>>>IN NEBRASKA, SPRING IS A RENEWAL OF HUSKER FOOTBALL.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEWCOMERS, THE FRESHMEN, THE PORTAL ADDITIONS.

PLUS HOW THE HOW SETTLEMENT WILL AFFECT NEBRASKA FOOTBALL, WHERE ALL THOSE FORMER HUSKERS ENDED UP IN THE NFL.

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.

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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, THE VIEWER WE HAVE OUR PHONES STANDING BY.

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TIME FOR OUR SIDELINE SURVEY.

LAST TIME WE MET WITH YOU, WE ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD NEBRASKA'S RECORD BE IN 2025?

12 AND 0.

11 AND 1.

9 AND 3.

8 AND 4.

9 AND 3.

8 AND 4 77% WINS.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE MOST PEOPLE ARE RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE'LL CHAT ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THE SHOW.

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION WHAT TRANSFER ARE YOU LOOKING MOST FORWARD TO SEEING PLAYING DANE KEY, NYZIAH HUNTER, THE TWO WIDE RECEIVERS ROCCO SPINDLER, ELIJAH PRITCHETT,TWO OFFENSIVE LINEMEN DASAN MCCULLOUGH WHO EVERYTHING WILLIAMS NWANERI OR OTHER.

WE'LL LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WELL.

WE'LL WELCOME THE BOYS IN.

OF COURSE, FORMER HUSKERS JAY MOORE, DAMON BENNING AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

FIRST OF ALL, DID YOU GO ON SATURDAY?

>>I DID NOT GO.

>>IF YOU DID GO.

IF YOU WOULD HAVE GONE, WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE CATCHING PUNTS?

>>I TELL YOU WHAT, THERE'S TWO BRAVE SOULS.

I DID A HE'S DONE A THOUSAND TIMES.

I'VE TRIED BEFORE.

YEAH.

AND IT'S HARD.

SO, LIKE, ALL THE GRIEF GONG, IT'S NOT FAIR.

YEAH, I'VE DONE IT.

IT'S HARD.

JUST STAND BACK THERE AND REMEMBER, IT WAS WINDY, >>IT WAS VERY WINDY.

>>IT'S JUST DIFFICUL, WINDY.

>>LIKE THAT'S THE WORLD.

>>THAT'S NEBRASKA.

>>THAT'S DIFFICULTY.

CORRECT.

RIGHT.

SO NO THAT'S I WOULD LISTEN I WOULD PUT MYSELF OUT THERE.

>>YEAH.

>>AND I WOULD HAVE TRIED BUT I'M GLAD THAT AND ASKED ME, HEY, YOU KNOW THAT MUCH?

>>YEAH.

I'M NOT FAMOUS ENOUGH TO GET ASKED.

A DAMON.

FAVORITE PLAYER IN TERMS OF THE NEWCOMERS?

>>I'M GOING TO GO WITH PRITCHETT.

>>OH, LOOKS THE PART.

>>AND I THINK HE'S INTERESTING.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT.

HAS A LITTLE TO DO WITH HIS PLAY AND LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE OF THIS AS A TACKLE.

BUT FOR ME, I THINK HE'S INTERESTING HOW HE'S KIND OF INGRATIATED HIMSELF.

AND THEN NEBRASKA'S CULTURE VERY DIFFERENT SURROUNDINGS COMING FROM TUSCALOOSA.

YEAH, I THINK HE'S VERY INTERESTING IN TERMS OF HIS THOUGHT PROCESS.

ON THE CAMARADERIE AND MOVING AS ONE.

THIS UNIT KNOWN AS THE O-LINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, I THINK IS PRETTY INTRIGUING.

>>YEAH, HIS INTERVIEW WAS REALLY GOOD.

TALKING ABOUT THE UNITY, COMING OVER HERE AT NEBRASKA, FAVORITE NEWCOMER?

>>I'M GOING TO GO TO THE WIDE RECEIVER ROOM, OR YOU CAN GO WITH A LOT OF THOSE GUYS.

YEAH, I JUST THINK DANE KEY TO GET AN ESTABLISHED PLAYER WITH HIS BACKGROUND, HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS, IS HARD TO FIND IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL.

AND IT'S WHAT NEBRASKA NEEDED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY LOST SOME OF THE KEY GUYS THEY HAVE.

I MEAN, FOR DYLAN RAIOLA TO BE WHAT WE THINK HE CAN BE, I THINK YOU NEED A KIND OF A TRUE ALPHA RECEIVER, AND THERE'S A FEW OF THOSE GUYS, BUT I REALLY LIKE DANE KEY AND THE POTENTIAL THAT HE COULD BRING TO THIS OFFENSE.

SORRY I DIDN'T GIVE YOU A CHANCE THERE.

>>NO, I THAT'S FINE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I DON'T WANT I WOULD JUST AGREE WITH DAMON.

I'M GONNA SAY WITH THE O-LINE, I THINK IN ROCCO SPINDLER FROM NOTRE DAME, HIS ABILITY TO PLAY MULTIPLE POSITIONS, YOU CAN KIND OF PLUG HIM AND PLAY IN INTO THE INTERIOR.

NOT PREDOMINANTLY A TACKLE, PER SE.

BUT I THINK THAT ADDITION THERE, MAYBE THE ONE B HE HAS SOME ROOM TO GROW STILL TO GET THERE, BUT, I MEAN, JUST WATCHING NWANERI WORK.

AND THIS IS HIS UPSIDE IN HIS FRAME AND HIS GOD GIVEN TALENTS.

>>YEAH.

>>THAT HE COULD BE SPECIAL.

HE NEEDS.

HE NEEDS TO MATURE A LITTLE BIT.

HE'S NOT QUITE THERE, BUT JUST SEEING WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD COME WITH WHAT HE HAS IS, HE COULD BE VERY SPECIAL.

>>AS A YOU KNOW, MY AFFINITY FOR JAY, HIS ABILITY TO CRITIQUE D-LINE, HE USUALLY PLAYS IT PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BEST.

BUT I GOT A CHANCE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH HIM OUT OF PRACTICE, AND I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT YOU WERE IMPRESSED WITH ATHLETIC, HIS ATHLETICISM AND HOW FLUID HE WAS.

BECAUSE, I MEAN, LISTEN, YOU'VE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT.

IT'S HARD.

BUT YOU LOOK AT HIS LENGTH, HIS ARMS, IF HE FIGURES IT OUT, HE IS A IT'S NOT VERY MANY PLAYERS THEY HAVE THAT CAN MAKE KEONA DAVIS LOOK NORMAL.

>>YEAH.

>>BECAUSE HE'S REALLY THE FREAK.

>>YEAH.

>>BUT THE NWANERI HE IS.

>>YEAH.

>>THAT WINGSPAN.

>>THAT DRILL THEY HAD WHERE THEY SAID THE TWO DUMMIES AND YOU GOT TO WORK IN TOUGH QUARTERS.

>>THEY WOULD HAVE >>I MEAN IF YOU DID THAT DRILL.

>>OH I MEAN I'D TORN HAMSTRING ACHILLES RIGHT THERE RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE LIKE OH MY ROTATOR CUFF.

>>ROTATOR.

>>OH YEAH I MEAN.

YEAH YEAH IT'S A HARD DRILL.

THEY DO.

THE, NEW D-LINE COACH ADDI IS THE ONE WATCHING THEM WORK.

YEAH, IT'S A VERY HARD DRILL.

AND HE HANDLED IT LIKE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A VET.

>>BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT HUFFKIN MAKES THEM BOTH LOOK SMALL.

LET'S GO.

WE'RE GOING TO GO POSITION BY POSITION.

HE'S A BEAST.

WE'RE GOING TO GO POSITION BY POSITION TO START WITH QUARTERBACK.

DID WE LEARN ANYTHING DAMON FROM WHAT YOU SAW ON SATURDAY ABOUT THE RESERVE GUYS.

>>YEAH I THINK IT WAS TOUGH RIGHT.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO KIND OF IN A SCRIMMAGE LIKE THAT, YOU NEED THE OFFENSIVE LINE TO BE KIND OF A COHESIVE UNIT.

AND I THINK THEY STRUGGLED UP FRONT A LITTLE BIT WITH WITH SOME OF THE GUYS UP FRONT THAT THEY WERE GOING AGAINST.

I MEAN, MASON GOLDMAN, >>HE'S LIKE, >>YEAH, HE'S A GOOD PLAYER AND HE'S GOING TO BE A GOOD PLAYER.

AND I THINK HE WAS KIND OF HAVING HIS WAY.

YOU GET GUYS LIKE HOFFMAN WHO WE WATCHED OF WEARING THOSE SIZE 20S.

I MEAN HE IS HE'S A GIFTED NATURAL PASS RUSHER.

IT'S JUST HARD FOR THOSE QUARTERBACKS TO KIND OF FLOURISH.

BUT ONE THING I DID LIKE I KIND OF LIKE TJ LAEEF POISE AND HIS FEEL FOR HIS ABILITY TO KIND OF MOVE AND MANIPULATE THE POCKET A LITTLE BIT, I LIKE THAT.

>>YEAH, IT'S LIKE KIND OF YELLING ALL LAST YEAR OCCASIONALLY TO RAIOLA JUST GO, JUST RUN.

AND HE WAS DOING THAT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GRAHAM STAFFORD AS THE BACKUP?

DO YOU THINK ONE OF THE TWO OTHER GUYS HAVE A CHANCE TO MAYBE MOVE UP?

>>YEAH, I THINK GRAHAM SAID.

BEING A SIX YEAR GUY, IT'S IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE STORY.

I MEAN, A YEAR AGO AT THIS TIME, HE WAS WORKING AT A GOLF COURSE IN ORANGE CITY, IOWA, PLAYING SPRING FOOTBALL AN NAIA POWER AND HE JUST TOOK A BET ON HIMSELF.

SHOWED UP TO NEBRASKA'S POST-GRADUATE CAMP UNANNOUNCED, PAID THE 50 BUCKS.

HE EVEN ATTENDED NEBRASKA'S COACHES CLINIC.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MOVIE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE STORY OF THIS KID.

CAME TO THE COACHES CLINIC AS AN ATTENDEE AND WENT TO THE TRYOUT CAMP AND EARNED A ROSTER SPOT.

AND HERE WE ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT HIM AS THE NUMBER TWO.

HE GOT HONORED.

I SAW ON SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE SAM FOLTZ AWARD AS WELL.

SO I THINK FOR HIM, IT'S GONE ABOUT AS WELL AS IT CAN GO.

YOU KNOW, HE'S SMART ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UNDERSTANDS THE GAME OF FOOTBALL.

HE'S PLAYED A LOT OF SNAPS IN HIS CAREER.

I THINK HE'S THE PERFECT GUY FOR THIS SITUATION.

YOU HOPE DYLAN CAN GET THROUGH THIS YEAR AND GRAHAM SANS MATURITY CAN BE THERE FOR DYLAN WHILE THE OTHER GUYS CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FOUR GAME REDSHIRT RULE AS WELL.

IF ANY OF THOSE GUYS WERE CALL UPON.

