Locked On Nebraska - Daily Podcast on the Nebraska Cornhuskers

Nebraska football went 24 hours without a quarterback in its 2026 portal class. And then, boom, Anthony Colandrea, formerly of Virginia and UNLV, signed with the Huskers on Tuesday. So the drama around the defection of Kenny Minchey took one day of our time. And it’s on to this three-year starter at the FBS level. Is Colandrea perhaps a better fit for what the Huskers want – and need – at quarterb...

Big Ten powers surge toward another national championship as Indiana crushes Alabama 38-3, shaking the college football landscape. Can Oregon or Indiana claim the crown and continue the conference’s dominance? Spencer McLaughlin leads the roundtable with Craig Shemon, Jacob Goins, Ryan Herrings, and others, unpacking Kurt Signetti’s meteoric rise, Indiana’s ferocious defense, and the SEC’s fading...

So much for the Kenny Minchey era of Nebraska football. The former Notre Dame quarterback left the Huskers at the altar on Monday. Minchey, who committed to Nebraska on Sunday, signed just 24 hours later with Kentucky. Yes, we’ve got drama here in the transfer portal season. What else would you expect? Nebraska is back in the market for a QB. Where will it look, and how much more will it have to p...

Transfer portal activity is officially underway at Nebraska, and the Huskers added a big piece on Sunday. Quarterback Kenny Minchey is in from Notre Dame. Connor and Mitch are here to decipher this signing for the Huskers. What does it mean for TJ Lateef and the Nebraska QB picture? Who is Minchey, and what and what is he bringing to Lincoln?  Also, players continue to exit Nebraska. The big depar...

It’s a special Saturday mailbag. We’ve got a full first segment of talk about that Nebraska basketball victory against No. 9 Michigan State on Friday night. The Huskers are 14-0 and living large. Even Tom Izzo loves it. Portal season has arrived. Is Matt Rhule back from Las Vegas yet?  The Huskers are trending to sign QB Kenny Minchey, the backup at Notre Dame in 2025 who was recruited by Dana Hol...

Nebraska Basketball has had an unprecedented start to their season. They have passed each test so far, most of which with flying colors. So what happens when Top 10, perennial Big Ten contender, and blueblood program Michigan State comes to Lincoln on Friday night? Connor Happer is joined by Locked On Spartans Matt Sheehan to preview Michigan State, and one of the biggest games in the history of P...

Happy New Year from Locked on Nebraska. Connor and Mitch are here on this New Year’s Day to assess the damage after Nebraska lost, 44-22, to Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl on Wednesday afternoon. It was a rough afternoon for the Huskers. They did not adjust. They made Utah quarterback Devon Dampier look like Josh Allen. And they are left to enter 2026 feeling sorrowful. But there is always hope.   We...

The final game day of the 2025 college football season is here. With Nebraska and Utah set to clash on New Year's Eve, Locked On Nebraska co-host Mitch Sherman joins JT Wistrcill, host of Locked On Utes, to discuss the Las Vegas Bowl. Can Nebraska snap its streak of misery against ranked teams? Or will the Utes' attack prove too strong for a defense that has struggled against the run this season....

The final hours of the football season for Nebraska are here. In Las Vegas on Monday, we heard from the Huskers’ three coordinators this month – Dana Holgorsen, Phil Snow and Mike Ekeler – and the new offensive line coach, Geep Wade. Wade hit the ground running. He coached the linemen through bowl prep. He came to Nebraska with a vision for the O-line, and he’s got plans for the Huskers in 2026. ...

The Nebraska football team has hit the ground running in Las Vegas. And soaring through the air – as coach Matt Rhule displayed in riding the zip line above Fremont Street. Rhule and the Huskers are deep into practice for the Las Vegas Bowl, which kicks off on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.  We’re talking today about the intrigue around this game for the Huskers against Utah. Is it merely an epilogue? The...

It’s a post-Christmas mailbag. We hope you’ve experienced an overload of joy in recent days. Here, we’re jumping back into the grind of questions as the realities of January loom. The transfer portal opening is near. Our listeners want to know things. Why are we assuming that any guarantees exist for Matt Rhule and the Huskers at quarterback? Who can the Huskers least afford to lose? Are we overlo...

Merry Christmas from the Locked On Nebraska podcast. Thanks for your support throughout 2025. We come with gifts today. Connor and Mitch are here to distribute presents to various coaches, players and others in the world of Nebraska football and Nebraska athletics at large. What does Troy Dannen need? How about Matt Rhule, Dana Holgorsen and TJ Lateef?   We’ve got big gifts, some more tangible tha...

Another quarterback is set to enter the transfer portal at Nebraska. We never got to know Marcos Davila, but he’s heading back out. It’s not a weighty departure, but the situation in Lincoln lacks stability. Just one quarterback on scholarship is set to return. That is, of course, TJ Lateef, the true freshman who’s fighting through a hamstring injury to prep for the Dec. 31 Las Vegas Bowl.  How ma...

We’re back on this Monday with reaction to all that Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule had to say to the media on Friday in Lincoln. There was a lot to digest. Rhule is just “Matt” during bowl practices with the defensive linemen. He’s getting his hand dirty, re-living his days as a position coach. The players enjoy “Matt. “And Rhule wants to keep this as a part of his coaching plan.  Also, Rhule...

The Nebraska football mailbag is open on this Friday. Thanks to everyone for the questions. We’ve got an international flavor from listeners and viewers, starting with a question about the quarterback situation for the bowl game: Will TJ Lateef be ready to go and healthy? We’re talking plenty about the Huskers’ portal strategy at QB. Should it matter in this decision that Trae Taylor is on his way...

Michigan faces a critical coaching crossroads as Kaylin DeBoer and Kenny Dillingham emerge as frontrunners for the Wolverines’ head football coach position. Can Michigan lure DeBoer away from Alabama and shake up the Big Ten power dynamics? Conference rivals weigh in, speculating on the impact of either hire and the potential fallout if both candidates turn down the offer. Heisman buzz dominates w...

It’s Thursday, less than two weeks before the Las Vegas Bowl, and we’re actually talking in this episode about the Nebraska football postseason. There’s one position on this team at which a big showing would matter for the Huskers as they head into 2026. What is it? Jump in today to find out. Also, did Nebraska lose its edge late in the 2025 season. Connor and Mitch are on the same page in answeri...

Nebraska offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen and several players bid farewell on a public stage Tuesday to quarterback Dylan Raiola, who’s off to enter the transfer portal next month. There’s no panic in Lincoln, a clear reminder that the business side of college football is here to stay – and that players are ready for the consequences of an altered landscape.  Holgorsen’s job is not done in Lin...

The biggest Nebraska news of December dropped on Monday, with word that quarterback Dylan Raiola is set to enter the transfer portal. We’re here to break it all down. How much did Nebraska get out of Raiola in his two years? How difficult is the task to replace him? Raiola was the face of the program in Lincoln. And Nebraska might just be better off without such a spotlight on its QB. Of course, t...

We’ve got a week of Nebraska football ahead that features the heaviest dose of bowl prep yet and the possibility of coaching announcements. And what a weekend it was in Nebraska sports. Nebraska basketball pulled off an upset at No. 13 Illinois as Jamarques Lawrence delivered the dagger. And Nebraska volleyball went down against Texas A&M in shocking fashion at home.  Phil Snow, the Huskers’ assoc...

The Nebraska football mailbag is open. It’s time to take your questions. Who’s noticed that the majority of coaches that Matt Rhule has fired came to Lincoln from the NFL? Is that something? Is the coaching upheaval after this season with the Huskers reminiscent of 2003? What are the Huskers’ priorities in the transfer portal? How might Rob Aurich fit under the Nebraska spotlight?  We’re talking a...

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We’re shifting gears – for a few minutes – to talk basketball. Did you see what happened on Wednesday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena? Fred Hoiberg’s Nebraska men crushed Wisconsin 90-60 to improve to 10-0. So today in college hoops, Nebraska and Duke are 10-0. That’s it. What is happening? Connor and Mitch are talking about Rienk Mast, Berke Buyuktencel and Braden Frager.  Also on Wednesday, Michiga...

More coaches were on the way in and on the way out early this week in the world of Nebraska football. Matt Rhule brought some news with him to a media session on Tuesday. Rhule dismissed Terry Bradden, making it three coaches fired after the Huskers’ 7-5 season. One of them, Donovan Raiola, as you know, is the uncle of quarterback Dylan Raiola.  Rhule fielded a question about the younger Raiola. W...

It’s Day 2 in our adjustment to changes on the Nebraska football coaching staff. Offensive line coach Geep Wade and defensive coordinator Rob Aurich are in. And as we learned late last week, Emmett Johnson is out. We’re taking a few minutes in this episode to appreciate Johnson’s work with the Huskers in 2025. It will be long remembered. But did it rank among the best seasons ever by a Nebraska ru...