREAT RUN HERE.

YOU FOLLOW TY ROBINSON ON YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE, RAHMIR PUTS IT AWAY.

>> GOT GUTS WITH TWO PULLERS ON A BAD FIELD IN SHORT YARDS.

>> YEAH, IT WAS -- >> I MEAN, THAT'S A HECK OF A PLAY CALL.

>> BUT THE RUNNING BACKS BY NEBRASKA MADE INCREDIBLE CUTS ALL DAY ON THAT FIELD.

>> ALL DAY LONG.

>> IT TAKES SOME PATIENCE, DOESN'T IT?

>> OH, MY GOSH.

AND THEY HAD, LIKE, MOLDED CLEATS.

THEY DIDN'T GO DETACHED, EITHER.

I NOTICED THAT.

'CAUSE THE BLACK CLEATS, OR THE DETACHED CLEATS, AND -- >> SOME TRIED AND -- BUT YOU CAN'T IN COLLEGE.

>> YOU CAN'T MATCH THE LONG ONES, YEAH.

>> LET'S GET TO THE STATS.

YOU CAN SEE, KIND OF AN INTERESTING GAME, BECAUSE THE STATS DON'T NECESSARILY MATCH UP WHAT YOU THINK HAPPENED IN THE GAME.

OUT-YARDED THEM BY -- NO, NEBRASKA BARELY OUT-YARDED THEM.

THE THIRD DOWN CONVERSION IN THE FIRST HAVE GOT TURNED AROUND IN THE SECOND HALF.

THAT MADE BIG DIFFERENCE FOR NEBRASKA.

BUT NEBRASKA GETS THE WIN TO MOVE TO 7-6.

OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME THIS WEEK OF COURSE ON OFFENSE, RAHMIR JOHNSON, THE HARLEM NATIVE WINNING THE BOWL MVP AS WELL.

AND ON DEFENSE, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF GUYS.

A LOT OF GUYS HAD GREAT GAMES.

BUT "BUDHA" WRIGHT, JAVIN WRIGHT GETS THE, OUR PLAYER OF THE GAME ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

COMING UP NEXT, WE'RE JOINED BY FORMER HUSKER AND PIZZA PIE MAN, MATT VRZAL.

TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT THE BOWL GAME AND ACTIVITIES FROM THE WEEK AS WELL WITH ALL THESE SHOTS FROM HURRDAT SPORTS.

♪ FROM THE WEEK AS WELL WITH ALL THESE SHOTS FROM THE EXPERTS.

♪ >>> THE EXCITEMENT OF THE BIG APPLE AND THE HUSKER FOOTBALL TEAM KICKED OFF ON THE 23rd.

WITH THE FLIGHT AND THE FIRST PRACTICE OF BOWL WEEK AT THE NEW YORK GIANTS PRACTICE FACILITY.

BEFORE MOVING TO FORDHAM UNIVERSITY FOR A CHRISTMAS EVE PRACTICE ON THE SPOT WHERE FIVE-TIME NFL CHAMPION VINCE LOMBARDI PLAYED HIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

THE TEAM ENJOYED WANDERING THE CITY FROM TIMES SQUARE TO THE ROCKEFELLER CENTER TREE.

>> WE WENT TO GO SEE THE ROCKEFELLER TREE, I THINK IS WHAT THEY CALL IT.

SO, I'M SURE IT'LL BE A CRAZY EXPERIENCE, SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SEE, SO, I THINK IT'LL BE FUN.

♪ >> I'M SURE THEY'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT IN, LIKE, IN MOVIES AND LIKE THROUGH TVS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT TO ACTUALLY BE THERE AND TO GET THAT ACTUAL EXPERIENCE, I'M SURE THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME.

SO, I'M EXCITED.

I'M GLAD THEY GET TO SEE THAT.

>> AFTER A MORNING WALKTHROUGH IN CENTRAL PARK IN THE SNOW, THE HUSKERS TOOK IN A KNICKS GAME AT THE GARDEN, AND THEN, THE ROCKETTES AT RADIO CITY.

THURSDAY MORNING, THE TEAM TOOK IN THE 9/11 MUSEUM AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.

>> ONE THING THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME WAS THE 9/11 MEMORIAL THIS MORNING AND THEN, THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.

I MEAN, FOR ME, 9/11 MEMORIAL HAD JUST -- HISTORY RIGHT THERE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE WITH MY OWN EYES.

AND I THINK IT WAS JUST VERY SPECIAL TO BE THERE THIS MORNING WITH THE TEAM.

♪ >> THEN IT WAS TIME FOR FUN AS THE BIG RED HIT THE LANES AT SPIN FOR SOME BOWLING TWO NIGHTS BEFORE THE GAME.

FRIDAY, THE TEAMS RANG THE OPENING BELL AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO SLOANE KETTERING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESIDENT, DR. JEFFREY GOLD.

>> I WAS WITH A GROUP OF PLAYERS AT MEMORIAL SLOANE KETTERING INTERACTING WITH SOME OF OUR PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS THERE.

IT WAS JUST ONE OF THE MOST HEARTWARMING EXPERIENCES TO SEE THESE 6'10" PLAYERS GETTING THEIR FINGERNAILS PAINTED AND SINGING KARAOKE WITH KIDS STRUGGLING WITH A CANCER DIAGNOSIS.

>> FRIDAY CAPPED OFF WITH THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BEING LIT UP IN HUSKER RED TOP TO BOTTOM.

MEANWHILE -- >> GO BIG RED!

[ CHEERS ] >> THE FANS GOT REVVED UP WITH THE HUSKER ONLINE CREW FOR A GAME DAY EVE PEP RALLY AND SOME SERIOUS NEBRASKA FOOTBALL TALK, SETTING IT ALL UP FOR A GAME DAY AT YANKEE STADIUM.

♪ >> A WEEK FULL OF MEMORIES FOR OUR GUYS WHO WILL HAVE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

EVEN TO BE IN THE YANKEES' LOCKER ROOM, AARON BOONE ALLOWED ME TO HIS OFFICE AND JUST -- I MEAN, JUST ICONIC TO WALK BY AND SEE ALL THE YANKEES, WHERE THEY SIGNED THE WALL, TO SEE THE RINGS.

