1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:06,040 Look at news, analysis and insight from around the Big Ten conference. This 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:10,800 is Big Ten Paradigm, part of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast network, 3 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:22,600 and here's your host, Mark Roger. Ohio State needed a signature win, 4 00:00:22,719 --> 00:00:28,640 the Big Ten needed a signature win, and obviously Bryan Day needed a 5 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:34,240 signature win. Welcome into the Voice of college football courtesy right here on the 6 00:00:34,399 --> 00:00:39,240 College Gridiron Coast to Coast platform. I'm Mark Rogers, the voice of college 7 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,719 football. Check us out on YouTube where we post content to each and every 8 00:00:43,759 --> 00:00:47,960 day live streams, call in shows, best discussion, debate, in analysis. 9 00:00:48,719 --> 00:00:53,079 And we thank the folks here at College Gridiron Coast to Coast Network and 10 00:00:53,159 --> 00:01:00,000 their hospitality and teaming up with them on their array of just the finest college 11 00:01:00,119 --> 00:01:04,359 football podcast. So check out the whole list, the whole menu right here 12 00:01:06,159 --> 00:01:10,439 on College Gridiron Coast to Coast. Let's talk Big Ten and before we move 13 00:01:10,519 --> 00:01:15,239 on two week five, let's talk Ohio State Notre Dame. Not a pretty 14 00:01:15,239 --> 00:01:23,439 game and not a pretty performance in many aspects. However, let's not in 15 00:01:23,519 --> 00:01:29,159 any way under value the grit, determination, and toughness of this Ohio State 16 00:01:29,159 --> 00:01:34,400 team and what may prove to be the coming out party. The maturity on 17 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:38,920 display in the final drive by quarterback Kyle McCord in just his fourth career start, 18 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:47,000 first hostile environment on the road, he drove the Buckeyes and faced a 19 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:51,319 number of situations in which it could have been the very last play for Ohio 20 00:01:51,359 --> 00:01:56,120 State football on this night in South Bend, and he delivered when he needed 21 00:01:56,159 --> 00:01:59,680 to, and the Buckeyes pulled it out, of course, with the final 22 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:04,719 play of the game and the toughness that Ryan Day talked about after the game 23 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,439 and then after in the postgame news conference and then ever since then, Ryan 24 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:13,919 Day driving home the point that his team is not soft, it's tough, 25 00:02:14,759 --> 00:02:16,599 and that has yet to be proven in the Big Ten against the Lakes of 26 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:21,800 Penn State, and of course the BJOR test is Michigan. But on this 27 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,199 night in Week four, the challenge was Notre Dame on the road, and 28 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:30,479 that was a stiff and formidable challenge to the Buckeyes proved to be up to 29 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:35,159 the challenge, up to the test, and the defense gave up just fourteen 30 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,840 points. There were times when Sam Hartman completed passes at will, but they 31 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:46,599 were short underneath passes and the tackles were made assuredly by the Buckeyes in space, 32 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:51,039 and there were times in which Notre Dames seemed to run the ball at 33 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,719 five and six yards per clip at will. However, they never broke off 34 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:59,719 the long, long run that burned the Buckeyes and proved to be decisive. 35 00:03:00,039 --> 00:03:05,159 Ohio State emerges victorious for a sixth to consecutive time in the series over Notre 36 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:09,800 Dame seventeen to fourteen. Every Wednesday at eleven am Eastern Time, we get 37 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:15,240 together with our Buckeye's crew of Steve Hellwagon from Buck Nutts two four seven Sports, 38 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:20,719 Tony Gerdeman, and Kevin Noun from Buckeye Huddle to talk Ohio State football. 