Bruised in the Blackout

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, Aby Sports Brief, the Husker Buzz edition with our
Big Red insider Sean Callahan Live and Lincoln Rosie. Well
are you recovered?

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Yeah, it's quite the weekend. I mean, this thing was
set up to be just an unbelievable stage, the blackout
and chance to get a win, and here in Nebraska
it's got the ball really inside the twenty five could
go up twenty one, six, seventeen to six. Instead they
del Rolo takes a sack, hold the ball probably split
second too long, and his season's over. I mean, it's

(00:33):
amazing how the season was going to turn one way
and now it turned the complete other way. As you
go on the road here to play UCLA.

Speaker 3 (00:41):
Yeah, all right, Well you're gonna probably or he's going
to get asked about that dreadful stretch in the third quarter.
What he was thinking. He's ripping the official saying that
USC guy should have gotten a flag front sportsman light conduct.
So he spent thirty seconds at the play clock complaining
to the officials. Meanwhile, we're not sure whether we're going
to kick a field goal or go for it on

(01:02):
fourth down, and he burns through two timeouts. You know,
I gotta tell you a seanou that's the kind of
thing you only see on Sunday mornings when dads are
doubling his goalposts in ball games.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Yeah, the fourth down that they didn't go for. I
asked that question right off the bat, and he actually
paused several seconds before he kind of gathered his answer
because it just didn't really add up. I mean, you're
on the thirty four, it's colder out. Yeah, yeah, Conan
could have made that, but I think the odds are
better that you get the one yard than making a

(01:35):
fifty two yard field goal at that point. So they chose.
And then the negative is you give the USC the
ball from where you kick it. I believe not not
were the ball, So it was it was one of
those situations that flipped the game. Now he makes it
at seventeen six, you look like a genius. Kind of
the same thing that happened in Arrowhead Stadium when they
made the long kick. But it was it just wasn't

(01:58):
really great kicking. Weather wasn't traveling probably as far as
it went on a warm day in another seven eight
yards would have made all the difference if you could
have got the first down, and let's say you get
seven more yards, then on fourth and three you kick,
But they just they rolled the dice and they burned
a time out of the process.

Speaker 3 (02:17):
So let's talk about TJ latif he is now in
charge of this show. And I would think that this
coaching staff gets it that if we simply give him
Dylan Royal to his playbook, we're going to lose the
next three games. But if they keep his world small,
let him run around a little bit, and let him
roll out and throw short zone passes, give the ball

(02:37):
to Emma Johnson. I don't think there's going to be
a problem. He's got talent and he's got ahead for
the game. I think he's pretty mature for his age.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
What do you think, Yeah, well, a lot will be
how defenses play him, you know, if they're gonna you know,
with Dylan, he always had safeties back, so it was
hard to throw deep the way defense is played in
the Nebraska Dylan. Now defense are gonna play safety's up.
They're gonna play Emmett all the time, which hopefully will
make some easier throws and reads for t Jayla Tief

(03:07):
down the field, because I think they're really limited in
this last game what they called him. They they would
kind of check into a pass where they knew it
was one on one coverage, but there wasn't a lot
or screen. I think most of his passes were either
play action or screens in the game on Saturday when
he got in there, so there'll be a lot of screens.

(03:28):
But for Dana Holgerson, this is a big week. Now,
he's got to get this kid ready. You go on
the road, gets a team with an interim coaching staff,
so they can always throw something out, and you know,
this will put a wrench into their plan so that
they're on a bye week this week, EUCLA. So Nebraska
is able to maybe now do some different things that
they probably aren'tna be prepared for, and so you got

(03:50):
to make an advantage out of that too.

Speaker 1 (03:51):
You know what else I think is going to be helpful, guys,
is this is a notoriously a lackluster fan base. Yes,
playing in a not full stadium that doesn't hold sound
to begin with, so that's probably going to be a
little helpful of this young quarter.

Speaker 3 (04:05):
Oh absolutely. You know, you couldn't have gotten an easier
road at Simon than this one.

Speaker 1 (04:09):
If you're TJ latif Well.

Speaker 2 (04:10):
He's from Compton, California as well. So think about this
young man. He gets thrown in against USC and he's
going to make his first start in Pasadeen. I mean,
what a story for his family in him coming to Nebraska.
Doesn't get any better than that.

Speaker 1 (04:24):
Yeah, now, rally around him.

Speaker 3 (04:26):
Sure, yeah, Now, let's visit for just a second about Johnson,
and I know that we have all week to do this.
This guy is the most dynamic back this century with
a merabdulah I believe, is he finally getting the notoriety
he deserves.

Speaker 2 (04:43):
Let me share a couple numbers. He leads to Big
ten by far with a thousand and two yards. Second
place is eight fifty seven. He leads the league right
now in ten plus yard runs a twenty eighty second
and fifteen plus yard runs with ten. He leads the
league in making tacklers myths. He's forced fifty three missed
tackles and he's second in the league and yards after
contact with five thirty five.

Speaker 3 (05:04):
Yeah, there's a little Johnny Rodgers in him. If you
watch how he changes directions, that evokes memories of Johnny
the Jet. We don't see that every year here, and
like I said, I he's moved into a mere abdula
airspace as the premiere back of this century.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
For the Ross.

Speaker 1 (05:21):
He's wonderful. He's great, I think, I mean power, speed, elusiveness, tough,
he seems Sean, he seems to want give me more.
I'm not tired. Give me more.

Speaker 2 (05:32):
Right, Well, they're going to have to feed him another
twenty plus carry I mean every game he leads the
big ten and carries by the way too. He's far
and away got the most carries. He's closing in on
two hundred carries on the season.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
Okay, man, thanks so well. Matt rules News Commerce today.
Sean will be all over that and he'll be back
on here with Emory in the afternoon buzz just after
five here on news Radio eleven to ten KFA b