2024 Nebraska Football Season Predictions and Roster Discussion

e e e e ladies and gentlemen it is time grab a cold one crank up the volume and join the [Music] show Welcome to NBN live [Music] and here we go it's no block no [Music] Rock hell yeah add us to the state there it is there it is all right I gotta get used to that intro and wi to pop on so I don't interrupt your award-winning Oscar bait that was beautiful Kyle thank you that was beautiful hey go Big Red indeed no block no rock the season premiere of our fifth season it's pretty cool wild Jesus we are getting old fellas especially you I said we thanks for thanks for that Mike I appreciate that all right seeing as Nebraska buring company is our main sponsor let's get into what we're drinking real quick I got myself a pills oh the Connor cavac special goddamn right the real feel outside is1 degrees because why the hell not why do humans exist on Earth why is this a thing ask clay man this [ __ ] is crazy clay we had him on what was it last week he he will give you the reasons why we exist here don't ask me for that kind of this is not made for humans 11 degrees anyway that's why I got the pser it tastes good it's refreshing it's all it's a never miss right Connor you would agree what you got man oh you know shoot it just came back I'm rotating the wrong way um it just came back cans came out two days ago you know the first thing I did when I left work today was I I looked at everyone and said I'm taking a six-pack for the studio it's been weeks since we've had it I need it back it's the pser peeling back the pills baby Michael Delaware what are you drinking I am drinking the a storm I don't know we didn't have that last week and I wanted some so uh pretty excited to get it back and it's uh it's one of my favorite beers at nebras Marine company Kyle what are you drinking over there drinking the EOS heisen and I just want to say we for the first time well not the first time but we've got like everybody's camera on a TV right next to me so they can all see each other and if you see them like acting a little weird like looking at themselves and trying to talk that's why but yeah the EOS he of Isen Nebraska Brewing company's best beer on tap that's what I'm rocking hey I like this because the way the TV set up we can see Kevin geres give ky's props on the intro the intro is f that's four emojis right there how are you guys doing hey Kyle we're gonna run through the schedule we're gonna talk about some other Husker stuff before that we're doing pretty good man um it's going to be an episode it's going to be a big episode it's going to be it's going to be something we're we're in it I think first of all Nebraska Brewing Company world class in every glass beautiful with the show of hands are we all at least predicting a bowl game this year show of hands you want hands up now just hands up we're all predicting bowl games here okay hey hey Che to that guys Good Vibes only jar Kyle will not be getting up out of his seat and yelling at me three seasons ago I I'm just saying like there was some heat when we got into some stuff like that back in the past but we're all in the same page that we think we're gonna make a bowl game so I don't know can we get a round of applause Kyle like give us give us a little love that's not the it's okay it's close enough honestly depending on how the season plays out we might look back on that was like oh [ __ ] Kyle was right dra was right yeah all right so hey before we get into all that let's just talk about a few things that have happened in the world of Husker football okay need your thoughts on no alternates this year are we mad are we sweating how are we feeling about no alternates this year I love it you love it I do I I don't think the uniform itself is a distraction but I think it can become one when you lend expectations to a game where it's like oh we have these fancy well fancy is a a word considering what we had last year I think what the program needs to be focused on right now is put the goddamn Jersey on and go win go win a game so I love the fact that it's no alternates this year uh and frankly the alternates in recent years haven't been great anyway yeah let's just focus on what we need to do yeah you you pretty much said what I thought about it the alternates that we've had because I'm sorry for the listeners out there uh Adidas is ass they don't make good alternate uniforms we aren't organ so I don't really care that it doesn't affect my world if you want to get cool like what I do in NCAA or college football 25 red on red sick white on white sick go that route do that for the players do that for recruiting do whatever you got to do okay but I don't care it's not it's not earth shattering that we don't have alternate uniforms because last year we pretty much had the same shirt that we were every game but it had blue around a little Craton outline on it yeah so if you weren't within 10 ft of the jerseys you couldn't even see the blue I know what was the point it's just stupid we're honoring the blue jerseys we were a hundred years ago well then make the jerseys blue actually blue I've I've always been that way like if you're gonna do an alternate just you have to go nuts with it yes right just go if you want to look like if you want Matt rule to look like Greg mcder go for it like like let's just if we're going to do it do it all the way don't you've ever seen a Breaking Bad yes no half measures if you're going to do something go all the way so I didn't lose any sleepover no alternates I'm like KB I don't care what do you think I think Nebraska is a brand recognized against all call or across all of college football why do you why do you need the alternates I'll say I did like the black shirt alternates but the problem is is that we've usually lost all of our alternate jersey games and then it's just like okay well yeah the jerseys were cool but we we lost again so like I I don't care it you're gonna win or you're gon to lose in whatever Jersey you're wearing who cares can I be the downer yeah it didn't really matter if it was an alternate we've just lost most games I was gonna if anything if anything it should be why are we still wearing these regular uniforms yeah because we're just losing in them right so there there is an elephant in the room and it's just on your face Jared oh we're gonna speaking of like addressing speaking of losing games winning games so Jared had a malfunction with his shaver this week and he kind of has like his little Orlando Bloom goatee Pirates of the Caribbean look going and uh so my my thing is is because we want to take winning serious on this podcast until we lose a game he has to keep rocking the goatee and not the beard listen I'm down so put in the chat do you guys like Jared's facial hair that's the most important topic we're gonna talk about today that is why everybody's in here to listen to us because they want to hear about your facial hair people out there oh my guys out there and bearded ladies if you will if you go to shave just you know if you're trying to keep the beard just make sure the guard's on okay is that what it was just I I thought the guard was on on and so and there's just a [ __ ] strip of just my skin and you didn't think like maybe you could just have a mustache with me we be the mustache man when I must do you know the mustache man stop the mustache man the mustache the mustache man my first thought when I did when I went I'm like I'm [ __ ] Connor I'm Conor dude is that a bad thing you don't if you think it is just shut up you tell me but yes I will keep it I've gotten a few compliments and look when you say Orlando Bloom listen I I don't I I don't like men I'm not of that persuasion but I'm saying it could be a lot worse than being compared to Orlando Bloom okay yeah I don't you could just say Orlando Bloom is a handsome man I don't think anybody's gonna disagree with you right or do I look like Johnny Depp because Johnny de no you don't look like Johnny Depp that guy's a badass um before before we continue the program on Nebraska football I do want to give a special shout out to our sponsors at kigia Amano kigia Amano is a local family-owned Pizza and Pub in Pilon Nebraska kigus produces high quality food and service while cultivating great relationships with Community amatoo translates to by hand which is exactly what you'll get dough meatballs fresh chopped veggies signature sauces and house dressings kig zamano has created a welcoming atmosphere where you are greeted with the smile and treated like family if you're looking for authentic flavors check out kigia Zano it is closed on Mondays um and so all the sponsors that we have on this on this podcast are closed on Mondays so it's really easy to remember if we are live our sponsors are closed okay now shout out to conus yes okay when I was we were talking to Astro clay last week the astronaut I went out of my way to say conelias cuz apparently that is how you say it it's like a silent G no no I got I got com it's caniglia okay I'm say that family it's kig that particular family isas Amano must be a different family though yes so our Facebook commenter that said thank you for actually saying the name right was wrong yes correct yeah that that family is caniglia whole different family caniglia they're not related in any way what's crazy okay hard G then hard G hard G what's crazy uh Mike actually rattled that whole ad spot off the top of his head if you're watching live shut up that was that was totally off the top of his head totally at the top of my head but yeah shout out to them they are awesome they gave us pizza last week and it was probably the best pizza I've ever had in the city of Omaha yeah I'll tell you off the top of the head I uh took some of those wings home to my wife and we loved them like they're so good it was the mango habanero bone in like traditional wings uh and the food was just oh bomb it was just so good okay have we done the argument I know we do trough urinal all the time have we done bone in versus boneless oh my God that's an easy one though it's bone in all day see I I disagree I'm a boneless guy oh so you like chicken nuggets you're a chicken nugget guy first of all the chicken nuggets you not like chicken nuggets yeah I'm just saying like they're not Wings they're chicken nuggets hold on do you like chicken nuggets I do like chicken nugs okay so don't come after me but sometimes I like my chicken nugs with a little bit of flavor yeah but they're not Wings they're the same thing any I hate both of you anyways all right back to your resum the let get let's get into I'm just I'm just I'm just looking at some of the comments and you know we we'll see if we address any of those um another thing uh you know Kirk ference getting suspended for a game it's it's cool I guess like like Hey we're in this world of college football