Corn Nation: for Nebraska Cornhuskers fans

Five Heart Podcast 316: Husker Departures, Nebrasketball Surging, Baseball Begins

Listen to me!I have honestly replaced every bit of equipment I’ve been using to do these videos. Last week I went out and bought a brand new Mac Studio. I have new mics, new camera, and I’m still trying to get my together.So, honestly, this one starts a little rough, then it gets going.Greg and I talk about:Nebrasketball - wins over Wisconsin and Rutgers have things looking up for the men’s basketball team
Major League Baseball rules changes (believe it or not, we went here)
Husker football roster changes - Alante Brown and Hunter Anthony are gone, along with quite a few walk-ons. Why is this good?
Husker baseball starts this week against San Diego
Did Scott Frost learn anything? - It’s a question from a commenter. We discuss it.
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Monday Night Therapy: Super Bowl, The NFL IS RIGGED, Husker Updates, Baseball Begins

It was time for another Monday Night Therapy Session!Todd, Aaron (Brutus) and I got together and discussed the biggest and best about sports this week.Did you know the NFL is rigged?If you didn’t know it before you certainly know it now.Did you know Rihanna got more viewers for her halftime show than the Super Bowl itself? It’s true! Around 118M watched Rihanna, while only 113M watched the Super Bowl. Why? BECAUSE THOSE 5M people know the game was rigged and weren’t going to bother watching!We give you a Husker sports update.Nebraska MBB knocked off Wisconsin. Nebraska softball’s Courtney Wallace was Big Ten pitcher of the week. The wrestling team won their duals against Ohio State and Rutgers.And because baseball starts this week, we’ll discuss what we think of Nebraska’s team this season, Big Ten baseball, the Big Ten Conference’s lack of give-aabout the sport, and what might happen when USC and UCLA join the conference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five Heart Podcast 315: 2023 Big Ten Baseball Preview!

Patrick Ebert of D1baseball is our guest on this live episode of the Five Heart Podcast to preview the 2023 Big Ten Baseball season.Aaron tried to join us, but the audio wasn’t working. Our stream provider indicated they had an issue on the night we recorded so I couldn’t get chat working properly - unable to display questions, etc.BUTPatrick went through all the Big Ten questions I had.We discussed:Players to watch for in the Big Ten
How last season’s outcome of Rutgers missing the NCAA Tournament might cause the Big Ten Conference to care more about baseball
How UCLA and USC joining the conference will put more emphasis on baseball
What the heck is going on in Minnesota
Will Iowa be good enough to beat Loras?
He picked an order of finish:Maryland - only team ranked   
Rutgers   
Iowa 
Illinois
Nebraska
Indiana
Ohio State   
Michigan
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Monday Night Therapy: 90s Nebraska Football and Lawrence Phillips with guest Paul Koch

Paul Koch joined Todd and I for a guest episode of Monday Night Therapy. Paul was a member of the Nebraska strength and conditioning staff from 1987-1996. He is the author of “No Place Like Nebraska - Anatomy Of An Era” which I profiled in a video recently.Paul talked about what it was like being a member of the staff during the greatest run of Nebraska football. He relates what strength and conditioning can do for a team, how it got started at Nebraska,Getting players motivated to do their workouts was a difficult task, even when they knew it would ultimately benefit them. It was a special group of coaches and players that made the greatness of the 90s come about and Paul was there to tell us about it.He also talked about his relationship with Lawrence Phillips, as he was one of the few people who stayed in touch with Phillips after his incarceration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five Heart Podcast 314: NIL and NSD

Well, accidents happen.This episode, we were supposed to focus on the newest crop of Cornhusker signees. After all, it was National Signing Day!But the conversation quickly turned towards Name-Image-Likeness, from Nick Saban and Alabama refusing to pay to prospective Roll Tide’rs a sum of $1,300,000 (and I believe get one of their girlfriends into law school) to the Florida recruit and the $13,000,000 deal that was undone. Mostly it’s about how out front Nebraska is with its NIL, between the NIL collectives, the administration, and the coaching staff. We have no doubt that there’s a NIL Coordinator or two on Matt Rhule’s staff to help keep an eye on the ever-changing landscape of Name-Image-Likeness.We do talk about the young men who signed on NSD, making an incoming group of almost 40 to Rhule’s first season. We anticipate attrition after Spring football. But with the NIL money, maybe we can keep some kids on as walk-on status. After all, Rhule says it’s his hope to see each of the players get something from NIL. So buy that Pipeline Jerky!We were going to talk about men’s basketball briefly, but in the almost 90 minute show, we didn’t have time. We had to make time to make fun of Iowa.So enjoy the episode, and if you do, thank the folks who watch live. And then join us next time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monday Night Therapy: Ed Foley, Terrance “Pot Roast” Knighton, Officiating, And How We’ve All Been In A Cult

I have survived the Polar Plunge. I talk about what it was like, including the reasons I did it. One of the reasons was included in a post I received from a Heart Attack Survivor group I’m part of on Facebook.Two more new Nebraska football coaches met the media today. Terrance “Pot Roast” Knighton and Ed Foley. We discuss their introductory press conferences, including the words they use.Ed Foley said, “We’re going to return kicks”, and when I heard that I suddenly realized - Nebraska fans haven’t seen an Honest-To-God punt return in years. IN YEARS.There were certainly some guys fielding punts who were capable of running with the ball, but the previous staff DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER with that part of the game. Did we even notice?Were we so much the part of the cult of that guy we fired that we didn’t even notice huge chunks of our beloved football game were missing?Nebraska picked up a new commit - DL Sua Lafotu DLWrestling coach Mark Manning picked up his 300th victory with the win over Wisconsin.Baseball season is a little more than 2 weeks away.Todd and I talk about officiating. It’s bad. How can we make it better? Todd and I both have our theories and we relate them to you! How important is it for the program that they visit every podunk town in Nebraska? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five Heart Podcast 313: No Slow Burn

Hey hey, it’s time for a brand new Five Heart Podcast. This week on the show, Jon and Greg will talk about more football commitments from the portal as well as traditional high school commits.Matt Rhule made quite the statement about the expectation of timeframe on returning Nebraska to its rightful place among the top of the division, the conference, and the nation. Well, technically he said “I don’t want this to be a slow burn, because I feel like that year for them was last year.”SAME THING! Book your tickets, we’re getting in the playoffs!Also, we’ll probably find time to talk about the Husker men’s basketball team’s loss to Northwestern, since that will have taken place moments before the show starts.Your comments and your questions. It’s all live on the show!And help support Jon in his Polar Plunge this weekend, a fund raiser for the Minnesota Special Olympics! https://reg.plungemn.org/participant/jonjohnston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monday Night Therapy: Recruiting And Transfer Update, Husker Sports Overall

It’s another Monday Night Therapy episode with Jon & Todd.First, please subscribe to our YouTube channel and like the show video so we can get seen by more people.- Polar Plunge!!!I am doing a Polar Plunge this Saturday. That means I’ll be jumping in a frozen lake. I would like your donations to support the Minnesota Special Olympics AND because I’m currently #3 on my team. I want to be #1! (Who doesn’t?)New Portal RecruitsThey are the CORN DAWGS!!!Todd and I discuss Nebraska’s new relationship with Georgia.Jacob Hood—OL
MJ Sherman—Edge
Arik Gilbert—TE - LSU All-SEC
Returning after being in the portal:Zavier Betts
Isaiah Garcia-Castenada
HS Recruits
Jeremiah Charles—WR from Texas
Ismael Smith-Flores—TE from Texas (Iowa legacy)
Gage Wager — Athlete preferred Walk on
It looks like around 100 players that have been allocated scholarships. Someone has to go, probably after spring ball.The College Football Playoff - do we really want 12 teams in the playoff?Wrestling - Beaten badly by IowaBasketball - Emmanuel Bandoumel out for season - Nebrasketball has lost two starters nowBaseball Is Almost Upon Us!Fanfest: Feb. 11
Opener: Feb. 19 at SanDiego
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Five Heart Podcast 312: “You can’t lose what you never had.”

Commenters lead the show.Conversation about Fred Hoiberg and Nebrasketball and why I think Hoiberg is the right coach.Regular guest Linda let us know her 40-year old daughter was participating in an event where she runs 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days. That’s crazy man.I pulled this quote from the great Todd Wolverton of Jon and Todd’s Monday Night Therapy. In that episode, he talks about Walter Rouse and others who were N and then not.“What a loss,” Jon said.“You can’t lose what you never had,” Todd replied.It got me thinking about all of the names we almost had. And none of them hit home I think as much as Micah Parsons, who could have altered the tide for Nebraska when he was recruited here. Of course, he chose Penn State and is now one of the premier defensive players in the NFL. But could he have been as successful at Nebraska?We all talk about Joe Burrow (and now probably Max Duggan). But it’s fair to say that they probably would not have been the successes they were if they had come to Lincoln, because success at the quarterback position is so reliant on everyone around them.Juwan Gary is out for the year.Contribute to Jon’s Polar Plunge!!!!!https://reg.plungemn.org/participant/... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Monday Night Therapy: Nebraska Portal And Team Update, NFL Playoff Offenses

The Monday Night Show was happening during the Dallas Cowboys - Tampa Bay Buccaneers playoff game, which somewhat prompted Todd and I to start talking about the NFL playoffs.There have been some amazing games. Todd pointed out the Baltimore Ravens’ 300-pound fullback, while I was envious of their offensive linemen pulling during plays. Quarterbacks and the NFL offenses are much more exciting than they’ve been in my lifetime. The NFL is fun to watch. This wasn’t true a few years ago.This brought up a discussion of fullbacks (of course) and the question - What is a NFL offense?There have been several updates to Nebraska’s roster:Walter Rouse flipped to Oklahoma
Nebraska picked up a highly sought after OLB from Georgia - M.J. Sherman
Receiver Zavier Betts might return to the team
Isiah Garcia-Castaneda — withdrew from portal and it appears he will rejoin the team
Matt Rhule hired Susan Elza to be Chief of StaffWhat’s a Chief of Staff do? Will Rhule hire a press secretary? I hope so.Nebraska Wrestling:Todd watched as Nebraska beat Minnesota and Northwestern, both higher ranked at the time.
Todd brings up his past wrestling exploits, including how he was crushed by the insidious Flying Salami Brothers while a member of Schramm 6
All the wrestling talk conjured up the names Mad Dog Vachon and Baron Von Raschke. I met the Baron a few years ago. This is the full story of that meeting.
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