Husker Locker Big Red Update

This week, Bleacher Report’s Big Ten Lead Writer Adam Jacobi returns to talk about what’s going on across the Big Ten and what he took away from the Huskers’ spring ball. Topics include: - Notable topics from spring practices/game around the Big Ten - Where does Taylor Martinez rank on the passing efficiency charts for returning Big Ten QBs? - How Urban Meyer lets his kickers know he hates them - Jacobi’s take on Nebraska’s choice to not have a 15th practice - How the Nebraska athletic department handled the “refund” aspect - Opening a fall practice for fans - Projecting three Big Ten teams that will provide the stiffest and easiest tests as of today - Whether or not Wisconsin appears to be a winnable game at this point for Nebraska

A podcast featuring questions and topics submitted by you, fans of the Big Red: - Players and positions that have the most to prove during the Spring Game - The most-anticipated position battles - If it were more timely, would Bo consider the Arkansas gig? - Charles Jackson and Braylon Heard in the same backfield - An impromptu X’s and O’s session breaks out between Brandon and James - Initial opinions of Tim Miles - A surprise for those who’ve interacted with us on Facebook lately

This week, Scout.com’s Elika Sadeghi returns to talk what’s going on in Husker Nation, the Big Ten and around the country. Topics include: - A neutral party’s take on Nebraska’s alternate uniforms - How Ohio State’s spring practice has been run under Urban Meyer and the unique award system he’s implemented - Meyer’s reported lack of control while at Florida - What’s should happen with a college football playoff and what’s actually going to happen - What does this picture have to do with anything?:

This week, EveryDayShouldBeSaturday mastermind and SBNation regular Spencer Hall brings his unique perspective to the table. Topics include: - Bo Pelini’s name among potential replacements for Arkansas’ Bobby Petrino - Social media’s invasion of football fields across the country - Hall’s take on Nebraska’s alternate uniform possibilities - Terry Joseph’s potential recruiting impact in SEC country including some news Re: SEC coaches’ knowledge of Nebraska’s SEC country activity - Jim Mora’s Bo Pelini impression - What Nebraska must do to win its first conference title since 1999

This week: the importance of spring football; offensive and defensive MVP predictions; curious recruiting numbers; battles for prospects; and Aaron Green's effectiveness.

This week, a Husker fan joins the show, but not just any fan. Award-winning author Rob Quillen stops by to talk Big Red sports. Topics include: - Tom Osborne's alternate uniform edict - How to unveil the new uniforms - Will all schools eventually have an extensive wardrobe? - Tim Miles' recent house-cleaning

ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg stops by and talks: - Taylor Martinez's recently hard work in and out-of-state - School vs. school scrimmages - Nebraska/Northwestern II - Will Nebraska have a better/performance in the B1G this season? - Rick Kaczenski and Terry Joseph's impact in 2012 - Nebraska defensive line play - Cam Meredith's upcoming season

This week, former UNC safety Michael Felder rejoins the program to talk hardcore football. Topics include: - Nebraska's QB prospects at this point in the recruiting cycle - What if Virginia Tech's hoss QB Logan Thomas took snaps for the Cornhuskers? - Replacing center Mike Caputo: Necessary size, traits and how soon the starter should be named - The most important aspect of a play that the Huskers need to make sure their new center can take care of - Nominations for the inaugural Jet Award - How Terry Joseph and Bo Pelini can solder together the secondary

This week: Who should be redshirted that won't be? Reading between Darin Erstad's words; and What football position needs to get everything together before summer hits?

This week, fellow FWAA member, recruitnik and CBS Sports' own Tom Fornelli pulls up a chair. Topics include: - Does Nebraska need to be more physical or faster to rule the Big Ten roost? - What position of need do the Huskers need to focus on most during the 2013 cycle? - Can Terry Joseph have a large impact as just one person in SEC country? - Do uniforms make a shred of difference in the recruiting game?

This week, co-host of ESPN's Grantland Network podcast The Solid Verbal, Ty Hildebrandt returns from Austin, Texas just in time to talk Big Red football. Topics include: - What Nebraska needs to take care of during spring football - Ways to use Taylor Martinez in Nebraska's 2012 offense - Can the Huskers do better than third behind Ohio State and Michigan now and in the future? - Replacing Jared Crick, Lavonte David and Alfonzo Dennard - Terry Joseph's impact at Nebraska as a coach and recruiter - Lavonte David in the NFL Draft

This week: Now that NU is in the B1G is hockey on the horizon? How can the NU bullpen improve early? Would a Mike Anderson team have come back against UNLV like Erstad's did? With Crick, David and Dennard gone who's the next big star on defense?

This week, former member of ESPN The Magazine, NBC Sports, CBS Sports and President/Founder of LostLettermen.com Jim Weber joins the show. Topics include: - Weber's connection to Irving Fryar - An update on the former Husker wide receiver - Weber (a Michigan alum)'s favorite Nebraska player of all time - His take on Tommie Frazier not being in the College Football Hall of Fame - The future of Nebraska-Michigan

A podcast featuring questions and topics submitted ONLY by you, the Husker Locker fan base: - What kind of pressure can fans expect from the defensive line in 2012? - What positives can Nebraska take away from their sweep by Gonzaga and what needs to improve during their visit to Corpus Christi? - How many conference series will Nebraska win or sweep? - If one player transfers this offseason, who will it be?

This week, CBS Sports national college football/recruiting writer and member of the Football Writers Association of America Bryan Fischer joins the show. Topics include: - Nebraska's current national standing - Fischer's take on Nebraska's latest crop of recruits - How Bo Pelini's recruiting strategy in Ohio might change due to Urban Meyer - Pitches Nebraska can use for recruits in 2012 - How the Big Ten/Pac-12 football agreement can help both Nebraska and both conferences - Fischer's thoughts on open-air stadium Big Ten Championship games