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Before we talk about anything else, I need you to acknowledge what happened on Saturday night.
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Oh boy.
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Here we go.
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Last week, I predicted that Nebraska would be bowling grain 56 to 7.
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Yep.
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And what was the final score?
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Unfortunately, it was 56 to 7.
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Unfortunately, Keith, show some respect.
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You're sitting next to the cornfield profit.
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Okay, you get one score right, and suddenly you're Nostradamus with the cornfield.
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Not nostradamas.
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We already established this.
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The cornfield profit.
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Put some respect on the name.
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Alright, fine.
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The cornfield profit.
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What are the Powerball numbers?
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I only use my powers for Husker football.
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I have standards.
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That's convenient.
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But seriously.
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Nebraska absolutely hammered bowling green 56-7.
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The Huskers are 2-0, and now North Dakota's coming to town.
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And unlike Josh's ego, we're going to try to keep this episode under control.
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No promises, addicts.
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Grab that cherry Kool-Aid and get comfortable.
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Because week two was a beatdown.
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Week three is coming.
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And you're addicted to corn.
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Alright, welcome back, Addicts, to another episode of Addict of Corn because Big Red is a habit.
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I'm Josh Keith right here with me.
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And Nebraska is officially 2-0 after absolutely taking bowling green behind the woodshed 56-7.
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And yes, apparently I also predict exact football scores now.
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So we'll definitely be talking about some more because I have zero intention of letting Keith forget it.
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But today we're going to break down everything from the bowling green game, what looked good, what still needs some work, and then we're going to hand out our position grades for the Huskers.
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Then we're going to turn the page to week three because the fighting hawks of North Dakota are coming to Lincoln, and Nebraska has another chance to take care of business and move it to 3-0.
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So let's get into it.
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Keith, 56-7.
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Before we start getting picky, did Nebraska do pretty much everything you wanted them to do in this game?
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Yeah, I mean, what last week we kind of talked about what we wanted them to do against Bowling Green.
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And we mentioned that we wanted them to start fast.
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I think we definitely started fast.
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We looked good all throughout the first half, I thought.
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I mean, there wasn't anything in particular that made my mind go a little crazy or whatever, but there was just that that early interception on the first drive that kind of was just it wasn't really a bad interception.
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I mean, it was the the pass was on the money, and Jacori just couldn't secure it very well, and it kind of ball got rolled up on, didn't hit the ground, ended up in the defender's hands.
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I mean, just one of those fluky plays, I think.
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I mean, I don't know if you can put the blame on anybody.
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Like you said, Clandria put the ball right where it needed to be.
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Jakori just didn't really survive the ground.
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And you gotta give credit to the bowling green defender for going out and making a play.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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I mean, it was just a unfortunate play that happened, and I didn't really get that feeling of, oh, here we go.
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You know, I just no the way we were removing it the first few plays, it just kind of felt like, you know, this is fine.
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And then our defense came out and shut them down right away and three and out right away.
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And then from there it was off to the races.
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Yeah, the whole first half was just score, score, score, score, score, you know.
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So I didn't really have any bad feelings with that first half, especially.
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No.
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And once halftime came and third quarter came around, we had kind of stalled a little bit in the third quarter.
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You know, it just wasn't.
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It felt like we took the took our foot off the gas a little bit coming out of halftime.
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But it never ever got to a point where we were just like we were like worried about anything.
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The game never was that way.
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Even when Bowling Green had the drive and scored the touchdown, it never was like a ooh, here, maybe they're making a run or something.
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It it always felt like we were in control the whole time.
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Yep.
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This is one of those games where you just kinda if you wanted to, you could just sit back and relax and not really worry about anything, you know?
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Which we did.
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Which we did.
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Yeah, for sure.
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Yeah, Calandria, the offense, everything looked real good in my opinion.
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There there wasn't no hiccups, there was no game two letdown, didn't feel like we were overlooking anybody.
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We came in, we took care of business, and now it's on to week three, in my opinion.
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Gotta gotta have that same mindset going into it.
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Talk about Calandry a little bit, because that dude he's the real deal.
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I mean, he was about as efficient as you could possibly be as a quarterback.
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He only, what, had three or four incomplete passes or four incomplete passes.
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Four incomplete passes for the day.
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I mean, good lord.
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20 to 24, 80% passing a little over 80%.
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20 to 24 for 222, four touchdowns, and a fluky interception.
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Thing I liked about him the most is how comfortable he looked.
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Even after the interception, I mean, he came back out, took us on on the quick drive, scored.
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Just never looks rattled to me.
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You can tell that he is in complete control of the offense.
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He understands what Holgerson wants to do.
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And the thing that I like the most is that he's holding players accountable out there.
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He is a true in every meaning of the word, a leader.
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Yeah, then that's what you want from a senior, right?
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I mean, he comes in here.
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We expect good things to come from him, and he but aside from his play, I mean, his leadership on the field, and he's holding his players responsible, especially his wide receivers.
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I was most impressed with the throws he was making.
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Oh.
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I mean, the deep balls were on the money.
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On the money.
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And then that touchdown quasi had over on the sideline.
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Yeah.
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The way he dropped that ball right there in that situation, that was just a perfect pass.
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Yeah.
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And then a couple of them sideline plays to Lyndon Meyer late in the game, he had like a 13-yard catch.
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That was
just a dot.
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Yeah.
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He had some throws that were just like, wow.
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You know, I don't know if Dylan Rayola could have made a better throw.
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Uh, we watched him for two years and he didn't have many throws like that.
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And I'll and there was a couple throws where Kalander's throwing off platform.
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You know, he's he's he's having to move the pocket, he's having to maneuver within the pocket and get them deep balls out.
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I mean.
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And I and I liked how we didn't use him in the running game because we didn't have to.
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No, yeah.
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He we ran when he needed to, and that's all we want.
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Talked about that last week.
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So we don't want to see plays being called with Anthony Kalandria being the primary runner.
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You know, Clandria had four carries, 33 yards.
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Perfect.
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If that's every if that's every week for him, I'm happy.
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Right.
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I mean because I think two of the four carries were for first down.
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Yeah.
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So I mean And he had the long touchdown run that got called back from the bowling call, but overall, I thought it was a near perfect game from Cantonic Klandry, if you're asking me.
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Yeah, you take away that one interception, it's about as close to a perfect game as you can throw, as you can have.
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And like we said earlier, I don't even put the interception on him.
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No.
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Because he put the ball exactly where it needed to be.
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Yep.
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So the running game, once again, looked fabulous.
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I mean, you gotta take into account who we're playing.
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We're not playing the great Big Ten defenses that we will meet here in a couple weeks.
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But I mean, our running backs are efficient, they're hitting their holes, they're breaking off big runs, which we haven't seen a lot of in the past outside of Evan Johnson.
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And the big thing for me is no one still hasn't put the ball on the ground yet.
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Yeah, I was happy with the running backs.
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I mean, our three primary guys, Rule, Nelson, and Mosey, each had eight carries apiece.
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That's good con good contribution from all three.
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All of them over six yards a carry.
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Yeah.
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I mean, Jamals had the big touchdown run.
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Yeah, I thought Mosey looked real good.
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All three got to touch the ball a little bit, and all three were productive, I thought.
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And it was a clean game.
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There was no fumbles, no balls on the ground, nothing.
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So no.
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I mean, the Nebraska rushing totals for the game were a combined 34 carries for 264 or two touchdowns.
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Again, take that every week.
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Take a game 250 rushing yards every day.
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So are we at this point comfortable enough to say that our depth at running back is the best thing going forward for this team?
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Would you I guess what I'm I guess the way I want to word this question for you is with three guys playing as well as the AR right now, do you want it to stay that way where all three are getting equal shares of the carries?
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Or do you still want one guy to kind of take the lead and become the ball carrier?
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I think we're still in the early stages of the year where we're still finding out which guy we want to be the primary carrier.
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Right now, even through two games, it still looks to be Jamal Rule.
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He looks the most explosive.
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He looks like the better ball carrier out of all three.
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But that being said, it is nice having three guys who can t who can run the football very well.
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You know?
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It's nice having, like Eddie George said after the game, he was impressed with our running backs and how we have a three-headed monster back there, you know.
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All three of them are capable of being that primary guy.
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Yeah.
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So I I still think it's audition stages to see who's gonna be the primary carrier once Big Ten plays starts.
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It's gonna be very interesting once Big Ten gets there because having a three-headed monster, we're all three guys each guy has their own set of strengths and they do certain things very well.
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And if they continue, like next week, if all three of them have the same type of game, it's it's gonna be very hard on the coaches to make to divvy out carries like that, you know.
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Thing is, is all three of them can catch the ball out of the backfield, too.
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Yeah.
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And we saw it Saturday.
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I mean, all three of them were catching balls.
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So they can all run,
they can all catch, they can block.
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I mean, it's gonna be hard to just say, hey, you're not gonna be the starter, or hey, you're not gonna get as many carries this week.
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Because all three of them have played well through two games.
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Definitely, definitely.
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Receivers, I thought were really well too.
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I mean, you had multiple guys catching balls, I think.
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Total stats where you had one, two, three, four, five, seven guys catching passes.
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To me, was the standout for the game.
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Two touchdowns, 119 yards receiving.
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Just look good out there.
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I ru I rag on Jakori a lot with our friend group and stuff, but to me, Jakori looked looked the part of a number one receiver yesterday.
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Yeah, I mean, Jacori did his thing.
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That quasi was very good as well.
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I didn't see any drops out of quasi to yesterday.
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No, I don't think there was.
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So I think he cleaned that up a little bit.
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Overall, the wide receivers were an impressive group as well.
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They caught the balls they needed to catch.
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Jakori put on a pretty good clinic out there with some of the route running he was doing.
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I kind of w rewatched the game this morning and that ball he caught, the deep throw from Kalandria on the play action to Jakori.
