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Nebraska's "Chasing 3" documentary series is coming back with an episode that features the returns to good health of running back Rahmir Johnson and tight end Thomas Fidone. It got us thinking: Is Johnson overlooked ahead of the 2024 season? The senior did rush for 495 yards when given an opportunity that lasted most of one season early in his career. Mitch and Connor dissect the Nebraska roster to find more candidates who fit the label as potentially overlooked. Also, Big Ten coaches talked anonymously about their peers' program. How did Nebraska fare?

An early point spread lists Nebraska as a four-touchdown favorite against UTEP in the Huskers' Aug. 31 season opener. Is that realistic? And broadly speaking, should Nebraska be favored to win in each of its first seven games in 2024? Connor and Mitch return from a holiday weekend to discuss the extended runway given to Matt Rhule before his program must rise to a new level in the second half of this season. We go off the rails a bit in the second segment -- because it's late May -- and get back on track with more NCAA baseball discussion as Nebraska readies for its trip to Stillwater, Okla.

We're back on this Memorial Day to react to the NCAA baseball postseason field. Will Bolt's Nebraska squad, the newly crowned Big Ten tournament champion, is headed to Stillwater, Okla., to face Florida in the opening round of regional play. Who are these Gators, and what type of challenge awaits the Huskers this week in their quest to win a regional for the first time since 2005? Also, Connor and Mitch revisit Nebraska's five-game run in Omaha to win the conference tourney and take a look at the Big Ten as a baseball conference.

Former Omaha World-Herald reporter Dirk Chatelain joins the Locked On Nebraska podcast on this Friday to give his perspective on the Huskers under Matt Rhule. What is the second-year football coach doing well to win over Nebraskans, and where does he fit in that way among coaches of the past two decades in Lincoln? Also, Dirk weighs in on the City of Omaha and its historical -- and current -- importance to the Huskers. And we discuss an unintended consequence of the recently reached settlement in the NCAA legal case.

It's official. The Big Ten and Fox are sending Illinois to play Friday night football at Memorial Stadium in September, the first-ever Friday night kickoff for Nebraska at home. Plenty of reasons have existed for the Huskers' resistance to play at home on a weekday. But should we embrace this event? Connor and Mitch discuss. Also, Nebraska beat Purdue on Wednesday at the Big Ten baseball tournament. It's got more work to do in Omaha -- but can begin to look ahead at NCAA regionals. And we discuss the media availability from Wednesday in Lincoln with the Nebraska football recruiting and personnel staffers.

The summer arrivals are getting to Lincoln, still more than a week ahead of Nebraska's official start to the next phase of offseason training. The portion of Matt Rhule's 2024 recruiting class that showed up in January delivered several potential impact players. Who could make a difference among the next wave of newcomers? We talk about Carter Nelson and the rest of the freshman group. Also, Nebraska laid an egg in its Big Ten baseball tournament opener on Tuesday night. Why? And pay attention, Nebraska fans, to the settlement that's coming in the House vs. NCAA lawsuit. It's one of the most significant things ever to happen to college sports.