♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> THE HUSKERS CAME INTO SATURDAY SEEKING REVENGE AND IT WAS REVENGE THEY GOT.

THE DEFENSE PLAYED AN AMAZING GAME.

WEEK ONE HAD A SAFETY, WEEK TWO A PICK SIX BY THE BLACK SHIRTS.

WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE 28 TO 10 WIN AND LOOK FORWARD TO UNI.

SEAN CALLAHAN WILL HAVE RECRUITING NEWS INCLUDING A NEW HUSKER RECRUIT ON THE TRAIL.

IT IS ALL COMING UP NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

♪♪ ♪♪ >> HI, EVERYONE.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE, WELCOME TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP" ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

TWO GAMES DOWN AND TWO WINS IN THE BOOKS FOR COACH MATT RHULE AND THE 2024 HUSKERS.

JOINING US TONIGHT, FORMER HUSKERS JAY MOORE AND DAMON BENNING.

I KNOW IT WAS FUN, BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE PERSON I TALKED TO SAID IT WAS THE BEST TIME THEY HAD IN A LONG TIME.

WAS IT LIKE THAT FOR YOU?

>> YES, EXCUSE ME FOR MY RASPINESS, BECAUSE I HAD A BLAST.

JUST FROM THE SCENE BEFORE THE GAME, DURING THE GAME, AFTER THE GAME, THE ENERGY, THE WEATHER, THIS IS THE RESULT, THE FIRST HALF ALONE, I HAVEN'T ENJOYED A GAME LIKE THAT IN A LONG TIME.

LISTEN, I'VE BEEN A PART SOME OF NICE WINS AGAINST COLORADO, MY CAREER, I KNOW DB AS WELL, ESPECIALLY THAT '05 WIN OUT THERE IN BOULDER, THAT WAS AS MUCH FUN AND THAT WAS ALMOST AS MUCH A PLEASURE AS THAT FIRST HALF I HAD ON SATURDAY.

>> I SAID THIS ON YESTERDAY, VERY RARELY DO YOU SEE THE FIRST THREE PLAYS OF THE GAME AND KNOW, OKAY, I KNOW EXACTLY HOW THIS GAME IS GOING TO GO.

>> YEAH, IT WAS INTERESTING.

PEOPLE ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND I SAID, THE ONLY THING THAT SCARES ME IS IT CAN'T BE AS EASY AS IT LOOKS.

COLORADO CAN'T BLOCK NEBRASKA.

>> IT WAS.

>> IT WAS AS EASY AS COLORADO COULDN'T BLOCK NEBRASKA.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE HOW COLORADO WAS QUICKER TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, DEFENSIVELY, BEFORE THEY MADE ADJUSTMENTS OFFENSIVELY.

THAT WAS A TAIL KICKING.

>> YEAH.

>> THE ADJUSTMENTS THEY HAD TO MAKE OFFENSIVELY WAS TO CALL SOME OTHER PEOPLE TO COME DOWN AND GET ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

>> YEAH, THEY NEEDED THAT ABOUT 13 GUYS ON OFFENSE AND TWO OF THEM ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

THAT WAS THE BIGGEST KEY FOR ME IN THE GAME WAS CAN NEBRASKA GET HOME WITH FOUR AND FIVE TOPS AND THEY DID.

I MEAN, THOSE FRONT FOUR, THOSE FRONT THREE GUYS OBVIOUSLY AND YOU'RE BRINGING THE GUYS OFF THE EDGE, I MEAN, THEY DOMINATED ALL GAME.

AND IT WAS FROM THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME.

YOU SAW TY GET UP THERE AND GET A SACK.

BUT THEY COULDN'T DO MUCH.

I MEAN, SHEDEUR WAS UNCOMFORTABLE.

THE VOLUME OF THE FANS, THEY HAD A HARD TIME COMMUNICATING.

COULDN'T RUN THE FOOTBALL.

SO THAT WAS THE BIGGEST KEY.

THEY HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.

IT WAS THEIR ABILITY TO GET HOME AND LEAVE SIX OR SEVEN IN THE BACK END TO COVER THE STABLE OF WIDE RECEIVERS.

IT WAS GAME OVER.

I THINK ON 22 DROP BACKS, NEBRASKA ONLY BROUGHT -- OF 19 OF THEM, FOUR GUYS CAME.

THAT'S BIG TIME RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S HOW YOU HANDLE AN OFFENSE LIKE THAT.

>> THEY HAVE TO LEAD THE COUNTRY IN TACKLES FOR LOSSES AND HAVOC PLAYS VIA THE PASS WITHOUT BRINGING PLUS PRESSURES.

I KNEW -- I SAW THE STATS LAST WEEK, AND IT WAS IN THE 27 PERCENTILE, AND ONLY BROUGHT PRESSURE.

YOU KNOW, I WISH THEY WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE, RIGHT, BECAUSE BRINGING ONE MORE THAN THREE IS NOT PLUS PRESSURE.

YOU'RE STILL BRINGING ONLY ONE LESS THAN THEY CAN BLOCK.

SO, NEBRASKA'S ABILITY TO GET HOME WITH FOUR OR LESS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

>> I SAW 12 PERCENT.

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE.

>> WHEN YOU'RE SUBBING IN JIMARI BUTLER AND JAMES WILLIAMS OR PRINCE AMUKAMARA, THAT'S NOT FAIR.

AND YOU PUT THAT AGAINST M.J. SHERMAN WHO'S PLAYING THE BEST FOOTBALL OF HIS HUSKER CAREER, AND THEN THE TEARS IN THE MIDDLE, IT IS A LOT TO HANDLE.

>> AND WHAT DO THEY DO WELL, AND IT MIGHT COUNT AS A PLUS ONE, IS NEBRASKA DOES A GOOD JOB OF PRESSURE RUSHING.

>> THEY SHOW.

>> WHEN A BACK STEPS UP AND PASS PROTECTS AND THEY KNOW HE'S NOT COMING OUT THE ROUTE, THEY GO.

AND THAT HAPPENED ON THE -- >> HE'S THE MASTER OF -- >> IT HAPPENED ON THE PICK SIX.

AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID, THE BACK STAYS IN WITH THE TIGHT END, THEY KEEP SEVEN IN THERE.

ONLY THREE GO OUT ON THE ROUTE AND HE PRESSURES UP THE MIDDLE WITH SHERMAN COMING ON THE BACK END.

I MEAN, THEY DO IT, THEY GOT IT TIMED UP.

AND IT IS A THING OF BEAUTY.

>> THEY SHOULD TAKE MIKAI GBAYOR'S TAPE FROM WHEN HE GOT HERE TO WHERE HE IS NOW, HE IS SUCH A GOOD PLAYER.

>> YOU KNOW, I PICK A COACH IN A YEAR TO FALL IN LOVE WITH AND THIS YEAR IT WAS TOUGH, BUT I WENT WITH DVORACEK AND I THINK IT IS FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

I THINK HE'S HAD THE LEAST TO WORK WITH SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE, NOT A STAR-STUDDED GUY.

AND THAT'S ZERO DISRESPECT HE HASN'T GOT THE HIGHLY TOUTED GUYS, HE'S GETTING GUYS THAT ARE CONVERTED AND WHAT HE'S DONE WITH GBAYOR HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

HE'S ALMOST LEFT FOR DEAD BY THE FORMER STAFF, DVORACEK HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

JOHN BULLOCK, WHO, FOR MONTHS, AS YOU KNOW -- >> NO NECK.

>> WAS MY -- HE WAS MY BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

AND I SAID IT ALL SUMMER.

I'M GONNA KEEP BANGING THAT DRUM.

HE'S ALL CONFERENCE CALIBER, POTENTIAL TO BE A SUNDAY GUY, AND THEN HE'S BRINGING ALONG GUYS LIKE SHAVERS.

AND STEFON THOMPSON, WHO, WILL BE PRESSED IN ACTION AT LEAST IN THE FIRST HALF WITH GBAYOR HAVING TO SIT.

>> YEAH YOU -- BULLOCK HAD A DRIVE WHERE HE HAD A BATTED BALL, A TACKLE FOR LOSS, AND FORCED THE SACK, REALLY.

>> YEAH, HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY GREW ON THAT DRIVE.

>> YEAH, HE DID, BY HIMSELF.

>> NEBRASKA HAD TO GIVE IT UP IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE TO THINK ABOUT.

THERE'S A LOT TO COVER TONIGHT.

WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

WE HAVE OUR PHONES STANDING BY.

WE PROMISE THEY WORK THIS WEEK AGAIN, AND WE'RE READY FOR YOUR CALLS.

IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN ALSO TEXT OR EMAIL US.

JUST SEND YOUR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

WE'RE ALSO MONITORING THE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AS WELL.

SEND US YOUR THOUGHTS ON BIG RED WRAPUP FACEBOOK PAGE OR X ACCOUNT, AND WE'LL ANSWER AS MANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

ALSO, DON'T FORGET TO HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE AND DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF THE 2024 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE POSTER.

YOU CAN PRINT THOSE OFF, FOR YOUR HOME OR OFFICE, AND KEEP UP TO DATE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON WITH ALL THE SCORES, INCLUDING THE FIRST TWO GAMES WITH UTEP AND COLORADO.

TIME FOR OUR SIDELINE SURVEY.

LAST WEEK WE ASKED YOU IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S TELECAST, WHAT WOULD WE SEE THE MOST?

53% OF YOU SAID, "SHOTS OF COACH PRIME ON THE SIDELINES."

33% SAID "NEBRASKA TOUCHDOWNS."

9% SAID "COMMERCIALS WITH COACH PRIME."

AND 5% SAID "MENTIONS HOW MANY TRANSFERS COLORADO HAS."

WHICH WAS MENTIONED A LOT.

NOW, FOR THIS WEEK'S ALL NEW SIDELINE SURVEY, NEBRASKA RETURNS TO THE AP TOP 25 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019.

DOES THE RANKING FIT THIS HUSKER TEAM?

IS IT TOO LOW?

IS IT TOO HIGH?

JUST RIGHT?

AND DOES IT MATTER UNTIL NOVEMBER 5th, 48% RIGHT NOW SAYING "JUST RIGHT."

TIME FOR THE TOP PLAYS FROM SATURDAY'S GAME AGAINST COLORADO AS VOTED ON BY YOU.

NUMBER THREE, AND THIS WAS A BIG ONE, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT LED TO REALLY MOST PEOPLE SAYING THE GAME IS OVER, IT WAS BRIAN "BOOM"CHINI, KICKING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN AS IT BOUNCED OUT AT THE TWO YARD LINE.

GETS DOWN AND DIDN'T EVEN NEED REAL HELP, 'CAUSE IT WAS GONNA GO OUT ON ITS OWN.

>> DID YOU SEE WHO DOWNED IT?

>> WHO IS IT?

OH, TOMMI HILL, THAT'S CRAZY.

>> SCORES AT ANOTHER POINT LATER.

>> THAT'S CRAZY.

OF COURSE, AND THEN THE NUMBER TWO PLAY IS RAHMIR JOHNSON, THE JUGGLING TIGHT END.

THIS IS ONLY ONE OF TWO TURNOVER WORTHY PLAYS THAT RAIOLA'S HAD THIS SEASON YET.

AND, OF COURSE, SOMETIMES DAMON, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO HAVE?

>> A LITTLE LUCK.

>> A LITTLE LUCK.

IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE NEBRASKA'S NIGHT RIGHT THERE.

BOUNCING THERE.

BUT HE STAYED WITH IT, TOO.

AND THEN NUMBER ONE, THE MAN THAT DAMON WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, AND I KNOW THIS PLAY WILL BE BROKEN DOWN MORE AS WE GO ALONG, TOMMI HILL, HIS PICK SIX TO MAKE IT 14-0 AND ESSENTIALLY FELT LIKE IN A WAY IT ENDED THE GAME.

>> YEAH, 100%.

A LOT OF PRESSURE.

I'M SURE JAY WILL GET INTO IT WITH GBAYOR AND HIS LATE PRESSURE BUT THE PLAY WAS REALLY MADE BY BULLOCK.

>> YEAH, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE THE PLAY.

YOU SAID, SIMPLY, IF HE TAKES AWAY THAT SLANT, THEN HE'S GONNA HAVE TO GO SOME PLACE ELSE AND TOMMI HILL SAW THE SAME THING.

>> YEAH, I THINK PEOPLE WILL -- THEY KINDA KNOCK SHEDEUR FOR ARM TALENT.

THAT'S NOT ARM TALENT THING.

THAT'S I PANICKED AND I CAN'T BE LATE TO THE FIELD ON A HITCH, RIGHT?

>> THIS IS A TOO LONG A THROW.

>> IT'S JUST TOO LONG.

WE'VE SEEN HIM THROW THOSE OVER ROUTES, THOSE SAIL ROUTES.

I DON'T WORRY ABOUT HIS ARM TALENT.

I JUST THINK HE PANICKED.

AT THAT PARTICULAR STAGE IN THE GAME, I KNOW IT WAS EARLY, BUT HE WAS CLEARLY SEEING GHOSTS.

>> YEAH.

I LISTENED TO ACTUALLY JOHNNY MANZIEL TALK ABOUT IT.

AND HE SAID I'VE BEEN THERE.

I'VE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION WHERE I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND I JUST THROW IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

>> WELL YEAH, BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING PRESSURE FROM THE BACK SID.

MJ SHERMAN HAD A FANTASTIC RUSH.

I MEAN, IF THE BALL DOESN'T GET PICKED OFF, I MEAN, THEY EASILY COULD HAVE GOT A SAFETY FOR HOLDING IN THE END ZONE.

>> HOW GOOD IS MJ SHERMAN, THOUGH?

>> YEAH HE'S BEEN -- >> PLAYING GREAT.

>> QUIETLY, HE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.

>> WELL WE THOUGHT LAST YEARH, HE MIGHT BE, HE BECAME.

>> HE'S FINALLY IN ELITE LEVEL SHAPE, TOO.

HE LOOKS AMAZING.

>> BUT ON THAT PLAY, AND I'LL BREAK IT DOWN AS WELL, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE THREE GUYS ON THE ROUTE.

THEY HAD SIX IN COVERAGE.

>> YEAH.

OVER, POISE, THAT'S THE WORD FOR HIM.

PASS.

SO HIS ABILITY TO BOUNCE BACK IS INCREDIBLE.

AS IS HIS CONTROL, GETTING IN AND OUT OF PLAYS, AND SETTING PROTECTION IS RIDICULOUS.

NOW I -- IF I HAVE ONE MINOR CRITICISM, LITTLE TOO MUCH AIR ON THE BALL SOMETIMES.

I'D LIKE TO JUST PUT IT ON HIM.

LIKE AN ON HIM BALL.

THE ONE TO LLOYD.

EVEN THE SECOND ONE TO LLOYD, BUT, YOU KNOW, JAYLEN'S PROBABLY GOTTA PULL THAT ONE IN.

>> OH YEAH.

>> BUT, JUST PUT IT ON HIM.

>> AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS AS A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, THE FRUSTRATING THING IS HOW EASILY HE MOVES IN THE POCKET TO MAKE GUYS MISS.

>> HOW ABOUT HIS SLIDE GAME?

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, EVEN, ANOTHER PLAY I'LL BREAK DOWN, BUT WHEN HE STEPS IN THE POCKET, AND WHEN HE GETS THAT ONE OVER THE SEAM TO BOERKIRCHER, THAT D-END COME ON THE BACK SIDE.

BEATS TURNER CORCORAN AND REACHES, BUT JUST ENOUGH STEP UP IN THE POCKET, HIS FEEL IS FANTASTIC IN THE POCKET.

>> WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU'VE SEEN A YOUNG GUY CLIMB THE POCKET LIKE THAT IN BIG BOY FOOTBALL?

>> THEY DON'T DO IT.

>> THEY DON'T.

NO.

>> THE CRITICISIM -- >> NO, YOU GO OUT.

YOU SCRAMBLE OUT.

>> IT'S -- IT'S VERY RARE TO SEE YOUNGINS CLIMB THE POCKET.

>> AND YOU LIMIT YOUR VISION OVER THE FIELD.

>> YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO CLIMB THE POCKET SO YOU GET THE WHOLE FIELD AND KEEP THE TIMING UP.

BUT YEAH, IT'S -- HE DOES NOT -- I MEAN, I KEEP CALLING HIM A TRUE FRESHMAN, HE'S NOT PLAYING LIKE A TRUE FRESHMAN RIGHT NOW.

HE'S PLAYING LIKE A THIRD YEAR STARTER.

>> KIND OF DOWN TO TWO RUNNING BACKS WITH THE OARS.

TALK ABOUT WHAT DOWDELL'S DONE SO FAR AND RAHMIR, AS THEY CALL HIM A CHANGE-UP, BUT HE'S KINDA THE -- THE STARTER IN A WAY.

>> YEAH, AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO COACH BARTHEL BEFORE THE GAME AND RAHMIR IS CLEARLY SEEING IT WELL.

HIS VISION, HIS ABILITY TO HIT CREASES.

YOU KNOW, HE HAD THE LONG RUN CALLED BACK, HE STILL POSSESSES THAT BREAKAWAY SPEED.

BUT, NO DOUBT DOWDELL IS KIND OF BECOMING THAT HAMMER.

THE WAY THAT I LIKE TO DESCRIBE HIM IS HE'S THE GUY THAT'S RUNNING DOWN THE HALLWAY.

HE'S NOT GONNA MOVE TO THE RIGHT, HE'S NOT GONNA MOVE TO THE LEFT.

HE'S JUST GONNA SPRINT DOWN THAT HALLWAY AS FAST AS HE CAN.

AND I FELT LIKE TO HIS CREDIT AND TO COACH BARTHEL, YOU KNOW, HE'S KIND OF ADDED A LITTLE -- HE'S A LITTLE MORE SUDDEN THAN HE WAS IN THE SPRING.

HE WAS ALWAYS A STRAIGHT-LINE RUNNER, LIKE HE DID A HOLE.

BUT HE'S -- HE'S HITTING IT SO HARD.

HE'S CLIMBING ON YOUR TOES AS A DEFENDER BEFORE YOU GET A CHANCE TO THINK, RIGHT?

HE COULD HAVE MADE SHILOH MISS.

>> OH YEAH.

>> BUT HE WANTED TO LOWER BOOM AND IT SET THE TONE.

>> THAT FIRST TOUCHDOWN, AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE, HOW WELL THEY BLOCKED ON THAT TOUCHDOWN RUN, BUT A THIRD MEMBER OF KIND OF THE RUNNING GAME IS JACORY BARNEY WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THEY DO AS WELL.

>> YEAH, WITH THE MOTION, THE JET SWEEP.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU LIKE TO UTILIZE HIM AND, YOU KNOW, IT S -- HE'S ELECTRIC.

HE'S EXPLOSIVE.

HE'S A HOME RUN HITTER AND THEY CAN USE HIM IN ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

AND WHEN YOU GET THOSE BIG BODY GUYS ON THE EDGE, BUT YOU THROW THEM GUYS A CHANGE-UP, THAT GUY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE 40 GUY WITH THE SPEED, AND CAN GET FROM -- GO FROM 0 TO 60 IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, IT IS A NICE -- IT'S A NICE, YOU KNOW, CHANGE-UP TO WHAT OFFENS -- OR WHAT NEBRASKA WANTS TO DO OFFENSIVELY.

>> I'M GREEDY, SO ON THOSE CROSSING ROUTES, THOSE LITTLE SHALLOW CROSSES, JUST GET BACK VERTICAL.

'CAUSE YOU CAN CREASE THAT THING.

INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MAKE IT A FOOTRACE ACROSS THE FIELD, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S HARD ON YOUR BLOCKERS.

BUT NUMBER TWO, JUST GET BACK VERTICAL, 'CAUSE THAT THING WILL PART LIKE THE RED SEA.

JUST PUT YOUR FOOT IN DIRT AND GET BACK VERTICAL AND HE WILL BUMP HIS HEAD ON THE GOAL POST QUITE A FEW TIMES.

HE'LL COME OUT OF THE BACK.

>> LATE IN THE GAME, HE ACTUALLY DID THAT AND TRIED TO BREAK THROUGH AND ALMOST GOT THROUGH.

JUST GOT TRIPPED UP.

LAST THING BEFORE WE GET TO THE HIGHLIGHTS, SPECIAL TEAMS OBVIOUSLY IS A CONCERN.

MISSED FIELD GOAL, BLOCKED PUNT, LONG RETURN WITH KNOWING YOU HAVE TO KICK THE BALL IN THE END ZONE AGAINST THEM.

THOUGHTS ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

>> YEAH, IT IS DEFINITELY A WORK IN PROGRESS.

COACH RHULE MINCED NO WORDS.

IT IS THE WORST THAT HE'S SEEN.

AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, AND IT STARTS WITH THE BASICS.

RIGHT?

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SNAP THE BALL.

IT IS A TIMING DEAL.

AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE.

RIGHT?

FROM WHICH HASH TO WHICH HASH.

AND THEN PUNTING DIRECTION, FOR BUSCHINI TO HIT THE BALL AS WELL AS HE HAD, THEY'RE STILL 99th IN NET PUNTING.

WHICH HAS GOTTA GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

BUT HE HAS BEEN GOOD INSIDE THE 20, WHICH IS IMPRESSIVE.

