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Rhule Says Program Heading Right Direction (Especially with QBs) · Husker Buzz

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  Speaker 1: Now the eleven to ten KFAB Certified Transmission Sports briefits
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  Speaker 1: the Husker Buzz Edition Big ten Media Days. Coach Will
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  Speaker 1: addressed the media yesterday and Sean had a lot to
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  Speaker 1: say about the quarterback situation. He seemed pretty pleased by
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  Speaker 1: the three quarterbacks that we have here who all started
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  Speaker 1: games last year. Good morning, Sean, Good morning guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, from Matt Ruhle, I think you know, they really
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  Speaker 2: like the spot they're in with three quarterbacks that have
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  Speaker 2: been starters in major conference games a year ago. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, there's really probably not very many, if any
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  Speaker 2: teams in the country that can say that with Danny
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  Speaker 2: Kalin coming from obviously Virginia Calandria with what he did
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  Speaker 2: at un l V and then what TJ Latif was
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  Speaker 2: able to do last year when Dylan Ryola got hurt.
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  Speaker 2: So they got a good situation. But let's be clear,
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  Speaker 2: this is Calandria's job, and you know they're they're excited
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  Speaker 2: about what he's going to be. But that room is
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  Speaker 2: in great shape as they get ready to open up
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  Speaker 2: fall camp when players report on Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: We kind of for I forgot about TJ Latif, but
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  Speaker 1: coach said that he's he's bigger, stronger, and it seemed
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  Speaker 1: pretty high on him yesterday. It's always good to have depth.
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  Speaker 1: What about the running back position, what did coach reveal
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  Speaker 1: about that yesterday?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we know this that Mikai Nelson is not going
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  Speaker 2: to be internally suspended, and you know, with no charges
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  Speaker 2: being filed from his July situation and he was key
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  Speaker 2: West Florida, you know that there's there's nothing more from
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  Speaker 2: the Nebraska and that's going to happen there. So he's
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  Speaker 2: back with the program. He'll be in fall camp, et cetera.
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  Speaker 2: They added Tyke Hayes, the Penn State running back, and
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  Speaker 2: Matt Ruhle said he told his GM Pat Stewart, we
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  Speaker 2: were in the NFL right now, we'd be out getting
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  Speaker 2: a running back, and they kind of use the same mindset, like, hey,
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  Speaker 2: we would take this guy no matter what because we
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  Speaker 2: need a back, and it just made sense. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: they've got three or four guys there as well, with
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  Speaker 2: Jamal Rule and Isaamh Mosey as well, that are all
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  Speaker 2: going to contend, and they would like to have really
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  Speaker 2: three playing games. One kind of more of a featured back,
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  Speaker 2: one a secondary back, and then kind of a multiple
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  Speaker 2: guy that can be a receiving type third down back.
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  Speaker 1: What about the overall tone from coach rule He in
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  Speaker 1: his opening statement seemed to suggest, Hey, we're moving in
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  Speaker 1: the right direction. Remember what we were dealing with before
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  Speaker 1: I got here, These players got here, the rest of
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  Speaker 1: this coaching staff got here. We hadn't won a bowl game.
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  Speaker 1: Now we're going to bowl games. We're winning occasionally bowl
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  Speaker 1: games where we didn't come here to be seven and six,
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  Speaker 1: But we are moving in the right direction. We realize
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  Speaker 1: that's not good enough. That was kind of the tone
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  Speaker 1: that I got from coach. What did you get?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's definitely been the message. And you know, the
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  Speaker 2: ending of last season, you know, the way they lost
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  Speaker 2: to Isowa, the way they lost to Penn State, the
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  Speaker 2: way they lost the Utah that really soured in any
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  Speaker 2: progress that's maybe made at times a year ago, just
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  Speaker 2: to get the doors blown off you by three opponents,
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  Speaker 2: especially on defense at the line of scrimmage. And and
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  Speaker 2: everyone knows that the way it ended last year was
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  Speaker 2: not acceptable. But I think he still likes where this
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  Speaker 2: team is at, the additions they've brought in and and
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  Speaker 2: and what they've done, and the big X factor is
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  Speaker 2: going to be quarterback and and what they can get
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  Speaker 2: out of Callandria now moving forward, and the offensive line
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  Speaker 2: upgrades they made in the portal, and then how the
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  Speaker 2: scheme comes together under Robo Larich, and and and what
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  Speaker 2: he's going to bring to the table because they've got
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  Speaker 2: to get this defense figured out rolling and they have
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  Speaker 2: a schedule early on. I think that allows for some
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  Speaker 2: of those things, so they've got to take advantage of
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  Speaker 2: that now as they move forward in this year.
