Bussin' With The Boys - SPRING TOUR: Heinrich Haarberg & Nash Hutmacher Talk Expectations For Nebraska Next Season

Episode Date: April 15, 2024

Recorded: April 5th 2024 | The boys are back on their annual Spring Tour and of course has to make a stop in Nebraska. For the first episode of the Nebraska tour, we sat down with quarterback Herinrich Haarberg and defensive lineman Nash Hutmacher. Both players give their thoughts on last years season and the expectations for this upcoming season. Heinrich talks about what it was like taking over the starting job midway through the season and how he prepared for it all. Nash gets into what it's like being a dual sport athlete and the identity of the defense going into next season. Enjoy fellas. TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS 0:00 HEINRICH HAARBERG INTERVIEW :30 D1 Power Couple 2:03 Tight End Before QB 4:36 Taking Over At QB 7:03 Why Nebraska? 8:14 Likes And Dislikes Of Coach Rhule 9:46 Who He Looks Up To 11:09 Hardest Part About Becoming QB1 13:14 QB Room Vibe 16:11 Spring League? 20:35 His Pet Peeve Of His Girl 22:20 NASH HUTMACHER INTERVIEW 22:32 D1 Dual Sport Athlete 28:00 Wrestling vs Football Coaching 30:24 His Role Models In Both Sports 31:29 Polar Bear? 32:00 Playing For The Nebraska Defense 33:56 The Black Shirts Identity For Next Year 35:13 Favorite Post Weigh In MealFor more, visit barstool.link/bussinwtbSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We can start it off. Like, we owe you an apology. We didn't realize your game was what it is. Harper, for everybody watching right now, we're supposed to have his girlfriend Harper on, who was the number one recruit in the country coming out for volleyball. Big Ten player of the year. Third team, All-American.

Yeah, Gatorade National player of the Year? National player of the year coming out of high school. Won a gold medal with the U-19 coming out of high school. I mean, just killed it. We don't know. With your game, man. How'd you land that? A lot of, I don't know.

I don't have a lot of practice with that, but I don't know. I guess just a lucky shot. No, the story of how you met. We got to hear how. Did you shoot a DM? What was the? No. So I've been really close with the volleyball girls since I got here.

Okay. So then like Ali, Baten Horse and Alexi Rodriguez. She was a stunt. Yeah, awesome. Libero. And then so when Harper got here, me and my boys, we hang out with the volleyball girls, and Harper shows up and then just, I don't know, just kind of spit my game and it worked, I guess.

Saw that six two stature walking. Like, oh, yeah. What's it like? Is it painful knowing that we're more so a volleyball school now than a football school? Yeah, it's fun sometimes. but then you're also like, I'd like to balance it out a little bit here. You know, I love them getting recognition, but at the same time, you know, we want to bring,

we'll restore the balance. I have to. Indeed, indeed. Raddle off. I know Delaney, he's always a master coming up with the- No, just, you know, me playing tight-in, and I saw that you play one game of tight-in, but being one of the first in-state quarterbacks to sign with Nebraska

since what I want to say with two, no, When was that? How long has it been? It was probably 2001 since an in-state quarterback has signed with Nebraska. So being able to do that. But then going out there, starting quarterback, get hurt. You play one game with tight-end. Tell us about that. Yeah, so all through last spring and summer and fall camp, you know, I'd been the backup to Jeff. And, you know, Jeff was, you know, loved Jeff. He's an awesome guy and Chubba. Those are two of my best friends forever. But then Jeff goes out, you know, we lose Minnesota, lose Colorado. And Jeff has an ankle injury.

But, yeah, Minnesota Week, they just wanted to get me the ball a couple times. Just try and use my abilities. you know, they didn't want me on the bench and just, you know, keeping it warm. Big athlete, get him out there. So that was the tight end role for one game. You don't see a lot of quarterbacks being able to transition to that type of position

playing tight end because that's a physical position you got to be able to catch the ball, be able to take hits. You don't see that nowadays with quarterbacks. Come on. Tighten is probably the easiest position on the field. What do you think? So it's hard for me

because like, it's like I never sat in a tight-in meeting. Yep. Like for me, it was like two days before the game. They were like, hey, like, we know you know the plays. And you, you know, you're athletic enough to run the routes. You know, do you think if we put you in in a certain situation, you'd be able to just go out and run it? I was like, yeah, like I understand like it's like that one.