where we still pretend that there are rules apparently like we're still doing this there's no rules who cares right yeah am I am I alone in this no why are we still acting like there's rules well like with with the Harbaugh last year and all this [ __ ] and stallions just win that that scenario though is isn't it ironic though that Iowa gets in trouble for talking to a guy before he went to the transfer portal who is from Michigan who recently just actually got in trouble for the like kind of the same crap yeah so it's like maybe they just whistle blue and they're like hey well if you're gonna get us in trouble Kirk ference reached out to Kade mcamera like snitch that's kind of how I feel went it was like oh well don't don't [ __ ] on us [ __ ] on him them too so yeah somebody's like okay well they did it they did it yeah I mean if it came down to it if it's like a recruiting violation and you're you know you're going to get some with what Michigan got a slap on the wrist but I had to trade that for a Natty hell for Nebraska I'll take a big 10 title and I have to trade a slap on the wrist for a recruiting violation yeah do it yep do it right now yep I don't care dude I'll I don't care if oh God I'll take I'll take a murder for nine wins bro I don't like that I don't like that n not murder kill kill somebody kill hey kill me put it in the chat what would you give up for nebrasca to win nine games this year put it put it in the chat what would you give up for Nebraska to win nine games my beard I I would oh go baby face jar again that is that what Happ no no baby face J would you do that for nine wins I would rather die than do that cuz it's you just bet you just got to be killed no I know I'd rather be killed than shave my whole beard off that's how bad it looks what about I remember 10 wins now we're talking he okay I'm not shaking hands he went from I'd rather die to okay 10 wins okay I'll baby okay so put that down guys if we get to 10 wins this year Jared will be clean shaven okay just that's it shut up it's fine it's it's not GNA happen it's not Happ well we'll get into that we'll get into that okay so I I know we have a lot of things planned for this episode do we want to go our full season predictions and then game by game or game by game then full season I was thinking we would just do game by game first game by game is fine okay okay but before that though just real quick I don't know I was a little surprised by this next thing Tommy Hill and field Yates field Yates works for ESPN and he did his mock draft oh yeah Tommy Hill in the first round according to him and I'm not going to lie I was like oh really okay okay and I can even read the quote that he said Hill is a star with even more room to grow agreed well maybe not with the star part but we'll see as he played white out early in his college career and is still refining the nuances of the corner cornerback position Yates wrote he has a nose for the football seven pass breakups and four interceptions last year and is fearless unafraid to make plays near the line of scrimmage in the Run game so Tommy Hill first round crazy yes well yeah a little bit crazy crazy I think it's a little crazy myself I think I I could reasonably see a late two or third round I get that like that's I think a very solid place for him right dude I mean if he was second round even then I'd be like damn that's pretty freaking good yeah considering like everything he's been through and all that I could see a late second or a third round pick but i unless there is a great season out here I think first round is maybe a bit absurd and we've had tweets recently of Pat McAfee Joel clatt all these different media Outlets are taking their turns praising Nebraska glazing Nebraska glazing is another one they are doing that and I feel like this just goes right in that same category throw it right in that glaze bucket because they love the traffic that Nebraska fans bring when you say nice things about them and they like that when they say bad things to you they like that too but yeah but it's it's offseason time Nebraska always wins the offseason indeed so let's let's glaze them up a little bit get the traffic we want and then move on it's one thing I say every year it's it's how you know it's August is when you start seeing the national media Outlets tweeting constantly about Nebraska and like obvious this offseason particularly a lot of really good additions a lot of good things happening but do we deserve that attention maybe not but that's how you know what's August they're talking about Nebraska because if there's one thing the Nebraska fan base does it's click click click click listen guys it's game week just thank God hold on hold on just let that let that wash over you hey cheers I have Goosebumps let that wash hey yeah yes it is it is washing over you yes it is game week and we could talk about the single digits I had that on my list but I'm like yeah boring what have I been saying for the past like [ __ ] two months can we just get a game and it's here right it's here so I don't think we need to waste any more time talk about single digit we don't need to do that there there was one thing and I don't know I don't think we were able to address it last week the only thing that was striking to me was that there was only one offensive player in the single digits who cares I know like it's I like that it was I don't want to call it political I don't think that's what it is political it's not political it's always hey but like everything is political it was interesting it was interesting oh I I mean here's the thing the guys that had it last year are still on the team they're still here so there wasn't a lot of numbers it's zero through nine and then yeah offensive lineman can't get it so there's half the offense gone and you got to consider maybe Dylan didn't want number one that would have another maybe or they are not going to let a true freshman qualify for it yet I think Dylan knows what number he wants he got it it's yeah because of Tim TBO not Mahomes right right of course um okay I'm sorry I didn't mean to I kind of jumped the gun because I did say that we would kind of touch on the depth chart um is that still something you guys want to talk about is there like anything on the depth chart that you're really itching or talk about because there is a few things that I'm that I'm excited for there was and concerned about um most notably like the one thing that I thought was interesting was the slot um looking like we're going for size over speed because that's gonna be boner right yeah boner at slot one I that was interesting to me I don't think it's a bad move I actually think it's really great I think janer boner is a great athlete and I think he's gonna fit in really well there but it would like I thought maybe igc you know coming back if he's healthy like ready to rock I think that's probably where I would have gone but again I don't get paid that big money to make those decisions I would say I would say like when I look at this I think all right the tackle position if God forbid something were to happen to the starter it's a it's a big yikes okay well yeah because now the backup's not on the depth chart and I I say that with the caveat of if most teams were to lose their starting tackle it's a yikes right I mean Nebraska's no different but I I think it's just especially uh like red alarm like you ever seen Kill Bill when someone's about to go nuts I don't like what I'm seeing there in terms of the depth um you already mentioned janiran boner that's my dude seeing him in the slot starting there like as as long as he's not like third because I've been I've been kind of glazing him up and I'm like I like jiron and if he was like third on that list I'd be like God dang it really um the size at wide receiver is just boom love it 64 63 like it's really it's really popping off the page to me and of course um instead of RB that should just be o r yeah that's my big thing you know what I'm saying is the o r o r so I call I call them the four ORS the four ORS he why do you call him the four ORS why well it it's him or him or him or him so like and it's in order of jersey number okay so it's not like ramir Johnson is the starter he might go out there for the first snap at UTEP versus UTEP but that doesn't mean he's like he's going to come out the next play like that's how this is going to work no is you're going to yeah you're going to haveo out there play a play he's going out come on going to be by Drive in situation okay and that's what the wide receivers too like I I was surprised the ores were only on running back because for instance Jaylen Lloyd Jaylen Lloyd is not an outside guy he's gonna be they're gonna move him all around he's gonna be in the slot he's gonna be outside inside outside all over running back maybe like there there I'm surprised the ores are there I think running backs going to be very similar it's going to be situational football I I think emt's going to be the first running back out there and then romiro coming in on third downs and third and Longs catching situations I don't know a role for Gabe yet I really don't and then Dowell you know he trucked a guy on that chasing three video so God knows you gotta throw him on the or thing too here we go so one thing I I want to jump back to left tackle really quick and I I don't know if we've said this on air yet we might have maybe a couple of weeks ago was there are rumors that maybe Ben Scott gets moved out to left tackle got experience there yeah he does and well we appreciate 69 uh we we've seen some not so great games so is that something you guys would be in favor of do you like Ben Scott staying at Center is Sam sledge ready to get up into that slot what are you guys thinking if I see I don't I don't know if I see freshman or red shirt freshman I'm automatically no I just I can't take playing freshman anymore can't do it not that position on the whole o line I just I I I'm just totally against it you know um that is a red shirt freshman both of them are red shirt yes I know but I still I'm still no that's just me though well again I come back to like we saw what last season we had two games from 69 with the PFF of zero zero zero we all had zero yeah so are you more concerned about putting in a red shirt freshman and at Center are having 69 out there on the left tackle well I don't think that's how it'll work if if um if 69 gets hurt I don't think he will be pulled at all based on abilities he will be pulled if he's hurt that dude is a veteran and Matt R really likes him so he's going to be your left tackle get used to it I think the only way that Ben Scott potentially moves out there and Evans Jenkins would go into Center because he almost beat Ben Scott out for the center job last year and he is the actual backup center it'd be a lot of rotation and then