SO, IF I'M LOOKING TO KEEP MY GLASS HALF FULL, THE RETURN GAME, THEY'RE GOING TO GET ONE BEFORE THE YEAR IS OVER.

I LIKE THE AGGRESSIVENESS IN THE RETURN GAME.

>> YEAH.

YOU GOT TO GIVE CREDIT TO IGC SCOOPING IT UP.

>> AND BARNEY.

LIKE THOSE GUYS ARE -- THOSE GUYS WANNA HAVE THEM.

>> AS POOR AS IT WAS, EVEN THEY BLOCKED A FIELD GOAL AS WELL.

>> THEY DID.

>> SO YOU GOTTA GIVE -- >> AND SHOULD HAVE GOT ANOTHER.

>> YEAH.

LOW TRAJECTORY.

THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.

WE SAW IT COMING.

>> WHY KICK THAT?

>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DID THAT.

LLL >> HEY, I'M GLAD THEY DID.

>> LET'S CHECK OUT THE TAPE NOW AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM SATURDAY'S BIG GAME WHERE PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE INCLUDING JAY MOORE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME AT THE GAME.

THE TUNNEL WALK WAS SPECTACULAR, TOO.

NEBRASKA KNOWS HOW TO DO THINGS WITH HAVE THE '94 TEAM COME IN AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT WAS GREAT.

EARLY ON, YOU KNEW RIGHT AWAY, THIRD PLAY OF THE GAME, SACK BY TY ROBINSON, TAKING DOWN SHADEUR SANDERS.

I ACTUALLY AT ONE POINT IN THE GAME, I FELT SORRY FOR THE KID.

>> I DID TOO.

>> I FELT SORRY FOR HIM.

>> I DID TOO.

>> 'CAUSE HE WAS TAKING SO MUCH PUNISHMENT.

>> BUT AS A FATHER WATCHING YOUR KID JUST GET PUMMELED ON THE SIDELINES, IT'S TOUGH.

>> AND HERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE HADN'T SEEN YET FROM DYLAN.

HE RUNS NOW.

>> THAT WAS HUGE.

>> HE PLAYED BASEBALL.

HE'S A SLIDE.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH, THAT WAS A THIRD DOWN.

EXTENDS THE DRIVE.

THE FIRST DRIVE LEADS TO A SCORE HERE AND BIG SHOTS ALL DAY BY COLORADO.

>> YEAH, THEY WOULD HIT.

>> THAT WAS A PHYSICAL FOOTBALL GAME.

>> BUT BARNEY HOPPED RIGHT UP.

>> LOOK AT THAT ONE.

>> HE DID.

>> HE HOPPED RIGHT UP.

>> HE ENDED UP WITH SIX RECEPTIONS FOR 29 YARDS BY THE WAY.

DOWDELL RAN PHYSICAL -- THAT LAST RUN WAS THE GREAT BLOCKED ONE I TALKED ABOUT AND DOWDELL, WHEN HE HITS YOU, YOU STAY HIT.

TWO GUYS GOT KNOCKED OUT OF THE GAME IN THAT GAME.

THEY WERE ALREADY SHORT-HANDED DEFENSIVELY.

>> LOOK AT -- THERE'S THAT HALLWAY RUN.

>> LOOK AT THAT.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> NO REAL ROOM.

SEE THE CRASE, BE THE CREASE.

>> BEAUTIFUL TO SEE.

HERE'S ANOTHER SACK.

THIS TIME BY NASH WHO GETS IN THERE AND GETS IT.

ALL DAY LONG, THAT'S WHAT WE SAW IN HIS FACE.

AND THEN HERE, EVERY TIME THEY TRIED SO FAR THIS SEASON TO GO ONE, THEY STRUGGLED.

AND THEN WE SHOWED THIS EARLIER, BRIAN BUSCHINI KICKS IT DOWN, GOES OUT AT THE 2 YARD LINE, PUTS THEM IN A TOUGH SPOT.

AND THIS -- THESE ARE THE HIDDEN ABOUT.

>> YEAH, JUST PERFECT NUGGETS, TO SEEM FLAT-FOOTED, WAS NO REASON TO GET BACK.

HE HAD SAFETY TO HELP BEHIND HIM AS WELL.

HIS VISION ON THE QUARTERBACK, LONG THROW.

>> IT'S JUST GREAT COVERAGE.

THEY JUST BAITED HIM.

>> AND THEY OBVIOUSLY WANTED TO GO TO HUNTER THERE IN THE SLOT.

BUT THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF GETTING SPACE.

LETTING IT GET STACKED.

LET HIM EVOLVE AND THEN PLAY OFF OF HIM.

AND THEN BULLOCK WAS RIGHT THERE, MAN.

HE PLAYED IT PERFECTLY.

>> SOMETIMES GUYS DROP THAT BALL.

>> THAT WAS A GREAT CATCH.

>> YEAH, HERE'S A MISSED FIELD GOAL, 32 YARDS.

ONE OF THOSE ONES WHERE YOU JUST GOTTA SAY TO YOURSELF -- IT SEEMS LIKE A CONFIDENCE THING MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE I KNOW THE KID CAN KICK.

SO YOU JUST GOTTA GET THAT CONFIDENCE BACK INSIDE THERE.

AND THEN, ANOTHER SACK.

HERE'S THE GUY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

THAT'S ACTUALLY COMING OFF THE BENCH, RIGHT?

THAT'S THE GUY COMING OFF THE BENCH.

BUT, MJ SHERMAN EARLIER GOT A SACK AS WELL AS ONE OF THE SIX SACKS ON THE DAY WITH A LOSS OF OVER 40 YARDS.

AND THEN HERE'S THE MOVEMENT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT?

HE'S IN THE POCKET, BEING ABLE TO MOVE, GOT SOME FINE TUNE SPOTS, THIS ENDED UP BEING A PASS INTERFERENCE OR HOLDING AND SO NEBRASKA ENDED UP GETTING A FIRST DOWN ON THE HOLDING FOR THAT ONE.

AND THEN HERE AGAIN, MOVING IN THE POCKET, AND FINDING THE OPENING AND UNDERTHROWN, BUT JAYLEN LLOYD DID A GREAT JOB COMING BACK.

>> YEAH.

HE'S JUST SO SAVVY IN THE POCKET.

AND I THINK THE RECEIVERS ARE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND, I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE WITH THIS GUY AT QUARTERBACK.

>> DON'T DO THAT ACCORDING TO COACH RHULE.

DON'T REACH OUT.

DOWDELL REACHED OUT.

BUT JUST ENDED UP GETTING THE TOUCHDOWN THERE.

HE FUMBLED IT, BUT AFTER HE HAD CROSSED, COACH DOES NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL.

AND HERE, SANDERS MADE SOME GOOD THROWS ON THE DAY.

RIGHT?

>> HE DID.

THAT'S A GOOD THROW.

AND THAT WAS THEIR CHANGE-UP.

THEY DID IT TO BOTH SIDES OUT OF THE THREE BY.

THEY WERE LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET HOT THERE.

THEY WENT BACK TO BACK, THEY JUST FLIPPED THE PLAY AND THEY ENDED UP GETTING A FIELD GOAL OPPORTUNITY OUT OF IT.

>> HERE'S THE BLOCKED FIELD GOAL.

IT'S AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN TY ROBINSON OR NASH WHO GOT IT.

I THINK IT WAS MORE TY LOOKING AT IT, BUT HUTMACHER MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A PIECE OF IT AS WELL.

SANDERS DID HAVE A GOOD DAY.

23 OF 38, 244.

HE HAD THAT BAD PICK, BUT HE HAD A TOUCHDOWN THROW AS WELL.

HERE'S ONE OF THE MANY TIMES THAT COLORADO REALLY HIT NEBRASKA PRETTY HARD.

AND THEN AS DAMON SAID EARLIER, A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK, RAHMIR JOHNSON GETS THE BALL OFF THE TIP, TAKES IT IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE 28-0 AT THAT POINT.

AND THAT WOULD BE ALL THE SCORING THAT NEBRASKA WOULD NEED.

DO YOU THINK IT WAS MORE OF THEM HOLDING BACK WHAT THEY WERE DOING OFFENSIVELY OR JUST THE MATTER OF THE PENALTIES TAKING AWAY SO MANY BIG PLAYS?

>> WELL, I THINK, LISTEN, I GET WHAT NEBRASKA'S TRYING TO DO AND WIN OUT ON THE PERIMETER.

ALL RIGHT?

COLORADO DID A GOOD JOB OF WHIPPING HIM ON THE EDGES A LITTLE BIT.

YOU HEARD THE CHASTISING TALK FROM THE WIDE RECEIVERS.

I DON'T THINK THEY TOOK THE AIR OUT OF IT.

I THOUGHT THEY TRIED TO BE AGGRESSIVE.

THEY RAN THE BALL NINE TIMES FOR 51 YARDS IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

COMPLETED SEVEN OF TEN PASSES FOR 44 YARDS.

AND YOU HAD THE BALL NINE AND A HALF MINUTES.

THEY SHOULD BE FINE.

>> HE'S OONE OF THE GOOD PLAYS AGAIN BY GBAYOR, KNOCKING THE BALL DOWN THERE ON THE SCRAMBLE.

28-3 AT THAT POINT AFTER THE FIELD GOAL IS MADE.

AND THEN MORE SANDERS TAKING PRESSURE.

THIS TIME, PRINCEWILL COMES IN, HITS HIM TWICE.

ONCE ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD, AND THEN GETS THE SACK AS WELL.

HE HAD A SACK EARLIER THAT WAS CALLED BACK.

>> IT WAS THE HARDEST HIT OF THE NIGHT AND IT WAS NEGATED.

>> AND IT WAS NEGATED BY THAT PENALTY.

>> THAT ONE'S GONNA LEAVE A MARK.

>> OFFSIDE BY JAMES WILLIAMS WHAT THEY CALLED IT.

WE'RE GONNA BREAK DOWN A COUPLE OTHER PLAYS TOO.

JAY WILL BE GETTING INTO THOSE SOON.

THE BOERKIRCHER CATCH DOWN THE MIDDLE.

AND THEN THAT WAS A SHORT ONE WHERE NEBRASKA ENDED UP HAVING TO GO TO FOURTH DOWN AND POOCH PUNT.

GOT A LITTLE BACK.

GET SOME BACK SPIN ON THIS ONE.

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, JAY CAN SPEAK TO THAT, TRYING TO GET THAT BACK SPIN, MAYBE EVEN LIKE 56 OR 60 DEGREE.

>> YEAH, DEFINITELY WEDGE IN THERE.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER TIME.

EVERY TIME SO FAR THIS SEASON IT SEEMS THAT COLORADO'S TRIED TO GET A THIRD AND ONE OR FOURTH AND ONE, THEY'VE GOTTEN BEAT UP FRONT.

NEBRASKA DID IT TO THEM AGAIN.

BLOCKED PUNT, THAT WAS ONE, YOU GOT TO MAKE THAT BLOCK.

HE'S GOTTA SEE HIM COMING.

>> YOU DO.

STEP INSIDE AND IT IS JUST -- THAT'S THE BASICS.

>> HAYDEN'S LONGEST RUN OF THE DAY RIGHT THERE FOR 17 YARDS.

HE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE OUT THIS WEEK BECAUSE NEBRASKA BEAT HIM UP PRETTY GOOD TOWARDS THE END.

>> YEAH, HE GOT MET IN HALF.

>> GOOD THROW BY SANDERS TO GET DOWN THERE.

21 YARDS.

AND THEN HERE'S THE PLAY WHERE THEY MISSED THE HOLDING CALL.

PRINCEWILL WAS HELD, AND THEN HERE IS WHY GBAYOR WILL MISS THE FIRST HALF OF THE NORTHERN IOWA GAME BECAUSE THEY CALLED THIS TARGETING.

AND IT WAS A SECOND HALF PLAY.

>> AND LOVE THE MECHANICS.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

>> YEAH.

AND THEN THE TOUCHDOWN PASS HERE, YOU KNOW EVENTUALLY THEY WOULD GET SOME.

BUT THE FACT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PLAY OVER 27 YARDS, IT WAS A KEY.

'CAUSE THIS IS A TEAM THAT MAKES A BUNCH OF BIG PLAYS AND THEY COULDN'T GET BIG PLAYS.

>> ONLY ONE TOUCHDOWN, THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> ONE TOUCHDOWN.

AND THEN THE LAST SACK RIGHT THERE.

THE ONE PLAY THAT WILLIS McGAHEE IV MAKES.

HE COMES IN AND GETS A STRIP FUMBLE.

EVERYONE CONTRIBUTING.

FINAL STATS NOW.

ABSOLUTE DOMINATION BY NEBRASKA.

149 RUSHING YARDS.

YOU SEE WHAT THEY DID OVERALL.

AGAIN, NO TURNOVERS.

THEY'RE WINNING THE TURNOVER BATTLE FOR THE NET -- OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEASON, THEY'RE UP 3-1.

AND YOU LOOK OVER AT THE TIME OF POSSESSION AS WELL.

SO IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD RIGHT THERE.

>> ELECTRIC, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AGAIN, THE CROWD NOISE WAS FANTASTIC.

THE ENERGY WAS FANTASTIC.

I THINK OUR PLAYERS FED OFF THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S -- IN THIS MODERN ERA OF COMMUNICATION AND ALL THAT, IT'S REALLY HARD TO PLAY IN AN ATMOSPHERE LIKE THAT.

SO, THANK YOU TO THE STUDENT SECTION, THE WERE THERE EARLY.

THANK YOU TO OUR FANS, IT WAS REALLY A SPECIAL NIGHT.

>> HE LITERALLY SAID WE'RE STILL IN THE FEED AGAINST COLORADO.

SO, IT WAS, LIKE, THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU SAID?

AWESOME, SO THAT WAS GOOD.

I'M JUST GLAD WE WON.

>> WE HAD A LOT OF GUYS THAT GOT PICKED.

JOHN BULLOCK GETS PLAYER OF THE GAME ON DEFENSE.

AND WE PICKED TWO DEFENSIVE PLAYERS THIS WEEK, WITH TOMMI HILL HAVING THE PICK SIX AS WELL.

THERE WAS A NUMBER.

GBAYOR COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN HERE AS WELL.

>> MJ SHERMAN, TY ROBINSON.

>> RIGHT.

BRIAN BUSCHINI, FOR THE KICK.

>> A LOT OF GUYS PLAYED WELL.

I DO LIKE THE BULLOCK, THOUGH.

HE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

>> HE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND AS I ALWAYS SAY, THE KID DOESN'T HAVE A NECK ANYMORE.

>> YEAH, THE ELEVATOR GOES NOWHERE NEAR THE TOP, RIGHT?

HE'S A COUPLE SANDWICHES SHORT OF A PICNIC.

>> NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

TIME TO DIVE INTO THE PLAYBOOK AGAIN, WE GO BACK INTO THE HUDDLE WITH JAY MOORE.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA START WITH AN OFFENSIVE PLAY TONIGHT.

THIS NICE SEAM ROUTE HERE THAT DYLAN RAIOLA HAS BOERKIRCHER ON.

THIS IS A PLAY THAT PEYTON MANNING AND DALLAS CLARK MADE A LIVING ON WITH THE COLTS.

JUST A LITTLE, TOO HIGH LOOK BY COLORADO.

JUST INSIDE THE NUMBERS HERE.

WATCH DYLAN RAIOLA'S EYES EARLY, HOW HE KIND OF SETS THIS THING UP.

HE'S BALL TO THE BOUNDARY, HE'S LOOKING FIELD SIDE.

THAT FIELD SAFETY TRYING TO HOLD THEM HERE, TO CREATE THAT GAP FOR BOERKIRCHER TO GET INTO.

YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF TRUE FRESHMAN KIND OF PLAY WITH THIS SAVVY EARLY IN THEIR CAREER.

HE'S GOT IT RIGHT NOW.

BUT ALSO, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HIM STEPPING UP IN THE POCKET, BEING COMFORTABLE, DOING THAT.

EDGE GUY, HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO STEP UP AND WATCH THIS.

AND YOU SEE A VISION NOW, RIGHT?

THE VISION.

NOW HE'S GOT HIM OFF THE SAFETY.

HE'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE SEAM.

EDGE GUY ALMOST GETS THERE.

BUT THE FEEL IN THE POCKET TO STEP UP TO MAKE THIS THROW RIGHT ON THE MONEY, BOERKIRCHER DOES A GOOD JOB.

SECOND AND LONG, THEY GET THE FIRST DOWN.

ALL RIGHT, PICK SIX PLAY, PLAY THAT REALLY SET THIS GAME APART.

ALL RIGHT, THEY'RE GONNA GET DOWN HERE AND A STACKED LOOK.

LOTS OF TIMES YOU DO A STACKED LOOK, YOU GOT TO GIVE THEM SPACE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GET TOO CLOSE, OTHERWISE YOU START KNOCKING YOURSELF OFF ON THE ROUTE.

SO THEY GOTTA GET SPACE HERE.

SO THEY DO A GOOD JOB INITIALLY.

THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP TWO GUYS IN.

SEVEN GUYS IN PROTECTION.

TIGHT END BACK, ONLY THREE GUYS ON THE ROUTE, WE GOT SIX GUYS IN COVERAGE.

SO I RUN THIS.

BULLOCK, HE JUST GOES AHEAD AND RUNS THE ROUTE FOR HUNTER.

SITS RIGHT THERE, KNOWS HIM, HE EVEN TRIES TO MOVE FOR HIM.

BULLOCK KNOWS RIGHT THERE, PLAYS WITH HIM.

NOW, YOU GOT THE SHERMAN COMING UP, GETS HELD.

WHEN I TALK ABOUT PRESSURE RUSH WITH THE BACK STAYING IN, GBAYOR IS COMING UP.

SO IT'S ALREADY BRINGING MORE HEAT, RIGHT.

SO NOW, HE'S GOT TO GET THE BALL OUT, OTHERWISE IT'S GONNA BE A SACK SAFETY.

BUT NOW WITH SAFETY HELPING BEHIND HIM, TOMMI HILL CAN STAY FLAT FOOTED, VISION ON THE QUARTERBACK, MAKES THE PLAY ON THE BALL.

BOOM, SIX POINTS FOR BIG RED, GOOD GUYS.

GREAT PLAY.

>> NICE PLAY.

>> JAY, I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC TOO, RIGHT?

IT'S A NUMBERS GAME.

AND IF YOU CAN COUNT TO FIVE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND YOU HAVE TWO SAFETIES SITTING OVER THE TOP, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE ROBBER PLAYING UNDERNEATH, LOW HOLE.

YOU KNOW, KIND OF TAKING AWAY THE QUICK LOOK IN.

BUT THEY GOT -- THEY HAVE SIX FOR THREE IN ESSENCE.

>> YEAH.

>> WHEN YOU CAN'T RUN THE BALL IT IS LITERALLY STEALING.

>> IT IS.

I MEAN, IT WAS JUST -- THEY JUST -- THEY WERE PATIENT, RIGHT?

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

THERE IS NO ONE TAKING THE TOP OFF.

YOU WORKED RIGHT IN FRONT.

EVERYTHING WAS IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU WORKED WITH IT.

>> THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE THE TOP OFF.

I THINK IF THEY WANTED TO RUN THE QUICK GAME OUT OF THE END ZONE, HE HAD TO GO TO THE -- >> TO THE BOUNDARY.

>> -- TAKE THE HITCH TO THE BOUNDARY.

>> YEP, YEP.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

NEXT UP ON THE SHOW, WE'LL HEAR THIS WEEK'S REACTIONS FROM THE COACHES, FROM THE COLORADO GAME, AND WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY FORMER HUSKER'S ASSISTANT COACH BILL BUSCH.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> ALL RIGHT, TIME FOR BEST OF SOCIAL >>> ALL RIGHT, TIME FOR BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS PICTURE IS AWESOME.

OLD SCHOOL STRENGTH, GREAT MUSTACHE, GREAT SUIT, FR HELMET GUY SAYS, NEVER KNEW RON BURGUNDY WAS HEAD OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING FOR HUSKER FOOTBALL IN 1980.

>> MIKE ARTHUR.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

>> MIKE ARTHUR IS A LEGEND.

>> PRETTY AWESOME.

DAMON BENNING WITH THE RED BALLOON, A LOT OF STRANGE THINGS MAKE THEIR WAY UP INTO THE BOOTH TONIGHT AND ONE OF THE BALLOONS MADE IT TO -- >> SHARPIE LIKES THE WINDOW OPEN AND THE BALLOON COMES TRICKLING IN.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OMEN.

>> GOOD LUCK THERE.

IS TEXAS BACK?

IS NEBRASKA BACK?

IS MIAMI BACK?

ARE WE IN THE '90s?

ARE THE '90s BACK?

'90s WAS PRETTY COOL.

>> TEXAS WASN'T GOOD IN THE '90s.

>> I'LL TAKE THE OTHER TWO.

>> BIG RED REPORT.

>> SO MUCH ON THE FILM FROM THIS PAST GAME THAT WE'RE, LIKE, WE HAVE TO GET CORRECTED AND GET BETTER AT.

I THINK THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

WE COME HERE TO HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS, COME HERE TO PLAY IN BIG GAMES, COME HERE TO PLAY IN FRONT OF THE CROWD, SO YOU HAVE ALL THE REASONS WHY YOU COME HERE.

WE EXPECT TO BE RANKED.

23rd, 24th, THAT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO END UP.

GO IN EACH WEEK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN AND CALL A GAME NOT PASSIVELY BUT A LITTLE LESS AGGRESSIVE BECAUSE DYLAN IS A FRESHMAN.

HE WORKS HIS BUTT OFF AND, YOU KNOW, HE CAN HANDLE A LOT OF STUFF.

THE OTHER GUYS AROUND HIM NEED TO PICK IT UP.

>> I TOLD THE OFFENSIVE LINE THEY HAVE TO PICK THEIR INTENSITY UP TO HIS LEVEL.

NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

HE IS TRYING TO THROW THE BALL TO GUYS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN CERTAIN PLACES, THEY'RE NOT THERE.

HE'S AT A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL.

AND THEY NEED TO PICK IT UP.

I SAY THAT RESPECTFULLY AND WITH LOVE.

YOU SAY, HEY, DID YOU NOT THROW AS MUCH IN THE SECOND HALF BECAUSE OF HIM, NO, BECAUSE OF EVERYONE ELSE.

>> I THINK IT IS JUST A MATTER OF KEEP LEVELING UP AND AS A QUARTERBACK, AND WE UNDERSTAND IN OUR ROOM THAT'S A STANDARD, AND I THINK THAT THE ACKNOWLEDGED BUT DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.

>> THE EXECUTION, LIKE TOMMI HILL HAD A GREAT PICK SIX.

BUT IF YOU WATCH THE TAPE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS TRAVIS.

TRAVIS HUNTER RUNS LIKE A SPOT ROUTE AND BULLOCK TAKES IT AWAY.

AND HE TRIES TO GO INSIDE AND BULLOCK SLIDES INSIDE.

BULLOCK PLAYED AN AMAZING GAME.

AND SO THEN THE QUARTERBACK GOES OUT LATE TO TOMMI AND TOMMI PICKS IT.

AND SO THE GUYS ON DEFENSE, I THINK, REALLY UNDERSTAND "I CAN'T DO WHAT I DO UNLESS YOU DO WHAT YOU DO."

>> IT WAS PRETTY ELECTRIC.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS -- THAT WAS -- I MEAN, THIS PLACE IS ALREADY SPECIAL.

AND JUST THE -- THERE WAS A DIFFERENT ENERGY THERE.

I MEAN, WITH THE '94 SQUAD.

I MEAN, THE STUDENTS WERE AWESOME.

LOOKING BACK AT THE FILM, THERE IS TIMES WHERE THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE, THEY WERE TOTALLY -- THEY WERE TOTALLY DISCOMBOBULATED.

YOU CAN SEE, SO I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE -- JUST THE ATMOSPHERE, THE CROWD HAD A HUGE EFFECT ON THOSE GUYS.

>> I HATE IT.

I HATE IT.

IF IT WAS UP TO ME, WE PLAY 9:00 IN THE MORNING.

KEGS AND EGGS AND FOOTBALL, LET'S GO.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.

WE ARE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY FORMER HUSKERS ASSISTANT COACH AND LOCAL LEGEND BILL BUSH.

COACH, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> I'M GREAT.

IT IS SO KIND OF YOU GUYS TO HAVE ME ON.

LIKE I SAID, ALWAYS ENJOY WATCHING THE SHOW EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

AND OBVIOUSLY HAVING A HISTORY OBVIOUSLY WITH YOU, MICHAEL AND THEN THESE TWO GREAT PLAYERS BEING AROUND TO AROUND THE STAFF TO COACH BOTH OF THEM AND COACH THEM DIRECTLY AND BE ON THE STAFF WITH THEM IS REALLY, REALLY COOL.

SO THANK YOU, STATE OF NEBRASKA.

VERY COOL TO HAVE ME ON.

>> BOTH THESE GENTLEMEN HAD A GOOD TIME ON SATURDAY, CALLING THE GAME, AND DOING OTHER THINGS DURING THE GAME.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME ON SATURDAY?

>> YES, IT WAS -- THE ENERGY AND THE ELECTRICITY WAS GREAT.

NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU, I WASN'T THERE.

I'VE BEEN TO ONE GAME IN MY -- SINCE I STARTED COACHING, DIVISION ONE FOOTBALL, 34 YEARS, I'VE BEEN TO ONE IN THE STANDS AND IT REALLY WASN'T THAT GREAT OF AN EXPERIENCE.

I KIND OF STAY OUT OF THAT.

SO, I'M NOT ANTI-NEBRASKA.

I STAYED, I WATCHED IT IN MY GARAGE, THAT'S WHERE IT WAS AT.

BUT IT WAS FUN TO LISTEN TO THE VOLUME ON THE GARAGE, YOU COULD TELL WHAT WAS GOING ON, THE DIFFERENCE AND WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION A LOT ON THE RADIO TOO, SUCH AN ADVANTAGE, THE VOLUME IS SUCH AN ADVANTAGE FOR PASS RUSHERS AS JAY WOULD TALK ABOUT.

WHEN THEY'RE NOT SURE WHEN THAT BALL IS BEING SNAPPED, YOU KNEW THAT WOULD BE A BIG FACTOR AND THE DEFENSE CAN REALLY AFFECT IT, BECAUSE IF YOU GO BACK IN THE DAY, WAY BACK WHEN, ALMOST A LITTLE BIT PRE-JAY ALSO, THERE WERE TIMES THE QUARTERBACK USED TO WALK BACK FROM -- >> THEY CALLED IT PENALTY.

>> IT WAS TOO LOUD.

THEY WOULD GO LIKE THIS.

NONE OF THAT ANYMORE.

AND SO THE HOME CROWD ADVANTAGE AND THE FANDOM OF NEBRASKA IS A HUGE, HUGE, HUGE FACTOR.

>> NO DOUBT.

>> YOU'VE BEEN IN SOME ELECTRIC ENVIRONMENTS AS A COACH.

SPEAK A LITTLE BIT -- LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO MANAGE YOUR EMOTIONS BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK, OH, IT'S ELECTRIC, AND YOU GET GEARED UP, BUT SOMETIMES MANAGING THOSE ENDORPHINS AND HOW YOU'RE, LIKE, SUPER FATIGUED AFTER AND JUST PACING YOURSELF WITH THE ENVIRONMENT IS DIFFICULT.

>> IT REALLY IS.

AS A COACH, YOU HAVE TO DO IT ALSO, AND THE BIG THING IS ALWAYS TO KEEP THE GAME THE SAME, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PLAYERS DON'T GET OUT EARLY, AND DON'T DO ANY EXTRA WARMUPS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH ENERGY, YOU CAN'T SPEND ANY ENERGY EXCEPT YOUR WARMUP SHOULD BE IDENTICAL TO COLORADO.

SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE SO IMPORTANT, THEN AS A COACH TOO, NOT TO DO THINGS EMOTIONALLY, BLITZ EMOTIONALLY, MAKE A CALL EMOTIONALLY, FOR WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO YOU WANT TO KIND OF HAVE YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, IN THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS IN YOUR MIND.

BUT IT IS VERY -- BUT IT'S ALSO EXCITING.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

IT'S LIKE YOU ONLY GET 12 GUARANTEED.

SO WHEN YOU PLAY IN SOME OF THESE ATMOSPHERES, IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

AND THAT WAS A BIG TIME ATMOSPHERE.

NOT ONE THAT WAS A BIG TIME ATMOSPHERE FOR THE MIDWEST OR FOR THE BIG TEN.

THAT WAS A NATIONAL BIG TIME.

I'VE BEEN IN ALL THOSE VENUES IN THE S.E.C., AND THAT ONE SATURDAY NIGHT WAS THE SAME IS WHAT IT IS.

>> SIMILAR -- YOU KNOW NEBRASKA HISTORY, THE HISTORY WITH COLORADO.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE COACHED IN THIS GAME MANY TIMES BACK IN THE BIG 12 WHEN YOU WERE THERE.

SAME EMOTIONS GETTING READY FOR THIS GAME?

THIS GAME USED TO BE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT -- OR A FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, BUT THE EMOTIONS GOING INTO THIS GAME, YOU KNOW FORMER BIG EIGHT RIVALS, BIG 12 NORTH, APPROACHING IT THE SAME WAY, HAS TO BE THE SAME -- >> EXACTLY THE SAME.

YOU DO DETAIL, DETAIL, DETAIL, PRACTICE IS THE SAME.

NOTHING IS DIFFERENT, THERE IS NOT A CONVERSATION, IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW DO WE STAY AS FOCUSED WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY.

IT'S NEVER LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET -- HIGHER ON TUESDAY, THEN WEDNESDAY WE'RE GOING TO BE HIGHER, THEN WE GET TO SATURDAY, WE'RE GOING TO EXPLODE.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE OFF WHEN THE BALL IS SNAPPED ON SATURDAY, WHEN THE FOOT HITS THE BALL.

BUT PRIOR TO THAT IT IS JUST NOTHING BUT YOUR NORMAL PREPARATION.

IT'S HARD.

IT'S HARD.

AND DON'T THINK THAT FOR A SECOND YOU DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE OF A GAME TO BE ABLE TO PLAY IT.

THERE IS.

I'VE BEEN ON SOME STAFFS WHERE IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT IT IS DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, URBAN MEYER AT OHIO STATE AND AT UTAH, BYU GAME WAS DIFFERENT.

MICHIGAN GAME WAS DIFFERENT.

HE SAID IT OUT LOUD.

AND SO IT WAS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF THING, BUT YOU WANT TO KEEP THINGS IN CHECK.

BUT IT WAS, LIKE I SAID, THE PLAYERS IN MY MIND, I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF IT.

I SAW THOSE GUYS LASER FOCUSED.

AND SO, THAT GOES BACK TO COACH RHULE AND THE STAFF HAVING THEM READY TO GO.

>> WHEN YOU SEE A TALENT LIKE DYLAN RAIOLA, DOES IT CHANGE THE WAY YOU DO THE OTHER FACETS OF YOUR GAME KNOWING WHAT YOU POTENTIALLY HAVE IN A QUARTERBACK LIKE THAT?

>> EVERYTHING YOU DO ON DEFENSE OR THE COORDINATORS SEEING WHAT HE'S DOING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME RIGHT AWAY THAT WOULD HAVE CONCERNED ME INSTANTLY WAS HIS SCRAMBLE, I THINK THE FIRST OR SECOND SERIES FOR A 15-YARD GAIN.

RIGHT AWAY, IT IS LIKE, OKAY, HE OBVIOUSLY HAS THE ABILITY TO SCRAMBLE, DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ON FILM.

BUT ONCE YOU SAW THAT, NOW THERE IS ESCAPABILITY, ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT'S A HIGH CONCERN FOR A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR WHEN YOU'RE MAKING YOUR CALLS WITH WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AND HAVE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE PICTURE IN THE BACK END OF WHAT IS GOING ON, TO SHOW A LITTLE DIFFERENT LOOK IN COVERAGE-WISE.

BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF CRAZY LOOKS AGAINST NEBRASKA BECAUSE THEY CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL.

AND THEY HAVE GOT OLD GUYS UP FRONT.

I USE THE TERM MASS KICKS ASS.

SO WHEN THEY GOT THOSE GUYS UP FRONT, THEY CAN DO THAT.

YOU'RE NOT SITTING BACK IN A LOT OF COVER TWO TOO HIGH BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO THAT CHANGES THE DIFFERENT LOOKS YOU CAN GIVE THEM.

>> GETTING THAT T-SHIRT MADE.

>> RIGHT.

>> PREPARING FOR THE OFFENSE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS QUITE THE LOOK LIKE RAIOLA BEING A TRUE FRESHMAN, BUT GREAT BOUNCE SO FAR.

NEBRASKA THROWING 240, AVERAGING 240 FOR 2 GAMES, 185 YARDS ON THE GROUND.

WE'RE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THIS TYPE OF OFFENSE FROM THE DEFENSIVE MENTALITY, TALK US THROUGH THAT WITH THE YOUNG QUARTERBACK, BUT KNOWING THE WEAPONS HE HAS AROUND HIM AS WELL.

>> MULTIPLE GROUPINGS ARE WHAT CAUSE YOU PROBLEMS.

WHICH MEANS, YOU SEE THE TIGHT END OF FIDONE.

YOU SEE THE TIGHT ENDS IN BREAK THE FORMATION THEN THEY'RE BACK IN THE FORMATION.

AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS AND THEN RUN GAME THEY HAVE GAP SCHEMES AND THEN THEY HAVE ZONE SCHEMES AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT SCHEMES THAT CAUSES YOU PROBLEMS.

AND SO ANYTIME WHEN THERE'S MULTIPLE TIGHT ENDS CAN GET BACK INTO THE FORMATION AND THEY CAN -- YOU CAN PULL THE WIRE, THE U, TO GET INVOLVED IN THE RUN FIX, IT IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON COLORADO IS WHAT'S NOT DIFFICULT IS THEY'RE GENERALLY IN A TEN PICTURE, WHICH MEANS EVERYONE IS DETACHED AND THEY DON'T PULL ANYBODY.

AND SO THE RUN GAME IN THE FITS ARE VERY EASY.

>> YEAH.

>> WHEN THERE'S PULLERS AND GAP SCHEMES AND YOU RAN ALL THE COUNTERS AT NEBRASKA, AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

AND ALSO THERE IS NO OPTION AT COLORADO.

THERE IS NO OPTION FOOTBALL, ALSO YOU'RE PREPARE FOR THE OLD SCHOOL NEBRASKA, ALL THESE GAPS AND OPTION FOOTBALL, IT WAS A WOW ALL THE TIME.

SO THOSE THINGS STAND OUT TO YOU.

>> YEAH, THEY'RE PRETTY PLAIN JANE.

MITCH FROM FACEBOOK SAYS YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE BIG 12 OFFICIALS, THE JOB THEY DID.

>> I THINK I CAN SAY IT TO AIR, RIGHT?

>> SURE.

>> IT WASN'T VERY GOOD.

>> NOBODY'S GONNA FINE YOU.

>> I'M IN A GROUP TEXT WITH MY GOOD FRIENDS, JAKE SORENSON AND STEVE CIPEL AND I SAID I'M NOT SURE IF THESE GUYS WILL WORK AGAIN.

I WOULD SAY THIS, THERE WAS SOME BOTH WAYS.

IT WASN'T 100% JUST -- IF I'M A NEBRASKA FAN, THERE IS PLAYS I SAW THAT WERE VERY CLEAR THAT WERE DISTURBING.

THERE WERE SOME THAT WENT BACK THE OTHER WAY TOO.

WHEN THE GAME WAS KIND OF OVER WHAT WAS GOING ON, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS SUCH AN EFFECT ON THE GAME WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

BUT THERE WAS SOME CALLS THAT WERE VERY UNUSUAL ON SOME HOLDINGS AND SOME HOLDS THAT WERE MISSED.

>> BILL, GO TO DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

IMAGINE BEING A DEEP COORDINATOR WHERE YOU CAN GET HOME WITH FOUR ALL THE TIME, YOU KEEP SEVEN BACK.

>> ISN'T THAT FUN?

>> CAN YOU IMAGINE?

>> I SAW NEBRASKA PLAYING BRACKET COVERAGE ONE TIME AND A VERSION OF TWO AND DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN DO IN THE BACK END.

WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT, AND ALSO -- LIKE I TALKED ABOUT, THERE IS NO ESCAPABILITY WITH SHEDEUR.

>> HE DOESN'T WANT TO RUN.

>> YOU CAN PLAY TWO MAN, WHICH IS MAN UNDER -- >> THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD OPEN.

HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

>> HE'S NOT TAKING OFF.

WHEN YOU PLAY TWO MAN AGAINST SOMEBODY THAT RUNS, ALL OF THE SUDDEN, HE CAN RUN FOR 40 YARDS.

AND SO YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR PASS RUSH UP.

EVERYTHING IS IN PLAY NOW.

YOU'RE LIKE THIS, I LIKE THIS.

HOW ABOUT THIS ONE?

AND SO YOU GET A CHANCE TO MATCH UP ON THE GOOD RECEIVERS AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

>> I THINK ONE THING THAT IS UNDERAPPRECIATED, AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS, PLAYING THE TWO INSIDE LINEBACKER SPOTS WHICH IS THREE, WITH LIMITED PROTECTION IN SPACE.

FIVE IN THE BOX, QUARTERBACKS ARE TAUGHT TO COUNT.

THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE INSIDES TO BE VERY, VERY GOOD ATHLETES.

YOU GOT TO DEFEND THE LIMITED RUN GAME AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PLAY OUT IN SPACE TOO WITH THE TWO.

>> IT IS DIFFICULT.

MOST REALLY GOOD BOXING IS WHAT YOU SEE.

IF IT IS A -- THEY'RE SHORT, BALL IS GETTING RUN.

THAT'S JUST HOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

THAT WAS -- IF YOU'RE PLAYING COLORADO, YOU WANT TO MAKE THEM RUN IT.

YOU WANT TO DO THAT.

ALSO, IF ANY FORM OF ZONE READ, YOU WANT TO BEND YOUR ENDS LIKE CRAZY, AND JUST SEE IF SHEDEUR WILL KEEP THE BALL AND WILL HE CARRY IT TEN TIMES?

ON HIS ACTION, HE DOESN'T SHOW THAT HE WANTS TO KEEP THE BALL OFF THE ZONE READ.

SO YOU GOT TO GET THE BENDER OFF THE END TO DO SOME -- TO GAIN SOME -- AN EXTRA HAT ON THE BALL.

>> COACH, REAL QUICK, YOU COACHED SPECIAL TEAMS.

THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THE ISSUES ON SATURDAY.

>> LIKE I SAID, WITH THE ISSUE THERE WAS A COUPLE OF ISSUES.

THERE WAS A KICKOFF THAT GOT OUT AND THERE WAS A BLOCKED PUNT.

I BELIEVE THE BLOCKED PUNT WAS AGAINST SAFE, SO I THINK IT WAS A BIG BODY PLAYER THAT GETS IN THERE.

AND BIG BODY PLAYERS ARE VERY HARD TO BLOCK.

BACAUSE YOU'RE NOT -- YOU'RE USED TO BLOCKING LESS MASS AT THAT TIME.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT BIGGER BODY GETS IN THERE, THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

I KNOW ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES, I HAVE TONS OF EXAMPLES ON FILM WHERE WE SHOW THAT TO THE PUNT TEAM AND BE ABLE TO SAY, WOW, WHEN THEY GET THESE GUYS UP HERE AND DEFENSIVE LINEMEN ARE NOW COMING OFF THE BALL, IT'S A WAY DIFFERENT PICTURE.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE ATTACKED.

BUT I SAID, IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION TO BE A COORDINATOR, COACH RHULE HAS A GREAT PLAN FOR IT THERE.

COACH FOLEY WILL HAVE A GREAT PLAN.

SO THEY HAVE THE PLAYERS TO BE ABLE TO FIX EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO GET FIXED.

>> COACH, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR COMING ON AGAIN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

THANKS, GUYS.

>>> BILL BUSH, WE APPRECIATE HIM DOING THAT.

UP NEXT, ON "THE WRAP-UP" SEAN WILL TELL US ABOUT A NEW RECRUIT AND IF ANY OF THE OTHER COMMITS CAN CONTRIBUTE LIKE SOME OF THIS YEAR'S FRESHMAN CLASS.

♪♪ ♪♪ >>> SEAN CALLAHAN TO TALK SOME RECRUITING.

WHAT A HUGE WEEKEND, SEAN.

ABSOLUTELY A HUGE WEEKEND AND A COMMIT COMES OUT OF IT.

>> YEAH, NEBRASKA HOSTED 42 VISITORS, MIKE'L THAT HAD OFFERS IN HAND, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE MOST WE HAVE EVER SEEN COME IN IN ONE WEEKEND FOR NEBRASKA.

BUT THE HUSKERS PICK UP ONE COMMITMENT ON THE WEEKEND, A BIG ONE LOCALLY, CHRISTIAN JONES, OMAHA WEST SIDE, ARGUABLY THE NUMBER ONE RANKED PROSPECT IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, AND ALL-AMERICAN THAT WILL PLAY IN THE ALL-AMERICAN BOWL, POLYNESIAN BOWL, MAKES IT OFFICIAL.

HE WAS OFFERED AS A FRESHMAN AT HIGH SCHOOL BY THE PREVIOUS HUSKERS STAFF WHEN HE WAS AT BERK.

SO THIS HAS BEEN REALLY A FOUR-YEAR COURTSHIP BY MULTIPLE DIFFERENT COACHING STAFFS AT NEBRASKA.

>> WHAT POSITION?

>> HE'S A LINEBACKER, PROBABLY AN INSIDE LINEBACKER.

HE'S PLAYED EDGE OVER HIS CAREER.

HE'S PLAYED TIGHT END, BUT I THINK HE'LL TRANSITION TO THAT LINEBACKER SPOT.

YOU SAW WILLIS McGAHEE READY ON THE FIELD MAKING PLAYS.

THERE'S NO REASON WHY CHRISTIAN JONES CAN'T COME IN AND BE THAT KIND OF PLAYER AND WE KNOW THE STAFF IS GOOD AT GETTING SOME GUYS ON THE FIELD RIGHT AWAY.