It's supposed to look like a slice block coming across and then get over the top to the D end. Yep. So like I understand like how to attack the D end and then get over the top. So, you know, a lot of that was just natural instinct of, you know, seeing reps that many times and, you know, watching guys, you know, we've got some good tight-ins here. We've had some good ones. So watching them and then just being able to translate it. Did you not, was you not nervous?

Just, I mean, like you said, you've never been in a tight-end meeting room the day of the game, two days before the game. They asked you can you play tight-in? What was your nerves like, though, going out there, knowing that you a quarter? A great quarterback playing tight in now. Yeah, I mean, I was just excited to get the ball. I mean, it was like, I think it was like third and four or something. I was like, oh, like it was like, I think it's second quarter. Like we could, you know, first down right here could, you know, swing the game a little bit.

Get us some momentum against, you know, a good Minnesota team. So, you know, going out there, I was just, I was kind of just excited to get the ball because I knew Jeff, that's my boy. Like he's going to throw me the ball, no matter if I'm covered. Give me the rock. Yeah, exactly. So I had a feeling like no matter what. happened. Jeff was going to float me the ball there. Take us to when your number gets called to be the starting quarterback and take over that job.

Yeah, so. What your emotions were like, how that went down. Especially him being your boy and all of that. Yeah. Yeah. So Colorado, you know, a rough game. I think Jeff just kind of got in his own head a little bit. And, you know, he and I talked a little bit about that through the season.

Jeff helped me so much, you know, mentally. And so he goes down with an ankle injury. in late in fourth quarter against Colorado. And so then I get in, you know, that's really my first time playing quarterback in a live game since high school. So, you know, get in there, just kind of do my thing. Like, I was just, at that point, I was like, screw it. Like, I'm just going to do, like, I'm just going to do me.

Right. Got none to lose. Yeah. So I was just running hard as hell, you know, like just trying to truck someone, honestly. And then ended up throwing my first touchdown ever to my guy. Thomas Fadoni as like the clock expired against Colorado. Yeah. But then going through that next week, you know, that after that Colorado game,

I was like, I'm going to prepare like I'm the starting now. Like this is, I feel like this is my season. It's my team. Like that's how I'm going to prepare. If that's not how it shakes out, fine. But like, this is my opportunity. I'm going to take it. So that Northern Illinois week just tried to lock in as much as I can.

Like, you know, I'd watch some great, some great quarterbacks before me. Adrian Martinez and obviously Jeff. So just watch them. But being, coming out here, there is, it was two parts of me, like the kid that, you know, I've been in the stand since I was born. I got pictures of my dad holding me like in the stands. And like, you know, watching you, you know, watching like that, you know, 2010, 2011, 2012, like,

those are those are like the core memories I have of Nebraska. So being able to run out there and knowing like I'm the starting quarterback, you know, all my buddies back in Carney, you know, everyone's texting me. And, you know, it's pretty sweet. So the emotions were high. I had to kind of tamp them out a little bit to make sure we got our first one of the season now. Yeah, for the home crowd. I bet that was lit, bro. So I know your dad played fullback for Nebraska.

And I know you had a chance to go to Boston College, Vanderbiltz. North Carolina State. Is that why you chose Nebraska because of the ties that your family have with Nebraska? And I wanted to ask you about NIL deals as well. Like, was that a factor? Would you come into Nebraska as well? Yeah.

So when I committed like NIL, like we still had no idea that was going to become a thing. Okay. Like that was still like they were like in the Supreme Court or something. Like we had no clue like if they were going to pass it or not. Right. So but yeah, A big part of that of me coming here was, you know, this is where my dad played.

You know, his career got cut short. He severed a nerve in his neck, you know, was like paralyzed for like 10 minutes, like scary stuff. God, damn. And so part of that was me, like, thinking, like, how can I carry on, like, his legacy, like, the chance that he never got. Like, if I get it, like, I have to take it. So I was part of it. And then also, you know, Coach Frost. recruited really well. I loved what he, what he offered. He was a great, he was a great coach.

You know, I'm sad things didn't work out with him, but I love where we're at with Coach Rule as well. Yeah, what are you, what's your favorite thing about Coach Rule? There's going to be a two-parter. What's your favorite thing and what's your least favorite thing about Coach Rule? Yeah, yep. I'd say my favorite thing is like he, his standards are like how I, was raised. Like everything you do like needs to be disciplined, relentless, like you have to bring that every single day and everything you do. And so like that part's easy for me. And so like being able to see like my childhood like how I was raised translate into the field, you know, into the meeting rooms. That's that's awesome for me. And then least favorite. Yeah,

it's a pet peeve, coach rule. Oh, I don't know. I guess my pet peeve, him. I think it's just like sometimes like he loves to just like he's like, I'm just going to talk for just a little bit here. And next thing, you know, it's like 15 minutes. Like my class is starting in like two minutes or something. Yeah.

It's like, okay, man. He's long winded with his speeches. Sometimes. Yeah. But like, if we die, we die, I went a little too viral. Exactly. Yeah. But I mean, that's the crazy part is like those things like, like they come straight.

As far as I know, they come straight from the heart. like right off the dome so like he's not like scripting him before games or practices like when he's talking like he means it right so that part's really cool i was just going to ask you who do you look up to like uh sport wise apparent wise like who who's your role model who who gave you the courage to be able to be where you at today yeah i mean i'd say so like coming out of like a small mid-size high school in the middle of Nebraska. You know, I had never been to a quarterback coach. You know, I'm just kind of just raw-dog in it.

Like, I'm just out here balling, man. Sling it. Yeah. Grip and rip. And so, I mean, there's two guys that, like, when I was in high school, or I mean, I think it was middle school when Josh Allen was in college. Like, I remember watching him play here and, you know, mate Gary, like, throw the ball back at him. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

But so Josh Allen was one, and then, like, Justin Herbert was another one. Like, both those guys, like, they were overlooked, and now they're, like, some of the superstars in the NFL. Yeah. And, you know, on top of that, you know, I try to remodel my game after them. So those are two guys, I'd say athletically that I try to, you know, emulate some of my game after. What do you feel like last year when you were thrust, kind of thrust it in and you said, like, a switch one off, I got to, I'm going to start preparing, like, I'm a starter. This is my job. All the things going on back from like everybody back home room for me.

It's the Nebraska, your favorite team. What do you feel like was the biggest learning curve for you once you started getting in that live action? Yeah. I mean, so the first two games, you know, they were a group of five teams. Nothing against group of five. Like those are good schools, but not quite the physicality of the Big Ten. You know, you play Northern Illinois. I think I rushed for like, I had a 75-yarder callback against Louisiana Tech.

I would have like 2.25 rushing against Louisiana attack. Yeah. Like, yeah, we dug those boys. But so like those two games were, I mean, I was like, oh, damn, this is kind of cake. And then, you know, we go and then we have Michigan. And then, you know, Michigan was, you know, that was kind of eye opening. Like, like, I don't know, it was different. Like, it didn't feel like like we got, like, beat down, like physically.

It was just like things like just didn't go our way. um like my first pass was like a like a tip tip up yep um which actually funny enough so harper's sister that's her boyfriend is the guy who tipped that picked you off oh oh that's stories to be told yeah so and then he sack me later on in the game yeah i got to live with that one because now he's going to the league i can't get my get back yeah yeah but um eventually eventually but um i'd say as the season went on like figuring out like okay I can't like try and bulldoze like every single big 10 team like Illinois all of a sudden I come out of Illinois I've got like a rupture burst of sack like bruised ribs all up and down like okay I probably need to change my style here a little bit you know

maybe start sliding and getting out of bounds yeah I'd say that was one of the big things that I learned was the if we die we die speech during the before the Michigan game yeah that was hated asking that question. Yeah. The boys died that day. You got a couple others. I don't want to keep her out on them off. You got some.

