1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - The Road to the Super Bowl Goes Through Kansas City and Philadelphia : July 31st, 12:00pm

Episode Date: July 31, 2025

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It's time to go one-on-one with D.P. Coming at you live from the heart of Lincoln America, a 93-7-a-ticket and the ticketfm.com. Here is your host, Derek Pearson, brought you by Canopy Street Market. Busker fans in your face, sir. Ma'am. Gentlemen, that's open. 402-464-5-6-85 is the Sartar-Ham and text line. Hey, this is for the what's up.

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So I asked the question about the first Husker coach. Now, twofold in the answer that land, Langdon Frothingham. Great name. Sir. Sir Langdon of Frothingham is recognized as the first coach of Nebraska football in 1890. In 1890,

Landon Frothingham led them to a 2-0 record. But you could dive into the pool and see who those first wins were against. I think one was. WC. I think one was. I was going to say joking me, YWCA, no

YMCA, I'm pretty sure it was one of them. They beat Omaha YMCA 10 to nothing. They also beat Done, 18 to nothing. Were they, were they the Huskers Bug Eaters? What were they? Let's see, they might have been. What was the mascot in 18-day? Because it's

changed over time. Yeah. You have to run that down. Yeah. Yeah. Let's see what that is. But officially, and I, and and I'll put officially in air quotes, but it says the first official, Frank Crawford is recognized by the University of Nebraska

as its first official head coach serving from 1893 to 1894. That's the first official. That's probably fair because it says here in the, and it's Wikipedia, but you know, they put some good information in there. They give you what they give you. It said, Frothingham was, So here's what it says.

Lainon Frathingham, a veterinary pathologist, and graduate of Harvard was hired in 1889 to teach psychology at Nebraska. He was asked to oversee the new program primarily because he was familiar with the rules of the game and brought a football with him from the East Coast. He had a football. However, he broke his leg during a scrimmage, fried in Nebraska's game against Donne. It's unclear whether Frothingham traveled to the team to either game.

Well, he's, you know, what I would imagine is that he had to teach the game. Like, he's out there with them. Yeah. And somebody chop blocks, or he gets rolled up. Don't stand by the pile, sir. Keep it moving. Head on a swivel. Head on a swivel.

But they said the first official that the university recognizes Frank Crawford. So the very first person who put that out there, Textor 8310, James Berger, you had several guesses. You can't go from Bible to Crawford. Like, don't bounce around. 830, you, Bach, let them know that they have passes and, and they get the cake. They get the Dairy Queen cake as they offer several things along the way. Because, yeah, Bach, Texas is Bia Bacca, but those were shutouts.

That's right there. Total domination. Hey, man, the first black shirts, the unofficial black shirts were, yeah, we need to know what the nickname was for the 1890 version of the Husker of Nebraska football. What would that have been? What would that have been? We were talking in our 1 about, you know, it's the beginning of football season and it's starting to feel like football season.

That tonight, you know, Hall of Fame game will take us through. We're excited about that. the game will air here on the ticket. Seven o'clock kickoff between the Chargers and Lions. The expectation for the Lions is growing. Here's my thing. You kind of who you are from the last version of who we saw you as, rather than what you think you will be.

We can get caught up in the projection and the forecasting. And there are many people who are saying that the Lions could or might be, the favorite in the NFC, which doesn't make sense to me because it's not like the Eagles got worse, and they had a really good draft on top of the Super Bowl championship squad that existed,

and those factors that made them the Super Bowl champions didn't really change. They didn't lose a lot. They didn't lose a lot. And Bach is, it's also fair to say, don't the bids, both roads to the Super Bowl go through,

Kansas City and Philadelphia. Like, I'm not wrong in that, right? Yeah, I think we can assume those might be a few playoff teams. Right. I mean, but, I mean, if you're in the NFC, your target has to be the Eagles. It can't be the Lions. The last time I saw, listen,

the last time I saw the Detroit Lions on a football field, they were getting a mud hole stomped it in by the Washington commander and a rookie quarterback. And there was nothing impressive about the Lions that day. Nothing. And the commanders went on to face the champion Eagles, Super Bowl champion Eagles, right? The game was competitive until the goalie,

the tush push and the goal line stand, that craziness. Craig says the old gold nights. Craig, we're going to give you some ice cream just for coming up with that. Thank you. Yep. Mississippi Muddog agrees that in 1890, I believe they were known as the Nebraska Golden Knights. Kuhan Luke.

There's also, there's the, Bill Bennett said the Black Knights. Now that's my Little League team. The Gold Knight. So Cool Hand Luke, we will also provide you. There's some vouchers down here for a dairy queen ice cream. We can give you a couple of vouchers for ice cream and a couple of vouchers for salt dogs.

So stop by the station and have them there. If you can make sure those are listed up for that. So I think it's pretty simple, right, that the Eagles are the favorite. They have to be. They have to be. And they had a really good draft, which made my head hurt. They drafted so many elite defensive players and some big guys up front. And then as much as you want to talk about Buffalo and everybody else in the AFC.

