Husker Locker Big Red Update

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

This week: How much playing time can Jordan Westerkamp expect? Kenny Bell vs. Jamal Turner; How will the first month of NU baseball go? Did Alfonzo Dennard hurt his stock after his All-Star weekend troubles?

This week, Kevin McGuire, writer for College Football Examiner, host of the Two-Minute Warning Podcast and Radio Show, and member of the Football Writers Association of America joins the show. Topics include: - The Anti-Offseason Crew - McGuire's advice to visiting coaches - Rex Burkhead's place in the Big Ten - Bo Pelini's tenure at Nebraska - Jim Delany's four-team playoff proposal - Trimming down National Signing Day - An early signing period

This week: How the absence of Andrus Peat changes the recruiting class; How the staff needs to improve recruiting efforts; Scholarship athletes vs. walk-ons; Long-term plan for Brion Carnes; Can NU Baseball take home a Big Ten title?

This week, Bill Connelly, writer for SB Nation and one of Football Outsiders' football stat gurus brings his chalkboard into the Husker Locker classroom. Topics include: - Connelly's take on Nebraska - What Nebraska's Fumblitis says about the program - How much does recruiting affect a program's success? - How to use recruiting rankings efficiently - How much of a class must contribute for it to be considered a good class? - Nebraska's chances of winning a Big Ten championship, BCS Bowl and national championship within the next five years - The importance of third down - Connelly throws Cavanaugh a curve ball about the Husker receiving corps

This week: What will happen to the scholarships formerly belonging to Collins Okafor and Lester Ward? Will NU finish with a top 15 recruiting class? Should this season be Doc Sadler's last?

This week Penn State graduate Tim Hyland (writer for About.com and Intelligentcollegefootball.com) joins us to discuss his take on Nebraska; Sipple's thoughts that NU's brand needs a polish; is the Big Ten now Meyer's sandbox; and his take on Paterno.

This week: Who will replace Lavonte David? Is it Doc Sadler's time to go? Was the Indiana victory big for the program or Sadler? The panel's recruiting strategies; Was 2011 an anomoly for Bo Pelini's defense?

This week, a Husker-centric show as ESPN College Football Live's own Lyndsey Lee checks in with some of the most outrageous statements ever made on AA. Topics include Lee's take on Nebraska; The aftershocks of Steve Sipple's Uni Chat-quake reach us; Crowd commentary; and Is Burkhead for Heisman 2012 realistic? Finally, the Four Letters' Diva of Digital Discourse goes Three and Out. Will Lee answer the three questions given or call an audible?

This week former North Carolina safety Michael Felder and from "In the Bleachers" joins us. Topics include his take on Nebraska; how the Huskers pull closer to the likes of Alabama; in-season versus offseason recruiting visits; draft talk, and much more!

Why did NU start strong but end with a fizzle? Recruits making an immediate impact; How much playing time can Armstrong and Seisay expect? Lavonte David's origin story; Jordan Westerkamp's decision; why NU's been dropping big games; What you didn't know the Alshon Jefferey-Alfonzo Dennard brawl.