The quarterback room. How's the quarterback vibe like? Like, I'll say, when I signed with the Titans, I remember sending a bar, and I was fired up to play for the Titans. And Roshan Evans gets drafted in the first round. Titans trade up to go get them. me and my mental state was obviously competition's competition but in that split second moment you're kind of god damn it talk about the quarterback room and having somebody like dylan raola when the day he the day he

committed to nebraska yeah i mean i think if anything like him committing you know with all the i guess following that he had all the offers you know being committed to georgia you know powerhouse you know and us flipping him i think that just shows like how far we've come as a program what we showed last season. Like, if you've got that many opportunities and you choose to come here to a team that, you know, we didn't, we didn't show everything that we could last year, but like, you know, Dylan had all of those and chose to come here. Like, I think that shows, like, how our process is working. I mean, on top of that, besides, you know, I mean, Danny Kalin, you know, great guy. I mean, I've known Danny since he was a freshman in high school, you know, I mean, so like we're,

I think we're starting to, like, hit the rise of, like, like you want to come to Nebraska. Like, yeah, you know, I think when it was my class, me and Thomas Fadoni, like, we were from here. You know, we and a lot of the guys who came here and are still here were from here. Like, we want to track national recruiting because obviously, you know, not everyone, you can't, it's hard to field a team with just Midwest guys. I mean, it's possible. Yeah, it's possible. It's possible, it might be, yeah, it's probably a great school.

It's possible. Yeah. But no, I feel you don't see it too often nowadays, though. Yeah. In-state, not the whole team. The best you can do is probably like what? Iowa? Maybe Iowa.

Like as far as you can get. Well, it depends on how many in-state scholarships they can give, too. Like, it always depends on that. How many walk-ons are here now? My best guess would be around 50. So you guys probably have like, what, 120, 130 kids on the squad? Yeah. Yeah, it's deep.

Bro. I remember when I was a senior read like 140 or 50. I thought it was like 50, like 150. Like dudes, there would be a depth chart for scout team. Yeah, yeah. No, that's college for you. Isn't that crazy? Yeah, like my dad.

No, some places aren't like that. But it's all red shirt. Y'all gray shirt here too? I've had, I know one gray shirt. You know one gray shirt? Yeah, okay. What's a gray shirt? You walk on like your first year, but like you're promised a scholarship like after.

Yeah. Got you. Got you. But, like, my dad, you tell me stories, like, there'd be 200 guys in, like, the early 90s. And they just like, if you leave, go ahead and like, and just bring someone up to replace you. Yeah, the 90s teams are different. That is crazy.

You got any more, Delaney? No, he did great. Spring League. Talk about the Spring League. It's kind of something that's, you know, it's like a fascinating thing. Like in a couple of the Husker group chats, I mean, we were kind of talking about it. But it seems kind of like, I feel like you get guys to buy in,

especially like when it's a down part of the year. Yeah. I mean, it's hard, especially with, you know, some of the older guys, you know, they don't, it's like spring. They're still aching from last year. I mean, but yeah, I think the spring league, like bringing that competitive juice back, like, it is, like, it is fun. Like, I think it's Tuesday. We went for, like, I think, like, two hours. And, like, I think it was just straight spring league.

I was like, I want more. Were you guys just play each other? Yes. Yeah. And, like. How does it work? Talk about like I see there's GMs, there's director of scouting. There's all these different things like what what transactionally can happen in the spring league?

So like if you come in first, I think for the week, then you get eight protections and two trades. So rattlesnake boys right now we're in first. Rattlesnake boys. Yeah, the rattlesnake boys. And then the other two, old old knights and the bug eaters. They're still battling to catch up. like if you're in last, I think you only get like two protections, but you get like six trades or something. So when you say protections, like say we're protecting you, you can't be

traded or acquired. Yes. And so the only part that's different is the quarterbacks are locked in. Like you, they, I can't. Right, right. I'm a rattlesnake boy for life. You can't just stack the roster according to your quarterbacks. Just like some Nebraska talk or what? So it just I started rule this year implemented the spring league. I probably had a juice up for competition. Because you know when you're in spring ball, like you're practicing, you're doing your thing, but it can get a little dull because it's like we're not going to win anything in the spring. But he's broken it up.

