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Episode 44 | DO YOUR JOB · Return to Glory - Nebraska

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  Speaker 1: Go Big Red! The takes, the numbers, the chaos. Hunter, Austin, Dak.
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  Speaker 2: Talking Cornhusker football, basketball, and everything Nebraska sports. Welcome to
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  Speaker 2: the Return to Glory Podcast!
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  Speaker 1: Return to Glory Podcast. Husker Nation. This is your Indiana
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  Speaker 1: week orientation. If you came to look for permission to
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  Speaker 1: be excited for this week, that permission is granted. If
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  Speaker 1: you came to look for a guaranteed win, we don't
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  Speaker 1: have that yet. But what we do have is a
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  Speaker 1: football team that has earned the right to play a
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  Speaker 1: meaningful game at home with a whole lot of people
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  Speaker 1: who have been waiting to feel like this again and
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  Speaker 1: find a way To get this win. Welcome back to
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  Speaker 1: Return to Glory. Hunter Zabernicki here. Today's not going to
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  Speaker 1: be a scouting report. That'll be later on Thursday. Today's
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  Speaker 1: going to be about us as a program. Our minds,
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  Speaker 1: our preparation. What we do in the week finally feels
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  Speaker 1: big enough to match how much we care about Nebraska football.
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  Speaker 1: Last Tuesday I talked about the different lenses around a program. Fans, coaches, players. media.
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  Speaker 1: This week, all of these lenses meet at the same
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  Speaker 1: moment on Saturday, 11 o'clock in the morning, Memorial Stadium, Indiana.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody's going to have a different job, but we're all
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  Speaker 1: working towards the same goal, the same opportunity. And I
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  Speaker 1: want to be clear about this word opportunity. It doesn't
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  Speaker 1: mean destiny. It doesn't mean a national title. It does
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  Speaker 1: not mean Indiana is is supposed to lose because we
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  Speaker 1: all think that we're supposed to win. It means we
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  Speaker 1: finally have a chance, another chance, to contribute to something
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  Speaker 1: that we've been after for quite a while here as
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  Speaker 1: Husker Nation and then go out and let the players
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  Speaker 1: compete and let the final score dictate the outcome. So
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  Speaker 1: here's the mission for everybody this week. Outwork Indiana in
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  Speaker 1: every possible way that we can control. No, we can't
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  Speaker 1: go to their practice and run it. We can't control
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  Speaker 1: how they prep, but we can control how we get
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  Speaker 1: ready for this week. So, if you're already yelling at
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  Speaker 1: your phone, watching videos, good. But make sure you save
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  Speaker 1: a little for Saturday. If you are staring at the
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  Speaker 1: schedule trying to decide whether it's emotionally safe to believe
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  Speaker 1: after this 5-0 start, well, stay with me You don't
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  Speaker 1: have to predict the ending to show up fully for
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  Speaker 1: what we're after here this Saturday. The first assignment for us,
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  Speaker 1: get your mind right. Don't spend the week auditioning for disappointment. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I know the habit. We have a good drive and
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  Speaker 1: then someone says, just wait, here comes the blunders. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: we get a lead. And everybody just starts assuming that
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  Speaker 1: it could disappear. Or let's flip it. Indiana scores a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: Indiana gets an early lead like Maryland last week. And
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  Speaker 1: then there becomes the silence of the crowd and the disappointment.
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  Speaker 1: And here we go again. Can't win a big game.
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  Speaker 1: Let's not let that happen, Husker Nation. The past over
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  Speaker 1: the last however many years, no matter how old you are,
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  Speaker 1: explains why we care. We've been around. We've stuck with
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  Speaker 1: it through the thin and thin, and this game needs everybody. Now,
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  Speaker 1: being mentally ready doesn't mean Indiana's not good. They're obviously good.
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  Speaker 1: You have to respect what they do. It's part of preparation.
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  Speaker 1: We know what they've completed. They're on the longest winning
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  Speaker 1: streak here in college football and coming off a national title.
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  Speaker 1: Our confidence should sound like this. They're good, but what
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  Speaker 1: we've done so far, we've earned our place so far
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  Speaker 1: in this game and in this season, and we're going
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  Speaker 1: to make them earn everything that they get. Our confidence
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  Speaker 1: and our passion should not disappear the first time they
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  Speaker 1: make a big play. I'll repeat that. The first time
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  Speaker 1: they make a big play, don't let it fade. Here's
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  Speaker 1: the test for our crowd. If Indiana does score first
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  Speaker 1: or we drop a pass or we have an interception,
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  Speaker 1: what do we do next? If the stadium goes quiet,
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  Speaker 1: and let me tell you, it did on Saturday against Maryland,
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  Speaker 1: we made the moment harder for us. If we immediately
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  Speaker 1: turn on a player, start bashing officials, it's not going
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  Speaker 1: to help us. Make the next snap louder. Quiet on offense.
