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Episode 48 | Midseason Grades · Return to Glory - Nebraska

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back, Return to Glory. Hunter with you by myself today.
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  Speaker 1: We have reached... the halfway point through Nebraska's regular season.
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  Speaker 1: A week ago, we felt like we, I'm not gonna
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: throw the word out there, but midway through that game
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  Speaker 1: felt like we could be seeing some post-season. But after Indiana,
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: we will see where things head into the Oregon week.
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to go through three different versions of expectation
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  Speaker 1: setting here as we're halfway through the season through six
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  Speaker 1: games so basically where we were at at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the year last year and have to remember that
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  Speaker 1: and then where we were at before the season opener
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  Speaker 1: this year where the schedule looked like what the hype
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  Speaker 1: was the all the unknowns and then where we're at
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  Speaker 1: now with what we've actually seen and want to separate
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  Speaker 1: what I guess what reasonable expectations were, um, here from
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  Speaker 1: those three different timeframes. So starting, I guess, taking you
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  Speaker 1: back to last year and I guess before I get
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  Speaker 1: into that, the big reason I'm doing this, I, I,
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  Speaker 1: I think the one thing I heard this week that
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  Speaker 1: I really liked, right? Like when you, when you say
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  Speaker 1: the word bowl game, I guess you just assume this
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  Speaker 1: year we're going to make a bowl game after where
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  Speaker 1: we've been at. And if you want to talk about
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  Speaker 1: progress and where we're at under Matt rule, um, You know,
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  Speaker 1: being 5-1 right now, I guess we just kind of
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  Speaker 1: assume that. So I just think when you're thinking about
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  Speaker 1: individual games and where you're at in a point of
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  Speaker 1: the season, it's easy to forget, you know, recent history
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  Speaker 1: and where maybe your head was at. And that can
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  Speaker 1: kind of help get you a gauge on where things
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  Speaker 1: are at moving forward. So last season, remember, we finished
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  Speaker 1: the year very poorly, 7-6. Things were not looking good.
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  Speaker 1: It was very dark and gloom. We got beat. 44
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  Speaker 1: to 22 against Utah and got blown out in the
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  Speaker 1: bowl game. And the off season was very quiet. There
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  Speaker 1: wasn't a whole lot of words. It was season. The
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  Speaker 1: schedule was going to be tough. Um, we knew we
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  Speaker 1: had to, we had to find a quarterback because Dylan
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  Speaker 1: Rayola leaves to Oregon and we bring in Anthony Calandria
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  Speaker 1: and people were like, I think this could be good,
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  Speaker 1: but we don't know. Uh, we, we always question, you know, what,
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  Speaker 1: what kind of talent do we have on this roster? Well,
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  Speaker 1: Bottom line is at the end of the season, we
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  Speaker 1: wanted proof this year that things are still moving in
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  Speaker 1: the right direction. And we're beating the teams we should beat.
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  Speaker 1: We are making plays when we need to make plays.
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  Speaker 1: We're not losing one score games anymore like we have.
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  Speaker 1: And we wanted to see that. Well, after getting blown
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  Speaker 1: out the last three games at the end of the year,
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  Speaker 1: things are pretty gloom. And coming into the year, There was, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the typical August hype and where we were at. But
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  Speaker 1: I think everybody just didn't have very high expectations. You
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  Speaker 1: looked at the schedule. The first three games were the
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  Speaker 1: easiest first three games in the entire country. And then
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  Speaker 1: you knew things were going to get tough. Well, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: just what you think is going to happen doesn't always happen.
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  Speaker 1: We look really good. We take care of business those
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  Speaker 1: three games. And, yeah, we should beat Maryland and we
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  Speaker 1: should beat Michigan State. We did. And now we got
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  Speaker 1: to Indiana and hoping we didn't get blown out to
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  Speaker 1: the defending national champs actually probably should have won the game.
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  Speaker 1: And for other reasons, as we talked about, it's frustrating
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  Speaker 1: because we actually probably should have won that game, but
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  Speaker 1: we didn't. And then you look at the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the schedule where we're at. Things look promising. They look hopeful.
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  Speaker 1: They look like maybe we can compete with everybody on
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  Speaker 1: our schedule. Um, My view, I guess, coming out of
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  Speaker 1: where we're at so far is, I'll use the word progress, right?
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  Speaker 1: It's moving in the right direction. Is it everything we
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  Speaker 1: hoped for? No, but I don't think if you asked anybody, well,
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  Speaker 1: maybe a few people thought we could beat Indiana, but
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  Speaker 1: nobody thought we were going to be 6-0 through the
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  Speaker 1: first six games. And I would say if you polled
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  Speaker 1: everybody beginning of the year, you're probably going to get
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  Speaker 1: a lot of 4-2s and maybe some 5-1s there too,
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  Speaker 1: but where we're at now at this point in the season,
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  Speaker 1: you got to feel pretty decent about that. Now, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of that hope and a lot of that, I guess,
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  Speaker 1: thought process is also how these last six games in
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  Speaker 1: our schedule, these teams have fared out as well. And
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  Speaker 1: so you don't want to get overconfident, but I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you look at our win total at six and a half.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, If we don't get over that, it's not
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  Speaker 1: going to be good, right? I think from what we've seen.
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  Speaker 1: But now, this is what's hard, is the expectation of
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  Speaker 1: winning eight games now is probably where everybody's heads are at.
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  Speaker 1: And if we don't do that, the vibe of progress,
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  Speaker 1: the vibe of how the season went is not going
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  Speaker 1: to be very good. And just go through the rest
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  Speaker 1: of our schedule and think about just winning six games
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  Speaker 1: and not getting the win total over. Like, in order
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  Speaker 1: to do that against the schedule, things are going to
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  Speaker 1: be pretty bad. And I'm not saying that can't happen,
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  Speaker 1: but it looks like we're on the path to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: hitting the win total over for the first time since 2016.
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  Speaker 1: And it looks like that we should be able to
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  Speaker 1: win some of these games as we finish up. But
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  Speaker 1: is that because of what we've done? Yeah, some of them.
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  Speaker 1: I would say it's, but a lot of it's what
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  Speaker 1: the other teams have shown against who they played and
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  Speaker 1: how their performance, like you look at this Oregon game,
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  Speaker 1: you would, you look at the preseason line and spread
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  Speaker 1: on it. It was in the twenties. It was 24
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  Speaker 1: to go on the road. Now it's this week is
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  Speaker 1: at seven and a half. So yes, it's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of what we've done, but it's also a lot of
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  Speaker 1: what the other teams have not done. Just real quick,
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  Speaker 1: going back to Indiana. And this is, as everybody's getting
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  Speaker 1: over the Indiana hangover of the loss, I think what
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  Speaker 1: it really shows is what that challenge was against Indiana.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't beyond reach. It obviously doesn't sit well by
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  Speaker 1: not winning that game, but it also proves that those
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  Speaker 1: first five wins of taking care of business, while not
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  Speaker 1: everything was perfect, those first five wins weren't fake, right?
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  Speaker 1: The things that we've done from... all the positions and,
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  Speaker 1: and as a unit, offense, defense, special teams, and then
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  Speaker 1: complimentary football, like all of that stuff is, is, is
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  Speaker 1: right there, right? We're right with some of the top
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  Speaker 1: teams in the country, at least Indiana, which again, I'll caveat,
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  Speaker 1: I'll caveat Indiana with this. Maybe they go out and
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  Speaker 1: get blown out by Ohio state and maybe they're not
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  Speaker 1: a top 15 team. I don't know, but they obviously
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  Speaker 1: know how to win. They, they haven't lost in forever.
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  Speaker 1: And they're defending national champs. I think from a halfway standpoint, again,
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  Speaker 1: vibes overall pretty good. And I think we, as we
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  Speaker 1: think and evaluate everything, remember to take a step back
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  Speaker 1: and remember where we were, where we're going. No, we're
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  Speaker 1: not in the 12-0 top 10 team yet, category yet.
