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Five Heart Podcast - Huskers Better Win the Red Zone

CONTEXT! 
Matt Rhule gave a clinic to Texas high school football coaches titled “Winning in the Red Zone.” This has been an area of concern for the Huskers in recent years. Nebraska had a 69% (nice) success rate in the red zone last year. That was good for being tied for 127 out of 130 FBS schools. 
One could argue that Nebraska’s biggest issue last year was holding onto the ball long enough to make it to the red zone. Matt Rhule’s squad had just 28 trips inside the opponent’s 20 yard line, scoring on 20 of those. That’s roughly two and a third trips per game. And WE NEED MORE! So hopefully whatever Matt Rhule told these high school coaches will be seen on the field by the Huskers in 2024 and going forward. 
Also, oh boy, the Nebraska men’s basketball team put on a show at PBA, cruising past an Ohio State 83-69 on Tuesday. Next up is a road trip to Maryland on Saturday and then next Thursday Reink, Keisei, and the rest host the Wisconsin Badgers. 
Meanwhile, he Husker women’s basketball team is 13-6 overall and 5-3 in the conference and will go up against the Iowa Jerkeyes this Saturday and apparently the most dynamic or impressive athlete in the whole wide world. So...pray to the deity of your choosing that Caitlin Clark’s flop after the Ohio State game did irreparable damage to her ego and tailbone. Look, I know it’s not ballet, but you could have fooled me with her dancing skills. 
Looking forward to one of my favorite times of the whole week. 

Monday Night Therapy: Husker Wrestling, Basketball, The Polynesian Bowl and 2025?

We finally had a show on Monday night that’s supposed to be a Monday night show for the first time in well before Christmas that Todd and I were last together.
We talked about a number of different subjects.
We discussed the men’s and women’s basketball teams and their standings in the Big Ten. Nebraska men’s basketball is currently tied for fifth while the women’s basketball team is in fourth place in conference.
We had a discussion about wrestling and how Nash Hutmacher is extremely agile for as big as he is as a heavyweight and as a huge guy. Todd talked for a bit about multi-sport athletes and why it’s a good thing.
Someone asked our opinion on whether or not Kaelin DeBoer would be successful at Alabama. We discussed where people would rank Nebraska quarterbacks since Eric Crouch and there were a number of them. People had a lot of different opinions on the matter.
We discussed Caitlin Clark’s latest run in with a fan on the floor at the Ohio State game. People discussed the fact that Caitlin is both an exceptional basketball player and a good flopper. I pointed out that she’s not our player so it’s perfectly well and good that we make fun of her and tear them down when they lose.
I will be jumping in a frozen lake or a cold lake this Saturday and I hope that you can contribute to my donation so I can raise $500 to give to the Minnesota Special Olympics. SEE BELOW!
Also, if you’re looking for history videos, this offseason I will be doing a lot more with my Hardcore College Football History channel. We’ll still be having live shows and I’ll still be doing some videos on the Corn Nation channel, but my focus will be on history for most of the offseason.

Nebraska’s Coaching Connections, Polynesian Bowl, MBB Woes and Much More

I realize that the title for this looks like it belongs on the daily Flakes. Lots going on. 
Dylan Raiola is not the only future Husker who participated in the Polynesian Bowl, which perplexes me entirely because I thought you had to have Polynesian heritage to play in the game. But looking over the participants, that is NOT the case (looking at you, middle America’s Carter Nelson). And with all the worries about long snapper, is there one to be found playing among future Huskers in Hawai’i? 
After topping the number one team in the land, the Husker MBB team has slipped slightly, losing road contests to Iowa and Rutgers, with the loss to the Scarlet Knights coming in overtime. That is not how you follow up the biggest win in over forty years, and it’s not helping to make the case for a tournament bid. Sorry, it’s just not. 
And Minnie’s been working up a chart that shows how Matt Rhule’s staff is comprised of people he largely knowns and has worked with in the past, including new quarterback coach Glenn Thomas. 

Husker Updates - All Them Football Transfers, Wrestling, MBB, WBB - Huskerpalooza

We moved the show to Tuesday as Todd and I both had other engagements last evening.
It was a wide-ranging show and we covered quite an array of topics.
Believe it or not, we started with Iowa because of all the coaching changes that have gone on, I noticed one thing that’s going on with Iowa.
They haven’t hired an offensive coordinator. A revelation hit me that they haven’t hired an offensive coordinator because nobody wants to be Kirk Ferentz’ offensive coordinator. They don’t want to end their career because if you go to Iowa, you’re going to have to do whatever Kirk says and whatever Kirk says is not going to be a good offense. You’re not going to be able to, let’s say, go from a position group coach to a coordinator and then have anyone else hire you.
So in a way, you could look at this and say Brian Ferentz’ was actually just used by his dad to suck up his career and destroy it and keep him from going any further.
Any arguments on that?
We discussed Husker men’s basketball.
We discussed Husker wrestling and their loss to Iowa and why we lost to Iowa.
We discussed the Husker volleyball team with the players leaving and players coming.
We even discussed the NFL and how the Packers destroying the Dallas Cowboys was possibly one of the greatest NFL games I’ve ever seen.
There was a lot of discussion because we have a really good community and the people ask a lot of questions and drive a lot of the conversation. And that’s really what it’s about on Monday night or Tuesday night or whatever night we’re going to have this.
Both Todd and I expressed our frustration at the fact that there is so much hype again already for Dylan Raiola coming to campus and all of the off-season hype and it gets to be too much when we’ve done the same thing for years now, which is over-hype our team and then be disappointed at the outcome. Whereas we would be better off to just downplay it a little bit and then be happy with what we got in the fall.
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Husker MBB Stuns Purdue, Polar Bear Takes to the Mat, Football Acquisitions

It’s a packed show with plenty to talk about this week. Jon’s out, we know that going in. Greg and Minnie will be joined by a couple exceptional Corn Nation writers to unpack what has been a surprisingly busy week. 
Minnie hits us with show prep the likes of which we are not accustomed. Portal players committing to Nebraska, a retirement in Tuscaloosa, and two individuals with Nebraska ties heading to the College Football Hall of Fame. 
Jarek is there to talk about 16-point win that the Nebraska men’s basketball team had over #1 (soon to be former #1) Purdue. What...a...moment!
Dylan joins us and talk some Nebraska wrestling. And while maybe it’s not fair to the majority of the team that it grabbed most of the headlines last weekend, you know we’re going to talk about Nash Hutmacher stepping on the mat for the first time since high school. The Polar Bear handled business, picking up a pinfall win. But the Husker grapplers are ranked fourth nationally and open the Big Ten slate against #2 Iowa Friday night. 
As always, the Chatterfields, much like the Regulators, will mount up!

Stick a Fork In It, College Football Is Over: Good Riddance!

Cheating Michigan and Jim Harbaugh end up on top of the college football world -- at least for a while -- and the sport as we know it is finished. We tackle that, along with recent Cornhusker football and volleyball news, as well as the birth of a legend on Saturday at the Devaney Center. Plus, we will certainly find more to talk about as we always do!
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Five Heart Podcast: Huskers Bring Top Players, How VB Uses Transfer Portal

Welcome to 2024, where the optimism is rampant and hope springs eternal. 
In this episode, Jon, Greg, and Minnie will talk about the CFP semifinals and make a bold (?) prediction for the national championship game. 
Minnie has compiled a list of incoming football players who are the top-ranked player in their position in their state. We will review that list and how Matt Rhule and his staff have elevated the recruitment game in their short time at Nebraska. 
And in volleyball, you certainly remember John Cook’s words after losing the national championship to Texas a few weeks ago about transfer portal usage. Well imagine my surprise when I saw a few days ago that the Huskers are bringing in the 2022 Big Ten POY Taylor Landfair. So how has Cook been utilizing transfer portal acquisitions? 
Looking forward to seeing the Chatterfields in the new year! 

Monday Night Therapy: It’s 2024! Welcome To A Whole New World!

It’s 2024!!!
An entire new beginning. Out with the old, in with the new!
What will 2024 be like?
That’s what I’ll be asking Todd while I watch Texas - Washington.

Five Heart 359: Husker Resolutions for the New Year

We did Christmas Wish List items last week, it only seems fitting to keep the holiday theme. 
Jon wasn’t able to join us as he had some family in town for one last day. But Minnie and Greg put on a hell of a show, talking about a couple transfer portal possibilities at the skill positions (RB and WR) that will be visiting Lincoln in the coming weeks.
Minnie did a ton of prep work on recapping the bowl games thus far. We didn’t get to any of that. But we did talk a little bit about the college football playoff. Nebraska, as a state, seems to be solidly behind Washington. There won’t be anyone crying if Texas loses, anyway. But Michigan/Alabama is a tough one to call, because we all hate Alabama and we fit in very nicely with the long-standing Big Ten tradition of crapping on our conference-mates. So let’s just all root for Washington, after all they aren’t a Big Ten team...yet.
And for good measure, a few New Years resolutions as they pertain to Nebraska athletics. Like not throwing chairs or criticizing the coaching staff, you know, the usual.

Nebraska Year in Review: Did Our Beloved Huskers Get Better All Over?

This is our year in review. We discussed nearly all of Nebraska’s athletic teams and when it was done, I came to the conclusion that none of this sucks.
What does that mean?
Well, one of our commenters asked what we thought of Trev Alberts’ performance so far, and I had to conclude - after a rather long ranty bit - that Alberts has done an amazing job.
You look at our programs across the board and you have to come to the conclusion that none of them are in positions of peril.
Going into 2024:
The baseball program is looking up.
Softball has Jordy Bahl coming in and that should be amazing.
Track and field has done some amazing things with more in the future.
MBB is currently 10-2 and maybe could make a postseason.
Volleyball just had one of the most amazing seasons ever and more is ahead.
Bowling, rifle are always good
Women’s soccer had an amazing season.
And then there’s football. The program is headed in the right direction. The future looks bright. Haters and doomsayers may not think so, but they’ll always think that way.
Overall, 2023 was a decent, but not great year. and 2024 looks better. That’s my assessment.
What do you think?