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-McClelland went viral for the wrong reasons last week, when at his introductory press conference at Purdue, he said “if you don’t want to win national championships, go to Indiana”…which, of course, was an incredibly stupid thing to say -McClelland went on the Pat McAfee Show on Friday to say he regrets the comments and went off-script in saying so.. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/b...

-ESPN’s Greg McElroy did a breakdown of the B1G and put the conference into tiers---the first tier was national champion contenders (Oregon, Ohio State, Indiana); Tier 2 was CFP Contenders (USC, Penn State, Washington, and Michigan); and Tier 3 was Conference Spoilers (Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois) -It’s not where Nebraska wants to be, but it’s better than the other tiers (Bowl Game Bound; and Work To...

-Last week, ESPN did a feature of the top 10 villains in the history of college football---they went further by listing each B1G program’s current or long-term villain and chose Miami for the answer for Nebraska -If you were at Memorial Stadium in 2014 when Miami came to town, you could definitely feel the disdain in the crowd…but is it enough to top Texas as the program’s villain? Advertising Inq...

-CBS Sports’ Cody Nagel wrote about the Raiola/Nebraska situation this weekend, and mentioned all the things Raiola had talked about last week in comparing the programs….and after assessing it further and what Matt Rhule said at Media Days, he thinks Nebraska truly might be in a better spot to win without Raiola than with him -This might be a question about QB play going forward---is a true pure p...

-It’s a Football Facts Monday…what does Bill have for us today? -Also, SONG OF THE DAY (sponsored by Sartor Hamann Jewelers): Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-The Husker football social media accounts put out a video this weekend of Geep Wade doing a karaoke version of Morgan Wallen’s “Sand In My Boots” in front of the team -Without further ado, here’s the audio….has Bill ever been part of a team or staff that had something like this? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Rhule said it’s been a good start to camp and he came back to a “big, strong football team this Fall”—saying that no tweaks were made in their offseason strength problem, but instead said it was more of a result of the program’s steady evolution -Also, Damon Benning is the new Director of Football Player Development, replacing Gus Felder—who went to become an AD at a high school in Georgia -What...

-Sip is headed to practice tomorrow to hear from Husker football players/coaches…what’s his plan of attack? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-The list from 10 to 1 of villains historically on a national level were: Caleb Williams; Deion Sanders; Tim Tebow; ESPN; Notre Dame; 1990 Miami Hurricanes; Brian Bosworth; Johnny Manziel; Coach Lane Kiffin; and Coach Steve Spurrier took the top spot -Any issues with those mentioned or someone who should have been? Who would make the list for Nebraska’s top villains against the program? Texas prob...

-The Pinnacle Bank Championship started yesterday in Omaha and rolls on today with Day 2…when is Doug heading up to Omaha? -What was the response from Day 1? Today is when the cut gets established…and there’s a Scotty McCreery concert tonight Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-It’s a Freaky Friday…what’s on Bill’s mind today? -If you’re seeking out someone to trust for any type of remodel in your home, call Randy at Deinert Contracting--(402) 417-5204 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

camp gets underway. That’s never something you want to see and we obviously hope things are OK with Steve. But in the meantime… -What does Fall camp look like without a key part of your team---the defensive coordinator? It’s one thing to have injuries and such but you have to think things would be odd without the DC around….what would that be like at Nebraska? Has Bill ever seen that in his differ...

-In the last week, Bijan Robinson (3 years, $75 million) and Jonathan Taylor (2 years, $44 million) landed new contracts, after seeing Dolphins RB De’Von Achane get a new contract last month…maybe it’s a good time to be a RB again in the NFL -Also, SONG OF THE DAY (sponsored by Sartor Hamann Jewelers): Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pri...

-What’s on Sip (or Jake/Bill)’s mind today in how to properly age gracefully? Let’s find out… -Go see Ron and the team at Tredz Central Tire Pros for your next tire, just south of Cortland on Highway 77 AND now on West O Street Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Carson Beck was the starting QB for the Cardinals, as they took on the Panthers in the NFL Hall of Fame Preseason Game…it’s good to have football back -Also, don’t forget---former Husker Roger Craig gets inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend…kudos to him -And, ROLL CALL (sponsored by Madsen’s Bowling & Billiards): where are Breakers listening from today? Advertising Inq...

-Reminder…NFL Football returns TONIGHT…Panthers/Cardinals in the NFL Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-We suppose we’ll chat about the story that is bothering Husker fans the last few days, with Dylan Raiola commenting about the differences between Nebraska and Oregon---saying there’s no cornfields in Oregon, there’s more football talent in Eugene, etc… -It’s taken us 2 days to even get to this topic because it doesn’t really bother us much---nor should it bother the fans---it’s a new year and he’...

-It’s a Cool Parenting Tips Thursday….what’s on Bill’s mind today? -Contact RANDY at Deinert Contracting for any house remodel projects---call/text him at (402) 417-5204 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-ESPN did a deep dive on all sorts of things about different teams’ schedules and assessed that Nebraska has the EASIEST non- conference schedule of ANY TEAM in the country---even easier than Indiana’s cream puff schedule -They also assessed that Ohio State has the overall toughest schedule of any Power 4 team---let’s see how long they hold on to the No. 1 ranking for---and assessed that Texas Tec...

-What’s next on Rick’s list of songs? Let’s tune in to find out… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Preseason football isn’t the prettiest form of the game—but it’s football---and it’s Cardinals/Panthers tonight at 7pm on NBC -The regular season begins September 9 th (that’s a Wednesday---Patriots/Seahawks)—and most preseason games start NEXT Thursday.. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Fall camp is underway, and Nebraska needs Colandrea to be able to extend plays and drives, which he can with his ‘chaos gene’--- some of his stats last year compared him to Arkansas’ Taylon Green at QB---but it makes us ponder what can be different than the previous era of a running QB -Dylan Raiola was not that—and while he had some nice passing ability, it wasn’t enough with the o-line woes---b...

-Final thoughts on yesterday’s press conference with Huskers ahead of Fall camp starting TODAY Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Boston College basketball has been down for quite some time, and new head coach Luke Murray has decided to change everything in the program---all the way down to the radio broadcast team, who was informed they won’t be back this year -Josh Maurer and Kevin Collins have been on the mic for BC games for 13 years—through several coaching changes—yet even though BC administration say it wasn’t the ch...

-Fall camp gets underway today for Husker football…what stood out from yesterday’s media session with Colandrea, Lateef, and Lenhardt? -Are we assuming today when Fall camp gets underway that it’s business as usual for Mekhi Nelson with the running backs or not? -Who has the edge entering Fall camp at the other starting CB position across from Andrew Marshall? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcir...