♪ ♪ ♪ >>> WITH THE 2022 SEASON COMPLETE, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK BACK TONIGHT AT THE ROLLER COASTER OF A SEASON THAT WAS.

ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

WE'RE ALSO BREAKING DOWN THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS WITH NEW STAFF LED BY COACH MATT RHULE.

SEAN CALLAHAN WILL UPDATE US EVERYTHING GOING ON WITH THE 2023 CLASS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE TRANSFER PORTAL.

IT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

♪ ♪ >>> HI, EVERYONE.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

WELCOME TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP" ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

NEBRASKA ENDS 4-8 BUT THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GUYS TO HELP US DO THAT.

FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, I NEVER REALLY KNOW WHERE TO START SOMETIMES.

BUT THIS WEEK HAS CERTAINLY BEEN AS INTERESTING AS ALMOST ANY WEEK THAT NEBRASKA'S HAD WITH THE TRANSFER PORTAL, WITH ALL THE COACHING HIRES, OF COURSE WHAT HAPPENED WITH MICKEY JOSEPH AS WELL.

IT'S BEEN A HECK OF A WEEK.

>> IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND.

YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE -- SEAN DEFINITELY HAS BEEN -- >> OH, YEAH, IT'S BEEN A WEEK.

>> IT'S WILD.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE MICKEY SITUATION.

BUT YOU'RE GETTING UP TO SPEED WITH ALL THE COACHING HIRES, THE TRANSFER PORTAL ISSUE COMING ON, AND THEN COACHES ARE OUT VISITING HIGH SCHOOLS AND SO IT'S JUST -- THERE'S NOT A SHORTAGE OF NEWS RIGHT NOW IN NEBRASKA FOOTBALL.

SO IT'S BEEN A WILD WEEK.

I'M JUST -- I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WHERE HIRES ARE MADE, YOU START TO GET CLARITY ON ROSTER SITUATIONS.

I KNOW NEBRASKA'S ROSTER IS VERY INEFFICIENT RIGHT NOW.

THEY NEED TO GET MORE -- NEED MORE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, MORE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN.

>> WIDE RECEIVERS, YEAH.

>> YEAH, I KNOW.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THEY GAVE ABOUT 67 SCHOLARSHIPS.

SO ROOM FOR 18 MORE.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE WELL MORE.

>> WELL MORE THAN THAT.

YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT AND SHAKING UP GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING LAST WEEK.

>> YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE COACHING STAFF AND SOME PEOPLE SEEM CONCERNED IT'S JUST MATT RHULE BRINGING IN HIS FRIENDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE COACHING STAFF SO FAR?

>> I THINK MATT RHULE HINTED AT THE DIRECTION HE WAS GOING WHEN HE GOT HIRED.

I WANT YOUNG, HUNGRY COACHES THAT ARE GOING TO GO TO TEN HIGH SCHOOLS A DAY, NOT OLDER, VETERAN GUYS WITH BIG NAMES THAT DON'T WANNA WORK AT IT AS HARD.

YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE HIRES THAT HE'S BROUGHT IN, TERRANCE KNIGHTON, BARTHEL FROM CONNECTICUT.

THESE ARE YOUNG, HUNGRY GUYS THAT ARE GONNA GET AFTER IT FOR HIM AND KIND OF FIT THE VISION THAT HE WANTS WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE GUYS.

YEAH, COREY CAMPBELL, A YOUNGER STRENGTH COACH.

ED FOLEY, OBVIOUSLY A VETERAN GUY THAT'S BEEN AN INTERIM HEAD COACH TWICE AT TEMPLE.

I MENTIONED TERRANCE KNIGHTON ALREADY.

MARCUS SATTERFIELD, I REALLY LIKE THAT HIRE AND WHAT HE'S GOING TO BRING.

BUT, IT'S SO INCOMPLETE, MIKE'L.

YOU'VE GOT SIX OF THE 11 FULL-TIME HIRES THERE, THERE ARE FIVE MORE TO GO THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.

WE THINK JAKE PEETZ IS ONE OF THEM.

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.

HIS NAME WAS BROUGHT UP SO MUCH, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GIVEN.

BUT NOW YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IT THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

>> IT'S GONE KIND OF QUIET THERE BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT INVOLVED.

HE'S GETTING PAID BY LSU THIS YEAR, $1.3 MILLION.

SO HE'S AN OFFENSIVE ASSISTANT FOR SEAN PAYTON AT THE RAMS.

THERE'S A LOT THERE WITH JAKE PEETZ, BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT HE'S A GOOD, ACCOMPLISHED COACH.

FORMER HUSKER.

I BELIEVE YOU PLAYED WITH HIM.

>> YEAH, HE WAS ON THE ROSTER.

HIS LAST YEAR WAS 2005, SO HE'S A YEAR OLDER THAN ME.

WHAT'S CRAZY ABOUT JAKE, JUST HIS -- HE IS THE KING OF NETWORKING.

I MEAN, THE GUY'S BEEN EVERYWHERE.

HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF CREATING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

BUT HE WAS AT NEBRASKA AS AN ASSISTANT, LIKE A VOLUNTEER STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH.

HE'S LIKE, I WANT TO BE PART OF THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM SO BADLY.

THEN HE WANTED TO BE ON THE TEAM SO HE LEARNED HOW TO LONG SNAP.

AND HE WAS A BACKUP LONG SNAP.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE EVER SNAPPED IN A GAME.

THE GUY HAS THE TENACITY AND JUST KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW -- JUST WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT SO BAD, HE WAS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT AND IS HE'S DONE THAT.

I THINK HE WENT TO COACH AT UCLA WAS HIS FIRST JOB OUT OF NEBRASKA.

I THINK HE WAS WITH THE LAKERS FOR A LITTLE BIT AS A STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH.

THE GUY WOULD DO -- WOULD TAKE WHATEVER HE COULD JUST TO CREEP UP IN THE RANKS.

HE'S DONE A HELL OF A JOB.

HIS LIST OF WHERE HE'S BEEN.

ALABAMA TWICE.

>> AND NOW SEAN McVAY.

WITH HIM, ALL THE DIFFERENT OFFENSES HE'S GOT IN HIS TOOLBOX TO USE.

HOW ABOUT ELIJAH ROBINSON GOT MENTIONED A LOT EARLY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM?

>> WELL, TERRANCE KNIGHTON'S THE D-LINE COACH.

SO IT'S HARD TO SEE.

I TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE AT TEXAS A&M, ELIJAH ROBINSON IS ONE OF THE BEST RECRUITERS IN THE COUNTRY, I THINK HE'S THE THIRD HIGHEST PAID DEFENSIVE LINE COACH.

THAT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.

NEBRASKA'S GOT THE KIND OF MONEY.

HE WOULD NEED OVER A MILLION.

>> RIGHT.

>> THAT'S A HIRE -- HE'S ALREADY IN THE 800,000S AT A&M.

THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE HIM.

HE WAS REALLY, REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING ALL THOSE RECRUITS THERE A YEAR AGO.

SO THAT'S A GUY YOU WOULD THINK A&M DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE BECAUSE OF WHAT HE'S MEANT THERE.

WITH TERRANCE KNIGHTON IN PLACE, IT'S HARD TO SEE HIM BEING ON THE STAFF RIGHT NOW.

>> YOU THINK DONOVAN RAIOLA GETS HELD OVER?

>> WE TALKED TO BROCK KNUTSON, NEBRASKA'S OFFENSIVE LINE COMMIT OUT OF SCOTT'S BLUFF.

THEY TOLD HIM ON SATURDAY NIGHT THAT HE'S ONE OF FOUR PEOPLE BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE O-LINE JOB.

AS OF RIGHT NOW HE'S THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE MICKEY JOSEPH, SCOTT FROST STAFF THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED.

MICKEY JOSEPH OBVIOUSLY WAS IN THAT CONVERSATION.

RIGHT NOW RAIOLA IS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE STAFF THAT'S EVEN IN PLAY AS FAR AS THOSE FULL-TIME SPOTS GO.

>> OF COURSE, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MICKEY JOSEPH LAST WEEK, WHETHER HE WOULD STAY.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH LEGAL ISSUES.

HIS COURT DATE IS JANUARY 30th, HE'S OUT ON BOND.

OBVIOUSLY MOST LIKELY WON'T BE WITH THE TEAM.

BUT WE DID TALK ABOUT HIM LAST WEEK, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT IN THERE AS WELL.

BEFORE WE GET DEEPER INTO THIS, QUICK THOUGHTS ON THE SEASON.

BECAUSE, I MEAN, IT IS A WRAP-UP SHOW.

>> YEAH, OBVIOUSLY -- JUST A ROLLER COASTER.

YOU START OFF THE YEAR, THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START IN IRELAND AGAINST NORTHWESTERN, THEY DON'T DO THAT.

HONESTLY YOU COULD PROBABLY ARGUE THAT'S PROBABLY THE WORST LOSS OF NEBRASKA'S SEASON.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORSE THAN GEORGIA SOUTHERN.

THE ONLY GAME NORTHWESTERN WON WAS TO BEAT US.

SO THAT'S NOT GREAT.

BUT THEN AFTER THAT SLOW START, YOU GET NORTH DAKOTA, THEN OBVIOUSLY GEORGIA SOUTHERN.

THEN THE FROST FIRING.

SO -- BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, AS SLOW A START AS THEY GOT OFF TO, THE CHANGES WERE MADE.

I THINK MICKEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF CAPTURING THE TEAM'S ATTENTION.

BILL BUSH DID A PHENOMENAL JOB OF KIND OF RESURRECTING THAT DEFENSE.

THEY WERE ONE OF THE WORST DEFENSES IN THE COUNTRY.

>> THROUGH THE FIRST FOUR GAMES.

>> THEY CHANGED THAT THING RATHER QUICKLY.

SCHEMATICALLY.

AND BRINGING SOME YOUNG PLAYERS IN THERE, WHICH NEEDS TO BE DONE SOMETIMES.

ALL IN ALL, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT TO WHERE -- I'LL SAY THIS, I LOVE THIS -- IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING IF CASEY THOMPSON HADN'T GOTTEN INJURED.

I THINK NEBRASKA'S PLAYING A BOWL GAME IF HE DOES NOT GET INJURED.

BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK SITUATION WASN'T GREAT.

YOU GIVE AWAY GAMES AGAINST MINNESOTA AND ILLINOIS AND YOU'RE 4-8.

>> WISCONSIN.

>> WISCONSIN AS WELL, WHICH WAS THE WORST ONE.

SO THEY'RE 4-8, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

YOU'VE GOT A NEW HIRE.

YOU'VE GOT TO KIND OF PUT IT BEHIND YOU AND MOVE ON.

