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Episode 32 | North Dakota Preview · Return to Glory - Nebraska

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Go Big Red! The takes, the numbers!
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  Speaker 2: Talking Cornhusker football, basketball, and everything Nebraska sports!
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Return to Glory podcast!
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  Speaker 3: Welcome back, Return to Glory.
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  Speaker 1: Nebraska's 2-0.
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  Speaker 3: Coming off a 26-7 demolition of Bowling Green. And Saturday,
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  Speaker 3: we get one final non-conference game before Big Ten schedule begins.
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  Speaker 3: Some Hunter Zabernicki, Austin Rhodes, Dakota Freetag. All three of
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  Speaker 3: us here for the first time in a while.
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  Speaker 4: That's who you know is going to be good.
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  Speaker 1: Yep, Austin just keeps avoiding me.
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  Speaker 4: I do no such thing, guys. I think I missed
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  Speaker 4: one podcast you were supposed to be on. Other than that,
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  Speaker 4: you're avoiding me.
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  Speaker 1: I think I missed the one that you're supposed to
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  Speaker 1: be on, too. So we're even.
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  Speaker 4: I think it's for the best, really. Keeps our energy fresh.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I want to establish one thing immediately today. Today's
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  Speaker 3: the North Dakota preview.
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  Speaker 5: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: You guys are going to get cut off your paycheck
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  Speaker 3: if you say North Dakota State at all today. That's
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  Speaker 3: the first thing.
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  Speaker 4: Have you figured out their mascot? I looked it up
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  Speaker 4: after our.
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  Speaker 3: They got to be the Fighting Sioux. I didn't look
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  Speaker 3: it up, but aren't they the Fighting Sioux?
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  Speaker 4: They're not the Fighting Hawks. Fighting Hawks. I knew that
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  Speaker 4: didn't sound right. I was like, that doesn't seem appropriate
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  Speaker 4: in 2026. Surely they changed it.
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  Speaker 1: I've been talking to... I think there's been... More than
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  Speaker 1: five people this week that have mentioned North Dakota State,
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  Speaker 1: it's been about Carson Wentz. They've been like, oh, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he definitely went there, right? It's like, no, that's the
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  Speaker 1: wrong team. There's so many people that think that.
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  Speaker 3: And they are both green. I will say this. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: they're an FCS team. But I also want to say
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  Speaker 3: they're not Bowling Green. I think they're going to be
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  Speaker 3: much better than Bowling Green. They're 3-0. They're ranked number
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  Speaker 3: six in the FCS. They're averaging 50 points a game.
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  Speaker 3: Their quarterback, Jerry Kaminsky, we'll get to him here in
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  Speaker 3: a bit, I think is pretty damn good. He won
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  Speaker 3: the skills competition at the Manning Passing Academy this last year.
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  Speaker 1: They went.
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  Speaker 3: To Manhattan last year against K-State and had a chance
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  Speaker 3: to win it late on the last year. Ivan didn't.
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  Speaker 3: If you remember in 2022.
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  Speaker 4: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 3: We were tied 17-17 late in the third quarter. We
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  Speaker 3: ended up winning 38-17.
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  Speaker 1: Which it was not that. It was a lot closer
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  Speaker 1: than what the score said.
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  Speaker 3: So the people that I've talked to are like, well,
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  Speaker 3: this isn't North Dakota State. I'm like, no, it's not.
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  Speaker 3: But you've got to remember North Dakota. The Dakota schools,
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  Speaker 3: all of them, they've done a lot of good things recently. Now, again, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: they're FCS. But out of the three games, I think
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  Speaker 3: people are saying this could be the toughest one. We
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  Speaker 3: said this one or Ohio. Here in the non-conference, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: they're an FCS opponent, but you're seeing North Dakota State
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  Speaker 3: transition this year into Division I and doing just fine
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  Speaker 3: so far. So, like, I think FCS schools, the top
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  Speaker 3: FCS schools are holding their own. They're not, I guess,
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  Speaker 3: maybe what they were 20 years ago. They're a lot
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  Speaker 3: better and competing now. against powerful schools, and I think
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  Speaker 3: this is a game against Nebraska that can just be that.
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  Speaker 3: I guess we hope that we're superior to them, and
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  Speaker 3: it goes like it did last week, but I'm just
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  Speaker 3: not anticipating that.
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  Speaker 4: No, I'm not anticipating that either, especially since I feel
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  Speaker 4: like Their offense is the thing that's clicking pretty well
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  Speaker 4: for them, and our defense has definitely been the thing
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  Speaker 4: that we have the most questions about. These are the
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  Speaker 4: ones that you want to schedule, the ones where they're
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  Speaker 4: actually a talented team that you should beat, that their
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  Speaker 4: strength matches up with your weakness. That's where you want
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  Speaker 4: to be tested, I guess. You say that until we lose,
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  Speaker 4: and then I'm like, what the hell are we doing?
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  Speaker 4: Why aren't we playing Houston Christian every week? What do
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  Speaker 4: you think, Dak?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, this is easily, out of the first three,
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  Speaker 1: the best quarterback by far. If Bowling Green and North
• 5:00
  Speaker 1: Dakota played right now, I think North Dakota would be
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  Speaker 1: favored by 10 points. And if they're not, put my
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  Speaker 1: whole paycheck on North Dakota. Because they are that much better.
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  Speaker 1: Bowling Green's, I think, probably one of the worst teams
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  Speaker 1: in the NBA. That's from what I saw. This quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's He's going to light it up no
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  Speaker 1: matter what. I think he's going to be a good
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  Speaker 1: NFL quarterback coming out. That's what scares the crap out
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  Speaker 1: of me.
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  Speaker 4: NFL quarterback Jerry Kaminsky? Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I think he will be. I'd be surprised if they
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  Speaker 1: don't score more than 14 points on us. They're going
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  Speaker 1: to score points.
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  Speaker 3: Well, let's start there with Jerry Kaminsky. He's their quarterback,
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  Speaker 3: as Dak is mentioning. He is 61-79 for 800 yards
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  Speaker 3: here through three games, 11 touchdowns, two picks. He's better
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  Speaker 3: than 70% completion percentage all games, and he's led their offense,
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  Speaker 3: like I said, to 50 points per game here. Now,
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  Speaker 3: their competition has been LIU, which I believe is Long Island,
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  Speaker 3: which is also, I think, who Kansas played week one, St. Thomas,
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  Speaker 3: and then Portland State. And so, yes, obviously they're not–
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  Speaker 3: Big Ten defenses, but they're still dominating these teams here
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  Speaker 3: in FCS play. Actually, Portland State gets to play Oregon
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  Speaker 3: this week. Lucky them.
