Early Break

-The NBA Playoffs started this weekend…did anyone watch or care? And final thoughts on Husker baseball/softball weekends…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Simpson was on a podcast with Caleb Downs and said that Alabama knew what Indiana was going to do on every defensive snap against them,but just “couldn't do anything about it” in their 38-3 loss to the Hoosiers in the playoffs-Bryant Haines, Indiana's DC, caught wind of the comments on Twitter this weekend and said, “Adorable…we also saw everything they weredoing, every single snap, it's just that we exploited those cues…and didn't get frozen or crushed by them.” Beautiful.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Tom Fornelli put out his bold predictions for each B1G team, and his prediction for Nebraska was no bowl game…which, of course, would beterrible in Matt Rhule's 4 th season….he also said if this prediction is true, Nebraska will be searching for a coach this offseason-Among other predictions, Fornelli said Indiana will lose 3 times and miss the playoffs; Michigan will average more than 35ppg; Greg Schianogets fired at Rutgers; and plenty more predictions…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-High winds caused a parachuter carrying an American flag to collide with the scoreboard prior to VA Tech's Spring Game on Saturday-The parachuter was jumping in tandem with another skydiver, but wind caused him to miss the top of the north end zone's scoreboard…wherehe landed between the C and H of TECH and had to have a crane pull him down, causing an hour delay before the scrimmage even took place!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-A $600 million remake plan of Memorial Stadium was shared on Friday morning, a week before the Board of Regents vote on it…a fullrenovation of South Stadium is shown, with a massive videoboard and higher seating to match it-Dannen says future revenues could increase 40% after the proposed renovation is complete, an extra $35-40 million annually, with hopes ofmore concerts/events in the stadium to bring in more revenue…what's the consensus from our listeners?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-It's a Football Facts Monday…what's on his mind today?-Also, SONG OF THE DAY (sponsored by Sartor Hamann Jewelers):Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-We've been waiting---somewhat impatiently---for Fred Hoiberg to land some transfer portal players (beyond Belmont's Sam Orme)…and theHuskers did just that with 3 players added in a 24 hour span-The Huskers added Trevan Leonhardt (Utah Valley State) who can almost certainly be slated in as the starting point guard next year; BodenKapke (Boston College), your likely 5 man; and Kadyn Betts (Montana), who will be a depth piece….also, Berke Buyukentcel is offto…VANDERBILTAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Haymarket Park was packed all 3 games for Nebraska, and it didn't look good on Friday…Nebraska trailed 5-0 and then 7-2 in the 8 th inningbefore a magical comeback and a crazy end to the game on a bunt that led to a bad throw to first and an 8-7 win-Then, Nebraska won 12-2 (7 innings on Saturday) and overcame an early 5-2 deficit Sunday to blow out the Trojans, thanks to a grand slamfrom Drew Grego and a team clicking on all cylinders on offense…all while softball continues to dominate with 11 straight wins, alsoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Nebraska dropped out of the polls after losing 2 of 3 games to Oregon last weekend…a series victory is important to get back in theregional conversation but a sweep would be even more impactful for the Huskers-If Nebraska wins the series, they could be looking at a 2 nd place finish in the conference….just like men's basketball…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Final thoughts on the portal and what to watch for this weekend…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Ross reported last week that the NCAA is exploring a new eligibility policy that grants athletes 5 years of eligibility from the time oftheir 19 th birthday or high school graduation….what are the biggest issues facing that being passed at the moment?-Will we get to a time soon where this plan looks like a no-brainer and everyone is on the same page?-The FBS Oversight Committee recommends Week Zero to be the new regulated start to the season…how does this change schedulingfor the season?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-It's a Freaky Friday…what's on Bill's mind today?-If you're seeking out someone to trust for any type of remodel in your home, call Randy at Deinert Contracting--(402) 417-5204Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Is the lack of movement in the portal for Nebraska a legit reason for concern? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-What's on Sip's mind today in how to properly age gracefully? Let's find out…-Also, SONG OF THE DAY (sponsored by Sartor Hamann Jewelers):Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-In a game that featured 2 rain delays---an 1 hour, 5 minute delay before the game even started and another 47 minute delay in the 7 thinning---the story of the day was home plate umpire Andy Fletcher's ‘stomach problems' in yesterday's Tigers/Royals game in Detroit-Fletcher had to run to the dugout earlier in the game and eventually had to leave the game after sprinting to the Tigers dugout to goto the bathroom and not returning….which led to the game going to 3 umps. Atomic dumps!!!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Nebraska tried to keep things interesting for fans again by announcing another returning player---Essegian—who missed most of lastseason with an ankle injury-Still no official word on any other players at this point joining Nebraska….do they need to reconsider how much money they are willingto pay?-Also, ROLL CALL (sponsored by Madsen's Bowling & Billiards): where are Breakers listening from today?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Today is when it really hits that The Masters is really over for the year as the next golf tournament (RBC Heritage) gets rolling…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Tripp is BACK from Augusta National and a trip to The Masters…what were the highlights of the trip and did he spread technologynews to anyone?-What is new in the tech world for Tripp and the team? Go see them in Lincoln at 70 th & O, or in Hastings, Kearney and GIAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Whittingham takes over a program that won the national championship 3 years ago, ending a drought for the B1G and startinga run of 3 straight national titles for the conference. His resume is incredibly impressive with his long run at Utah..-Matt Campbell takes over for James Franklin, who went to Virginia Tech….Campbell also had a nice run at Iowa State beforeheading to State College…who do you believe in more to get to the top of the conference?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-It's a Cool Parenting Tips Thursday…what's on Bill's mind today?-Call RANDY at (402) 417-5204 for any remodeling projects for bathroom, kitchen or whole house todayAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-College Football News' Pete Fiutak put out his 26 key questions for the B1G in 2026, and along with asking if Matt Rhule can ever get itgoing at Nebraska….he also said he believes Rhule has the hottest seat in the conference with his 19-19 record-Fiutak says that Luke Fickell is an obvious choice as a contestant for Rhule for the hot seat, but Rhule's seat is warmer than both GregSchiano and Lincoln Riley….when you look around the B1G, would you agree with the assessment?xAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-What's next on Rick's list of songs? Will Sip and Bill get trivia questions right?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Reports have been surfacing the last 2 days that LIV Golf may be in its final days…because Saudi Arabia's PIF is on the verge of cuttingsupport for the tour as they look to change priorities for situations occurring in the Middle East-Golf fans have been waiting for the league to crumble for a while, as seen by star golfers Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed opting toleave the tour…if it does fold, there are questions as to what the PGA does for reinstating the golfers…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-It does appear that Boston College's Boden Kapke could be joining Nebraska for next season, but we're awaiting confirmation still…asnews slowly develops, where are the Breakers at in terms of trusting in Fred vs. panic? Student tickets already sold out for next year sohe has their full belief, obviously…-Also, Mark “The Mangler” Manning keeps momentum rolling by adding 2025 national champion Vincent Robinson (125 pounds) fromNC State…it's the Golden Era of Husker WrestlingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-The Huskers took on Creighton at 6pm at Haymarket Park (6pm)…did the Jays even the series up at 1-apiece?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's a Wild Card WednesdayAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-We're in an era where everyone announces if they are coming back or going elsewhere…does it drive you crazy?-Nebraska is apparently in the Top 2 to land 2027 5-star TE Ahmad Hudson (Ruston, LA), battling with LSU for his commitment, as hecanceled visits to USC and Texas A&M…does Nebraska really have a chance or is this all LSU?-What is the expectation for Matt Rhule and Nebraska in Year 4 vs. what it SHOULD be at this point?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-It's a Wild Card Wednesday…what's on Bill's mind today?-If you're looking for someone to remodel your bathroom, kitchen and more, call or text Randy at (402) 417-5204Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-CBS Sports went through the Top 25 teams—which Nebraska, of course, is not a member of---and looked at their best case/worst casescenario. Most ‘best' cases are around 10-11 wins for those teams, and only a few teams were seen as having worse than 6-6 or 5-7..-Can you really get to a 10+ wins scenario for this Nebraska team as ‘ceiling' or best case? And is 3-9 the worst case or is it a better…orworse…record than that?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-As always, email your questions for Sip, Jake & Bill to earlybreak937@gmail.com or tweet them-Also, SONG OF THE DAY (sponsored by Sartor Hamann Jewelers):Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-The Hawkeyes will have to forfeit 4 games from the 2023 season for tamperingAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Last week, Braden Frager announced he was coming back to Nebraska---which made sense, with the rumors around him possiblylooking elsewhere. Then, Pryce Sandfort announced he was coming back on Monday, which also made sense with NBA rumors aroundhim-But yesterday, Cale Jacobsen posted he was coming back. No shot to him at all, but we don't think he was really someone consideringleaving…right? Is everyone else going to do this now? Any updates from the portal yesterday? And Sam Hoiberg: Academic All-American…what can't this man do?