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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Godward to sports Breeth the Huskar Bubs edition. Sean Callahan,
I have been like a rosie.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Okay, Shanna. We had a major course correction yesterday from
head coach Matt Ruhle. Up until yesterday, there would be
no plans for any game type scrimmages associated with the
spring game, which traditionally ended spring football practice. None of
that until yesterday when he said, you know what, we
are going to do a few plays. Now he's mitigating
(00:25):
it because the transfer portal closes six hours before it
starts or twelve hours before it starts. But this is
a course correction, and you know, he says it was
for the kids.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
What are you hearing?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
And what was the real impetus for the change?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Yeah? I think this makes sense though, because I asked
myself this, like why the portal closes on Friday? So
why not do something like this? And we've seen last
weekend a lot of teams try to do what Nebraska
is going to do, most notably Oklahoma did what they
called the Crimson Combine, and it in the crowd was
(00:59):
you know nothing in Alabama did something similar as well,
and they went from drawing over seventy eighty thousand people
there to probably under ten probably five thousand people, and
that's what we were looking at here, and it still might
be what we're looking at for a crowd at this event,
but I do think it will hopefully make the event
(01:20):
a little bit better, you know, just having some actual
football and scrimmage work. But most importantly, there's probably twenty
guys on this roster he's going to have to tell
they're not going to have a spot, and for them,
he's like, I owe it to these kids to get
one more opportunity to play in this stadium, to put
film together, and you know, we're not going to see
the starters. We're not going to see really many of
(01:42):
the number two guys, at least the two the key
number twos. This will be lower unit players for the
most part, to get an opportunity to play some football,
which you know, you shouldn't be worried about these guys,
those types of players going in a transfer portal, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Said, the portals closed, So they're gonna have to wait
until the end of the school year to transfer out.
They can't do it now, and there won't be a
whole lot of big Power five roster spots come June first,
most of that will be handled. You know, is it
is a big disappointment to a lot of Nebraska fans.
You can roll the volleyball team and the soccer team
out there and have them scrimmage and you can have
(02:21):
you know, Eric Crouch and Vershan Jackson doing seven on
seven drills and that's nice, but nobody really is going
to watch that by comparison to the spring game. But
to me, even if they don't have a crowd, the
fact that these last these last twenty or five or
thirty guys get a chance to perform in a football
game is meaningful. Because we're at the end of this era. Sean.
(02:45):
There will be no walk ons anymore, and that is
a huge culture shock to this program.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Yeah, you think about when you sum it up like that,
it is a sad day for Nebraska that this is
kind of the final show. Oh of what's been a
show that's going on a long time here in terms
of the walk on program and what Tom Osborne and
you know, going back to Bob Devanny, Bob Devanny had
a walk on program at Wyoming and he brought that
(03:13):
thought and concept to Nebraska, and you know, it evolved
to what we saw here over the decades to produce
NFL players and so many great stories. But as Matt
Rule said, a lot of doctors, a lot of lawyers,
a lot of very successful businessmen in this state were
walk on and they developed the skills and attitude and
work ethic and perseverance by doing that at Nebraska. So
(03:35):
we're not just losing like the football, we're losing a
lot of that too. Like well, those stories happen ever
again with guys that learn how to work and operate
by being a part of the program knowing they're never
going to play a downing football in Nebraska, but they
showed up every day and helped build something bigger and
they used those skills to do something then bigger with
(03:58):
their life after the program. I mean, that's really to
me the story about what this means in the big picture.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Yeah, well, put all right now transfer portal. Jack McCallister
goes out, are going to do they have a rugby
style kicker in the program now? Or do we go
through fraternity row and see who plays rugby, intermew or
rugby and might be able to boot the thing down
the field.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
No, this move was definitely put into place, I think
knowing Mike Eckler has a guy, I mean, he has
somebody I think ready to roll. It won't be until
sometime this summer when that kind of comes to fruition,
but it's going to be an Australian rugby style. Jackson
Ross was his punter in Tennessee and he could kick
(04:41):
it rugby style both left and right foot, and he
could also do a traditional punt, and that's what they want.
I mean, I do think McAllister for him, he knows
he can't execute the punts that they need to do.
And that's the difference between college football and pro football.
You know, you can really take advantage of the rugby
(05:02):
puntering because all of your players can release downfield to
cover the punt, which it's that's why it's so hard
to get a punt return in college football, where in
the pros, the only people that can release at the
snap are the two gunners on the end. Nobody else
in the NFL games can release to cover a punt
until the ball's punted. So it's a big difference in
(05:24):
college football, and I think Mike Eckler is trying to
build this to maximize what you can do well, you.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Know, you talked about what we've lost, and the old
truism occurred to me that money's root of all evil,
and that's not really what it is. The love of money,
the agreed for money creates a lot of evil. And
I don't know this evil may be an overstatement for
what's happened to college football, but I'll tell you what.
It was one of the great jewels, and so much
(05:53):
of it that went with it has just have to
be flushed shown, right, just because the reality of these
court decisions and what's happening.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Yeah, so we could pay guys like nikam Aliva, Uh yeah,
we got we got to get rid of all these kids.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
I mean ye to pay that guy to pay his
dad and uncle Rudy and uh Lil Wayne, who's going
to be his driver. These guys all get paid and
the walk Ons disappear.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
In light of that, it's and.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
The sad thing is those while those walk Ons that
went on to have success, they'll end up making more money,
a lot more, a lot more. I mean, look at like,
look at like Joel mcavica. Walk On went on playing
the pros and now he's one of the most successful
business owners with his rehab clinics all over and all
over the state. I mean, he can name hundreds of stories.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Like a Joel mcah and nobody, nobody who wanted to
tackle Joel mc no, nobody could you know? Ask akron Hap,
Happy Easter and will reconvene Monday morning,
Godward to sports Breeth the Huskar Bubs edition. Sean Callahan,
I have been like a rosie.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Okay, Shanna. We had a major course correction yesterday from
head coach Matt Ruhle. Up until yesterday, there would be
no plans for any game type scrimmages associated with the
spring game, which traditionally ended spring football practice. None of
that until yesterday when he said, you know what, we
are going to do a few plays. Now he's mitigating
(00:25):
it because the transfer portal closes six hours before it
starts or twelve hours before it starts. But this is
a course correction, and you know, he says it was
for the kids.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
What are you hearing?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
And what was the real impetus for the change?
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Yeah? I think this makes sense though, because I asked
myself this, like why the portal closes on Friday? So
why not do something like this? And we've seen last
weekend a lot of teams try to do what Nebraska
is going to do, most notably Oklahoma did what they
called the Crimson Combine, and it in the crowd was
(00:59):
you know nothing in Alabama did something similar as well,
and they went from drawing over seventy eighty thousand people
there to probably under ten probably five thousand people, and
that's what we were looking at here, and it still might
be what we're looking at for a crowd at this event,
but I do think it will hopefully make the event
(01:20):
a little bit better, you know, just having some actual
football and scrimmage work. But most importantly, there's probably twenty
guys on this roster he's going to have to tell
they're not going to have a spot, and for them,
he's like, I owe it to these kids to get
one more opportunity to play in this stadium, to put
film together, and you know, we're not going to see
the starters. We're not going to see really many of
(01:42):
the number two guys, at least the two the key
number twos. This will be lower unit players for the
most part, to get an opportunity to play some football,
which you know, you shouldn't be worried about these guys,
those types of players going in a transfer portal, yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Said, the portals closed, So they're gonna have to wait
until the end of the school year to transfer out.
They can't do it now, and there won't be a
whole lot of big Power five roster spots come June first,
most of that will be handled. You know, is it
is a big disappointment to a lot of Nebraska fans.
You can roll the volleyball team and the soccer team
out there and have them scrimmage and you can have
(02:21):
you know, Eric Crouch and Vershan Jackson doing seven on
seven drills and that's nice, but nobody really is going
to watch that by comparison to the spring game. But
to me, even if they don't have a crowd, the
fact that these last these last twenty or five or
thirty guys get a chance to perform in a football
game is meaningful. Because we're at the end of this era. Sean.
(02:45):
There will be no walk ons anymore, and that is
a huge culture shock to this program.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Yeah, you think about when you sum it up like that,
it is a sad day for Nebraska that this is
kind of the final show. Oh of what's been a
show that's going on a long time here in terms
of the walk on program and what Tom Osborne and
you know, going back to Bob Devanny, Bob Devanny had
a walk on program at Wyoming and he brought that
(03:13):
thought and concept to Nebraska, and you know, it evolved
to what we saw here over the decades to produce
NFL players and so many great stories. But as Matt
Rule said, a lot of doctors, a lot of lawyers,
a lot of very successful businessmen in this state were
walk on and they developed the skills and attitude and
work ethic and perseverance by doing that at Nebraska. So
(03:35):
we're not just losing like the football, we're losing a
lot of that too. Like well, those stories happen ever
again with guys that learn how to work and operate
by being a part of the program knowing they're never
going to play a downing football in Nebraska, but they
showed up every day and helped build something bigger and
they used those skills to do something then bigger with
(03:58):
their life after the program. I mean, that's really to
me the story about what this means in the big picture.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Yeah, well, put all right now transfer portal. Jack McCallister
goes out, are going to do they have a rugby
style kicker in the program now? Or do we go
through fraternity row and see who plays rugby, intermew or
rugby and might be able to boot the thing down
the field.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
No, this move was definitely put into place, I think
knowing Mike Eckler has a guy, I mean, he has
somebody I think ready to roll. It won't be until
sometime this summer when that kind of comes to fruition,
but it's going to be an Australian rugby style. Jackson
Ross was his punter in Tennessee and he could kick
(04:41):
it rugby style both left and right foot, and he
could also do a traditional punt, and that's what they want.
I mean, I do think McAllister for him, he knows
he can't execute the punts that they need to do.
And that's the difference between college football and pro football.
You know, you can really take advantage of the rugby
(05:02):
puntering because all of your players can release downfield to
cover the punt, which it's that's why it's so hard
to get a punt return in college football, where in
the pros, the only people that can release at the
snap are the two gunners on the end. Nobody else
in the NFL games can release to cover a punt
until the ball's punted. So it's a big difference in
(05:24):
college football, and I think Mike Eckler is trying to
build this to maximize what you can do well, you.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Know, you talked about what we've lost, and the old
truism occurred to me that money's root of all evil,
and that's not really what it is. The love of money,
the agreed for money creates a lot of evil. And
I don't know this evil may be an overstatement for
what's happened to college football, but I'll tell you what.
It was one of the great jewels, and so much
(05:53):
of it that went with it has just have to
be flushed shown, right, just because the reality of these
court decisions and what's happening.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
Yeah, so we could pay guys like nikam Aliva, Uh yeah,
we got we got to get rid of all these kids.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
I mean ye to pay that guy to pay his
dad and uncle Rudy and uh Lil Wayne, who's going
to be his driver. These guys all get paid and
the walk Ons disappear.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
In light of that, it's and.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
The sad thing is those while those walk Ons that
went on to have success, they'll end up making more money,
a lot more, a lot more. I mean, look at like,
look at like Joel mcavica. Walk On went on playing
the pros and now he's one of the most successful
business owners with his rehab clinics all over and all
over the state. I mean, he can name hundreds of stories.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Like a Joel mcah and nobody, nobody who wanted to
tackle Joel mc no, nobody could you know? Ask akron Hap,
Happy Easter and will reconvene Monday morning,
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