IT'S JUST -- THAT IN OF ITSELF IS AMAZING.

SO, I WANT TO THANK THE PINSTRIPE BOWL.

I WANT TO THANK THE NEW YORK YANKEES.

THEY'VE BEEN AWESOME ALL WEEK.

I WANT TO THANK BAD BOY MOWERS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A LOT OF OUR GUYS HAVE DONE THIS IN PARADE EVENTS.

EVEN TO -- EVEN TO SEE THE 9/11 MEMORIAL MUSEUM, SOMETHING I THOUGHT BROUGHT OUR TEAM TOGETHER.

SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THEM.

[ CHEERS ] >> HE JUST SAID IT, I DON'T KNOW.

>> THAT'S KIND OF RACIST.

ALL RIGHT, WELCOME BACK.

WE ARE JOINED BY FORMER HUSKER AND LONGTIME CHARACTER ACTOR, MATT VRZAL.

THAT MUSTACHE, YOU COULD BE IN SEVERAL COP SHOWS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SEVERAL COP SHOWS.

>> SOME PEOPLE ON STAGE HATE THIS MUSTACHE.

>> HOMICIDE, NEW YORK.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU COULD BE ON ANY OF THOSE SHOWS.

>> CRIMINAL -- I COULD BE ON "CRIMINAL INTENT" -- >> ALL THOSE, YEAH.

>> YEAH, THANK YOU.

>> YOU COULD BE IN ALL OF THOSE.

>> I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME, YEAH.

>> YOU COULD BE A DOUBLE IN "SUPER TROOPERS."

>> THANK YOU.

>> THAT, TOO, YES.

>> I WOULD DO THAT IN A MINUTE.

>> A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH.

>> SO -- >> RIGHT?

I'D DO THAT RIGHT MEOW.

>> LET'S GET YOUR BOWL GAME THOUGHTS.

WHAT'D YOU THINK ABOUT GETTING THAT SEVENTH WIN?

>> YOU KNOW, IT WAS AWESOME FOR THE BOYS TO BATTLE THROUGH IT ALL.

I MEAN, THOSE GUYS HAVE BEEN THROUGH HELL.

THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN THERE THE WHOLE TIME.

PROBABLY THE THING I WAS THE HAPPIEST WITH WAS THAT FOUR MINUTE DRILL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR FOR GAME AFTER GAME.

>> YEP.

>> WOULD'VE SEALED UP A LOT OF THEM.

TO SEE THEM ACTUALLY DO IT IN THE BAD CONDITIONS AND JUST TO SEE THEM HAPPY.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ENTHUSIASM AND EFFORT AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO, GOOD TO GET A WIN AND GOOD TO END THE SEASON ON A HIGH NOTE.

>> YOU KNOW, WHEREAS I THINK DAMEN AND I HAVE STOOD UP HERE NUMEROUS SHOWS AND HAVE STOOD UP FOR THE OFFENSIVE LINE THIS YEAR, I THINK THEY'VE GOT PROBABLY SOME UNFAIR BLAME BECAUSE THEY'RE EASY TARGETS.

THINGS DON'T GO WELL, SO IT IS ALWAYS THE OFFENSIVE LINE'S FALL.

BUT I THOUGHT WITH THE INJURIES AND SOME YOUNG GUYS COMING UP, I THOUGHT THEY PLAYED AT A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL THIS YEAR.

AGREE, DISAGREE ON THAT.

>> SO THE TREND THAT YOU'VE KIND OF ESTABLISHED NOW IS THE FIRST FEW GAMES IT'S A LITTLE IFFY.

AND THEN THEY ROUND INTO FORM TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO, IF THAT'S SETTLING IN, IF THAT NEEDS TO BE AMPED UP IN PRACTICE EARLIER IN THE SEASON, THEY AREN'T USUALLY THE REASON THINGS GO BAD.

BUT BEING AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE BLAME.

>> YEAH.

>> SO, TAKE THAT BLAME, USE THAT AS FUEL.

GET MAD ABOUT IT.

PRACTICE BETTER.

PRACTICE HARDER.

TUNE THINGS UP.

THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

THERE'S LITTLE TECHNICAL THINGS THEY COULD GET BETTER AT.

BUT IT WAS BETTER THEN IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST AND I THINK IT'S ON AN UPWARD TREND.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW THAT KIND OF JAY REFERENCED EARLIER IS -- AND THIS IS THE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE, RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> LIKE YOU KNOW I NEED YOU.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT THE RUNNING BACKS SEEM TO BE BETTER.

READING HOLES.

THE CUTTING.

LIKE, JUST READING THE RUN GAME BETTER.

AND COACH HOLGORSEN WAS SAYING THAT HE ENJOYS THE FACT THAT COACH SATTERSFIELD AND COACH RIOLA GET ALONG SO WELL SCHEMATICALLY BECAUSE OF THE TIGHT END AND O-LINE GAME CLICKS FOR HIM.

AND HE THINKS THE BACKS REALLY BENEFIT.

COULD YOU SEE THE BACKS GETTING BETTER BEHIND THAT RUN GAME AS THE SEASON WENT ON?

>> THE BIG PIECE FOR ME WITH THE BACKS, AND QUARTERBACKS INCLUDED, THEY BECAME MORE PATIENT.

LIKE, I THINK EARLY ON AT TIMES, THEY WERE PRESSING HOLES AND NOT LETTING THEM DEVELOP.

NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BIG BOYS.

THEY'RE 300 POUNDERS TRYING TO MOVE OTHER 300 POUNDERS THAT DON'T WANT TO BE MOVED.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

BUT EMMETT, I THINK, IS PROBABLY THE BEST AT IT.

HE'S VERY PATIENT.

HIS FEET ARE SO QUICK THAT HE CAN DANCE.

I WAS SUPER HAPPY FOR RAHMIR, TOO.

HE'S A GUY BACK IN SOME OF THE RADIO DAYS.