There's three teams in the spring league. And each of them have a roster. Is that who you practice with each day? So we do like we still like indie and, you know, just some like regular like nine on seven, just regular drills. But then like I'd say that it's only like 45, 50 percent of practice. and after that, then we transition to spring league. So then you get with your team and you run all this stuff

and then I guess what, once a week you have like where you guys play each other in games? No, I mean, so far it's just been like situations, which is like what Coach Ruel loves. Right. He loves like two minute, yeah, third down, red zone. Yeah. Like we killed him in Red zone.

But so yeah, like the Spring League. And there's just a point system within those situations, within the situational ball. And then if you come out on first in the week, it's ran kind of like like a league. Like you get to protect eight guys. It's just, I guess it seems like a way of just for the fellas to have fun.

It's almost like compete with something. Like a red and white game, but practice almost every day pretty much. So are you guys doing the red and white game or is it the spring league? I have no clue. I kind of hope it's spring league. Like I want the rattlesnake boys like Donald. I love the loyalty.

Like it is like it's fun. like usually red and white like it's kind of like tiered like you got kind of the starters versus the second d or something right and like here like like you have no like it could be your number one receiver versus like the worst corner on the team right like it's like the teams are like so like mismatch kind of yeah like the only part that's like constant is the o line got you like the old line like the one o line is the one o line like you can't You can't trade different guys out. So if you protect the O-line, you get to protect the entire O-line.

Well, they made it. They made it because they recognized that the O-Line, like, how big of a deal that is. So, like, they switch the O-Line through the teams through the weeks. Oh, so they got to go and play on every team. The starting O-Line does. Well, it gives you an advantage. That's kind of, I mean, that's fair. Yeah, you get to starting a line.

You very much at an advantage. Yeah, that's fair. Because, you know, when you're going with the back end, you know, even with the deal. lie you got move on you know you got it's tough it's tough oh what i'm trying to think harper's not here but i was going to have you guys rattle off a pet peeve that you had of each other what's a pet peeve that you have with the harper so harper just has like non-stop energy like like she's like always moving like always talking like that's something like i love about her But at the same time, it's like, okay, it's like 1130, like, settled down now.

Like, I'm trying to like, and she's just like going off. But actually, I'd say now I'm thinking about my number one pet peeve of Harper is during movies. Like, we'll not stop asking questions. Like, what is he doing here? I don't know. I'm watching the same movie, man. Yeah, let's, let's, what you can find out. Yeah.

But it's crazy. Like, the conversations and topics always come alive, like right when we're laying our head on the pillow. And say, what was this any other time of the day? Like, we're trying to go to bed now. Yeah. What would you, what would she say as a pet peeve that she has a view? Oh, I know this one for sure. Like, she hates, like, how sometimes, like, I just, like, it seems like I just, like, do not care, like, at all.

You can, I can see that. That's all of us. Yeah. I don't know. Just, like, that's kind of been, like, the way I was since I was born. Like, sometimes, like, I just, like, I'm in, like, my own. They call it like our old strength coach. She's calling me a space cadet.

Like I just kind of like go off into my own world. And like she'll ask me a question. I mean, I think a lot of guys do this, but it's just like it just hits the ear and it goes right back. Yeah, I think that's a lot. That's a lot of men. Oh yeah. Yep. Okay.

Boys, did I miss anything? Hi, Rick. I appreciate you, bro. Yeah, I appreciate y'all. Yeah, man, thanks for coming on. Tell Harper we missed her, though. All right. Welcome back.

Another episode of Bus with the Boys of Spring Tour. We have the psycho on himself. Nash, Nash Nutmaker. The polar bear, man. The polar bear. Bro, what psycho? Well, usually when you do two sport athletes, you got like, whether it's football and baseball,

you got basketball, but rarely do you hear about football and wrestling at the college level. Why wrestling with being a de-alignment in college football? Yeah, it's honestly something that I know. That Mike, too, yeah. Don't be scared. It's just, it's honestly something I never thought I would do in college. Because, like, when I was getting recruited and stuff, like, I knew Manning through the recruiting

process. He was trying to get me to wrestle and play football. And I was like, if I want to be, like, really good at one of these sports at this level, like, I'm going to have to pick one. So I end up going with football. And then, yeah, after the Iowa game, Manning just texted me, like, out of the blue and was like, give me a call. And I was like, what could this possibly be?