>>I REALLY WORRY ABOUT HIS ARM STRENGTH IN THE WINDY DAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN THROW THROUGH THOSE MEMORIAL STADIUM WINDS.

WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING FROM RAIOLA THIS YEAR?

WHAT GROWTH FROM FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEAR?

>>WELL, OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE MORE.

YOU GONNA BE MORE COMFORTABLE IN THIS OFFENSE?

YOU KNOW, GOT LAST FIVE, SIX GAMES WITH HOLGORSEN.

BUT JUST BECAUSE HE'S MATURED, RIGHT?

I MEAN, IT WAS THROWN INTO THIS.

AND BEING A YOUNG, I KNOW THE PEDIGREE HE'S COME FROM, BUT HIS ABILITY TO NOW JUST PROCESS THINGS QUICKER, EVERYTHING'S WAS SLOW DOWN FOR A LITTLE BIT.

TAKING CARE OF HIS BODY A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

LOWER MOBILE, LEARNING HOW TO TAKE HITS WITH THE RIGHT WAY.

BUT JUST.

HE'S GOT A FLOURISH.

I THINK JUST WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE TWO GUYS WE JUST ALLUDED TO EARLIER ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE, THE KEY ADDITIONS AT THE WIDE RECEIVER POSITION, AND THEN YOU GET THE RUNNING BACK, WHICH IS I MEAN, WE KNOW EM.

IT'S ONE A, BUT THERE ARE SOME THERE'S A STABLE OF GUYS NOW AT THAT POSITION WHO CAN REALLY DO SOME THINGS.

AND HE JUST YOU'RE JUST SEE HIM JUST BECOME MORE COMFORTABLE AND JUST BE DYLAN.

I DON'T THINK HE HAS TO.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ASK HIM TO DO TOO MUCH.

I THINK JUST THE WEAPONS AROUND HIM AND OFFENSIVE LINE PRODUCTION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET, BE VASTLY IMPROVED.

I DON'T THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, COMPARING, YOU KNOW, HIS FRESHMAN YEAR TO MAYBE THIS YEAR.

UNLESS YOU'RE TOTALLY LOOKING AT IT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE, ULTRA EVIDENT TO EVERYONE'S EYES, BUT I THINK, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF GOOD GROWTH, GOOD HEALTHY GROWTH.

AND, JUST ANOTHER YEAR WITH THE HOLGORSEN IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPRESSIVE.

>>LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RUNNING BACK ROOM STEALING A LIVE FROM OCEAN'S 11.

I NEED ONE MORE.

DO YOU NEED TO GET ONE MORE?

>>MAYBE IT'S IT'S PREDICATED ON THEIR HEALTH.

THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS SOMEBODY HAS TO EMERGE AS HAVING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT STYLE.

THE GUY THAT KIND OF RUNS BEHIND THEIR PADS, IS A REAL GOOD CREASE GUY WITH LIKE, DUO AND CAN REALLY HIT A CREASE, LIKE NOT NECESSARILY A POWER BACK, BUT THEY HAVE THOSE SHIFTY GOOD FOOTWORK GUYS.

WELL IVES HAS PROBABLY THE BEST FRAME.

HE'S THE BIGGEST STILL LEARNING TO KIND OF RUN BEHIND HIS PADS.

I THINK MEKHI NELSON IS THE BEST NATURAL RUNNER OF THE THREE, BUT EMMETT IS THE MOST COMPLETE.

SO AS LONG AS THEY STAY HEALTHY, WHICH IS DIFFICULT TO DO.

I MEAN, YOU PROBABLY PLAY FOUR RUNNING BACKS IN ANY GIVEN SEASON, SOMETIMES FIVE.

BUT THE GREAT DEBATE IS DO YOU NEED 5 OR 6 SCHOLARSHIP GUYS IN THE BACK?

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A RIGHT ANSWER, BUT IT STARTS WITH HOW HEALTHY THEY ARE.

>>SHOWN ABOUT THE FRESHMAN.

>>YEAH, IT'S REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET A GREAT RECONNOR BOOTH OBVIOUSLY CAME OFF A KNEE INJURY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD THAT HE JUST WENT THROUGH SPRING BALL AND AND GOT THOSE REPS.

BUT PARKER, YOU KNOW, JUST WITH THE STUFF THAT HE WAS BATTLING, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF PRACTICE REPS. AND SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY BOTH WOULD APPEAR TO BE GUYS THAT COULD REDSHIRT THIS YEAR.

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW I MEAN WHAT THE SUMMER COULD BRING I WAS REALLY HOPING TO GET A BETTER FEEL FROM ON JAMARION PARKER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK HE BATTLED SOME STUFF AS A FRESHMAN, AND, AND WE'LL SEE HOW THE SUMMER TURNS OUT FOR HIM AS HE GETS MORE ACCLIMATED TO LIFE IN NEBRASKA.

>>IT BE NICE TO SEE IF CONOR BOOTH COULD DO IT HE HAS, I HATE TO SAY, SNEAKY ATHLETIC, BUT WHEN HE DOES THINGS ON THE FIELD.

>>IT'S NOT SNEAK.

IT'S NOT.

>>I KNOW YOU LOOK AT HIM, YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, OKAY, THIS GUY CAN RUN OVER PEOPLE.

HE CAN RUN PAST PEOPLE.

DOESN'T GET CAUGHT FROM BEHIND.

>>PLAYER.

>>YEAH.

>>HE CAN TRACK A BALL.

HE'S GOT GOOD HIPS TO BE, TO HAVE THOSE THICK HIPS.

HE'S.

HE'S A REALLY GOOD ATHLETE.

HE'S HE'S HE'S A TOUGH KID TOO.

SO I LIKE THE FACT HE'D BE A GOOD DUO GUY.

>>THEY BELIEVE VINCE GENATONE TO RUNNING.

>>I SAW THAT YEAH.

>>YEAH I, I LIKE.

I LIKE GENATONE AND WHERE IN THE 30.

>>WELL HE'S A GREAT ATHLETE >>I MEAN HE'S A HAMMER TO PLAYS THE GAME THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED.

>>YEAH.

10.5, 10.4 10.50, AND OBVIOUSLY AT HIS SIZE STATE CHAMP WRESTLER.

>>YEAH.

>>LET'S GET TO THE WIDE RECEIVERS A LOT OF NEWCOMERS A LOT OF THEM.

BUT DANE KEY'S THE GUY KEEPS GETTING BROUGHT UP.

HE LOOKS THE PART WHEN YOU SEE HIM.

EVEN OUT OF PADS.

HE LOOKS THE PART.

>>YEAH.

JUST THE PHYSICALITY IN NEBRASKA HAS MORE AND MORE OF THOSE GUYS.

JUST BEING ALL PRACTICE LAST WEEK JUST SEEMED LIKE, OKAY, THE PIECES ARE GOING TO COME TOGETHER JUST ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

DANE KEY.

LOOKS, THE PART, CORTEZ MILLS LOOKS THE PART, THE HUNTER LOOKS THE PART.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT BARNEY CAN DO, BUT, YEAH, JUST HIS PHYSICAL PRESENCE.

YOU KNOW, HE CAN LINE YOU UP INSIDE.

OUTSIDE.

A GUY CAN GO GET IT, BUT JUST A GOOD POSSESSION GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN RELY ON HIM.

AND DYLAN'S USED TO HAVING SOME BIGGER FRAMED, WIDE CATCH RADIUS GUYS WITH SOME RECEIVERS LAST YEAR BETWEEN NEYOR AND BANKS.

HE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THESE TRUSTY GUYS.

YOU KNOW YOU CAN YOU'RE GONNA THROW IT TO YOU CAN GO UP AND GET IT.

>>BE IT IS IT KEY, MILLS, BARNEY, BONNER, HUNTER AND MOZEE.

ARE THOSE YOUR SIX.

>>YEAH, I WOULD SAY THOSE ARE THE SIX AND NOT IN THAT ORDER.

I THINK THE GUY THAT KIND OF GETS OVERLOOKED, IT DOES A LOT OF EVERYTHING.

IS.

IS BONNER.

PRETTY.

COMPLETE?

>>YEP.

>>STEADY OF THE PUPS.

I WOULD PROBABLY I PROBABLY LIKE MILLS JUST SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF MOZEE BECAUSE MILLS HAS BEEN A LITTLE HEALTHIER, BUT BOTH PRETTY TALENTED.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT THAT THEY BOTH GET TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

DIFFERENT PLAYERS.

YOU KNOW MILLS IS HE'S A TOUGH TRAFFIC GUY.

AND MOZEE GROWN QUITE A BIT SINCE LAST WINTER.

HE'S HE'S PHYSICALLY HE LOOKS MUCH MORE PREPARED.

BUT I, I LIKE HUNTER MORE THAN MOST.

I GET IT, KEY GETS A LOT OF THE BURN AS HE SHOULD BE.

HE'S A GOOD PLAYER.

BUT I LIKE HUNTER'S TOUGHNESS.

HE IS COMPETITIVE.

AND AS YOU SAW THE OTHER DAY.

>>HE'S GOT A LOT OF KNOW ABOUT IT TOO.

>>HE'S NOT AFRAID TO GIVE IT TO.

HE IS NOT, YOU KNOW.

>>hE'LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.

>>THE OFFENSE FINALLY HAS SOME GUYS THAT WILL CLAP BACK A LITTLE BIT WHEN THE DEFENSE IS TRYING TO BULLY HIM, AND HUNTER LEADS THE WAY.

>>WHAT ABOUT THOSE OTHER GUYS?

AND QUINN CLARK IS A GUY THAT WE TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.

WHO ELSE YOU SEE OUTSIDE OF THOSE SIX, SEAN?

>>I MEAN IT'S YOU'LL GET SOME FRESH FROM THAT JEREMIAH JONES WHEN HE ARRIVED >>WHEN HE GETS HERE.

>>YEAH.

JACKSON CARPENTER BATTLE INJURY ALL SPRING.

BUT JEREMIAH JONES IS THE ONE THAT'S NOT HERE.

THAT REALLY INTRIGUES ME.

JUST BASED ON THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER IN KENTUCKY.

BUT YEAH.

QUINN CLARK, YOU PLAYED ON SATURDAY IN THE SCRIMMAGE, WHICH, YEAH, I WON'T SAY IT WAS TELLING, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE GUYS THAT SAT OUT WERE THE SIX DAMIAN MENTIONED AND A GUY LIKE CLARK GOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.

BUT YOU SEE THE POTENTIAL.

YOU SEE THE UPSIDE OF WHAT QUINN CLARK CAN BE.

AND HE'S A 2 TO 3 YEAR INVESTMENT.

AND I DO THINK IF IF HE BUYS INTO LIKE WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR HIM, HE IS GOING TO BE A GOOD PLAYER.

>>TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE HARDEST POSITIONS IN FOOTBALL.

NOW GO TO TIGHT END WHERE YOU'RE EXPECTED TO DO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS IS LOOKED LIKE IN MEYER FOR YOU, THE GUY THAT YOU'RE MOST INTERESTED IN OR WHO IS?

>>YEAH, I THINK SO.

I MEAN, HE IS YEAH.

I THINK YOU SAW HIM EVOLVE.

>>YEP.

>>OBVIOUSLY WE KNEW ABOUT THOMAS D'ONOFRIO IN HIS ABILITY AND HIS ATHLETICISM.

BUT I THINK YOU SEE HIM AND JUST THE DOES NOTHING, ULTRA FLASHY, BUT USE A GUY YOU CAN TRUST ON.

HE CAN.

HE CAN BLOCK IN LINE.

HE CAN.

YOU CAN CATCH IT.

THOSE THE TIGHT END DELAYS THAT THEY USE LINDENMEYER ON LOVE THOSE PLAYS A LITTLE WRINKLE THAT HOLGORSEN RAN.

YEAH.

UGLY HARBOR GETTING THROWN IN THE MIX.

I KNOW CARTER WAS HURT.

THE SPRING DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO EVOLVE.

YEAH.LINDENMEYER IS YOUR GUY THAT YOU CAN TRUST ON?

HE'S YOUR.

HE'S YOUR KEY GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET WITH HIM.

HAARBERG HAS GOT TO EVOLVE.

I THINK THAT ATHLETICISM THERE AND HE'LL BE UTILIZED.

BUT THIS IS HIS FIRST FULL YEAR OF PLAYING A TIGHT END.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE ATHLETICISM THERE IS, IS VASTLY THERE.

AGAIN, YOU GOT TO STAY HEALTHY.

THE YOUNG YOU KNOW IT'S GOT TO MATURE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT LINDENMEYER YOU KNOW HE'S YOUR STAPLE GUY.

YOU KNOW IT'S YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING TO GET WITH HIM.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED.

OLD RELIABLE AT THAT SPOT.

>>FOR HAARBERG IN THAT FIRST YEAR FULL TIME TIGHT END.

WHAT'S THE BIGGEST ADJUSTMENT.

HE'S GOT TO MAKE.

>>END LINE BLOCKING.

IT'S DARK IN THERE.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO USE YOUR HANDS.

HE HAS TO UNDERSTAND.

GOOD PAD LEVEL AND YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING.

ALL RIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S THE PART THAT WILL COME THE QUICKEST TO HIM BECAUSE HE IS SO COMPETITIVE.

BUT WHEN I SAY DARK, IT'S QUICK COLLISIONS.

IT'S IT'S THE ABILITY TO USE YOUR HANDS.

REALLY GOOD HAND PLACEMENT.

BUT TIGHT ENDS IS THE ONE ROOM I DON'T REALLY WORRY ABOUT.

THEY'RE WELL-COACHED.

AND YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR PRODUCTION IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT, THERE AREN'T A LOT OF OTHER POSITION GROUPS ON THIS FOOTBALL TEAM THAT CAN SAY, EVERYBODY'S GOTTEN BETTER.

>>YEP.

>>RIGHT.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET MARKWAY BACK HEALTHY.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET CONNOR NELSON OR CARTER NELSON BACK HEALTHY.

LINDENMEYER MYERS BECOME A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLAYER UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF THIS STAFF WHERE HE'S BECOME COMPLETE.

YOU GOT ERIC ANDERSON, WHO'S PROBABLY THE ONE THAT'S NOT LIKE THE OTHERS BECAUSE HE'S THE BIGGEST AND THE STRONGEST >>THEY LOOKED GOOD ON SATURDAY.

>>OF THE BUNCH.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE TIGHT END ROOM.

BUT FOR HAARBERG IN PARTICULAR, THE END LINE STUFF, I THINK, AND HOW THEY UTILIZE HIM, CAN HE BE A GOOD DUO GUY?

WELL, THEY SLIP HIM OUT IN THE BACKFIELD BECAUSE HE'S NOT ONE OF THOSE GUYS IN MY OPINION.

YOU'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, 30 CATCHES FOR, YOU KNOW, SIX A CATCH.

I THINK YOU'RE THINKING MATCHUPS CHUNK PLAYS.

YOU KNOW I SEE THIS GUY AS A 2025 CATCH GUY FOR THREE 350 YARDS.

I THINK YOU TAKE THAT WITH HAARBERG IN HIS EVOLUTION.

>>GET CARTER NELSON.

OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING HIM SINCE HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND A GREAT ATHLETE.

WHERE DO YOU SEE HIM IN TERMS OF FITTING IN?

>>I THINK WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS HOW HE'LL RETURN.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GOOD SIGN TO SEE HIM SPRINTING OUT OF THE TUNNEL AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BOUNCING AROUND.

YOU KNOW, HE'S OUT OF COMMISSION RIGHT NOW.

BUT WHAT DOES THE CARTER NELSON LOOK LIKE WHEN HE GETS INTO THE SUMMER DRILLS.

HOW DOES HE COME BACK OFF THAT HIP, SURGERY THAT HE WENT UNDER?

AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE THOUGHT IS HE'LL BE A FULL GOAL THIS SUMMER, BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW HOW A GUY IS GOING TO COME BACK FROM THAT.

HE'S NEVER EXPERIENCED A MAJOR INJURY IN HIS LIFE BEFORE, BUT WE KNOW HE CAN BE AN X FACTOR IF HE'S HEALTHY.

AND YOU KNOW, HE PLAYED IN THE BOWL GAME.

I MEAN, HE HE JUST KIND OF HAD A BATTLE THROUGH THAT PAIN.

AND THEN THEY HAD THE SURGERY AFTER THE BOWL GAME WAS OVER.

>>YEAH I THINK SO.

ONE OF THE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THOSE GUYS AND I WOULD THROW HAARBERG INTO THIS BUNCH AND AND CARTER NELSON AS A YOUNG TIGHT END, IT'S ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AT A HIGH LEVEL, WHEN YOU MAY NOT BE AS USED TO BEING OPEN.

RIGHT.

THERE'S A LOT MORE.

THERE'S A LOT MORE CONTESTED CATCHES.

THERE'S NOT AS MUCH SEPARATION.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO REALLY GET ACCUSTOMED TO NOT OPERATING IN SPACE.

>>YEAH.

LET'S TALK SOME, OFFENSIVE LINE AND WHAT WE GOT INTO A LITTLE BIT WITH TWO OF THE NEWCOMERS.

BUT IN TERMS OF THAT RIGHT TACKLE SPOT, YOU SEE, YOU HEAR SO MANY NAMES GOING AROUND.

RIGHT.

LUTOVSKY.

HE'S ONE I GET THROWN AROUND A LOT TO DO WE HAVE A FEEL AT ALL WHO MIGHT LINE UP AT THAT RIGHT TACKLE SPOT?

>>I MEAN HE PERFORMED WELL OBVIOUSLY HE PUT IN THERE LAST YEAR.

HE'S HE'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

YOU KNOW, I JUST YOU'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE GUYS WHO WERE HURT LAST YEAR.

YOU KNOW THE, YOU KNOW CORCORAN AND TEDDY BUT YOU JUST YOU DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, IS IT, CAN YOU RELY ON THEM AS THE GUYS THAT DEAL WITH THE INJURIES?

BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, WITH PROCHAZKA THROWN IN THERE.

AND THEN GUNNER GOTTULA, OBVIOUSLY.

YEAH.

AS A AS ANOTHER OPTION.

THOSE GUYS, YOU KNOW, WORK DAY ONE STARTERS LAST YEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF INJURIES WERE THROWN IN THERE, I THOUGHT THEY PERFORMED WELL.

SO I LOVE THE COMPETITION.

THE FACT THAT THE DEPTH AT THIS POSITION IS I THINK IT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

BUT THE COMPETITION IS THERE.

I MEAN, YOU GOT TO BE FIGHT.

YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T SLIP UP AT ALL.

OTHERWISE YOU'LL BE YOU'LL BE KNOCKED DOWN A PEG.

SO I LOVE THAT ASPECT OF IT.

BUT I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, YOU KNOW, PROCHAZKA AND GOTTULA STEPPING INTO THAT RIGHT TACKLE POSITION.

I HAVE FULL TRUST THEM NO DOUBT.

>>AND YOU GOT PROCHAZKA.

YOU GOT KNAAK.

IF YOU CAN KEEP LUOVSKY INSIDE AND GO WITH LITTLE KEY.

JUSTIN EVANS AND SPINDLER, YOU KNOW, MOVE SOME PEOPLE.

I MEAN, THOSE GUYS CAN GET A HEAD ON THAT AND AND MOVE SOME GUYS.

BUT I THINK KEEP AN EYE MAYBE ON CORCORAN HE'S KIND OF FLYING UNDER THE RADAR COMING OFF AN INJURY.

BUT HE'S GOT REALLY GOOD SIZE.

HE'S GOT EXPERIENCE.

HE'S GOT A GOOD TOUGHNESS.

>>JUSTIN EVANS OBVIOUSLY IT SEEMS LIKE LISTEN EVERYBODY, HE'S KIND OF TOOK TAKING CONTROL OF A LEADERSHIP ROLE.

>>YEAH I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE MORE POSITIVE ELEMENTS SINCE THE BOWL GAME.

JUST TO SEE HIM EMERGE AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THAT CENTER POSITION BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S SUCH A BIG PART OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

AND I THINK THE DEVELOPMENT PATH FOR EVANS HAS BEEN PERFECT TO GO NOW INTO HIS FOURTH YEAR.

HE'S KIND OF GRADUALLY GOTTEN TO THIS POINT.

THEY DIDN'T THROW HIM OUT THERE TOO QUICKLY.

AND I THINK HE'S GOTTEN BETTER AND BETTER EACH YEAR.

AND THIS IS THE NATURAL MOVE.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME THOUGHT, OH, MAYBE IT COULD BE SLEDGE.

BUT TO SEE EVANS STEP UP AND TAKE OVER THAT CENTER ROLE, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY NOW ABOUT WHAT IS THAT FIFTH AND FINAL SPOT LOOK LIKE.

IS IT LOOK AT RIGHT TACKLE.

AND IF IT'S NOT HIM AT RIGHT TACKLE DOES HE GO TOO.

HE GOES BACK TO GUARD.

AND THEN WHO CAN PLAY THAT THAT RIGHT TACKLE SPOT.

AND I THINK CORCORAN IS STILL SOMEBODY YOU HAVE TO WATCH CLOSELY.

I THINK ONCE HE COMES BACK HE COULD EVEN PLAY THE GUARD.

>>JUST STAY INSIDE >>PLAY INSIDE.

AND RAIOLA WITH HIS NFL BACKGROUND AS A COACH YOU KNOW HE'S ALL ABOUT CROSS-TRAINING THESE GUYS.

SO YOU'LL SEE I THINK SOME DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS AS THEY GET THE FULL GROUP BACK.

>>TO SWITCH YOU GUYS UP.

YOU KIND OF SAID IT EARLIER.

TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT SPINDLER.

>>I LIKE SPINDLER AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.

OBVIOUSLY HE'S A GUY THAT IS A GREATER.

HE'S YOUR HE'S YOUR PROTOTYPICAL GUARD WHERE HE'S HEAVY HANDED.

HE CAN MOVE YOU.

NOW WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH SITUATIONAL PASS PROTECTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT FOR THOSE INTERIOR GUYS, THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO KIND OF BE A THING.

IT TAKES A SPECIAL GUY TO BE ABLE TO TO BE REALLY ADEPT AT BOTH.

AND THERE USED TO BE PLAYING ON SUNDAYS, BUT FOR SPINDLER, I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT, HE CAN MOVE BODIES.

AND I THINK NEBRASKA REALLY WANTS TO ESTABLISH TOUGHNESS IN RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IN THE PASSING GAME IS PREDICATED OFF THE RUN ACTION.

AND IF YOU CAN RUN THE BALL AND RUN IT INSIDE, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR WHAT YOU CAN DO OFFENSIVELY.

>>YOU TAKE PRITCHETT.

>>YEAH, YEAH I MEAN LOOK AT WHAT I LIKE ABOUT SPINDLER AND PRITCHETT.

I LOVE THE FACT YOU GUYS HAVE COME FROM VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS.

THE COMPETITIVENESS.

YOU KNOW, WHAT IT TAKES, TO WIN AND, YEAH, THESE THESE GUYS ARE ULTRA TALENTED.

I LOVE THAT ASPECT OF IT.

THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR, YOU KNOW, PLAYING AT NOTRE DAME, PLAYING AT ALABAMA.

THEY'VE PLAYED IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF.

BUT GAMES PLAYED IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES COMPETED AT A HIGH LEVEL.

SO THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID.

BUT, YEAH, YOU LOOK AT IT.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST YOU THAT'S A YOU ROLL HIM OFF.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST GUYS OFF THE BUS, THAT'S A SUNDAY GUY.

NEBRASKA.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW, JERGENS WAS THE MOST RECENT, YOU KNOW, NFL DRAFT PICK, YOU KNOW, AS AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN.

BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM RIGHT NOW.

IT'S LIKE THERE'S THERE'S YOUR, YOU KNOW, STAYS HEALTHY.

YEAH.

YOUR NEXT GUY.

>>YEAH.

>>AND WE IT'S JUST IT'S BEEN TOO TOO FEW AND FAR BETWEEN WITH NEBRASKA.

YOU KNOW GETTING TO THOSE GUYS ARE CALLED NAMES ON SUNDAYS.

>>YEAH.

REAL QUICK THOUGH.

THIS IS IN APPARENTLY DONOVAN RAIOLA.

THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD, COACH.

I MEAN, MAYBE IT COULD BE.

MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, STILL.

>>THE TIGHT END POSITION, THE OFFENSIVE LINE POSITION ARE THE TWO POSITIONS WHERE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING, GUYS GET BETTER.

YEAH.

THE LONGER THEY'RE AROUND THOSE GUYS.

>>NO DOUBT THIS TIME OF YEAR, OF COURSE NORMALLY HAVE A SPRING GAME, BUT MATT RHULE DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT THAT.

SO THEY HAD THE HUSKER GAMES AND STILL HAD A FULL DAY OF ENTERTAINMENT.

MEMORIAL STADIUM AND IN THE HAWKS CENTER ENDING THE GREAT VOLLEYBALL GAME AT DAVANEY.

LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS.

WE START OFF WITH WAS PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR PART OF THIS WHOLE THING WAS THE GARAGE SALE.

I KNOW, SEAN, YOU WENT OVER THERE, YOU CHECKED IT OUT.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT A LITTLE BIT.

THEN YOU HAD FLAG FOOTBALL, WHERE THE MIDLANDS TEAM LOOKED LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, THE NINERS FROM THE 80S.

>>YEAH, THEY WERE INCREDIBLE.

THEY WERE SO GOOD.

YOU EVEN HAD, DON RAIOLA WENT OUT THERE TOO AND THREW BALL AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

THAT WAS FUN THOUGH.

SEVEN ON SEVEN.

THAT'S THAT'S FUN TO WATCH.

>>IT WAS.

AND I LIKE TO SEE YOUNG LADY SLANT HAVING A COUPLE OF DAUGHTERS.

YEAH.

SO I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE A FAN.

>>YOU HAD THE TRACTOR PULL WHICH WAS PRETTY WELL.

YOU PULL THE TRACTOR.

>>WHAT ARE YOU.

>>I'M HERE.

>>LOOK AT HIM.

STAY IN THAT FRAME.

>> MAN, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BREAKING SOMETHING?

SOMETHING'S DEFINITELY GETTING THROWN.

>>SEAN, THE TEETH LOOK PRETTY GOOD OUT THERE.

THEY NEED IT.

>>FOR HIS FIRST TIME OUT.

YEAH.

SITUATION.

THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO SEE, AND I'M GLAD THAT MATT RHULE PIVOTED TO THIS MODEL.

>>YEAH.

>>IT JUST MADE A LOT OF SENSE, LIKE.

ALL RIGHT, GET.

I GET YOUR TOP 60 GUYS YOU DON'T WANT OUT THERE.

BUT GET THE OTHER GUYS THAT ARE KIND OF BATTLING IN THAT POSITION, YOU KNOW, AND GET THEM SOME GOOD REPS. AND, YOU KNOW THIS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SIMULATE THIS DURING THE SEASON WHERE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, GIVE HIM AT LEAST SOME LIVE WORK IN FRONT OF A CROWD.

>>THEN YOU HAD THE PART THAT I'VE LOVED, BEEN A PART OF WAS THE WING EATING CONTEST AND THE DEFENSIVE LINE.

THEY DOMINATED THAT CONTEST.

IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

>>LED BY THAT GUY RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

BORCHERS WAS IMPRESSIVE.

I LIKED HIS STYLE.

I LIKED HIS TECHNIQUE.

HE WAS A MACHINE.

>>HE WAS A MACHINE, RIGHT.

>>ELIJAH JEUDY HERE, WITH THE ROPING CONTEST.

JOHN COOK, OF COURSE, DID HIS AND DID VERY WELL.

WE ALL EXPECTED.

THAT IS WHY IT'S NAMED AFTER HIM.

BUT BEFORE WE GET TO ANYTHING ELSE, WE'VE GOT TO GO INTO THE HUDDLE, AND I WANT YOU TO BREAK DOWN A LITTLE BIT OF THE MEDIA PUNT CATCHING COMPETITION.

>>YEAH, LET'S LET'S TAKE A LOOK HERE.

I MEAN, OMAHA GROSS IS FINEST.

GOT THROWN, THROWN INTO THIS SITUATION AND, NO, I WASN'T IT WAS WINDY.

BUT IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK HERE.

BUT BUT NOT THE BEST ABOUT SEAN CALLAHAN.

HE GETS BETTER.

>>YEAH.

SHOULD HAVE LET IT GO.

YEAH.

THAT'S IT, LET IT GO.

>>LET IT GO, LET IT GO.

>>YOU KNOW?

BUT THIS IS A GUY WHO'S DONE THIS, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND TIMES, RIGHT?

I MEAN, YEAH, ARMS AND TIGHT.

RIGHT.

>>OKAY.

>>OH, THAT'S.

DIDN'T HIT HIM.

>>THAT'S TOUGH.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE GUY DONE I THOUGHT SEAN YOU KNOW SECOND CHANCE.

BUT YOU KNOW.

YOU ALWAYS GETTING BETTER.

YOU CAN GET BETTER.

GET WORSE SEAN GOT BETTER.

>>LOOK AT THAT.

>>LOOK AT THAT.

YEAH.

>>I MEAN.

>>HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T GET IN FRONT OF THE BALL BECAUSE MITCH, OFF HIS CHEST.

AND THEN, WHAT'S THE SAME THING?

YEAH.

>>THAT COACH FOLEY GOES, "THAT'S HOW WE TRAIN IT."

LIKE HE DID.

>>YEAH.

>>SO YOUR.

YOU PULL IT.

IN.

>>YEAH.

>>YES.

BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

>>YEAH.

>>I THINK I GOT THE HIGHEST TV RATING OF THE GAME ITSELF BASED ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA VIEWS.

>>AND YOU DONATED $1,000.

>>WE I THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL I'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING FOR SAM AND THE FOLTZ FOUNDATION.

AND I THINK WE GET TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH THIS YEAR THE JET AWARD CAN GET INVOLVED.

>>YEAH.

>>WE DO A FUNDRAISER.

>>WE HAVE JOHNNY OUT THERE, MAN, >> TO DO SOME CELEBRITY, PUNT CATCHING TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE FOLTZ FOUNDATION.

>>THAT COULD BE FUN.

COMING UP NEXT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHO WILL BE REPLACING THE DEFENSIVE LINE THIS SEASON.

AND LATER WE'LL SEE WHERE A LOT OF THE HUSKERS WHO PLAYED LAST YEAR ARE GOING IN THE NFL.

TY ROBINSON WILL BE MISSED.

YOU REMEMBER HIM WITH SOME PICTURES OF THAT SPORTS.

>>YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE A PRETTY FIRM TWO DEEP RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF GUYS THAT ARE IN THE MIX AT DIFFERENT POSITIONS AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE SAYING MULTIPLE, WE'RE MULTIPLE SCHEME WISE, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE AS MANY PERSONNEL GROUPINGS AS WE CAN HAVE THAT WOULD THEN UTILIZE OUR PERSONNEL.

YOU KNOW, SOME INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS DO CERTAIN THINGS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS CAN MAYBE GOING BACK TO THE FIRST QUESTION IS HOW CAN WE MAYBE THIS GUY KIND OF KNOWS OUR SCHEME RIGHT NOW, BUT HOW CAN WE MAYBE TRY HIM IN A LITTLE COUPLE DIFFERENT SPOTS TO SEE IF HE COULD ADD VALUE TO OUR DEFENSE?

SO I THINK IT'S IT'S IT'S GETTING THERE.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE SUMMER AND AND REALLY TRAINING CAMP TO REALLY, REALLY, REALLY YOU KNOW, GET THAT THING TYPE >>WE MOVE OVER THE DEFENSIVE SIDE.

WHAT DIFFERENCE YOU THINK WE'LL SEE FROM JOHN BUTLER'S DEFENSE COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR?

>>THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I THINK THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT WRINKLES TO ME.

AND DB YOU CAN WHEN WE WERE WATCHING KIND OF THE SAME STUFF, PROBABLY A FEW MORE THINGS IN THE BACK END WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

IN MY OPINION, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE NEWER COACHES.

RIGHT.

SO I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME TWEAKS.

I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM AFAR, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, OKAY, THERE'S THREE DOWN LINEMEN, YOUR JACK, AND THEN YOUR LINEBACKERS AND YOUR FIVE GUYS IN THE SECONDARY.

BUT WHO IS, YOU KNOW, WHO'S, YOU KNOW, FILLING THAT ISAAC GIFFORD KIND OF SPOT.

I THINK THAT WILL BE HANDLED, A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE I THINK ISAAC GOT PUT IN A BAD SPOT LAST YEAR, IN MY OPINION.

I JUST THINK HE WAS HURT.

HE WAS HE WAS ASKED TO DO A LOT.

YEAH.

AND IT'S JUST HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT A DEEP SAFETY TYPE OF PLAYER.

HE'S A GUY THAT NEEDS TO BE DOWN ON THE DOWN IN THE HOLE DOWN.

YOU KNOW, HE NEEDS TO BE AT THE PILE.

>>YEP.

>>PLAYING ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

BUT, I THINK MAJORITY ON THE BACK END WITH COACH BUTLER BEING A SECONDARY GUY PREDOMINANTLY I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME TWEAKS THERE.

FOREMOST.

>>BIGGEST DIFFERENCE FROM TONY WITH TONY WHITE DID.

>>YEAH I THINK THE VERSATILITY ON THE BACK END AND THEY'LL BE A LOT MORE AGGRESSIVE.

I THINK.

>>ON THIRD.

DOWN.

>>COACH BUTLER, COACH SNOW I THINK THEY LIKE PRESSURE.

THEY LIKE A VARIETY OF LOOKS.

THEY USE THE SAME TERMS ALL OFFSEASON ABOUT AFFECTING THE QUARTERBACK.

AND NOT NECESSARILY WITH GETTING A GUY ON THE GROUND, JUST THE PRE-SNAP LOOKS.

>>YEAH.

>>SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE CROSS-TRAINING OF A GUY BEING ABLE TO PLAY LIKE A POST SAFETY OR A ROVER OR, YOU KNOW, THE STRONG, JUST THE VERSATILITY WITHIN THE BODIES THAT THEY CAN PLAY WILL ALLOW THEM TO MIX AND MATCH BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NATURAL PASS RUSHERS THEY ARE, THEY HAVE.

SO WHEN YOU DON'T, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS PREDICATED ON LOOKS IN DISGUISE.

>>A LOT OF WHAT WE SEE FROM COLLEGE AND YOU CAN WATCH THIS WITH THE NFL DRAFT, A LOT OF THOSE OUTSIDE GUYS AREN'T GETTING A LOT OF SACKS BECAUSE THE INSIDE GUYS ARE.

COULD YOU SEE KEONA DAVIS MAYBE HAVING SOME SOME NUMBERS LIKE THAT?

>>I MEAN.

KEONA DAVIS IN ONE AREA LIKE THE GUYS I THINK YOU LOOK AT RIGHT AWAY, THAT CAN BE LIKE THE 6 TO 8 SACK TYPE GUYS ON THIS DEFENSE.

I MEAN, RILEY VAN POPPEL.

YEAH.

AND THE INTERIOR, HAS THE ABILITY.

JEUDY HAS BEEN A GOOD PASS RUSHER FOR WHAT THEY'VE ASKED HIM TO DO.

BUT THEY LOSE A LOT THERE.

I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL ARE AWARE JIMARI BUTLER, WHEN HE WAS AT HIS PEAK, WAS REALLY GOOD LAST YEAR THAT SHOT BLOCKER AND TY ROBINSON PLAYED EXCELLENT AT TIMES.

>>I THINK.

A HEALTHY CAM LENHARDT WILL HELP TOO.

>>YEAH, YEAH.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT CAM LENHARDT FOR A WHILE.

>>FRESHMAN YEAR.

>>THAT VERSION, WE WERE LIKE, WOW, THIS GUY COULD BE AN ALL CONFERENCE TYPE PLAYER.

>>SO GUYS THAT ARE COMING BACK, WE MENTIONED SOME OF THEM, BUT RILEY VAN POPPEL, BIG FAN OR.

>>OH, BIG FAN.

YEAH.

HUGE FAN.

I MEAN, I STOOD NEXT TO HIS OLD MAN AT PRACTICE ON THURSDAY.

>>OH, YEAH.

>>I MEAN, TADD WAS A BIG GUY.

I MEAN, HE.

>>HE HAD LIKE 500.

>>DID YOU LIKE, I HAD YOUR BASEBALL.

>> YEAH, IT WAS LIKE, JESUS.

YEAH.

GOOD.

GENE POOL.

YEAH.

BUT, YEAH, I LIKE HIM A LOT.

I THINK HIS ABILITY TO KIND OF SIT BACK AND NOT BE FORCED INTO.

HE PLAYED SO WELL AS A FRESHMAN, AND THAT'S JUST SO RARE TO SEE GUYS COME IN.

I HAD A CHANCE TO COME IN AT SPRING AS A FRESHMAN.

>>YES.

>>HE DID, I CAN'T REMEMBER.

BUT LIKE JUST BEING ABLE TO PLAY THAT EARLY AS A FRESHMAN, SUCCESSFUL, SITTING BACK, SEEING HOW TY LEARNED FROM TY.

YEAH.

BUT THROWN IN THAT MIX, I THINK, MY, MY EXPECTATIONS ARE VERY, VERY HIGH FOR RILEY VAN POPPEL.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S RUNNING AT 44, SO HE HAS TO REPRESENT.

>>WHAT ABOUT JAYLEN GEORGE, A GUY WE DIDN'T SEE DURING THE SPRING BECAUSE THE INJURIES.

>>YEAH I THINK INJURIES HAVE KIND OF HELD HIM BACK.

AND HE WAS A GUY THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN SEEING.

BUT I MEAN AND JAY CAN SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL.

I THINK THE THE THING WITH D-LINE IS BEING A TECHNICIAN, RIGHT?

NATURAL ABILITY IS IT'S GREAT.

IT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU WANT.

BUT I MEAN, BEING A GOOD TECHNICIAN HEAD DOWN.

YOU GET DOWN, USE YOUR HANDS, GET TO THE VIA THE NECK GUY.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T FEEL ANY PRESSURE.

DON'T GET VERTICAL WHEN YOU START TO DO ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS ROBOTICALLY, YOU CAN REALLY START TO PLAY AS A DEFENSE.

BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU MAKE THE PLAYS WITHOUT MAKING THE PLAYS.

YOU OCCUPY, YOU HIT YOUR FITZ AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS JUST SO FREE.

SO I THINK THOSE GUYS UNDERSTANDING THE DAY TO DAY RIGOR OF JUST BEING CONSISTENT, IS DOING THE SAME THING EVERY DAY, WHERE YOU ALMOST GET BORED WITH IT.

THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT THOSE.

>>OH, YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE TO BE D-LINE AS IN ANY AT THIS LEVEL.

BUT, THE BIGGEST THING I DON'T KNOW, I SAY IT ALL THE TIME IS, IS THE I DISCIPLINE.

YEAH.

I DISCIPLINE IS SO IMPORTANT IN ALL SPORTS.

BUT AT D-LINE IT'S READING.

I MEAN, YOU CAN READ THE LEAN OF A TACKLE OR A TITAN.

>>HE'S THERE FOR A REASON.

>>LEAN AND SPLIT.

RIGHT.

READ A SPLIT.

>>YEAH.

>>YOU KNOW, YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, DOWN HIGH HAT OR JUST LITTLE THINGS THAT, YOU PICKED UP AS YOU GET OLDER AND YOU LEARN AS YOU PROGRESSED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, JUST ENTRUSTING THAT.

BUT THEN THE TECHNIQUE HAS TO COME AS WELL.

YOU GOTTA HAVE GOOD HANDS.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD PEDAL.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE GOOD FEET, PLAYING WITH THE RIGHT HAND IN CERTAIN GAP SITUATIONS.

>>IN SOME OF THOSE DRILLS.

>>YES.

>>I MEAN, THEY'RE PUTTING YOU IN PHASE WITH THE MOST ALMOST REMEDIAL OF DRILLS AND I MEAN, JUST LEARNING TO LOCK WITH AN INSIDE OF THAT.

SABAN'S DRILL LEARN IN THE LOCKER MEETING INSIDE.

>>ALL RIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE INSIDE GAP YOU KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE A DN.

YOU'RE GOING TO HEAD UP SIXTH TECHNIQUE.

YEAH.

YOU GOT THAT KEY GAP LIKE YOU'RE INSIDE HAND WHATEVER.

IF YOU'RE ON THE LEFT RIGHT NOW THAT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT.

>>YEAH YEAH.

>>AND IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW OUTSIDE CONTAINED IN YOU GOT TO HAVE THAT D GAP OR C GAP >>BETWEEN LIKE A FULL GAP.

>>YEAH.

I MEAN IT'S >>SEEM LIKE MUCH.

RIGHT.

BUT IT'S THE.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HOLE AND, >>AND A YARD IS IT COULD BE A, YOU KNOW, JUST, SETTING THAT TACKLE OR SQUEEZING THAT GAP DOWN WHETHER YOU'RE A THREE OR I MEAN, JUST SPLIT THE DOUBLE, YOU KNOW, PLAYING THE DOUBLE, RIGHT?

AND MAKING SURE THAT GUARD HAS TO STAY ON.

YOU JUST A SECOND LONGER.

>>YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

>>NOT EVEN A SECOND A HALF A SECOND LONGER SO THAT LINEBACKER CAN GET OVER TOP AND SCRAPE AND GO MAKE A PLAY.

ALL THOSE THINGS AND JUST IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

LIKE YOU HAVE TO DRILL AND DRILL AND DRILL.

AND THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS HAD A BYE WEEKS IN COLLEGE BECAUSE I NEEDED THE I GOT MY EYES AND MY TECHNIQUE LIKE I NEEDED TO DO IT.

IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE IT AIN'T FOR THE FAINT OF HEART IN THERE.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN JUST DO YOUR BEST STUFF IN YOUR APARTMENT BY YOURSELF, RIGHT?

LIKE YOU NEED YOU GOT TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

>>MALIEK COLLINS LIKE, OH, WAS IT EIGHTH NINTH YEAR NOW?

>>OH, HE'S A TECHNICIAN.

>>HE WORKS HIS TAIL OFF.

>>YEAH YEAH.

SO LET'S GO OVER TO THE LINEBACKERS.

A LOT OF NEWCOMERS THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE JACK?

LET'S START OFF WITH THAT POSITION.

WHERE ARE YOU?

WHAT DO YOU THINK WINS THAT SPOT?

>>WELL, DASAN MCCULLOUGH, I THINK YOU GOT TO OBVIOUSLY START THERE.

I MEAN, JUST WITH HIS EXPERIENCE AND HIS BACKGROUND AND HIS VERSATILITY.

I MEAN, A GUY THAT'S ALMOST COULD PLAY AT ALL THREE LEVELS OF THE DEFENSE.

YOU KNOW, HE WAS A HIGH DOLLAR ACQUISITION.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MONEY THEY SPENT ON NIL, THE GUYS THEY SIGNED, MCCULLOUGH WAS RIGHT UP THERE WITH ANY OF THEM.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MCGAHEE TOO.

>>SO YOU THINK, MCGAHEE.

>>I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BOTH THOSE GUYS BE ON THE FIELD TOGETHER.

AND MATT RHULE SAID THAT A COUPLE TIMES.

IT'S LIKE, I WANT OUR BEST GUYS ON THE FIELD AT ONE TIME.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE JUST MARRIED TO HAVING JUST ONE OF THOSE GUYS OUT THERE.

YOU COULD SEE.

AND DAMON COULD PROBABLY, CHIME IN MORE ON THIS, LIKE YOU COULD SEE PROBABLY SITUATIONS WHERE BOTH THOSE GUYS ARE OUT THERE.

>>YEAH.

SO THEN YOU HAVE BUDA PROBABLY MIDDLE LINEBACKER.

>>YEAH.

I THINK YOUR INSIDES ARE PROBABLY BETTER THAN WE MAYBE THINK.

IF WITH WITH YOU GOT TRENT, YOU'VE GOT JAVIN WRIGHT.

GOT BOWERS.

SO YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF HAMMERS, THEN YOU HAVE THE CHEAT CODE AND JAVIN.

RIGHT.

THAT HAS SEEN YOU TALK ABOUT A GUY THAT CAN READ HAND PLAYS.

>>YEAH.

>>AND PRESSURE OF THE KNUCKLES AND TIGHT SPLITS LIKE BUDA'S DEFINITELY THAT GUY.

AND THEN YOU GET PROBABLY THE BEST PASS RUSHER OF THE BUNCH IN SHAVERS.

LET THAT GUY DO WHAT HE DOES.

HE CAN FLAT OUT RUSH THE PASSER.

>>SO YEAH, >>YOU PROBABLY OUGHT TO PUT HIM IN SITUATIONS WHERE HE'S BRINGING SOME PRESSURE.

>>THAT HE'S A HAPPY GUY TO LISTEN TO HIM TALK.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, WATSON?

TRENT, TELL HIM WHERE TO GO.

HE WAS SO HAPPY TO HAVE THAT GUY KIND OF HELPING HIM A LITTLE BIT.

LET'S GO TO DEFENSIVE BACKS WHERE OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS SOME STRUGGLES LAST YEAR.

WE HAD INJURIES AND HE HAD A CHANGE OF THE COACH AND EVERYTHING.

YOUR FEEL FOR THE DBS?

>>A LOT OF SIMILARITIES, SIMILAR FACES BACK THERE THAT WE SAW LAST YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY SINGLETON BE BACK THERE OF SOME NEW GUYS.

I MEAN SOME GUYS HAVEN'T HAD SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, WHERE DOES BLYE HILL FEEL, YOU KNOW, FITTING ALL THIS.

YOU KNOW, YOU MEET ANOTHER GUY, YOU WATCH OUT THERE.

YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, >>THAT'S A LONG FELLA.

>>YEAH.

YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT.

BUT JUST THE CAN THE GUYS THAT PLAYED LAST YEAR, CAN THEY IMPROVE?

CAN THEY EVOLVE IN THIS.

YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

SO THE QUOTE UNQUOTE NEW SYSTEM, NEW SCHEME WITH COACH BUTLER WHO ARE THE YOUNG GUYS, THE YOUNGER GUYS BEHIND THERE.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW WAS ANOTHER GUY THAT PROBABLY WAS 28 THAT THAT DB'S FAMILIAR WITH THAT'S GOING TO FIT RATHER WELL INTO THIS IN THIS BATTLE OF THE SECONDARY.

BUT A LOT OF FAMILIARITY, BUT YET A LOT OF GUYS WHO ARE YOUNG AND HUNGRY THAT, ARE GOING TO PLAY.

I MEAN, YOU HAD THE KID FROM, YOU KNOW, GOSH, YOU'RE 37 FROM OMAHA NORTH, RIGHT?

>>YEAH.

>>ANOTHER DONOVAN JONES.

>>WE SAW THOSE NEXT THREE SAFETIES RIGHT WHERE IT WAS.

RHETT WAS A LITTLE DINGED UP.

SO IT'S GUTHRIE.

IT'S IT'S CALEB BITS.

AND FOR THOSE GUYS TO BE VERSATILE.

YEAH I MEAN ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, CALEB WANTED TO SCRIMMAGE ON SATURDAY WAS CAN YOU PLAY THE STRONG SAFETY.

RIGHT.

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE BOX IN A WHILE.

AND YEAH YOU HAVE TO SHOW THE ABILITY TO PLAY THAT.

AND THEN YOU GET A NOTCH.

YOU GET THE GOOD LEADERSHIP OF GUYS LIKE BUFORD AND YOU FINALLY HAVE A HEALTHY HARTZOG.

>>YEP.

>>WHERE I'VE NEVER REALLY CHEERED SO HARD FOR ANYONE IS AS MUCH AS I'M CHEERING FOR HARTZOG.

JUST BECAUSE HE'S BEEN OFF THE LINE, I THINK HE'S CLEARLY THE LEADER OF THAT BUNCH I GET HE'S IS THE BUFORD, THE VOCAL ONE.

SINGLETON DOESN'T SAY BOO, BUT HE'S PROBABLY THE MOST GIFTED.

BUT HARTZOG IS THE GUY THAT I THAT I'M HOPING REALLY HAS A BIG YEAR BECAUSE HE CAN PLAY IN THE NICKEL NOW.

HE'S GOT A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY.

>>THOSE GUYS FROM A MEET LOUISIANA, THEY NEED TO TALK.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE TALK.

>>IF YOU.

GET HIM TO SAY TWO SENTENCES.

BECAUSE HE.

IS VERY CONSCIOUS OF JUST THAT.

>>SAY THE STAFF DOES LIKE ANDREW MARSHALL.

>>YEAH.

>>YEAH.

HE MIGHT NOT.

>>THE STARTERS AT CORNER ONE RIGHT.

>>HERE YOU GO WITH RIGHT.

AND MARSHALL.

>>MARSHALL THE STARTERS CORNER.

>>THEN YOUR STARTERS AT SAFETY ARE SINGLETON, BUFORD AND THEN WHO.

>>HARTZOG >>AND HE'S YOUR NICKEL.

>>WHO'S THE ROVER.

>>SO THE ROVER IN THAT AND OF THAT TRIO WOULD BE SINGLETON.

>>OH THAT'D BE NICE.

>>AND HE'S BETTER BY THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>>YEAH.

HE'LL GET DOWN AT THE BOX.

>>YEAH.

>>AND THEN THEY MUST LIKE RAHMIR STEWART.

THEY BRING IN MITCH HIM A LOT.

THEY HAVE TO LIKE HIM SO MUCH, OR THEY TRY TO FIRE HIM UP.

BECAUSE I KNOW COACHES DO BOTH THINGS.

THEY'LL SAY YOUR NAME SOME TIME WHEN THEY WANT YOU TO.

>>IS IT RAHMIR RAHMIR?

IS IT LIKE A SECRET RAHMIR?

>>BUT I MEAN, THAT HAS TO BE THE STRONGEST PART OF THE DEFENSE.

SO LOOKING AT THIS FROM THE HOLE, I MEAN THE DEPTH AND THE NUMBERS THAT SECONDARY.

>>I MEAN BRANCH IS GOING TO FIT IN.

AND I DON'T WE MENTIONED WATCHING JEREMIAH CHARLES RUN THE THE OBSTACLE COURSE THING THEY HAD.

MY GOODNESS.

SO HE MUST RUN.

>>ALSO AGAIN IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT WANTED TO SCRIMMAGE WITH BLYE.

YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK THOSE GUYS LOBBY TO DO THAT.

THEY WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR.

>>YEAH, HE SHORTS THAT I GUARANTEE HE'S LIKE BEFORE FOUR FLAT.

>>HE'S CHANGING DIRECTION.

>>HE'S DOING A TRIPLE JUMP.

>>HE'S A GREAT ATHLETE.

>>YEAH.

>>HE PLAYED EARLY.

>>YEAH.

>>THIS IS NOW.

>>HE'S STARTED AT UCLA.

>>HE'S NICKED DOWN.

>>RIGHT.

>>THEY HIT A LITTLE SKINNY ON HIM AND HE GOT PULLED.

BUT YEAH I MEAN HE'S YEAH.

>>HE'S THE AMARE SANDERS TOO I MEAN I.

MEAN YEAH.

>>AND AMARE SANDERS NO.

ONE LOSS I GOT A LIST OF 12 GUYS.

I SAY LIKE.

12 GUYS.

>>THEY'RE THE GUYS IN MEAN ROOM.

>>THAT'S THE CORNERS I THE CORNERS.

I THINK THEY CAN PLAY SIX.

>>ALL RIGHT.

COMING UP, WE'LL DISCUSS WHERE SOME FORMER HUSKERS ENDED UP IN THE NFL.

THE HEADLINERS FOR THE HUSKERS, OF COURSE, WERE TY ROBINSON AND THOMAS FIDONE.

AND SEE WHERE SOME OTHER HUSKERS ENDED UP ON THE FREE AGENT MARKET AS WELL.

WE COME BACK.

>>SOMETIMES I THINK THERE'S ONLY TWO GROUPS.

THERE'S THE GUYS WHO AREN'T GOING TO PLAY.

AND THEY REALLY WANT TO PLAY.

AND WHETHER IT'S ONE OF FIVE OR THEY'RE JUST NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST NOT QUITE GOOD ENOUGH.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE WAY FOR THE REST OF THEIR CAREER.

AND THEY WANT TO MOVE DOWN.

WE TRY TO HELP THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AND I LOVE WATCHING THEM SUCCEED.

THERE'S A KIND OF A SECOND GROUP OF GUYS WHO ARE GOOD ENOUGH TO PLAY HERE, AND I THINK THEY SHOULD STICK IT OUT AND FIGHT.

I THINK TOO MANY PEOPLE OUTSIDE PEOPLE, PARENTS, COACHES, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND LIKE A BETTER SITUATION.

BUT IF YOU REALLY ARE AN NFL PLAYER OR YOU'RE REALLY A GREAT PLAYER, YOU'LL MAKE YOUR SITUATION GOOD ENOUGH BY JUST GETTING BETTER AT THE STORIES WE HEAR.

NOT ALWAYS THE STORY.

SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I JUST I DON'T ALWAYS YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T OVERREACT TO THINGS I HEAR ON THE OUTSIDE, ON THE INSIDE.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST TRY TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH GUYS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID WHEN WE PLAYED THE IOWA GAME?

AND THAT MONDAY, I WALKED IN.

I SAID TO THE GUYS, LISTEN, EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THEM.

I JUST ASK TWO THINGS THAT A YOU MAKE THE RIGHT.

YOU MAKE THE DECISION BASED ON THE RIGHT INFORMATION.

AND DON'T COME TO ME LATER AND SAY, WELL, THEY TOLD ME THIS, BUT THEY END UP DOING THAT LIKE THEIR STORIES EVERYWHERE.

AND THAT'S WHY IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND YOU TRUST US, IF YOU'RE HEARING YOU SAY, WELL, COACH MILLS LIED TO ME, I DON'T TRUST HIM, THEN, OKAY.

BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND WE'VE ALWAYS TOLD YOU THE TRUTH AS BEST WE KNOW IT, THEN IF WE TELL YOU, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE SEE YOU, THEN, THEN YOU PROBABLY SHOULD LISTEN TO THAT AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY OUT THERE.

LIKE EVERYONE OUT THERE ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING BETTER FOR YOU.

EVERY SITUATION IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

WE'RE NOT SUPER LIKE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR A TON OF GUYS IN THE PORTAL.

IF A GUY POPS UP, WE MIGHT TAKE A GUY OR TWO IF IT'S THE RIGHT FIT.

BUT WE LIKE THIS FOOTBALL TEAM AND WE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH FOOTBALLS TO GO AROUND WITH THE GUYS I THINK CAN MAKE PLAYS ON THIS TEAM.

AND SO WE WANT TO PLAY A TON OF GUYS ON DEFENSE.

SO I'M NOT SIT HERE CHASING ANYBODY EXCEPT SOMEONE WHO CAN BE A DIFFERENCE MAKER.

IF THEY SHOWED UP.

>>WE'RE HERE IN THE NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA STUDIO.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE WITH SEAN CALLAHAN TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE HOUSE VERSUS THE NCAA SETTLEMENT, WHAT'S GOING TO BE RECRUITING AND THE PROGRAM OVERALL.

LITERALLY FIVE MINUTES AGO, IT COULD HAVE CHANGED WHILE WE WERE IN HERE.

BUT EVERY TIME WE LOOK UP, THE BIG THING WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IS ROSTER LIMITS.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE WON'T SEE THOSE, AT LEAST FOR A FEW YEARS, RIGHT?

>>THE JUDGE IN CALIFORNIA, CLAUDIA WILKINS, WHO'S OVERSEEING THIS MATTER?

YOU KNOW, SHE PUT OUT HER THOUGHTS ON THINGS THAT SHE'S OKAY WITH EVERYTHING OTHER THAN THE ROSTER LIMITS, WHICH YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY GOING TO MOVE OUT PLAYERS THAT SIGNED SOMETHING THAT SAID DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOUR SON SIGNED TO PLAY AT A SCHOOL, THIS WASN'T PART OF WHAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR, WHERE THEY COULD BE CUT OUT BECAUSE OF ROSTER LIMITS.

SO THAT IS KIND OF WHERE THINGS ARE AT RIGHT NOW.

THEY'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A COMPROMISE THAT THE JUDGE IS ON BOARD WITH.

YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT THE ROSTER LIMITS ARE NOW, TROY DANNON, TOLD STEVE SIPPLE FROM, FROM A HUSKER LINER THIS WEEKEND THAT HE DOES NOT WANT A ROSTER LIMIT.

HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERYTHING JUST BE, YOU KNOW, LET PROGRAMS OPERATE HOW THEY WANT.

HE'S OPTIMISTIC THEY'RE GOING TO GO THAT DIRECTION.

BUT AT MINIMUM I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A GRANDFATHERING, BUT IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF ATHLETES THAT HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR PLAN.

>>SURE.

>>BUT MAYBE IF THEY ALLOW THE GRANDFATHERING, SOME OF THESE KIDS COULD COME BACK TO NEBRASKA.

BECAUSE THE MAIN THING YOU WORRY ABOUT IS ACADEMICS, TOO.

I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO DISRUPT A GUY'S ACADEMIC FUTURE, RIGHT?

BECAUSE OF A ROSTER LIMIT.

THEY HAD NO CONTROL OVER.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE JUDGE WILKINS KIND OF SITS ON THIS ISSUE, WHERE SHE DIDN'T AGREE WITH PUTTING THESE HARD LIMITS IMMEDIATELY INTO THE GAME AND ALL SPORTS.

>>YEAH.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT HER, SHE'S ALSO GETTING TO RETIREE.

THIS IS HER LAST THING SHE'S DOING.

SHE'S GOING TO MAKE SURE IT'S RIGHT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW, THE $600 LIMIT IN TERMS OF NIL AND HOW THAT WORKS WITH THE CLEARINGHOUSE AND THAT KIND OF THING.

>>SO RIGHT NOW, TEAMS WILL GET 20.5 MILLION IN HOUSE, WHICH IS THE REVENUE SHARE MONEY.

AND IT'S NOT IN NIL.

IT'S THE TELEVISION MONEY.

IT'S THE MEDIA RIGHTS MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE GIVEN AS A PERCENTAGE TO THE ATHLETES IN THE FIRST.

THE FIRST YEAR IS $20.5 MILLION.

FOOTBALL IS GOING TO GET AROUND 15 MILLION OF THAT $20.5 MILLION DOLLARS.

>>RIGHT.

>>SO THAT'S WHERE A GUY LIKE PAT STEWART, THE NEW GENERAL MANAGER, HE'S GOT TO MANAGE THAT MONEY AND THE CAP, HOW THEY WANT TO PAY THAT OUT, HAVE LIMITS FOR EACH POSITION ROOM AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH IT.

BUT THEN THE REAL INTERESTING PART WILL BE THE NIL PIECE.

BECAUSE ANY DEAL THAT GOES THROUGH OVER $600 HAS TO BE APPROVED BY CLEARINGHOUSE.

AND THAT'S WHERE SCHOOLS LIKE, I THINK IN NEBRASKA OR OHIO STATE THAT HAVE PASSIONATE BUSINESS OWNER BOOSTERS, YOU KNOW, ARE GOING TO GET CREATIVE AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO MAJOR COMPANIES IN THE STATE THAT ARE SUPPORTERS OF THE UNIVERSITY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER THREE OR 4 OR 5 MAJOR SIX FIGURE IN NIL OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS COMPANY'S GONNA DO THAT.

THAT'S GOOD.

AND THAT TO ME WILL BE A SEPARATOR AT A PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE ABLE, I THINK, TO CREATE SOME PRETTY BIG OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL PASS THROUGH THIS CLEARINGHOUSE.

>>BUT HOW DO YOU JUDGE FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE WHEN THE CLEARINGHOUSE IS LOOKING AT THEM?

HOW DO YOU JUDGE THAT?

THAT'S A FAIR MARKET FOR THAT PARTICULAR PERSON.

>>THAT'S THE GRAY AREA, RIGHT.

BUT SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS OR WHAT SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO PAY, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY HARD TO CAP.

>> RIGHT?

>>RIGHT.

SO DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ASSIGN SOMEBODY VALUE TO A BUSINESS, MAY IT MAY SEEM LIKE AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER.

>>YEAH.

>>BUT TO THAT BUSINESS, WHEN YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR VALUE OR FAIR MARKET VALUE OR THEIR WORTH, WHICH SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN WORTH AND VALUE, WE USE THEM INTERCHANGEABLY.

>>YEAH.

>>BUT THERE ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONCEPTS THAT WOULD BE HARD TO SUBSTANTIATE.

>>YEAH.

THEY LOOK AT A GUY LIKE HAARBERG.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE MEANS TO THE STATE AS BEING A FORMER QUARTERBACK FROM THE STATE.

PEOPLE LIKE HIM.

WHY IS HE GOOD?

>>WHY IS THIS SECOND HERE?

>>HOW DO YOU YEAH.

>>HOW DO YOU JUDGE ON CURATING.

>>YEAH EXACTLY.

YEAH.

EVERYBODY KNOWS HIM.

>>THIS IS AN IMPERFECT SCIENCE AND WE'RE ALL KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW.

LIKE YOU SAID, I MEAN INFORMATION CHANGES BY THE MINUTE.

BY THE SECOND, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE GETS OFFERED X AND THEY GO UP.

NOPE.

IT'S LESS THAN THIS BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT OTHER GUYS AND YOUR SITUATION COMPARABLE TO WHAT THEY GOT IN OTHER SCHOOLS.

PLUS, I MEAN, I'M GUESSING SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THE STUFF GETTING THROWN IN THE MIX AND STUFF LIKE THE WORDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO, THEY MAY COME BACK, SAY, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO GET FIVE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT A 500, BUT NOW YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAIR MARKET VALUE THREE.

>>IT'S ARBITRATION.

RIGHT?

>>I MEAN IT'S BUT IT'S NOT.

YEAH.

>>IT'S LESS THAN 20 ATHLETES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN THIS CATEGORY.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.

WHO ARE THOSE 15 OR 20 ATHLETES THAT ARE GOING TO GET THIS ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY BASED ON WHAT THEIR VALUE IS?

>>YOU KNOW, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THAT, TOO, BECAUSE I THINK IT GETS OVERLOOKED AS WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WITH A GUY LIKE COACH RHULE AND COACH DANA IN OUR THEY DON'T DO A LOT OF COMPLAINING.

THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT, THE CHALLENGES.

THEY TALK ABOUT EVOLVING AND STAYING AHEAD OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

HE COACH RHULE HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST MALLEABLE GUYS THAT I HAVE SEEN OPERATE UNDER THIS KIND OF LAWLESS.

IT'S NOT LAWLESSNESS.

I DON'T WANT TO BE MELODRAMATIC, BUT WHEN THINGS ARE SO FLUID AND CHANGING, HE JUST APPEARS TO BE A GUY THAT'S LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S NO SENSE IN BELLYACHING.

WE HAVE A REAL GOOD TEAM WE'VE PUT TOGETHER.

LET'S JUST DO OUR BEST TO STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.

MY GUY, I DON'T THINK HE GETS NEAR ENOUGH CREDIT FOR BEING AS FLEXIBLE AS HE'S BEEN.

A LOT LESSER FOLKS WOULD HAVE THROWN THEIR HANDS UP.

>>IT MIGHT BE A LOT OF SOME OLDER COACHES DECIDED I DON'T WANT TO BE 100 PLIABLE GUY.

I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.

>>100%.

>>LET'S TALK ABOUT,THE SURVEY QUESTION.

THAT WE HAVE, WHICH COMES IN THE PORTAL.

WHICH PLAYER DO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO CHECKING OUT THE MOST AND SEEING THEM PLAY?

WE HAVE 31% FOR DASAN MCCULLOUGH.

THAT'S KIND OF SURPRISING.

DANE KEY HAD 24%.

I FIGURED IT'D BE A SKILL PLAYER.

ELIJAH PRITCHETT AT 24% A LITTLE SURPRISED.

>>BUT I THINK WAIT A MINUTE.

PRITCHETT IS THE THIRD OKAY.

EVEN I SEE THAT >>1, 2, 3, 4,5 I GOTTA COUNT DOWN.

OH YEAH.

BECAUSE MCCULLOUGH'S 4%.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>>IT'S LIKE A SEEING EYE TEST.

>>IT IS I CAN SEE IT, BUT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE LINE.

>>THAT'S WHAT HE THINKS.

WELL, I CAN'T WAIT.

>>I'M GOING TO GO WITH SPINDLER.

>>THAT'S THE GUY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING IT.

>>LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DRAFT.

COMING INTO THE SEASON, I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE 11 DIFFERENT GUYS HAD A CHANCE RIGHT, TO GET DRAFTED.

THEN I NARROWED IT DOWN TO ABOUT SEVEN.

TWO OF THOSE GUYS CAME BACK.

ONE GUY TRANSFERRED.

ONLY TWO GUYS GET DRAFTED.

WE SURPRISED.

>>NOT A TON.

I THOUGHT TY WOULD HAVE MAYBE GONE EARLIER.

>>GREAT FIT THOUGH.

>>OH, MY GOSH.

>>HE'S, LIKE, BLESSED TO GO TO A PLACE LIKE, GOD BLESS YOU.

>>HE'S BLESSED.

>>TEED UP PERFECTLY FOR HIS SKILL SET AND WHAT HE'S DONE.

PLAY YOU TALKING FIVE TECHNIQUE INSIDE ALL THE WAY TO I MEAN HE'S GOING TO BE PUT.

>>YOU MAKE THE CASE PHILLY'S THE BEST DEFENSE DEVELOPING DEFENSE IN THE LEAGUE.

>>YEAH SOME THEY'RE YOUNG AND THEY'RE JUST OBVIOUSLY THE SUCCESS THEY'VE HAD.

WE LEARNED FROM HECK HALF THE GEORGIA FOOTBALL TEAM.

>>THAT'S TRUE.

>>MOST LINEBACKER AND D-LINE.

BUT THAT'S I MEAN WHEN THEY SAID PHILADELPHIA, I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND IN PHILLY AND HE TEXTED ME WITHIN FIVE MINUTES.

HE'S LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET?

I'M LIKE, LISTEN, YOU'RE GOOD.

YEAH, GREAT PLAYER.

CAN PLAY MULTIPLE SPOTS AND YOU'RE LOVING AND FIT PERFECTLY.

AT THE WITH WITH THE EAGLES THAT HUGE HUGE YOU GET FOR FOR THEM TOGETHER.

>>WHAT DO YOU THINK.

>>THAT'S THE WRONG TEAM IN THE KEYSTONE STATE AS A STEELERS GUY.

BUT PHILADELPHIA'S BEEN GOOD TO NEBRASKA.

YOU GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO STU BRADLEY.

ONE OF THE MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED GREAT PLAYERS THAT STEPPED FOOT ON THIS CAMPUS.

>>YEAH.

>>PHILLY'S GOT A THING FOR NEBRASKA GUYS I LIKE IT.

>>PHILLY, TAMPA DO A LOT TOO OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE WHO THEY HAVE THERE THEIR GM.

>>YEAH I WOULD SAY A LOT OF FRONT OFFICE GUYS.

AT BOTH THOSE PLACES.

>>I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE UNDRAFTED FREE AGENTS.

YOU LOOKING FOR, JOHN BULLOCK?

DO YOU THINK THAT HE'S GOT.

TO BE OUT THERE WITH YOU?

>>YOU KNOW.

JOHN BULLOCK WAS, YOU KNOW, PLAYED THROUGH A LOT OF PAIN THIS YEAR.

HE WAS FINALLY FULLY HEALTHY AT THE PRO DAY AND EVERYTHING.

AND HE RAN REALLY WELL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS EXACT TIMES WERE.

BUT I KNOW HIS NUMBERS WERE OFF THE CHARTS ENOUGH TO GET THE IMMEDIATE UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT OPPORTUNITY.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS, CORRECT ME.

I'M WRONG.

IS YOU GET YOU GET AN INVITE INTO THE INTO THE TRAINING CAMP LIKE YOU'RE ON THE ROSTER TRAINING CAMP, WHICH IS ALL YOU CAN ASK FOR.

I MEAN, YOU GOT A CHANCE TO BE IN THE ORGANIZATION THROUGH THE OFFSEASON, AND YOU'LL BE IN THE CAMP IN AUGUST.

>>BULLOCK AND BEN SCOTT, BOTH TAMPA, GOT PICKED UP.

ISAIAH NEYOR, 49ERS, ISAAC GIFFORD, CARDINALS.

YOU MENTIONED WHAT ABOUT FIDONE'S FIT.

>>I LIKE IT.

SO HERE'S THE THING.

AND I'VE SAID THIS FROM DAY ONE, JUST WATCHING HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MY AFFINITY FOR HIS COMPETITIVENESS.

IF HE'S HEALTHY, HIS HIS COMPETITIVE STAMINA, IT'D BE HARD TO MATCH.

YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT WILL JUST SHOW UP EVERY DAY AND ENJOYS COMPETING.

HE WILL SHOW UP EVERY SINGLE DAY.

HE'S A HARD GUY TO GET RID OF BECAUSE HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, AND YOU HAVE TO KICK HIM OUT OF THE DOOR.

>>YEAH, AND THEN A GREAT MATCH.

NASH GOING TO THE RAVENS, GETTING PICKED UP BY UNDRAFTED.

FREE AGENT GUY.

>>YEAH THAT'S GOOD.

>>YEAH.

>>GOOD WITH D-LINE.

>>YEAH THAT'S GOOD THERE.

THAT'S NICE.

MATCHING UP.

NOW I KNOW THIS IS A LONG WAY OFF, BUT DO YOU FEEL BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SINCE, YOU KNOW, 2011, LET'S SAY THE FIRST ROUND OR 2011 AND THEY HAVE MORE THAN FOUR GUYS?

DO YOU THINK THIS NEXT YEAR, THIS 2026 IS ONE WHERE YOU COULD START SEEING NEBRASKA LOOKING LIKE A TEAM THAT HAS A BUNCH OF DRAFT PICKS?

>>YEAH, YOU HAVE MORE THAN TWO.

>>BECAUSE SPINDLER AND PRITCHETT, THOSE ARE THE GUYS YOU'RE THROWING OUT THERE.

>>MCCULLOUGH.

>>I HOPE I DO.

>>I MEAN, HE'S GOING TO HE'S AT LEAST GOING TO BE ON A LOT OF RADARS.

>>A GUY WE'RE SLEEPING ON BECAUSE WE DON'T.

FOR WHATEVER THE REASON, WE DIDN'T LOVE THE WAY HE PLAYED LAST YEAR.

DESHON SINGLETON IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD TESTER.

>>YES.

>>YEAH.

>>AND WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE.

>>HE'S GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD TESTER.

>>DANE KEY >>DANE KEY, HE'S CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY.

>>YEAH.

>>YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE TRANSFER WIDE RECEIVERS HE'S GOT TO BE PRODUCTIVE OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE I THOUGHT BOTH NEYOR AND BANKS, IF THEY HAD PRODUCTIVE SEASONS MAYBE COULD SNEAK IN THE SEVENTH ROUND, BUT.

>>AND SHAME ON ME FOR NOT PAYING BETTER ATTENTION TO THE WIDE RECEIVERS, BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN REALLY SPEAK TO HIS EXPLOSIVENESS IN AND OUT OF BREAKS.

I JUST KNOW I THINK I MUMBLE TO YOU AS A CADET, GUY IS ALWAYS OPEN, YOU KNOW?

SO IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY I'M GOING TO BE ENAMORED WITH WITH HIS SKILL SETS.

BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DIALED IN, BUT HE CATCHES A LOT OF BALLS.

>>THERE'S NO THERE'S NO METRICS THAT MORE IMPORTANT NOW, NFL IS DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE DEFENDER.

LIKE HOW MANY YARDS OR YOU'RE FROM THAT DEFENDER.

IF YOU CAN DO THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SEPARATION RIGHT.

>>AND SEPARATION COULD DO THAT.

>>YEAH >>GETTING IT OUT OF BREAKS.

>>PRITCHETT WAS ALSO ON A FIRST ROUND PROJECTION BOARD THIS WEEK WHICH THOSE ARE ALWAYS YOU'RE.

>>A MASSIVE INDIVIDUAL.

>>YEAH HE IS.

YEAH.

HE'S GOT CLEAN UP A LOT FROM ALABAMA I.

>>MEAN IT WAS VERY AWKWARD TO GET THE MIC CLOSE TO HIM.

BUT HE IS HE'S A GIANT HUMAN BEING.

>>THAT'S AWESOME.

>>THAT'S AWESOME.

>>LET'S DO BURNING QUESTIONS SEAN.

>>OH MY GOD, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

MY BURNING QUESTION IS WHAT WILL THIS SUMMER, WHAT WILL THIS OFFSEASON BRING AS FAR AS THE EXPECTATION LEVEL FOR THIS TEAM?

I THINK COACH RHULES IN A VERY GOOD JOB OF KIND OF TRYING TO KEEP A LID ON THINGS WITH THE LACK OF ACCESS TO SEEING HIS TEAM, AND I THINK HE WANTS A VERY CONTROLLED KIND OF CALM SUMMER.

BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF HYPE GOING OUT TO ARROWHEAD STADIUM.

>>BURNING QUESTION WHAT WILL THE EVOLUTION OF THE DEFENSIVE LINE LOOK LIKE?

WE KNOW WHAT WE THINK THE BENCHMARK IS, BUT THEY MAY HAVE MORE CAPABLE PLAYERS THIS YEAR.

BUT CAN THEY HANDLE THE RIGOR AND THE PRODUCTION OF WHAT LAST YEAR'S TEAM DID?

WHAT WHAT WILL BE ASKED OF THIS YEAR'S D-LINE RELATIVE TO THE DEFENSE?

>>YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WE SPENT SOME TIME ON OPPOSITION GROUPS.

AND, I MEAN, ONE OF HIS BIGGEST FANS WAS SO HAPPY CAME BACK HERE.

BUT THE ADDITION OF MIKE EKELER SPECIAL TEAMS.

>>OH, ONE GOOD CALL.

>>WE DIDN'T TOUCH BASE ON THAT, BUT HIS HIS ABILITY TO BRING THE ENERGY DOWN ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS WAS JUST THE STAFF AND THE TEAM IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW, GOT A CHANCE TO CHAT WITH THEM AFTER PRACTICE.

>>YEAH.

>>I WAS NOT PART OF THE TEAM WHEN HE WAS COACHING, BUT ALSO PLAYING THEM BACK AROUND THE PROGRAM.

YEAH, LOVE HIS ENERGY.

LOVE HIS ENTHUSIASM.

HE'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE MAKER NOT ONLY ON SPECIAL TEAMS, BUT HIS ABILITY JUST STOOD THAT JUICE IN THE ENERGY WITH THAT TEAM.

IT'S A YOU'RE GOING TO ASK ME SOMETHING SPECIAL.

>>HE SPOKE OF THE JED AWARD GALA.

SAID TRUST ME, WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY BACK HERE NEXT YEAR.

AND I THINK HE MEANS THAT, NO DOUBT.

MY BURNING QUESTION IS HOW AM I GOING TO SURVIVE?

HOW AM I GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST WITHOUT ANY FOOTBALL?

I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO DO IT, BUT I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST.

I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT.

COMING UP ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, WE HAVE THE VOLLEYBALL SPRING GAME FROM ORD AT 2:00 PM CENTRAL AS THE HUSKERS BATTLE SOUTH DAKOTA STATE.

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

OUR THANKS FOR YOU.

JOINING US, JAY MOORE, DAMON BENNING, AND SEAN CALLAHAN I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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