I THINK BIGGER AND BRIGHTER DAYS ARE AHEAD UNDER MATT RHULE.

>> OBVIOUSLY FINISHED STRONG.

YOU BEAT IOWA AT THE END.

BUT THE DEFENSE WAS PLAYING REALLY WELL TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR.

>> YEAH, BILL BUSH, CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES -- THINK ABOUT THE LAST WEEK.

NO LUKE REIMER, NO NICK HENRICH, NO MARQUES BUFORD.

AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PLAY THE WAY THEY DID.

THEY PLAYED IN A SCHEME, THEY WEREN'T DIVISION UP BIG PLAYS.

YOU KNOW.

AND THE PASS RUSH GOT BETTER LATE.

I THOUGHT THE IOWA GAME WAS MAYBE ONE OF THEIR BETTER PASS RUSH GAMES ALL YEAR.

>> THREE SACKS, A TON OF PRESSURE.

>> OCHAUN MATHIS HAD EIGHT PRESSURE PLAYS IN THAT GAME.

THE BEST GAME AS A HUSKER, A RUSHER.

THE WAY THEY PLAYED LATE.

THE FIRST HALF AGAINST MINNESOTA WAS EXCELLENT.

THE WAY THEY PLAYED AGAINST WISCONSIN.

THE PROBLEM WAS, LIKE JAY SAID, THE INJURY TO THOMPSON.

THEY COULD HAVE -- I MEAN, THE WISCONSIN GAME, THE MINNESOTA GAME, THEN GEORGIA SOUTHERN GAME, NORTHWESTERN, THOSE ARE THE FOUR.

THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN TWO OUT OF THOSE GAMES, AND WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT A BOWL GAME.

>> THE DEPTH IS AN ISSUE OBVIOUSLY.

YOU MENTION THE QUARTERBACK DEPTH.

BUT EVEN WHEN AJAY ALLEN GOES DOWN AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU START HAVING PROBLEMS IN THE RUNNING BACK GAME.

THE DEPTH WASN'T THERE ACROSS THE BOARD.

>> YEAH, IT WAS -- BECAUSE YOU HAD GABE ERVIN COME UP AFTER INJURY LAST YEAR.

BUT ONCE AJAY ALLEN WENT, IT PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON ANTHONY GRANT.

I THINK THEY WANT TO BELL COW, YOU KNOW -- THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED EARLY IN THE YEAR, HAVING A RUNNING BACK YOU COULD GIVE IT TO 25, 30 TIMES A GAME.

BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A GUY YOU CAN GIVE SPELLS TO.

BUT JAQUEZ YANT JUST WASN'T INCONSISTENT ENOUGH.

THEY TRIED TO FEATURE HIM IN SHORT YARDS, YOU THINK HE'D FIT WELL.

THE GUY'S LIKE, WE NEED FOUR YARDS WHEN THEY KNOW WE'RE RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, HE'D BE THE PERFECT GUY.

BUT YOU COULDN'T TRUST HIM.

THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK SITUATION, YOU'VE TWO GUYS WHO REALLY CAN'T THROW THE FOOTBALL WITH AN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR WHO WANTED TO THROW THE FOOTBALL.

INABILITIES THERE.

OBVIOUSLY THE ISSUES OF OFFENSIVE LINE.

YOU'RE GOING TO STRUGGLE TO THROW AND RUN IT IF YOU HAVE INCONSISTENCIES UP FRONT.

THAT WAS PROBABLY THE CRUX OF THE WHOLE PROBLEM OFFENSIVELY.

>> IT IS THE FINAL SHOW OF THE YEAR, SO QUESTIONS FOR YOU, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL YOUR QUESTIONS IN ABOUT NEBRASKA FOOTBALL.

OUR LINES ARE OPEN TONIGHT.

OUR FRIENDS FROM UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA'S COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS HERE MANNING THE PHONES.

WHILE THEY WAIT FOR YOUR CALL, THEY'RE ENJOYING VALENTINO'S PIZZA.

DON'T KEEP THEM WAITING TOO LONG.

OUR SPORTS INTERN SAM -- HEY, SAM -- ALSO MANAGING THE TEAM.

YOU CAN REACH OUT VIA EMAIL OR TEXT WITH YOUR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

SEND THOSE TO BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG OR REACH OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THE TEAM IS MONITORING FACEBOOK AND TWITTER FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

WE'LL TRY TO GET TO AS MANY AS WE CAN OVER THIS LAST SHOW.

>>> HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF LAST WEEK'S "SIDELINE SURVEY."

WE ASKED YOU WHAT ARE YOUR REACTIONS TO THE HIRING OF MATT RHULE?

51% SAID GREAT HIRE.

5% SAID OKAY.

34% SAID ASK ME IN THREE YEARS.

10% SAID THEY WANTED MICKEY JOSEPH TO BE THE PERMANENT COACH.

HERE'S THIS WEEK'S ALL NEW "SIDELINE SURVEY."

WILL NEBRASKA HAVE A WINNING RECORD IN 2023?

YES RIGHT NOW IS 37%.

NO, 13%.

NO BUT THEY'LL MAKE A BOWL GAME AT 14%.

ASK ME AGAIN IN AUGUST, 36%.

HEAD TO NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG AND CAST YOUR VOTE.

WE'RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY FORMER HUSKER ADAM CARRIKER JOINING US.

A.C., HOW YOU DOING, MAN?

THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

>> I'M GOOD, MAN.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> WE APPRECIATE YOU.

THOUGHTS ON MATT RHULE INITIALLY?

SO MANY NAMES OUT THERE, WE WAITED SO LONG.

WE FINALLY GOT THE NAME.

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT IT BEING MATT RHULE?

>> YEAH -- INITIALLY I WAS KIND OF LIKE, I WANT TO LEARN MORE.

I WAS RETICENT.

TO ME, I DON'T KNOW, WEBSTER'S, WHAT THE DEFINITION FOR RETICENT IS.

FOR ME RETICENT IS, I WANT TO BE EXCITED BUT I'M NOT THERE YET.

I WANT TO LEARN MORE.

I PROBABLY HAVE SPENT MORE TIME RESEARCHING MATT RHULE THAN ANY PERSON ON EARTH AND WATCHING MORE VIDEOS OF HIM.

I'LL BE HONEST, THE MORE I LEARN, THE MORE EXCITED I GET.

AND I'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION, AND I BELIEVE HE'S A GOOD HIRE, ABSOLUTELY A GOOD HIRE.

BUT I'M KIND OF WITH THOSE FOLKS, ASK ME AGAIN IN THREE YEARS REQUEST IF HE'S A GREAT HIRE OR NOT.

>> ADAM, I'M CURIOUS WHAT GOES THROUGH THE MIND OF PLAYERS, YOUNGER PLAYERS PARTICULARLY, WHEN A COACHING CHANGE HAPPENS AND THE DECISIONS THEY HAVE TO MAKE RIGHT NOW WITH THE TRANSFER PORTAL, NEW POSITION COACHES?

JUST WALK YOURSELF THROUGH MAYBE THE SHOES OF WHAT SOME OF THESE PLAYERS AT NEBRASKA ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH, YOU'RE TRYING TO GAUGE MATT RHULE.

WHAT'S HE ABOUT?

WHAT'S HE LIKE?

WHAT'S HE STAND FOR?

WHAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, WHAT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR?

WHAT'S HE WANT OUT OF US?

AM I GOING TO GET A FAIR SHAKE?

IS HE GOING TO BRING IN A BUNCH OF NEW GUYS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PUSHED TO THE FOREFRONT?

HOW IS HE GOING TO OPERATE ALL THIS?

THEN WHAT'S A POSITION COACH GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR ME BASED ON MY POSITION?

THEN IT'S GOING TO BE WHAT TYPE OF OFFENSE IF I'M AN OFFENSIVE PLAYER?

WHAT TYPE OF DEFENSE IF I'M A DEFENSIVE PLAYER?

IF I'M A BIG DEFENSIVE END, HEY, ARE THEY GOING TO MOVE THEY INSIDE 4-3?

ARE THEY GOING TO MOVE ME TO AN END IN A 3-4?

WHAT TYPE OF SCHEME ARE WE GONNA BE RUNNING?

THEN YOU GOTTA KINDA EVALUATE ALL OF THAT.

AND IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE SOME VALUE OUTSIDE OF THE PORTAL -- SORRY, IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL, OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL YOU'RE CURRENTLY AT, YOU'VE GOT TO WEIGH THOSE OPTIONS AS WELL.

>> A.C., MATT TOOK OVER A TEMPLE PROGRAM, MATT TOOK OVER A BAYLOR PROGRAM, NOW TAKING OVER A NEBRASKA PROGRAM THAT IS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE PLACES HE'S BEEN PREVIOUSLY.

HOW BIG A REBUILD DO YOU THINK THIS IS FOR MATT RHULE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR?

>> FIRST OF ALL, HI TO MY FORMER ROOMMATE, HI TO MY FORMER TEAMMATE, HOW YOU DOING?

>> I'M GOOD, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?

>> I'M DOING GLORIOUS.

NOW, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, TEMPLE FOOTBALL IS NOT EXACTLY A POWERHOUSE, ALL DUE RESPECT TO THEM.

BAYLOR IS -- I MEAN, ART BRILES LEFT, IT WAS A DUMPSTER FIRE TO PUT IT KINDLY.

AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT HE'S GOT TO DEAL WITH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, WE'VE HAD GOOD RECRUITING CLASSES.

NOW, THE TRANSFER PORTAL, WHO'S GOING TO STAY?

WHO'S GOING TO LEAVE?

COMING AND GOING, HOW'S THAT ALL GOING TO LOOK?

WE HAD A TOP TEN TRANSFER PORTAL CLASS LAST YEAR.

WE'VE GOT SIZE ON THE O-LINE.

WHEN YOU WALK IN, AS THE HEAD COACH, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, AND YOU LOOK AT THIS ROSTER, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT A BOTTOM OF THE BARREL ROSTER TALENT-WISE, SIZE-WISE, OKAY?

WIN-LOSS RECORD, YEAH, NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE, NOT EVEN CLOSE.

BUT I WOULD LOOK AT THE CUPBOARD AND I'D BE LIKE, MAN, IT'S NOT BARE, I'VE GOT TO COACH UP WHAT WE GOT.

WE'VE GOT TO COACH IT UP.

AND MANAGE TRANSFER PORTAL, NIL.

I THINK THOSE THINGS CAN ALLOW HIM TO POSSIBLY TURN NEBRASKA AROUND EVEN FASTER THAN HE DID AT OTHER PLACES.

ALTHOUGH I'M NOT GOING TO DRINK A BUNCH OF THAT KOOL-AID JUST YET.