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Nebraska/Creighton baseball tonight at Haymarket Park…6pm….on regular BTN…and big home series vs. USC this weekendAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-As soon as 2028, the NFL could be looking at an 18-game season, shortening the preseason from 3 games to 2 games…which most fansprobably would be OK with-One of the main reasons for this is that Roger Goodell wants EVERY team to play a foreign game each year….with the goal of 16 gamesout of the country. We'll already see games played this year in Australia as part of the new countries…does anyone want this? The49ers will play in Australia where it's a 17-hour time difference (!!!!)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-This show talked about Brad Crawford's rankings from CBS Sports of the Power 4 QBs in the country on Friday, but Jake wasn't hereand wanted to give some thoughts. Crawford ranks Anthony Colandrea No. 36 overall in the country and 11 th best in the B1G-This is when we do the exercise of who would you rather have? Wisconsin's Colton Joseph is ranked 33 rd , ahead of Colandrea…is hemore desirable? How would we even know? Is it all just one great big crapshoot?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-The odds are still in favor of QBs---Ohio State's Julian Sayin, Oregon's Dante Moore and Texas' Arch Manning have the best chances,but the non-QBs mentioned (per FanDuel odds) are..-Ohio State's Jeremiah Smith (+1300); Miami's Malachi Toney (+3000); Texas' Cam Coleman (+10000); Missouri's Ahmad HardyAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Everyone says Oregon has ‘unlimited money' in NIL because of Phil Knight and Nike…well, maybe we are wrong…-Dana Altman told The Field of 68 this week that they weren't surprised to lose KJ Evans and Jackson Shelstad to the portal becausethey were likely about to have their NIL reduced this year…saying the program is about to see reductions in both NIL AND rev-share.Altman mentioned that some players were going to lose their NIL entirely but keep scholarships…is this going to happen elsewhere?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-It's a Bugaboo Tuesday…what's bothering Bill today?-Also, SONG OF THE DAY (sponsored by Sartor Hamann Jewelers):Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-We know that Nebraska's Spring Game crowd was its smallest since 2000 (27,188); but it wasn't just them. Alabama estimatedbetween 12,000-15,000 at their A-Day event, down from 72,000 in 2024-Tennessee (48,000) and Florida (47,100) had more than Nebraska BUT….their admission was free; Nebraska shared $10 prior to gameand $20 on day of gameAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-CBS Sports went through the Top 25 teams—which Nebraska, of course, is not a member of---and looked at their best case/worst casescenario. Most ‘best' cases are around 10-11 wins for those teams, and only a few teams were seen as having worse than 6-6 or 5-7..-Can you really get to a 10+ wins scenario for this Nebraska team as ‘ceiling' or best case? And is 3-9 the worst case or is it a better…orworse…record than that?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Final thoughts on The Masters and what the rest of April looks like in the sports world…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Friday's game had some drama as Nebraska lost, 7-6….then, they trailed 5-0 on Saturday but thanks to 4 home runs, came back andwon, 10-8….a win yesterday could really continue to spark thoughts on how good this team can be-USC comes to town this weekend for a massive series for the Huskers…we will learn more about how good they can beAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-On Friday, the struggling Mariners unveiled a new statue honoring Ichiro…but as they pulled the drape off the statue, the bat inIchiro's hand essentially snapped, leaving it limp-Ichiro was there for the ceremony and wasn't exactly thrilled to see the bat situation…nor should he beAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What is happening within the Wisconsin athletic department? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Illinois' Keaton Wagler already entered his name into the NBA Draft process, leaving no question about a possible return toChampaign.-However, CBS Sports reports that Kansas big man Flory Bidunga, the top-rated prospect in the portal, is seeking $5 million next year togo to a school. He's currently seen as the No. 29 prospect if he went pro and is seen as a late first round pick, which is roughly $2.3million in salary, where a top 10 pick is more in the range he's looking at to stay in college. He might get that in college with the bigman market..Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-It's a Football Facts Monday…what's on his mind today?-Also, SONG OF THE DAY (sponsored by Sartor Hamann Jewelers):Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-McIlroy entered Saturday's round with a 6-shot lead over the field, and ended the day tied for the lead with Cam Young at 11-under…with several golfers within striking range for Sunday-Did we see an epic finish to the tournament or a lack of drama?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Treyson Anderson, a Lincoln native who played last year at North Dakota State, is headed to Butler. The 6'9” forward was seen as atarget for Nebraska but is headed elsewhere. We did mention the addition of Sam Orme from Belmont on Friday…sizable addition-Boise State transfer forward visited Lincoln but also visited Washington…any news there? And what about Trevan Leonhardt?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nebraska vs Oregon baseball tonightAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Cignetti speaksAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

-Do the Huskers need to sweep #21 Oregon this weekend?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy