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Nebraska Beats Purdue, But Can They Defeat An Undefeated Rutgers?

Nebraska defeated Purdue 28-10 Saturday, and boy howdy, is there a lot of complaining about a team that is 4-1 so far on the season. So much negativity.
Granted, it was an ass ugly first half of football, but in the end Nebraska ended up soundly beating Purdue. The Blackshirt defense held them to only 50 yards rushing, 174 yards passing, and 10 points. That’s a pretty decent outing.
We will review Purdue, taking your questions and comments, BUT more importantly,
Rutgers guy Greg Patuto from our Rutgers site On The Banks will join us to talk about the Scarlet Knights. They’re 4-0, having just defeated Washington in their Big Ten opener.
It was a weird game. Washington ran for 207 yards, passed for 314, far surpassing Rutgers’ offense, but still lost the game. How and why does that happen?
We’ll have many questions for the Rutgers guy, and you’d better bring some yourself.

Corn Nation Overreaction: Big Second Half Lifts Nebraska Football Over Purdue

This week on Corn Nation’s Overreaction Show, Greg and Hoss are joined by Every Game Jake (formerly Big Game Jake) to discuss the first Big Ten Conference win of the season, a 28-10 win at Purdue. 
Bolstered by a 21-point fourth quarter that included a John Bullock pick-six, the Huskers turned a 0-0 halftime score into a one-sided contest. But make no mistake about it, there is work to be done and improvements to make. 
Greg, Hoss, and Jake will break down the game, from the abysmal first half to the redemptive second half. Penalties didn’t cost Nebraska the game this week, but that first half was rife with them, and that needs to be addressed. 

Five Heart 398: NO TIME TO FEEL SORRY, ON TO PURDUE

The wonderful thing about Five Heart is that every Thursday night we get together to discuss all things Husker Football. Which means it’s been nearly a week since we played Illinois last Friday Night.
I am sure by now you have watched Jon’s Postgame Reactions (both of them), Greg and Hoss’ Over Reaction, Jon’s Monday Night Therapy, Andy’s Husker Happy Hour, all of the Husker Coaches and Players Postgame Pressers and Weekly Pressers, rewatched the game at least 3 times, reviewed game stats, commented on all your Husker social media sites and after ALL OF THAT you still probably want to discuss what went wrong last Friday night against Illinois.
One thing we strive to do at Five Heart is give the people what they want; hence Greg performed lunges during last week’s episode after receiving a $2 Superchat request.
While we can’t expect that e-v-e-r again (hopefully), we can expect to bury any lasting remains of that Illinois game and move on toward a happier time. The Huskers will be playing the Purdue Boilermakers this coming Saturday, so let’s start this hype train, as we board it to West Lafayette Indiana.
See you Thursday night at 9pm Central. Until then, GO BIG RED!

Husker Happy Hour: Let’s Talk Illinois - and Defense

Join me 8PM CST Tuesday as Husker Happy Hour deals with decidedly unhappy 31-24 loss to Illinois and looks ahead to Purdue. Things covered will include:
Why the offense may be better than they’re showing.
A longer talk about the defense.
Where are we with injuries and “team decisions”?
The Drive Chart - because that’ll be…emotional.
Fun facts & figures
And maybe as guest host to chat a little about the Huskers since SMU.
And remember - I’m expecting lots of involvement from you guys by chiming in on the comments in YouTube Live.
 

Monday Night Therapy: Illinois Review, Purdue Preview - Were There Red Flags?

Tonight I will review the Illinois loss and looking ahead to Purdue.
While I don’t think it’s the end of the world, there are a couple of red flags that really bother me about how the Nebraska game went against Illinois. These are strategic issues, not tactical.
What are they?
You’ll have to join me to find out!!!
What about Purdue?
Are they as bad as they seem?
I hope to have a guest join me who will tell us all about what’s going on with the Boilermakers.

Corn Nation Overreaction: Illinois Upends Huskers’ 400th Consecutive Sellout

This week on CN Overreaction, Greg and Hoss have the unenviable task of discussing the 31-24 overtime loss to Illinois this past Friday night.
What did Illinois do right? What did Nebraska do wrong? Look, this isn’t a finger-pointing situation. But there are clearly some aspects of the old ball game that need to be addressed and corrected. The running game needs to be adjusted. It needs to be flowered up. It’s too direct. We need counters and traps, pulling guards and pre-snap motion.
We do blame the officiating just a little bit. But it’s more of a schematic issue.
The good news, the silver lining if you will, is that we have confidence in Matt Rhule and Company to right the ship. As Hoss says towards the end of the show, “we are light years ahead of where we were a year ago.”
Have faith, Husker Nation, run the damn ball, and win the damn game.

Five Heart Podcast: NEBRASKA VS. ILLINOIS WHO WILL BE 4-0 THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT MEMORIAL STADIUM

When you hear the slogan “There’s no place like Nebraska” this Friday night game should come to mind. It’s the 400th consecutive sellout game at Memorial Stadium with the Nebraska Cornhuskers hosting Illinois Fighting Illini at 7 p.m.
As we prepare for the excitement and pride of our ‘Friday Night Lights’ game, Greg and Minnie will discuss last week’s epic win 34-3 over the University of Northern Iowa and how the mistakes from that game (which were quickly overcome) are key elements to help Nebraska dominate against the Illini.
There are SO MANY SIMILARITIES in this upcoming game;
Friday night will be both teams first B1G conference game
Currently, Nebraska is 3-0 and Illinois is 3-0
Both teams finished 2023 with a 5-7 record
QB play this season has drastically improved for each team
Both Matt Rhule and Bret Bielema believe in emphasizing complimentary football while having a strong running game, great special teams, consistent passing play and being the most physical team on the field.
With these similarities, each team will utilize every talent, trick and advantage they have for this game on Friday night. It could be those “advantages” that could make all the difference. See you Thursday night at 9pm central!
GBR!!!

Huskers Happy Hour - Is It Safe To Believe?

Huskers Happy Hour is the new weekly Corn Nation podcast where we talk about the weekly stories, games, numbers and anything else we feel like talking about for an hour or so each Tuesday starting at 8PM.
Much like at the local tavern, we’ll yak about what’s happening with the Huskers and solve all their problems for them…hell, maybe solve a few world’s in general while we’re at it.
And we’re 100% looking for audience participation, so please take advantage and jump into the comments on the right on YouTube Live.
Huskers Happy Hour - Grab your drink of choice be it a bottle of water (or Propel!) or something stronger and belly up for a good time.

Northern Iowa Review, Illinois Preview And A Nebraska Volleyball Update

Tonight I’ll be reviewing the game against Northern Iowa and previewing our first Big Ten game of 2024 against Illinois on Friday night.
We’re going to look at how the two teams stack up, Nebraska and Illinois. Both teams are ranked. I believe Nebraska has a 24-game losing streak against ranked teams. Isn’t that friggin’ amazing?
Does Nebraska have anything to fear from Illinois? They’re coming into the game 3-0, just like Nebraska.
How is their offense? How is their defense? What are their strengths and weaknesses?
I’ve seen people say “Nebraska’s run defense was exposed” against Northern Iowa. Is that true?
In fact, people seem to be rather nonplussed about Nebraska 34-3 dominating win over Northern Iowa.
Our main volleyball writer, Beth, will join me in the second half of the show to talk about Nebraska volleyball.
Is the volleyball team capable of winning a national title? Was the Creighton- Nebraska match the best level of volleyball in Nebraska in human history?

Corn Nation Overreaction: Husker Football Welcomes the Boring Fourth Quarter Era

This week on Con Nation Overreaction, Greg and Hoss discuss this unusual situation in which Nebraska fans find themselves...the fourth quarter is boring and we don’t know that to do.
Let me be clear on this - we echo HC Matt Rhule’s position that a boring fourth quarter is in fact good. The more guys we are able to get into the game in those situations is good. We don’t need to be Notre Dame scoring 66 points against a clearly over-matched opponent. We need our young guys to get experience.
And that’s what happened Saturday night when the Huskers welcomed FCS University of Northern Iowa to Memorial Stadium. On the way to a 34-3 victory, Matt Rhule and Co. clearly were not worried about style points. The defense, while giving up some long drives, managed to keep the Panthers out of the end zone, even in the fourth quarter, a point of pride for the upperclassmen, as by that point it was largely second- and third-string players in. But the outcome was the same.
It’s a short week as the Huskers prepare for their Big Ten opening contest and the 22-ranked Nebraska squad hosts #24 Illinois on Friday night.
Enjoy this breakdown of the UNI game and we’ll see you next weekend.
GBR!