Locked On Nebraska - Daily Podcast on the Nebraska Cornhuskers

The over-under numbers are out for the 2025 college football season. This is simply too enticing to pass up as a topic of May discussion. Nebraska finds itself in a familiar spot, looking at 7.5 as the number. Connor and Mitch give their thoughts on the Huskers’ expected win total and discuss how the makeup of the fall schedule might factor.  We look around the Big Ten, too, at a few storylines th...

Nebraska football got big news, by May standards, on Tuesday, with the announcement that its season opener against Cincinnati at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City will kick off at 8 p.m. ESPN will televise the Thursday night game. If this kind of offseason news makes you unreasonably happy, you’ll enjoy the episode today.  Connor and Mitch are drafting every game in the Huskers’ 2025 season. As we...

The debate rages in the aftermath of our discussion Monday about Nebraska’s dream to some day again compete for – and win – a national championship. We heard from several listeners and viewers who took issue with our takes on the subject. It’s a lively offseason discussion, perhaps one of the most enlightening that we’ve encountered in 2025.  We also heard from Matt Rhule this week, via a HuskerOn...

A listener to the show wants to know why we’re questioning if Nebraska can ever win a national championship again. If not, what’s the point? Connor and Mitch debate this topic, which rates as the ultimate question in the quest for success at the highest level in college football.  We survived what felt like the first weekend of summer. So did Nebraska baseball. Will Bolt’s team won a series agains...

$40 million in NIL deals: Is college football's Big Ten conference reshaping the sport's financial landscape? As the debate over potential salary caps heats up, Michigan State's upcoming season predictions add another layer of intrigue. Explore the dynamics of NIL deals and their impact on competitive balance, with insights from key figures like Ryan Herrings and Zach Seka. The discussion covers t...

The mailbag this week is full of good questions from our listeners and viewers. Thanks, as always, for your contributions, which cover topics such as the media’s job in delivering analysis of Nebraska football; pre-game locker room hype men; expectations for Matt Rhule in Year 3 with the Huskers; and the future of athletic departments nationally.  Connor and Mitch spend more time on the madness at...

List season in college football season is upon us. And this year, it’s set to be more obnoxious than ever. Why is that? Connor and Mitch will tell you as they review a very legitimate set of lists created by Andy Staples and Ari Wasserman of On3 that ranks the top coaching jobs in the sport. After the top three to four jobs in the Big Ten, where does Nebraska fit?  Also, college sports moved close...

The day is here in college sports that could bring us to an end in the massive court case set to change the landscape as we know it. The House Settlement might finally receive approval today from a federal judge. Or it could be denied. Either way, there are huge implications for Nebraska football and Nebraska athletics. Connor and Mitch tell you what you need to know – and what it means for the Hu...

Go ahead and get mad, Nebraska fans, at the decision of Michigan and Sherrone Moore to suspend the second-year coach for the Wolverines’ Big Ten opener instead of a Week 2 trip to Oklahoma as continued punishment for the cheating scheme that rocked college football a couple years ago. Yes, this decision can be taken as a slap in the face to the Huskers. Michigan is choosing to sit Moore in Weeks 3...

We’re less than three months away from preseason camp at Nebraska. And it’s never too early to start talking about position battles that we expect to reach a heated place in August. The Huskers’ decision last week to take a kicker from the transfer portal got us thinking: Is that race set to rate as the most hotly contested of the late summer? We all know what can happen if Nebraska doesn’t find a...

The Friday mailbag is open. We’re starting with a question about Trae Taylor, the four-star sophomore in high school who committed to Nebraska on Wednesday. Are the Huskers set at QB for the long term? That’s a complex conversation in today’s college football world.  We’ve got more talk about the running backs at Nebraska, a topic that generated its share of debate this week after Marty Brown pick...

Big Ten football is buzzing with transfer portal activity, reshaping team dynamics and strategies. Which teams are emerging as winners in this high-stakes game? Dive into the latest insights on the Big Ten conference, where Indiana, USC, and UCLA are making waves with strategic player acquisitions. Northwestern's win total prediction is under the spotlight, with a challenging schedule ahead agains...

Nebraska swung and missed on running back Marty Brown, the transfer from North Dakota State who visited the Huskers last week. Brown picked Miami, leaving Nebraska in a predicament at running back. Connor and Mitch revisit the topic of the Huskers’ backfield behind Emmett Johnson.  Also, we discuss depth across the roster after the spring. Nebraska has cut its roster to 123 players in anticipation...

The transfer portal is again closed. Nine players from the Nebraska roster jumped in this spring, including four whose entries were revealed on Tuesday. How did the Huskers fare? Was there a player in the group this spring that would have impacted Matt Rhule’s team in 2025? Connor and Mitch assess the results. What else is out there for the Huskers to seek in the portal, aside from a punter? Dylan...

As we look back on spring practice at Nebraska, here’s a question: Do you care about spring football because of the practices or the scrimmage at the end? Some people are saying it’s because of the spring game, which caught one of our hosts by surprise on Monday. Mitch and Connor are having a discussion today about the waning interest in spring football – even at Nebraska after the school drew abo...

The Husker Games are over. Nebraska made it through on Saturday without any bad news. And that was the point, right? Or was it just to have fun? If so, the Huskers accomplished that, too, from a wing-eating competition to a special teams coordinator who impressed on the bench press.  Mitch and Connor are here on this Monday to assess the end of spring. We’re talking about Dylan Raiola’s continued...

It’s a busy Friday, and the mailbag is open as the NFL Draft moves in the second and third rounds. We’ve got a question about Marty Brown’s impact as a potential transfer running back at Nebraska. Connor and Mitch are ready with answers, as always. Could the Huskers create a farm team to benefit from the changes in college football? Would the spring game have been held as normal this year under Tr...

Nico Iamaleava's move to UCLA Bruins football is shaking up the Big Ten landscape. Will this transfer be the game-changer UCLA needs, or just another chapter in their ongoing saga? Dive into the latest college football buzz as we explore Maryland Terrapins' season predictions and the dynamic shifts in the transfer portal. Key figures like Zach Anderson and Trent Condon weigh in on the potential im...

Developments in the House Settlement case on Wednesday are set to make a major impact at Nebraska. The Huskers and Matt Rhule likely will not have to chop the roster to 105 players this year, after all. The judge in the case dropped the hammer: Protect current players or she won’t approve the settlement, which would open the door for schools to share revenue with athletes.  Connor and Mitch have t...

We heard from Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule on Tuesday for the final time in a press conference setting this spring. Rhule spoke of the job that new general manager Pat Stewart has done in his first weeks on the job with the Huskers. And we got more definition about the hierarchy within the Osborne Complex. As we already knew, Rhule is in charge. But that’s not the case for head coaches every...

The schedule of events for the upcoming Husker Games has been released. It includes a “media challenge.” What’s that? Can anyone in the media catch a real punt from a college punter? Mitch and Connor discuss as Mitch explains his potential involvement in this activity.  There’s much more on tap for Saturday at Memorial Stadium, of course, including wing-eating and strongest-man competitions. We pr...

The final week of spring football at Nebraska is here. And there’s some stuff going on – the NFL Draft, the closing of the transfer portal, the Husker Games, which now include a condensed Red-White game, and the final opportunity in a formal setting to hear from the many of the Huskers until August.  Last week, coach Matt Rhule made a comment that we identified as one of the most important things...

The Friday mailbag is open after a busy week of spring practice developments for Nebraska football. Coach Matt Rhule shared on Thursday that “this is the team I’ve been waiting for.” What is it about these Huskers that excites the third-year coach – and presumably got the attention of Nebraska fans after Rhule said what he said this week?  We’ve got more on the punting situation at Nebraska after...

Nico Iamaleava's transfer saga is shaking up college football. Could his move redefine player compensation and transfer dynamics? Dive into the latest buzz surrounding the UCLA Bruins and their Big Ten journey, as Spencer McLaughlin, Roman Tomashoff, Mark Culkin, and Zach Anderson y UCLA dissect the implications of Iamaleava's potential transfer to UCLA or USC. Explore UCLA's prospects under Desha...

Opening day of the spring transfer portal brought unexpected news: Punter Jack McCallister is leaving Nebraska. But should it actually come as that much of a surprise? You see, new special teams coordinator Mike Ekeler implemented a rugby-style punting system two years ago at Tennessee. Apparently, Ekeler is bringing it with him to Nebraska. So expect the Huskers to soon find a new punter. How muc...