♪ >>> IT WAS A TALE OF TURNOVERS ON SATURDAY, AS THE HUSKERS LOST ANOTHER CLOSE GAME TO MARYLAND.

THE FINAL SCORE, 13-10.

WITH THE QUARTERBACK POSITION IN QUESTION AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF A BOWL GAME FADING, HOW WILL THIS NEBRASKA TEAM SHOW UP AGAINST THE BADGERS THIS WEEKEND?

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL?

TONIGHT, WE BREAK DOWN WHAT WENT WRONG AGAINST THE TERRAPINS AND GO OVER WHAT THIS TEAM CAN DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR FINAL TWO CONFERENCE MATCHUPS, WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST, ANDY KENDEIGH.

WE'LL ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S NEW IN RECRUITING WITH SEAN CALLAHAN.

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

♪ >>> HI, EVERYONE.

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

THE ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE ABOUT THIS SHOW, IS AT THE END, THERE WILL BE ONE PERSON WHO SAYS, "CAN NEBRASKA NOT TURN THE BALL OVER?"

I'M PRETTY SURE ABOUT THAT.

[ LAUGHTER ] JOINING ME, THE PERSON WHO'S GONNA SAY THAT, FORMER HUSKER, JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

THIS IS ANOTHER GAME WHERE NEBRASKA HAS GONE FROM FUMBLING A LOT TO NOW LOTS OF INTERCEPTIONS.

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T WANT THEM TO FUMBLE.

DID YOU ALSO SAY DON'T HAVE INTERCEPTIONS?

>> I JUST SAID TURNOVERS, PERIOD.

>> TURNOVERS, OKAY.

TURNOVERS, YEAH.

>> I THINK MY BURNING QUESTION WILL BE CHANGED THIS WEEK.

>> OH, OKAY.

[ LAUGHTER ] YOU THINK YOU'RE A JINX?

>> I'M DONE.

NO, NOT A JINX.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FOOL ME ONCE TYPE OF DEAL, RIGHT.

>> OH, YEAH, SURE.

>> BUT LIKE, YOU'VE -- YOU'VE FOOLED ME NOW FOR TEN GAMES.

YOU CAN'T FOOL ME ANYMORE.

SO, I THINK THAT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT, WITH THIS TEAM AND THIS OFFENSE, IS -- >> IT'S IN THEIR DNA.

>> IT'S JUST -- IT IS.

AND -- AND, FROM THE QUARTERBACK PLAY, IT'S JUST -- IT'S JUST -- IT'S WILD HOW IT JUST -- IT BITES THEM IN THE REAR END AT THEIR WORST TIMES.

BUT, SEEMINGLY, WITH ALL THE TURNOVERS AND THE DEFENSE GETTING TURNOVERS AND GETTING SOME OPPORTUNITIES, IT COMES DOWN TO THAT FINAL PLAY IN THE REDZONE WITH THREE MINUTES LEFT IN THE GAME.

AND YOU -- YOU LOVE -- YOU LIKE THEIR CHANCES.

YOU LIKED THEIR CHANCES AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE LAST WEEK.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU LIKED THEIR CHANCES AGAINST MARYLAND THIS WEEK.

BUT, AGAIN, TURNOVERS, NOT GETTING STOPS AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND NOT GETTING POINTS IN THE RED ZONE, AGAIN, KEEPS THIS TEAM FROM BECOMING BOWL ELIGIBLE AND GETTING OVER THAT HUMP.

>> IT'S FUNNY.

YOU KNOW, THE NFL DOES THAT COMMERCIAL THING WHERE THEY'RE -- SOMEBODY'S WRITING A SCRIPT.

THERE'S NO WAY YOU WRITE A SCRIPT THAT SAYS CHUBBA PURDY COMES INTO THE GAME, TAKES THE TEAM 92 YARDS.

[ LAUGHTER ] I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD SCRIPT WHAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY.

>> YEAH, IT'S LIKE THEY ARE MANAGING A PITCHING STAFF AT A BASEBALL GAME, THE WAY THE QUARTERBACKS CAME IN.

>> YEAH.

>> AND HE WAS THE CLOSER FOR NEBRASKA.

AND, YEAH, THEN YOU FIND OUT CHUBBA PURDY DIDN'T EVEN REP, REALLY, TO A HIGH LEVEL ALL WEEK.

SO, TO GO IN THAT GAME KNOWING THAT HE PROBABLY IS GOING TO NEED SURGERY ON HIS GROIN AFTER THE SEASON IS OVER -- >> MM-HM.

>> -- IT'S AMAZING.

AND NOW HE COULD BE THE GUY THIS WEEK AT WISCONSIN.

HEINRICH HAARBERG DIDN'T PRACTICE TODAY.

JEFF SIMS DID, PURDY DID.

YOU GET THE SENSE THOUGH, IF PURDY IS GOOD TO GO, I THINK HE COULD BE THEIR GUY THIS WEEK.

>> WELL, IT'D BE HARD TO PUT JEFF SIMS OUT THERE.

HE WENT OUT THERE AGAIN, THREE MORE TURNOVERS.

YOU DON'T SEEM LIKE HE HAS ANY CONFIDENCE AT ALL.

YOU CAN'T PUT HIM BACK OUT THERE.

>> ZERO.

AND YOU KNOW, HAARBERG'S BEAT UP PHYSICALLY, CHUBBA'S BEAT UP PHYSICALLY.

JEFF SIMS IS BEAT UP MENTALLY.

>> YES, SIR.

>> HE IS STRUGGLING MENTALLY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE FOOTBALL.

HE STRUGGLES RUNNING IT.

HE DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF IT RUNNING IT.

HALF THE TIME HE STRUGGLES GETTING THE HANDOFF.

HALF THE TIME HE GOES -- HE MIGHT GO THE WRONG WAY ON A HANDOFF.

BUT THEN HE'S JUST CARELESS.

AND THAT'S NOT JEFF SIMS AS WELL.

I THINK HEINRICH HAS HIS OWN ISSUES TOO, WHERE THEY JUST TEND TO THROW UP THE FOOTBALL AND JUST HOPE SOMEONE MAKES A PLAY.

AND IT'S LIKE, MAN, YOU'VE GOTTA POSSESS.

YOU GOT -- IT'S A PRIZED POSSESSION YOU GOT IN YOUR HANDS.

YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT THING BETTER.

LISTEN, IF CHUBBA'S ABLE TO GO, HE'S GOTTA BE THE GUY.

I JUST DON'T -- I WANT THE BEST FOR JEFF SIMS.

I THINK HE IS A -- A HELL OF A TALENT AND CAN DO SOME GOOD THINGS, BUT WHERE HIS MIND IS RIGHT NOW, YOU JUST -- AND WITH TWO GAMES LEFT IN THE SEASON, A LOT TO PLAY FOR OBVIOUSLY.

>> YEAH.

>> IT'S HARD TO TRUST A GUY WHEN HE'S NOT THERE.

I MEAN, EVEN -- EVEN MARCUS SATTERFIELD SAID, "I'M NOT A PSYCHOLOGIST."

>> YES.

>> LIKE, HE KNOWS THERE'S ISSUES GOING ON BETWEEN THE EARS WITH HIM.

>> RIGHT.

>> I JUST TRY TO COACH HIM AS I CAN, JUST TRY TO GET HIM BETTER EVERY DAY.

BUT I CAN'T HELP HIM ATTACK SOME OF THOSE MENTAL -- YOU KNOW, THOSE DEMONS EVERYONE'S DEALING WITH.

>> SURE.

>> BUT HE'S -- HE'S DEALING WITH SOME DEMONS RIGHT NOW, AND IT SHOWS.

>> YEAH.

WE'VE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DO IT.

CONNECT WITH US AND HELP GUIDE OUR CONVERSATION.

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THERE SHE IS.

HELLO.

THEY ARE THERE ALL SEASON LONG, ENJOYING VALENTINO'S PIZZA AND TAKING YOUR CALLS.

YOU CAN ALSO TEXT OR E-MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO BIGREDATNEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG OR EVEN SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON OUR "BIG RED WRAP-UP" SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER AS MANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS WE CAN, TONIGHT.

IN LAST WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY, WE ASKED YOU WHICH OF NEBRASKA'S REMAINING GAMES WOULD BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO WIN.

MAJORITY OF YOU SAID THE UPCOMING GAME WITH WISCONSIN WOULD BE THE HARDEST ONE TO WIN.

IOWA, 29%.

AND THE ONE THEY LOST, 15%.

IF YOU DIDN'T VOTE IN LAST WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE NEW ONE, WHICH IS ON OUR WEBSITE, RIGHT NOW.

IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.

WILL NEBRASKA MAKE A BOWL GAME THIS YEAR?

♪ AND RIGHT NOW, POSITIVITY, YES HAS 54% OF THE VOTE CURRENTLY.

THAT'S AWESOME.

I'M GLAD SOME PEOPLE ARE HAPPY AND EXCITED, AND AT LEAST A LITTLE CONFIDENT ABOUT -- I AGREE WITH THEM.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A BOWL GAME AS WELL.

>> I DO TOO.

I THINK THESE NEXT TWO GAMES ARE -- ARE -- THE WISCONSIN GAME IS NOW MORE WINNABLE THAN YOU'D HAVE THOUGHT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

THEY'RE DEALING WITH THEIR OWN ISSUES.

SO, I THINK THEY -- THEY CAN GET IT.

IT'S JUST, CAN THEY TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL?

>> YEAH.

>> IN THE IOWA GAME, HONESTLY, WHO CAN SCORE TEN POINTS FIRST MIGHT WIN THAT GAME.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

LET'S JUMP INTO MORE OF THE DISCUSSION WITH THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM SATURDAY.

AGAIN, ANOTHER -- I MEAN, IT WAS WINDY.

BUT IT WAS A REALLY NICE DAY TO SAY IT WAS NOVEMBER.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PEOPLE BUNDLED UP BECAUSE OF THE WIND.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A HUGE DAY FOR EMMETT JOHNSON.

NOW JUST 'CAUSE OF THE FIRST RUN.

I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS A PERFECT GAME FOR HIM TO GET GOING.

AND HE DID HAVE THE MOST CARRIES ON THE SEASON.

HE HAD A NICE DAY.

THIS IS THE FIRST INTERCEPTION.

THIS WASN'T -- DOESN'T COUNT BECAUSE THERE WAS A HOLDING PENALTY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD ON BULLOCK.

BUT STILL, WHERE WAS HE THROWING THE BALL ON THAT ANYWAY?

>> JUST THE AWARENESS IS JUST -- IT'S JUST NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

YOU'VE JUST GOTTA SEE THE FIELD TO UNDERSTAND.

YOU'VE GOTTA READ COVERAGES AND KNOW WHERE THE DEEP SAFETY IS.

AND THEY'VE DONE THAT MANY TIMES THIS YEAR.

>> I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BREAK DOWN THAT FAKE PUNT, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON FROM THAT.

HERE'S A HIGH THROW.

THIS HAPPENS QUITE A BIT TO HAARBERG BECAUSE OF HIS ARM SLOT.

COACH SAID IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS FOOTING IN THAT ONE.

THAT WAS A GREAT PLAY BY ANTHONY GRANT.

I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE SCORED THERE, ON THE RETURN, IF HE DIDN'T MAKE THAT PLAY.

>> TUA TAGOVAILOA -- TUA, THAT'S HIS BROTHER.

[ LAUGHTER ] TAULIA TAGOVAILOA HAD A BIG DAY, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE BIG PLAYS.

HE HAD SEVEN BIG PLAYS ON THE DAY.

THIS ONE TO FELTON.