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He made like a double move on his guy and just completely burned him.
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Yeah.
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So I thought that was I we we always knew he was pretty good at route running, but the move he put on that guy was just hilarious.
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But yeah, I mean the wide receiver group was very good too.
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Yeah.
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You didn't see any like big plays that they should have made or any balls.
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I mean, there was like one what there was one drop that Kalandria was pissed about.
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He let him know.
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He let him know.
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No, that was he was pissed about Jacori not getting the first down when he should have got the first down.
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He started just danced around.
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Like he likes to dance around.
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But Klandria got in on his ass after that one.
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Yeah, you could see him on the field just letting people know you need to get up field, get the first down, quit trying to do all the dancing and stuff.
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And I love that about Klandier.
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Yeah, me too.
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But the receiver group to me, it's a lot like the running back crew, where I don't know if there's gonna be one guy that it's not gonna be the same guy every week that I think is gonna be leading the team in receptions, yards, or touchdowns.
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It could it could be Barney one week, it was quasi last week leading the team, you know.
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Next, going up against North Dakota this week, it could be Nizaia.
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I mean, it could be a Quinn Clark type of guy.
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It could be a maybe hopefully a Luke Lindemeyer.
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We are so deep and so talented in our skill position receiver group that it it's gotta be fun for Calandry to be able to throw that group of guys and just know there's talent all across the field and into the depth chart as well.
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And I I know Nyzae hasn't had a very productive first two games, but it's coming.
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Yeah.
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You know, and it's nice having three guys at wide receiver that playmakers because when you go up against Big Ten defenses, it's gonna be nice having three different guys that he can choose from.
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Defenses are gonna be better in the Big Ten, obviously.
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So whoever their best corner is is gonna be up against our best wide receiver, and DeCorey's probably gonna be in the slot a lot.
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So if one guy is gonna be covered, the other guy probably won't be.
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So it's gonna be nice having three guys who can make moves out in the open field and find that open spot on the defense and make a play for Kalandria because we're gonna need it.
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Definitely, definitely.
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Moving on to the defense.
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I don't know if there's a bad thing you can say about the defense today.
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I mean, holding Bowling Green only to seven points, their offense never looked like they were in rhythm, never looked like they could get anything going for a long period of time.
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We forced a couple turnovers.
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We put a lot of pressure on the quarterback.
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We were obviously more physical than them.
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And then on top of it, with the way the front, the starting 11 played, we were able to see a lot of backups get into that game and get valuable experience for what's coming up here in a couple weeks when we hit Big Ten play.
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The defense was I was very happy with what they were doing.
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Their it their ability to stop the run
was was pretty good.
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Something we haven't seen in a long time.
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I mean, just any play that was going up the middle was not getting much at all.
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Right.
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There was one player on yesterday that really kind of opened my eyes a little bit more.
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And we already know he was good, but Andrew Marshall's play was amazing.
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He is establishing himself as a true like factor in the game.
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I mean, not it not even his ability to cover his receiver, but his closing speed to the ball is amazing.
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And his willingness to come up and play the run, it is he is he's just an all-around physical player, and he he wants to be active in the run game.
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You know, I mean, he's he's not that corner that's gonna sit back there and let running backs come to him.
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He's gonna go put his nose in there.
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Yeah, and then yesterday we were at, you know, at our friend's house and we were having a good time or whatever, but this morning when I was re-watching the game by myself, kind of just studying it a little bit more to see how the guys were playing.
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Andrew Marshall stood out the most to me.
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I mean, it was just the abilities he has to close on the ball so quickly.
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And he's so fast.
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And he's aggressive, which we want from a guy like Andrew Marshall.
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But he's gonna be that lockdown guy that nobody's wanting to go to his side of the ball, you know, this side of the field.
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Nobody wants to go over to where Andrew Marshall is.
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No.
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I would say he's probably our best player on defense.
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Oh.
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Aside from, I mean, everybody's saying it's Owen Chambliss, and Owen Chambliss played well too for his first game.
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He did look a little, I don't know, sluggish, maybe.
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He's a little slow to me.
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And maybe he was just trying to protect that hamstring a little bit, which that's fine.
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We didn't really need him to be out there to make plays.
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No, to me, yesterday, having Owen Chambliss back was more just about getting the quarterback on the field and helping make sure everybody's in the right spot in this new defense.
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The defense did look better though with him out there.
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Yeah, I think a little more organized.
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A lot more organized.
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They looked like they were playing harder.
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I don't know.
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You know, they say Owen is the quarterback of the defense, but Jeff, the emotional leader, I think.
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I mean follows him.
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You could see him out there talking to his guys, and he was telling the guys what what they needed to do, where they needed to be.
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I think it that was definitely beneficial to have him out there.
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So and it put Foster in a better position.
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He didn't have to play Owen's spot.
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Yeah, and it looked like Foster was a little bit more freed up to just go make plays.
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He did make plays.
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He did.
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He made a he didn't made that tackle for loss in the backfield.
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That was really nice.
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Yeah.
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He closed fast on that play.
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So I think it definitely made him more comfortable.
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Yeah.
00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:15.279
Like overall, man, yeah, I thought the defense was just really well.
00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:17.039
Not a whole lot to nitpick.
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But I mean, even in a 56-7 game, there's probably not to nitpick, but there's gonna be some few things to clean up.
00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:31.359
If if there was anything that you noticed to clean up out of a 56-7 win, what would be the things that you would?
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I still want to see more of a pass rush from our defense.
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I still didn't see much of it on Saturday.
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Yeah, we had two sacks, but we weren't getting to the quarterback.
00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:46.720
Like we should get to the quarterback, especially against a team like Bowling Green.
00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:49.680
You know, like our ends weren't getting the home.
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I didn't notice that our D tackles were making a pretty good push on the run plays, but we didn't see the pass rush.
00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:10.000
And I don't know if that's just something that we're gonna struggle struggle with all year, or if our D coordinator's gonna have to dial up some some plays to get to the quarterback a little bit.
00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:20.559
Yeah, I just I'm of the mindset that in these first three games, Rob Orics is not getting not gonna be very exotic with some of his calls.
00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:30.720
I think you we probably won't see any of the the blitzing packages until at least week four when we go to Michigan State.
00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:39.440
I think he really wants to maybe keep things in a little vanilla, because we can keep them vanilla against these first three opponents.
00:19:40.480 -->
00:19:47.440
And I don't know, I don't I don't know if there's any other defense like ours in the Big Ten right now.
00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:54.160
So I think we're I think we're just wanting to kind of keep things under the hat a little bit defensive wise.
00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:59.119
Yeah, I'm not saying I wanted to see our D coordinator dial up blitzes because I didn't.
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We didn't need to.
00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:01.279
Yeah, we didn't need to.
00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:07.599
But I wanted to see our D-line be able to create a pass rush, and I just didn't see it.
00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:16.160
It was nice with how early we put the game away to see some of those backup D-linemen come in and get plays.
00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:22.079
I mean, you didn't see Anthony Jones playing 54 snaps last night like he did last week, you know.
00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:35.359
I mean, you had Hoofkin was in there for 14, Tyson Terry got in there late, Sua Laputu got in there, Dylan Perrett, Dylan Berryman got in, even Jordan Ochoa and Mason Goldman.
00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:42.160
I mean, it's crazy the defensive linemen like got into that game last night when you look at the PFF grades and stuff.
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Over 15, what they call defensive linemen that got in the game last night and played more than one or two snaps.
00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:53.440
So kudos to the defense for that to be able to get that many people in.
00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:56.960
Yeah, I would agree with you more or less on the defense stuff.
00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:58.640
You still want to get that pressure.
00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:01.440
Offensive line I thought looked really well.
00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:11.759
Still just a couple times where I think you could tell I got burned once maybe, but that's just nitpicky to me.
00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:14.319
Overall the offensive line was good.
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I mean some of them run plays, the polling of the guards, and Justin Evans laid a couple heavy blocks.
00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:26.640
I mean pass protection overall was pretty good.
00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:28.960
I thought there was a few plays that they could have been better.
00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:36.079
They let a they let I can't remember what player it was on Bowling Green, it was like number 23 or something.
00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:45.839
But he got around on our tackles quite a few times and kind of made Klanier step up a few times, but and Klandier is good enough.
00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:52.319
As long as you give him a little bit of a time, he's gonna be able to avoid most of the sacks.
00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.920
Yeah, definitely.
00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:59.759
And like I said, when you win by 49 points, we're nitpicking these little tiny things.
00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:02.640
Just because that's what we're here to do, right?
00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:04.640
I mean, that's what I mean, we're here to do that.
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But and we know, and as we all know, once big plays start, little mistakes can become compounded into bigger mistakes.
00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:16.960
But luckily, we got one more week to iron out a couple of those little issues that we've been talking about.
00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:19.519
But we're gonna take a quick break.
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When we come back, it's report card time.
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We've already kind of discussed how we feel about how the different position groups played this week.
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We're just gonna come back, give them a quick grade, and I'm sure Keith will find a reason to give somebody a B B minus, even with a 56-7 win.
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Somebody has to be irresponsible around here, Josh.
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Alrighty, we'll be right back.
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All right, we are back on the Addicted Corn podcast.
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We are in our segment number two where we are giving out our position grades.
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Quarterback, Anthony Calandria, TJ Latif did get in in the fourth quarter.
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I thought he played pretty well from the time that he was in, had a couple good runs.
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He went six of eight for sixty yards, threw a nice touchdown pass to a boy, Quentin Ives, in the game.
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I love Quentin Ives.
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Love Quentin Ives.
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And we were excited for it.
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We were fired up.
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And it I just was it felt beautiful knowing that Quentin gave me my prediction to come through.
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And for those wondering, do I really love Quentin Ives?
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I mean, not really, but it's kind of an inside joke between us and our friends.
00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:49.119
So I love Quentin Ives right now.
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For those of you that are listening, we do still love Quentin's long strides.
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Love his long strides.
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Yeah, quarterbacks.
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To me, it's an easy day.
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I mean, I don't hold the interception against Kalandria.
00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:08.880
He was, like we said, 20 of 24 for 222, four touchdowns.
00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:14.559
TJ Latif, six of eight, one touch, five total touchdowns, passing for the quarterbacks.
00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:16.720
They never looked like they were under duress.
00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:20.960
They looked like they had a good handle on the still have a good handle on the offense.
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Both of them were leaders.
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Easy A for me.
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It's an A.
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A minus A.
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Just there wasn't anything that you could go in and
say, wow, that was bad, or wow, that needs work.
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It was a very clean game from Kalandria.
00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:39.359
I didn't see him make any mistakes.
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I mean, yeah, you can he was credited with the interception or whatever, but I I don't view that as his fault, so I'm not gonna put that into consideration.
00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:53.839
TJ, when he came in in the fourth quarter, he basically just had the one drive, the big long drive, and it was a touchdown drive.
00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:57.039
So he he had a couple good runs.
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His passing was pretty looked like he tried to connect his chemistry with uh Cortez Mills.
00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:07.759
Yeah, that was the guy he was trying to feed, and he missed the the deep ball on the sideline.
00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:09.839
That would have been a touchdown to Mills.
00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.720
Just overthrew him.
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Just overthrew him a little bit, but then he caught him on the next play on a little crossing route that got the first down.
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And yeah, it was it was just a good scoring drive from TJ.
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So overall, I give the quarterbacks an A.
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Why don't you start out with the running backs and give me your grade on the running backs?
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Okay.
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The running backs, I'm gonna give them an A minus.
00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:37.759
The production was there from all three guys.
00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:41.359
Jamal Rule still looks like a stud.
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Yeah, his numbers weren't as high, but I think Dana was just trying to feed his guys a little bit.
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You know, give everybody an opportunity to get a good amount of carries.
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Jamal had the long touchdown run.
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When we saw Makai, he was making plays.
00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:59.359
He caught a really good screen pass.
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He had a couple nice size runs on the sideline.
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Mosey was consistent.
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He kind of did his thing, and it each one of them had at least six yards a carry.
00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:14.880
So and then once the game got further along, we saw some guys that we never thought we would see.
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We saw Connor Booth for a couple carries.
00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.839
We saw Quentin in there.
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He got a touchdown.
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Jenitone got a carry.
00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.359
Jenitone got a first down carry.
00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.920
Like we saw six running backs on the day.
00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:30.319
So yeah, I mean, and they didn't put they protected the football.
00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.200
You didn't see anything.
00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:33.039
It looked like the blocking assignments were there.
00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.079
They looked good.
00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:37.279
So yeah, I'm gonna give the running back room an A.
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Yeah.
00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:40.640
I would go, I would go A as well.
00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:44.720
I mean, there's nothing to complain about on my end.
00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:51.039
Like you said, Jamal, Isaiah Mackay split the carries evenly, eight carries apiece.
00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:53.440
All of them were above six yards average.
00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:56.160
Mackay looked good, still catches the ball out of the backfield.
00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:58.000
Mosey had a catch out of the backfield.
00:26:58.160 --> 00:27:05.599
Surprisingly, I didn't realize until I rewatched the game today that Jamal didn't have a catch out of the backfield after having such a big receiving day on in week one.
00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.480
Yeah, I guess that's why.
00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:20.079
But I mean, and when I was watching the game back this morning, it was I was a little surprised that Jamal didn't get like one of the backs didn't get more carries.
00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:24.480
But then I really thought about it with how explosive our offense was last night.
00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:28.240
We never had really any long extended drives like we did in week one.
00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:33.039
There wasn't no nine-play drives where the running backs were getting four or five carries at a time.
00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:34.960
I mean, we were hitting on big plays.
00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:40.079
So the running backs took the opportunities that they had and they made the most of them.
00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:42.240
It was very evenly distributed.
00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.119
Very evenly.
00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:47.759
Between wide receivers and running backs, I think all of them got a lot of love.
00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:49.440
Yeah, definitely.
00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:52.880
It was nice to see those backups get in.
00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:54.240
Quentin Ives the senior.
00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:58.720
He was in there for 10 snaps, had a couple nice runs towards the end.
00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:02.799
Connor Booth, honestly, he was kind of a forgotten guy for me.
00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.319
I feel like nobody ever talks about him.
00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.559
It was kind of cool to see him get that late run.
00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:10.720
And everybody loves the good walk-on story in Nebraska with Jen and Tone getting the carry.
00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:17.920
And his carry was even on that fourth down play to get the kick to get the first late in the game, you know, just to finish out the clock or whatever.
00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.359
So that was kind of cool for Jen and Tony.
00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:21.200
And then his teammates on the sideline gave him a big thing.
00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.839
We're going nuts.
00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.880
We're
going nuts.
00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:24.000
That's good for him.
00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:26.640
So yeah, uh running backs is an easy A.
00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.160
Receivers.
00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:47.200
I mean, if you want a nitpick, you could go A minus B plus just because of the one interception and that Jacoby Barney doing his little dance routine number on that second drive of the game, wasn't it?
00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.519
Yeah.
00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:50.240
When he didn't get that first down, and Kalandier kind of let him have it.
00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.559
Yep.
00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:53.839
But I mean, otherwise, our receivers look explosive.
00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:56.559
They can catch the ball in traffic, I feel like.
00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:03.519
They can take a short pass and take it to the house, and they can also stretch that field, too, and catch the deep ball.
00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:08.799
I mean, Corey, that the catch where he's catching it right over his shoulder.
00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:12.720
I mean, Kalandir's putting it in the breadbasket in the end zone.
00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:14.799
It's pitch-perfect to me.
00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:19.279
I mean, we it's been a long time since we've seen plays like that down the field with our receivers.
00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:21.759
I don't think we've seen it since Stanley Morgan was here.
00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:23.200
And I mean, well, I take that back.
00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:26.720
You had Trey Palmer, though, that was a couple years and stuff like that.
00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:38.559
But it was just it was just a real good performance by the receivers, just a couple small things maybe that take that grade down to that A minus B plus range for me.
00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:46.160
Yeah, I mean, look, the whole game, the offense was just unstoppable, really.
00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:49.359
I mean, Bowling Green didn't have a fair didn't have an answer for anything.
00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.559
They couldn't stop anything.
00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:53.759
We were doing we were just so good at every aspect.
00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:55.440
We were too much for them to handle.
00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:57.200
So there was no punts in the game.
00:29:57.279 --> 00:30:03.519
So that tells you kind of exactly what kind of offense we had going in and how we finished that game, you know.
00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:05.839
But uh the wide receivers looked good.
00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:08.160
I mean, Jakori was the leading receiver.
00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.519
He had over a hundred yards.
00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:12.079
Quasi had a couple touchdowns, I think.
00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:14.799
Yep, him and Jakori both had two touchdowns.
00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.279
Yeah.
00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:20.799
So those two kind of carried the wide receiving group a little bit.
00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:22.640
They had 14 combined catches.
00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:26.240
Yeah, surprisingly, Nizaiah did not have a catch at all last
night.
00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:26.799
Yeah.
00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:30.960
I think he had a he had a rush, I think.
00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.240
He did have the ball once.
00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:35.039
I think he had a rush for seven yards.
00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.400
Yep, seven yard rush.
00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.920
It was on a little jet sweep.
00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.160
Yep.
00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:40.319
So I mean, yes.
00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:42.160
But he was only targeted twice, too.
00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.559
Yeah.
00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:46.400
The c the distribution to the wide receivers, it was mainly those two guys.
00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:48.559
Lyndon Meyer caught a couple balls.
00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:50.640
Caught two of them, yeah.
00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.720
I liked what I saw.
00:30:52.880 --> 00:31:00.960
It's when an offense performs that well, it's kind of hard not to give the offensive groups high numbers or high grades.
00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:06.720
So I'm gonna give the wide receiver crew an A-may close to a B plus.
00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:10.960
I s I still wanted to see a little bit more from the tight end group.
00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:13.039
I'm gonna keep saying that until I'm happy with it.
00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:17.920
But yeah, out of the tight end group, I mean, you had Luke Lindemeyer, Carter Nelson, Janarian Bonner.
00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:23.039
Ingerson was in there quite a bit, but the only one who had any targets was Lindemeyer.
00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:26.160
Three targets, two catches for 16 yards.
00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:34.880
To me, that is just a grave underuse of a really talented pass catcher.
00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:42.000
I don't understand why we don't run him down the middle more, why we're not using him in the red zone.
00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:48.000
Granted, we I don't think we have if we have a red outside of the Quentin Ives touchdown late in the game, were we in the red zone?
00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:52.240
The yes, the touchdown pass to quasi.
00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.279
Oh yeah, that's right.
00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:53.599
Yeah.
00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.079
Yep.
00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:56.160
That props field throw, yeah.
00:31:56.640 --> 00:32:04.000
I mean, in in those situations, I'd I w I wish we could use Luke more, but to me, I think what we're seeing is what we're gonna get.
00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:08.960
I just don't feel like Dana utilizes, likes to utilize the tight ends in the passing scheme as much.
00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:15.519
He knows Luke is a really talented runner, or block run blocker, pass blocker, and I think that's what it's gonna be.
00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:21.519
And I think that stinks for a guy like Carter Nelson, who's probably not as proficient in the blocking game.
00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.160
Yeah.
00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:25.039
So Yeah, I mean, maybe I just need to get over it.
00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.440
Yeah.
00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:27.200
That's just the offense.
00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:31.599
But I think we're wasting a talent at tight end.
00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:34.799
Uh yes, he can block, and that's exactly what you want from a tight end.
00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:41.759
That's good having a tight end that can block, but we've seen in the past that he can be an offensive playmaker.
00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:44.400
So it would have been just nice to see.
00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:47.200
Maybe, maybe one of these games we'll see it.
00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:52.880
But and I'm still waiting for to see how they're gonna use Janarian Bonner.
00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:58.000
Yeah, I mean, I mean, we just he's he's another kind of I feel like an afterthought right now.
00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:07.440
They talk about how athletic he is and how he can do he's a jack of all trades, can do anything, we can put him anywhere, but yet we don't find ways to get him touches.
00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:13.519
And it's also completely possible that through these first two games, Dana just hasn't opened the playbook.
00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:16.400
Could be the exact same thing I was talking about with Orige.
00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.880
Yeah.
00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:19.680
I mean, he doesn't have to open the playbook right now.
00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:22.079
We're playing two opponents that we should beat handily.
00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:26.640
We're probably running a very basic 20 to 30 play playbook right now.
00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:32.160
So, I mean, as much as I sit here and say, yeah, I would like to see this and I would like to see that, well, maybe we will.
00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.759
It just hasn't came yet, you know?
00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:34.079
Yeah.
00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:36.640
So still a wait and see on that.
00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.279
Yep.
00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:42.079
Offensive line, what are your talking points with the offensive line today?
00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:47.119
I mean, we had 260 yards rushing.
00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.720
That's a positive.
00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:50.960
The protection was pretty well uh good.
00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.680
I think Calandry only got sacked once, right?
00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:55.279
Yep, one sack.
00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:59.119
They seemed in control on the line of scrimmage.
00:33:59.200 --> 00:34:03.519
So I think there was only one one penalty on the off two penalties on the offensive line.
00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:07.279
I think Bobalad had a holding and Justin Evans had a holding or something.
00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:10.400
Yeah, there was one holding on Evans for sure.
00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:12.960
But overall, I don't think they had too many penalties.
00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:15.519
It was just the one, one or two, maybe.
00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:19.440
But yeah, I mean, we didn't see any false starts from Black this week.
00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.719
Nope, no false start.
00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:22.239
So he fixed that.
00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:24.559
I was happy with
the offensive line.
00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:35.280
I mean, they didn't when I re-watched the game this morning and kind of just focused in on the game rather than everything else last night at the party, they were doing their thing, you know.
00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:38.639
I mean, their their polls were good.
00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:43.360
They were putting hat on hat, they were driving people back.
00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:46.320
Lindenmeyer had some really good blocks again.
00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:48.000
I saw him knock down a few guys.
00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:54.159
So there really isn't any negative thing to say about the offensive line this week.
00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:58.480
No, I nothing I have to say is really negative.
00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:00.079
A couple things.
00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:05.519
According to PFF, there was there was only two penalties called on our offensive line.
00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:11.840
Evans had one and Bob Lad had one later in the game when he was in.
00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:15.199
There were the quarterback was hit twice.
00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:19.039
The one was a sack that Catella gave up, where Catella didn't the guy.
00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:22.480
I think the guy it was just a real nice spin move to the inside.
00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:28.000
Catella got his weight shifted to one side and it just got got by him.
00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:29.440
That's gonna happen.
00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:36.159
Nobody's perfect out on the outside, especially at a at a tackle position, hardest position and on the offensive line of play.
00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:43.760
Run game wise, I don't think he can complain about anything when you put up 260 yards combined rushing, you know.
00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.719
The holes were there.
00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:48.800
Got that one run, the big run that Rule had, and I mean nobody touched him.
00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:51.519
It was like it was like running down a freeway for him.
00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:57.280
So yeah, I mean, he had a good hole there and he just hit it and he's explosive enough to take it all the whole way, and he didn't get touched.
00:35:57.360 --> 00:36:01.519
So I give the offensive line an A-I would go A- as well.
00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:04.480
Just a couple little things to clean up, nothing bad.
00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:06.320
Defensive line.
00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:12.719
I thought this week they did a good job of controlling the trenches.
00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:16.960
There was Bowling Green couldn't run the ball at all honest.
00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.960
There was no semblance of a running game.
00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:21.519
We put enough pressure on the quarterback.
00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:27.679
I think we ended up with was it one or two sacks last night?
00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.320
I think it was two.
00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:31.360
Two sacks, yeah, is what I hadn't written down.
00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:35.599
Not a whole lot to complain about there, in my opinion.
00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:39.280
Jashir Whittington played the most snaps.
00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:40.800
Jones played well.
00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.480
Yeah.
00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:47.280
Just like we've talked about this whole show so far.
00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.880
56 to 7.
00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:51.760
Anything that I complain about is just gonna be nitpicking at this time.
00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.079
Yeah.
00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:52.639
Yeah.
00:36:53.119 --> 00:37:01.679
As much as I hate giving everybody A's and A minus and stuff, there's nothing really out there right now to give to tell me that I can't give them an A minus on this week.
00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:02.800
Okay.
00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:05.760
I'm gonna give him a B plus.
00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.239
Yeah.
00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:08.000
Just a little bit lower.
00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.880
I was very happy with the run game.
00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:14.719
Can't I mean they were stucking the rush pretty well.
00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:17.039
I mean, they didn't have anything hardly at all.
00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:22.800
I think their longest run was probably from the quarterback, and it was like an 11-yard scramble or something like that.
00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:27.119
I can't remember, but um the the rush defense was good.
00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:38.320
I thought the line the defensive line got some good push up front when on the run plays that kind of messed up the running back's direction that he was gonna go.
00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:47.039
I still think I said it earlier, I think there needs to be more of a pass rush from those guys.
00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:51.440
That group up for the group of four, they need to find ways to get to the quarterback.
00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:56.239
And I know it didn't hurt us in this game because they only pass for what 80 yards?
00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:56.639
Yep.
00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.079
84 total yards.
00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:59.440
84 total yards.
00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:02.960
And their highest receiver had 19 yards receiving.
00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:06.400
So obviously the pass rush did not hurt us.
00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:08.480
That we didn't need to pass rush.
00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:08.960
No.
00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:13.440
But going forward, I would like to see more.
00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:24.079
And I was hoping that maybe Anthony Jones or Williams Wineri or somebody would get around and make this move and sack the quarterback.
00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:27.760
But I'm gonna give him a big B plus because everything else was really good.
00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:31.760
So and the pass rush didn't seem to hurt us too bad this week.
00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:32.639
So no.
00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:34.159
Um yeah.
00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:37.599
I mean, we did get the two sacks, but one of them was by our safety.
00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:42.559
Jameer Khan got the one sack, and then Malcolm Simpson got the big sack at the end of the game.
00:38:42.639 -->
00:38:43.039
Yep.
00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:45.199
That resulted in the whacker touchdown.
00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:47.119
The whacker touchdown.
00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:56.400
Shout out Dylan Wacker, just another walk-on that has for some reason gained a lot of traction for me and Keith talking about the last couple weeks.
00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:58.559
Yeah, I mean, we're big whacker fans.
00:38:58.800 --> 00:39:01.760
We are moving off on the defensive line.
00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:08.320
Linebackers, give me your grade on the linebacking core with Chambliss back at the helm.
00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:14.559
It looked more the flow seemed a lot better with Chambliss in there.
00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.840
Felt calmer.
00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.320
Yeah.
00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:25.760
Chambliss is playing that that that middle part, the middle part of the defense, and I think that freed up Boster to kind of do what he needed to do.
00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:28.719
And Shavers didn't have to do it.
00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:30.800
We saw Merritt in there.
00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:36.559
He made the good he made a good play where he was rushing the the quarterback and he deflected the ball.
00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:38.639
He did deflect the ball, didn't he?
00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:38.960
Yep.
00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.199
Yep.
00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:41.199
He had the nice little deflection there.
00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:46.320
And the the linebackers were closing on the ball just like everybody else was.
00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:51.119
I mean, they looked like a very calm, solid group on Saturday.
00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:51.920
Yeah.
00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:56.800
I didn't really notice any blown tackles like last week.
00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.199
No.
00:39:57.440 --> 00:40:01.760
Like on the QB scrambling, it wasn't as obvious as last week.
00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:14.239
If there was there was for some reason, there was in my mind there was one play where the guy, the quarterback, made a couple guys miss, but it was it was still only like a six-yard carry or whatever.
00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:16.880
The tackling was a lot cleaner this week.
00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:22.159
Everybody looked like they knew where they were supposed to be, what they were doing.
00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:35.920
And I think it we've said it before, Chambliss just has that it factor where everybody looks to him, everybody trusts him, and everybody just knows what their jobs are when he's on the field.
00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.400
Yeah.
00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:41.760
Linebackers look good, and I think Chambliss being in there just made them all better.
00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:43.760
So I'm gonna give them an A.
00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.800
A minus.
00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:47.440
Yeah, I would go A minus as well.
00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:52.960
Hopefully with another week, Chambliss will look even better next week.
00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:59.039
I the only thing I would look for is maybe for him to actually make an impact play.
00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:02.239
There wasn't none of the he didn't have any of those on Saturday.
00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:04.159
But we didn't really need it.
00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:08.960
Dawson Merritt, young kid, I think still looks really good.
00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:13.039
Foster, I thought, played a really good game.
00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:15.119
Vincent Shavers played okay.
00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:19.519
I I mean he didn't nothing standed out, nothing stood out really with Shavers for me.
00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:23.039
Nah, and the stat line will not show much from Vincent Shavers.
00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:24.159
I think he only had one tackle.
00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:24.719
Yeah.
00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:27.599
But yeah, and it was a pretty quiet game from Shavers.
00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:29.840
I go A on the linebackers as well.
00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:33.440
Moving into the secondary, Andrew Marshall is a stud.
00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:34.079
Yeah.
00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:37.840
He is the leader of that secondary.
00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:42.000
He you can tell he's really comfortable in Rob Orige's defense.
00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:49.039
He's really comfortable being that one guy who can shut anybody who's across from him down.
00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:58.960
I don't think he had that one pass interference call on the first drive or whatever in that weird series where there was like three penalties in a row.
00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:02.960
But I didn't even feel like he was it was that clear of a pass interference call.
00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:04.800
I love his run stopping ability.
00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:07.679
I love his willingness to get up there and stop the run.
00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:18.880
The thing that I thought was interesting was that opposite corner in week one, you saw mainly Victor Evans and Jeremiah Charles out there.
00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:25.360
This week it was a lot more Danny Odom, the freshman, the true freshman.
00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:34.480
He actually had more snaps than Victor Evans, and Charles only had six snaps in the entire game.
00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:40.320
So that little dynamic there is, I think, is something to watch going forward into the coming weeks.
00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:42.239
Was Charles hurt?
00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:45.199
Was there some sort of injury during the week that maybe kept him out?
00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:56.159
Or did Danny Otam make that big jump from week one to week two in practice to kind of maybe solidify himself in that second corner spot?
00:42:56.320 --> 00:43:09.280
I think that's something to really watch going forward, especially going into Big Ten play, because that's something that I don't know necessarily makes me nervous having a true freshman out there against Big Ten receivers, but it's definitely something to keep your eye on, in my opinion.
00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:20.320
And that's a little off topic, but overall, once again, they gave up one passing touchdown late in
the game when most of the starters were already out.
00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:23.119
I think our second group was already in the game at that point.
00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:28.000
The guy was 10 of 16 for 119 yards.
00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:31.119
Not a whole lot to nitpick there either.
00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:34.239
We'll just give it an A-minus again, like we've kind of given everything else.
00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:35.440
What are your thoughts?
00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:42.719
The secondary was probably my favorite part of the defense on Saturday.
00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:49.440
Just, I mean, I mentioned it earlier, but my I was so impressed with Andrew Marshall's ability all day long.
00:43:49.599 --> 00:44:03.440
He he can cover his guy, he can cover anybody, and just how he swarms to the football and his ability to close on those plays and And he showed off his speed, like how fast he can get there.
00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:06.400
And Andrew Marshall's just a stud.
00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:06.960
Stud.
00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:16.719
I think on the other side of the ball, you just I don't know what's going on there because against Ohio, we started Jeremiah Charles, and everybody thought Jeremiah Charles was going to be the second guy.
00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:22.480
But ever since that bonehead first play, you just didn't see you didn't hear much about him after that.
00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:22.880
No.
00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:38.719
And I don't know if he's being punished for it, or if he's just maybe he's a little banged up, or they or maybe Odom and Evans just jumped him in practice this last week, or what's going on.
00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:41.119
But we're talking corners.
00:44:41.280 --> 00:44:45.280
I mean, Jeremiah Charles looks to be down on the depth chart right now.
00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:46.800
Yeah, it it is.
00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:51.440
I mean, he went from almost 30 snaps last week to six.
00:44:51.679 --> 00:44:52.000
Yeah.
00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:56.000
That's a that's a that's a significant thing to look at.
00:44:56.159 --> 00:44:58.480
Yeah, again, I don't I'm not there.
00:44:58.559 --> 00:45:09.440
I don't know what the whole scene is for him, but and it was just kind of shocking to me because you didn't hear anything during the week from any of like the big husker pundits talking about anything crazy.
00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:10.800
There wasn't no injury talk.
00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:20.880
I know Rule keeps a lot of the injury stuff close to the best and stuff, but there was no nothing on the chat boards or anything that Odom was making a big move or anything.
00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:26.960
So it it just kind of came out of the blue to me to see that Odom would get 26 snaps and Charles go to six.
00:45:27.920 --> 00:45:28.239
Yeah.
00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:38.320
I mean But we've seen it in the past in last year when Charles got the one chance to start against UCLA, had a rough game, and you didn't see him the last three games of the season.
00:45:38.400 --> 00:45:40.960
He was relegated back down to special teams again.
00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:48.880
I don't know, yeah, I don't know if that little blunder he had against Ohio has anything to do with it, but ever ever since that play, we haven't seen much of him.
00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:49.440
No.
00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:51.840
I was happy with Donovan Jones's play.
00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:54.000
I thought he played really well.
00:45:54.320 --> 00:46:02.880
He was very active and involved in pretty much I wouldn't say every play, but he was involved in a lot of the a lot of the tackling.
00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.199
Yeah.
00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:06.880
I mean he only had five total tackles, but he was around and he made some plays.
00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:08.559
Had an had an interception.
00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:09.519
I mean, yeah.
00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:14.239
Last week we didn't talk about McDougal, but I felt this week he was more active as well.
00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:15.760
I think he led the team in tackles.
00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:17.119
I think he had seven tackles.
00:46:17.280 --> 00:46:17.679
Yep.
00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:21.119
Seven tot seven tackles, so three of them solo.
00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:23.840
So we saw more McDougal out on the field.
00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:33.039
And does it bother you that this last week the three leading tacklers were all in our defensive backfield?
00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:34.880
I don't know if it bothers me.
00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:36.559
It just tells me that they're active.
00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:40.639
That they're willing to come up, maybe not so much because obviously there were no big plays.
00:46:41.199 --> 00:46:45.440
It wasn't like Bowling Green was pushing us down the field a lot and we had to tackle downfield.
00:46:45.599 --> 00:46:49.360
I think it's just the fact that our safeties and corners are willing to come up and make those plays on the edges.
00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:53.280
I think they're able to identify what's a passion, what what's a run.
00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:56.880
And when they're identifying run, they're just swarming to the football.
00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:58.400
Yeah, which is nice to see.
00:46:58.480 --> 00:46:58.639
Yeah.
00:46:58.800 --> 00:47:00.159
So yeah, that doesn't concern me.
00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:06.800
And normally it's concerning because if the secondary is leading your team in tackles, that means they're just passing all over the yard on you.
00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:11.440
Yeah, or running backs are getting those 10, 12 yards, you're getting deep into the secondary.
00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:11.840
Yeah.
00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:14.400
And that's definitely not the case as of last week.
00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:14.800
No.
00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:17.920
Not the case last week, not the case yesterday.
00:47:18.159 --> 00:47:21.679
I think it's just our DBs are swarming to the football.
00:47:21.760 --> 00:47:24.639
And that's kind of what Rob's defensive scheme
is.
00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:26.480
He wants team swarming, you know?
00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:27.760
Everybody goes to the ball.
00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:28.079
Yeah.
00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:28.480
You know?
00:47:28.639 --> 00:47:31.920
So final grade for the secondary, then for you.
00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:32.639
A.
00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:33.039
A.
00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:33.920
Yep, I like it.
00:47:34.159 --> 00:47:37.440
When you only give up 84 yards passing, you had to.
00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:39.199
I mean, it's that's a win.
00:47:39.360 --> 00:47:40.000
What more do you ask for?
00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:40.559
Yeah, what I mean.
00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:41.360
What more do you want?
00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:43.519
So they get an A.
00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:48.320
Special teams, once again, didn't really play a factor in this game at all.
00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:49.679
We didn't punt once.
00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:53.840
Unannon had a 50-plus yard field goal that he left short.
00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:55.760
Was online, looked good.
00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:57.519
Maybe he was kicking into the wind a little bit.
00:47:57.599 --> 00:48:00.159
I can't remember which direction he was kicking that ball into.
00:48:02.079 --> 00:48:08.719
Punt return wise, I like the fact that Jacori's not scared to return the ball.
00:48:08.880 --> 00:48:14.400
He's not out there like in the past where we have just guys waving their hands the moment the ball is kicked.
00:48:14.639 --> 00:48:17.679
Obviously the coaches have faith in him to make plays happen.
00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:21.519
I think I still think at some point he's gonna he's gonna bust one off.
00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:26.639
At some point this year, write it down, Jacori Barney will have a punter turn for a touchdown.
00:48:26.880 --> 00:48:28.000
I'm gonna give it to him.
00:48:29.119 --> 00:48:34.480
Obviously, that was the only true part of the special teams that we got to see on Saturday night.
00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:40.480
So, for that matter, it's almost me like an un an unfinished grade.
00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:44.079
It's not enough, not enough info for a grade on my item.
00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:44.719
Yeah.
00:48:45.119 --> 00:48:52.800
Yeah, I mean, when you don't punt, like last week I I said I wanted to see Archie come out and punt a ball further than 40 yards.
00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:53.280
Yep.
00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:56.960
Didn't get to see it because we didn't have to, because that's how dominant we were.
00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:02.880
The field goal from Canon, I think 55 is a little much for him anyway.
00:49:03.039 --> 00:49:03.920
He was right on target.
00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:07.360
It was I think from 50 he probably would have made it.
00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:09.760
But he's not the stronger of our two kickers.
00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:12.159
I mean, John Hole's the stronger leg anyway.
00:49:12.639 --> 00:49:14.719
I think 55 was just a bit much for him.
00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:20.320
And when you're
looking at the flags on top of the goalposts, they weren't moving, so I don't think wind was a factor there.
00:49:20.400 --> 00:49:23.440
I just don't think he has the leg for 55 yards.
00:49:24.159 --> 00:49:28.639
But, you know, I don't think that that was a bad part of the game for us.
00:49:28.719 --> 00:49:32.800
We didn't need him to make that field goal, so that's not really gonna factor into a grade at all.
00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:41.679
The punt returning, yeah, it's nice seeing a guy like Jakori's not afraid to field a punt and do something with it.
00:49:41.840 --> 00:49:42.719
I like that a lot.
00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:44.559
I mean, it I like the aggressiveness.
00:49:44.639 --> 00:49:47.199
I don't like the whole fair catch and just stay on there thing.
00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:48.639
That's boring, that's boring.
