Hail Varsity

Drawing inspiration from The Solid Verbal podcast's all-encompassing Fantasy Things draft, the Hail Varsity team gets together to hold a Nebraska-specific fantasy draft. The gang selects Husker storylines, talking points and oddities that will make their way through Nebraska football discourse at one point or another this upcoming season.

Brandon Vogel joins the podcast to talk through two very important conversations on two vastly different subjects: who was hurt the most by spring ball's cancelation and which sports movies belong in an all-time top five?

Erin Sorensen joins the podcast, so, naturally, we spent the first 30 minutes talking about the best local restaurants in Lincoln and Omaha. After an Elite Eight food-styled, we talked through Leigha Brown's transfer from the Husker women's basketball program and what a nine-game football season might be like.

It's a small problem in the grand scheme of things the larger public is dealing with right now, but this is still a sports pod, so Greg Smith catches us up on how the COVID-19 pandemic is currently and might affect college football as we get closer to the 2020 season.

First, former Husker Jay Moore stops by to share some news about a new project he's working on. We also talk a little about what he wants to see and hear from Nebraska over the next month in spring ball. Then, Brandon Vogel joins the pod to break down all the storylines surrounding JD Spielman's departure from the team.

Let's check the pulse of Husker Nation with spring ball on the horizon. What better way to do that than to bring in a group of guys who, every week, have their fingers right on that pulse? Honke, Dave, Mac, and Boomer from the Go Big Redcast join the podcast this week to talk basketball evaluations and football expectations.

Hail Varsity's resident hoops head, Jacob Padilla, was nice enough to stick around after an 86-65 Nebraska loss to Michigan State to record a late-night Nebrasketball podcast. We cover the defensive shortcomings this season, Cam Mack's play of late, and a few other topics.

Hail Varsity radio extraordinaire Chris Schmidt was kind enough to cross over this week and join the podcast. We chat about Nebraska basketball's season of almosts and near-misses, then Chris offers an early look-ahead into spring football.

A mailbag question sparked a larger discussion: if there was trading in college football, would Nebraska have some deals to make? Would Nebraska have the assets to pull off something big? What's a need that would be addressed? Greg Smith joins the podcast to discuss.

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Luke Gifford joins the podcast to talk about what has been a crazy year for him and the rest of the Gifford family. We cover Luke's move from Nebraska to the Dallas Cowboys, his brother, Isaac, joining the Huskers and Nebraska's linebacker room going forward.

Greg Smith joins the podcast to discuss a busy week. From national title thoughts to Mike Dawson's return, Nebraska's special teams question, and Troy Walters' exit, we cover a lot of ground.

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Greg Smith joins the first podcast of the new decade to talk news of the week, get a little retrospective on Nebraska's biggest moment of the 2010s, and give his thoughts on what Nebraska should strive for in 2020.

The OU Daily's George Stoia joins the podcast to talk about the College Football Playoff, whether the committee got the No. 1 seed right (or if that even matters), who the best team in the field is, whether OU has a shot against LSU and expansion.

Nebraska's 2020 recruiting class is almost entirely signed and ready to roll. So, for this week's podcast, we brought in everyone to talk about a massive closing stretch. Brandon Vogel, Greg Smith, Erin Sorensen, and Jacob Padilla all offer their thoughts on a number of recruiting-related topics.

Greg Smith and Jacob Padilla help talk through some top storylines (linebacker recruiting, wideout recruiting, what should be expected of this class, what's going on at quarterback) to keep in mind as the Huskers near the 2019 Early Signing Day. We also talk a little Nebrasketball at the end.

How exactly do you label the 2019 football season for Nebraska? Expectations were sky-high heading in, but does a season's worth of context, injury and inconsistency lessen any of the disappointment? Greg Smith and Derek Peterson discuss just that on this week's pod.

Greg Smith and Jacob Padilla take the reins this week to talk Shamiel Stevenson's failed attempt at immediate eligibility, Nebraska's season finale and Iowa. Jordan Hansen also joins the pod to preview the Hawkeyes.

Brandon Vogel is on the pod this week to talk about Scott Frost's contract extension, share his post-Wisconsin thoughts, and talk about where Nebraska is at in its rebuild. Then, Emily Giambalvo from The Washington Post joins the pod to preview Nebraska-Maryland.