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Middays With Matt
Rundown (Tues 8/11 - Seg 2)
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Matt gives a rundown of what is to come from the show today, we run from husker football, to college sports in general, and some NFL.
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I need your help. I can't tell you what it is. You can never ask me about it later. And we're gonna hurt some people. One years old. Whose guy are we gonna take? I have a lot of things I wanna get off my chest. That's an absolutely horsecraft call. Make room for daddy. But they are who we thought they were and we let them off the hook. CH. This is middays with Matt on 1620 the Zone. Finish. Matt live and rolling here in the 1620 zone radio network. Matt McMaster is always joined by Jake Janicek. Heck yeah, I slipped up there. I said, as always, I'm not always joined by you, but I'm joined by you this week because Josh Watson is on vacation and we are so happy about it here. We actually are. I said that way too sarcastically. Josh is on vacation. He'll be back next week. Jake Janicek with me. Middays with Matt, 1620 the Zone. Am here in the big O977 the Zone in Central Nebraska. Thank you so much for everybody listening to the show. We are in four football season. Bay B. I got my copy of pick six previews. I am fired up about it here. Let me go ahead once again. Matt never is on the camera in time. I'm like John Bishop but even worse. Let me show it up to the camera here. Look at this baby. Brett Ciania sent me my pick six preview magazine. Absolutely incredible in the flesh. Also going to have pick six for all of you this season. It's Brett's in season breakdowns of all the games that are happening across the country in terms of what happened the week before and his previews for what ha. What will happen in the next week. So I'm so excited to bring you all of that information as well from one of the best writers in all of college football as let's go ahead. Let's mosey on over to the Nebraska section. Look at that. Brett has the Huskers 37th in the country, 10th in the Big Ten here's his outlook. Let's just read Brett's outlook for the Nebraska football season real quick. Nebraska hopes that Anthony Calandria scrambling skill set can help elevate other position groups around him. The offensive lines breakthrough still hasn't materialized and now the defense has a coordinator slash scheme change. Brett continues and Nebraska was number 10 in Big 10 in game grader number 11 in my opponent adjusted yards margin and now the schedule heats up as they draw a playoff trio and six of the league's top 10. So no declarative statements from Brett Ciancia, but reading between the lines, Brett believes that it won't be as easy as a season as others might have. I'm sure that if we went ahead and read the Penn State breakdown, he probably say something about Here we go. This is the pen skate breakdown from Brett. Okay, they get a schedule boost by avoiding the playoff trio and it's going to draw five of the bottom seven. The talent level is behind the league super recruiters, but this favorable schedule keeps Penn State in the race for Indianapolis. So the schedule gods look down and bless the Penn State Nittany Lions. Others got it worse than Nebraska for sure, but the Huskers still have a pretty difficult draw when it comes to schedules. Playing the Big three in Oregon, Indiana and Ohio State, along with playing Illinois, Washington and Iowa. Three teams, two of which I'm sure are pretty certain to be ranked at some point during this season. We talked yesterday on the show About Matt Rules 25 minute press conference where talked about some names that we've heard before, some names that we haven't heard before, gave some very interesting information in regards to what the off season has looked like for the Corn Huskers and their development of their bodies. Right? Talk about the lean mass that they gained, the fat that they were able to shed. But I had mentioned that, you know, the tone of that press conference, that 25 minute press conference and the information given in that 25 minute press conference was very different than the tone and information that used to be given in press conferences that happened in year one and year two of the Matt Rule era. And I think everybody very easily kind of deduced, hey, the honeymoon period is over. I got many texts from people saying, hey, that is, you know, your, your kind of signal that this honeymoon phase with Matt Rule and the Nebraska Corn Husker faithful is done. And I would say that the corn, the, the, the honeymoon phase has been done for a while. I don't think anybody's really debating that, but it got me thinking, got Me thinking these thoughts, right? And the shift from a complete buy in in year one because we were bought into that rule. We were bought into not only, you know, his success at Temple and Baylor, but we were also bought into his philosophy of football. Right? His philosophy of football was very well established in those first press conferences that he was at Nebraska. What did he say? I want to build through the trenches. I want to have a strong offensive line, I want to have a strong defensive line, I want to run the ball. We want to be dynamic on special teams. Remember 75 rushing yards in the fourth quarter, that was a goal for them. That was something that everybody got fired up about, right? He talked about being a physical football team. He talked about winning in the margins. It was all of those things that you really wanted to hear. And then what could you boot behind all of that philosophy about. Because here's the thing. Scott Frost helped Rule out by being just, just everybody being so sick and tired of the charade and rule. Like, like everybody got pissed at Frost for being