Like, what does he want to talk? to me for and he's like just said he's like I want to want you to give it a shot like just come and try it see how it goes and so I was like fuck like fuck it like let's go let's do it like and so talk to rule and everyone and rule was like all in on I didn't even have to like bring it up to him here because T-night I told T-night before and T-night talked to rule and I text roll was like hey I'm going to swing up and talk to me he's like is this about wrestling and I was like yeah he's like I, yes, like go do it. It's like, you don't even need to come talk to me if you want to.

So I was like, all right, screw it. Let's go do it. And it was, yeah, it was pretty crazy. I mean, coming from high school, would you had 166 wins, no losses for state championships? I mean, it had to be in your destiny that you was going to wrestle at some point. Did you, did you feel that? Or did you think that football was just going to be it for Nebraska? I thought football was going to be it, especially like,

three years without like even thinking about wrestling, thinking that it was over with. And then it just kind of coming along. Like it just just kind of worked out and kind of happened that way. I had no, I, no feeling at all that I was going to end up wrestling again. How, how hard was it to lose 40 pounds though right after the season to lose 40, drop 40 pounds to get into wrestling that fast? Yeah, it sucked right away. Like right away, it was terrible.

It reminded you like, oh, this is why. Yeah, like this is why I didn't want to do this in college. But no, it was, it sucked right away. But with the help of like Kristen and Ron, the wrestling nutritionists, like, they made it super easy. They got me set up with basically when and what to eat, what times, like everything. Like, they helped me out so much of that. So just getting used to that new diet right away sucked. But then once I got rolling, they just, the weight just kind of melted off.

Just basically doing what I need to do to get in shape of wrestling, you know, getting on the bike, doing extra workouts, doing all that. Like that took care of itself then with. the new diet so it just kind of started falling off and then once i got down to weight after a couple weeks my body kind of adjusted and so i was just kind of hanging around that weight what's the craziest thing you've done to cut weight i haven't done nothing too crazy i what's the craziest thing you've seen oh i've seen back in high school i'd seen some guys do some wild shit like they'd walk around all day just spitting in a bottle and they'd go and they'd

sit in a sauna like sweatsuit on like just sitting in a sauna like just sitting in a sauna like just the complete opposite way you're supposed to do it. Like, they're just killing their bodies until, like, get down to weight. But talk about the differences in, uh, in training regimen. Because obviously, if football, you're training for like six seconds at a time, wrestling is like a whole different animal. Yeah, it was like a whole different thing. Obviously, like, yeah, like you said, football, like we're doing some sprints.

You're doing some of that. But it's like, when I first went in there, man, he's like, hey, let's just me and you, let's hit a little bike workout. I'm like thinking, all right, yeah, a little bike workout 20 minutes. And now he had me on that. bike for an hour. We're doing like 20 seconds on, 20 seconds off, 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off. We're in there and get to the end. The bike says 1,000 calories burned. I'm at like 25 miles. I'm like, oh, little bike workout. Like, it was just like straight from football too.

Yeah, like straight after lifting with football in the morning. So it's just it was, that was the biggest change, obviously, is just like the type of condition you were doing. It was like, because in wrestling, you're going out seven minutes, like pretty much all you have for seven minute straight and so that type of conditioning that type of training is just a whole different animal compared to what you're doing. Did you ever like after that bike workout where you're like, maybe I chose maybe I made the wrong decision? Yeah no there's definitely some days in there like where it was like, get done with lift to go over wrestle and then it's like I need to get on the bike. Like there's some of those days where you're just like what like what am I doing? You're like I don't need to do this.

Like this. Yeah like I have no reason to be doing this but yeah I just like I love after that first match against Wyoming. It just like all those feelings like why I love wrestling and like why I wanted to do it. Like they just came back and then after that it was it was easy. It was like God, I freaking love this shit man. Like this is this is so awesome. You can tell, I mean you say you missed three years.

Your first year back, go to nationals. Like how was that? Oh, that was so surreal. Like I grew up watching the NCAA tournament. Like grew up watching it never been in person. So first time ever going in person. And also competing at it was just like a crazy. Like it was just such a surreal moment for me.

Like growing up idolizing those guys and then to like be one of those guys at that tournament was, I mean, it was incredible. Yeah. Differences in Coach Manning and Coach Rule head coaching styles. I mean, I would say just. Manning's a nut. Yeah. Manning. He's crazy.

He's a nut, bro. Oh yeah. He's unbelievable. But yeah, it's just, I feel like the biggest difference is just like the amount of players like football has coach and then like the amount of guys on the wrestling team like it's not like manning has to manage 130 guys like manning's in there like once you get down kind of in the nitty gritty of the season like there's really only those 10 starters that you're really focusing on and trying to get better whereas with football it's like I have this entire team I need to manage so it's just the mindset of kind of how you

do things is a little different just because of like big changes in like the numbers of guys you have to deal with what do you feel like your teammates in the locker room of a football locker room could learn about spending a season in a wrestling locker room? For me, the thing I like most about the wrestling, and it's like this over at football, too, but I feel like I noticed it more over there is like those guys that were all Americans, those guys that are the best in that room are like the exact examples of what you want, like every person on your team to be. Like those guys, like Ridge, Lenny, Silas, all those guys that were the best.

guys in that room were the best practice they were the best practisers the hardest workers like those guys were the what you want your rest of your team to be in so it's like that over with football but just being over there and like wrestling such like it's more of an individual sport obviously in football so like those guys to take that same approach is like no this is like I'm doing this for like the team not just myself over there just like it really inspired me to be like God like if they're doing that over there like I need to be we need to be doing that like double time over here because it's such a team sport.

Yeah, because you get to where individuals could be, you'd be so talented on the football field to where you might not be putting in that same work ethic where it's like a wrestler. It's like you're saying the hardest worker or the best wrestlers are, have to be and are like the hardest workers. Yeah, they have to be just like by the nature of the sport. Because like if they're not being the hardest worker in the room, like it's going to come out. Like they're going to whatever. They might not win men.

They might not win a match that they should have won or whatever it is. So it's like that was, that's what I love about that culture over there so much is like those guys are the guys not only wrestling, but workouts, everything. Who do you look, who do you look up to in both sports? Football and wrestling. Who inspires you like to be great on the field and on the mat as well? Yeah, like with football and wrestling for me, it's not so much like a certain player, a certain person. It's more so, um, it's more so my, my, my, my, my, my, my, family that like that's like why I'm out here doing what I do just because um especially my mom and

dad like those those two people are the most important people in my life and um they love nothing more than coming and supporting me and my younger brother and like all everything we do like it doesn't matter if it's football wrestling like my mom would gets fired up when I get like an a on my test like no matter what I'm doing like it's to see me and my little brother succeeding is what makes them um the happiest parents they could be and so just to continue to compete and and be the best human being I can be, and best athlete, best everything. Like, that's, those two people are why I act the way I am

and like who I am. And South Dakota, right? Born and raised, family stilled in South Dakota. Is that where you got Polar Bear from being in South Dakota? Yeah, that came, like, in high school. It was just, I mean, I was a big, big blonde kid, like, some of the, like, some of the people in the wrestling community, or some of, like,

the wrestling moms, like, one of them just called me that one day. And so it kind of started stick and my dad like started hashtag in the polar bear like on all the stuff you post about me. And so when Nebraska fans found that out, of course, like they just blew they love it out. So yeah, that's kind of how that started. What's it, uh, talking football? What's it been like playing for coach white and his staff? No, I see you guys made a big jump last year defensively. Like talk to us about how that's been. Oh, it's been great. Like getting to know coach, uh, coach white last year, coach teen night, all those guys like, um, they're, you. They're, you. And, you know, just as good as people as our coaches.

