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Five Heart Podcast 376: Nebraska Spring Game Preview

This week on the Five Heart Podcast, Greg and Minnie will prepare you for the annual Red White Game this Saturday in Lincoln. 
What are we looking for from the game? Will the running backs pass protect? How will the wide receivers look in press coverage? Who will stand out on the offensive line and will Danny Dimes be crowned the starting QB before or after halftime? 
And that’s just on the offensive side of the ball. 
Speaking of, which side of the ball do you “root for” in the Spring Game? Do you want to see the offense light it up or does that give you doubts about the defense? Do you want the defense to be dynamic and shut down the offense or does that make you lose confidence in that side of the ball? No wrong answers, just curious. 
It’s the night of the NFL Draft, so we will take a few minutes to visit with Corn Nation’s Brian Johannes to discuss the possibility of any Huskers being drafted, or where the rumors indicate they may fall in the undrafted free agent market. 
We’ll hit some news and notes from around college sports, including but not limited to some football and basketball transfer portal acquisitions and the roller coasters that are Colorado’s football roster and Reggie Bush’s Heisman Trophy journey. 

HUSKER HEAT - The Nebraska Softball Show!

Join us on Corn Nation’s You Tube channel tonight for Husker Heat as we review a disappointing weekend in Ann Arbor, talk a little Iowa doubleheader as that will likely be winding up during the show and look ahead to this weekend where things don’t get any easier.
Northwestern currently sits a 1⁄2 game in front of Michigan for 1st place in the Big 10, a spot they’ve occupied for most of the last few years. We’ll let you know who to watch out for.

Monday Night Therapy: Nebraska Spring Football with Mitch Sherman of The Athletic

Mitch Sherman of The Athletic will join me tonight.
There is a lot to ask of Mr. Sherman. He’s been places. He’s seen things.
Like Nebraska football practice. Dylan Raiola and Danny Kaelin in action, one presumes.
I think the number one question I want to ask him is, disregarding the players, what do you think is the biggest difference between last year and this year that you’ve seen and the little bit that you’ve had of being around the team?
He has to talk a little bit about Dylan Raiola and the quarterbacks. Obviously the biggest thing is the quarterbacks.
Matt Rule, in his role as a CEO type coach, what is he like at practice? Does he really let the coaches coach the players? Does he intervene like a benevolent dictator? Or does he watch from afar?
Is that the kind of coach Matt Rule is? Is he really hands-on? Is he hands-on with his assistants? How does he lead?

Five Heart LIVE: Husker Football in the Spring, Proposed Super Mega League Leaked

This week on the show, the Panel discusses the wide receiver room. 
Jaylen Lloyd. Malachi Coleman. Alex Bullock. Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda. Jahmal Banks. 
While there’s a fair amount of depth behind this quintet, there’s not a lot of experience. So who steps up? Who is ready to go? 
Nebraska returns over 75% of production from last year. How does that fit in with Matt Rhule’s philosophy? 
Two Big Ten schools had their spring games this past weekend. What took place in Columbus and West Lafayette? How many people attended? Does spring game attendance matter? 
And finally, RedditCFB came across the “leaked” super league proposed for college football? What does that look like and is it likely to take place? 

HUSKER HEAT Podcast (Technically #5)

Producer's Note: I have no idea how this one slipped through the cracks unless I was just too distracted by work. So this is a make-good from a couple weeks ago. My apologies to Andy, Mylie, and all the fans. - GM
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This week we’ll dive into the sweep of Wisconsin where Syd Gray arguably did enough to win her 3rd B1G Player of the Week award and Kaylin Kinney battled her way to her best weekend of the season.
We’ll also preview the upcoming Penn State series and let that slide into a Path to the Dance segment in which we get into the metrics and what the Huskers need to do to avoid the only option into the NCAA’s being to win the conference tourney.
Click below to join the show and please add any comments or questions and we’ll do our best to address them. Or at least better than last week - sorry about that.

HUSKER HEAT The Nebraska Softball Show

Pod #6 is reloaded and ready to rock this weekend! Apologies for last week’s snafu, we are locked and loaded for this episode
Husker Heat begins at 8pm every Tuesday night - Join us or listen later by clicking the link below.
We’ll cover the weekend rewind and the previews of what’s ahead. We’ll also start diving in weekly to the RPI and strength of schedule as the Huskers try to move up high enough to earn an NCAA bid.
This week, we’ll discuss Penn State AND Rutgers weekends, preview the trip to Ann Arbor and go over the Huskers Path to the Dance as the 1st of two crucial series begins Friday.
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Monday Night Therapy: Should Nebraska Claim 1915 As A National Title?

Last week, Iowa lost the national title in the women’s basketball game to South Carolina.
At that time, I had tweeted out toward the end of the game, “Iowa will not win another national title,” and it started a bit of an argument on Twitter with some Iowa fans who I had trolled, and who started talking about their national titles and how they have more, because Iowa has 24 national titles in wrestling.
That’s a lot of titles, but it’s the only sport they’d ever won a national title in.
One of the responses was that Iowa has five national titles in football, to which I went, “What the hell is that about?” Because they don’t have five national titles in football. They claim five national titles in football.
At the same time, one of the other accounts on Twitter tweeted out a list of national titles held by people in football, and of course, Alabama claims 18 national titles and Michigan claims 11.
Nebraska has won five national titles. Could we claim more?
Particularly the 1915 national title.
We could, and that’s the subject of tonight’s show.
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Five Heart Podcast 374: Nebraska Football is in the Thick of Spring

This week on the Five Heart Podcast, LIVE and rocking the Chatterfields, the crew discusses the quite possibly the worst thing to happen to Husker football...apathy. 
We’re a few weeks away from the 2024 Spring Game with a 5-star quarterback, an Elite 11, homegrown quarterback, some exciting returning pieces and some dynamic transfer portal acquisitions. And tickets are still available to the Spring Game. Will that change before April 27? Probably. 
You would think enthusiasm would be higher. We’re heading into Matt Rhule’s second season, where he traditionally sees a bump in the win column. But we’ve been through the “off-season champions” schtick before. So perhaps tempered expectations are the right step. It just seems...odd. 
Weird things are happening in Lincoln this Spring. Things like “trades” and “roster maneuvers.” This three-roster split drives competition but are the waters too muddied? 
Meanwhile, a world champion coach was in Lincoln dispensing his wisdom. Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick spoke at the X’s and O’s Conference. 
Position changes and a Matt Rhule press conference. 
Did I mention the best collection of a live audience n the Chatterfields? You know they always bring it!

Five Heart Podcast: Husker Baseball Loses to Creighton and WE DEMAND ANSWERS!

It’s a full house this week as Greg and Minnie are joined by Andy and Aaron. 
You know Andy from Husker Heat, the Nebraska softball show. Aaron is a pretty regular Chatterfield who has been a guest on the show before and is also the Corn Nation baseball beat writer. 
So we obviously have to discuss Tuesday night’s loss to in-state rival Creighton. The 5-3 tilt ended Nebraska’s 10-game win streak that saw the Huskers appear in this week’s top-25 rankings. Aaron will break down Nebraska’s rise to the rankings and the likelihood that Will Bolt’s squad can stay there after the disappointing outcome Tuesday night in Omaha. 
Basketball continues its roster maneuvers, with attrition and addition. 
Let’s not forget that it’s April and we are in Spring Football season. Minnie has the latest and greatest news and notes from Lincoln as practices continue. 
GBR.

Monday Night Therapy: March Madness Fun! Nebraska Spring Football!

Nebraska made the NCAA tourney for the first time in 10 years, and because of that, I've continued watching more basketball than I can previously recall. It has been one fun tourney on both on the men's side and the women's side.
On the women's side, we have Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese going at it. And by the time we do our show tonight, they will have played to see who gets into the Final Four.
Zach Edey and Purdue have made the final four in the men's bracket. These are fun things, because it's sports ball.
Otherwise, it's spring football time for Nebraska fans, and there's plenty going on there. And we will discuss some of the things about football, because when spring happens, it's time to look at our roster and say, what is going to be different or better than last year?
So that's what tonight's show will be about.