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Episode 5.23: Stadium on Fire -- Illinois Preview PLUS Red River Shootout Preview · Return to Glory - Nebraska

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Welcome to the Return to Glory podcast. I will be hosting today Austin Rose
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here with Dak and his brother coming in Red Rible Rivalry. Hunter is.
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I don't remember where Hunter is? What's Hunter doing today? Dak? Do
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you remember he's on the work trip? A work trip? That's right,
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he says he had. We don't know. Yeah, that's true, that's
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all right. I mis last week. I was in Michigan watching the Nebraska
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Michigan game. A little more enjoyable up there? Name said, fans,
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Were you in in our Oh? No, I was in the Upper Peninsula,
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although oddly enough we went to a bar to watch the game two thirty.
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We were the fans that showed up and had to ask to get the
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game turned on. They didn't even have the Michigan game on. You're kidding,
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No, I'm dead serious. A four wheeler helmet with the wolverine paint
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on it, and no one there seemed interested. I don't know if it's
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because it was like Louisiana Tech game for them, but it was just kind
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of weird. What were your thoughts on the game. It was pretty rough
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to watch. Best to be done in a bar, you know. I
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had other things going on, so I didn't. I wouldn't. I didn't
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have to linger on it as long as I probably would have had we had
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I was if I was in Omahan watched it or Lincoln, I'd probably chew
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on it a little longer. But I moved on pretty quick. I expected
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to lose their number two team in the country. They won the Big Ten
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last year, and we were a four win team barely last year, so
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I think went bad as expected. I guess, yeah, well, now
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now you're stretch of easy game starts, hopefully. I just can't believe Dakota
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thought that Nebraska actually didn't win that game. I actually did. What a
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bad take? Yeah, looking back on it now, it's bad, but
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okay, and the time was bad too. They dominated, That's true.
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It was mostly their on line. I think was the reason Michigan just dominated.
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They you could just tell they're bigger, stronger, and had better athletes.
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Yep, and well, go for it. I mean Nebraska's defense,
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this is my hot take on it. I think they've been getting worse and
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worse every game. Wow. I mean, did Luke Robert play last game?
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No, he went to the hospital. Okay, that's my thought.
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Really yeah, oh man, So last two games, I don't think Luke
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Grammer's played, but I probably agree. Like, statistically, our defense has
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not looked as good. I don't know if it's injury wise or if it's
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just they're freaking tired of the offense turning the ball over and they're like,
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this is bullshit. They're not trying as hard. I don't know. Well,
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I was saying that in the Louisian Tech game, they didn't look as
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good as they did the weeks before. They only get fourteen points, but
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I didn't think they looked as good. They looked dominating the first three games.
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I agree. Yeah, but you also played Northern Illinois that was probably
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one of the worst teams in the nation, but normally all night Colorado Minnesota.
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Yeah, hey, but color Adenhlmes came back and won that game.
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That's true. The car out of a USC game, mm hmm. I
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was hoping. I hate Lincoln Riley and I agree with Dak there. I
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hate Caleb Williams. The one thing I'll agree with him on speaking of a
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green. So we will preview in this podcast. Will preview obviously against fighting
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a lion. I but it's a big week for you guys, Red rival
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Red River Rivalry week. I can't call it shootdown anymore. They used to
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be called Red River Shootout. Can't call that anymore. Actually, what they
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changed that you can't say shootout? Oh my gosh. No, hey,
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at least last year was closed. That's true. But do you know what
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our bet was between me and him last year? No? I don't so.
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Loser of the game had to wear the other team shirt the rest of
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the year every Saturday. So I had to wear Texas shirt for every Saturday.
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Wow, what's what do you guys have for this year? We haven't
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bought one up yet. I would do the same, but Dak didn't even
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wear every Saturday. He says he did, But he did it. Yes
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I did, Yes, I did. He got the smallest Texas shirt you
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can imagine, in the wrong color. Oh. You you have to make
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him buy a jersey, you know. Then there's at least a financial punishment.
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I know. All right, Daker Connor, who do you think is
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gonna win Red River Rivalry this year? Give us let's get the breakdown.
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Come on, we got an Oklahoma and a Texas fan here. Look right
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it all Oklahoma has going for them is their quarterback. If we stopped their
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quarterback, it's game over. They don't have a run game. They have
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no defense whatsoever. If they run the three five, what is it,
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dak they run the three five three? No, they want they won four
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to three? What they won? The four to three? Not what I
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heard today. I heard they're coming out in three five three. But anyway,
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they will not be able to stop our run game at all if that's
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what they're running. So I'm hoping that your team can at least just score
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a field goal. Well, last year they didn't have their quarterback. Oh
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that forty nine points would have helped. Let's let's play a game. I
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guess this year. What year did Sam Ellinger say, Hey, Texas fans,
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we're back. Uh twenty eighteen, yep, exactly you were. You
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were a freshman in high school. Yeah, and they're not back where we're
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at. We should. I believe that Texas should be ranked number one in
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the nation right now. Oh boy, we're the most sound team in the
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nation. Sound. I have to look it. I don't know who you
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got you guys obviously be Alabama and then you all right, okay in Alabama
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and Kansas pretty handily backup quarterback though, true who Kansas? Yeah, okay,
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all season though if we go down against Oklahoma would be the first half,
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but second half I guarantee we pulled through and kill him. All right,
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For your number one team in the country, the Oklahoma Sooners are favored
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and on the ESPN power in debts, that's what I saw. Yeah,
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Fixas is favored by five and a half, right, everybody, I have
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six and a half for the line with the over under sixty point five,
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which that's that's a lower runder because there's been a lot of points. I
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probably definitely take the over. This is probably the best defense both those teams
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shown up with in probably ten years. Yeah, definitely. How are you
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going to stop Texas? Deck? How are you going to stop Texas?
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Well, we've only the most points we've allowed is against Iowa State and that
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was twenty points and that was in the first half of score twenty. Second
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half the scored zero, So that's though. Yeah, they're pretty bad.
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Were your hardest game this year is against No You literally have no other games
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except for Texas. Cincinnati is the toughest. That's the tough and you've won
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by fourteen, I would probably, I think I'd take Texas and the points.
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I think I think. So here's another stat for yet, Oklahoma averages
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eighty more passing yards a game, and Dylan Gabriel has five more touchdowns the
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same Elinger already he and four hundred more yards, so he's the better quarterback.
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You have not played anyone, and who have you played? You scared
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to play? You were scared to play Georgia This year the SEC was lots
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mhm. Yeah, Hey, did you see the Big twelve commissioner isn't coming
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to the or whatever isn't coming to the game, our Big twelve president because
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he's pissed off that you guys are leaving for the SEC. Yeah, it's
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hilarious. Well yeah, I don't. So let's let's say this. Let's
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say Quen Ears comes out, throw three picks, Arch Manning comes in.
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Then what you gonna do? He's the third string? Oh yeah, that's
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the link Murphy. Anyway, Oklahoma's won eight out of the last nine years,
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so that's all that matters. They absolutely kicked Texas ass every year.
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You guys lost forty nine to zero. Last year. That was a pretty
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rough one. I mean they didn't have their quarterback. They're running a wildcat
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At the end they players the wildcat pass from the thirty yard line. They
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threw pick. That's shows how bad their quarterbacks were. Their defense still allowed
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forty nine points. Yeah, this new team second year was Sarkasian first year
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coach. Last year, Uh, this his second year last was it pullucks?
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I think it was. Anyway, Oklahoma fans are you're gonna stay the
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whole game. That's one thing. There's gonna be more Oklahoma fans there.
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The crowd's gonna be louder for them. Texas fans don't show up. This
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is Steves Sarksian's third year as head coach of Texas. He went five and
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seven year one, eight and five year two, and it's currently five and
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oh year three. That's impressive. You made a bull game one out of
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it, so you're one to one making bull games. Well, how look
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at your head coach. They're hot shot. First losing season in a long
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time. But hey, yeah, hot take. I'm glad we got rid
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of Lincoln Riley defensive at all. You're right, but you could win with
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a lot of offense. You can't win it all. Caitlin Williams is insane.
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You guys, I would be scared, but I'm not scared for Saturday
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at all. You're not. No, Well, I'm not either. I
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think Oklahoma's honestly gonna win this game by seventeen. They're gonna They're gonna stop
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Texas offense. Alabama's not good, so you don't play anybody either. Alabama
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is so much better than anyone you played. I would. I can't believe
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you just said you would take Oklahoma by seventeen. That's all I would.
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What's your score predition, deck? Yeah, let's get this. Fifty six
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twenty four Oklahoma. Wow. I think they're gonna shut Texas offense down.
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All right, this is what I think. Forty two to twenty eight Texas.
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I think you get a couple of long balls on us catch our secondary,
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and you get a couple of touchdowns and then we shut you down.
