What is this strange feeling? It feels strange but also really good. I think it’s what some people call “hope”???

Yes, as a fanbase, we haven’t dared have hope for many years. Not to relive the past decade but everytime we had enough enthusiasm to ‘hope’, we were taken out with a sledge hammer at the ankles, (å la Stephen King’s Misery) crippling all further dreams of the Huskers ever being good again.

Huskers are 5-1, the Hoosiers are 6-0, and both teams are coming off a bye week. Saturday will be the showdown in Bloomington Indiana at 11 am central. Nebraska is the “underdog” this week with Indiana being a -6.5 favorite.

The Cornhuskers are very familiar with being the underdogs, especially the veterans on the team who came back for another year to prove that this team that began a rebuild last season is a WINNER.

Indiana, on the other hand, is in the first year of their rebuild. Curt Cignetti is a good head coach whose record at his previous schools shows he knows how to win. However, this is the Big Ten, and winning here ain’t that easy (just ask Scott Frost). This season, Indiana has defeated UCLA and Northwestern, both in the Big Ten BUT both are in major overhaul mode after losing their head coaches (UCLA this season, NW last season).

As Husker fans, we have been here before, it’s hard to drink that ‘Rhule-ade’ after so many disappointments but tonight we will echo the sentiments that Andy Dufresne wrote in Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption; “Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies”

Go Big Red!

This week on Corn Nation Overreaction, the guys have a plan to endure the bye week. That’s right, Greg, Hoss, and Jake bring you the Mid-Season Report Card.

The guys pour over each position group, giving in-depth analysis on where we are halfway through the season. What have been some high points? What areas have met expectations from the fans or the coaches? What position groups have fallen short?

Who have been the outstanding performers on both sides of the ball? What about the outstanding newcomers?

And if you’re a YouTube member, you get the episode ahead of the general public. That’s worth the price of admission, or membership.

We spend a couple minutes at the end of the show to talk about the upcoming Indiana game. So GO BIG RED!

Welcome to the Five Heart Podcast! Tonight, we will be discussing the win against Rutgers and what we have learned about our Huskers Football team half way through the season. Also, all the note taking that co-host Minnie Hunt has done, will finally pay off for one lucky Chatterfield as we see who got the closest to last week’s final score.

Since it is the ‘400th Episode Extravaganza’ we have planned a lot of fun surprises, trivia, guest appearances and a little trip down memory lane to help us honor you, the “Chatterfields” and the people who made this show possible.

For those of you that take the time to read this description prior to the show, we have a special gift. All you have to do is type “Dylan Raiola for Heisman” in the live chat tomorrow night during the show and we will let you know what you have won.

You won’t want to miss this!

GO BIG RED!