But it's the Chiefs. Look, the AFC championship goes. through Kansas City. I mean, Bach, who's the best player in the NFL right now? Well, he's not part of the 99 club, according to Madden.

But Patrick Mahomes certainly has a lot of hardware that would argue otherwise. Like, the standard for this entire NFL season will be based on the production and success of Patrick Mahombs. Like, that's, we haven't been, like,

you said that about Brady. You knew for all of that time that the NFL season, as you wrote the story of the NFL season, you could start with Tom Brady and finish with either you beat Tom Brady or you did not beat Tom Brady and the Patriots or the Bucks, wherever he was at. Right? In the year that he finally loses, you go, who, oh man, thanks. But every quarterback in that era was measured by Tom Brady.

Every single one, every single quarterback. Every team was measured by the New England Patriots. You can tell me that you think the Chiefs will be the favorite, or you can tell me that the Eagles will be the favorite because everybody in here, the best player football last year, and the reason why we know the story was Seekoine Barkley because he figured out he was instrumental and the Eagles beating Kansas City.

And if you tell me, if you ask me who the two best players, people will throw a whole bunch of names out there. But the two, I tell you what, the two most important players in the NFL, Patrick Wilhomes and Sequin Barclan. And I'll go, I'll get on that hill for you. Tell me that. Like, I'm not wrong. So then I guess the question is that if those two statements are true,

that the NFC championship goes through Philly and Saquan Barkley, and the AFC championship title goes through Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Who's next? When you write the story of this NFL season, who are the next two people,

who are the two next teams? Now, then you could get into the discussion of from the NFC side that you think Detroit is in play, but as I just reminded you at home in Detroit at home in Detroit at home in Detroit the Washington commanders went to Detroit and absolutely put it on the Detroit Lions

in the most meaningful game in Detroit Lions history at home they got manhandle and then on the other side Bach, you can tell me that it's Buffalo. You can tell me that it's Baltimore. I'll ask, who is it? Who is what team and what player? Text line, join in.

The AFC, if the title goes through Patrick Mahom, the best, if you want to be the best player in the AFC, you got to beat out Patrick Mahombs. If you want to be the best team in the AFC, you got to beat out the Kansas City, chiefs. Who is that, Bach? Is there a player and a team that go together, or are they separate and you think it could go in different direction?

I think there's a little bit of a tier system right now of Kansas City, the bills. Bills can't go over Kansas City in the playoffs. They've beat them in the regular season, can't get them in the playoffs. And then the Ravens in a different tier because they just have struggled to make a run in the playoffs, you know, one and one in the, I think the last three playoff appearances they've had. So I think that's, I think right now it's kind of funny in the A. I think you've got a clear one, two, and three, at least entering the season.

Anything can happen injuries otherwise. But that's a little bit more money, I think, in the NFC, where I think the Redskins, or excuse me, the commanders certainly have an argument, especially having added Debo Samuel and Lammy Tunzel this offseason. The Lions were the number one seat, as you mentioned. So they've got a pretty good argument. Then I would say the Rams were the closest to defeating the Eagles in the playoffs last. year. That feels less

in stone, right? That feels less like liable that those are going to be your top three teams of the NFC as compared to the AFC, but we'll see. I mean, the commanders went to Detroit, faced the number one seed, and put up 46 points in Detroit.

46. Look, if that was in the land of Maryland, Maryland, that's still a story. But the commanders went to Detroit, And I don't care about the situation and circumstance. 46 point in a gate, look, Detroit knew the game was important. They knew this was for a Super Bowl, right?

They knew it was the chance to be in the NFC championship game. And 46. That's a lot of scores. That's a lot of trips to go, you know what? We weren't very good defensively today. in the biggest game of the year. Well, it is interesting that Washington gave up 55 the next week. 100%, but that's why the title goes through the Eagles.

Yeah, that's what I say. It feels like there's more of a separation maybe in the NFC. I don't remember the commanders beat the Eagles in the game prior to that. And that game was the championship game being in Philadelphia. In D.C., that's a different, that's a different deal. How are you going to set it right now? Currently, the NFC title and the Super Bowl championship goes through Philadelphia earned. Earned it.

They were dominant in the Super Bowl. They were dominant in the playoffs, right? They found a way they had one close game against the Rams, but are you willing to bet? Are you willing to put emotional investment in the Rams being the second best team in the NRC? No. Right. Like that, I mean, I think that's fair.

here in Texas said Jordan Love with the Packers. But why? What have they done to earn that? Look, I'm a Jordan Love fan. Jordan Love has been on this station. I'm cool with that. But no. Kockger said this earlier.

This is part of why I brought it up. He says, DP, got a fun fact for you. Out of 53 Hall of Fame games played in NFL history, only 23 of the teams winning that game have gone on to make the playoffs. And in the last 22 years, none of the winners have won a playoff game if they won the Hall of Fame game. But the Lions played tonight. Chargers played tonight. Like that two teams that certainly could make the playoffs, make a run. Right. So in Cupsker, thank you for sending that in.

But that's, I mean, that's the reality. That's what happens, right? that it becomes this sea of data and information. But the reality is this is where everyone begins to, look, there are people who watch this, and whoever wins tonight will feel like, you know, we won the first game of the NFL season. And they'll feel good about it. And whether it be rookies or veterans who are returning from injuries.

And that's a big part of preseason, right? Giving exposure, you're not going to burn out. you're not going to burn out either quarterback. You may not even see them. You've got two running backs that you may have eyes on and some rookies that you're going to pay attention to. But it's football. And it's NFL football.

And I'm excited for it. There's a couple of things in it as well, right, that train camp week for the Huskers. And the same thing applies, right? That as we were having the conversation in our one, a third of the people who go to Saturday scrimmage, practice, will walk out of there in full belief and be a member of the Kool-A brigade brigade,

one-third of whatever the number is. Bach, if you had to guess, you had to write a number down, how many people would think show up Saturday? If you had to write a number down and say, this is this because isn't this isn't this the the the temperature check for husker fandom isn't this what this is for i i i got to be honest i and my numbers are it was so weird to go to the husker games um because there were so many less people there and i thought that was an opportunity to

kind of do something unique and see so i mean i i don't i'm not expecting a huge turnout maybe 3,500 really why is that like i mean i mean i mean you So tell me the temperature of Husker Nation right now, right? Especially for people who could get to the game to practice, right, that we've seen instances spring game where the stadium was packed, right, at $10 to pop? Yeah. So if you've proven that people in full will pay $10 and pack that state, for a non-husker football game,

wouldn't you want that instead of 4,000, 3,000 people paying 20? I'm interesting because the format obviously made a big difference for the Husker games. If you don't have a game and they kind of went back too late and said, yeah, we'll do a little bit of a game. Well, it was too late by then. And obviously it wasn't the full game if you were there to watch it anyways. So the fact that there's not a game involved, I think, is going to hurt it. I think if you said this is scrimmage day, they do their scrimmages sometimes Saturday.

If you didn't, hey, here's open scrimm. I think you'd have a lot more people show up. But again, I think the idea is to go and get a look into the program and what a practice looks like. I also think that there may be kind of like, okay, this is an event practice. Again, to what, to what you said earlier, what are we going to see? Is it going to look like a normal practice as compared to we're just going to grab whatever it is? A thousand fans can sit on the sidelines and watch a legitimate practice. because I think there might be more interest in doing that,

you know, and maybe doing it several times to get the people in. But I don't know. I'm really intrigued. I mean, this is the second year they're doing it. This first year with beer. Well, but that, I mean, so this is the thing, 12,000 beer, right? For the people that are coming. And there will be kids there.

So not all of the 4,000 or 5,000, whatever number you want to throw out there, is going to be consuming alcoholic beverages, we hope. We hope. Kids aren't in the line handling. beer. But if you said, if you're going to do this, wouldn't it be better to have 10,000, 20,000? Like, wouldn't that tell you that the fan base is passionate and frenzied and fanatic about this football, upcoming football season, rather than lukewarm, tepid, meh, me, for a practice. Now, if you're just showing the practice, if it's just practiced, then why are you charging $20?

If it's just practice and you want people to get excited, people will come there and buy beer and buy t-shirts and buy hats and buy jerseys. And the law of marketing is this, more people. Empty seats do not buy beer or jerseys or otherwise. And if you have 90,000 seats, put butts in the seeds. Like I would open it up. Listen, if you tell me that you're going to have practice number two next week that you charge. you're going to scrimmage and you want people to pay for it. Okay, fine.

But if you, what's it for? If nobody's identifying what the whole thing, like for me, if you want Husker, if this is for Husker fan, this is this Husker fan appreciation? Is this the fan festival? Is this a revenue center? Is this an introduction? One, it's a payoff for players to finally get seen, right?

Because they're families that have never seen their kids. wear Husker uniforms and run on that stadium, run on that field. That's a part of it, right? They'll allow Husker, the local high school players get to come to Memorial Stadium and imagine themselves wearing the Husker colors running out there in the next two or three years doing that. Sponsors, boosters, people who financially support Nebraska football. There's an opportunity for them to be proud of it and to show off and say, okay, pat on the back, thank you. what's it for?

Because what's it for? Identifying what it's for. If this is for the fans, make it for the fans and for all the fans. You'll still get your money. You'll still get your money. But I don't know. I don't know.

You get to see the changes of the field. Yep. They're charging for NIL stuff. If you tell me this is for 1890, I'm going to be mad. I'm a fan of 1890. But if, you said to me, do I want $20 from 4,000 people or do I want $10 from 40,000 people?

Do I want 4,000 people buying jerseys or do I want 40,000 people buying jerseys? I just don't, listen, you can do the mentally lazy thing, which is what, and again, I don't know who define this and who decided. I'm just asking the question. I don't have to have the answer. I'm just asking the question. I would be thrilled to look out here on Saturday, right? Saturday afternoon,

looking out of the corner of love to and seeing a sea of red. Instead of just the coolant. I'd like to see a sea of red. A sea of red coolade versus, you know, a few glasses. That's just me. There's some news on the Nile Front. I will read that and get it. We'll have the conversation about it when we come back.

Thank you.