1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - Part 2: What are or SHOULD be Nebraska Football's expectations? - July 12:25pm

Episode Date: July 6, 2026

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Back to one-on-one with D.P. Sponsored by the Downtown Lincoln Foundation on 93-7 The Ticket. This is so, oh, man. I've smiled every time. I've danced to this. Like, I've danced to this and I get it. But I've danced to this not on purpose. It was the only thing, it was the only thing going.

And it was a cute girl. So she was like, a dance and I was like how do you dance this? I feel like you just kind of stand there and stand. You really, you really just do. Low action dance.

You really just do. You really just kind of hang out, bro. It's, it is not. Well, you sent that text to me. Oh,

you know that track a few more times. Oh, man. It's, it's a real thing. Like just, but that, that sounds. So the band is chic.

Uh-huh. C-H-I-C-sheek. No, uh, now Rogers. Bernard which is Bernard yeah

La Freak Sister Sledge that's what that sounds like I did my parents listening That's what that sounds like Without the vocals Sister Sledge

Sister Sledge We are family We are family Oh Which was a sports anthem Pits of Matter of fact The city of Pittsburgh adopted it

Willie Sturjole and company adopted it as their theme song. Was this the era like where NFL teams were making their own tracks? Yeah, but this was, We Our Family was played. When the Pirates made their 79 run, this was the song that drove We Are Family. And when they won the title, that's what was played in the stadium.

It's kind of like, you know, Country Rose with, US soccer, which is interesting in how that became the anthem. Which is different. Like, same with Delta Dawn for Husker softball. I kind of love it that the Country Roads has become the anthem. Because the country feels American, right?

Or no? Like country music? That is such a Caucasian thing. That is a tremendously Caucasian Caucasian. I didn't step on your toes. That is such a Caucasian thing. That is such a Caucasian thing. careful I pose that. That's so funny. That's so funny. No, I find human. I'm picking back at it.

The belief, well, because then you got to get into the conversation. Well, just like thinking. I was like, yeah, I could see you. What defines country music is that it exists a certain way, but then you have to go back to the origins of country music. And then that makes people uncomfortable because it's not what they think it is. It's telling me, it wasn't a white man. No, it was not. You got to go back. There are some cowboys who don't look like the Cowboys you saw on TV. So it's people, there's pockets of the country that believe the country music is,

is American, is the full American. Some would pockets of Americans say jazz. Some would say hip-hop. Some would say rock and roll. Yeah. Was the young people chose whatever rebelled from the previous generation. Yep. Still tracks.

That's the way it works. So it just depends on where you fall and what it is, but I'm from Virginia. So and depending on what pocket or what person I'm talking to, they identify that. There are different pockets like saying you're from Nebraska. Are you from Omaha? Are you from Lincoln? Are you from Crete? Are you from Carnie?

Are you from? Arlington, man. Counsel Bluff? Like, what are you from? Right? So, yeah, it just depends. Arlington, if you say you're from Virginia, they think Appalachia, or they think Virginia Beach, or they think Charlottesville, or they think Richmond, which was the Confederate capital of the country. Or you think Northern Virginia, which is its own eclectic, diverse population, because it's so D.C. connected.

You can talk about Mount Vernon, which was the home of the country, right? The nation's capital. and if you tell me that country music is tied is the American thing, but it doesn't identify with the nation's capital, then it would say, well, swing and a miss, it's not really,

so it just depends, right? And again, I'm, fair to say I'm a worldly person. More than me. Right? I'll give you that.

That, that, that, and I, listen, I grew up on Charlie Pride and Freddie Fender and I, you know, the Okarish boys were right down the street and there was a part of that and Tanya Tucker was a part of

our growth and Dolly, Dolly and I are fifth cousins. So I can talk about it in in that sense. Well, the team shows it as well. I grew up, I grew up on country music, but I also understand that there are other music, other types of other genres and other vibes, quite frankly. Yeah. So, you know, if you want to say country is American music, then at what? point in the history. Is it like what what faction of American history we talk about? You're talking about the back porch, uh, in plantation days. Are you talking about Irish jig? Are you talking black Irish? Or you talk, what are we, what are we talking about? Ring of fire. Yeah. You got, you got to get you got to get, you talk with Johnny Cash. Is that?

Yeah, that's what I'm like that's the name. We talk about Johnny is that if you, if you said, Johnny and Willie, not the origin. Johnny and Willie. Johnny Cash and Willie. Because again there's there's more to the story but wait there's more is it safe to say it's the man in black is is not just the man in black you got it yeah you be careful to make it a safe one whatever song americans currently attached to which right now is country roads um it's a vibe yeah uh i was around for seven for 1976 and the Independence Day and the Bicentennial and what that was about and or what it was perceived to be about or said to be about. But then you have to dig deeper.

And again, I was in the nation's capital for Bicentennial. So I can compare all of that and tell you, that's a different deal. Like it's a different deal. Different vibe, different feeling. The song being picked by America now is some really good John Denver statement. But again, there's not even clarity on that. Because if you said, country roads, what are they talking about? Some will say Virginia, Western Virginia.

Yeah. And some will say Western Virginia, West Virginia. And then to understand, okay, but even if you're talking about West Virginia or the state, you're still talking about the same geographical place and the same people. You're literally talking about the same people. What do you tell me, what are you talking about? If you're from Texas and you're singing country music,

you're from Mexico. What are you talking about? You change the name of it. Yeah. It is what it is, right? It is what it is. Geographically. So it just depends on what you're talking about.