YOU KNOW, WE HEARD HIS STORY ABOUT HE WAS TAKING TRAINS TO GET TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, LIKE LEAVING AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING TO TAKE TRAINS TO GET TO WHERE HE NEEDED TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, OBVIOUSLY COMMITTED TO WHAT HE WANTED TO DO.

BUT THEIR PATIENCE TOWARD THE END, I THINK, REALLY HELPED THE LINEMAN A LOT AS WELL.

THEY -- THEY LET THINGS DEVELOP A LITTLE MORE, THEN THEY COULD HIT THOSE CREASES AND THEN THE NATURAL ABILITY JUST TOOK OVER.

>> ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS GOING INTO NEXT YEAR IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE CENTER SPOT?

>> YEAH.E >> HAVE YOU SEEN JUSTIN EVANS PLAY THE CENTER SPOT?

THERE'S SOME OTHER GUYS, YOUNGER GUYS, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHO YOU WANT TO SEE PLAY THERE?

OTHER THAN BEN SCOTT?

>> I LOVE -- I LOVE EVANS JENKINSON.

IS IT JUST EVANS NOW?

OKAY.

WE'RE JUST EVANS AT GUARD.

I THINK HE CAN EVOLVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

I THINK HE GOT A LITTLE BIT BEAT UP TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE SLEDGE KID IS ONE I'M A FAN OF.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ATHLETICISM THING.

OKAY?

HE PLAYED TIGHT-END WHEN HE STARTED.

HE MOVED TO TACKLE.

HE'S MOVED ALL AROUND THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

BUT THAT ATHLETICISM IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DISPLAY AS AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN.

GUYS THAT PLAY MULTIPLE SPORTS, ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE SOME WRESTLERS IN THERE.

>> SURE.

>> YOU KNOW, THOSE BIG BOYS THAT CAN MOVE.

THOSE ARE WHAT I WANT TO SEE.

SO, WOULD LOOK FOR SLEDGE TO HAVE A SHOT AT IT.

>> NICE.

>> THIS TAKES ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION.

I WAS WITH SOME GUYS AFTER THE BASKETBALL GAME ON SATURDAY.

WE WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT POSITION ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS EASIEST TO PLAY AT AN EARLY LEVEL?

AND I SAID, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY GUARD, THEN TACKLE.

AND I THINK CENTER IS THE MOST DIFFICULT SPOT TO PLAY AT AN EARLY LEVEL.

WHERE WOULD YOU BE ON THAT SENTIMENT?

>> I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE CENT -- THE GUARD SPOT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE YOUR EASIEST.

BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT A BUMPER.

>> PROTECTION, RIGHT?

>> YOU'VE GOT BUMPERS NEXT TO YOU.

IF YOU GET HEAT, JUST GIVE THEM THE OLD ELBOW AND HOPE HE BUMPS INTO SOMEBODY ELSE.

THEN, YOU MOVE YOUR FAT BUTT OVER THERE AND GET IN FRONT OF HIM.

BUT THE CENTER IN MOST SITUATIONS NOW IS KIND OF YOUR SECOND QUARTERBACK.

THEY HAVE TO SEE IT THE SAME WAY AS THE QUARTERBACK.

SO, HE'S YOUR SIGNAL CALLER.

HE'S YOU GUY THAT'S GETTING EVERYBODY LINED UP.

TACKLE, WITH THE WAY THE FREAKS THAT ARE ON THE EDGE NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- THAT'S -- THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS TO BE A TACKLE AND AN ISLAND WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND YOU'RE LIKE, "UH, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS DUDE OVER HERE THAT'S LIKE 6'6", RUNS A 4X2 --" >> SO, YOU'RE SAYING TACKLE'S THE MOST DIFFICULT.

>> OH, EASILY.

>> BECAUSE OF THE -- >> EASILY, YEAH.

EVERYBODY ELSE HAS -- HAS ROOM TO BUMP.

>> THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT A GOOD TOOL -- HOW IMPRESSIVE THAT WAS.

>> YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON THE WAY DOWN.

WHERE HE'S STILL PROBABLY A YEAR AWAY.

>> YEAH.

>> AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND BE FUNCTIONAL WITH SUCH YOUNG OFFENSIVE LINE PLAYING IN -- IN THAT LEFT TACKLE SPOT IN PARTICULAR.

>> YEP.

LEARNING ON THE FLY IS HARD.

AND THEY THREW THE KID IN AND HE DID A SERVICEABLE JOB.

THERE'S THINGS TECHNICALLY, I THINK, THAT HE AND RIOLA WILL CLEAN UP THROUGH THE OFF-SEASONS.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A COUPLE OF THEM NOW WHERE YOU'RE GONNA GET STRONGER AND FASTER.

THEN YOU GET INTO MORE TECHNICAL STUFF.

BUT THERE'S THINGS, HAND PLACEMENT, FEET MOVEMENT, THEY'LL COME WITH TIME.

BUT YOU KNOW, TO GET THROWN IN THERE YOU'RE KIND OF JUST GOING AT IT AND SEEING IF YOU COULD SURVIVE.

AND HE DID A -- HE DID A DECENT JOB.

>> THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE YOU SAW IN THOSE GAMES ON DANA HOLGORSEN.

WHEN THEY KIND OF STARTED CHANGING THE OFFENSE AROUND.

>> FLUIDITY.

YOU SEE ONE PLAY LEAD INTO ANOTHER.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE -- WITH THE AMOUNT OF THOSE MISMATCH TIGHT-ENDS, I WILL CALL THEM, THAT NEBRASKA HAS -- >> YEAH.

>> THEY DELAY BLOCK FOR A LITTLE BIT.

YOU'RE MY OUTLET RECEIVER.

IT'S JUST AN EASY DUMP.

AND THEN, YOU GO LET THE FREAKS BE THE FREAKS AND LET THEM GET YARDS.

LOVE THAT.

RIGHT?

BUT THEN, YOU COULD JUST SEE -- YOU COULD KIND OF SEE HOW THINGS WOULD SET UP.

WE'RE GONNA RUN THIS.

IT'S GONNA MAKE THE DEFENSE DO THIS.

NOW THIS PASS ROUTE WILL BE OPEN.

SO, I LOVED HOW FLUID HE WAS IN THE PLAY, AND THAT COMES WITH EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S JUST A SEASONED PLAY CALLER THAT DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU LOOK AT -- SO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE TACKLE BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE, WHO'S BENHART.

NEBRASKA HAS GONE THROUGH HIS INJURIES AND CORCORAN POTENTIALLY COMING BACK, GOING THROUGH SOME INJURIES.

THERE'S SOME PORTAL THINGS OF PEOPLE COMING IN.

WHERE ARE YOU KIND OF AT ON THE FUTURE OF THAT POSITION?

WE MENTIONED GOTTULA.

BUT WHO DO YOU KIND OF THINK STEPS IN AND TAKES THAT ROLE FROM BENHART?

DO YOU THINK IT'S SOMEONE ON THE ROSTER?

OR DO YOU THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DOLLAR SIGNS IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL FOR SOMEONE YET?

>> WE ALL GET UPSET WITH THE PORTAL.

AND I UNDERSTAND IT.

WE WANT GUYS TO BE LOYAL.

AND WE WANT THINGS TO BE LOYAL.

I LOOK AT IT AS OPPORTUNITY.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S IF YOU GET OUT AND YOUR EVAL IS REALLY GOOD -- NOW, UNLESS YOU HAVE THE BEST OFFENSIVE LINE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I DON'T THINK WE DO.

YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE YOURSELF.

SO, YOU CAN DO THAT.

SO NOW, YOU MAKE THAT ROOM A CHALLENGING ROOM.

IT'S LIKE, "HEY, THEY BROUGHT THIS DUDE IN AT MY POSITION.

AM I GONNA GET UPSET BY THIS?

OR AM I JUST GONNA BE LIKE, 'OH, THEY LIKE HIM MORE THAN THEY LIKE ME.'"

OR, YOU CAN JUST SAY, "I'M GONNA SHOW THEM I'M BETTER THAN HIM."

AND NOW, YOU GET THOSE ROOMS THAT ARE LIVELY AND IT'S COMPETITION.

IT'S FRIENDLY COMPETITION.

WE'RE ALL DOING THE SAME THING.

BUT YOU AIN'T TAKING MY JOB.

OKAY?

AS FAR AS REPLACING BENHART, I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY AN ON-ROSTER GUY.

I CAN SEE THEM MAYBE MOVING GOTTULA OVER AND PUTTING TEDDY AT LEFT.

DON'T KNOW ANYTHING FROM ANYTHING.

BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SEE, BUT YOU KNOW, A HEALTHY TEDDY PROCHAZKA WOULD BE FUN TO SEE BECAUSE HE'S HAD SUCH AN INJURY RIDDLED SEASON.

CORCORAN, I WOULD SAY, PROBABLY GOING TO MOVE INSIDE.

AND NOW, YOU HAVE DEPTH AT THOSE POSITIONS.

NOW, YOU COULD MOVE EVANS TO CENTER.

GIVE SLEDGE ANOTHER YEAR TO DEVELOP.

THERE'S ANOTHER YOUNGIN' ON THERE THAT I CAN'T SAY HIS NAME RIGHT.

SO, MAYBE I'M NOT GONNA EMBARRASS MYSELF -- >> LUTOVSKY?

>> NOPE, THE ONE FROM SOUTH DAKOTA.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

IT STARTS WITH M. >> MIC CHECK?

>> GOOD ENOUGH.

>> MACIEJCZAK.

>> IT'S MACIEJCZAK.

>> YEP.

>> YOU KNOW, HE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GOT A BIT OF DOG IN HIM, AT WHICH I THINK THEY NEED.

THEY NEED SOME -- SOME BAD DUDES IN THAT ROOM.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU ALWAYS PRIDED YOURSELF ON -- YOU COULD -- YOU WERE REALLY GOOD AS AN UNDERHAND SOFTBALL PITCHER AND BASEBALL PITCHER.

YOU COULD SHOOT.

YOU COULD LONG SNAP.

>> YEAH.

>> WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S -- IT'S SO HARD NOW FOR REGULAR EVERYDAY LINEMAN TO BE LONG SNAPPERS NOW?

LIKE, WE HAVE SPECIALISTS NOW THAT JUST LONG SNAP.

LIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED THERE?

>> NUMBER ONE, I LOVE YOU FOR PUMPING MY TIRES.

BECAUSE I'M TERRIBLE AT -- LIKE, IF I WALK ONE PERSON PITCHING SOFTBALL, THAT THING JUST BECOMES A CAROUSEL.

BECAUSE I'M NOT MENTALLY TOUGH ENOUGH TO JUST DO THIS.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO, BUT YOU HAD ATHLETES THERE.

LIKE, AND GUYS WANTED TO BE -- I SCRAMBLED A GUY'S BRAIN AT PIZON'S THE OTHER NIGHT.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DEEP SNAPPING AND -- AND I SAID, "WELL, ADAM TRUE WAS OUR TACKLE.

BUT HE WAS ALSO A DEEP SNAPPER.

HE SNAPPED IN THE LEAGUE FOR 11 YEARS."

>> YEAH.

LIKE, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF GUYS THAT I'M -- >> THE GUY -- THE GUY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.

HE WAS, "ADAM TRUE, THE TACKLE?"

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH.

>> I WAS LIKE, "YEAH, THAT GUY."

LIKE, THREW 93 OFF THE MOUND.

GOT DRAFTED BY THE RED SOX.

THAT GUY.

YEAH.

HE COULD SPIN IT BETWEEN HIS -- SO, IT'S JUST A -- IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT KINDA BECAME A NICHE THING WHERE GUYS COULD GET THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL AND WE FEEL IF YOU SPECIALIZE IN IT.

WHO WAS OUR BACKUP DEEP SNAPPER?

DO YOU REMEMBER?

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS GRAHAM BUT IT WASN'T.

>> PHIL ELLIS.

>> IT WAS.

>> BROKEN WRIST, PHIL ELLIS -- >> AND HE WAS INCREDIBLE.

HE COULD USE EITHER HAND HAND.