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  Speaker 1: Let the offense hear. But let's make sure that we
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  Speaker 1: are there and ready to go Saturday. For the game.
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  Speaker 1: This week. Be the person who brings people into the moment.
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  Speaker 1: Bring people together. Text a friend who usually stays home.
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  Speaker 1: Get them to the game. Encourage the kid. The middle
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  Speaker 1: school kids that are sitting next to me last week.
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  Speaker 1: Why Saturdays matter. Have a conversation with them. Tell them
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  Speaker 1: how big of a moment this is. Tell the nervous
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  Speaker 1: old Arnie sitting next to you. That hey. Stand up.
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  Speaker 1: Grab him by the chin if you have to. And
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  Speaker 1: pull him up. We're going to do this thing. We
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  Speaker 1: can be serious without being miserable. We can believe without
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  Speaker 1: demanding perfection. That's the mindset we have to have in
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  Speaker 1: Memorial Stadium. So, go through quickly these different lenses again.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about everybody around the program. Players, as you
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  Speaker 1: get through preparation, trust the work and the mission that
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  Speaker 1: your coaching staff is putting you on. Know the assignment.
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  Speaker 1: Know the call. Know the adjustment. Finish every play to
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  Speaker 1: the whistle. Take care of what you need to do
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  Speaker 1: this week to recover and have your body in full
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  Speaker 1: shape ready to go for Saturday. Compete harder every play
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  Speaker 1: than Indiana. The best version of effort is aimed at
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  Speaker 1: doing your job right. And as those get pieced together
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  Speaker 1: as a whole, we're going to like where we sit. Coaches,
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  Speaker 1: give the guys the answers they need to carry through
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  Speaker 1: all of the outside noise and the pressure going into
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  Speaker 1: this game. Prepare, prepare, prepare. This whole week. Be ready
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  Speaker 1: for the big moments. Be ready for the next call.
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  Speaker 1: Be ready to adjust. Be ready to tweak. Signetti's going
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  Speaker 1: to do that stuff. Out-coach Kurt Signetti. You can do it. Fans.
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  Speaker 1: Can't say it enough. Get there early. Get there loud.
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  Speaker 1: And don't stop. Make everything that Indiana does as difficult
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  Speaker 1: as possible. Stay engaged the entire game. There's always this awkward,
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  Speaker 1: long moment, and it's 11 a.m. kick. I get it.
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  Speaker 1: Find a way to get through the entire three to
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  Speaker 1: four hours. It's our job. Media, do your homework. Ask
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  Speaker 1: the questions. Make sure that everything is locked in, ready
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  Speaker 1: to go for this week. Your part, I really don't
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  Speaker 1: think matters that much, but after the game, it's more
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  Speaker 1: season long. But this week's huge. Don't throw anything out
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  Speaker 1: there that doesn't need to be there. Families and friends
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  Speaker 1: of the players keep making the week normal for the kids.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't need to have 40 extra messages about he's
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  Speaker 1: the biggest game in the program's last 10 years or whatever.
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  Speaker 1: Don't make it an extra big week. Let him trust
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  Speaker 1: what his preparation and his coaches are having to do
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  Speaker 1: and believe. So, Yes, I'm not assigning a loss to
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  Speaker 1: a fan who can't be there. All the other things
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  Speaker 1: in life are real, but contribute what you can. Big week.
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  Speaker 1: We got to put all of our eggs in one basket.
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  Speaker 1: A full program effort means everybody gives their role. They
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  Speaker 1: actually have to be 1% better than Indiana this week.
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  Speaker 1: It doesn't mean everybody has equal control. Obviously, the players
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  Speaker 1: are the ones playing the game. The coaches are the
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  Speaker 1: one coaching the game. The fans are the ones cheering
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  Speaker 1: on the players and the coaches. But we can all
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  Speaker 1: do our part to find a way to beat Indiana
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday. All right, now that that real talk's over,
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  Speaker 1: now we have a little bit of fun here. The
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  Speaker 1: physical preparation, and Arnie, I'm talking to you here mainly.
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  Speaker 1: Get that goalpost blueprint ready. Because if things go and
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  Speaker 1: everybody does their part, And we end up ahead when
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  Speaker 1: the clock strikes zero. That goal post is coming down, baby.
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  Speaker 1: Saturday's 11 o'clock, kickoff 11. That means when you're trying
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  Speaker 1: to figure out what time you're starting on Saturday morning,
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  Speaker 1: plan a 30-minute earlier, plan an hour earlier. Get here sooner.
