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Episode 24 | Tailgate Pod - Ohio · Return to Glory - Nebraska

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  Speaker 1: Turn on the grill, crack a.
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  Speaker 2: Beer, flip on the TV, crank it up! Big Red
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  Speaker 2: Saturday is the return to.
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  Speaker 3: Glory Tailgate Pod!
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  Speaker 4: Return to Glory Podcast, Hunter Zarbernicki here. It's tailgate season.
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  Speaker 4: That means it's tailgate pod time. Grilling here over lunch
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  Speaker 4: on the lunch hour. Got some burgers on the grill
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  Speaker 4: for the tailgate pod week one against Ohio. Listen, I
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  Speaker 4: think that this year I have a weird feeling this
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  Speaker 4: could be a really good season because there's no.
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  Speaker 5: Hype in the offseason.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know that we won the offseason natty title
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  Speaker 4: this year. That's a very big positive.
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  Speaker 5: I do think.
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  Speaker 4: That it could be the year we finally exceed expectations.
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  Speaker 4: We haven't done it in, man, I don't know, 10 years?
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  Speaker 4: Is that the win total under we've hit 10 years
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  Speaker 4: in a row? I think this could be the year. Now,
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  Speaker 4: expectations are low.
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  Speaker 5: They are low. But it starts this Saturday against Ohio.
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  Speaker 5: I will say this. It's going to be a hot one.
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  Speaker 5: It's going to be.
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  Speaker 4: A hot one Saturday, but that ain't stopping me. The
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  Speaker 4: greatest fans of showing up. Drink lots of water, people,
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  Speaker 4: if you're attending the game.
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  Speaker 5: Or tailgate and drink lots of water. Because it's going
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  Speaker 5: to be a hot one. Not going to leave early.
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  Speaker 4: We ain't leaving early from this game. Husker Nation needs us. So,
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  Speaker 4: here's my take on the game.
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  Speaker 3: I think....
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  Speaker 4: It's not going to go as perfectly as planned. Um,
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  Speaker 4: I know we're 23, 24 point spreads. If you watch
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  Speaker 4: some games last night, you see teams start off slow.
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  Speaker 4: You know, you hope that's not the case in year
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  Speaker 4: four under Matt rule, but Ohio is not a pushover
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  Speaker 4: Mac team. They are, I think they won 10 games
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  Speaker 4: last year. Last loss of Anthony Calandria is, uh, season
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  Speaker 4: last year was against Ohio. But I think that bodes
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  Speaker 4: well for us because we're not going to be sleeping
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  Speaker 4: on him.
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  Speaker 5: I just think it's going to take a little bit
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  Speaker 5: of time to figure things out. I don't think it should.
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  Speaker 4: It shouldn't take time, but I just think it's going to.
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  Speaker 4: I don't think we're going to see an A performance
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  Speaker 4: from start to finish, unfortunately.
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  Speaker 5: And you know what?
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  Speaker 4: I think that's good because then we can learn as
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  Speaker 4: we head into our next couple of games. So I
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  Speaker 4: don't think that's bad that we don't look at an
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  Speaker 4: A performance the entire game.
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  Speaker 5: But I do think it's.
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  Speaker 4: Going to get off to a little bit of a
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  Speaker 4: slow start.
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  Speaker 5: I have us 10.7 to 10 up at halftime.
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  Speaker 4: And then second half making some good adjustments and pulling away.
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  Speaker 4: Let's see this offense click and work. I think the
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  Speaker 4: legs of Calandria are going to be fun to watch.
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  Speaker 4: Let's limit the turnovers. Let's win the turnover battle by
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  Speaker 4: plus two.
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  Speaker 5: How about that? Let's go plus two in the turnover margin.
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  Speaker 5: Let's take.
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  Speaker 4: This defense that we are now going to be able
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  Speaker 4: to see under Rob Arch.
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  Speaker 5: Let's see this thing in action.
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  Speaker 4: I have Nebraska winning and covering the spread in week one.
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  Speaker 4: 42 to the Ohio Bobcats, 13. Again, tailgate pod every
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  Speaker 4: Saturday morning as you're getting ready for your game.
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  Speaker 5: 11 a.m. kick. It'll be a bright and early one.
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  Speaker 4: Stop by the tailgate in the huddle parking lot if
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  Speaker 4: you're around. We will be there with breakfast and some
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  Speaker 4: games all day on TVs.
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  Speaker 5: Go Big Red.
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  Speaker 4: Let the 2026 season begin. Time to exceed expectations.
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  Speaker 3: I had to do a second take. No, I'm not
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  Speaker 3: going to lie, guys. My first take, I was doing
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  Speaker 3: the Adam Conker hands. Didn't like it. Tailgate pod. Just
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  Speaker 3: want to shout out Lady Huskers. Volleyball is off to
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  Speaker 3: a great start. Undefeated, no sets, lost. Looking at Ohio
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  Speaker 3: this weekend, it's going to be hot, hot, hot, hot.
