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What a Trae Taylor commitment would mean for Nebraska football
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May 4, 2025
Looking ahead to the commitment of four-star quarterback Trae Taylor in the 2027 recruiting class. We analyze what it would mean for the Huskers. We also discuss CharMar Brown committing to Miami, what it means for the Nebraska running back room, and examine recent transfer portal departures. #Huskers #GBR 00:56 Trae Taylor commitment primer 3:38 Biggest commitment since Dylan Raiola? 8:21 Final thoughts on CharMar Brown 19:43 Talking transfers
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hey Husker fans welcome back to the
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Husker Big Red YouTube channel i'm Chris
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Peterson and joining me as always is my
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co-host Danny Gillette and we're back
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here on this Thursday morning for
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another episode of the podcast and today
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we have a lot to talk about um it is
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Trey Taylor commitment day so we're
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going to give you a little primer into
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that announcement which is coming up
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today at 12:00 Eastern on the 247 Sports
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YouTube channel um we're going to talk
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about what this commitment could mean to
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Nebraska if they do get Trey Taylor um
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we'll also offer up some final thoughts
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on Shamar Brown his decision to go to
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Miami and wrap up some of the transfer
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portal movement that we've seen from
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Nebraska this week so before we get into
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all that please make sure that you hit
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sure you don't miss any of our other
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content and uh Danny how are you on this
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Thursday morning Trey Taylor Day i'm
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ready for another commitment that's what
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I'm ready for uh all signs point to him
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committing to Nebraska of course things
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can change in recruiting but I feel very
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good about where the program stands
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today
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yeah it should i think Nebraska fans
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should feel really good you're all right
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and things can change quickly in
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recruiting but let's set the stage for
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uh Trey Taylor who is the number 35
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overall prospect overall recruit in the
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2027 class according to the 247 sports
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composite rankings he's the number three
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quarterback so if Nebraska was able to
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land his commitment this would be the
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second time in four years that they
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would get a top three quarterback in
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their class you know since they got
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Dylan Rayola back in 2024 um so it would
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be a massive commitment he visited
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Nebraska over the weekend um all of the
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expert projections are going Nebraska's
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way right now there aren't any crystal
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balls although those don't seem to come
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as regularly anymore um now that Steve
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Wilfong and all the other experts seem
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to work for on three but at any rate
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Steve Wilfong did put in a projection
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yesterday um or maybe it was Tuesday
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either way Steve Wilfong is is on
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Nebraska now so Sean Callahan so is
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Brian Mson uh Chad Simmons said that he
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was on team Mson in the Nebraska message
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boards i'm not sure if he actually put
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in a prediction um I saw a Michigan guy
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put in a prediction for uh Nebraska to
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trade or Trey Taylor to Nebraska so
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everybody who's gone on record has said
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it's going to be Nebraska illinois did
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visit him yesterday and they are the
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instate school i think Texas A&M may
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have visited him in person as well
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recently but uh yeah all signs point to
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Nebraska so um you know do you have any
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uh concerns this afternoon is there any
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program that you know you're kind of
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worried about at all or do you just feel
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like this is uh this is Nebraska's
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lockdown i feel like this is Nebraska's
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lockdown i mean you know I think they've
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been very steady throughout his
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recruitment he's he's you know talked
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about how he likes the business school
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in addition to what the football program
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can bring to the table and uh I remember
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Nebraska getting in on his recruitment
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as early as last spring so I mean
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they've been pretty steady with you know
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wanting Taylor and I feel really good