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  Speaker 4: Lucky them. That's poor them. Oregon's going to be so
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  Speaker 4: pissed that they lost. They're just going to freaking ram them.
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  Speaker 3: Kaminsky's their guy. He makes the whole thing go. He's...
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  Speaker 3: I guess he doesn't play hero ball, but he's a solid,
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  Speaker 3: really good quarterback. Like Dak said, NFL, I'd I believe
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  Speaker 3: I've heard that already this week, that could be an
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  Speaker 3: NFL prospect too. So that is not an original Dak take.
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  Speaker 3: But that is the type of player or person that
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  Speaker 3: we're getting here at quarterback with Jerry Kaminsky. And it's
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  Speaker 3: going to start with him. I think more so than
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  Speaker 3: what we've had the past two weeks. Dak, you called
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  Speaker 3: yesterday the Bowling Green quarterback like, I don't know what
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  Speaker 3: you like, the worst quarterback you've ever seen or something
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  Speaker 3: like that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I take that back. Well, yeah, he's he's out there.
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  Speaker 1: But who is that team that we scheduled that? That
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  Speaker 1: we were supposed to play Scott Frost game, that quarterback
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  Speaker 1: was the worst quarterback I've ever seen. Oh, who was that?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, I do actually know what you're talking about.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because some game got canceled and then we scheduled
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  Speaker 1: a different team. That was the worst.
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  Speaker 4: And then the team that we scheduled was.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't remember who it was. But that was
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  Speaker 1: not a real football team. Like, I don't even. I
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  Speaker 1: think they put that team together the week before that game.
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  Speaker 3: Speaking of that, Scott Frost did beat Bethune-Cookman this year
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  Speaker 3: 77-7 or something like that.
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  Speaker 1: So they've gotten better.
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  Speaker 4: Or the thing's got worse.
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  Speaker 3: The key thing I think that this week is going
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  Speaker 3: to be, especially against Kaminsky to watch is, is our
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  Speaker 3: pass rush. Kaminsky gets the ball out quick. Like Rob
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  Speaker 3: Arch said that too, in his press conference this week,
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  Speaker 3: like we're expecting him. They, they, they deliver balls quickly.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that has to change a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: How you, how you play your scheme. So I, I
• 8:42
  Speaker 3: guess watch, I would say watch our defense early on,
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  Speaker 3: like especially our defensive backs, our safeties, corners, linebackers, how
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  Speaker 3: quickly or how much we're up there on the receivers
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  Speaker 3: to try to disrupt that. And then what else we're
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  Speaker 3: doing to disguise some of the blitzes and stuff like
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  Speaker 3: that to try to get to Kaminsky, get some pressure
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  Speaker 3: on him so he's not comfortable, especially early on.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, Yeah. No, I, I think that's going to
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  Speaker 4: be the most interesting part of this game. I kind
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  Speaker 4: of like what we talked about last week. I feel
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  Speaker 4: like we've seen a lot of what we want to
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  Speaker 4: see from us on offense. And so kind of where
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  Speaker 4: we want to see most of the, the improvement or
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  Speaker 4: showing our chops is on defense and QB pressure. We've
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  Speaker 4: asked for it for two weeks. Now we have a
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  Speaker 4: decent quarterback to play. We'd love to see it in
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  Speaker 4: week three.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, this is a, uh, Especially this whole, this D-line.
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  Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a big game.
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  Speaker 1: I want to see him get to him this whole
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  Speaker 1: game and rattle this quarterback. Their, now their defense side
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  Speaker 1: of the ball, this part of the game, I don't
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  Speaker 1: think that we ever saw them at all see. what
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  Speaker 1: they're going to see against Nebraska. So I think hopefully
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  Speaker 1: Nebraska will put up a lot of points on this
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  Speaker 1: defense because they haven't played anybody.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, can we not just jump around randomly in our conversation?
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  Speaker 3: Can we stick to what we're trying to do? What?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I was done talking about the offense there.
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  Speaker 4: We're talking defense now.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. Enough about Kaminsky.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Dak, we'll save your thoughts for later since you
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  Speaker 3: don't have anything to add on this. So another player
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  Speaker 3: on the offensive side for North Dakota is Chucklingama. He's
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  Speaker 3: averaging 8.8 yards a carry. He's also a kickoff return player.
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  Speaker 3: He's kind of their explosive athlete that we got to
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  Speaker 3: be ready for. I guess... this is the first player
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  Speaker 3: that I've heard or seen that maybe we're concerned on
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  Speaker 3: the kickoff return game this year. So I think our
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  Speaker 3: strategy the past few games has not been to kick
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  Speaker 3: it through the end zone. And that's kind of been rules.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. Philosophy, I think, in general, is return
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  Speaker 3: the ball. Both ways. Defensively, but let the play dictate
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  Speaker 3: the kickoff and kickoff return game. So I guess I'm curious, too, like,
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  Speaker 3: what do we do with this guy if this guy's
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  Speaker 3: actually the most dangerous all-around player that they got, right? Like,
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  Speaker 3: what are we going to do on the kickoff game?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Not to jump around back to their offense after talking
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  Speaker 4: about their special teams, Hunter.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, whoa, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I'm talking about a stud offensive player.
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  Speaker 1: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 3: I know, I know.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, they're basically every running back they have is
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  Speaker 4: averaging– five or more yards a carry. And Charles Legama
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  Speaker 4: is his leader by far, averaging almost nine yards a carry.
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  Speaker 4: But I mean, based off of, you know, we look
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  Speaker 4: at all their stats. I have not watched any other games, admittedly. Sorry, guys. Spoiler,
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  Speaker 4: I don't watch North Dakota games. But they're just putting
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  Speaker 4: up yards on people. I mean, 5.9 is their average
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  Speaker 4: yard per carry across the whole team.
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  Speaker 1: So.
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  Speaker 4: They have two guys... Four guys with over 100 rushing
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  Speaker 4: yards this year. Geez. So, yeah, they have one stud
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  Speaker 4: who's also their return guy, and he does have over
• 12:36
  Speaker 4: 250 yards, but that doesn't mean that they just have
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  Speaker 4: one guy, it seems like. They've got three guys that
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  Speaker 4: they're just killing people with. Which.
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  Speaker 1: Which Matt Rule did say this is the best O-line
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  Speaker 1: that Nebraska is going to see this whole season. Or
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  Speaker 1: that he's seen since he's been coaching, which that's the
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  Speaker 1: biggest lie he's said since.
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  Speaker 4: He's been coaching. Did he actually say that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he did.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's just not true. But these North Dakota schools,
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  Speaker 1: they do have big offensive linemen every time you see
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  Speaker 1: them play. So I do think that's going to be–
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  Speaker 1: really interesting to see how big this whole line is
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  Speaker 1: and that they can move people. So I think that's
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  Speaker 1: what helps the running game a lot, especially against the
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  Speaker 1: teams they've been playing. I mean, they got to have
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  Speaker 1: a good 50 pounds on these D-lines they're playing.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, no, and not to jump to the receiver room,
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  Speaker 4: but Charles Ngama, Jerry Kaminsky, they're okay names, but you
• 13:37
  Speaker 4: don't look at the wide receivers. Corey Tide, dang, dang.
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  Speaker 4: Caleb Goodloe. Those are some hell of receiver names, man.
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  Speaker 3: Well, and I'll say this. I think this is the
• 13:50
  Speaker 3: plus and the positive here. All of these things that
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  Speaker 3: we've been saying that we've heard the coaches say, we're
• 13:58
  Speaker 3: not overlooking North Dakota by any means. No. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I think a lot of fans included, too, which that
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  Speaker 3: doesn't really matter. But, like, you heard Rural talking at
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  Speaker 3: his press conference and these coaches, like, they're giving a
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  Speaker 3: lot of respect to a lot of these guys. And,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, rightfully so. You play who you play right
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  Speaker 3: in the FCS, but they're putting up numbers, so it's
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  Speaker 3: not surprising that they have a lot of these guys. So, like,
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  Speaker 3: it will be. It'll be, I think, the most challenging
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  Speaker 3: offense that we've played so far. And so we'll just
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  Speaker 3: see how that goes. I mean, Dak mentioned their offensive line.
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  Speaker 3: We've talked a lot about their explosiveness and all that,
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  Speaker 3: but their strength is their power run football. Like that's
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  Speaker 3: what they like to do. And then run play action
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  Speaker 3: and RPOs off of that.
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  Speaker 4: So Jerry, Jerry Comiskey has got 21 carries this year.
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  Speaker 4: That's seven more carries than our mobile, you know, dual
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  Speaker 4: threat quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: So, and we haven't even talked about that part of
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  Speaker 3: his game. So like, it's just funny. We've, we've, we've
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  Speaker 3: touched literally on about every part of an offensive scheme, identity,
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  Speaker 3: whatever you want to call it. And that's what North
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  Speaker 3: Dakota's doing, which tells you they're doing a lot of
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  Speaker 3: good things, a lot of things right on that side
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  Speaker 3: of the ball. So I think continuing my take on
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  Speaker 3: what we want to see is defensive line pressure and disruption.
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  Speaker 3: I think we've, again, as I've been completely absent, but
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  Speaker 3: That's just something that's going to need to be there
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  Speaker 3: for the second for Big Ten play here if we
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  Speaker 3: want to, you know, exceed our expectations. And we haven't
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  Speaker 3: completely seen that yet this season. We did get a
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  Speaker 3: nice interception on a tipped pass early last week, which
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  Speaker 3: was really good to see. I mean, that's part of
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  Speaker 3: defensive line, obviously creating that.
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  Speaker 1: And then the.
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  Speaker 3: Secondary making a great play in the ball. So that
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  Speaker 3: was a positive, but I think that's just a continued
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  Speaker 3: area of focus on defense is to find a way
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  Speaker 3: to disrupt and make the offense uncomfortable.
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  Speaker 1: Yep. I mean, the focus of the game, I think,
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  Speaker 1: is to not get this run game going at all.
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  Speaker 1: Because you let the run game get going, and then
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  Speaker 1: this quarterback's going to be slinging it all over the field.
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  Speaker 1: Stop the run game, make quarterback throw. That's what I
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  Speaker 1: think the key to the game is right there.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. I do think we have struggled with mobile quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 4: I would say this year we've struggled with it. Not
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  Speaker 4: that that's atypical for us.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Ohio's quarterback kind of, I mean, he didn't run
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  Speaker 1: all over the field, but he had some good runs.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. And the Bowling Green quarterback was supposed to be mobile.
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  Speaker 3: He didn't do shit.
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  Speaker 4: He didn't do shit.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's nice. I don't think anything from his game.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know. I will say that this is probably
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  Speaker 4: the game I'm most excited about of the three. Yep.
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  Speaker 1: Easily.
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  Speaker 4: Can we switch to offense, Hunter?
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  Speaker 3: I was going to say, well, Dax, since you're so eager,
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: why don't you lead us in the offensive discussion? Why
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  Speaker 3: don't you just take us where you want to go?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, well, I think the defense... I mean, they're giving
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: up points against these teams, too. I can't remember how
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: many of these other teams have been scoring, but these
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: no-name schools have been playing. Yeah, they've been giving up points,
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: yards against these other teams. So I think Nebraska should
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: be able to just light this defense up, which would be,
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  Speaker 1: depending on how North Dakota's offense looks, it might be
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  Speaker 1: one you just want to control the ball and not
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: give it back to this quarterback. Like, get this run
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  Speaker 1: game going against this team. use all the 300 backs
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  Speaker 1: we have again, get, I think it's gonna be a
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  Speaker 1: big game for the run or big game.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: For the running game for the offense.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, yeah, it looks like the opponent's average, like 23
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  Speaker 4: points a game.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And that's against nobody.
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  Speaker 3: Well, what they've, what they've done a good job of
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  Speaker 3: has been stopping the run. That's been there, I guess,
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  Speaker 3: strength so far this year with who they've played. Um, they're, uh,
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: head coach is Eric Schmidt and he's a defensive minded
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: head coach. Um, he's actually has ties to Rob Arch and, uh,
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: he's been at Washington Fresno state, San Diego state. And yeah, he's,
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: he's done a good job there. That that's, that's their
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: head coach's background is, is defense. So, um, I think
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: we'll see how that plays out when they play Nebraska
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  Speaker 3: and not three FCS opponents. But I do think that, again,
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. I guess if we're comparing the three teams,
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  Speaker 3: this may be one of the tougher defenses that we've gone.
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  Speaker 3: It might be the toughest defense we've gone against, relatively speaking,
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  Speaker 3: to Ohio and Bowling Green.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and then I guess what? I'm looking at from,
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: I just want to see continued. And like I said,
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: is there really any area of improvement we're looking to
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: see from our offense outside of cleaning up penalties, in
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: the first two games. What are you guys looking for?
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: I'm just looking to see continuing what we've been doing
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: the last two games outside of the dumb penalties.
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: Which you could put a lot of quotations around penalties
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: after last week. Those blocking the backs, those were.
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 20:03
  Speaker 4: It's fine.
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: What blocking the backs are you talking about?
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: Two weeks ago, though. Oh, no, you're talking... Yeah, two
• 20:11
  Speaker 4: weeks ago, it was Ja'Cory Varney's block.
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: Dak, get your facts right before you start speaking.
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: It's a bowling... Wasn't it a bowling green that he
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: had a block in the back?
