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Five Heart Podcast 329: Husker Football Additions and Baseball Chatter

This week on the Five Heart Podcast/Live Show, we can only hope that the Husker baseball game has completed by showtime or we will have lost Jon for the foreseeable future. As the Huskers were taking on the top-ranked Maryland Terrapins Thursday night, if not by 9pm Central, certainly by the end of the show we will know what’s next for the Nebraska baseball team. In the time since our last get-together, the the Husker football team has received a commitment from in-state QB Daniel Kaelin, who flipped from Mizzou to stay home. He was one of just two Class of ‘24 quarterbacks to receive public offers from Head Coach Matt Rhule. And make some room at the buffet, because there’s a big boy coming in, as Rhule and Co. signed Tyler Knaak, an offensive tackle transfer from Utah. It is a gabby show, but we did have a fairly animated discussion about NIL and people who can $8M and not really care that they just did. We also discuss Kevin Warren and Larry Scott and two terrible conference commissioners and whether or not the game of college football is being destroyed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monday Night Therapy: Nebraska Football Opponent Preview With Purdue Guy Travis Miller

My friend Travis Miller will join us to talk about Purdue football. And maybe basketball and baseball. This is part of our continuing offseason coverage of Nebraska football 2023 opponents.Travis started SBNation’s Purdue site Hammer and Rails in 2009, then moved from SB Nation to Rivals in late 2022 as the new publisher of Boiler Upload.Travis and I discussed the 2023 Boilermakers.Well.... kind of.We started with their baseball program, which is in rough shape, but Travis points out that Purdue has never had much of a baseball program to begin with.Then I tried to get to football, but there’s this matter of the Boilers suffering what might be the worst loss in the HISTORY of March Madness when #1 Purdue lost to Fairleigh Dickinson. It had to be discussed.Then we got to football. Purdue has a new coach in Ryan Walters. Travis gives us his impression of what Walters has done so far.Purdue has a new quarterback, Texas transfer Hudson Card. That crazy legs Devin Mockabee kid is back at running back, and while they don’t have a “name” wide receiver, they had some guys with experience. This will sit well with Graham Harrell, AIR RAID OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR.The Boilers have issues at offensive tackle and in the defensive secondary.There’s the discussion of how big an idiot Kevin Warren was as Big Ten Commissioner, whether Travis is excited to have USC and UCLA join the conference, and playing night games in late November.Support Us!GET A CN T-SHIRT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five Heart Podcast 328: The Future of Husker Football

This week on the Five Heart Show, Jon, Tweedy, and Greg continue to discuss the fallout of Dylan Raiola’s commitment to Georgia. Is it the end of the world? What does Nebraska football look like without him and what’s the general pulse of the program? Does Matt Rhule have what it takes? And how do Deion and Frost compare, if they would have met? One commenter says the better coach would have been in Lincoln. It’s the middle of May so we’re doing what we can. We’ll talk about the upcoming baseball series at Purdue. And even though it’s not Monday Night Therapy, we will absolutely make fun of Todd for thinking he could walk up to Memorial Stadium on Volleyball Day in Nebraska and get a ticket. And we’ll take your questions and comments and dissect Jon’s Man-Killing Mastodons logos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monday Night Therapy: Dylan Raiola, Nebraska Baseball, Softball, and Track and Field

In this episode, Todd and I discussed:- The Dylan Raiola commitment to Georgia. What’s it mean for Nebraska? Does it hurt as much as everyone might think?
Greg Sharp stated that Nebraska is at or under 85 scholarships
Bullock and Borkercher get scholarships
Nebraska baseball’s sweep of Penn State and the upcoming series against Purdue.
Nebraska Softball in the NCAA Tournament at Stillwater, Oklahoma. Opponents are Wichita State and Oklahoma State, and guess what? Wichita State is 4-0 against the other teams in that regional.
Nebraska men’s track and field won the Big Ten in convincing fashion, scoring 151 points, their most at a conference meet since 2004. Minnesota was second with 122 points, and Iowa was third with 120 points.
The Nebraska Women’s track and field team finished 3rd, but look at this:
It was a great weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska, going to the baseball series against Penn State. I caught a t-shirt, which I unwrapped during the show. And I tried to kill myself with a peanut.
Man Killing Mastodons design - I am currently working on getting designs done for a Man Killing Mastodons t-shirt. I showed one on the show.
I announced I will be setting up a Patreon. I would like monetary support for the college football videos. They take a lot of time and research, and I want to start building a budget for doing a better job with them.
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Five Heart Podcast 327: What’s Up With Nebraska Fans?

