Husker Extra

Chris Basnett and Nate Head welcome Amie Just to the Journal Star and HuskerExtra team. We discuss Just's connection to Lincoln, and her time covering the NFL and college football in New Orleans and Montana.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett break down impending decisions from Nebraska football transfer portal targets Ochaun Mathis and Devin Drew and NU hoops target and Aurora native Baylor Scheierman. There's more recruiting talk, some hoops and baseball and then the guys reminisce about the last four-plus years as the end of Parker's tenure at the Journal Star comes to an end. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett get together on a Friday afternoon to discuss Casey Rogers' decision to enter the transfer portal, a transfer portal defensive line target who's visiting the Huskers this weekend and, guess what else, a transfer portal addition for the men's basketball program. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett convene on Friday morning to discuss Nebraska's Red-White Spring Game and what questions (a lot) remain heading into the next phase of the offseason. Some talk, too, of the Huskers' big recruiting weekend and then a dive into baseball, where NU is struggling to gain any consistent momentum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett are all spring game and spring football this week as they break down what to expect -- and what not to -- on Saturday for Nebraska's Red-White Spring Game. The guys run through what they'll be looking for, a couple of key players on each side of the ball and a big recruiting weekend highlighted by TCU transfer pass-rusher Ochaun Mathis and five-star, 2024 QB Dylan Raiola. All of that on the Life in the Red Podcast, brought to you by Ernie's in Ceresco. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett check in on a Friday to recap the moves Nebraska basketball head coach Fred Hoiberg has made so far this offseason -- and a perhaps somewhat surprising level of continuity so far -- and also talk about the Nebraska offensive line's confidence through the first four weeks of spring ball. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett get together to talk about the NCAA tournament and the beginning of Fred Hoiberg's busy offseason of change. We knew about Matt Abdelmassih's departure from the program and learned of Doc Sadler's while talking about hoops on the podcast. That, some talk about Big Ten teams (and Creighton) in the tournament so far plus some spring football chat on spring break week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and a fresh-off-the-plane-from Indianapolis Chris Basnett discuss the Nebraska men's basketball season coming to a close with a 71-69 loss to Northwestern in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament and the next steps for Fred Hoiberg, who is in for an offseason of change. Then the conversation turns to football, including offensive philosophy, Mark Whipple, Casey Thompson and Scott Frost's comments from Wednesday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett go deep on the first week of Nebraska spring football and the most interesting assistant coaches at the moment. They also get into talk about defense and special teams and break down a busy junior day coming up Saturday before shifting to hoops, where Fred Hoiberg's team has won back-to-back road games since Trev Alberts announced last week that Hoiberg will be back next year with a restructured deal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett talk through things that will be interesting to watch when Nebraska begins spring ball next week and also about the decision in front of athletic director Trev Alberts regarding the future of men's basketball coach Fred Hoiberg. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett give you an easy, breezy look at some interesting storylines to watch when Nebraska football begins spring ball in less than two weeks. Then they get into baseball, where Will Bolt's program is on the field for its season-opening series this weekend. Plus some hoops talk on the good (Amy Williams and the women's team knocking off No. 5 Indiana) and the not so good (you know).   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett run through the latest offseason news in Nebraska football, recap the Huskers' first Big Ten win in men's hoops and get into who might win jobs in Will Bolt's weekend pitching rotation as the baseball team's season opener draws closer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett recap a surprisingly busy National Signing Day No. 2 in which Scott Frost's program landed two more skill position players, talk through the extent of the offensive rebuild the Huskers are undertaking and consider what Donovan Raiola might be thinking about his offensive line group. Then the conversation turns to hoops and a stretch of games upcoming that represents NU's last best chance at salvaging something out of an 0-11 start to Big Ten play. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett send you into the weekend with a lengthy hoops conversation, including Thursday afternoon's loss to Wisconsin and the bleak nature of the conversation regarding the program and Fred Hoiberg as January nears its end. Then, a look ahead at what's on the horizon in football recruiting and some baseball talk as Will Bolt's team gets into preseason camp. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett break down Nebraska's new-look quarterback room and what is shaping up to be a wild spring, talk recruiting and note that currently 16 new scholarship player are expected to be on campus this semester and for spring ball. Then, the attention turns to basketball, where the guys talk about comments made on the radio this week by Kobe Webster and the Huskers' search for their first Big Ten win. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett send you into the weekend with a breakdown of Nebraska head coach Scott Frost's full staff, which was completed Thursday with the hire of RB coach Bryan Applewhite. That, plus the most interesting things from a Tuesday sit-down with AD Trev Alberts and a conversation about where Fred Hoiberg and the men's hoops program is currently. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett fire the podcast up for the first time in 2022 and talk through the latest in Nebraska football recruiting and staff developments. Then a long hoops discussion, featuring the women's basketball team's dominant win over No. 8 Michigan, what to like about Amy Williams' team and where the men's team is at coming off a close loss to Ohio State and into a brutal stretch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett recap a busy National Signing Day for the Husker football program and give their first impressions after interviews with new offensive coordinator Mark Whipple, receivers coach Mickey Joseph and offensive line coach Donovan Raiola. The conversation turns to basketball, which had an interesting and troubling week and faces an important stretch ahead and then to volleyball, where John Cook has his program back in the Final Four. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett break down the hires of Mark Whipple, Mickey Joseph and Donovan Raiola to the Scott Frost's football staff, talk through what each brings (and what questions there are about them) and get into what is shaping up to be an intense stretch of recruiting both at the high school ranks and in the portal. Plus, is there an overreaction to NU hoops' blowout loss to Michigan on Tuesday night, or is there real trouble brewing for Fred Hoiberg's program with a rugged stretch upcoming?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven M. Sipple, Parker Gabriel and Chris Basnett talk through the ever-evolving coaching searches that Nebraska football and head coach Scott Frost are currently conducting, what the next couple of days and weeks look like and what's happening on the recruiting front. That, plus key decisions still to be made for players like Adrian Martinez, Cam Jurgens and Damion Daniels and a quick set-up of a critical December for Fred Hoiberg's basketball program. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.