Like they're, like, T-Night, he lets us be ourselves in that room. Like, when it's time to work, like, it's time to work, but, like, we have a lot of fun in that room. And I think that's why we're so close. And why we play the way we do is because it's not like we're at freaking boot camp. Like, it doesn't have to all be perfect all the time. Like, T-night, he allows us to bring our personality to it while working hard and just continue to do the things that we do.

And that's why I think the defense line is just, getting better and better every day because we're just getting so much closer. What's T-night like as a coach? I play with him in Washington. Yeah. It was his last year. No, his budget was definitely different. He had won a Super Bowl, so he, the division I have a T-night, pot roast.

Do you guys call him pot roast? No, I just, T-night. Yeah, he probably don't want them calling a power of a scale. He would, yeah, because they signed and he didn't even need to be a certain weight. And he wouldn't step on, he'd just take the fine, and he'd just say, like, oh, my budget's different now. Ooh. He just like that. He was nice.

Like he was a massive human being. I know you're talking about it. Yeah, yeah. What's it like playing for T-night? It's awesome. Playing with T-night is, I mean, he is probably one of the funniest humans I've ever been around. Like, he is hilarious. And but when it's, when it's time to work, like, it's time to work.

Like, he gets honest. But yeah, he allows us to have so much fun in that room. Like, here's, we're just in the amount of times of the entire room just busts out laughing. because of something T-night or whatever side is like it's just unbelievable you got a you got one no you got it um what do you see what uh what identity do you see the defense taken on this year being in year two of coach white system just going out there and being the baddest baddest defense on the field like we're not we're not going to let other defenses out play us we're going to go out there and we're going to dominate dominate the line of skirmage dominating the secondary we're going to just go out there no matter

what situation we're in. We could be backed up. We could be onto the goal line. Like we're going out there like excited to play football. Like it doesn't matter what the other opponents do and what what's happened on the offensive side of the ball. We're going out there to dominate, have fun, and just be excited to be out there on the field. How do you see your role developing as a leader now that you're older? Just continue to be more of a vocal leader. That's something that I haven't been I haven't been as good at in the past. I've always been a big lead by example guy. And And I think it's time to kind of take that next step and to like be that more of that vocal leader, getting on guys when shit's not right, and just continuing to develop that.

Yeah. Give any more? We got it. I'm trying to think. Hang on let me check my notes. Favorite. I got one for you. Your favorite post-way and meal.

Probably going to. Culver's getting double butterburger, large cheese curd and cookie dough concrete mixer. Let's go. That's a good one. Oh, yeah. Just ultimate. I love that place. Yeah.

I'm not messing around. I'm going right. I'm eating that. Straight up. Check it out. I'll day. We got to. What did you say that was?

What was that order? Double? A double butter. A double butter burger. Come on, man. I'm not, I'm not as familiar with Culvers. I'm just not. But that's like a Midwest thing.

I know. I know it is. I'm just not as familiar with Colvis. Oh, okay. Come on, man. I forgot. You from St. Louis. You know, is Culver's your favorite burger?

Your favorite fast food burger? Yeah, it's up there. That's probably number one. I mean, it's. What's yours? In and out. I promise you, over the last couple of years, in and out is getting a very average reputation. Yeah, it's a.

It's a couple of years. I'm in a light. That's why it's everywhere now. No, no, no, no, no, no. People are going and seeking it out and then doing their own reviews. I'm just saying like it is mid as five guys is mid. No, it's not. It's a sloppy burger.

I mean, I eat it, but it ain't top. It ain't top tier. I would choose McDonald's over five guys. Okay. Well, you have now lost. A big mac. Everybody watching. You've now lost all your credibility.

You crazy. Big Macs max is hitting. Still number one. Baconator. Baconator. Baconator. Oh shit. Hey, well, Nash, we appreciate you.

Appreciate you coming on, man. It's been fun getting to know you. I met your parents with the Michigan Nebraska game. The way you were just talking about them, I feel like describing 2A, T, because they were, they were fired up to be like, oh, yeah, we're Nash's parents. We're Nash's parents. Oh, yeah.

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