Ryan Tweedy talks about the making of his Husker fan film - “Through These Gates”, which was released in 2013.If you’re not familiar with the movie, here’s what IMDB says about it: This film follow the director on his journey back home to Lincoln, Nebraska and all over the country to find out what it means to be a Cornhusker by comparing the culture of the community to that of the hometown football team.So Tweedy and Jon discuss Husker fans - what’s wonderful about Nebraska fans, and what is problematic. Tweedy talks about different interviews he did with and how he made up the film as he was going. Most of the interviews came about by accident - running into a person who knew another person. How he called Barry Switzer while Switzer was ordering Chik-Fil-A, for example, or a happenstance discussion with the president of Northwestern after a NU vs NU game in Lincoln. Check us out. We’re trying to figure out where we’re going this offseason. Suggestions are certainly welcome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monday Night Therapy: Talking Iowa Hawkeyes With Scott Dochterman

Heyooooooo - it’s time for another Monday Night Therapy session!Scott Dochterman from The Athletic joined us for an episode to talk (mostly) about Iowa football. And we did. In fact, after going through Iowa’s team, including Brian Ferentz at offensive coordinator, Scott stated he expects the Hawkeyes to win 10 games in 2023. Why did he say this? How does he think this way? Well, when you do what I did before the show - wash all the Iowa hate off you and scrub real hard - you can stand back and look at Iowa from an objective point of view. They should have, even with Brian Ferentz, a pretty good offense. Then they have a Phil Parker defense. Listen to the show. It is as close to a Hawkeye Nation show as you’re going to get, because TODD JOINS IN ON THE IOWA LOVE FEST for a bit, but this was my goal, as I want to learn as much as possible about our opponents this season. I believe it’s as detailed a discussion about Iowa football as you’ll find. You want to know your opponent don’t you? ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE BETTING ON GAMES. Support Us! Get A T-Shirt! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five Heart Podcast 326: May the Fourth Be With You

We’re officially into the off-season, and while we initially had the notion to visit with Ryan Tweedy about his documentary “Through These Gates,” it’s not just Star Wars Day, but it’s also his birthday. So he’s off with his family celebrating. As I mentioned, it’s Star Wars Day, so May the Fourth be with you. This show may inadvertently dip its toe into some pop culture waters. Blame Todd from this past Monday Night Therapy. And yes, Casey Thompson and Ajay Allen are in the transfer portal. We can’t do anything about that, but we have the discussion of whether or not one of our quarterbacks, Thompson or Logan Smothers, might return. Patrick joined us and we had a discussion about Nebrasketball. Our beloved Huskers are the #2 team nationally at getting good players out of the transfer portal. We have that discussion, along who the transfers are. Patrick does a dissertation supporting Deion Sanders and what he’s doing at Colorado. It’s a good listen. We do have a Nebraska native coming home to play for the Husker men’s basketball team, so we will discuss that as well and how we are even getting Iowa players to flip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monday Night Therapy: Husker Sports Updates, And The Dadgummed Transfer Portal

On this episode of Monday Night Therapy, Todd and I talked about: Football players in the transfer portal! Casey Thompson - why did he leave? How much will it hurt?
Ajay Allen - Todd thinks he was the best running back we had. He’d take Ajay over Rahmir Johnson! This comment had me clutching imaginary pearls as one commenter stated.
Stephon Wynn -
Richard Torres
Logan Smothers
We concluded that Matt Rhule has won the 2023 offseason national champship, crushing all others. Cayden Becker - a walk-on player who will play TE/H-back at Nebraska transferring in from Wyoming. NFL DraftOnly two Cornhuskers drafted: Ochaun Mathis and Trey Palmer
Iowa had some players drafted that they seemed to barely use.
Todd believes the reason Green Bay drafted Lukas Van Ness is because his sisters are hot as is his girlfriend, and as influencers they will bring much money to Green Bay.
VolleyballHad their spring game event in Central City
82,000 people bought tickets to watch volleyball in Memorial Stadium
There is a discussion of hot volleyball players, which causes me to remember Annie Adamczak
BaseballHas entered the Jekyll/Hyde part of the season
NDSU and Maryland
Softball0-3 vs. Northwestern - ouch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five Heart Podcast 325: Pure Good Nebraska vs Pure Evil Colorado

Nebraska had their spring football game/scrimmage this past weekend, so there was much to discuss about that. Two things I know: Jeff Sims looks like a starter
Nebraska’s offensive line has so little depth that you’d well better reset your expectations for 2023
Greg and I were joined by Ryan Tweedy for this show, and you can look forward to Tweedy being with us for the duration. It will take a while for us to adjust, but we’ll get there. We had a lot of discussions on this show, in particular: Ranking Nebraska coaches since Tom Osborne retired.
Review of the Nebraska spring game
Is baseball a sport?
What is Deion Sanders up to at Colorado
It never occurred to me until tonight (when we were doing the video), but the fascination by Nebraska fans of Deion Sanders and Colorado really has more to do with our morality (real or perceived) versus their, right?
Is Deion Sanders hoping to use Colorado to jump to a higher profile job? (It worked for Mel Tucker)
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Monday Night Therapy: Nebraska Football Spring Game Recap, Baseball Woes

Todd and I will recap the 2023 Nebraska spring football game, now that we’ve had a couple days to digest what happened, what we saw, and what we think it means about the road ahead. The return of Frank SolichThe Debut of new Herbie Husker The players, the crowd, the weather. Nebraska baseball got swept by Iowa. WHAT THE . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices