Corn Nation: for Nebraska Cornhuskers fans

Five Heart Podcast 306: The Volleyball Night

This week on the show, we have a surprise guest as we are joined by Corn Nation’s volleyball writer Beth Merrigan to discuss Nebraska Volleyball’s exit from the NCAA tournament.Greg, Jon, and Beth discussed:Nebraska’s fast start
Oregon’s raging comeback
Substitution issues in the 4th set
The race to the finish in the 5th and deciding set
Injuries and the difference in play with no Kenzie Knuckles
Transfer Portal?
Where is volleyball heading on the national platform? Can we do away with 10am matches?
Beth brought a ton of great insight and answered questions from our live audience. And it went over so well that we'll have her back, and have other Corn Nation guests to discuss other sports we don't talk about as much.Of course, Greg and Jon were there to help you navigate the Husker football offseason, the comings and goings, as it were. New defensive coordinator and what that means. Also, Jaquez Yant is in the portal. Mixed emotions on that as Greg thought he has a lot of untapped potential, but it was also a DEEP running back room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon & Todd’s Monday Night Therapy: Matt Rhule Moves, Basketball And The CFB Playoff

Todd and I get together for another Monday night session. We have decided to keep doing these if people keep showing up. Note that we have moved to 8:00 pm to avoid a conflict with another popular online Husker show. This week Todd and I discussed: The amazing weekend of Husker sports! Nebraska WBB beat Maryland for the first time
Nebraska MBB beat #7 Creighton for the first time in Omaha in what seems forever
Nebraska wrestling won the Cliff Keen Wrestling Tournament in Las Vegas
Nebraska volleyball continued on the NCAA Tournament to the Sweet 16
We also hit on: The College Football Playoff Todd laments Alabama didn’t get in Can anyone beat Georgia? Could we see a Ohio State - Michigan national title match? Deion Sanders going to Colorado
The transfer portal, the players who have left, and the players that are going to
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Five Heart Podcast 305: Defeating Iowa Was The Least Interesting Thing To Happen This Week

It’s been a very interesting week with Nebraska football. A lot has happened and not all of them are good. Look back and think about it, it’s been the wildest week of Nebraska football news in several years, including the day of that guy we fired.Greg and I did another episode of the Five Heart Podcast Live!We had a decent-sized audience for most of the show, which included, but was not limited to, the following topics:Mickey Joseph’s arrest and its implications
Nebraska’s win over Iowa
The hiring of Matt Rhule as our new Nebraska head coach
Luke Fickell to Wisconsin
Michigan stomping Ohio State
Women DO NOT BUY White Yoga Pants, but if they do, they want them autographed
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Ohio State not wanting to play in the Rose Bowl
Predictions for the Big Ten Championship game
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Jon & Todd’s Monday Night Therapy: Iowa Win, Matt Rhule Era Begins At Nebraska

Holy Cow!What an amazing few days for the Nebraska football program!Nebraska beats Iowa. Nebraska hires a new head coach named Matt Rhule who had a press conference and won the hearts and minds of most of Nebraska in a very short amount of time. Everyone reserved the right to hate him later, though, as we are wont to do.Todd proved himself dedicated when he pulled over in Iowa and did the show from the lobby of a rest area.Todd and I discussed:Nebraska’s win over Iowa
Matt Rhule
Matt Rhule
Rhule, Matt
Nebraska’s new head football coach Matt Rhule
Is Mickey Staying?
Wisconsin hiring Luke Fickell
Is Mickey staying?
A short bit on men’s basketball
Tough times for the volleyball team
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Five Heart Podcast 304: Live on Thanksgiving Eve

I wish I had something witty and spunky to say here. I also wish we had a competent football team that can make adjustments and close out a game. I also wish we didn’t have sickness running around the house the day before Thanksgiving, but here we are.This week on the show, we’ll recap the Wisconsin game that almost was a win. We’ll preview the Iowa game that, Lord knows, it would be great to come out on top. It’s been...was my oldest son even born? I don’t know. He’ll be 7 next month.Jon and I had a lively discussion that included:Matt Rhule as Nebraska’s next head coach? Do you like this or not?
Pipeline Jerky as a NIL Collective - go to pipeline-jerky.com to get some!
Why coaches get paid so much money
A short bit of the Wisconsin game
How we can beat Iowa and predictions
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Jon & Todd’s Monday Night Therapy: Nebraska Loss To Wisconsin And A New Coach Awaits!