39 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,520 And here's a dose of what you can expect each and every week. 40 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:32,360 As the guys and I discussed Ohio State's monumental win, it's going to be 41 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:37,639 a game that's going to live on forever for fans in terms of coming back 42 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:43,800 and really seemingly snatching victory out of the jaws of defeat the way that they 43 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,520 did. You know, I don't know if things are going to be remembered 44 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:52,080 of the smaller minutia, but as Steve put it, there certainly is a 45 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:57,360 lot of concern when it comes down to their third and short, their fourth 46 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,759 and short. I think the defense aid very well. Maybe there were some 47 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,680 moments that the linebackers would like to certainly have back there. Ohio State kept 48 00:04:06,719 --> 00:04:12,479 audric estimate very much in check in my opinion, Really we did not see 49 00:04:12,479 --> 00:04:16,920 this Sam Hartman that everybody had kind of talked about leading into it, you 50 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:20,839 know how prolific. I mean, he looked good throwing the ball around, 51 00:04:20,879 --> 00:04:25,600 but he only had the one touchdown pass. Ohio State did a pretty good 52 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:30,160 job of locking guys down. Denzel Burke really was not tested in the game, 53 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:36,319 as Notre Dame was not going to have any of that as we go 54 00:04:36,439 --> 00:04:41,959 through it a lot to still build off of. But you have to imagine 55 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,240 that the amount of confidence that so many players coming out of this game, 56 00:04:45,879 --> 00:04:48,399 that level has got to be so high, and I think that this open 57 00:04:48,439 --> 00:04:55,199 week comes at a really good time because you don't get drunk off of the 58 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:59,480 high of that game and have the risk of a letdown against you know, 59 00:04:59,519 --> 00:05:01,600 a Maryland team that is taking care of everything in front of it. Maybe 60 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,240 not the most impressive Maryland team out there, but you know, I think 61 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:14,199 everything fits. I think nobody has ever played their best game in a seventeen 62 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,399 fourteen winner loss, and that's what this was. And nobody's ever played their 63 00:05:17,399 --> 00:05:21,000 best game against a quality, very good opponent. There's going to be some 64 00:05:21,759 --> 00:05:26,240 give and take there. I do think Notre Dame gave the game away, 65 00:05:26,319 --> 00:05:29,800 but credit Ohio State for taking it. We've seen games that have been tried 66 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,600 to give it be given away by by opponents and it's not taken. But 67 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,879 Ohio State made it plays when they had to have him. As Steve said, 68 00:05:36,879 --> 00:05:40,959 that drive is going to live forever and they need to take this week 69 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,800 to heal up because that was a rugged, physical game. Ohio State didn't 70 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,920 substitute really on either side of the ball. They went with basically the same 71 00:05:48,959 --> 00:05:55,240 eleven people throughout, with a couple of exceptions here and there. I think 72 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:59,079 for Commacord, this was a coming of age type moment. Is fifth start, 73 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:02,639 and the last thing I'll say is our photographer Dan Harker was speaking to 74 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,759 an usher who's worked there for over twenty years and he said the end of 75 00:06:05,759 --> 00:06:11,680 that game was the loudest that that usher had heard it for any game at 76 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,360 Notre Dame. Stadium, and that takes in all the Michigan down to the 77 00:06:15,399 --> 00:06:18,079 wire games, all the Clemson down to the wire games, Georgia down to 78 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:23,040 the wire, et cetera, that they've had there in the last twenty years. 79 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:26,959 And he said that it was as loud as it's been in And of 80 00:06:26,959 --> 00:06:30,839 course Notre Dame is dying for a winner. I mean, you know the 81 00:06:30,959 --> 00:06:36,480 era of Lou Holtz and Newt Rockney and Ara par Siegeon and all those great 82 00:06:36,519 --> 00:06:42,519 coaches and all those great teams and Heisman winners that all ended in nineteen ninety 83 00:06:42,519 --> 00:06:46,040 three. And you know, people argue, you know, oh, Notre 84 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:47,680 Dame is this, Notre Dame is that. Well, since nineteen ninety three, 85 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:53,480 Ohio States won thirteen New Year's, six Bowl games, and two national 86 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:59,759 championships. Notre