Indiana can sort of cement itself as we are no longer this team that's going to be fighting for six wins anymore.

Malachi Tony, is he going to be ready?

Dante Moore, he showed improvement, better command.

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That's Michael Brunce, Nebraska's 24-7 expert.

Welcome back to the show, dude.

Really excited to chat little corners with you.

Yeah, it's a sign of the season.

It's time for summer school, and hopefully football's not too further down the road.

Absolutely.

So, you know, last year, Nebraska, a little bit of disappointing year overall, I think, relative to some of the preseason expectations, 7 and 6, 4 and 5 in the Big 10, did go to the Las Vegas Bowl.

You know, Matt Ruhl has a reputation as a turnaround artist.

He's taken over some very difficult situations and done extremely well there.

He's had his ups and downs at Nebraska so far. Entering year four, what are kind of the general

thoughts on where we are in the mat rule era? Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, at his previous

stops, year three had kind of been the year where everything kind of took off.

And, you know, with the way that last season ended for Nebraska in November, with, you know, a pretty sound defeat at Penn State and then losing to Iowa and then also the way things ended in the bowl game against Utah.

You know, I think a lot of people are probably taking a wait and see approach with Nebraska,

and especially with the schedule that they have coming up in 2026.

You know, it's to the point now where I think you need to start to see some true signs of

progress.

And it's going to be a tough schedule this year.

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