I understand it. The anthem has its own issue. So again, it means what you want it to mean. And I'm perfectly willing for it to mean what you want it to mean to you, because that's your experience. And I can't take away your experience from you. I can't take your knowledge of it. Or I can't take away how you feel about it.

So why would I try? That's not for me to do. Like, who gave me the power to go? that's not America. That's good point as well. I guess that's the whole point of music being subjective. Yeah, shut up. You can put 100 people in the room and just go, okay,

ask them all what some people, if you said 100 people, what song defines America? I guarantee you wouldn't get 100% Star Spangled Banner. I guarantee you. I can't tell you wouldn't. No. We would like that you could.

Right. Right. And the beauty of the Olympics and the World Cup is that the anthem will play. There are something that asked the question, why wasn't the anthem playing instead of country roads? I don't know. I'll just tell you right now.

I hope I hear some Crunch of Roads after beating down on Belgium later tonight. You know, it's a game. Right. There's a lot of stories in that game. Looking forward to it. Right? Looking forward to it. We had asked the question what the GPS was going to be for Nebraska football 2026.

What do you, you know what? That would be a great thing. what would be the theme song? What song identifies, you ready for this? What song identifies your feeling about the 2026 Oscars? What song?

What song? And I don't care when it's from. I don't care when it's from. I don't care what John Ridd is. I want to know what song identifies or explains how you feel about 2026 football. And it could be kind of running boards. It could, you know, that's part of what it's supposed to be.

It could be hail varsity. It, whatever that is. But is there a song that comes about that explains the vibe, right? Delta Dawn has been captured by Nebraska softball. I don't know that Nebraska basketball men's basketball has one. Wrestling had, wrestling had a lot. As a matter of fact, I believe it was Brock Hardy's dad's song. that he does kind of a faith-based hip-hop thing.

I hope it's like Antrow-Taylor is the football. Because Antrow Taylor had Jason, like the horror film. Jason's like walk out. Like that's the mood. I love it. Because that means we're about some business. Right.

Like what, and it can be what do you want it to be? Versus how you really feel. Yeah, it might be on, don't undo my sweater. Stark, you Bennett.

Way to come through. Garthbrook's friends in low places. Current news. Current news. Current news, song versus Inside Out by Eve 6th. Oh, there you go. And you're not wrong. You cannot be wrong on the song that helps you.

Gold Dust Woman? I don't know that one. That one's from Go Big Red Captain on YouTube. Gold Dust Woman. Enter Sandman. Jim Phillips. Always a good one. Hopefully it's that.

I'll look up that one. Right. That would be a thing. Box neighbor asked the question. Shouldn't the goal to be win all the games? That would be the goal. And quite frankly, anything other than that as the goal is a cop-out. It's cop-out.

I'm not playing with it. I'm not playing with you if you tell me that Nebraska can't win every game this season. Or shouldn't be? Or everything should be about winning every game this year. Everything. And you and I have had this conversation off air. That I've said this, and I would say this in every coaching room that I was ever in.

If the thing that we were talking about or doing wasn't about winning the championship, it had no place in where we were. It had no place occupying time. It had no place occupying energy. If we're running a drill, are you running the drill that's going to help us beat blank? Right.

So everything that you do between now and September 1 is to beat Ohio. Right? That means you teach the things that need to be taught. You develop the things that need to be developed. Conditioning, cardio, strength, speed, knowledge, repetition, volume of repetition, proper positive verbiage, call words that are the call to arms, right, that lets you know that, hey, man, I need your attention, and now we need to get to work.

Standard. All of that needs to be set now. You don't set it against Ohio. You said it in all the work before. All the work before. Ohio will be the result of all the things that you do and have done. That's what when I say, I want to know what's in the GPS. Standard has to be in the GPS.

Culture has to be in the GPS. Culture, if you ask, are we located in culture right now? The answer is probably no. and then you have to reset it. Identity has to be in the GPS. Because if I'm asking us to go top speed for a long time, I can't have a station wagon, can I? I got to know who I am and what I'm going to do

and what I'm good at. Right? We'll climb mountains. Well, I can't get there on a bicycle now, can I? Right? You got to know what you are and what you have to work with. But that's why it's so important to set the standard that in a room we all get to identify

what we're trying to do and what we're going to do. But we cannot get there. We do not identify it in first place. Who the heck are we? That's why when you turn the GPS on, it tells you who you are. It tells you currently you're coming off of an absolute tailkicking from Utah. That's who you are.

Despite all the other stuff, you're the accumulation of the last thing you did. And that last thing was a tail kicking by Utah and a tail kicking from Iowa and a list of tail. kickings. Penn State. There was some success, right? That's the current

stand. This is where you are. You can fool around with it and play with it, but the reality is, this is where you are. Now, where the heck are we going? This is who we are. Who do we want to be?

And if you don't say we want to be champions, give away free tickets at Memorial Stadium. Stop asking for money. Don't ask for support. Don't ask for me to be emotionally invested. If you're not going to give you,

give me that? Put it on the marquee. Put it on the marquee. Tell me what you're serving. What's on the menu, boys? What are we serving? And if you tell me it's cold soup, miss me. I want to know. I want a seven-course meal and I want it to be really, really good. We'll close it out. When we come back.