Dame in each category is zero and zero. So you know 87 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,680 that, I'll just tell you, you know how they sense that their breakthrough 88 00:07:03,759 --> 00:07:08,199 moment was there and they didn't get it. This was more than just Lou 89 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:11,920 Holtz. This was not just Lou Holtz saying this. This was this was 90 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:15,879 a message that was being permeated throughout you know, and for years as well. 91 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,680 I mean, this goes back to and probably this goes back to c 92 00:07:18,879 --> 00:07:23,720 J. Stroud Desmond Howard making a joke at CJ. Stroud's offensive line's expense 93 00:07:23,759 --> 00:07:29,160 at the Heisman and has continued unabated since then, basically talking about Michigan, 94 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:35,040 Michigan, Michigan, and it's just it has become the outside identity of what 95 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:39,399 Ohio State is. And when you're the head coach of that and you see 96 00:07:39,439 --> 00:07:42,839 your players being talked about that way, yeah, you're gonna get angry. 97 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,079 Unfortunately, you have to wait for a win over somebody significant to let out 98 00:07:46,079 --> 00:07:51,839 that anger. And so that's that happened this time after the game because we 99 00:07:51,839 --> 00:07:56,279 didn't obviously didn't hear what he had to say in the TV on TV, 100 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:01,879 but it was asked again in the post game and then he said that you 101 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,319 know, this narrative is over now, and it's it's not it's not over 102 00:08:05,399 --> 00:08:11,800 until he beats Michigan. But this was as he said, it's two bad 103 00:08:11,839 --> 00:08:16,000 halves against Michigan, and I would I would argue it's or it's one bad 104 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,720 half against Michigan, maybe two bad fourth quarters against Michigan. And that's what 105 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,439 the entire narrative has been built around on Ohio State being soft as far as 106 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,240 I can tell, I mean, I think that he wanted to get out 107 00:08:28,439 --> 00:08:31,919 and say something, because if you say something over and over and over and 108 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,519 over again, does it become cannon? At some point? Does it? 109 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,399 Does it become that's what's there? And is that going to be something that's 110 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:45,039 going to follow you into the room in Grapevine, Texas where the college Football 111 00:08:45,039 --> 00:08:50,799 Playoff Committee is making its selections and everything else. And I mean that it 112 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,679 permeates everywhere once you know, once you get labeled that, I mean, 113 00:08:54,480 --> 00:09:00,399 it's it's the whole case of like USC having crappy defense under out scrinch, 114 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:05,679 which is actually something that is very easy to quantify. But if you keep 115 00:09:05,759 --> 00:09:11,000 if you if you sit there and you allow this narrative to stay out there 116 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,960 and you don't do anything, either in words or in actions, and honestly, 117 00:09:15,159 --> 00:09:18,679 in actions is going to be the best way to get through it. 118 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:22,440 It just seems like, well, then you're soft. I mean, you're 119 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:24,799 you're not even you're not even fighting it. At this point, two states 120 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,759 over to the East, while the Buckeyes were sweating it out to the final 121 00:09:28,879 --> 00:09:35,759 second against Notre Dame, Penn State, was crushing Iowa in a game that 122 00:09:37,399 --> 00:09:41,840 after halftime was not in doubt, and if you really took into account the 123 00:09:41,879 --> 00:09:46,720 way Penn State's defense man handled the pathetic Iowa offense, it was never in 124 00:09:46,799 --> 00:09:52,519 doubt. Thirty one nothing Iowa, four first downs, seventy six yards total 125 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:58,759 offense and shut out again thirty one nothing by Penn State. Marty Lee joined 126 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:05,000 us from Rivals on Penn State's platform there to discuss Penn State's dominant effort and 127 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:09,120 the defense they could prove to be the very best, not only in the 128 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,200 Big Ten, but maybe in all of college football. This is the best 129 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:16,759 Penn State defense I have ever seen in my lifetime. And that's saying something 130 00:10:16,799 --> 00:10:20,559 because I've seen some good ones. But they're fast, they're physical, They, 131 00:10:20,759 --> 00:10:24,240 in my opinion, may have the best secondary in the country. Their 132 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:28,320 defensive end room might be the best in the country. It was on full 133 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,879 display Saturday night, and then you throw that in. Like we talked about 134 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,759 last week, there was definitely a personal touch there after the game. James 135 00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:39,519 Franklin did not hide. These players did not hide how they felt about Iowa 136 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:43,240 and about Iowa's coaches after that game. In twenty twenty one, So I 137 00:10:43,279 --> 00:10:46,080 think it was you know, you you're throwing the old don't poke the bear 138 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,799 kind of thing, and they poked the bear and the bear came roaring back 139 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,919 big time on Saturday night. So it was just kind of the perfect storm 140 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,159 of things. But yeah, this defense is really good, and you know, 141 00:10:56,200 --> 00:11:00,919 the offense is been fine. It's got some steps to take yet, 142 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,240 but this defense, without doubt, in my opinion, is good enough to 143 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:07,720 play for a college football championship and play in the College Football Playoff. I 144 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,600 wouldn't call it a concern yet, but it's definitely something of like, hey, 145 00:11:11,639 --> 00:11:13,840 we've got a couple of weeks here until we play Ohio to stay and 146 00:11:13,879 --> 00:11:16,440 then Michigan a few weeks later. We need to get this figured out. 147 00:11:18,279 --> 00:11:20,879 I do wonder though, watching Nick Singleton, it just seemed to me at 148 00:11:20,919 --> 00:11:24,039 times there's been holes. There's been the ability for him to balance it and 149 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:28,799 get big gains, and he hasn't. So I wonder if they've almost tried 150 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:33,200 to overcorrect. We're last year he tried to bounce so much instead of just 151 00:11:33,279 --> 00:11:37,879 kind of being that true between the tackles runner. So I almost wonder if 152 00:11:37,879 --> 00:11:41,240 that's something they see and they kind of go back on it and tell him 153 00:11:41,279 --> 00:11:43,840 like, hey, Nick, what makes you great is that ability to get 154 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,320 the edge, run past the defense, and go and try to go back 155 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:50,919 to that some more. But yeah, ultimately, if you're still averaging three 156 00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:54,519 and a half four yards per carry, which they have, you're gonna take 157 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:56,960 that because that's going to be a first down in every series as long as 158 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,399 you can do that. So I agree the running game could definitely improve, 159 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,519 and I think it's something they'll look to try and get hammered out. I 160 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,120 also know they have some interior offensive lineman who are banged up right now, 161 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:11,240 so you know, in theory Northwestern by week you mask should be a good 162 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,720 opportunity for those guys to really have a light workload and get healthy, and 163 00:12:13,759 --> 00:12:18,080 that will probably help too. But yeah, I agree with you that if 164 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:22,559 there's one thing on this offense you really want to receiver drops aside because as 165 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,480 I've said before, they're executing everything perfectly on those plays, you just got 166 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,159 to catch the football. If there's one thing on this offense you really want 167 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,360 to see get cleaned up, it's trying to get a little more explosiveness to 168 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:35,399 that running attack, because that's what made this rushing game so potent. Last 169 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:41,480 year was Singleton I think had something like seven or eight carries of fifty plush 170 00:12:41,519 --> 00:12:43,840 yards, which I believe was a Big Ten freshman record, And even Ka 171 00:12:43,919 --> 00:12:48,679 tron Allen, even though he's not as explosive, still would regularly, you 172 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,360 know, probably once or twice a game, rip off a twenty plush yard 173 00:12:52,399 --> 00:12:54,080 or so. You want to try and get back to that. I'm sure 174 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:58,080 they will spend the next three weeks trying to get that figured out. But 175 00:12:58,879 --> 00:13:01,960 yeah, still, if you're you're averaging three and a half to four yards 176 00:13:01,039 --> 00:13:05,120 per carry, you overall you're gonna need to be happy with your rushing attack. 