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  Speaker 1: It's the biggest game of the year so far. Find
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  Speaker 1: a way to get something to eat. Drink some water. Arnie,
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  Speaker 1: drink a lot of water. Get that siren ready. Be
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  Speaker 1: ready to go. And don't spend every ounce of your
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  Speaker 1: voice in an argument on Tuesday about what we're going
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  Speaker 1: to do against Dylan Raiola in Eugene next week. No,
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  Speaker 1: save it for Saturday. And yes, the goalposts, I mentioned that,
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  Speaker 1: the joke, the dream. Arnie is going to be the
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  Speaker 1: director of postgame infrastructure. He's going to figure out, he's
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  Speaker 1: already sent me some of the blueprints, how that thing
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  Speaker 1: goes down. I don't know. He's going to find a way, though.
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  Speaker 1: That's his job for the week. Lastly, I want to
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  Speaker 1: go back to the most important part of the preparation.
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  Speaker 1: It's one that we cannot script, but it's staying into
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  Speaker 1: the game no matter the moment. And I keep repeating it,
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  Speaker 1: doing your job. There's going to be a stretch where
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  Speaker 1: the offense is stuck. It's Indiana. They're good. There's going
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  Speaker 1: to be some missed throws. There's going to be some
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  Speaker 1: missed tackles. I'll go back to the word catastrophic. Keep
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  Speaker 1: the catastrophic plays out of the game for Nebraska. There's
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  Speaker 1: probably going to be calls that nobody likes. Maybe the
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  Speaker 1: officiating from last week is going to get us some calls.
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  Speaker 1: We hope so. But it's our job as fans to
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  Speaker 1: stay in the moment every play, every snap to make
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  Speaker 1: sure that we do what we can to get Nebraska
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  Speaker 1: this win on Saturday. And if you're watching at home,
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  Speaker 1: you have a job too. Make the room fun. Enjoy it.
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  Speaker 1: Make the atmosphere great. Find a way to bring someone
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  Speaker 1: that maybe who hasn't cared in a while and give
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  Speaker 1: them a reason to care. This is a great week
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  Speaker 1: to show that there's hope. And if we win, you're
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  Speaker 1: not going to regret it. If we lose, well, we've
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  Speaker 1: kind of been used to that in the past. So
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  Speaker 1: find a way to make this be a great week
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  Speaker 1: for Husker football. And here's our week. Today is Tuesday, right?
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  Speaker 1: We've outlined, we've moved on from Maryland. Today we're making
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  Speaker 1: the plan what we have to do. Wednesday, let Dak
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  Speaker 1: handle whatever strange motivational thing he thinks he's going to
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  Speaker 1: do tomorrow. Thursday, Austin, Dak and I will get more
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  Speaker 1: on the details of Indiana. We'll have some film watching
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  Speaker 1: done Wednesday night. We'll be ready to go. Friday, get
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  Speaker 1: some rest. And then Saturday, get up and be ready
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  Speaker 1: to go. And this is what I mean when I
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  Speaker 1: say we have to outwork Indiana in every aspect. We
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  Speaker 1: don't know what they're doing. We can't control it, but
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  Speaker 1: we can make sure that we're doing a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more than they are. We have spent years asking for
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  Speaker 1: a game like this to win a game like this.
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  Speaker 1: Now we have one in front of us. Let's not
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  Speaker 1: pretend that, oh, will we be able to do this?
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  Speaker 1: Let's Be excited. We're allowed to be excited. We're allowed
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  Speaker 1: to care. We're allowed to make this a great week
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  Speaker 1: without making one result the measure of everybody's worth. We're
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  Speaker 1: allowed to be nervous. If you're nervous, that means you care.
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  Speaker 1: But let's find a way to get the job done Saturday. Arnie,
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  Speaker 1: check the siren. Austin, get some good numbers for Thursday. Dak,
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  Speaker 1: check whatever it is that you check. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: what that is, but check it. And Husker Nation, check
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  Speaker 1: your plans and bring your best. Celebrate the progress we've
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  Speaker 1: made so far, but prepare for the standard. Earn that
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  Speaker 1: next moment. Everybody has a job. Go Big Red.
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  Speaker 2: The headlines change, but the mission stays From Memorial Stadium
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  Speaker 2: to PBA days Football Saturdays, basketball.
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  Speaker 1: Nights Every story chasing red and.
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  Speaker 2: White Recruiting buzz, big time commits Camp battles, coaching hits
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  Speaker 2: Transfer moves and rising stars The road to glory's never
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  Speaker 2: far This is Return to Glory, where every headline tells
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  Speaker 2: a story. Big Red pride every season. Husker Nation's got
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  Speaker 2: a reason. From touchdowns, dunks, and championship dreams, we'll be
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  Speaker 2: back with the latest from every team.
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  Speaker 1: Until next time, keep the.
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  Speaker 2: Faith, keep believing, because the Return to Glory is just beginning.
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  Speaker 1: Go Big Red!
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  Speaker 2: See you next episode!