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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Other special Husker Buzz addition, with Sean Callahan, our Big
Red Insider on the Big Ten media days, here's Jim Rowe.
All right, Sander, now, Shana.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yesterday we had the Iowa Hawkeyes up there on the
center stage. Did Kirk Ferents pull a plow into the
media conference? Because that's pretty much what his offense does
and that is not lost on Iowa fans. So what
was your impression of the Hawkeyes yesterday?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Well, you know, Logan Jones was there as well, Omaha
Area at a native out of Council Bluffs. I mean,
this is a team Iowa that has to play some
key parts like Caleb Johnson, but Mark Ronkowski that the
quarterback is there now from South Dakota State. They'll have
one of the best offensive lines in the Big Ten.
I mean, potentially two All Big Ten first teamers, so
(00:46):
that again is going to be a strength. But it's
a team I think when you look at their schedule
that they have a chance to be right up there
again where you know they could probably go anywhere between
eight and ten wins this year if things go the
right way for them, and then it tends to go
that way. I mean, I just realized this Nebraska. The
(01:07):
last time Nebraska's beaten Iowa and Lincoln was the first
year of the Big Ten fifteen years ago. For Nebraska,
that was twenty eleven. Kirk parents has won in Lincoln
every year since twenty eleven. Brutal.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, well, part of that was bad coaching. Part of
that was bow Remember Bo, that was the infamous postgame
news conference where he said, if they want to fire me,
fire me. They really did want to fire them. A
coach Osmen was able to get them a stay of execution.
But Kirk just out coached Nebraska for years. He out
coach Frost, out coached Riley, out coach that Mike Riley.
(01:42):
Last Mike Riley game was maybe one of the most
embarrassing performances by Nebraska in decades. I mean, that's hard
to say over the last twenty five years, but yeah,
I think it was about just their staff was better
than our staff. Now, what about their offense. They brought
in Mark Granowski, who I think will be the transfer
of the year in the Big Ten. This guy, if
(02:02):
you watched him play at South Dakota State, this was
a remarkably productive quarterback. But did they put anybody around him.
Did they get anybody in the transfer portal he can
throw to?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
That's the thing. I mean, they've never had elite Big
ten receiver play, but they also have not had great
quarterback play either in the style that they play. I mean,
I know Gronowski has joked that they're going to throw
the ball a lot more. He made sure that before
coming there, because he is a seven seven figure roster addition,
(02:36):
I mean, a lot of people wanted Gronowski, but he
felt like Iowa was the best fit for him and
the culture of the program. And you know Tim Lester,
their new offensive coordinator, who's going into his second year.
You would expect him to make a jump. But that's
never been their style. They don't play a football a
brand of offense generally that puts up stats. They want
(02:59):
to be more efficient in what they do and control
the game with defense and special teams, and that's been
how they've donated. And they've never wanted to be a
five hundred yard per game offense, and I would imagine
that's going to still be the case this year.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Yeah, You'll never forget that stat that Fox put on
the screen in the opening series of their game at
Ohio State two years ago when Brian Ferrence was still
the offensive coordinator and they were dead last in every
offensive category in Division One, I mean last in every yards,
first downs, you know, the whole bit.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Any idea what he's doing now, by the way, Brian Ferrence.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, Sean, you know, you got Maryland.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
I think last night he's at Maryland, though I thought
maybe he'd be selling John Near equipment and kiakuk. All right, now, now,
what about their schedule? It's pretty favorable. They play at
USC and at Nebraska, but all their other tough games
are at.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Home, right, yeah again Iowa. They also get the three
built in games every year in the Big Ten. They're
the only Big Ten school they gets the three guaranteed
games annually. They get Nebraska, they get Wisconsin, they get
in Minnesota. You know, like to flip that, Penn State
has zero locked in games on their schedule. They don't
(04:11):
have any true rivals in their opinion, to have a
game that's locked in every year, But Iowa has three
of them. So three of their nine conference games are
always set in stone, which maybe prevents seeing another team
in this league more just because of that alone. So
that helps them and obviously they at Iowa State again
(04:33):
on that schedule, so four of their twelve games are
kind of more geographic rivals. But it is you know,
I think the Big Ten does a good job of
trying to balance out these schedules a little bit more
in terms of not having one team play all the
good teams in a given year. Now, Wisconsin, they didn't
get that. Kind of like Wisconsin probably does have the
(04:54):
tough schedule in the conference and one of the toughest
schedules in the country when you add Alabama their non
conference opponent this year in Tuscaloosa.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah, they wanted to they wanted to dump that series,
but couldn't. Okay, I didn't get your take. We didn't
get your take on Darien Jones, the premier Nebraska high
school football player, Omaha Central kid commits to Iowa. What
happened there?
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Yeah, along North and I'm sorry, you know, outstanding talent,
great track athlete to his brother, Donovan Jones is at Nebraska.
And you know that this is a family and their
father is the athletic director of Benson. You know, they
they actually grew up following Iowa. Then they're you know,
the dad played his college football at South Dakota, but
(05:39):
in terms and they have a step brother who is
a media member at one point in Iowa. So there
is some natural connections and ties to the Hawkeye program
where you know that that's the program he liked growing up,
that's where he wanted to go. So you have two brothers,
Donovan and Darien at Nebraska and Iowa. It's going to
make for some good and good material the next week.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Nod out the Husters. I could get to it fall
camp next week. Sean. We'll be talking to you every
morning with a Husker buzz.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Thanks,
Other special Husker Buzz addition, with Sean Callahan, our Big
Red Insider on the Big Ten media days, here's Jim Rowe.
