With Garrett on a family vacation, this week I am joined by Penn State fan Sean Fern to recap the end of the James Franklin era, talk about the development of Freshman QB Ethan Grunkemeyer, Preview the Nebraska @ Penn State this weekend and make a prediction, among other discussion. Hope you guys enjoy and as always - please subscribe on your podcast listening platform of choice!

This week's episode of the tpbPod features Garrett and I recapping the UCLA game from last weekend, while providing thoughts around what we want to see during the Idle week this week and making predictions regarding the 2026 blackout game at Memorial Stadium. Thanks again for listening and your support and looking forward to continuing to bring new episodes to you guys weekly: As a reminder - please subscribe on whatever podcast player you use and leave a 5* review - means a lot and...

Fellas, Garrett @HuskerGarrett and I are very excited to announce we have spun up the tPB podcast! We will discuss all things NU athletics, from football, recruiting, hoops, etc and be featuring different “guests” on the pod from the board on various episodes. We will also have some exclusive insider nuggets on certain episodes prior to posting the nuggets as usual at the end of the week In episode 1, were joined by @Cornicator to recap the USC game from last weekend, preview the UCLA game...

I don't know if the PFF graders know what they're doing but the OT grades seem to agree with what I saw. Our OTs were beaten like drums. Per PFF HH is our highest graded offensive player with more than 70 snaps for the season to date with an overall grade of 83. Raiola is second (78.6), Barney 3rd (78.1) and Lindenmeyer is 4th (72.5). Satt seems to be doing okay with the TEs. On Defense, the top 5 with more than 70 snaps are Conn (81.8), Shavers (80.4), Singleton (72.3), Buford (72.2)...

Waterboy Nugs: How has focus been in practice this week? 1. Focus has been elite this week in practice. I would say the focus has been on not making this game into something bigger than it is. Rhule emphasized that it’s just another game, no one cares that they’re ranked, it’s just the same as any other week. The focus has been sticking to our stuff and diving deep into the fundamentals that have brought us success so far. How has the team health looked? 2. I would say the team is very...

Here's some more nugs from someone who knows Mike Ekeler Cliff notes from a conversation with Ekeler: - He really wanted to be back in Lincoln, turned down a longer contract and more money at UT to be here. . -He said Rhule is the best leader he’s ever been around. Couldn’t stop talking about the culture he walked into and it’s all because of Rhule -Archie Wilson is an absolute freak, mentioned how a receiver could run a route, Archie could kick it and hit the receiver in stride - We...

Waterboy Nugs: How was practice this week after a dominating win? 1. Practice was very good this week and intense! Coach made a clear point during Sunday practice this it wasn’t going to be an easy week and what they did to Akron is expected and should be the standard. Every single player that they expected to besides Archie got in the game and that is expected to happen again this weekend because it is so important for the development. They looked more like they were practicing to face...

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