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  Speaker 1: And someone asked me going into Indiana, When is the
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  Speaker 1: return to glory box checked? I mean, you could argue
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  Speaker 1: that I said national title, right? That's glory, being at
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  Speaker 1: the top. We're obviously a long ways from that, but
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  Speaker 1: I think making the playoffs is a good step. This
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  Speaker 1: year's not super likely, but it's not out of the
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  Speaker 1: question yet. We're still in that conversation, which if you
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  Speaker 1: would have said that going into the year, you would
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  Speaker 1: have thought you were silly, even though the record is
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  Speaker 1: probably what you would expect. So, It's kind of a
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  Speaker 1: weird year so far, and I do. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: there's any dominant, dominant teams. And from a physicality standpoint,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think we will physically get just drilled by anybody. Now,
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  Speaker 1: we'll probably jinx that, and Iowa's going to do what
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  Speaker 1: they do to us. But anyways, last thing here I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to go through today is go through and grade
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  Speaker 1: all of our positions through the first six games. And
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  Speaker 1: all these grades, I guess, are based off of expectation
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  Speaker 1: of what we expected of them coming in and then
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  Speaker 1: how they performed. And just to remind everybody, I think
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  Speaker 1: we're most, and just in general, everybody was at a
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  Speaker 1: lot of question marks about running back room, what's going
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  Speaker 1: to happen there, who's going to step up. Obviously, there
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  Speaker 1: are three to four guys that were in that conversation.
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  Speaker 1: Offensive line was said to maybe be the best offensive
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  Speaker 1: line that we've had in a while, brought in some
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  Speaker 1: transfers there. Defensive line was the big question mark, right?
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  Speaker 1: We didn't know what we were going to get out
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  Speaker 1: of those guys. Had a couple of transfers, linebackers, and
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  Speaker 1: felt okay about them. And then secondary was probably where
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  Speaker 1: we felt pretty good on the defensive end. Obviously, returning
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  Speaker 1: both specialists from last year and then bringing in Anthony Calandria, quarterback. So... Yeah, again,
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  Speaker 1: take your brain back to what you thought coming into
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  Speaker 1: the year. That's where these grades are coming off of here.
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  Speaker 1: So I'll start with Calandria. And as quarterback, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going A +. I don't know exactly what. If
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  Speaker 1: you didn't give it an A +, I guess why.
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  Speaker 1: There's maybe a few throws that you missed, but the
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  Speaker 1: dude's a playmaker. The dude changes the game with his legs.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look at his stat line. Obviously, he's had
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  Speaker 1: a couple of picks, but the one pick, a couple
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  Speaker 1: of picks weren't really his fault. I mean, he is
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  Speaker 1: our team. He is the definition of what, I guess
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  Speaker 1: in my mind, I like out of a quarterback at
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  Speaker 1: the Division I level and the combination of his legs
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  Speaker 1: and arm. And, you know, I think you win that
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  Speaker 1: game against Indiana. That's that Heisman moment, and I think
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  Speaker 1: he's in the Heisman conversation this week. There's not much
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  Speaker 1: less A-plus for Calandria, A-plus for the quarterbacks. Running backs.
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  Speaker 1: This is an interesting one. Jamal Rule himself, I think,
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  Speaker 1: has jumped off the page as a lot better, but
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  Speaker 1: the other two, I think, were right there. So because
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  Speaker 1: of that, I'm going at a B, a solid B.
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  Speaker 1: I think having Rule around gives you a go-to back,
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  Speaker 1: a A dynamic back. The other two guys have done
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  Speaker 1: about what we expected. There's depth there, which is good.
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  Speaker 1: And the only concern, I guess, is what happened. I
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  Speaker 1: guess this Indiana game is we couldn't really get a
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  Speaker 1: run game going with the running backs. And was that
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  Speaker 1: a focus of Indiana's defense? Or what happened there? Not sure.
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  Speaker 1: But they obviously haven't performed exceptionally well every game. But
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  Speaker 1: they've been very solid through six games. So I'll go
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  Speaker 1: a solid B. Wide receivers. coming into the year, this
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  Speaker 1: is another, I think kind of like the running backs,
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  Speaker 1: but I mean, I'm going, I'm going as another solid
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  Speaker 1: B here for them. Uh, quasi Gilmore has been the,
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  Speaker 1: the surprise of this group and it has been a
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  Speaker 1: go-to guy for Calandria. And let's last game. We saw
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  Speaker 1: an Isaiah Hunter come in and contribute and, and Ja'Cory Barney,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's been a little quiet, uh, than what
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  Speaker 1: we thought, but a lot of that is because Gilmore's
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  Speaker 1: come out and done a lot of good things. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: I think we've had a lot of good moments from them.
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  Speaker 1: I think they're obviously a really solid, deep group as well.
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  Speaker 1: And a couple of the four, five, and six guys
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  Speaker 1: have been there too. So a B for the wide receivers.
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  Speaker 1: Tight end. This is another, I'm going just a solid B.
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: Luke Lindemeyer's been obviously that main guy that we're talking about,
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  Speaker 1: but he's really been about it. I can't think of
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  Speaker 1: any other tight ends doing much, but He's been a
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  Speaker 1: good connection for Calandria. He's had some big-time blocks and
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  Speaker 1: some big games with a lot of blocks that we've
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  Speaker 1: heard from the coaches. Again, I think he's done a
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  Speaker 1: little bit better than probably what we expected and is
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  Speaker 1: meshing well with this offense with Calandria. Offensive line. To me,
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  Speaker 1: C is what we expected, right, coming into the year.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's about what we have, given what
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  Speaker 1: their expectations were. I'm going right at a C. There's
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  Speaker 1: been some good moments. I also don't know that everything's
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  Speaker 1: been great all the time. They've given up some pressure.
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  Speaker 1: I think, you know, the Indiana lack of run game
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  Speaker 1: falls back on the offensive line some there. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think they've done a poor job, but because of the
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  Speaker 1: higher expectations that we had for this offensive line group,
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  Speaker 1: I definitely don't think they've exceeded expectations, but I also
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  Speaker 1: think that they haven't done poor. So, a C for them.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go to the defensive line here. Again, one of
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  Speaker 1: the weaker expected groups coming in. I think we've gotten...
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  Speaker 1: quite a bit of pressure, more than we probably expected
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  Speaker 1: from them. And the way that we stopped Indiana's run
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  Speaker 1: game is a big credit to this defensive line. I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to go a solid. I'll even bump it up
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  Speaker 1: for this. No, we'll stay at a solid B for
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  Speaker 1: them as well. Again, expectation-wise, a lot of question marks.
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  Speaker 1: These guys have done better than I think we thought.
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  Speaker 1: We've generated some sacks here. in these games, especially against
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  Speaker 1: Maryland and Michigan State, and got home a lot there.
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  Speaker 1: And a lot of this is obviously credit to the
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  Speaker 1: coaching staff and Rob Orch and what he's doing. But,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, this Indiana game, I think, was a big,
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  Speaker 1: big evidence here of what this defense, and in whole,
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  Speaker 1: but specifically defensive line, has done through the year. Linebackers.
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  Speaker 1: And And more of the same as the defensive line.
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  Speaker 1: I thought this group was supposed to be pretty solid.
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  Speaker 1: I'll go B- with them. With Shambliss, Shavers, Dexter Foster.
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  Speaker 1: They've been pretty deep. We've stayed healthy. Obviously they've done
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  Speaker 1: a good job. We've got a pick or two there
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  Speaker 1: with that. And also they're part of the run game.
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  Speaker 1: The pass rush. Stopping the run game. The pass rush.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm doing their job there. So get an overall
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  Speaker 1: pretty solid and then cornerbacks and safeties on the backend.
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  Speaker 1: This is what's hard. Andrew Marshall has been really good.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's been like a, almost a lockdown type guy.
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  Speaker 1: Teams tested him early. He had gotten beat on one
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  Speaker 1: or two plays, but the same time, I think this
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  Speaker 1: is where some of these big plays can fall back
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  Speaker 1: on the secondary. Um, And that's hard because we've had
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  Speaker 1: really good moments. We've actually, I feel pretty confident in
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  Speaker 1: this group still. But we did also coming into the year.
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  Speaker 1: I'll go C +. I mean, just slightly better than
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  Speaker 1: what I expected. But again, nothing bad about it. But
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  Speaker 1: I think they've done their job well but just haven't
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  Speaker 1: jumped off the page yet of what maybe they're capable
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  Speaker 1: of doing. Kicking. Let's put both Archie and Kyle Cunanan
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  Speaker 1: in the same group here. And that's kind of hard.