177 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,240 Now, let's look forward to Week five in the Big Ten and a 178 00:13:07,279 --> 00:13:11,039 few conference games, some teams playing out of conference in a few bye weeks, 179 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:16,159 especially for Ohio State, who I'm sure could use the bye week after 180 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:20,919 a physical contest at Notre Dame and the upcoming challenge with Maryland coming to town 181 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:24,399 in week six. So let's talk about the two teams that we just addressed, 182 00:13:24,399 --> 00:13:28,120 Penn State and Iowa. The nintey Lyons have a date against Northwestern, 183 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:33,639 the Wildcats coming off and impressive. Now think about this Not only did Northwestern 184 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:37,679 look to be one of the worst or the worst Power five team in twenty 185 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:43,440 twenty three, but you couldn't pick a worst candidate to come back from a 186 00:13:43,519 --> 00:13:50,159 twenty one point deficit then Northwestern, and you couldn't have picked out a stingier 187 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:54,399 defense at least over the last few years then Minnesota to have that comeback take 188 00:13:54,399 --> 00:14:00,320 place. It gets but Northwestern and head coach Ben Braun give them a ton 189 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:05,559 of credit coming back from twenty one down and Ben Bryant, the transfer quarterback 190 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:09,320 from Cincinnati, throwing for three hundred ninety six yards and four touchdowns, Kyle 191 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:15,080 Curtis two hundred and fifteen yards in Northwestern receptions ten on the day, and 192 00:14:15,159 --> 00:14:18,679 they pulled it out in overtime against Minnesota. It's Penn State, It's Northwestern 193 00:14:18,759 --> 00:14:24,679 coming up here in week five. Meanwhile, in Iowa City, the Hawkeyes 194 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,039 will look to get off the deck after that humiliating loss. In a Happy 195 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:31,639 Valley. They take on a Michigan State team without a permanent head coach. 196 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:37,559 It was made official on Wednesday, Meltucker out at Michigan State and of course, 197 00:14:37,639 --> 00:14:45,799 Harlan Barnett, longtime defensive assistant and also former star defensive player at Michigan 198 00:14:45,879 --> 00:14:50,440 State is taking the Spartans to the close of twenty twenty three. It's Michigan 199 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,519 State, it's Iowa. And we do our Hawkeyes Live show each and every 200 00:14:54,559 --> 00:14:58,440 Tuesday at five thirty Eastern time with Corey Brada from the Hawkeye of the Storm, 201 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:03,480 and here's our take on Iowa Michigan State. Michigan State does have players, 202 00:15:03,759 --> 00:15:09,600 They're just in disarray. Who knows what the motivation is, but they 203 00:15:09,639 --> 00:15:13,120 were within they were in the red zone, deep in the red zone, 204 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,519 like inside the ten yard line to give Maryland a bit of a game at 205 00:15:16,559 --> 00:15:20,360 one juncture. Now, I know they got blown out thirty one nine, 206 00:15:20,639 --> 00:15:24,720 but I think they were within six seven yards of making a twenty four sixteen 207 00:15:26,919 --> 00:15:30,159 in the third quarters. So you know, it's a fairly competitive game for 208 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:35,600 a while. So they didn't get just completely destroyed by Maryland. So I've 209 00:15:35,639 --> 00:15:39,440 got one question for you, as I say, if they lose to Michigan 210 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:43,480 State, then it is tortures and pitchforks, because they are a mess. 211 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,159 Though. I mean, regardless of a competitive they were against Maryland, they've 212 00:15:46,159 --> 00:15:50,480 got they've gotten beat their last two opponents they've had like these last two weeks. 213 00:15:50,519 --> 00:15:56,039 Their margin of loss has been like sixty points. Yes, so I 214 00:15:56,039 --> 00:15:58,399 always should be able to under the lights at Kinnick at home with the defense 215 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:03,120 alone when this game. Think of this, I'll check the numbers for the 216 00:16:03,159 --> 00:16:07,360 Michigan State defense versus Maryland. But the previous week, and I know it's 217 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:12,120 Michael Pennox and he's a top three to four quarterback in the country with an 218 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:18,639 excellent wide receiver room, but they put up more yardage on Michigan State than 219 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:23,200 any team in history. That was the Michigan State record defensively, gave up 220 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:29,320 seven hundred gave up seven hundred and thirteen yards of total offense. I know 221 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:33,360 Iowa fans have never heard a number anything close to seven hundred and thirteen yards 222 00:16:33,399 --> 00:16:37,799 of total offense in a game in which Michael Pennox sat out the fourth quarter 223 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,759 and they didn't even throw the ball, they could have thrown up like nine 224 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,759 hundred yards of total offense. That's crazy. And Michigan State's secondary was never 225 00:16:45,759 --> 00:16:48,480 even good under melt Tucker. Let's just make that clear. So it's obviously 226 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:53,960 probably gotten worse now maybe week three day rally behind this interim coach. Maybe 227 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,080 it just takes a few weeks and they you know, that's possible, but 228 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,879 it regardless of that, it doesn't take the US away from Iowa, but 229 00:17:00,919 --> 00:17:03,879 they have to take care of business. Two years ago, Michigan was on 230 00:17:03,919 --> 00:17:07,599 its way to a Big Ten Championship College Football Playoff appearance for the first time, 231 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:14,680 but it went to Lincoln and almost was stripped up by the Huskers thirty 232 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,400 two, twenty nine, a hotly attested game that went down to the wire, 233 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:22,480 and the Wolverines take on Nebraska again now since then, of course, 234 00:17:22,559 --> 00:17:26,920 the Huskers visited the Big House last year and there was no contest thirty four 235 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:32,200 to three. Nebraska will once again start Heinrich Harburg at quarterback against the Maze 236 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,680 and Blue. The Huskers are two and two on the season, having defeated 237 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:41,319 Louisiana Tech last weekend twenty eight fourteen. Anthony Grant picking up the running duties 238 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:45,680 now that they've had a couple of injuries to Ramier Johnson and Gabe Irvin out 239 00:17:45,759 --> 00:17:49,240 for the season, and picked up one hundred and thirty five yards against Louisiana 240 00:17:49,319 --> 00:17:53,079 Tech. We'll try to run against that stinchy Michigan defense that many believe as 241 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:59,920 the best defensive front in all of college football. Meanwhile, statistically the toughest 242 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,920 defense to run against one point in years per carry. It's Michigan, It's 243 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,640 Nebraska Saturday in Lincoln. Every Tuesday, we get together with Greg Peterson from 244 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:12,960 Husker Online and also Justin Adams, our postgame host for Nebraska football on our 245 00:18:14,039 --> 00:18:18,079 Huskers Live show that's every Tuesday at seven pm Eastern Time, and also our 246 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:23,839 Michigan Live shows at eight o'clock Eastern on Tuesdays with John d Adamo talking Wolverines 247 00:18:25,039 --> 00:18:30,440 and Huskers on the O line. In particular, they're finally taking the advice 248 00:18:30,519 --> 00:18:34,240 that we had on the Michigan Wolverines Live and we said put Ladarius Tenderson at 249 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:38,119 left tackle, and we said put Carson Barnhardt at right tackle, and then 250 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,799 put Trent A. Jones's number six right on either side for that sixth personnel. 251 00:18:44,559 --> 00:18:45,960 And they finally, I think, are going to that. At the 252 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,000 at the end of the last game, they finally were in that set. 253 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:56,039 So if that's the case, if you see that exact personnel group, lookout, 254 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:00,000 because I think you've got the best possible match up there in the O 255 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,319 line. But yeah, three three five has not been the easiest for us. 256 00:19:04,599 --> 00:19:10,880 It hasn't. You don't see it a ton. But you know, 257 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:15,440 I don't know the dc UH super well. I mean, obviously, Jim, 258 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,559 you know we had you know TCU. They they they scheme very well. 259 00:19:21,839 --> 00:19:23,359 You know, there's other times that we've had the three three five that 260 00:19:23,839 --> 00:19:27,960 you know we've done better against them. So yeah, it just depends. 261 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:30,960 I guess just what. You know, what does Nebraska need to do on 262 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,720 all phases to to beat Michigan. They need to have an offense. That's 263 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,160 really what it comes down to. They need to. Honestly, our offensive 264 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:47,799 line is a work in progress. And that's probably being kind. I don't, 265 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:49,519 I don't. I don't know what you're gonna hear from out of the 266 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,880 Nebraska people. But here's what I see. They don't come off the ball 267 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:57,960 very as quickly as they need to, and I don't think that they can. 268 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,240 It's we can't. We don't really have a passing game because we don't 269 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,039 have great playmakers in the receiver and corps. Now, maybe maybe something will 270 00:20:07,079 --> 00:20:11,519 happen during this game where we'll make some plays and Michigan will have to respect 271 00:20:11,519 --> 00:20:15,440 the passing game, but we're gonna have to run the ball, and we're 272 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,400 gonna have to run it very well. And I just think that our offensive 273 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:22,680 line is gonna have to play better than they have yet this season. They're 274 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,240 gonna have to come off the ball. We have. We run counter plays 275 00:20:26,279 --> 00:20:30,720 sometimes in trap plays, and in those plays we pull right, and I 276 00:20:30,839 --> 00:20:34,400 just wonder if we have the speed to get off on those plays and get 277 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:38,079 the blocks carried out. Without Michigan, you guys have probably one of the 278 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:42,720 best defensive lines in the nation, right, Yeah, we have one guy 279 00:20:42,799 --> 00:20:47,359 that's like projected in the first two rounds. I can't remember his name, 280 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:56,160 but yeah, I just those if Nebraska's offensive line can't man up, then 281 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,200 I think your defensive line will just treat us like rag dolls. And you 282 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,039 know, I think our defense can probably keep up with you for a while, 283 00:21:03,079 --> 00:21:06,720 but not if we can't make first downs and possess the ball. And 284 00:21:06,759 --> 00:21:10,759 that's that's the other key is, you know. I hate to say this 285 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:15,359 too, My god, I've already said nice things about Colorado. I think 286 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:18,359 we want to do. We want to be what Minnesota has been. We 287 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,480 want to be able to possess the ball, extend possessions, run the clock, 288 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,960 keep your offense off the field, get first downs, and then score, 289 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:30,720 you know, just get some scoring. And I think if we can 290 00:21:30,759 --> 00:21:33,839 do that, you know, then you know, keep it maybe within a 291 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:40,839 touchdown going into the fourth quarter, and we'll see what happens. Nebraska's last 292 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,000 two games against Northern Illinois and Louisiana Tech, we have looked really Yeah, 293 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:48,359 Chris Jenkins, that's the guy I was thinking of. Yeah, I was 294 00:21:48,799 --> 00:21:52,640 it was it was yeah, because the other one I was thinking he has 295 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:56,720 another year still, So yeah, Chris Jenkins. But I think that for 296 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,000 the last two games, Nebraska has been fairly flat in the first half. 297 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,799 And I came out with a theory, and that was because the guy we 298 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,279 fired, he would always lose games at the end. They'd always looked like 299 00:22:07,319 --> 00:22:11,160 they were completely petered out by the fourth quarter. Now we just like walk 300 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,440 around. We kind of just you know, we're really flat in the first 301 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,200 half, so we can be really good in the second half and then win 302 00:22:18,319 --> 00:22:21,799 the game at the end. It's been a rough early season for Illinois and 303 00:22:21,839 --> 00:22:26,720 Perdue. The boiler Makers are one in three entering this game against the LINEI. 