you'd probably have lovi come in at the guard position so you can look at this depth chart over there but in reality once an injury happens it all is off the table and same with running back same with wide receiver all this entire depth chart it is just smoke oh it's all it's just another thing to talk about yes um another thing that stands out or like some of the names that we don't see I know we're looking at the offense so you don't see Jacob Hood anywhere nope like that's [Music] okay Piper told us like dude that guy's super talented that was that was off saying he could like that guyy super talented he's probably never gonna play and at the risk of sounding like a dick okay you you you can't be on the team sorry you just can't if you cannot crack this and you you were recruited by Georgia like something is not working MH and you're taking taking up a spot okay I'm sorry I know that's being a dick but you just cannot afford to be taking up a roster spot we we got to get you going especially with the talks of roster limits coming out and stuff like that yeah um another thing that and then you don't have the defense up I don't know if you can it can be y okay you no Jeremiah Charles anywhere and that was a dude people talked about a lot with athleticism but he is a freshman so like there's a part of me that's glad to not see him because again I just don't like playing true freshman unless they're Dylan Rola but the fact that we don't see him anywhere it's like okay that's curious but everything else eh part for course yeah yeah no surprises and those are the entire defense is the definition of or or or or because we saw last year they're all going to play yeah Matt Ru plays a lot of guys rotation it's rotation keeping guys fresh and getting young guys reps he did that last year all season he's going to continue to do that this season so I'm surprised there's not a million ores on there but that's there for the people to overanalyze like us yeah but that yeah it's interesting another thing that we talked about just before the episode started was I was I don't know if it's reassuring or it concerns me for the future is that every defensive starter listed is an upper classman every single one of them I like obviously you want that veteran experience out there um but what does that mean as we go you know down the ranks or go through into the next couple of years we we have a bit more to bring up sure and that's obviously another thing about the o line too is like everybody on the o line is my age AKA they're very old and so yeah when we get into next year let's worry about that next year yeah let's let's let's let's just stick to 2024 I ain't trying to think of next um did you make a special teams one or no no I that's okay that's okay because there's ores on that there's ores everywhere on there yes uh and even Matt rule a few days ago was like yeah kicking it exists it's there it's there like that met rule usually will be complimentary to things even if it doesn't deserve to be complimentary so when he comes out and talks about the kicking game and he says yeah that's a worry Kill Bill chasing three yep chasing three when your place kicker one last year Kyle put it on me lacked success chasing three anyways there go and uh then we saw him in the spring game missed a lot of kicks then supposedly his hurt and then you've got two other guys that are now in the mix for kicker and I feel like the way Matt R talks about the kicking situation is he really really wants trist noan to be the kicker but yeah I feel like he can't do it and I think that's why this whole thing is just getting dragged out more and more is because he can't do it and it just it I mean it doesn't help assuming the injury is real right it doesn't help that he hasn't been consistently kicking um he did say during practice ice like at least they are making kicks ottomanelli and hle at least thank God for those guys and we're saying that without them even kicking in a game yet but thank God for depth at that position I I like what Mike said when he said that it seems like Matt rule really wants alvano to be the kicker he wants that he definitely does yeah but I like that you say he wants it but he can't do it because Matt rule from what we've seen so far it's only been one season mhm is able to discern between wants and needs and I'm hoping that in the Special Teams Department that is a very very clear line of I want you here but I need better results if you're Tristan and you see that your head coach brought in two additional kickers what does that tell you uh like I'd be like oh [ __ ] time to earn it you know he went nine for 15 last year which you know on paper is like uh but dude even if you make two more kicks let's just say he makes two more still not that good that's yeah but that might be another win oh it would defin yes you know it's just it's just amazing how like I don't want to say raiser thin but it the margin of error especially in the kicking game with this program especially where every game is you're tearing your freaking Nails out because you're stressed what if you just make two more kicks whoa Matt Matt Ru has talked about it recently he's like he literally said like the margin of error in the Big 10 is yeah paper thin you cannot mess up you just can't do it and so you in like the chasing 3 documentary or the series or whatever you just hear him talking about it over and over and over and over again like chasing three chasing three it's the little things it's the little things and he just keeps talking about it the year coming up this season he's like we're going to be in so many one- score games you have to try to figure out how to eliminate those tiny little errors missed field goals things like that where it'll it'll end it'll end your season we saw it last year for a few months we have said I think we still subscribe to this is like the title of chasing three is like so ironic it's well you know we've said it's a terrible title and sad but it's like it's totally accurate yeah like it's literally on the nose as to what Nebraska needs to do to win games and so you know of course he he that's his message right chasing three we've said it's a terrible thing to say because we fear that they'll Chase and not exactly catch the three but he's sending a message right sending a message he's always sending a message well our friend uh Ryan kcko in the chat says they should maybe pivot to preventing three instead of chasing three and I will say this as good as that defense was last year there were several times Maryland was one where they just could not get off the field when they absolutely needed to yeah so preventing three is good too you're right because dude you you brought up Maryland like they played very well against tago vioa and it's like damn you need a stop next thing you know it's a 50 yard hard run yep what and then against Iowa you're literally dominating them you've blocked a few of their kicks you might even say that bushen out out punted Tory Taylor that game yep like you need a freaking stop and you give up a run up the middle it's just this defense was really good until they weren't until it was big yeah yeah it just kind of kind of sucks though because they put the defense in shitty spots and they Rose to the occasion more times than not yeah so it's like you don't want to point the finger all the time but the defense had plenty of opportunities to point the finger and I feel like Matt R does a really good job of like trying to go to bat for that situation too where he's like well you know our defense was good but we got we got to take care of the football you're not going to play football like yeah so I know I think you'd be hard pressed to find a rational Nebraska fan though that is blaming the outcome of that season on the defense no way in hell I think you would be very hardpressed to find a rational I would love to meet that person and then get them checked out that yeah that would be you put them in a straight jacket right um okay anything else you want to talk about before we do the game by game well I maybe we take a quick break and then we will get into game by game and and give our season predictions a quick one minute and 30 second break and then get new beers and we'll be right back to do that Kyle play your FY new video bro sounds good okay here we go e e e e e e e [Music] we have the saying no block no rock thank you Method Man and thank you Troy Walters our viewers out there 135 of you this Friday if you are in the Omaha area we are doing a live show at the herat sports bar in Lista Nebraska okay that's the one on uh yes yes right next to cab by Cabellas we're doing a live show Friday night at 6:30 I want to see all 130 something of you there um there is like you have to buy tickets but you buy how much do they cost free put put the camera on Mike because he knows the tickets are free they're free we'll drop the link with this episode tickets are free event bright you go in there just say that you're going it's just to get a headcount of how how many people are actually showing up so they have enough tables for you to be there so uh yeah it's going to be interactive show we're going to get everybody involved everybody in the restaurant if you can't make it maybe you're not local and you want to participate we're gonna have the ability for you to join and interact with the show so it's gonna be really cool we've never done anything like this before we're really excited for our friends with her at Sports Bar and Grill so make sure you guys go check that out on 12th and Giles kind of right in there around there and um yeah let us know if you're coming uh we'd love to love to see you there so I do uh I want to give one quick shout out to um coach ba yeah he's gonna be there yeah he's been writing for us for a while now hell yeah bro and he messaged me on Facebook Red Zone reflection yeah and was talking about how he's gonna be there so coach ba we are excited to see you there making the drive yeah it'll be my first time meet meeting coach ba in person yeah n none of us actually met him in person and then Emily kading should also be there as well so both of our writers for mbnr podcast.com will be at the live show on Friday at her at Sports Bar and Grill La Vista so yes we'd love to see you there support the Pod come in shoot some [ __ ] talk [ __ ] we don't care it's Nebraska football Eve so why not do it with us oh we're gonna go so hard we're gonna go so hard yeah Nebraska football Eve it's like it's like Christmas it is is like Christmas we get freaking 12 of those that's it and then it's done and then we have to do this all over again Welly uh this season hopefully it's 13 that'd be cool yeah there's 12 That's it man that's it dud football season football season goes by so fast and then it's nine months of just episode after episode after episode it feels like it's been a decade since I've been this excited to be sitting like we didn't even have Studio lit you were sitting in front of that microphone last year excited excited as you are now I know but it feels like it's been a decade and two years PRI of that you're excited to I know it just it's so nice I love this feeling Aaron Henderson we appreciate you saying Timmer Timmer yes trting Matt rule we love that all right now we can get into game by game game by game all right so we're gonna go around the table yep we're gonna talk about we're gonna say it's a win we'll go back and forth look at the stat line a little bit we have that there for the for the viewers kle is going to make us real sad yes okay so quick narrative on what you're looking at here the red means Nebraska was worse in this category of the statline green means that they were better and I hope that this does not Shock anyone too bad because there are some glaring issues uh points per game now there is also a caveat to all of this obviously this is 2023 stats things change over a year uh you hope and and we don't know the defenses the defensive ranks that these play these teams were playing we don't know the offensive ranks these teams were playing right so it's all it very it's just there as a Fluff if it just gives you something to look at and we kind of talk about as we go along so you're not just looking at our ugly mugs you can look at the stats too yeah um okay you I personally have this as a win I win I think they start off one and0 uh some people might say uh this game is I mean lowkey I mean it's it's very important okay like it's okay to say that this game is important it's okay like you can on one hand say that UTEP is not a good team but just with everything about Nebraska football with their their they need to get off to a quick start okay they need to get off to a positive start they are starting a true freshman quarterback it's special circumstances okay so this game is very important I think they will win okay Jared I will have to agree with you I believe that we will beat UTEP hopefully handily this is the first time Nebraska is opening up um against a non-conference opponent at home since 2018 so I would say let's let's take advantage of that take advantage of that let's do that let's get a tuneup game per se and let's let's get ready for Colorado I think it's a it's a good it's a good game to get reps get Dylan's feet wet let that defense just Feast hopefully and just take care of business but given the recent history of Nebraska football do not overlook your opponent because you will lose so you will lose and you have and you have lost so I will say though Nebraska should take care of business because UT so I I'm going to agree with both of you now we're all going to keep track of our own records I'm not keeping track of all all records okay I know my record uh I'll agree with both of you that I think this game is a win but I think this game is dangerous not because I necessarily believe it's a trap game but because if what I think could happen I think Nebraska fans could develop unrealistic expectations for Dylan Rola and that's where I think things get dangerous not in the play on the field but in expectation this is a game we talked about uh I I know we were all texting in our group chat about Georgia Tech upsetting Florida State and how nice it must be to win games you shouldn't win this is a game we should win and I don't want to say Georgia Southern but I have um this is a game where we should go out we should win handily and when we if we do that I think it's important to understand that's like Mike said the tuneup game so okay expect good things but don't you know get too excited for weeks or after that okay KB okay I've got a w noncon at home under the lights that's all you need to say bang bam okay now again just like just to add a few things I think what we can expect from UTP we're supposed to have a UTEP guy yeah he didn't he didn't come fine it's okay um from what I've heard they like to move fast they like to do quick quick quick and so I think what you hope for as a black shirt defense is you put them in third and long and you get off the damn field can we do that please that'd be good practice can we get some pressure on the QB that would be cool let's get some uh loss yardage right maybe some sacks put them in third and long get off the field get Dylan some reps Dylan is probably going to throw a pick it's okay he needs to throw a pick because he's going to eventually so do it do it now get it over with you know get all your little Jitters out not just Dylan Everybody okay make your mistakes now overcome them get this dub which I think they will okay Matt Matt rule did say today that he would rather lose the first game than the last game but I'm going to tell you Matt rule please please don't lose this game no that's all I gotta say now I I know what he's saying is that he just wants to get better throughout the season I get it I get it but not this one let's take it for real I do not want to lose this game to UTP so please don't ba in the chat ba we do not know more than Matt rule but no no no no no no like Michael Scott your favorite [ __ ] show no no no game two game two game two we're moving on Colorado Under The Lights Prime Time literally in more ways than one okay Under The Lights two of I think I don't think this is hyperbole two of the best college football players in the nation okay should you're and Travis I don't think it's crazy to say that I have this as an L I don't think they can meet the moment just yet it's an L for me okay I have to see it so which is kind of like circular logic because like you have to see it well then it has to happen and then like it's a whole thing I have to see it I'm skep IAL I have this as an L Jared you pretty much said what I wanted to say about this game I have this as an L as well and it kills me to say that because I hate everything that there is to do with Colorado I hate their coach I hate their quarterback I hate everything that is going on with the clown show that is Boulder just their philosophy in general just everything it it's just it's just like the opposite of what we're doing here at Nebraska until I see them beat a team that they're supposed to beat and it's a rivalry game a team that beat them by three scores last year and I understand well we gave them the bowl seven times I get it but until I see them do it I'm not g to say they're gonna do it because Colorado can create their own energy too and there there are going to be Colorado fans there and it is a rivalry game so there's a lot of factors in this game a lot of national coverage a lot of hype for this game coming into that game and I am just nervous as hell to watch a true freshman qub back even though it's at home a true freshman quarterback play in a game like this and I hope and I pray to God we win this game but until I see them win games they're not supposed to win or are supposed to win just win in general yeah I have to say it's an L so Mike Mike and I at one and one Mike and I to start our balloon knots are tight a little bit are you gonna loosen us up Conor cavac or you gonna make it tighter I'm gonna call this a dub little so there there's a couple of reasons a the environment that's coming through like tickets anywhere in that Stadium are going for 550 all of Nebraska wants to be at this game and that crowd atmosphere I'm imagining is going to be like akin to 2014 Miami what was it what year was Michigan 2018 2017 Michigan maybe um 19 19 19 no 21 what was it 21 what are you talking about yeah 21 the Michigan game 2 this is going to be one of the most electric atmospheres ever and I understand that that Colorado roster has seen it one thing that I think Nebraska can do to really gain an edge here is if they are going to try and run Travis Hunter on both sides of the ball again our receiving court is very fast and very capable I am anytime I see Hunter on one of my receivers go routes all day long make him run Tire him out Tire him out you don't have to throw to him you don't have to throw at him at all okay Tire him out shid Sanders is a good quarterback I don't like the guy personally that's me um but he is a good quarterback you're crazy to say that he's not capable but I do think Nebraska I I understand the Freshman quarterback situation at Nebraska I get that I think Nebraska has the tools to get this done the environment's there and I think you can tire out their best players namely Travis Hunter if you just just attack that I think this is a dub I think it's going to be a very close game though agreed yeah close God here we go are you making us tight again it's me and Connor versus Mike and Jared Kyle's gonna start yelling on us I don't know if you guys saw but Kyle and I smiled at each other while Mike was still talking I knew I knew how this is going to go no okay I mean if you back that up if you want to or whatever yeah okay okay whatever I think I think offensive line the defensive line for Colorado I think their defensive line has improved I think that's kind of what people are saying but their offensive line is still just in shambles and to be totally honest with you I think this is the year that Dion is literally freaking out I think he's like holy [ __ ] this could go real bad just you know following him you know Banning the the Colorado Reporter from their press conferences and all this other stuff right he is uh he's kind of freaking out a little bit I just don't know if shadur and Travis Hunter are going to be enough just those two to to beat us at home under the lights I just they're good yeah they're great yeah right but I just don't I think this is where we finally see the development uh parallels between Dion and Matt rule I think this is where you see it this where it bears fruit right here this is where this is where that kind of comes out and uh and you kind of see like yeah what Dion's doing is not working and what Matt rule has done is working so I say this is a win I hope you and Connor are completely right Jared and I are [ __ ] idiots I hope that happens yeah but until I see it I cannot agree with you and listen this is where this is where I had I thought listen we're gonna get we're gonna get deep here get get it I thought that I had changed I thought that you know what Mike and and and Jared have been right over the last three four years they we you need the proof to see it I just genuinely think the proof that we've seen from the media and kind of how these programs have been LED since our last meeting yeah in Boulder I think that there's just a big difference and I think this one's a win you are making Fair points usually if a Coach starts or a public figure starts shutting out certain people from like your media Gatherings it's not a good sign like you're being a snowflake right now like yeah I get that this dude might have wrote some negative stories but you guys weren't good last year you went four and eight yeah I mean there's a lot of snow out in Boulder baby a lot of snow so yeah I think you know Kyle I'm not saying you've convinced me but sure it it would be it would be such a huge just this is a mindset game for me man I'm telling you like can we can we do it please can we do it can we do it a Prime Time game with everybody watching well I don't think you should say prime time it is what it is man it is what it is it is what it is like just a mindset game okay not even not a pH not a physical game this is this will be one that if Nebraska wins and Colorado ends up flaming out like people are going to like minimize it I I'm not because in the moment it's going to be a freaking circus it's going to be crazy right a dog fight it's GNA take a mentally tough team to overcome all that and pull out a dub so in the moment even if Colorado ends up three and N or whatever and doesn't make a bow or whatever to me I am still like putting value on this if they win so Jared what I'm interested to see is when we get to gameweek for Colorado if you or I change our tone after watching what we do to UTP or what we don't do with UTP sure hell I might I might change myone I'm very interested to see if we all stay the course of our predictions right now in week one as we do in week two so it'll be very interesting next week yeah can can I go a little bit crazy here oh boy gooo Conor I understand it is week two when we play Colorado I get that can this be like I considering what happened last season is Colorado in week two if you win healthy is that a season to find in game no for me it would be it's not a season defining game because there's just so many games after no say that means that you're going to win every game after it I know I'm just saying but can it be season defining to get that done right could it be the Catalyst yeah it could drive a lot what happens this season but don't think it determines what we do in this season if we win or lose this game it's a big game I'm not I'm not diminishing that I just don't think that if you win this game you're gonna go you're gonna win 10 games I don't think it I don't think they correlate I don't think what happens in this game is GNA correlate how you I mean obviously if you win the game your record could be better but I don't think they correlate in how much success you have in the season you don't think the confidence if you comeing in like I guess you go into Memorial and you beat Colorado you don't think that confidence really shoots you up with this yapper over here and you shut them down like you don't think going into week three that's a big thing and maybe but we play you and I so it's kind of like you go and play Colorado you get get the highest of the high and then you got to come back down and go play you and I so I don't know and that gets dangerous too because it's like you're coming off the biggest high oh I have I have talks on week three yeah okay well well let's get to it so so Kim your mother had quoted that the Colorado game is a set the tone game okay I like that but here's the thing right there's two different tones that can result from that it could be a great tone or a not great tone so we'll get there we'll get there okay Northern Iowa I think it's fair to say I think you know regardless of what happens against Colorado I don't want to overlook them at all but I think they get the D I'll keep it short and simple keep it short and simple we're going to I think we'll beat Northern Iowa and I've got some Iowa and Iowa State friends that say oh I can't wait to watch Nebraska play you and I because my Iowa State in Iowa Hawkeyes they struggle with you and I every time they schedule them no we're gonna take care of business we're gonna win at least two scores take care business beat you and I okay if there was a trap game on the schedule this is it I I genuinely believe that I do believe it's a dub but this is certainly not a game to be overlooked you and I is good they move the ball incredibly well I still think Husker is by 14 and Kyle before you go yeah I will just say like kind of piggybacking off you um the week before yes it will be emotional right there's going to be a lot of emotion poured into it whether or not you want to admit that it's going to be a lot of emotion poured into it and so what you hope for is not a letdown again regardless of what happens against Colorado either you win and you're you're joyous and then you [ __ ] the bed against Northern Iowa or you lose against Colorado and you're down in the dumps like us fans will be right the team can't be we can so either way you got to be able to get back on that horse cow buyers I think this is a w but I think it's a little closer than what you guys are their special teams good real good uh do they still have the same kicker and everything uh I don't know I don't that I mean that's a good question I should I probably should have known that but no I don't know and uh the turnover margin they're good on defense at taking the ball so kle hey and if we know anything about turnover margin Kyle do I show them perfect on field goal attempts yes 19 for 19 yes interesting so I mean fundamentally sound yeah you know I think they're not chasing three definitely not maybe I'm wrong I think they play in a dome the UN and I Dome so I think that might help a little bit so once you get in front of 90,000 and red going are you gonna kick the same I think if Nebraska players have shown you that well no they won't here's my thing do you think all 19 of those field goals were kicked inside their D I am not saying that I am just saying that would that would be a nice boost to the stats so a good sign is that Matthew cook their kicker from last year was a senior last year he gone so that is a pro did we get him did he transfer here he have another year yeah is he is I mean everybody's got 10 years to play college football right now he coming back I still got two years I feel like those rosters though they usually if they're a senior I usually think they put them as a junior if they have another year of Eligibility but I don't know maybe not yeah uh an interesting tidbit here from the ba coaches show you and I only has two returning defensive starters and is switching Concepts offensively so maybe everything that I just said is [ __ ] are they running the they're my new favorite team I don't know you shut up all right next one okay so we've got Illinois the fighting Ali Illinois Friday night fighting big BTS The Fighting BTS I have this down as a W uh KB earlier during the colge World Series you had brought up that the The Bert Show in Champagne Illinois might not be uh quite Wisconsin esque if you will there might be some uh uh what's the word uh disarray I guess some disarray in Champagne so I'm hoping that will result in a Illinois loss put put another l in Illinois okay okay so so I think it'll be a Nebraska dub so I think we will win as well and I want to go go back in time a little bit to the last time that Illinois came to Memorial Stadium and they mocked the fans and they mocked the team and we went into champagne and took business last year I think it will be a ass whooping because I can just I can picture it in my head watching that game for my SE Memorial Stadium and watching their fans or their their players just clown our team and clown our fans and winning that game by a lot it's like 26 to9 I just looked it up yeah 26 to9 just no taking care of business beating Bert getting a dub I like where your head's at I I do agree I have this as a win as well okay you're at 4 and0 yep I'm at 4 and0 right now I have it as a win get it I do not think it's an ass whipping I have this at a 10-point rock fight like I I think that's where it's at again we're coming off of you know Colorado then you and I dlan R is kind of settling in but that o line I think we're gonna see some issues there and especially on that left end concerns me a little bit so I I think this is a dub but it's GNA be closer than people think okay I'm at 4 and0 God damn it Kyle Kyle why are you ashamed you shouldn't be ashamed you should be happy listen man I've been doing this show for four years now and every year I get my skull bashed in by the other two guys over there in red we being hey Kyle I'm here I'm your emotional support thanks I you know it just has not worked out well for me kle one of these years you have to be right just one of these years and this is it hopefully I don't know what your final prediction is going to be but hopefully you're right yeah I I mean I hope but yeah I've got this as a win so four and0 four and0 three and one three and one three and one three one okay the game that we plan on going to at perdoo at per don't they're going to be playing in Drew Brees's house second year under Walters uh Devin makabe is still on that [ __ ] roster somehow Jesus Christ just because of him I have this I think this will be one of those games that okay how about this I think Purdue and we asked Adrien if who he hated to play the most and he said he hated to play Purdue he hates them and I think it's a underrated venue to play in like some people are like oh they're only going to bring 40 people okay well if that's the case it's going to be hard to muster up energy for yourself if that's the case or you're going to see like 50,000 people in those black pajamas right and they're doing the train thing and they're going nuts either way I just I think this will be an L for Nebraska I think we are going to see a let down game here okay and don't ask me why don't don't make me give a nuanced statistical answer I just in my loins I just I think this is just gonna be one of those freaking games in bottom line Mike yes any game that you attend I just automatically think he's gonna Mike's gonna [ __ ] it up somehow I I do I have like like I think the players when they go on the field or they're warming up or whatever and they see Mike they go God damn it they sense him I haven't seen I haven't seen Nebraska win a road game and I've gone to a road game every year since like 2012 thank you for solidifying my case no I I'm with you there and that's why my prediction no come on no is that Nebraska will get a road win while Mike is in attending the reason I say that is is because I don't think Hudson Carr is all that I think he's he's all right we beat them pretty good last year 3114 I believe okay and I just think there's gonna be a lot of the same and we beat them with a not good quarterback play and a lot of the players that we beat them with last year are on the roster and I don't think Purdue is good and I don't think Walters is a good coach sure I I think that's a [ __ ] show and they have a really hard schedule Purdue is gonna win two games this year and I pray to God it's not