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Episode 5.7: What Are You MOST Excited For? · Return to Glory - Nebraska

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Hmmm for turning grey con Dad Utters are Nick Austin Roads the code of free
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tag. We are less than two weeks from opening kick. We're right around
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the corner. One more weekend and then official football season is back. Although
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my Saints are gonna be two and I in the preseason, well, congratulations
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on me and Tuna on the preseason. It's a big day for you guys.
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Famous jamis Amos Jamus twenty twenty Vision. Baby, you can't going to
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feed if you don't start out two and oh, going for three and oh
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next week. I gotta get to that three and oh in the preseason.
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That's what's most important. I honestly forgot James Whiston was still the league to
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be like straight up for good until you just said it right now, I
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didn't. You're watching on TV, it's like, oh, how's Derek car
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looking? Thinking, you know, preseason maybe getting there. Across my mind,
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James Whizz is on the roster. What's so funny is the stadium they're
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playing in LA at the Chargers Stadium, and it sounds like there's more Saints
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fans there than Chargers fans just from the TV. That's how it's always been
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Every Chargers game is away game, even in the preseason, even in the
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preseason until he had the best season of all time, three touchdowns, thirty
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picks, back retreat, baby, Well, we have a lot to get
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to today. We are going to give you are three things we are most
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excited for for the upcoming Dak will do upcoming football season. But Austin and
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I are going to be very Huskers pacific. You can go wherever you want
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with yours because I know you're gonna love the Texas Longhorns here in a little
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bit. And then we're gonna do the Big ten West and go through the
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wind totals, give our predictions and our thoughts on our side of the conference.
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So we are going to jump right into Dak. As we all know,
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huge Texas fan. He loves making bets and losing. We know that
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for a fact. That's not even all jokes aside, that's a fact.
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And so he lost a bet and here he goes for ninety seconds to give
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all of his love to the boys down south in Austin, the Texas Longhorns.
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All right. Well, last night I was sitting there thinking, I
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was like, goh, you know, might one of the best teams in
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nation Texas Quinn yours. He's so freaking good, he's probably he's probably the
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best quarterbacks of all time. And I'll tell you what, one thing's for
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sure. They're gonna just absolutely smack Oklahoma like you think last year is bro
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forty nine. Oh, it's gonna be worse. I cannot agree more,
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Dak. I think you're on a roll right on the point. I love
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that Burke Orange dude. Yeah, it's you know I was all wrong about
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him there there? For sure? You get in the playoff, didn't you?
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Hunter? Yeah, and I have a bet with you. So you
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think I probably won that bad, don't you? Yep? Easily. You
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just want to do your do your loss now? Not huh. You can
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sing r fight song right now? Wasn't that? It wasn't that last year
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and Steve Starkisan got in trouble because he didn't sing it. Maybe remember though
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I don't know. I with a big Texas fan I am. I'll just
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sing it all the time. I love it. Are they gonna win the
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SEC next year? I was waiting for it. You kind of teat it
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up. It sounded like you were ready to sing it, so that sounded
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like not quite yet. I need to work on the lyrics a little bit,
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but I'll have it down. Are they gonna win the SEC next year?
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Oh oh yeah, easily with how stacked their team is. It's there's
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no doubt. That's That's enough Texas talk. I'm not going now on ninety
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seconds like you kind of go pukero quick. It looks like you did enough
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of that this weekend only once you made it about ninety seconds and you didn't
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get two in the detail on anything though. That was ninety seconds way too
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long, right there? All right, enough Texas talk. Things were excited
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for this Husker football season. This could be all. We could go a
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whole bunch of different directions with this, I think to being very player specific,
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coach specific, schemes specific, or it can be very broad as far
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as program it can be. I don't know, so, Austin, you
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just lead lead us off here all that you go through yours and we'll elaborate
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as we go. All right, I'm glad, I'm gonna go. First
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thing I'm most set for this season. It's Nebraska back in Colorado for a
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game against a good old Big twelve rival. I am pretty Jazz. It's
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gonna be early in the season, so our expectations haven't been completely destroyed by
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a bad offensive line. It's gonna be a fun game. Coach Primes gassing
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it up, Coach Rules kind of trying to gas it up by not gassing
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it up. And I'm just in it's big newn kickoff, I believe,
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is that correct? M So I'm just I'm excited to watch the game.
