1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - How Should Nebraska Beat Bowling Green? With Purposeful Violence: September 9th, 1:00pm

Episode Date: September 9, 2026

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Bill O'Binnett asked the question. He goes, DP, was that a Rudy moment for you? Yeah. Yeah. As a matter of fact of, okay. So, Bach, do you know the actor who played the, the field, the lead engineer for Notre Dame athletics? Uh-uh. In Rudy?

Yeah. Uh-uh. So you don't know the black guy? Uh, I can look it up real quick. Look it up. Charles Dutton? Charles Dutton. Okay.

Right? So when I was coaching in Texas, we remember we knocked off like our best opponent. in football. And we, this was really us punching up. Like this is beating a football factory with a bunch of private school kids. So let's just say that we were a three touchdown underdog and we beat them by, by two scores. So,

the kids were posting and then one of my kids, he goes, coach, were you and Rudy? And I said, no, what are you talking about? And he goes, there's a meme that, that, and he goes, I swear it's you. And so it's, so it's the meme of, when Rudy gets in the game, right? And he just claps his hands, right?

And Charles Dutton is just there clapping his hands. And he goes, that's not you? And I was like, no. He goes, doppelganger. it's a you get one of those coats on those hats you could oh 100% right

pull it off right pull it off yeah um he goes yeah he goes it's funny thing that you you would the perfect meme is a meme that looks just like

he goes we shared it and we weren't sure you kids are all fourth one of the students how do you know that you don't know how to Google It would tell you. It would tell you. He goes, no, we thought it was just you.

I was like, no. It's hilarious. Hilarious, Bach. Yeah, it's, it's Rudy. It's Rudy. Pretty good stuff. Texas says, I haven't had the opportunity to listen this week. Can you tell me how you guys feel about our defense going forward?

Please. I'm a Kool-A drinker, and I'm worried. Is that the right feeling? I would say this. Allow those that need to learn, learn. Allow those that are inexperienced experience. The question is not for you to be as good as you're going to be in week one against Ohio. I don't think that's what anybody wants.

I think you want them to be at their best against Iowa. Fair. Oh, yeah. And that they need to grow into it. We know that there's a whole lot of moving parts, new moving, new pieces. We know that there's some adjustments that need to be made. Yeah, mistakes, as most of the textures have said, is clean up. There are things that you can clean up, control the controllables. So snap, down in distance, clock management,

run fit coverage responsibility, right? because we saw in the first drive, there were some blown coverages. There's no other, you can't hide it. And then you can't hide the lack of pressure from the edge. You can't, it's loud. So can you fix that? Well, that literally is the question.

Can they fix? There's no reason why Ohio should have the first drive that they had. There just isn't. If you tell me a base route combination, busts you open like that. Now you adjusted, it didn't happen again, right? So lesson learned, because, quite frankly,

if I'm Ohio, I'm going to run that sequence four more times throughout the game. I'm going to make you stop it. And so they did run it again second half, and it was held to four yards. So there's some purposeful adjustment going on, being able to identify what was done against you, and then having a plan to stop it. But that's in-game management, that's film study, that's all sorts of things, right? Oh, well, what did we see on film?

We can look at it and we can see whether we can adjust and fix it. Run fits Holding a mobile quarterback to less than seven yards of carry would be ideal right? Because he wasn't the best running quarterback the husters are going to face defensively so you better figure that out

right getting turnovers this team is going to have to steal possessions There are times when not only they're going to have to get off the field, get the opposing offense off the field, but they're going to have, Bach, ready for this? Get them off the field in three,

and then sometimes get them off the field by taking the ball away. I don't want to get comfortable in having to finish every drive defensively. I want to end drives defensively. There's a difference. There's a difference. the reactive, hey, let me just hold on and get you out of here with as little damage as possible, versus proactively and purposefully ending a drive. That's being able to get pressure off the edge.

The best drive buster is pressure off the edge and a turnover. Those are the two things. And the best way to get a turnover is pressure off the edge. if you allow an opposing offense to meet grind a drive against you consistently, you're not going to turn the ball over and you're not getting them off the field. It's hard to do. But if I can get my run fit to work, if I can blitch run fit, right, to get some extra pressure buster, tackle for loss, that's why it's a big stat.

Sacks, that's why it's a big stat. And then getting off the field, time of possession. Because often time of possession is a result of getting off the field. and ending drives. So if you ask me what I want to see against Bowling Green, that's what I want to see. They, they too have a large quarterback,

a large dual threat quarterback, who had Division 2 through for 3,600 yards, 26 touchdowns. So he can sling it, and he can run. He can run. He can put his foot in the ground. He can get north.

He'll climb the pocket. If you allow him to climb the pocket, What you do not want him to do is get outside and break the pocket down. So edge pressure is a vital, important thing. Line play against Bowling Green on both sides of the ball. Look, we can write whatever story we want about Nebraska football season, but you will be able to write every story for this season based on the offensive and defensive lines.

Saturday's story, offensive line, check. Right? You kept Calandry off his back? Check. Created room? Check. Got better as the game progressed? Check.

Calandry have time? Check. Advantage Husker offensive line. Husker defensive line. We have some unchecked boxes. That's not a slight or a slander. If we say that you give it 21 points to Ohio, I don't think there's any Husker football fan that's happy with that.

Period. Bach, is that a fair statement? Yeah, a bit of a concern. That's a fair statement. I don't care how they got it. I don't care how they got it. It happens. Big plays happen, but great teams, not just good teams.

Great teams keep those big plays to a minimum, and they reduce the damage that's done because of them. How do you do that? again, pressure off the edge and getting turnovers. If it's just fat boy football and you're just going to put eight in the box, seven in the box against theirs and just say, okay, slam it, slam it, slam it, let's see what we do. That's different than being able to get home with six in the box.

Four man pressure. Four man pressure is the, listen, it's red as you can get home with three, but can you get pressure with three? can you get home with four. But I can say it again for people who miss it in the back. Pressure with three makes you a great football team because you can do everything else with the back seven, with the back eight.

If I've got a back eight, you better not be able to do anything against me. With eight, eight across, bro. You better not do anything but throw it to the dude with a clipboard. take your two, your one and a half yards rushing, get back in the huddle, do it two more times and go, go sit down. That's what you can do. If I get home with four, I'm going to win meaningful football games.

But if I do not get home with four, it is virtually impossible. It is an unattainable ask for your defensive backs to do the work required against top level offenses if you can't get home with four players. Because what do you have to do if you can't get home with four? You got to bring a fan. And that's when great offenses cook. That's when they cook. Line player on both sides of the ball.

Pay attention when you watch Bowling Green. Hey, hey, hey, Bob, who's coach for Bowling Green? Eddie George. What was his physical makeup? It's a pretty big running back. Right? Physical.

Oh, yeah. Right? Not so much flash. No. I'm just going to punch you in the ribs for four quarters, see who's better, right? Yeah. What was the way to beat him? Ask Ray Lewis.

Take the punch and then outpunch him one time. Get the turnover, get the ball on the ground. That was it. It was it. We understood it. Do you know that Eddie George has a son on the Bowling Green football team? I did not know. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. Hey, Bob, I'll give you three guesses at what position his son plays. Well, running back would be the first guess. Running back will be the first guess. Second guess? Linebacker. Linebacker, second guess, third guess. Go tight in.

Tight in. Running back, linebacker, tight in. But what if I told you that young George is a defense. of tackle. Okay. 300 pounds of violence. 300 pounds of George DNA sitting in the middle of the

bowling green defense. All conference player Bach will probably play in the league. How many NFL GMs do you think are interested in young Eddie George's son, the 300 pound prodigy? I would think just about everyone.

I think they're all interested. Pretty good matchup you have there Saturday, don't you think? Because we're told Nebraska's best lineman is the center. Hey, meat and potatoes. Meet meat and potatoes. Bach, I think we'll be able to identify how this is going to go by looking at the middle of the field Saturday night. And here's the thing.

If you can get wins one-on-one in the middle, what happens outside, Bach? Advantage. If you can't get one-on-one wins in the middle against the Bowling Green defense, it makes tough, difficult to run because there's another free-running, free-hitting, a bowling green defender.

I need for them, Phil. I need for, we need, we need, for young Mr. Jenkins Evans to have a day. Right? Hey, banks. Stay on side. What do you think?

We're asking too much, Bach? I hope not. Right? No, no free penalties. Right? No free yards backwards. Yep. No free snap penalties. Right? And we're not asking for too much. We're not asking for too much.

And are you willing to commit to the running game against Bowling Green the same way you did against Ohio? Bach, would you rather have, in text line, tell me where you're going with this, how you feel about this? Bach, would you rather have the Huskers focus on running game success or getting Lindenmeyer and Hunter more involved in the passing game to the same level of success that the running game had. You can only have one. What do you choose?

I'll choose the running game. You'll choose the running game. There's comfort in that, right? Because what we were told without being told was that, yes, we could throw the ball to Lyndon Meyer and we could throw the ball to Isaiah Hunter, but if we commit them to being additional hammers in the running game, we can be dominant in the running game.

So Husker fans, what say you? Are you prepared to be a good fan and say, I'm willing to concede Bonner and Lyndon Meyer from the passing game, having them commit fully to the running game by being additional hammers to the nail? Are you willing to do that? Bach? I sure am.

Dman says running game all day off the text line. Right. If we're blocking seven on five, seven on six, because we just did the math, if the Huskers are blocking seven on six, seven on five, how likely is the success in the running game going to be, right?

Pretty high. Pretty dang high. And then if you force them by bringing seven hammers to five nails, make them bring a six nail to the party. Hey, Bach, one less nail hanging around in that wide open space behind you. Easier to identify, easier to target. And if I get you to go seven on seven,

oh my goodness, Bach, Hunter, Barney, is that man coverage? Is that man coverage? do we have four guys in man coverage against four bowling green defensive backs? Bach, can we get wins? You would think so. We can get wins.

And then, and then, you win with the seven, you reduce them to four, and then we send Calandria with the legs and the feet. Wins, Bach? Sounds like a lot of win. Sounds like a lot of wins. I did, in fact, love the broken bone,

the extra blocker in the backfield. I love the fact that, you know, they flipped the script and brought some extra linemen in. I love the fact that they went point of attack football. And there's a difference between physicality and purposeful violence. As a coach, I knew. that we better be more physical than they are, no matter whether it was a spread offense or not.

Even in the spread offense, I still need my big boys to be aggressive and physical. I need my little dudes to be aggressive and physical. But when I jumble it up and go jumbo with extra bodies, I'm bringing extra hammers. I'm not bringing extra hammers to the dance, bro. I'm bringing extra hammers to fight. Purposeful violence, Bach.

Give me extra fat necks and big backs. Bach, if I bring more huge heads to the party, are we coming to dance, are we coming to fight? Sounds like a fight. Sounds like a fight. Monster formation, big boys lining up. Tying off, and it's a hammer party. Tarleton did a really good job of creating space point of attack

by bringing one more hammer to the party. And I can tell you this, Nebraska's hammers were bigger and better. That's what the tape says. There's an opportunity, Bach. We can unsealed the culture, the identity of Nebraska's. Ask an offensive football. If you want Kool-Aid, color it red, put a hammer on the pitcher. Drink up, boys.

Drink up. We're fighting. Hermanda Magra. Up next.