against Nebraska one of those games but I'm going to say we win that game and we are four and one and you're at three and two I am so I'm goingon to make everyone really sad K oh sorry Mike just said that you haven't seen a road win since when I haven't seen us win a road game since 2014 2014 perfect uh do you know the last time I saw a road win never I've never seen a roadwi oh no never once and that is why I am this is my lock of the century [ __ ] this is a Husker dub I'm finally getting it in Indiana we're getting that [ __ ] win and we get a rage in Indiana yes absolutely Nebraska beats Purdue it's we're getting it TP Ross Aid TP that that's five and0 for Connor out a boy con oh Kyle oh do it with me Kyle do it with me five and0 baby that's five and0 that's 5 and for the boys hey good for you yeah I I agree I don't I don't think Ryan Walter has anything figured out over there and they're projected to be the worst in the Big 10 next year so yeah I I just don't think they're going to be they are supposed to be just dog pathetic they are supposed to be um okay after that they come back home and they play butgers okay this is a Cinderella team for everybody everybody loves them Sim Rutgers and yeah I'm not saying that their reasons are bad I like Greg shano I think Nebraska will come home and they will get the dub against buters they've never lost two buters in Big 10 play or ever um not saying that's my reasoning but I just I think everybody's in love with Ruckers and I'm just like can we stop with the Ruckers love please can we stop like you guys are trying too hard to to find a a narrative to latch on to so a Nebraska Dub here okay yeah I agree with you I I I was listening to um Damon and Ravi talk on the radio a couple weeks ago and they were talking about you've got to beat teams like Rutgers because they don't invest in their football program they don't give a [ __ ] about their football program and you do and so that got me thinking about okay the teams that don't invest in football we should be beating those teams and I feel like our program should be ahead of where Ruckers is at and I think what they do well is run the football and I would have like to think that our defense can stop that so I think you defend your home turf it's it's F it's about [ __ ] time to defend your Turf win at home you go win take care of business that's a dub okay I'm I'm gonna keep this one short because you guys have covered a lot of what I wanted to say yeah and I'm just gonna go ahead and say six and0 six and0 KB 60 nope oh you're the buckers lover I knew he'd say no no I think Greg shano I think he's getting a lot of Praise um and if you just look 2023 right this is not just like okay their offense was a little bit better than us no I mean their turnover margin was better special teams was better their defense was only a couple spots away from where we were at they are like if I were to pick the arch nemesis this year of Nebraska Ruckers would be it and I just think this is the one this is the one that they drop for whatever reason this is the one so when you say arch nemesis what you really mean is just their like polar opposite right evenly matched evenly like everything that Ruckers does well is everything Nebraska doesn't right is as far as 2023 right 2023 look at the stats they're right here points per game they're better net passing yards net rushing yards turnover margin field goals and they weren't that far behind uh for defense now Kyle at the risk of so I'll say that you said that they their turnover margin was better yeah everybody's was better everybody in the country actually but but that goes into why Nebraska continually wins three four games a year right well it's another reason why I actually like I understand looking at turnover margin have we we haven't seen a green number on turnover margin yet have we and you won't no we we literally will not Kyle knows um it's also why I refuse to look at that stat because uh there was and while I appreciate this person's effort there was one person on that team that contributed a whole lot to that number and that person is no longer here playing elsewhere Arizona state facts yeah so I uh the the turnover margin yeah it's nasty it's gross I I refuse to look at that number as I'm looking forward to this coming season I'd hope you weren't looking at that being what six are we six and0 you say yeah six and I'm five and one five and one five or five and one and four- two yeah yeah okay so so this is the seventh game okay whenever you talk to anybody that covers Nebraska football or is a fan of Nebraska football they always point to the first seven games because let's be real here they were afforded a nut here Nebraska's the squirrel and they gave him a nut whoever makes the schedule here you go a bone can you do something here okay so this is the end of the the seven game Run where things should be pretty good okay they go to Indiana to play the the the new um I forget their new head coach's name I forget James Madison I think they go it's not really his name that's where he's from yeah um Signet they go to Bloomington Nebraska and they will win so after seven I have them at five and two okay yeah I think this is a game where I think if you go and beat a team like Purdue on the road I think this is a similar game where you can go and beat Indiana on the road I think you'll get the confidence you need to win a road game and then do that again in the same state in Indiana so I like them against Indiana I think that Indiana has a long ways to go especially under a first year head coach so I think this is a win for Nebraska thumbs up and through the seven games we will be six in one okay I am so sorry to everyone who already broke out their pictures and was starting to mix up their Kool-Aid dang this is my first L wow this is my first L much like Kyle said we we know like we should beat Ruckers we should beat Indiana we're gonna drop one of them I think Indiana is equipped to do it I think as you come in if you know my predictions are right you're six and0 you might start to look past teams like this I think Indiana wins and again I think it's a close game but I I don't think the Huskers get it done okay okay three and9 team last year okay okay you I mean you called an L for Colorado who is 4- eight don't look at me for three and nine but they beat us by three scores last year that's that's my thing yeah we were ass last year yeah we were ass I called a purdo loss so I'm not gonna yeah listen this is Nebraska Football we're talking about here that's true those games are all not guaranteed dubs nothing is like you point at a a team from last year in their record well I point to Nebraska's record for the past 10 years and I'm I'm at six and one right now for team that won five games last year and I'm ecstatic after we get to six I'm ecstatic Kyle what do you got k h this is my uh this is my bowl game bid right here boom you got your six wins at Indiana okay I cannot wait and I'm telling you I'm gonna be insufferable I cannot wait to hear cetti start to panic because he came in like big 10 media days and he's like oh All I Do Is Win everywhere I go I win I'm a winner all this other stuff right yeah we've heard all that before and it never go well so I can't wait for him to eat his words uh and right around you know the seven game Mark for Indiana I'm sure he's going to be like well you know you know I didn't consider this and I didn't no I just can't wait this is going to be Nebraska's bowl game bid and we're celebrating the rest of the year regardless because guess what we're going to a bowl game and we're gonna be planning our vacation as a pod that's it I can't wait to share another twin bed with Kyle yeah it was nice Yankee Stadium here we we come or wherever they play the charman Ultra Soft bolt I well okay so I'm five- two after seven and everybody else is six and one everybody else six one okay okay yeah I I hate being on the five right now I don't even because they got the five last year yeah and they didn't take care of business I I think we can probably make this next one quick right yeah at Ohio State in the Horseshoe loss that's an L last time I saw them playing the Horseshoe they lost 60 two to three and my wife had to tell me we didn't even score a touchdown up because they don't give you touchdowns for free just cuz we drove a million hours to go to the game doesn't mean they're gonna give you a touch let us score they didn't they didn't let you score that's so rude uh isn't it rude it's a long drive uh so this is a game that I will put a bet on right now clip it record it do whatever you want sh oh boy this is an L if we win I will on a NB andr live stream I'll shave my mustache if we win that game all right we're gonna save that that's an L the people watching are like they're invested in this I was Kyle go ahead it's an L okay yeah listen even the eternal optimist over here is like n next next yeah okay now this one might be interesting yeah UCLA at home I have them coming coming back to Memorial Stadium uh they get handed an L in Ohio and I think they come back and they're ready to play I think they'll figure it out I don't know much about UCLA I know I know they're School in La yeah that's it they're their head coach who seems to have a pretty good sense of humor about things so that's that's cool you know whatever but I think Nebraska finds a way to win this game and this is their bull Clincher for me all right um I think DeShaun Foster is gonna get his ass kicked in the Big 10 I think that they got left H hung and dry by Chip Kelly just bounc in Ohio State and I think UCLA is gonna have a lot of growing pains when they get into this big 10 football conference I think we take care of business and I think it's very easily like I think we're going to out physical that team and deshun Foster is going to be very sad and I'm gonna be very happy because we'll have seven wins there you go I think UCLA for the four new additions to the Big 10 is the least equipped to be here I do think this will be a close game it will be a nailbiter but the Huskers will get a dub okay seven and two you're not seven and two you're seven and one right no no oh yeah oh yeah oh Sor seven and two yep uh this is an L or no a W for me sorry this is a win for me um I don't really know why I just think it is I don't have anything I don't have anything to give you here but I just think it's a win that's fair look at look at their field goal attempts wo we my God they're worse than us that's our green they suck Jesus guys we hold on let's take one second Kyle can you can you bring up the stat screen big for us really quick because I want you guys to see this very large look at the turnover margin plus two I mean that's that like the the field goal thing is great to see green on there the turnover margin that's that close that's nasty and they're