GATES: My two guests have roots that crisscross Mexico, Spain and California...

In this episode, they'll see what makes their family experiences unique...

Exploring the sacrifices their ancestors made in coming to this country and the hardships they faced, and overcame, once they arrived.

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NARRATOR: Corporate funding for season eight of "Finding Your Roots" was provided by...

MOM: We always had questions.

Who do we belong to, who are our ancestors?

I know we have 'em.

DAUGHTER: I found that immigration record on Ancestry.

She came single, as a nurse, October 9, 1943.

SON: I feel like a time traveler.

ABOUT IS THEY NEED TO TACKLE BETTER.

YOU'RE A LOT BETTER TACKLER WHEN YOU'RE IN GOOD POSITION.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE TRUSTING YOUR INSIDE RUN FIT.

YOU'RE TRUSTING THE OUTSIDE RUN FITTER.

YOU UNDERSTAND LEVERAGE.

WHEN YOU CHASE A LITTLE BIT OR NOT FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH HIGHER FITTING, SOMETIMES IT CAN AFFECT HOW YOU TACKLE.

I'M NOT ONE OF THE GUYS THAT'S HITTING THE PANIC MODE THAT THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE A POOR TACKLING TEAM.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE CASE.

I THINK THIS IS A TEAM THAT WHEN THEY SIMPLIFY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, AND THEY PLAY WITH MORE DISCIPLINE, THAT'S THE -- IF THERE IS SOMETHING I'M PROBABLY DISCOURAGED ABOUT, IT'S, LISTEN, I'VE SEEN GUYS GET CROSSED UP ON CROSSING ROUTES AND PICK ROUTES.

I SAW GODDARD AGAINST THE SAINTS.

I SAW THREE PROS RUN INTO ONE ANOTHER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE SAME VAIN, I THINK NEBRASKA SHOULD TALK BETTER.

GET YOUR EYES ON THE BACKFIELD.

WHEN YOU HAVE A BUZZ CALL OR, YOU KNOW, IF I'M IN OVERTIME, I'M A FREE DEFENDER.

AND IF I'M A RUN-PASS GUY, THE MINUTE I READ RUN, I'M GOING.

RIGHT?

AND IF I'M SINGLETON, I HAVE TO FEED OFF OF THAT.

I HAVE TO TAKE A BETTER ANGLE.

I'M NOT UP IN ARMS OVER THE TACKLING.

I THINK WHEN THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE DIALED AND THEY'RE PLAYING A LITTLE MORE DOWN HILL, I THINK YOU'LL SEE A BETTER FOOTBALL TEAM.

>> WHAT ABOUT OVERTIME?

HE MENTIONED OVERTIME.

EIGHT GAMES IN A ROW WHEN NEBRASKA JUST DIDN'T SCORE BUT DIDN'T GET A FIRST DOWN.

DIDN'T GAIN A YARD.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING?

>> IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A DECADE, RIGHT?

>> SINCE 2015.

>> THAT WAS 2014.

BOTH GAMES AGAINST IOWA.

IT'S HARD TO PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT.

YOU SPEND SO MUCH ENERGY.

I'VE BEEN IN A TON OF OVERTIME GAMES.

I THINK I WAS INVOLVED IN TWO OF THEM IN MY COLLEGIATE CAREER.

AND WE WON IOWA STATE AND KANSAS.

BUT YOU SPENT SO MUCH ENERGY THROUGH FOUR QUARTERS.

YOU GET TO THAT AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S SITUATIONAL, RIGHT?

25 YARD LINE.

JUST IN THE LAST DECADE, WE'VE GOT POOR STARTS.

GET THE BALL FIRST, THROW INTERCEPTION.

THE TEAM HAS TO GET A FIELD GOAL.

THEY SCORE ON TWO PLAYS.

THEN YOU GET THE BALL BACK ON OFFENSE.

AND THEN MAKE A PENALTY.

THEN A SACK.

YOU GOT TO GET -- COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS SUCH A MOMENTUM GAME.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE SUCCESS EARLY IN OVERTIME TO GRAB MOMENTUM.

IT CAN BE SUCH A SHORT-LIVED SCENARIO.

NEBRASKA HAS DONE A POOR JOB OF GETTING OFF IN OVERTIME FOR A LONG TIME.

>> IT'S CLOSE GAMES AND LOST A LOT OF CLOSE GAMES.

A LOT OF THE GUYS ARE STILL ON THE TEAM.

HOW DO YOU TEACH SOMEBODY TO WIN?

I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T DO IT, HOW DO YOU TEACH SOMEBODY HOW TO GET TO THAT POINT?

>> I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS.

DO YOU HAVE TO FALL BACK TO TRAINING AND PREPARATION.

THINGS LIKE THIS CREEP BACK UP INTO THE FRONTAL LOBE.

YOU HAVE TO START RELYING ON HOW IT IS YOU GOT HERE.

YOU HAVE TO ENJOY THE WEEK, RIGHT?

EMBRACE THAT PART OF IT.

FRIDAY NIGHTS OR SATURDAYS ARE FOR MAKING WITH DRAWS.

YOU MADE DEPOSITS ALL WEEK.

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW THE GAME, THE FLOW OF THE GAME IS GOING.

YOU HAVE TO STAY RIGHT THERE IN THAT MOMENT.

RIGHT?

THE MIND IS A PRETTY POWERFUL THING KNOW MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT.

SO, I THINK THE MORE YOU DIAL IN ON THE PROCESS, I'M NOT A BIG CHICKEN OR THE EGG GUY WHEN IT COMES TO WINNING.

I THINK WINNING HABITS LEAD TO WINNING.

AND ULTIMATELY, THAT COMES TO FRUITION.

>> THERE IS A LIST OF THE OVERTIME STATS WE HAD.

EACH ONE WAS DIFFERENT.

IT WASN'T ALL THE SAME THING.

IT WAS PENALTIES.

IT WAS AN INTERCEPTION.

IT WAS GETTING SACKED EARLY ON.

IT'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

REAL QUICK -- >> A LOT OF TIMES IT'S NOT GETTING THE PASS INTERFERENCE CALL.

>> EXACTLY.

HE DIDN'T WIN ANY CLOSE GAMES.

THEN HE HAD THREE YEARS WHERE HE WON ALMOST EVERY CLOSE GAME.

REALLY DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.

THEY JUST PLAYED BETTER IN THE OVERTIMES.

>> YOU HAVE TO MAKE PLAYS.

THE HARD PART ABOUT FOOTBALL IN GENERAL AND ANYTHING IN HIGH LEVEL, YOU HAVE TO BE SO OCD ON PREPARATION.

EVERYTHING, HOW YOU PREPARE, HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY.

YOU HAVE TO BE SO KEYED IN.

BUT THEN OPPOSITE OF THAT WHEN YOU GET ON THE FIELD.

YOU HAVE TO RELY ON PREPARATION.

YOU HAVE TO LET THEM GO.

YOU HAVE TO -- THAT'S HARD TO DO.

YOU CAN'T LET BAD PLAYS BEAT YOU MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT YOU GET IN THE CERTAIN SITUATIONS AND THEY'RE LIKE, MY GOSH, HERE WE GO AGAIN.

BUT IF YOU PREPARED THE RIGHT WAY, IF YOU DID THINGS THE RIGHT WAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, LET'S GO LET IT HANG OUT, MAN.

LET IT GO.

WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS.

YOU KNOW I DID EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

IT'S SO HARD WHEN DEALING WITH ULTRA COMPETITIVE AND OCD GUYS, GUYS THAT WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.

THEY HAVE A HARD TIME FORGETTING THE NEGATIVE STUFF.

BUT IN THE MOMENT, YOU HAVE TO LET IT GO.

AND REALLY NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE SCOREBOARD.

NOT PAY ATTENTION TO OTHER THINGS.

JUST PLAY BALL.

>> YOU NEED DISCIPLINE IN TERMS OF KEYS.

BUT 60 YARDS OF PENALTIES ON PERSONAL FOULS.

>> YEAH.

LITTLE MISTAKES.

YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE IT.

WHETHER IT IS HANDS TO THE FACE OR, YOU KNOW, PUNCHING AT A BALL OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN D. SINGLETON WAS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HE WAS RAKING AT.

HE CAUGHT THE FACEMASK.

THAT IS AFTER THE PLAY.

IT'S DOWN AWAY FROM YOU.

THAT'S NOT POOR DEFENSE.

THAT IS LACK OF DISCIPLINE.

IT'S REAL LOW HANGING FRUIT TO HEAR, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THIS AND THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN AN EXHAUSTING WEEK.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THEM TO JUST GET READY TO GO PLAY AT WEST LAFAYETTE.

IF WE'RE BEING HONEST, RIGHT, WE WERE GOING TO HANG OUR HAT ON DEFENSE AND JUST GET GOOD ENOUGH QUARTERBACK PLAY.

WELL, IF YOU'RE GETTING GREAT QUARTERBACK PLAY, SO I HEAR, AND YOUR DEFENSE IS JUST OKAY, WELL, YOU WOULDN'T SIGN UP FOR THAT.

I MEAN, IT SHOULD BE ENOUGH.

>> THERE'S A LOT TO COVER TONIGHT BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP.

WE'RE READY FOR YOUR CALLS.

BEFORE YOU CAN ALSO TEXT OR E-MAIL US ALL YOUR COMMENTS GO STRAIGHT TO BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

WE'LL ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN.

ALSO REMINDER, GO TO THE WEBSITE AND DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF THE NEBRASKA 2024 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE.

CAN YOU KEEP TRACK OF THE WINS, LOSSES, AND SCORES.

LAST WEEK, WE ASKED YOU WHAT SCARES YOU NOEST ABOUT ILLINI COMING TO TOWN.

DUEL THREAT QUARTERBACK.

25% SAID THE PILE RUNNING GAME.

NOW THIS WEEK'S SIDE LYN SURVEY, AFTER THE LOSS, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE REST OF THE SEASON?

NO BOWL, BOWL BID, STILL COULD MAKE IT TO THE COLLEGE BOWL PLAY-OFF.

TIME TO WATCH SOME VOLLEYBALL.

WHO VOTED FOR THAT?

79% SAID BOWL BID.

OBVIOUSLY NEBRASKA MAKES SENSE.

HOW DID THOSE THINGS BEFORE, WAS IT THE RECEIVERS THAT WAS MORE OF A THREAT TO NEBRASKA OR THE POWER RUNNING GAME?

WAS IT MEYER BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE POCKET?

>> I STILL DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS A POWER RUNNING GAME.

THAT WAS NEVER A THOUGHT PROCESS FOR ME.

I MEAN, WHAT DID HE FINISH WITH 18 FOR 69 AND 22 OF THOSE CAME IN OVERTIME?

I DO THINK McCRAY WAS A GUY THAT RAN BEHIND HIS PADS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT WAS THE RECEIVERS OUTSIDE THE NUMBERS.

>> YEAH.

>> IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY COME TO FRUITION BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T DYNAMIC OUTSIDE OF THE TOUGH CATCH THAT BRANT MADE EARLY.

AND A COUPLE HOLD THROWS AND THE SOFT SPOTS IN NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE.

WHAT IT TURNED OUT TO BE WAS ALTMEYER PLAYED WELL.

HE IS REALLY GOOD WITH THE RPOs.

WHEN THEY TRY TO SWARM THE POCKET, THEY WERE NOT GETTING GOOD PUSH UP FRONT.

HE WAS ABLE TO STEP UP.

AND THEN WORK HIS WAY OUT.

BELIEVE ME, FOR A GUY THAT COACHES DEFENSE THAT, IS RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

WHEN THE QUARTERBACK CAN STEP UP AND BUY TIME WITHOUT HAVING TO DELIVER, THAT'S TOUGH.

>> YOU KNOW, I GREW UP A SAINTS FAN, OBVIOUSLY.

THE SAINTS RAN A 3-4.

AND IF THE TACKLE DIDN'T I HAVE -- DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD TIME UP FRONT, IT WAS A LONG DAY.

>> I WAS AT THE GAME.

I THOUGHT NASH PLAYED HIS TAIL OFF.

HE WAS PHYSICAL.

THE PLAY HE RAN ALTMEYER DOWN ON THE SIDELINE, IT WAS -- IT CAME UP FOURTH DOWN.

THIRD AND LONG PLAY.

THEY GOT OFF THE FIELD AFTER.

THAT THAT IS BIG TIME BALL.

LISTEN, SOMETIMES NASH GOT DOUBLE-TEAMED AND KNOCKED OUT OF THE GAME.

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE BIG 10.

YOU'RE PLAYING PHYSICAL OFFENSIVE LINE.

THEY'RE SOLID.

AGAIN, IT'S JUST COMING -- IT'S NOT -- IT WASN'T A PHYSICAL ALT ISSUE TO ME.

THIS GAME WASN'T -- IT WAS AN EXECUTION AND UNDERSTANDING.

>> CAN YOU SAY THAT PART AGAIN FOR ME?

IF I HEAR THAT ONE MORE TIME, I MAY LOSE MY MIND.

>> THEY DIDN'T GET OUTPHYSICALED.

NEBRASKA RAN THEMSELVES OUT OF PLAYS.

THEY'RE NOT IN GOOD POSITION TO MAKE PLAYS.

JUST THINGS OF -- NEBRASKA IS MOVING AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF IS GOING ON IN 3-3-5 H MY SAYING IS BE QUIT BUT NOT IN A HURRY, JOHN WOODEN.

ILLINOIS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

>> WHAT ABOUT SPECIAL TEAMS CURRENTLY?

>> IT'S JUST KICKING IN.

IT'S NOT SPECIAL NOW.

>> IT'S NOT HE SPECIAL NOW.

>> NEBRASKA HAS CONSISTENTLY FINISHED IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE BIG 10 FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

EVEN YEARS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE FOCUSED ON IT.

THEY HAD A COORDINATOR.

WHAT IS THIS ISSUE THROUGH FOUR GAMES?

>> YOU TAKE YOUR PICK.

OBVIOUSLY, THE MECHANICS THAT GO ALONG WITH THE PLACE KICKING NEEDS TO GET SHORN UP.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THREE PUNTS FOR 151 YARDS WHICH YOU AND I CAN DO THE MATH, 50 YARDS A PUNT.

BUT YOU'RE MINUS SEVEN IN NET PUNTING TO ILLINOIS.

>> YEAH.

>> I MEAN NEBRASKA HAD A 30-YARD NET.

YOU HAVE 151 YARDS ON THREE PUNTS.

OBVIOUSLY, COVERAGE AND BALL PLACEMENT IS AN ISSUE, TOO.

IT'S A MULTITUDE OF THINGS.

SO FAR, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TACTICAL.

IT'S MORE OF A PROBLEM OF TECHNICAL.

THE EXECUTION.

>> YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE BALL.

>> WE CLEARLY HAVE COME TO A POINT WHERE YOU WANT TO FORCE A DECISION.

KICK IT IN THE END ZONE AND START OVER.

>> I'M WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.

CHECK OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS AND A GAME THAT WAS A WONDERFUL NIGHT OF FOOTBALL BUT NOT A GREAT NIGHT FOR THE HUSKERS.

THEY HAVE THE FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON AND, OF COURSE, INTO OVERTIME AS WELL.

IT WAS THE FULL SELLOUT.

IT WAS A BIG PART OF THE NIGHT.

THIS IS ALTMEYER GETTING A GREAT CATCH ON THE SIDELINE.

THEY HAVE TWO NFL RECEIVERS.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

>> TO AMERICA IT LOOKS LIKE IT GOT TURNED THE WRONG WAY.

IT COULD BE A FOOT THING.

>> RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

KIND OF GAVE UP ON THE PLAY, TOO.

SOMETHING HURT HIM RIGHT AWAY.

>> HE GOT HOT EARLY.

GOES TO THE BANKS FOR 12 YARDS.

COMES BACK AGAIN.

17 YARDS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THE TIGHT ENDS INVOLVED.

A LOT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD IS OPEN.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT.

AND THIS IS A GREAT MOVE.

YOU LOVE THIS RIGHT?

>> OH, YES.

THAT IS FANTASTIC.

HE WAS ANTICIPATING THE MISS BEFORE THE CATCH.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU DON'T SEE GUYS CATCH.

THAT HE DID BOTH.

HE'S PRETTY GOOD.

>> THIS IS A GREAT PLAY HERE.

HOLDS HIM UP AND TAKES THE BALL LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

>> TEXTBOOK.

>> YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL YOU SECURE THE TACKLE.

CREDIT HIM ON THE STOP.

AND THEN HERE IS THE STRIP.

HE ALMOST HAD THE DEFLECTION.

THAT IS A GOOD HUSTLE PLAY.

>> IF ANYBODY PLAYED WELL ON DEFENSE, I THINK HE PLAYED HARD ALL NIGHT.

>> WHY IS HE JUMPING IN THE AIR SO MUCH?

>> HE DOES GET TO WHERE HE'S GOING.

>> HE RUNS HARD.

THIS IS ISAIAH'S DRIVE HERE.

HE RUNS THIS END AROUND.

THEN HE SETTLED DOWN IN THE OPEN SPOT.

HE GETS THE TOUCHDOWN CATCH.

>> YEAH.

IT WAS A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THROW I THINK THAN DYLAN MADE THAT.

THE BODY CONTROL, HE'S VERY GOOD AT POSITIONING HIMSELF, KNOWING WHEN TO SLOW DOWN AND HOW TO USE HIS BODY.

HE HAS A KNACK FOR THAT.

I LIKE THE WAY HE THREW AWAY FROM THE SAFETY.

MADE A DIFFICULT CATCH.

THEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, HE GOT OUT OF THE POCKET.

STOP ON THIRD DOWN.

KICK THE FIELD GOAL.

WE'RE SITTING AT -- >> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THEY WENT 2 1/2 QUARTERS.

>> YEAH.

A COUPLE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THERE.

HE GIVES HIS WIDE RECEIVER A CHANCE.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE HE DRUG THE FOOT.

>> YEAH.

DYLAN IS SO HONEST, TOO.

.

HE IS TRYING TO THROW THIS BALL AWAY.

HE MAKES THE PLAY.

OF HE OWED HIM ONE AND GOT HIM BACK.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

YOU FEEL BAD FOR THE DEFENSE.

THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD DO.

A COUPLE GUYS MAKING A GREAT PLAY.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DO ON THE SIDEWALK WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE.

THIS IS THE PUNT.

A BOOMING PUNT.

COVERAGE IS TO THE LEFT, TO THE RIGHT, OR THE OPPOSITE WAY IF YOU TALK ABOUT THE LEFT TOUCH PUNT.

>> THAT IS BACK IN THE WIND.

SOMETIMES THE BALL CAN DO FUNNY STUFF IN THE WIND.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT THING ON THE LEFT HARBOR TOWARD THE SIDELINES.

OTHERWISE, YOU SET YOUR GUYS UP FOR FAILURE.

>> THAT WAS A 37-YARD RETURN.

I DIDN'T THINK THEY GOT FIRST DOWN.

THEY GOT THE FIRST DOWN.

THEN FOR SOME REASON -- >> I DIDN'T.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT M.J. SHERMAN IS DOING HERE.

THE DIAGONAL SPOT, WE CAN SEE IT UP TOP.

THERE WE GO.

GAME ON.

>> AND THIS IS A SCOUTING THING.

THIS TIGHT END ONLY HAD TWO TARGETS THE WHOLE TIME IN THE SEASON, THE FIRST TWO GAMES.

NOW HE GETS MULTIPLE TARGETS AND ALSO A TOUCHDOWN CATCH.

>> TOUGH.

A COUPLE CONCEPTS HERE.

THIS IS MORE GIFF GETTING PICKED OFF.

YOU HAVE TO PASS THAT OFF.

17-7.

BACK COMES RAYOLA.

A GREAT CATCH DOWN THE SIDELINE.

MAKING A PLAY.

FALLING BACK.

FINDING THOMAS OPEN AGAIN TO GET THEMSELVES IN SCORING RANGE.

>> HE HAD HIM OPEN EARLY.

WASN'T QUITE READY TO DELIVER THE BALL.

>> AND THEN YOU HAVE BONNER COMING ACROSS.

IT'S A PASS.

SO GREAT FOR THE QUARTERBACK.

HE GETS THE STATS THERE.

GETS A TOUCHDOWN PASS.

EASY PLAY.

>> JUST HIDING ON THE BACKSIDE THERE.

>> THOSE ARE TOUGH.

>> KANSAS CITY CHIEFS DO THAT ALL THE TIME.

THEY'RE SO GOOD AT.

THAT POWER RUNNING.

ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNS OF THE DAY RIGHT HERE.

FAGEAN MAKING THINGS HAPPEN.

>> I DIDN'T LIKE NEBRASKA'S ALIGNMENT ON THAT.

>> DO THIS PLAY LATER.

>> OBVIOUSLY, YOU WANT TO CALL IT A TACKLE SITUATION, BIG BOY IN THERE.

TEN GUYS IN A CONDENSED FORMATION.

NEBRASKA DID A BAD JOB IDENTIFYING HIGH HATS AND DIDN'T PASS OFF THE ROUTE.

>> THIS IS A TOUGH SERIES.

TWO FUMBLES THERE.

ONLY THREE AND OUT FOR NEBRASKA.

BUT BACK COMES THE BLACK SHIRTS.

MAKES A GREAT PLAY THERE.

KNOCKING THE BALL AWAY.

>> YEAH, I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO GO BACK AND WATCH.

IT WAS THIS A CALL OR WAS HE COMMITTED?

HOWEVER IT IS, SOMETIMES YOU USE PLAY MAKERS AND HAVE TO MAKE PLAYS.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS GAME TURNED OUT TO.

ESPECIALLY IF NO ONE ONSIDE, HE JUST GOES?

>> YEAH.

>> THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THEY RUN THIS PLAY THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THROW BACK PASS.

TRIED TO GET OVER THE TOP.

IT WAS COVERED.

THIRD AND THREE.

YOU GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS ON THAT PLAY.

THE KID IS A GOOD ATHLETE.

A LITTLE OVERTHROWN.

YOU MISS THE FIELD GOAL.

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT DESIGN.

>> IT'S A TOUGH SITUATION THERE.

BUT AGAIN, THE BLACK SHIRTS STAND UP AND MAKE A PLAY.

THEY GET A STOP.

WE TALKED ABOUT NOT GETTING STOPS.

THEY GET A STOP THERE.

THEN WE GO IN OVERTIME.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS ONE WHY I SEE GIFF.

HE HAS A RUN-PASS READ.

HE IS TOO DEEP.

HE HAS TO GET DOWNHILL.

>> ANOTHER PICK ROUTE HERE, TOO.

OUT AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, WHY IS THAT WIDE RECEIVER LINED UP THERE?

THEN WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN OVERTIME.

A COUPLE SACKS.

THEY DIDN'T CALL.

THAT THEN IT ENDS AFTER THIS PLAY WITH ANOTHER PLAY YOU'RE GOING TO REVIEW.

THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME.

>> JUST LEFT A -- THEY CHIP MOST OF THE GAME.

BACKUP PRESSURE RUSHED.

YOU LIKE TO SEE HIM STEP IN THE POCKET AND CLEAN IT UP.

HE CAN STEP UP AND MAKE A THROW.

BUT THAT WAS THE CASE.

>> FINAL STATS, NEBRASKA STRUGGLED RUNNING THE BALL.

YOU CAN TAKE ALL FIVE OF THE STATS NUMBERS OUT OF THERE, TOO, LEAVING THEM WITH 48 YARDS.

OVERALL, ENOUGH BY THE OFFENSE TO WIN THIS GAME.

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, THE 57 YARDS IN SACKS, OBVIOUSLY, COMING OFF THE TOTAL.

BUT WHEN YOUR BALL CARRIER GOES FOR 27 THAT, LEAVES A LITTLE TO BE DESIRED.

NEBRASKA HAS TO GET THE TEAMS OFF FIELD IN THIRD DOWN.

>> PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

ISAIAH, A GREAT DAY.

FOUR RECEPTIONS, TWO TOUCHDOWNS.

ALSO HAD A LITTLE RUN AS WELL FOR ONE FOR 13.

AND THEN HE COMES OFF THE BENCH FOR TOMMY HILL.

GETS THE SACK FUMBLE.

HE PLAYED PRETTY WELL IN TERMS OF PRO FOOTBALL FOCUS SAYS IN TERMS OF COVERAGE.

GOOD JOB BY HIM COMING OFF THE BENCH.

TIME TO DIVE INTO THE PLAYBOOK.

ONCE AGAIN THIS SEASON.

THE HUDDLE, JAY MOORE.

>> WELCOME INTO THE HUDDLE.

FOURTH RUN PLAY TACKLE.

PLAYED AS A TIGHT END.

TOUCHDOWN.

I LOOK AT THIS PLAY.

THIS IDENTIFYING WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO TO THE OFFENSE.

OBVIOUSLY, A VERY HEAVY RUN LOOK.

TEN GUYS HERE IN TIGHT.

YOU HAVE A FULLBACK HERE.

YOU BRING IN A TACKLE SITUATION.

BUT HE'S UNCOVERED.

THIS GUY IS BACKED UP OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

IF HE WAS ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, HE WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE.

HE IS NOW ELIGIBLE.

BUT NEBRASKA KIND OF STRUGGLED WITH A VISION.

EYES ALL NIGHT.

HEAVY IN THE BACKFIELD.

AS THIS PLAY GOES, YOU CAN SEE HIGH HATS.

THE SECONDARY AND LINEBACKERS HAVE TO DO A QUICKER JOB IDENTIFYING THE HIGH HAT PLAY ACTION LOOK.

ONCE YOU SEE THAT, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THIS.

PASS IT OFF.

THEY NEED TO PASS THIS OFF TO THE TWO GUYS.

THEY DON'T.

EYES IN THE BACKFIELD.

SINGLETON GETS CAUGHT.

THE SHERMAN COMES DOWN CRASHING.

HE IS ABLE TO SNEAK DOWN THE BACKFIELD BECAUSE COMMUNICATION WAS POOR.

EYES WERE BAD.

NEBRASKA STRUGGLED WITH TWO THINGS NUMEROUS TIMES.

NOW, SECOND PLAY OF THE NIGHT IS LAST PLAY OF THE GAME IN OVERTIME.

MIDDLE LINE BACKER IS GOING TO CUT HIM ON A BLITZ.

KIND OF A PRESSURE THAT HE COMES UP THE MIDDLE.

THEY HIT THIS PLAY.

THERE'S A GAP.

IN THIS SITUATION, MDM, MOST DANGEROUS MAN, RIGHT?

AS A QUARTERBACK, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CLIMB THE BE POCKET.

THIS IS A HAIL MARY SITUATION.

KEEP THIS AREA CLEAN.

HE NEEDS TO SLIDE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CALL WAS.

YOU'D LIKE TO SEE HIM OVER HERE.

EMMITT IS IN PROTECTION.

THE BACK IS GOING TO COME UP THE MIDDLE.

DYLAN HAS NOWHERE TO GO.

UNFORTUNATELY, GETS TOO HIM.

NOT ABLE TO GET THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD TO GET A FIRST DOWN OR SCORE.

GAME OVER.

>> REAL QUICK, YOU CAN SEE THIS.

GREAT CALL BY JAY TALKING ABOUT THAT PLAY.

PERFECTLY SET UP.

GOOD JOB BY ILLINOIS.

>> HIGH ALERT, MAN.

YOU SEE A 13 ONCE.

>> IN THOSE SITUATIONS, WHAT IS THROWN ON FILM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE BETTER COMMUNICATION.

>> NEXT UP, WE LOOK BACK AT THE SELLOUT STREAK.

FIRST, WE SEE SOME GREAT SHOTS FROM SELLOUT 400.

BACK IN TWO.

>>> SINCE 1923, FANS HAVE MADE MEMORIAL STADIUM HOME.

THE EXPERIENCE INSIDE THIS VEN VENUE IS A TRADITION PASSED DOWN TO EACH NEW GENERATION OF NEBRASKA.

>> IT'S AN IMPORTANT PLACE.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL OR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.

ON THE FOOTBALL LEVEL IN THIS STATE.

AND I'M TALKING NFL AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS AROUND.

BUT LIKE SOMETHING TO COMPETE WITH THAT.

THAT IS -- THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE.

YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT THAT WAY.

ZBLFR DESPITE A SLIDE IN THE RESULTS ON THE FIELD, THE HUSKERS CONTINUE TO BOAST AN NCAA SELLOUT STREAK THAT DATES BACK TO 1962.

THAT SEASON WAS THE FIRST FOR HALL OF FAME COACH.

>> THE GAME THAT STARTED THE SELLOUT STREAK IS THE FIRST LOSS FOR BOB.

IT WAS THE MISSOURI GAME.

16-7.

>> WHEN BOB CAME HERE IN '62 UNTIL FRANK LEFT HERE IN '63, HE WON 82% OF OUR GAMES.

WHICH WAS 60 MORE GAMES THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

OHIO STATE WAS AT 75% AT SECOND.

SO WE WENT THROUGH A PRETTY GOOD PERIOD OF SUCCESS ON THE FIELD.

AND THAT CERTAINLY HAD TO BE PART OF IT, TOO.

AND IT REALLY TURNED AROUND WHEN BOB CAME HERE.

>> SINCE THEN, THE BIG RED FAITHFUL HAVE SOLD OUT EVERY GAME.

AS THE STADIUM HAS GROWN AN EXPANDED, MORE FANS HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE TRADITION.

>> HUSKER FAITHFUL TO SHOW UP WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT TO THE POINT WHERE IN MY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS I GOT TO KNOW THE PEOPLE, LIKE RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE THAT HAD THE SEASON TICKETS RIGHT BEHIND THE BENCH OR THE PERSON THAT STOOD AT THE SAME CORNER OF THE TUNNEL WALK EVERY SINGLE WEEK AND WITHOUT FAIL DID NOT MISS OR SEEING THE YOUNG KID WHEN YOU RUN OFF THE FIELD THAT'S ASKING FOR A PAIR OF GLOVES OR FOR AN ARM BAND OR SOMETHING.

AND TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU FIND THE KIDS TO HAND THEM TO BECAUSE THEY'RE THE NEXT GENERATION THAT'S GOING TO PLAY FOR THE HUSKERS.

>> THE HUSKERS CELEBRATED THE 400th SELLOUT THIS SEASON.

THE MILESTONE SHOWS THE CONTINUED PRIDE IN THE FAN BASE.

>> IT'S JUST THE PERFECT END TO EVERYTHING, RIGHT?

SO IT DRAWS OTHER PEOPLE HERE.

SO, I THINK GETTING TO 400 WILL BE GREAT.

>> IT NEVER GETS OLD WALKING IN THIS STADIUM AND IT'S SOLD OUT.

>> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

AND ONE OF THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ATHLETIC PROGRAM.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.

THE STREAK, THE MILESTONE ONES.

PRETTY GOOD OUTSIDE FIRST ONE.

OF COURSE, OUR NEXT GUEST WAS THERE WHEN HE LOST TO MISSOURI BACK IN 1962.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, IN THE 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th AND UNTIL THE 400th ONE WHERE THEY LOST THIS FRIDAY.

JOINING US ONLINE, LONG TIME GUY COVERING THE HUSKERS, WELCOME.

HOW YOU ARE DOING?

>> WE'RE THE SAME AGE.

>> YOU'RE TWO YEARS OLDER THAN ME.

BUT IT'S A LONG TWO YEARS.

I'M 55.

YOU'RE 57, RIGHT?

>> I'M LIKE A CUBAN PITCHER.

ZBHU NEVER KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SELLOUT STREAK.

>> I THINK WE'RE ALL RIGHT ON THAT.

>> YOU'RE FINE.

DON'T GET ME IN TROUBLE.

REAL QUICK, WHAT WAS THE FEEL FOR YOU HEADING INTO THAT WEEK AND HOW MUCH THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE STORY?

>> THE ILLINOIS GAME?

>> THE SELLOUT STREAK PART OF IT.

>> THE SELLOUT.

>> SORRY.

>> I DON'T THINK THAT'S A HUGE STORY FOR THE TEAM.

I THINK THAT'S A FAN STORY.

>> SURE.

MATT ANSWERED THAT JOB REALLY WELL.

HIS JOB IS TO CONCENTRATE WINNING THE GAME SO THE FANS ENJOY THE MOMENT.

I DON'T -- I MEAN, IT'S A WORTH WHILE THING TO CELEBRATE, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A BIG PART OF THE GAME.

NOT A BIG PART OF THE GAME.

>> YEAH.

>> THE CROWD WAS GOING TO BE GOOD NO MATTER WHAT.

>> THIS PART OF THE SEASON THROUGH FOUR GAMES, ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING AS MUCH AS WE HAVE ABOUT THE STRUGGLES WITH THE DEFENSE?

>> YEAH.

I'M REALLY -- I'M -- COME ON, IF YOU JUST ZOOM OUT AND LOOK AT THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING NOW VERSUS THE CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING FIVE WEEKS AGO, IT'S WAY DIFFERENT.

NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK BEING THE STRENGTH OF THE TEAM OR THE THING THAT MAKES YOU MOST OPTIMISTIC.

I'M STARTLED BY HOW QUICKLY THE NARRATIVE SHIFTED.

THAT'S WHAT I'M STARTLED BY.

>> HOW MUCH DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT THOUGH?

WE CAN SET THE PARAMETERS IN IT WHICH FOLKS GET EXCITED, RIGHT?

>> YEAH, SO CAN RULE AND TONY WHITE.

HE IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE BEST DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY.

>> HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE GOALS.