I WANT TO SEE HOW IT GOES THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

>> ADAM CARRIKER JOINING US HERE, TALKING ABOUT THE HIRING OF MATT RHULE.

HE BRINGS IN TERRANCE KNIGHTON AS A DEFENSIVE LINE COACH, YOUR THOUGHTS ON HIM?

>> POT ROAST.

OH, MAN.

YOU KNOW, A GUY THAT I WATCHED PLAY IN THE LEAGUE FOR A LONG TIME.

AS SOON AS HE WAS ANNOUNCED AS OUR D-LINE COACH, I GOT A TEXT FROM A COUPLE, THREE DIFFERENT GUYS.

I DON'T THINK JARED CRICK WILL MIND ME SHARING THIS, HE WAS ONE OF THEM.

HE'S LIKE, IS POT ROAST OUR D-LINE COACH?

AND I WAS LIKE YEAH, I BELIEVE SO, MAN.

AND SO IT'S INTERESTING, IT'S HIS FIRST TIME.

HE'S BEEN A D-LINE COACH AT WAGNER, ASSISTANT D-LINE COACH IN THE LEAGUE.

IT'S HIS FIRST TIME REALLY BEING THE D-LINE COACH AT A BIG TIME FOOTBALL PROGRAM LIKE THIS.

SO HE'S GOT THE EXPERIENCE, HE WAS A THIRD-ROUND PICK, HE PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE.

HE PLAYED AT A HIGH LEVEL.

SO HOW DOES HE RECRUIT?

HOW DOES HE ADJUST GAME PLAN-WISE?

GETTING READY FOR REALLY GOOD OPEN COACHES AND OPPONENTS?

DO THEY MAKE IN-GAME ADJUSTMENTS?

I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO.

HE'S A GUY I'M MORE ON THE OPTIMISTIC END OF THINGS WHEN I THINK ABOUT POT ROAST.

>> ADAM, I'M CURIOUS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST WAY TO RECRUIT AT NEBRASKA?

YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF IT WHERE YOU'VE SEEN IT AS A DEVELOPMENTAL.

THEY BROUGHT YOU IN, DEVELOPED YOU INTO A PRO.

YOU WERE PART OF BILL CALLAHAN WHEN HE BROUGHT IN GUYS LIKE NDAMUKONG SUH.

IF YOU'RE GIVING MATT RHULE ADVICE ON HOW TO RECRUIT, ROSTER BUILD AT A PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA, HOW WOULD YOU TELL HIM HOW TO DO IT?

>> I'D START WITH THE IN-STATE NEBRASKA KIDS.

I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR YEARS.

WHEN WE WERE NOT WINNING THE IN-STATE RECRUITING BATTLES FOR YEARS, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL.

I'M LIKE, I DISAGREE, IT'S A VERY BIG DEAL.

I THINK NEBRASKA KIDS ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO STAY AROUND.

AND YES, NEBRASKA HAS NOT WON LIKE THEY USED TO WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.

AND IT WAS A LOT OF THE KIDS' LIFELONG DREAM TO COME HERE.

BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO MEAN MORE TO NEBRASKA KIDS.

IT'S GOING TO MEAN MORE TO KIDS WITHIN THAT 500-MILE RADIUS.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT TO EXPAND.

WHATEVER HOLES YOU NEED, WHETHER SPEED, WHETHER SIZE, LINEMAN, WIDE RECEIVER, DB, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

BUT YOU START CLOSE TO HOME.

BECAUSE IT WILL MEAN MORE TO THEM, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WORK A LITTLE BIT HARDER.

AND IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHERE THE TRANSFER PORTAL'S CREATED THE WILD, WILD WEST IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LESS LIKELY TO ENTER THE TRANSFER PORTAL IF THINGS DON'T GO THEIR WAY RIGHT AWAY.

>> AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TRANSFER PORTAL, AND BUILDING LIKE SEAN WAS SAYING WITH DEVELOPMENT, WHAT'S KIND OF THE BALANCE THERE?

DOES THIS HAVE TO BE A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE JUST KIND OF FILLING IN?

OR DO YOU HAVE TO WIN RIGHT AWAY AND REALLY LOAD UP ON PORTAL GUYS?

WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS WITH THE 2023 FOLKS?

>> I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE POSITION, I THINK IT DEPENDS WHO COMES BACK.

IF CASEY THOMPSON COMES BACK, THEN YOU CAN GET SOME MORE GUYS YOU CAN DEVELOP OVER TIME AT THEE QUARTERBACK POSITION.

I'M JUST PICKING A POSITION HERE.

IF HE DOESN'T COME BACK, THEN YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN STEP UP SOONER AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TO EVALUATE PURDY AND YOU'VE GO TOT EVALUATE EVALUATE HAARBERG AND YOU'VE GOT TO EVALUATE LOGAN SMOTHERS AND WHAT TYPE OF OFFENSE YOU'RE GOING TO RUN.

BECAUSE WHICH QUARTERBACK FITS WITH WHICH SYSTEM.

WHEN YOU GO TO THE TRENCHES, ESPECIALLY ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE, WE NEED GUYS WHO CAN COME IN AND MAKE AN IMPACT RIGHT NOW.

SO IT WAS INTERESTING.

BEFORE THEY HIRED RHULE, OKAY, THERE WAS TALKINGS THEY WANTED TO GO THE JUCO ROUTE MORE SO THAN TRANSFER PORTAL GUYS FOR THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

NOW, WHETHER YOU GO JUCO ROUTE, WHETHER YOU GO TRANSFER PORTAL, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WE NEED MORE IMMEDIATE IMPACT PLAYERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRENCHES, OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINES.

>> ADAM, I'M CURIOUS.

THE SCHEME ON DEFENSE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST FIT, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THESE COACHES?

WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR IS.

BUT DO YOU THINK 3-4, 4-3, MULTIPLE?

YOU'VE KNOW IN THE BIG TEN NOW, YOU'VE WATCHED NEBRASKA IN THE BIG TEN FOR 11, 12 SEASONS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST SCHEME TO RUN FOR THE PLAYERS ON THIS ROSTER?

>> I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO MY DAYS IN D.C.

WHEN WE FIRST GOT THERE, THEY WENT FROM 4-3, WHICH THEY HAD HAD FOR LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, ABOUT 84 MILLION YEARS, AND THEY BROUGHT IN THE 3-4 AND D.C.

FANS WERE IN AN UPROAR.

IT WAS THE WORST THING THEY'D EVER SEEN.

WE'RE WATCHING FILM OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS BECAUSE THAT'S THE DEFENSE WE'RE GOING TO RUN.

SO I STARTED ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS THEN.

AND EVER SINCE DIACO'S BEEN HERE, AND COME AND GONE, AND EVERYONE THAT'S COME AND GONE ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION A MILLION TIMES AND I'M GOING TO GIVE THE SAME ANSWER, OKAY.

4-3, 3-4, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE CHOOSING BETWEEN THE FUN AND GUN AND THE TRIPLE OPTION, OKAY.

TO ME, I'VE SEEN TEAMS WIN NATIONAL TITLES, BIG TEN TITLES, WITH THE 3-4, THE 4-3, SAME CAN BE SAID WITH SUPER BOWLS.

OR I KIND OF AM LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE -- I LIKE TO AVOID THINGS LIKE THE 3-3-5.

NO DISRESPECT TO A TEAM LIKE IOWA STATE OR SOMEBODY WHO RUNS THAT.

BUT TO ME I WOULD ONLY GO TO A 3-3-5 TYPE DEFENSE IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE TO KIND OF TRICK THE OFFENSE BECAUSE YOUR PERSONNEL DOESN'T QUITE MATCH UP THE BEST.

SO ASIDE FROM AVOIDING SOME SCHEMES LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I LIKE TO THINK THAT OUR PERSONNEL CAN MATCH UP FAIRLY WELL MORE OFTEN THAN NOT AGAINST OUR OPPONENTS, 4-3, 3-4, I DON'T CARE.

JUST RUN WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE AND GO WITH IT.

BUT DON'T BE WISHY-WASHY.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE SCOTT FROST ERA?

CERTAINLY, I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS HIRED, WE WERE TALKING BACK THEN ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.

I THINK WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO WORK, OBVIOUSLY IT DIDN'T.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> I THINK IT WAS A SURPRISE THAT IT WENT THE WAY IT DID.

OBVIOUSLY NOT THE WAY ANYBODY WANTED IT TO GO.

I WISH SCOTT NOTHING BUT THE BEST GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY FOOTBALL HERE IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA GOING FORWARD CAN START TO BE ON THIS TRAJECTORY.

BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN ON THAT TRAJECTORY FOR QUITE A WHILE AS FAR AS SCOTT FROST.

OBVIOUSLY, THE WINS AND LOSSES, WERE NOWHERE NEAR CLOSE TO WHERE HE WANTED IT TO BE.

HOPEFULLY HE CAN BOUNCE BACK, AND HOPEFULLY HUSKER FOOTBALL CAN BOUNCE BACK AS WELL.

>> ADAM, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WANTED DEION SANDERS TO GET A SHOT AT THE HEAD COACHING JOB.

HE ENDS UP AT COLORADO.

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE HIRE, AND WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT HIM AND HIS FIRST SPEECH WITH THE TEAM?

>> YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT I'LL SAY.

BECAUSE IT'S INTERESTING.

I FEEL LIKE MATT RHULE, YOU KNOW -- MAYBE HE'S NOT THE COACH EVERYBODY WANTED HERE AT NEBRASKA AT FIRST.

BUT I FELT LIKE HE WAS THE COACH WE NEEDED, ESPECIALLY THE MORE I LEARNED ABOUT HIM.

HE WANTS TO BE PHYSICAL, HE WANTS TO BE TOUGH, HE WANTS TO ADDRESS THE TRENCHES, HE WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING THAT NEBRASKA FANS WANT TO SEE.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT COLORADO, I THINK ABOUT A SCHOOL THAT HAS STRUGGLED FOR QUITE A WHILE.

AND I THINK ABOUT A SCHOOL THAT HAS ACADEMIC RESTRICTIONS.

THEY DON'T HAVE A GENERAL STUDIES MAJOR, AND THEY DON'T HAVE A FEW OTHER MAJORS THAT MADE IT HARD FOR THEM TO RECRUIT TO THAT SCHOOL.

HERE'S WHAT I KNOW.

DEION SANDERS, HE'S GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME.

THAT ACADEMIC LIMITATIONS THAT THEY'VE HAD, IT AIN'T GOING TO BOTHER DEION SANDERS.

I MEAN, AFTER HE HAD THAT THAT MEETING WITH HIS TEAM, HE HAD OVER 200 HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITS AND TRANSFER PORTAL GUYS REACH OUT TO HIM.

HE'S GOING TO GET GUYS TO COME.

THE TEAM MEETING, THAT'S AN INTERESTING ONE, MAN.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE SAT IN TEAM MEETINGS LIKE THAT.

I HAVE SAT IN TEAM MEETINGS WITH NEW COACHES WHERE THEY'RE ALL BUT TELLING YOU, GET OUT.

BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE, YOU BETTER REALLY WANT TO BE HERE OR YOU BETTER GET OUT.

I'VE SAT IN THOSE MEETINGS.

SO MY INITIAL TAKEAWAY, BECAUSE I WAS MOTIVATED, AND I PUT MYSELF INTO THE COLORADO PLAYER'S SHOES.

I'VE BEEN ON GOOD TEAMS, I'VE BEEN ON BAD TEAMS.

IF I'M A COLORADO PLAYER, I'M LIKE, MAN, WE'RE REALLY NOT VERY GOOD.

AND HERE'S THIS GUY WHO'S COMING IN, HE'S GOT A PEDIGREE, AND HIS PAST, HIS HISTORY AS A PLAYER, AS A COACH, HERE'S COMING IN AND HE WANTS US TO BE EXCELLENT.

AND HE WANTS TO DO IT SOON.

I FRICKIN' LOVE THAT.

NOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF "ME," THERE WAS A LOT OF "MYSELF," AND THERE WAS A LOT OF "I'M COMING," COMING OUT OF DEION'S MOUTH.

NOW, IF THAT'S THE ONLY VIDEO I EVER SAW OF DEION SANDERS TALKING TO A TEAM, I'D BE LIKE, WHOA, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS DUDE.

BUT I'VE SEEN -- OUTSIDE OF MATT RHULE, I'VE PROBABLY WATCHED MORE DEION SANDERS' VIDEOS THIS SEASON AT JACKSON STATE.

A LOT OF THEM IN PREPARATION FOR THE SHOW I DID AT ONE POINT TALKING ABOUT DEION, WOULD HE BE A GOOD FIT HERE.

HE DOESN'T TALK LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME.

HE'S TRYING TO SET A TONE.

HE'S TRYING TO SET A PRECEDENT.

HE'S NOT WALKING INTO A SITUATION WHERE THE CUPBOARD IS AS BARE THERE --IS AS FULL THERE AS IT IS AT NEBRASKA.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE CUPBOARD IS FULL AT NEBRASKA, BUT IT'S NOT AS BARE AS IT IS AT COLORADO.

SO THE MORE EMPTY SEATS HE CAN GET, IF GUYS DON'T WANT TO BE THERE, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THERE, GREAT.

BUT THE MORE EMPTY SEATS HE CAN GET, THE MORE OF HIS GUYS HE CAN BRING IN.

THE FINAL THOUGHT I'D HAVE AS A PLAYER, OTHER THAN BEING EXCITED, I'D BE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, YOU CLEARLY WANT TO BRING YOUR GUYS IN.

HE COACH DEION, HEY COACH PRIME, AS THEY CALL HIM, AM I GOING TO GET A FAIR SHOT?

OR ARE YOUR GUYS GOING TO BE PUT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT AWAY?

BECAUSE IF I GET A FAIR SHOT, I'M IN, IF I'M NOT, I'M OUT.

THAT'D BE MY REACTION.

>> ADAM, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> ALL RIGHT, COMING UP NEXT ON THE SHOW, WE WILL CHAT WITH "OMAHA WORLD HERALD" WRITER AND COLUMNIST DIRK CHATELAIN TO CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION.

BUT FIRST WE LOOK BACK AT THE SEASON COURTESY OF PHOTOS FROM HAIL VARSITY.

WE'RE BACK SOON.

♪ ♪ >>> WELCOME BACK TO "BIG RED WRAP UP."

WE'RE PLEASED T >>> WELCOME BACK TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

I'M JOINED BY JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

WE'RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY OMAHA WORLD HERALD COLUMNIST DIRK CHATELAIN.

DIRK, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN, MAN.

>> I'M SUPER EXCITED TO TALK DEREK WALKER, SAM GRIESEL, THAT'S WHAT WE DO ON THIS SHOW, RIGHT?

>> HOW MUCH ARE YOU GOING TO TALK ABOUT NEBRASKA BEATING CREIGHTON?

WE CAN START THE SHOW OFF WITH THAT IF WE WANT.

>> DOES THAT RESULT PROMPT A "BIG RED WRAP-UP" BASKETBALL SHOW FOR THE WINTER?

>> WELL I THINK IF THEY KEEP HANDING OUT BLACK SHIRTS, THEN WE HAVE TO DO IT.

IF TREV KEEPS DOING THAT.

IS THAT THE FIRST TIME TREV MENTIONED THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE?

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME IN TROUBLE.

>> YOUR FEEL ON MATT RHULE?

ONCE HE GETS HIRED AND YOU GO TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

>> WELL, PREACHER'S SON, RIGHT?

JUST REALLY CHARISMATIC.

VERY GOOD AT MESSAGING.

A GREAT SALESMAN FOR THE PROGRAM.

I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR WHY HE HIT IT OFF WITH TREV ALBERTS.

THEY HAVE -- IT'S ALMOST LIKE -- I WAS JOKING WITH TREV AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE, I ASKED TREV IF HE'D HEARD RHULE'S AFCA ADDRESS FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

RHULE WENT AND SPOKE AT THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION DOWN AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

AND IT SOUNDED LIKE RHULE WAS SPEAKING TO TREV ALBERTS LIKE AS IF IT WAS A JOB INTERVIEW.

TREV HADN'T, IRONICALLY, HEARD IT.

BUT THOSE TWO ARE VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT, I THINK.

THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS.

AND IT RELATES TO -- I'M SURE WE'LL GET INTO THAT, AND I DON'T MEAN TO CAST A, YOU KNOW, A SKEPTICAL LIGHT ON IT.

BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS ABOUT, CAN YOU BE A DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL ERA?

WILL NEBRASKA FANS ALLOW YOU TO BOTTOM OUT AND START OVER?

>> THAT'S A BIG ONE.

>> YOU KNOW.

WHAT IS RHULE'S PERSONALITY LOOK LIKE AFTER FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS?

HE HASN'T STAYED VERY LONG IN ANY PLACE THAT HE'S BEEN AS A HEAD COACH.

SO I THINK THE ASCENT IS GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING.

I THINK THE TEAR-DOWN AND THE BUILDUP WILL BE VERY INTERESTING AND FANS WILL ENJOY IT.

I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING ALSO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT PLATEAUS A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES A RHULE PROGRAM LOOK LIKE AFTER HE'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE?

>> I THINK HE CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES.

THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE THAT I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT WE'RE JUST IN THE WAIT AND SEE MODE.

BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS ON -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TV SHOWS OR RADIO SHOWS THIS PAST WEEK AND PODCASTS.

BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS JIM ROME.

AND HE GOES, "WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM YOUR FAILURES IN THE NFL?"

AND I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS -- WITH MATT RHULE, THE INTERESTING THING IS PEOPLE ARE LIKE, "HE'S 0-11 AGAINST RANKED TEAMS."

HIS WIN-LOSS IS 48 AND 30-SOMETHING.

THERE'S SOME OF THAT.

BUT I THOUGHT HE HIT THIS VERY, VERY WELL.

BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM NOT BEING SUCCESSFUL IN A SPOT.

AND HE SAID, "I HIRED GUYS WITH MORE EXPERIENCE IN THE NFL BUT THAT WAS A MISTAKE BECAUSE THOSE WEREN'T MY GUYS, THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW I OPERATED."

I THOUGHT THAT COMMENT RIGHT THERE JUST KIND OF SPOKE TO TO HIS ABILITIES TO UNDERSTAND HIM AS A COACH, HOW TO BUILD A PROGRAM, WHAT HE WANTS.

I THINK THAT WAS KNOCKING IT.

HE THOUGHT HE KIND KNEW WHERE IT WAS, BUT I DON'T THINK HE WAS FULLY VESTED.

HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE.

I THINK MATT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO TURN THIS THING AROUND.

>> WELL, ONE OF MY BIG BOXES WAS, HAVE YOU BEEN A POWER FIVE HEAD COACH?

>> SURE.

IT WAS FRUSTRATING TO ME, LOOKING BACK AT NEBRASKA OVER 20 YEARS, WHERE FRANK SOLICH, BILL CALLAHAN, BO PELINI.

MIKE RILEY HAD DONE IT BUT AT A MUCH SMALLER SCALE.

AND THEN, SCOTT FROST.

YOU KNOW, NEBRASKA HADN'T HIRED POWER FIVE COACHES.

AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP RHULE.

I THINK THE NFL EXPERIENCE WILL -- IT WILL CERTAINLY HUMBLE RHULE, IF NOTHING ELSE.

I JUST THINK HIS PERSONALITY WORKS BETTER FOR COLLEGE.

YOU CAN SEE HIM CONNECT WITH 18 TO 22-YEAR-OLDS, WHEREAS I THINK MAYBE 30 TO 34-YEAR-OLDS MIGHT TUNE HIM OUT.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD FIT.

I THINK THE FACT THAT HE HAD SIX WEEKS TO SIT ON IT IS A GOOD THING.

I THINK HE HAD A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER HE WANTED TO DO THIS, AND WHETHER NEBRASKA WAS WHERE HE WANTED TO BE.

SO AGAIN, TO ME, THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHAT DOES A DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM LOOK LIKE IN 2023?

BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL LIKE TO TELL OURSELVES, I CERTAINLY DO, I'VE WRITTEN IT SO MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T COUNT.

BUT WE WANT NEBRASKA TO BE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, AN OFFENSIVE, DEFENSIVE LINE PROGRAM WHERE YOU HAVE KIDS IN, AND YOU BUILD THEM UP SLOWLY OVER THE COURSE OF THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

AND MAN, YOU GUYS SEE THE PORTAL AND IT'S JUST LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS THE ATTENTION SPAN FOR THAT, RIGHT.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION IS, WILL -- AND ONE OF THE LITMUS TESTS I THINK WILL BE HOW MANY KIDS DOES RHULE TAKE IN THE NEXT MONTH?

HOW MANY NEWCOMERS DOES HE TAKE?

IF HE'S CONSERVATIVE WITH IT, I THINK IT INDICATES THAT MAYBE HE'S WILLING TO BOTTOM OUT AND PLAY IT SLOW.

BUT IT'S TEMPTING TO START GOING THROUGH THAT LIST AND LOOK FOR QUICK FIXES, TOO.

>> DIRK, WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST THE PAST FAILURES THE LAST 20 YEARS OF COACHES, I MEAN, SOME GOOD GUYS HAVE COME INTO THIS JOB HERE.

WHAT HAS BEEN STUFF THAT MAYBE GUYS HAVE UNDERESTIMATED?

I THINK PEOPLE WALK IN, WE'VE GOT THE MONEY, THE FACILITIES, THE RESOURCES, THE FANS.

IT'S ALL THERE.

BUT EVERYONE'S FAILED.

LIKE WHY?

FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, WHY ARE PEOPLE FAILING AT NEBRASKA?

>> WELL SEAN, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

>> IT'S A TWO-HOUR SHOW, PROBABLY.

>> I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MATT RHULE PUT AS MUCH EMPHASIS AS HE CAN ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK BACK AT -- YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET ALL THE ATTENTION THAT SCOTT FROST PUT INTO ADRIAN MARTINEZ, FOR INSTANCE.

WHAT IF ALL THOSE RESOURCES AND ALL THAT FOCUS HAD GONE INTO THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND BUILDING THAT THING UP FROM THE FOUNDATION, YOU MIGHT SEE A KANSAS STATE-STYLE PROGRAM WHERE THE QUARTERBACK DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, GREAT.

I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE CLIPS OF RHULE, HE'S OFTEN WORKING WITH THE O-LINE, WHICH INDICATES IT'S A POINT OF EMPHASIS FOR HIM, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD THING.

BUT THE PROGRAM HAS TO GET MUCH BETTER IN THE TRENCHES.

AND I KNOW I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE.

BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE NEBRASKA REALLY FOCUS ON THAT PART OF IT.

>> WHAT YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT, TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE COACHING CHANGES, THE SIX COACHING CHANGES WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SINCE TOM OSBORNE.

BY THE WAY, A GUY WHO WAS NOT A POWER FIVE COACH BEFORE HE GOT THE JOB.

BUT YOU LOOK AT THOSE 25 YEARS AND THOSE FIVEHEAD COACHES.

NOW MATT RHULE IN THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ONE THING WE CAN LOOK AT AND SAY WENT WRONG.

BUT HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT IS THE HIRE, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT'S THE PROGRAM?

BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS CHANGED, RIGHT?

WE NO LONGER HAVE THE BIGGEST WEIGHT ROOM.

WE NO LONGER ARE THE PROGRAM THAT HAS THE BEST WEIGHT TRAINING.

NO LONGER -- YOU KNOW, ALL THE GAMES ARE ON TV NOW.

ALL OF THOSE ADVANTAGES ARE GONE.

HOW MUCH HAS IT BEEN THE GUYS THEY'VE HIRED, HOW MUCH OF IT'S JUST THE PROGRAM?

>> WELL, CLEARLY THE PROGRAM IS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR.

>> YES.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND IT'S NOT LIKE NEBRASKA HASN'T TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS.

THEY TRIED A GUY WHO WAS FRESH OUT OF THE NFL.

THEY TRIED TOM OSBORNE'S RIGHT-HAND MAN.

THEY TRIED A DEFENSIVE GURU.

THEY TRIED, YOU KNOW -- THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING, SCOTT FROST WAS NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR, RIGHT?

SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'VE MESSED UP THE HIRES OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

BUT IT JUST -- IT SEEMS TO ME THAT -- I THINK OFTEN, WHEN NEBRASKA GETS A HEAD COACH IN HERE, THEY'RE A LITTLE SLOW TO LEARN THE LESSONS, I THINK.

AND I THINK IT WAS TRUE OF BEAU, I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE BIT TRUE OF RILEY TOO, I THINK IT WAS CERTAINLY TRUE OF SCOTT.

AND I THINK FROM THAT STANDPOINT, RHULE MIGHT BE BETTER PREPARED TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES BASED ON WHAT HE'S SEEN OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAN SOME OF HIS PREDECESSORS.

>> HOW MUCH FORESHADOWING DID YOU GET WHEN YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION OF SCOTT FROST FIVE YEARS AGO ABOUT THEM ADJUSTING AND WHAT HE SAID?

BECAUSE YOU GO BACK TO THAT QUOTE, AND IT'S SO INDICATIVE OF HIS ENTIRE TIME HERE.

NEVER SEEM TO REALIZE THAT THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD CONFERENCE WITH GREAT COACHES.

>> YEAH, I THINK SCOTT'S BIGGEST FLAW IS THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE EASY.

YOU KNOW?

AND WHEN IT WASN'T, I DON'T THINK HE KNEW WHAT TO DO.

I DON'T THINK HE HAD A PLAN "B."

AND IN HIS DEFENSE, MICHAEL, HE'D JUST GONE -- HE JUST WENT FROM 0-12 TO 13-0 IN TWO YEARS.

LIKE I WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT COCKY TOO, RIGHT?

THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF FORMER PLAYERS WHO SHOWED UP IN THE WEIGHT ROOM TO GREET HIM.

>> YEAH.

>> NO WONDER HE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A BIG HEAD, RIGHT?

BUT I DO THINK THAT THE BIG TEN PUNCHED HIM IN THE MOUTH A LITTLE BIT.

AND HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A PLAN "B."

SO AGAIN, I THINK POWER FIVE EXPERIENCE WILL -- I'M NOT SAYING RHULE'S GOING TO SUCCEED BECAUSE HONESTLY, THE ODDS ARE PROBABLY AGAINST HIM.

JUST BASED ON NEBRASKA'S TRACK RECORD OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

BUT I THINK HE'S MORE PREPARED FOR SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAN, LIKE I SAID, SCOTT WAS, CERTAINLY, OR BILL CALLAHAN, BO PELINI, GUYS LIKE THAT.

>> YOU GET THE SENSE RHULE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE PUBLIC.

FROST, FIRST TIME WE MET HIM, WHEN HE TOOK THE JOB, HE KIND OF SAID, "DON'T ASK ABOUT MY FAMILY," HIS FAMILY WASN'T THERE -- HE HAD RHULE AND HIS KIDS UP FRONT.

I MEAN, JUST THAT STYLE, HE'S TWEETING OUT PICTURES OF PLAYING PING-PONG TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW WITH JULIE NOONAN, MAVERICK NOONAN'S MOM.

DO YOU THINK THAT STYLE IS BETTER FOR NEBRASKA TO HAVE A COACH THAT WANTS THE PUBLIC TO KNOW HIS WIFE, WANTS THE PUBLIC TO SEE HIS FAMILY OUT AND KIND OF BE A PART OF -- >> YEAH, IT'S RETAIL POLITICS, RIGHT?

IT'S SHAKING HANDS AND KISSING BABIES.

AND I DO THINK RHULE WILL ENJOY THAT MORE THAN -- YOU KNOW, MIKE RILEY DID A LOT OF THAT TOO BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE MR. ROGERS, ANDY GRIFFITH TYPE OF CHARACTER.

I THINK BO AND SCOTT AND BILL WERE MUCH DIFFERENT IN THAT REGARD, SEAN.

AND YOU KNOW IT AS WELL AS ANYBODY.

THAT THOSE GUYS, YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED TO BE OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT.

>> "DON'T TALK TO ME IN THE GROCERY STORE."

>> I'M NOT GOING TO BE CAUGHT DEAD IN THE GROCERY STORE, RIGHT?

>> HONESTLY, MATT RHULE HAS -- I'LL NEVER FORGET CATCHING BILL CALLAHAN IN A SMALL TOWN WHEN THEY WERE GOING AROUND AND HE WAS SAYING, "I DID NOT SEE THIS COMING, THIS FISHBOWL."

EVEN THOUGH HE'S AT CAROLINA, WHICH IS AN NFL TEAM.

THERE'S NO WAY MATT RHULE'S READY FOR THE ATTENTION.

NOT THIS LEVEL OF IT.

IT'S DIFFERENT.

IT REALLY IS.

>> MAYBE.

>> EVERY PRACTICE, 15, FOUR DEEP, ASKING QUESTIONS, EVERYTHING BEING ANALYZED.

ALL THE TIME.

IT'S -- IT'S DIFFERENT, MAN.

>> IT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.

BUT HE COACHED IN THE BIG 12 IN TEXAS.

>> YEAH.

>> AT BAYLOR.

>> IT'S BAYLOR, BUT IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IT'S TEXAS.

RIGHT?

FOOTBALL'S BIG IN TEXAS.

>> SURE.

>> I THINK THE NFL SPOTLIGHT WILL BE MAYBE NOT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS EQUAL TO HERE, BUT THE SCRUTINY WILL BE HIGHER WITH THE CAROLINA PANTHERS THAN IT IS HERE.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM THE BENEFIT THE DOUBT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

>> I HOPE SO, I HOPE SO.

>> QUITE A WHILE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT MIGHT TAKE -- CAN HE BOTTOM OUT TO 1 AND 11?

I DOUBT IT.

>> NO.

>> BUT IF NEBRASKA'S 4-8 NEXT YEAR, 3-9?

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY PATIENT WITH IT.

AS LONG AS THEY GET AN INDICATION THAT IT'S GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> HOW INTRIGUED ARE YOU FOR THE START OF NEXT YEAR?

>> OH, YEAH.

>> THURSDAY NIGHT, P.J.

FLECK ON THE ROAD, PROBABLY A FOX NAME OR NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAME.

THEN YOU GO FOR SURE A NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAME, DEION SANDERS.

>> SEAN, CAN A NEW NEBRASKA COACH GET AN EASY GAME?

>> RIGHT?

>> SCOTT'S OPENER WAS TOUGH.

MIKE RILEY'S OPENER WAS TOUGH.

>> BYU, CRAZY OPENER.

>> WELL SCOTT'S OPENER RAINED OUT, TOO.

>> NEBRASKA COULD REALLY USE A BREAK WHEN IT COMES TO FIRST-YEAR HEAD COACHES AND THEIR OPENING GAME.

>> HOW ABOUT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, THE COLORADO A.D., OR THE PRESIDENT, WAS STANDING UP THERE SAYING, DO NOT SELL YOUR TICKETS TO NEBRASKA.

AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THE LOSING.

HE KNOWS THAT NO MATTER WHAT, NEBRASKA'S GOING TO SHOW UP.

>> YEAH, IT'S -- >> THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

>> DEION SANDERS ADDED AT LOT OF INTRIGUE TO THAT GAME.

IT'S INTERESTING TO CONTRAST -- I THINK MATT RHULE AND DEION SANDERS CONNECT WITH COLLEGE KIDS.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> AT A SIMILAR LEVEL, JUST WITH VERY DIFFERENT STYLES.

>> ONE IS A PREACHER, ONE IS A PREACHER'S SON.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT.

EACH OF THEM COULD BE VERY COMFORTABLE IN A MEGA CHURCH AT THE PULPIT, IN VERY DIFFERENT WAYS, RIGHT?

