Husker Locker Big Red Update

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.