♪ ♪ >>> AFTER A WEEK OFF, THE HUSKERS ARE READY TO GET BACK TO GAMEDAY AS THEY HEAD TO INDIANA TO TAKE ON THE 16th RANKED HOOSIERS.

TONIGHT WE PREVIEW THE MATCHUP AND WE ARE JOINED BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DR. GOLD, AND PLUS SEAN IS ALONG WITH THE RECRUITING UPDATE, AND IT IS TIME FOR "BIG RED WRAPUP."

HI, EVERYONE.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE AND WELCOME TO THE "BIG RED WRAPUP" ON THE NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, AND WE WILL HAVE A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU.

JOINING US IS FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN AND HOW DID YOU SPEND THE WEEK BESIDES WATCHING A TON OF FOOTBALL.

>> WATCHING A TON OF FOOTBALL AND PLAYING A LITTLE GOLF.

GOT OUT EARLY TO WATCH THE GREAT GAMES AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE FAMILY AND STRESS-FREE NON-NEBRASKA FOOTBALL WEEKEND, BUT I AM READY TO IT.

>> I WENT TO LINCOLN TO LET THE FAMILY SHOP.

>> YOU WENT TO Q39?

>> YES, THE SATURDAY NIGHT SPOT.

>> AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU, AND WE HAVE THE PHONES STANDING BY, AND YOU CAN TEXT THE OR EMAIL THE COMMENTS @BIGRED TATH NEBRASKA MEDIA.COM.

TIME FOR THE SIDELINE SURVEY, AND WHAT RANGE DO YOU THINK THAT NEBRASKA IS GOING TO FINISH?

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS 14 TO 18, 28% FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BE HOME FOR CHRIS MAS, AND THE LAST IS 4%.

AND TIME FOR THIS WEEK'S ALL NEW SURVEY, WHAT IS NEBRASKA'S FINAL RECORD, 6-6, 7-5 OR 8-4 OR 9-3 OR 10-2.

AND THEY HAVE ONE LOSS RIGHT HERE, AND WE DON'T WANT TO INCLUDE OHIO STATE.

AND 8-4, 84%.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, JEFFREY GOLD, THE UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT.

SO YOU JUST HIT THE FIRST 100 DAYS, AND HOW HAS IT BEEN?

ANYTHING SURPRISING YOU ON THE NEW JOB?

>> AFTER BEING THE CHANCELLOR AT THE MET CENTER, AND THE UNO, AND THE PROVOST AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, YOU WOULD THINK THAT I WOULD HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY WOULD BE LIKE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE LAST 100 DAYS HAS BEEN AMAZING.

THE PEOPLE I HAVE MET, AND I HAVE CRISSCROSSED THE STATE, AND THE NEBRASKIANS ARE SO PROUD OF THIS UNIVERSITY, AND OF COURSE, WE ARE WINNING WHICH ALWAYS HELPS.

>> DR. GOLD, YOU SIT ON THE BIG TEN COUNCIL OF CHANCELLORS, AND HOW HAS THAT TRANSITION BEEN TO REPRESENT NEBRASKA AND OBVIOUSLY, A BIG PART OF THE UNIVERSITY.

>> WELL, IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE JOB NOW, AND I HAVE REALLY, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH TONY TOTITI, AND SO MUCH GOING ON WITH AS WE ALL KNOW WITH THE NIL NEGOTIATIONS AND SETTLEMENTS, AND THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON ALL OF THE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AND STARTING MOST LIKELY THIS SPRING WHEN THE CONTRACTS WILL BE ISSUE AND GETTING TOGETHER THE CHANCELLORS OF THE BIG TEN IS GOING TO FORM A LOT OF COHESION RIGHT NOW.

>> AND WHAT ABOUT THE AAU, AND GETTING NEBRASKA BACK INTO IT?

>> WELL, THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES, THE AAU, IS AN ELITE GROUP OF 87 UNIVERSITIES AND 69 AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES THAT AAU WHERE WE WERE A MEMBER OF, AND SINCE WE WERE NOT, IT HAS BEEN A GOAL TO GET BACK IN.

AND THE GOAL OF THIS IS THE DESTINATION IS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, AND IT IS ABOUT RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY, AND ABOUT AWARDS AND RECOGNITION OF THE FACULTY.

THE I AM TOLD THAT I HAVE JUST BEEN TOLD IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT THIS COULD BE A TEN-YEAR PROCESS.

AND SO, THE CLOCK IS TICKING, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE TOMORROW.

>> GOTCHA.

AND DR. GOLD, YOU MENTIONED THE REVENUE SHARING THAT YOU ARE DESTINED TO GO INTO 2025 AND WHAT STEPS ARE THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT GOING TO TAKE YOU INTO THE BEST SITUATION POSSIBLE TO ATTACK AND BE AT THE TOP WHEN THE NEW RULES COME INTO PLAY?

>> WELL, I HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESPECT, AND ADMIRATION FOR TROY DANNON, AND I BELIEVE HE IS THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME TO BE THE A.D., AND HE IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE 10ADs AND THEY ARE TIGHTLY ALIGN AROUND -- ALIGNED AROUND THIS AS WELL, AND IT IS THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, AND IT IS GOING TO MEAN REVENUE SHARING AS WELL, AND THE CAP IS GOING TO BE 22 TO $22.5 MILLION AND IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE A DIFFERENT MINDSET, AND IT IS GOING TO ESSENTIALLY CONVERT STUDENT ATHLETES INTO EMPLOYEES AND THEY WILL GET 1099s AND 1022s LIKE ANYBODY WHO PARKS CARS AND FLIPS BURGERS DOES, AND WHETHER THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE MINDSET, AND WHETHER THERE IS GOING TO BE INTERNAL COMPETITION AMONG AND BETWEEN THE OLYMPIC AND NONOLYMPIC SPORTS, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE RECORDKEEPING THAT COMPARES US TO THIS BIG TEN PEERS OR THE S.E.C.

OR OTHER CONFERENCES, AND PROTUSS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMPETITION, WE WILL HAVE TO SEE.

THE IDEA IS TO MAKE IT AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE, AND CAP IT AT THE 20 TO $22.5 MILLION.

>> GOING BACK TO AAU FOR A MINUTE, AND THE CHANCELLOR AT UMC, AND HOW DOES THAT HELP IN THE DISCUSSION TO GET US BACK TO THE AAU?

>> WELL, MOST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE AAU HAVE LARGE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS AS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY CENTER SYSTEM AS WE DO, BUT THEY REPORT IT SEPARATELY.

SO WHEN WE WERE CREATED EACH OF THE ENTITIES, CAMPUSES, AS WE CALL THEM WERE REPORTED SEPARATELY, AND SO STARTING LAST FEBRUARY, WE STARTED TO REPORT THEM TOGETHER, AND THAT ELEVATED THE RANKINGS AND THE RESEARCH PROGRAMS FROM 120th TO 60th IN THE COUNTRY, AND THIS IS A BIG CHANGE, AND THAT IS AS SIMPLE AS COMBINING THE REPORTING.

