>>> THE LOSS TO IOWA STARTED A WEEK OF CHANGE.

DANA HOLGORSEN IS HERE TO TUTOR DYLAN RAIOLA FOR TWO MORE YEARS.

TONY WHITE'S OFF ON A NEW ADVENTURE AND RECRUITS ARE SIGNING ON WEDNESDAY.

SO WHAT'S NEXT?

WE ARE HERE TO BE YOUR TOUR GUIDE OF THE FUTURE OF HUSKER FOOTBALL.

ALL COMING UP ON, "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

♪ ♪ >>> HI EVERYONE.

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

THERE IS A LOT TO GET TO TONIGHT.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU THE VIEWER.

THERE'S PHONES STANDING BY.

WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR YOU TO GET AHOLD OF US BY TEXT OR EMAIL.

YOU CAN SEND THOSE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

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SO SEND US YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE BIG RED WRAP-UP PAGE ON FACEBOOK, OR OUR x ACCOUNT.

AND WE'LL ANSWER AS MANY OF THE QUESTIONS AS WE CAN.

LET'S DO OUR SIDELINE SURVEY AND LOOK BACK AT WHAAT WE HAD FOR YOU LAST WEEK.

WHAT PLAYER WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE INVOLVED IN THE OFFENSE.

THE WINNER WAS HEINRICH HAARBERG.

WE DID SEE HIM A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE SAW CARTER NELSON MORE AS WELL.

AND THERE IS GARCIA-CASTANEDA, AND BONNER AND FIDONE.

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION, "WHAT BOWL WOULD YOU PREFER TO SEE NEBRASKA IN?"

YOU HAVE THE GUARANTEED RATE BOWL, IN PHOENIX.

41% SAY THAT ONE, PROBABLY NOT GOING THERE.

TRANSPERFECT MUSIC CITY BOWL IN NASHVILLE, 43%.

PROBABLY NOT GOING THERE.

THEN NONE OF THE ABOVE IS THE SAME AS THE PINSTRIPE BOWL IN NEW YORK, SO WE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THAT ONE.

WE HAVE A FULL CREW TONIGHT.

JOINING ME, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, FORMER HUSKERS JAY MOHR AND DAYMON BENNING, SEAN CALLAHAN AS WELL.

LOT'S TO DO, LET'S START OF WITH THE HAPPY NEWS.

DANA HOLGERSON, TWO YEARS, GOING TO BE AROUND.

TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS IN TERMS OF HIS CONTRACT.

>> YEAH, ON SATURDAY THEY SETTLED IN HOLGERSON'S CONTRACT.

DANA HOLGERSON SIGNED A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT, WHERE NEBRASKA WILL PAY HIM 1.2 MILLION, AND THEN HOUSTON STILL WILL OWE HIM 4.5 AND NEBRASKA'S AMOUNT WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM THAT.

AND THEN, ON THE NEXT YEAR, HOUSTON WILL ONLY HAVE TO PAY 60% OF WHAT DANA HOLGERSON IS OWED.

AND THEN NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO PAY HIM 1.2.

SO THEY ARE GETTING DANA HOLGERSON AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE.

A COORDINATOR OF HIS STATURE IS GENERALLY GOING TO PUSH TWO MILLION DOLLARS, AND NEBRASKA WILL GET HIM FOR 1.2.

ACTUALLY LESS THAN WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY PAYING MARCUS SATTERFIELD.

>> AND YOU SAW THREE GAMES WITH HIM IN CHARGE.

WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT IT THAT GETS YOU EXCITED FOR NEXT YEAR?

>> I JUST LIKE THE FACT THAT -- I THINK THE COMPETITIVE NATURE THAT HE APPROACHES THE GAME IS HUGE.

HE'S DEMANDING, HE'S THOROUGH, HE'S A GREAT TEACHER.

I THINK HE INSTILLS CONFIDENCE.

AND HE KNOWS PERSONNEL.

SO, GOING FORWARD I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS WILL MATTER.

>> I'M NOT SAYING IT'S EVER HAPPENED TO YOU.

BUT, WHAT'S IT LIKE WHEN THEY CALL OUT A PLAYER.

WHEN THEY SAY, THE RUNNING BACKS NEED TO HIT THIS HOLE -- OR THE WIDE RECEIVERS NEED TO BLOCK -- OR THE DEFENSIVE END NEEDS TO GET THAT EDGE, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> OH THAT'S DEFINITELY HAPPENED TO ME.

MAYBE NOT PUBLICLY.

YOU PLAY THIS GAME LONG ENOUGH, YOU'RE GOING TO GET CALLED-OUT.

THE SAYING IS, IF THEY STOP CALLING YOU OUT, THAT'S WHEN YOU GOTTA BE WORRIED.

THEY CARE, SO THEY WANT YOU TO PERFORM BETTER.

I'VE BEEN CALLED OUT PLENTY OF TIMES.

IT'S -- YOU CAN TAKE IT ONE OR TWO WAYS.

YOU CAN GET BETTER FROM IT, OR YOU CAN TAKE YOUR BALL AND KIND OF GO HOME, AND TUCK YOUR TAIL BETWEEN YOUR LEGS AND NOT GET BETTER FROM IT.

BUT I LIKE THE FACT THAT -- THOMAS FIDONE.

YOU KNOW, AFTER THE WISCONSIN GAME.

COMES OUT, MAYBE HAS HIS BEST WEEK OF PRACTICE THEY SAID, ALL YEAR.

HEAD INTO THE IOWA GAME, YOU SEE HIM, CONTRIBUTES MAKES A COUPLE OF BIG CATCHES, BUT YOU LIKE THAT COMPETITIVE NATURE.

SURE, CALL ME OUT WHERE YOU RECOGNIZE SOME THINGS.

BUT I'M GONNA GET BETTER FROM IT.

AND AS A PLAYER IT'S MY TIME TO PROVE YOU WRONG.

BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT AS A COACH TOO.

HE'S GOTTA TICK YOU OFF A BIT AS A PLAYER.

AND YOU'VE GOTTA RESPOND.

>> BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT TONY WHITE -- WHAT YOU SAW FROM EMMETT JOHNSON, WHAT WAS IT ABOUT WHAT DANA HOLGERSON WAS DOING TO EFFECT WHAT EMMETT JOHNSON DID WHAT THE OFFENSIVE LINE DID -- BECAUSE HE LOOKED LIKE A DIFFERENT BACK AT TIMES.

>> YEAH, I JUS TLIKE THE FACT THAT FROM A CONCEPT STAND-POINT IT'S CLEAN.

YOU KNOW, THE DOULBLE, THE MOVE, THE CREASE, THE BACKSIDE WALL.

HOW THEY WATCH GUYS -- IT JUST SUITS HIS RUNNING STYLE.

WHERE -- AS LONG AS HE'S JUST PRESSING THAT POINT OF ATTACK AND STAYING ON THAT CREASE.

HE'S JUST A NATURALLY GIFTED, "CREASE FINDER."

SO WE KIND OF SAID ALL YEAR, OR AT LEAST I HAVE.

THE HOLES ARE THERE, YOU'VE JUST GOTTA FIND 'EM.

AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT THIS OFFENSE IS PREDICATED UP FRONT AND, IT PLAYS TO EMMETT'S STRENGTHS.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

LET'S GO, "ON3" WAS THE FIRST REPORT -- FLORIDA STATE SITE.

-- THAT TONY WHITE WAS GOING TO FLORIDA STATE.

HOW DID THAT ALL DEVELOP?

>> YOU KNOW, IT DEVELOPED AWFULLY QUICK.

YOU GENERALLY DON'T SEE A BIG MOVE LIKE THIS UNTIL AFTER SIGNING DAY.

BUT FLORIDA STATE WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFFICIAL WITH TONY WHITE.

AND YOU LOOK AT JUST THE TIMELINE OF THE WAY THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF THE SEASON PLAYED OUT FOR NEBRASKA.

THE LOSS AT INDIANA WITH 56 POINTS.

AND THEN, NEARLY BEATING OHIO STATE, AND THE TOUGH LOSS AT HOME AGAINST UCLA, WHERE THE DEFENSE WAS ON THE FIELD FOR 14 AND A HALF OF THE FIRST 16 MINUTES OF THAT GAME.

A 25-3 PLAYCOUNT TO OPEN THAT GAME UP.

YOU KNOW, THE TONE OF THINGS THAT YOU JUST WONDER HOW MUCH THINGS CHANGED AND WHAT WENT ON BEHIND THE SCENES.

ON THE SURFACE FANS ARE VERY SURPRISED TO LOSE TONY WHITE -- >> TO FLORIDA STATE.

>> YEAH, TO LOSE HIM, BUT TO SEE HIM MOVE ON, ESPECIALLY AFTER THEY FOUGHT TO KEEP HIM, AND HIS CONTRACT THERE WAS A BUYOUT IF HE LEFT FOR ANYTHING ELSE, OTHER THAN A HEAD COACHING POSITION.

SO THIS I THINK CAUGHT EVERYBODY BY SURPRISE.

I THINK FOR THE FAN LEVEL -- BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM.

HE'S GOING TO BE ON A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT AT FLORIDA STATE.

AND HE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE AUTONOMY OR WHATEVER HE'S LOOKING FOR THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY HE WANTS TO TAKE ON.

>> WHY FLORIDA STATE?

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT'S THE CHOICE?

>> I MEAN, I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE BACK IN FLORIDA.

THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF REASONS I CAN THINK THAT I WOULD MAKE A MOVE LIKE THIS.

WHERE, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT FINANCES, IT'S ABOUT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.

AND FOR ME I WOULD JUST THINK FAMILY.

AND I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM, TO BE IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY AT THIS PARTICULAR JUNCTURE.

HE'S GONNA MAKE IT WORK.

HE'LL HAVE SOME TALENTED GUYS TO WORK WITH.

AND JUST DON'T WANT GUYS TO BE TOO DISMISSIVE OF THE JOB THAT HE DID, 'CAUSE WHEN YOU'RE TOP-30, AND STUFF-RATE AND YOU GIVE UP AS FEW POINTS AS THEY HAVE YOU'VE EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE ON THE BETTER END OF A WIN-LOSS RECORD.

SO I DON'T WANT TO BE DISMISSIVE OF THE JOB THAT HE'S DONE OR THE PERSON HE IS AT ALL.

>> DAMON BRINGS UP STUFF RATE.

HALF THE RUNS IOWA HAD ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WERE STUFFED.

TEN OF THE RUNS -- >> THEY'RE 28TH IN THE COUNTRY.

>> YEAH, AND OHIO STATE, THEY STUFFED THEM TOO.

AND OTHER ONES.

ANY TIME IT WAS THIRD OR LESS, NEBRASKA DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF STOPPING THEM.

WHAT DO YOU TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT TONY WHITE DID WITH THIS DEFENSE?

>> I THINK A LOT, I DIDN'T KNOW IT, WHEN HE CAME IN HERE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT QUITE TO EXPECT WITH A 3-3-5, AND I KNEW THAT HE HAD TALENT.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT STUFF BECAUSE OF THE GUYS YOU HAVE UP FRONT, TY, NASH, JIMARI.