• 20:20
  Speaker 4: No, he had a holding call that was soft.
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: I thought.
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: Hey, I got one goal for Dak. Watch the game
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: this week and actually know what you're talking about.
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: All right?
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: Make sure you know what you're saying.
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: No, I think if this... If this whole line is
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: not moving this D-line on North Dakota, this is where
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: I would get in and be watching this. Move this
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: D-line or else it's going to be a big problem
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: come Big Ten time. There better be some running holes open. Again,
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: not many sacks, which they've been good at so far.
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: Don't let Kleiner get hit or hurt this game. That's
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: not a big thing. No injuries in these games. You
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: don't want any injuries against these teams that you're playing here.
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm curious to see, obviously, if we can just
• 21:11
  Speaker 3: continue to do what we're doing at this pace, great. Like,
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: keep doing it. And I think we'll like the results.
• 21:19
  Speaker 3: But I think eventually some team, and whether it's this
• 21:22
  Speaker 3: week or in the near future, you know, they're going
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: to start trying to take away what we're comfortable doing.
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: And that's what teams should do. North Dakota, I think,
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: is going to try to do that with their defensive scheme,
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: defensive head coach, all of that maybe slowing down our
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: run game with our running backs a little bit. I
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: don't necessarily say I want to see this, but I'm
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: just curious as the season goes along, is Anthony Calandria's
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: legs and how those get utilized, whether that be broken
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: plays or designed runs. I think that North Dakota potentially
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: could put together a scheme and strategy to force that
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: to come out I guess if you're Nebraska, you're hoping
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: that– I mean, I don't know. Have we been saving–
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: everyone's saying we're saving Calandria's legs and using them until
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: we need them, right? We don't need to use them.
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: We don't need them to get hurt. We're maybe not
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: showing it on film until we have to use it
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: against better opponents, whatever. Like, is that the case? Or
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: are we– I mean, are we not going to see
• 22:34
  Speaker 3: him run a whole lot for– When I say a lot,
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: I'm not expecting him to run for 150 yards a game,
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: but utilizing his legs, is that something we're going to
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: see this week or not? And if it is, is
• 22:45
  Speaker 3: it because we're forced to see it because the team's
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: scheming a certain way or our play's breaking down because
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: defenses are getting more pressure or scheming stuff up better
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: than what we've seen the first two games? Again, not
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: so much I'm wanting to see that, but I'm curious
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: if that's going to happen this game with Calandria and
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: his run game. We've seen what he can do with
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: his arm, and it's been Much, much, much, much better
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: than what expectations were, and I think for everybody. So, like,
• 23:13
  Speaker 3: I'm just curious, these legs of his, what that looks like,
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: and will that come out this game?
• 23:22
  Speaker 4: Yeah, because, I mean, you really haven't seen a ton
• 23:24
  Speaker 4: of designs. I mean, through two games, he's got 14 carries,
• 23:30
  Speaker 4: and not all those were designed runs. Some of those
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: were just he had some room to move, and then
• 23:36
  Speaker 4: he left.
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: Um, and that's what I don't know. Will we, will
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: we add design runs to the script more? Like there
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: was obviously the one that got called back on a
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: holding play. Um, so I'm curious, like, yeah, I don't know.
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: Like Jamal rule said this week, you know, how, how
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: great it is when you have to account for a
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: quarterback run game, how much it opens everything up. And
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: I completely agree with that. It's just a matter of, what,
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: what is that? And, and if teams are accounting for it,
• 24:11
  Speaker 3: how much are they accounting for it to where you
• 24:13
  Speaker 3: can still get something accomplished in that area? So just,
• 24:17
  Speaker 3: just the quarterback run game in general, just interested, not
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: necessarily expecting it, but interested in what that could look
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: like this week.
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. I don't want to see a lot of it,
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: but I'd like to see a couple, a couple of
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: design runs here and there to get before big template,
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: get it going and see, see what we got.
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: Well, I guess back to that point, if it happens,
• 24:37
  Speaker 3: it happens. But like, I don't necessarily like you're saying
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: I don't want to see it. Well, if we need
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: it to play well and win the game, then we
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: better be showing it.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: But yeah, if we're at that point where it's where
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: it's close game and use it. Yeah. But yeah, if
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: it's a blowout, just I'd like to see. Yeah, just
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: come place there. I'm more worried about the injury part
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: of it. Don't don't let him get hits. Take it.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: He doesn't have to take and these type of games
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: for sure. I don't know about you guys. I knew
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: Glanier was quick and shifty. I've been way more impressed
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: with him at these first two games than I was
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: coming into the season. That guy is shifty and quicker
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: than I thought.
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: I think he's got a very good sense of.
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: Pocket presence.
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: Like, pocket presence and just, yeah, he's awareness. I think
• 25:31
  Speaker 3: his awareness is very good on just the entire field.
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: Even though he's short... he's able to identify where things
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: are coming from, and he has a good awareness of
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: everything in the pocket.
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: I mean, we're also coming from a guy that had
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: the worst pocket presence you've ever seen. Dylan Arella did this.
• 25:51
  Speaker 4: He did not have the worst pocket presence you've ever seen.
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: I mean, if the wind was blowing from the south
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: five miles an hour, that dude was falling down. You
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: are so.
• 26:02
  Speaker 4: Classic, man. Oh, thank God we got that guy out
• 26:05
  Speaker 4: of here. He was absolute garbage.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: Oh, speak.
• 26:08
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: A little time on the action here. I did see
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: an Oregon fan tweet this this week and he was
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: dead serious. Can't wait for this guy to say if
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: he didn't, it was a picture of Dylan Raiola. So
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: they are already ready to put him in.
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: I will say that. Talking about Dylan Raiola, who knows
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: how much he'll get brought up. This is another fascinating
• 26:28
  Speaker 3: Husker fan thing. And Dak's saying it as a perfect example. Um,
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: you know, all this, like, negative talk about Dylan Raiola now.
• 26:37
  Speaker 3: But then if you ask somebody, why did our season
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: end the way it did last year, it was because
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: Dylan Raiola got hurt. Like, nobody puts those two things together.
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: But then when you start putting those two things together,
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: it's like, yeah, keep talking out of both sides of
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: your mouth. Like, it's just funny.
• 26:58
  Speaker 4: I mean, there's... Go for it, Dak.
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: I've listened to a lot of podcasts, and I will
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: say this. Who would you rather have a quarterback right now,
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: Calandria or Dylan Raiola? Easily, I'd take Calandria, like, by
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: a mile.
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: I mean, I think that's a very general consensus from
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: what we've seen so far through two games, and I
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: don't think that's wrong. That's not a wrong analysis. I'm
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: just saying the strict, like, negative talk and bashing of
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: Dylan Raiola since he left.