YOU FIGURE THEY WOULD GO AFTER HARTZOG WITH OMAR BROWN -- I MEAN, WITH -- QUINTON NEWSOME OUT.

>> YEAH, YOU WOULD THINK SO.

AND THEY GET -- YOU KNOW, ATTACK THE AIR.

THEY HAVE THE WIN THERE.

AND, AS THEY DID.

QUICK SEVEN POINTS FOR THE TERRAPINS.

THESE FRESHMAN ARE LEARNING A LOT, THE WIDE RECEIVERS FOR NEBRASKA.

THIS IS A GREAT CATCH, RIGHT HERE, ISN'T IT, SEAN?

>> YEAH, YOU LOOK AT -- IS THIS COLEMAN, RIGHT HERE?

>> JAYLEN LLOYD.

>> SORRY, COULDN'T SEE FROM MY POINT OF VIEW.

>> THAT'S FINE.

>> BUT JUST THE WAY THESE FRESHMEN HAVE GOTTEN BETTER EACH AND EVERY WEEK.

I MEAN, BUT THEY'RE STILL YOUNG PLAYERS.

>> YEAH.

AND THEN AN EXPERIENCED GUY, JOSH FLEEKS, HE TOOK A TON OF PUNISHMENT.

HE GOT HIT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES.

ACTUALLY ENDED UP HAVING TO LEAVE THE GAME BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE SHOTS HE TOOK.

SHORT PASS TO EMMETT JOHNSON.

HE HAD THREE CATCHES ON THE DAY.

AND THEN JEFF SIMS, THIS INTERCEPTION, NOW, YOU DON'T SEE IT ON THIS HIGHLIGHT, BUT THE WIDE RECEIVER WAS BUMPED COMING OUT OF HIS BREAK.

I KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE ILLEGAL CONTACT IN COLLEGE, BUT STILL, IT SEEMED LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A PENALTY.

AND THEN, STARTING THE SECOND HALF, 7-0, MARYLAND WITH THE LEAD.

AND I THOUGHT NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE AT TIMES, YOU COULD REALLY SEE THEM HITTING MARYLAND HARDER THAN I THINK MARYLAND EXPECTED.

THOSE COUPLE FUMBLES WERE REALLY BIG HARD HITS.

AND JEFF SIMS GETTING GOING AS WELL, ON THE GROUND.

AND ANTHONY GRANT WITH HIS LONGEST RUN OF THE DAY.

HE ONLY HAD THREE RUSHES FOR NINE YARDS.

AND THIS IS A GREAT PLAY BY BONNER.

>> FULLBACK.

>> I WAS ASKING FOR THE FULLBACK DURING LUNCHTIME, WASN'T I?

BONNER, BREAKS A TACKLE AND GREAT BLOCK ON THE EDGE BY BOERKIRCHER, ISN'T IT?

>> HERE WE GO, YEAH.

HANDS TO THE SIDE, GOOD PLACEMENT, AND THEN SEALS IT.

BUT GOOD JOB BY BONNER JUST NOT GETTING INITIAL CONTACT THERE.

HE GOT HIT AS SOON AS HE TOOK THAT HANDOFF, AND BREAKS OUT OF THE TACKLE, AND BOERKIRCHER GETS HIM A GOOD BLOCK AND SEVEN POINTS.

>> THIS IS A GREAT PLAY HERE.

YOU HAVE GREAT PASS RUSH, YOU GOT TY ROBINSON CHASING, THEN OMAR BROWN COMES OVER, TIPS THE BALL, AND SOMEHOW JAVIN WRIGHT KEEPS HIS FOOT IN.

>> GETS HIS LEFT FOOT IN.

>> INCREDIBLE.

>> I SAW THIS, I'M LIKE, "OH, THAT WAS INCOMPLETE."

>> YEAH.

>> THE RIGHT -- THAT LEFT FOOT, RIGHT THERE, JUST GETS IT DOWN.

IT COUNTS ON SATURDAYS NOT ON SUNDAYS.

>> YEAH, HE -- >> BUT THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

>> HE HAD A BIG DAY.

HE DID.

HERE'S JEFF SIMS, AGAIN, COMPLETE TO THOMAS FIDONE, ONE OF HIS FEW CATCHES ON THE DAY.

8 OF 13 FOR 62 FOR JEFF SIMS ON THE DAY.

HE ACTUALLY STARTED OFF 6 FOR 6 ON HIS FIRST THROWS.

HERE'S ANOTHER LOW THROW TO JOSH FLEEKS.

AND THEN TRISTAN ALVANO, WHO HAS JUST REALLY BEEN ON FIRE SINCE HE GOT -- GOT GOING AGAIN.

38 YARDS, GOOD.

10-7, NEBRASKA'S LEADING.

MANY OF US, RIGHT HERE, THOUGHT "OKAY, NEBRASKA'S GOT THIS GAME."

BUT HERE COMES TAULIA AGAIN WITH A NICE PASS UNDERNEATH.

ONE OF THE BIGGER DAYS -- ONE OF THE BIGGER PLAYS.

BUT THIS ONE COMES BACK, BECAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY HOLDING NUMBER 51 ON THAT ONE.

AND THEN TAGOVAILOA COMPLETE PASS AGAIN TO JONES.

THIS IS A NICE JOB.

>> JONES IS NICE.

>> YEAH.

>> HE'S A REALLY GOOD RECEIVER.

THEY STRUGGLE TO GET HIM DOWN ON INITIAL CONTACT.

AND TACKLING WAS SPOTTY SOMETIMES FOR THE BLACKSHIRT DEFENSE.

>> DID HAVE EIGHT TACKLES FOR LOSS ON THE DAY THOUGH.

ONLY ONE SACK.

BUT DID MAKE SOME PLAYS AGAIN.

INCLUDING THIS ONE HERE.

OMAR BROWN WITH A BIG HIT AND RECOVERY AS WELL.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE STOP ON FOURTH AND ONE.

MY FAULT.

THAT WAS THE FOURTH AND ONE STOP BY HUTMACHER, WHO HAD A GREAT GAME.

AND THEN LOOSE, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST LOOSE BALLHANDLING, RIGHT?

>> YEP.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA EAT A PLAY.

I KNOW HE'S TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY AND BOUNCE OUT THERE.

BUT IT'S TOUGH TO BOUNCE IT AGAINST BIG TEN TEAMS.

AND JUST CARELESS AGAIN.

>> GREAT SACK ON THE DELAYED BLITZ.

YOU'RE GONNA SHOW THAT ONE LATER, CORRECT?

>> MM-HM.

>> AND THIS WAS, AGAIN, WAS ANOTHER DELAYED BLITZ.

END UP MAKING HIM -- FORCING HIM TO THROW ON THIRD AND LONG.

FIELD GOAL IS GOOD.

MAKES IT 10-10.

NEBRASKA GETTING THE BALL BACK.

JEFF SIMS STILL IN THE GAME, AT THIS POINT.

AND THIS THROW IS KIND OF INEXCUSABLE.

I DON'T REALLY GET IT.

>> YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHERE HE'S GOING.

IT'S KIND OF A SIMILAR ROUTE CONCEPT.

>> YEAH, I'M NOT SURE WHERE HE'S GOIN'.

IT'S KINDA A SIMILAR ROUTE CONCEPT, SO MAY HAVE BEEN MORE OF A SMASH ROUTE CONCEPT THAN NEBRASKA LIKES TO RUN, AND JUST -- JUST NOT, AGAIN, SEEING THE FIELD AND THE AWARENESS IS JUST NOT QUITE THERE.

>> THAT WAS TRADER'S SECOND INTERCEPTION -- ACTUALLY THREE 'CAUSE HE HAD THE ONE THAT GOT CALLED BACK.

THIS IS ONE WHERE YOU LOSE -- ON THE OUTSIDE.

YOU MENTIONED IT, TOMMI HILL COMES IN, THE LACK OF CONTROL -- >> IT'S HARD, MAN.

IT'S HARD COMING -- COMING UP FULL SPEED.

HE'S AN ATHLETIC QUARTERBACK, SO -- BUT -- AND AGAIN, HERE, I MEAN, JUST ANOTHER FANTASTIC STOP BY THE DEFENSE TO CREATE A FUMBLE AND GET ON IT.

I MEAN, THAT'S -- THAT'S TEACHING TAPE RIGHT THERE.

WRAP UP, PULL UP -- GET A RIP AT THE BALL.

AND THEN -- COMES IN HERE TO GET THINGS GOING.

>> HE LOOKED GOOD, GUYS.

>> HE DID, HE LOOKED REALLY GOOD, AND YOU MENTIONED THE GROWING.

HE RAN PRETTY NATURALLY, HAD TWO REALLY LONG RUNS.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LOW THROW, BUT GREAT JOB BY BILLY KEMP.

KINDA WHAT WE EXPECTED FOR HIM THIS YEAR.

>> YEAH, FINALLY, BILLY KEMP ON THE FIELD, THAT RECEIVER, AND THEY JUST NEEDED A VETERAN BODY OUT THERE, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK IN MADISON, THEY CAN GET 'EM A COUPLE PLAYS.

>> THIS RUN HAS EVERYTHING.

YOU GOT BALANCE, YOU GOT VISION, YOU GOT SPEED.

EMMETT JOHNSON, GREAT RUN ON THE DAY, GETTING THEM DOWN THERE.

AND PURDY MAKES A RUN TO GET 'EM DOWN TO FIVE, AND OF COURSE THIS IS THE PLAY THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL WEEK.

THIRD DOWN, YOU HAVE A FIELD GOAL IN THE BAG.

YOU MAKE THE THROW.

WHOEVER'S FAULT IT IS, INTERCEPTION HAPPENS, AND THEN MARYLAND GETS THE BALL BACK.

-- ON THIS PLAY?

>> YEAH, THERE'S A -- THERE WAS NO EDGE.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE, THIS WAS A BUS.

THEY SAW SOMETHING AND THEY CAUGHT 'EM.

THERE'S ZERO EDGE PROTECTION THERE ON THE DEFENSE.

>> AND NEBRASKA'S SCRAMBLING HERE, TRYING TO MAKE TURNOVERS, SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE BROKEN TACKLES, PUTTING THEM IN A POSITION TO WHERE THEY CAN RUN THE CLOCK DOWN AND KICK A FIELD GOAL TO WIN, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.

MAKES THE FIELD GOAL FROM 24 YARDS OUT.

MARYLAND WINS THE GAME 13-10.

LET'S GO TO THE FINAL STATS.

♪ HAD A REALLY GOOD DAY OVERALL WITH THE BIG PLAYS.

SOME OF THE SHORTER ONES WASN'T AS GOOD, BUT HE HAD A GOOD DAY WITH 283 YARDS PASSING.

AGAIN, FIVE TURNOVERS, TO THREE TURNOVERS.

IT WAS A SLOPPY DAY IN LINCOLN, NOT SURPRISED.

AND THE THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS WAS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THIS GAME AS WELL.

MARYLAND GOING 6 FOR 12.

LET'S GO TO OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME THIS WEEK.

TWO DEFENSIVE STANDOUTS -- TY ROBINSON AND JAVIN "BUDDHA" WRIGHT.

TY WRAPPED UP A COUPLE OF PASS BREAKUPS, AS A -- AND A FUMBLE RECOVERY AS WELL.

HE ALSO HAD 1.5 TACKLES FOR LOSS AGAINST MARYLAND, WHILE JAVIN WRIGHT FORCED TWO TURNOVERS IN THE GAME.

AND ANOTHER GUY, OMAR BROWN DOESN'T GET MENTIONED ON THERE, BUT HE HAD A REALLY GOOD DAY AS WELL, MAKING A BUNCH OF TACKLES AND FORCING A FUMBLE HIMSELF.

IT REALLY WAS A GOOD DAY FOR THOSE GUYS IN THE DEFENSE.

BUT YOU WATCH WHAT TY ROBINSON DID AND NASH HUTMACHER DID AS WELL.

YOU -- YOU'VE GOTTA LOVE THAT INTERIOR OF THAT FRONT, RIGHT?

'CAUSE THEY'RE REALLY PLAYING WELL.

>> THEY'RE -- THEY HAVE -- THEY HAVE TURNED THEIR GAMES UP TO SUCH A HIGH LEVEL.

COACH KNIGHTON, I THINK HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF THAT, JUST BRINGING THAT EXPERIENCE FROM THE NFL.

JUST, TY ROBINSON HAS GOTTEN BETTER, AND HUTMACHER JUST -- THE FOURTH- DOWN STOP, AND JUST BEING ABLE TO PLAY AT THE POINT OF ATTACK AT A ZERO, AT A SHADE, AT A ONE TECHNIQUE.

THIS 3-3-5 DEFENSE IS NOT SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THOSE TWO GUYS.

THE SUCCESS THEY'VE HAD THIS YEAR IN THIS TONY WHITE SCHEME, IF THOSE TWO PLAYERS AREN'T THERE, THIS IS -- WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY OF THE SUCCESS.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE GUYS UP FRONT TO PLAY, NO MATTER WHAT, DEFENSE, PERIOD.

BUT THESE TWO GUYS, IN A NEW DEFENSE, HAVING THE EXPERIENCE, BUT THEN THE ABILITY TO GET BETTER EACH WEEK.

AND TY HAS GOTTEN BETTER AND GOTTEN MORE MATURE TOO.

HE -- I THINK HE'S ALWAYS HAD A HARD TIME DEALING WITH FAILURE, AS EVERYONE SHOULD.

BUT I THINK GOOD PLAYERS GET OVER THOSE THINGS AND DON'T LET IT RUIN YOUR DAY, AND DON'T -- YOU GOTTA FOCUS ON THE FUTURE.

HE'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THAT, AND IT'S GOTTEN BETTER EVERY WEEK, AND IT SHOWS.

>> BOTH THOSE GUYS BE BACK NEXT YEAR, YOU THINK?

>> I THINK TY ROBINSON IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO GO PRO.

HE WAS ALREADY GETTING A LOT OF SENIOR BOWL LOOKS, HE'S PUTTING TAPE TOGETHER.

>> RIGHT.

>> NASH HUTMACHER, YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE, BOTH OF THESE GUYS, THE N.I.L.

VALUE IS GONNA BE HIGH.

LIKE, TO COME BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR, BUT HE'S THE ONE THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE I THINK TO COME BACK FOR ONE MORE YEAR.

FOR ROBINSON, HE WOULD BE A SIX-YEAR SENIOR.

HUTMACHER WOULD BE IN HIS FIFTH YEAR SO -- GIFFORD'S THE OTHER ONE TO WATCH.

I THINK ISAAC GIFFORD, HE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A DECISION IF HE WANTS TO COME BACK OR GO PRO.

>> THE THING ABOUT NASH IS, THERE'S ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF ZEROS, RIGHT?

A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TEAMS THAT PLAY THAT, BUT THEY NEED GUYS LIKE HIM SO -- >> YOU HAVE TO.

>> TO FIND THE RIGHT TEAM, OBVIOUSLY.

>> YEAH, WITHOUT A DOUBT.

YOU -- HE'S A UNIQUE SKILLSET, AND THE WRESTLER MENTALITY -- UNDERSTANDING LEVERAGE, AND HIS MOVEMENT HAS IMPROVED A LOT WITH THIS NEW STRENGTH STAFF.

HE PLAYED STIFF, YOU SEE HIM MOVING LATERALLY, SHOOTING GAPS, WORKING BOTH A GAPS, WRAPPING AROUND TO C GAPS ON SOME STUFF, MAKING THE PLAYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, BIG PROPS TO THE STRENGTH STAFF, AND JUST GETTING HIM MORE MOBILE AND IN BETTER SHAPE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT PLAY CALL.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, AS COACH RHULE SAID, THE FIRST DOWN PLAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A RUN, WAS TO HAND IT OFF, SO OF COURSE, NOT HANDING IT OFF, THAT STOPS THE CLOCK -- YOU'D LIKE TO BURN SOME CLOCK AS WELL.

SECOND DOWN MINUS TWO, AND THEN THE THIRD-DOWN CALL, WHAT'D YOU THINK?

>> YEAH, HE WOULD'VE LIKED, LIKE YOU SAID, TO HAVE THAT CLOCK RUNNING FOR 3 FULL 40-SECOND PLAY CLOCKS, PLUS THE TIME OF THE PLAY.

BUT IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THINGS GOT CLOGGED UP.

YOU KNOW, MALACHI COLEMAN HAD A HARD TIME GETTING TO WHERE HE NEEDED TO BE.

>> YUP.

>> AND THE CORNER ROUTE WASN'T RUN WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE.

AND CHUBBA HAS NOT REPPED THAT PLAY A LOT.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT GOING ON THERE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A RECEIVER COMING OFF OF A KNEE INJURY, A TRUE FRESHMAN RECEIVER, AND A QUARTERBACK WHO HAS REALLY BEEN HURT ALL YEAR, BEING TOLD TO KINDA EXECUTE MAYBE ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLAYS WE'VE SEEN BY NEBRASKA ALL SEASON.

>> YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, THE STARTER GETS PROBABLY 90% -- NOW I KNOW HAARBERG WAS BANGED UP, SO PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT LESS.

THE BACKUP MAYBE GETS SOME 15% OR SO, AND MAYBE RUNS SOME 2 MINUTES.

THE THIRD STRING GUY, HE'S BARELY IN THERE .

>> HE MIGHT -- BARELY OR HE MIGHT EVEN BE DOING SOME SCOUT TEAM STUFF TOO, POTENTIALLY.

>> 'CAUSE HE HAD A RUN SO MAYBE -- >> I MEAN, THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS, YOU PUT 'EM IN A TOUGH SITUATION BACKED UP.

I MEAN, NEBRASKA'S OFFENSE, I MEAN, HAS ANY OFFENSE BEEN BACKED UP INSIDE THEIR OWN 10?

>> NO.

>> TO START A DRIVE?

I -- I CAN'T RECALL.

BUT DOES A GREAT JOB.

SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU STOLE SOME YARDS.

LIKE, IN THIS -- IN THAT SITUATION, YOU'RE THINKING, "OKAY, MAYBE WE CAN FLIP THE FIELD."

YOUR DEFENSE GETS A STOP, YOU GET THE BALL BACK AT YOUR OWN MAYBE 30, 40.

AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GO MAKE A PLAY.

BUT NO, YOU GET SOME GOOD THINGS GOING.

YOU -- LIKE I SAID, YOU STOLE SOME YARDAGE, YOU GET SOME MOMENTUM.

BUT JUST WHEN THAT FIRST PLAY IS NOT A SUCCESS, IS NOT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED -- IT SHOULD GO, YOU NEED TO, LIKE, PUMP THE BRAKES LIKE, "OKAY, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

WE'VE -- WE'RE -- WE'RE -- GASOLINE'S ABOUT TO GET THROWN ON THIS FIRE HERE, AND WE GOT TO MAKE SURE IT'S UNDER CONTROL.

AND JUST TO HAVE -- I DON'T KNOW.

I -- I WANT THE -- I LIKE THE AGGRESSIVENESS.

BUT I ALSO -- YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO -- IT'S A -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S A TONE- DEAF TYPE OF SITUATION, BUT MAN, YOUR DEFENSE HAS GOTTEN YOU OUT OF SO MANY SITUATIONS THIS YEAR AND BAILED 'EM OUT.

WHY DON'T YOU RELY ON THEM TO DO THAT?

AND WHY DO YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR THIRD-STRING QUARTERBACK INTO A SITUATION WHERE IT'S BURNED YOU BEFORE AT MINNESOTA.

>> YEAH.

>> A SIMILAR PLAY CALL.

AND I JUST -- I HAVE A HARD TIME GRASPING IT.

I -- I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT WAS RAN POORLY.

I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF THROWING THAT BALL TO KEMP WHEN YOUR SMALL RECEIVERS -- IF YOU'RE GONNA THROW UP TO ANYONE, THROW UP TO THOMAS FIDONE.

>> YEP.

>> GIVE YOURSELF A A BEST -- YOUR CHANCE -- A BIG CATCH RADIUS TO GO MAKE A PLAY THERE.

RIGHT.

DIDN'T LIKE THE CALL.

I MEAN, IT'S -- IT WAS A BAD CALL, IN MY OPINION.

>> I -- I HAVE TWO BOYS.

THEY'RE BOTH TEENAGERS.

WHEN YOUNG BOYS ARE YOUNG, YOUR MAIN JOB AS A PARENT IS TO KEEP 'EM OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, RIGHT?

YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE, IF THEY'RE NEAR A HOT STOVE, YOU KEEP 'EM AWAY FROM THE HOT STOVE.

THE SAME AS A COACH.

YOU HAVE A RESUME OF TROUBLES WITH THIS TEAM TURNING THE BALL OVER, WHY PUT 'EM NEXT TO THE HOT STOVE?

YOU KNOW?

GET AWAY FROM THAT.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY THOUGHT THEY CALLED WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A VERY CONSERVATIVE PLAY, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF RISK.

BUT, AS WE KNOW WITH THIS TEAM?

>> RIGHT.

>> IF THERE IS A 1%, THEY FIND THE RISK.

>> YEAH, THEY FIND IT.

>> AND THEY'VE DONE IT WAY TOO MANY TIMES THIS SEASON.

>> YEAH, AND IT'S -- LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DEFENSE GOING BACK TO THAT.

BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART, THEY STOPPED MARYLAND'S RUN GAME.

THE FOURTH QUARTER, THEY GOT GOING A LITTLE BIT.

YOU THINK THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF FATIGUE?

>> YEAH, I THINK THEY WERE CALLED ON ALMOST TOO MUCH AT TIMES IN THIS GAME.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SAW THOSE RUNS.

'CAUSE THEY WERE NOT RUNNING THE BALL ON NEBRASKA UNTIL THAT FINAL DRIVE.

I MEAN, NEBRASKA REALLY SHUT THEM DOWN.

BUT MARYLAND'S GOT GATTIS AND KEVIN SUMLIN AND -- I MEAN, THEY GOT SOME ACCOMPLISHED OFFENSIVE MINDS UP THERE, AND MIKE LOCKSLEY'S A GOOD OFFENSIVE COACH, SO EVENTUALLY, THEY WERE GONNA FIND SOMETHING.

AND THEY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON WHAT TONY WHITE WAS DOING, AND THEY PUT ONE DRIVE TOGETHER, AND THAT'S ALL THEY NEEDED.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS, IF NEBRASKA KICKS A FIELD GOAL THERE, MAYBE MARYLAND STILL KICKS A FIELD GOAL, BUT YOU AT LEAST GO TO OVERTIME AT THAT POINT.

>> YEAH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THE SECONDARY'S PLAYING, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE QUINTON NEWSOM, WHO'S YOUR BEST CORNER, AND MAYBE HE'S A GUY THAT GETS DRAFTED.

BUT YOU HAVE A GUY -- AND QUINTON NEWSOME'S OUT -- AND YOU REALLY SAW, BESIDES THOSE COUPE OF PLAYS OVER HARTZOG, THEY PLAYED PRETTY WELL SHORT- HANDED.

>> THEY DID.

OTHER THAN THAT BIG PLAY THAT HARTZOG ON THE SIDELINE -- NOTHING WAS -- THEY KEPT EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF HIM.

YOU KNOW?

THEY TOOK AWAY THE DEEP THREAT.

MARYLAND WAS ABLE TO EXECUTE SOME SHORT TO INTERMEDIATE STUFF.

BUT SOMETIMES THAT'S WHAT YOU GOTTA DO AS A DEFENSE.

YOU JUST KEEP 'EM IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU KNOW WHEN THEY GET TO THE RED ZONE, OR GET, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THE END ZONE, THOSE ROUTES JUST AREN'T AVAILABLE, 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON THE FIELD.

BUT THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

FOR -- FOR AS SUCCESSFUL AS MARYLAND'S OFFENSE IS, AND AS ACCOMPLISHED OF A QUARTERBACK AS TAGOVAILOA IS, HOLDING THAT TEAM TO 13 POINTS -- >> YES.

>> -- IS A REALLY GOOD DAY.

YEAH, THEY GOT SOME LEAKY YARDAGE RUSHING, AND THEY HAD A BUS ON THAT RUN -- ON THAT RUN PLAY.

AND I THINK, TAGOVAILOA GOT, WHAT, 30 YARDS AFTER THE TOMMI HILL.

YOU KNOW, SO, HALF OF IT, YOU KNOW -- OR A THIRD OF IT COMES RIGHT THERE.

SO OVERALL, A REALLY GOOD JOB.

YOU CREATED THREE TURNOVERS.

YOU GOT THE BALL BACK TO YOUR OFFENSE IN THREE SITUATIONS, YOU GOT UP 10 POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF.

THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO.

UM, I JUST WISH -- I JUST WISH RHULE AND STAFF WOULDA -- WOULDA TRUSTED THEM TO WIN THAT GAME FOR 'EM WITH 13-10.

>> DESPITE THE INTERCEPTION IN THE END ZONE, NEBRASKA ACTUALLY FORCES A THIRD-DOWN.

YOU HAVE THE INTERFERENCE CALL ON TOMMI HILL, DID YOU AGREE WITH THE CALL?

>> WELL, NEBRASKA HAD ONLY BEEN PENALIZED ONCE.

I MEAN THAT WAS THEIR -- IT WAS 10-1.

I MEAN, SO, YOU COULD ARGUE, I MEAN, THE MOMENTUM ON THE PENALTIES, I MEAN, NEBRASKA GOT ALL THE BREAKS.

'CAUSE A WEEK AGO, THEY DIDN'T GET ANY BREAKS.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND THEY WERE GETTING THE BREAKS.

SO I THINK IN THAT SITUATION, IT WAS PROBABLY THE RIGHT CALL.

>> HIS HEAD WOULDN'T TURN.

YEAH, PROBABLY.

>> IT WAS A BIG MOMENT IN THE GAME.

IT AFFECTED THE PLAY.

AND LOOK, YOU WERE UP 10-0 ON PENALTIES AT THAT POINT.

SO YOU CAN'T -- I DON'T THINK NEBRASKA WAS IN A POSITION TO REALLY COMPLAIN ABOUT ANY OFFICIATING WHEN YOU SEE A 10-0 TURNED INTO 10-1 ON THE PENALTIES.

>> I'D LOVE TO SEE AT SOME POINT -- AND I BROUGHT THIS UP A COUPLE TIMES, WHERE YOU LET EMMETT JOHNSON JUST RUN THE LOT.

YOU KNOW WHAT.

LET HIM HAVE 20 CARRIES.

SEE HOW HE DOES.

BECAUSE YOU SEE IT'S KIND OF BEEN GETTING STRONGER AS HE'S GOING ALONG.

I KNOW HE'S ONLY A FRESHMAN.

BUT AS THE GAME GOES A LONG, YOU SEE HIM KIND OF BREAKING TACKLES.

HIS BEST RUN WAS LATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>> LATE IN THE GAME, RIGHT.

>> SO HOW ABOUT, LET'S KEEP GIVING HIM THE BALL.

>> LISTEN, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE.

I MEAN, HE DID, IN MICHIGAN, JUST RUN 33 PLAYS IN A ROW.

RUN PLAYS IN A ROW -- >> YES.

>> I MEAN, I GET IT.

THAT'S APPLES TO ORANGES COMPARISON.

BUT, LISTEN, LET HIM GO TO WORK.

LET THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN GET IN A GROOVE.

LET THESE -- IT IS A FEEL GAME.

THE RUNNING BACK HAS TO FEEL HIS WAY THROUGH.

AND HE HAS GOTTEN STRONGER.

>> YEP.

>> I MEAN, LOOK AT THE RUN HE HAD AGAINST PURDUE TO SEAL THE GAME A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

RIGHT?

THAT'S LATE.

SO GET, LET HIM -- >> HE'S FINSIHING.

>> YEAH, NO HE IS.

>> THAT'S SIX, SEVEN YARDS -- >> WE HAVE SEEN A YOUNG MAN GROW UP HERE IN THE LAST FOUR, FIVE GAMES DUE TO INJURIES.

AND IT'S BEEN FUN TO WATCH.

YOU JUST WISH HE'D GET MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THE THING IS TOO, IS COACH RHULE SAYS, THE BEST GAME THIS OFFENSIVE LINE HAS PUT TOGETHER.

>> YES.

>> AND THEY WERE WEARING THEM DOWN.

>> THEY WERE.

>> SO -- >> WHY NOT?

THINGS THAT JUST MAKE YOU SAY, "HMMM."

RIGHT?

>> THE THING IS, YOU HAVE TO GET UNDER CENTER.

>> TOTALLY.

>> I AM TIRED OF SHOTGUN.

ESPECIALLY IN THE RED ZONE.

EVERYTHING IS AS CONDENSED AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE.

YOU GET UNDER CENTER, LESS CHANCES TO MAKE A MISTAKES.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNDER CENTER?

I DON'T THINK THAT PURDY'S GONNA THINK THAT IT'S A RPO BY ACCIDENT.

>> TOTALLY.

>> HE'S GOING TO HAND THE BALL OFF.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> THREE RUNS, THE WAY EMMETT JOHNSON WAS RUNNING, HE PROBABLY SCORES.

PROBABLY GETS IN THE END ZONE.

>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.

YOU JUST ALWAYS GOT TO TAKE THE ELEMENT, RIGHT?

IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR KIDS WALKING NEAR A HOT STOVE, DON'T PUT THEM IN THAT SITUATION.

>> EXACTLY, DON'T PUT THEM IN THE KITCHEN.

>> YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS -- YOU KNOW, I'M A GOLFER.

I ALWAYS COMPARE IT TO GOLF.

SO IT'S LIKE, YOU GET TO THE LAST HOLE.

YOU HAVE THE LEAD.

YOU KNOW A PAR COULD WIN THIS GAME, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT.

>> DON'T GIVE YOUR OPPONENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEM THE CHANCE TO WIN IT.

>> RIGHT.

>> A FIELD GOAL ESSENTIALLY WINS THE DAMN THING.

AND YOU DON'T DO IT.

AND YOU TRY TO GO FOR IT IN TWO AND YOU HIT THE WATER AND MAKE BOGEY AND A GUY COMES FROM BEHIND AND BEATS YOU.

>> NO DOUBT.

>> SO YOU GOT TO LEARN FROM MISTAKES.

>> BEFORE WE HEAR FROM JAY IN THE HUDDLE, LET'S HEAR WHAT COACHES AND PLAYERS HAD TO SAY FOLLOWING SATURDAY'S LOSS.

>> I THOUGHT DEFENSIVELY AND I THOUGHT -- MANY PLAYERS ON OFFENSE, THAT WAS BY FAR OUR BEST GAME.

I THOUGHT OUR OFFENSIVE LINE WAS BY FAR THE BEST GAME ON OFFENSE.

AND SO, I WAS PROUD OF THE GUYS AND I TOLD THEM THAT.

NEVER ACCEPT LOSING OBVIOUSLY.

BUT, TO ME, THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE IS WORKING FOR A LOT OF GUYS.

>> I TOLD THEM BEFORE KICKOFF, I WAS LIKE, I CAN FEEL -- I CAN GET A VIBE OF THE GUYS.

AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS KIND OF LIKE ILLINOIS WHERE -- I'M LIKE, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO MAKE IT RIGHT TODAY.

AND THEY DID.

THEY PLAYED THEIR BUTTS OFF.

>> I HAVE NOT SOLVED THIS ISSUE IN TERMS OF THE TURNOVERS.

AND SO I DON'T GO IN THERE AND SAY, "GUYS, WE GOT 22 TURNOVERS, WE GOT TO FIX IT."

THEY KNOW THAT.

I JUST SAY, "HEY, ARE WE TRUSTING OUR TRAINING?

IS THIS THE BALL THAT YOU WANTED TO THROW?

WAS AS INTENTIONAL OR WAS THIS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO?"

AND IF IT IS, JUST CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, THOSE REPS AND CONTINUE TO WORK.

>> WE'LL IMPROVE ON THE TURNOVER ISSUE.

BUT I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP PLUGGING AWAY AND KEEP WORKING AT IT.

IT IS FRUSTRATING.

FRUSTRATING FOR THEM, FRUSTRATING FOR ME, FRUSTRATING FOR OUR TEAM.

AND SO WE JUST KEEP ATTACKING IT, TALKING ABOUT IT.

TRY TO MAKE SURE WE STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM AS MANY OF THOSE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

>> FREEDOM TROPHY, YEAH, YEAH.

IT'S GOT OUR STADIUM ON IT AND THE FLAG AND EVERYTHING.

YEAH, WE NEVER WON IT THOUGH.

TRYING TO CHANGE THIS SATURDAY.

>> THEY ARE AN EXCELLENT FOOTBALL TEAM.

AND IT WILL PROBABLY BE A LOT LIKE THESE OTHER GAMES.

WE'LL COME DOWN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

WE'LL TRY TO MAKE ONE MORE PLAY THAN THEM.

THEY'LL TRY TO MAKE ONE MORE PLAY THAN US AND WE'LL SEE WHO DOES IT.

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

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TWO SUCCESSFUL PLAYS.

THE FIRST ONE, I LOVE THE FAKE PUNT CALL IN THE FIRST HALF.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE AGGRESSIVE, THIS IS A GOOD POINT OF THE GAME TO BE AGGRESSIVE.

LISTEN, MARYLAND IS SET UP TERRIBLY.

YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE NO EDGE.

THIS GUY'S TO THIS INSIDE GAP.

THE EDGE PLAYERS ARE ESSENTIALLY OUT HERE IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THE SLOT.

SO AS THEY RUN THIS PLAY THEY ARE IN A BAD POSITION.

NEBRASKA RECOGNIZES THIS AND TAKES ADVANTAGE OF IT, AS YOU SHOULD EVERY TIME.

SO THEY SNAP IT TO BOERKIRCHER.

YOU GET THE EDGE.

YOU GET A LEAD BLOCKER HERE.

AND ACTUALLY, MARYLAND DOES A GOOD JOB OF GETTING OVER THIS AND MAKING A PLAY.

BECAUSE IF HE DOESN'T GET HERE, HE POTENTIALLY, HE COULD HAVE SCORED.

BUT I LOVE THE PLAY CALL.

I LOVE THEM BEING AGGRESSIVE AT THIS MOMENT, TAKING WHAT MARYLAND GAVE TO YOU AND MAKING A PLAY.

A GREAT TIME TO BE AGGRESSIVE AT THIS MOMENT.

SO NEXT PLAY, IS THE BUFORD SACK AGAINST TAGOVAILOA.