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So you have Oklahoma going up fourteen. Oh, I mean that's possibility,
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but we'll light it up in the second half. That I got one more
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question. As Texas made the playoffs since it started, they will this year?
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Okay, how many times? As Oklahoma made it twice? No,
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they've made it I think they made it four times. Really yeah, but
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every time you make it, how bad do you lose? That's been pretty
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up. We've had one one close game double opeak in Georgia. Oh yeah,
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I remember that one. That was bad. But Baker Mayfield sick,
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probably drinking too much. I think I think Gabriel is probably the best quarterback
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we've had the last five years. Didn't Caleb Williams exist on your roster?
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I hate that guy, I know he didn't. And Rattler We had Rattler.
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Now I'm You've had Heisman Trophy winners your cover here until Dylan Gabriel is
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the best guy your roster. If they win this game, gabriels in the
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in the front seat for the Heisman. Oh no, no way. Yes
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see if he balls out, Oh yeah, no way. Look at his
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stats. He has fifteen touchdowns, one pick in like fifteen hundred yards.
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Already call your competition matters. Well, there'll be a lot of horns down
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this weekend, so I'm gonna say in a lot of orange lean the stadium
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half time. You guys gotta think about what you bet you're putting on this,
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because there's a pretty wide bru pretty wide margin on their points score?
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Here? What should put on this? But we should definitely get a shirt
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thing in. No, No, I'm not doing that again. Are you
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scared? I'm just if they do lose, I'm not gonna wear a text
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shirt again all year. That sucked. You're scared? I think I'm not
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scared, but will have an original. We'll post it on the Twitter page
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once it comes with the bet. Yeah, alright, one work question here?
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Who's which one of which one of us two is gonna actually watch the
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game Saturday. I told you I'm gonna have it on I'm working. What
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are you doing? I'm being on my way to Minneapolis. Well, you
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probably want to get reception. You're gonna meet Taylor Swift this weekend. Press
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Deeler wave from Travis Kelsey. Try all right, that's enough Red Ribble rivalry
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too much Texas and Oklahoma talk My goodness, fuck Texas. This weekend it's
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gonna be a rough I think it's gonna be a rough Sunday for you,
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Dak, I really do. It might be because Viking Chiefs play that day
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too, and it might just be at weekend from hell, you might have
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two blowouts. You're saving home offense is cold. All right, let's dive
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into the Friday game. Alright, Yes, Friday, seven pm at Memorial
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Stadium. Security clear, it is safe. It was on fire this week,
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but by all that, we're going to have a football game there.
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers going up to the Fighting the Lion Champagne Illinois. What is
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the spread right now? Illinois three and a half point favorites over under forty
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three points, so low scoring game for the Brett Belima Fighting the Lion nineteen
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dak What are your first thoughts? My first spot, My first thought is
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did the stadium line on fire gets both teams showed up? Or I think
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then was the game that we played, Like this isn't gonna be worth watching
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if we can just start a fire. I saw tickets. I'm not joking.
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I heard it actually was a dumpster fire. Like I'm that's actually what
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it was. Yeah, Like, I'm not joking. That's what I mean.
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That might what it's that might be was gonna be Friday. Yeah,
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that might be on the field, but it was a dumpster that lit on
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fire yesterday. That's funny, Connor that I think. I think Nebraska's got
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a really good shot. I don't think Illinois that good. I think I
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might agree, I don't know if I can agree. My first question in
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both year is is it Harbord again this week? I think we don't know.
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I real they haven't. They haven't come out and said it. But
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I feel like if it was gonna be Sims, they would have come out
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and said it by now. I could be wrong. Yeah, which I
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didn't? You give him another try? Yeah? I don't know how He's
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not one hundred percent. I really it had to be like a high ankle
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spring. If it keeps you out four weeks, I would probably get him
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one more shot. Oh, I totally Yeah. He's way more athletic than
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Harbard and probably just as accurate. Harbard takes care of the ball a little
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bit better, though, But with down Yeah, with our running backs all
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being out, I think we just need we need someone who's explosive. Maybe
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sitting Sims down though he got in his head to take care of the ball
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more. Maybe, or maybe he justifies to himself that he was just hurt
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and that's why he was bad and comes back. Then I throws a pick.
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Yeah, if he if he comes out first draft throws a pick,
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then you're really screwed. Do you think that Simms? Though, like after
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this year, I've been thinking to ask you guys this all year. Do
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you think they'll keep Sims for next year? I don't think he can.
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I thought he's a junior, isn't it. I know he is a junior.
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I'm just trying to think. Because Daniel kalin right, is he gonna
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be a freshman next year. He's supposed to be the next hot guy.
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I don't know who that is. I have a pavilion. I think that's
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next year. I don't know. I can't. I don't know if we
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have anyone coming if the transfer portals. Tough to say, though, I
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could see Sim's going to transfer out because I if he loses the starting job,
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so he does come back one more time and loses the starting job to
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Harvard, he's definitely transferring. Now. I don't think I think they'll start
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Harbard without Warring. Sims is gonna transfer out. If Sims loses the starting
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job twice, I think I think they'll dive deep in the transfer portal and
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try to hit somebody because I don't I can't see him rolling with Harburg all
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starting out next year. Dylan Gabriel, Well, he's he's a senior.
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Spencer Rattler, is he Uh, he'll be a senior. Yeah, he's
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out there. You could have had him with your offensive coordinator. But I
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know that's what I was thinking. I don't know. I think they're Dylan
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one quarterback sucks too though he's he's not good. Say this, this might
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be the only game so looking at the fighting the Lion, I defensively,
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we'll start with the defensive side of us on our defensive side of all their
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offensive side. This is probably the only game where we have a really good
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chance awaiting to turnover battle. Luke Altmeyer's their starting quarterback. He's about was
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he fifty five percent on the year. He's their leading rusher, not quite
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their leading rusher, excuse the other sacked and leading rusher who carried attempts.
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But he only has one hundred and seventy five yards complete six peers in his
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passes, has five touchdowns, seven interceptions, been sacked nineteen times. It's
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good news for our defense. I think this. You know, we've been
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harping on winning the turnover battle, and we've been getting closer. I think
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this is gonna be a good game for us to actually have those turnovers.
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He's average getting sacked almost four times a game. He's been sacked nineteen times
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this year. And that's not include John Paddock, who's our backup quarterback,
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who's been sacked twice as well. So they've had twenty one sacks this season.
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Shit sackjeez, no wonder that they can't. He has five touchdowns,
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seven picks on the year. Butt, no wonders. He's always getting here's
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no time. How many sacks did uh Nebraska have on Colorado? Uh like
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it quite a bit. It was quite a bit, like five, wasn't
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it. It was either five or six. Yeah, so defensive side,
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I think they win, Yeah, I defense awards. He got to say,
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our offense has to score more than three points. Brett Belima, warmer,
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head coach at Wisconsin. He's usually does a pretty good job with developing
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defensive line talent. This year, looking at the Fighting a Lion, I
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defensively, they're okay, They're not great. If you look at their schedule.
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Let's see they've lost. They beat Thompson. They did beat Casey.
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Thompson really skin of their team. But I think Casey was hurt for it
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would have been that game when that was the game you towards a cl Yeah.
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Yeah. And so they only won twenty three seventeen against Florida Atlantic,
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but they have been putting up a decent amount of points. They scored thirty
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on Toledo, twenty three on Kansas, thirteen to Penn State, which isn't
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nothing. They lost to Penn State thirty to thirteen, put up seventeen or
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put up twenty three on Florida Atlantic, and then big stinker at Purdue this
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last week and lost forty four to nineteen. See that's that's what give me
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help is they just got the shit kicked down by Purdue. And Purdue's match,
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well, they do have old Texas boys their quarterback, but card I
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think his first name is Hudson, Hudon. We just produced all the big
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ten quarterbacks. That's kind of true. We have Casey Thompson or yeah,
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no, Keith Thompson was at Oklahoma, No, he's at Texas. Was
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yeah, Wisconsin's quarterbacks from Oklahoma. Mordecai, that's true. Really, I
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don't I what what's the over runner you say in this game? Forty three?
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I believe I don't see how they can score more than seventeen. I
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said this last game too, Illinois Nebraska, I either team, I don't
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know how they're going to be able to score. There might be two or
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three defensive touchdowns, defensive touchdowns, special teams touchdown. Does the defense and
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special teams outscore the offense this week for the Braska Cornhoskers. So how was
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Illinois's run game? You said so? Yeah, so total yards per game?
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Illinois currently rushes one hundred and forty eight yards per game, passes p
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two forty two, and then yards allowed. Their rushing defense, they give
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up almost one hundred and eighty yards a game and give up almost one hundred
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and forty yards passing a game. So defensively we're pretty similar. We both
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give about or sorry, two forty. We both give about two hundred forty
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yards per passing, but they do give up one hundred eighty yards rushing,
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and then they only put up about one hundred and fifty yards a game where
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we put up two hundred and ten. Well, Nebraska was the best run
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defense before last week, but I don't know if that's is that true anymore.
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We're still only giving up eighty seven yards a game after last week,
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so it's got We're probably still up there. We might not be number one,
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but I just don't know where that defensive line went last week. It
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was there was nothing there. Oh, but that offensive line of Michigan was
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they were big boys out there. Yeah, it was pretty rough. I
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don't expect us to have those same issues against Illinois again, though Illinois in
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the past they've kind of out coached us and they kind of manhandled us.
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Last year they actually looked pretty good, but giving up one hundred and forty
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giving up one hundred and eighty yards rushing. I think we'll do all right
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because a coach Rule came out and did say that he's decided that our identity
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is running the ball. We need to just run the ball, regardless of
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how well it's going. This is this what Hunter has say about the game.
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He thinks he thinks the three keys are Rule has to out coach Bilama
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have to win the time possession battle and they don't. Their big chance of
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winning is if they don't allow big plays and zero turnovers. He also said
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that, yeah, I think so. Say, say the Hoskers get absolutely
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ships down this weekend, what's the panic meter. That's right. Yeah,
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it's pretty high. I think it's Oh, it's gonna be terrible. It's
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pretty high, now, I will say so. Hunter also pointed this out
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he was talking about Coach Ull mentioned how the players aren't playing to win,
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they're playing not to lose because of the pressures put pressure put on by the
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fans. That players are too scared to make a play because they don't want
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to mess up and then be blamed for the downfall of Nebraska Cornhuskers. So
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if we do lose, we probably should panic. But kind of like what
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rules saying, like, yeah that if we lose, I think there's gonna
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be serious panic and there's gonna be a lot more pressure on them, and
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that's what's probably gonna lead to more losing. You guys play Northwestern, uh
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the next week, two weeks, two weeks we got Yeah, we have
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Illinois and then we have our bye week, then Northwestern, Purdue, Michigan
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State, and then we end up in Maryland, Wisconsin, Iowa. So
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there's a nice little stretch with the bye week in there that you'd hate to
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go into the bye week on a loss because then everyone's just going to talk
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about our losing to Illinois and Illinois got spanked by Purdue. If you want
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any help this season, those these next four games, you gotta go three
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and one at least. I think I've probably agreed, especially like if if
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we lose to Northwestern and Michigan, Like Illinois, you can stomach. Purdue,
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you can stomach, but Northwestern and Michigan are the two that you have
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to really have to win. I think the only one you can stomach out
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of those four is Purdue. I think there are the only decent looking teams
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out of those four. Illinois is it? I feel like Illinois I have
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to win to have help make a bowl game. I agree, well,
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And just as you're talking, just as like the meant the state of the
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program, you just need to win that they're in the progress and we're not
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just gonna roll over. Yeah, I don't hate that. What are your
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guys? Key to the games? We got hunters, winning the turnover battle,
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not giving up big plays, kind of possession in and I remember what
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the other one was, keep them under twenty four points because I don't know
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if you can score over twenty four. We have to keep everyone under twenty
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four points if we want to win any game you're not turnover. You can
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maybe afford one turnover. Other than that, you can't afford any turnovers.
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And make your all. I was ask you dance, what's your panic button
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on the kicker? Make your field goals? That's my no. I don't.
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I don't want to say the pant fun is high because he's a true
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freshman, but gosh, I feel like we shouldn't have been We shouldn't have
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rushed him out there. I think he's like he has the distance on all
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of his kicks. I think we should have just given him a year to
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get adjusted to college football. But I think we put him out there too
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soon. So hopefully it doesn't fuck with a psyche. I mean, that's
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half the battle of kickers. But man, yeah, I'm not panicked with
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him, but I'm fine if we want to try a bleak road, I
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really am. What's your key's connor? I hate to say this, but
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I think you gotta get some form of run game going against these guys.
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I agree. I don't know with who or how, but you have to
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defensive battle, and as Hunter said, turnovers is a big one. I
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mean I kind of align with everyone. Do you guys know who our leading
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rusher is on the team this year? Harbord right, it is really he
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has fifty more yards than Anthony Grant. Andy has seven more snaps or seven
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seven more carries, I guess I should say than Anthony Grant. Well,
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the big news is there's actually a picture, not video because he hadn't done
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yet. There's a picture of him pitching the ball. I don't believe it.
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It's not on video because he hasn't done it once. But well there's
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a picture. I mean, there's no way he's pitching any of those balls.
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He's tucking it running. I mean, my three keys are gonna be
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the exact same. I think we should run the ball and control the clock.
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I think you're right with the Illinois offense. It doesn't look that great.
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So if we can just keep the ball and keep it churning so that
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we can win a low score game, because that's the only way we win.
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Addition to that, special teams, we just have to hit our field
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goals, have good punts, put them in tough positions, not be down
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and give up a big play on special teams, and then winning the turnover
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battle. All pretty simple, Keys and I think we all agree for the
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most part. Score predictions. I think, like you said, what was
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the spread, we got Illinois with a three and a half. Click over
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there, Yep, Illinois favorite three and a half Nebraska on the road.
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I think I will take Nebraska to at least cover the three and a half,
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if not win out right. Score prediction wise, I'd probably say twenty
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to fourteen Nebraska. I'd go twenty one seventeen Nebraska. I think they find
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a way to score somehow. I don't think Illinois can score either. I
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think it's gonna be it's a shitty game, very shitty. Watch may say,
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yeah, maybe someone will wipe down fire. They can't even play the
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game, so then you just tie. I think it's uh, Illinois seventeen
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to seven. Oh boy, that is a that's I just don't think they
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can score. Either team can score. I think you're right. That's why
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I'm hoping the defensive special teams make some noise. Do we still got time
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for the picks? Oh? We got time for the picks? All right,
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here we go. Yep, all right, we'll start to owe you
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money. Line. They're gonna kill Texas. Fuck Texas. Next one,
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Nebraska money line. I think Illinois is worse than brask I don't think Nebraska
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either, but I think they're they're better than Illinois. Next one Colorado minus
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four for Arizona State. Arizona State is awful Colordad their defense sucks. Next
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one, Kentucky plus fifteen over Georgia. I don't think Georgia is get it
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all. They are pretty, They're terrible, all right. Next on Notre
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Dames plus and taps or minus six half over Louisville. I think Notre Dame
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wins at by fourteen. Maryland over plus winning against a high state. I
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think Maryland has can't have to winning that game. Maryland should be really good.
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Missouri plus time halfikins LSU. LSU is not great. A and M
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money line over Bama. They're gonna beat Bama. And let's go Purdue money
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line over Iowa. Iowa as the back quarterback USC Arizona under seventy two.
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That's a lot of points. I don't think Arizona can score thirty points.
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That's it. Wow. That was a nice quick minute, nailed it block
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of the week. Oh you money line? Lock? Wow? I don't
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know. I think I had one more thought about the Huskers. So,
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like you said about the kicker, would you so he doesn't get his like
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psyche mess with? Would you bench Harbord for the rest of the year so
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he doesn't get his psyche messed with? If you think he's gonna be your
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star for the future, No, you get the reps. Yeah, I
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think you get the gay I get the reps. I think they try Sims
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this game though, as well. I think I agree. You're not as
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worried about him getting blown up by Michigan. Reason, you're not as worried
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about geting blown up by Illinois as you were as Michigan. And he's got
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to be close to healthy. If he's not, I mean, he's gotta
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get who gives a shit if he's not one hundred percent? That's true.
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You know this is my hot take. So say Sims does play. I
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say Nebraska doesn't win twenty four seventeen, So Sims plays with yes, because
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I think he can run the ball all over him as long as he doesn't
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turn it over like he has done. But that's the big good. That's
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that's saying a lot. Yeah, all right, we got some hot takes
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in there. I guess last shout out. Volleyball remains undefeated. Whooped up,
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well, I shouldna say whooped up for due be pretty in five bet
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Illinois Indiana for playing Michigan State Friday six pm. And then also basketball.
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And I don't know how big of a nebrasketball fan you are, guys,
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but they I actually like him, all right. I'm I think they're gonna
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be pretty good this year. Yeah, I think they are. Actually really
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is this first season come in with hope in a while. NCAA has them
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as one of the first four out is the preseason bracket rank. So for
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the sixth oldest team in Division one basketball, we're returning one of the best
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shooters in the country. This could be in the year. We'll see.
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But it was just it was just a little shoot around the three point contest.
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I didn't get to watch it all. But we'll do a Nebraska preview
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coming up for basketball, probably before the season starts, probably over the bye
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week. Maybe we'll see. We'll have to run by Hunter obviously, but
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other than that, I think that's all. I got one one more shout
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out, One more shoutouts. First series wins since before Connor was born.
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Let's go Twains. Baseball laugh. There you go. All right, go
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be gread so gross, both of you gross. I love that burnt orange
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dude, that