like, oh, I hope the Big Ten adjusts to us. Right? And Frost was terrible at player development. All right, I got the pick six preview right here. You'll look at, I have all of my previous copies from the last three seasons. You'll see that even under Scott Frost, that Nebraska was terrible when it came to what the recruiting rankings were compared to what the NFL draft pick. Right. Conversion rate was. The Nebraska was and, and in part still is one of the worst player development teams according to pick six previews, because of the job, or lack thereof, of what Scott Frost did. So when Matt Rule goes to the podium and says, we're gonna play Big Ten football, and you look at his history and you go, wow, this guy's great at player development. This is the absolute opposite of what we had before. And what we had before yielded three and four win seasons. What if we get nine win seasons and 10 win seasons from that? So because of rules philosophy, which I still think is his philosophy, I, I very much still believe that he wants to win in the trenches, that he wants to run the ball. I mean, I think that how they're going to run the ball through committee, how they're going to use the quarterback to run the ball, how they've invested a ton when it comes to guards and tackles and now made an even bigger investment when it comes to the offensive line, I think that he still continues to prove that is his philosophy and that's what he wants to accomplish. They just haven't been able to do it at a very rapid rate or the rate that you would want them to accomplish it as, but rules message because it was so much different from what Frost had really resonated with people. And so that really ignited not just like a honeymoon phase. I feel like there was a whole like honeymoon year and a half. Like it was, it was a pretty, pretty long time. But eventually there were turning points, right? And the conversation I had yesterday about the differences in press conference and tone and message, then followed up by people saying, well, that's because the honeymoon phase is over. It made me think, and I want to ask this question to all of you. For those of you who may not believe in Matt Rule that this is going to work out, here's my question. What were the turning points? What were the games? What were the specific plays? Maybe what were the results or maybe words said post or pre games that kind of turned you a little bit like that kind of made you think, oh, maybe the honeymoon phase is over. Maybe I'm, I'm gonna stop looking at this coach or looking at this program with rose tinted glasses. What were your turning points? If only if you don't think this is going to work out, some people could still be like, ah, I didn't like this loss or I didn't like when this happened, or I didn't like this sequence. But I still think this is going to happen. This is more specifically for people who are like, ah, really skeptical right now. What, what started to turn you, what started to change your opinion? What started. What, what game maybe made you think, I don't know if this is going to work out. And so I, I have kind of three candidates here that I wrote down that kind of made. I think collectively, even if you still think this is going to work out collectively, we can all say, hey, that was a great, that was a great look, you know that, that didn't help anything. And you know, I now have a different point of view, what the program can be because of those results. So we're going to go through that. But we're also, if we're going to do a little bit of a negative segment segment in terms of what were your turning points, maybe toward more negativity. I think it's only fair to the program and fair to the head coach that we talk about the upcoming terming turning points that Nebraska football has ahead of them that could flip you the other way. That could make you believe and maybe even add why I think some of those things could happen. We try and be a fair radio show Here when it comes to the Husker football program, we're going to talk about something negative. I try and fairly if they deserve it, obviously try and talk about something a little bit more positive. Sith goes the entire season of last year, to be honest, I don't know. I don't think that Cincinnati win made you think, oh we're screwed. This whole program is screwed. Pretty big play at the end of the game, it's a three point win. How many three point wins? I mean we're all talk about chasing three. Only three point wins could they really have under Matt Rule until that happened, didn't happen a whole lot. Hokey skirt goes. My belief in Rule is still, is still there because after taking a step back and reflecting on what the Riola's were doing behind the scenes made me feel like they held this program, held his program back. I, I definitely do think that when Matt Rule got to Nebraska's campus he had an idea of what he wanted this team to be. And then Dylan came and because of Dylan and because of how he plays and because of his skill sets and you know, because of what was important to Dylan and what was important to Nebraska was keeping Dylan very satisfied. That had to change. Matt Rules default idea of what he wanted the program to be had to change. Now that Dylan is gone, I think you're back to the program being closer to what Matt Rule initially wanted it to be. And I think you know that because you look at this roster and I think there are more similarities in terms of archetype that people are willing to mint between this roster and the 23 roster. 23 roster didn't have that superstar running back. 23 roster had RB by committee, Gabe Irvin Jr. Ramire Johnson, Anthony Grant had a young Emma Johnson in the wings, right? You look at this running back room rule, Tyche, Hayes Maai Nelson, Isaiah Mosey, you got four guys, you know that you're going to use a multitude of them, right? Year one, what type of quarterback did he have? He had a quarterback that could use his feet. Year four, what type of quarterback do you have? A type of quarterback that uses feet. Year one you had a defensive coordinator who's coming off a very successful stop in Syracuse, had, who had his own unique system that you completely allowed to implement and allow him to kind of choose and pick and choose. Hey, how like who are you going to use to be effective in these spots? You're given that same idea, right? That same concept is in tow with Rob Orch successful DC from a smaller school from, you know, giving him kind of, hey, here's your autonomy and skill, your system. There's a lot of similarities. Even, even going Back to in 23, we thought the weakness of that defense was going to be the defensive line. Going into 26, we think the weakness of this defense is going to be the defensive line. And I think it's kind of what Sith is, is hokey skirt is referring to. Right. Like, you know, he still has a belief in rule because he thought that the program took a different turn when Riola came in. Well, Ryle is now gone and this team are from an archetype standpoint, not from a talent standpoint, but from an archetype standpoint, looks very similar to when Raiola wasn't there, which is the only season he was there. We have a pretty, a couple good comments here. Sith continues. You won't ever get a better opportunity to turn it around than last year's season. It just never happened. Yeah, I mean, they, they, I've said this consistently. They had a really good opportunity, really good opportunity just in terms of what was ahead of them in order that, in order for them to accomplish things that they hadn't accomplished in the last couple of years. And they still did do that. They won seven games right in the, in the regular season. They hadn't accomplished that in a long time. But they, they had another opportunity to take an additional step to really ignite, you know, momentum heading into this season. Right. And they had an opportunity to beat Michigan. Couldn't get it done. Unfortunately, football happens, their quarter quarterback gets hurt against usc, that doesn't happen. And then the wheels really fall off. Fell off against Penn State, Iowa and Utah. So we'll talk about that actually coming up in the next segment. Some turning points. I have some, I have some ideas, but that's my question. If you're somebody where you're, you're now more skeptical of the program now than you were a year ago. What, what was that turning point for you? What was that game? What was that play? What was maybe that play call. What was something that was said at podium that made you maybe, maybe turned you off a little bit that may made you look a little sideways, that made you think. I don't, I don't know if I think this is going to happen as much as I did in year one. Do you know what season is right around the corner? We're talking a lot about football, but another very important season is right around the corner for Nebraska athletics. Volleyball. Volleyball season officially begins in 16 days. August 27th is when they will play their first, they'll play their exhibition in Dallas. So we will talk about the Nebraska volleyball team, might I add the number one ranked in the country Nebraska volleyball team. Also, don't worry, we will talk about Creighton volleyball at some point during this week. We're doing some things in order to figure that stuff out. So at some point we'll talk about Creighton volleyball. So I don't, you know, because they deserve a ton of respect. But Red white scrimmage for Nebraska volleyball at Pinnacle Bank arena will happen August 16th, this Sunday at 3 o'. Clock. And then they will play the Spikes under the Lights event at arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium, which is a exhibition but a massive nil event. And then they will go to Vegas for the players ERA Showcase. A massive legacy defining season for Nebraska volleyball awaits a senior class that you know, right now is simply labeled as one of the best senior classes to not win a national championship. They have lost a total of six, six games in the three years that they have been playing volleyball at Nebraska. Bergen Riley, Andy Jackson, Harper Murray and Laney Choboy where there's six losses come against smu, people forget about that game. Smu, Penn State twice, Wisconsin, Texas and Texas A and M. The last three seasons they have lost to the team that eventually won the national championship. Texas in the national championship, Penn State in the Final Four, the Texas A and M and the Elite Eight. We'll talk about not only the significance of this Nebraska volleyball season for these seniors, this incredible senior class, not only from like a local perspective, but we'll also discuss it from a national perspective because you'd be hard pressed to find me another volleyball team that's going to be on as big of a national stage maybe ever, right? I mean there, there would have to be some volleyball historians who would have to call in and tell me whether or not it's true. But I, I, I mean they're going to everywhere, they're everywhere that there is an unprecedented event. Nebraska volleyball is there and they are going to have national eyes on them that I don't know if any other volleyball team other than Texas has really experienced before or will continue to experience. And so this Nebraska volleyball team has an opportunity not only do something for themselves and do something for Lincoln, but also do something for just the entire state of volleyball in terms of the impact, recognition and notoriety they can gain by finally, finally winning that national championship that it seemed like they were destined to win when they won the Final Four game that got them to play Texas. I remember going into that Texas game, I, I mean, I don't really know volleyball spreads, Jake Janice said. I don't, I don't know if they were a half a set favorite or anything like that, but after they had had swept PIT in the Final Four to make that game to play Texas, as Texas was the number five team of the tournament and the Huskers were the number one overall seed when they had swept pit, it was. We almost thought that this Longhorn game was going to be like a coronation. You know, I remember being like, all right, this is their opportunity. Freshman. Holy crap. It's not if they win a title, it's how many titles could they end up winning for Nebraska volleyball? And we are now into year four and they're still chasing it. Granted, there is something to be said about always being defeated by the team that, you know, wins the national championship, right? It's. I mean, it's. If the national champion has always had to go through Nebraska. But is this finally the year. And it's been quite a while since Nebraska volleyball, who has been on the top of the sport and the most recognized program in all of NCAA volleyball. It's been quite a while since they won a national championship. And this, you know, I've talked about it with, you know, kind of some other teams, right? And across the NFL and college football, but like, if not now, you know, like, this is, this is it, man. And so very excited to talk about, start a little volleyball conversation this year. Gonna be a great season for Nebraska volleyball. We'll also talk about the safe college sports act at some point during the show. Here's a simple easy take. I don't care anymore. I'm just kind of done with it. And I'll tell you why you should be too. Also some other things have come across the Twitter from this morning. The NBA schedules have come out. Seriously. I, I do think with the NBA, with the New York Knicks winning the NBA title, with the San Antonio spurs being as young of a team as they are and collapsing in the finals within LeBron going to probably the most interesting team he could have gone to. I didn't find him going to Miami interesting from a national scale because I, I just don't even with you don't just. You don't really win in the Big 3Up model anymore. The Big 3 model doesn't. Doesn't win you championships like it used to. You kind of win with the one and a half superstars, you know, one superstar, one star and a lot of depth. That's kind of the model that has been put in front of us in terms of, hey, these are the teams who win NBA titles. And so LeBron going to Cleveland would have been a nice story, and him going to Miami would have been a nice story. And him going to Golden State and being with Draymond and Stephen Curry and, you know, that would have been fine stories. But I think him going to Philadelphia legitimately makes the 76ers a threat not only to win the Eastern Conference, but the NBA Finals. I feel like the NBA look in comparison to football and everything like that. Like, they're not on that level anymore. They're getting pretty hot, though. Like, they're getting pretty hot. Like, there was a lot of interaction, a lot of excitement for these Christmas Day games, the opening day games that were announced, the national TV schedule being announced. There was some excitement there. So we'll, we'll touch quickly on that. I know John with no H is gonna freak out on the text line, which by the way, if you want to reach out to us on the Prayer Flower Casino Zone hotline/text line. 42951, 1624 02951, 1620. You can also reach us on the Equitable Bank Zone inbox. At Equitable bank. They take banking personally. They always pick up on the first ring. Shout out old Man Doug. And you can reach us on the Liquid Trucking Zone Twitter feed @Matt McMedia, what's your Twitter? Jake? Janice. Just Jake Janicek at Jake Janicek. Absolutely love it. We have a great show ahead of you today. Michael Severe will join us at 11:20. The executive director of the Jet Award foundation will also be joined by Tim Verghese, where Timmy V drops some intel today ahead of an open practice that will be happening in Lincoln. So we will have reporters, we will have media, we'll have writers, we'll have TV people will have radio pundits all in the Hawks championship center watching open practice today for the Nebraska Corn Huskers, a fully padded practice. Their second fully padded practice of this fall camp. First one was yesterday. We are anticipating a scrimmage to happen on Saturday. Well, maybe in those press conferences when we might get more of an idea of who are winning, who might be winning what battles, depending on whether or not Coach Rule is willing to reveal that which TBD and Schaefer had a great segment today which I totally agree with in terms of, you know, you probably, if you gave me a pen and paper right now and said, matt, write out the depth chart for Nebraska football. I feel like I'd come pretty close. I feel like come come pretty close. But we still have some, some questions to answer and we will get some of those answers from Michael Sevier and Tim Verghese throughout today's show.
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Let's hit a break here. We'll talk about turning points in the Matt Rule era coming up next here
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on the days with that Grainger knows. When you're a procurement manager for an office park, you're not managing one building, you're managing all of them. And to stay ahead, you need to see through walls and around corners. Lights about to fail, filters ready to clog, H VAC on its last leg. If you wait until something breaks, you're already behind. Count on Grainger for quality products, easy reordering and 24. 7 support. Call 1-800-GRAINGER click grainger.com or just stop by Grainger for the ones who get it done.