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, this guy sucks.
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: But, yeah, he's the reason why we– His injury is
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: also the reason why our season went down last year.
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: It's just funny. I'm not comparing Raiola to him, and
• 27:38
  Speaker 3: I'm just saying in general, it's just funny how people
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: are so hating for him because he left.
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: I'm not going to say Klandre is definitely better than
• 27:51
  Speaker 4: Raiola until I see us against some actual Big Ten teams,
• 27:54
  Speaker 4: but I do think and we talked about last year
• 27:57
  Speaker 4: that the mobility helps a lot when you have a
• 27:59
  Speaker 4: subpar line and we've always had a subpar, I shouldn't
• 28:02
  Speaker 4: say always, we've had a subpar line the last 15 years.
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: So.
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: And that's why my, my opinion of, and why I
• 28:11
  Speaker 3: do think Calandria is much going to be much better.
• 28:14
  Speaker 3: Like that's my thought moving forward. He's going to be
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: much better than Ryola. And because of that is mobility
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: and stuff. And that's just more of a philosophy identity
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: belief that I believe in.
• 28:23
  Speaker 4: Um, Do you think Rayola will succeed at Oregon?
• 28:28
  Speaker 3: I think he could. Like, I think, I think Rayola
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: still could have a very good career into the professional
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: career with the right pieces around him. Like I, he's
• 28:37
  Speaker 3: not mobile, but not all quarterbacks happen. Now I think
• 28:41
  Speaker 3: a lot of the good ones are, but like, I
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: think he still could. Now I also will say with,
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: with Calandria, the, the whole mobility thing and how that goes, like,
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: I think it's very dependent also upon how teams scheme
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: around him. So like, that's also a big thing to
• 29:01
  Speaker 3: watch is, but, but, but, but again, if he's not
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: putting up rushing numbers or things, it doesn't mean that
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: he's not good at running the ball. It just means
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: that other things are opening up for our offense. And
• 29:13
  Speaker 3: I think that's what's happening so far is we've gotten
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: a lot more explosive and, and open areas in our
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: offense because he's, able to run where when you were Dylan,
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: you didn't have to worry about that at all.
• 29:30
  Speaker 4: You know what name I haven't heard a lot of
• 29:32
  Speaker 4: Husker fans say this year? Kenny Minchie. Dak, do you
• 29:36
  Speaker 4: know who Kenny Minchie is?
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: Yep. Kentucky quarterback.
• 29:40
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: Had a great week one. I'm not entirely sure what
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: his stats were in week two, but they were close
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: to Alabama for a while.
• 29:49
  Speaker 3: In that game. I was going to say for a
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: little bit, and then I think shit hit the fan. Oh, yeah.
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: Then it went south. All right. I said, wow, look
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: at this Alabama-Kentucky game. It was like 24-23 or something
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: like that. And then, yeah, it just went south after that.
• 30:03
  Speaker 4: It was 17-16 at half, and then they lost 45-17. Yeah.
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: So, yeah, it went south after that.
• 30:10
  Speaker 4: No one's upset that we lost out on Kenny Minchie anymore.
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: One more quarterback comparison that I heard this week that,
• 30:20
  Speaker 3: I mean, in general, we're on the same page, but
• 30:22
  Speaker 3: maybe this is more to Austin's point on not buying
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: into it yet If you look at Dylan Riola's stats
• 30:27
  Speaker 3: against Akron and Houston Christian last year and compare them
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: to Calandria's stats of our first two games, they are very, very, very,
• 30:40
  Speaker 3: very similar. Like eerily, creepily similar. So if you're just
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: looking at that, yeah, you can make that argument. I
• 30:47
  Speaker 3: think the part that I liked about it, and I agree,
• 30:50
  Speaker 3: is there's an eye test part that goes with it,
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: which is why... I have Calandria much better than Raiola
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: so far. Now it could end up being dead wrong,
• 30:58
  Speaker 3: but like, there's an eye test part that comes with
• 31:01
  Speaker 3: it that I'm like, okay, this guy, the way he
• 31:03
  Speaker 3: he's leading and carrying the team and react. Like, I
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: think that's all. That's why I feel better about it.
• 31:09
  Speaker 3: Not just looking just at the numbers, but looking at
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: the overall production and how things are going. And it's
• 31:16
  Speaker 3: a belief in philosophy too. Like that's, I think, I
• 31:19
  Speaker 3: think it's a big thing.
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: So. Okay. Right, right there. You just said something. Doesn't
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: it seem like the team likes Calandria a lot better
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: than Raiola too? It seems like the team is more
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: pumped up to play for Calandria than they were for
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: Raiola is what I've been seeing a lot.
• 31:32
  Speaker 4: I guess I don't know. I don't know if I
• 31:36
  Speaker 4: felt like our team– I don't know. I don't feel like.
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: People– Retrospective, yes, but like that's what the narrative is
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: going to be because he's gone and Calandria is in.
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: Correct.
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: Like, at the time, were any of us at the
• 31:54
  Speaker 3: time during Dylan Raiola talking about how the team did
• 31:58
  Speaker 3: not latch on to Dylan Raiola? Nobody made that comment.
• 32:02
  Speaker 3: Nobody thought. Now, there maybe were some comments of, like,
• 32:05
  Speaker 3: the show being about him. And so I guess if you're.
• 32:09
  Speaker 4: You want to extrapolate that statement to teammates feeling that.
• 32:14
  Speaker 4: But I didn't see that on the field. There was
• 32:16
  Speaker 4: never a time where I was like, oh, man, look,
• 32:17
  Speaker 4: no one's celebrating with Dylan. You know, he's just running
• 32:19
  Speaker 4: around by himself and.
• 32:22
  Speaker 3: you know, like, yeah, like, yeah, you can interpolate, like,
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: or not interpolate, extrapolate, extrapolate, imply, that's the word, another,
• 32:31
  Speaker 3: you can imply that maybe that was happening, but, like, I,
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: I just, I don't, it's funny, because that's also a
• 32:37
  Speaker 3: narrative everybody's talking about, because players are coming out and,
• 32:41
  Speaker 3: and mentioning things about how Anthony is in the locker room,
• 32:46
  Speaker 3: and how he's, you know, getting on people, and it
• 32:49
  Speaker 3: comes out a matter of respect, like, Everyone's just comparing
• 32:52
  Speaker 3: that back to Ryola. Like I said, retrospective, we're saying
• 32:58
  Speaker 3: it now. Were people talking about that during the season?
• 33:02
  Speaker 3: Like while he was here, before he got hurt? Not really.
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: Not a lot.
• 33:10
  Speaker 3: It doesn't mean it's not true. It doesn't mean that's
• 33:12
  Speaker 3: not a fact, but it's not. It's just a lot of.
• 33:17
  Speaker 3: Talk now, comparison. I know we talked a lot about
• 33:19
  Speaker 3: Kalandri versus Raiola today. It's probably not going to be
• 33:23
  Speaker 3: the last time we talk about it this season.
• 33:28
  Speaker 4: Let's get some big 10 play so we can really
• 33:30
  Speaker 4: start to... I do think our team is better than
• 33:32
  Speaker 4: it was last year. Overall, across the board, I think.
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: I just think fans are happy that they don't have
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: to be able to have their TV screen run because
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: this quarterback will actually run. He will take off. Instead
• 33:44
  Speaker 1: of Raiola, when you see a freaking 20 yard run
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: sitting there he won't take off so at least this
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: guy will use it.
• 33:52
  Speaker 4: And you say that and then maybe week five he
• 33:55
  Speaker 4: hurts his leg and we're down to tj latif and
• 33:58
  Speaker 4: you're like tj latif.
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: Is tj latif back i i and i we haven't
• 34:05
  Speaker 3: talked about latif at all for reasons one i think
• 34:11
  Speaker 3: he is our backup because he came in last week.
• 34:13
  Speaker 4: He didn't mention that at all.
• 34:15
  Speaker 3: Like, I think there was a little bit of question
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: whether him or Kalen was number two. He's number two.
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: The other thing I'm, I'm knocking on wood over here.
• 34:24
  Speaker 3: Like you never hope for any injuries. We hope that
• 34:27
  Speaker 3: Calandria plays every snap, meaningful snap from here on out.
• 34:31
  Speaker 3: I will say I still, I, I, I'm not falling
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: off the face of the earth this season. I don't,
• 34:36
  Speaker 3: I'm not going to feel better about it, obviously, but
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: Latif has played snaps. He's, I think the style of
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: TJ Lateef's play is not that much drastically different than Calandria.
• 34:48
  Speaker 4: That was the big problem last year was TJ Lateef
• 34:51
  Speaker 4: and Dylan Rayola are two different styles of play. And
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: those were all the reps we had with Rayola's style.
• 34:57
  Speaker 4: And so when he went down, I agree with that.
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: So I just, I'm not like jumping and saying, Oh
• 35:02
  Speaker 3: my gosh, like it's horrible. I just, I think that
• 35:05
  Speaker 3: the guy, I think things are going to fit better
• 35:08
  Speaker 3: if the situation had to come down to it. I
• 35:12
  Speaker 3: don't think he's as good as Klandry or even on
• 35:14
  Speaker 3: the same level. That's why Klandry is their starting quarterback.
• 35:17
  Speaker 3: But I don't feel horrible against it. And because he's
• 35:21
  Speaker 3: played snaps. He has played in games for us before,
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: regardless of how you thought the outcomes of those games were.
• 35:28
  Speaker 3: He's another year older. He hopefully has learned from that stuff, too.
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: So, anyways. I will not be coming on here if
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: Kleiner does get hurt in saying Lateef's better than him,
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: like I did with Raul. That was a mistake. He's not.
• 35:50
  Speaker 3: Again, I'm not going to give our official prediction, score prediction.
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: We'll save that for the tailgate pod this week. But
• 35:56
  Speaker 3: I do want to talk just what does a, in
• 36:01
  Speaker 3: your guys' mind, what does a healthy win look like?
• 36:05
  Speaker 3: and what does a successful Saturday come out? I'm not
• 36:07
  Speaker 3: saying an A, A-plus grade, but let's go both sides
• 36:12
  Speaker 3: of the spectrum here. Let's start. You can say I'm
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: going to be too detailed, but what does a healthy
• 36:20
  Speaker 3: win look like, and then what does a win with
• 36:22
  Speaker 3: a couple of question marks look like? I guess if
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: you want to go lost, you can go lost too,
• 36:27
  Speaker 3: but what does the question mark piece look like coming
• 36:29
  Speaker 3: out of this game?
• 36:33
  Speaker 4: I'll kick her off. healthy win. We just dominate all
• 36:37
  Speaker 4: four quarters. We haven't really seen a full domination of
• 36:42
  Speaker 4: four quarters. You know, even last week.
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: I will say last week was pretty damn close.
• 36:48
  Speaker 3: I get there was that one drive, but you're not
• 36:52
  Speaker 3: going to see that against anybody from any team ever.
• 36:57
  Speaker 4: Right, but we didn't third quarter. I would not say
• 37:00
  Speaker 4: we dominated the third quarter.
• 37:03
  Speaker 5: Again, if you're looking to see that. I'm saying all
• 37:06
  Speaker 5: four quarters. No, I'm saying all four quarters. I know
• 37:10
  Speaker 5: we dominated one, two, and four. We did not dominate
• 37:13
  Speaker 5: the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 3: And I guess we'll never do that. We'll never do that.
• 37:18
  Speaker 3: Nobody but maybe the top two teams in the country
• 37:20
  Speaker 3: do that. Indiana didn't do that week one.
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: You don't think you'd do that against an FCS opponent?
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: No.
• 37:25
  Speaker 3: I think very few teams.
• 37:26
  Speaker 4: UCF did that. 77 points.
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: We dominated four quarters against Bethune-Cookman. Go back and.
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: Watch that game. We only scored 40-some points. We did
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: not dominate every drive and possession in that game.
• 37:38
  Speaker 4: I don't think points necessarily means dominate. 40-some points is domination.
• 37:43
  Speaker 4: But when you have a quarter where your offense can't
• 37:45
  Speaker 4: go and your defense can't get off the field, that
• 37:48
  Speaker 4: is not domination.
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: I'm just saying I don't think that happens very often.
• 37:53
  Speaker 3: The definition of domination, I don't think that happens often.
• 37:57
  Speaker 4: Not where we're at. Well, that's what I want to see.
• 38:01
  Speaker 4: I want to see us make progress towards that. And
• 38:03
  Speaker 4: I think against an FCS opponent, you know, or can
• 38:06
  Speaker 4: we do it for four whole quarters, not just three?
• 38:12
  Speaker 4: That's what I want to see. I've seen everything else
• 38:13
  Speaker 4: I need to see. A questionable win is where we
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: barely win. They give up 30, you know, 28 points
• 38:21
  Speaker 4: or even if we don't barely win, say we went
• 38:24
  Speaker 4: 42 to 28. I don't want to see that. I
• 38:25
  Speaker 4: know it's a good offense, but if our defense doesn't
• 38:28
  Speaker 4: look like they can slow down, A good FCS offense.
• 38:33
  Speaker 4: What's it going to look like when we face Indiana, Oregon,
• 38:37
  Speaker 4: Ohio State? I don't know. I don't know how good
• 38:41
  Speaker 4: Washington's going to be this year. Washington, maybe.