gonna do better with a a first year head coach oh my God that was all he's ever been is a running back coach he's never been a coordinator but don't worry he played running back there so he he's qualified we've seen that story before well yeah it's funny because whenever we talk about teams coming to the Big 10 and like how that relates for Nebraska I guess UCLA always gets lumped in with all the other teams I'm like UCL yeah yeah for what basketball baseball yeah but when people are talking about football like they'll say oh UCLA's coming I'm like okay is Brett Hundley their quarterback again like yeah I just want to make a note too they're coming on the 2nd of November like it's going to be so it's going to be so hold on you think Kyle you think those guys from La aren't used to very cold Nebraskan November weather I'm sorry listen I know it's gonna come Nebraska's not that [ __ ] cold during football season I'm sorry it's just not I have I have the numbers to back it up it is when it's in La when you're from La it's cold I guess but is a bit colder than La just a bit listen when you're when you're playing football with pads on and it's like okay we're talking about November so it's going to be 44 or something no you think it's gonna be colder I think I I don't think you guys high 30s you guys have not looked at this man I'm telling you it's not it's not that cold it really is I mean it's there's one cold game a year and I'm sorry like the coldest game in the past three years that I looked at was that Iowa game from last year and that was 32 degrees like it's not that cold especially if you're in pads I don't know right I think it's overstated we we always say it wouldn't be so cold if it weren't for the wind it's windy in there it's gonna be windy it's GNA be cold you're not wrong ain't gonna rain you ain't gonna wrong okay next the go to USC next this will be interesting again because like what type of team is USC especially this late in the year um people have their doubts about about Lincoln Riley no Caleb Williams they're they're a weird team to me I just don't know what they are yeah especially with their defense like their defense was like bad they couldn't cover a cough they were that bad last year but don't worry they got a new new DC so they're going to be better automatically and I'm just like H and then come to a new conference while you're trying to learn that yeah I mean I hear you I just this will just be one of those games where I I just don't think Nebraska plays all that well and I think they'll they'll get the L on this one so I have Nebraska at this point six and four after this game yeah I uh I think this is gonna be a tough game just because we have to go all the way to California to play the game in November I don't think UC USC will be that good I I don't think they're going to be a good team I just think that Nebraska will not win this game given going across the country to go play in another time zone and everything else that comes with it I I I don't think they're going to be a good team I really don't think UFC will be a good team but I think they're gonna beat Nebraska on November 2nd there's just something about this game that I just feel it's gonna be just kind of boring yeah I don't know it'll just be one of those games where you watch it and it's like you you just forget it ever happened and it's just another L I don't know that's just me that's the that's the Vibes I get from this okay so I'm I'm trying to go through this thought process in live time time and I'm going to try and make it very quick o Line's not great Caleb Williams not there our defensive line is good or secondary worries me at times I'm going to go ahead and call this the most boring win of the entire season cool with me that'd be sweet I'm gonna call that the most boring one of the entire season okay uh I think this is going to be a super frustrating game for Nebraska where they just cannot get off the field I think they're just going to nickel and dime us through the air the whole game so I've got this as an L for Nebraska okay so I'm at six and four does everybody know their predictions their record right now so seven and three seven and three okay he's at eight and two seven and three eight and two so if they're eight and two we're talking top 15 we're talking some seriously important games coming out yeah like these games mean something in November November we're not used to that okay next Wisconsin at home Nebraska G has lost 10 in a row to these [ __ ] guys they break the streak Wisconsin usually they're like the the darling but you don't he you don't you don't really hear anything about them this year and it's kind of weird weird because second year under fickle and you would think that hey watch out the fight and fixs are kind of cool right they might be on the verge of a playoff ver you know I just Wisconsin's just not it's not a good team they're kind of in disarray like the berts in Illinois I think Nebraska breaks the GD streak and then they're going to be seven and four after this game okay yeah I don't I think this is interesting so we talk about the the way that Matt Rule and Dion kind of just they their paths a line right but there was another name that was thrown around with Nebraska too and that's Luke fickle and this will be interesting too with the Matt rule Luke fickle Thing Luke fickle won last year I think he wins again I think that Luke fickle is a really good coach and a year or two under Luke fickle is going to be a pretty good Wisconsin team even with their lack of quarterback play I don't think that band going to be good but I think that that team year two fickle he'll figure it out and he's going to he's going to out coach Matt Ru and he's gonna he's gonna beat beat Nebraska so okay I um I I want to disagree with the fact that you said fickle will out coach rule I I I don't agree with that okay I do think he coached him last year time management remember that game yeah that's correct you're right um I do think Wisconsin is criminally underrated okay I I do believe this is an l i I would love to have that streak broken 11 I I would love to have it hey what's one more but I at this point um I have been all eyes on Wisconsin this entire offseason yeah I think they're you got all eyes on them okay I didn't realize that was kind of your pet team well one of my employees that works the brewery is uh went to the University of Wisconsin as a big fan and I I get all of the news and I looked at their win total and they are so underrated there's a lot of Talent on that team I think this is an L yep I'm gonna have to agree I think this is an l and I hate that is the only pumping Sunshine ha it so bad that's what I do I pump Sunshine yeah that's what we always say about you Shan boy that's what we always say Jared's the positive one yeah so damn 11 in a row huh yeah goddamn geez I mean again but it is just just one more who cares yeah okay at Iowa Kirk has come back from being suspended for his one game they are back to normal Lavar Woods is still there Phil Parker is still there Kade MC I don't know who cares what he is he's probably not playing he's technically a football player he he will put a helmet on maybe who knows their defense will be good their special teams will still be good uh they're at home they're the black and Gold's gonna go crazy Nebraska's gonna [ __ ] lose so I have Nebraska finishing the regular season at seven and five okay yeah I agree with that I think night games in kinck although the stadium is highly overrated and I have been to kinck multiple times you've gotten spit on at kinck I have been spit on at kinck by they're wonderful fans they are fantastic fans Mike did not deserve it some might say best fan base in the country but who the [ __ ] has said that nobody Iowa fans I I think they beat us it's going to be a tough environment who knows how healthy we are coming into that game and I I just yeah I think it's it's tough to beat Iowa at home on the road and it's another game where I'm like I want to win the game more than anything in the world I love I would love to have 364 more days to [ __ ] talk [ __ ] but I don't think it's gonna happen I think Iowa takes care of business and we finish the season seven and five which is still a good season sure yeah yeah I'm going to get [ __ ] I'm going to get [ __ ] you're going to see going into this game it will be a top 10 Iowa defense okay fact okay it will be a top 20 Nebraska defense I think top 20 is fair considering the schedule we're playing uh we we expect some regression there if Cade mcamera is the starting quarterback for Iowa in that game it's going to be a rock fight Nebraska wins by a field goal to end the regular season 9ine and three field goal at the buzzer or is it like a defensive stop kind of thing I'm saying within the last two and a half maybe three minutes coming up a little clutch then winning a a one- score game yeah no not even yeah just a field goal not a touchdown a field goal wow so you're ending the season at and three KB K I've got this as a win I don't think their offense is going to be at all improved uh and I think ours is we were close to beating them last year the only difference was special teams and turnovers and turnovers I mean we were better at special teams than I mean punting sure yeah so I think this is a win for Nebraska I end my season at eight and4 okay [ __ ] I'm the most optimistic I don't like that wow I don't like that wow nobody could have predicted that well I mean thought Kyle would be little Kyle well okay it's tough for me because you know that's like all I talk about at work every day is stuff like this so it is tough so like so I ended at seven and five and even you know after the whole rule talking to the team about when there's butts and seats you don't play the same did that change your win loss thing like okay on one hand I I love Matt rule I think he is the most organized dude um like you can't you cannot ever accuse Matt rule of not grinding I feel like the dude is an absolute grinder and I just felt like the fact that he had to say that to his team it is just like we're still doing this right and I just look at the best coaches that I've ever coached and I know this is a high bar but like Tom Osborne didn't have to do Rah R [ __ ] and Nick Sabin didn't have to do rah rah and all that so that being said I was leaning towards six and six after that because I was at eight and I'm like okay at six because there's going to be two games where either the team doesn't execute when when the time when the time is you know at its most crucial or like we saw last year I think the coaching staff Matt rule might not handle the clock the best so I just thought there was going to be like two games where that happens then I'm like you know what I I don't want to be miserable anymore can I'm gonna give him another win here