>> YEAH, HE SAID THAT.

I MEAN, SOME OF IT IS JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY DID LAST YEAR.

AND JUST THE SHEAR NUMBERS.

THAT'S WHAT I LOOK AT CLOSELY.

THEY'RE A TOP TEN DEFENSE LAST YEAR.

I GET IT.

PEOPLE SAY THEY DIDN'T PLAY MUCH OFFENSE.

>> THEY DIDN'T PLAY TOUGH QUARTERBACKS.

>> RIGHT.

>> BUT STILL, SO THE EXPECTATION IS MAYBE THEY BE A TOP TEN DEFENSE.

YOU JUST HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN THE LAST TWO GAMES.

YOU DID SEE IT IN THE FIRST TWO, I WOULD SAY.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN THE LAST TWO.

NOW WHAT?

>> I'M CURIOUS.

I THINK SOMETIMES WE TEND TO FAST FORWARD TO THIRD DOWN.

YOU ARE SURPRISE THAT NEBRASKA STRUGGLED SO MUCH DEFENSIVELY ON FIRST DOWN?

>> YEAH.

THAT'S BEEN THEIR ACHILLES.

>> THE STAT OF THE GAME AGAINST ILLINOIS WAS 19 RUSHES ON FIRST DOWN BY ILLINOIS FOR 5.5 YARDS.

THAT'S THE STAT OF THE YEAR.

I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT IS A RED FLAG, YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THINGS OBJECTIVELY.

>> I THINK SITUATIONAL MY WHAT HAPPENS, A LOT OF TIMES THAT IS FILM STUDY.

RIGHT FIRST AND TEN TEAMS LIKE TO GO TWO.

FIRST AND TEN, YOU CAN GET THEM TWO.

THAT IS THE MONEY DOWN FOR PEOPLE TO GET CREATIVE.

IT IS GUESSWORK.

>> SOMETIMES ON STATS THAT CAN BE A LITTLE DECEIVING.

MAYBE YOU HAVE AN 80-YARD RUSH ON FIRST DOWN.

OVER 19 CARRIES, BY THE WAY, THE STAT SHEET HIGHLIGHTS THE BIG STATS THEY DON'T HIGH LIEUTENANT THE WHOLE GAME.

>> YEAH.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A KEY STAT T AND IT'S JUST HARD TO WIN THAT WAY.

>> CREDIT THEM.

THEY HAD GREAT CHANCE TO WIN DESPITE THAT STAT.

GREAT CHANCE TO WIN THE GAME.

I THOUGHT THE RESET FOR OVERTIME, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS HE COULD STEAL.

THIS I LOOKED AT THAT AND THEY GOT OUTPLAYED IN THE SECOND HALF.

THEY'RE GOING TO STEAL THIS.

THEY DIDN'T.

I MEAN JUST DIDN'T MATERIALIZE.

>> IT'S HARD TO FEEL THAT WAY ONLY BECAUSE YOU SEE SO MANY OVERTIMES STRUGGLING.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THE DEFENSE PLAYED ON THE FIRST TWO PLAYS, THE FIRST PLAY, REALLY, THAT LET YOU DOWN.

>> YEAH.

IT'S SHOCKING.

YOU'RE JUST SORT OF HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?

IT CAN HAPPEN.

I MEAN, A GUY GOT SUCKED IN AND THERE WAS NOBODY, I GUESS, A SAFETY WAS LATE WITH HELP.

AND IT HAPPENS.

IT WAS REALLY JUST GLARING IN THAT SITUATION, SO GLARING.

>> YEAH.

GOING INTO THIS WEEK THOUGH, IT'S GREAT TIME.

FOUR STRAIGHT HOME GAMES, NIGHT GAMES.

TIME TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAINST PURDUE.

YOU LOOK OFFENSIVELY WHAT THEY'VE DONE THE FIRST FOUR GAMES, DYLAN IS FANTASTIC.

THE RUN GAME IS NOT QUITE THERE.

MUCH IT'S A GREAT WEEK TO GET TO A GOOD START AND GET THE RUN GAME GOING.

WITH MULTIPLE BACKS, MAYBE QB RUN GAME.

HOW DO YOU SEE THIS THING PLAY OUT?

>> I LOOK AT PURDUE A LOT, JAY.

I KNOW THEY'VE GIVEN UP A LOT OF YARDS ON THE GROUND.

BUT THEY'RE RUNNING A QUARTERBACK.

RILEY LEONARD RAN IT.

HE RAN 13 TIMES FOR 100 YARDS.

>> THEY GAVE UP 32 PLAYS OF TEN OR PLUS YARDS.

THE NEXT CLOSEST IS 17.

THEY'VE ONLY GONE THROUGH THREE GAMES.

>> YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN ON THE GROUND.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.

THEY WANT TO STAY WITH DOW BASED ON WHAT MATT RHULE SAID ON MONDAY.

THAT WAS I AREVELATION TO ME.

I THOUGHT FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING, THEY WANT TO KEEP IT TO 15-17.

YOU CAN GET MIRED IN THAT CONVERSATION.

IT DEPENDS HOW THE GAME IS GOING, RIGHT?

BUT YEAH, YOU SHOULD GET RIGHT ON THE GROUND.

I THINK THEY HAVEN'T BEEN GREAT.

IT'S BEEN SPORADIC.

>> YOU THINK THEY GET HIM BACK THIS WEEK?

IS HE A PART OF THIS ORDEAL?

>> HE WASSEN ON THE FIELD GOAL TEAM.

>> YEAH.

>> AND WE ASKED HIM MATT RHULE DIRECTLY WOULD HE BE IN THE REGULAR OFFENSIVE LINE.

HE SAID I CAN'T ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW.

HE PROBABLY HAS TO DO SOME THINGS.

I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO COMMENT ON IT.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT, YEAH, I WOULD HOPE HE'S BACK.

I WOULD HOPE HE'S BACK.

IF HE'S ON THE FIELD GOAL TEAM, HE CAN'T BE TOO FAR AWAY FROM BEING CLEARED.

WE'LL SAY.

>> HOW MUCH IS HE NEEDED BASED OFF THE SUBSTITUTION?

>> I THINK IN PASS PROTECTION, A FAIR AMOUNT EVEN THOUGH HE'S ONE OF THOSE ROAD GREATING OFFENSIVE LINEMEN.

I'M TELLING YOU, THAT REEKS OF A SITUATION THAT IT IS UP TO HIS POSITION COACH.

HE AS THE AUTONOMY TO KNOW HOW THAT IS GOING.

I'VE BEEN SUSPENDED FROM A HALF AS A RUNNING BACK AGAINST KANSAS STATE AND STILL PLAYED ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS.

SO, THE THING ABOUT THAT IS IT'S NOT A REWARD.

IT'S ACTUALLY MORE DIFFICULT.

WH YOU CAN'T PLAY WHAT YOU NORMALLY ARE ACCUSTOM TO PLAYING.

>> SURE.

>> YOU QUOTE/UNQUOTE HAVE TO PLAY SPECIAL TEAMS.

DEPENDING ON YOUR MINDSET AND HOW YOU EMBRACE BEING UNSELFISH, IT HAVE A DIFFERENT EFFECT.

THAT MIGHT BE A PLACE TO START.

>> I WATCHED HIM.

HE DID DO A LOT OF CELEBRATING WITH HIS TEAM.

HE CAME OUT.

SOMETHING I DIDN'T SEE HIM DO MUCH BEFORE.

INJURY UPDATE, TOMMY HILL, DO WE KNOW?

>> CORCHRAN HAS A HAMSTRING INJURY.

I WOULDN'T LOOK FOR HIM ANY TIME SOON.

TOMMY HAS PLANTER FASCIITIS.

IT'S A SERIOUS INJURY.

>> IT IS NOT FUN.

IT'S TOUGH.

>> IT'S A PAIN TOLERANCE ISSUE.

>> YEAH.

>> 100%.

>> IT IS A PAIN TOLERANCE ISSUE.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT IT'S EASY TO DEAL WITH.

>> YEAH.

>> JOSHUA WANTS TO KNOW THOUGHTS ON THE REFEREES AND THE WAY GAMES ARE CALLED.

>> DISAPPOINTED.

I MEAN, I THOUGHT -- I THOUGHT THE CREW AGAINST NORTHBOUND IOWA SHOULD BE WORKING AT DAIRY QUEEN NEXT WEEK.

>> DAIRY QUEEN GUY.

>> I LIKE THAT.

I AM A BIG DAIRY QUEEN GUY.

JUST DISAPPOINTED BUT USED TO IT AT THIS POINT.

I DON'T -- IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME.

>> YEAH.

I THINK THE PLAYERS, YOU JUST HAVE TO PLAY THROUGH IT.

SURELY THEY WOULD SAY THE COACHES TOLD THEM THAT.

YOU CAN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY THROUGH IT.

>> WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THAT'S IT?

>> THAT WASN'T BAD.

>> FELD LIKE AN INTERLOBE.

>> YOU ONLY GOT US IN TROUBLE ONCE.

>> I LIKE THE PANTS.

>> THE SHOES ARE NICE TOO.

>> ARE THOSE NEW?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

>> NEXT ON THE WRAP-UP, WE TALK ABOUT RECRUITING AND ADDING ANOTHER PLAYER TO THE MIX.

WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THE SHOTS OF DYLAN AS WE TALK ABOUT DAYTON WHEN WE RETURN.

>> WELCOME BACK TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

TIME TO GET ON PLAYS VOTED ON BY YOU.

STRIP FUMBLE WHICH WAS A BIG POINT IN THE GAME.

TAKING THE BALL AWAY FROM ALTMEYER.

YOU CAN'T SEE THAT MONITOR OVER THERE.

BIG PLAY.

NUMBER TWO, ANOTHER FORCED FUMBLE.

FUMBLE.

GREAT JOB.

YOU HAVE TO GET THE STOP FIRST.

THEN YOU PULL IT AWAY.

GREAT JOB THERE.

THEN NUMBER ONE, TIPTOE T.D.

CATCH ON THE SIDELINE AFTER THE TAKEAWAY HERE BY A BULLET WHICH IS A GREAT JOB.

WE GO TO ISAIAH AND HIS TIPTOE CATCH ALONG THE SIDELINE WHICH WAS DEFINED BY THE FILTER.

YOU CAN SEE THE RIGHT FOOT SLIDING ALONG AS HE MAKES THE CATCH.

GIVING HIM A SHOT.

GREAT JOB BY WIDE RECEIVER.

FOUR CATCHES ON 90 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS.

THAT'S WHY HE'S ONE OF OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

WELCOME BACK.

I'M JOINED BY SHAWN CALLAHAN TO TALK RECRUITING.

>> NEBRASKA GETS A 2026 QUARTERBACK COMMIT.

FAMILIAR NAME.

ACTUALLY NOW THE FIFTH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WITH A TIE TO THE CURRENT NEBRASKA FOOTBALL PROGRAM AS THE DAYTON OF GEORGIA MAKES IT OFFICIAL OVER THE WEEKEND.

NEBRASKA HAD OFFERED HIM A WHILE BACK AND I THINK HE WANTED TO SEE HOW THINGS TWHENT YEAR WITH HIS BROTHER HERE.

AFTER A FEW WEEKS IN DAYTON.

HE COMMITS TO NEBRASKA.

I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

WILL HE BE THEIR ONLY QUARTERBACK?

I THINK, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTIES OF ROSTERS AND TRANSFER PORTAL.

HE IS THE FIRST COMMITMENT IN THE CLASS OF 2026.

>> YOU SAW PICTURES OF HIM WATCHING HIS GROWTH.

>> THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

>> YEAH THAT, WAS OCTOBER OF 2022.

>> RIGHT.

>> THEN YOU CAN REALLY SEE HIM HOW MUCH HE'S DEVELOPED AND MATURED.

>> NO DOUBT.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT THINK WOULD HE MOVE TO NEBRASKA?

I TALKED TO DOMINICK ABOUT THIS.

THEY LIKE BEING HERE.

THE COMPETITION, THE DEVELOPMENT IS A GREAT, GREAT HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM.

>> WORKED OUT FOR HIS BROTHER.

LET'S GET TO OUR FEATURE RECRUIT.

>> JACKSON CARPENTER.

HE HOLDS THE SCHOOL RECORD AT LINCOLN SOUTHWEST IN THE 100 METERS.

HE'S A 10.6 GUY.

SON OF FORMER HUSKER TIM CARPENTER.

HE BATTLED HAMSTRING INJURIES.

HE JUST GOT GOING A LITTLE BIT LAST WEEK IN THE FOURTH QUARTER IN THE LOSS AGAINST LINCOLN.

HE HAD A COUPLE CATCHES ON A LATE DRIVE IN THE GAME.

HOPEFULLY WE GET TO SEE JACKSON CARPENTER DOWN THE STRETCH MORE.

HE IS EXPLOSIVE, BIG, TALENTED.

ALSO A BASKETBALL PLAYER.

HE WILL ENROLL EARLY AND BE IN LINCOLN IN JANUARY.

>> I HAVE A FEELING I HAVE A HAMSTRING ISSUE MYSELF.

>> ANOTHER POWER FORWARD INSTATE RECRUIT.

MAYHLE.

HE IS GOING TO TEXAS TECH.

HE CHOKES THE RED RAIDERS OVER OREGON STATE.

HE STILL HAD TWO QUALITY OFFERS THAT HE CHOSE FROM BETWEEN OREGON STATE AND TEXAS TECH.

HE'LL BE A RED RAIDER.

ACTUALLY TWO PLAYERS IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA THIS YEAR GOING TO TEXAS TECH TO PLAY FOR JOEY McGUIRE.

>> YEAH.

MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET TO OUR GAME DAY PICTURE WINNER NOW.

WE HAVE TWO T-SHIRT WINNERS THIS WEEK.

FIRST IS JODIE FEEGLY WITH FOUR GENERATIONS OF SELLOUT 400.

AS WELL AS PAUL YET DANIELLE, THAT IS COOL.

LOOK AT THAT.

AND PAULA DANIEL AT THE GAME.

GREAT SHOT DOING THE DRONE SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAME.

PLEASE KEEP SENDING YOUR GAME DAY PICTURES TO WIN A FREE T-SHIRT.

ALSO THIS WEEK, SOCIAL MEDIA WAS UPSET WITH HUSKER FOOTBALL.

ANDREW WARD IS ALL ABOUT VOLLEYBALL.

TEAM TAKING CARE OF -- LOOK AT THAT.

THAT IS AWESOME.

>> YEAH.

>> NEBRASKA FOOTBALL.

THESE ARE SOME ATHLETES.

VOLLEYBALL, TWO TOP FIVE SWEEPS IN FIVE DAYS.

PRETTY EXCITED BEATING THE RANKED OPPONENTS.

LUCAS LEE HAS SEEN NEBRASKA MOVING BEFORE.

NOW HERE IS GROUNDHOG DAY AGAIN.

THAT IS DEFINITELY RIGHT.

AND NEBRASKA'S KID THAT SHOWED UP WITH THEN AND NOW PICK.

KEEP POSTING ALL YOUR PICTURES AND OPINIONS ON OUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.

AND NOW LET'S HEAR FROM PLAYERS AND COACHES AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IN THE BIG RED REPORT.

ZBLFR THEY DID GOOD ENOUGH IN THAT GAME.

I THINK THAT WAS DISAPPOINTING IS WE HAD GOOD RUSHES.

AND, YOU KNOW, QUARTERBACK GETS UP INSIDE.

WE HAD FOUR GUYS.

WE HAD MISCOMMUNICATIONS.

AGAIN, A LOT OF ERRORS ON DEFENSE THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN.

I HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE LAST YEAR AT MICHIGAN.

>> THIRD DOWN PLAN WASN'T COORDINATED ENOUGH BY MYSELF.

WITH THE RUSH AND THE BACK END, YOU SAW WE WERE GETTING HOME BUT THE COVERAGE WASN'T IN THE RIGHT SPOT AND THEN VICE VERSA.

THEN IN THE SECOND HALF, WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS AFFECT THE QUARTERBACK MORE AND GO AFTER THE QUARTERBACK.

SO, IT OPENED UP SOME OF THE SEAMS FOR THE RUNS IN THERE.

AND AGAIN, IT WAS REALLY THE THIRD DOWNS AND THE DANG GOAL LINE TRICKERY DOWN THERE.

THAT'S ON ME FOR NOT DRILLING THAT WITH THE GUYS.

THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING AND ALL THAT STUFF.

GO THE TO START OVER AGAIN.

>> SAME APPROACH WE HAD ALWAYS.

IT'S A TENDENCY, RIGHT?

YOU WIN THREE IN A ROECHLT YOU KNOW, TENDENCY TO JUST EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE IT DONE FULLY.

YOU HAVE TO STAY WAY FROM THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.

EVERYBODY IS GUILT OF IT.

EVERYBODY START WORRYING ABOUT THE TINY DETAILS THAT REALLY GOT US THERE.

>> IT'S SIMPLE.

I REFERENCE COACH A LOT ON THIS.

YOUR UNIT WHICH IS THE OFFENSIVE UNIT IS, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATION OF LEADERSHIP.

SO I'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE WE'RE PREPARED MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY.

WE GET IN THAT SITUATION WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND EXECUTE.

>> WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND MAKE ONE MORE PLAY.

WHETHER THAT IS THAT SNAP OR THAT KICK OR, YOU KNOW, YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE ROUTES OPEN IN OVERTIME WIK WE'RE I'D OPEN.

WE MAKE ONE MORE BLOCK OR BLOCK OUR GUY.

YEAH, IT'S TOUGH.

THAT'S MY JOB.

I HAVE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

I CHOSE TO KICK IT IN THAT SCENARIO.

I HAVE TO OWN THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELCOME BACK.

TIME TO TALK SOME PURDUE NOW.

WE'VE GONE OVER A LOT OF THINGS.

THIS QUESTION, I KNOW YOU CAN ANSWER THIS WELL.

DO YOU THINK THREE-MAN DEFENSE IS GOING TO HOLD UP AGAINST RUNNING TEAMS?

>> IT DID LAST YEAR.

LISTEN, IT'S -- WE'LL GET IT FIGURED OUT.

TRUST ME.

MATT RHULE WILL FIGURE IT OUT.

HE HAS TO CLEAN STUFF UP.

JUST FIGURE OUT.

EVERYONE HAS TO DEFINE THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND GO BACK TO DRAWING BOARD A LITTLE BIT.

JUST LITTLE THINGS.

THEY'LL GET IT IRONED OUT.

>> THE GUY FROM OMAHA WANTS TO KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE DECISION NOT TO TAKE THE BALL IN OVERTIME?

>> I'M GOING TO MUT MY DEFENSE ON THE BALL FIRST.

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUALMS WITH WHAT NEBRASKA DID.

I HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IF IT WORKS, IT'S -- YOU KNOW, THEY DID THE RIGHT THING.

BUT IT DIDN'T.

SO WE KIND OF QUESTION IT.

I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I'M AT WHEN I GET THE BALL THE SECOND TIME AROUND.

>> NO QUESTION ON THAT.

>> YOU GET FOUR DOWNS.

WE NOW CONVINCE OURSELVES.

>> THAT'S THE BOOK FOR THEM.

>> YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

>> RIGHT.

MAKES TONS OF SENSE.

AND YOU'RE AT HOME.

THE CROWD IS GOING.

GET A STOP.

NO BIG DEAL.

IN TERMS OF THESE FOUR WEEKS, I KNOW NOT EVERYONE IS THE SAME.

HOW DID NEBRASKA DO RECRUITING?

YOU THINK THEY DID A GOOD JOB?

>> THEY MAXIMIZED THE WEEKEND IN THE VISITORS.

OBVIOUSLY, IT FROM GAME TOOK AWAY A LITTLE BIT.

THEY ONLY HAD EIGHT VISITORS N THE COLORADO WEEKEND IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST WEEKENDS I'VE EVER SEEN NEBRASKA HOST.

42 PLAYERS THAT HAD NEBRASKA OFFERS WERE HERE.

42.

>> YEAH.

>> NORMALLY 10 TO 12 IS A HEALTHY NUMBER.

A BIG NUMBER.

AND THEY HAD LIKE FOUR OF THOSE WEEKENDS ON ONE.

AND THEY WON.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS GREAT.

THEY'RE IN GREAT SHAPE WITH SOME TOP 2026 KIDS FOR THE NEXT CYCLE.

I MEAN, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH DONE FOR '25.

THERE ARE A COUPLE PIECES HERE AND THERE.

BUT THE FOCUS REALLY IS '26 RIGHT NOW.

>> TALK ABOUT PURDUE.

YOU'RE A RUNNING BACK CONNOISSEUR.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE RUNNING STYLE HE HAS WITH LEGS GOING.

HE IS REALLY HERKY-JERKY.

I THINK IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE IS DOING.

>> I REMEMBER MY FIRST BROADCAST.

IT IS AM COMING UP.

WE CALLED HIM CRAZY LEGS.

SINCE THEN, HE KIND OF RESHAPED HIS BODY.

NOW HE'S BACK TO BEING A BIGGER BACK AGAIN.

HE RUNS BEHIND HIS PADS.

HE'S GOT OUTSTANDING VISION.

>> YEAH.

>> HE'S A VERY GOOD ONE-BACK RUNNER.

QUIETLY.

PURDUE RAN THE FOOTBALL.

THEY WERE THIRD IN THE BIG 10 A YEAR AGO IN TERMS OF RUSHING THE FOOTBALL.

THEY'LL TRY TO RUN IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

SO, HE'S A GOOD UNARING BACK.

NEBRASKA HAS TO GET HIM TO THE GROUND.

>> THEY'RE FIFTH IN THE BIG 10 CURRENTLY IN RUNNING THE BALL.

WHAT IS THE THING THAT WORRIES THE MOST IN TERMS OF DEFENSE?

>> THEY HAVE SOME GUYS.

YOU KNOW, THEY LOST GUYS WITH THE TRANSFER LAST YEAR OUT OF THAT FRONT SEVEN.

THEY STILL HAVE DUDES THAT CAN RUN THE PASSER AND ARE ATHLETIC.

THEY JUST -- LISTEN, NEBRASKA IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE HAY RUNNING THE FOOTBALL.

PURDUE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE RUN EARLY IN THE SEASON.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY DO.

THAT YOU BRING IN MORE QB RUN PLAY.

>> I THINK IT'S A GAME FOR ME.

I THINK IT IS WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.

YOU NEED A GUY THAT DOESN'T NEED AS MUCH TO GO UP FRONT.

>> YEAH.

YOU LOOK AT NUMBER FOUR ON ILLINOIS'S -- PURDUE'S DEFENSE.

THE LINEBACKER MAKES A BUNCH OF MOVES.

>> HE'S THE PLAYER.

HE'S LIGIT.

HE IS A LIDGE I HAD SUNT PLAYER.

>> THEY HAD SCOURTON LAST YEAR.

THEY LOST ONE TO A & M AND THEY WERE ABLE TO KEEP JENKINS.

>> IF THERE YOU IS A CONCERN FOR NEBRASKA IN THE SEASON PLAYING FOUR QUARTERS, THE GAMES THEY WON, THEY HAD LEADS, THEY DIDN'T FINISH.

OBVIOUSLY, THE FOURTH QUARTER HERE GOES INTO THE OVERTIME.

DO YOU HAVE CONCERN WITH THEM PLAYING FOUR QUARTERS OF FOOTBALL?

>> I DON'T.

I THINK IT WAS BY DESIGN AS WAS COLORADO.

THAT IS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FOR THE HAND WRINGING AND ALL THE CONSTERNATION, NEBRASKA PLAYED 2 1/2 QUARTERS.

ILLINOIS SCORED THREE POINTS AND NEBRASKA DIDN'T PULL AWAY.

I THINK THE ABILITY TO STILL PLAY COMPLIMENTARY FOOTBALL IS THE THING.

IF I'M GETTING STOPS AND GUYS OFF THE FIELD DEFENSIVELY, I'D LIKE FOR THE OFFENSE TO GENERATE POINTS.

NEBRASKA'S OFFENSE WAS STILL FOUR OF FOUR IN THE END ZONE.

THAT DOG WILL HUNT.

BUT YOU GET THE 50/50 BALL.

YOU LOSE.

YOU COMPLETE THE PASS.

EVEN WE ARE THE TEN MINUTES TIME OF POSSESSION IN THE THIRD QUARTER FOR ILLINOIS, NEBRASKA IS IN GOOD SHAPE.

>> YEAH.

>> TWICE DURING THAT GAME THEY COULD HAVE GONE UP TWO SCORES.

AGAIN, I HAVEN'T HIT THE PANIC METER YET.

>> I DON'T THINK IT IS A STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING ISSUE EITHER.

IT'S NOT A PHYSICALITY THING.

THEY NEED TO MAKE PLAYS.

THEY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE PLAYS.

THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEM.

BE ON TOP OF IT NEXT TIME.

>> FINISHING DRIVER IS WHEN YOU GET TO HOW MANY POINTS YOU SCORED.

YOU HAD 4.2 LAST WEEK.

THAT IS ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

THEY'RE NOT THERE.

THE KEY AGAINST PURDUE FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN WATCHING THEM IS THEY JUST DON'T STAY DISCIPLINED.

THEY'RE NOT IN THE GAPS.

THEY'VE BEEN -- YOU NEED TO GET IN THE BACKFIELD.

>> THEY'RE A HAVOC OR YOU'RE GASHED.

>> YEAH.

BIG TIME WITH THAT.

YOU THINK WHEN YOU LOOK GOING THERE AT 11:00 A.M. OUR TIME, NOON THEIR TIME, I KNOW IT'S HOMECOMING.

BRING THE CROWD.

>> I THINK IT'S A BREAK FOR NEBRASKA.

WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE AT NIGHT OVER THE YEARS A LOT.

GETTING THE GAME COMING OFF TWO LOSSES FOR THEM, BAD LOSSES, THEN YOU'RE BACK ON A SLEEPY MORNING KICKOFF TYPE GAME.

BUT IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SELLOUT.

WE'LL SEE IF THAT HOLDS.

>> AND THEY'RE ANGRY.

>> YEAH.

>> NEBRASKA IS -- NEBRASKA IS PRETTY UPSET.

>> THIS IS A DESPERATE PURDUE TEAM.

I THINK IF THEY REACT AND COME OUT WITH BUNCHES EARLY, NEBRASKA WILL BE IN GOOD SHAPE IN THIS GAME.

YOU CAN'T -- SOME OF THE STUFF THAT LINGERED LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW PURDUE IS GOING TO POUND AT NEBRASKA AND SEE IF THEY IMPROVED THE ISSUES THEY'VE HAD THAT WE'VE SEEN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

>> COMBINE THE TWO BACKS, THEY'RE RUNNING FOR 150 YARDS A GAME.

THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO DO.

THAT BUT OVERALL, WHEN YOU -- HE IS NOT -- HE CAN RUN A LITTLE BIT.

HE'S NOT GOING TO THREATEN YOU.

SO KIND OF NEBRASKA DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE IS.

>> YEAH.

LISTEN, HE STRUGGLED TO THROW THE FOOTBALL.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY HAD A COUPLE WIDE RECEIVERS BANGED UP SO FAR THIS YEAR.

SOME OF THE BEST PLAYERS ON OFFENSE.

BUT HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE A PASS.

BUT, LISTEN, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL.

THEY'RE GOING TO -- A LOT OF SIMILAR RUN SCHEMES.

NEBRASKA SEEN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

SEE IF THEY SHORE THINGS UP.

IF THEY SHORE THINGS UP, OKAY.

WE HAVE TO GO TO SOMETHING ELSE.

UNTIL NEBRASKA CAN IMPROVE WHAT THEY HAD ISSUES WITH, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO EXPOSE IT.

>> A LOT HAS BEEN MADE OF NEBRASKA'S D-LINE AND HOLDING UP AGAINST ILLINOIS.

BUT AS I'M WATCHING IT, I THINK NEBRASKA'S SECONDARY HAS TO PLAY COVERAGE WISE IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN FIT IN THE RUN GAME A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

WHEN YOU PLAY A TON OF MAN-TO-MAN, YOU'RE VULNERABLE.

I THINK NEBRASKA HAS TO WRINKLE WILL UP HOW THEY PLAY IN THE SECONDARY, WHETHER IT'S A MATCH OR QUARTERS.

THEY HAVE SHOWN THREE STRONG.

WHERE THEY MIX IT UP AND THEY'RE NOT AT THE MERCY OF BEING FORMATION WITH MOTION AND GUYS ON THE MOVE.

>> IT WILL GET YOU.

YOU CAN HAVE DOUBT.

DALLAS COWBOYS ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE.

EVERY TIME THERE SAY MOTION AND MAKING YOU HAVE TO PLAY IT OFF, PEOPLE ARE GASHING.

THOSE ARE NFL PLAYERS.

KIT HAPPEN TO EVERYBODY.

WHAT ARE YOUR SOURCES SAYING IN TERMS WHO HAVE IS THE KICKER THIS WEEK?

>> I MEAN, I STILL THINK IT IS GOING TO BE JOHN HALL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE ELBOW ISSUE CAN HEEL ITSELF IN A WEEK'S TIME.

>> HE'S BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.

HE'S BEEN KEPT UNDER WRAPS.

BUT HE'S BEEN AROUND.

>> HE'S BEEN PRESENT ON THE SIDELINE.

YOU CAN SEE HIM DOWN THERE IN WARMUPS HELPING OUT THE KICKERS.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT MOVE.

I THINK IT'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW RULES.

CHRIS BROWN, I'VE KNOWN FOR YEARS.

I WOULD LOVE TO HELP NEBRASKA'S KICKERS.

THE RULES DIDN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO IT.

NOW, YOU KNOW, JAY MOORE WANTS TO JOIN THE STAFF AND DAVID BENNING WANTS TO JOIN THE STAFF.

>> WE LIKE CHRIS AT WEST SIDE.

>> YEAH.

TO HAVE THAT LUXURY WITH NEFL NEFL KICKERS ALL OVER THIS AREA, YOU KNOW, GREG ACTUALLY LIVES DOWN THE STREET FROM BRET.

THEY'RE NEIGHBORS.

SO TWO NFL STARTING KICKERS WERE SIDE BY SIDE.

IT'S AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC.

I THINK HALL WILL END UP BEING THE GUY.

YOU KNOW, THAT KICK HE MISSED, THE SNAP WAS OFF.

THE LACES WERE WRONG.

YEAH, HE MISSED THE KICK.

BUT THERE WAS A LOT TO THE OPERATION THAT LED TO THAT MISS.

>> YOU ARE CLOSE TO TRISTAN COACHING AT WEST SIDE.

HOW HE IS HANDLING ALL THIS?

>> IT'S TOUGH.

I THINK HE WANTS TO FEEL BETTER.

I THINK HE WANTS TO LET IT RIP.

HE'S NOT IN A PLACE.

HE HAD IT LOOKED AT TWICE IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

I THINK FOR HIM, SUCH A FINITE MUSCLE.

SO, HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL.

I THINK HE TRIED TO RAMP IT UP TOO SOON.

I THINK FROM A CONFIDENCE STANDPOINT, I THINK HE IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY.

HE THINKS HE CAN HELP THIS FOOTBALL TEAM OUT.

>> I THINK EVERYONE ON THE SET HAS TRIED TO COME BACK TOO QUICKLY FROM SOMETHING.

IT WILL GET YOU.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT.

THAT.

>> LET'S DO A BURNING QUESTION.

>> NEBRASKA'S OFFENSIVE LINE, HOW WILL THEY HOLD UP THIS WEEK?

YOU HAVE TO FIGURE THAT PURDUE IS GOING TO BRING THE HEAT UP THE MIDDLE LIKE WE SAW LAST WEEK.

HOW WILL THAT LINE HANDLE THE PASS RUSH THAT PURDUE IS GOING TO BRING?

>> FOR ME, I'M SIMILAR TO SHAWN WITH THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

WILL WE SEE ANY NEW FACES IN NEW PLACES AS NEBRASKA TRIES TO RAM UP UP WITH THE RUN GAME.

>> PURDUE'S STRUGGLE STOPPING THE RUN AND ALSO THE QB RUNNING GAME.

DO YOU SEE PACKAGES WITH HARPER COMING IN THERE?

>> SOUNDS LIKE THEY WANT TO USE HIM MORE.

>> YEAH, TO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF THEY GOT THAT ISSUE FIXED.

THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE FIXED.

LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN FIX THE QB RUNNING ISSUE.

THERE ARE PACKAGES THERE.

>> YOU NAILED IT.

NOTRE DAME BUT UP OVER 100 YARDS.

THEY WERE HAVING LUCK WITH THE RUNNING BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE QUARTERBACK ON OPTION TOO.

THEY GOT A LOT OF YARDS ON.

THAT YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

THE BURNING QUESTION, I MENTIONEDED THIS EARLIER, HE'S A HARD GUY TO BRING DOWN.

HE REALLY JERKY.

CAN NEBRASKA HANDLE HIM, CONTROL HIM A LITTLE BIT?

AND STOP LEAKY YARDAGE.

WHEN YOU MAKE THE TACKLE, MAKE THE TACKLE.

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WE'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT SATURDAY MORNING AGAINST THE BOILERMAKERS.

KICKOFF SCHEDULED FOR 11:00 A.M. CENTRAL ON PEACOCK.

TUESDAY, WE'LL BE BACK WITH REACTIONS FROM THE PURDUE GAME ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

THE HUSKERS GET READY FOR RUTGERS SCHOLAR NIGHTS NEXT WEEK.

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WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."