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In the latest edition of “The Big Red Today Podcast,” Sam McKewon and Jon Nyatawa analyze the key matchups in the Nebraska-Wisconsin Big Ten title game: Nebraska’s defense vs. running back Montee Ball and the occasional play-action pass, Taylor Martinez vs. the Badgers’ stingy defense, the often-woeful special teams units for both sides and more.

Then, Jon and Sam offer their predictions before breaking down the Pac-12 title game and the SEC championship tilt.

Run time: 51 minutes, 7 seconds

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In the Week 13 edition of “The Big Red Today Podcast,” Sam McKewon and Jon Nyatawa preview Nebraska’s regular-season finale at Iowa, a matchup between two programs that Sam says are heading in different directions.

Sam and Jon also examine the Big Ten’s expansion plans and the potential recruiting positives for NU before making their predictions for the weekend’s biggest games.

Run time: 39 minutes, 52 seconds

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In the Week 12 edition of “The Big Red Today Podcast,” Rich Kaipust and Jon Nyatawa break down another comeback win by Nebraska, a 32-23 win over Penn State, before looking ahead to the Huskers’ matchup against Minnesota. Senior day. It will be emotional. How will NU respond?

Rich and Jon then examine potential Rose Bowl scenarios while also updating their opinions of Wisconsin, the team that could be Nebraska’s biggest road block on the way to Pasadena.

Run time: 36 minutes, 59 seconds

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In the Week 11 edition of “The Big Red Today Podcast,” Sam McKewon and Jon Nyatawa analyze discuss Nebraska’s comeback win over Michigan State, the Huskers’ Penn State preparations, the NU defense and more.

Sam and Jon also offer their Nebraska-Penn State game predictions before breaking down the rest of the Big Ten slate and key national games.

Run time: 38 minutes, 0 seconds

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In the Week 10 edition of “The Big Red Today Podcast,” Sam McKewon and Jon Nyatawa analyze Nebraska’s remaining schedule, then look ahead to the Michigan State matchup: Will the Spartan defense corral Nebraska? Can the MSU offense find a spark? What will Nebraska do to put points on the board, especially in the red zone? How do the NU-MSU coaches match up?

Sam and Jon also offer their Huskers-Spartans game predictions before breaking down the rest of the Big Ten slate and key national games.

Run time: 48 minutes, 57 seconds

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In the Week 9 edition of “The Big Red Today Podcast,” Sam McKewon and Jon Nyatawa analyze Nebraska’s special teams woes, then look ahead to the Michigan matchup: How much will Rex Burkhead’s expected absence hurt NU? What did the Wolverines’ defense do to disrupt Nebraska last year? How will the Huskers try to slow down Denard Robinson?

Sam and Jon also offer their Huskers-Wolverines game predictions before breaking down the rest of the Big Ten slate and key national games.

Run time: 47 minutes, 7 seconds

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After a one-week break for the bye, Jon Nyatawa and Sam McKewon return on “The Big Red Today Podcast” to break down Nebraska’s 63-38 loss to Ohio State, what NU worked on during the bye, improving the Husker defense, the Northwestern running game, expectations for NU quarterback Taylor Martinez and more.

Plus, get their predictions for the week’s Big Ten games and the national headliners.

Duration: 44 minutes, 25 seconds

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In this week’s edition of “The Big Red Today Podcast,” Jon Nyatawa and Sam McKewon are back to preview Nebraska’s much-anticipated Big Ten opener against Wisconsin.

Jon Nyatawa has questions about how the Huskers should structure their defense and how they can attack offensively. Both beat writers offer their NU-Wisconsin score predictions before Jon and Sam move on to discuss the Big Ten race, potential weekend upset bids, Spartans-Buckeyes, Hawkeyes-Gophers and more.

Duration: 47 minutes, 46 seconds

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In this week’s edition of “The Big Red Today Podcast,” Jon Nyatawa and Rich Kaipust discuss the latest Husker football headlines, including takeaways from the Nebraska-Arkansas State game, Bo Pelini’s health scare, depth at the I-back position, what to watch for in the Idaho State matchup, thoughts on some of the big games around the country this weekend and more.

Duration: 33 minutes, 13 seconds

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Jon Nyatawa and Sam McKewon cover lots of ground in this week’s edition of the “Big Red Today Podcast.” The World-Herald staff writers take a look at the Husker defense (and how NU’s coaches can fix it), the team’s recent second-half struggles, the Arkansas State matchup, the early favorites in the Big Ten title race, the weekend’s college football slate and more.

Duration: 46 minutes, 32 seconds

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