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about where they stand and yes
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recruitment was interesting he visited
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Michigan 14 times total he was a very
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active recruit in all of his visits um
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he's visited Nebraska according to Onree
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four times but three of those visits
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have happened this year um the other one
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happened like in October I think of last
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year so they've been very active in
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making him their priority in the 2027
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class um they've got Brayland Warren an
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in-state quarterback who's getting some
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attention from Ohio State they really
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haven't you know given him much
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attention at all and it's it's really
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been all about Trey Taylor there was you
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know Keegan Croucher was offered um you
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know a few weeks ago after one of Trey
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Taylor's other visits but um for the
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most part he's been the priority he's
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said a lot of great things about Matt
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Rule he seems to have a great
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relationship with Dylan Raola so now
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it's just about closing the deal um but
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if they are able to close the deal today
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um which all signs point to that
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happening um in your mind Danny will
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this be the biggest commitment for
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Nebraska since Dylan Riola yes because
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now it sets up your quarterback room
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like now you guys are in business you
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know and um when you look at the month
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of May last year May was when TJ Latif
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committed to the program last year so
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seems like the month of May is pretty
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good for Nebraska quarterbacks and uh
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Nebraska commits I should say so um this
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would be a massive commitment it would
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kind of create a succession plan for
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life post Dylan Raiola and it would give
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Nebraska stability in the quarterback
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room with quality talent something that
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the program hasn't had in quite some
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time so this would be a massive
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commitment yeah like you mentioned TJ
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Latif was a really solid get last year
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but Trey Taylor's just on a different
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level um you know he's ranked like I
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said number three among quarterbacks
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35th overall um he's already a
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borderline five-star recruit i mean so
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that's not it's not that crazy to think
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he could be he's literally three spots
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away from being a five-star in the 247
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composite rankings which I think are the
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most accurate you know the composite
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them and on three but I just I like how
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24/7 calculates their composite rankings
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which I know are going to probably be
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all be different now that rivals and on
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three are merging or we we'll see what
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that looks like but um watch this kid
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throw man i saw a video of Trey Taylor
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um after his visit throwing some passes
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and it's like my goodness this dude has
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an incredibly talented arm and just a
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great kid and the other thing that's
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going to be great for Nebraska in this
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situation is that with Dylan you know he
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flipped so late he basically you know
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was like a week or two before signing
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day there wasn't Nebraska couldn't
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really cash in on that commitment very
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much they didn't really you know what I
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mean they they did a little bit in the
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transfer portal but Trey Taylor is going
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to bring some you know cache to this
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2024 class or 2027 class excuse me for
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Nebraska and I think that's only going
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to help them you know build it as they
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go into it i mean they do have to hold
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on to his commitment now for a long time
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i mean almost 18 months but this is when
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quarterbacks do it elite quarterbacks
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tend to commit fairly early and uh so
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great pickup for Nebraska if they can if
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they can close the deal but a huge sign
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moving forward and definitely I think
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the biggest commitment since Raiola and
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just I mean that shows that Matt Rule
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can go out and win you know big-time
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recruiting battles that wasn't just
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because you know Raiola and the last
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name and the connections I think this
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will really you know assert that hey
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like Matt Rule can go and get it done
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with fivestar borderline prospects and
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they don't have to have any ties to this
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program so I think that's the most
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impressive thing of all with Trey Taylor
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and when you look at the last couple of
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quarterback commits Daniel Kalin Dylan
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Ryola TJ Jatif they're all elite 11
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quarterbacks and that to me means
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something i'm not sure how much you
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measure you know elite 11 quarterbacks
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in that way but to me that means
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something uh so it just shows that
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they're getting a keen eye for talent at
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the quarterback position yeah and that's
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the most you know if you're going to
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recruit well like you have to recruit
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the quarterback position well and and
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Nebraska has done that I would say very
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well since Matt Rules got here i mean I
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know that Daniel Kalin ended up
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transferring but I think I've heard a
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lot of good things about him at Virginia
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and it would not surprise me if he ended
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up starting somewhere um and then you
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look at Latif you know they got another
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solid guy there marco Stavalia they
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picked you know they lost a fourstar
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former fourstar in Kalin picked up
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another one so I I feel like they've
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done a really good job at the most
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important position in sports and we'll
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see you know how that works out this
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season with Raola and in the future but
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um I definitely think uh they figured
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that if you looked at one of the things
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that's ailed this program you know over
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their fall from grace if we want to say
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that you know after Solich to you know
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Pini all that
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but they had what one had Zack Taylor
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was offensive player of the year I think
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his junior senior year in the big in the
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old Big 12 and then Taylor Martinez was
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first team all big 10 one time that one
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season outside of that it's been very
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you know underwhelming the quarterback
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play at Nebraska and they've they not
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really able to find like this pro style
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quarterback and now they've done that
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with Raiola they're doing it again with
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Trey Taylor and that's how you have you
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know sustained success and that's what
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this program has been missing absolutely
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and you know I think when you look at uh
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bringing in Glenn Thomas I think he's
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been a big driver of this success as
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well he's been the primary recruiter in
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Taylor's um recruitment so you know I
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think prospects are resonating with
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Glenn Thomas as much as the rest of the
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program too yeah Glenn Thomas has been
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he was a big part in TJ Latif too i mean
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he came in late nebraska was really late
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in the TJ Latif recruitment and pulled
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ahead and won it so that was impressive
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and yeah this is another another great
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hall um you know for this coaching staff
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so let's uh let's shift gears now to
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some I guess not so great news for
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Nebraska that came out on Wednesday kind
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of got crazy with Jamar Brown in that
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you know he was supposed to commit on
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Monday he was projected to go to Cal by
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Pete Nikkos and then Pete Nikkos dropped
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that percentage for Cal down to zero
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yesterday was a two team race between
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Miami and Nebraska a lot of Husker fans
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had hope uh but we got the word last
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night that it was a Miami Chamar Brown
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did announce that commitment so he will
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be a Miami Hurricane nebraska will go
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into the season with uh you know EMTT
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Johnson and then Quinton Ives as the
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number two so what are your thoughts on
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Jamar Brown you know how much does this
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miss hurt and you know do you think this
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was just a money situation with Miami or
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why do you think he chose the Hurricanes
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well first of all Miami is rolling in
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money second of all let's be completely
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honest here miami Florida or Lincoln
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Nebraska third of all I mean I love
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watching fans freak out about the
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running back position first of all we're
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running an air raid offense so the
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chances of actually running the ball
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like old style 1990s football I think
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are very slim given the talent at wide
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receiver second of all some kids just
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want to move away from home and I think
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a lot of fans get caught up in the fact
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that oh this kid's a hometown kid i want
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to play he want to play for you know
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Nebraska and stay home a lot of it's
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just you know wants to go to a new
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destination so I know a lot of fans are
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upset by it i've said it before i'm not
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worried you know i I I really am not
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worried because I think the way we
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utilize running backs is going to be
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completely different than you know
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anything that we've seen in the past
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couple years so it hurts but at the same
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time I'm still comfortable with what we
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have because I think Parker I know he's
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I I I know he's kind of getting adjusted
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right now but I think Parker will play a
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big hand in this equation yeah and I
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think it's um to me you know Quinton
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Knives just has to you know finally live
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up and show out you know because that's
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the you know you look at back at the
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2023 class and if Nebraska wanted Jamar
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Brown they could have had Jamar Brown
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they wanted Quinton Ives so they made
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that decision and that's really that's
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what it comes down to i know Miami has a
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lot of money but they also have a little
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bit of a different situation i mean I
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know they have two running backs back
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from last year but they don't have a
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guaranteed starter so I feel like they
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sold Chamar on the ability like you
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could have a chance to come in and be
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RB1 in Miami where I don't think that
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was ever on the table at Nebraska like
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Chamar Brown was not going to start a
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game next season if he came to Nebraska
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like there was zero chance of that
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happening unless EMTT got hurt where
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it's probably not going to happen at
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Miami but I do think he has the
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opportunity like I don't think that one
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of those guys you know what I mean where
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where I feel like Nebraska's kind of
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promised this role to EMTT Johnson and
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he's kind of earned it and cemented it
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and well I think if they didn't he would
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he he would have been out of here a
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while ago and I think that's why he came
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back and this is not you know this is I
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don't mean to do Wilson Dipman
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speculation here but my opinion is that
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um had he not been promised at least you
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know the RB1 role he still wouldn't be
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here because you saw how quickly he
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entered the transfer portal and then it
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came back so I'm wondering if that was
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part of the deal yeah i mean that's just
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you know it's a little different um
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between football and basketball because
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you know the the roles in basketball are
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more defined I would say than football
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just because there's only eight spots
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but but that is in every transfer portal
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recruitment right it's like how much are
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you going to pay me and what's my role
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going to be on this team like that's
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what every single one comes down to
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there are other factors you know like um
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you know location and you know da da da
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like whatever you want to but the two
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most important things in every
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recruitment in football and basketball
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right now it's what's my role on this
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team going to be and how much are you
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going to pay me i mean that's I mean we
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can we can dance around it all we want
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but you know and say you know there's
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relationships and yada yada and those
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things still matter like relationships
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matter in business just as much as they
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matter in recruiting right like you're
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much more you know if you have a good
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relationship with somebody you're going
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to close a business deal easier than if
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you you know don't get along with
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somebody like that so those
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relationships still matter but at the
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end of the day like you know Trey Taylor
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could think Matt Rule's like the best
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coach in the world but if he they're not
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offering the right NIL or they're not
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offering the right role like it's not
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going to match it's not going to fit and
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I feel like that there was some of that
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here with Chamar Brown you know I just
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feel like this I mean this guy was the
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FCS freshman of the year for for a
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national championship team like I don't
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know that he was going to necessarily
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want to come and be a backup to EMTT
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Emtt Johnson who has two more years to
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go so you know I can definitely
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understand where he's coming from and
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then on top of it he probably did get a
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a bigger check from Miami and the way
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that the way that I honestly feel like
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this went is Cal had a certain amount of
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money cal was probably leading and then
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I don't know what happened there if they
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just you didn't want to spend I you know
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who knows who knows why these things
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break down but it seems like they
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probably went to both schools maybe
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saying like "Hey this is what's being
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offered." And I don't think Nebraska was
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going to get into a bidding war here and
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so you know that that's what I think
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happened that's just my guess but
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looking at the there it seemed like
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there was a lot of positive momentum for
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Nebraska but it it just felt like you
13:19
know more opportunity because look Jamar
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Brown could be the starter that at Miami
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maybe next year and unfortunately like
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even if he has a great like EMTT
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Johnson's probably playing here next
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year so I just don't think he has you
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know as much upward mobility at Nebraska
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and probably didn't get you know paid as
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much and you know you have the other
13:34
factors too like you said it's Miami
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maybe he wants to be away from home like
13:37
we just have we don't we don't know but
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um I wish they would have got it done at
13:42
the same time though I I don't think
13:45
it's it doesn't have to be catastrophic
13:47
i do believe in Quinton Knives this
13:49
coaching staff believes in Quinton
13:50
Knives he just has to do it and that's
13:52
the scary part is we just haven't seen
13:53
him do it but that doesn't mean that he
13:55
can't do it if this was let's say the
13:59
uh Marcus Satderfield 2023 offense where
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running the ball was you know a pretty
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big part and um then I'd be a little bit
14:08
more worried but for what we want to do
14:10
here in 2025 at Dana Hogerson I'm not
14:13
too concerned and I think Quinton Ives
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can do it and I think you know I I
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honestly think that later in the season
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maybe you know middle of October Jarian
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Parker might get some might get some
14:28
playing time because he's very talented
14:30
and I know he's got some things to work
14:31
on right now but um I could see him you
14:34
know making a splash in this running
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back room i think both I I I think both
14:37
the freshman Parker and Connor Booth
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could see some playing time this year
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yeah for sure and it's you know just
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because something a guy is hurt in the
14:45
spring or he's taken like what happens
14:47
in the spring and what happens in the
14:48
fall are two completely different things
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especially for a young player i mean a
14:52
young players can ascend like so quickly
14:54
and yeah it could it could take him a
14:56
month of being a college football player
14:57
before he starts to get it figured out
14:59
but I mean I can remember shoot I want
15:02
to say when EMTT was a maybe when he was
15:03
a freshman or a sophomore he got to play
15:05
you know late in the season and so
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sometimes that's just how it works out
15:08
um and I have no doubts about EMTT's
15:11
ability to produce my only concern with
15:13
him as I've mentioned before he's 205
15:15
pounds so you know if they yeah if