00:49:48.719 --> 00:49:55.920
And you need explosive plays, and one of these, he's an explosive enough player that he's gonna take one of those to the house one of these days.
00:49:56.159 --> 00:49:58.159
So I'd like to see doing it.
00:49:58.639 --> 00:49:59.360
I just hope.
00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:04.079
I mean, he looks like he's good enough, but ball security to where he's not gonna muff one of those.
00:50:04.480 --> 00:50:08.559
He gets close because the defenders are like right there when he catches some of those, you know.
00:50:08.639 --> 00:50:13.199
So some of his when he does bear catch, they are very last second.
00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:19.679
There is one part of special teams that I was that kind of pissed me off on Saturday, and that was the penalties.
00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:20.800
Oh yeah.
00:50:21.039 --> 00:50:26.400
We had on punt return, we had three holding penalties on punt returns.
00:50:26.800 --> 00:50:28.320
And three in a row, actually.
00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:28.719
Yeah.
00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:33.280
They had to punt three times, and every single time we had a holding penalty.
00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:35.280
And it pissed me off.
00:50:36.159 --> 00:50:42.079
So that's gonna I think that's gonna knock their grade down a little bit for me.
00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:45.039
Because we gotta knock that stuff off.
00:50:45.840 --> 00:50:49.280
Those are those are the kind of plays that are gonna they're gonna kill you.
00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:56.639
I mean, there were we got the ball and we're about the 40, 45 of our own side of the field, and that's pretty good field position.
00:50:56.800 --> 00:51:00.880
But you factor in that 10-yard penalty, well now we're back at the 35, you know?
00:51:01.199 --> 00:51:03.039
And to do it three times in a row.
00:51:03.199 --> 00:51:05.199
And then you could see Matt Rule on the sideline.
00:51:05.280 --> 00:51:05.840
He was pissed.
00:51:05.920 --> 00:51:07.760
He was not happy about it at all either.
00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:09.920
So he wanted to know who it was immediately.
00:51:11.440 --> 00:51:15.360
So, I mean, that's gonna factor into my grade a little bit.
00:51:16.239 --> 00:51:19.119
Other than that, there wasn't enough to really grade on special teams.
00:51:19.199 --> 00:51:22.320
I thought Nizaiah did a good job on kick returns.
00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:26.960
He had that one on the sideline for about 30 yards, maybe.
00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:27.920
He got all the way up to the sides.
00:51:29.599 --> 00:51:31.119
Yeah, he was straight, straight line ahead.
00:51:31.280 --> 00:51:33.760
He hit the edge and he went, he just took it.
00:51:33.840 --> 00:51:34.000
Yeah.
00:51:34.320 --> 00:51:36.559
So he listened to whatever the coaches told him last week.
00:51:36.719 --> 00:51:40.159
So he got he took one all the way up to the 40, which is a good return.
00:51:40.239 --> 00:51:41.679
So I thought he did pretty well.
00:51:41.920 --> 00:51:44.480
Um overall, I'm gonna give him a B minus.
00:51:44.719 --> 00:51:45.920
D minus C plus.
00:51:46.559 --> 00:51:48.559
They got some work to do on the punt returns.
00:51:48.800 --> 00:51:49.199
Definitely.
00:51:49.679 --> 00:51:51.360
Gotta clean up the penalties.
00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:55.280
I don't have a problem with that grade at all.
00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:56.880
Overall team grade.
00:51:57.199 --> 00:51:58.320
I'm gonna go B plus.
00:51:58.719 --> 00:52:00.159
We did everything we needed to do.
00:52:00.480 --> 00:52:07.119
I mean, you just there's you can't be mad about a 56-7 win over an inferior opponent.
00:52:07.360 --> 00:52:08.880
It was not one of those games.
00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:14.639
It wasn't even like last week's game where Ohio kinda went out and punched us in the mouth first.
00:52:15.360 --> 00:52:23.599
Even with that first possession interception, Nebraska's defense came out and said, No, you're not moving the ball.
00:52:23.840 --> 00:52:29.679
Got the ball back, offense went right back to work and took control of the game and never looked back.
00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:37.599
So the only thing that's holding that grade back is kind of what you talked about with the special teams and penalties.
00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:42.800
There was still the one penalty that brought the Calandria touchdown back, that's two weeks in a row.
00:52:43.039 --> 00:52:49.119
We kinda had a bonehead penalty that's behind the play, taking points off the board for us.
00:52:49.519 --> 00:52:57.679
You get into Big Ten play here in two weeks, and you can't take points off the board for just ding-dong penalties.
00:52:58.000 --> 00:53:04.400
So hopefully the coaches, I'm sure they are, are out there saying, Hey, if the play's past you, just let 'em go.
00:53:04.960 --> 00:53:07.679
That just don't there's no reason for it.
00:53:08.639 --> 00:53:16.719
Defense We've talked about how good they do look, but there are those few things that need to improve going into next week and the following week.
00:53:17.199 --> 00:53:17.840
Offense.
00:53:18.000 --> 00:53:22.239
Right now I feel like our offense is we got the throw we got the foot all the way down on
the pedal.
00:53:22.320 --> 00:53:25.360
I don't know how much more tweaking really needs to be done.
00:53:25.519 --> 00:53:28.880
So give me a B plus overall for the Corn Huskers in week two.
00:53:29.840 --> 00:53:36.480
Yeah, I mean, if you look at the three main parts of our team, offense, defense, special teams.
00:53:37.199 --> 00:53:41.679
I think offensively they're they didn't well enough on Saturday.
00:53:41.760 --> 00:53:43.039
They're gonna have an A.
00:53:43.280 --> 00:53:45.519
The defense is an A, in my opinion.
00:53:45.840 --> 00:53:48.480
But I think there needs to be work on the special team still.
00:53:48.559 --> 00:53:52.000
We still have a lot of things we need to do, it looks like anyway.
00:53:52.320 --> 00:53:59.360
There wasn't a big sample size of it on Saturday, but and really there wasn't a big sample size of it against Ohio.
00:53:59.440 --> 00:54:02.719
You know, we didn't really see much against either of those teams.
00:54:02.880 --> 00:54:08.639
But in a game that's gonna be decided by special teams, which there's gonna be plenty of those on the schedule this year.
00:54:08.800 --> 00:54:11.840
Like whose special teams is better that's gonna decide who wins.
00:54:12.159 --> 00:54:13.599
We're gonna see plenty of that.
00:54:14.239 --> 00:54:22.000
I don't think they did a good enough job on Saturday against Bowling Green that would say, yeah, we're gonna win a game like that if it comes down to special teams.
00:54:22.159 --> 00:54:22.320
Yeah.
00:54:22.719 --> 00:54:29.440
The stupid penalties, I mean it's just things like that are what's gonna kill you.
00:54:29.679 --> 00:54:38.000
So I think their B minus, C plus grade for me, the overall grade for the team is just gonna be a high B, I B plus overall.
00:54:38.239 --> 00:54:40.239
So that was good.
00:54:42.559 --> 00:54:45.440
Um, I think we're gonna be coming up here on another break.
00:54:45.599 --> 00:54:49.840
Nebraska's 2-0, but now we're gonna turn the page because the North Dakota's coming to Lincoln.
00:54:50.079 --> 00:54:51.599
They're an undefeated football team.
00:54:51.679 --> 00:54:52.559
They're 3-0.
00:54:52.800 --> 00:54:57.760
And we played them a couple years ago, and we can't really just assume that North Dakota's gonna come in here and roll over.
00:54:58.000 --> 00:54:58.239
Yeah.
00:54:58.400 --> 00:55:05.119
And we're gonna break down the fighting hawks and what Nebraska needs to do to get 3-0 right after this.
00:55:13.679 --> 00:55:21.119
Keith, when Husker fans hear that an FCS opponent is coming to town, a lot of people are probably immediately assuming that it's gonna be a blowout.
00:55:21.599 --> 00:55:27.840
How seriously should Nebraska and Nebraska fans be taking North Dakota this week?
00:55:28.480 --> 00:55:29.760
They should take them serious.
00:55:29.920 --> 00:55:34.960
I mean, I think North Dakota has a history of being a very good football team.
00:55:35.199 --> 00:55:43.840
And yes, they're an FCS opponent, and I think they are currently rated number six or number seven in the nation in the FCS.
00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:44.239
Yep.
00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:50.719
Bowling Green's opponent last week was Tarleton State, and Tarleton State is number five in the country.
00:55:51.280 --> 00:55:54.880
So two respected FCS programs.
00:55:55.679 --> 00:55:58.079
Tarleton State only beat Wool and Green by seven.
00:55:58.159 --> 00:55:59.840
We beat Bowling Green by a bunch.
00:56:01.199 --> 00:56:04.960
But North Dakota this week, they're I mean, they're three and oh so far on the year.
00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:08.000
They beat three teams.
00:56:08.239 --> 00:56:13.199
They probably aren't very good, but they put up a lot of uh good offensive numbers.
00:56:13.440 --> 00:56:16.719
It looked like looks like they have a pretty good offense.
00:56:16.800 --> 00:56:20.079
So I think it'll be a test to our defense coming up.
00:56:20.960 --> 00:56:25.679
They're gonna be coming in to the Memorial Stadium with nothing to lose.
00:56:25.760 --> 00:56:26.880
They're gonna try to beat us.
00:56:27.360 --> 00:56:30.480
If we don't play good, there's the game's gonna be tight.
00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:40.559
So we need to come into this week of practice, and they don't need to be overlooking nothing because North Dakota's they're gonna come in here wanting to beat us.
00:56:40.719 --> 00:56:44.719
We need to play well, we need to take care of business right away.
00:56:44.800 --> 00:56:48.960
We need to start fast, we need to do all the things that I said we need to do against bowling green.
00:56:49.119 --> 00:56:51.760
Yeah, we gotta just keep the script going.
00:56:52.000 --> 00:56:54.639
We know what we need to do, we just gotta do it.
00:56:56.400 --> 00:57:04.559
Anytime a Dakota team comes to town, not only to Lincoln, but anywhere in the country, people are worried.
00:57:04.719 --> 00:57:05.039
Yeah.
00:57:05.440 --> 00:57:13.920
And not worried maybe so much that they're gonna lose, but they know that those Dakota teams are coming in and they're not scared of anybody.
00:57:14.480 --> 00:57:18.159
They're they have good athletes up in those school systems.
00:57:18.639 --> 00:57:28.800
They are winners, they know how to win, and they love the fact that they can go into these bigger environments and show what they can do.
00:57:28.960 --> 00:57:39.440
North Dakota to me, looking at their stats against Portland State this last week, they're by far, I think they're gonna be the best offense that we've met to date in this season.
00:57:39.679 --> 00:57:43.679
The quarterback, Kaminsky, I mean, he's a very efficient player.
00:57:43.920 --> 00:57:48.559
Was last week he was 21 to 29 for 336, three touchdowns.
00:57:48.880 --> 00:57:52.800
Got looks like they got one receiver, a Corey Ty, who's his big guy.
00:57:52.880 --> 00:57:56.480
He had a big catch for 74 yards, four catches for 140.
00:57:57.039 --> 00:58:04.000
Don't look like they're much of a slouch running
the ball either, and they're kind of like us, where they've maybe got three or four guys that can run the ball.
00:58:04.320 --> 00:58:09.440
I mean, they ran for almost 300 yards against Portland State last the on yesterday.
00:58:09.679 --> 00:58:11.840
They proven they could put points on the board.
00:58:11.920 --> 00:58:14.880
They put almost 50 on the board this on Saturday.
00:58:15.119 --> 00:58:22.719
And the thing that's the scariest about those decluded teams and any FCS team that comes to town is they got nothing to lose.
00:58:22.960 --> 00:58:29.280
I mean, they know that this is probably their Super Bowl for the season.
00:58:29.440 --> 00:58:32.400
They're not gonna play in front of a crowd like this ever again.
00:58:32.639 --> 00:58:37.119
They're they might not meet the quality of athlete that we have on our team.
00:58:37.280 --> 00:58:38.960
They're gonna lay it all on the field.
00:58:39.119 --> 00:58:44.719
And I it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't a dogfight for the first 15 minutes of the game.
00:58:44.960 --> 00:58:49.599
I mean, they're gonna come out and they're gonna try and punch us in the mouth, and we gotta be ready for it.
00:58:49.920 --> 00:58:52.800
Well, they came in to Lincoln a few years ago.
00:58:52.960 --> 00:58:55.280
It was 17 to 17 at halftime.
00:58:55.440 --> 00:58:55.840
Yeah.
00:58:56.000 --> 00:58:59.360
I mean, they have proven that they can give us a headache.
00:58:59.519 --> 00:59:06.719
It wasn't that long ago that they were in Lincoln and they put a good game up against us, and we pulled away late in the game, like we should.
00:59:06.960 --> 00:59:09.920
I think it's gonna be a very similar game to Ohio.
00:59:10.079 --> 00:59:14.239
I think in the first half it's probably gonna be a little back and forth.
00:59:14.400 --> 00:59:21.760
I don't know if it's gonna go as long as Ohio was, but I think they'll keep it close in the first quarter, maybe into the second quarter.
00:59:22.000 --> 00:59:25.199
Maybe a seven or ten point game at halftime.
00:59:25.360 --> 00:59:26.320
I could very well see.
00:59:26.400 --> 00:59:34.079
I could see us being up whatever, twenty-one to fourteen or twenty-four to fourteen at half, and they're just hanging around.
00:59:34.159 --> 00:59:36.000
I think they're good enough to do that.
00:59:36.800 --> 00:59:42.960
Our defense it'll be a test for them, I think, compared to the first two game, two teams we play this year.
00:59:43.440 --> 00:59:49.679
I do think North Dakota is probably the best out of the three non-conference teams that we play.
00:59:50.960 --> 00:59:54.079
So we should come in this week and practice and be ready for that.
00:59:54.239 --> 00:59:56.159
I mean, do I think we're the better team?
00:59:56.320 --> 00:59:56.559
Yes.
00:59:56.719 --> 00:59:58.800
Do I think we have the better athletes?
00:59:58.960 --> 00:59:59.599
Yes.
01:00:00.159 --> 01:00:05.679
And we should win this game, but I don't want to see him underestimate North Dakota by any means.
01:00:05.840 --> 01:00:09.440
Let's go into what we say our three main keys for the game is.
01:00:09.599 --> 01:00:11.360
I mean, we've we've talked about it.
01:00:11.440 --> 01:00:15.840
There's a lot of things that we need to do Nebraska-wise to win this game.
01:00:16.159 --> 01:00:21.920
To me, one of the big keys for this game is what you talked about with the Ohio game.
01:00:22.000 --> 01:00:23.280
We gotta start fast.
01:00:23.679 --> 01:00:34.239
We gotta come out of the tunnel ready to go, ready to hit that field running, and we need to take a do what we did against Bowling Green, where we take that commanding lead.
01:00:34.559 --> 01:00:38.320
Make North Dakota have to try to play from behind the entire time.
01:00:38.559 --> 01:00:45.920
Don't let North Dakota get any sort of confidence with an early long drive or a quick touchdown or anything like that.
01:00:46.239 --> 01:00:54.159
Take the lead, make North Dakota play from behind and kind of make them one-dimensional, and then we can maybe pin our ears back and go after the quarterback and that type of stuff.
01:00:54.880 --> 01:00:56.800
What do you what do you think about that?
01:00:57.039 --> 01:01:00.400
Yeah, I mean, that's starting to pass is gonna be key to the game.
01:01:00.480 --> 01:01:04.320
I'm another one that I think we just need to establish the run game early on.
01:01:04.559 --> 01:01:09.119
And throughout the game, we use our three backs, use our strengths, you know.
01:01:09.519 --> 01:01:14.719
We should be able to run the football, and the longer we hold the ball, the less time they have the ball.
01:01:15.119 --> 01:01:17.440
Less chances for them to have explosive plays.
01:01:17.679 --> 01:01:20.559
So let's let's go on these long drives if we can, you know.
01:01:20.639 --> 01:01:29.679
Let's do these eight, nine, ten play drives that eat six, seven minutes off the clock and just make them fall asleep, you know, almost to the point where they're getting anxious.
01:01:29.760 --> 01:01:31.679
And when the people get anxious, they make mistakes.
01:01:31.920 --> 01:01:32.880
They make mistakes, yeah.
01:01:33.119 --> 01:01:42.400
So if we can just deliver some high play, long drives, I think that will kind of kill their hopes a little bit.
01:01:42.559 --> 01:01:43.039
Mm-hmm.
01:01:43.679 --> 01:01:44.800
Yeah, definitely.
01:01:44.960 --> 01:01:51.280
Like I said just a minute ago, I think another thing is just to to limit it limit their explosive plays.
01:01:51.440 --> 01:01:55.920
They've shown through the first three weeks they can put points up on the board.
01:01:56.239 --> 01:01:59.440
They they like to throw the ball downfield.
01:01:59.760 --> 01:02:05.519
We just gotta limit them to those, and I think we'll be in a we'll be in the driver's seat there.
01:02:05.760 --> 01:02:10.960
Another big thing that I think is important for this game is we can't look ahead.
01:02:11.119 --> 01:02:24.400
We're at that crucial point in
this seat early this season where we're coming out of the non-conference, we're gonna be coming out of the non-conference and heading into that first true road game up at Michigan State in two weeks.
01:02:24.639 --> 01:02:26.880
We can't be thinking about that at all.
01:02:27.599 --> 01:02:31.519
Our whole 100% focus has to be on North Dakota this week.
01:02:31.760 --> 01:02:40.000
If we have anybody looking forward to that Big Ten play and trying to make a statement the following week, North Dakota State's gonna make a statement this week.
01:02:41.599 --> 01:02:43.599
I don't I don't think that'll be a problem.
01:02:43.679 --> 01:02:45.360
I hope it ain't gonna be a problem.
01:02:45.599 --> 01:02:47.519
But you've you've seen it before, man.
01:02:47.599 --> 01:02:50.559
I mean, Michigan overlooked Western Michigan last week.
01:02:50.639 --> 01:02:51.039
Mm-hmm.
01:02:51.440 --> 01:02:53.920
And they were forced to the brink.
01:02:54.159 --> 01:02:56.320
I don't want to see that this week.
01:02:56.639 --> 01:02:57.599
No, I don't either.
01:02:57.760 --> 01:03:01.760
Um, it's it's important that we go into North Dakota and just take care of business.
01:03:02.320 --> 01:03:03.840
Gotta protect the football.
01:03:03.920 --> 01:03:07.679
Don't do anything that would make North Dakota think they have a chance in this game.
01:03:08.000 --> 01:03:12.000
No stupid fumbles, no dumb interceptions.
01:03:12.320 --> 01:03:16.239
I think we got the guy at quarterback that'll kind of keep us in check offensively.
01:03:16.320 --> 01:03:18.000
I'm not too worried about the offense.
01:03:18.239 --> 01:03:25.039
I just want the defense to realize that the guys on the other side of the ball, they can make plays.
01:03:25.199 --> 01:03:26.800
So they need to play well.
01:03:27.679 --> 01:03:28.639
Definitely.
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So, just to just to recap, three keys to three and oh.
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My three keys were we're gonna start fast, take control of the game immediately.
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We've got to win the line of scrimmage up front and protect that football.
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No cheap possessions for North Dakota, no extra possessions for North Dakota.
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Keith, just real quick again, give me your three keys to the victory on Saturday.
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I don't they need to start fast and start well.
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Number one and foremost.
