♪ ♪ >>> ONCE AGAIN, THE ALL-WHITES DON'T WORK OUT FOR THE BEST.

THIS5 TEAM WILL NOT SURRENDER.

UP NEXT, JAY AND DAMON BREAK IT ALL DOWN.

STEVE SIPPLE AND JAY CRAWFORD WILL JOIN US, AS WELL.

AND COACH RHULE GOT A RECRUIT TO FLIP, AND SEAN WILL UPDATE US ON RECRUITING.

ALL THAT AND MORE COMING UP ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

♪ >> HI, EVERYONE.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

WELCOME TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP" ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BLAME, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE EXCUSES, WE'RE ALL ABOUT SOLUTIONS TONIGHT.

AND TO DO THAT, JOINING ME, FORMER HUSKERS JAY MOORE AND DAMON BENNING.

THAT WAS KIND OF DAMON'S LINE, YOU KNOW, "IT'S ABOUT SOLUTIONS, IT IS NOT ABOUT EXCUSES."

>> IT'S ALWAYS THERE.

YEAH, YOU CAN LIVE BY THAT.

>> GIVE ME ONE LINE, OR GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT GAME ON SATURDAY.

>> YEAH, OBVIOUSLY VERY UNEXPECTED.

I THOUGHT NEBRASKA WOULD COME OUT WITH A MUCH BETTER MENTALITY AND COMPETE, HAVE A BETTER GAME PLAN PUT TOGETHER AND EXECUTE.

AND THEY DIDN'T.

JUST NOTHING -- NOTHING WENT RIGHT.

ALL THREE PHASES WERE -- WERE BAD FROM THE GET-GO.

WHITE RUN, I KNOW -- WHEN I SAW BARNEY FUMBLE THAT KICKOFF -- NOT FUMBLE THE KICKOFF, BUT TAKE THE KICKOFF RIGHT UP THE ONE, I GO, "THIS IS -- THE MENTALITY OF THIS TEAM IS NOT RIGHT."

THEY DID NOT COME IN WITH THE RIGHT MINDSET.

I JUST DID NOT EXPECT THAT.

AND YOU SAW THE RESULT.

INDIANA WAS BETTER PREPARED, MORE PHYSICAL.

AND THAT'S HOW YOU LOSE BY 49.

>> IT WAS NOT OVER AS FAST AS SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, THOUGH.

I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NEBRASKA DRIVING DOWN, HAD A CHANCE TO TIE IT, THE FUMBLE, A CHANCE TO BE IN THE GAME.

WHAT TURNED AFTER THAT?

>> YEAH.

I'M WITH YOU.

I THINK NOT SO MUCH PHYSICAL AS I THINK THIS FOOTBALL TEAM HAS TO UNDERSTAND COMPETITIVE STAMINA AND CAN COME IN THREE PHASES, MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL IS DIFFERENT THAN MENTAL.

YOU CAN COME WITH THE RIGHT PREPARATION MINDSET, BUT AS THE GAME UNFOLDS, WHAT IS YOUR EMOTIONAL STATE, RIGHT?

TO PLAY WITH GREAT EMOTION WITHOUT BEING EMOTIONAL, THAT'S STILL PRETTY ELUSIVE FOR THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.

I'M WITH YOU, 14-7, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, YOU HAD A CHANCE.

IT WASN'T AS -- YOU KNOW IT WASN'T AS DOOM AND GLOOM EARLY.

IT WAS THE ABILITY FOR INDIANA TO POUNCE QUICKLY IN JUST A SHORT A TIME.

THEY SCORED TWICE IN TWO MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS.

THAT CAN TAKE THE AIR OUT OF YOUR SAILS EARLY.

HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER, THEY HAD A FOOTBALL GAME.

>> I NEVER WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO COULD CONTROL MY EMOTIONS.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

A LOT TO COVER TONIGHT.

WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU WITH OUR PHONES STANDING BY.

GIVE US A CALL.

YOU CAN TEXT OR EMAIL YOUR QUESTIONS.

BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

WE'RE MONITORING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TONIGHT.

SEND US YOUR THOUGHTS AND WE'LL ANSWER AS MANY OF THE QUESTIONS AS WE CAN.

LAST WEEK WE ASKED YOU WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT NEBRASKA'S FINAL RECORD.

6-6 GOT 12%.

7-5, 35%.

8-4, 45%.

8% OF PEOPLE WERE HOPEFUL FOR 9-3 OR 11-1.

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ROAD TRIP IN THE BIG TEN?

GOT NORTHWESTERN, MINNESOTA, OHIO STATE, WISCONSIN, IOWA, AND MICHIGAN.

NOT TO BE CONTRARIAN, I LIKE GOING TO WEST LAFAYETTE.

I THINK IT IS FUN.

GREAT PLACE TO EAT THERE.

THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME.

WE'LL GET BACK TO THOSE COMING UP.

LET'S START WITH DEFENSE.

I THINK BECAUSE OF OBVIOUSLY FOUR TURNOVERS, AND THE WAY THE OFFENSE PLAYED, THAT PUT THE DEFENSE IN A BAD SPOT.

WHAT DID YOU SEE ON SOME OF THE ERRORS THEY WERE MAKING?

>> YEAH, JUST IT WAS -- YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT PLAYS, BREAKING DOWN THE WHOLE SEGMENT, THEY SEEMED NOT TO BE PUT IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS.

I THINK TONY WHITE ALLUDED TO THAT ALREADY.

SOME OF THE -- HE DIDN'T SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS.

NEBRASKA DOES A LOT TO -- A LOT OF MOVEMENT ON THE D-LINE.

THEY LIKE TO GO FOR -- THEY LIKE TO STEM, GAPS, GO FROM, YOU KNOW, CROSS FACE, THEY GOT CAUGHT.

THEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN A LOT OF THAT.

AND THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS GOOD COVERAGE AT TIMES.

INDIANA JUST MADE PLAYS AND NEBRASKA LOST A LOT OF THE ONE ON ONE BATTLES.

AND I JUST -- THEY JUST COULDN'T -- THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP UP AND MAKE PLAYS EARLY ON.

AND TO KIND OF SLOW DOWN THE MOMENTUM AND THEY NEVER DID THAT.

THAT FOURTH AND TWO STOP BY GBAYOR, YOU THOUGHT HERE WE GO.

THEY NEVER SEIZED THAT -- NEVER GOT MOMENTUM FROM THAT.

AND THEY GOT PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH AND COULDN'T RESPOND.

AND INDIANA MADE PLAYS, THE PLAY CALLS THEY HAD AGAINST OUR DEFENSE WAS WELL EXECUTED.

THAT'S A WELL-COACHED TEAM.

CIGNETTI HAS HIS TEAM PLAYING VERY, VERY EFFICIENTLY.

VERY SURPRISING.

I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY.

I THOUGHT NEBRASKA COULD MAKE SOME HAY WAS THE OFFENSE BECAUSE OF THE DEFENSE.

>> MAN BEATING MAN.

12 TIMES THEY TARGETED THE TOP THREE CORNERBACKS, 11 COMPLETIONS, 170 YARDS.

YOU GOT TO WIN THOSE BATTLES.

>> I THINK PART OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, JUST THE PHILOSOPHY, JAY MENTIONED AND COACH WHITE MENTIONED KIND OF BEING CAUGHT UNEXPECTEDLY AND I THINK THE WAY THAT INDIANA'S OFFENSE IS BUILT, RIGHT, YOU ALWAYS HAVE AN INSIDE RUN THREAT, YOU HAVE AN OUTSIDE RUN THREAT, YOU HAVE A VERTICAL PASSING CONCEPT.

IT IS EVERY PLAY.

CONCEPTUALLY, THEIR EXPECTANCY RATE FOR RUN VERSUS PAST, RUN VERSUS PASSING DOWNS, THEY CAN WREAK HAVOC BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS LOOK VERY SIMILAR.

THEY'RE WELL OILED WITH WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR SAME THREE OR FOUR CONCEPTS.

THEY HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT CAN DO IT.

THE ONE ON ONE THING IS WHY I THINK NEBRASKA WAS DEMORALIZED SO QUICKLY.

WHEN YOU CAN'T WIN ONE ON ONES AND NOT WINNING ONE ON ONES, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON WITH THE THROWS FROM WORK, YOU CAN GET THE SENSE IN A HURRY IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG DAY.

WHAT YOU'LL START TO THINK IS, THERE IS NOT MUCH ELSE I CAN DO.

AND WHEN YOU START TO FEEL LIKE THAT, YOU CAN GET YOUR FEELS IN A HURRY.

>> AS GOOD AS THAT RPO IS, EVER SINCE WORK TORE HIS KNEE UP, HE'S NOT A RUNNER ANYMORE, DIDN'T HAVE THAT PART OF THE CONCEPT.

>> THEY DO IT FANTASTICALLY.

THAT'S -- YOU SAW ALL THE -- DOWN THE GOAL LINE, THE RED ZONE AREAS, THOSE ARE HARD TO DEFEND.