SO WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN REPORT TOGETHER, THE ROLE OF THE ACCREDITING BODIES AND OTHER ENTITIES OF THAT NATURE, IT IS GOING TO GIVE US A BETTER IDEA FOR WHAT IT TAKES FOR THE AAU TO LOOK AT US AS A SINGLE UNITY AS OPPOSED TO FOUR SEPARATE CAMPUSES.

>> WHAT IS THE ENTITY THAT IS REMOVED AND TRYING TO GET BACK IN, AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE PEERS IN THE BIG 10 AND THE OTHER 17 MEMBERS ARE ALL IN THE AAU AND TO GET BACK IN TO JOIN BACK UP AT THE SAME LEVEL WITH THEM?

>> WELL, AS YOU SAID, THE OTHER 17 MEMBERS OF THE BIG TEN ARE LONG-STANDING MEMBERS OF THE AAU.

THERE, WE ARE THE ONLY INSTITUTION TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE THAT WAS JUST DISMISSED BY THE AAU AND SOME HAVE WITHDRAWN RATHER THAN BEING DISMISSED, AND IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN AIR QUOTES HERE, WE WILL BE THE FIRST TO REGAIN ENTRY, AND BY THE WAY, IT IS NOT AN APPLICATION PROCESS WHERE YOU FILL OUT THE FORM, AND CLICK SEND AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED AND IT IS BY INVITATION ONLY.

>> AND DOCTOR.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ALCOHOL SALES OF THE BIG TEN AS THE OTHER SCHOOL, AND HOW THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE REVENUE?

>> WELL, THE REVENUE ARE JUST ESTIMATE, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A MULTIMILLION REVENUE SOURCE, AND TROY HAS WORKED IT THROUGH CAREFULLY, AND HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR VARIOUS CONCESSIONS, CONCESSIONAIRES WHO WOULD BE THE PROFESSIONAL VENDORS OF THE ALCOHOL SALES.

YOU KNOW, THE DATA WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AS A PHYSICIAN IS REALLY THE SAFETY DATA.

AND THERE WERE SOME EXCELLENT STUDIES, AND ONE OF THE MOST RECENT ONES WAS DONE AT IOWA, AND THE YEAR AFTER, THEY STARTED SELLING ALCOHOL WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY BEER AND SPRITZERS AND THEY ACTUALLY SHOWED REDUCED NUMBER OF EMERGENCY VISITS, AND THEY SHOWED A REDUCED NUMBER OF ALCOHOL-REDUCED INCIDENTS IN THE STADIUM, AND THAT IS TO GIVE YOU A ROUGH IDEA, AND THE AUDIENCE MAY NOT APPRECIATE THIS, BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN A TYPICAL GAME AND ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 6% ARE RELATED TO ALCOHOL.

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS SHOULD SUPPRESS THE BINGE DRINKING, AND THAT IS THE KEY IT TO, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS CAUSING THE DUIs AND THE ER VISITS, ET CETERA.

>> LET'S STICK ON THE MEMORIAL STADIUM, AND NEBRASKA WERE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE SOUTH STADIUM DONE, AND OBVIOUSLY PUT ON HOLD, AND WE TALKED TO TROY DANNON IN MAY ABOUT THE NEXT STEP HERE.

WHERE ARE THINGS NEXT WITH THE NEXT STEP, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEP WAS $450 MILLION LISTED ON THE REGENT'S MEETING THEN, AND WHAT IS THE REALISTIC NUMBER THAT YOU THINK THAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE TO DO THIS PROJECT AT LEAST AT THE FIRST PHASE?

>> WELL, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A NUMBER, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IT, AND TROY IS WORKING VERY HARD LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SEQUENCES OF THE EAST STADIUM, AND THE WEST STADIUM AND THE SOUTH STADIUM, ET CETERA, SCOREBOARDS AND PLAYING FIELD AND TRANSITION THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING, AND THE PRACTICE FIELDS WHICH IS A BIG DEAL FOR US AS WELL, AND I AM HOPING THAT TROY WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SEQUENCING, THE TIMING AND THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECTS, SECTION BY SECTION, PROBABLY BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR I HOPE AND MAYBE SOONER, AND HE HAS A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT WHO HE IS WORKING WITH WHO HAS DONE A LOT OF IMPORTANT STADIUM WORK, AND IMPORTANT TO TROY AND THE TEAM, I NEED TO GET INTO THE NIL SETTLEMENT AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE FROM THE CASH FLOW PERSPECTIVE, AND HAVE AS MUCH CASH FLOW AS WE ARE GOING INTO THE STADIUM, AND CLEARLY PARTS HAVE TO BE DONE, AND MAYBE ALL OF IT HAS TO BE DONE, BUT HOW FAST AND SEQUENCE IS YET TO BE TOLD.

>> AND I REMEMBER ALABAMA SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF INKRES WHEN THEY STARTED TO GO TO ALABAMA TO SIGN UP FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND HOW IMPORTANT FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND FOOTBALL IN PARTICULAR TO HELP THE UNIVERSITY OVERALL?

>> THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS ARE IN MANY WAYS THE FRONT DOOR OF THE UNIVERSITY.

WE ALSO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO COMPETE AND WIN IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THE RESEARCH LABORATORY, AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT STUDENTS LIKE TO WORK WITH AND FACULTY MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT JUST READING THE TEXTBOOKS, BUT WHO ARE WRITING THEM, AND THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOBEL LAUREATES AND HIGHLY RECOGNIZED FACULTY MEMBERS AND MENTORS AND TEACHERS AND COACHES, ET CETERA.

AND SO, THIS IS ALL A COMBINED PACKAGE AROUND EXCELLENCE, AND I HAD MY FORMAL INVESTITURE IN SEPTEMBER, AND IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE IT IS MORE THAN A MONTH AGO IN THE ROTUNDA OF THE STATE CAPITAL, AND I TALKED ABOUT AN ODYSSEY FROM EXCELLENT TO EXTRAORDINARY, AND THAT WHAT WE HAVE MEANT TO BE, AND WE HAVE EVERY TOOL IN THE TOOL CHEST TO DO THAT AND WE HAVE INCREDIBLE LOYALTY OF NOT JUST OUR FANS, AND EVERY NEBRASKIAN AND ALUMNI, AND INCREDIBLE FACILITIES AN INCREDIBLE STUDENT BODY AND SOME OF THE BEST FACULTY IN THE WORLD.

WE NEED TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND KEEP ROLLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

>> AND NOW, WITH THE NEW JOB, YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND THE ATHLETICS AND MORE AND THE FAN BASE, AND WHAT ARE YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF THE FAN BASE AND HOW BIG OF AN ASSET THAT IS WHEN YOU SELL WHAT NEBRASKA IS AND THE VALUE IN TERMS OF THE RATING IT STILL RECEIVES AND GETS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL?

>> I WAS WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE NCAA IN THE PRESIDENT'S BOX DURING THE COLORADO GAME, AND BOTH OF THEM SAID THEY HAD NOT SEEN AN EXPERIENCE LIKE THAT, AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY ALIVE.

I HAVE BEEN ON THE FIELD FOR EVERY TUNNEL WALK SINCE I HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT, AND I HAVE HOSTED AND WALKED FROM BOX-TO-BOX DURING THE HOME GAMES, AND I HAVE ENJOYED DOING THE HALFTIME SHOW WITH MATT WHICH HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN AND GET TO TALK ABOUT INTERESTING THINGS.

THE FAN BASE IS HUGE.

AND SUPPORTIVE IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY.

THEY ARE FINANCIALLY SUPPORTIVE, AND LOYALTY AND THE ENERGY LEVELS, I THINK THAT TRANSLATES INTO WINS.

>> YOUR THOUGHTS ON MATT RUHLE HEADING UP THIS PROGRAM.

OBVIOUSLY, FOOTBALL PART IS SO BIG, BUT HE TALKS ABOUT THE STUDENT ATHLETES BEING LEADERS WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE, AND YOUR THOUGHTS OF HIM AS A HEAD COACH?

>> I THINK THAT HE IS A ROCK STAR, AND I HAD AN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL NOT MAKE THE HEADLINES OR THE MEDIA, BUT HE RECENTLY CALLED ME ABOUT A STUDENT ATHLETE WHOSE FAMILY WAS HAVING A MEDICAL ISSUE, AND HE WANTED SOME ADVICE FOR WHEN THE STUDENT WAS TO BE BACK FROM THE FAMILY AND THIS.

THIS WAS NOT A CONVERSATION OF A COACH, BUT LIKE A PARENT WHO HAD INCREDIBLE COMPASSION FOR THE STUDENT, AND HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THIS YOUNG MAN.

IT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO ME, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT EVERY INTERACTION THAT I HAVE HAD WITH MATT HAS BEEN LIKE THAT.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GAMEDAY ROUTINE JUMPING AROUND THE BOXES, BUT IS THERE A TAILGATE THAT YOU GO TO?

>> WELL, I ALWAYS DO THE PRESIDENT'S TAILGATE WHICH IS COOL.

WE HAVE 600 OF OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS, AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR IS THAT WE HAVE COMBINED THE CHANCELLOR'S TAILGATE, AND THE CHANCELLOR'S TAILGATE TOGETHER, AND IT IS MASSIVE ENERGY LEVEL, AND I HOP OVER TO THE STADIUM, AND TAKE A GROUP OF PEOPLE DOWN TO THE TUNNEL AND STAND ON THE FIELD AND SAY HI TO A LOT OF FRIENDS AND I POP UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S BOX FOR THE FIRST HALF AND I TAKE DOWN ONE RUNZA AND MAYBE MORE THAN THAT, AND THEN I DO THE HALFTIME SHOW USUALLY WITH MATT.

AND THEN USUALLY, I SPEND MOST OF THE SECOND HALF GOING FROM BOX-TO-BOX MEETING WITH FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AND OTHERS.

>> ONE LAST ONE FROM SEAN.

>> I AM CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TOUR THE FOOTBALL FACILITIES AND YOUR THOUGHTS OF THOSE, AND DO YOU HAVE CHANCE TO SHOW YOUR COLLEAGUES THE NEW FOOTBALL FACILITIES?

>> IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

I TOOK A TOUR AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THE RIBBON CUTTING WITH T.O.

AND OTHERS AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A FINER FACILITY ELSEWHERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.

>> I HOPE TO BE BACK SOME TIME.

>> DEFINITELY.

>>> IT IS TIME TO LOOK AT THE TOP TEN PLAYS OF THE SEASON.

AND HERE IT IS, NUMBER 10, THE SPIKE AS COACH RUHLE GETS THE PENALTY, BUT WE GET THE FIRST DOWN AFTER THAT.

AND NUMBER NINE, THE FRESHMAN SENSATION CARTER NELSON SCORING HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN IN 11-MAN FOOTBALL WHICH IS CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT.

AND NUMBER EIGHT, JOHN BULLOCK'S PICK SIX TO SEAL THE WIN FOR THE TEAM AND FOR JOHN BULLOCK.

>> HE IS HAVING AN AMAZING YEAR.

>> AND NUMBER SEVEN, CEYAIR WRIGHT WITH A STRIP ON SHEDEUR SANDERS, THAT IS NOT SHEDEUR SANDERS -- >> THAT IS ALTMYER.

>> AND RIGHT.

>> AND THIS IS A 30-YARD PASS FOR THE FIRST DOWN, AND KIND OF EXTENDING THE DRIVE A LITTLE BIT.

AND NUMBER FIVE STARTS WITH THE GAME-WINNING -- YES.

>> GAME-SAVING.

>> IT IS A FOUR FIVE-YARD PLAY-STOPPING PLAY.

AND OUR GOOD FRIEND JACORY BARNES WITH THE BIG RUNNING PLAY AGAINST PURDUE.

SO MANY FOR HIM IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON.

AND NUMBER 3, RAHMIR JOHNSON AGAINST COLORADO.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INTERCEPTION, AND ONE OF THE FEW TURNOVER WORTHY PLAYS, BUT CATCH HAPPEN, AND RUNNING INTO THE END ZONE, AND KNOCKS OFF THE BUFFALOS IN THAT PLAY, AND NUMBER TWO, IT IS A TOP CATCH PLAY FOR THE SCORE IN ILLINOIS, AND ONE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THROWN AWAY.

>> THEY MAY NOT HAVE, BUT THEY ARE MAKING A HECK OF A PLAY THERE.

>> AND IN THE TOP HALF OF THE PLAY COMES FROM TOMMI HILL FROM JOHN BULLOCK, AND HE DOES HIS JOB, AND THE PICK SIX AGAINST THE HEISMAN CANDIDATE TO WIN 28-10, AND A HUGE PLAY THERE, AND FOR YOU, YOUR NUMBER ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN?

>> THE PICK SIX, AND OF ALL OF THE PLAYS IN THE COLORADO GAME, THAT IS THE BEST HALF OF FOOTBALL THAT NEBRASKA HAS PUT TOGETHER IN A LONG, LONG TIME, AND I LOVE IT AGAINST RUTGERS, AND AFTER THE SECOND BLOCKED PUNT, I LOVE THE SINGLETON'S ABILITY TO GET OVER THE MESH ROUTES, AND NOT GETTING RUBBED OFF THERE, AND COMING OVER THE MAKE THE PLAYS, AND AFTER THEY STRUGGLED AGAINST ILLINOIS, THAT WAS BIG TIME FOOTBALL THAT THE DEFENSE SHOWED IN THAT STAGE.

>> HOW ABOUT YOU, SEAN?

>> WELL, FOR ME, THE GOAL LINE STAND FOR WHAT IT DEFINES, AND NEBRASKA IS THE ONLY DEFENSE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL WHO HAS NOT ALLOWED A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN THIS YEAR.

>> INCREDIBLE.

>> THAT GOAL LINE STAND WAS NOT A FLUKE.

RUTGERS HAD FIVE CRACKS TO GET IN THERE FROM THAT SITUATION, AND THEY COULD NOT GET INTO END ZONE EVEN WITH THE LEADING RUSHER IN THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE, AND SO FOR ME, IT WAS THE GOAL LINE STAND AND THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT THAT MEANT.

>> AND EVEN WITH THE PENALTY CALL, AND THE HOLDING CALL THAT GAVE THEM AN EXTRA SET OF DOWNS.

YOU WATCHED THAT AND HOW THEY HANDLED IT, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE DEFENSE.

>> AND YES, TONS AND TONS OF SITUATIONS, AND I LOOKED TO THE NORTHWESTERN GAME LAST YEAR, AND THE SECOND PLAY OF THE GAME AGAINST NORTHWESTERN, THEY THROW A PICK, RIGHT?

HOLD THEM TO A FIELD GOAL, AND THEY MAY HOLD THEM TO A FIELD GOAL, BUT LAST YEAR, THEY FUMBLED THE BALL, AND GO FOR THE FOURTH, AND DON'T GET IT.

THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR THEM TO DO THIS, BUT THE ABILITY AFTER A QUICK CHANGE, AND USUALLY HOLDING THE TEAM TO THREE POINTS AFTER A QUICK CHANGE IS A WIN FOR DEFENSE.

THEY HAVE BEEN HOLDING THEM TO ZERO POINTS IN A LOT OF SITUATION, AND THE ABILITY TO NOT CARE, AND THE SITUATION AND GO OUT TO PLAY, AND OPERATE AS THE PLAY IS CALLED, THAT IS BIG TIME FOOTBALL, AND TONY WEISS HAS THEM PLAYING VERY GOOD FOOTBALL AT THIS POINT.

>> AND IT IS THE PLAY OF DYLAN RAIOLA GOING OUT THERE TO OPERATE THE OFFENSE THE WAY HE HAS.

>> AND THE WIND CONDITIONS IN THE RUTGERS' GAME AFFECTED THE THROWING, BUT HE MADE THE MOST OF IT ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST HALF.

IF HE HAD FINISHED THE FIRST DAY WITH THE BIG FINISH, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT BIGGER THAN WHAT IT WAS, AND HE HAS PLAYED ABOVE SERVE AT THIS POINT.

WHEN YOU HAVE A TRUE FRESHMAN TO GET WHAT HE IS GIVING YOU ALREADY, AND YOU ARE LOOK TAG COMPLETION PERCENTAGE, AND HE IS GOING TO CHALLENGE FOR THE SCHOOL RECORD FOR COMPLETION PERCENTAGE IN A SEASON, AND HE HAS A CHANCE TO HAVE ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS AT QUARTERBACK THAT YOU HAVE SEEN.

>> AND THE LETTER ON THE LAST GRAPHIC, FOUR TURNOVERS WHICH IS REMARKABLE WHAT NEBRASKA WAS THINKING LAST YEARS, AND FOR WHAT HE WAS TAKING CARE OF THE BALL.

>> THAT IS HUGE FOR WHAT THIS TEAM'S SUCCESS HAS BEEN THROUGH SIX YEARS AND THROUGH SIX GAME, AND THIS IS THE ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL AND THE DEFENSE'S ABILITY TO GET BACK INTO HIS HANDS.

AT LEAST THAT WAS THE BUGABOO OF THE YEAR, AND SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT, AND IT WAS NOT INTERCEPTIONS AND BALL HANDLING, BUT GETTING A SIMPLE SNAP.

HE DOES THE THINGS RIGHT, AND THAT IS WHAT IS SO IMPRESSIVE WITH DYLAN WRIGHT, AND DO THINGS CALM AND DO THE SIMPLE THINGS CORRECTLY.

HE MAKES A TON OF THROWS, BUT A NICE SCREEN BALL AND A SIMPLE PASS.

THAT PASS RIGHT THERE, YOU SEE THE PASS, AND IT IS FANTASTIC, AND AN ARM ANGLE AND THE ANGLE TO GET IT THERE, AND I HAVE NOT SEEN THE QUARTERBACK MAKE THE SIMPLE THROWS IN INTERMEDIATE GAME IN A LONG TIME.

>> AND SEAN, THE THIRD LEFT TACKLE FROM WHAT THEY EXPECTED COMING IN, AND BOTH THE OFFENSIVE LINE, COACHING AND THE FACT THAT GUNNAR IS TOLD TO STEP IN AND HE GETS DONE WHAT HE IS TOLD TO DO.

>> AND IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME, MIKE'L, THE GUNNAR AND HE HAS SCHEMED WELL, AND NEBRASKA HAS NOT PUT HIM IN TOUGH SITUATION, AND THEY HAVE HELPED HIM IN THE BACK SITUATION, AND THEY HAVE MANAGED IT WELL.

CORCORAN AND TEDDY PROHOFSKA WHEN THEY WENT OUT ON INJURIES, THEY WERE IN TROUBLE.

NOW IT IS GOING TO BE TOUGH, BECAUSE INDIANA HAS A LEAD EDGE RUSHER, AND OHIO STATE HAS PLENTY AND USC AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE PICKING UP A LOT FOR THE LEFT TACKLE.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING, AND HAVE BEAU ROUX COME UP TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL.

AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE BLACK SHIRTS WHEN WE PICK IT UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK.

♪ ♪ >> SO FAR FOR THE BLACK SHIRTS ONLY GIVING UP A LITTLE OVER 11 POINTS A GAME, AND RANKED SEVENTH IN THE COUNTRY, AND A GOOD POINT OF DEFENSE ON THE DEFENSE OF COURSE IS JAY MOORE, BUT WE BRING IN HIS FORMER TEAMMATE BEAU RUUD IN HERE, FORMER LINEBACKER, AND ALSO A FORMER CHAMP FROM LINCOLN SOUTHEAST AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.

>> WHAT DO YOU WEIGH NOW?

>> 200 FLAT.

>> HOW MUCH DID YOU WEIGH AT YOUR HEAVIEST?

>> 255 AT THE HEAVIEST AND IT WAS A LOT OF PIZZAS LATE NIGHT.

>> AND THE COACH K PROGRAM.

>> LOTS OF LUNGES.

>> AND YOUR BODY APPRECIATES NOT HAVING THE EXTRA 40 POUNDS ON IT.

>> YES.

>> AND HOW ABOUT THE WAY THAT DEFENSE HAS BEEN PLAYING SO FAR?

>> WELL, IF YOU ARE GRADING THE DEFENSE, WE HAD PRETTY HIGH EXPECTATIONS, AND I THINK THAT IT IS HARD TO BE DISAPPOINTED, IF YOU ARE TAKING AWAY A LITTLE BIT OF THE ILLINOIS GAME, AND LIKE IT IS A REMARKABLE SEASON, AND IT HAS BEEN GREAT SO FAR, AND I'M STILL PRETTY OPTIMISTIC, AND IT IS THAT WE HAVE A HARD STRETCH COMING UP HERE, AND FOR THE MOST PART LIKE WE HAVE PLAYED REALLY WELL AT ALL LEVELS AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE LINEBACKERS AND JOHN BULLOCK AND NEYOR, AND GUYS LIKE TOMMI HILL HAS STEPPED UP AND BEEN BETTER THAN EXPECTED FOR ME.

AND SO I HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY FOR THE PERFORMANCE, AND SANS ILLINOIS WE GOT OFF KILTER, BUT THEN AGAIN, LIKE TONY WHITE, HE SHOWED US THAT HE CAN ADJUST, AND HE IS SHOWING THAT HE IS NOT SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO BE FIGURING IT OUT, AND HE HAS SOME OF THE TOOLS IN THE TOOL KIT TO JUST ADJUST AND DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SEASON AS IT GOES.

>> WHEN THE 335 CAME OUT, BEAU, I THOUGHT THAT I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, AND LOOKING BACK AT OLD SAN DIEGO STATE TAPE OR ROCKY LONG, AND THAT COORDINATOR, AND HOW WOULD I FIT IN THAT DEFENSE, BECAUSE WE PLAYED IN THE 4-3 DEFENSE AND COVER SIX, AND QUARTER-QUARTER HALF, AND I WOULD PLAY MULTIPLE POSITION, AND HOW DID YOU FIT IT IN THE 3-3-5 SCHEME?

>> WELL, IT IS HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT LIKES ATHLETES, SO THERE IS A LOT MORE MOVEMENT, AND I THINK THAT IF YOU ARE A GUY WHO CAN BE ATHLETIC, AND MULTIPLE, AND THEY WILL FIND A WAY TO USE YOU, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE END, THEY WILL USE YOU HOWEVER THEY WANT TO MOVE YOU.

>> AS A FORMER LINEBACKER, HOW MUCH APPRECIATION DO YOU HAVE FOR WHAT BULLOCK HAS DONE, AND HAS BARRETT CHIMED IN WHAT BULLOCK HAS DONE AND HAVE YOU VISITED WITH BARRETT ABOUT BULLOCK?

>> WELL, JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND HE IS EXCITED FOR HIM TO BE A HARD-WORKING KID.

IF YOU ARE A WALK-ON, AND YOU CAN MOVE POSITION, AND YOU ARE A WALK-ON SAFETY TO STARTING LINEBACKER, AND ALSO, HE IS GETTING BETTER EVERY WEEK.

AND I WAS WATCHING REALLY CLOSE, AND EVERY WEEK, HE HAS GOTTEN BETTER, AND HE HAS THE KNACK FOR NOT JUST MAKING THE PLAY EVERY TIME, BUT HE HAS THE TIMING EFFECT OF INSTINCTS TO GO MAKE THE BIG TIME PLAY, AND SUPER IMPRESSED WITH BULLOCK.

>> AND BEAU IS A MEMBER OF THE NEW MEDIA AND HE DOES A PODCAST WITH THE FORMER ALLSTATE QUARTERBACK OF THE SOUTHEAST, AND ALLSTATE, RIGHT?

>> FIRST TEAM SUPER STATE, AND NICK WAS THAT, AND YOU DO A THING "WHO'S IN THE CLUB" AND IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS ALL DEFENSIVE PLAYERS AND HOW IS GETTING IN THE CLUB AS WE GO ALONG?

WELL, THE CLUB HAS TAKEN OFF ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN.

SO, IT WAS VERY DEFENSE-HEAVY, AND WE DO LIKE FIVE GUYS CAN GET INTO THE CLUB, AND EACH WEEK, WE UPDATE IT, AND THEN THE OFFENSE MADE A LITTLE RUN THERE MIDSEASON TO BRING IN THE RECEIVERS, BUT, THE SHIFT IS BACK AND THE DEFENSE IS BACK, AND DYLAN IS IN THE CLUB, AND THOSE GUYS ARE LIKE, THE MAINSTAYS IN THERE AND HARD TO GET THEM OUT, AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS COMPETING TO -- >> IS BUSCHINI IN THE CLUB?

WAS HE WAITING ON THE UBER?

>> IT WAS BRING YOUR PUNTER TO THE CLUB NIGHT, AND IT WAS BUSCHINI.

HE DOES NOT GET ANY OTHER NIGHT.

>> IT WAS LIFT THE VELVET ROPE NIGHT.

>> AND YOU AND I BOTH PLAYED AS A STARTER, AND NEBRASKA HAS STRUGGLED QUITE, AND THEY HAVE STRUGGLED A LOT THIS YEAR IN SPECIAL TEAMS, AND JUST TALK ABOUT THE MINDSET THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO PLAY SPECIAL TEAMS, BECAUSE IT IS NOT FOR THE FEINT OF HEART, BUT LACK OF BETTER TERM, IT IS NOT A SEXY JOB TO HAVE, AND IT IS A BRUTAL DEAL TO HAVE A STARTER, AND GO OUT TO PUNT BLOCK, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PUNT, AND GO RIGHT TO THE DEFENSE, AND IT IS A TOUGH GIG.

>> IT IS TOUGH, AND NOT CUT AND DRY AND JUST PUT THE STARTERS OUT THERE, AND LET'S BE REAL, I REMEMBER BACK WHEN YOU WERE PLAYING, AND PLAYING 60, 70, 80 SNAPS A GAME, AND IT IS HARD TO DO THE GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT ON SPECIAL TEAMS AND DO BOTH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MANY SNAPS.

AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE OTHER GUYS WHO CAN DO IT, AND I HEARD MATT RUHLE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WEEK WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE WE HAVE TOO MANY YOUNG GUYS OUT THERE, AND MAYBE WE NEED MORE GUYS WITH EXPERIENCE, RIGHT?

SO THAT IS ALSO THE GIVE AND TAKE THAT YOU HAVE TO FIND.

DO YOU HAVE SOME VETERAN GUYS WHO REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING VERSUS THE YOUNGER GUYS WHO HAVE SOME MORE UPSIDE THAT WORK INTO THE FLOW OF THE TEAM, AND THE FIRST SEASON.

SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT I THINK BACK TO OUR TIME, AND WE HAVE HAD VETERAN MAINSTAYS THAT WERE SPECIAL GUYS, AND SPECIAL TEAMS GUYS THAT MADE THEIR LIVING AND THAT IS ALL THEY WANTED TO DO, AND SO I THINK THAT WE WILL FIND A FEW OF THESE GUYS JUST ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

>> THIS WILL PUT YOU ON A SPOT, AND WE HAVE SEEN SIX GAMES FOR NEBRASKA, AND IS THERE A GUY THAT YOU HAVE A TASTE OF AND YOU SAY, HEY, I WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT GUY AND OFFENSE OR DEFENSE, AND A FEW THAT CAN JUMP OUT THAT YOU HOPE CAN HAVE A BIGGER SECOND HALF.

>> AND THE HALL OF FAMER THOMAS FIDONE.

>> YEAH, WE WANT TO SEE FIDONE GET THE BALL MORE, AND WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS A RUNNING BACK EMERGE.

>> HMM.

>> AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE RUNNING BACKS -- >> WHO IS THE CHIP ON RIGHT NOW?

IT IS HARD, I KNOW.

>> IN A WEIRD WAY, I STILL THINK -- I DON'T KNOW, IS EMMETT JOHNSON, IS HE THE BEST PLAYER?

>> HE IS THE MOST COMPLETE.

HE IS THE MOST COMPLETE, BUT RAHMIR HAS THE MOST POTENTIAL, AND SO I WANT A RUNNING BACK TO STEP UP AND TAKE THE RUNNING GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AND MATT RUHLE IS SAYING, HEY, MAKE SOMEBODY MISS, BREAK A TACKLE, AND TAKE THE 5 TO 10 YARDER TO THE HOUSE.

THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE A GAME FOR US, AND CHANGING THE RUN GAME.

I WANT TO SEE A RUNNING BACK EMERGE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE OFFENSIVE LINE, I WANT TO SEE ONE OF MY BIG THING IS THAT WHEN THE GAME IS ON THE LINE, CAN WE, CAN WE PROTECT?

CAN WE PROTECT DYLAN IN THE CLUTCH.

PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CLUTCH AS THE QB THROW IT TO THE RECEIVER?

I WANT TO KNOW IF THE O-LINE CAN PROTECT THE QB IN THE CLUTCH.

>> HE HAS BEEN PRESSURED 33 TIMES IN THE DROPBACKS.

AND NOW, TALKING ABOUT INDIANA, A LOT OF THE RPO AND QUICK SCREEN, AND TALK ABOUT BEING A LINEBACKER IN THE SITUATION, WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW IF HE IS GIVING THE BALL OR GOING TO RUN, AND IT IS TOUGH GOING UP AGAINST THE INDIANA OFFENSE.

>> WELL, WE MAY BE MATCHED UP PRETTY GOOD, AND WE MAY BE MATCHED UP WITH THE FINESSE TEAMS BETTER, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE KEYS AND JUST DO YOUR JOB.

LIKE, IF THIS IS YOUR GUY, DON'T GET LOST IN THE JUNK TRAFFIC, AND JAY MENTIONED ILLINOIS GAME WHERE THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF PLAY ACTION, AND CROSS, YOU KNOW, THE TIGHT ENDS ACROSS THE FIELD AND AROUND THE GOAL LINE, AND WE LOST OUR EYES, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SEE, AND IF YOU HAVE STRONG EYES AND STRONG KEYS, THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT.

>> AND LAST YEAR, YOU COULD LOOK AT MICHIGAN GAME AS ONE OF THE BEST TEAM, AND THEY WERE SLOPPY AND THEY GOT THINGS THE FIGURED OUT.

AND WITH PURDUE, THEY WERE EXPOSE AND GOT THINGS FIGURED OUT, AND THEN RUTGERS.

WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM THE TWEAKS AND THE ADJUSTMENTS FROM ILLINOIS TO RUTGERS TO NOT THAT WE ARE IN DIRE NEED, BUT OOH, THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

>> I AM NOT AN EXPERT OF TO 3-3-5, AND WATCHING TONY WHITE'S ADJUSTMENTS, AND I FELT LIKE WE WERE NOT OUTSCHEMED AT ALL, AND I FELT LIKE, HE WAS PUTTING THE GUYS IN POSITION TO MAKE A PLAY.

SO IT FELT LIKE TONY WHITE CAME BACK TO LET OUR GUYS TO SAY, HEY, THEY WERE IN THE POSITION, AND THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD ADJUSTMENT GAME FOR TONY WHITE TO SAY, WE CAN, TOO.

>> YOUR BROTHER BARRETT IS IN THE NFL COACHING WITH THE FALL KOPS, AND HOW MUCH DOES HE LIKE COACHING IN THE NFL?

>> OH, MY.

>> AND COMING FROM NIL -- >> HE SAYS THE SCHEDULE, IT IS AN AMAZING SCHEDULE FOR THE COACHES.

HE SAID THE RECRUITING, AND THERE A LOT THAT GOES INTO COLLEGE, AND IT IS HARDER JOB TO BE A COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH.

NOW THE DIFFERENCE IS THE NFL IS THE NOT FOR LONG LEAGUE, AND IT IS THE LEAGUE THAT IS.

EVERY WEEK, AND IT IS LIKE, AND ONE-POSSESSION GAME EVERY WEEK FOR HIM.

IT IS A COIN FLIP, AND YOU HAVE TO BE ON YOUR LIFE THAT CAN GO OFF AND ON.

AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LEADER.

>> SO TALK ABOUT THE TEAM, AND HERE COMES A FIVE-STAR HOT SHOT QUARTERBACK, AND HOW DOES THAT FEEL?

>> WELL, YOU HAVE TO BE A RARE, RARE PERSON AS A FRESHMAN TO COME IN TO WIN A LEADERSHIP ROLE.

IT IS UNTHINKABLE, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT IT IS REAL HERE.

AND WE HAVE A GUY WHO IS A RARE ONE, AND IT IS A SPECIAL KID.

BUT, THAT IS NOT NORMAL.

AND SFWLRNLGT AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MINDSET AND YOU COME TO WORK, THIS GUY HAS IT.

>> A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM HARRISON COMING IN.

>> I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE TIKTOK.

>> YES, BUT DYLAN, AND LIKE YOU SAY, YOU DON'T SAY THAT ABOUT MANY PEOPLE, BUT WE CAN SAY IT ABOUT DYLAN.

>> A PREDICTION FOR THE SECOND HALF, AND THE LAST SIX?

>> I THINK THAT WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.

OHIO STATE IS TOUGH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, GOING TO US, KR, -- USC, THAT IS A HARD GAME AS WELL, AND BEING ON THE ROAD, AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT WOULD BE HARD TO BET AGAINST US, AND IF WE ARE PLAYING OUR GAME, AND TAKING CARE OF THE FOOTBALL, AND YOU KNOW, PLAYING STRONG EYES, AND PHYSICAL DEFENSE AND TRYING TO RUN THE FOOTBALL.

>> USC HAS NOT PLAYED WELL WITH TEAMS THAT COME AT THEM WITH STRAIGHT PHYSICALITY.

>> BUT YOU KNOW HOW MINNESOTA PLAYS, AND THEY HAVE THE LEAN MINNESOTA TREES UP THERE.

>> BEAU, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NEXT UP "THE WRAP-UP" SEAN CALLAHAN IS GOING TO UPDATE US ON A POSSIBLE FLIP IN ALABAMA.

>>> AND WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WILL CHAT ABOUT INDIANA WHEN WE COME BACK.

>>> WELL, THEY ARE LEADING THE BIG TEN IN PASSING, AND AT LEAST CLOSE IF NOT THE TOP IN RUSHING, YOU KNOW.

THEY ARE TOP TEN IN THE COUNTRY IN OFFENSE.

THEY ARE TOP TEN IN THE COUNTRY IN DEFENSE.

THEY ARE THE ONLY TEAM WHO HAS NOT TRAILED ALL YEAR AND THEY SCORED 80 POINTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, AND SO THIS IS A TOP TEN FOOTBALL TEAM THAT WE ARE FACING, RIGHT?

>> JUST BECAUSE THEY OPERATE SO EFFICIENTLY AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO.

YOU HAVE ELEMENTS OF THE RUNNING BACKS REMIND ME OF MANONGI AT RUTGERS AND THE TIGHT END, 44, CAME OVER, AND REALLY UNIQUE, AND YOU WILL SEE HIM AT NUMBER ONE IN THE QUADS, AND HE MOTIONS, AND THEY WILL GET HIM THE BALL, AND SO, THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF SOME TEAMS ALL AROUND, AND JUST THE EFFICIENCY ON OFFENSE, AND HOW WELL THE QUARTERBACK IS PLAYING.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE GOT ONE OF THE BEST WIDE RECEIVERS THERE ARE IN THE CONFERENCE WITH THE 13.

SO, AGAIN, THEY ARE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM.

>> YEAH, TOP TEN IN DEFENSE, AND A LOT OF GREAT PLAYERS, AND THEY ARE PLAYING A LOT OF GREAT SCHEMES.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY ARE HARD TO KIND OF IDENTIFY WHAT THEY ARE DOING, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD TEST FOR US, AND WE ARE GOING INTO THE BIG ENVIRONMENT AT NOON.

>> AND DYLAN DIVES INTO EVERYTHING.

HE WOKE ME UP BECAUSE HE BANGED.

AND HE IS HERE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AND HE IS TEXTING ME.

HE GOING AWAY ON THE WEEKEND AND HE SAID, HEY, CAN YOU -- AND HE WAS WATCHING THE TAPE ON THE PLANE, AND WATCHING 24.

>> HE SLEPT IN HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HE WANTED TO.

SOMEWHERE AROUND, AND I JUST WALK IN, AND I DON'T LOOK AT THE CLOCK, AND I ALMOST HIT HIS HEAD, BECAUSE HE SLEPT BY THE DOOR, AND I KNOCKED AND I HIT SOMETHING, AND HE WAS ON THE GROUND, AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I JUST KNOCKED HIS HEAD.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> WELCOME BACK INSIDE OF THE "BIG RED WRAPUP" STUDIO, AND THE NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND I'M MIKE'L SEVERE WITH SEAN CALLAHAN "AND RECRUITING, AND WHAT DO YOU SEE?

>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MICHAEL DAWSON ALL PLACE THAT HE WENT OUT WITH ROB DEVORSEC TO GO SEE.

AND HE IS STILL A PRIORITY FOR NEBRASKA TO RECRUIT, AND ALABAMA IS HAVING A GOOD YEAR BY ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THEY CONTINUE TO WATCH CLOSELY AS WE HAVE SEEN IT WITH MATT RUHLE.

HE IS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON A GUY, AND CADE PEDSHAH WAS LOOKING TO GO TO OKLAHOMA, AND RUHLE WON THAT BATTLE TO GET HIM OUT OF NEBRASKA TO NORTH DAKOTA, AND IT WOULD MAKE SENSE.

>> AND FEATURED RECRUIT?

>> SEAN HAMMER IS BACK, THE NUMBER ONE RANKED PLAYER OUT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, AND THAT GETS NEBRASKA FANS EXCITED, MIKE'L, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO DOMINATE THE BORDERS AND GO INTO COLORADO AND IOWA AND NORTH DAKOTA, AND WITH THE POWER SCHOOLS THERE, KANSAS AND MISSOURI, AND NEBRASKA HAS GONE INTO THE DAKOTAS, AND CLEANED UP.

SEAN HAMMER BACK, AND THEY GOT THE RECEIVER OUT OF SOUTH DAKOTA, AND SO THEY HAVE PUT THEMSELVES IN A GREAT POSITION, AND SEAN HAMMERBACH AS A TACKLE IS OUTSTANDING.

>> AND THE NAME ALONE.

AND THIS GUY COMMITTED TO WYOMING OUT OF MILLER NORTH.

THE MUSTANGS ARE LOADED RIGHT NOW.

THEY HAVE THREE MAJOR DIVISION I TOP 15 PROSPECTS IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, AND HENRY WAYBERG COMMITTED TO WYOMING, AND TWEENER.

IF HE IS 6'5" OR 6'2" OR 6'3", HE IS A BIG TEN LEVEL GUY, BUT THESE ARE THE PLAYERS THAT CRAIG BOHL, AND THE MOUNTAIN WEST OR WHATEVER LEAGUE IT IS, THEY MAKE A LIVING WITH, AND NO DOUBT THAT MILLER NORTH IS GOING TO HAVE A TEAM TO GO DEEP WITH THE TALENT THEY HAVE.

>> HE IS PLAYING CENTRAL THIS WEEK.

>> IT WILL BE A GOOD GAME.

>> WE HAVE EARLY RESULTS ON THIS WEEK SURVEY OF HOW COACH RUHLE IS GOING TO CLOSE OUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON.

RIGHT NOW, 8-4 IS WINNING 72%.

6-8 IS ONLY 8%.

AND THAT BIG NUMBER, 11-1 OR 9-3, 5% OF THE PEOPLE ARE CONFIDENT THAT NEBRASKA CAN PLAY WELL IN THE LAST SIX GAMES.

AND NOW, MOVING UP IS OREGON WHO OCCUPIED SOME OF THE LAST THREE SPOTS, AND INTERESTING PLAY, AND THEY ARE 0-3 AFTER PLAYING NEBRASKA AND LOSING BY AN AVERAGE OF 32 POINTS A GAME.

AND THIS IS THE LATEST THEY HAVE BEEN RANKED THAT HIGH IN 2020.

LOOKING INTO THE TOP 25 AND JOINING OREGON IN THE TOP 5 IS PENN STATE, AND AFTER THE LATE LOSS TO THE DUKS, MICHIGAN IS AT 24.

LET ME TELL YOU THAT MICHIGAN DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE IN THE TOP 25, AND I KNOW THEY WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT LOOK AT THO THOSE.

>> IN.

>> SO WHEN THEY PLAY SOMEBODY HIGH LEVEL, IT IS A REPUTATION THING.

TENNESSEE PLAYS WELL, AND THEY GET.

>> AND SO WITH THEM, IT IS GOING TO BE ALL EYEBALLS WATCHING NEBRASKA IN THE END.

>> AND TO TALK ANT THAT GAME MORE IS MICHAEL IZILECK.

COME IN AND TELL US ABOUT THE WAY YOU PRONOUNCE THAT LAST NAME.

>> YOU GOT IT.

>> AND TELL US ABOUT THE GAME OUT THERE IN BLOOMINGTON?

>> WELL, IT IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, AND THEY KNOW IT IS A SETTLE, AND KICKOFF IS GOING TO BE HERE.

THE FANS ARE PUNK AND THEY ARE BOUGHT INTO THIS THING, AND OBVIOUSLY THE BEST SIX-GAME START IN HISTORY, AND THEY HAVE STILL SOME GOALS IN MIND UNDER HEAD COACH CURT CIGNETTI.

>> AND WE HAVE SAID THAT ILL ILLINOIS HAS NOT PLAYED ANYONE TO WHO INDIANA HAS SET UP WELL FOR AND THEY PLAYED NOT JUST ONE OF THE WORST FBS TEAMS, BUT THE WORST AND SO THEY WENT ON THE ROAD AND WON TWO BIG TEN ROAD POINTS ON THE TEAM.

AND STYLE POINTS, THIS IS ONE TWO TEAMS THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE PLAYING THE AND THEY CAME IN THERE AND DOMINATED, AND THAT IS A HARD THING BECAUSE ONLY TWO TEAMS HAVE WON OUT WEST IN THE BIG TEN.

I INDIANA IS ONE OF THECHLD AND THEY WILL HAVE TO PROVE THEIR SERIES HERE WITH STRONGER ERMTD AND YOU GUYS ARE A BASKETBALL SCORE, AND YOU HAVE TO KIND OF PROVE YOURSELF.

AND THEN SO, WHAT IS COMING AROUND THE CORNER?

WITH THE "BIG RED WRAPUP" BEING 6-0, AND BIG NOON KICKOFF, HOW ENGAGED IS THIS HOOSIER STAND BASE?

WELL, THE HOOSIER FOOTBALL EVENT IS FRIDAY, AND IRONICALLY, THAT IS FIGHTING FOR THE ATTENTION OR THE SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEKEND ORN -- AND TWO OF THE FINAL TWO GAMES HAVE BEEN SOLD OUT, WASHINGTON AND PURDUE.

AND SO YOU MIGHT SEE THEM SELL OUT FOUR GAMES IN A SINGLE STADIUM HERE.

AND I THINK THAT THE FANS LIKE CURT CIGNETTI, AND HIS BRAVADO AT THE START, AND MAYBE A LITTLE WORRIED A LITTLE BIT.

HE HAD A EXCELLENT BLUEPRINT IN ELON AND HE EXECUTED IT, AND WENT UP AND DOWN THE ROSTER.

FANS ARE EXCITED, AND IT IS UNCHARTERED TERRITORY, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE INVESTING IN BASKETBALL.

>> AND KURTIS ROARKE, HE HAS TAKEN IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL, AND CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU SEE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST SIX?

>> WELL, THEY HAVE VALUED WITH A LOT OF SPOTS, THE QUARTERBACK SPECIFICALLY, AND PRODUCTION OVER PRUDENTIAL, AND IN THE PORTAL THEY HAD GUY AND SHE HAS BEEN IN THE SITUATIONS WITH HIM, AND SO THEY COULD DO EVERYTHING AND THERE IS NO SITUATION IN THE BIG TEN THAT COULD SURPRISE HIM.

HE HAS DONE THAT, AND HE IS POISED.

HE HAS A VERY GOOD POCKET PRESENCE.

IF YOU ARE WATCHING THE GAMES, HE HAS WALKED OUT OF THE POCKET, AND ESCAPED THE PRESSURE, AND DUCK OUT OF THINGS.

HE IS VERY SAVVY, AND THERE IS NOT A SPOT THAT HE CAN'T THROW AND OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS IN THE TOP TEN NUMBERS, IT IS GOING TO ENJOY YOU?

>> YES.

WE WILL SEE YOU OUT THERE.

>> AND SO, NO GAME THIS PAST WEEKEND, U AND ALSO IN SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD, BYE WEEKS CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE FAN, BUT IN THIS WEEK, THE FANS MISSED HUSKER FOOTBALL.

OH, YES, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

BUT I AM SURE THAT MANY OF YOU DID WHAT HERBIE DID AND MOWED THE GRASS FOR THE LAST TIME BECAUSE THE WEATHER HAS TURNED, AND THINK ABOUT.

>> AND IT IS "VIEWER TIME."

>> IT IS "VIEWER TIME."

SEAN, DO YOU THINK THAT NEBRASKA IS GOING TO MAKE A FIELD GOAL PAST 30 YARDS?

>> WELL, THEY WILL BE IN THAT POSITION.

>> THE BALL AT THE 20.

>> AND EL VAU KNOW HAS, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE SNAP IS AS MUCH AS THE KICK RIGHT NOW.

>> AND TRUST.

BECAUSE AS A KICKER, YOU HAVE TO TRUST THE PROCESS DONE CORRECTLY, AND IF YOUR MIND IS NOT RIGHT, AND IS THIS GOING TO BE A GOD SITUATION, YOU ARE SET UP FOR FAILURE, AND JAY SAYS HE WANTS TO SEE MORE DYLAN LLOYD.

>> YES, AND YOU REMEMBER THAT THE BACK LINE WAS LIGHT.

AND I WILL SEE HIM AND HE IS SORT OF A SMILER PLAYER THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BY A GUY WHO THEY NEED TO GET HIM THE BALL MORE.

>> AND CARTER, CAN THEY PUT HIM IN RUN PLAYS WHICH I BELIEVE IT IS A PREDETERMINED SCRIPT OR GADGET, AND I THINK THAT HE CAN COME IN TO BE PUTTING IT OFF OF THE FIELD OR PUT IT IN THE SLOT LIKE WE SAW HIM SCORE WITH THE TOUCH DOWN AND A RECEIVER WITH E AND SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR AND PUT TOMMY ON THE BOUNDARY, BECAUSE HIS FOOT HAS GIVEN HIM SOME PROBLEMS, AND YOU COULD MOVE THEM TO OTHER POSITIONS.

SO, THIS IS THE PLAY YO SGLRNLG.

>> YEAH, AND IT IS HARD, AND YOU HAVE TO TRUST AND THERE ARE LITTLE EBB SFESH, BUT ONCE YOU SEE THAT TELL AND TRUST IT, AND SEE THAT ACTION, AND ONE STEP FORWORD YOU CAN TREAT AND HE LOOKING AT COLLAPSING AND OR LOAN AND IF HE IS COMING DOWN, HE IS PROBABLY GOING TOSS TO.

>> AND WHAT IS YOUR BURNING QUESTION?

>> CAN NEBRASKA WIN A RANKED TEAM ON THE ROAD?

>> YEAH, MINE IS TURNOVER WRERM AND NOT ONLY ON OFFENSE, BUT CREATING THE TURNOVERS DEFENSIVELY, TO WIN THEY HAVE TO BE PLUS TWO.

SO IF THEY GET THE PLUS TWO, IT WILL GETTING THE JOB FOR THEM.

AND DREW'S NUMBERS DROPPED SFWRERNLTP.

>> DON'T FORGET TO THE WEBSITE X PIFRMT -- THE WEBSITE.

AND THEN NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT ON "BIG RED WRAPUP," WE WILL RECAP THE UI GAME, AND OF COURSE, WE WILL BE BACK ON WORLD AND FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE, AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN CATCH US ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

WE THANK DR. JEFFREY GOLD, AND MIKE RUUD, AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON THE BOIGS.

I'M YOUR HOST MIKE'L SEVERE AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON "BIG RED WRAPUP."

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