304 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,400 Illinois at two and two. However, they needed a last minute drive 305 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,880 and last second field goal to defeat Toledo, and also the last game against 306 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:38,799 FAU should have been a route, but Illinois struggle, trailed to nothing and 307 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:45,240 eked out a twenty three sixteen win at home against again FAU. For Purdue, 308 00:22:45,039 --> 00:22:49,240 they have the one win at Virginia Tech by a touchdown, but this 309 00:22:49,279 --> 00:22:55,640 past weekend they went down to defeat on a Friday night against Wisconsin by twenty 310 00:22:55,640 --> 00:23:00,359 one points. Hudson card and the Purdue offense committing too many mistake, too 311 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:04,359 many turnovers, too many dropped passes, and too many short yardage situations going 312 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:10,079 the defense's way. It's Illinois and Purdue coming up on Saturday. The other 313 00:23:10,079 --> 00:23:15,200 Big Ten Conference game in Week five Indiana at Maryland. The Hoosiers sidestepped in 314 00:23:15,319 --> 00:23:19,839 embarrassing loss against Akron. They pulled it out twenty nine twenty seven and overtime. 315 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:26,319 The Zips missed a field goal in the waning seconds that would have handed 316 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:30,240 Indiana the loss. The Hoosiers are two and two on the season. They 317 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,720 go to Maryland the Turps still four and zero. They should win this game 318 00:23:33,839 --> 00:23:37,480 and of course march on to a five and oh record and a matchup in 319 00:23:37,519 --> 00:23:41,880 Columbus against Ohio State. But first they got to take care of the Hoosiers 320 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,720 to Leah Tungavloa off to a strong start for the Turps. They come off 321 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,519 a win over Michigan State thirty one to nine. The Maryland defense also looking 322 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:53,720 strong. Louisiana at Minnesota. The Gophers looking to get off the deck after 323 00:23:53,759 --> 00:24:00,519 that embarrassing meltdown in the fourth quarter against Northwestern. The Gophers are just two 324 00:24:00,559 --> 00:24:06,960 and two and just an eleven point favorite at home against Louisiana. So that's 325 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,640 the plight of Minnesota football right now. Rudker's taking on Wagner. The Scarlet 326 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,079 Knights, of course, fell to Michigan and the Big Ten opener for Michigan. 327 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:21,039 The Knights had defeated Northwestern in Week one, but Rudkers still off to 328 00:24:21,079 --> 00:24:23,759 a decent start at three and one, just couldn't move the ball against Michigan 329 00:24:23,799 --> 00:24:27,880 after scoring on a long pass play of sixty nine yards and the third play 330 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:33,799 of the game. Should get healthy against Wagner. That is the slate in 331 00:24:33,839 --> 00:24:37,440 the Big Ten. That's week five, September thirtieth. As we head into 332 00:24:37,519 --> 00:24:44,480 October and just start to separate the elite from the possible contenders from the also 333 00:24:44,599 --> 00:24:48,839 rans in the Big Ten. My thanks go out again to College Gridiron, 334 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:56,039 Coast to Coast and all the fine podcasts. Please check them out covering college 335 00:24:56,079 --> 00:24:59,880 football from coast to coast, of course, and check us out on YouTube 336 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:04,079 the Voice of College Football. We've got fifteen team channels, including Ohio State, 337 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:08,720 Michigan, Nebraska, and Iowa in the Big Ten. In our main 338 00:25:08,839 --> 00:25:12,160 channel where we do call in shows and live streams all week at the Voice 339 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:17,880 of College Football on YouTube. 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