Today's episode of Generation Red: A Husker Podcast is oh so sweet! Over the next hour or so, Scott and I revel in three days of good news: First, there's the ginormous victory in Iowa City on Friday, where Nebraska upsets Iowa 24-17; and then the Athletic Department announces Matt Rhule as its new Head Coach on Saturday, and here we are, celebrating both on a Sunday. Nothing feels better than beating that stinky, stuck up, and sucky-corn-growing state to the east of us. Also, nothing is better than knowing they’re not going to Indianapolis. And finally, nothing is better than finding out yesterday that a long coaching search is finally over; and in spite of the reticence among those in the fan base who wanted a big-time “splash” hire, the Huskers have their man in Matt Rhule.

But we’re not covering his hiring on this show today, even though we really want to. After he's had his introductory press conference on Monday, and has hopefully assembled a staff that includes Mickey Joseph and Bill Busch. we will join a few friends from other Husker podcasts next Sunday afternoon at 4:30 CST to discuss our new head coach.

Instead tonight, we want to talk about the huge win over Iowa on Friday afternoon, and the pure joy that is taking the Heroes Trophy back to Lincoln, where it belongs; and it will be here to welcome the Hawkeyes into Memorial Stadium next November. We will give our overall impressions of the game, cover the stats, give out our final Game-Breaker and Game-Wrecker of the Week awards, and then rate the offense, defense and ST on a scale of 1-10.

After that, we will have a special segment dedicated to the difference Bill Busch made on this team in just 8 games as the Huskers’ DC. We’ll compare and contrast the stats from 4 years and 4 games under Eric Chinander to what Coach Busch accomplished from Indiana thru Iowa. It should make for a compelling case to keep him on Coach Rhule’s new staff for 2023. If not at DC, then at least let him coach safeties and Special Teams. In my opinion, it is nearly as important as retaining Mickey for the purposes of both recruiting, and staff continuity in all 3 phases of the game.

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