MIKAI GBAYOR AND YOU KNOW SOME YOUNGER GUYS THIS YEAR, THE LINEBACK IN THAT ROOM.

YOU'RE EDGE GUYS WITH SHERMAN AND PRINCEWILL, AND YOU HAVE GOOD EDGE GUYS.

YOU CAN DO ALL THAT STUFF BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOOD TALENT, AND YOU PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT PLACES TO PRE-SNAP, AND THAT IS A HARD ROLE TO PLAY, BECAUSE TY NASH AND JAMARI.

YOU KNOW SOME YOUNGER GUYS THIS YEAR IN THE LINEBACKER, IN THAT ROOM.

YOUR EDGE GUYS WITH SHERMAN -- YOU HAVE SOME GOOD GUYS.

YOU CAN DO ALL THAT STUFF BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOOD TALENT.

AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE GUYS ARE TALENTED AT.

THEY PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT PLACES TO WIN.

PRE-SNAP, AND THEY TAUGHT THEM.

THAT'S A HARD ROLE TO PLAY BECAUSE TY, NASH, JIMARI, THEY HAVE TO PLAY MULTIPLE POSITIONS.

FIVE-TECHNIQUE, THREE-TECHNIQUE, FOUR EYE AND SHEA, THAT'S A LOT TO ASK OF YOUR GUYS, BUT THEY HAD THE GUYS TO DO IT.

AND THEY DID SOME UNIQUE THINGS UP FRONT, WHICH YOU DON'T SEE A LOT WITH THE 3-3-5, AND WHOEVER THEY HAVE TO FILL IN, THAT'S SOME AWFULLY BIG SHOES TO FILL FOR SURE.

>> LET'S CUT SOMETHING OFF AT THE PASS, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE SAYING THE REASON WHY HE LEFT WAS PHIL SNOW GETTING IN THE WAY OR MAYBE JOHN BUTLER CHANGING SOME THINGS.

DO YOU THINK THAT THE WHOLE TOO MANY COOKS IN THE KITCHEN WAS AN ISSUE?

>>YEAH, I AM NOT OF THAT VOLITION, I KNOW SOME OTHER PEOPLE MAY THINK DIFFERENTLY, UP HERE.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I THINK.

I THINK THAT IF THAT WAS THE CASE, HE WAS EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL ABOUT IT.

IT CERTAINLY WAS UNBEKNOWNST TO COACH RUHLE, AND THE REST OF THAT STAFF.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS AT ALL.

I THINK PART OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT AT THIS STAGE OF YOUR CAREER WHEN YOU HAVE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HE HAS AT HIS DISPOSAL, STAYING SHARP AND STAYING MOTIVATE AND STAYING COMPETITIVE IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT, BUT THE WHOLE PERSON IS IMPORTANT, TOO, AND SO IT IS A DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES SOMETIMES FOR GUYS THAT ARE NOT USED TO IT BEING IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA WITH THE CITY OF LINCOLN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE WHAT A GOOD JOB HE WAS DOING.

ESPECIALLY RELATIVE TOWARDS WHERE NEBRASKA HAS BEEN.

SO I THINK A LOT OF FACTORS PLAY IN AND I PUT THE PHIL SNOW THING -- AT LEAST FOR ME AND THE INFORMATION I AM AWARE OF, WAY DOWN ON THE LIST.

>> WHOEVER GETS THIS JOB -- AND WE'VE BEEN AROUND A LOT OF COACHES AND ASSISTANTS, AND THIS IS A LOT OF PRESSURE.

YOU KNOW.

GETTING THE BOWL GAME IS ONE ONE THING.

BUT JUST BEING A NEBRASKA COACH AND THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE THERE IS TO GET THIS THING TURNED AROUND.

WHOEVER COMES IN HERE HAS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO.

>> YEAH, THERE WERE SO MANY HIGHS THIS YEAR.

LIKE WHAT THEY DID TO COLORADO.

WHAT THEY DID TO KYLE.

WHAT THEY DID TO OHIO STATE.

WHAT THEY DID TO IOWA.

WHERE THE BEST OF THE BEST, YOU'RE LIKE WOW, NEBRASKA WAS AS GOOD AS ANY DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY ON THOSE DAYS.

BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT THE INDIANA GAME, THE UCLA GAME -- SOME OF THE OTHER MOMENTS THAT RAISED RED FLAGS.

SO THE PRESSURES, THE WEEK TO WEEK PRESSURES HERE.

BECAUSE ONCE YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT WITH OHIO STATE, THEN THE UCLA GAME HAPPENED.

I THINK THE PRESSURE IS REAL FOR A COACH THAT TAKES THIS JOB.

BECAUSE YOU ARE ANALYZED A LOT MORE.

BY THE FANBASE, BY EVERYBODY HERE.

THE MICROSCOPE ON THIS PROGRAM IS OBVIOUSLY A LOT BIGGER THAN MOST PLACES.

THERE'S PROBABLY ONLY FIVE OR SIX PLACES WHERE IT'S BIGGER OR AS BIG AS NEBRASKA IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

>> THE SYSTEMS OBVIOUSLY A BIG DEAL.

BUT TALENT ON DEFENSE AND HAVING THE WHEREWITHAL TO BE ABLE TO PLAY DOWN AND DOWN OUT -- WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF -- YOU WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY STAY AT THE 3-3-5, OR WOULD LIKE THEM GOING BACK?

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE DEFENSIVELY IN THE BIG 10?

>> LISTEN I'VE PLAYED IN THE 4-3, I'VE PLAYED IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FRONTS.

I'VE PLAYED AN OVER FRONT AND UNDER FRONT.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET INTO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

I'VE PLAYED IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT 3-4 DEFENSES IN THE NFL.

AND UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT CONCEPTS.

YOU HAVE A WADE PHILLIPS CONCEPT AND YOU HAVE A BILL BELICHICK, BILL PARCELLS KIND OF CONCEPT IN THE 3-4.

LISTEN, I THINK ANY DEFENSE CAN WORK.

YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE TALENT.

>> SURE.

>> YOU HAVE TO RECRUIT, YOU HAVE TO RECRUIT, AND YOU'VE GOT TO GO FIND TALENT.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE EXPLOSIVE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE GUYS WHO RUN AS THE PASSER.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE GUYS WHO CAN COVER ON THE EDGE.

AND NEBRASKA'S HAD A MIX OF THOSE AT TIMES.

THEY JUST HAVE TO GET BETTER TALENT.

I THINK WHATEVER YOU HAVE -- I DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT IT IS, I THINK ANY SYSTEM CAN WORK HERE AT NEBRASKA.

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP RECRUITING.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET THOSE GUYS TO COME HERE.

YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SPEED.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE ATHLETICISM.

I THINK IF ANYTHING, NEBRASKA'S MISSING THIS -- ALL OVER THE FIELD.

I THINK THEY JUST NEED SOME SPEED.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LACKING OVERALL AT TIMES.

THAT'S GOING TO HELP FOR SURE.

>> LET'S GO BACK TO FRIDAY.

>> AS LONG AS YOU LOVE PLAYING.

IF YOU LOVE PLAYING FOOTBALL, YOU CAN PLAY IN ANY FRONT.

>> SURE.

>> LESS TALENTED, MORE TALENTED TEAMS, BE VERY ACCOMPLISHED PLAYING -- IF YOU LOVE PLAYING FOOTBALL, THREE MAN, FOUR MAN, DOESN'T MATTER.

YOU CAN PLAY FOOTBALL.

>> YEAH, TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO PLAYED FOR BILL BELICHICK THEY WOULD ALWAYS SAY -- YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO -- TUESDAY IS WHEN THEY FOUND OUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DOING.

AND IT WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND IT WORKED.

>> YEAH, I MEAN IT'S NOT LIKE PEPPER CARSON OR PEPPER JOHNSON AND HARRY CARSON -- THOSE GUYS WERE LIKE FLEET TO FOOT.

>> NO, YEAH -- >> SOMETIMES YOU JUST -- IF YOU LOVE PLAYING, YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

>> YEAH.

GO BACK TO FRIDAY, MAN.

YOU COME OUT OF THAT GAME AND NEBRASKA HAD MAYBE TWO OR THREE PLAYS THAT GO WRONG WAY FOR IT.

JUST THE FEELING ON THAT FIRST OF THE WAY THEY DOMINATED.

>> YEAH THAT WAS AS DOMINATING OF A DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE AS WE'VE SEEN NEBRASKA PLAY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT IOWA'S RUN GAME HAD DONE ALL YEAR.

LEADING THE BIG 10, THEY HAD TWO FIRST TEAM ALL BIG 10 OFFENSIVE LINEMEN.

FIRST TEAM ALL BIG 10 RUNNING BACK AND CALEB JOHNSON.

SO TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY DID.

IOWA 0-10 ON THIRD DOWN.

FIVE FIRST DOWNS IN THE GAME.

IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

OBVIOUSLY IT GOES BACK TO THE ONE PLAY IN THE SECOND HALF.

AT HALFTIME I CAME UP TO YOU MIKE'L AND I WAS LIKE, WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO TO FLORIDA.

>> YEAH.

YOU GRABBED ME AND SAID, SHAUN DON'T JINX IT.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> NO!

NO!

NO!

>> WE HAD A LOT OF FUN AFTER THAT.

I JINXED IT IN THE PRESS BOX THERE AT THAT MOMENT.

NEBRASKA NEEDED TO DO MORE THOUGH WITH THAT DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE.

YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THAT 13-NOTHING, OR 17-NOTHING.

BUT THEN THAT GAME'S OVER AT THAT POINT.

>> YEAH SOMETIMES IT'S ONE PLAY.

WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE END, BUT I GO BACK THE FIRST DRIVE.

JAYLEN LLOYD AND THAT POST, WIDE OPEN.

THAT'S A TOUCHDOWN.

I KNOW IT'S ONLY A FOUR POINT DIFFERENCE, BUT MAN, THE ENERGY THAT WOULD HAVE WENT OUT OF THAT STADIUM WHEN YOU HIT THAT.

>> YEAH, IT'S HUGE.

AND I THINK WHAT IT DOES, IS IT FREES YOU UP TO BE WHO YOU WANTED TO BE.

I THINK ORIGINALLY IN THAT GAME AS A PLAY CALLER, BECAUSE THERE WAS ALL SORTS OF CONCEPTS THAT WERE OPEN.

I REALLY LIKE WHAT THEY DID IN TERMS OF GETTING GUYS OPEN.

THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF PLAYS IN THAT FIRST HALF WHERE I FELT LIKE NEBRASKA SHOULD HAVE BEEN UPWARDS OF PROBABLY THE 20 POINT MARK.

AND I AM SAYING THAT TO BE CONSERVATIVE.

>> SURE.

>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN OVER 20 POINTS, BUT THAT'S JUST WHO IOWA IS.

AND I THINK WHEN YOU DON'T CAPITALIZE AND THEY DON'T FLINCH WHAT IT FORCES YOU TO DO IS KIND OF GET OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT.

BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE AT SOME POINT IT'S COMING.

AND EVENTUALLY IT DID.

>> YEAH, THEY WAIT FOR YOU TO MAKE A MISTAKE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

SPECIAL TEAMS AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THE MUFFED PUNT.

YOU'VE GOT THE MISSED THE FIELD GOAL FROM THE GUY WHO HAD BEEN REALLY ON FIRE BECAUSE OF THE BAD SNAP -- BUT, AGAIN SPECIAL TEAMS.

GOOD REASON FOR A LOSS.

>> YEAH ABSOLUTELY.

ANYTIME YOU GET INTO THESE CLOSE BOWL GAMES -- AND WE'VE SEEN IT FOR THESE ONE SQUARE GAMES FOR HOW MANY YEARS NOW?

A LOT OF IT COMES DOWN TO SPECIAL TEAMS, AND NEBRASKA JUST HAS IT.

IN THAT PHASE OF THE GAME.

>> YEP.

>> SO WHETHER IT'S A SNAPPING ISSUE, WE'VE SEEN, WE'VE HAD GOOD SNAPS AND WE HAVE KICKERS WHO -- YOU KNOW WHO HAVE KICKING ISSUES.

YOU KNOW, RETURNING PUNTS AND KICKING GAMES, IT'S JUST REARS ITS UGLY HEAD AT THE WRONG TIME.

I MEAN THIS PLAY RIGHT HERE, AND I KNOW IT'S HARD, BUT AS YOU SEE HERE -- I THINK THEY YELL POISON, POISON, AS LOUD AS YOU CAN TO GET THAT OUT THERE.

TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT YOU DID NOT TOUCH THAT FOOTBALL.

THERE'S SOME GUYS AROUND THAT, SAW THAT, BUT YOU SEE SOME GUYS SCRAMBLING AROUND JUST IN CASE.

AND IT IS AN EFFORT PLAY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT OVERALL, THOSE TWO PLAYS, THIS GAME CAME DOWN TO FOUR DIFFERENT PLAYS OF LOSING THIS FOOTBALL GAME, AND THAT ONE WAS HUGE -- AND EVEN THOUGH THE DEFENSE DOES STEP UP, TO HOLD THEM TO THREE POINTS AFTER THAT, THAT'S A HUGE WIN.

BUT YOU JUST FELT AFTER THAT MISSED FIELD GOAL THAT THINGS WERE STARTING TO SLIDE, AND YOU'RE STARTING TO LOSE THAT MOMENTUM THAT YOU HAD FOR THE WHOLE FIRST HALF.

>> YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE THE LEADING, YOU HAVE THE LONGEST PUNT RETURN IN STATE HISTORY IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

YOU DID IT FOR A LONG TIME, YOU DID IT AT THE NEXT LEVEL.

WHAT DID YOU SEE ON THAT PLAY?

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY THEY WERE PUNTING.

THEY WERE PUNTING SHORT ALL NIGHT.

>> CATCH THE BALL.

>> YEAH.

>> CATCH THE BALL.

HE COULD SAY POISON, PETER, PICKLES, PIZZA.

[ LAUGHTER ] TO GIVE -- I UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE HE DIDN'T THINK HE COULD GET IT, HE STAYED AWAY FROM IT.

BUT WHEN YOU GET THAT CLOSE, WITHIN A YARD AND A HALF, IT JUST SIMPLY STARTS WITH FIELDING THE BALL.

YOU KNOW, I AM NOT UPSET WITH PRUDE FOR MAKING A HUSTLE PLAY.

YOU KNOW IN HIS DEFENSE HE WASN'T SURE, HE'S TRYING TO MAKE A HUSTLE PLAY.

SO I THINK, YOU JUST GET THE BALL FIELDED, JUST DO THE LITTLE THINGS.

RIGHT?

RUNNING FAIR CATCH, PLENTY OF TIME.

HE'S KICKED THE BALL ABOUT 40-41 YARDS ON AVERAGE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A SHORT PUNT.

GET IT FIELDED, CATCH IT, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

>> HE WAS COOKING IT SO MUCH SHORTER.

SO HE HAD -- IT WAS 34,33,36, THAT'S A 46 YARD PUNT GUY.

I THINK IT WAS KIND OF PART OF THEIR STRATEGY.

>> IT WAS VERY HEAVY.

YOU KNOW I WATCH WARMS UPS FOR SPECIAL TEAMS.

I WAS SURPRISED, BUT NOT SURPRISED THAT THE 53 YARDER WENT IN.

BUT, BALLS WEREN'T TRAVELING VERY WELL.

BUSCHINI LIKES TO DROP A BALL A CERTAIN WAY.

WHEN HE WAS GETTING HIS SPIRALS THE BALLS WOULD CARRY A LITTLE BIT.

BUT YOU NEED THAT TAIL UP.

RIGHT?

YOU'RE JUST TAUGHT TO READ THE FLIGHT OF THE BALL.

TAIL UP, TAIL DOWN.

I JUST FELT LIKE THE AIR WAS A LITTLE THICK, BUT I DON'T KNOW YOU MAY BE RIGHT.

FORCED HIM TO RUNNING FAIR CATCHES AND PUTTING GUYS IN A BIND.

IT PAID DIVIDENDS.

>> ISN'T IT CRAZY THE SAME PLAY A YEAR PLAGUED NEBRASKA?

FUMBLED THE PUNT IN A SAME TIME OF SITUATION.

SAME SCORE, I MEAN IT'S AMAZING THAT IOWA HAS FOUND A WAY TO BEAT NEBRASKA.

ESSENTIALLY WITH THAT PLAY BEING THE PLAY THAT KIND OF TURNED THE GAME BOTH YEARS.

>> THERE'S NOTHING MORE PROPHETIC THAN WHEN COACH RHULE SAID A FEW WEEKS AGO YOU JUST GOT TO MAKE A PLAY.

ISAIAH NEYOR IS RUNNING ON A PLAY PERFECTLY DRAWN UP.

HE'S GOT A LEAD BLOCKER IN FRONT OF HIM.

SAW THE EXACT SAME PLAY ON A SUNDAY NIGHT, WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME IN THE NFL, IT SCORED.

HE CATCHES THAT BALL IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT GAME.

IT'S LIKE ONE GUY.

>> WHAT DID I COME OVER AND TELL YOU HALFTIME?

>> I KNOW.

>> YOU RUN THE HITCH, THE CORNER AND THE OVER ROUTE, IT WILL BE WIDE OPEN.

>> AND IT WAS WIDE OPEN.

>> MAN, YOU KNOW I TRY TO -- THE CHILD IN ME, YOU KNOW LOOKS OUT THE PRESS BOX WINDOW -- >> YOU LOOK AT THE LIGHTS.

>> I WANTED TO SEE HOW LOW THEY WERE.

I WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD AT LEAST TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

IT WASN'T NEAR AS MUCH THE DROP AS -- >> THE REACTION?

>> THE REACTION.

KEPT ME UP A NIGHT.

>> YEAH, I KNOW.

HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE WAS THAT UPSET ABOUT IT.

LET'S GO TO THE HIGHLIGHTS, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT PLAY, BUT WE'LL SEE A LOT OF IT WAS OF COURSE THE BATTLE FOR THE HEROES TROPHY.

IT WAS A COLD NIGHT, BUT I TELL YOU, IT WASN'T OVERLY WINDY.

IT WASN'T THAT BAD FOR THAT, BUT OVERALL IT WAS A WINDY DAY.

IOWA COMES OUT, TRIES TO GET JACKSON STARTED.

BUT LIKE NEBRASKA DID ALL NIGHT ON THE THIRD DOWN THEY GOT THE STOP AND THEY MADE SURE IOWA COULDN'T GET A FIRST DOWN, 10 TIMES EXACTLY.

THIS IS A GREAT CATCH BY JAHMAL BANKS, MAKING A PLAY ON THE SIDELINE.

AND WATCH HOW HE RUNS HERE.

I TELL YOU MAN, WE SAW IT EARLY, BUT HE JUST IS MORE ELUSIVE THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

>> YEAH, I LOVE THE FACT THAT HE'S CONSTANTLY GAINING GROUND.

RIGHT?

HE'S NOT BUSY, BEING BUSY, HE'S GETTING VERTICAL.

WHICH ALWAYS HELPS.

>> YEP.

ANOTHER BIG PLAY TO NATE BOERKIRCHER, ANOTHER GUY WHO GOT A LOT OF HELP.

THAT WAS KIND OF A BAD SNAP, BUT IT GETS RECOVERED BY BUSCHINI.

HE GETS IT DOWN, IT'S 3-0 AGAIN.

YOU DIDN'T SEE IT, BUT LLYOD WAS OPEN ON A POST THAT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE IT SEVEN INSTEAD.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW PLAYS THEY ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE A PLAY AND STRATTON OVERTHREW IT.

BUT GIVES THE BALL BACK AGAIN TO NEBRASKA AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY WERE PROTECTING DYLAN, BUT THEY PRESSURED HIM A LOT, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> HOW MANY WAS THE NUMBER?

>> THEY BROUGHT, IOWA BROUGHT A LOT OF PRESSURE.

MORE THAN -- YOU KNOW TEAMS THAT BROUGHT IT THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

THEY FORCED THE ISSUE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER WAS THAT WE HAD, BUT IT WAS MORE THAN WHAT NEBRASKA HAD SEEN THE WEEK BEFORE.

>> YEAH IT WAS ALMOST HALF OF THE DROP BACKS.

SO THEY WERE GETTING THEM A LITTLE BIT.

GOT A COUPLE SACKS RIGHT THERE.

YOU SAW A STOP ON SHORT YARDS.

WE TALK ABOUT THE STUFFED PLAYS, AND HERE'S NEBRASKA AGAIN GETTING TO HIM AND COMING OFF.

>> YEAH, NEBRASKA DIDN'T HAVE TO -- YOU KNOW THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HOME WITH THREE OR FOUR GUYS A MAJORITY OF THE GAME.

THIS PLAY RIGHT HERE IS A PRESSURE RUSH.

I MEAN PRESSURE SACK.

THEY BRING THREE GUYS AT EIGHT AND COVERAGE AND JAMES DOES A GOOD JOB OF COMING DOWNHILL MAKING THAT PLAY.

>> NICE THROW TO JACORY BARNEY.

REMEMBER THIS TOO, EVERYTHING THAT NEBRASKA DID, THEY WENT AGAINST A DEFENSIVE LINE, THAT IS OF THE DAY, HAS TWO FIRST TEAMS AND ONE SECOND.

>> THE BLITZ PICKUP WAS THE KEY RIGHT THERE.

>> YEAH.

GOOD PLAY ON THAT ONE, EMMETT JOHNSON AGAIN GETTING EVERY YARD HE CAN GET.

NEBRASKA IS SITTING THERE AT 2ND AND 8, AND NICE THROW AGAIN.

AND ANOTHER GUY WHO REALLY BENEFITTED FROM THE CHANGE IS BANKS.

>> ALLOWING GUYS TO WIN, THE SLANT ROUTE, HE'S A BIG BODY.