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  Speaker 1: What else did you hear from coach or not here
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  Speaker 1: from coach yesterday that you want to address?
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  Speaker 2: Sean, Well, we talked to Troy Danon too, so I
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  Speaker 2: want to make sure I get that on the air.
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  Speaker 2: I had about a ten minute interview with Troy, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, the the Save College Sports bill that is,
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  Speaker 2: you know, being talked about. You know, it doesn't look
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  Speaker 2: like they're going to be able to get that vote in.
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  Speaker 2: It's still could happen before the recess, but I know
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  Speaker 2: he's really excited about just some of the things he
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  Speaker 2: could do, Like they're going to raise what Nebraska can
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  Speaker 2: pay the athletes, where there could be twenty one million
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  Speaker 2: for recruiting, twenty million for player retention and five million
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  Speaker 2: for women's sports, and that actually really reflects probably what
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  Speaker 2: Nebraska is paying. But they have to use the you know,
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  Speaker 2: the different ways to do it with the multimedia deals
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  Speaker 2: and other things. So they're trying to make some changes
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  Speaker 2: to this bill and hopefully I know that goes through.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, and then you know, the basketball ticket receipt
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  Speaker 2: was something we discussed because that was a big hot
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  Speaker 2: topic this last week. They're not going to do that
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  Speaker 2: until twenty twenty nine. Now, it was going to happen
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  Speaker 2: in twenty twenty seven, and he told media and they
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  Speaker 2: never intended to have that basketball ticket receipt. It was
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  Speaker 2: always going to be volleyball, then football, and then later
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  Speaker 2: on basketball. So they pulled that back. But the stadium
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  Speaker 2: receipt for football is going to be pretty intense, and
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  Speaker 2: they know that there's going to be so much going
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  Speaker 2: on here in the next couple of years for the fans.
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  Speaker 2: And the volleyball one was very intense. This football one,
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  Speaker 2: I think is going to be at a whole different level.
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  Speaker 2: Was just trying to manage all the ticket holders and
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  Speaker 2: you're talking about over sixty thousand season ticket holders for Nebraskat.
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  Speaker 1: Football right, Yeah, that's certainly gotten a lot of attention.
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  Speaker 1: The reseating of season ticket holders and some of these
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  Speaker 1: other sports. We also learned, Yeah, go ahead, Sean.
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  Speaker 2: It's like trying to find new seats for the whole
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  Speaker 2: city of Belbie. It will be an easy job.
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  Speaker 1: Moved down, moved down a little bit real quickly, Sean.
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  Speaker 1: We also learned yesterday about I'm on Green saying that
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  Speaker 1: he has Parkinson's disease. Where do you rank I'm in
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  Speaker 1: the great Husker running backs of all time?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's definitely in that discussion for top five.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously Rogier is at the top of that list, and
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  Speaker 2: then you know Mon Green is kind of in that
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  Speaker 2: next group, and you know Lawrence Phillips with his talent
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  Speaker 2: and where he was drafted. Obviously, Roger Craig now in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL Hall of Fame and what he brought to
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  Speaker 2: the table. Mir Abdullah Rexburg Head were more recent backs.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm on Green, there's no doubt is in the
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  Speaker 2: top five in my opinion of backs that have played
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  Speaker 2: at Nebraska and won a national championship, multiple national championships,
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  Speaker 2: and what he did as a as a freshman when
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  Speaker 2: he was on he came in on that ninety five
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  Speaker 2: seasons and Lawrence Phillips had the situation that year, and
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  Speaker 2: he stepped in beautifully. And he's a great person. I've
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  Speaker 2: known him on and got to known him over the years,
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  Speaker 2: and watched him play in high school. I mean, it's
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  Speaker 2: just tragic to hear that news this past week.
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  Speaker 1: I watched him real close in high school. He was
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  Speaker 1: running all over over our Alston rams that year. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we we would wish him the best. He says he's
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  Speaker 1: managing well medication diet, but it was startling for someone
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  Speaker 1: that young, he's not yet fifty to get a diagnosis. Sean,
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  Speaker 1: I'll let you get back to work, have a great week,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll talk next week.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, guys, thank you,