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I'm excited for a team that all Nebraska fans actively dislike and make fun of.
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And I hope we can go down and win, which would make me
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a little bit more excited about it. But again, it's early enough in
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the year that I won't be like, oh my gosh, we're gonna go
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in there and lose to Colorado. I might still be optimistic about our team.
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Then they're not like husking fans in the stadium, right, They're gonna
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try no red. I'll be very interested to see, which I mean.
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I think both road games here to open the season are gonna have a lot
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of red in the stadium. I've heard a ton of people going to Minnesota
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already, and I think Colorado is going to be very similar. But you're
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excited to get piss bombs thrown atches. Is that what you're saying, I'm
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not going I'm watching on TV. No. I think that's very valid point,
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and I'm very excited about that as well. I think a lot of
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Oscar fans are maybe we'll make a trip down there just impromptu after we want
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to know against Minnesota. Yeah, I'm just yeah, Like like when I
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look at the schedule, that's probably the game I'm most excited about as the
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Colorado game, which is a pumber because it's week two. But what what
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do you guys think about dion Son? He looked great at with the Jacksonville
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State wherever he was. I mean, I think he'll be good. I
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am. I'm interested to see him played just because he you know, jackson
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State was not Power five, so the quality of competition that they were playing
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is not the same level. But also they're playing in the Big twelve,
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So I I just I really don't know. I think I think there's a
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chance that what they're doing works. I think there's a chance they could be
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really good. I also think there's a chance that it's not gonna work at
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all, and Nebraska could beat them by beat him by thirty or forty.
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So I think there's a wide range which makes this game so intriguing to people
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because no one really knows both programs what's going to happen this year and what
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quality of talent, what these cochers are going to do with that talent that
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they have. It's just a wide range of outcomes and they could go either
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way. And I think blowouts either way too. I would not. I'd
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be it would suck, but I would not. I could see us be
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getting beat thirty eight to twenty one. I mean, if if what he's
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doing over there proves to work, it could happen. I know Dak early
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on he said we're beating Minnesota and losing the Colorado. Are you still sticking
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to that yep't se're pretty high on them then yeah, I think I actually,
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I think his son's a hell of a quarterback, and he might Okay,
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he's not the best Pack twelve quarterback, but I think his second best.
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Oh, I would not go that far. I'm not gonna mention the
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best one because he's a traitor. But I mean, the Pac Tols packed
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with quarterbacks, I don't I think really good Cab Williams obviously the Pack twelve
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is part of the Quarterback Conference this year. Sure the Big ten Panics and
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bone Nick tap ten years left eligibility too, And it's yeah, all right.
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I was number one for Austin number two. Oh, I'm doing all
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three of mine. I thought we were approtating. I I am most excited
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to see our new offensive scheme. I'm curious because Matt Rule kept talking how
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he's going to run the ball. We have a relatively deep running back room.
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We have a mystery quarterback, a mystery quarterback. We know who our
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quarterback is, but we don't know how good our quarterback is. And he
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suppose you would think he's true Heisman candidate, not some bad odds based on
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the Husker media. I mean, so I am actually interested. We got
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some clarity this week on who o RB one is and Anthony Grant's RB three,
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and he was our best running back last year, so Gay Irving's RB
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one. Cording to Matt Rule, I want to see Thomas Fidoni. Our
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tight ends are healthy, Eric Gilbert, we got we just I don't people
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keep gassing up our offensive weapons to an extent. Obviously there's some depth issues,
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but the top talent. People keep saying it's really good, and I
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have no idea what Marcus Setterfield is going to do. I'm excited to see
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what the changes from why Ash year because I think our offense has been pretty
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good for the most part. We just haven't gotten it done in the fourth
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quarter, so I don't know. My honorable mention was that we have a
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fullback on the depth chart. I was decited for that, Yeah, but
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the offensive scheme is like, I'm not going to our debate this and take
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the opposite side because it is intriguing, But I guess I'm not as excited
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for it just because of that lingering offensive line. Like I get there's all
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of this. We do have potential and I think pending health with a lot
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of these guys to have something exciting on offense, But unfortunately I know that
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i'm excited for it because I just don't think our mind's gonna be able to
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do whatever we try to do. Maybe, yeah, I agree, maybe
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the word exciting isn't It's one of the things I'm most anticipating, which isn't
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quite this ex same as excited, I guess in that sense where it's the
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thing I'm most looking forward to see how it works out. Am I excited
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because by am I really excited because there's that part of me that's like,
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this could be a nightmare, but I'm it's one of the things I'm most
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anticipating. Yeah, I had that number one on my list. I'm really
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excited to see what the new offense looks like. I think it'll be interesting
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too if based our outload the system right away and doesn't work and they'll change
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it up, or they're doubles keeper one with the same one. I mean,
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we talked a lot about cross lack of identity at what we were trying
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to do. I'll be interested to see if we have some sort of identity.
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What we think it could be is maybe more basic couple tight end heavy
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sets, but we have some weapons outside we think potentially, but I don't
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know. There's definitely a level of intrigue there. But for me that what
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didn't make my list because of the offensive one, which I get the offensive
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line is definitely not something I'm excited about. But that is all what system
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is rule trying to run this year. Rther like starting out, is he
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going spread or is he going We don't know. We don't know. That's
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why it's a little bit intriguing. Sadder Fields ran more of a very simple
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one back split. Yeah, running passing, he was he doesn't really lean,
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run heavy or pass heavy. I wouldn't say it's traditional pro, but
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it's more pro than spread. But and I think we have a quarterback that
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can run the ball, so also incorporating that somehow, and I think that's
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gonna be a big part of our offense. If it's going to be successful,
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He's gonna have to rush. I mean, like we talked about last
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week, like first seventy to one hundred yards, I think a game for
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us to have a successful offensive game overall because he because he ran spread a
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Baylor, but you basically have to there. Wow. Yeah, especially Big
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Big twelve. I mean, I think a lot of styles is that way,
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and I think Big ten has some of those teams. And we'll see
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where we fall on the spectrum of ground and pound versus air raid. Now,
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Austin, what's number three? This one was more of just a college
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football one because I had a couple other Nebraska ones. But I also I'm
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excited for the final year of the Pac twelve. I think it's gonna be
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actually a pretty good year, like a fun year for like to go out
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on the PAC twelve. I think it's gonna be pretty competitive at the top.
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I don't think there's gonna be dominance, and I just it's just the
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last year for the Pac twelve mans, their swan song. This is their
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moment. So much passion for late night Pac twelve football. I love it.
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No coogs. They love beating up on themselves. They do. They
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really got shot the playoff. They just beat them. They produced some of
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the most fun games though, they really do. The game of the year
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was Utah beating USC last year. That was awesome. The PAC twelve in
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combination with all the conference realignment and the new playoff that's coming next year,
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this really will be the last year of what we've gotten to know is normal
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college football. The structure, so it is going to look very very different
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in the key talking points of postseason and conferences are going to change a lot
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next year. Which, yeah, so last year of the hurrah for the
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PAC twelve. Uh Dak you already said you're number one was the Husker offense
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and what rule and Sadderfield planned to do? What's your number two? I'm
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goin all Husker stuff here on this list. So my number two is that
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see if seams can actually pass the ball. One. I appreciate you going
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because he probably would have had three Oklahoma things. We gotta sit here and
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listen to that. For we've just been silent. You would have been like,
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I'm really excited to watch Oklahoma's defenses here and Hunter and I would just
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sit here silently, and then you'd be like, Okay, I'm really excited
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Oklahoma's offense this year. Anyway, Sorry, Jeff Simms sparing uts, I'm
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really excited to doing Gabriel win Heisman. Okay, so Sims, I don't
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I know only he only played seven games eight. You're gonna need him.
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You're gonna need him throw more touchdowns than he did. You're gonna laugh when
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he averages two picks a game. That's all you're waiting. Oh, I
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can't wait. I will have a parade going that day. But what,
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Dak, what if your reality comes true where we don't to pass the ball,
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we just go to the triple option? Well that's what I would run.
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I think that's your best bet. But we'll see you after you throw
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them out there. A couple of times passing the ball around these two or
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three picks, and anyway he Ray Watson was best weapons. I don't know.
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I'm sure he'll have a game with two or three picks. There's that
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that is there's no doubt in my mind that will happen at some point this
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year. I will say with simms from a physical wook, he's got the
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QB look from what we've had. Casey Thompson was five ft ten like no
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Taylor Martinez, no, Adrian I could say he got there, but he
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still looked more like a runner versus a true quarterback. I think Sims has
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the shoulders and the the physical structure build. Yeah, Tannarly have that for
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sure. I mean he can live a little bit better than Tenderly, though
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he does. That is a great point, probably since like Joe Ganz kind
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of had that looked a little bit like guys like that. We haven't had
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one a true QB looking structure back there for a while. Adrian I said,
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probably the closest, but yeah, I agree. All right, what's
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two, what's three? Three? I guess yeah, Valentino's Pizza in the
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stadium. Heyo, let's go Pepperoni. What one'd you get? Hamburger,
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Hamberer. It's the best in the stadium. I don't really like it,
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like from the restaurant, but I don't know what they do with there.
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It is freaking great. Okay, hold on, I hope this is true.
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I heard something that it's gone now. No, no, you gonna
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look it up too. I think I heard something with that, and I
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can't remember if that's true, and I really hope it is, because Dak's
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both excited for is going to be ripped away? Did you see Hail Varsity
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shutting this doors? No more? Hail Varsity magazine? Interesting? Maybe I'm
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not seeing anything. Maybe someone can confirm this, but I swear I heard
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something on the radio or saw something a couple of months ago about it.
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But I'm not sure that Dak. It is great. The Valentinos is great,
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especially after a few beers pregaming and getting into the game, like just
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getting a big old slice of pizza. I sometimes do runs up. It
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goes back and forth. Yeah, what is what's the go to stadium snack
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stadium food? Is it the typically? I mean Dak's obviously Valentinos. I
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think I usually go pizza too. Yeah, usually in a bottle of water,
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supper up a little bit. I love, I love going to stadium,
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Gramma's Lives, pizza, watching helped plays, leaving a backtailgate. You
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know you can get the pizza on the outside without buying the ticket, right,
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Oh yeah, but you got to go into experience the tunnel walking stuff.
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And if I've gotten by the first quarter, it's a perfect game.
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That's fair, all right. My three things here kind of all over the
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place. We can really be excited about a lot of things because there's a
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lot of unknowns. It's all unknown. I mean, really, do you
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want to think about it that way? So my number one is kind of
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the counterpoint to your offense is the defense. I'm very intrigued at this what
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I think it'll be a risk reward three three, five that could produce a
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lot of negative plays and or force a lot of turnovers, but also maybe
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giving up some gashing runs or some slants across the middle. So I'm just
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very excited to watch it and see how it schematically works and matches up with
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some of these Big ten opponents, and especially week one against Minnesota, like
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we're gonna know, we're gonna find out a lot right away if this can
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work. And it might not work every play, but there might be sometimes
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it works, sometimes it does. But we're gonna know a lot if we
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just can go all in on this or just scrap it because and we're not
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going to scrap it, I don't think, because that's all this coach knows
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how to do, Tony White. But I'm very excited and intrigued by it
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because hopefully we can get some big plays out of it. I just feel
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like our defense, like when was the last time we had a huge pick
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six or a huge fumble recovery that just changed the momentum of the game,
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Like it just doesn't happen. It happens to us a lot. No,
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No, we what happens is it does happen, but then the next possession
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we usually fumble or turn it over as well, so the moment the momentum
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quickly changes back. Yeah. I pready get my thoughts on three three three
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three five said that ten times past, but yeah, because the last year,
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what try it? Three three five three three five three five, I
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can't do it. Let's think we have sobriety, Testy every time you come
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on the pod, make sure you haven't been drinking all day. Once thread
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Zone starts, there's really no guarantee on Sundays. Yeah, the Vikings ran
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it last year and I saw it behind you on the TV. They gave
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up the dr run, so I'm glad they got that figured out. My
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number two is something that we've talked about a lot, and it's very broad.
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But the expectations for this program this year, everybody's has a very wide
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range of that. So like we have the goul A drinkers that are like
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up at nine wins and Rules gonna get us going right away because we were
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so close last year. We just needed these little fixes and tweaks to get
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us over the hump. There's those people. There's the people that think Rule
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neat is we have to have a complete reset, and that might come with
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three wins this year. There's gonna be a wide range of reactions from the
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media, from the fans, depending outcomes of games, the postgame press conferences.
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Are people going to be patient with Rule. Is there gonna be a
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lot of bantering if we lose to Purdue in the middle of the year,
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or is it gonna be positive? Like I'm very excited for all of that
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drama to just unfold and see what happens and the fans, the media,
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the coaches. I like, how are they going to react. Is we're
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all gonna come out with a very calm demeanor and just what it happened?
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Or is he gonna get defensive if things don't go right? If things go
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well, is he gonna be on cloud nine? Like? What what is
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going to happen? Depending the season with all the reactions and outcomes, Dad,
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do you think at some point during the season we're gonna get We're gonna
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have a podcast open with I just need a rant for five minutes about this
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coaching staff and their decisions. Oh yeah, late game plays. Do you
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think that's gonna happen? Or do you think Hunter's gonna be patient all season?
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Is he gonna be one of these people that he's excited to see?
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It depends? I think I think if you have a really bad failures in
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Northern Illinois, I think Hill want to coming and rant about that. Really,
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you know, I think Hunter will be patient for the first half.
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But if we see that's what's exciting about it is. I don't know what
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I'm gonna we don't even know how you're you're we're going to react. I've
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I've told myself how I'm gonna react up until the season starts, until we
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start seeing results. And I'm not going to jump on the train that this
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whole rule thing is gonna work. But I don't know when I'm going to
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start making the decision of whether I am on it or not. Like right
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now, I'm neutral. So I don't know if that it's gonna take six
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games, if it's gonna take a full year, two years, Like,
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I have no idea where my brain's gonna go with that. And I'm not
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the only one, Like I think some people have decided this rule thing is
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gonna work. Good for you if you've already decided that after playing a full
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zero games. And I think some people have given up on the Huskers and
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I've switched to other fan bases yet, So just you see Oklahoma, Yeah,
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big Oklahoma fan? Now? Or what's going on here? Yep?
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You got me, Dak closet Oklahoma fan? No, what what rule need
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to do? Come out of gate? He needs to go first, Brack
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on press conference, say the big ten game change for us. Just start
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quoting Frost, that would be hilarious. I don't coach players, he will
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get cold, like, yeah, I haven't blaming the last last staff and
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oh man, like if that started happening again, that would get me.
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I would get me fired up. I wish she should just come out and
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doing like tongue in cheek, like we'll play some game in November and he'll
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be like, yeah, I want to make sure all my guys had coats,
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you know. I wanted to make sure my guys are nice and warm
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with they're warming up, and you know, I don't want my guys being
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out there coaching cold. I don't want like coaching cold players something you know,
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a little tongue in cheek, that's what I want. I will say
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that. I guess what I what will get me humped or what I would
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like to see. Results. I think they do matter. They definitely matter,
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clearly. We've talked about that with Frost. And you have to win
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because even if you're losing close games, you're not winning. And that's what
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needs to happen over time. This year. I think we need to focus
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on winning the moments, winning getting better every day, I mean truly sticking
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to that day by day theme and not worry as much about did we score
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on our first three drives? Like are we getting better or getting closer to
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that? And getting better every practice, learning from every game. I think
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that's the message that I want to be feeling. I mean even after game
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one, after game six seasons over, like did we get there? And
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I think we will be pretty good post because he's done pretty well as far
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as like press conferences so far of here's what I saw that we've improved on.
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Here's where we need to keep working, which is nice. The only
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problem with that, I guess that people are gonna find that's coach speak and
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people are gonna say, oh, he's just he's just saying he's just talking
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like a coach and and real does a good job. But it's gonna be
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perceived as that if we aren't winning games to some people, and if we
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are winning games, it's gonna come off as everything's fixed and we're back when
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reality that's not the case. If we're winning games this year, we still
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have to look and say, Okay, how do how are we still getting
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better? Because otherwise we're gonna get stuck in a loop of mediocrity again,
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right, we're winning games because we're great. We're probably winning games because we're
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good to the other teams. Let's let your last than good, and we're
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not. We're not anywhere near mediocrity right now. So getting back there I
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think is the first step. But let's see what happens when we get there.
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It could be this year. I don't think it will be, but
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it could. It could be next year, in two or three years.
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Like what are we doing to build on that and not just say, oh,
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we're back to being eight an eight win team, that's great. So
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what a little off the rails there, dak Any comments on that? I
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can say, what are you gonna do? If you if you do them
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possible start fiving on beat Michigan. That now next Sunday after We're going bulling
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baby. That's why I'm gonna be saying we can. It really would be.
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I mean that that has a very very small marginal chance of happening.
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If we're four and no heading into the Michigan game, then we can talk
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about really scenario but not good about being Michigan. But if we go four
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and over our first four games, all right, then I think we can.
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I mean, they'll definitely be some hype, but once again, it's
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it's sitting back into reality and saying, are we are we winning the moment?
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Are we still getting better? We're not. We're not back because you're
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four. No, it means nothing that we're four. No, Okay,
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my last one here is rule we Actually it kind of ties back to this
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rules coaching style during the game, after the game, his demeanor, what
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kind of coach to see like? And will he be at Nebraska? We
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have seen clips I guess of him in the NFL. Is he gonna have
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this like calm, just chill personality. Is he gonna be a bow yeller
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and a screamer? Like? What kind of is he gonna be in every
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huddle? Is he gonna being players during the game or is it just goodine?
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That's what I love watching during games because yeah, you can just watch
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a game on TV and get a lot of that, But I love in
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between plays and timeouts halftime. I just love watching all the interactions because I
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think that tells you a lot about a team's culture, about how they structure
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practices, how they're organizational leadership is formed. Like you can tell that by
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how a coaching staff and how players, how they communicate during games. So
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I'm excited to see what that looks like. Because under Frost, that was
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I think the first red flag. It was the Purdue game. I believe
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not last years, his third year that I watched that Perdue game and I
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that was the first red flag. I'm like this, we need to be
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done with this. I'm like it was a third quarter and watching our sideline,
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I'm like that we're done. We're done with Frost, And that was
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the first time I came to that conclusion. So I'm excited to watch it
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this year because we don't know how rule is gonna be. Is he gonna
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be yelling at officials, how active is he during games as a leader of
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this program, because a football coach is a very unique coach where you're not
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really hands on in the play calling unless you want to be. So you're
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more just a CEO leader of men and you can put yourself where you want.
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So that was probably my most excited thing that I'm ready to watch here
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this season. I will say, those are the best texts I get from
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you during the game. It's it's the sideline action I can't see on TV.