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  Speaker 3: So if you're tailgating, be sure to squeak in those
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  Speaker 3: waters while you're drinking. Things I'm looking for in this game,
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  Speaker 3: I kind of mentioned on Thursday's pod, I really want
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  Speaker 3: to see what our new offensive line looks like. We've
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  Speaker 3: got a A bunch of new faces there. What's our
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  Speaker 3: rotations look like? How's our defensive line looking as far
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  Speaker 3: as pass rush? That was one of the things that
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  Speaker 3: we struggled with last year. Does our new size, our
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  Speaker 3: new scheme, does that lead to more advantages? How aggressive
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  Speaker 3: are we going to be? Like I said, it's going
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  Speaker 3: to be real hot, so there's going to be a
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  Speaker 3: lot of cramps out.
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  Speaker 5: On the field.
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  Speaker 3: I expect there to be a lot of stoppage for injuries.
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  Speaker 3: Hopefully not, but that's kind of how it works. Regarding
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  Speaker 3: the game itself, It's going to be a lot of running.
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  Speaker 3: I think we're going to be pretty conservative with our
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  Speaker 3: play calling. I think that's what we've seen in the
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  Speaker 3: past with these early games. I don't think this is it.
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  Speaker 3: On Thursday, they're a MAAC team, but they were 9-4
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  Speaker 3: last year. They have a new head coach, new quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: Not sure what to expect, but they are competitive. UMass
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  Speaker 3: beat Rutgers last night, so let's not let that happen.
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  Speaker 3: UMass was last year, and we were picking every college
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  Speaker 3: football team uh, each week to win, I always picked
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  Speaker 3: against UMass, and it, it did not let me down, so,
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  Speaker 3: let's not be a Rutgers, I gotta knock, because it
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  Speaker 3: scares me, um, Ohio's gonna be competitive, I do think
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  Speaker 3: we're gonna win, the implied score is 34 to 12, essentially,
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  Speaker 3: if I remember correctly, I think we probably won't cover, like, usual, um,
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  Speaker 3: But it's going to be a good game for the
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  Speaker 3: first half for sure. I expect to be relatively low
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  Speaker 3: scoring and then maybe towards the end of the game when,
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  Speaker 3: you know, in theory our superior athleticism takes over after
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  Speaker 3: a long, hot first half. I expect us to kind
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  Speaker 3: of run away in the fourth quarter. Probably not enough
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  Speaker 3: to where we're really putting in backups. I don't expect
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  Speaker 3: a lot of snaps from Danny Kaelin or TJ Lateef. So,
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to take us to win, obviously.
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  Speaker 5: And.
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  Speaker 3: The score, give me 35 to 14. Feels right. I
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  Speaker 3: don't expect to get a lot of field goal kicks.
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  Speaker 3: I think we're going to be a little bit extra aggressive,
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  Speaker 3: especially when we're playing some lesser opponents. We're not interested
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  Speaker 3: in taking the field goals. So, Huskers win 35-14, maybe 35-13.
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  Speaker 3: They get a couple field goals in there, but I
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  Speaker 3: think we're going to look good. I think it's going
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  Speaker 3: to be a fun time. I expect the crowd to
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  Speaker 3: be a little bit dead. You know, rules begging Husker
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  Speaker 3: fans to be a little more aggressive. Part of that
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  Speaker 3: is a product of what you put on the field.
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  Speaker 3: So hopefully this year he puts enough stuff on the
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  Speaker 3: field that the crowd gets a little rowdy by the
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  Speaker 3: end of the season. But expect a tame hot first
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  Speaker 3: week and go Big Red.
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  Speaker 2: All right, game week here. little preview pod start off
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  Speaker 2: the or a little tailgate pod some people want to
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  Speaker 2: call it anyway so i'm sitting here watching this ruckers
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  Speaker 2: umass game right now i'm gonna go on record saying
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  Speaker 2: ruckers is the worst team in the big 10 easily
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  Speaker 2: the halftime show said that umass had 15 total touchdowns
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  Speaker 2: last year and they're losing 24 to 70 umass right
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  Speaker 2: now that is just absolutely embarrassing One of the worst
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  Speaker 2: teams in the nation last year could not come out
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  Speaker 2: and do this. So anyone worried about Nebraska going to
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  Speaker 2: Rutgers and losing can just put that away because that
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  Speaker 2: ain't happening. All right, next. This week's game. It's supposed
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  Speaker 2: to be hotter than hell. There's just no way around it.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be hotter than hell. I just read
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  Speaker 2: that they're letting people bring in water bottles, which I
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  Speaker 2: think they do that most games. They sell them there.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, that's how hot it's going to be. They're
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  Speaker 2: letting friends... Fans bring in their own water. So what
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to in this game is, can Nebraska
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  Speaker 2: start off the game hot, early, and not give this
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  Speaker 2: team hope? Like I've been saying all week, you let these,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to call them lower schools.
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  Speaker 4: Mac, whatever.
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  Speaker 2: Don't get me wrong, they're still tough teams. Can be.
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  Speaker 2: You let these teams, you know, stick around 14-10, Nebraska's
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  Speaker 2: up fourth quarter. That's when these teams get life and hope,
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  Speaker 2: and they start making crazy plays, and who knows what
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  Speaker 2: can happen from that. At least be up on this
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  Speaker 2: team 24-3 at some point. Just don't give them any
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  Speaker 2: hope at all. What I would do is blitz them.
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  Speaker 2: They have a whole new quarterback, a whole new coach.
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  Speaker 2: Just blitz the crap out of them. Just let it happen.
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  Speaker 2: You want to rattle this young quarterback. Hit him early.
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  Speaker 3: Hit him often.
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  Speaker 2: You want this guy to not want to be there. So,
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  Speaker 2: this is also like a preseason game for Nebraska. I mean, again,
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  Speaker 2: I'm sitting here watching this. Rutgers has made terrible mistakes.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of teams week one is nowhere near what
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  Speaker 2: they look like in, let's say, week eight. You want
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  Speaker 2: to get the early mistakes out of that. And for
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  Speaker 2: the love of God, Pritchett If you jump off... if
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  Speaker 2: you do a false start again in a terrible situation,
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  Speaker 2: I swear, because I'm putting all the eggs in your basket.
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  Speaker 2: I think you are going to be great this season. Now,
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  Speaker 2: another thing I'm very excited for. I want to, all
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  Speaker 2: we hear about this O-line is great, great, great, great, great. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: let's see it.
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  Speaker 5: Rule, enough talk.
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  Speaker 2: I can talk and say I'm the best quarterback in
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  Speaker 2: the nation. Well, let's go out and prove it. Let's
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  Speaker 2: go see that happen. So all this offseason talk about
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  Speaker 2: offensive line, tight ends. By the way, that looks scary,
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  Speaker 2: but we'll see how that looks. Especially against Ohio, if
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  Speaker 2: their line– sacks and can't get the run game going
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  Speaker 2: that is very scary for the season so this this
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  Speaker 2: game could prove like it could make i don't think
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  Speaker 2: anyone's gonna walk out feeling great but this game could
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  Speaker 2: definitely make you feel a lot worse coming out of
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  Speaker 2: the game like like it'll if nebraska sucks it'll prove
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  Speaker 2: that very quickly if they're losing if they're losing like
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  Speaker 2: ruckers is umass right now don't let rule step foot
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  Speaker 2: in lincoln flying as far away as possible it's over
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  Speaker 2: If they're ever down 24-7 to Ohio, just give the
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  Speaker 2: keys to somebody else.
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  Speaker 1: It's over.
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  Speaker 2: So with that, I think wholeheartedly Nebraska can dominate this game.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be 48-3. They're going to do what
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying they do, especially with Kalander knowing Ohio. I
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  Speaker 2: think they're going to come out early and often and
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  Speaker 2: just don't let this team get any hope, which I
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  Speaker 2: hope happens.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody have a great game week. Let's go week one.
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  Speaker 2: Let's win this game. Let's win these first three games.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, one game at a time. Let's hopefully not
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  Speaker 2: come on Monday and say, oh, wow, Nebraska's screwed.
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  Speaker 5: So, all right. Go Big Red.
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  Speaker 2: Let's win a game. Everyone, I'd recommend bringing an extra
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  Speaker 2: pair of shorts because it's going to be that sweaty.
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  Speaker 5: All right.
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  Speaker 2: We'll see you.
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  Speaker 1: The headlines change, but the mission stays. From Memorial Stadium
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  Speaker 1: to PBA days. Football Saturdays, basketball nights. Every story chasing.
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  Speaker 2: Red and white.
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  Speaker 1: Recruiting buzz, big time commits. Camp battles, coaching hits. Transfer
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  Speaker 1: moves and rising stars. The road to glory's never far.
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  Speaker 1: This is Return to Glory Where every headline tells a
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  Speaker 1: story Big Red pride every season Husker Nation's got a reason.
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  Speaker 2: From touchdowns, dunks.
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  Speaker 1: And championship dreams We'll be back with the latest from
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  Speaker 1: every team Until next time, keep the faith, keep believing
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  Speaker 1: Because the Return to Glory is just beginning Go Big Red!
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  Speaker 1: See you next episode!