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  Speaker 1: Archie had a good game against Indiana. He's averaging right
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  Speaker 1: now 46.6 yards per punt. I think the coverage and
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  Speaker 1: all that, if we throw in the punting and hole
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  Speaker 1: and the place kicking, like it's been pretty solid overall.
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  Speaker 1: Talk about Kyle Cunanan. I don't know. It's hard. The
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  Speaker 1: field goal kicking is, I hope is not an issue.
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  Speaker 1: We're actually catching snaps and making good snaps. That's a
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  Speaker 1: step in the right direction from a few years ago.
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  Speaker 1: I'll go a B- for the place kicking and punting overall.
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  Speaker 1: That's probably even a little generous, maybe C +. It's
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  Speaker 1: been good at times. Sometimes it's frustrating when you can't
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  Speaker 1: make a field goal. But Archie's, I think, been better overall.
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  Speaker 1: especially against Indiana. And when you flip the field, I
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  Speaker 1: think that's really big there. So overall on the report
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  Speaker 1: card here, if you go offense and defense and then overall,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think that in combination of everything,
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  Speaker 1: nobody's in the A category. I think there's still room
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  Speaker 1: to prove that. I think the defense, in my mind,
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  Speaker 1: with Rob Orch not knowing, I think they're probably at
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  Speaker 1: a B for me. The Indiana game has helped that
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  Speaker 1: a lot. I think you can maybe even go B-plus
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  Speaker 1: with them, the way that that last game went. But
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  Speaker 1: they've done a lot of really good things. They've forced
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  Speaker 1: some sacks. They've got some turnovers. And done a lot
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  Speaker 1: of really good things. We've had our big play moments
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  Speaker 1: that have happened. But the defense has done a pretty
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  Speaker 1: good job. And the offense, I think, it is right
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  Speaker 1: in that same ballpark. I think, you know, when you
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  Speaker 1: look from a point standpoint, you'd like to see maybe
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  Speaker 1: more production at times, but I mean, if you go
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  Speaker 1: B plus for them too, I think that's fair. They
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  Speaker 1: overall have done better than we thought, you know, regardless
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  Speaker 1: of what points and numbers look like. I do think
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  Speaker 1: that the style that we're playing with, with Calandria and
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  Speaker 1: the holders and offense has been, has been working for
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  Speaker 1: the most part. And we've had some drives that have
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  Speaker 1: stalled out, but I also think that we've been explosive.
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  Speaker 1: We've been creative. We've really done a good job of
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  Speaker 1: identifying our strengths and playing to that. So B-plus for them.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, overall as a team, I'm going B-plus overall.
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  Speaker 1: Not jumping to that A category, but we've done a
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  Speaker 1: lot of really good things so far. We've done what
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: we should do against teams that we thought. That Indiana game,
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: you know, I think, you can't give it an A
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  Speaker 1: because we didn't win, but you're pretty encouraged with how
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: the flow of that game went and the style that
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: we played. So, again, overall B-plus for the Huskers so
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: far through six games. We haven't said that, guys, since
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: we've been doing this podcast. I really believe we haven't.
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  Speaker 1: We have not. Exceeded expectations to this point in the
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: season like this in a long, long time. So got
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: to enjoy it, but obviously got to take care of
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: business as we head into Oregon. Then we get a
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: bye week after to reset there too. So again, a
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: lot of good stuff. Let's keep it rolling and go
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: Big Red. The headlines change, but the mission stays. From
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: Memorial Stadium to PBA days. Football Saturdays, basketball nights. Every
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: story chasing red and white. Recruiting buzz, big time commits.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: Camp battles, coaching hits. Transfer moves and rising stars. The
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  Speaker 1: road to glory's never far. This is Return to Glory
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  Speaker 1: Where every headline tells a story Big Red pride every
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: season Husker Nation's got a reason From touchdowns, dunks, and
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: championship dreams We'll be back with the latest from every
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: team Until next time, keep the faith, keep believing Because
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: the Return to Glory is just beginning Go Big Red!
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  Speaker 1: See you next episode!