Jon & Todd are back for the Monday Night session.We begin by discussing the unbelievably disappointing loss to the Wisconsin Badgers. The good news is the season is almost over.I surprised Todd with a discussion topic concerning the dichotomy of how people feel about CEOs getting paid tons of money versus fans wanting colleges to throw tons of money at any coach to make sure they get the guy they want. I’ve always felt this was a little weird.We spent most of this show taking comments from fans. There was much “new coach” talk, with Todd and I discussing names like Luke Fickell, Chris Klieman, Lance Leipold, Deion Sanders.Someone asked about the men’s basketball team. I watched part of the first half against Arkansas Pine Bluff. Nebraska was down at half, 39-36, so I didn’t watch the second half. My rotten son informed me that Arkansas Pine Bluff had a Kenpom rating of around 350, so I just felt bad about myself and missed our beloved Huskers coming together and blowing out their opponent.Advice on men’s basketball? Take it one game at a time.Fans want to know when Nebraska will announce the new coach. I’d say probably next Sunday or Monday. Keep in mind our next coach is likely still coaching another team.Iowa Coming Up - are they beatable?Yes. The key is not making mistakes, but forcing them to make them. It’d be nice to end the season on a high note. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Five Heart Podcast 302: A Bowl Game Is Still on the Table

On a brand new Five Heart Podcast, Greg and Jon briefly recap the L in Michigan.They’ll talk about the upcoming game against Wisconsin and how to avoid losing the last two of the season and finishing 3-9 in back to back seasons. Think about it...5-7 and limping into a bowl game is still a possibility.Mostly, at least based on recent live shows, the conversation will likely revolve around the general state of the program and the ongoing coaching search as it enters its tenth week (you read that right). And we’ll answer Jon’s question:Are we as a fanbase being held hostage? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon & Todd’s Monday Night Therapy: Michigan Misery, Two Games Left, And A New Coach Awaits

Todd and I did our Monday Night show and woooooooeeeeee! It was fun.We had a lot of engagement. We had a lot of questions and comments from our viewers. And we didn’t get any complaints about the audio. Those are three wins.Todd and I discussed:The lives of eels
The Michigan game
A Wisconsin Preview
Nebraska Volleyball Lost to Ohio State and Dropped to #6
The Nebraska baseball schedule
Perhaps we can all get together in Minneapolis in March for baseball fun!
The murkiness that is the Big Ten West
Then a lot of discussion about Nebraska’s next head coach
Matt Rhule, anyone?
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Five Heart Podcast 302 LIVE: It’s Tough to be Positive - But We’ll Try

Greg and I got together for another episode of the Five Heart Podcast.Things are tough right now. Nebraska lost in an especially disappointing fashion to Minnesota, and now face their nastiest opponent of the season in Michigan. It doesn’t look like it will be a pretty game.We had a fair amount of viewers and they were very active with their questions and comments, so a good part of the show was spent discussing the current status of the Nebraska coach search, where the problems lie with the football team, and then we did predictions. Yes, predictions. There were a lot of ugly predictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jon & Todd’s Monday Night Therapy: Alas Poor Yorick, It’s a Tragedy

Todd and I get together, and I am shocked to find out he doesn’t know the line, “Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio”, because I thought everyone knew the most famous bits of Shakespeare.They do not.What does this have to do with our therapy sessions?It has occurred to me that this season is much like a Shakespearean tragedy. What do all Shakespearean tragedies have in common?BETRAYALDoes that not describe the 2022 Nebraska football season? Because I think it does.Here are some of our talking points for the evening:The disappointment of the Minnesota loss
Nebraska is the only team to not go to a bowl game since 2017 as Kansas will go
Michigan struggled with Rutgers for a half
Ohio State struggled with Northwestern
Georgia - Tennessee
Alabama - LSU - Brian Kelly
Notre Dame - Clemson
Sportsmanship shown during the Nebraska - Northwestern game when the Wildcat setter was injured
Viewer comments!
Blaine Cole points out that all Shakespearean tragedies have a hero? Who is the hero this year? No one knows yet.
Much discussion of potential Nebraska next head coaches
What about all those rumors?
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