>> WHAT ABOUT MATT OVERTON, HOW MANY YEARS CAREER DID HE MAKE IN THE NFL?

>> HE IS STILL PLAYING AND HELPING.

>> HE'S COACHING IT TOO.

>> THAT'S ONE -- IF I COULD GO BACK AND REDO MY CAREER.

I SAID, I WISH -- PEOPLE TOLD ME, "LEARN HOW TO LONG SNAP."

I REMEMBER TALKING TO CHRIS KELSEY AND HE CAME BACK AND SAID, "LEARN HOW TO LONG SNAP."

I'M LIKE, "I'M NOT A LONG SNAPPER."

IT JUST BUYS YOU -- >> THE WHOLE CAREER.

>> I SAW A LOT OF GUYS GET KEPT ON NFL ROSTERS, THAT WEREN'T THAT GOOD, BECAUSE THEY COULD LONG SNAP.

>> BEFORE TRUE STARTED, IT WAS BECAUSE HE COULD LONG SNAP.

HE WAS LIKE, THESE -- IT WASN'T COMBINE RECORDS.

HIS TIMES, THEY SAW THIRD-ROUND DRAFT PICK, AND WERE LIKE -- >> JUST OFF HIS TESTING.

>> THEY'RE LIKE, THIS GUY COULD SNAP.

>> JUST THREW ROCKETS.

I MEAN MISSILES.

>> LAST THING BEFORE WE LET YOU GO.

NASH AND TY.

WHAT DO THEY MEAN IS A GUY WHO WATCHED AND PLAYED THE GAME, AND WATCHED THESE GUYS.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN, WHAT THEY GAVE TO THE PROGRAM.

>> TWO TOUGH GUYS TO REPLACE.

DURABLE.

I THINK WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT AT TIMES THEY WERE PLAYING OUT OF POSITION DUE TO NECESSITY.

BUT GAVE LITERALLY EVERYTHING THEY COULD.

ANY AND EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO THE PROGRAM.

NEBRASKA FOOTBALL WILL BE FOREVER INDEBTED TO THOSE TWO GUYS FOR DOING EVERYTHING THEY DID FOR THEIR CAREERS.

TWO GREAT KIDS CARRYING THE TORCH AND CARRYING THE BANNER.

DID A GOOD JOB.

THEY WILL BE SORELY MISSED.

HOPEFULLY THE YOUNGER GUYS IN THE ROOM SAW HOW THEY WORKED AND THEY SAW THE THINGS THEY DID.

AND THAT CAN CARRY OVER, RIGHT.

BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO PASS ON.

YOU HAVE TO PASS ON A WORK ETHIC TO THEM.

>> THEY NOT MIGHT NOT BE AS BIG AS THE GUYS BEHIND THEM, BUT MORE ATHLETIC MAYBE .

>> THAT IS SPOT ON.

THEIR CAPACITY AND WORK OUTPUT, INCREDIBLE.

IF NEBRASKA CAN FIND GUYS TO MATCH THAT, GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE.

>> WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> ARE WE GOING TO KEEP THIS ON SCHEDULE?

'CAUSE HE'S MY RIDE HOME.

LLL >> WE WILL, WE HAVE A COUPLE SEGMENTS LEFT.

>> I DON'T FEEL LIKE WALKING HOME.

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.

>> NEVER DISAPPOINTS.

>> COMING UP NEXT, WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE NEW PLAYERS HEADING TO NEBRASKA, COMING OUT OF THE PORTAL AND OF COURSE, WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT RECRUITING IN GENERAL.

WE WILL BE JOINED BY SEAN CALLAHAN COMING UP NEXT.

♪ >>> WELCOME BACK.

WE ARE HERE INSIDE THE NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA STUDIO.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE, JOINING US WITH SEAN CALLAHAN.

OF COURSE THE PORTAL HAS BEEN THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE HAD.

LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE DONE SO FAR.

>> YEAH, NEBRASKA RIGHT NOW MIKE'L, 14 PORTAL ADDITIONS EARLY ON HERE AS YOU LOOK AT THE HAUL THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN.

I THINK THEY HAVE REALLY HIT THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL.

ONE OF THE MORE RECENT GUYS, MAURICE WATSON-TRENT WAS THE SUN BELT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AS A LINEBACKER AND HAS 365 CAREER TACKLES WHICH WOULD RANK NUMBER TWO ALL TIME ON THE NEBRASKA ALL-TIME LIST.

SO HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE PLAYER.

DASAN MCCULLOUGH, ANOTHER HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE AND ATTRACTIVE PLAYER THAT CAN PROBABLY PLAY MORE AT THE LINEBACKER SPOT.

YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE GUYS THEY'VE ADDED.

WILLIAMS NWANERI, THE FIRST ADDITION THAT THEY BROUGHT IN.

GABE MOORE, MORE OF A DEPTH PIECE, ON THE D-LINE.

JAYLEN GEORGE, IN THAT SAME CATEGORY.

BUT IT'S IMPRESSIVE GROUP.

THE THREE GUYS IN THE SECONDARY THAT CAN COME IN AND COMPETE AND IN THE SPRING WITH JUSTYN RHETT IN GEORGIA, ANDREW MARSHALL FROM IDAHO, WHO'S ALSO A RETURN SPECIALLIST.

I'M SURE ON THE JET AWARD LIST.

HE'S RETURNED A KICK AND A PUNT LAST YEAR FOR TUCHDOWNS, SO THAT COULD BE A GUY THERE.

AND THEN JAMIR CONN, WHO PLAYED FOR JAMAR MOZEE AT LEE SUMMIT NORTH.

COMES FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

>> COACH MOZEE'S DONE A GREAT JOBE WITH THAT.

LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT SPECIAL TEAMS, GOTTA CLEAN THAT UP, OBVIOUSLY.

>> YEAH.

NEBRASKA BRINGS IN A PUNTER, JACK MCCALLISTER OUT OF WASHINGTON.

BUT MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE OUT HERE.

KEVIN GALLIC.

THE LONG SNAPPER, NEBRASKA ARGUABLY HAD, FOR POWER FOOTBALL, SOME OF THE WORST SNAPPING ISSUE'S WE'VE SEEN.