THE TIMING OF IT, MAKING SURE THE PASS CATCHER IS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BEHIND IT SO YOU DON'T GET THE DOWNFIELD BLOCKING ISSUES.

AND WHAT THEY DO THAT I LOVE IS THEY ALWAYS HAVE AN OUTSIDE RUN OPTION, WHETHER IT IS THE QB OR NOT.

THEY HAVE AN INSIDE RUNNER.

AN OUTSIDE OPTION AND A VERTICAL THREAT.

IT IS ALMOST EVERY PLAY AND THEY GET AWAY WITH IT WITHOUT IT HAVING TO BE THE QUARTERBACK.

I WOULDN'T HONOR QB RUN GAME.

YOU SAW NEBRASKA ON THE GOAL LINE, ROLLED THE DICE ON THE TWINS ROUTE, HE COMES TO GET THE -- ROARK IS NOT GOING TO RUN FOR MUCH, BUT IT IS THAT KIND OF CONFLICT WHERE THEY STRESS YOU ON EVERY PLAY, IT LEAVES YOU GUESSING.

>> AND AFTERWARDS HE POINTED TO HIMSELF.

HE KNEW HE MADE A MISTAKE.

WHAT ABOUT THE WAY THEY DO RUN THE BALL.

YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW SOMETHING LATER WITH NUMBER 44, THEIR TIGHT END, THEIR PERIMETER RUN BLOCKING IS GOOD AS WELL.

>> YEAH, IT IS.

THE PLAYOFFS, YOU KNOW, IN THE HUDDLE LATER, THE FIRST BIG RUN IN THE FIRST SERIES, IT IS RIGHT -- NEBRASKA HAS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF IDENTIFYING FORMATIONS.

THIS IS THE PLAY HERE.

FORMATIONS INTO THE BOUNDARY.

THAT'S ALWAYS A BIG KEY.

WHY ARE THEY THERE?

WHY IS 44 THERE?

YOU GOT TO -- AS M.J. SHERMAN WHAT IS HE DOING?

HE'S NOT NORMALLY -- WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO TO ME?

YOU GOT TO PREPARE YOURSELF.

BUT JUST, LISTEN, NEBRASKA IS IN GOOD SPOTS HERE.

YOU GOT TO MAKE TACKLES.

TACKLES ARE SLOPPY.

NOTHING WAS GOING RIGHT.

YOU GET THE RPO GAME GOING, SECOND GUESSING YOURSELF, DON'T WANT TO -- TRY TO PLAY IT TOO SAFE OR, YOU KNOW, ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE AFRAID TO MAKE A MISTAKE.

THAT'S WHAT I SAW WHAT HURT NEBRASKA, THEY'RE TRYING TO PLAY SO PERFECT AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A MISTAKE THAT SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO SHOOT YOUR GUN AND MAKE A PLAY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND GBAYOR DID THAT ON FOURTH AND TWO.

>> SEE THE GUY WIDE OPEN ON THE SEAM?

>> YEAH.

HE WAS THERE.

>> BLOWN COVERAGE.

>> YEAH.

HE WAS -- IT JUST NEVER CLICKED, RIGHT?

ONE POSITIVE PLAY WAS THAT FOURTH AND TWO STOP, BUT NEVER -- IT JUST FELT OFF THE WHOLE GAME.

NEBRASKA DEFENSE LOOKED A STEP SLOWER AND INDIANA JUST LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD AN EXTRA POP IN THEIR STEP.

>> YOU GOT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT.

YOU LIKE JUSTICE ELLISON.

SAW WHAT HE DID A COUPLE OF TIMES.

HE'S THERE IN THE HOLE AND HE MAKES A MAN WITH A CLEAN SHOT JUST MISS.

>> YEAH.

AND, AGAIN, THAT LEADS -- THAT'S WINNING YOUR ONE ON ONES.

THERE ARE A FEW TIMES EARLY WHERE I FELT LIKE NEBRASKA WAS PRETTY GAP SOUND.

YOU MAYBE COULD ARGUE, YOU KNOW, HEAD INSIDE VERSUS HEAD OUTSIDE OR B VERSUS B AND A HALF GAP, BUT HE COULD GET SO SKINNY THROUGH THE HOLE, AND HE STRESSED YOUR WHOLE FRONT.

WHETHER IT WAS FRONT SIDE A, B, C GAP OR BACK SIDE A OR B.

HE'S A VERY GOOD FEEL SAVVY RUNNER.

HE'S A HEADACHE.

>> YEAH, GIVE US YOUR PHILOSOPHY.

COACH RHULE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

THEY COULD HAVE DONE SOME THINGS TO WHERE THEY LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF SCORING, RUN THE BALL, PUNT INSTEAD OF FOURTH DOWN OR SHOOT YOUR GUN AND LOSE 56-7.

>> IT IS HARD.

SIX IN ONE AND HALF AS DOEN IN DOZEN IN THE OTHER.

YOU WANT YOUR TEAM TO HAVE THE RIGHT MENTALITY.

WE'RE GOING TO PLAY AND EXECUTE AND DO OUR JOB.

BUT ALSO YOU KNOW THIS TEAM IS VERY FRAGILE MENTALLY AND HAVE A -- THEY HAVE A HARD TIME WINNING.

AND THEY HAVEN'T WON A LOT.

THERE IS THAT CAT AND MOUSE GAME YOU GOT TO PLAY WITH YOURSELF, DO I WANT TO CATER TOWARD THEIR MINDSET AND FEELINGS, OR, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY THE HELL WITH IT.

WE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO OPERATE.

THIS IS WHAT WE GOT TO DO.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT.

IT WAS GOING TO BE -- WASN'T GOING TO -- IT WAS GOING TO BE A LOSS NO MATTER WHAT.

56-7 OR 35-7, IT IS STILL A BAD LOSS.

BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THIS TEAM MENTALITY TO GO.

WE GOT TO GO FORWARD.

LET'S STOP ABOUT WORRYING ABOUT MAKING MISTAKES.

GET OVER THIS MENTAL HURDLE THAT HAS THEM HUNG UP QUITE A BIT.

>> REAL TIME, I HAVE TO BE HONEST, REVISIONIST HISTORY, I DON'T KNOW IF I THINK DIFFERENTLY, BUT REAL TIME I WAS SHORT OF GETTING A GUY INJURED.

I THINK YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO FIGHT.

IT IS PART OF THE GROWTH AND EMOTIONAL MATURITY THAT I THINK THIS TEAM NEEDS TO GO THROUGH.

WE HEARD THE BAD JOKES ABOUT THE SURRENDER WHITES.

WHY SURRENDER?

SPEAK THAT INTO EXISTENCE OR KEEP PLAYING?

REAL TIME, I THINK I'M A FAN OF -- I WANT TO KEEP PLAYING.

SHORT OF RISKING INJURY FOR MY GUYS.

>> ON THE RADIO BROADCAST, GREG ASKED YOU, SHOULD THEY -- >> THAT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE WAS SAYING.

HE KIND OF HAD MORE OF THE FAN SENTIMENT AND, HEY, YOU KNOW, LET'S MOVE THIS THING ALONG IN REAL TIME I'M THINKING I WANT TO COMPETE, I THINK THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT SEASONING TO KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE.

SO IN PREPARATION, YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT AGAIN.

I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH.

>> I'M NOT SAYING IN ANY WAY, BECAUSE THIS PHRASE IS USED A LOT AROUND NEBRASKA, SLOW BRINKER.

I KNOW DYLAN IS NOT THAT.

BUT THE LAST FEW WEEKS THERE HAVE BEEN GUYS OPEN QUICKLY THAT HE'S GOT TO GO AND HE'S THINKING MORE.

I GUESS IT IS THE PROCESS OF TAKING A LOT OF HITS, BEING A FRESHMAN.

>> POTENTIALLY.

ALSO TRYING TO BE TOO PERFECT.

I THINK YOU CAN OVERANALYZE THINGS.

COMING OFF A BYE WEEK WASN'T GREAT FOR THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.

I THINK YOU CAN TEND TO -- TRY TO BE TOO RIGHT AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU GOT TO TAKE WHAT THE DEFENSE IS GIVING YOU.

>> HE HAD THE TWO, THE TOP RECEIVER WAS WIDE OPEN.

>> SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO -- THIS ISN'T THE ROUTE THAT -- BUT YOU LIKE TO KNOW THAT I MADE THIS THROW AGAINST THIS COVERAGE, WASN'T WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO BUT I CAN DO IT.

WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, TAKE IT.

BE EFFICIENT AND BE QUICK.

AND GETTING OFFENSE IN THE RIGHT SPOT.

I THINK HE'S JUST -- TRYING TO BE TOO PERFECT RIGHT NOW.

>> CAN'T GO BROKE BY TAKING A PROFIT.

ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I THINK THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS BEEN MUCH MALIGNED.

I THINK IT IS A LITTLE UNFAIR.

I LOOK AT THE CONCEPT OF HOW THEY WANT TO RUN THE BALL OUT OF THE SHOTGUN, WITH ONLY ONE RUNNING THREAT.