>> YUP.

AND HE'S REALLY GOOD AT STACKING HIM, AND HE CAN STRAIGHTEN YOU UP AS A BIG RECEIVER.

HE FLOURISHED.

>> HE'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE STANLEY.

HE DOESN'T HAVE TOP SPEED, BUT HE DEFINITELY LEAVE HIMSELF OPEN.

YOU BRING IN THE TWO DEFENSIVE LINEMEN, DOWDELL TOUCHDOWN.

IT'S 10-0, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT HERE ARE THINKING THAT MIGHT BE ENOUGH.

>> YEAH, AS LONG AS NEBRASKA DIDN'T GIVE IOWA ANY POSSESSIONS, YOU FELT PRETTY GOOD.

>> YOU FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT, NO DOUBT, CELEBRATION.

GOING INTO THE SECOND HALF NOW, AGAIN NEBRASKA COMES OUT AND THEY'RE MAKING PLAYS.

THEY MOVE THE BALL WELL ENOUGH.

>> A HECK OF A THROW.

>> THEY HAD SIX REAL EXPLOSIVE PLAYS.

THAT WAS ONE OF THEM RIGHT THERE.

NICE GOOD THROW AGAIN TO FIDONE.

ANOTHER GOOD RUN TO GET A FIRST DOWN.

NEBRASKA WAS AGGRESSIVE ON THEIR 3RD DOWNS.

I WISH THEY WERE MORE AGGRESSIVE ON THE 4TH DOWN, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE PLAYING FIELD POSSESSION.

THIS IS A 3RD DOWN WHERE YOU'RE THINK WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT AND WE'LL SETTLE FOR THE FIELD GOAL.

>> YEAH, HE HAD THE END BREAKER COMING UP AND YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.

>> YUP.

>> AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE YOU WANT TO LET GO IN ANTICIPATION, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU THINK THIS IS THREE POINTS THOUGH.

>> YEAH.

BAD SNAP AS YOU SEE THERE.

BALL GOES WIDE LEFT.

THAT WAS THE FIRST MISS I BELIEVE IN EIGHT TRIES BY JOHN ONLY HIT IN A ROW, AND THEN HERE'S THE PUNT.

WE SAW IT EARLIER.

LIKE YOU SAID, "COME UP AND CATCH THE BALL."

>> YEAH, YOU SEE THE KIND OF STAGGERED STANCE, AND THE FAIR CATCH.

JUST GO GET THE BALL.

>> AND IT ENDS UP GETTING TOUCHED.

AYOU SEE ON THE SLOW MOTION, YOU MENTION PRUDE TRIES TO GET IT.

HE DOESN'T GET TO IT.

AND THERE'S A HUSTLE TO THE BALL, BUT SHAVERS IS TRYING TO MAKE THE PLAY, BARELY GETS HIS LEFT HAND ON IT BEFORE THEY GET THEIR HAND ON IT.

>> THAT WOULD HAVE WENT EITHER WAY.

IF THEY WOULD HAVE REVIEWED IT, TOUCH FIRST, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO STICK WITH THE CALL.

>> AND IT WAS FAIRLY CLEAR WITH THE REVIEW, BUT THIS IS WHAT NEBRASKA DID THOUGH, AGAIN THE QUICK CHANGE.

>> AT THE POINT OF ATTACK, THEY WERE SO GOOD WITH THEIR HANDS.

>> A LOSS OF TWO YARDS RIGHT THERE.

>> AND JUST GETTING INTO IOWA'S D-LINE.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THE JACKSON STRATTON ON THE MOVE.

THIS PLAY WAS BEAT FROM THE BEGINNING.

THEY GOT TO LACHEY.

>> GOOD JOB BY NEBRASKA GETTING IN THE FLATS.

NOT LETTING A FULLBACK CROSS YOUR FACE.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY LEARNED.

>> THEY LEARNED FROM THAT EARLY.

YEAH, PURDUE OBVIOUSLY GOT THEM TOO WITH THAT.

IT IS 10-3 NOW, IOWA IS TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY.

HERE'S ONE OF THE FEW BIG PLAYS AGAIN AND IT WAS NOT ON THIRD DOWN, AND BUT YOU HAD THE CATCH AND THEN THE FIRST PLAY OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>> THIS WAS TOUGH.

I'D LIKE TO SEE BULLOCK YOU KNOW EITHER GO HIGH.

I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE BALL OUT.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO RUN HIM OUT OF BOUNDS OR TAKE THE LEGS OUT OR SOMETHING.

YOU HAVE A GUY MAKING A PLAY, KNOCKS HIM OFF.

THEY MISS A CLEAR BLOCK IN THE BACK ON ISSAC GIFFORD.

BUT RIGHT HERE YOU JUST GOT HIM OUT OF BOUNDS SOMEWAY SOMEHOW, NOT TRY TO MESS WITH THE BALL.

THE FIRST GUY CANNOT TRY TO GET THE BALL OUT, BECAUSE IT IS THE SECOND OR THE THIRD GUY'S JOB.

>> DAMON IS THAT A PLAY THEY'RE EVEN TRYING TO GET A BIG GAIN ON IT OR JUST TRYING TO HELP THE PUNTER OUT?

>> JUST TRYING TO HELP THE PUNTER OUT, RIGHT?

YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING MANAGEABLE, AND YOU GET A GREAT PLAYER LIKE THAT OUT IN SPACE, I GUESS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

>> THAT BALL COMES BACK TO EMMETT JOHNSON WHO HAD A GREAT GAME.

THE RUNNING GAME OVERALL AND CATCHING THE BALL AT THE BACK FIELD.

HE FUMBLES THERE, BUT HE RECOVERS IT.

THIS WHOLE FOURTH QUARTER THERE WERE A TOTAL OF THREE FUMBLES.

OBVIOUSLY YOU COUNT THEM OFF IT'D BE FOUR FUMBLES AND GET A LOSS.

GOOD THROW HERE.

WHY IS JALEN ONLY COMING ALONG IN THE END OF FOURTH QUARTERS.

WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?

>> YEAH, I THINK HE'S PROBABLY WONDERING THE SAME THING.

>> HE'S ASKING HIS SAME, SO IS HIS MOM.

>> SOME OF THAT'S ON HIS QUARTERBACK, SOME OF THAT ON THE CONCEPT.

>> YUP.

SO YOU NEED TO GET THE 1ST DOWN HERE, AND SO NEBRASKA SITTING IN A PERFECT SPOT.

THE QUESTION IS DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO GET A FIRST DOWN OR YOU WANT TO SETTLE AND GET IN OVERTIME, AND THEY TRY TO WIN IT, AND OF COURSE, THE FUMBLE HAPPENS.

>> THAT'S A HECK OF A RUSH.

>> THE TOUGH PART ABOUT THIS THING IS INITIALLY, THEY SAY THAT HE IS DOWN, AND BEFORE THEY GO TO THE REPLAY, THEY SAY THAT THE OFFICIAL CALL IS ACTUALLY A FUMBLE, AND RECOVERY.

SO THAT CHANGES WHAT THE REVIEW GUY IS LOOKING FOR UNDER WHEN HE'S LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD.

IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

>> YEAH, AND I MISSED THE LAST SECOND CALL OF IT BEING A FUMBLE.

>> YEAH.

AND THEN THIS, I WATCHED HIM IN THE PREGAME, AND HE HAD ABOUT FOUR 50-YARDERS, BUT HE COULDN'T GET PAST 50, HE NAILS AT 53.

DESPITE THEY LOST THREE YARDS, NEBRASKA FORCED THEM ANOTHER LOSS OF YARDS ON A RUN, BUT HE MAKES IT TO OBVIOUSLY SAME SCORE, SAME FINAL AND WE HAVE THE WHOLE HIGGINS GONE OVER TO GET THE HANDSHAKE.

NEBRASKA DOMINATED THE WHOLE THING.

LESS THAN 200 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE, REMEMBER 72 OF THEM CAME ON ONE PLAY.

SO YOU HAVE MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE OFFENSE COMES ON ONE PLAY, FOUR PLAYS ACCOUNTING FOR 125 OF THE YARDS AND OF COURSE THE 0 FOR 10 ON THIRD DOWN AS WELL.

BUT YOU LOSE THE BATTLE OF THE SPECIAL TEAMS AND OF COURSE TURNOVERS AS WELL.

OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME THIS WEEK GO TO EMMETT JOHNSON.

NOT A SURPRISE AGAIN ON OFFENSE WITH ALMOST 100 TOTAL YARDS IN OFFENSE.

AND ON DEFENSE IS GOES TO ALL OF THE BLACK SHIRTS, AS WE MENTIONED ONLY GIVE UP 20 YARDS IN THE FIRST HALF AND HELD THE HAWKEYES TO FIVE FIRST DOWNS THE ENTIRE GAME.

COMING UP NEXT, WE'LL HEAR A DIFFERENT VOICE ON THE CHANGES WITH TOM SHATEL FOMR "THE OMAHA WORLD HERALD."

BUT FIRST, LET'S CHECK IN WITH MOLLY DELANEY TO ASK FOR HELP ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU THE MORE QUALITY PROGRAMMING.

>> THANKS, MIKE'L.

YOU'RE WATCHING "BIG RED WRAP-UP" ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND I'M MOLLY DELANEY AND LIKE YOU I'M ENJOYING THE RECAP OF THE IOWA FROM OUR EXPERIENCE CREW HERE AT "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

IT'S MEMBER DRIVE TIME AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING A LOYAL VIEWER AND SUPPORTER OF "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

YOUR DONATIONS MAKE THIS AND OTHER PROGRAMS POSSIBLE.

PLEASE CONSIDER THIS YOUR REMINDER TO BECOME A MEMBER OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP.

CALL 800-989-8236 OR GO ONLINE TO NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE AND WE'LL THANK YOU WITH ONE OF THESE GIFTS.

WHEN YOU DONATE $25 A MONTH, THAT'S A ONE-TIME DONATION OF $300, WE'LL SEND YOU THIS AUTOGRAPHED FOOTBALL FROM COACH TOM OSBORNE, A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN NEBRASKA.

COACH OSBORNE WAS THE HUSKERS HEAD COACH FOR 25 SEASONS AND LED NEBRASKA TO THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR TV ROOM, OFFICE OR PERHAPS A GIFT FOR THE HUSKER FAN IN YOUR LIFE OR FOR A ONE-TIME DONATION OF $150, AND THAT'S $12.50 A MONTH, WE'LL SEND YOU THE NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA VEST.

IT'S A SOFT FLEECE VEST WITH ZIPPERED POCKETS AND IT'S AVAILABLE IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN'S SIZES.

IT'S PERFECT FOR TAILGATING OR WEARING TO ANY HUSKER SPORTING EVENT.

PLUS, YOU'LL BE SHARING YOUR SUPPORT FOR NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AT THE SAME TIME.

THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE ALREADY DONATED.

WE LOVE TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS.

BEVERLEY AND DOUGLAS FROM LINCOLN SAY THEY LOVE TO WATCH HUSKER SPORTS ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND ALL OF THE PBS SPORTS PROGRAMMING.

