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Keys to the Game: North Dakota · Husker Buzz

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  Speaker 1: The News Radio 1110 KFAB Certified Transmission Sports Brief, Husker
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  Speaker 1: Buzz Edition, with Sean Callahan right here on Big Red Radio.
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  Speaker 3: Boys?
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  Speaker 2: Okie doke, Sean. It seems to me the key to
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  Speaker 2: the game is pass rush. How do you see it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's more disruption, too. You're not always going to
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  Speaker 3: get to the quarterback with how fast they get rid
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  Speaker 3: of the football. And just some of the things they're
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  Speaker 3: going to do. But, yeah, Kaminsky, the quarterback for North Dakota,
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  Speaker 3: is a very good veteran quarterback, one of the best
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  Speaker 3: quarterbacks in FCS, number two-ranked offense in FCS overall, 50
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  Speaker 3: points a game. You've got to get him out of
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  Speaker 3: rhythm and disrupt him and just find those opportunities to
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  Speaker 3: get off the field. Those third and twos, third and threes,
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  Speaker 3: those are the tough downs to win. For the most part,
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  Speaker 3: last week Nebraska did win those downs, but that third
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  Speaker 3: quarter obviously they weren't able to get off the field.
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  Speaker 3: Bowling Green last week held the ball for 11 minutes
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  Speaker 3: and 37 seconds of the third quarter. It was a
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  Speaker 3: lot of just little third down, dink and dunk plays
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  Speaker 3: that kept that clock clicking. It didn't allow a lot
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  Speaker 3: of the backups to get in because they just couldn't
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  Speaker 3: get off the field in the third quarter.
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  Speaker 2: That's their best chance to keep Nebraska's offense from hanging
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  Speaker 2: 50 or 60, and that is to not let them
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  Speaker 2: have the football. So they need that controlled passing game,
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  Speaker 2: much like Purdue perfected when Jeff Brom was the coach there.
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  Speaker 2: What about Nebraska's rush defense? Now, it's a little hard
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  Speaker 2: to tell through the first couple games, but your evaluation
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  Speaker 2: of their ability to stop the run.
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  Speaker 3: I thought there was a huge noticeable difference when Owen
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  Speaker 3: Chambliss was back. The communication, just being set, being ready.
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  Speaker 3: It looked cleaner. And Dexter Foster, too, really came into
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  Speaker 3: his own. I mean, when you can blow up a
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  Speaker 3: first-down run play like he did last week for a
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  Speaker 3: seven-yard loss, that's going to win the drive or win
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  Speaker 3: the series for the defense. So I thought those two
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  Speaker 3: linebackers were big. They played so many defensive linemen last week,
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  Speaker 3: it was really hard to... I mean, 20 different defensive
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  Speaker 3: linemen took snaps in the game on Saturday. So they're
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  Speaker 3: really trying to play a lot of these guys early.
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  Speaker 3: But Stoudemire and his limited 15 snaps looked really good
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  Speaker 3: last week. And again, had a very small sample size.
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  Speaker 3: I thought he took a big step forward. We saw
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  Speaker 3: a lot of David Hufkin, the German, on the roster
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  Speaker 3: in his third year. I think he's kind of emerged
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  Speaker 3: into that fourth defensive tackle spot after the top three
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  Speaker 3: of Stoudemire, Whittington, and then Popple.
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  Speaker 2: You can't blame him. He doesn't speak the language. How's
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  Speaker 2: he supposed to be able to pick up the signs
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  Speaker 2: if he's speaking German out there? He's the only one. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: a couple of other things for you, Sean, here on
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  Speaker 2: the Husker Buzz Report at 651 on 1110 KFB. Tomorrow,
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  Speaker 2: college football tomorrow, you're going to be watching, obviously in person,
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  Speaker 2: the Nebraska game. But what do you think will happen
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  Speaker 2: in the Michigan State at Notre Dame game tomorrow?
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  Speaker 3: Well, Notre Dame's a heavy favorite. I mean, they got
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  Speaker 3: a 30-point type favorite going in, so that gets your attention.
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  Speaker 3: I want to see Michigan State's defense and how they
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  Speaker 3: match up in this game. Can they slow them down?
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  Speaker 3: Because I do think Nebraska, you would hope, has an
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  Speaker 3: advantage going in. But yeah, does Pat Fitzgerald's team make
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  Speaker 3: this a game? I mean, no one's expecting them to
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  Speaker 3: be within three touchdowns of Notre Dame. And if they
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  Speaker 3: can make this a fight into the fourth quarter, third quarter,
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  Speaker 3: I think it gets your attention going out there for
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  Speaker 3: that game next week.
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  Speaker 2: And if you are the executives at CBS Sports, you're
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  Speaker 2: really ready to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. Last week,
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  Speaker 2: they brought the National Eyes to Minnesota. And the loss
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  Speaker 2: to Mississippi State, a blowout loss. And they're doing the
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  Speaker 2: USC-Rutgers game tomorrow. Now that's a picture of college football
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  Speaker 2: at its finest.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, for whatever reason, the Big Ten didn't put a
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  Speaker 3: good game for Week 3. It's Rutgers and USC. And
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  Speaker 3: I think Purdue and UCLA... or the other conference games
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  Speaker 3: this week. There's just not a good conference game. But
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  Speaker 3: I'm interested if USC traveling all the way east, just
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  Speaker 3: how they play. Because that's going to be kind of
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  Speaker 3: a sleepy East Coast atmosphere. Nobody there. If Lincoln Riley
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  Speaker 3: get that team up for that game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, nobody will be there. Okay, so your other keys
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  Speaker 2: to the game, we have 30 seconds. Your other keys tomorrow?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, just... Keep the rhythm of the offense that we've seen.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, that's a big one. And then, obviously, winning
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  Speaker 3: those third downs, getting it off the field. I think
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  Speaker 3: if you can get Nebraska's offense on the field more
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  Speaker 3: often than not, North Dakota's not going to be able
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  Speaker 3: to slow down Nebraska's offense. You've just got to get
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  Speaker 3: them on the field.
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  Speaker 2: All right. And we've got the Husker Online pregame show
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  Speaker 2: at 6 o'clock tonight. We have a boatload of high
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  Speaker 2: school football games to go to, so you're going to
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  Speaker 2: want to leave it on 11 at 6 o'clock tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Quick question for you guys. Sean, how is North Dakota's
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  Speaker 1: receiver score?
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  Speaker 3: Well, they lost some guys from a year ago.
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  Speaker 1: Who do they have? What's the name of the guy
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  Speaker 1: who's pretty good? Ding, ding.
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  Speaker 3: You just wanted to say that, guys.
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  Speaker 2: No, he wanted to ring the bell. Yeah, that's what
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  Speaker 2: he wanted to do.
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  Speaker 1: Where's our gong?
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  Speaker 2: Whenever he catches a pass, you're going to hear that.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Shano, thanks.
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  Speaker 1: See you at 9 and 6. All right, thanks, guys.