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They need to take the momentum and run with it the whole game.
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Start well, punch them in the mouth a little bit, and again, we need to run the football with our three running backs or whoever's gonna be carrying the ball the most.
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We need to have another game where we're running for over 250 yards rushing, or over 200, or just some we need to have long, meaningful drives, you know?
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And
then we need to avoid turnovers.
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We can't give North Dakota any hope or any life, I should say, that makes them think they can win this game.
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So let's limit the turnovers and just play Nebraska football.
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100%, 100%.
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All right, we're gonna head into one final break, and then when we come back, we're gonna give you our players to watch for the game.
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And then it's time for the moment everyone's been waiting for, Keith.
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Oh no.
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The return of the corn yield profit.
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And I already regret this.
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We'll see you on the other side.
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All right, folks, we are back with the Addicted to Corn podcast.
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We already talked about what our three keys were to the game.
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Let's talk about Keith.
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What who are the players, one on offense, one on defense, that you are looking to make the difference in our in the game against North Dakota?
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I want to see another awesome game out of Jamal Rule on the offense.
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Yep.
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We'll say Jamal Rule slash Makai Nelson.
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Okay.
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I want to see one of them with over 100 yards rushing.
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I want to see another game where we have three or four combined rushing touchdowns out of the running back crew.
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That's kind of my key on the offense.
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Players to watch.
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And then my players to watch on the defensive side is going to be guys like Williams Wineri or Anthony Jones Jr.
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I want to see those guys go out there and make make something happen.
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Go get a big sack.
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Go get a strip sack.
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Go do something that's completely gonna fire up the team.
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Right.
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Make a play that changes the game.
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You know?
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I want to see those guys get after the quarterback.
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Yeah, definitely.
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If I had to pick an offensive player, to me it all lands on Calandria.
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He's the captain of the ship, the pilot of the plane.
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Nebraska will go as far as he takes us.
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He can he can he put together another efficient game like he has in week one and two?
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Can he just keep stacking games like that on top of each other?
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I love we've I've talked about it a couple times.
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I love the leadership quality that he has brought to this team.
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The fact that he's willing to hold people accountable.
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He's not afraid to show his emotions on the field when he's not happy about something.
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He's vocal.
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I think he's gonna have a big game.
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I could see him easily going over 300 yards this week.
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Probably another four touchdowns.
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Landra is definitely my offensive guy.
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On the defensive side, I'm gonna go with who uh the quarterback of that side too, Chambliss.
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I think second week back, I think he'll hopefully he'll be a hundred percent.
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I look for him to make a big play, whether it's some sort of big hit causing a fumble, or even maybe an interception on some coverages in the middle there.
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I'm I'm just ready for Chambliss to come out and show us why he was on so many of the watch lists that he was early in the season.
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So to me, those are my two guys for players to watch.
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Yeah, I think Chambliss is I think just what we saw on Saturday, Chambliss was just maybe just taking it easy.
01:09:08.399 --> 01:09:08.720
Yeah.
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Like he was getting his feet wet his first game of the year or whatever, but I don't think he wanted to do anything crazy to where he might re-injure himself or something like that.
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I think coaches probably told him just go out there and do your thing and play hard.
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Play hard, but don't do anything.
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Don't don't get risky.
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Yeah.
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Just stop take it easy.
01:09:27.279 --> 01:09:27.520
Yeah.
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So I didn't mean it's good.
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The more he the year goes on, he's gonna get healthier and the more comfortable he'll be.
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I think every game he'll be better.
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So hopefully against North Dakota, we'll see a little bit more.
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Definitely, definitely.
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Alright.
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It is time for the cornfield profit to make his predictions.
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Alright, cornfield profit.
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You somehow hit 56 to 7 exactly last week.
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What do you have this time?
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Well, Keith, you know, with greatness comes a lot of pressure right now.
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You guessed the football score.
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Yeah.
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--> 01:10:06.560
Profits don't guess.
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But I am gonna put up a prediction of 42-10.
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42-10.
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Huskers all the way.
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42 to 10.
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Okay, well let's see.
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I think we're gonna be able to put up points.
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I also think this is gonna be a similar game to Ohio.
01:10:32.960 --> 01:10:39.680
I'm gonna go Huskers 45 and North Dakota State 17.
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45 17.
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Just writing this down, folks, so that we can keep a running tally here of how many times we get this thing right.
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Before we go, give me your player of the game.
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Who you think is gonna be the player of the game?
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I know we talked about players to watch, but overall, who's the MVP of this game coming out of it?
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I'm gonna give it to a running back.
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I'm gonna go Jamal Rule again.
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Okay.
01:11:08.159 --> 01:11:16.800
I think he's gonna be It's hard to go against Kalandria because if he does what he did against Colin Green, he's obviously gonna be the player of the game.
01:11:16.960 --> 01:11:21.520
But I think Jamal Rule comes out and then again shows us why we all love him.
01:11:21.680 --> 01:11:24.399
I think he's gonna have over 100 yards and a couple scores.
01:11:24.880 --> 01:11:25.359
Yeah.
01:11:25.520 --> 01:11:30.640
I'm gonna I'm gonna combine my player of the game with a bold prediction here as well.
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I know a lot of my friends that are listening here are gonna get on me because in the past I have really hammered on Ja'Cori Barney.
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I've called him the fifth best receiver on our team before, and I haven't always been a fan of him.
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But he's gonna be my player of the game.
01:11:49.920 --> 01:11:57.760
He's gonna have another 100-yard receiving day, maybe a touchdown or two, and I'm thinking he's gonna get a punt return for a touchdown.
01:11:57.840 --> 01:12:02.960
And if he takes a punt return for a touchdown, I'll give him the MVP for the game, in my opinion.
01:12:03.119 --> 01:12:05.680
Okay what's your bold prediction?
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I'm feeling optimistic.
01:12:12.560 --> 01:12:13.840
I'm gonna give two.
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I think obviously my prediction, I think Jamal Rule is gonna have another monster game with a couple scores and over a hundred yards, but I think on the defensive side of the ball, where I'm actually gonna be pleased by the end of that day by the group that I've been criticizing so much.
01:12:31.439 --> 01:12:38.319
I think with the defensive line alone, without any linebacker help or secondary help, they're gonna get three sacks.
01:12:38.479 --> 01:12:40.000
Three sacks just by the D-line.
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Just by the D-line, three sacks.
01:12:42.399 --> 01:12:51.359
I think Williams Winary finally gets one, and I think combination of the other Camlin Hart's, the Joneses, I think they're gonna get a couple more.
01:12:51.520 --> 01:12:52.000
I like it.
01:12:52.159 --> 01:12:53.920
So at least three for the defensive line.
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It would be a big step for the D-line if we can do that.
01:12:56.479 --> 01:13:03.840
And I'm I'm optimistic because I don't want to come back here next week and say, well, why didn't the defensive line get any pressure on the quarterback?
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I'm gonna be optimistic that they're gonna get at least three.
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Definitely.
01:13:08.159 --> 01:13:09.199
Definitely.
01:13:09.520 --> 01:13:10.720
All right, everybody.
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So you heard it here first.
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Keith predicted a 45-17 win over the Falcons.
01:13:16.720 --> 01:13:20.720
The cornfield profit for the week is predicted a 42-7 win.
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This is where we want you guys when we make our weekly prediction posts on Facebook and on Twitter and on Instagram.
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Get your predictions out there for us as well.
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If you guys hit that prediction, we will definitely give you a shout-out on the week.
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We had a great turnout on our last post from Friday when we posted our predictions.
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We had a lot of our followers comment on it and we were we really appreciate it.
01:13:46.479 --> 01:13:49.119
But that's gonna do it right now for episode three.
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Like we said, Nebraska's 2-0.
01:13:51.920 --> 01:13:58.319
We just blasted Bowling Green 56-7, and the fighting hawks in North Dakota are coming into Lincoln.
01:13:58.479 --> 01:14:01.199
We've enjoyed the win, but it's time to move on.
01:14:01.439 --> 01:14:08.159
Take we gotta go take care of business on Saturday, get to 3-0, and then we can start talking about Big Ten football, Keith.
01:14:08.640 --> 01:14:19.279
Yeah, and hopefully Josh doesn't hit that exact score again because I don't think any of us can handle it with, especially with what his ego will become if it happens again.
01:14:19.520 --> 01:14:25.199
I can promise you, if I hit another score prediction, I'm gonna demand my own segment music.
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We're gonna create a whole thing, a marketing deal around this cornfield profit.
01:14:29.520 --> 01:14:30.960
Yeah, you're already demanding that.
01:14:31.119 --> 01:14:32.479
Fair enough, fair enough.
01:14:32.640 --> 01:14:33.760
All right, Addicts.
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Make sure you follow the show, share that episode with the other Husker fans, like, comment, share on all the social medias.
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Again, we appreciate all the comments on our posts this last week.
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Keep up those predictions.
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If you see me or Josh share it on our personal pages, make sure you click on the Addicted to Corn podcast page and put your predictions in there.
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That way both of us can see them at the same time.
01:15:00.640 --> 01:15:00.960
Yeah.
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And send us your North Dakota score predictions once we put up that post.
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Definitely.
01:15:05.439 --> 01:15:08.880
Want to say thank you to all the people that have been supporting us.
01:15:09.279 --> 01:15:12.479
Our Facebook page is up over the 114 followers.
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We have, we've we've we reached over 100 downloads on all the Spotify, Amazon Prime uh sources.
01:15:20.800 --> 01:15:24.800
Blue blows me away that with two episodes we have over 100 downloads.
01:15:24.880 --> 01:15:27.199
It's going way better than I ever could have dreamed it is.
01:15:27.520 --> 01:15:30.079
So thank you to all you people out there listening to us.
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Yeah.
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For Josh, I'm Keith.
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And this is addicted to corn.
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Because big red is a habit.
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Go big red.