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Nebraska wants to run the ball with him
15:19
20 times like I don't think that's a
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good strategy uh they they need to they
15:24
need to be cognizant of how many you
15:26
know hits he's taken and I really would
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try to limit him i really I really think
15:31
that they need to keep his carries like
15:32
for the season to 200 or below i don't
15:35
think they can get like 250 carries on
15:37
this guy he's going to break down that's
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just you know it's nothing against him
15:40
it's just the Big 10 it's a brutal
15:42
conference and running backs take a lot
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of punishment so my only concern with
15:46
him is uh you know the wear and tear
15:48
aspect of it so so Quinton Knives needs
15:50
to be effective because they need to
15:52
give somebody else those five to 10
15:54
carries a game because I do believe
15:55
they're going to throw the ball a lot
15:57
but they're still going to have to you
15:58
know if they're winning games they're
15:59
still going to run 25 30 times a game i
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mean unless they're you know unless this
16:03
team isn't as good as we think um you
16:06
know then they'll be probably throwing
16:07
the ball more but but if you've got the
16:09
lead at some point you got to start you
16:10
know pounding the rock a little bit and
16:12
kind of salting things away so I still I
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still foresee 25 30 carries this year
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and five to 10 of those you know maybe
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more got to go to Jamaran or not
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Jamarian Parker but Quint Ives and some
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of the other dudes becky Nelson too I
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think um but yeah no I think you're
16:28
going to see guys like Johnson involved
16:30
a lot in the passing game too like the
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little wheel route play that he ran with
16:33
Dylan Riola in the pinstripe bowl uh I
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think you're going to see a lot of that
16:37
too because that showed up in the open
16:38
practice
16:39
um back in March so I think you're going
16:42
to see them involved a lot in the
16:43
passing game and in the running game and
16:45
so it'll be interesting to see how they
16:46
utilize running backs and what that
16:47
depth chart looks like yeah you look at
16:50
the last four games um from last season
16:52
with EMTT Johnson and just the receiving
16:54
numbers so against USC seven and this is
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after Hogerson started calling plays
16:58
seven receptions for 36 yards against
17:01
Wisconsin 6 for 85 iowa 6 for 25 boston
17:05
College 4 for 24 so And that was
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touchdown right or no yeah yep and he
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did have Yep he had the touchdown and he
17:12
caught a touchdown against USC too so
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two touchdown receptions in there didn't
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score any rushing touchdowns but had 75
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yards rushing against BC 71 against Iowa
17:21
113 against Wisconsin 55 against USC um
17:25
so I mean he's got the ability and he I
17:27
mean that's 12 23 receptions in four
17:30
games that's an average of six catches a
17:32
game last year for EMTT Johnson under
17:35
Dana Hogerson so you know he's got the
17:38
ability and that's definitely proven
17:40
that he's going to be more productive in
17:41
that area i think Nelson definitely can
17:43
be a pass um you know a passcatching
17:46
threat but the one thing looking back at
17:48
EMTT Johnson he's never carried the ball
17:50
20 times in a game before not once in
17:52
his career and he's going to have to do
17:54
that a few times this season you know I
17:57
I mean maybe not it just depends how how
17:59
good uh Quinton Ives can be you know if
18:01
Quinton Ives can get you you know 10 for
18:04
40 then then maybe EMTT Johnson doesn't
18:06
have to carry the ball 20 times this
18:07
season because I'd rather he not do it
18:09
and I think that they kind of know that
18:10
he's limited in that area but it's just
18:13
gonna be interesting to see how it works
18:14
out i mean I'm not I definitely don't
18:16
think fans need to panic i just think
18:18
that if they had gotten Jamar Brown it
18:20
just would have given them an extra
18:21
added layer of depth you know i agree
18:23
there yeah for sure but I he wasn't
18:26
going to come here in a place I can
18:28
fiddle but it uh it would have been a
18:30
luxury it would have been a luxury for
18:32
sure it's not like it was it was
18:33
definitely to me it always felt like
18:35
more of a luxury than than a need like
18:37
just you know adding adding more
18:39
security but uh it's just you know Quint
18:42
Quint I feel like Quinton Knives could
18:44
be very productive it's like I said we
18:45
just he's just unknown at this point so
18:47
um I agree and Chamar Brown maybe a
18:49
little bit more of a known but hey man
18:51
there's a reason like I said there's a
18:52
reason Nebraska you know took Quinton
18:54
Knives in the 2023 class so you know
18:56
hopefully they were right back then that
18:58
those recruiting evaluations matter and
19:00
we'll see how that pans out over the
19:02
next few years i'm interested to see how
19:05
he's utilized at Miami because now there
19:08
was another Nebraska running back who
19:10
went to Miami a couple years ago and now
19:12
he's at FIU but uh three teams in three
19:16
years might not be a depth problem at
19:19
each program but anyway um so we'll see
19:22
i mean you know
19:25
um I think he'll succeed in Miami for
19:28
what they want to do in terms of their
19:30
offense um but they but Miami also has
19:33
two very good running backs ahead of
19:34
Brown so you know I think like you said
19:37
maybe he's looking at a starting job
19:38
after this year so we'll see um and then
19:42
excuse me the last thing I wanted to
19:44
touch on uh for today we have some
19:45
transfer portal departures from Nebraska
19:47
this week which um you know the portal
19:50
excuse me closed last Friday sometimes
19:52
it can take a little bit of time for
19:54
these guys to kind of get entered into
19:55
the portal um so anyway I'm not sure if
19:59
we covered any of these guys on Monday
20:00
or if they had entered by the time we
20:02
did our show but um you have Evan Taylor
20:04
who's entered the portal the former
20:06
defensive back was a scholarship player
20:08
ian Flint tight end defensive lineman
20:11
nico Autumn Manelli uh entered the
20:13
portal recently um and then I think the
20:15
big was the biggest one to me Grant
20:17
Seager um the offensive tackle um was a
20:20
walk-on from I think Oakland Nebraska um
20:22
came to Nebraska as a tight end moved to
20:25
tackle matt Rule really talked him up in
20:27
one of his press conferences this spring
20:29
so he's actually already got offered by
20:31
Washington State and some other power
20:32
for four programs but those are uh I
20:35
think that's all the guys right there
20:36
that have transferred i don't know if
20:38
we're going to see any others at this
20:39
point and I don't know do you think that
20:41
all these players are going to actually
20:42
leave the program or do you think it's
20:43
just like um them doing it as like kind
20:47
of an insurance measure like in case the
20:48
105 happens then they can leave but if
20:50
it doesn't they could still return the
20:53
only one that I could see possibly still
20:55
returning is Ottomanelli because we
20:57