IT IS TOO EASY FOR DEFENSES, RIGHT?

THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO PLUS ONE YOU IN THE RUN GAME.

AND SO I THINK NEBRASKA HAS SOME OPTIONS.

YOU CAN GET A SECOND BACK TO GIVE YOU AT LEAST A WRINKLE OR YOU CAN GO TRADITIONAL TWO BACK TO GIVE YOU PLUS ONE IN THE BOX.

BECAUSE IF YOU JUST DO SIMPLE MATH, AND NEBRASKA HAS FOUR WIDE RECEIVERS IN THE GAME, THAT LEAVES YOU SEVEN OTHER PLAYERS.

SIX BECAUSE YOUR QUARTERBTERB WON'T RUN.

AT A MINIMUM THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO HAVE SIX.

THE CONCEPT EITHER HAS TO BE MY FREE RUNNER ON YOUR FREE DEFENDER, BUT WHAT DEFENSES DO, WHEN THEY SEE RUN WITHOUT HAVING TO ACCOUNT FOR THE QUARTERBACK, YOU GET AN EXTRA DEFENDER IN THE BOX.

SOMETIMES TWO IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE RECEIVERS IN BLOCKING LIKE FIDONE DOES A LOT.

SO I THINK IT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER UNLESS YOU GET A SECOND RUNNING THREAT AS AN OPTION.

>> AND IF NOT, YOU WANT TO SEE HAARBERG IN THERE, GIVE HIM A CHANGE-UP?

>> TRY IT.

WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH MOST OF THE GAMES YOU THROW HIM IN AS A CURVEBALL.

JUST MAKES THE DEFENSE RESPECT, THEY HAVE TO PRACTICE IT AND 11 ON 11 FOOTBALL WHEN YOU HAVE THE QB RUN GAME.

IT IS HARD.

IT IS TOUGH.

I UNDERSTAND THE ASPECT OF IT.

THAT IS YOUR BACKUP QUARTERBACK.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GET HIM HURT.

THIS IS AN OFFENSE THAT STRUGGLED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, JUST RUN THE FOOTBALL AND GET SOME MOMENTUM GOING AND SCORING POINTS, MAYBE THROW IT OUT THERE FOR A COUPLE OF SERIES AND SEE HOW IT GOES AND HAVE HIM THROW SOME -- GET SOME RPO GAME GOING, RIGHT?

UTILIZING THAT ASPECT OF IT.

>> YOU CAN DO THAT PRETTY WELL WITH HIM.

>> AND WE SAW HIM LAST YEAR, MOST OF THE EXPLOSIVE PLAYS THAT HAPPENED HAPPENED WITH HIS LEGS.

>> 100%.

>> THEY HAD SO MANY PLAYS OVER 30 YARDS LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR -- >> RIGHT.

EVEN WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE OPTION, RIGHT, OPTION PASS, SOME OF THOSE BIG PASS PLAYS, YOU KNOW, OFF THE OPTION TOO WAS KEY FOR THE OFFENSE LAST YEAR.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU CAN GET TO THE TRIPLE MULTIPLE WAYS.

WE SAW INDIANA DO IT WITHOUT A RUNNING QUARTERBACK.

IT CAN BE DONE.

IT IS JUST ABOUT CONCEPTS.

SO, I THINK WHATEVER NEBRASKA WANTS TO TRY TO DO, I THINK THEY NEED TO GET PROFICIENT AT WHATEVER IT IS AND THEN TAKE YOUR CHANCES WITH VARIATIONS.

>> I WANT TO SEE MORE I-FORMATION, THAT'S WHAT I LOVE.

BRING THE FULLBACK IN.

LET'S GO TO THE HIGHLIGHTS.

LOOK WHAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY OVER IN BLOOMINGTON.

HUSKERS SAW A RARITY, A NEAR SELLOUT AT INDIANA'S MEMORIAL STADIUM.

NEBRASKA RUNNING OUT IN THE WHITES.

CELEBRATING THE START OF THE GAME.

IT TURNED PRETTY QUICKLY.

HERE IS THE PLAY THAT JAY IS GOING TO BREAK DOWN LATER.

THIRD AND TWO, CHANCE FOR NEBRASKA TO GET OFF THE FIELD.

ELLISON FOR 43 YARDS ON THIS PLAY.

NICE JOB RUNNING HIM DOWN.

BUT THAT'S A CHANCE TO GET OFF THE FIELD.

>> YEAH, M.J. SHERMAN HAS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF RECOGNIZING THAT AND DOESN'T.

>> THIRD AND 11, ANOTHER CHANCE TO FORCE A FIELD GOAL OR SOMETHING ELSE, INSTEAD THEY GET TO FOURTH AND ONE.

THEY CONVERT THE FOURTH AND ONE.

ANOTHER CHANCE TO GET OFF THE FIELD, GOES DOWN TO THE 5 YARD LINE.

TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS ON THIS TOUCHDOWN RUN.

>> I LIKE THE FACT THAT JUST GETTING SKINNY THROUGH THAT HOLE, I THOUGHT WHEN YOU BURY YOURSELF, WHAT I CALL BURYING YOURSELF AS A DEFENDER IN YOUR FIT, WITH YOUR HEAD DOWN, YOU LET GOOD BACKS WITH GOOD DECISIONS DO THAT TO YOU.

>> HERE IS NEBRASKA DRIVING, DOWN ONLY SEVEN AFTER GETTING STOPPED.

FOURTH DOWN STOP, AND HERE COMES HAARBERG, NICE RUN, ABLE TO CONVERT A FOURTH AND ONE.

WHAT HAPPENS?

>> I TELL YOU, IF YOU JUST SLIDE LEFT, HE MAY HIT HIS HEAD ON THE GOAL POST THERE.

>> DON'T TURN YOUR BACK, RIGHT?

>> DON'T SPIN IN THE CONTACT.

>> DON'T SPIN IN TRAFFIC.

THAT'S HOW PEOPLE KNOCK THE BALL OUT.

THEY CALL IT A FUMBLE.

INDIANA HAS THE BALL.

SITUATION TIED AT 7-7.

HERE COMES INDIANA START OF THE SECOND QUARTER NOW.

ONE ON ONE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FIELD.

>> THOSE ARE UNGUARDABLE.

BACK SHOULDERS, THOSE ARE -- SO HARD TO DEFEND.

>> RIGHT SIDE OF THE FIELD.

>> THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

>> THOSE GUYS, THEY ALL WON AT A LOWER LEVEL BEFORE COMING HERE.

THE SITUATION YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S A PLAY THAT URBAN MEYER BROKE DOWN BEFORE THE GAGA GAME.

>> LEADING THE FREE RECEIVER, THAT'S ON NEBRASKA.

>> HIGHLIGHT THOUGH, THOMAS FIDONE, SIX CATCHES, GREAT GAME, THE KIND OF GAME WE EXPECT, NICE THROW TO THE SIDELINE AND THEN NEBRASKA IN THE SITUATION OF BEING ABLE TO RUN THEIR MONEY PLAY, WITH BARNEY.

AND FIDONE MADE A GREAT BLOCK.

>> MISSED ON THE HAARBERG RUN EARLIER.

>> AND HE TOLD HIM ABOUT IT TOO.

>> DEJA VU.

>> IT IS PRECISE.

HERE IS THE SITUATION AGAIN, WHERE NEBRASKA MAKES A NICE PLAY, PUTS THEMSELVES IN A GOOD SITUATION, YOU'RE FORCING THEM TO DO SOMETHING ELSE, THEY GAIN SOMETHING ON SECOND DOWN AND ON -- THEY GET IN HERE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> NO TOUCHDOWN RUNS GIVEN UP TO START THE SEASON IN SIX GAMES.

FIVE FOR INDIANA ON SATURDAY.

MISSED TACKLES HERE.

>> IT IS LIKE DEAD FEET, DEAD PLAY.

HE'S JUST ON TOP OF YOU SO QUICK.

>> YEAH.

WE TALKED ABOUT JUSTICE ELLISON AND THE WAY HE RAN THE BALL ON THE DAY, WHETHER GETTING THROUGH HOLES OR MAKING CUTS.

WATCH THE MOVE HERE.

JUST GETS THROUGH IT.

WE GET INTO THE TOUCHDOWN AND MAKE IT 28-7.

AND THEN THEY TRY TO EVEN GET SOME MORE POINTS WITH THE HAIL MARY AT THE END.

MAKES GUYS MISS.

ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT DEFENSIVELY, INTERCEPTION, THIRD IN THE SEASON, HARTZOG, NICE PLAY THERE AND TRIES TO BRING IT BACK AS FAR AS HE CAN.

WHAT DO YOU DO ON THE HAIL MARY?

>> KNOCK IT DOWN.

>> OR YOU RUSH THEM.

YOU SEND MORE THAN FOUR GUYS.

THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLAYS OF THE GAME, 23 YARDS ON THE RUN AND CATCH.

HE'S LOOKING HEALTHIER.

I THOUGHT HE LOOKED A LITTLE -- >> HE'S TRIM, AGGRESSIVE, HE UNDERSTANDS THE OFFENSE.

