Crazy

... is kind of, uh, an insane number.

Uh, and Nebraska went out and handled them, um, like it was just another team.

And obvious- the, the first set was, uh, w- was close, competitive, and then they had a complete blowout in the second, and in the third one they kind of, um, ha- had to close it out.

But, um, yeah, it's, I mean, listen to, I think the, the difference, or honestly, uh, it was impressive, like, how good they were offensively, uh, i- in that match, but the difference was, uh, the defensive intensity according to Kelly Sheffield.

And he said, uh, Nebraska, uh, is, is by far and away better than them that night and better than anybody they've seen this season on that end.

And, uh, I mean, you saw the, what the, the, what, uh, the littles did.

Right.

What stands out about Indiana in that test?

Yeah, I mean, you look at those three losses there to Louisville, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, who are all currently in the top 10.

And they've got wins over Texas A&M.

I believe Kendall Stowers was out in that one.

That was very early in the season.

And then UCLA and Georgia, who are receiving votes type of teams.

Yeah.

I can't imagine if Nebraska football pulled off that win what that atmosphere would be like in Lincoln, but we won't get too ahead of ourselves here.

What stands out about Indiana in that test?

Yeah, I mean, you look at those three losses there to Louisville, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, who are all currently in the top 10.

And they've got wins over Texas A&M.

I believe Kendall Stowers was out in that one.

That was very early in the season.

And then UCLA and Georgia, who are receiving votes type of teams.

Yeah.

I can't imagine if Nebraska football pulled off that win what that atmosphere would be like in Lincoln, but we won't get too ahead of ourselves here.

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... "huge parts of the team." And it, they brought him in with the understanding, like, "Hey, worst case scenario, you get a, you get to train with us.

Um, we're gonna, we're gonna bring you in as part of the team.

Um, guys are gonna embrace you.

You're gonna practice with us.

You're gonna train with us.

You're gonna get great workouts and stuff.

Hmm.

Right

... productive players in any, uh, any class a year ago, and has really made this offense his own, and he was phenomenal.

Again, because they could not get, um, th- that running game established with, uh, Cason Schofield and, a- and those guys.

Uh, 19 to 25 for 256 yards and three touchdowns, uh, plus that long run there to seal it.

Um, uh, Schofield at f- uh, Schofield had f- uh, 46 rushing yards, uh, 25 receiving yards, 11 tackles, and a forced fumble.

So even when he's not getting loose on offense, he's still making a big play on defense.

It feels like I hear his name after every single play.

That's a good win for them.

I mean, what more have you heard on that jump potentially coming from Jackson McAndrew this year?

Yeah, no, I think Huss's assessment is both pretty accurate and exciting.

Just the fact that I like again, just from the, the, the workouts I saw during the summer, like there were some moments like, okay, that, that, that looks good.

Like, Oh, that's exciting.

But I didn't necessarily see him being like a consistent standout, like on a day-to-day basis of guys.

Oh, that's, that's a dude out there.

He's just kind of another guy out there, kind of like I said, figuring it out, trying to get back to where he was.

With the new guys coming in, blending with some of these guys that have been in the program for a while, and a coaching change, how critical is it that Jason Green is a vocal leader, but also that there's some other guys that step up around him as well?

Pemberton

and Jackson Davis and then Gordon, all guys kind of in similar positions.

range within like between 20 and 50 or so in the rankings and had all three on campus, uh, like we're, we're kind of spreading their net.

Uh, I mean, they, they were, they were going, going big for this point guard spot in this class.

Uh, and, uh, I guess Gordon, I don't know kind of where Pemberton fell and he's obviously the highest rated of the group, um, uh, picked Michigan state, but, uh, Gordon wasn't too far behind.

And, um, I think they're pretty excited to get him, um, smaller but really athletic, can get into the paint whenever he wants.

He's interesting.

Besides just the opportunity to get a few more players out there, particularly against Florida Gulf Coast, do you feel like you learned much of anything, saw much of anything for Nebraska volleyball, or is it still just sort of a waiting game to get into conference play a little later this week after the Missouri match resumes on Wednesday?

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for you.

Yeah, well, starting with our game coverage here.

Yeah, I finally got out to a football game this week.

It's been a couple weeks because of volleyball responsibilities and other things, so it worked out nicely.

I was like, oh, Gretna coming off that big win.

I want to go see him in person, and man...

So Kyle Peters is leading the program and They were due for something like this, and they're very in sleeper status right now in Class A.

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The went-- They did-- They fell behind 19-13 and then rallied to tie it up, uh, a, a couple of r- uh, times, including a 5-0 serving run from Kerri Leimbach, and we'll talk about her more in a second.

Um, and they had it tied at 24 all.

But then Georgia Tech this time was the one able to close it out.

