When you hear the slogan “There’s no place like Nebraska” this Friday night game should come to mind. It’s the 400th consecutive sellout game at Memorial Stadium with the Nebraska Cornhuskers hosting Illinois Fighting Illini at 7 p.m.

As we prepare for the excitement and pride of our ‘Friday Night Lights’ game, Greg and Minnie will discuss last week’s epic win 34-3 over the University of Northern Iowa and how the mistakes from that game (which were quickly overcome) are key elements to help Nebraska dominate against the Illini.

There are SO MANY SIMILARITIES in this upcoming game;

Friday night will be both teams first B1G conference game

Currently, Nebraska is 3-0 and Illinois is 3-0

Both teams finished 2023 with a 5-7 record

QB play this season has drastically improved for each team

Both Matt Rhule and Bret Bielema believe in emphasizing complimentary football while having a strong running game, great special teams, consistent passing play and being the most physical team on the field.

With these similarities, each team will utilize every talent, trick and advantage they have for this game on Friday night. It could be those “advantages” that could make all the difference. See you Thursday night at 9pm central!

GBR!!!

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Tonight I’ll be reviewing the game against Northern Iowa and previewing our first Big Ten game of 2024 against Illinois on Friday night.

We’re going to look at how the two teams stack up, Nebraska and Illinois. Both teams are ranked. I believe Nebraska has a 24-game losing streak against ranked teams. Isn’t that friggin’ amazing?

Does Nebraska have anything to fear from Illinois? They’re coming into the game 3-0, just like Nebraska.

How is their offense? How is their defense? What are their strengths and weaknesses?

I’ve seen people say “Nebraska’s run defense was exposed” against Northern Iowa. Is that true?

In fact, people seem to be rather nonplussed about Nebraska 34-3 dominating win over Northern Iowa.

Our main volleyball writer, Beth, will join me in the second half of the show to talk about Nebraska volleyball.

Is the volleyball team capable of winning a national title? Was the Creighton- Nebraska match the best level of volleyball in Nebraska in human history?