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Herald at Evan Bland OWH

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him Evan how's the day? Thanks for a

1:35

few minutes Do all

1:38

right yeah it's a you know gorgeous

1:40

spring day out here no complaints on

1:42

this end Are you firing the grill

1:44

up tonight? Probably

1:48

not tonight maybe this weekend But

1:50

this is prime weather I mean whether

1:52

you're going propane or charcoal or whatever

1:54

it might be I mean now's the

1:56

time let's get it going Well let's

1:59

ask the question into you props

2:01

or dogs I'll just say propane or charcoal

2:03

because the thing with brats and dogs and burgers and

2:06

all that you can argue till your face turns blue

2:08

but no matter what you're gonna enjoy it propane

2:10

and charcoal I think is the real argument well

2:14

no I agree propane you got the

2:16

efficiency for sure but I don't know

2:19

like I have a kind of a

2:21

nostalgia nostalgia I suppose for charcoal I

2:23

mean you go camping you stick those

2:26

those embers out there and there's just a

2:29

certain smoky flavor to it I

2:31

suppose that's anti Hank Hill you know sort of

2:33

propane and do the stuff out there but you

2:36

know that's just me see

2:38

and she says there's no argument I think there is the

2:40

argument because of the convenience factor with propane the fact that

2:42

you can crank that thing up and it's ready to

2:44

go immediately but with charcoal it's

2:47

better flavor it's Evans right it is better flavor

2:49

then throw it on the smoker it's

2:52

like it's the microwave versus the stove kind of thing

2:54

like if you want a little quicker a little more

2:56

efficient propane is probably the way to go but

2:59

if you if you're settling in for the long haul you

3:01

know warm up those those

3:03

charcoal you know grills and never

3:05

let that thing you know laborfully

3:08

burn slow you can even go with the secondary

3:10

argument of do you go lump charcoal or do

3:12

you go with the briquette that's it that's a

3:15

common to go over credit and briquette I don't

3:17

I've never used charcoal ever never ever you

3:20

never get a better sear than on charcoal

3:22

really never get

3:24

a better let's switch to baseball

3:26

Evan and no and

3:28

in no way shape or form am I

3:31

talking about flammable things in Nebraska's bullpen in

3:33

the same sentence but we know they ain't

3:35

cooking with no but

3:37

it's problematic what was

3:39

Will's message last night as he met

3:41

with the media well

3:44

you know I honestly I think he was more

3:47

upset by the offensive side of things

3:49

and the fact that the wind is

3:51

howling out to left and

3:53

Nebraska did not do what Creighton did which was

3:56

get the ball up into that jet stream and

3:58

see what happens I mean that's essentially what

4:01

Teddy debtors did on his solo shot and then again on

4:03

his grand slam. I mean, he got the ball in the

4:05

air and the wind took care of it and just pushed

4:07

it over the wall. And Nebraska just

4:09

didn't, you know, they, they, they weren't

4:11

able to extend the lead

4:13

that they had in any meaningful

4:16

way. I mean, it was three to one. You make

4:18

that thing five to one, six to one. And

4:20

that's a much different game late. And they just,

4:22

you know, had too many innings where they went

4:25

quietly and Creighton to

4:27

its credit continued to threaten. I

4:29

mean, they, they probably should have

4:31

scored in the seventh. They load the bases with

4:33

nobody out. And then come on. This

4:35

makes this great diving play on a, on a

4:37

ball to that would have probably scored two or

4:40

three to write. So

4:42

I think there's kind of this recognition that, yeah, I

4:44

mean, the bullpen has had its high

4:46

profile struggles, certainly against Rutgers last week. And

4:48

it did blow the game ultimately

4:51

against Creighton, but like there's this idea

4:53

that maybe it shouldn't have come to

4:55

that. And you know, you also kind

4:57

of look at the Tuesday game in

4:59

particular. I mean, until

5:02

the ninth, the bullpen did

5:04

pretty much what you would hope they

5:06

would do as a Husker fan. And Caleb Clark gives

5:08

you two scoreless. Kyle Freilich has

5:10

a good outing. You know, Casey Dice

5:12

comes in and has his moments. So

5:14

like there were a number of pitchers

5:16

that Nebraska maybe doesn't always rely on

5:18

in the most high of leverage situations

5:21

that did their job. It's just the

5:24

margin was too slim late and, and, you know, Creighton's

5:26

a good team on the other side, top 40 RPI

5:29

team, and they continue to threaten and, you

5:31

know, ultimately were able to flip that thing

5:33

late. Is there an argument

5:36

to be made, Evan, that pulling Kyle Perry in

5:38

the ninth and the bases are loaded was, was

5:40

a mistake in hindsight, putting a guy into a

5:43

tough position like that, base is loaded. You got

5:45

to get a couple of outs. Do

5:48

you see an argument for keeping, I mean, really your most

5:50

experienced arm that you have on the entire team in the

5:52

game in that moment and let him get out of the

5:54

mess that he created? Possibly.

5:57

I Mean, they, they were playing the match up.

6:00

So clean had a it's it's right

6:02

hander come obsolete and as a surly

6:04

want to go left to right a

6:07

in spot so they bring in for

6:09

and sanders but. Yeah. I mean

6:11

bad for you know a very The

6:13

has been a Co closer for Nebraska

6:15

this year. He's been as a sixty

6:17

or guy somebody that they feel most

6:19

confident we'll be able to throw strikes.

6:22

And. He did have a key walk. they're really

6:24

so. I think that's kinda what I came down

6:26

to was to finding a way to. To

6:29

play those matchups like honestly I you

6:31

a and in hindsight maybe would have

6:33

given killed Clark another inning on the

6:35

front end Monday still hadn't gone through

6:37

the cretin order the first time the

6:39

all the way through when the when

6:41

they pulled him after to and ah

6:43

ya que se dice was looking good

6:46

at times like. It's. Such a fine

6:48

line between. Get him out

6:50

when there's when they're ahead. Vs.

6:53

Like this idea that you know you can

6:56

see from in there too long. maybe you

6:58

you save some arms on the back and

7:00

so yeah I think there are a lot

7:03

of decisions late that maybe you can think

7:05

back on that. whether that was leaving Perry

7:07

and way whether that was pinch hitting for

7:09

Max. been block their in the. To

7:12

out there and to on and maybe they'll

7:14

You know you could look at her Gallagher

7:16

Anglo Mana situation like that. So. I

7:19

think it all comes back to this notion again

7:21

that like. When. You're

7:23

you're often doesn't give you that

7:25

cushion than every decision becomes. All.

7:28

The more magnified my think that's kind of where

7:30

they're starting from is. A piss

7:32

off fence does with with staff and players

7:34

believe it can do then maybe a won't

7:36

come down to so many nail buyers were

7:38

every little decision could swing the game. And.

7:41

and blood was unsealed from the

7:44

omaha world herald and even bland

7:46

wanna be wage on twitter tiger

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shark dive are reminded everyone and

7:50

avenue hit on it's he kills

7:53

cells propane and probes accessories just

7:55

as charcoal all day and everyone

7:57

in there's really save all right

7:59

charcoal is for men. Jeff

8:03

says now I'm hungry and Fogo

8:06

charcoal by the way is the brand

8:08

that is being shouted out

8:11

for free. I also like that the emojis

8:13

don't come up here so Dion says charcoal

8:15

is where it's at. Fish orange wide eyes

8:17

which I assume is emojis that are supposed

8:19

to be inserted doesn't come up for us

8:21

there. Pretty funny. But yeah everyone is

8:23

on the charcoal wave Schmitty. Yeah. Your response.

8:25

My response is I guess I need to

8:28

get a grill that has charcoal. The grill

8:30

I have is infrared so I can

8:32

sear it 800 degrees. Ah

8:36

you got that fancy grill. Okay.

8:38

It's all good. It's so good.

8:41

So let's talk Maryland here and

8:45

where is Nebraska as we look at

8:47

the Friday and the weekend. Yes it's

8:49

a monster series. Nebraska needs to get

8:51

out of this funk. They

8:53

kick off you know last night

8:55

was the start

8:57

of a home stand which is great but where

9:01

is Maryland problematic as an early

9:03

as you glimpse early at Maryland

9:07

and where you think Nebraska has

9:09

some advantages here. Well it's

9:12

a different sort of Maryland team than what

9:15

we've seen the last few years. The

9:17

Maryland has won multiple big ten

9:19

championships was built on

9:22

power. I mean they were a top 25

9:24

home run team nationally for a few years

9:27

there and they won a lot of slugfest

9:29

and this Maryland team has kind of flipped

9:31

that a little bit. I mean they actually

9:33

have a few arms a little bit of

9:35

depth of pitching and the offense has

9:37

taken a step back as most of

9:39

their stars have either graduated or

9:42

moved on to the professional level. They have a

9:44

new head coach their previous coach

9:46

Rob Vaughan is now with

9:48

Alabama as a top 25 school. So a lot

9:50

of turnover in that program but

9:53

still I think some players that you

9:55

know kind of came up in

9:58

a culture of winning and I think that's. have

10:01

been competitive. And again,

10:04

like they're not going to maybe out

10:06

out slug you the way that they would have in the

10:08

past. They do have some arms. I

10:11

think Nebraska, its balance will serve

10:13

it well. You know, it's

10:15

been a struggle in April, but this is

10:18

a team that I think still

10:20

has certainly two Coases and Brett

10:22

Sears and Mason McConaughey that will

10:25

give it an advantage. The

10:27

bullpen I still think can come around, although

10:29

that's been a struggle for Nebraska of late.

10:32

And then the offense, you know, I think

10:34

it's still kind of figuring out what

10:37

that lineup is going to look

10:39

like. I mean, there's still four or five

10:41

outfielders deep. Now that you've got Keaton Brumbaugh back

10:43

there as the starting second baseman

10:45

after six weeks out with an arm injury

10:47

that frees up the designated hitter. So you're

10:49

seeing more of Keith Sanderson in

10:52

that spot. That's been a benefit to Nebraska

10:54

too. So I think, you

10:56

know, Nebraska probably has more paths to winning

10:58

games right now than what Maryland does. And,

11:01

you know, I

11:03

understand, I suppose the, the concern about

11:05

Nebraska slump, they've lost six and nine

11:07

in April, but to me, this

11:09

is a stretch now where you've got three at home

11:11

this weekend. You've got four at home next week with

11:14

Iowa coming in. Like this is,

11:16

I think kind of the moment for Nebraska to

11:18

reassert itself at Haymarket park to show that it

11:21

really is the team that it showed

11:23

itself to be early, that there are going to be

11:25

slums along the way. I think this is a really

11:27

important two week test starting this weekend

11:29

for Nebraska to show that, you know, again,

11:31

you can go on the road, funky things

11:34

happen. It's baseball. But ultimately

11:36

this is still a top 20 RPI team

11:39

nationally. They're still in strong position

11:41

to be in a post-season team.

11:44

And this is a weekend where you have to go out and

11:46

prove that against the team that you're probably better than. Evan,

11:49

going to wrap with this. You did

11:51

a couple of great features on Haymarket

11:55

park, beer, and Nebraska

11:57

and the salt dogs. It

11:59

got resolved. Do all the Board of Regents vote

12:01

here Friday and beer shall

12:03

be poured for Nebraska baseball

12:06

games. Thoughts

12:08

on the result here as it looked like,

12:11

based on your really amazing reporting, that there was

12:13

an impasse and all of a sudden things got

12:15

fixed. What do you think? Yeah,

12:18

I mean the beer Hamarket Park put on

12:21

its rally cap late. It really did look

12:23

like that thing was dead. It

12:25

hit the green flame in the top of

12:27

the ninth. Too soon? Yeah,

12:30

I mean they really late figured it

12:32

out. Honestly, I would credit

12:34

Troy Dannon, the new athletic director with a lot

12:36

of that. I'll be curious to kind of see

12:38

if and when

12:41

it gets passed, what the impetus

12:43

was behind that. But

12:45

as you guys alluded to, the previous

12:47

impasse between Nebraska and the Salt Dogs

12:49

was about revenue sharing

12:51

and what percentage should each side get.

12:53

It's the Salt Dogs equipment, etc. And

12:56

ultimately they decided, hey, let's take

12:58

all those proceedings, put them back into

13:00

the park for capital improvements moving

13:02

forward that both sides can benefit

13:05

from. And so that was really the

13:09

key turnaround. And again, I mean Dannon

13:11

was someone who came in, is new to the job,

13:13

I think was able to start

13:16

negotiations fresh and

13:18

in good faith. And this

13:20

was the ultimate turnaround. So

13:23

if the thing passes Friday, one

13:25

would expect that it would, then Friday night

13:27

you're going to see adult

13:29

beverages being served at Nebraska baseball games the way

13:31

they have at Salt Dogs games for more than

13:33

20 years. So I think just

13:36

a cool example of collaboration,

13:39

people kind of coming together and figuring

13:42

out what's best for fans while also

13:45

finding a solution that's going to benefit both baseball

13:47

programs too. Evan, good stuff. We'll

13:49

check in with you soon. Thanks for a few

13:51

minutes today, man. Thanks guys. See

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