They won the last two points to, to take the set from Nebraska for the first time all season.

And then it continued in the second set, where they fell behind 5-nothing, fell behind 10 to 4, uh, before they really kinda got into gear.

And at that point, they, they finally did f- they found themselves, uh, they settled into a rhythm, and they just controlled the, the, the match the rest of the way.

Yep.

Yes, dropped a set on Saturday against Georgia Tech, but does it at least feel a little bit more normal now?

Yeah, I think so.

I mean, even this week, well, I guess you get through this week and then they'll settle back into [laughs] uh, the, uh, kind of regular flow of conference play, home and away, and all that type of stuff, two, two matches a week.

Because yeah, you've got last week you got three matches in three days, plus the kind of new arena, um, uh, introduction and all that type of stuff.

And now this week you, you're back to PBA, so out of, out of Devaney again.

Uh, a- and then you come back for, um, the last two games, um, in, in tournament o- on the weekend.

So you know, got another, another, uh, three-match week.

Yeah

Jacob, what do you think?

I used to like it a lot.

And then every time I see it, I still enjoy it, but I'm finding more and more of the flaws.

And this time around, I'm fully aware of like, oh yeah, this movie doesn't feel like the same amount of effort was put into the second and first one.

But the...

The work site, it's pretty cool what they were referencing to, like Dark Knight Returns, Nightfall, and Tale of Two Cities.

Yeah, you did say Tale of Two

Oh, yeah.

But do you, do you think this matchup happens? And then if so, do you wanna throw a guess out to where these teams meet up at?

Uh, yeah, that's tough.

Like, I honestly don't know what [laughs] Nebraska gets out of it outside of playing all of their scheduled matches.

Uh, and, um, I don't, I don't know that Missouri is, like, the...

Missouri itself was not the draw of this match.

It was the spectacle of it.

Um, a- and Missouri's not, I mean, they'll probably be a, an okay team.

Is it getting to put eyes on sort of how things look at the Devaney, the new crowd, the new seating arrangement, all of it? Is that the most interesting thing this weekend with action starting Thursday against New Mexico, and then Friday Baylor, Saturday Georgia Tech? And then of course next week we get the big, uh, Nebraska-Creighton experience.

Given that, does that change your perspective on the sweep for Nebraska at all, or how do you look at that?

I mean, the whole, like, first two weeks probably changes the perspective because of Texas's struggles.

And it's interesting, like, came in, like, oh, they're running a 6-2.

They're kind of wild serving.

They're just all over the place, really going forward and not getting great results.

I mean, they have 41 service errors in their first two matches at the first-year showcase.

One-on-one barely snuck by Marquette in five games.

Yeah.

That's early season stuff.

Exactly.

I don't think Olivia Malkin's passed as well as she's certainly capable of because she's one of the best passers in the country.

And so, like, that's not a, like, oh, that's a long-term problem.

That's just something that happened.

But that is something that happens sometimes.

Like, that's, I mean, the national championship against Texas, like, they ran through the season and then just had a really bad day at the same time that Texas had a really good day.

We're a few days removed from it, and they obviously played in the Players' Era Showcase, but what did you make of Spikes Under the Lights? What did you make of both events? Do you think we're going to continue to see these? And then given their status in the sport, it seems reasonable that Nebraska is going to be prominently involved in any kind of NIL showcase.

mind melding so good right now.

Yeah, I remember being like, that's an interesting pick.

But that guy's a good actor.

And it's Christopher Nolan.

And I really like Batman Begins.

So, you know, I got high hopes.

And yeah, blown away.

Good guy doesn't just win.

Wow

... number.

Uh, they're, they're trying some things and, uh, trying to be aggressive serving, but it, uh, it is not working out right now.

They're, they're running a six-two.

Um, they got a freshman setter and now like their working setters in there.

You got Ella Swindle who led them to a championship, but that Texas fans have never quite been s- happy with the way that she's played.

She's not playing.

Like, who are you most excited to get eyes on in either one of these big events that they have coming up?

Yes

...

so I don't, I don't know what to think of this.

Like, it, it...

I understand why schools and a school like Creighton are taking this route and kinda seeing what happens.

Um, so they had the, the roster space and kinda their, their plan A didn't work out, so you might as well, uh, and see where it goes.

And if, if it can make your team better, um, and, and it works out, then, then there you go.

Right.

... will you win the national championship?

[laughs] Yeah.

That, that is, uh, that's kinda on my plate for the next few days.

All right, we get our first, uh, local media availability where we get to talk to pretty much everybody, and, uh, gotta figure out, uh, which, uh, which angles to take or which questions to ask, uh, where to go, because we did get to talk to them in the spring, and it's mostly the same players that we talked to then.

And, uh, nothing has happened since then really.