>> GETTING EXPLOSIVE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 2025 CLASS.

>> THE REMINDER OF THE KEY TARGETS FOR NEBRASKA FOR THE CLASS OF 2025 WERE ALSO ON CAMPUS THIS WEEKEND.

AND YOU GO DOWN THE LINE OF SOME OF THE BIG NAMES, YOU HAD CORTEZ MILLS HERE, AND OKLAHOMA WIDE RECEIVER COMMIT OUT OF FLORIDA.

YOU HAD MYKEAL TERRY, A NUMBER ONE RANKED ATHLETE IN THE COUNTRY AS WELL THAT WAS HERE ON CAMPUS.

AND THEN DAWSON MARE, AN ALABAMA LINEBACKER, JONES ENDED UP COMMITTING.

YOU TALK ABOUT 2025 RECRUITING FOR NEBRASKA, THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE FOUR PRIMARY TARGETS OUT THERE, ONE OF THEM COMMITTED.

THE OTHER THREE ARE KIND OF LONG.

>> SHOULDN'T BE TOUGH.

>> IF THEY CAN GET ONE OF THOSE THREE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG, BIG GET.

>> AND SOME 2026 GUYS.

>> YEAH, THEY DON'T 2026, WOW.

TALK ABOUT SURROUNDING STATES, KANSAS, MISSOURI, IOWA, OKLAHOMA, I MEAN, THEY HAD SEVERAL OF THE TOP GUYS HERE.

THEY HAD ONE OF THE TOP QUARTERBACKS HERE.

MICHAEL CLAYTON, A FOUR-STAR OUT OF ORLANDO SEMINOLE.

YOU HAD JACKSON CANTWELL OUT OF MISSOURI.

HE'S BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIMES NOW.

HE'S A FIVE-STAR OFFENSIVE TACKLE, ALSO THE NATION'S TOP SHOT PUT THROWER IN TRACK AND FIELD, HIGH SCHOOL RANKS.

>> WOW.

>> AND THEN YOU HAD A NUMBER OF OTHER GUYS HERE AS WELL.

WALKER AND UTO SO, IN TERMS OF HIGH PROFILE FOUR AND FIVE-STAR GUYS, IT WAS AS BIG OF A WEEKEND AND NEBRASKA LIVED UP TO THE BILLING, GOT THE WIN AND HAD A MAGICAL NIGHT.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE RECRUIT, TYSON TERRY.

WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS KID SINCE HE WAS A FRESHMAN.

>> TYSON TERRY, OMAHA NORTH, WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BE A FOUR-TIME HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS A STATE CHAMPION.

THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE, HE'S NEVER LOST IN HIS CAREER AS A HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLER.

JUST A DOMINANT, DOMINANT WRESTLER.

AND HE'S BEEN A COMMIT NOW TO NEBRASKA OVER A YEAR AT OMAHA NORTH.

HE'S A DOMINANT DEFENSIVE LINEMAN ON THE INTERIOR.

AND ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE RECRUITING CLASS.

HE'S KIND OF A SILENT TOUGH GUY.

KNOW THE COACHING STAFF EXTREMELY HIGH, ON HIS PHYSICALITY, HIS TOUGHNESS.

I KNOW THE COACHING STAFF EXTREMELY HIGH, ON HIS PHYSICALITY, HIS TOUGHNESS, AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY GROW AND DEVELOP HIS BODY, KIND OF WHERE THEY THINK HE FITS LONG-TERM IN THIS DEFENSIVE SCHEME.

>> ALSO DIDN'T LEAD, COULD HAVE LEFT THERE IF HE WANTED TO.

LET'S TALK ABOUT IN STATE RECRUIT.

>>YEAH THE OUT FINAL FEATURE RECRUIT TONIGHT, RYAN ZEBERT, FROM PLATTVIEW.

A 6'6" TIGHT END, 205 POUNDS HAD A NEBRASKA OFFER, THE HUSKERS KIND OF WENT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, HE COMMITTED TO STANFORD, HE HAD DUKE AND STANFORD AS REALLY HIS MAIN FINALISTS I WOULD SAY IN THE RECRUITING PROCESS AND CHOSE THE CARDINAL, BUT A LONG ATHLETIC ATHLETE, PLACED IN THE 400 METERS.

I THINK THE LAST TWO YEARS AND STATE TRACK MEET.

SO NOT ONLY A BIG GUY, HE CAN RUN, PLAYED ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM, THAT WAS IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT AND PLAYS THAT PREMIUM POSITION TIGHT END WHERE FOR WHATEVER REASON THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY PRODUCES A LOT OF HIGH LEVEL TIGHT END RECRUITS.

>> PLUS HE'S SMART BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO STANFORD.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

>>SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>>> SIDELINE SURVEY THIS WEEK.

BE SURE TO VOTE ON THE SIDELINE SURVEY QUESTION.

DOES NEBRASKA RANKING 23, DOES IT FIT INTO WHICH ONE OF THESE, TOO LOW, TO HIGH, JUST RIGHT OR DOESN'T MATTER UNTIL NOVEMBER 5th?

AND RIGHT NOW PEOPLE PICKING THE RIGHT ONE, IT IS JUST RIGHT, 23, HIGHEST SINCE 2016, FIRST RANKING SINCE 2019.

OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME QUESTIONS, WE GOT A LOT OF THEM AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

ONE OF THE FIRST ONES FROM RICHARD ON FACEBOOK, SIMPLY, ARE WE THIS GOOD OR IS COLORADO THAT BAD?

>> YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT ONE?

I THINK NEBRASKA IS GOOD.

I THINK WE'RE A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM.

I THINK THIS DEFENSE IS LEGIT.

I THINK NATIONALLY THE PEOPLE FINALLY SEE HOW GOOD THE DEFENSE IS.

AND I THINK-- I WAS SLOW TO JUDGE HOW GOOD DYLAN WAS, JUST BECAUSE TRUE FRESHMAN PLAYING AGAINST GROWN MEN, RIGHT?

HE'S THE REAL DEAL.

SO I THINK NEBRASKA IS GOOD.

AND COLORADO IS A 4-8 FOOTBALL TEAM LAST YEAR, BUT THEY'RE IMPROVED AS WELL.

>> YEAH WELL, IF YOU PICK A NUMBER AND SAY NEBRASKA IS CAPABLE OF BEING AN EIGHT?

I THINK THEY'RE PLAYING AT ABOUT A FIVE OR A SIX.

THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR GROWTH.

BUT THIS IS STILL A REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM.

LIKE, IT IS OKAY TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.

UNAPOLOGETICALLY.

IT IS TIME THE NEXT LEVEL DEMAND EXCELLENCE, CAUSE THIS IS A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM.

>> I GOT TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

WE NEED TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE BEST GAME DAY PHOTOS THAT WERE SENT IN.

BECAUSE WE GIVE AWARDS, WE GIVE STUFF OUT FOR THAT.

WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GET TO THOSE.

LET'S RUN THROUGH THOSE IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT.

NOPE, NEVER MIND, WE WON'T DO THAT.

SEAN, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO WIN ON A BIG RECRUITING WEEKEND?

DOES IT REALLY MATTER?

>> I THINK IT DOES.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE 2026 AND THE EARLY 2027s BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING IN THEIR HEAD WHEN THEY'RE HERE TO WANT THEM TO COME BACK.

AND YOU GET MAYBE ONE OPPORTUNITY, SOMETIMES TWO, ON A YOUNGER JUNIOR AND HIGH SCHOOL OR SOPHOMORE AND YOU WANT TO LEAVE THE ULTIMATE IMPRESSION.

I THINK THE GAME FOR NEBRASKA ON SATURDAY DID THAT.

YOU HAD TOP PLAYERS FROM KANSAS, MISSOURI, IOWA, SOUTH DAKOTA, ALL THE SURROUNDING STATES, COLORADO, THAT WERE ALL ON CAMPUS FOR THE CLASS OF 2026, EVEN 2027.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO GO A LONG, LONG WAY AND CLOSING OUT SOME OF THE FUTURE RECRUITING CLASSES.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CAN SHOWCASE A GUY LIKE DYLAN RAIOLA AND WHAT THIS OFFENSE CAN BE AS IT CONTINUES TO GROW WITH HIM AT QUARTERBACK.

>> I KNOW DAMIEN, YOU HAD SOME ASTHMA STUFF AS A PLAYER.

THEY MENTIONED THAT DOWDELL HAS SOME OF THAT AS WELL.

HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE PLAYING?

>> PREVENTATIVE, RIGHT?

SO I WAS AN ALBUTEROL GUY, A LITTLE VENTOLIN WHEN I GOT OLDER, BUT IT WAS EXERCISE-INDUCED.

BUT FOR ME IT WAS MIND OVER MATTER.

RIGHT, I DIDN'T -- I'M A KNUCKLE HEAD, I DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND,SO IT NEVER MATTERED.

AS I'VE GOTTEN OLDER, I'M MUCH MORE AWARE OF IT WHEN I DON'T FEEL GREAT, BUT FOR HIM, LISTEN, HE RUNS REALLY HARD.

SO, GIVE HIM HIS 10, 11 CARRIES, LET HIM COME TAKE A BREATHER, GIVE HIM ANOTHER FIVE, HE'LL BE GOOD TO GO.

>> SO HERE IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, WE GOT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

23 RIGHT NOW, PREDICTION, WILL NEBRASKA REMAIN RANKED THE REST OF THE SEASON?

>> YES.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> I THINK IT IS -- >> A BOLD STATEMENT.

>> IF THEY'RE 8-4, THEY'RE AND THE EDGE.

SO YOU'RE THINKING 9-3 FOR END OF THE SEASON?

>> YEAH.

I DON'T LOVE WISCONSIN.

AND I THINK IOWA WILL BE A TOSSUP.

SO -- >> AND RUTGERS AND INDIANA ALL OF A SUDDEN LOOK A LOT TOUGHER.

>> THEY LIKE TO SCORE.

>> THERE IS TWO GAMES IN THERE I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT NOBODY ELSE WAS.

I WAS ALWAYS BOTHERED BY PURDUE.

AND I'M REALLY BOTHERED BY INDIANA.

>> AND YOU HAVE BEEN.

>> I KNOW -- IT SOUNDS WEIRD.

>>NO I BELIEVE YOU.

>> BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO GAMES -- IT IS THE FIRST ROADY FOR NEBRASKA AT PURDUE, AND INDIANA IS GOING TO BE SNEAKY GOOD AND CIGNETTI IS TOUGH, HE'S TOUGH MINDED CONFIDENT COACH.

>> HE IS COMING OFF A BYE, WHICH IS GREAT.

BUT ALSO -- >> I DON'T LOVE THE BYE BEFORE INDIANA, BECAUSE IT IS A SLEEPY GAME TO BEGIN WITH.

>> TOUGHEST ONE FOR YOU REMAINING?

>> USC.

>> YEAH.

>> OHIO STATE.

>> I LIKE THEM TO BEGIN WITH.

>> YEAH.

USC -- I HAD QUESTION MARKS ABOUT THEM, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE DEFENSE WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THE QUARTERBACK PLAY AS WELL.

BUT, LISTEN, THEY'RE THE REAL DEAL.

THAT'S A GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM.

OBVIOUSLY OHIO STATE.

ILLINOIS IS -- HAS SURPRISED ME AS WELL, THAT WIN AGAINST KANSAS.

>> I WATCHED THAT WHOLE GAME >> NEBRASKA IS BUILT FOR THIS FRONT.

>> I COMPLETELY AGREE.

OUTSIDE OF OHIO STATE, NOW USC WHO IS YOUR TRAP GAME?

>> I MEAN, I ALWAYS THOUGHT RUTGERS JUST BECAUSE HOW PHYSICAL THEY'LL PLAY AND THEY'LL GET AFTER RAIOLA.

THEY'LL PUT A PASS RUSH ON HIM AND HE TOOK SOME HITS THIS WEEK.

BUT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HIT HIM HARD.

>> THEY JUST DON'T TURN YOU OVER ENOUGH.

RIGHT?

>> RIGHT.

>> BUT THEY -- >> AND SCHIANO HAS THAT REPUTATION.

>> THEY GOT TO GET HOME, BUT MUNUNGAI CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL.

HE'S A HAMMER.

>> THEY PLAY VIRGINIA TECH IN TWO WEEKS, RUTGERS.

>> AND THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF THE GAME THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE THEIR SEVEN OR EIGHT, NINE WIN TEAM IF THEY BEAT VIRGINIA TECH.

>> THAT'S HUGE FOR THEM.

THIS IS FOR YOU, DAMON.

TIM ASKS WHY OUR BALL HANDLERS NOT CALLING THE BALL IN THE ARM WHEN CLOSE TO THE SIDELINE WHEN RUNNING THE BALL?

>> YEAH THAT DRIVES THE COACH BARTHEL CRAZY.

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE SO GOOD ALONG THE SIDELINE, GOING INTO CONTACT, YOU ALWAYS WANT THE ARM CLOSEST TO THE FENDER TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE YOUR LIFT DRILL.

BUT I THINK SOMETIMES IT IS A LEVEL OF COMFORTABILITY.

THOSE GUYS GOT TO GET IN BETTER RHYTHM.

IT IS GOING TO HARD.

YOU MAY GET ABOUT 18, 19 CARRIES MAX, ON ANY GIVEN WEEK.

SO I THINK BEING ON DEMAND IS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT THAN JUST HITTING IT ON THE REMOTE CONTROL.

>> MICHAEL WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU'RE A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, WHO DO YOU PUT YOUR NUMBER ONE CORNER ON AT THIS POINT, IS IT BANKS?

WHO DO YOU PUT IT ON?

>> THAT'S TOUGH.

>> BARNEY.

>> HE MENTIONED BARNEY.

>> THERE ARE SOME WEAPONS, I THINK RIGHT NOW, GOD, BOTH TOUGH, HOW THEY WOULDN'T TO UTILIZE.

THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WITH ALL THREE WIDE RECEIVERS.

>> YOU CAN'T REALLY PICK BARNEY, THOUGH.

HE DOESN'T -- HE'S NOT REALLY AN OUTSIDE GUY.

>> NO HE'S INSIDE.

>> HE'S A SLOT GUY.

I THINK -- NAYOR IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE GUY RIGHT NOW.

>>BARNEY GETS A LOT OF FAVORABLE MATCHUPS.

I THINK NAYOR IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMFORTABLE.

IT'S THROUGH TWO GAMES RIGHT?

THEY'RE TOUGH.

THOSE ARE TWO BIG BODY GUYS.

YOU HAVE TO PICK YOUR POISON WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO GO AFTER.

>> I THINK THAT'S WHY THE STAFF WAS SO HARD ON NEBRASKA'S WIDE RECEIVERS, I THINK GOING INTO THIS GAME AND YOU CAN TELL BY THE PLAY DESIGNS WITH THE BUBBLE SCREEN, THE SMOKES, THE FLARES, THEY FELT LIKE THEIR BIG GUYS COULD WIN ON THE PERIMETER AND COLORADO GOT BUSY.

>> TRAVIS HUNTER PLAYED THAT TWO ON ONE PERFECTLY.

>> BLOCKED WELL THOUGH.

>> AND McKINNLEY, HE'S TOUGH.

>> HE IS.

YEAH.

>> SO WINNING WITH THOSE -- WINNING ONE ON ONE WITH THOSE GUYS OUT IN SPACE, IT LOOKS GOOD WHEN YOU'RE AN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND YOU'RE, LIKE, YOU DRAW THE LITTLE LINE AND IT BLOCKS THAT GUY.

BUT TO DO IT REAL TIME IS TOUGH IN SPACE.

>> SO YOU'VE BEEN COVERING THIS TEAM FOR A LONG TIME.

THE DEPTH NOW ON DEFENSE AS GOOD AS IN THE LAST 10, 15.

LOOK AT ALL THE YOUNG GUYS PLAYING.

>> IT IS A COMBINATION OF THE COVID YEAR WITH ALL THOSE GUYS COMING BACK AND THEN THE RECRUITING AND THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT IS ALL JUST PUT TOGETHER, THIS PERFECT PUZZLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW THE GROUP HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER WITH WHAT THEY RETURNED.

WHAT THEY'VE ADDED.

AND THEN FRESHMAN AND YOUNGER PLAYERS, ABLE TO PLUG INTO THIS SCHEME.

>> NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE SECOND TEAM COMING IN?

>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THE SECOND TEAM IS.

RIGHT.

>>AND IT IS DIFFERENT DAY TO DAY.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT FIRSTHAND.

IT IS, LIKE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD YOUNG GUYS BETWEEN SHAVERS AND McGAHEE AND AMARI SANDERS AND BENNING, AND, LIKE, THEY COULD TURN IT OVER QUICK, BECAUSE THEY PLAY SEVEN SENIORS AND PROBABLY LOSE ANOTHER.

I LIKE WHAT SEAN SAID, IT IS A RARE COMBINATION OF OLDER 2020 GUYS AND THERE IS, LIKE, NO MIDDLE GROUND.

>> LOOK AT GBAYOR BEING SUSPENDED FOR FIRST HALF, A DEBATE ON WHO THE NEXT BEST GUY IS.

>> I WOULD HAVE IMAGINE STEFON WILL GET THE NOD.

>>BECAUSE HE'S THE VETERAN.

>>BUT THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE SECONDARY TOO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY THE LONG GAME, AND YOU WERE GOING TO GO YOUNG, IT WOULD BE SHAVERS.

BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO PATCH THE GAP, OR PLUG THE HOLE IN THE MEANTIME, YOU PROBABLY GO WITH STEFON.

>> YEAH.

SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS COLORADO GAME A LITTLE BIT, YOU GUYS THINK DEON IS BACK NEXT YEAR?

BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT DEION SANDERS BEING BACK AT COLORADO AFTER HIS SON LEAVES.

>> I DO NOT.

>> YOU DON'T?

>> NOR DID I EVER.

>>TWO AND DONE?

>> I THINK -- I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE AN NFL JOB BY IN MEANS.

I THINK HE'S JUST GOING TO RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET AND JUST BE, LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I COACHED MY SON, THEY GOT THROUGH COLLEGE AND I'M GOING TO GO COUNT MY MONEY FOR MY AFLAC COMMERCIALS.

>> AND OF COURSE BE ABLE TO WATCH HIS KIDS IN THE NFL WHEN THEY GET THERE.

>> HOW IT ENDS, THOUGH, IS WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW, WILL HE LEAVE ON HIS OWN, WILL THIS GO BADLY, THEIR SCHEDULE, YOU LOOK AT AFTER COLORADO STATE GAME -- >>YOU THINK THEY GET TO SIX?

>> IT IS GOING TO BE HARD.

THEIR NINE -- THEY DON'T HAVE -- I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN EASY GAME IN THE BIG 12.

IT IS A REAL BALANCED LEAGUE ACROSS THE BOARD.

>>AND THEY GOT TO STAY HEALTHY.

THEY'RE THIN TO WIN, MAN.

THIS ISN'T LIKE SOME TEAM THAT HAS GOT -- THAT CAN ROLL OUT BODIES.

>> YEAH.

NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

MVP OF THE DEFENSIVE LINE SO FAR.

>>OH GOD, THAT'S TOUGH.

THEY'RE ALL PLAYING SO WELL.

I THINK I WOULD SAY TY.

HE'S MADE SOME EXPLOSIVE PLAYS, I THINK TY RIGHT NOW.

>>TO BURNING QUESTIONS, SEAN YOU'RE UP.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS HOW WILL NEBRASKA GET UP FOR A GAME LIKE THIS, CAN THEY GET A FOUR QUARTER PERFORMANCE AND ANOTHER ONE WHERE THEY CAN EMPTY OUT THE BENCH AND GET A LOT MORE PLAYERS IN THIS WEEK.

>> BURNING QUESTION?

>> MINE'S EASY, YOU GOT TO CHECK THE MIRROR AND SAY LISTEN, ARE WE GOOD ENOUGH YET TO TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS?

THEY AREN'T.

THEY JUST AREN'T.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE BIG GUY TOO, LEAVE THAT ALONE, COME OUT AND STEP ON THE GAS YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY THE COST TO NOT BE THE BOSS AFTER SATURDAY.

>> SPECIAL TEAMS WILL BE BIG THIS WEEK, HEADING TO BIG TEN PLAY, POINTS ARE A PREMIUM, HIDDEN YARDAGE, THEY GOT TO GET IT RIGHT.

GET THE RETURN GAME GOING AS WELL.

THAT'S MY -- IF THEY CAN GET THAT GOING, THEY'LL BE OKAY.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS CAN THEY GET TO HALF 100.

I KNOW THE HEAD COACH DOESN'T LIKE TO RUN IT UP.

SERIOUSLY, BUT I HAVE BEEN WATCHING NORTHERN IOWA'S STUFF, THEY CAN GET TO HALF TO 100 IF THEY WANT TO.

DON'T FORGET TO HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE, FACEBOOK PAGE AND CHECK OUT THE PREDICTIONS.

JAY, DAMIEN AND I WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO EXPECT ON SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST NORTHERN IOWA.

KICKOFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 6:30 P.M.

RIGHT THERE ON BTN.

WANT TO THANK BILL BUSH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

AND, OF COURSE, JAY MOORE AND DAMIEN BENNING, SEAN CALLAHAN, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

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