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What are the expectations for UCLA in the Big Ten with James Williams!

Tonight, I’ll be joined by James Williams, who is the UCLA football reporter for the Orange County Register and a host of the Bleav UCLA podcast.
We’ll be talking about UCLA joining the Big Ten.
Everyone got acquainted with Deshaun Foster as UCLA’s coach, as he had a particularly memorable first speech at Big Ten Media Days. What are the expectations for UCLA football?
Nebraska and UCLA meet in November in Lincoln! Will anyone from LA actually come to Nebraska in November? (Other than the football team and staff because they’re under contract.)
What are the expectations for UCLA men’s basketball? What do they think about joining the Big Ten in basketball as compared to being in the Pac-12 after all those years?
What other sports besides the two major sports should everyone else be aware of with regards to UCLA joining the Big Ten?
What is most shocking about UCLA joining the Big Tens?
Why does UCLA have to pay Cal when Cal is massively in debt, also a state school, and nobody wants them? The ACC took them because.... well, I don’t understand why they did that.
Cal and Stanford went to the ACC. I’m glad they didn’t join the Big Ten. I don’t think they care about football, and I think everything about making money going forward is going to be about football. We’re going to get into that as well. At least I hope we do. It’s a chance to bash Cal and Stanford!
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CN’S ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES: Jon Moxon Doesn’t Want YOUR LIFE! - VARSITY BLUES

Friday Night Lights meets raunchy 80’s comedy, we discover Paul Walker, the coach does Hitler salutes and Dawson drops dimes as a 22-yr-old HS senior. Varsity Blues was so wrong and so glorious.
“Playing football at West Canaan may have been the opportunity of your lifetime, but I don’t want YOUR LIFE!!”
Somehow, some way, the academy failed to hand a gold trophy to James Van Der Beek after delivering that glorious line, but Varsity Blues is still a timeless classic of high school football glory. As well as painkillers, naked whipped cream bikinis, undersized wide receivers who truly belonged in prison, coaches with mid-50’s ideas about minorities scoring TD’s, “Puke & rally!!” being a battle cry instead of a call for AA, etc, etc.
Yeah, we’re gonna have some fun with this one as the college football season is close enough to taste. (Although, the taste of college football is pretty awful if I think about it.)

Corn Nation Overreaction Revisited: It was a Black Friday Indeed when Nebraska Lost to Iowa

This week on Corn Nation Overreaction Revisited, Greg and Hoss are joined by Corn Nation’s very own Nate McHugh, by special request from Mister X’s and O’s himself.
The trio discuss the 2023 Nebraska-Iowa game, which the Hawkeyes won 13-10 with a walk-off field goal from the backup kicker.
Nate went the extra mile and re-watched the game via the Big Ten in 60 on YouTube, so his rage was fresh, which is the opposite we tried to achieve with this series.
Why is it that our offense couldn’t get going? Was it simply that they were gassed? Or were there deeper underlying reasons?
In this war of attrition, one team had to wind up on the short end of the stick, and for the seventh time in eight years, that team was Nebraska.
BUT...there’s a lot of optimism from this crew that different days are ahead.
Listen/watch for all the good times (and the bad). And GBR!

Justin Adams of The Voice of CFB Discusses the 2024 Nebraska Football Season

Recently, I was able to talk with Justin Adams from The Voice of College Football and take a deep plunge into the cool hopeful waters of this upcoming Husker Football season. Justin, being both a fan and an analyst, sheds light on some nagging Husker questions and gives us super fans a nice big dose of hope, while explaining why this year that it is fully warranted.
All the questions we are dying for answers, from what is going to happen with Malachi Coleman? With Heinrich Haarberg being one of the best athletes on our team, what do we do with him? And, just how good does our defense look?
I hope this video/podcast helps you to fully shuck your corn and have a nice buzz from drinking the kool-aid.

Five Heart Podcast 391: OL Depth, Kickers Woes, and the NIL Open Practice

This week on the Five Heart Podcast, we have the most unfortunate news that OT Teddy Prochazka is likely to miss the entire season with an injury that he incurred earlier this week. At the same time, Tristan Alvano underwent surgery, which we expected, and Brian Buschini lost some power in his punting. 
Nebraska held an open practice over the weekend with admission going to the NIL initiative. What’s the reaction from the event? What does Head Coach Matt Rhule have to say about his elite QB Dylan Raiola? 
And most importantly, is Rhule comfortable starting a freshman QB? Or is he more likely to rely on Old Faithful, Heinrich Haarberg? 

ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES from Corn Nation: Tonight We Go For It - ROCKY III

1982 saw the rise of Rocky’s new nemesis - Clubber Lang. Starting with the Eye of the Tiger, Rocky III showed is was different than the slower and longer Rocky’s 1 & II by putting its foot on the gas from the start. Join tonight’s show as we relive that wild ride.
The UA logo and theme play, the ending of Rocky II rolls, Eye of the Tiger fires us up as a montage of Rocky’s first 6 title defenses rolls, Rocky fights Hulk Hogan, a new challenger gently introduces himself (Hey, woman! Hey, woman!), the new challenger beats the brakes off Rocky, Apollo becomes Rocky’s manager and Rocky beats the piss out of Clubber in the rematch.
Fade to man hugs and leave the theater an hour and a half later.
There was Rocky III in two sentences, one long.
Join us at 8PM CST this evening for what’s sure to be a highly entertaining show as we review a Rocky which was loaded with the most action to date and set a new standard for unintentional comedy thanks to Mr. T, Paulie and Stallone himself.
Did you know Mr. T’s mom left the theater in the middle of the original screening because she hated what his character said to Adrian? We talk about that and other fun facts as well.

Are The 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes Big Ten Champs And National Title Contenders

Tonight, I’ll be talking to my friend Ramzey Nazrallah. He is the publisher of Eleven Warriors.com, a very large Ohio State site, and he knows everything about the Ohio State Buckeyes.
The Buckeyes this year are poised to be a contender for the national title and win the Big Ten conference.
So let’s learn about the Buckeyes.
Who amongst the 18 five-star quarterbacks will be the starter?
Who are the great offensive players that we need to know about?
What does Ramzey think of the expanded new Big Ten and what is he most excited about?
Oregon joins the Big Ten, poised to begin at the top. What do Ohio State fans think of Oregon as a football team and as a potential new rival?
And what about Michigan????!!!! There’s a new coach, there’s a new Netflix documentary coming out about “SIGN STEALING”.
So much going on!
All these questions and more!!!!
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Five Heart 390: One Month to Husker Football

This week on the Five Heart Podcast, it is officially game month. College football will be here be month’s end, when the Nebraska Cornhuskers open the 2024 campaign against the University of Texas - El Paso. 
As we get closer to gameday, we are delighted to discuss once and future Huskers. Adrian Martinez gets another shot at the NFL and Ndamukong Suh receives high marks about fifteen years too late. 
Dylan Raiola welcomed the #1 offensive lineman prospect to Lincoln over the weekend and asked Husker Nation to turn out. 

Five Heart Podcast: Breaking Down Big Ten Media Days and EA College Football 25

This week on the Five Heart Podcast, the team will break down the Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis. While we may hit some of the highlights of other coaches, our focus and emphasis will always be on the main man, Matt Rhule. 
While Rhule and a few players were out of town, the recruiting did not end. Kade Pietrzak committed this week, adding depth to the defensive line with the number one player in North Dakota. 
Technology has changed the sport immensely over the years, and it’s not ending. How are iPads and tablets on the sidelines changing the game? 
Our own (and yours) Aaron Rastovski will join us to discuss College Football 25 and the return of the greatest sports video game of all time. 

ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES from Corn Nation: Tip Off Tonight - BLUE CHIPS

Blue Chips featured Nick Nolte, fantastic as a college hoops coach, and young Shaq & Penny Hardaway as recruits, but in 2024 is the booster Happy played by the late JT Walsh the real hero?
Join us for Blue Chips, a college basketball movie from 1994 starring Nick Nolte, Shaq O’Neal, Penny Hardaway, Ed O’Neill, Alfre Woodard, Bob Cousy, Mary McDonnell, JT Walsh, Bob Cousy, Matt Nover, Marques Johnson, Robert Wuhl, Bobby, Knight, Rick Pitino, George Raveling, Larry Bird, Dick Vitale…
You get the point.
Maybe like me, this one grew on you when you realized the movie wasn’t about the big game.
In 1994, everyone was still taught to believe a player who wanted anything more than a scholarship was a greedy leech with no love for the game…and we just never really asked where all the money did go.
This movie did help that conversation along, but it also had some fantastic performances - even by non-actors - some really funny scenes and, of course, probably the best movie basketball playing ever.