Here's a transcript from today's show:

Welcome to the Carriker Chronicles, the People’s show where we check the pulse of Husker nation brought to you by Nebraska Spine Hospital. And it’s shower pill day here on the Carriker Chronicles. If you don’t know what that is, shame on you! You should watch more of my shows. And yes, I am officially in my offseason schedule—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I have a future Husker, he’s going to be signing very soon with Nebraska. Mr. Tony Fair, defensive tackle. How you doing my friend?

Tony: I’m doing real good, how bout yourself?

Adam: I’m doing really good. Now I want to start right off the bat, there’s a video on your twitter page of you doing 405 (bench press) for 8 reps. A lot of people put high amounts of weight up when they’re putting things out on social media. You chose to put 405 up for reps which is pretty impressive to me. What is your squat max these days and what can you do 405 for reps for these days?

TF: I’ll be honest with you, I can probably hit it about 10 times if I’m being careful. We don’t have a lot of help if something feels wrong, so I haven’t really tested it.

AC: Gotcha. Now you’re listed at about 6’3”, 330 lbs, so I’m kinda envisioning nose guard for you. Is that still what you’re weighing these days?

TF: Yeah right around there. 335

AC: Will you be enrolling for winder conditioning and spring ball at Nebraska?

TF: Yes I will. I need it, especially coming out here from juco. There’s not a really good weight program. I’m gonna need that (early enrollment) if I’m going to catch up to the rest of the guys.

AC: Now have you had a chance to see a Zach Duvall, (the strength and conditioning coach) winter conditioning workout? I’ve heard they’re pretty intense.

TF: I have not seen it. Not Nebraska’s whatsoever. I came from Indiana State, and it’s not Nebraska. I can only imagine how much worse it gets!

AC: I always had lifts that I liked, and usually lifts I was good at. What is your favorite and/or best lift that you have and which lift do you need to improve the most? And what’s your least favorite lift?

TF: My least favorite lift would have to be the front squats. It’s really hard for me. My favorite I would have to say is squats, cuz I got some big strong legs. I need to work on my bench press, it went down a lot during the season.

AC: Now for the fine folks at home, if you don’t a back squat, you literally just put the bar on your back and you squat. Front squat, you wouldn’t think it was that much different but its REALLY hard especially for big guys if you don’t have flexible wrists. I never cared for it. It’s a different lift than a regular squat. For me, I was always kind of an upper body guy, then once I hurt my legs and couldn’t walk, I learned to appreciate lower body. But for me, cleans. Strength coaches would try to work with me on cleans, and I’d try my best, and they’d walk away shaking their head like “This guy’s form is terrible. He’s gonna hurt himself!” Anyways…let’s talk about the defensive coaching staff a little bit. What is your impression of defensive coordinator Eric Chinander?

TF: They know what they’re doing! I wanted to come and be a part of that, because I’m sure they can build another great team, like they did at UCF. They have everything they need, players are going to follow them and listen.

AC: Now Nebraska is a pretty awesome place, but what made YOU want to come to Nebraska and commit to the cornhuskers?

TF: What brought me in was the new coaching staff, being able to check out their background, and I want to be part of a winning program. Basically, the underdog appealed to me. That was a big part and then I got to see the fan base, the stadium—everything was beautiful. The weight room, nothing could go wrong out there.

AC: Talk to me about defensive line coach Mike Dawson. What is he looking for out of you once you get here on campus?

TF: He needs me to put forth all my effort so I can be that big dog, that anchor in the middle. They’re trying to run a three man front and to do that you gotta have that anchor that’s going to hold up in the middle.

AC: Now what would you say is your biggest strengths as a player on the field and what are the biggest things you need to improve on the field as a player?

TF: My biggest strength would be able to fight off and get my hands on a person so I can see what I need to see what’s going on around me. My biggest weakness would be not having enough moves, like enough hand movement to get them off of me when it’s time.

AC: I feel like you’re coaching yourself! That’s some of the most honest answers and some of the most football technique answers I’ve ever got to that question.

TF: I know what I need to work on! I need help in some areas. I’m excited for a real D1 program to help me get better at that. So I know once I get there coach Mike Dawson will get me right with it. And things should flow perfectly.

AC: That’s awesome. I love the self awareness, that’s excellent. Now I may already know the answer to this question because you haven’t yet been to Nebraska, but I have it written down. I was going to ask you if you’ve ever had a Runza, but I’m gonna phrase it differently. Do you know what a Runza is?