DOES A GOOD JOB OF GETTING HIM DOWN.

BUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BALL IS INTO THE BOUNDARY.

THE BLITZ COMES FROM THE BOUNDARY.

SO YOUR EDGE GUYS, THEY GOT TO SHORTEN THE CORNER, THEY GOT TO COME INSIDE.

BUFORD DOES A GOOD JOB OF BEING PATIENT HER.

KIND OF GETS A JAM ON THE SLOT GUY.

YOU HAVE YOUR GUYS OUT HERE WORK TO CONTAIN.

PRESSURE COMES FROM THE OPPOSITE, THE OTHER WAY.

THESE GUYS GOT TO WORK TO CONTAIN.

THESE GUYS ARE CROSSING FACE.

SHORT IN THE CORNER.

HE DOES NOT REALLY SEE HIM UNTIL LATE.

FEELS HIM.

AND DOES IT.

HE TRIES TO SPIN OUT OF IT.

THIS IS A REALLY HARD JOB TO DO.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A DB, A LINEBACKER, WHATEVER.

THAT WAS A GOOD PLAY BY BUFORD THERE.

>> JAY, YOU THINK NEBRASKA SAW SOMETHING IN THAT ALIGNMENT ON TAPE IN WEEKS PREVIOUS AND THEY KNEW THEY COULD RUN THAT?

>> YEAH, THEY HAD TO HAVE.

>> I THINK IF THEY GOT IT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CHECK TOO.

>> YES.

>> I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY TIMES THEY PUNTED BEFORE.

WAS AT THE FIRST PUNT?

>> I THINK IT WAS THEIR FIRST PUNT.

>> IT WAS THEIR FIRST.

YOU HAD TO HAVE.

REALLY, JUST SLOPPINESS BY THE MARYLAND PUNT RETURN TEAM BECAUSE YOU HAD ZERO EDGE.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO BALL'S TO -- YOU GOT ZERO EDGE TO THE FIELD.

SO ALL THE SPACE TO WORK WITH.

AND I LOVE THEIR AGGRESSIVENESS.

LOVE THE PLAY CALL.

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.

>> GOOD AGGRESSIVENESS THEN.

>> CORRECT.

>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK BEFORE WE WELCOME IN OUR GUEST OF THE NIGHT, KETV SPORTS DIRECTOR ANDY KENDEIGH.

BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK, WE CHECK OUT SOME OF THE SIGHTS AND -- I WAS GOING TO SAY SOUNDS, BUT THERE ARE NO SOUNDS.

FROM THE MARYLAND GAME COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

♪ OUT SOME OF THE SITES AND I WAS GOING TO SAY SOUNDS, BUT THERE ♪ >>> WELCOME BACK TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

JOINING US NOW, KETV SPORTS DIRECTOR ANDY KENDEIGH.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> MICHAEL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

YOU KNOW, THE HUSKERS HAVE TO QUIT TURNING THE BALL OVER.

I'M GOING TO LEAD WITH THAT.

>> THAT IS THE KIND OF ANALYZING THAT WE NEED ON THIS SHOW.

YEAH, WE NEED THAT.

WE'LL DO THAT LINE FROM "MAJOR LEAGUE."

YOU'RE NOT THE BEST ANALYST IN THE BUSINESS FOR NOTHING.

BUT IT IS FRUSTRATING.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SITTING IN THE PRESS BOX AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU CAN FEEL IT COMING.

AND WHEN IT'S ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE DRIVES, IT ACTUALLY IS COMING PRETTY SOON.

>> WELL, WHEN THE THE LAST DRIVE -- I SIT NEXT TO SEAN IN THE PRESS BOX.

THE BALL WAS THROWN -- >> SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>> AND THE BALL IS THROWN AND I BELIEVE I SAID, "OH NO!'"

>> YEAH.

>> I SAID, "OH NO."

HOW IS THIS HAPPENING?

SOME OF THE TURNOVERS ARE JUST A TIP OF THE HAT TO THE OTHER TEAM.

BUT SOME OF THE TURNOVERS YOU'RE JUST LIKE, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

WHEN YOU TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE NUMBERS WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT, HEY, HOW DID THE HUSKERS DO THIS SEASON?

AND YOU SAY, WELL, THE STORY OF THE SEASON IS TURNOVERS.

THEY HAVE HAD THREE ONE SCORE LOSSES AND IN THOSE ONE SCORE LOSSES THEY'VE TURNED THE BALL OVER 12 TIMES.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

>> WOW.

>> THEIR MARGIN IN THOSE THREE LOSSES IS MINUS EIGHT.

SO THE LOSSES IN MINNESOTA, AT MICHIGAN STATE AND THEN AT HOME AGAINST MARYLAND.

IF YOU EVEN GO EVEN IN THE TURNOVER MARGIN, IT'S DIFFERENT.

>> FOUR GAME, WOW.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> ANDY, THIS GAME IN WISCONSIN IS INTERESTING.

YOU KNOW THE STORY IN WISCONSIN, KIND OF WHERE THAT PROGRAM IS AT RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE INTO YEAR ONE.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THEIR YEAR ONE AND IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEBRASKA?

>> CERTAINLY IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

YOU LOOK AT THE RECORDS AND THEY'RE IDENTICAL.

5-5, 3-4.

AND BOTH FIRST-YEAR HEAD COACHES BUT I THINK THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

IF YOU'RE NEBRASKA, I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE REALISTIC TO THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY WHERE YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE.

>> YEP.

>> 5-5.

YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO A BOWL GAME.

YOU'RE PLAYING MEANINGFUL GAMES IN NOVEMBER.

HEY, THIS IS A GREAT.

IF YOU'RE WISCONSIN, YOUR OVER-UNDER ON WINS GOING INTO THE YEAR WAS 9.5.

>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING BIG THINGS.

AND WHEN YOU START HEARING SOME WISCONSIN BADGERS AFTER A LOSS AT HOME AGAINST NORTHWESTERN LOSING 24-10, PEOPLE QUESTIONING, WE'VE GOT TO FIND OUT WHO WANTS TO BE HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER.

THAT'S PUZZLING.

AND THEY'RE IN BIG DANGER.

THEY'VE GONE TO A BOWL GAME 21 STRAIGHT YEARS.

>> WOW.

>> IT'S THIRD LONGEST STREAK IN FBS BEHIND OKLAHOMA AND GEORGIA.

AND IF THEY AREN'T ABLE TO FINISH THE DEAL, IT WILL BE THEIR FIRST TIME MISSING OUT ON A BOWL SINCE THE EARLU 2000s.

>> STICKING WITH WISCONSIN.

LUKE FICKELL COMES IN FROM CINCINNATI.

WE KNOW WHAT WISCONSIN FOOTBALL WAS.

BARRY ALVAREZ RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, STRETCH ZONE, PLAY ACTION OFF OF THAT.

GOOD TIGHT END PLAY.

FANTASTIC OFFENSIVE LINE PLAY.

THEY'RE TRYING TO THROW THE FOOTBALL NOW A LITTLE BIT TOO.

HOW IS THAT WHOLE DYNAMIC FIT IN WITH WISCONSIN FANBASE AND JUST -- HOW FICKELL IS GOING TO PORTRAY INTO THE FUTURE OF THE BIG TEN?

>> WELL, I THINK THE WISCONSIN FANBASE, THEY'RE A LITTLE PUZZLED BY THE APPROACH BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE THEM A TRY.

NOW, THEY STILL PLAY PHYSICAL FOOTBALL, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

IN THEIR LAST 20 WINS, BRAELON ALLEN HAS RUSHED FOR 80 PLUS YARDS.

THAT'S WHY HE IS SO IMPORTANT.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND THEY WANT TO GIVE HIME THE BALL, HE'S JUST BEEN BANGED UP.

THEY'VE HAD RUNNING BACKS GO DOWN.

CHEZ MELLUSI WENT DOWN EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AND OBVIOUSLY TANNER MORDECAI HAVING HIS INJURY ISSUES.

AIR RAID, YES.

BUT I STILL THINK WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL AT A CERTAIN POINT IN MADISON, WISCONSIN TO WIN FOOTBALL GAMES.

I THINK ANOTHER PUZZLING ASPECT IS HOW THE LINE PLAY AT WISCONSIN JUST HASN'T BEEN UP TO THEIR STANDARD.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHY THEY'VE STRUGGLED AT TIMES.

AND WHEN THEY PLAY WELL, THEY BLOCK WELL.

AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE RANKED NUMBER TWO IN THE COUNTRY, RIGHT, FARES UP AGAINST A WISCONSIN BADGER OFFENSE THAT WOULD LOVE TO RUN THE BALL BUT ALSO WANT TO THROW IT A LITTLE BIT.

>> I WATCHED THREE GAMES OF WISCONSIN JUST IN THIS LAST COUPLE DAYS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A WISCONSIN TEAM TACKLE SO POORLY.

>> YEP.

>> THAT'S WHAT SURPRISES ME.

THEY'VE GOT SOME TALENT ON DEFENSE.

THEY MISS A TON OF TACKLES.

ESPECIALLY LAST WEEK AGAINST NORTHWESTERN.

>> NO QUESTION.

AND THAT'S USUALLY BEEN A HALLMARK OF WISCONSIN TEAMS WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE BRET BIELMAS, THE PAUL CHRYSTS JIMMY LEONHARDS, OBVIOUSLY BARRY ALVAREZ.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT THAT'S REALLY BEEN A HALLMARK.

AND THIS YEAR, IT HASN'T BEEN THERE AND I THINK THAT'S FRUSTRATING THE FANBASE.

GOING BACK TO WISCONSIN AND THE CHANGEOVER IN LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, CHRIS McINTOSH IS THE AD THERE.

>> SURE.

>> AND HE CHOSE NOT TO GO WITH THE INTERIM HEAD COACH IN JIM LEONHARD WHO WAS A FORMER BADGER PLAYER.

OBVIOUSLY, HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL AS WELL.

AND TO GO OUTSIDE THE BADGER FAMILY TO GO TO LUKE FICKELL, IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING TRANSITION AND IN RIGHT NOW, IT HAS NOT GONE WELL IN THE YEAR ONE.

AGAIN, IT'S THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER IN YEAR ONE.

>> LET'S TALK NEBRASKA QUARTERBACK.

OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A TOUGH DECISION THIS WEEK.

LET'S JUST SAY HEINRICH HAARBERG CAN'T GO.

IS IT AS EASY AS CHUBBA PURDY IN YOUR OPINION?

OR DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT HIS HEALTH?

>> IS CHUBBA PURDY HEALTHY?

>> IS HE HEALTHY?

>> THAT'S THE QUESTION.

>> HE'S BANGED UP.

>> HE'S BANGED UP, YEAH.

>> SO, IF CHUBBA PURDY IS HEALTHY AND IT'S BETWEEN HEALTHY CHUBBA PURDY AND JEFF SIMS, YOU GO WITH CHUBBA PURDY, IN MY OPINION.

YOU GET A WEEK WORTH OF PREPARATION.

BECAUSE WE HEARD MARCUS SATTERFIELD EARLIER TODAY SAYING, YOU KNOW, CHUBBA PURDY, I THINK HE HAD REPS OF TWO OF THE 11 PLAYS ON THAT DRIVE WHICH IS AMAZING TO THINK THAT HE ALMOST LED THEM TO A VICTORY.

WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT NEBRASKA STORIES.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE.

BUT I THINK YOU GIVE CHUBBA PURDY A CHANCE IF HE'S HEALTHY.

THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION MARK.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WE AND YOU HAVE HEARD THAT HE HAS BEEN BANGED UP GOING IN.

IN FACT, SOME PEOPLE WERE EVEN SURPRISED TO SEE HIM IN AND PLAY ON SATURDAY.

BUT HE PLAYED WELL ENOUGH WHERE YOU WONDERED, HE'S NOT BANGED UP.

HE PLAYED REAL WELL.

>> WELL, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE GUY, PROBABLY, FOR THAT LOUISIANA TECH GAME, IF HE WAS HEALTHY.

>> RIGHT.

>> BUT BECAUSE HE WAS HURT, THAT'S WHEN HEINRICH HAARBERG GOT HIS OPPORTUNITY.

>> AND YOU WONDER IF THE SEASON WOULD HAVE TAKEN A DIFFERENT TRAJECTORY.

WE'LL NEVER KNOW OBVIOUSLY.

BUT HERE WE ARE.

WE'RE IN WEEK 11.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK.

OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF MARCUS SATTERFIELD AND THE OFFENSE.

BUT KIND OF WHAT HE IS DEALING WITH CURRENTLY WITH INJURIES, THE QB ROOM, THE TURNOVERS, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT COACHING TURNOVERS.

BUT JUST THE FACT THAT WITH THE TURNOVER SITUATION, INJURIES, QB ROOM.

THIS TEAM STILL HAS A CHANCE TO FINISH 7-5.

SO WITH THE BAD, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE GOOD AS WELL.

AND THERE HAVE STILL BEEN SOME GOOD THINGS THAT HE'S ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH HIS OFFENSE THIS YEAR.

>> NO QUESTION.

HE DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR LOSING TWO OF HIS TOP RUNNING BACKS.

WHAT, THREE OFF HIS TOP WIDE RECEIVERS AND THEN HIS QUARTERBACK SITUATION BE UP IN FLUX.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD HAVE SAID, "HEY MARCUS, COME TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA AND WE ARE GOING TO RUN THE OPTION."

>> TAKE PLACE WITH TOM OSBORNE.

>> YEAH, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO GO DOWN ALONG -- >> BUT HIS STATS WEREN'T SOMETHING THAT JUMPED OFF THE PAGE.

ALMOST EVERY FAN, WHETHER IT BE MESSAGE BOARD OR THAT I TALKED TO SAID, WHY THIS HIRE?

>> RIGHT.

>> IT REALLY DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.

WAY BACK IN THE DAY, THE HEAD COACH NOW, MATT RHULE, TOOK PLAY CALLING AWAY FROM SATTERFIELD BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LIKE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT BAYLOR.

AND YET HE HIRES HIM.

>> BUT, THAT BEING SAID, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSITIVE, GLASS HALF-FULL GUY RIGHT NOW.

>> OKAY.

>> THEY'RE LEADING THE BIG TEN IN RUSHING.

>> YES.

>> SO THIS TEAM, WHEN MATT RHULE COMES IN, HE SAYS, WE WANT TO BE A TOP IN RUSHING.

WE WANT TO BE A GREAT RUSH DEFENSE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AND WHAT ARE THEY?

THEY'RE RIGHT THERE AND THEY'RE RIGHT IN IT.

SO ALL OF THIS -- ALL THESE INJURIES AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS, THE PLAY CALLING AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

THEY ARE STILL IN IT.

THEY STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE THIS SEASON A POSITIVE ONE AND GO TO A BOWL GAME.

>> AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THE HALF FULL GLASS -- >> YOU ARE EMPTYING THE GLASS, MICHAEL.

YOU ARE EMPTYING THE GLASS.

>> I'M NOT A HALF-FULL -- MY GLASS HAS A HOLE IN IT.

THIS IS THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT.

YOU LOOK AT THE WAY FOOTBALL IS NOW.

AND LOOK AT THAT STAT FOR THE BEST RUSHING OFFENSES.

THE BEST TEAMS ARE AT THE BOTTOM.

BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T RUN THE BALL AS MUCH.

>> RIGHT, PEOPLE THROW IT AROUND.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO THROW THE BALL.

AND THAT'S WHY PHIL LONGO IS AT WISCONSIN, FOR DOWN THE ROAD.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'D EXPECT SATTERFIELD TO COME IN AND RUN THE OFFENSE -- >> THAT BEING SAID, LOOK WHO YOU ARE THROWING TO AT THIS POINT, RIGHT?

>> YEP, THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, THE YOUNGSTERS HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL AND I CONTEND BY THE TIME THEY ARE DONE THERE, THE MALACHI COLEMANS, THE JAYLEN LLOYDS OF THE WORLD -- >> YEP.

>> JAIDYN DOSS, THEY WILL BE OUTSTANDING PLAYERS.

THEY'RE STILL LEARNING.

>> YEP.

>> IT'S A LEARNING CURVE AND THESE ARE GROWING PAINS THAT THIS TEAM IS GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER TWO QUARTERBACKS?

I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS ON HERE FROM FACEBOOK ABOUT THE OTHER TWO QUARTERBACKS OTHER THAN HAARBERG, SIMS AND PURDY.

>> LUKE LONGVAL WAS THE FIRST QUARTERBACK IN CAMP -- >> YES.

>> -- AND HE JOINED THE TEAM AT THE POSTGRADUATE CAMP.

>> IS HE IOWA WESTERN?

>> IOWA WESTERN.

HE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN THE BACKUP.

>> SIOUX CITY KID, RIGHT?

>> SIOUX CITY NORTH.

CAME, GOT HURT AS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.

REAL LIMITED.

THEN YOU HAVE JACK WOCHE WHO IS AN OLE MISS TRANSFER.

WAS NOT IN FALL CAMP.

SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A SCOUT TEAM GUY.

THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A -- I MEAN, VERY FEW TEAMS, AND JAY, YOU'VE BEEN -- YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MANY FOURTH OPTIONS.

I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE THREE YOU'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

>> YEAH, USUALLY.

BECAUSE DEFINITELY, IF YOUR THIRD STRING GUY IS REALLY GETTING REPS, YOUR FOURTH AND FIFTH ARE FOR SURE NOT GETTING REPS. >> YEAH, RIGHT.

>> THEY ARE RUNNING THE OPPOSING TEAM'S OFFENSE AGAINST YOUR FIRST AND SECOND TEAM DEFENSE TO GET THEM READY FOR THE WEEK.

>> AND MARCUS SATTERFIELD SAID TODAY THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON TRAVELING THE THREE GUYS.

HAARBERG AND CHUBBA AND JEFF SIMS.

SO THE OTHER TWO GUYS DIDN'T -- >> LONGVAL TRAVELS BUT HE JUST SIGNALS.

HE'S THE PLAY SIGNALER.

>> BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF GUYS WHO CAN TRAVEL, WHERE DO YOU MAKE THAT?

>> AND THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE WITH HAARBERG IS, IF HE CAN'T RUN WELL, YOU ARE TAKING THE ONE THING HE DOES.

>> YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE BEST THING HE DOES, RIGHT?

AND THAT'S THE STRUGGLE.

IF HE'S TOTALLY OUT AND CAN'T PRACTICE AND CAN'T BE MOBILE.

>> DOES HE TRAVEL?

>> YEAH, THAT'S GOOD QUESTION.

>> SO, NO PRESSURE.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LAST TWO GAMES?

>> I THINK THEY GET ONE.

I THINK THEY GET ONE.

NOW, HOW THEY GET IT, I'M NOT SURE.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, THE TURNOVER THING IS GOING TO -- IT CAN'T CONTINUE.

LIKE, THE LAW OF ODDS AND AVERAGES, YOU'VE GOT TO HOLD ON TO THE FOOTBALL AT SOME POINT.

THIS IS JUST INCREDIBLE.

I THINK THEY GET ONE.

I'M KIND OF LEANING THAT THEY GET THIS ONE IN WISCONSIN THIS WEEK.

I THINK WISCONSIN IS RIPE FOR THE TAKING.

THEY'VE SCORED 34 POINTS IN THREE GAMES ON THEIR THREE GAME LOSING STREAK.

THEY HAVE NOT PLAYED WELL.

THIS IS THE TIME TO GET WISCONSIN.

AND IN THE LOSING STREAK, THEY'VE LOST NINE IN A ROW.

I MEAN, THINK ABOUT THAT.

THEY HAVEN'T WON SINCE, WHAT, 2012?

>> YEP.

>> AND THEY HAVEN'T WON IN MADISON IN THE BIG TEN ERA.

SO 1966 I THINK WAS THE LAST TIME THEY WON AT CAMP RANDALL.

>> WELL, IN THAT ATMOSPHERE, YOU'VE BEEN TO CAMP RANDALL.

YOU AND I WERE THERE IN 2011.

ONE OF THE MORE ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERES -- >> RUSSEL WILSON.

>> -- FOR NEBRASKA.

THIS WILL BE, WOULD YOU AGREE, THE LEAST DAUNTING CAMP RANDALL NEBRASKA HAS PLAYED IN?

>> THERE IS A SERIOUS LACK OF BUZZ.

THERE'S PEOPLE TRYING TO GET RID OF TICKETS.

THERE'S THE START OF -- >> BECAUSE OF HUNTING SEASON.

>> START OF GUN DEER HUNTING SEASONS, AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

>> IT'S A HOLIDAY.

>> THE HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE THURSDAY/FRIDAY IN MADISON.

AND THEN THE GUN DEER HUNTING SEASON BEGINS SATURDAY.

SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF A CROWD SHOWS UP.

YOU WANT TO SIT IN AT 6:30 ON A NICE COOL NOVEMBER NIGHT TO WATCH NEBRASKA AND WISCONSIN?

OR DO YOU WANT TO GO WATCH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WATCH IT ON TV?

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

>> IF THEY WIN ONE OF THE TWO, LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT'S YOUR GUESS FOR A BOWL GAME?

>> WELL, I THINK AS SEAN ALLUDED TO BEFORE MANY TIMES, NEBRASKA IS VERY ATTRACTIVE.

AND THIS IS MAYBE WISHFUL THINKING ON MY PART BUT I'M HOPING THE LAS VEGAS BOWL.

BECAUSE I THINK LAS VEGAS DESERVE TO HAVE NEBRASKA AND THINK ABOUT THE TURNOUT OF HUSKER FANS GOING TO LAS VEGAS AFTER A SEVEN YEAR BOWL DROUGHT.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE.

>> MAYBE AN ON-SITE SHOW.

>> I THINK WE SHOULD DO AN ON-SITE SHOW.

>> IF YOU GO ON-SITE I'LL COME IN FOR A SEGMENT.

>> THE CASINO PARTNERS WOULD LOVE TO UNDERWRITE US.

>> NO DOUBT, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

>> ANDY, AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANKS FELLAS.

>> ANDY KENDEIGH AS ALWAYS, HE'S GREAT.

LET'S TURN TO THIS WEEK'S "HUSKER UP-CLOSE" SEGMENT FEATURING TRANSFER PORTAL ADDITION THAT'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS TEAM'S SUCCESS.

>> YEAH, BASICALLY I CAME TO NEBRASKA, HOPPED IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL AND COACH RAIOLA WAS THE FIRST ONE TO REACH OUT TO ME.

AND HE'S ALSO FROM HAWAII JUST LIKE ME.

AND MY MOM IS FROM NEBRASKA SO THAT ALSO BROUGHT ME OUT HERE.

AND JUST WANTED TO PLAY IN THAT BIG TEN FOOTBALL.

I THINK COACH RAIOLA REALLY PUT AN EMPHASIS ON RUNNING OFF THE BALL AND ACCELERATING MY FEET JUST DRIVING MY MEN OFF THE BALL WHICH REALLY CHANGED MY GAME.

SAID, I'M A HARD-NOSED, "TAKE YOUR LUNCH MONEY" TYPE OF FOOTBALL PLAYER.

KIND OF LIKE THE LEADER OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

JUST MAKING SURE IT WAS ON THE SAME PAGE AND LEADING THE GUYS OUT THERE.

MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY EVERY PLAY.

AND I'M FROM HAWAII, THAT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.

NOT TOO MANY GUYS ARE FROM HAWAII THAT COME TO NEBRASKA.

CINNAMON ROLL AND CHILI.

STILL HAVE YET TO TRY THAT.

I DON'T THINK I EVER WILL.

IT MEANS A LOT JUST BUILDING BROTHERHOOD AND TEAM BONDING IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND ON THE FIELD AND ALSO GOING OUT THERE WITH MY BROTHERS AND PLAYING AS ONE TEAM, AND ONE UNIT.

>> WE HAVE A NEW GAME DAY PHOTO WINNER THIS WEEK.

THOMAS FROM OMAHA SENT US THIS PHOTO OF HIMSELF, A VETERAN, WATCHING THE HUSKERS GAME ON VETERANS' DAY FROM A FRIEND'S TAILGATE PARTY.

THOMAS, WE THANK YOU FOR SENDING THIS IN.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

DON'T MISS OUT ON YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SEND IN YOUR BEST GAME DAY PHOTOS FOR CHANCES TO WIN GREAT PRIZES LIKE THESE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

WE WANT TO SEE YOUR GAME DAY BEST.

SO MAKE SURE YOU SEND IN THE PHOTOS EACH WEEK FROM WHEREVER YOU WATCH THE GAME.

I'M AGAIN JOINED BY OUR SPORTS INTERN HANNAH TO CHECK OUT SOCIAL MEDIA.

WHAT DID YOU SEE OVER THE WEEKEND?

>> WE'VE GOT A COUPLE FOR YOU TODAY.

>> OKAY.

>> THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS, ANNOUNCERS CALLING A NEBRASKA FOOTBALL GAME.

"THERE GOES HEINRICH, TURNING THE BALL OVER AGAIN."

ODDLY ENOUGH, THIS WAS TWEETED BEFORE THE OTHER TWO QUARTERBACKS CAME IN AND ALSO GOT THOSE TURNOVERS.

>> I LOVE SPONGEBOB.

>> BUT OUR NEXT ONE IS, OUR BOWL HOPES.

"OH, YOU ALMOST HAD IT."

GOT THAT STATE FARM COMMERCIAL IN THERE.

>> WE CAN LAUGH AT IT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE PASSED IT.

>> YES.

>> WE'LL FIND YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK WITH MORE GREAT STUFF FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

THANKS HANNAH, APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANKS.

>> WE'RE GOING TO STEP AWAY FOR ONE MORE BREAK.

AS WE GO THOUGH, WE CHECK OUT MORE PHOTOS FROM THE WEEKEND MATCHUP COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

♪ WEEKEND MATCHUP.

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

TIME TO CHECK IN ON THIS WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY.

WILL NEBRASKA MAKE A BOWL GAME THIS YEAR?

53% OF THE PEOPLE SAY YES.

WE LOVE THE POSITIVITY.

THAT'S AWESOME.

WITH US NOW IS SEAN CALLAHAN, TALKING ABOUT POSITIVITY, TALKS SOME RECRUITING.

BIG GAME, CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SOME REAL TALENT ON THE TEAMS.

>> YEAH, OBVIOUSLY OMAHA WEST SIDE, THE TEAM THAT'S BEEN WIRE-TO-WIRE NUMBER ONE ALL YEAR WILL TAKE ON ELKHORN SOUTH WHO WAS KIND OF A SURPRISE TEAM.

BUT YOU LOOK AT THE WARRIORS.

A LOT OF D1 STAR POWER ON THAT ROSTER LED BY HUSKER COMMIT CALEB BENNING.

>> NOTRE DAME COMMIT, TEDDY REZAC.

AND THEN ANTHONY REZAC, UNCOMMITTED RIGHT NOW.

KIND OF LOOKING AT HIS OPTIONS AS A QUARTERBACK.

AND THEN CHRISTIAN JONES -- >> THE BEST ATHLETE I'VE SEEN ALL YEAR.

>> HE WAS IN FINALS OF THE CLASS A 100 METERS AS A SOPHOMORE.

HE RAN 10-8, 10-9.

HE IS A FOUR STAR GUY THAT WILL GET BIG TIME ATTENTION.

A LOADED WARRIOR TEAM AND THOSE ARE THE GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN GETTING IT DONE FOR THEM ALL YEAR.

ROSS IS ALSO VERY GOOD RUNNING BACK.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN GAME TO WATCH.

LET'S TALK TO ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE METRO.

A HUSKER COMMIT.

DAE'VONN HALL JOINING US ON THE PHONE.

BELLVIEW WEST WIDE RECEIVER.

DAE'VONN, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> I'M GOOD.

HOW ARE Y'ALL?

>> WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL.

WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR SEASON AND HOW IT WENT OVERALL.

>> SO IT STARTED IN THE SUMMER.

I MEAN, WE WERE REALLY RUNNING.

THINGS WERE GOING.

WE HAD THOUGHT THE SEVEN ON SEVEN -- THE BATTLE TOURNAMENT THAT WE DID.

WE THINK WE DID PRETTY GOOD.

THE FIRST DAY, ME AND DANNY WERE NOT THERE FOR THE SECOND DAY, SO -- I MEAN IT WAS LITTLE BIT ROUGH, BUT I MEAN OUR BACKUP QB WILL ANDERSOND GOT SOME GOOD PLAYING TIME.

GOT SOME GOOD EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD FOR HIM.

WE HAD JERMAINE BACKING UP AND T.J TOO -- WE HAD THEM BACK INTO RHYTHM TOO AND SO WE MOVED SOME GUYS AROUND.

WE HAD A SEVEN AND -- WIDE RECEIVER FOR A LITTLE BIT.

THEY KIND OF DID THEIR THING.

THEY DID REALLY GOOD.

SO I CAN'T WAIT TO COME BACK AND SEE THEM NEXT YEAR.

SO SUMMER WENT PRETTY WELL.

THEN WE WENT TO OUR FIRST GAME AND ZAY WAS INJURED WITH HIS HAMSTRING.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT KIND OF LEAD IN FROM TRACK SEASON.

HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT DURING TRACK SEASON AND HE TOOK SOME TIME OFF AND GOT INTO FOOTBALL AND IT KEPT REOCCURRING.

IT WOULD GO AWAY AND THEN DURING WARM-UPS OF THE GAME, IT WOULD COME BACK.

AND HE COULDN'T PLAY TO HIS FULL PERFORMANCE.

WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF STRUGGLE WITH THAT.

SO THE FIRST GAME, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO COME OUT WITH A BIT OF A RHYTHM.

I MEAN WE WERE FIRED UP OBVIOUSLY BUT WE KIND OF CAME OUT FLAT.

WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT.

IT'S A LITTLE HARD WHEN A LOT OF THE GAME PLAN IS THREE OF YOUR BEST PLAYERS TO WORK TOGETHER AND NOT EXACTLY TWO.

BUT WE KIND OF --WE FIGURED IT OUT IN THE END.

CJ HAD A GREAT GAME SO THAT WAS NICE.

>> GO AHEAD, SEAN.

HOLD ON A SECOND.

>> HEY DAE'VONN, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU THIS.

YOUR CAREER, YOU STARTED GETTING OFFERS AFTER YOUR FIRST GAME AS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL.

JUST THE SPOTLIGHT.

JUST THE EXPECTATIONS YOU'VE HAD TO LIVE UP TO REALLY SINCE YOU STEPPED FOOT ON A FOOTBALL FIELD.

HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT AND HOW IS THAT -- JUST KIND OF THE ROLLER COASTERS AND UPS AND DOWNS THAT YOU BATTLE, GOTTEN YOU READY FOR THIS NEXT TRANSITION TO NEBRASKA?

>> I MEAN, IT WAS A LITTLE NERVE- RACKING AT FIRST.

IT WAS A LITTLE CRAZY.

BUT I MEAN YOU KIND OF JUST HAVE TO LOCK IN.

IT KIND OF GETS NORMAL.

WHEN IT GETS NORMAL, I MEAN YOU GET USED TO IT.

IT IS JUST NORMAL NOW I GUESS.

YEAH.

>> HEY, LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE LET YOU GO.

I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN EARLY.

IS THAT THE PLAN?

>> YEAH.

YEP.

I AM HOPING SO.

>> AWESOME.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.

>> FOR SURE.

>> A LOT OF TIMES, THE GUYS DON'T HAVE A GREAT STORY.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S A GREAT I MEAN THAT'S A HECK OF STORY TO GET THROUGH THE SEASON THE WAY THEY DID WITH ALL THE INJURIES.

LET'S TALK ABOUT CHASE LOFTIN.

>> YEAH CHASE LOFTIN, WE SAW CHRISTIAN JONES,ONE OF THE TOP GUYS IN THE STATE FOR 2025.

>> AMAZING, YEP.

>> NOW CHASE LOFTIN MIGHT BE RIGHT UP THERE AS ANOTHER FOUR STAR TIGHT END.

HE'S GOT OVER 10 POWER FIVE OFFERS.

OKLAHOMA, NEBRASKA.

BIG ONES ALREADY.

>> WOW.

>> HIS OLDER BROTHER BRADEN IS A -- WAS A FORMER OMAHA ATHLETE THAT HAD TO MOVE TO COUNCIL BLUFFS DURING COVID AND PLAYED AT LEWIS CENTRAL.

HE WAS THE TIGHT END AFTER THOMAS AND BRADEN LOFTIN'S AT KANSAS STATE.

SO A DIVISION ONE FAMILY.

BUT NO DOUBT, YOU TALK ABOUT 2025 RECRUITS IN NEBRASKA, CHRISTIAN JONES, CHASE LOFTIN, TWO OF THE BIGGEST NAMES.

GETTING THE BIGGEST OFFERS.

BOTH FOUR STARS GUYS AND YOU'RE SEEING HE'S REALLY A HYBRID TIGHTEND, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF COACHES COME TO THE STATE IN JANUARY.

>> I KNOW YOU GUYS AT ON THREE WERE WORRIED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.

CARLIN JONES TAKING AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO OHIO STATE.

>> YEAH I TALKED TO CARLIN BEFORE THE SHOW TONIGHT AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO COLUMBUS THIS WEEKEND.

WHEN THAT BUCKEYE OFFER CAME WITH LARRY JOHNSON BEHIND IT -- >> OH YEAH -- >> LARRY JOHNSON DOESN'T HEAR NO VERY OFTEN.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO THEY GET HIM DOWN THERE FOR A VISIT.

SO, PROBABLY NOT A GREAT DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW FOR NEBRASKA.

WE'LL SEE HOW THE WEEKEND GOES FOR HIM IN COLUMBUS.

>> A KID WITH 15 SACKS ON THE SEASON.

>> I MEAN HE DOMINATED A HIGH LEVEL IN THAT HOUSTON AREA AND BAY CITY, TEXAS.

AND PEOPLE TOOK NOTICE.

GIVE NEBRASKA CREDIT.

THEY WERE ON HIM FROM THE BEGINNING.

BUT NOW SOME OTHER PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WAIT A WINUTE NEBRASKA, WE' CAN'T JUST LET YOU HAVE THIS GUY THAT EASILY.

>> YEAH.

SEAN, WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

THANKS, A LOT.

WE HAVE TWO MORE CONFERENCE GAMES THIS SEASON.

OF COURSE LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE OPPONENTS FARED THIS WEEKEND.

WISCONSIN OF COURSE THE NEXT GAME.

24-10.

THEY FALL TO NORTHWESTERN.

IN A GAME THAT NORTHWESTERN PRETTY MUCH DOMINATED.

AND THEN IOWA TOOK A WHILE TO GET GOING, BUT ENDED UP BEATING RUTGERS 22-0 AFTER THE OFFENSE GOT GOING AFTER A BUNCH OF FIELD GOALS.

LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN OVERALL, 3-4, 3-4.

AS YOU CAN SEE EVERYBODY BUT IOWA AND PURDUE, 2-5 AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT -- IF IOWA FALLS SOMEHOW TO ILLINOIS THIS WEEK, NEBRASKA WINS OUT, THEY COULD HAVE A TIEBREAKER TO WIN THE BIG TEN.

>> WHY NOT?

>> WHY NOT?

YOU NEVER KNOW.

IT'S JUST WIDE OPEN, RIGHT?

>> I STILL THINK THE SCENARIO OF IOWA WINNING IT, YOU KNOW AS THEY FIRE THEIR OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR BEFORE ALL OF THIS -- JUST THE CRAZINESS OF THAT STORY.

IOWA PLAYED THEIR BEST GAME OF THE YEAR LAST WEEK.

>> WHAT THEY DO WELL IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WELL, RIGHT?

THEY PLAY GREAT SPECIAL TEAMS AND THEY DON'T LOSE THE TURNOVER BATTLE.

THAT'S IT.

THEY DON'T ALWAYS RUN THE BALL GREAT.

>> AND THEY PUNT.

>> AND THEY PUNT AND THEY BUT MAKE FIELD GOALS.

THEIR LAST THREE FIELD-GOAL KICKERS HAVE BEEN REALLY GOOD AT THOSE BASIC THINGS.

>> THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF ACCEPTING WHO THEY ARE.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY DON'T TRY TO SQUARE PEG, ROUND HOLE IT.

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH.

THEY KNOW THEY'RE DEALING, THEIR TWO ARE DOWN.

IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE TO MAKE LEMONADE OUT OF LEMONS.

WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT.

THEY ACCEPT WHO THEY ARE AND THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.

I KNOW THEY WANT TO SEE DIFFERENT, BUT YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

>> 8-2.

THEY COULD PROBABLY GO 10-2.

>> THEY COULD HAVE GONE 11-1.

>> I KNOW.

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR OFFENSIVE STATS ARE.

IF YOU HAVE MORE WINS THAN LOSSES BY A LARGE AMOUNT, THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

YEAH.

>> LET'S TALK WISCONSIN A LITTLE BIT.

LUKE FICKLE TAKES OVER THERE.

WE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BRING IN A PASSING OFFENSE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EXPECTED -- THEY HAVE THE SECOND MOST ATTEMPTS.

>> YEAH, THIS TRANSITION, THE RUN OF THE AIR RAID, AND I LISTENED TO THEIR GAME, AND WATCHED A LOT OF THE GAME AGAINST IOWA.

GINO WAS ONE OF THE COLOR ANALYST ON THE RADIO.

HE WAS JUST LIKE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE PERSONNEL TO RUN THE RECEIVERS.

HE'S LIKE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT GUYS.

IT'S BEEN FASCINATING TO WATCH HIM PUT THIS SYSTEM IN.

BECAUSE -- AND IT'S HARD.

YOU KNOW?

FOR WISCONSIN TO GET TRANSFERS AND OTHER GUYS IN, THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET A CERTAIN ACADEMIC REQUIREMENT.

>> RIGHT.

>> IT'S NOT AS EASY TO GET SOME OF THESE PLAYERS IN THAT HE IS GOING TO NEED IMMEDIATELY TO RUN THIS AT THE LEVEL IT NEEDS TO RUN.

FOR HIM, THIS IS A BIG TWO WEEKS.

IF NEBRASKA AND MINNESOTA BEAT THE BADGERS AND THEY GO 5-7, IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL INTERESTING OFF- SEASON.

>> AND THAT OFFENSE, IT'S BEEN REALLY DISSECTED OVER THE YEARS.

ALL YOU DO IS RUSH THREE, DROP EIGHT.

MAKE THEM TRY TO THROW INTO EIGHT DEEP AND USUALLY THE OFFENSE STRUGGLES.

>> YEAH, THEY HAVE.

IT IS SUCH A WEIRD DYNAMIC WITH WISCONSIN.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AND YOU FOR SO MANY YEARS, WE HAVE WATCHED THEM.

>> SURE.

>> THEY'RE 22 PERSONNEL.

23 PERSONNEL.

BIG BACKS.

FIRST-ROUND PICKS.

MULTIPLE ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

YOU JUST KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

THEY RUN THE PLAY ACTION OFF OF THE ZONES.

THE WIDE ZONE REACH PLAY AND THEY FIND THE GOOD TIGHT END'S THAT PLAY IN THE NFL TOO.

AND IT IS JUST DIFFERENT.

THE DEFENSE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

IT'S NOT QUITE TO WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN, THE DYNAMIC PLAYMAKERS AND THE GOOD LINEBACKER PLAY AND GOOD SAFETY PLAY.

IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.

IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE AS A PLAYER, COACH CALLAHAN COMES IN, BILL CALLAHAN -- >> OH, YEAH.

>> TRIES TO WIN A WEST COAST OFFESNE WITH OPTION GUYS.

BUT YOU HAVE TO RUN THE OFFENSE TO GET THE PLAYERS YOU RUN AND WANT.

IT'S A KIND OF CATCH 22 SITUATION -- >> CHICKEN OR EGG?

>> WELL YEAH.

YOU'RE TRYING TO ESSENTIALLY FLIP A WHOLE DIFFERENT OFFENSE.

>> YOU GUYS DIDN'T HAVE THE O-LINEMEN BACK THEN.

I MEAN THE MEASURABLES TO RUN IT.

>> NO, NO.

WE HAD OPTION DOWN HILL RUNNING ATTACK.

YOU KNOW?

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE -- >> OR THE RECEIVERS.

>> NO.

YOU HAD TO DO WHAT YOU HAD TO DO.

JOE DAILY WAS AN OPTION QUARTERBACK.

>> EVENTUALLY YOU GET THE GUYS IN.

>> YEAH, YOU GET ZACK IN.

YOU GET SOME RECRUITS IN.

>> JORDAN ADAMS WAS YOUR TRANSPLANT.

>> YOU HAD TO GO FIND GUYS IN JUCO IF YOU WANTED A QUICK ANSWER.

YOU COULDN'T GO PAY A GUY A MILLION BUCKS TO COME PLAY QUARTERBACK FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

I KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH BUT AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME SITUATION WITH NEBRASKA.

IT WORKS SO WELL FOR SO LONG.

WHY DO YOU CHANGE?

BUT HEY, I'M NOT MAKING THOSE BUCKS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS EITHER.

>> STEVE ASKED THE QUESTION, SEAN -- ARE WE LOOKING TO GET A WIDE RECEIVER, YOU THINK IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL?

A LOT OF YOUNG GUYS.

>> WELL DEMOND DEMAS IS ANOTHER NAME TO WATCH IN THE JUCO RANKS.

FORMER FIVE STAR A&M GUY.

NEBRASKA IS ONE OF HIS MAIN OFFERS.

HE'S PLANNING TO VISIT.

HAS NOT CONFIRMED WHEN THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT HE IS A FORMER FIVE-STAR A&M GUY THAT NEBRASKA -- HE HAD SOME ISSUES THOUGH, WHY HE HAD TO LEAVE A&M.

THINGS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT AND HE IS DOWN IN GARDEN CITY.

SO THAT'S A GUY TO WATCH.

SNOT A TRUE TRANSFER PORTAL GUY BUT KIND OF SIMILAR WITH STORY.

>> BOB IN TACOMA WANTS TO KNOW WHY WE CAN'T GET OUT OF THE HUDDLE.

WE ARE LETTING THE CLOCK TICKED DOWN AND HAVING TO CALL TIME OUTS.

CAN'T GET OUT OF THE HUDDLE.

>> THAT'S -- >> INEXPERIENCE THOUGH, RIGHT?

>> INEXPERIENCE.

YOU ARE SWITCHING QUARTERBACKS.

AND JUST HOW THEY GET THE PLAYS IN.

LISTEN THEY ARE DEALING WITH A LOT RIGHT NOW.

AND THIS JUST ADDS TO THE ISSUES ON OFFENSE.

>> MICHAEL WANTS MORE CARRIES FOR TREVON LUBIN AND FULLBACK.

>> I'M WITH YOU, MICHAEL.

>>YEAH, LUBIN'S THE WHAT?

THIRD OR FOURTH GUY RIGHT NOW.

FOURTH GUY REALLY.

IF ANYTHING I'D LIKE SEE FLEEKS GET A FEW MORE TOUCHES.

HE IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH GUY RIGHT NOW.

FOURTH GUY REALLY.

IF ANYTHING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF LEAKS GET A FEW MORE TOUCHES.

I THINK WHEN HE FLASHES A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE AND THEY DO A GOOD OF FEATURING HIM IN LIMITED ROLES.

IF ANYTHING, JOHNSON, YOU'D LIKE TO SEE HIM GET ABOUT 20.

>> I WANT TO SEE HIM GET MORE.

>> WHAT'S YOUR BURNING QUESTION?

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS CAN NEBRASKA GET A WIN IN MADISON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JOINING THE BIG TEN?

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO GET ONE.

>> I'M NOT GOING WITH TURNOVERS GUYS.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> I'M CHANGING.

BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN FOOLED.

I HAVE COME TO ACCEPT IT.

AND HERE'S MY DEAL IS --.

I'M ACCEPTING THAT THE DEFENSE KEEP THEM IN IT IN THIS GAME?

IF THEY'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER, CAN THEY GET THE TURNOVERS AGAIN LIKE THEY DID AGAINST MARYLAND.

TO KEEP THIS OFFENSE AND KEEP NEBRASKA HAVING A CHANCE TO WIN IN AT MADISON.

>> CAN YOU KEEP TANNER MORDECHAI IN THE POCKET?

HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A RUNNER BUT HE CAN RUN IT.

HE WILL SCRAMBLE, HE'LL RUN SOME ZONE, HE'LL SURPRISE YOU.

KEEP HIM IN THE POCKET.

>> DON'T FORGET TO HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE TO CLICK ON THE PREDICTION.

JAY, SEAN AND I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL SEE ON SATURDAY WHEN NEBRASKA TAKES ON THE WISCONSIN BADGERS IN MADISON.

KICKOFF IS SET FOR 6:30 CENTRAL.

AND YOU CAN FIND IT ON NBC.

NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA ALSO HAS LOTS OF GREAT SPORTS CONENT COMING FOR YOU THROUGH OUT THE WEEK.

STARTING WILL VOLLEYBALL ON FRIDAY WHEN THE 15TH RANKED CRATE BLUE JAYS TAKE ON XAVIER TO WIN THE BIG EAST.

THAT GAME WILL START AT 6:00 P.M. CENTRAL.

THEN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY, NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA BRINGS YOU THE 2023 NSA STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.

COVERAGE STARTS AT 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL ON BOTH DAYS.

WITH STATE FOOTBALL ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

WE HAVE ACHANGE IN THE SCHEDULE, WE WILL BRINGYOU NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE OF "BIG RED WRAP-UP" ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST ZACH POTTER.

OUR THANKS YOU TO ANDY KINNEY.

FOR JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

SPECIAL GUEST ZACH POTTER.

THANK YOU TO ANDY KINNEY, JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ON BIG RED WRAP-UP!