[laughs] Um, so yeah, that's, uh, it is interesting.

And that is...

Yeah

Mm-hmm.

Um, I don't know that he...

And he's gonna go out and give them 17 and 12 and five blocks or whatever.

I, I don't know kind of where the numbers are gonna settle in because obviously, like he played a lo- um, at Providence his first two years, started, um, a, a lot of games there, but didn't play heavy minutes.

Um, like the offense production wasn't quite what you would, you'd like to see out of a starting, uh, high quality biggie center.

Um, so we'll see kind of how he progresses within the system.

But in terms of set ball screens, roll to the rim, he's a lob threat, uh, rim protector, uh, he can go get a contested rebound.

Oh, yeah

It was pretty well mixed in.

Yeah, so we hardly got to see the projected starting five, whatever.

What do you think that is? The last day, I did see that group, who I would say at this point, just B.J.

Davis, Wes Enos, Jason Green, Jackson McAndrew, and Aswan Arunse.

And then Katrell Harmon was kind of the sixth man in that group.

And I will say that group kind of took it to the white team quite a bit there.

They did, yeah.

And I think that is going to help the team out a lot in terms of their spacing offensively.

Would you expect any sort of movement in this category whatsoever, given what you know about their situation right now?

I wouldn't expect it.

I think they're always going to do their due diligence.

I mean, you see Creighton's name pop up all the time with guys in the transfer portal that they don't end up going a long way with.

Because I think they just, like I said, they do their due diligence.

They check out anything that may... may be able to help the team move forward.

That being said, one, I don't know where this is all going to end with these 2022 guys.

They're not clapping

What have you seen from him that could potentially lead to the eventual Wessiness that we see in the season where he is that guy for Creighton this year?

Yeah.

Well, first couple things from yesterday right off the bat in the film study at the start of practice.

One, he asked questions about something to get clarity for the whole team and for himself.

And then he also spoke up later on and added to what the coaches were saying, kind of helping like, hey, this is how we need to do this, et cetera.

So just kind of continuation of what we've seen, just how vocal he is.

And then at the end of practice, they were going up and down, and his team was down two on the last play.

It sort of was to the point where there was a lot of mediocre teams this past year, but it feels like a lot of them elevated and helped themselves in the offseason.

What does it look like this group is capable of to you in terms of what they're going to want to do and how they're going to want to get the things they want to get done, done?

Yeah, no, I mean, you kind of just look at the roster and the pieces Huss and Minco have added.

It kind of just falls along with exactly what he told us at his introductory press conference, which...

It's good.

That means there's a cohesive plan that they were able to execute last year just with kind of some of the recruiting misses over the previous handful of years.

And that's where it gets tough.

It is a little bit more difficult to backfill behind a strong class that's going to be there for multiple years because the path to immediate significant playing time or early significant playing time at least may not necessarily be there if you're just kind of looking at It has a talented player coming in, and they had some smaller classes in there as well.

Like what, what sort of role looks like it could exist for somebody like that in year two for him, but first year with Alan Haas in this system.

the part of it that I think gets lost in here is it's closer to rec ball than it is organized.

Oh, y- yeah, to a certain extent.

Like they, they've got a little bit of time, like they've got little camps or whatever to get ready for this.

Um, but yeah, obviously you're not playing with guys you're used to playing with.

Um, so from that aspect, yeah, the, the connectivity, the, like, the schemes, like all that type of stuff, uh, that's not involved.

So, um, yeah, you don't have defensive game plans focusing on players and taking away their strengths and all that type of stuff, which is...

That's kind of where you, um, kind of the, the, the difficulty comes in and the, the ability to show, like, how good you really are is when you can kind of, one, is you're good enough to get on the scouting report and then, two, it's you're good enough to beat the scouting report, uh, and to give teams problems.

Do you foresee that as, as a, a thing that, uh, is going to be Creighton's gonna have to kind of find it just like everybody else? Or do you think Jason Green, after all, everything that went through last year, sort of is that guy for Creighton, uh, as they go forward as the kind of vocal leader?

But, uh, Jackson McAndrew, as a, I don't know if he's even a swing piece, the most important piece and the greatest sort of spread on good to bad and what Creighton could be this year, he's got to be the most important figure outside of the new coach on this team, right?

Yeah, I think the swing piece or kind of the one And there's golf finishing off.

Yeah.

I think he's the one that can kind of determine their ceiling and like what they can really be.

I think you look at this roster and it makes sense, especially for how they want to play.

And, but like, where's the kind of the all conference upside.

You got a lot of solid, like proven college players, but do you have any stars and you kind of, You kind of need that.

What do you think on how that picture looks for this year and beyond for the roster and then just the bottleneck that it could potentially create if it is the case where a couple of them stay along for their fifth year or maybe more?