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Episode 33 | The Bingo Card · Return to Glory - Nebraska

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  Speaker 1: Go Big Red! The takes, the numbers, the chaos. Hunter, Austin, Dak.
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  Speaker 1: Talking Cornhusker football, basketball, and everything Nebraska sports. Welcome to
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  Speaker 1: the Return to Glory Podcast! Return to Glory Podcast. Hunter
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  Speaker 1: Zarbonicki here. Happy Friday, everyone. Game day eve for the
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  Speaker 1: North Dakota Fighting Hawks. We talked about them yesterday in
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  Speaker 1: our preview episode. Today, I am going to do a
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  Speaker 1: little fun game here. There's going to be nine squares,
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  Speaker 1: a bingo card, with 20 possible points. I know these
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  Speaker 1: are not like random prop bets. These are squares that
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  Speaker 1: are tied to something that I think that we need
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  Speaker 1: to prove and continue to do as we head into
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  Speaker 1: Big Ten play. So picture a 3x3 bingo card here.
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  Speaker 1: Our criteria here, there's going to be either 2 or
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  Speaker 1: 3 points for each card. Some are a little more worthy,
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  Speaker 1: I think, just to get to the 20 points. And
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  Speaker 1: the way we're going to, I guess, evaluate or measure
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  Speaker 1: this is... If we have 0-6 points, something definitely went
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  Speaker 1: wrong in the game. 7-11, we probably won, but there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of questions, and we took a step back
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  Speaker 1: here so far through the first three games. 12-15, pretty good, solid.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing to get super excited about, but we're satisfied. 16-19,
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  Speaker 1: we're ready for Big Ten play. Conference ready, and then
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  Speaker 1: If we hit everything and we go 20 for 20, well,
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  Speaker 1: we're probably winning the national title. Square one, top left
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  Speaker 1: corner here. Anthony Calandria hits three total touchdowns. Not necessarily
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  Speaker 1: meaning all passing or running, just three total. Just means
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  Speaker 1: that he's still being Anthony Calandria. And yeah, I guess
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  Speaker 1: touchdowns should come from wherever and we could run all
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  Speaker 1: of them in if we all get to the one
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  Speaker 1: yard line. But I think this factors into maybe a
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  Speaker 1: couple of explosive plays. Just continuing what Anthony Calandria has
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  Speaker 1: done through the first two games. This has worked two points.
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  Speaker 1: And if Calandria stays efficient and we finish drives off
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  Speaker 1: the way we have been, this should be a very
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  Speaker 1: easy square to knock off. Square number two, we go
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  Speaker 1: top middle. 200 rushing yards. North Dakota's defended the rush
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  Speaker 1: extremely well, not allowing averaging over 100 yards, giving up
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  Speaker 1: against their opponents. I think with this starting offensive line
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  Speaker 1: and the way that things have gone, we should be
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  Speaker 1: able to hit this one as well. This is also
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  Speaker 1: worth two points. Again, this is not like a miracle
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  Speaker 1: if we hit a lot of these. It's just things
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  Speaker 1: that I think that we should do. And if these
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  Speaker 1: things happen, we should feel pretty good about where we're sitting.
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  Speaker 1: So 200 rushing yards total. Against the Fighting Hawks. Against
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  Speaker 1: a team that has defended the run well. Against their opponents.
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  Speaker 1: Worth two points. Square three. And this is probably the
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  Speaker 1: hardest one. That we can do. And given North Dakota's offense.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's doable. But it's going to be tough.
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  Speaker 1: Hold North Dakota under five yards per play. They've shown
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  Speaker 1: some explosiveness. We talked about. Jerry Kaminsky, their quarterback, being
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  Speaker 1: a very solid and potential NFL prospect. Well, let's see
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  Speaker 1: if this defense can take a step forwards again this
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  Speaker 1: week and play structurally sound football and not allowing any
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  Speaker 1: busted explosive plays. That's what's obviously going to raise this
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  Speaker 1: average here per play. Obviously, they could put together a
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  Speaker 1: couple of drives, but if you keep them under five
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  Speaker 1: yards per play, this is worth three points, a bigger
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  Speaker 1: one here. So... Square four, moving to the second row.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of a boring square, but it's one that I
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  Speaker 1: think must happen. And again, if we do everything well,
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  Speaker 1: we should get it. Win the turnover margin. One that's
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  Speaker 1: talked about a lot in the Matt Rule era. It's
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  Speaker 1: gotten a lot better in the Matt Rule era. We
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  Speaker 1: are more talented than North Dakota, we think. And we
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  Speaker 1: should be able to, one, not turn it over, but
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  Speaker 1: then force at least one turnover. Even if we win 1-0.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you get two points there. All right, the
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  Speaker 1: free square right in the middle. The free square is
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  Speaker 1: Dak does not watch every snap because he's not a
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  Speaker 1: true fan or because he's drank way too much alcohol
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  Speaker 1: or because he's going to leave the tailgate. So basically,
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  Speaker 1: Dak doesn't watch every snap. That's a given. We know that.
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  Speaker 1: Free square knocked off. It's not worth any points. Just
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  Speaker 1: cross it off now because we know he's not going to.
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  Speaker 1: Score six, worth two points. Young player scores a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: And yes, this running back room is probably going to
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  Speaker 1: be able to cross this one off, you would think,
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  Speaker 1: because they are all technically freshmen or sophomores. So I'm
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  Speaker 1: not going to, I guess, get too detailed on this one.
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  Speaker 1: This one should hit two points. Running back scores are
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  Speaker 1: probably going to cross it off. But young player, freshman
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  Speaker 1: or sophomore, that's the criteria here. You score, you get
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  Speaker 1: two points. Square seven, bottom left corner. Another defense one.
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  Speaker 1: Either three sacks or seven tackles for loss. Can the
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  Speaker 1: front seven manufacture some pressure, some disruption against North Dakota?
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  Speaker 1: We've seen some of it. I don't think we've been
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  Speaker 1: overly impressed by it. If we see this, this is
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  Speaker 1: a three-pointer. If we see this, I think we're going
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  Speaker 1: to feel pretty good going into Michigan State next week.
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  Speaker 1: If we don't, I think it's one not necessarily to
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  Speaker 1: be overly disappointed in, but just something to continue to
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  Speaker 1: watch for Square 7. Square 8 to go into special
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  Speaker 1: teams here. Can we not allow North Dakota to have
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  Speaker 1: a kickoff return? past the 35-yard line. Langama scored a
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  Speaker 1: touchdown last week, a 99-yarder. Got another one that, if
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  Speaker 1: our coverage, or if we kick it through the end zone,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, either way, but not letting them get good
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  Speaker 1: starting field position. Another small special teams thing that when
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  Speaker 1: you add a lot of these things up, they make
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  Speaker 1: a difference. Another three-pointer here. And then nine, this would
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  Speaker 1: be a big one, and I think if the game
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  Speaker 1: goes with the spread and, and our backup quarterback, TJ
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  Speaker 1: Latif lead to touchdown drive. This requires the starters not
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  Speaker 1: to be in on our last drive. And similar to
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  Speaker 1: last week, I, like I said, if, if, if all
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  Speaker 1: 20 of these hit or even 16 to 19, we are, we're, we're,
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  Speaker 1: we're feeling really good. I, I don't, I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: think I'm expecting out of these 20 points that I
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  Speaker 1: just made, you know, 10 to 12, right. But, If
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  Speaker 1: TJ Lateef can get in, give us a touchdown drive,
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  Speaker 1: that's worth three points. So, again, the score, the outcome,
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  Speaker 1: it matters, right? We should win. If we don't, we
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  Speaker 1: have a lot more things to talk about. But we
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  Speaker 1: should win. We want to use a game like this,
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  Speaker 1: I think, to evaluate some other things, keep an eye
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  Speaker 1: on some things. Again, all these things I mentioned today
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  Speaker 1: are stuff that we should all have our eyes on.
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  Speaker 1: as we head into Big Ten play. Hopefully we're 3-0
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  Speaker 1: before we play Michigan State next week. And we take
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  Speaker 1: care of the Fighting Hawks of North Dakota. We'll have
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  Speaker 1: a tailgate pod tomorrow morning, released with all of our
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  Speaker 1: individual predictions and takes. Go Big Red.