>> TOUGH THROW HERE.

JUST DIDN'T READ THE OPEN DEFENDER.

>> HE'S GOT TO LOOK TO THE OTHER SIDE.

>> YEAH.

WIDE OPEN.

>> IT IS A QUICK EASY THROW TOO.

>> GREAT JOB BY JAMIIHR CHASING DOWN THE DEFENDER AND THE INTERCEPTION.

HERE IS THE PLAY I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

ONE THAT WAS DRAWN UP BEFORE THE GAME.

>> POOR COMMUNICATION BY TOMMY HILL AND BUFORD, THAT'S INSIDE OUT.

COME ON.

THAT'S DAY ONE STUFF RIGHT THERE.

>> COACH TALKED ABOUT THAT INTERCEPTION.

LLOYD GOING OFF ON THE SCRAMBLE DRILL INSTEAD OF STAYING AND THOUGHT HE WOULD BREAK TO THE OUTSIDE AND YOU'LL BREAK THAT ONE DOWN LATER.

>> YES.

IT WAS -- DIDN'T GET OFF TO A GOOD START.

>> THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK THROWING THE BEST PASS OF THE DAY.

>> INCREDIBLE.

HE THREW IT EARLY TOO.

I HAD A GOOD VANTAGE POINT OF THAT.

>> GOT HIS FOOT DOWN.

DEFENDED VERY WELL BY WRIGHT.

HERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE, GETTING THE OUTSIDE, AT THIS POINT, NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE IS PRETTY BEAT UP, BEATEN DOWN, GIVING UP ANOTHER RUSHING TOUCHDOWN.

LAST CHANCE, LAST GASP, SACK, FUMBLE, FOUR TOTAL TURNOVERS FOR DYLAN RAIOLA, THIS THE FOURTH ONE -- FIFTH ONE, FOURTH ONE ON THE TIP THERE.

INDIANA GETTING THE BALL BACK AND GOING DOWN TO GET ANOTHER SCORE.

THEY DO NOT STOP.

THEY WILL SCORE UNTIL YOU EITHER END THE GAME OR STOP.

56-7 IS THE FINAL.

WE GO TO THE STATS, THEY ARE NOT PRETTY.

ABOUT 40 SOME YARDS FROM THE RUNNING BACKS, 70 OVERALL, THREE NICE RUNS FROM HAARBERG, TWO LATE IN THE GAME.

TOTAL YARDS OVERALL, 500 YARDS, FOUR INDIANA ON THAT.

AND THE THREE TURNOVERS FOR THE INTERCEPTIONS.

NOT GOOD.

>> NOT GOOD AT ALL.

>> PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

WE'RE NOT PUTTING DOWN A PLAYER OF THE GAME.

IT IS THOMAS FIDONE.

SIX CATCHES, MORE THAN 90 YARDS, I WOULD GIVE HIM -- IF IT WAS ME, MY CHOICE, I WOULD GIVE HIM PLAYER OF THE GAME.

LET'S MOVE AHEAD AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND BREAK DOWN MORE OF THE LOSS WITH JAY IN THE HUDDLE.

>> WELCOME TO THE HUDDLE, GUYS.

ONE OFFENSIVE PLAY, ONE DEFENSIVE PLAY.

WE'LL LOOK AT THIS INTERCEPTION BY RAIOLA.

BRINGING PRESSURE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROTECTION ISSUES THAT NEBRASKA HAD AS INDIANA BRINGS THE BLITZ.

JOE KLATT IDENTIFIED THIS DURING THE GAME THAT EMMITT JOHNSON NEEDS TO SLIDE OUT TO HELP.

I UNDERSTAND FOR THIS SITUATION.

I THINK NEBRASKA COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF SETTING THEM UP FOR SUCCESS WITH SLIDING THE PROTECTION LEFT.

THE MAJORITY OF THE GUYS ARE TO THE FIELD, RIGHT?

NOT AS MANY GUYS TO THE BOUNDARY.

NEBRASKA NEEDS TO SLIDE THIS PROTECTION TO THE LEFT AND ALLOW EMMITT TO GO TO THE MIDDLE.

THEY DON'T.

EMMITT USUALLY DOES A GOOD JOB.

MOST DANGEROUS MAN.

LOOK TO THE MIDDLE, THEN YOU LOOK OUT TO THE LEFT.

BUT DOESN'T.

HERE'S WHERE THE ISSUE LIES NOW.

RAIOLA HAS A GUY, RIGHT, YOU LOOK TO SEE HIM GET OUT QUICKLY, DOESN'T.

BANKS IS THERE.

MAYBE AS THE HOT RECEIVER.

DOES NOT GET IT TO HIM.

WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, HE NEEDS TO CLIMB THE POCKET.

HE HAS TO CLIMB THE POCKET WHERE HE CAN EITHER STEP UP AND THROW, GET THE BALL TO EMMETT OR TUCK IT AND RUN AND GET A QUICK FIVE INSTEAD OF A SACK OR WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

SO IN THIS SITUATION, HE ROLLS UP TO THE LEFT, SEES BARNEY, AND MAINLY OUT TO THE FLAT, RUN IT OUT ROUTE, THINKS HE'S GOT HIM.

HE DOESN'T BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A PLASTER SITUATION, FOR THE DEFENSE, HE TAKES UP THE FIELD.

HE'S THINKING HE'S GOING TO SIT THERE RIGHT ON THE NUMBERS AND CATCH THIS BALL.

DOESN'T OVERTHROW.

PICK BY INDIANA.

AND OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THREE INTERCEPTIONS BY RAIOLA IN THIS GAME.

NOT HIS BEST.

SO, FIRST PLAY WE'LL LOOK AT DEFENSIVELY, FIRST SERIES OF THE GAME.

FORMATION, I SAID THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, FORMATION AND BOUNDARY, DEFENSIVELY IS VERY, VERY KEY.

M.J. SHERMAN HAS TO THINK WIDE 44 IS WHERE HE IS.

HE'S A RUN BLOCKER.

WHY IS HE RIGHT HERE?

GOT TO BE THINKING CRACK TOSS OR REPLACE OR SOMETHING.

HE DOESN'T SEE HIM, DOESN'T HAVE THAT THOUGHT.

NEBRASKA IS GOING TO DO SOME MOTION UP FRONT HERE, MOVE SOME MOVEMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET NASH MOVING OUT, TY IS MOVING OUT.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE 44 CRACK DOWN.

65 IS GOING TO PULL.

M.J. IS ALREADY TAKING TWO STEPS.

EYES AREN'T ON 44 YET.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM IDENTIFY AND CLUB HIM BY, GET VERTICAL AND GET TO SIX AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE HIM CUT BACK TO HIS HELP.

44 DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF STAYING ON HIM, YOU SEE THE ALLEYS GET MASS BACK SIDE HERE.

WE HAVE A SEAM.

44 DOES A GREAT JOB OF STAYING ON.

M.J., KICKING HIM OUT.

NOW, IT IS GETTING WORSE.

YOU SEE THE MESS DOWN HERE.

IT IS NOT GOING WELL SO FAR.

BULLOCK DOES A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO SPLIT THE GUYS TO FORCE THEM BACK INTO HELP.

HE DOES THAT.

SINGLETON, POOR JOB OF TAKING THE ANGLE, DOES NOT GET HIM, TRIES THE ARM TACKLE, DOESN'T WORK.

HARTZOG, GOOD JOB OF CHASING THIS DOWN BACK SIDE.

JUST A POOR WAY TOO GET OFF IN THE FIRST YEAR IN THE GAME DEFENSIVELY.

>> IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK LIKE YOU DRAW IT UP ON A BOARD.

BUT IN THAT CASE, THAT'S HOW THEY DREW IT UP AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKED.

>> YEAH.

YOU GET MOVEMENT GOING AWAY FROM THE PLAY, YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE FORMATION AND YOU DON'T GET OFF A BLOCK.

AND IT JUST -- THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT IS A FINE LINE.

YOU HAVE TO BE -- ESPECIALLY AT THE POINT OF CONTACT, AND EDGE OF THE DEFENSE, YOU GOT TO BE ON POINT.

OTHERWISE, GOOD TEAMS ARE GOING TO CREASE YOU JUST LIKE THAT.

>> COMING UP NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP," JOINED BY STEVEN M. SIPPLE, TALKING SPECIFICS FROM THE LOSS.

FIRST, PICTURES FROM THE GAME FROM BLOOMINGTON.

IT WAS A PRETTY DAY.

MORE TO COME.

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

WE LOOKED HARD AND WE FOUND A COUPLE OF GOOD PLAYS FOR THE HUSKERS.

BONNER GETTING THE JETS SWEEP AND GOING FOR THE ONLY HUSKER SCORE OF THE DAY.

WE GO TO PLAY NUMBER TWO.

GBAYOR GETTING DEFENSIVE PLAY OF THE DAY WITH THIS SACK.

WHICH WAS ON FOURTH DOWN, GETTING THE BALL BACK TO NEBRASKA.