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: Yeah, right there, I think you nailed it. A great
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: win is we just completely dominate this offense, and they score, like,
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: less than 10 points. They don't do anything with all
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: this shutdown, this quarterback, everything. Questionable win is this guy
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: just chucks all over the field. And it's, I'd say 10,
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: 10 point or less score going in the fourth quarter.
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: And we, we got our freaking tail stuck in our legs.
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: That's I think what the question of when is. Yeah.
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: I think for me, a lot of it comes down
• 39:17
  Speaker 3: to the line of scrimmage. Obviously their quarterback is, could
• 39:22
  Speaker 3: be efficient. So I guess I'll start questionable, right? If,
• 39:25
  Speaker 3: if their run game gets going and they're able to
• 39:28
  Speaker 3: have some success and in the run game, I think
• 39:33
  Speaker 3: obviously they're good at it. Like, but if they get
• 39:36
  Speaker 3: some things going, obviously score outcome, whatever you want to
• 39:40
  Speaker 3: look at, but like if they exploit, I'll say our
• 39:43
  Speaker 3: defensive lines, like potential weakness there, I'm going, Oh crap. Like, And, yeah,
• 39:51
  Speaker 3: FCS opponent, a good FCS opponent, a team that we
• 39:55
  Speaker 3: think has the best line play so far that we've seen. Like,
• 39:58
  Speaker 3: that's going to get you going into next week even
• 40:01
  Speaker 3: against Michigan State going, all right, like, what are we
• 40:04
  Speaker 3: actually made of up front? And specifically on the defensive line,
• 40:10
  Speaker 3: but I guess that goes both ways on the offensive
• 40:12
  Speaker 3: line too. And, yeah, I mean, I think a healthy win,
• 40:17
  Speaker 3: and I don't, I mean, just, what I said, what
• 40:20
  Speaker 3: we said earlier, like complete utter domination, four quarters. Like
• 40:23
  Speaker 3: I don't, whatever your definition of domination is like last week,
• 40:27
  Speaker 3: I thought was that in third quarter, like, yeah, they score,
• 40:30
  Speaker 3: but their, it was, their drive was like a 13
• 40:32
  Speaker 3: play 31 yard drive. Like it wasn't like it was
• 40:34
  Speaker 3: a like.
• 40:37
  Speaker 4: Crazy.
• 40:39
  Speaker 3: And we couldn't get off the field.
• 40:40
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 40:40
  Speaker 3: But I also don't know like who was playing backups.
• 40:43
  Speaker 3: There's some other couple other guys in there, at least
• 40:45
  Speaker 3: defensively offensively.
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 40:47
  Speaker 3: We didn't go down and score on that drive. I
• 40:50
  Speaker 3: just think that, like, do what we did last week. Like,
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: I don't even know if it has to be– or
• 40:56
  Speaker 3: the second half of Ohio. What I don't want to
• 40:58
  Speaker 3: see is the first half of Ohio again. That's what
• 41:00
  Speaker 3: I don't want to see. Like, that was– that first
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: half of Ohio was filled with, I thought, mistakes. And, yeah,
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: obviously it wasn't dominating either. But the third quarter, there
• 41:11
  Speaker 3: were some mistakes, yes, in the Bowling Green game, but
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: it got better than what it did from week one.
• 41:17
  Speaker 3: And– I thought from just the complete picture, we dominated
• 41:23
  Speaker 3: them for 90% of the game. And I think if
• 41:30
  Speaker 3: we do that again, I don't know if I'm even
• 41:31
  Speaker 3: expecting to do that again, but that would be a very,
• 41:33
  Speaker 3: very healthy win as we head in. I don't think
• 41:38
  Speaker 3: what's going to happen is going to lie somewhere in
• 41:40
  Speaker 3: between those two. I think it's going to be a
• 41:42
  Speaker 3: little bit of a mucky grinder game for a little bit.
• 41:46
  Speaker 3: I hope that's the, I hope it is like that
• 41:48
  Speaker 3: because they are just a better football team, North Dakota,
• 41:51
  Speaker 3: not because we are self inflicting ourselves of penalties, which
• 41:57
  Speaker 3: is something right now that's been a little bit hairy. And,
• 42:01
  Speaker 3: and just, I hope it's because they're a little bit
• 42:03
  Speaker 3: better and we're kind of stunned a little bit because
• 42:07
  Speaker 3: they're a little better, because I think that'll give us
• 42:09
  Speaker 3: some good adversity and give us a little bit of
• 42:10
  Speaker 3: a wake up call as we, as we head into
• 42:13
  Speaker 3: big 10 play. So that's, where I'm at, I guess,
• 42:16
  Speaker 3: heading into Saturday on what we're going to see. Like
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: I said, best team I think we're going to play
• 42:22
  Speaker 3: so far out of the three teams. Which would I
• 42:26
  Speaker 3: think is what you want before you dive into Big
• 42:29
  Speaker 3: Ten play?
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: I would love to see a poll. When it's 14-13, Ohio,
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: what Husker fans think the season is going to be
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: to what they think now.
• 42:39
  Speaker 4: That's true.
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: It's crazy now. Yeah. Just a game and a half,
• 42:44
  Speaker 1: how much did the thoughts have changed?
• 42:45
  Speaker 4: There was definitely some text in our chain. Not quite
• 42:49
  Speaker 4: ceilings falling, but.
• 42:50
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, it was.
• 42:53
  Speaker 4: I don't remember exactly what you said, Hunter, but it
• 42:55
  Speaker 4: was maybe lucky to win three games this year.
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: That's what it was.
• 42:59
  Speaker 3: Yeah. And again, that was all because of the self-inflicted mistakes. Right.
• 43:04
  Speaker 3: And yes, it was.
• 43:05
  Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah. 100%. It was what we were doing.
• 43:08
  Speaker 3: It had nothing to do with watching our players because
• 43:10
  Speaker 3: we hadn't been able to see them enough. It was
• 43:12
  Speaker 3: a complete overreaction to the mistakes. It had nothing to
• 43:17
  Speaker 3: do with– we barely even saw what Calandria was. We
• 43:20
  Speaker 3: barely even saw the running– we hadn't seen a whole lot.
• 43:23
  Speaker 3: It was just strictly saying, man.
• 43:25
  Speaker 4: Yeah. We take it out of our own way.
• 43:29
  Speaker 3: And this is the first half of game one. If
• 43:32
  Speaker 3: we haven't solved this now– are we going to solve
• 43:35
  Speaker 3: it ever under Matt rule? That was that take. And
• 43:37
  Speaker 3: it still could be true. It's gotten better.
• 43:39
  Speaker 4: Those were the things that we thought we had figured out.
• 43:42
  Speaker 4: We thought we had figured out cleaning up the special
• 43:44
  Speaker 4: teams and the, you know, no more dumb penalties. And
• 43:49
  Speaker 4: we just need to find the right personnel. And that was,
• 43:51
  Speaker 4: that was not what I thought.
• 43:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah. We thought we've like took all those steps like
• 43:55
  Speaker 3: forward from two years ago, three years ago.
• 43:58
  Speaker 4: It was a very frosty in first half against Ohio.
• 44:01
  Speaker 4: And I feel like the, the, it's totally changed since then.
• 44:05
  Speaker 3: Yes. It's changed in a very positive way, which is,
• 44:09
  Speaker 3: which has made so far this season fun to talk
• 44:11
  Speaker 3: about and, and break down.
• 44:15
  Speaker 4: I still, the first two games, I still moved my,
• 44:17
  Speaker 4: I went from seven wins to six wins. I've still
• 44:20
  Speaker 4: moved down. I still don't feel as good about it
• 44:21
  Speaker 4: as I did going into the year.
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: You just mentioned special teams, Austin. There is a player.
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: I got my eye on Archie Wilson. I got, I
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: got my eye on you.
• 44:31
  Speaker 4: Wilson, our Lord and savior.
• 44:33
  Speaker 1: I got my eye on you. I want to see
• 44:37
  Speaker 1: your puns here. I'm starting to get off the train
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: on him.
• 44:42
  Speaker 4: We lost our Mike Eckler. It might not be an
• 44:45
  Speaker 4: Archie Wilson problem.
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: All right, well, last thing I'll say is I got
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: my eye on you.
• 44:50
  Speaker 3: I want to congratulate Dak on his converted fandom to
• 44:54
  Speaker 3: the Texas Longhorns, as if you watch this on YouTube
• 44:58
  Speaker 3: and his Wacky Dacky Wednesdays, Just go check it out.
• 45:02
  Speaker 3: He is constantly giving him the hook and horn sign
• 45:04
  Speaker 3: while he talks. He just did it like 30 seconds ago.
• 45:07
  Speaker 3: He just hits that point home. Big Texas Longhorn, so
• 45:12
  Speaker 3: I'm sure he's very proud of the way they came
• 45:14
  Speaker 3: back and won.
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah, if Ohio State's coach didn't have his nipples pierced,
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: they would have won that game.
• 45:22
  Speaker 3: And pretty soon Dak will be wearing burnt orange during
• 45:25
  Speaker 3: the podcast.
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Arch Manning still sucks.
• 45:32
  Speaker 4: All right, I'll.
• 45:32
  Speaker 3: Be back tomorrow with the solo pod, and then we'll
• 45:35
  Speaker 3: do our tailgate pods again. Hope you've been enjoying those
• 45:38
  Speaker 3: before the games on Saturday. Lastly, I almost forgot to
• 45:43
  Speaker 3: do this real quick. Cole Swindell concert is post-game.
• 45:51
  Speaker 4: Do you feel good that they have to schedule concerts
• 45:53
  Speaker 4: after football games to get people to attend?
• 45:55
  Speaker 3: But I'm still excited to go to the concert. uh
• 46:01
  Speaker 3: we did sell out earlier this week it was officially
• 46:04
  Speaker 3: officially sold out so um real quick you got to
• 46:07
  Speaker 3: give me your favorite cole swindell song i will preface
• 46:12
  Speaker 3: it by saying i've been listening to his music this
• 46:13
  Speaker 3: week i didn't realize how many good ones he's had
• 46:16
  Speaker 3: over the years more of his newer stuff i don't
• 46:19
  Speaker 3: recognize but.
• 46:20
  Speaker 4: Did you uh did you go when he was the
• 46:22
  Speaker 4: fall concert in college i think it was our junior
• 46:25
  Speaker 4: year maybe.
• 46:26
  Speaker 3: I did not no i don't.
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: You must love coming here.
• 46:32
  Speaker 4: You know, that's kind of how it works. You kind
• 46:35
  Speaker 4: of build a repertoire with the people you see frequently.
• 46:38
  Speaker 4: I'll go with Flatline. I'm a sucker for a good
• 46:40
  Speaker 4: line dance.
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: I will go Ain't Worth the Whiskey on that. That's
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: his best song right there. Easily his best song.
• 46:50
  Speaker 4: There you go.
• 46:51
  Speaker 3: There's the hook. A very... I guess common one, which
• 46:58
  Speaker 3: neither one of you mentioned, so I'll throw it in there,
• 46:59
  Speaker 3: is the Heads Carolina, Tails California. Like, I think that
• 47:03
  Speaker 3: is his.
• 47:05
  Speaker 4: That's his most popular.
• 47:06
  Speaker 3: Probably his most popular song.
• 47:08
  Speaker 4: For sure.
• 47:09
  Speaker 3: And then the very underrated song that I've liked is Drink-A-Bye.
• 47:12
  Speaker 4: That's... Drink-A-Bye.
• 47:15
  Speaker 3: Been one of my favorites, so.
• 47:18
  Speaker 4: If we lose this game to FCS, I think Hunter
• 47:21
  Speaker 4: has to perform Drink-A-Bye on the pod.
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: All I got to say is if they lose and
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: that concert comes on, that is going to be a scene.
• 47:30
  Speaker 3: It would be. You're not wrong. I won't be sticking
• 47:36
  Speaker 3: around to watch it, but.
• 47:41
  Speaker 1: That is.
• 47:44
  Speaker 1: I'm not saying I want to see that happen, but
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: it would be kind of fun to see.
• 47:51
  Speaker 3: All right. Go Big Red.
• 47:53
  Speaker 4: JBR.
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: Go Big Red.
• 47:56
  Speaker 2: The headlines change, but the mission stays. From Memorial Stadium
• 47:59
  Speaker 2: to PBA days. Football Saturdays, basketball nights.
• 48:03
  Speaker 3: Every story chasing.
• 48:05
  Speaker 4: Red and white.
• 48:06
  Speaker 3: Recruiting buzz, big time commits.
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: Camp battles, coaching hits.
• 48:11
  Speaker 2: Transfer moves and rising stars. The road to glory's never far.
• 48:17
  Speaker 2: This is Return to Glory, where every headline tells a story.
• 48:22
  Speaker 2: Big Red pride every season. Husker Nation's got a reason.
• 48:27
  Speaker 2: From touchdowns, dunks, and championship dreams, we'll be back with
• 48:31
  Speaker 2: the latest from every team. Until next time, keep the faith,
• 48:35
  Speaker 2: keep believing, because the Return to Glory is just beginning.
• 48:42
  Speaker 2: Go Big Red! See you next episode!