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Are FCS vs. FBS upsets a thing of the past? Nebraska shows up as one of the possible upsets this season… Aug 11, 2026

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-CBS Sports says that it seems likely that these upsets are a thing of the past as we live in the NIL/transfer portal era, but lists

Nebraska/North Dakota as one of the most feasible upsets this year in FBS/FCS games

-Don’t forget….North Dakota led here in the 4 th quarter in the Scott Frost era…

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Is Texas Tech truly the villain of college football as we enter into the upcoming season? Aug 11, 2026

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-Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire told On3’s Brett McMurphy that he’s told his team they are the villains of college football this

year—and it’s something the team is using as more reason to ‘run to the pressure’ and get excited to embrace the role

-It didn’t help matters when they chose to defend Brendan Sorsby this offseason despite his gambling issues, and the fact that they

have a ton of money thanks to Cody Campbell and never have been perceived as a ‘heavyweight’ in the game…yet here we are

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Arkansas is going to extreme lengths to try and change the culture of their turnover issues / Shut Up Sipple (sponsored by Bagels & Joe) Aug 11, 2026

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-Turnover issues are nothing new to Nebraska---it’s been a constant talking point for years and years and years---but Arkansas

apparently had the same issue last year and is trying something new to change it

-Per On3, new Arkansas OC Tim Cramsey has developed a chant that is said constantly throughout the premises of the football venues

and elsewhere---‘OTB’---which means ‘On the Ball,’ as Arkansas sets to better their minus-11 turnover ratio last year, which ranked

125 th in the FBS. That also included losing 9 of 14 total fumbles…can a chant and mindset truly improve areas of weakness?

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Sip (and other members of media) will have 20-30 minutes today to lay eyes on Husker football practice…what should he be looking for? Aug 11, 2026

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-Remember, he has one set of eyes and a lot of things to see in a short period of time---so he can’t look for everything---is he looking to

see if Tikey Hayes is out with the RBs? Who is getting the first carries at RB in general?

-Maybe he can get a look at tight ends and see if Carter Nelson is contributing there or at WR…should he focus his attention mostly on

offense today or on defense?

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Bill’s Thrills (sponsored by Deinert Contracting) Aug 11, 2026

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-It’s a Bugaboo Tuesday…what’s bothering Jake/Sip today without Bill here?

-Also, SONG OF THE DAY (sponsored by Sartor Hamann Jewelers):

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ESPN wants a 16-team playoff which is actually essentially a 20-team playoff in college football.. Aug 11, 2026

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-Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger reported yesterday that ESPN—the rights holder of the CFP—was going to ‘socialize’ with CFP leaders in

a meeting Monday about a 16-team format with 4 play-in games to get into the field of 16

-So…essentially a 20-team playoff…of course

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The hype train is rolling----we officially have a Anthony Colandrea comparison to Johnny Manziel as Fall camp rolls on Aug 11, 2026

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-ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg did an insider piece on the top 43 QBs in college football for the upcoming season---which Colandrea

apparently is listed on—and an unnamed Mountain West coach said Colandrea “has some of that Johnny Manziel feel to him, where

he’s explosive”

-The unnamed coach also said he’s a problem on the field as a dynamic athlete and he’s curious to see how he’ll look in the offense

under Dana Holgorsen…we promised we wouldn’t drink Kool-Aid but now Husker fans are getting interested…

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The Spillover (sponsored by Raising Cane’s) Aug 10, 2026

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-Final thoughts on Matt Rhule’s podium session from Saturday and what’s ahead in Fall Camp this week..

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It’s too late to take it back, but he tried to----new Purdue AD Tommy McClelland tried to walk back his comments about Indiana Aug 10, 2026

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-McClelland went viral for the wrong reasons last week, when at his introductory press conference at Purdue, he said “if you don’t want to win

national championships, go to Indiana”…which, of course, was an incredibly stupid thing to say

-McClelland went on the Pat McAfee Show on Friday to say he regrets the comments and went off-script in saying so..

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One college football analyst assessed the B1G in tiers this weekend, and put Nebraska in the same tier as Iowa---are Husker fans OK with their placement? Aug 10, 2026

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-ESPN’s Greg McElroy did a breakdown of the B1G and put the conference into tiers---the first tier was national champion contenders (Oregon,

Ohio State, Indiana); Tier 2 was CFP Contenders (USC, Penn State, Washington, and Michigan); and Tier 3 was Conference Spoilers (Nebraska,

Iowa, Illinois)

-It’s not where Nebraska wants to be, but it’s better than the other tiers (Bowl Game Bound; and Work To Do)

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