AND ANOTHER BEVERLEY, BEVERLEY IN PENDER SAYS, "WE ENJOY THE PUBLIC TELEVISION AND ANYTHING THAT HAS NEBRASKA; VOLLEYBALL, FOOTBALL, WHATEVER.

WE LOVE NEBRASKA, AND GO BIG RED."

WELL, WE LOVE NEBRASKA TOO.

AND THAT'S WHY WE SHARE THE GAMES WITH YOU, AND THAT'S WHY "BIG RED WRAP-UP" IS HERE EACH WEEK TO TAKE YOU INSIDE THE GAME.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE LEAD OF BEVERLEY, AND BEVERLEY AND DOUG, AND MAKE YOUR DONATION TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA BY CALLING 800-989 OR GO ONLINE TO NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

AND BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE HUSKERS, YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS THANK YOU GIFT WHEN YOU DONATE $25 A MONTH, THAT'S A ONE-TIME DONATION OF $300, WE'LL SEND YOU THIS AUTOGRAPHED FOOTBALL FROM COACH TOM OSBORNE, A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN NEBRASKA, COACH TOM WAS THE HUSKERS HEAD COACH FOR 25 SEASONS AND LED NEBRASKA TO THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

LIKE WE SAID, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR TV ROOM, OR YOUR OFFICE OR HOME OFFICE.

OR MAYBE YOU WANT TO SLEEP WITH IT UNDER YOUR PILLOW.

OR FOR A ONE-TIME DONATION OF $150, THAT'S JUST $12.50 A MONTH, WE'LL SEND YOU THIS NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA VEST.

IT'S A SOFT MIDWEIGHT FLEEC WITH ZIPPERED POCKETS AND IT'S AVAILABLE IN BOTH MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SIZES.

IT'S PERFECT FOR TAILGATING OR YOU CAN WEAR IT TO ANY HUSKER SPORTING EVENT OR YOU CAN JUST KEEP YOURSELF SNUG IN YOUR LIVING ROOM.

YOU'LL BE SHARING YOUR SUPPORT FOR NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AT THE SAME TIME.

WE'LL BE BACK BEFORE THE END OF THE SHOW TO REMIND YOU OF THOSE THANK YOU GIFTS, BUT FOR NOW, LET'S SEND IT BACK FOR MORE PF "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

>> THANKS, MOLLY.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S GO NOW.

TAKE A DIP INTO THE HUDL, OUR OWN JAY MOORE.

>> WELCOME BACK IN THE HUDL TONIGHT, GUYS.

AS USUAL, TWO PLAYS, THE FIRST ONE WE LOOK AT IS THE OFFENSIVE PLAY.

THESE ARE BOTH GOOD PLAYS.

OBVIOUSLY, NEBRASKA HAD A LOT OF GOOD PLAYS IN THIS GAME, BUT THIS IS A VERY WELL-DESIGNED RUN PLAY.

WHEN I LOOK AT THIS FROM THE DEFENSIVE STANDPOINT, I LOOK AT THE FORMATION.

I SEE BANKS HERE, BOERKIRCHER HERE.

TO ME, THIS SEEMS LIKE A TOSS CRACK SITUATION.

SO IOWA PROBABLY THINKING THE SAME THING.

MAYBE THEY'RE THINKING QUICK TO GET OUTSIDE OF THIS TO KID OF SET THE EDGE TO MAKE A PLAY, BUT NEBRASKA DIALS UP A VERY NICE LOOK TO THIS WHERE YOU GET THE HARD ZONE LOOK FROM THE OFFENSIVE LINE, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE BOERKIRCHER TO KICK OUT THIS END.

AND IT'S KIND OF A WIND BACK TO THE WEAK SIDE HERE, TO THE BOUNDARY SIDE FOR A RUN.

NICE LITTLE 20-YARD GAIN.

A REALLY GOOD PLAY DESIGN AS WE HIT THE PLAY ON HERE, YOU CAN SEE THIS ALLEY NOW.

EVERYONE'S WORKING HERE.

IOWA'S TRYING TO CROSS FACE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO SET THE EDGE 'CAUSE THEY THOUGH THE PLAY MIGHT BE COMING HERE, BUT IT'S A GOOD PLAY DESIGN.

BOERKIRCHER'S COMING BACK OVER HERE TO KICK OUT THIS END.

AND NOW THIS ALLEY FOR EMMETT JOHNSON IS RIGHT HERE, A VERY WELL DESIGNED ORCHESTRATED PLAY.

I'D LIKE TO SEE HIM MAYBE PUT HIS FOOT IN THE GROUND A LITTLE EARLY TO GET UP FIELD, BUT AN OVERALL VERY WELL DESIGNED PLAY BY HOLGORSEN AND CREW FOR OBVIOUSLY A REALLY NICE GAME.

SO NEXT PLAY, THE DEFENSIVE LOOK HERE.

NEBRASKA IS GOING TO BRING THREE PEOPLE.

WE CALL THIS A PRESSURE SACK.

SO, WE' RE BRINGING THESE THREE GUYS: WILLIAMS, LENHARDT, I THINK THIS US TY DOWN HERE.

THE LINEBACKER DROPPED INTO COVERAGE.

WE GOT EIGHT GUYS IN COVERAGE.

NOW HE'S LOOKING TO THE BOUNDARY SIDE INITIALLY, THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

HE HAS NOTHING, NOW HE DOES A GOOD JOB AT TRYING TO STEP, LOOKS OVER TO HIS LEFT HE KIND OF HAS A ANGLE, BUT HE THROWS IT NOW, BUT HE CAN'T.

CAM LANHART IS BRINGING GOOD PRESSURE, KNOCKING THE CENTER BACK.

HE CAN'T GET THIS BALL OFF WILLIAMS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME DOWNHILL, LANHART IS COMING IN HIS FACE.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A PRESSURE SACK.

THIS IS WELL A WELL ORCHESTRATED, THIS IS WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO.

IF YOU CAN GET HOME WITH THREE GUYS DEFENSIVELY, YOU'RE GOING TO WIN ALL DAY, AND NEBRASKA HAD THE ONE BAD PLAY, AND IT GOT THEM THE LOSS.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS JAY.

LET'S WELCOME IN "THE TIMES TO TELL," ON ZOOM.

SPORTS COLUMNIST OF COURSE FROM THE OMAHA WORLD HAROLD.

TOM YOU CALLED TONY WHITES MOVE TO FLORIDA STATE A CHESS MOVE THIS WEEK, IS IT A GOOD ONE IS IT A BAD ONE, WAS THIS A CHECKMATE, WAS IT JUST A CHECK, WHAT WAS IT?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS A SURPRISING MOVE IN SOME WAYS, AND NOT THAT HE LEFT.

I THINK WE'VE KNOWN FOR TWO YEARS NOW.

THAT HE WAS ON THE WAY TO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

BUT, THAT STAFF IS ON THE HOT SEAT ALREADY.

AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND AGAIN, TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE SAFE.

SO, I MEAN, I WISH TONY LUCK.

I THINK HE WAS VERY GOOD FOR NEBRASKA, BUT HE IS GOING INTO A TOUGH SPOT.

>> TOM, I AGREE, I THINK WHOEVER IS STEPPING IN TO FILL THOSE SHOES NEXT IS GOING TO HAVE SOME BIG ONES TO FILL, BUT STICKING WITH WHO'S GOING TO FILL IN DO YOU HAVE KIND OF A FEEL WITH COACH RUHLE WANTS TO GO IN THE PAST.

HE'S LIKED TO KIND OF BRING IN GUYS FROM INSIDE.

BUT WITH HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW TONY LANIER A COUPLE YEARS.

JOHN BUTLER POTENTIALLY.

HOW'S YOUR FEEL WHO POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT COULD BE TO FILL THOSE SHOES OF TONY WHITE?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, JOHN BUTLER IS THE OBVIOUS NAME, BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN A COORDINATOR BEFORE, AND HE HAS BEEN AROUND COLLEGE FOOTBALL, AND NFL OBVIOUSLY.

YEAH, HE'S BEEN ON THE STAFF, I WONDER, DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TERRENCE KNIGHTON YET?

IS HE DEFINITELY GONE?

IS THERE ANYWAY THAT THEY COULD MAKE HIM A COORDINATOR?

I AM ASKING.

I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK HE'S A VERY VALUABLE PIECE TO HAVE ON THE STAFF.

YEAH, I THINK THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, RUHLE, YOU ARE RIGHT.

HE DOES LIKE TO HIRE PEOPLE THAT HE KNOWS, BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT THE STAFF IS NOT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE SHAKE UPS I THINK.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE, I DON'T HAVE ANY CLUES, BUT RUHLE HIRED THE STAFF AT SHORT NOTICE TWO YEARS AGO, AND HE HAD TO DO IT IN A HURRY.

A LOT OF THESE GUYS WERE GUYS THAT YOU KNEW, AND THEY HAVE HELPED HIM, AND I GET THE CULTURE BUILT.

BUT, I THINK THAT HE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE ASK YOURSELF, IS THIS THE STAFF THAT IS GOING TO WIN THE BIG TEN?

I THINK THERE'S SOME OBVIOUS QUESTIONS THERE.

BUT, AS FAR AS THE COORDINATOR, IT IS A BIG HIRE, BUT JUST EQUALLY AS BIG IS GETTING MORE PLAYERS IN THERE WHO WITH SPEED, AND MORE PLAYMAKERS, AND THE D-LINE HAS GOT TO BE REBUILT NOW.

SO, I THINK THAT THE -- IT IS AS BIG OF A DEAL AS THE COORDINATOR, AND OBVIOUSLY, COORDINATOR CAN HELP YOU GET THOSE GUYS IN THE PORTAL.

>> TOM, DO YOU GET THE SENSE THAT COACH RHULE KIND OF TRIED IT MAYBE NOT THE NEBRASKA WAY, BUT YOU KNOW HE KEPT RECRUITING AND A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL GUYS.

IT WAS MORE PORTAL GUYS BUILDING BY SUPPLEMENT, DO YOU THINK WE MAY SEE HIM KIND OF GO THE OTHER WAY NOW IN TERMS OF REVAMPING THE ROSTER COMPLETELY OR IS THAT KIND OF A NATURAL ANSWER GIVEN WHO MAY HIT THE PORTAL?

>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE TO CUT IT DOWN TO THE 105 LIMIT NOW.

AND THERE MAY BE MORE THAN THAT WHO LEAVE.

I THINK HE'S GOT TO CONSIDER THE PORTAL AS THE WAY TO BUILD.

I MEAN, IT'S A NEW WORLD NOW, AND TWO YEARS AGO HE DIDN'T KNOW AND NONE OF US KNEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO COLORADO, OBVIOUSLY INDIANA.

HE CAME IN LAST AUGUST WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF PLAYERS AND THEY GOT IT DONE WITH A BUNCH OF OLDER GUYS THAT HE KNEW.

RUHLE COULDN'T DO THAT TWO YEARS AGO AND HE WAS NOT IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND HE DIDN'T HAVE A TEAM TO BRING WITH HIM.

I THINK NOW IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVE SEEN IM THE IMPACT THE PORTAL CAN HAVE.

GOOD AND BAD, RIGHT?

THERE ARE GUYS YOU GET WHO MAY NOT PAN OUT, AND IT IS A GAMBLE IN A LOT OF WAYS.

BUT I THINK, YEAH YOU GOT TO, I THINK HE'S SEEING HOW GOOD THE BIG TEN IS.

I THINK HE'S SEEING THE TALENT LEVEL, WHAT IT TAKES.

YEAH YOU CAN BUILD AND YOU TRY TO DO IT THREE OR FOUR YEARS, BUT THEN A LOT OF THE GUYS THAT YOU TRY TO BUILD WITH, THEY LEAVE.

SO WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING WITH?

IT'S A CRAZY CYCLE.

IT DRIVES COACHES CRAZY AND SO, I THINK HE NEEDS TO GO TO THE PORTAL MORE.

>> HEY TOM, WHAT'S JUST YOUR FEEL FOR THE UPCOMING BOWL GAME WITH NEARLY TEN PLAYERS ALREADY IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL, AND THE PORTAL HASN'T EVEN OPENED YET TECHNICALLY AT THIS POINT.

WHAT IS YOUR FEEL GOING INTO A BOWL MAYBE IN NEW YORK AS FAR AS YOUR EXPECTATION FOR WHAT NEBRASKA MIGHT LOOK LIKE KNOWING THAT THEY COULD BE 20 TO 30 PLAYERS OFF OF THE ROSTER BY THAT POINT?

>> SO, THAT IS A HELL OF A QUESTION.

I WONDER FOR NOT JUST NEBRASKA, BUT ALL BOWL TEAMS, AND EVEN PEOPLE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

WOULD PLAYOFF TEAMS LOSE GUYS?

PROBABLY.

I MEAN WHY NOT?

I THINK YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE DUE WITH WHOEVER'S HERE AND WITH PRACTICES STARTING NEXT WEEK SEE WHO'S AROUND.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IF YOU ARE IN THE PORTAL AND COMING TO NEBRASKA, COME NOW.

BE ELIGIBLE NOW.

BECAUSE OF -- JUST GET THEM OUT THERE SOMEHOW.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO FILL THE TEAM DEFINITELY, BUT, YEAH, IT IS GOING TO IMPACT THE BOWL TEAM, THE BOWL PRACTICES IN A WAY, IT IS DEFEATS THE PROPOSE OF, YOU KNOW, THE BOWL PRACTICES ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP BUILD, BUT IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRANSITION, AND EVERYTHING IS FLUID, PEOPLE ARE COMING, AND GOING, AND AGAIN, WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING?

IT'S HARD.

SO, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, THEY'LL HAVE A SOLID NUCLEUS, AND A LOT OF PLAYERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN THE BOWL GAME WHO ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH PRACTICES AND HELP NEXT YEAR, BUT IT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

>> TOM, YOU HAVE SEEN TONS OF CHANGES IN THE CONFERENCES, COULD HAVE ARIZONA STATE WINNING THE BIG 12.

YOU COULD HAVE SMU WINNING THE ACC.

OBVIOUSLY YOU COULD HAVE OREGON WIN THE BIG TEN.

IS IT GOOD FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE COMING FROM OTHER CONFERENCES COMING IN THE FIRST YEAR AND HAVING SUCCESS?

>> YES, AND MICHAEL I'M A GUY WHO LOVES THE BRAND NAMES.

DODGERS, YANKEES IN THE WORLD SERIES, I'M ALL IN.

YOU KNOW COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF, USC, ALABAMA AND SO ON, SO FORTH, I LOVE THE BRAND NAMES, BUT THE ONE THING THAT MAKES THE NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WORK IS THE CINDERELLA STORIES.

SO WHY NOT SOME OF THEM IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF.

BUT WHAT I AM AGAINST IS THE IDEA THAT THE BIG TEN OR SEC ARE GOING TO GUARANTEED LIKE FOUR SPOTS EACH.

YOU HAVE TO EARN THAT.

AND YOU DON'T EARN THAT FROM THREE YEARS AGO, OR WHAT YOU DID TWO YEARS AGO.

EARN IT NOW.

SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF SMU IN THE PLAYOFF.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL SEE BOISE STATE WITH THE RUNNING BACK GOING UP AGAINST SOME PEOPLE, AND HAVE TO GO ON THE ROAD, OR THEY MAY GET THE BUY, BUT, YEAH, I LIKE THE WAY IT IS SET UP, AND WE ARE STILL IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, BUT IF THE S. E. C. DOESN'T GET THEIR FOURTH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF STOMPING AROUND ON SUNDAY AND THAT WILL BE KIND OF FUN.

>>HEY TOM, WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE WILL SEE YOU SOMEWHERE AT A BOWL GAME SOMETIME SOON.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME GUYS.

>> WE APPRECIATE IT.

COMING UP WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE ADDITIONS THAT WILL BE ADDED ON WEDNESDAY WITH SIGNING DAY IN THE RECRUITING WORLD.

BUT NOW, LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH MOLLY.

>> Molly: HI AGAIN, IT IS ME, MOLLY, AND THE TEAMS ARE POSSIBLE, BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF THE FANS.

WE KNOW BECAUSE THE FANS OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING US AND MAKING PROGRAMS LIKE "BIG RED WRAP- UP" POSSIBLE FOR DECADES.

CALL NOW AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AT 800-989-8236 OR GO ONLINE AT NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

WHEN YOU DONATE $25 A MONTH, AND THAT IS A ONE-TIME DONATION OF $300, WE'LL SEND YOU THIS AUTOGRAPHED FOOTBALL FROM COACH TOM OSBOURNE.

COACH TOM WAS THE HUSKER'S HEAD COACH FOR 25 SEASONS AND LED NEBRASKA TO THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR TV ROOM.

YOU CAN KEEP IT YOURSELF, OR MAYBE YOU HAVE A SPECIAL HUSKER FAN IN YOUR LIFE THAT THIS WOULD MAKE A GREAT GIFT FOR.

OR FOR A ONE TIME DONATION OF $150, THAT'S $12.50 A MONTH, WE'LL SEND YOU THIS NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA VEST.

IT'S A SOFT, COZY, MIDWEIGHT FLEECE, WITH ZIPPERED POCKETS.

IT'S AVAILABLE IN BOTH MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SIZES.

AND IT'S PERFECT FOR TAILGATING OR WEARING TO ANY HUSKER SPORTING EVENT.

PLUS YOU'LL BE SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT FOR NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AT THE SAME TIME.

WHEN YOU MAKE A DONATION TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, YOU SUPPORT MORE THAN 200 HOURS OF COLLEGIATE AND HIGHSCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAMMING ANNUALLY ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

THAT SUPPORT ALLOWS NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA TO BROADCAST NEBRASKA STATE HIGHSCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS, INCLUDING FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, SWIMMING AND DIVING, AND WRESTLING.

AND, YOU'LL HELP BROADCAST HUSKER VOLLEYBALL, BASEBALL, WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, AND CREIGHTON VOLLEYBALL, SOCCER, AND BASEBALL.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU DECIDE TO DONATE, I INVITE YOU TO MAKE IT A MONTHLY GIFT.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT, NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG OR CALL US AT 800-989-8236.

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FROM THEN ON, YOUR DONATION IS AUTOMATIC.

MONTHLY DONATIONS MEAN WE CAN COUNT ON YOU AS WE PURCHASE AND PRODUCE UPCOMING PROGRAMS FOR NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, LIKE "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

WHEN YOU DONATE $25 A MONTH, THAT'S A ONE TIME DONATION OF $300, WE'LL SEND YOU THIS AUTOGRAPHED FOOTBALL FROM COACH TOM OSBOURNE.

AS WE'VE MENTIONED, TOM IS A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN NEBRASKA.

AND HE WAS THE HEAD COACH FOR 25 SEASONS, AND LEAD NEBRASKA TO THREE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.

IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR OWN HOME, YOUR TV ROOM, YOUR OFFICE, OR PERHAPS A GIFT FOR THE HUSKER FAN IN YOUR LIFE.

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>>> THANKS MOLLY.

WELCOME BACK IN, OF COURSE, TO OUR GREAT STUDIO HERE.

NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, JOINED BY SEAN CALLAHAN TO TALK SOME RECRUITING.

TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY WILL BE SIGNING DAY.

TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH CORTEZ MILLS.

>> WELL, CORTEZ MILLS IS THE ONE GUY TO REALLY WATCH CLOSELY.

HE'LL MAKE HIS ANNOUNCMENT SOME TIME TOMORROW.

AND HE WAS COMMITTED TO OKLAHOMA ON JULY 1ST.

HE'S TECHNICALLY STILL A SOONER COMMIT.

BUT HE IS OPEN, HE'S GOING TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

AND I THINK NEBRASKA IS IN A GOOD SPOT.

THE X-FACTOR HERE IS JACORY BARNEY.

HE'S VERY CLOSE TO JACORY BARNEY.

HE WANTS TO PLAY WITH JACORY BARNEY IN THIS OFFENSE WITH DANA HOLGERSON.

SO I THINK NEBRASKA HAS A LOT GOING FOR HIM.

AND I LOOK FOR THIS TO BE A POTENTIAL BIG FLIP FOR THE HUSKERS ON SIGNING DAY.

>> AND HE'S GIVEN HINTS.

HE'S BEEN WORKING OUT WITH NEBRASKA GLOVES ON, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

HE'S BEEN GIVING HINTS.

>> AND GIVE HIM CREDIT.

NEBRASKA'S BEEN RELENTLESS.

THEY WANTED A BIG WIN DOWN THE STRETCH IN RECRUITING.

THEY DON'T HAVE A HIGH-TICKET QUARTERBACK LIKE DYLAN RIAOLA WITH THEIR "NIL" BUDGET.

AND SO, I THINK THEY'VE GONE ALL IN EVEN FROM AN "NIL" PERSPECTIVE.

AND MAKE SURE THEY CAN TRY TO LOCK UP CORTEZ MILLS.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE IN-STATE CLASS.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A GOOD, DEEP CLASS OF PLAYERS.

A LOT OF ATHLETIC GUYS ACROSS THE BOARD.

CHRISTIAN JONES IS THE HIGHEST RANKED OF THAT GROUP.

I THINK PIERCE MOOBERRY THOUGH, IS RIGHT UP THERE WITH A LOT OF UPSIDE AND POTENTIAL.

BUT YOU GO DOWN THE LINE, IT'S AS DEEP OF A NUMBER OF IN-STATE POWER FIVES AND POWER FOURS, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THIS STATE.

AND IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW SOME OF THESE GUYS TRANSITION.

I THINK THAT JACKSON CARPENTER IS KIND OF A SLEEPER AMONGST THAT GROUP.

SOMEONE THAT'S BIG, PHYSICAL, CAN JUMP, RUN.

THAT'S ONE THAT I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW HE DEVELOPS, WHEN HE GETS TO NEBRASKA.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

THIS IS OUR FEATURE RECRUIT CONOR BOOTH, A RECORD BREAKER.

>> YEAH, CONOR BOOTH.

A NEAR 3,000 YARD SENIOR SEASON FOR WAHOO BISHOP NEUMANN.

HAD TO PLAY IN THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME INJURED.

WHICH WAS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE BROKE 3,000 YARDS.

AND I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN NORFOLK CATHOLIC A MUCH BETTER GAME.

IF HE WAS ABLE TO DO WHAT HE CAN DO NORMALLY.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, HE HAS BEEN A COMMIT FOR NEBRASKA NOW, FOR TWO FULL SEASON.

HE COMMITTED BEFORE HIS JUNIOR YEAR.

WHEN HE WAS OFFERED A SUMMER AGO.

SO THIS IS A KID WHO HAS WANTED TO BE A HUSKER FROM THE GET-GO.

HE'LL COME IN AS A RUNNING BACK.

IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THEY PLACE HIM THOUGH.

HE'S ALSO A BASEBALL RECRUIT.

SO HE'S GOING TO TRY TO POTENTIALLY GIVE IT A GO WITH WILL BOLT.

I BELIEVE HE'S AN OUTFIELDER.

SO SOMEBODY TO WATCH IN THE FUTURE AS A TWO-SPORT ATHLETE.

>> THAT MIGHT BE THE TOUGHEST DOUBLE THERE IS.

>> YEAH, TYRIE COOPER -- >> TRIED TO DO IT, YEAH.

>> TYRIE COOPER TRIED IT, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.

BUBBA STARLING GAVE UP FOOTBALL FOR BASEBALL.

YOU JUST DON'T SEE -- >> MONTE HARRISON CAME ALL THE WAY BACK.

>> STILL PLAYING NOW.

>> IN ARKANSAS, AS LIKE A 30-YEAR-OLD.

>> YEAH, I KNOW.

IT'S CRAZY.

LET'S DO OUR IN-STATE RECRUIT, TURNER BERTRAND.

>> YEAH, TURNER BERTRAND OUT OF KEARNEY WAS A SURPRISE NAME THIS THIS YEAR.

6'7.5" 290LBS.

KEARNEY HIGH HAD A VERY GOOD TEAM.

A SEMI-FINAL TEAM.

BERTRAND COMMITTED TO WASHINGTON STATE AS A RELATIVE UNKNOWN.

SO KEARNEY NOW HAS TWO PLAYERS ON THEIR TEAM THAT WILL GO POWER FOUR.

THEY HADN'T HAD VERY MANY IN THEIR SCHOOL'S HISTORY.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT THEY HAVE TWO IN ONE YEAR.

BUT TURNER BERTRAND WITH A BIG LONG FRAME.

WASHINGTON STATE IS A TEAM YOU DON'T REALLY HEAR THEIR NAME OUT HERE MUCH.

BUT WITH THE CONFERENCE SHAKEUPS NOW, AND THEM BEING KIND OF MORE, AND INDEPENDENT AT LEAST FOR NOW.

YOU HEARD OREGON STATE AND WASHINGTON STATE.

SO THE RANKINGS COME OUT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT CFP RANKINGS FROM THE COMMITTEE AND HOW THE BRACKET LOOKS AT THIS MOMENT.

EVEN WITH OHIO STATE'S LOSS TO MICHIGAN.

THEY'RE SITTING AT NUMBER SIX.

OREGON STILL AT NUMBER ONE.

THERE'S YOUR BRACKET, YOU SEE OREGON SITTING AT NUMBER ONE OF COURSE THEY'RE PLAYING PENN STATE IN YOUR BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

TEXAS AT NUMBER TWO, BOISE SLIPS IN THERE.

CURRENTLY THE WAY EVERYTHING IS RIGHT NOW OF COURSE, THEY'VE GOTTA WIN THEIR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

AND THERE'S SMU IN THERE AS WELL.

AROUND THE BIG TEN, OREGON AND PENN STATE SQUARE OFF SATURDAY NIGHT, AS WE MENTIONED IN INDIANAPOLIS, FOR THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON CBS.

THE CONFERENCE HANDED OVER A $100,000 FINE -- >> 100,000.

>> THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, WOW.

AFTER THE SCUFFLE SATURDAY.

TWELVE BIG TEN TEAMS WILL MAKE A BOWL THIS YEAR, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.

LET'S GO TO OUR SIDELINE SURVEY.

TALKING BOWL POSSIBILITIES, AND WHERE NEBRAKSA FANS WANT TO SEE THEIR TEAM GO.

CURRENTLY, TRANSPERFECT MUSIC CITY BOWL, NASHVILLE.

WE ALL LOVE THAT CITY.

THAT'D BE A GREAT TRIP.

THEN OF COURSE THERE'S PHOENIX WHICH IS THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOWL TIE INS, AT 41 PERCENT AND NOT A BUNCH FOR WHERE THEY'LL END UP PROBABLY GOING.

THE PINSTRIPE BOWL IN NEW YORK CITY.

THAT'S MOST LIKELY, RIGHT SEAN?

>> YEAH, I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE.

MICHIGAN, AND IOWA TODAY.

AND THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME PREFERENCES.

THEIR PREFERENCES RIGHT NOW ARE TAMPA, NASHVILLE, THEN WHATEVER.

SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK MICHIGAN'S GOING TO GET THE RELIAQUEST BOWL IN TAMPA.

SHERRONE MOORE, AFTER THEY BEAT OHIO STATE, THEY'RE THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.

HE SAYS, "I WANNA GO SOMEWHERE WARM."

SO I THINK THEY END UP IN TAMPA.

IOWA HAS MADE IT KNOWN, IF THEY'RE NOT IN TAMPA, THEY WANT TO GO TO NASHVILLE.

THEY PLAYED IN THE PINSTRIPE BOWL IN 2017.

THE PINSTRIPE BOWL HAS TAKEN NINE DIFFERENT TEAMS OVER THE LAST 9 PINSTRIPE BOWLS, FROM THE BIG TEN.

THAT'S THE GOAL OF THAT BOWL.

THEY WANT TO HAVE TEN DIFFERENT BIG TEN TEAMS OVER TEN YEARS.

GUESS WHAT, NEBRASKA'S THE ONLY TEAM OTHER THAN MICHIGAN AVAILABLE, THAT'S NOT PLAYED IN THE PINSTRIPE BOWL.

SO, MR. DAMON BENNING.

BRING YOUR COAT TO THAT OPEN-AIR PRESS BOX.

>> LOOKING FORWARD TO A TRIP TO NEW YORK?

>> EH, I CAN'T WAIT.

NO.

LISTEN, I'M NOT -- BEGGERS CAN'T BE CHOOSY.

>> YEP.

>> AND, THEY NEED THE PRACTICES AND I GET TO FLY WITH THE TEAM.

SO I'M NOT PARTICULAR ABOUT THE ECONOMY OR HOW WE GET THERE.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT FACING AN ACC TEAM?

'CAUSE THE OTHER BOWLS PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN AN SEC TEAM.

>> YEAH.

WELL, AN ACC TEAM IS A UNIQUE SITUATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS GOING ON.

YOU COULD SEE BOSTON COLLEGE, YOU COULD SEE POTENTIALLY SYRACUSE.

>> DUKE.

>> DUKE.

SO, TEAMS THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY EVER PLAY.

YOU KNOW, NEBRASKA RARELY PLAYS ACC TEAMS.

OTHER THAN MAYBE WAKE FOREST AND PITT, BACK IN THE DAY.

BUT THAT WAS IN THE BIG EAST DAYS WHEN WE PLAYED PITT.

SO I LOVE IT.

LISTEN, I'M HAPPY THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THE 14-15 EXTRA PRACTICES.

LET THESE KIDS GET OUT OF HERE, GO SEE WHAT A BOWL GAME IS.

GO HAVE FUN, GET THE EXTRA GEAR YOU GET, AND GO GET BETTER.

DEVELOP SOME PLAYERS AND GET BETTER FROM THESE EXTRA PRACTICES.

>> REMEMBER WHEN GOING INTO BESTBUY ROOM WAS A BIG DEAL?

>> $500 GIFT CARD.

>> THAT WAS A BIG DEAL.

IT STILL IS.

BUT NOW THEY'RE GETTING BIGGER CHECKS THAN BEFORE.

>> GOOD POINT.

YEAH, THESE GUYS HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA COMMAS IN THE BANK ACCOUNT NOW.

>> REX BURKHEAD BOUGHT A NORELCO SHAVER AT BESTBUY, AND WAS ALL HAPPY ABOUT IT.

>> ANYTHING'S MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE.

>> THEY GAVE BICYCLES ON ONE OF THE TRIPS, AND THE GUYS HAD TO HAVE THEM ALL SHIPPED BACK, IT WAS COMPLICATED.

>> LIKE I SAID, IF IT'S FREE IT'S ME.

>> YEAH.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> OUR GAMEDAY PHOTO WINNER THIS WEEK GOES TO ASHLEY LUND AND FAMILY FOR PAIRING THE TODDLERS TO BE -- OH THAT IS SO CUTE.

COME ON, GIVE ME A BREAK THERE.

AND FOR THE SHOT, ASHLEY GETS A NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA SHIRT FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.

AND NOW, WITH THE VIEWERS THINK FOR THIS WEEK.

WE'LL GET TO SOME MORE OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

>> LET'S START OUT WITH JUST A FEEL FOR THE SEASON, WE'LL START OF YOU WITH YOU, JAY AND WE'LL GO AROUND.

AND I KNOW IT IS NOT OVER, YOU'VE GOT A BOWL GAME, BUT WHAT IS YOUR FEEL AFTER THESE 12 GAMES?

>> YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY HIGH AND LOWS, THE FEEL AFTER THE COLORADO GAME WAS SKY HIGH, AND THEN YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU HAVE THE -- OR THE ILLINOIS GAME, IT WAS DIFFERENT.

YOU WERE CLOSE, BUT THE INDIANA GAME SET YOU BACK.

AND THEN YOU HAD THAT LOSING STREAK, AND THEN YOU GET TO THE WISCONSIN GAME, YOU FINALLY GET THAT SIXTH WIND.

THEN YOU GO INTO IOWA, THEN OBVIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENED IN IOWA.

SO I THINK -- LISTEN, TO ME -- PEOPLE MIGHT DISAGREE WITH ME, THIS WAS A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

THEY'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I KNOW THINGS ARE CHANGING.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, MAYBE THIS IS THE NEW COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

I MEAN JUST WITH THE TRANSFER PORTAL AND COACHES LEAVING, IT'S JUST WHAT'S IT'S GOING TO BE.

BUT I FEEL GOOD ABOUT GETTING THAT EXTRA WIN, AND COACH RHULE IDENTIFYING WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO GET DONE.

I REALLY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEY'RE HEADING INTO YEAR THREE.

>> WHAT ABOUT 2024 FOR YOU?

>> YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE PHILOSOPHICAL, BUT WEIRD RIGHT?

I'M A BIG FAN OF SPENDING AS MUCH TIME AS YOU CAN TOGETHER.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY WERE BUILDING A CULTURE THAT I THINK IS VERY PRODUCTIVE ONCE YOU GET DONE WITH COLLEGE.

AND YOU KNOW, I'VE ARGUED WITH YOU ABOUT THIS, WITH ANYBODY THAT WILL LISTEN, NEBRASKA'S SUCCESS IN THE '70s,'80s AND '90s WAS MORE AN ANOMALY.

GIVEN THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, THAN IT WAS TO NOT BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND SO IF WE CAN FIND A WAY -- SPENDING TIME AT A BOWL GAME TOGETHER, WINNING IN THE POST-SEASON, AND GET BACK TO THE UNIVERSITY BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, BIGGER THAN THE COACH WHO RECRUITED YOU OR WHOMEVER ELSE, AND IT'S LIKE, MAN I REALLY LOVE JUST THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, AND MY EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TIE THAT BINDS, THAT GETS THIS PROGRAM BACK OVER THE HUMP.

IN THE WORLD OF NIL AND TRANSFER PORTAL, IT HAS TO BE ABOUT SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOU.

START WITH THE UNIVERSITY.

>> SEAN?

>> YEAH, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SEASON, 6-6, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW -- TO ME NINE WINS WAS THERE FOR THEM.

THE ILLINOIS GAME -- >> EIGHT FOR SURE.

>> YES.

>> THE UCLA GAME AND THE IOWA GAME.

THOSE ARE THE THREE I LOOK AT.

OVERTIME LOSS.

WE KNOW THEY SHOULD HAVE WON THE IOWA GAME.

AND THE UCLA GAME WAS AT HOME IN NOVEMBER.

THAT WAS ONE YOU LOOK AT NOW, MAN THEY NEEDED.

I CAN LIVE WITH THE INDIAN LOSS, THE OHIO STATE LOSS.

THE EFFORT ESPECIALLY SHOWING AT OHIO STATE.

IN THE USC GAME, THAT'S A TOUGH MATCHUP.

USC'S RECORD IS VERY DECEIVING.

SO THIS IS A SIX WIN YEAR, WHERE EIGHT OR NINE EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW, THE GUY GROWING UP WATCHING NEBRASKA, FOLLOWING IT, YOU KNOW HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO THAT, BUT YET EVERYDAY IT SEEMS SO FAR.

BUT WE SAW A LOT OF PROGRESS.

THE MOMENTS OF DOMINANCE WE SAW FROM THE DEFENSE WERE ELITE AT TIMES.

THE OHIO STATE GAME, THE COLORADO GAME.

WHAT THEY DID TO KYLE MONANGAI.

WHAT THEY DID TO CALEB JOHNSON.

I MEAN THOSE WERE SOME OF THE BETTER DEFENSIVE MOMENTS ANY TEAM HAS HAD IN THE BIG10 THIS YEAR.

I MEAN JUST WHAT THEY DID IN THOSE GAMES.

THAT WAS SUCH A HIGH POINT.

THE INDIANA WAS JUST SO HARD TO WRAP YOUR HANDS AROUND.

HOW THEY GOT BEAT THAT BAD ON THAT DAY.

>> YEAH, BUT THE SECONDARY UCLA, USC, EVEN WISCONSIN GIVING UP 400 YARDS THAT WAS TOUGH.

LLOYD WANTS TO KNOW, INTERESTED IN YOUR OPINION, LACK OF SPORTSMANSHIP DISPLAYED BY THE TEAM CAPTAINS NOT SHAKING HANDS AT THE COIN TOSS.

>> WHERE YOU A CAPTAIN?

>> WHAT'S THAT?

>> WHERE YOU CAPTAIN?

>> WELL I HAD BEEN CAPTAIN BEFORE, I WAS NOT ELECTED A TEAM CAPTION MY SENIOR YEAR, BUT I WAS CAPTAIN MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT MY JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR.

THEY KIND OF -- WE SHOOK HANDS, THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

>> IT'S A LITTLE THING.

>> I GET THE COPS PROTECT THE LOGO, I UNDERSTAND THAT THING.

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S DEBATABLE.

YOU SHAKE HANDS.

>> YOU JUST SHAKE HANDS.

IT'S A LITTLE THING.

YOU SAID EARLIER, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS YOU DO.

>> JUST SHAKE HANDS.

>> JUST A LITTLE THING -- >> BE BIGGER, YOU KNOW DON'T LET THEM WIN ON THAT KIND OF THING.

>> IT WOULDN'T EVEN CROSS MY MIND TO NOT.

>> WELL I HEARD THAT -- >> EVEN AT ARIZONA STATE, WHERE THEY LITERALLY -- YOU TALK ABOUT -- NO DISRESPECT TO HIGGINS, BUT WHAT RHULE DID WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT ARIZONA STATE DID, LITERALLY COMING THROUGH OUR WARMUPS AND WE SHOOK HANDS.

NOW THEY KICKED OUR TAIL, SO THAT WAS PART OF IT.

>> YEAH.

>> WE SHOOK HANDS.

>> I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IN BOXING THE GUY THAT DOESN'T TOUCH GLOVES ALWAYS GETS KNOCKED OUT.

THAT'S A GIVEN.

IT'S KARMA, BABY.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> ASK QUICK TILLIS.

>> YEAH, DEFINITELY.

>> NOT HAVING ELECTED CAPTAINS THOUGH, DO YOU THINK THAT HAS A LOOSER LINE OF LEADERSHIP?

>> I DO.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT, I MEAN -- >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

>> YOU HAVE ELLIOT BROWN UP THERE -- PLAYERS WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY LOOKED AT AS THE FACES OF YOUR TEAM, OUT THERE REPRESENTING THAT MOMENT, AND THE BRAND IMAGE THAT MOMENT DID WAS BAD.

>> I GUARANTEE YOU COACH RHULE WOULD SAY SHAKE HANDS.

>> YEAH, THERE'S NO DOUBT.

SEAN, LET ME ASK YOU REAL QUICK -- WHEN GUYS JUMP INTO THE PORTAL DO THEY AUTOMATICALLY LOOSE ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES, TRAINING TABLE AND ALL THAT STUFF?

>> I THINK IT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT, BUT IN MOST CASES, YES.

THE BIG THING YOU LOOSE ACCESS TO GENERALLY IS YOUR NIL.

THE MINUTE YOU ENTER THE PORTAL, GENERALLY YOUR CONTRACT, WHAT THE COLLECTIVE IS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW YOU'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BE PART OF TEAM.

THIS IS A LIST -- >> WHO'S THE LIST, WHO JUMPS OUT AT YOU?

>> JIMARI BUTLER IS A BIG ONE, OBVIOUSLY.

JAMES WILLIAMS GOING INTO NIGHT.

>> PLAYER TOO, I MEAN HE WAS A SOLID PLAYER.

>> RETURNING LEADING TACKLER MIKAI GBAYOR.

>> WHAT ABOUT YOU, JAY?

>> YEAH, JIMARI AND MIKAI.

JAMES YOU KNOW HIS ABILITY TO RUSH AND PASS THROUGHOUT THE EDGE, I MEAN HE SINGLEHANDEDLY TOOK OVER THAT RUTGERS GAME FROM THE EDGE.

>> YEP.

PRINCEWELL, PLAYED SO WELL.

A LITTLE UNDERACHIEVED FROM THIS YEAR.

BUT I THINK SHERMAN YOU KNOW STEPPED UP, AND THEY DO PLAY A LOT OF GUYS.

NEBRASKA PLAYS A TON OF GUYS ON THAT SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL.

YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS OBVIOUSLY WITH TONY WHITE'S DEPARTURE.

HOW MANY OF THESE GUYS FOLLOW HIM TO POTENTIALLY FLORIDA STATE.

IT BUGS ME NOW, YOU SEE SO MANY OF THESE HOLLAR OUT THEIR AGENT THROUGH THIS.

IT BUGS ME, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THOSE GUYS -- I'VE BEEN AROUND AGENTS.

>> SURE.

>> I KNOW SOME GOOD ONES AND I KNOW SOME BAD ONES.

AND A LOT OF TIMES THE BAD ONES DON'T HAVE THOSE KIDS' BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.

THEY HAVE THEIR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.

SO I HOPE THESE KIDS ARE GETTING RIGHT INFORMATION AND GETTING THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION.

>> BURNING QUESTIONS, START WITH YOU SEAN.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS WHAT IS THIS ALL GOING TO LOOK LIKE HERE FOR A BOWL GAME?

WHAT KIND OF TEAM WILL NEBRASKA FIELD?

AND HOW MOTIVATED WILL NEBRASKA BE TO PLAY IN A BOWL GAME?

>> CAN COACH RHULE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE RIGHT BUTTONS WITH DEFENSIVE SELECTIONS?

HE'S PRETTY GOOD AT PUTTING DEFENSIVE STATS TOGETHER.

SEE IF THAT TREND CONTINUES.

>> YEAH, I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS WITH THE SIGNING DAY.

YOU KNOW?

SOME GUYS THAT END UP SIGNING ON THE DOTTED LINE, THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

TO GET SOME MORE TALENT, MORE ATHLETICISM IN HERE.

WE NEED TO BUILD THIS THING.

LIKE DAMON SAID GET GUYS THAT WANT TO BE AT NEBRASKA.

IT'S ABOUT NEBRASKA.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

WE NEED GUYS THAT ARE ABOUT NEBRASKA, NOT ABOUT THEMSELVES, NOT ABOUT THE COACH.

WE NEED NEBRASKA GUYS.

>> AND SPECIFICALLY OUR BURNING QUESTION IS, CAN THEY BRING IN GUYS TO BUILD AROUND DYLAN RAIOLA?

YOU LOOK AT ANY LEVEL, YOU'VE GOT A QUARTERBACK THAT'S A FIVE STAR, YOU'VE GOT TO BRING IN GUYS, WHETHER IT IS ON OFF TO TACKLE SPOT, WIDE RECEIVERS OR WHOEVER ELSE, BUILDING AROUND HIM IS VERY IMPORTANT.

NEXT WEEK, TUESDAY NIGHT WE'LL BE BACK WITH A ANOTHER “BIG RED WRAP-UP,” WE'LL RECAP THE NEW RECRUITS THAT ARE SIGNING ON WEDNESDAY, AND WE'LL LOOK AHEAD TO WHAT BOWL THE HUSKERS WILL BE IN.

IT WILL BE A BOWL PREVIEW.

THE SHOW IS ON WORLD, FACEBOOK LIVE AND YOUTUBE LIVE AT 7PM TUESDAY.

YOU CAN CATCH THE RE-AIR AT 10:00 P.M. ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA ON THURSDAY AS WELL.

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOL CLASSICS ANYTIME ON YOUTUBE.COM/NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.

OUR SPECIAL THANKS TO TOM SHATEL FOR BEING WITH US.

FOR JAY MOORE, DAMON BENNING, AND SEAN CALLAHAN I'M MIKE'L SEVERE, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON “BIG RED WRAP-UP.” ♪ ♪ ♪