Legendary sports broadcaster Tim Brando joins the Common Fans to talk Husker football, Matt Rhule, and his incredible career in sports media.

• Brando is high on the 2024 Huskers, and believes they will return to a bowl game.
• He noted the favorable early schedule in particular, and thinks if the Huskers can start strong, they will get to eight or more wins.
• High praise for Matt Rhule.
• Tim shares stories from some of his favorite stadiums, and puts Memorial Stadium in the Top 10 in the country.
• He also shares incredible stories from his time in the early days of SportsCenter, to mentoring young broadcasters like Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt and Brady Quinn, to getting paid $300 for his very first broadcast in 1985.

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The Common Fans bring you Episode 6 of The Reckoning series. This episode, featuring long time Nebraska sports reporters Mike'l Severe and Brandon Vogel, focuses on the promise of Matt Rhule.

Before getting into Coach Rhule and the future of Nebraska football, the Common Fans talk through the post-Osborne era with Mike'l, and get his take on the missteps, the memories, and the what-ifs.

The crew then examines:

• The thoughtfulness and humility of Coach Rhule.
• His attention to detail and commitment to focusing on problems until they get fixed.
• Mike'l's belief that a Matt Rhule team will never have a bad defense.
• What to make of this offense?
• The challenge of winning the B1G in the new world of college football.
• How CFP appearances will replace conference titles as the measuring stick for programs.
• As goes Dylan Raiola, so goes Matt Rhule?

And so much more.

Special thanks to Brandon Vogel of the Counter Read for joining the Common Fans for all of The Reckoning episodes. Make sure to check out www.counterread.com for Brandon's excellent coverage of Nebraska football, college football, and other Nebraska sports.

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The Common Fans bring you Episode 5 of The Reckoning series. This episode, featuring long time Nebraska reporters Evan Bland and Brandon Vogel, focuses on the question: How in the World Did Scott Frost Not Work at Nebraska?

The crew looks at:

• The absolute elation of Husker Nation when Frost was hired.
• His goal of combining Husker Power with Oregon speed.
• What if the Akron game hadn't been canceled?
• What if they get to a bowl game in Year 1?
• Struggles to adjust to the Big 10.
• Struggles to play complementary football.
• Struggles to get over the hump in close games.
• So many what-ifs. So many struggles.
• The COVID season.
• Reports of being late to practice, not calling recruits, lack of focus on details.
• How much do fans have a right to know?
• The weight of trying to get it right.

And so much more.

Special thanks to Brandon Vogel of the Counter Read for joining the Common Fans for all of The Reckoning episodes. Make sure to check out www.counterread.com for Brandon's excellent coverage of Nebraska football, college football, and other Nebraska sports.

And make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/@commonfangbr.

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