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Nebraska Football Red Flags And Big Ten MidSeason Review

Tonight I’ll be talking about some red flags to watch out for Nebraska football for the rest of the season. What sort of things are bothering me?
I’ll give you a hint, they’re strategic and not tactical.
Then I’m going to counter my own argument.
That’s the first section of the show.
The second section of the show we’re going to talk about what an incredible weekend it was in college football with Texas A&M mashing Missouri, Vanderbilt having an amazing win over Alabama, Minnesota beating USC, Michigan watching their season go down the poop tube against Washington.
We’re going to talk about our opponents for the rest of the year.
So we’re going to kind of do a Big Ten mid-season review. Everybody else is going to be doing a Nebraska mid-season review. I’m going to look at what I have seen out of the Big Ten so far.
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Corn Nation Overreaction: Nebraska Football Hands Rutgers First Loss in 14-7 Tilt

At least, that’s what I’ve been told. Hi, I’m Greg. I am the host of the Corn Nation Overreaction and my DVR stopped recording yesterday’s Nebraska-Rutgers game at the fourth quarter two-minute timeout. Nebraska was leading 14-7 at that time.
Did they hold on to win?
Well, you may be happy to know that the Cornhuskers have won their fifth game of the season, and it only took six games. (Insert appropriate response here.)
Tonight on the Overreaction show, I will be joined by Hoss and Jake to discuss all things from the Rutgers game. Notably, that defense that seemed to will the way to the win. It’s the only FBS defense that has not given up a rushing touchdown this season (although I know that by talking about it, bad things are sure to happen after this). But it’s not just that stat. We have other receipts.
Offensively, the running game plan seemed to be a hindrance and it took away from some truly special players utilizing their speed at the perimeter. But the Huskers found a way to A) win and 2) not lose!
I’m happy. Are you happy?
GBR! 

Five Heart: NEBRASKA/RUTGERS PREVIEW & WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON WITH SPECIAL TEAMS ANYWAY?

After a huge win at Purdue last week 28-10, Nebraska comes home to play their last game before their BYE WEEK against Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
Homecoming probably conjures memories of a chilly fall breeze through the trees with freshly fallen leaves and the smell of football wafting through the air. Mother Nature must not have received the memo of the Huskers playing their Homecoming Game this Saturday because the temps are supposed to be in the 90’s.
Besides the unseasonable temps, another unexpected but exhilarating occurrence is that we have a 4-1 season. However, with Rutgers 4-0 there is little time to celebrate.
The Purdue game showed us a Husker team that we can stay focused and keep grinding since all the points were scored in the latter part of the game. We also learned we have some dudes that can BALL; Ceyair Wright, Alex Bullock, John Bullock, Brian Buschini, Jacorey Barney, Barret Leibentritt these guys.
Tonight we will discuss the keys to winning on Saturday. Of course, there will be Long Snapper talk (as there usually is anyway) as well as missed FG’s and the mysterious calls from the black and white team-I mean Ref’s.
As always, we hope you will grab your favorite beverage and join us for what’s sure to be a lively exchange on Thursday Nights Five Heart Podcast.
GO BIG RED! See you soon!

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!!!