10 BLOCK KICKS.

A LOT OF HOLDING ISSUES TOO.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE SNAPPING THAT THERE WERE HOLDING ISSUES TOO.

THEY GET A QUARTERBACK IN THE PORTAL FROM PURDUE, MARCOS DAVILA, AND THEN JALYN GRAMSTAD WILL COME BACK AS WELL.

THEY HAVE DEPTH BEHIND DYLAN RAIOLA AS THEY TRY TO BUILD THIS ROSTER.

>> SO WHAT'S LEFT.

>> FOR NEBRASKA RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE THREE LIVE KNOWN TARGETS OUT THERE.

ELIJAH PRITCHETT FROM ALABAMA WHO IS ALABAMA'S STARTING RIGHT TACKLE.

STARTED THE OPENER AT LEFT TACKLE.

HE IS HERE NOW AT LINCOLN.

MAURICE WESTMORELAND, FROM UTEP.

WE SAW HIM PLAY IN THE SEASON OPENER.

TWO TIME ALL-CONFERENCE USA EDGE RUSHER.

OVER 15 CAREER SACKS, HE'S ON CAMPUS.

AND THEN NEBRASKA WILL HAVE ONE MORE GUY THAT GETS HERE TOMORROW.

A LEFT TACKLE.

SHIYAZH PETE, FROM NEW MEXICO STATE.

SIX-FOOT EIGHT, 320 POUNDS.

HE HAS PLAYED A LOT OF FOOTBALL.

HE'S MADE 31 STARTS IN HIS CAREER AT LEFT TACKLE.

>> JOHN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE WILL FOLLOW YOU WITH A REALLY HAPPENING.

AROUND THE BIG TEN THIS WEEK, IT IS OF COURSE COMING UP AND LEADING UP TO THE FINAL FOUR.

CONFERENCE IS 9-5 IN THE BOWLS WITH THREE GAMES LEFT IN THE PLAYER.

PENN STATE, 13-2 IN THE SEMIS AGAINST NOTRE DAME.

OHIO STATE OF COURSE ALSO IN THE SEMIS AFTER AVERAGING 41.5 POINTS PER GAME IN THEIR FIRST TWO GAMES.

THEY'RE PLAYING TEXAS.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE BRAKET REAL QUICK AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

ANY OPINIONS ON SURPRISES?

OR IS THIS KIND OF WHAT YOU EXPECTED WHEN THEY WENT INTO THIS TWELVE TEAM?

>> I LIKED GEORGIA.

BUT I'M NOT SURPRISED.

NOTRE DAME IS A TEAM THAT I THOUGHT ALL YEAR WAS BETTER THAN SOME OF THE EXPERTS WOULD LEAD YOU TO BELIEVE.

BUT I THINK NONE OF THE OUTCOMES WOULD SURPRISE ME AT ALL.

I ACTUALLY THINK THAT TEXAS COULD WIN EASILY OUTRIGHT AND I WOULDN'T BE SHOCKED.

>> I WOULDN'T BE EITHER, I THINK OHIO STATE RIGHT NOW IS FEELING THEMSELVES.

AND EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT IT'S A LOCK.

IT FEELS TOO EASY.

SITTING AT 5.5, WHICH IS NOT A NUMBER -- >> STILL HAVE TO HANDLE THAT TEXAS D-LINE.

>> IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.

LET'S GET A SIDELINE SURVEY.

NEXT YEAR HOPEFULLY THE HUSKERS WILL BE A PLAYOFF.

SO WE ASKED YOU, YOUR THOUGHTS ON A REGULAR SEASON.

WHAT YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN?

2%, 12-0.

9%, 11-1.

IT WENT UP TO 78% FOR 9-3 OR 8-4.

THAT IS THE BIG NUMBER.

RIGHT NOW, YOUR THOUGHTS, EARLY ON FOR NEXT YEAR?

>> I'M MORE WITH THAT -- AGAIN, WE ARE GETTING TO THE KOOL-AID SEASON ALREADY.

I'M IN THE 7-5, TO THE 8-4 CATEGORY.

LEANING MORE 8-4.

BUT THE TEAM, THEY STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOME ISSUES AND GET OVER THE HUMP.

THEY WILL GET BETTER.

THEY WILL IMPROVE.

I KNOW THEY WILL GET BETTER.

BUT GETTING TO 11-1, 10-2 -- THAT IS A SPECIAL YEAR.

THAT'S DEFINITELY A PLAYOFF TEAM.

>> WHAT YOU THINK, SEAN?

>> YEAH, SO MUCH IS -- WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TEAMS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT WE'RE GONNA PLAY.

LIKE, MICHIGAN WITH BRYCE UNDERWOOD.

WHAT DOES THAT WOLVERINE TEAM LOOK LIKE MAKING HIS FIRST BIG TEN START IN MEMORIAL STADIUM.

WHAT IS THE MICHIGAN STATE'S ROSTER GOING TO LOOK LIKE?

THOSE ARE BIG EARLY GAMES.

WE KNOW CINCINNATI, THE OPENING IN ARROWHEAD.

THE HUSKERS HAVE THE CROWD ADVANTAGE.

BUT THEY RETURN A VETERAN QUARTERBACK THAT'S VERY GOOD.

SO THAT WILL NOT BE A PICNIC AT ARROWHEAD.

LIKE EVERY YEAR, THE OPENER FROM NEBRASKA, ESPECIALLY PLAYING A POWER CONFERENCE TEAM, PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA, ESPECIALLY.

IT SETS THE TONE FOR THE REST OF THE SCHEDULE.

>> HOW ABOUT SCHEDULE MAKERS AGAIN, AT THE END?

UCLA, PENN STATE AND IOWA, LITTLE TRAVEL, SOME TOUGH GAMES.

A TEAM COMING OFF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF.

>> AT LEAST THEY WERE CLEVER ENOUGH TO THROW A BYE IN THERE BETWEEN THE EIGHTH AND THE 22ND.

BETWEEN UCLA AND PENN STATE.

BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO TOUCH BOTH ENDS OF THE COUNTRY.

>> YEAH.

IT'S CRAZY TO EVEN SEE THAT.

BUT THAT'S WHAT IT HAS BECOME.

THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE RIVALRY GAMES LATE IN THE SEASON.

SO YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE THAT IOWA ONE LATE.

AND I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED NEBRASKA AND PENN STATE HAD THIS KIND OF THING.

THEY LIKE TO SEE THESE TWO TEAMS PLAY.

AND SO IT KIND OF FITS IN THERE.

BUT -- >> YEAH, I AGREE.

PENN STATE SHOULD BE IN THE MIX ANNUALLY.

BUT YEAH, THAT GOING FROM LA, TO OUT TO PENNSYLVANIA IN TWO WEEKS.

THAT'S A TOUGH -- HAPPY VALLEY.

>> THAT'S NOT A GREAT PLACE TO GET TO.

>> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THERE.

>> O'HARE GOES IN THERE NOW, THANKFULLY.

>> I'VE FLOWN INTO PITTSBURGH, HARRISBURG, WASHINGTON D.C., AND PHILADELPHIA AND DRIVEN THERE.

>> YOU CAN DO NEW YORK CITY TOO.

>> ALL FOUR SPOTS, I'VE DRIVEN FROM THERE TO PENN STATE.

SO YEAH, IT'S NOT.

LET'S SHOW A GAME-DAY PHOTO WINNER.

WHICH COMES FROM A FAMILY THAT'S LOVING THE BLACK SHIRTS.

THEY HAVE THE BLACK SHIRT SYMBOL THERE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY AT THE PEP RALLY.

THAT'S OF COURSE, SEAN WAS HOSTING THAT.

WITH SIP AND THEM.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

AND TAKE A LOOK DOWN.

END OF THE GAME, YANKEE STADIUM, NEBRASKA CELEBRATING HAVING ALL THE GRASS CONFETTI ALL OVER THEMSELVES.

CELEBRATING THERE IN THE YANKEE STADIUM WITH THOSE PICTURES.

AWESOME.

>> SURPRISED THE GROUNDS CREW LET EVERYBODY OUT THERE SO QUICK.

>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT PLACE LOOKED LIKE AFTERWARDS.

>> I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT THE FIELD HELD UP.

BECAUSE I WENT OUT THERE BEFORE INTENTIONALLY AND I STOOD IN THE END ZONE ON THE BC SIDE FROM THE 25-YARD LINE WITH STANDING WATER.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD GET CHEWED UP.

BECAUSE IT IN THAT SENSE, IT'S THE INFIELD.

AND THAT'S THE FRESHLY LAID SOD.

>> IT DID DRAIN A LITTLE BETTER.

>> IT COLLECTED IN THE CORNERS OF THE END ZONE.

>> IT DID.

>> THE THING ABOUT THAT, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT, "NEW YORK, I'M NOT GOING TO GO OUT FOR THE GAME."

I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO BE A BOWL TRIP FOR ME.

THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO.

SO MANY THINGS YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER SEE.

MOST OF THESE KIDS HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE TO SEE THIS STUFF.

IT IS AN INCREDIBLE TRIP TO GO TO A CITY LIKE THAT IN THIS AMERICA FOR A BOWL TRIP.

>> I THINK JUST, THE WEEK IT FELL ON WHICH WAS THE BUSIEST WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY.

WE HAVE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S.

AND THEN THE JUST, THE PRICE.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO GO BUT THERE WAS STICKER SHOCK WHEN YOU CHECKED OUT THE FLIGHTS IN THE HOTELS AND EVEN GETTING A ROOM WITH TWO BEDS.

IT WAS HARD TO FIND HOTELS LIKE THAT.

SO FOR THE PLAYERS EVEN, AND THEIR FAMILIES, THEY HAD TO STAY IN NEW JERSEY AND COME IN AND OUT FOR A QUICK TRIP.

IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT IDEAL.

BUT EVERYBODY THAT WENT HAD A BLAST.

EVERYBODY THAT WENT ON THE TRIP LOVED EVERY BIT OF IT.

IT WAS A SPECIAL EXPERIENCE TO BE AT YANKEE STADIUM.

>> TOO BAD -- YOU SLEPT ON THE FLOOR IN KANSAS CITY.

YOU WERE AN INTERN BACK THEN.

>> 25 YEARS AGO.

>> NOT ANYMORE.

>> KEVIN COUGAR USED TO MAKE US SLEEP ON THE FLOOR.

>> YEAH YOU KNOW WHAT, CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER BED.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

YOUR THOUGHTS WINDING UP THIS TEAM HEADING INTO NEXT YEAR?

>> I THINK WHEN DB AND I DISCUSSED WHERE THEY ARE CULTURALLY, IT IS A GOOD SPOT.

WITH KAI AND NASH WITH RAMIR, WE KIND OF TALK ABOUT HEINRICH HAARBERG.

AND HIS ABILITY TO MAKE AN UNSELFISH CHANGE TO GET MORE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE FIELD.

POSITION WISE, NOW WITH TY AND NASH -- THAT DEFENSE'S GOTTA TAKE THEIR WORK ETHIC AND LEARN FROM THAT.

AND SAY, HOW CAN I DOUBLE THAT?

I SEE THE SUCCESS.

BECAUSE THEY WILL PLAY ON SUNDAYS HERE IN A YEAR.

THEY WILL SEE THAT SUCCESS, LIKE OKAY IF I WANT TO GET TO THERE I GOTTA DO WHAT THEY DID.

>> YEAH.

>> SO THEY'RE ALREADY LAYING THAT FOUNDATION.

I THINK THAT COACH THAT AND I THINK ARE REALLY REALLY GOOD.

YOU START ADDING IN A LITTLE MORE TALENT THROUGH RECRUITING, TRANSFER PORTAL.

YOU CLEAN UP THE SPECIAL TEAMS, YOU'RE GONNA FIND A COUPLE WINS EASILY RIGHT THERE.

>> DB, ANOTHER RUNNING BACK ADDED DO YOU THINK?

OR DO YOU LIKE THE ROOM?

>> I LIKE THE ROOM BUT IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF THEY GOT A DIFFERENT STYLE OF RUNNING BACK.