SO I THINK -- IT'S PROBABLY A REFLECTION OF WHAT A.D.'S VALUE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL -- THEY NEED SOMEBODY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THEIR PROGRAM.

THEY NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN JUMP IN THE PORTAL AND GET THE ATTENTION OF A KID THAT MIGHT BE HALFWAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT'S NEVER HEARD OF YOU BEFORE.

>> LET'S FINISH UP WITH THAT THOUGH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE PORTAL, NIL?

OBVIOUSLY IT SHOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE TO NEBRASKA IN MANY WAYS.

HOW DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING SO FAR AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

DO ANY OF US KNOW?

>> IT'S WORKED VERY WELL FOR SOME SCHOOLS.

>> I FEEL IT COULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT THREE YEARS FROM NOW.

>> YEAH.

>> IF IT WAS JUST THE PORTAL, MAYBE IT'S MANAGEABLE.

BUT WHEN YOU THROW THE NIL INTO IT TOO, IT'S CHAOS.

>> IT'S FREE AGENCY.

>> FREE AGENCY ON A HYPERSPEED LEVEL.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE -- YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE GENERAL MANAGER-TYPE ROLES IN COLLEGE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.

IT'S NOT JUST COACHING.

IT'S TALENT ACQUISITION, IT'S SCOUTING PLAYERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.

DECIDE WHO COULD FIT INTO YOUR PROGRAM.

IF YOU'RE WAITING UNTIL DECEMBER 5th TO ANALYZE THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET LAPPED.

SO AGAIN, I HOPE MATT RHULE HAS THOUGHT ABOUT THAT THE LAST SEVEN WEEKS.

I THINK THAT BREAK PROBABLY GAVE HIM SOME TIME TO GAME PLAN A LITTLE BIT.

I KNOW TREV ALBERTS HAS THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

SO NEBRASKA'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ACTIVE.

I JUST WONDER HOW ACTIVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT MONTH.

>> DOES NEBRASKA MAKE THE TOURNAMENT?

>> YES, NO?

>> COME ON.

>> WE WERE RIDING A WAVE HERE.

THREE IN A ROW.

>> I'D LOVE TO GIVE YOU SOME POSITIVITY.

>> CAN THEY VALIDATE TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST INDIANA?

>> OH, I DON'T KNOW.

>> TOUGH ONE.

>> IT'S TOUGH.

>> IF IT WASN'T BASKETBALL -- >> NEBRASKA -- THE EIGHT-MINUTE SCORING DROUGHTS ARE -- >> I KNOW.

I KNOW.

>> THEY GO BACK TO BARRY COLLIER.

>> THE TRADEMARK OF THE PROGRAM.

>> DIRK, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS.

>> THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME.

>> IT WAS GOOD HEARING FROM DIRK.

WE APPREICIATE HIM COMING ON.

NEXT UP, SEAN WILL HELP US DIVE INTO THINGS AND WHERE THEY STAND WITH THE CLASS OF 2023.

BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK THOUGH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK BACK AT 2022 COURTESY OF HAIL VARSITY.

♪ TH THE CLASS OF 2023.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK BACK AT 2022 BEFORE THAT.

♪ >>> WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.

MIKE'L SEVERE WITH SEAN CALLAHAN.

LET'S START WITH THE POSITIVES.

GOT A COMMITMENT.

>> YEAH, BRYCE TURNER, THE FIRST TRUE MATT RHULE COMMIT.

I WROTE TODAY, THE ONLY THING FASTER THAN BRYCE TURNER'S TRACK TIMES WAS HIS RECRUITING PROCESS.

>> RIGHT.

>> LITERALLY TODAY.

ONE PHONE CALL WITH THE OFFER FROM NEBRASKA AND HE COMMITTED TO NEBRASKA.

6'2", 180.

RUNS A 10.2 IN THE 100 -- >> AND 2.5.

-- >> UNDER 21 IN THE TWO, AND A 47 GUY IN THE 400.

HIS TIME, ONE CLASS 4-A IN TEXAS IN THE 100.

IT WAS SECOND ALL CLASSIFICATIONS.

SO DEFINITELY -- >> HE'S NOT LITTLE, HE'S 6'2"” 180.

HE'S TYQUON THORNTON WHO THEY HAD AT BAYLOR.

>> THIS IS THE -- >> EVAN COOPER, WHO IS KIND OF THE ACE SPEED RECRUITER, IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEY GOT HERE, THEY LINKED UP WITH THE TRACK COACH FOR NEBRASKA.

THEY SAID, HEY, WHO ARE SOME OF THE GUYS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT ARE REALLY FAST THAT PLAY FOOTBALL?

>> NICE.

>> JALEN LLOYD ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT AN OFFER.

YOU SAW BRYCE TURNER GET HIS OFFER TODAY.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT -- THEY WANT TO FIND SPEED AND DEVELOP SPEED.

THEY'RE FINDING SOME OF THE FASTEST GUYS IN THE COUNTRY.

>> LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS YOU SAID, IOWA STATE, BEN BROHMER, THAT THERE WAS A CHANCE.

>> HE HAD HIS IN-HOME VISIT FROM NEBRASKA ON SATURDAY.

MATT RHULE, MARCUS SATTERFIELD, EVERYTHING FELT GOOD ABOUT THE VISIT.

BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE LEARNING, MORE HEY, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO IOWA STATE BUT LET'S GIVE MATT RHULE A CHANCE.

THIS TRAIN IS PRETTY FAR DOWN THE TRACKS.

AND GIVE IOWA STATE CREDIT, MATT CAMPBELL, WITH THIS COACHING CHANGE -- >> HE SAW THE OPENING.

>> AND THEY GOT IN.

AND THE BROHMERS HAVE BEEN PRIVATE AND QUIET ABOUT THINGS BUT THIS IS A TWO, THREE-MONTH DEAL.

THEY'VE HAD CONTACT AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH THE CYCLONE STAFF.

AND THEY REALLY CONNECTED WITH MATT CAMPBELL.

THEY WERE VERY CLOSE TO SCOTT FROST, BARRETT RUUD.

IT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME.

THEY FELT THIS WAS THE BEST FIT FOR THEM.

THEY SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH MATT RHULE.

I HAD A LONG TALK WITH BEN'S FATHER, ALSO THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AND PRINCIPAL, THEY HAD NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS TO SAY.

BUT YOU COULD JUST FEEL THE "BUT."

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> WE LIKE HIM, BUT.

I THINK THEY WENT TO IOWA STATE FRIDAY FOR A VISIT BEFORE NEBRASKA CAME OUT THERE AS WELL.

>> IT'S A SCHOOL THAT'S PRODUCED TIGHT ENDS INTO THE NFL.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER DECOMMITMENTS FROM THE 2023 LAST.

HERE'S THE LIST.

>> MARION MILLER, STRAIGHT-UP MICKEY JOSEPH GUY.

A FOUR-STAR GUY THAT HE BROUGHT IN STRICTLY FOR MICKEY JOSEPH.

ARNOLD BARNES, SAME THING.

THIS IS MICKEY JOSEPH GOING DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS, FINDING A RUNNING BACK HE LIKED FROM HIS CONTACTS.

NEBRASKA KIND OF PUSHED -- MOVED AWAY FROM HIM.

COLEMAN, KIND OF A SURPRISE BUT NOT REALLY.

THE ONLY REASON I SAY IT'S A SURPRISE, HE HELD A 45 MINUTE-TYPE CEREMONY.

GENERALLY WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE LENGTHS OF THAT KIND OF DEAL, YOU'RE COMMITTING MORE TO THE SCHOOL.

BUT I STILL LIKE NEBRASKA'S CHANCES.

I JUST THINK THEY WANT TO LEARN AND SEE MORE, NOW HE IS GOING TO PROBABLY VISIT MICHIGAN.

THAT IS THE PLAN.

AND THEN I THINK HE'S GOING TO COME BACK TO NEBRASKA AGAIN FOR ANOTHER VISIT.

WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES.

MALACHI WON'T HAVE TO SIGN UNTIL FEBRUARY.

>> RIGHT.

>> HE'S NOT AN EARLY ENROLLEE.

SO HE COULD KIND OF FLIP THINGS AND JANUARY COULD BE VERY BUSY FOR HIM, IF HE WANTS IT TO BE.

>> HE MIGHT JUST LIKE THE ATTENTION, THAT'S PART OF IT TOO.

HAYDEN MOORE, HOME VISIT?

>> YEAH, TONIGHT'S A REALLY BIG HOME VISIT, LINEBACKER FROM REGIS JESUIT IN AURORA, COLORADO.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> PROBABLY THE MOST UNDERRATED GUY IN THIS RECRUITING CLASS FOR NEBRASKA.

LOW THREE-STAR IN MOST OF THE SERVICES.

BUT HE'S GOT A&M, HE'S GOT MICHIGAN, HE'S GOT WISCONSIN.

ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT PUT OUT LINEBACKERS, WANT THIS GUY.

AND RIGHT NOW NEBRASKA AND MATT RHULE ARE OUT THERE FOR THEIR VISIT.

HE'S GOT AN UNOFFICIAL SETUP TO MICHIGAN AND AN OFFICIAL SETUP TO TEXAS A&M.

BUT HE TOLD US HE'S LEANING TOWARDS STAYING WITH NEBRASKA.

SO I THINK TONIGHT WILL BE REALLY BIG.

BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO KEEP HIM.

I THINK HE IS A VERY GOOD PLAYER IN THIS CLASS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT PORTAL OFFERS.

>> YEAH, NEBRASKA'S MADE FIVE SO FAR.

YOU KNOW, AND A FEW OF THESE, EVERYBODY'S OFFERED.

>> YUP.

>> CORNELIUS, THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OUT OF RHODE ISLAND.

I BELIEVE ON THREE, WE HAVE HIM NUMBER THREE OVERALL GUY IN THE PORTAL.

SO, THERE'S TWO KINDS OF PORTAL GUYS.

GUYS THAT GO IN THE PORTAL, THEN GUYS THAT GO IN THE PORTAL THAT LITERALLY EVERYBODY OFFERS.

>> EVERYBODY WANTS AND THAT'S HIM.

XAVIER GILROY, SAME DEAL.

HE'S GOT 20 -- I HAVEN'T CHECKED TODAY BUT HE HAS 20, 30 OFFERS PROBABLY.

HE IS ONE OF THE BEST RECEIVERS.

>> SAMORI TOURE KIND OF.

>> YEAH, SAMORI TOURE TYPE OF GUY.

>> RIGHT.

>> NOW ELIJAH JUDY, WITHIN THE PORTAL, 4-STAR TO PHILADELPHIA DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, HE IS GOING TO VISIT LINCOLN THIS WEEKEND.

>> RIGHT.

>> NEBRASKA'S IN A GREAT SPOT WITH HIM.

KEEGAN JOHNSON, I WAS JUST ON THE PHONE WITH HIS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL COACH, MIKE HUFFMAN.

YOU KNOW, HE'S GETTING A TON OF ATTENTION.

>> OH, I BET.

>> BUT I THINK FOUR TEAMS THAT ARE THE PLAYERS WITH KEEGAN JOHNSON, NOTRE DAME, K-STATE, NEBRASKA, AND THEN PURDUE.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE FOUR TEAMS TO WATCH.

NOW PURDUE -- >> AFTER YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH CHARLIE MOORE, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.

>> BUT JEFF BROHM, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> EXACTLY.

>> I THINK NOTRE DAME'S IN A GREAT SPOT.

NEBRASKA, I THINK HE WANTS TO SEE THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION.

SO, YEAH, THEY'RE GOOD SPOT.

AND THEN FINALLY, ANDRE CARTER, HE GOT TEN POWER FIVE OFFERS TODAY.

AND HE'S A DETROIT KID, HAD 7 SACKS, 70 TACKLES, WAS ARGUABLY THE BEST DEFENSIVE LINEMAN IN THE MAC.

SO HE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE CORNELIUS TYPE GUYS.

HE'S GONNA HAVE 40 OFFERS.

AND HE'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE PLAYING SOMEWHERE REALLY GOOD.

>> ON THE OTHER SIDE, ABOUT NINE GUYS TOTAL GOING TO THE PORTAL -- >> NINE SCHOLARSHIP GUYS IN THE PORTAL FOR NEBRASKA.

THE BIGGEST ONE AS WE KNOW IS ERNEST HAUSMANN.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT JUST WASN'T THERE.

HE DIDN'T REALLY SEE IT WITH THIS STAFF.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S TOUGH.

>> YOU KNOW, WE HAD HEARD ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY THIS WAS GOING DOWN.

AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE, "WOW, REALLY?"

>> AFTER THAT YEAR, YEAH.

>> YOU JUST DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.

BUT HE'S GOT 30 OR 40 OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, HE'S GOT EVERYBODY ON HIM.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO, USC, FLORIDA, WISCONSIN, YOU NAME IT, HE'S GOT MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES.

MICHIGAN.

DECOLDEST CRAWFORD I THINK WILL SURPRISE PEOPLE.

HE GOT HURT THIS YEAR.

HE'S A MICKEY JOSEPH GUY.

>> HE IS.

>> HAD A GREAT NIL COMMERCIAL.

THAT'S WHAT WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM FOR.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> BUT HE WAS BASICALLY GONE FOR THE LAST MONTH IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.

HE KIND OF HAD A FOOT OUT THE DOOR FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

BUT THE OTHER GUYS, NONE OF THOSE -- I WOULD CALL THOSE STANDARD -- NOW JAEDEN GOLD -- >> JAEDEN GOLD'S THE ONE GUY I LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE, THEY'VE GOT HIM LISTED AS WIDE RECEIVER.

HE'S MORE OF A SAFETY.

>> HE'S A DB.

>> YEAH, BUT THAT'S THE ONE GUY I LOOK AT AND SAY, OUTSIDE OF HAUSMANN, THAT REALLY COULD HAVE BEEN GOOD HERE, I THINK.

>> AND WE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT -- AND HE'S A NEW JERSEY GUY.

THAT SURPRISED ME IN THAT SENSE.

HEY, HERE'S A NEW JERSEY GUY, WE'VE GOT A STAFF OF SOME PRETTY GOOD NEW JERSEY CONNECTIONS.

AND HE'S OUT THE DOOR.

SO I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE SITUATION THERE.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU WOULD THINK MAYBE HE'S GOT SOMETHING ALREADY IN THE WORKS.

>> YEAH.

>> BECAUSE IF A GUY LIKE THAT GOES IN THE PORTAL, YOU'D THINK HE'S GOT A PLAN.

>> WHAT ABOUT THIS VISITORS THIS WEEKEND?

>> BIG WEEKEND.

RIGHT NOW 11 CONFIRMED VISITORS BETWEEN CURRENT COMMITS OF NEBRASKA, TARGETS, TRANSFER PORTAL GUYS.

YOU SAW JUDY.

COLEMAN'S GOING TO BE ON HIS OFFICIAL.

JAIDYN DOSS COMMIT.

MAVERICK NOONAN, GUNNAR GOTTULA, DYLAN ROGERS, KNOCK KNUTSON, SAM SLEDGE, ALL COMMITS.

KWIN IVES, RUNNING BACK, NEW TARGET.

>> YEAH.

>> BIG GUY, 6'3."

AND JAYLEN LLOYD, OMAHA WESTSIDE.

>> SPEED.

>> AND TRISTIAN ALVANO, KICKER, OMAHA WESTSIDE.

WE'VE GOT TO TELL DANA, THEY'RE GOING AFTER HIS WHOLE ROSTER AT WEST SIDE.

WEST SIDE HAD A GREAT TEAM.

AND THERE'S PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX -- YOU KNOW WATCH THOSE REZAK BROTHERS, TOO.

>> DEFINITELY, YEAH.

>> BOTH TEDDY AND ANTHONY ARE GOING TO BE GUYS.

BENNING, YOU GOT JONES -- THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT AT WEST SIDE.

AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TWO OF THOSE GUYS HERE THIS WEEKEND.

>> THANKS, SEAN.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

BE SURE TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK'S "SIDELINE SURVEY."

WILL NEBRASKA HAVE A WINNING RECORD IN 2023?

RIGHT NOW, THE YES'S HAVE IT.

38% SAYING YES.

14% SAYING NO.

15% SAYING NO BUT THEY'LL MAKE A BOWL GAME I GUESS AT 5-7.

AND THEN, ASK ME AGAIN IN AUGUST, 33% SAY THERE.

BE SURE TO GO TO THE "WRAP-UP" WEBSITE AND CAST YOUR VOTE.

IT'S ABOUT TIME TO WRAP-UP THE 2022 SEASON BY PICKING OUT SOME OF OUR STANDOUT PLAYERS AND MOMENTS.

WE'RE GONNA START WITH JAY, YOUR OFFENSIVE MVP PICK?

>> THIS WAS A TOUGH ONE.

OBVIOUSLY, TREY PALMER WAS THE FIRST TO COME TO MIND.

BUT I HAVE TO GIVE TO IT CASEY THOMPSON BECAUSE NEBRASKA COULD LITERALLY DO NOTHING OFFENSIVELY WITHOUT CASEY THOMPSON.

>> VERY TRUE.

HE HAS TO BE IT.

TREY GOES AS CASEY GOES.

SO, CASEY'S MY MAIN GUY FOR SURE OFFENSIVELY.

>> I'LL COUNTER THAT AND SAY, WITHOUT TREY, I DON'T THINK CASEY COULD HAVE HAD THE SEASON HE HAD.

>> TRUE.

>> I THINK THE SPEED OF TREY PALMER WAS THE MVP OF NEBRASKA.

IT PRODUCED THREE 150-YARD GAMES OF A RECEIVER, WHICH NO RECEIVER IN THE BIG TEN HAD, ON AN OFFENSE THAT WAS STATISTICALLY ONE OF THE WORST IN THE CONFERENCE.

>> YEAH.

>> SO, FOR ME, IT WAS TREY PALMER.

AND JUST THE BIG GAMES.

HE WON THEM, THE IOWA GAME, HE ARGUABLY ALMOST WON THE WISCONSIN GAME.

>> PURDUE GAME, TOO.

>> AND HE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE WON THEM THE PURDUE GAME.

>> I'M WITH YOU ON TREY PALMER.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT CASEY THOMPSON.

BUT WHEN YOU BREAK THE RECORD FOR MOST YARDAGE IN A SEASON AND PUT THAT KIND OF NUMBERS OUT, I'M WITH TREY AS WELL.

BUT DEFENSIVE MVP FOR YOU?

>> MINES GARRETT NELSON.

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK, THAT'S PROBABLY UNANIMOUS AMONGST US.

>> DO WE ALL GO THAT?

>> YEAH, I BELIEVE.

HIS ENERGY.

HE'S GOTTEN INCREMENTALLY BETTER YEAR BY YEAR.

HE'S ALWAYS HAD THE ENERGY.

JUST FULL OF PISS AND VINEGAR.

YOU KNOW?

>> YES, HE IS.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

SO HE -- I'VE GOT TO GIVE TO IT HIM.

HE EMBODIED -- I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE THE - DURING BUT EMBODIED WHAT BEING A -- IS ABOUT.

>> I'M STILL OWED A LUNCH BY A HIGH SCHOOL COACH IN THE STATE WHO TOLD ME HE WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY.

GARRETT NELSON FOR YOU?

>> YEAH, GARRETT NELSON.

JUST EVERYTHING HE BRINGS.

AS A LEADER, THE PASSION.

I MEAN, SEEING THAT MOMENT WITH HIM AFTER THE IOWA GAME WAS SPECIAL.

>> YEAH.

>> NOW THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S HIS PLAN?

HE HAS NOT REALLY SAID ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, IS HE GOING TO GO ON THE PORTAL?

IS HE GOING TO COME BACK?

>> I DON'T THINK HE'S A DRAFT PICK.

MAYBE HE COULD BE AN UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT.

BUT I THINK THE MOST HE COULD MAKE WOULD BE TO COME BACK HERE.

>> I THINK WITH NIL, HIS VALUE IS HERE.

>> SURE.

>> BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.

LIKE, WHAT OTHER TEAMS?

>> TRUE, HE'S SUCH A 'TWEENER NFL-WISE.

>> HE IS.

>> BUT HAS BEEN PORTRAYED AS AN OUTSIDE LINEBACKER IN A 3-4 OR IN 4-3 DEFENSE?

>> I DON'T THINK HE'D BE AN OUTSIDE LINEBACKER ON THE JOB.

>> THEY DIDN'T ASK HIM TO DO MUCH.

IT'S A TOUGH SPOT.

>> BEST GAME OF 2022 FOR YOU?

>> IOWA WITHOUT A DOUBT.

I MEAN, I JUST THINK GETTING THAT MONKEY OFF THE BACK OF NEBRASKA, 20-14, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

>> YEAH.

>> THINK ABOUT A KID IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA WENT FROM FIRST GRADE TO EIGHTH GRADE WITHOUT SEEING NEBRASKA BEAT IOWA.

>> WOW, WE DIDN'T NEED THAT, SEAN.

WE DIDN'T THAT.

>> WE PUT IT IN THOSE TERMS OF A YOUNG PERSON WATCHING NEBRASKA FOOTBALL, LIKE THAT'S A LOT OF YEARS OF KIDS NOT SEEING NEBRASKA BEAT IOWA.