so like I was originally six and six and then I was like all right let's just do seven let's do seven can I give you an argument that you talk about Nick Sabin and Tom Osborne didn't need to do the r i acknowledged that that was a high bar well no a crazy bar that's not where I'm going okay is let's look at Tom Osborne at Nebraska like when you look at the raw Rah [ __ ] as you phrase it for Matt rule where where do you see that is it Facebook Twitter Instagram did any of those exist when Tom was coaching no they didn't you Tom was definitely giving those kinds of speeches you just didn't see it Nick Sabin locked down like that you you weren't seeing it and they were winning so was it less frequent probably but that that was still certainly happening I I can't imagine a coach just like oh yeah you guys are winners let's go hit the field that's not how that works well of course I mean that's overly simplifying no I I get that but to say that they weren't doing the raw raw stuff I I think that's I think that's also an oversimplification I think it maybe sure at a lesser rate but we're in the age of social media and the age of we always need content and that's all programs now I mean you still see dbos swinny looking for a job at a Burger King or something um but no like we're gonna see more of that because that's the age we're in but I I I like what Matt R is doing and I like being able to see that it makes us feel both realistically for us as fans more a part of the program I just want I just want to go on record I know you're gonna say so I just want to go on record as saying that yes although I am usually negative or whatever and I'm I'm usually questioning things I am Timmer I I Timmer yeah I trust in Matt rule I like what he's doing if there's one thing you cannot accuse him of doing is not giving a [ __ ] cuz he gives a [ __ ] and he grinds and there's only so much the man can do so like if it's not a good season I don't think it's necessarily like Matt rule sucks I just think it there's something in the water that's all yeah I I Timmer okay real quick Mike wanted to do something what is your ceiling and what is your floor and I'll start with you Jared ceiling is nine floor would still have to be I think they've established the floor now I think the floor is five now so floor is five ceiling is nine okay I think my ceiling is 10 I think my floor is six I think the the floor will and always will be moving forward bull is six and six at Nebraska no matter what I think that is something you should guarantee with the quarterback play that we should be getting just given that you're a blue BUD program and you're in year two and Beyond with Matt R I just I think that he's a good enough coach that no matter what he is given except last year I mean even last year probably should have won seven games but we didn't I think six is the floor no matter what and I think 10 could be just given that schedule it could B 10 like Connor all the things Connor was saying those are all real things it's just like Nebraska yeah Nebraska hasn't done those things so you like me as a as a pessimist I'm like no no sorry sorry no right I mean I automatically say you're nuts but then like if you want to be technical like it could you could yeah you could convince me yeah but like I'm trying to do this thing with my brain not my heart cuz if I did it with my heart I'm like yeah we're 10 we're going to go 9 and three or 10 and two but like I'm doing it with my brain where it's like like given the history that I've seen I've seen it with my own eyes in person I've seen it yeah I'm I'm good I'm good I'm gonna I'm gonna say that those things are going to happen so floor six and six ceiling 10 and two Conor what do you got so I called nine and three you did on that schedule my ceiling and I'm sorry again for all the people already mixing their Kool-Aid that ceiling absolute ceiling is 10 and two okay that is the absolute ceiling I cannot in any way convince myself it goes higher my floor is seven and five I like I I believe we'll get seven I I cannot convince myself otherwise like I with again you talk about the schedule we've got this year it is almost a gift coming in with what we hope to see at Dolan Rola what we've seen out of Matt rule as he goes through the first two years of his program rebuilds seven wins especially considering the schedule is absurdly reasonable to me but I I can't see us going over 10 I think my ceiling is nine I think it's nine just because I'm already feeling like I'm stretching myself to to ask for eight uh and I think the floor is six I think you're spot on I think from here on out I honestly don't think this this team will accept anything less than six or is capable of allowing themselves anything but six or more so I I guess my question is when you guys look at your floors are you looking at expectations versus this current schedule or expectations for the program moving forward a little bit of both well so when when we look at like these predictions I I think it's important to like base it specifically on the schedule we're facing yes yeah I that's why I said and you still believe six yeah I I just wanted to double check I'm not disagreeing with you I think I think that looking at the schedule there are six teams there that are not even close to being as good as Nebraska right now I think that is like a guaranteed like you should beat six teams that is the bare minimum floor they have to do it right um but I also kind of said the same thing last year do we have anything in the chat that is interesting um any raah RW chats anybody saying you're Dum we're going to beat Iowa we're gonna beat Colorado nothing like that we're gonna beat house no uh not in my house the YouTube channel uh said that uh to definitely gave a raw raw speech in the 95 Orange Bowl uh but other than that I mean everybody's just kind of been hey just so just so you know like if you're a coach you can still go like hey win the game like yeah you know like is is that a Rah speech like hey play good like I don't know does that qualify as Rah so here's like I'm gonna go conspiracy Connor ra boy R my conspiracy is everyone knows Tom Osborne you know very devout very reserved very anti-weed I like my is that anti-gambling in that locker room anti fun my theory is that in that locker room Tom is like I swear to [ __ ] God you better get those hits we are GNA win by 30 and just like everybody shut up about it Ethan Piper's mom get up here yeah Connor I want to say that that conspiracy is more ridiculous than the moonlanding yeah no I know I know for a fact that is more outlandish than the moonland oh here we go were you in locker room I I think I've listened to enough people that were in that locker room I think that could have got out and no they kept it quiet baby yeah they did kept it quiet that is that is worse than just like all just like all the astronauts kept it quiet yep I'll let you beat whoever you want yeah yeah I don't think so I don't think that Tom can get his voice above a six if he tried I think if he's one of those guys that if he yelled he'd still be talking quieter than what I do when I talk all right well we're at an hour and 40 minutes here Kyle so real quick before we wrap this up I just want to say live show at herd at sportsbar in Lista in LV Vista and also by the way for those of you that don't know and none of you do NB andr is now hosting a herd at sports show called Corn Husker counseling every uh well I guess it'd be the day after every game now now that there's like Friday games and after every home game no it's every game now every every game we're hosting uh Corn Husker counseling at the herd at sports bar I believe that her at sports bar is open at the time that we're going to be starting I believe it's 11: to noon um so if you want to come in and just grab yourself some lunch get ready for the uh the NFL game day we'll be there we'll be taking your comments and concerns about whatever uh happened the night before or the day before uh you said concerns maybe they won't be concerns maybe they'll be hey maybe everything went great maybe we're not counseling at all or we're counseling them because they don't know how to they don't know how to handle it yeah so yeah I think uh you know it was a really tough process for us we all had to get licensed to become counselors for for this fan base and um we we finally got it in the paperwork got in for Connor he was the last one but he is officially a licensed C corn huster counselor it's crazy it was crazy I don't know how I got approved yeah it was crazy uh it was a long process but we all are licensed C Cornhusker counselors now yes we are all licensed psychiatrist and uh yeah I think Ravi will be joining us every now and then as well okay yeah I want to remind people too if you go to mbnr podcast.com you can find our blog it's called Red Zone Reflections is written by Emily kading and our friend coach ba who by the way if you didn't see the comment uh coach PA sounds like he's agreeing with you on the moon landing now yeah he is yeah he is um just just a heads up coach ba is dropping a UTEP preview blog which is going to be really good because the guy knows his ex as and O's so he will know a lot more about UTP than we will and I think you should go read that at mbnr podcast.com are you saying that ba knows ball he probably does ball okay you're right go to mbnr podcast.com you should also like visit us on Facebook and Twitter and in St and on YouTube yoube what are we at on are we at 800 yet we're closing again a few few hundred more subscribers and Mike is going to get a neck tat he's going to do it he's gonna say he's not going to but he will look at that beautiful neck on that screen right now look at that you subscribe and you can put a logo on that neck just across his neck it's gonna be one Zer zero Zer for a thousand I like it h like it a lot I'm go Mike what did you do 1K Mikey it's going to be m1k y That's good oh my God that's really good oh no KY you're good man okay um you know we have merch and stuff go buy merch go buy merch we got the rule Rola 24 shirt yeah rule Rola 24 I don't know if you guys know this but riola was officially named the starter a few days ago I'm shocked so go buy that damn shirt dude the new hats are sick too so cool come on guys we need you all our listeners live show Friday night 6:30 her at sports bar okay and it's free missing anything no that's it Spotify Apple music yeah SP reviews yeah listen if you go to Google and you type in no block no rock we should we should pop up on everything yeah right that's that's how we should close the show Google US figure it out and that's it ashf figure it out come on people okay I'm one of your hosts Jared Hall Mike Delaware Conor cavac Kyle buers as always and I can finally say this get it and actually mean it scream it screaming beat you Ng gbr