BUT I LIKE THEM ALL.

I LIKE EJ.

I REALLY LIKE MEKHI NELSON.

IF PARKER COMES IN HEALTHY FROM -- HE IS DYNAMIC.

I LIKE IVES.

>> AND IF CONNOR BOOTH IS HEALTHY.

HE'S KIND OF YOUR BIGGER BODY GUY.

>> HE GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT DIMENSION TO KIND OF THAT QUICK HITTER.

HE IS A DOWNHILL GUY.

HE WILL THUMP YOU TOO.

SO I LIKE THE ROOM.

>> YEAH.

>> ANY THOUGHTS OR ANYTHING YOU SEE OUT THERE, ANY OFFERS OR LOOKING AT THE RUNNING BACK?

>> THERE IS NO RUNNING BACK VISITS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

I COUNTED BEFORE THE SHOW.

THEY HAD I THINK 31 OR 32 PORTAL VISITORS ON CAMPUS WHICH IS A LOT.

THEY HAVE NOT HAD ONE RUNNING BACK VISIT.

I THINK THAT IS TELLING IN THAT SINCE.

THE DOWDELL EXIT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT.

BUT I THINK THEY'RE COMMITTED TO EMMETT.

THE QUESTION IS, COULD EMMETT PUSH HIMSELF TO BE A TWENTY-TOUCH GUY?

HE'S BEEN MORE OF A 12-15 GUY.

AND AS DAMON WOULD KNOW, IT'S A HUGE JUMP TO GET UP TO THAT TWENTYISH-TOUCH PER GAME.

>> SAY YOUR LINE, DAMON.

>> IT'S EASIER TO SPELL "THE MAN."

THAN IT IS TO BE "THE MAN."

>> IT IS, NO DOUBT.

REAL QUICK.

THOUGHTS ON SPECIAL TEAMS COACH?

IS THERE SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, OR DOES IT MATTER?

>> OH IT MATTERS.

IT MOST DEFINITELY MATTERS.

YOU'VE GOTTA GET A GUY THAT MATCHES WHAT COACH RUHLE WANTS TO SEE IN HOW HE WANTS TO ATTACK THE SPECIAL TEAMS.

LISTEN, I'VE BEEN AROUND A LOT OF SPECIAL TEAMS COACHES.

WHETHER IT'S BILL BUSH, OR OTHER GUYS IN THE NFL.

THEY HAVE A PASSION FOR TEACHING IT, AND THEY HAVE AN ENERGY FOR THAT.

NEBRASKA NEEDS THAT GUY.

IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO COACH, IT'S NOT EASY TO TEACH.

YOU GOTTA GET ACROSS TO YOUR GUYS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO IT'S GOING TO BE, BUT YOU GOTTA HAVE A GUY WITH ENERGY.

IT'S NOT A BAD THING, BUT SPECIAL TEAMS COACHES.

THEY'VE GOT -- A SCREW'S LOOSE UP THERE.

THEY'RE NOT ALL THERE SOMETIMES.

THEY'RE DIFFERENT.

AND I THINK NEBRASKA NEEDS THAT GUY WITH THAT JUICE AND PAZZAZ TO COME IN HERE AND LIVEN THINGS UP.

>> LAST THING.

COACH FOLEY'S A GREAT DUDE.

JUST A GREAT DUDE.

COACHES AROUND THE STATE LOVE HIM.

WHEN HE VISITED -- >> I LOVE HIM AS WELL.

HE'S SAVVY AND VERY GOOD WITH RELATIONSHIPS.

AND ANOTHER GUY WHO I WANTED TO BE SPECIAL TEAMS COACH IS NOW THE NEW HEAD COACH AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE.

I LIKE EK, WE FOLLOW ONE ANOTHER ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO, FOLEY, HE'S A GOOD MAN.

>> TIME FOR BURNING QUESTIONS.

SEAN?

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS WHAT WILL THIS DEFENSE LOOK LIKE WHEN FULLY ASSEMBLED WITH THE NEW PIECES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ADD AS JOHN BUTLER KIND OF PUTS TOGETHER HIS VERSION OF THIS NEBRASKA DEFENSE.

>> DAMON?

>> CAN THE OFFENSIVE LINE TAKE A STEP TO ELEVATE THEMSELVES TO SUPPORT WHAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD SKILL GROUP?

>> I'LL STICK WITH, HE KIND OF HIT ON THE OTHER TWO PHASES.

I JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE SPECIAL TEAMS.

YOU GET YOUR LONG SNAPPER IN THERE.

GET THAT SHORED UP WITH THE COACH, AND MAKE IT A WEAPON.

YOU SEE IN THESE PLAYOFF GAMES, NOTRE DAME WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO.

IOWA IN THEIR BOWL GAME.

MAKE THE RETURN GAME, AND SPECIAL TEAMS A WEAPON AND NOT A LIABILITY.

AND I THINK NEBRASKA WILL BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK IF THEY GET THAT DONE.

>> THE ONE CONSISTANT THING, NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GREAT QUARTERBACK PLAY.

IF YOU WANT TO BE GREAT, DYLAN RAIOLA TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

CAN HE DO THAT?

CAN HE GET HIS BODY IN BETTER SHAPE?

CAN HE MAKE THOSE THROWS THAT SOMETIMES HE MISSED THIS SEASON?

CAN HE BE, THAT NEXT LEVEL QUARTERBACK FOR NEBRASKA.

TOMORROW NIGHT ON WORLD, YOU CAN CATCH CALLIN HAKE AND THE WOMEN'S HUSKER HOOPS TEAM TAKE ON THE 20TH RANKED MICHIGAN STATE.

THEN ON FRIDAY WE OPEN NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA'S COVERAGE OF THE OMAHA SUPERNOVAS AS THEY HOST ATLANTA AT 7:00 PM.

AND DON'T FORGET YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK OUT NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOL CLASSICS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

OUR THANKS TO MATT VRZAL FOR BEING WITH US.

FOR JAY MOHR, DAMON BENNING, AND SEAN CALLAHAN, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

WE'LL SEE YOU LATER IN 2025, ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

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