SO THAT WAS SPECIAL.

>> PRE-K KID HASN'T SEEN NEBRASKA BEATING WISCONSIN IF YOU WANNA GO BACK THAT FAR.

>> THAT'S NEXT YEAR.

>> WAS IT IOWA FOR YOU?

>> YEAH, IT WAS IOWA FOR ME.

JUST OBVIOUSLY WITH THE RIVALRY THAT'S KIND OF BEEN BRED.

ESPECIALLY MOVING TO THE BIG TEN.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF IOWA FANS AND IOWA'S -- I WAS A NERVOUS WRECK IN THE LAST FOUR MINUTES OF THAT GAME.

WATCHING A 3-8 FOOTBALL TEAM.

SO THAT WAS -- TO PULL THAT ONE OUT, THAT WAS A BIG ONE FOR ME.

>> IT WAS PURDUE FOR ME.

AND I KNOW NEBRASKA LOST THE GAME, BUT BY FAR, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST FUN GAMES I WATCHED ALL YEAR.

NOT JUST NEBRASKA.

IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

THAT WAS A FUN GAME TO WATCH, THE WAY IT WAS GOING, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END.

AND IF NEBRASKA CAN MAKE ONE PLAY ON AN UNATHLETIC QUARTERBACK, 4th AND 1, MAYBE THEY WIN THAT GAME.

BUT THAT WAS FUN FOR ME.

ABD THEN MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT OF 2022 FOR YOU?

>> OH, MAN.

YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY, WATCHING MICKEY WALK OUT AGAINST OKLAHOMA, THAT WAS A PRETTY COOL MOMENT.

BUT I WOULD PROBABLY SAY THE IOWA GAME AS WELL.

JUST BEATING IOWA.

THAT'S BIG-TIME.

BUT THOSE ARE PROBABLY MY TWO MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF 2022.

>> MY MOMENT, IS WITHOUT A DOUBT GOING TO IRELAND.

AND JUST THAT STAGE, THAT SCENE.

SEEING ABOUT 15,000 NEBRASKA FANS TAKING OVER THE TEMPLE BAR DISTRICT.

THERE WERE PEOPLE BLASTING THE HUSKER FIGHT SONG ON BALCONIES OVER THE TOP OF THE TEMPLE BAR.

PEOPLE AROUND THERE LIKE, "WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?"

IT'S LIKE, MAN.

WALKING IN THE AIRPORT WHEN NEBRASKA LANDED IN DUBLIN, IRELAND, THERE'S THOUSANDS OF FANS THAT WERE LANDING AT THE SAME TIME.

AND THEN THE WHOLE AIRPORT WAS LIKE DOING "GO BIG RED."

THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS SHOW STILL ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

BECAUSE THE GREAT FANS.

AND THAT TRIP SHOWCASED REALLY THE FANS.

>> YEAH, FOR ME IT WAS AFTER THE IOWA GAME AND WATCHING THE PLAYERS RUN THE TROPHY AROUND TO THE FANS IN THE STANDS, TAKING PICTURES WITH THEM, LETTING THEM TOUCH IT.

GARRETT NELSON HUGGING MICKEY, TEARS COMING DOWN HIS EYES.

I MEAN, THAT WAS THE -- THE END OF THAT GAME -- WINNING WAS AWESOME.

THE REACTION AFTERWARDS WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE FOR ME.

>> VERY MUCH SO, I AGREE.

>> IT WAS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE LOOK BACK AT THIS YEAR, AND AGAIN, FOR MANY IT'S A LOST YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S 4-8, THERE'S NO BOWL GAME.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE FANBASE.

WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THIS TEAM, THESE COACHES.

I THINK IN THE END, THIS MIGHT -- I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN BUT MAYBE IT WAS THE BEST THING.

'CAUSE IF SCOTT FROST DOES GET TO A BOWL GAME, YOU HAVE ANOTHER YEAR OF THIS.

I'M NOT SURE THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE PROGRAM.

>> I CAN AGREE.

I THINK WHAT YOU SAW -- I KNOW THE TALENT ISN'T WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

THE DEVELOPMENT ISN'T WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

BUT IF YOU GET A COACH THAT CAN CAPTURE THE TEAM'S ATTENTION AND GET THEM TO BUY IN, YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES THAT CAN HAPPEN WITHIN THE YEAR.

>> YEAH.

>> THE WAY THE DEFENSE IS ABLE TO COMPLETELY DO A 180 AND GO FROM ONE OF THE WORST IN THE NATION TO -- YOU KNOW.

I MEAN, AT ONE TIME THEY WERE GIVING UP, WHAT, 35 POINTS A GAME?

>> YEAH, FIRST FOUR.

>> I THINK THEY FINISHED AT 24, AROUND THERE.

SO THAT'S A HUGE TURNAROUND.

I KNOW THEY DIDN'T PLAY SOME OF THE BEST OFFENSES IN THE BIG TEN.

BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- YOU'RE ABLE TO JUST CAPTURE WHAT THIS -- THE CHARACTER OF THE TEAM.

AND I THINK THE CHARACTER OF THIS TEAM IS VERY, VERY HIGH.

THE KIDS ARE WILLING TO GO TO WORK, PUT IN THE EFFORT.

IT'S JUST THAT YOU'VE GOT TO GET SOME BETTER DIRECTION.

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU GO WITH MATT RHULE.

>> IN THE END SEAN, MAYBE THIS SEASON WILL BE DEFINED BY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE PORTAL GUYS AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE RECRUITING CLASS.

>> YEAH, I MEAN -- HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FINISH THE STAFF?

BUT YEAH, THE PORTAL.

WHAT'S THE QUARTERBACK DEAL GOING TO BE?

IS IT CHUBBA PURDY, IS IT CASEY THOMPSON, IS IT SOMEBODY ELSE WE'RE NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT?

CASEY THOMPSON NEEDS SHOULDER SURGERY.

AND IF HE DOES NEED THE SHOULDER SURGERY, IT'S A SIX-MONTH RECOVER.

THAT'S A SIX-MONTH RECOVERY.

SO MATT RHULE IS NIL, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, ARE THEY GOING TO WANT TO INVEST IN CASEY THOMPSON, NOT KNOWING FOR SURE?

OR DO THEY WANT TO GO AFTER ANOTHER QUARTERBACK?

I MEAN, THAT IS PROBABLY MY BIGGEST INTRIGUING THING TO WATCH IS THE QUARTERBACK AND HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

AND WHO'S THE QUARTERBACK COACH RIGHT NOW?

IS IT JAKE PEETZ OR SOMEBODY ELSE.

>> RIGHT.

NOW SCHEDULED FOR NEXT YEAR, WE KIND OF SAW IT EARLIER.

BUT IT REALLY IS -- WE TALK ABOUT TOUGHNESS AT THE BEGINNING.

BUT I THINK IT'S MANAGEABLE.

'CAUSE ONCE YOU GET PAST MINNESOTA AND COLORADO, IF YOU CAN GO 1-1 THERE, NORTHERN ILLINOIS, LOUISIANA TECH.

YOU GO TO ILLINOIS, YEAH.

BUT YOU GET NORTHWESTERN.

>> AT HOME A LOT.

>> AT HOME, YEAH.

YOU'RE AT HOME A LOT AGAINST TEAMS THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BEAT.

THEN IOWA AGAIN AT THE END OF THE SEASON.

YOU GET THEM HERE.

SO IT'S MANAGEABLE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S HOW YOU GET STARTED, RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THIS TEAM HAS TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START.

WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THAT.

I MEAN, WE'VE LOST -- GOING BACK TO ALL THE OPENING GAMES, THE NORTHWESTERNS, THE COVID YEAR, ALL THAT STUFF.

YOU HAVE TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START.

AND JUST GET MOMENTUM.

MOMENTUM'S SUCH A BIG THING WITH YOUNG KIDS AND JUST IN THIS FOOTBALL PROGRAM IN GENERAL, WE'VE ALWAYS STUBBED OUR TOE EARLY IN THE YEAR.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO SOMEHOW GET OVER THAT HUMP.

ABD YOU SAW WHEN YOU GET MOMENTUM GOING, YOU KNOW, YOU BEAT INDIANA, YOU BEAT RUTGERS, IT'S LIKE -- OKAY.

>> YOU FELT GOOD.

>> IT FELT GOOD.

IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYONE.

SO HOPEFULLY GET OFF TO A GOOD START.

>> BURNING QUESTION, SEAN.

>> HOW WILL THINGS FINISH WITH NOT ONLY THE TRANSFER PORTAL BUT RECRUIT SIGNING DAY, AND HOW MANY GUYS IS HE GOING TO TAKE?

IS HE GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE OR HE'S GOING TO BE VERY SELECTIVE AND TRY TO BUILD THIS MAYBE HIS WAY?

>> WHAT'S THE IN-STATE RECRUITING GOING TO LOOK LIKE?

FINISHING OUT THE YEAR?

CAN THEY STILL GO IN AND SALVAGE SOME GUYS?

I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

OBVIOUSLY, NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, BEING A NEBRASKA GUY?

OR CAN THEY COME BACK IN, GET SOME OF THESE GUYS TO CHANGE THEIR TONE AND KEEP THEM HERE IN THE STATE?

>> HOW DOES HE FINISH OUT THE COACHING STAFF?

A COUPLE BIG NAMES.

WHO'S THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR?

THOSE ARE ALL QUESTIONS I'M SURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE NEXT TIME WE MEET FOR "THE RECRUITING SHOW."

THIS IS THE FINAL SHOW OF 2022, BUT WE'RE BACK ONE FINAL TIME IN 2023.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEW PLAYERS, COMMITS, AND TRANSFER PORTAL ADDITIONS AND OUR RECRUITING SPECIAL.

THAT'S THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd.

PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDARS RIGHT NOW.

NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA SPORTS HAS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ON TAP IN DECEMBER.

WE'LL BRING YOU THREE GAMES THIS MONTH STARTING THIS SATURDAY.

FRESH OFF A TOP 20 WIN OVER MARYLAND, THE HUSKERS WELCOMING SAMFORD TO PINNACLE BANK ARENA, TIP-OFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 6:00 P.M. CENTRAL.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18th, WYOMING COMES INTO LINCOLN.

AND WEDNESDAY, IT'S THE 21st, WE FEATURE THE JAYHAWKS FROM KANSAS VERSUS NEBRASKA.

A LOT OF GREAT BASKETBALL ACTION COMING YOUR WAY ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

OUR THANKS TO ADAM CARRIKER, DIRK CHATELAIN AND OUR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS IN THE CALL CENTER FOR JOINING US HERE TONIGHT.

FOR JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

♪ DIRK K I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON "BIG RED WRAP UP."