All right, Sander, now, Shana.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yesterday we had the Iowa Hawkeyes up there on the
center stage. Did Kirk Ferents pull a plow into the
media conference? Because that's pretty much what his offense does
and that is not lost on Iowa fans. So what
was your impression of the Hawkeyes yesterday?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Well, you know, Logan Jones was there as well, Omaha
Area at a native out of Council Bluffs. I mean,
this is a team Iowa that has to play some
key parts like Caleb Johnson, but Mark Ronkowski that the
quarterback is there now from South Dakota State. They'll have
one of the best offensive lines in the Big Ten.
I mean, potentially two All Big Ten first teamers, so
(00:46):
that again is going to be a strength. But it's
a team I think when you look at their schedule
that they have a chance to be right up there
again where you know they could probably go anywhere between
eight and ten wins this year if things go the
right way for them, and then it tends to go
that way. I mean, I just realized this Nebraska. The
(01:07):
last time Nebraska's beaten Iowa and Lincoln was the first
year of the Big Ten fifteen years ago. For Nebraska,
that was twenty eleven. Kirk parents has won in Lincoln
every year since twenty eleven. Brutal.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Yeah, well, part of that was bad coaching. Part of
that was bow Remember Bo, that was the infamous postgame
news conference where he said, if they want to fire me,
fire me. They really did want to fire them. A
coach Osmen was able to get them a stay of execution.
But Kirk just out coached Nebraska for years. He out
coach Frost, out coached Riley, out coach that Mike Riley.
(01:42):
Last Mike Riley game was maybe one of the most
embarrassing performances by Nebraska in decades. I mean, that's hard
to say over the last twenty five years, but yeah,
I think it was about just their staff was better
than our staff. Now, what about their offense. They brought
in Mark Granowski, who I think will be the transfer
of the year in the Big Ten. This guy, if
(02:02):
you watched him play at South Dakota State, this was
a remarkably productive quarterback. But did they put anybody around him.
Did they get anybody in the transfer portal he can
throw to?
Speaker 3 (02:15):
That's the thing. I mean, they've never had elite Big
ten receiver play, but they also have not had great
quarterback play either in the style that they play. I mean,
I know Gronowski has joked that they're going to throw
the ball a lot more. He made sure that before
coming there, because he is a seven seven figure roster addition,
(02:36):
I mean, a lot of people wanted Gronowski, but he
felt like Iowa was the best fit for him and
the culture of the program. And you know Tim Lester,
their new offensive coordinator, who's going into his second year.
You would expect him to make a jump. But that's
never been their style. They don't play a football a
brand of offense generally that puts up stats. They want
(02:59):
to be more efficient in what they do and control
the game with defense and special teams, and that's been
how they've donated. And they've never wanted to be a
five hundred yard per game offense, and I would imagine
that's going to still be the case this year.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Yeah, You'll never forget that stat that Fox put on
the screen in the opening series of their game at
Ohio State two years ago when Brian Ferrence was still
the offensive coordinator and they were dead last in every
offensive category in Division One, I mean last in every yards,
first downs, you know, the whole bit.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Any idea what he's doing now, by the way, Brian Ferrence.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, Sean, you know, you got Maryland.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
I think last night he's at Maryland, though I thought
maybe he'd be selling John Near equipment and kiakuk. All right, now, now,
what about their schedule? It's pretty favorable. They play at
USC and at Nebraska, but all their other tough games
are at.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
Home, right, yeah again Iowa. They also get the three
built in games every year in the Big Ten. They're
the only Big Ten school they gets the three guaranteed
games annually. They get Nebraska, they get Wisconsin, they get
in Minnesota. You know, like to flip that, Penn State
has zero locked in games on their schedule. They don't
(04:11):
have any true rivals in their opinion, to have a
game that's locked in every year, But Iowa has three
of them. So three of their nine conference games are
always set in stone, which maybe prevents seeing another team
in this league more just because of that alone. So
that helps them and obviously they at Iowa State again
(04:33):
on that schedule, so four of their twelve games are
kind of more geographic rivals. But it is you know,
I think the Big Ten does a good job of
trying to balance out these schedules a little bit more
in terms of not having one team play all the
good teams in a given year. Now, Wisconsin, they didn't
get that. Kind of like Wisconsin probably does have the
(04:54):
tough schedule in the conference and one of the toughest
schedules in the country when you add Alabama their non
conference opponent this year in Tuscaloosa.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah, they wanted to they wanted to dump that series,
but couldn't. Okay, I didn't get your take. We didn't
get your take on Darien Jones, the premier Nebraska high
school football player, Omaha Central kid commits to Iowa. What
happened there?
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Yeah, along North and I'm sorry, you know, outstanding talent,
great track athlete to his brother, Donovan Jones is at Nebraska.
And you know that this is a family and their
father is the athletic director of Benson. You know, they
they actually grew up following Iowa. Then they're you know,
the dad played his college football at South Dakota, but
(05:39):
in terms and they have a step brother who is
a media member at one point in Iowa. So there
is some natural connections and ties to the Hawkeye program
where you know that that's the program he liked growing up,
that's where he wanted to go. So you have two brothers,
Donovan and Darien at Nebraska and Iowa. It's going to
make for some good and good material the next week.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Nod out the Husters. I could get to it fall
camp next week. Sean. We'll be talking to you every
morning with a Husker buzz.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Thanks,
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