AND NUMBER ONE GOES TO DYLAN RAIOLA WITH A NICE PASS TO THOMAS FIDONE.

NOT ONLY DOES HE CATCH IT, BUT IT IS A LITTLE RUN OUT OF IT AS WELL.

A COUPLE OF YARDS.

HE HAD SIX CATCHES FOR OVER 90 YARDS ON THE DAY.

JOINING US NOW, SENIOR WRITER FROM HUSKER ONLINE, STEVEN M. SIPPLE, A LEGEND AMONG MEN.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> FINE.

I'VE AGED QUITE A BIT SINCE I WAS HERE LAST TIME.

>> A FEW WEEKS AGO.

>> I KNOW.

NOT AS OLD AS DAMON.

>> WE WERE HERE TOGETHER.

>> HOW IS EVERYBODY HERE?

>> WE'RE DOING ALL RIGHT.

YOU WERE THERE IN BLOOMINGTON.

YOU WATCHED IT HAPPEN.

COACH SAID IT WAS A SURPRISE FOR HIM.

A SURPRISE FOR YOU.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I THINK SO.

I SAW YOUR PICK BEFORE THE GAME.

>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE PREDICTED IT.

YEAH, I WAS SHOCKED BY WHAT I SAW.

ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN I DON'T GET TOO EMOTIONAL.

I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO IN MY ROLE.

I HAD MY HEAD IN MY HANDS A COUPLE OF TIMES, DOING THIS.

I SAW DAMON DOING THAT IN THE BOX.

>> I WAS.

HE'S RIGHT NEXT TO -- >> WE WERE RIGHT NEXT.

>> I COULD HEAR YOU.

>> IT WAS VERY SURPRISING -- THE DEFENSE, THE DEFENSE PARTICULARLY, IF YOU SAY WHAT IS THE MOST SURPRISING THING THAT THEY GAVE UP 56, THAT -- HOW MANY YARDS AT INDIANA, 343.

>> BREAK THE RECORD.

>> YEAH.

BACK LIKE BUD WILKINSON.

YOU LITERALLY DO.

TO 1956.

SO, THAT WAS THE MOST SHOCKING THING.

>> I LOOK AT THE OFFENSE, I WANT TO GET TO THE DEFENSE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT, I THINK EVERYONE WANTS TO SHOOT ARROWS RIGHT NOW, RIGHTFULLY SO.

I PUT PRESSURE ON THE PLAY CALLING LIKE EVERYBODY.

WHAT CAN YOU CALL FOR HIM WHEN YOU HAVE STRUGGLED ON T T BALL?

THEY BLOCK ON THE PERIMETER.

>> I THINK IT COULD BE MORE INVENTIVE IN THE RUN GAME, BUT IT IS A CHALLENGE WHEN YOU'RE NOT GETTING MUCH FROM YOUR RUNNING BACKS, YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE, I APPRECIATE YOU DEFENDING.

I THINK IT HAS BEEN SO-SO.

YOU'RE NOT GETTING WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD GET FROM YOUR WIDEOUTS.

IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO CALL PLAYS.

I DON'T -- I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING UP FOR COACHES AND IN A SENSE, I AM.

I DON'T -- I DON'T LIKE THE REACTIONARY NATURE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.

THEY'RE 5-2.

THEY JUST LOST -- THEY JUST LOST -- THE OFFENSE HAS BEEN TRENDING DOWNWARD FOR WEEKS.

BUT SOME OF IT IS PERSONNEL RELATED.

SATTERFIELD DID SAY TODAY HE COULD DO BETTER IN THE RUN GAME WITH HOW HE APPROACHES IT.

SO, I KNOW MICHAEL, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, I KNOW YOUR FEELINGS.

I TRY TO BE THE LAST GUY TO CAL FOR GUY'S HEADS.

>> HE HAS ALL THE ANSWERS.

JUST ASK HIM.

>> I WISH I DID.

I WOULD CALL HIM PERSONALLY AND HELP OUT.

>> MOTION, BUNCH, A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS YOU CAN DO.

>> YOU CAN.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

>> I LIKE ANOTHER OPTION IN THE BACKFIELD TO RUN THE FOOTBALL TO BECAUSE I DON'T DEFEND THE OFFENSIVE LINE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY THOUGHTS.

I DEFEND THE OFFENSIVE LINE BECAUSE I COACHED DEFENSE AND IF YOU DON'T RUN THE BALL WITH YOUR QUARTERBACK OUT OF SHOTGUN RUN GAME, I COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO SLOW YOU DOWN.

SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM A FIGHTING CHANCE.

HOW SURPRISED WERE YOU -- IF YOU WENT BACK AND RELISTENED, DID -- I DIDN'T GET THE SENSE COACH RHULE WAS KIND OF WOE IS ME, THE SENTIMENT OF THE LOSING MENTALITY OF HERE WE GO AGAIN.

ESPECIALLY THE SECOND TIME I LISTENED TO IT BECAUSE HE DID SAY THAT'S PART OF LIFE, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT, YOU GET THAT IN LINCOLN.

WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS -- THEN HE FILLED IN THE BLANKS.

DID THAT SURPRISE YOU HE OPENLY SAID THAT OUT LOUD?

>> NO, NOT REALLY.

I MEAN, WHAT I LIKE, WHAT HE SAID, I'M NOT, LIKE, I AM -- I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT, BUT I HATE IT.

I JUST HATE IT.

I LIKE WHAT HE SAID ABOUT, OKAY, JUST SHOW UP, IF YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE B GAP, BE IN THE B GAP.

DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BIG EMOTIONAL PLAY ALL THE TIME.

THIS DEEP DIVE INTO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MEN.

IT IS JUST SHOW UP AND DO YOUR DAMN JOB.

I WISH IT WOULD COME DOWN TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> THAT'S WHY I WANTED HIM TO PLAY IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> YEAH, I LIKE THAT.

I LOVED WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THAT.

I LOVED WHAT HE SAID ABOUT NOT KICKING THE FIELD GOAL AT 28-7.

GO FOR IT.

SHOW THE GUYS, WE'RE STILL PLAYING.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WIN THE GAME.

AND IT IS GOOD FOR -- GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.

GOOD FOR MENTALITY.

>> THE ONE THING THAT NEBRASKA HASN'T BEEN DOING IS TURNING THE BALL OVER.

THAT CREEPS UP IN THE INDIANA GAME.

THAT'S SCARY.

YOU GOT A FRESHMAN OUT THERE.

DO YOU THINK YOU PLAY HAARBERG A LITTLE BIT?

YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH SOMEONE'S MENTALITY OR CONFIDENCE, BUT YOU PLAY HAARBERG?

>> YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY MORE OPEN TO THAT CONVERSATION THAN I WAS FOUR WEEKS AGO BECAUSE IT EVOLVED.

I MEAN, WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING COLORADO, AND SCORING 28 AND IT LOOKED GOOD AND YOU FIGURE THEY HAD A GOOD PLAN, I DIDN'T LIKE ANY DISRUPTION.

NOW THEY MIGHT NEED A SPARK, BUT IT IS A COMPLEX DISCUSSION, RIGHT?

TEAMS ARE FIGURING OUT NEBRASKA A LITTLE BIT WITHOUT THE QUARTERBACK RUN GAME.

DON'T YOU JUST MAN THEM UP?

MAN THEM UP?

>> THEY'RE SEEING A LOT OF QUARTERS AND 2-2, USED FLAT DEFENDERS TO DEFEND THE EDGE, BUT THE THING ABOUT IT IS IS SAFETIES CAN GET DOWN INTO THE BOX, BECAUSE THEY'RE PLAYING 11 ON 10.

SO, AGAIN, I'M NOT -- I DON'T DEFEND THE OFFENSIVE LINE BECAUSE THEY'RE MY FAVORITE GUYS.

I DEFEND THE OFFENSIVE LINE BECAUSE IF YOUR RUNNING BACK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A FREE DEFENDER, YOU HAVE TO RUN ALMOST EVERY PLAY PERFECTLY.

AND THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> IT IS NOT.

>> IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AT THIS LEVEL.

>> YEAH.

>> STICKING WITH THE OFFENSE AND RAIOLA, WE HAVE SEEN GET OFF TO SUCH A GREAT START.

REGRESSED A LITTLE BIT.

I WAS WONDERING, I THINK IT IS STARTING TO BE TOO PERFECT.

OFF TO A GOOD START, GET TO THE BYE WEEK, SIMILAR SENTIMENT WITH HIM TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH WITHIN THIS OFFENSE.

>> YEAH, YES, WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR FROM DYLAN MOORE IS A LITTLE MORE URGENCY, A LITTLE MORE -- IT IS GOING TO GET TOUGHER, THE BIG TEN SPEEDS UP.

CAN YOU GET TO A SPOT WHERE YOU CAN SET YOUR FEET AND GO.

I LIKE TO SEE -- IT SOUNDS FUNNY, I LIKE TO SEE HIM ACT A LITTLE MORE RATTLED.

HE'S VERY SMOOTH.

IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S ALWAYS KIND OF IN THIRD GEAR.

I JUST LIKE TO -- SEE HIM RAMP IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

IT IS NOT REALLY HIS STYLE.

I HEARD URBAN MEYER TALK TO THE MEDIA ON FRIDAY AND SAID A VARIATION OF WHAT I'M SAYING.

HE SAYS THE THINGS HE'S GOT TO DO MORE OF IS SHOW -- WHEN H H GETS PRESSED TO MOVE, GET YOUR FEET SET AND THROW, I MEAN, LET IT ROLL.

AND HE -- I DON'T KNOW.

HE JUST -- I THINK HE GETS SPED UP A LITTLE BIT AND HE DOESN'T SPEED UP.

HE SHOULD SPEED UP A LITTLE.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?

>> I DO.

>> I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE TALKED OPENLY ABOUT BEING A LITTLE MORE FREE TO MAKE MISTAKES.

>> YEAH.

TO BUILD ON WHAT JAY SAID ABOUT HAVING TO BE PERFECT, WHAT I THINK HAPPENS IS IT HAS BEEN SO ENGRAINED TO TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL, TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL, DON'T TURN THE BALL OVER.

ALL OF THAT IS TRUE, RIGHT?

HE KNOWS THAT HE IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT, SO I DON'T THINK HE LIKES TO JUST LET IT RIP.

IF WE JUST WOULD SAY, HEY, LISTEN, YOU KNOW WHAT, HAVE TO TAKE SOME CHANCES, YOU GOT TO THROW GUYS OPEN.

YOU DO YOU, WE GOT YOUR BACK, I THINK HE WOULD, WHAT I THINK WE SEE IS, HEY, BE CAREFUL, EVERYTHING HINGES ON, YOU KNOW, THE OUTCOME OF THIS PARTICULAR THING BECAUSE OUR PSYCHE IS THIS.

I THINK HE'S RESPONDING, SO, IF YOU FREE HIM UP TO JUST GO PLAY, I THINK HE'LL JUST GO PLAY.

>> HOW MUCH OF THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION IS THE FACT THAT THEY RANK 99th NATIONALLY IN RUSHING, THAT THEY RANK 14th IN THE BIG TEN, THAT THEY, AGAINST INDIANA, THEY RAN 19 -- THE RUNNING BACKS, RAN 19 TIMES FOR 40 YARDS.

IF I COVERED YOUR ERA, THAT WOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE, AN INCREDIBLE OCCURRENCE IF NEBRASKA RAN 19 TIMES FOR 40 YARDS IN THE GAME.

>> WHAT DO WE THINK?

I THINK FROM A PASS PRO STANDPOINT -- >> PLENTY OF TIME.

PLENTY OF TIME.

>> YOU MAKE THE CASE THAT IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO PASS PRO THAN IT IS TO RUN BLOCK.

>> TOTALLY.

100%.

>> SO IF I'M CAPABLE OF PASS THROWING AND THERE IS ALL THESE GOOD RUSHERS THAT THEY'RE PLAYING AGAINST, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL.

IT IS NOT NECESSARILY JUST RUNNING BACKS AND O LINE, YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR GUYS A CHANCE BY SCHEMING THINGS UP THAT ALLOW US TO PLAY MORE DOWNHILL AND GIVE US ANOTHER VIABLE RUNNING OPTION IN THE BOX.

OTHERWISE, I'M JUST GOING TO PLAY THE BOX.

>> WE DO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT, BEFORE WE GO, SPECIAL TEAMS.

WASN'T CATASTROPHIC, BUT 20-YARD RETURN, PUNT RETURN, HASN'T HAD A PERFECT GAME YET ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

>> ONE BLOCKED AGAIN.

WE HAD A BAD SNAP.

BUT -- >> HAD THOSE TWO PLAYS.

>> YOU HAD A CATASTROPHIC PLAY, WHICH RHULE TALKED ABOUT.

WE CAN'T HAVE THE CATASTROPHIC PLAY.

WHAT HAPPENS FIRST KICKOFF, INDIANA'S FIRST KICKOFF, CATASTROPHIC.

THAT'S CATASTROPHIC.

CATCH THE BALL AT THE 1 AND STUMBLE OUT.

I DON'T KNOW.

DO I PUT THAT ON ED FULLY?

>> PLAYERS HAVE TO MAKE PLAYS.

>> CLOSE CALL ON THAT.

GOT TO TEACH YOUR KIDS THAT SITUATION, WHAT YOU DO, STICK A LEG OUT OF BOUNDS, CATCH IT, YOU GET TO 35.

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE HE IS TAUGHT THAT.

IT IS VERY POSSIBLE.

SO, YEAH, SPECIAL TEAMS AGAIN, WASN'T A TOTAL DISASTER, THE BEST I CAN SAY.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE END OF THE SEASON, LAST FIVE GAMES, YOUR FEEL?

>> I THINK THAT THIS GAME, YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU CAN, CUT LOOSE.

JUST LET IT ROLL.

LET IT ROLL AND COME BACK AND GET READY FOR A BUNCH OF BRAWLS STARTING WITH UCLA.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE SEASON IS TO ME.

CUT LOOSE, OHIO STATE, DO WHAT YOU CAN.

DON'T WORRY.

JUST GO LET IT GO.

AND THEN COME BACK AND GET READY FOR UCLA AND THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF BRAWLS TO GET TO BOWL ELIGIBILITY.

>> APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING IN THE STUDIO.

>>> UP NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP," SHAWN CALLAHAN WILL UPDATE US ON A FLIP TO HELP THE O-LINE.

FIRST, GREAT SHOTS OF THE LAST TIME NEBRASKA TOOK ON OHIO STATE, WE'LL CHAT WITH JAY CRAWFORD ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND THE BUCKEYES AS WELL WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER THIS.

>>> HEY, A LOT OF CREDIT TO INDIANA FOR PLAYING REALLY, REALLY CLEAN FOOTBALL GAME AND JUST NOT OUR BEST FOOTBALL.

SO DISAPPOINTING.

JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET BACK TODAY AND GET TO WORK.

>> YOU ONLY GET ONE OPTION.

THAT'S TO KEEP GOING, RIGHT?

KEEP FIGHTING.

JUST GO BACK TO YOUR PROCESS AND KEEP GOING.

>> AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE DOWN FOR ONE.

THIS IS JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR GUYS, A GUT CHECK.

LIKE, HEY, IF EVERY TIME WE'RE DOWN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR CONFIDENCE, THEN, LIKE, MAN, WE BETTER START HANDING OUT PARTICIPATION TROPHIES.

THIS IS A GAME FOR MEN TO GO OUT AND BATTLE AND FIGHT.

>> I THINK A SMARTER COACH WOULD HAVE SETTLED THE GAME, YOU'RE DOWN 35-7, WOULD HAVE SETTLED THE GAME DOWN.

I JUST -- IN MY MIND, THE LONG GAME IS THAT DYLAN'S GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IN THOSE MOMENTS, RIGHT, LIKE INTENSE PRESSURE, TRYING TO GET THE TEAM BACK IN THE GAME.

>> THEY PUNCHED US IN THE MOUTH.

THEY WANTED IT MORE THAN WE DID.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF WAYS YOU CAN GO, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU HAVE ANOTHER HIGH-POWERED OFFENSE, ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND THIS IS LIKE LIFE, WE'RE TEACHING LIFE LESSONS.

YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO GET THE JOB YOU WANT, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IT IS HOW YOU RESPOND FROM IT AND HOW YOU LEARN FROM IT.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES AND IT IS OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE GUYS GOING.

>> I WANT TO FIRST GIVE CREDIT TO RYAN DAY, OKAY, IN THAT -- THOSE GUYS ARE OHIO STATE BECAUSE OHIO STATE WINS AND PLAYERS WANT TO GO TO A WINNER.

SO, WHILE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, AN IO COMPONENT TO EVERYBODY, RYAN'S ONE, JIM TRESSEL ONE, OHIO STATE HAS WON A TON.

KIDS WANT TO BE PART OF THE BEST PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY.

ALL FIRST ROUND QUARTERBACKS.

>> WELCOME BACK INSIDE THE "BIG RED WRAP-UP" STUDIO.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE WITH SHAWN CALLAHAN TALKING RECRUITING.

NEBRASKA NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS AND THEY GOT IT.

>> FROM JUJU MARKS OUT OF KANSAS CITY.

HE'S LISTED AS AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR NEBRASKA.

HE'S BEEN RECRUITED BY SOME SCHOOLS AS A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.

BUT 6'7", 255 WERE FRANTICALLY SEARCHING THROUGH OUR NOTES, HE HAD NOT VISITED CAMPUS AT NEBRASKA FOR TWO YEARS.

THIS HAS THE FINGERPRINTS OF JAMAR MOSEY ALL OVER IT, ISAIAH MOSEY IN THIS CLASS, NOW JUJU MARKS AND DAWSON MERIT, ANOTHER KANSAS CITY TARGET IS ON THE RADAR.

GETTING MARKS WAS A HUGE GET FOR THIS CLASS.

GIVING THEM THEIR FOURTH OFFENSIVE LINE COMMIT HERE FOR 2025.

>> FEATURE RECRUIT.

I'M A FAN OF GETTING KIDS FROM HAWAII.

>> ONE OF THOSE FOUR IS TORRES, THE TOP OVERALL PLAYER IN HAWAII, NEBRASKA HAS GOTTEN TWO TOP LINEMEN RECRUITS FROM HAWAII THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, NO SURPRISE THERE WITH THE RAIOLA CONNECTION, DONOVAN RAIOLA AND THE CONNECTIONS THEY HAVE ON THE ISLANDS.

BEN SCOTT IS A HAWAIIAN AS WELL ON THIS CURRENT HUSKER ROSTER.

IT WAS A BATTLE TO GET TORRES, BUT I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DONOVAN REALLY WON OUT WITH DYLAN HERE AND JUST THE TIES THAT THOSE GUYS HAVE.

>> AND NO EXCUSE FOR YOU TO GO BACK TO HAWAII FOR THE POLYNESIAN BOWL.

>> ISAAC JENSEN, THE NUMBER ONE 2026 PLAYER IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA BASED ON RECRUITING ISAAC JENSEN, RECEIVED HIS OFFER FROM NEBRASKA, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, HE'S GOT OTHER MAJOR POWER FOUR OFFERS AT THIS POINT.

YOU LOOK AT THE WEAPONS, THEY HAVE TWO POWER FOUR TIGHT ENDS IN LOFTON AND JENSEN.

AND THEY'RE HAVING A HUGE SEASON.

YOU LOOK AT IN STATE OFFERS FROM NEBRASKA.

THIS IS ONE OF TWO IN THE STATE FOR 2026.

CHASE REYNOLDS, ELK HORN NORTH BEING THE OTHER.

THEY HAVE NOT PUT A LOT OF 2026 IN STATE OFFERS OUT.

ISAAC JENSEN TO ME IS THE TOP RECRUITED GUY RIGHT NOW FOR THE HUSKERS.

>> WE APPRECIATE IT.

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WE CHECK OUT THIS -- JUST BECAUSE I'M MAD DOESN'T MEAN I'VE GIVEN UP ON YOU, PROTECTING THE END, IN A RAINSTORM, BIG RED FISHING TAKING CARE OF THE END.

THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD WORK.

RESULTS NOW, QUICK LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR.

FAVORITE ROAD TRIP IN THE BIG TEN AND WINNER CURRENTLY IS NORTHWESTERN.

NO, MINNESOTA.

NICE CITY TO GO TO.

NORTHWESTERN, CHICAGO, A LOT OF HUSKER FANS IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

THIS WEEK AROUND THE BIG TEN, OREGON MOVED UP TO NUMBER ONE.

ONCE AGAIN, THREE OUT OF THE TOP FOUR TEAMS IN THE AP POLL ARE FROM THE BIG TEN.

LEADING THE POLL IS MICHIGAN FOR FIRST TIME IN 54 WEEKS, SINCE BEFORE COVID, SCORING SEVEN AGAINST ILLINOIS, LOWEST POINT TOTAL SINCE 2014.

PLAYOFF STARTED TODAY, OREGON, OHIO STATE AND PENN STATE, WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF BASED ON THE AP POLL.

AND TOP 25 THIS WEEK, INDIANA MOVED TO NUMBER 13, AND ILLINOIS MOVED UP TO 20.

JOINING US NOW, FORMER ESPN PERSONALITY JAY CRAWFORD.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CURRENT STATE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL?

>> I LOVE IT.

12 IS THE PERFECT NUMBER.

YOU CAN LOOK AROUND COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND THE OLD ARGUMENT USED TO BE EVERY GAME COUNTS.

AND WHILE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN TRUE FOR HALF A DOZEN TO MAYBE A DOZEN TEAMS, NOW LOOK AT THE TEAMS THAT -- TWO-LOSS TEAMS AREN'T OUT OF IT.

AND THAT'S GREAT.

I THINK THAT MAKES MEANINGFUL FOOTBALL GAMES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE SEASON.

YOU GOT SO MANY TEAMS THAT ARE IN THAT MIX FOR THE TOP 12.

THAT I THINK THE EXPANSION OF THE PLAYOFFS IS GOING TO MAKE EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL GAMES IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

IT GETS BORING WHEN THERE IS LEFT -- >> JAY, THE EXPANSION OF THE BIG TEN IS ABOUT OREGON AND USC, UCLA, WASHINGTON INTO THIS MIX.

NOW YOU LOOK AT OREGON.

YOU HAVE OHIO STATE, PENN STATE, INDIANA IS RIGHT UP THERE.

WHERE DO YOU SEE THE BIG TEN FITTING IN, GETTING POTENTIALLY THREE, MAYBE EVEN FOUR TEAMS INTO THIS PLAYOFF COME WHEN THE POLLS COME OUT IN TWO WEEKS?

>> I THINK THERE WILL BE THREE AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT FOR FOUR, DEPENDING HOW EVERYTHING SHAKES OUT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT -- WE MAY STILL HAVE THE BEST TEAM FROM COLLEGE FOOTBALL, MIGHT COME FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE.

I THINK WITH THE QUALITY AND THE DEPTH THAT IS IN THE BIG TEN, I'M NOT RUNNING TO SAY THAT PENN STATE IS A LEGITIMATE CONTENDER YET.

I THINK OREGON IS.

I THINK OHIO STATE IS.

I THINK MICHIGAN IS DOWN THIS YEAR.

BUT I LOVE THE DEPTH AND THE QUALITY OF BIG TEN CONFERENCE.

YOU THINK ABOUT WINNING THIS CONFERENCE, WHAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY FOR ANYONE.

NOW I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO KIND OF ANOINT OREGON AS THE CLASS OF THE BIG TEN.

I'M NOT READY TO SAY THAT YET.

I THINK THAT OHIO STATE AND OREGON PLAYED ON A FIELD TEN TIMES, THEY WOULD WIN SIX OF THEM.

HAVE YOU GUYS EVER SEEN THAT, A RULE CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON AFTER ONE EXPLOITATION OF A LOOPHOLE?

>> YEAH.

>> THE ONLY TIME I CAN REMEMBER THAT IS KENNY PICKETT'S FAKE SLIDE.

THAT GUY TURNED AROUND PRETTY QUICK.

I'M WITH YOU ON THE OREGON, OHIO STATE THING.

I GO BACK TO THE GAME IN PARTICULAR, AS WE PREVIEW OHIO STATE, DOES IT SEEM LIKE -- I GET THE OFFENSE WITH SMITH AND THEY'RE PROLIFIC.

I WANT TO GO TO THE DEFENSE, UNDER COACH KNOWLES.

I THINK GABRIEL HAD SOME TIME.

THEY GOT HIT WITH THE GAP RUNS, TO THE BOUNDARY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR TALENT DEFENSIVELY, VERSUS THE STATISTICAL OUTPUTS, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING WITH THIS BUCKEYE DEFENSE?

>> FOR STARTERS, I HOPE YOU'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF ROUTES, NUMBER SEVEN, BECAUSE DENZEL BERK IS -- HE'S -- >> STRUGGLING.

>> YOU WANT TO FIND THE GUY ON THE DEFENSE THAT YOU CAN EXPLOIT.

THAT'S NOT HARD TO DO THIS YEAR WITH THIS BUCKEYE TEAM.

AND YOU GUYS MENTIONED A LACK OF -- DRIVING ME CRAZY WATCHING THIS TEAM.

BECAUSE THIS TEAM IN THE PAST HAS HAD THE KIND OF TALENT THAT REALLY GETS AFTER QUARTERBACKS AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT.

THEY LET HIM SIT BACK THERE ALL NIGHT AND PICK HIM TO PIECES.

YOU CAN'T JUST SEND FOUR AGAINST THE QUARTERBACK LIKE THAT.

I KNOW THE FEAR IS HE GETS OUTSIDE THE POCKET AND IF YOU DON'T SET THE EDGES, HE CAN REALLY HURT YOU AND HE DID.

BUT I JUST -- I'M FROM THE SCHOOL OF IF YOU'RE GOING TO ERR, ERR ON THE SIDE OF BEING AGGRESSIVE.

AND OHIO STATE DID EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE LAST WEEK AGAINST OREGON.

THEY JUST SAT BACK AND LET HIM PICK HIS SPOTS AND BERK IS SUCH A DEFICIENCY IN THE BACK END OF THAT DEFENSE THAT IT WASN'T HARD FOR HIM TO FIGURE OUT WHERE HE WANTED TO GO WITH THE FOOTBALL.

THEY GOT TO GET BETTER THAN THAT SPOT AND I KNOW DEPTH IS A PROBLEM AT THAT POSITION.

BUT AS LONG AS HE'S ON THE FIELD, I'M LOOKING FOR HIM.

AND I'M SURE MATT IS DRIVING THAT HOLE THIS WEEK IN PRACTICE AND IDENTIFYING WHERE IS SEVEN.

AND GET FAVORABLE MATCHUPS AGAINST SEVEN.

AND YOU GUYS COULD HAVE A PROLIFIC DAY PASSING THE BALL.

AND YOU MENTIONED WHAT IS GOING ON DEFENSIVELY FOR THE BUCKEYES, IT IS JUST NOT IMPRESSIVE.

I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST.

STILL A PROBLEM.

AND I THINK WHEN THEY LOSE -- IT IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE OF SHOOTOUTS.

THEIR OFFENSE IS SO PROLIFIC.

BUT THEIR DEFENSE IS NOT.

AND THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BEAT THE BUCKEYES.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BEAT THEM 10-7.

YOU'RE GOING TO BEAT THEM IN A GAME -- LIKE THE OREGON GAME, THAT'S THE PERFECT BLUEPRINT FOR HOW YOU BEAT THEM.

>> OHIO STATE HAS BEEN ON A HISTORIC RUN OF QUARTERBACKS LAST TEN TO 15 YEARS.

WHAT IS THE GROUND LEVEL VIEW ON WILL HOWARD THUS FAR.

YOU HAD A PLETHORA OF FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS OUT THERE.

WHAT IS THE VIEW ON HIM?

>> I THINK BY AND LARGE HE'S LIVED UP TO EXPECTATIONS.

I SAY THAT, WISHING I COULD BULK AND RAISE THE LAST PLAY OF THE OREGON GAME.

I JUST FOR THE LIFE OF ME I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW HIS SITUATIONAL AWARENESS WAS THAT BAD.

AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, AND THIS IS JUST A PRODUCT OF OHIO STATE'S DOMINANCE IN THE SCHEDULE THAT THEY PLAY, THEY WIN THREE TO FOUR GAMES A YEAR.

THAT'S IT.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS OVER BY HALFTIME, AND THE PROBLEM IS THE KNIFE GETS DULL BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SHARPENING IT.

AND SO WHAT WE SAW IN THAT OREGON GAME WAS THERE IS GOING TO BE GAMES THIS YEAR THAT COME DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTE.

CAN YOU EXECUTE?

I JUST WAS -- I WAS FLABBERGASTED, THUNDER STRUCK, AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.

WHEN HE TOOK OFF THE RUN, KNOWING WHERE THE CLOCK WAS, SO THAT HAS BUCKEYE FANS VERY CONCERNED.

BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN CLOSE GAMES THIS YEAR.

THAT'S A FACT.

AND WHEN YOU GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS, AND YOU WANT YOUR BEST PLAYERS TO RISE TO THE OCCASION.

AND HE DID NOT DO THAT.

SO, I THINK THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT WILL HOWARD AND FOR LATE AND CLOSE SITUATIONS AND NOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO EARN THE RESPECT OF THE FAN BASE AND THE COACHES AND THE TEAMMATES, HE HAS TO FIND HIMSELF IN A CLOSE GAME LATE AND COME THROUGH IN THAT SITUATION, JUST SO WE CAN PROVE TO EVERYBODY THAT HE CAN BE THAT DUDE.

HE WAS NOT LAST SATURDAY.

>> JAY, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

ENJOY THE GAME ON SATURDAY.

>> ABSOLUTELY, GUYS.

ENJOY THE GAME.

>>> NOW TIME FOR VIEWER QUESTIONS.

PORTION OF THE SHOW IS FOR THE VIEWERS NOW.

THEY SENT IN A NUMBER OF THINGS.

SHAWN, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT HOW INJURED RAIOLA MAY BE AT ALL WITH THAT ANKLE?

>> IT IS HARD TO SAY.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MOMENTS ON SATURDAY, YOU COULD SEE HIM WOBBLING OFF THE FIELD.

BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO CLEAR REPORT OTHER THAN IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR, EVERY GUY IS BATTLING BUMPS AND BRUISES HERE AND THERE.

WE DIDN'T SEE RAIOLA TAKE OFF AND RUN AT ALL IN THAT GAME.

AND THERE ARE PROBABLY A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES WHERE HE COULD HAVE AND YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT REAL PUSHOFF.

THAT WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH CLOSELY EARLY IN THIS GAME.

>> LARRY SAYS, WHY DOES IT SEEM LIKE THE D IS NEVER IN THE RIGHT GAP?

FRONT SEVEN RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER LIKE LITTLE KIDS PLAYING SOCCER.

ALL BUNCHED UP.

>> IT WAS DISCOMBOBULATED FROM THE GET GO FOR SURE.

THAT'S WHERE I THINK NEBRASKA DEFENSIVELY YOU CAN KIND OF GET A LITTLE TOO COMPLICATED BECAUSE YOU HAVE NINE -- SUCH AN OLD DEFENSE.

YOU THINK YOU CAN START DOING SOME UNIQUE THINGS.

SOMETIMES THE BEST THING TO DO AS A DEFENSE IF YOU'RE STRUGGLE, LINE UP ON BASE AND GO PLAY.

DO WHAT YOU DO WELL AND DO IT AGAIN.

THE TIMES OF PLAYING DEFENSE, WE TRY TO GET TOO CUTE, TOO UNIQUE AND GET GASSED A LITTLE BIT.

WE'RE GOING TO PLAY BASE AND IT IS, LIKE, WE GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT.

SO, THAT'S A THING TO SEE IS HOW COMPLICATED NEBRASKA WAS ON SATURDAY.

>> IS THERE SOMEONE ON THE OFFENSE YOU WANT TO SEE GET MORE TOUCHES?

>> JALEN LLOYD FOR STARTERS.

NOT JUST BECAUSE I KNOW HIM SO WELL, I KNOW WHAT KIND OF COMPETITOR HE IS.

HE'S A RUNNER, AND HE'S GOING TO LAY IT ON THE LINE AND DO WHAT HE'S ASKED.

AND THEN MAYBE YOU NEED AN OUTSIDE RECEIVER TO KIND OF STEP UP.

AND I DON'T -- YOU CAN EVEN MOVE A HYBRID TIGHT END TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER BIG BODY KIND OF PASSING TARGET, BUT JALEN LLOYD IS ONE FOR SURE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

BECAUSE YOU CAN MOVE HIM AROUND, HE KNOWS ALL THREE POSITIONS.

AND I THINK HE'S READY TO GO.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE CARTER NELSON MAY GET CHANCES, IF THEY WANT TO PLAY HIM.

>> WE SAW HIM PLAY A RECORD NUMBER OF SNAPS IN THE OFFENSE THIS LAST WEEK AND WE SAW BARNEY, SO THERE WAS A CLEAR EFFORT TO RAMP UP THE REPS FOR THOSE TWO FRESHMEN.

ON THE FLIP SIDE, BONNER, I BELIEVE, ONLY PLAYED ONE OR TWO SNAPS IN THE GAME.

THERE WAS A REVERSAL OF THE ROLES AND EMPHASIS OVER THE BYE WEEK TO GET A COUPLE OF THOSE TALENTED FRESHMEN MORE INVOLVED IN THE OFFENSE.

>> 30 SECONDS, STEVE WANTS TO KNOW PRESNAP MOTION, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE DEFENSE?

>> YOU GET TO BUNCH, DEFENSE HAS GOT TO BACK UP TO ALLOW -- OTHERWISE YOU CAN'T -- YOU CAN CUT YOURSELF OFF DEFENSIVELY.

WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT A LITTLE MORE, GET THEM GOING.

>> 20 SECONDS, WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT?

>> I DO.

PASSING OFF COVERAGE, THEY HAVE TO MIRROR THE PASS -- THE SECONDARY COVERAGE WITH BEING ABLE TO FIT IN THE RUN GAME.

>> TO BURNING QUESTIONS.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS CAN MATT RHULE CONTROL THE NOISE, HANDLE THE NOISE THIS WEEK AND, YOU KNOW, THEY FOUND OUT, IT'S TURNED PRETTY QUICKLY HERE.

THERE IS A LOT OF CRITICS AND A LOT OF VOICES OUT THERE AND THESE ARE THE WEEKS AS THE HEAD COACH YOU EARN YOUR MONEY, PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA.

>> CAN THEY MAKE IT ABOUT THEM?

IT IS PIGGYBACKING WHAT SHAWN SAID.

WHAT IS GOING TO HELP THEM GET OUT OF THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH ANYBODY ELSE.

IT IS ABOUT THOSE GUYS IN THAT BUILDING.

SIMILAR TO DAMON.

JUST GO PLAY.

JUST GO PLAY.

IT DOES NOT MATTER.

SAID THAT MANY TIMES, GOOD DEFENSES, LET COACHES HANDLE.

THAT, GO EXECUTE AND DO YOUR JOB, FIGHT, COMPETE, AND LET IT HANG OUT THERE, WHATEVER HAPPENS HAPPENS.

>> OHIO STATE HAD THE WEEK OFF.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT FIRED UP.

LET'S SEE IF NEBRASKA CAN STAY IN IT IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND YOU GOT THREE QUARTERS TO WIN IT.

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