TF: No I do not.

AC: Oh man! It’s about the best fast food restaurant under God’s hot sun. When you get to Nebraska, day 1—make sure you do it after a workout. After you’ve had your protein shake and your nutrients that you need, get a Runza. I was going to ask you about Valentino’s too but maybe do that on a weekend. That’s a pizza place. Maybe let me know your thoughts on those places once you’ve done that. How does that sound?

TF: Sounds good to me!

AC: Alright, now we discussed this a little bit before the show, so let’s talk about, any behind the scenes stories? You said, you’ve kinda been through a lot in your life, do you have a behind the scenes story or two you want to share with the fine folks at home that they may not know about you to let them get to know you a little bit more?

TF: My first is that I wasn’t supposed to be playing football. I started off playing when I was 5, my dad was training me to play basketball. Then I became really good at it. Then that next year came along and he was like “He can’t keep his weight down.” Anything I ate just piled on me. And I had to work extra hard to get it off for basketball. So he was like, let’s try you out for football! So that’s what happened. I started out in Pop Warner, as a running back at the time. Small back but I had some quick feet. This wasn’t supposed to be it but it is!

AC: That’s a cool story. I appreciate you sharing that with me, I appreciate you coming on the show, and until next time, GO BIG RED and always remember…

TF: Throw the bones!!!

AC: I like it, that was perfect.

TF: I need to apologize, it just slipped my mind.

AC: Naw man, that’s cool. I appreciate your time. So this is—you may or may not know, I’m a former player, so that’s always a priority, I got the show. But I’m a former player first. So go ahead and save my number. If there’s ever anything I can do to help you out, just hit me up at any point in time.

TF: Okay, sounds good man. I may need to do that cuz I want to make sure I’m doing right with workouts cuz that’s all I have right now besides homework. So what can I expect for workouts when I get there?

AC: I don’t know their exact workouts they do, and those will start when they get back—you’ll get there as well in mid January I believe is when everyone comes back for 2nd semester. The workouts are very intense, it’s kinda one of their keys to what they do. And I know they have some circuits that they do, some squat circuits they do. I would make sure that you come in with a decent cardio shape and you’re used to doing some high reps and some circuit stuff. I wouldn’t drop your weight like a ton, but I would drop it enough so you can do some circuits. Some high reps, short amount of rest between your sets. It’s kinda what you’re going to do once you get there, and that’s how they start out a lot, so…I mean, you’ll be fine. Obviously, everyone is starting Day 1 when everyone gets back in January, but that will kinda help ya. Does that make sense?

TF: Yeah, so basically stay on top of that then. A lot of running?

AC: I don’t know how much running they do in winter conditioning honestly. I was more focused on their lifting last year. I just know in the beginning it’s high reps, lower rest times. Especially when it comes to their squats and their lower body stuff. I can’t tell you how much running they actually do. What I can tell you is just make sure you’ve got a good cardio (when it comes to the running) base. Don’t come in worn out, but make sure you’ve got a good cardio base.

TF: Okay. Cool, cool. Yeah. Ah man, I’m nervous about the whole thing, yeah jumping in brand new. Being the new guy on the team.

AC: So my first day, when my parents dropped me off. I was a freshman, I grew up in the state of Washington. My parents drove me down to Nebraska, and I’ll never forget my first day. I love working out. Still do! I’m sitting here stinking up my studio! Cuz I came straight to do this from working out. That’s where the shower pill thing came from earlier. So my first day, my parents and I go to Perkins. And we’re sitting there eating at Perkins, right? And they haven’t dropped me off yet. Justin Smith, a senior defensive end who’s going to be watching me, I’m going to be staying at his place cuz nothing is open. It’s the middle of the summer, the dorms aren’t open, the training table’s not open so I’m kinda on my own. He’s going to host me until everything opened up for training camp. I was sitting there in Perkins eating, and I could barely eat anything! I was so nervous! I tell you, I loved to work out, nobody ever outworked me. I loved it, but I was nervous. And I got there, and it was intense. It was everything I thought it would be, but it was absolutely nothing more than I could handle. It helps that I came in in shape, I had been working out, I’d been lifting, I made sure I had a good cardio base. I made sure I took a little bit of time off so I was fresh when I got there. But for me I know what it’s like to be nervous. I about threw up when we left Perkins! I ate and about threw it up. So I wouldn’t worry about it. Within the first couple weeks you’ll be fitting right in and you’ll be good to go.

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