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I mean that's the insights I guess that I like going to games is
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watching Like, for example, I went going to the Illinois game that we
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lost a couple of years ago out in Champagne. The way that Bilama was
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walking into the locker room with this player with this arms around him walk,
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you know, talking to him, coaching him, getting real with them into
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half, him coming out a halftime like I was like, oh shit,
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like we're not winning this game. Belma. Belm is gonna be a good
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coach, and look at the Illinois program where he's got him going in a
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very good direction. He doubtely won't be as crazy as Bow was. I
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think I don't think so. I think he'll be because Mike Riley really Wasn't
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he was like huper column, Wasn't he as all the time? Did he
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ever get fired up besides saying hip hip hoorade No No. So I think
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rulell be in between Bow and Mike Riley. He'll get after players. Frost
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like wanted to be this chill personality like I'm too cool to yell at refts
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and then when the when he had to like actually go off, he just
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went off, went off on a raft. He looked like he was blaming
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them for everything, which he probably was. Frost definitely thought there was no
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show he ever get hired from here. That's that's kind of way I felt
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like he acted. Yeah, I think reality stuck in this last couple of
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years. I mean, I just think he was like, oh, and
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he tried to fight for his position once he started trying to coach hard,
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and that gave I think fans a little sign of hope, like, oh
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my gosh, you're finally fighting first job. But it was a little too
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late. He'd already lost the culture of maybe fighting his golf game eight Margherite's
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deep every day. Yeah, all right, a few minutes left. We'll
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do this rapid fire here, guys. We're gonna go through the big ten
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west wind totals. We will talk a lot about these teams because we play
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all of them this year, so we will go through them more in depth
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as we get closer to them. But let's do this thing. It's going
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to be quick. You can add your color for about ten seconds and then
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we're moving on. So let's start with Let's start with Northwestern wind total of
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three dak ere up I AM one and eleven I'm gonna take kind of take
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a push at three d. I think three seems reasonable. No, you
34:45
gotta go over or under. Actually, we'll set it at three and a
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half. All right. I was gonna say change the two and a half.
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I'm going over with Northwestern. I think something with the rallying around a
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new coach. I don't know. Let's move this first of the world Purdue,
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another new coach, Shrine Walters five and a half. Their win total
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eight four. Whoa, I'm taking the under. I I I'm gonna go
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under two, very slightly, I think missing losing their quarterback, trying to
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find a new system here, very slightly under five wins for Purdue. Let's
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go oh, let's go Minnesota six and a half. I've seen some sevens.
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Let's go six and a half. For the purpose of the pod.
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What do we got? Eight and four? Give me the under people are
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very bearish on them. I'm going under two on Minnesota. I still on
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leave. Danner Morgan is not need running out there, though I think he
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is in disguise mustache. I'll see it to believe it. My name's Ander
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Morgan. Brother. Let's go the Illinois fighting a line. I at six
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and a half. I'm starting I'm going over. I love it. Favorite
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bet of the Big ten Games, No what I say? I think.
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I was like, holy shit, I think there might pick to win the
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West too. Actually, I'm with you. I'm taking the over as well.
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I thought you said eleven wins and I would like go off on them.
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Shot cool boy, I got him seven and five. We're all over.
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You're right. It's a great bet. I love it, Yo,
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Brett Blama. Our favorite neighbors, the Iowa Hawk guys. They are at
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seven and a half. Brian Ferrens have the quota and bringing in. Give
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me the under man, Give me the under I have eight and four for
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them too. Damn you got everyone winning death. Yeah I must. I
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must have under a big time on the East. I think everybody. Austin
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was definitely the over on the East. I remember that. Yep, that's
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why, because I was under on the West. Man, I'm not feeling
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good about the West. Give me the unders on. Well, what's hard
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is they're gonna be at Iowa State. Give me the unders in Iowa.
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This is the year Brian Ferrens gets fired. Now I'm changing it. I'm
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changing it. I'm changing it. Give me the overs. In Iowa,
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I think they're going eight. Yep, just because of the QB change.
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I think there. I think he's gonna get desperate and start slinging it around,
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and maybe that means bad things for Iowa. But they have a very
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easy schedule. They do schedule. Last, but not least, the Badgers
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from Wisconsin. Luke Fickle, new head coach, maybe a brand new system,
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but still a dominant running back in Braylon Alan win in that win total
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at eight and a half under eight, I think the one. I think
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these lines are very good, but I take eight for Wisconsin. I am
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at ten. Two Jesus Christ Stack, they have old the old al you
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boys get QB for him. I'm going under on the Badger's progression year.
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The West is we talked about this briefly. It's just chaotic. Anybody could
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really win this division, which I think we're included in that, but we're
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towards the bottom. But it's just there's there's no powerhouse. The three powerhouses
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are in the East and they are all gonna slaughter the winner coming out of
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the West. I totally agree, all right, we will be back here
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in a few days, getting closer the start of the season. Get pumped,
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go big, read deb Are, Don't do It, Dack Bloomer sooner.
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I love that burnt orange dude,