don't know you know Mike Eckler and his
20:59
special team style i'm not sure exactly
21:01
what Ottomanelli's style is but um you
21:05
know that one was a little bit
21:07
surprising to me but the rest I I think
21:09
you know we have we have depth you know
21:13
starting depth on the on on the
21:15
defensive line you know we were starting
21:17
to have a really good amount of depth at
21:20
defensive back so a lot of these weren't
21:22
surprising to me
21:24
yeah no and really none of them were
21:25
surprising to I mean with Nico I just
21:27
think you know when you do get at some
21:30
point they're going to have 105man
21:32
roster i mean he was only a freshman so
21:34
like there's just not probably going to
21:35
be a situation where Nebraska is going
21:37
to carry three kickers on that roster so
21:39
while they've got Albano and John Hall
21:41
you know it's just I think that the
21:43
writing was kind of on the wall there
21:45
for for the specialists and and those
21:46
guys unfortunately are going to get you
21:48
know you're going to be down probably to
21:49
two kickers one punter and one long
21:51
snapper i mean that's going to be it on
21:52
the roster because 105 man is 105 you
21:56
know whatever happens with it this year
21:57
it's going to take effect at some point
21:59
and um so hopefully you know Nico I do I
22:02
definitely think he can kick at this
22:04
level though so hopefully he finds a
22:05
landing spot um most of the guys yeah
22:08
it's nothing nothing against them best
22:10
of luck to all of them in the future um
22:12
the two guys DeAndre Barnes is one like
22:14
I you know I think he could have played
22:16
this season i do think I do wish they
22:18
could get Grant Seager back um I don't
22:21
know i just have a feeling that that guy
22:23
I mean from a former tight end who's now
22:25
66 300 lb um I just have a feeling that
22:28
he's going to start somewhere you know
22:30
on the offensive line i know he got
22:32
offered by Washington State but it
22:34
wouldn't surprise me if he ended up in
22:35
the Big 10 somewhere and uh so I don't
22:38
know i I I'm thinking not that there's
22:40
really anything Nebraska could do to
22:42
prevent it because he's still probably a
22:44
year or two away from playing at
22:46
Nebraska but I think if if there's a way
22:48
that they could try to get him back on
22:49
the roster he's probably like the only
22:51
one that you know I would like to keep
22:54
yeah and you know you could always use
22:55
offensive line depth we've seen it
22:57
before where you have too little and
22:58
then it create issues but uh by and
23:01
large you know I I I help all these guys
23:04
find programs and um cuz there's so many
23:06
kids that enter the transfer portal and
23:08
then they're never able to find a home
23:09
so that's the unfortunate part about all
23:11
this yeah that is unfortunate and then
23:15
um it's going to be you know what it is
23:16
going to be great for though the uh the
23:18
NIA programs the FCS programs um you
23:21
know some of these programs that have
23:23
gotten some of their players poached too
23:24
but there's going to be a lot more
23:26
talent that like programs like Nebraska
23:28
were kind of hoarding and uh that won't
23:30
be happening quite as much in the future
23:32
yeah and you know it'll increase the
23:34
talent at that level as well maybe get
23:36
some more national exposure because a
23:37
lot of these FCS teams are good man i
23:39
mean you look at like the the the Dakota
23:42
schools I'll call them and you know it
23:45
seems like we we we hear those programs
23:48
called during the NFL draft a lot so uh
23:52
Gray Gray Zeble the offensive lineman
23:54
was uh went to I believe it was um North
23:59
Dakota State so I mean yep North Dakota
24:03
State seems to produce NFL talent if not
24:06
every year than than every other year so
24:08
there's no shame in going to an FCS
24:10
program at all yeah no there's a lot of
24:13
FCS is getting better and better and I
24:15
think is uh you know we'll see what
24:17
happens i would love to see you know the
24:19
FCS and the group of five like merge
24:21
together i think that would be sweet and
24:23
let the let the power four be the power
24:24
four and let them have their own
24:26
separate championships that's that's my
24:27
dream scenario yeah no that would be
24:30
that would be a nice scenario because
24:32
you look at like again national exposure
24:36
anything that can grow the game and gain
24:38
more eyes on the lower I don't want to
24:40
say lower levels but the kind of smaller
24:43
levels of college football i mean that's
24:45
never a bad thing and I think man like I
24:48
just like teams in the MAC like it would
24:50
be I mean I know that now that they've
24:52
got the the guaranteed spot like they
24:54
they have a chance to get into the 12
24:56
team playoff like if if you're if you're
24:57
an undefeated team in the MAC like
24:59
you're probably going to make the 12
25:00
team playoff or at least be you know in
25:02
that conversation so like you
25:03
theoretically could run the table and
25:05
win the national championship and yada
25:06
yada yada but like we know that's never
25:08
going to actually happen so like I I
25:10
feel like it'd be really cool for teams
25:12
in like the Mountain West and the MAC to
25:13
to uh compete for you know the Group of
25:16
Five or FCS National Championship you
25:18
know like I you know North Dakota State
25:20
going up against a team from like
25:21
Conference USA in a play like I think
25:23
that would be great television i think
25:25
ESPN could sell the crap out of it and
25:28
then I think you'd have those let those
25:30
sit the top 64 or 80 teams let them do
25:32
their mini NFL thing and let those other
25:34
teams do college football and I think it
25:36
would be the best of both worlds
25:39
yeah I mean Montana's FCS team is really
25:42
talented too so I mean there's a lot of
25:44
good programs and um there's a lot of uh
25:48
good I don't want to say hidden talent
25:50
but maybe not recognized enough talent
25:52
that uh definitely deserves a bigger
25:54
platform yeah it would be fun montana
25:57
actually just had uh guys from each of
25:59
their schools drafted and actually were
26:01
from Montana so they've had they have
26:03
quite a few players drafted but not
26:04
always from Montana so yeah one guy from
26:07
but one guy from Billings um actually
26:10
was uh I think Tom Brady might have had
26:12
a role in drafting the guy from but his
26:14
name is Tommy Malot and he's a quarter
26:16
he was a college quarterback but he he
26:18
ran a 4-39 in the 40 so people are
26:20
saying he could be like a Julian Edelman
26:22
type and so I thought that was
26:24
interesting that that Tom Brady's team
26:26
you know drafted a player like that
26:27
because uh if anybody knows what a
26:29
Julian Edelman can bring to your team
26:30
it's Tom Brady i mean if he can have a
26:32
Julian Edelman type career that would be
26:34
quite something so I'll still I'll still
26:37
never forget the Super Bowl catch
26:39
against the Falcons that tight window
26:40
catch probably one of the greatest plays
26:43
I've ever seen and uh yeah no getting a
26:45
Julian Edelman comparison is never a bad
26:47
thing i remember when Julian Edelman
26:49
like came on the scene as a seventh
26:51
round pick and was just dominating the
26:52
preseason that year as a quarterback
26:54
originally yeah so switched yeah but uh
26:58
yeah great pickup there so um all right
27:00
you guys we'll wrap everything up there
27:02
again trey Taylor announcing the
27:04
commitment um at 12:00 p.m eastern today
27:07
so uh get your Husker hats on should be
27:09
a good day for Nebraska and we'll be
27:11
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27:12
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27:13
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27:15
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27:19
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27:21
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