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Rhule Addresses "Week One Stuff" · Husker Buzz

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  Speaker 1: Shano, did Matt Rule talk at all about what was
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  Speaker 1: going on with all the penalties? He obviously doesn't want
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  Speaker 1: to see them. Did he find a particular reason why?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's one of those things. And Kyle Crooks,
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  Speaker 2: Nebraska's play-by-play guy, shared a graphic. Every team, for the
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  Speaker 2: most part, had. I mean, there were several teams in
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  Speaker 2: the Big Ten, including highly ranked teams, that had a
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  Speaker 2: lot of penalties. I mean, just week one stuff. But
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  Speaker 2: there's things that you've got to improve in week two,
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  Speaker 2: and that will be one of those things that we
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  Speaker 2: look at from week one to week two. He had
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  Speaker 2: the two off-sides penalties on kickoff coverage, for example. He
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  Speaker 2: had the two false starts by Brennan Black. The big
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  Speaker 2: one to me was the Ja'Cory Barney crackback block that
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  Speaker 2: was behind the play, and it was kind of a
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  Speaker 2: defenseless player that he hit. It took away a touchdown,
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  Speaker 2: and that was a really big moment at that time
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  Speaker 2: But you're just going to get a few of these
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  Speaker 2: things in week one, and you hope that gets cleaned
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  Speaker 2: up in week two. But if you study the trend
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  Speaker 2: of the Big Ten, it was that way for a
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  Speaker 2: lot of teams in the conference.
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  Speaker 1: Well, when you're talking about Nebraska had a light number
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  Speaker 1: of transfers compared to some. We have that much new
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  Speaker 1: blood in your system. It takes a while for everything
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  Speaker 1: to sort of come together. Now, did anybody address the
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  Speaker 1: Williams-Nowery reverse peristalsis in the first quarter of the game
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  Speaker 1: the other day? Did you see the video? I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what he had for breakfast, but it was out
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  Speaker 1: on the field. Is he okay? Was he sick, or
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  Speaker 1: was it just nerves?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that wasn't Winnery. I think it was Jasir Whittington.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, okay. I thought it was Winnery.
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  Speaker 2: He left a souvenir on the turf. It was hot.
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  Speaker 2: Matt Rule said yesterday that was the hottest football game
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  Speaker 2: he's ever coached. I know some of the meteorologists that
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  Speaker 2: were on the field, the turf temperature was 140 to
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  Speaker 2: 150 on the field itself. just with the way the
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  Speaker 2: sun was blasting and no cloud cover. You saw Ohio
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  Speaker 2: just kind of fall over at a certain point in
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  Speaker 2: that game. They just ran out of gas.
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  Speaker 1: Did anybody ask Matt Rule why on a day in
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  Speaker 1: which the field temperature was 140 degrees, he and the
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  Speaker 1: rest of the coaches decided to wear black pants, black shirts,
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  Speaker 1: and black hats?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Ohio's coaches weren't a black sweatshirt and a
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  Speaker 2: black hat. Yeah, I don't know if Adidas... picks the outfits,
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  Speaker 2: and they have to wear them. I know a lot
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  Speaker 2: of times that's how it has been, where the game
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  Speaker 2: day outfits are kind of decided ahead of time in
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  Speaker 2: what they wear. It's not a great day to wear black.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the press box was air conditioning. It was
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  Speaker 2: as hot as I can ever remember it up there.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, because of the sun blasting in there, it was...
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  Speaker 2: It was miserable, and luckily we're going to get some relief,
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  Speaker 2: it looks like, on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there were hotter days. The hottest day in Memorial
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  Speaker 1: Stadium history was the 1986 season opener against Florida State
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  Speaker 1: when it was 160 degrees on the AstroTurf field that day.
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  Speaker 1: Nebraska lost to Florida State that game. Jim Scow had
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  Speaker 1: a hell of a game, but other than that, big
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  Speaker 1: red offense, not so good. All right, let's visit about
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  Speaker 1: Bowling Green State. This was to be Tennessee, and then
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  Speaker 1: Nebraska dumped the Tennessee contract because they had to play
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  Speaker 1: nine conference games, and Bowling Green was happy to take
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  Speaker 1: the check. They got beat by Tarleton State of Texas
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  Speaker 1: in the first week, gave up 250 yards to their
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  Speaker 1: starting tailback. Who? Tarleton State of Texas beat Bowling Green
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  Speaker 1: in the opener. They have trouble stopping the run, Sean O.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and you hope it sets up for another big
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  Speaker 2: week for those backs. You know, Tarleton State is a
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  Speaker 2: ranked FCS program. They actually beat North Dakota, who Nebraska
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  Speaker 2: will play in the playoffs last year. They're not a
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  Speaker 2: bad FCS team. Just the name gets people to chuckle
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  Speaker 2: because most around here don't know who they are. But
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  Speaker 2: you'd expect Bowling Green to win. Eddie George is their coach,
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  Speaker 2: former Heisman Trophy winner from 1995. They're going to try
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  Speaker 2: to run the ball. with him as well. I think
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  Speaker 2: this is a perfect week two game. Ohio, I think,
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  Speaker 2: was a tough opponent for a week one game. You
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  Speaker 2: look at what that program has done, it's won nine
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  Speaker 2: to eleven games over the last four years. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that looked like a team that could contend in the
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  Speaker 2: MAAC conference. This week, I think you're going to see
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  Speaker 2: a team that's more of like a lower MAAC team.
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  Speaker 2: And then, obviously, North Dakota comes in as a top
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  Speaker 2: 10 FCS program. But, yeah, this is one you want
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  Speaker 2: to see some of those things make an improvement. I'd
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  Speaker 2: like to see the pass rush this week take a better,
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  Speaker 2: take a big jump up front.
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  Speaker 1: It was a concern. That was the one thing. The
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  Speaker 1: penalties and the pass rush and the drop passes, especially
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  Speaker 1: by Kwasi Gilmer, A little bit irritating, but it was
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  Speaker 1: only the first week. All right, Shauna, we'll talk more
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  Speaker 1: about Bowling Green tomorrow and Coach Eddie George, who, by
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  Speaker 1: the way, did win the Heisman Trophy because Tommy Frazier
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  Speaker 1: managed to miss most interviews with the national news media
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  Speaker 1: in 1995. Otherwise, Tommy Frazier would have won the Heisman Trophy.