♪ >>> THE WIN STREAK CAME TO AN END THIS WEEKEND AS THE HUSKERS FELL TO MICHIGAN STATE, 20-17.

AFTER STRUGGLING TO BE EFFECTIVE ON OFFENSE AND ONCE AGAIN LOSING THE TURNOVER MARGIN, CAN THIS TEAM HOLD ON TO THE HOPE OF MAKING THEIR FIRST BOWL GAME APPEARANCE SINCE 2016?

WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WENT WRONG ON SATURDAY AND PREVIEW THE REST OF THE SEASON WITH A VERY SPECIAL GUEST, FORMER HUSKER ASSISTANT COACH BILL BUSCH.

SEAN CALLAHAN WILL BE ALONG TO TAKE A LOOK AT RECRUITING.

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.

NEBRASKA FALLS TO THE SPARTANS BUT STILL HAS A CHANCE THIS WEEK, OF COURSE, TO GET TO BOWL ELIGIBILITY.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

JOINING ME, FORMER HUSKERS JAY MOORE AND DAMON BENNING.

WE JOKED AT THE START OF LAST SHOW THAT IT IS BETTER TO WIN UGLY THAN LOSE UGLY.

WELL, WE FOUND OUT THIS WEEK.

IT WAS A TOUGH GAME, A LOT OF THINGS WENT WRONG.

>> YEAH, IT'S -- YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING AROUND A HOT STOVE WITH MATCHES OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT AND THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT WITH THE OFFENSIVE ISSUES AND TURNOVERS.

AND WHEN YOU DON'T GET THE BOUNCE OF THE FOOTBALL, YOU'LL GET SOME CALLS YOUR WAY AND YOU GET AN OFFENSE THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE ON SOME PLAYS AND YOU'RE A LITTLE SLOPPY ON THE DEFENSE, YOU LOSE.

BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, THEY STILL HAD A CHANCE.

THEY STILL HAD A CHANCE TO TRY TO TIE IT UP OR POTENTIALLY WIN THAT THING.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU JUST -- YOU MESS AROUND, YOU'RE JUST NOT ON POINT.

IT'S JUST TOO MUCH TO RELY ON YOUR DEFENSE TO CONTINUE TO BAIL YOU OUT WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT WHEN YOU PERFORM THAT POORLY ON OFFENSE, ESPECIALLY TAKING CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.

IT'S JUST -- IT WAS JUST BOUND TO HAPPEN UNFORTUNATELY.

>> HAARBERG BECAME KIND OF A BOOM OR BUST QUARTERBACK THIS WEEK.

MADE A BUNCH OF BIG PLAYS BUT -- >> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THE BOOM, THERE WAS A LOT OF BUST.

I LOVED THE THROW OUT OF THE ENDZONE TO MALACHI COLEMAN AND THE PRESSURE SITUATION.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, JAY REFERENCED KIND OF THE PLAYING WITH FIRE.

YOU KNOW, BUSCHINI HAD BEEN GOOD, HE WAS NOT GOOD ON SATURDAY.

THE SECONDARY HAD KEPT PLAYS IN FRONT OF THEM, THEY DID NOT ON SATURDAY.

SO EVEN IN SPITE OF THE OFFENSE STRUGGLING LIKE WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE, EVERYTHING KIND OF FELL APART FOR NEBRASKA ON SATURDAY.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE GLASS TO BE HALF-FULL, THEY STILL HAD A CHANCE TO WIN.

IT'S -- YOU CAN'T BE BAD IN ALL THREE PHASES AND THEY WERE POOR IN ALL THREE PHASES.

>> YOU HAD TO BE -- AND I LISTENED TO THE GAME SO I KNOW YOU WERE -- WATCHING THE PUNT RETURN GAME.

YOU JUST CAN'T GIVE UP THAT PART OF THE GAME, RIGHT?

>> YEAH, I SAY IT TO OUR KIDS ALL THE TIME AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, TEAMS JUST KICK THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS, RIGHT?

THEY DON'T WANT TO PUNT THE BALL TO US.

I CAN IMAGINE GIVING UP THAT KIND OF FIELD POSITION EVERY WEEK.

NEBRASKA WAS GIVING UP THAT KIND OF FIELD POSITION AND THEY JUST AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH OFFENSIVELY TO TRY TO CAPTURE SOME MOMENTUM AND SWING THE PENDULUM IN TERMS OF THE TILTING FILED POSITION.

IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH ON SATURDAY.

>> AND YOUR DEFENSE IS GONNA HAVE AN OFF WEEK, RIGHT?

I MEAN, THEY CAN'T BE COMPLETELY ON EVERY WEEK.

>> ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S JUST -- YOU CAN'T.

AND THEY HAVE PERFORMED -- YOU KNOW, THEY'VE EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS SO FAR IN YEAR ONE WITH TONY WHITE AND THE 3-3-5.

BUT THERE'S A REASON, THEY HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS TOO AND THEY HAVE GOOD PLAYERS AND THERE'S SOME GOOD COACHES ON THAT STAFF.

SO YOU KNOW IF YOU GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT, THEY COMPLETE SOME PASSES.

LISTEN, I MEAN, IF PURDUE HAD SOME OF THOSE CATCHES LAST WEEK THAT GAME MIGHT'VE TURNED OUT VASTLY DIFFERENT AS WELL.

SO THEY FOUND SOME LOOPHOLES BUT NEBRASKA WASN'T CLEAN.

THEN PLENTY OF BUSTS.

EYES WERE BAD IN SOME SPOTS.

FORGETTING CALLS, RIGHT?

COMMUNICATION WASN'T AS GOOD.

SO A LOT TO CLEAN UP.

AND FOR A DEFENSE THAT WAS PRETTY HIGH ON THE HORSE, THEY GOT KNOCKED OFF SO IT'S TIME TO ADJUST AND GET READY FOR MARYLAND.

>> AND THEY WERE PLAYING AGAINST EIGHT GUYS IN STRIPED SHIRTS, TOO.

WE HAVE MUCH TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

CONNECT US, OF COURSE WE'LL GUIDE THE CONVERSATION.

YOUR CALL ROOM IS OPEN AND RUNNING, IT'S MANNED BY OUR SPORTS INTERN.

HI, HANNAH, WAVE.

OF COURSE WE HAVE A STUDENT THERE, TOO, HELPING TO ANSWER THE PHONES.

ENJOYING VALENTINO'S PIZZA AND TAKING YOUR CALLS.

YOU CAN ALSO TEXT OR EMAIL YOUR QUESTIONS -- BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

EVEN SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON OUR "BIG RED WRAP-UP" SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

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

IN LAST WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY WE ASK YOU IF YOU THOUGHT NEBRASKA WOULD MAKE A BOWL GAME THIS YEAR.

69% SAID YES, 12% SAID NO, AND 19% SAID THEY WERE SCARED TO SAY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO JINX IT.

IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO VOTE LAST WEEK, GO TO OUR WEBSITE NOW.

WE HAVE OUR BRAND NEW SIDELINE SURVEY POSTED.

THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION.

WHICH OF THE REMAINING GAMES WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT FOR NEBRASKA TO WIN?

MARYLAND, WISCONSIN, OR IOWA.

AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, WISCONSIN, NOT SURPRISING -- 56%.

ALTHOUGH MARYLAND'S GOING TO BE ONE HECK OF A GAME THIS WEEK.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MICHIGAN STATE GAME.

IT WAS A WILD GAME.

EARLY, 11:00 A.M. A LITTLE SLEEPY TO START OFF WITH.

MICHIGAN STATE, YOU'VE GOT TO EXPECT THEM TO COME OUT ON SENIOR DAY FIRED UP, RIGHT?

PLAYING HARD, AND THEY DID.

THEY CAME OUT EARLY AND MADE SOME PLAYS.

HOUSER HERE TO BRENNAN PARACHEK FOR 17 YARDS.

GOOD COMPLETION THERE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS THROW TO FRANKLIN DOWN THE MIDDLE.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE, DAMON?

>> YEAH, A LOT OF IT WAS SCHEMATICS, RIGHT?

I THINK THEY FORMATION NEBRASKA INTO SOME TENDENCIES AND THEY SCRIPTED THAT FIRST SERIES REALLY GOOD.

NOW AFTER THAT, A LOT OF GIFTS FROM NEBRASKA.

>> YEAH, TOMMY HILL GOT A PBU THERE, IT'S HIS FOURTH ON THE SEASON.

FIELD GOAL MADE, MAKE IT 3-0 MICHIGAN STATE.

HEINRICH HAARBERG PASS, COMPLETE SHORT TO THOMAS FIDONE.

THIS HAS KIND OF REALLY BECOME HIS SAFETY BLANKET, RIGHT?

>> IT IS, HE'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS FACE AND I THINK MICHIGAN STATE PLAYED SO MUCH MAN-TO-MAN HE KNEW THAT WAS GONNA BE THERE.

>> EMMETT JOHNSON FOR 11 YARDS, ANTHONY GRANT COMES BACK.

YOU THOUGHT NEBRASKA HAD SOMETHING GOING THIS YEAR.

>> YEAH, THEY DID.

YOU SEE THEM MOVE THE RUN GAME AND THEIR ABILITY TO GET ON THE EDGES AND EVEN GET UP THE MIDDLE.

THEY HAD SOME GOOD THINGS GOING BUT JUST THE CONSISTENCY OF IT ALL AND THE POOR DECISION-MAKING BY QUARTERBACKS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ONE GOT AWAY FROM HIM OR IF HE THOUGHT SOMETHING DIFFERENT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> EITHER WAY IT'S A WHOLE THROW, IT'S UP THE HASH.

I THINK NEBRASKA THOUGHT THEY HAD SOMETHING WITH TRYING TO PUT MICHIGAN STATE'S CORNERS IN THE PASS RESPONSE -- EXCUSE ME, IN TERMS OF RUN FITS AND MICHIGAN STATE ENDED UP ADJUSTING.

>> FIDONE WITH 19 RECEPTIONS ON THE SEASON.

EMMETT JOHNSON AGAIN, MAKING A NICE RUN THERE.

HE ENDED UP WITH 57 YARDS ON THE DAY.

JOSH FLEEKS, I DON'T KNOW IF HE ALWAYS LOOKS GREAT DOING IT, BUT HE DOES MAKE YARDS.

>> YEAH, HE'S A BIG PLAY WAITING TO HAPPEN.

YOU JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT WITH HIM TRYING TO FEEL HIS WAY THROUGH.

>> THE PLAY BEFORE THIS YOU CALLED FOR HIM TO KEEP IT.

HE KEEPS IT, SCORES.

>> YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT LITTLE WRINKLE.

THIS TIME LINDENMEYER STAYED ON THE FORCE.

THEY LEFT THE END AND GOT OUT TO THE NUMBER TWO.

WELL DESIGNED, EXCELLENT JOB BY SATTERFIELD.

>> JAY'S GOING TO LOOK AT THAT ONE LATER, OF COURSE.

NATE CARTER WAS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS FOR MICHIGAN STATE.

THEY ACTUALLY HELD THEM TO UNDER DOUBLE DIGIT RUNS.

SO HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LONGER THAN 9 YARDS ON THE DAY, HE ENDED UP HAVING 50 YARDS.

BUT NEBRASKA PLAYED VERY GOOD DEFENSE AGAINST CARTER.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TRICK PLAYS THAT CATCH YOU, EYES IN THE BACKFIELD.

>> YEAH, THIS WAS NOT A GREAT SERIES FOR NUMBER 31.

HERE INEXPLICABLY TURNS A GUY LOOSE INSIDE.

NOT A GREAT DAY FOR 31 BUT HE DIDN'T GET A LOT OF HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS.

>> MAKES IT 10-7, MICHIGAN STATE UP EARLY.

NOW WE'RE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

HERE COMES HAARBERG COMING BACK AGAIN.

MAKING A VERY GOOD -- A LITTLE HIGH TO FIDONE.

WHEN YOU THROW TO SOMEBODY THAT TALL YOU CAN PUT IT UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

>> THEY'LL GO GET IT.

>> AND HERE'S ONE OF THE GREAT RUNS HE MADE.

HE MADE THREE OR FOUR GUYS MISS HERE.

HE ENDS UP GETTING 15 YARDS ON THE RUN.

>> YEAH, REALLY NICE JOB OF ESCAPABILITY, AND WHEN HE MAKES UP HIS MIND HE'S PRETTY GOOD.

>> THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, WE THOUGHT "OH, INTERCEPTION, HERE WE GO AGAIN.

"” BUT THEY CALLED HOLDING ON THE DEFENSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD ON MALACHI COLEMAN SO NEBRASKA'S GOT A SHOT.

>> YEAH, I WISH HE WOULD'VE THROWN THE FENDER, THE ROUTE TO MALACHI COLEMAN '‘CAUSE IF HE WAITS A SECOND HE'S GONNA COME UP.

>> TRISTAN ALVANO'S NOW SIX FOR TEN, CONTINUING TO KEEP THAT CONFIDENCE AND KICKING THE BALL VERY WELL AFTER A KIND OF ROCKY START.

HERE'S HOUSER AGAIN.

T. HENRY HAD A HUGE SECOND HALF.

4 CATCHES AND 54 YARDS.

DIDN'T HAVE ANY TARGETS IN THE FIRST HALF, IN THE SECOND HALF HE ENDED UP GETTING OPEN.

>> YEAH, USING THE UMPIRE AS A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIELD THERE BUT HE WAS GETTING OPEN AND MAKING CATCHES LIKE THIS.

>> HERE GOES THE DEFENSE STEPPING UP AGAIN.

IT'S SEVERAL TACKLE FOR LOSSES FROM STUFFED PLAYS AS WELL.

ZERO YARD GAME THERE.

AND THEN THIS IS A REALLY GOOD TACKLE -- I TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, LOOK AT THAT, FIGHTING THROUGH THE BLOCKS.

>> JUST REFUSE TO BE BLOCKED.

GREAT RECOGNITION AND FIGHTING AND GO MAKE THE PLAY.

>> WHAT A GREAT FIELD GOAL, THOUGH, YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE KIM CREDIT HERE.

50 YARDS, NAILED IT.

>> HE'S SALTY.

>> HE IS.

FOUR MISSES ON THE SEASON BUT THAT WAS A HECK OF A ONE RIGHT THERE.

CARTER, I MENTIONED, 5 FOR 50 ON THE DAY.

AND SAM LEAVITT WHO IS THEIR BACKUP QUARTERBACK, THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD RUN BY HIM.

HE'S A REALLY GOOD ATHLETE.

THIN, YOU KNOW, BUT A GOOD ATHLETE.

>> YEAH, REALLY BROKE THEIR BACK.

NEBRASKA HAD SET THE EDGE BUT HE FOUND THE LITTLE CREASE.

THOSE SAFETIES HAVE GOT TO GET DOWNHILL A LITTLE QUICKER.

>> BIG CONTROVERSY ON THIS THROW TO THE ENDZONE.

THE REPLAY SHOWS THE BALL KIND OF HITS THE GROUND.

YOU CAN'T TELL FROM THAT IF HE HAS IT.

THE BACKSIDE, I THOUGHT THAT REPLAY SHOWED THE BALL TURNED OVER BUT THE OFFICIALS GIVE HIM THE CATCH.

>> YEAH, 50-50 CALL.

YOU LEAVE IT IN THE HANDS OF THE OFFICIAL.

NO BUENO.

>> YEAH, AND OF COURSE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.

>> GREAT THROW RIGHT THERE.

>> THAT WAS GREAT THROW TO GET OFF HIS OWN GOAL LINE.

2 OF 39 FOR MALACHI, PROBABLY NEEDED TO GO TO HIM A LITTLE MORE ON THE DAY.

THEN HAARBERG GETS A COMPLETE SHORT ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF IT TO EMMETT JOHNSON WHO'S DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN ANOTHER INTERCEPTION, JUST A LITTLE HIGH.

>> YEAH, HE WAS WIDE OPEN EARLY.

IT'S A WHOLE THROW.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT HE STRUGGLES WITH WHERE I CALL THEM ATOM BALLS.

YOU'VE GOT TO PUT IT ON HIM RIGHT AWAY.

>> BUT YOU SAID ALL DAY, THEY JUST NEED TO PLAY CATCH, RIGHT?

>> THERE WERE A LOT OF GUYS OPEN.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT CONFLICT LATER.

>> WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE CATCHES FOR 37 YARDS.

AND HERE'S THE BEST RUN OF THE DAY.

43 YARDS, MAKING IT HAPPEN.

ALMOST SCORED, GETS TRIPPED UP AT THE THREE YARD LINE.

>> YEAH, REALLY DECISIVE.

SEE THE CREASE, BE THE CREASE.

THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.

>> ONLY ENDED UP WITH 37 YARDS BECAUSE OF ALL THE SACK NUMBERS.

WE TALK ABOUT BALANCE ALL THE TIME, DAMON.

>> YEAH, THIS IS FANTASTIC.

YOU TALK ABOUT A LITTLE NARROW CREASE.

HE SEES THE CUTBACK BUT HE STAYS WITH THE WHOLE INTEGRITY.

THAT WAS A -- HE WON'T CREDIT FOR A GREAT RUN.

THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

>> YEAH, HERE'S ANOTHER FUMBLE.

TALK ABOUT PLAYING WITH FIRE.

>> YOU JUST GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL, IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

THREE GAMES LEFT.

WE'LL SEE IF THEY CAN EVENTUALLY DO IT ONE GAME THIS SEASON.

>> ANOTHER TACKLE FOR LOSS THERE.

CARTER THIS TIME ONLY WITH ZERO YARDS AS THEY'RE TRYING TO BURN THE CLOCK.

GETS BACK TO NEBRASKA.

I REALLY DIDN'T THINK NEBRASKA WOULD HAVE A SHOT TO GET THE BALL BACK AT SOME POINT BUT THEY JUST COULD NOT BURN ENOUGH CLOCK.

MISSED FIELD GOAL HERE.

>> VERY INTERESTING PLAY-CALLING, ESPECIALLY AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE.

>> COME BACK TO ALANTE BROWN THROWING THE BALL AGAIN WHICH IS KIND OF CRAZY.

GOOD COMPLETION RIGHT THERE.

GET THEM TO THE POINT WHERE YOU THINK ONLY 15 MORE YARDS THEN YOU GET A FIELD GOAL.

BALL KNOCKED OUT HERE.

BOTH GREG AND ON THE TV CALL SAID IMMEDIATELY INCOMPLETE.

THE BEST THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN TO NEBRASKA HERE WAS IF MICHIGAN STATE WOULD'VE RECOVERED BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE BEEN AN AUTOMATIC REPLAY BUT IT WASN'T.

SO INSTEAD, YOU HAVE THIS THROW UP.

>> NO HANDS, NO BALL, I THINK THAT'S THE GREAT DEBATE.

>> YEAH, IN THE END, IT COUNTS AS A FUMBLE.

NEBRASKA LOSES THE GAME.

LET'S GO TO THE FINAL STATS, TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.

INTERESTING.

AGAIN, NEBRASKA'S RUSH DEFENSE ONLY GAVE UP 63 YARDS.

MICHIGAN STATE'S THROWING THE BALL A LOT, 232 YARDS THERE.

BUT TURNOVERS, THAT'S THE BIGGEST LINE.

THREE TURNOVERS FOR NEBRASKA, NONE FOR MICHIGAN STATE.

THAT'S JUST IN, ALONG WITH THE PUNTING PROBLEMS, RETURNING PROBLEMS, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE.

OVERALL WHEN YOU WATCH NEBRASKA PLAY RIGHT NOW, OBVIOUSLY I THINK THE GUYS ARE REALLY PLAYING HARD AND GIVING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> BUT THEY'RE SO SHORTHANDED THAT IT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF MISTAKES THEY CAN MAKE, RIGHT?

BECAUSE THEY'RE MISSING SO MANY GUYS.

>> YEAH, OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE ON YOUR FOUR STRING RUNNING BACK WITH EMMETT JOHNSON.

THAT'S WHERE HE WAS TO START OFF THE DEPTH CHART.

YOUR WIDE RECEIVER ROOM HAS BEEN DECIMATED.

O-LINE THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF GUYS THAT PLAYED.

EFFORT'S BEEN FANTASTIC, IT'S JUST MATCHING IT ALL UP.

THE QB PLAY HAS BEEN GOOD AT TIMES.

IT HAS BEEN GOOD AT TIMES, WE ALL KNOW THAT.

IT'S JUST -- YOU'VE GOT TO BE -- IT'S SUCH A FINITE EDGE TO HOW YOU HAVE TO OPERATE.

YOU ARE PLAYING AGAINST GOOD COMPETITION AND YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO BE CARELESS WITH THE FOOTBALL, MAKE POOR MISTAKES.

AND THEN AFFORD THE DEALS ON THE ROAD AND WIN.

AND WE'VE DONE THOSE.

AND WE'VE GOTTEN LUCKY AND WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH MAKE THOSE PLAYS DEFENSIVELY AND MAKE BETTER PLAYS SPECIAL TEAMS.

BUT WHEN YOU DON'T -- LIKE D.B.

SAID EARLIER, YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THREE PHASES CLICKING, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE.

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S AGAINST A 2-16, YOU WILL GET BEAT.

IT HAS TO GET BETTER.

HOPING THEY CAN FIGURE IT OUT AND FINISH OF THE SEASON.

>> YEAH, A GREAT CONFLICT.

FOR ALL THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE WIDE RECEIVERS AND TIGHT END PLAYS -- THE CONFLICT WAS WHAT DOES SATTERFIELD DO?

HE SEES WHAT WE SEE.

GUYS ARE RUNNING WIDE OPEN AND WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT WIDE RECEIVER DEPTH AND INJURIES BUT IT SEEMS LIKE MULTIPLE WEEKS IN A ROW, GUYS ARE OPEN.

NEBRASKA HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PLAY CATCH.

JUST SIMPLY PLAY CATCH.

YOU KNOW, SATTERFIELD'S DILEMMA WAS I SEE GUYS OPEN.

THIS SECONDARY IS INEXPERIENCED.

THEY'RE YOUNG, THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO COVER GUYS.

IS THIS AN EXECUTION THING OR DO I NEED TO CALL SOMETHING DIFFERENT?

I THINK HE SETTLED ON THE FACT THAT IT WAS AN EXECUTION THING SO HE STAYED WITH IT.

BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOUR MARGIN OF ERROR IS SO SLIM, YOU NEED ALL THREE PHASES OF YOUR GAME TO BE ON POINT AND IT JUST WASN'T ON SATURDAY.

>> COACH RHULE SAID HE DIDN'T CONSIDER MAKING A QUARTERBACK CHANGE.

DID YOU THINK ABOUT MAYBE A QUARTERBACK CHANGE IF THE GAME WAS ON THE LINE?

>> POTENTIALLY BECAUSE IT'S TOUGH.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

HOW DO YOU WANT OPERATE?

BECAUSE I THINK HAARRBERG WITH HIS ATHLETICISM AND BEING ABLE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL AND THAT DYNAMIC, THAT PRESENTS A PROBLEM WITH DEFENSE.

YOU'VE GOT TO COMMIT A SAFETY AND ANOTHER ONE IN THE BOX TO TAKE CARE OF THE RUN GAME THREAT OR DO YOU WANNA BRING IN CHUBBA?

OR DO YOU WANNA BRING IN SIMS, YOU KNOW?

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

WE HAVE SEEN SIMS, HE'S HAD THE SAME ISSUES TAKING CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T SEEN CHUBBA AT ALL THIS YEAR BUT NOW HE MIGHT BE A BETTER THROWER, BUT IS HE AS GOOD OF A RUNNER?

PICK YOUR POISON, RIGHT?

YOU WANT A COUPLE GOOD RUNNERS THAT TAKE DON'T CARE OF THE FOOTBALL OR A QUARTERBACK THAT CAN THROW BUT IS NOT AS AGILE AND MOBILE.

TO ME, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE QB RUN ASPECT FOR THE OFFENSE BECAUSE YOU ARE SHORTHANDED AND IT JUST STRESSES THE DEFENSE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN IF YOU PUT A QB IN THERE THAT'S LIKE YEAH, WE MIGHT NOT SEE THE OPTION OR THE ZONE READS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS SOI HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH HIM STICKING WITH HAARBERG.

>> IT'S A TOTAL HYPOTHETICAL AND I'M NOT SURE ON THE ANSWER BUT I THINK THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE QUESTION OF DID YOU THINK ABOUT PUTTING THE NEW QUARTERBACK IN THE GAME, AND COACH RHULE IS USUALLY PRETTY MEASURED.

HE CHOOSES HIS WORDS EXTREMELY CAREFULLY.

AND WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT, HIS COMPETITIVENESS AND HIM WANTING TO BE THERE AND WANTING TO BE THE QUARTERBACK.

SO THE FOLLOW-UP SESSION FOR WHY YOU WOULD NOT PLAY ANOTHER QUARTERBACK IS HOW BAD DO THE QUARTERBACKS WANT THE JOB?

ARE THEY OKAY WITH JUST BEING OKAY?

AND KIND OF DON'T WANT THAT DRAMA.

I JUST FELT LIKE THAT ANSWER WAS INTERESTING.

IT LEFT ME WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS LISTENING TO HIM '‘CAUSE I JUST KNOW HOW HE TALKS AND I FIGURED DOES SIMS WANT TO WIN THE JOB BACK OR IS HE OKAY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON?

IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEY HAVE TO PLAY THE HAND THAT THEY'RE DEALT.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, BEING THE MAN.

RIGHT?

ITS ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT BEING THE MAN, MAYBE EVEN SPELLING.

BUT WHEN YOU COME INTO THIS SITUATION AT NEBRASKA TO PLAY QUARTERBACK, ITS BEING THE MAN >> SIGNIFICANTLY EASIER TO SPELL THE MAN THAN IT IS TO BE THE MAN.

>> YEAH, DEFINITELY WE HAVE SEEN THAT.

ONLY IN TWO GAMES, JEFF SIMS HAS HAD SEVEN TURNOVERS.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH HAARBERG IN TERMS OF, HE HAS 12 FUMBLES NOW.

HE'S GOT SIX LOSSES.

HE'S ALSO GOT SIX INTERCEPTIONS AS WELL.

12 TURNOVERS, YOU CANNOT HAVE THAT HAPPEN.

BUT HE'S THE ONE WHO WANTS TO BE OUT THERE.

AND HE'S GOT FIVE WINS.

>> HE'S GOT FIVE WINS.

THERE IS SOMETHING TO THAT THOUGH.

YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT AS WELL.

HE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF WANTING IT.

RIGHT?

DO YOU WANT IT, OR ARE YOU OKAY HANGING OUT?

>> I JUST THINK THAT IS THE GREAT QUESTION.

WHEN I LOOK AT HOW THE TURNOVERS HAPPEN, WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR.

MAYBE SIMS RATIO IS HIGHER.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW EGREGIOUS SOME OF THE TURNOVERS ARE, THIS GUY CLEARLY HAS CEMENTED HIMSELF INTO WHERE WE DO NOT QUESTION IT.

IS IT SOLEY ABOUT THE WANT TO, TO LEAD THE TEAM?

IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN OUR DISCUSSION IS OVER.

IF THE GUY JUST WANTS TO BE THE GUY.

AND ANOTHER GUY IS NOT QUICK TO WANT TO USURPED THE ROLE.

HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE RESULTS.

>> YOU BROUGHT UP A GREAT CONVERSATION.

BECAUSE MICHIGAN STATE WAS ONE OF THE WORST PASS DEFENSES IN THE BIG 10.

YOU KNOW WHO ELSE IS BAD?

MARYLAND.

YOU'RE GETTING READY GO UP AGAINST THE OTHER DEFENSE THAT DOES NOT STOP THE PASS VERY WELL.

>> ALMOST EVERY PASS PLAY THAT WAS CALLED WAS LIKE "WELL, HE WAS OPEN."

THERE WAS ONE TIME, HE MISSED COLEMAN ON A LITTLE OVER ROUTE.

WHERE, IT'S PROBABLY ONLY A 10 OR 12 YARD PASS.

IF HE THROWS IT, THERES NO QUESTION THAT HE BANGS HIS HEAD ON THE GOALPOST.

SO SOME OF THAT IS -- I CAN SEE WHAT SATTERFIELD IS SAYING.

AND I KNOW OUR FRUSTRATION MOUNDS AND WE TALK ABOUT PLAY CALLING, BUT IT'S LIKE "MAN, CAN WE JUST PLAY CATCH?"

CAN WE SIMPLY JUST PLAY CATCH?

'CAUSE GUYS WERE OPEN.

>> WHAT'S UP WITH THE D-LINE, I THINK THIS WEEK IS GOING TO BE HUGE FOR THE TACKLES.

YOU HAVE TO GET PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE AGAINST THOSE SMALLER QUARTERBACK.

BUT HOW DO YOU THINK THE DEFENSIVE LINE PLAYED?

>> OKAY.

I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE IMPROVED.

THEY LACKED A LITTLE BIT IN THE PERDUE GAME.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GET SOME PRESSURE.

IT WAS OKAY.

THEY WERE NOT GREAT.

I THOUGHT THAT CAM LENHARDT SHOWED SOME FLASHES.

SEEMS FINALLY GETTING HEALTHY AFTER THAT INJURY EARLY ON.

THEY WERE JUST OKAY.

THEY HAVE TO GET AFTER IT 'CAUSE MARYLAND IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO --.

THEIR STRENGTH IS IN THE PASSING GAME.

THEY HAVE TO GET HIM UNCOMFORTABLE.

WHICH A LOT OF TEAMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

YOU GOT TO HAVE IT OTHERWISE IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING TEST FOR THE DEFENSE.

>> YEAH, THE THING NEBRASKA WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS WEEK WITH MARYLAND, LIKE THEY DID WITH MICHIGAN STATE, ESPECIALLY WITH ZONE READ, OUTSIDE ZONE, AND HAND SWEEP GAME WHERE THE QUARTERBACK CAN KEEP IT.

IS WHEN YOU PLAY SO MUCH MAN-TO-MAN AND YOU HAVE MAN-TO-MAN PRINCIPLES WHERE EVEN IT LOOKS LIKE QUARTERS.

GETTING YOUR SECONDARY INTO RUN FITS CAN CAUSE YOU PROBLEMS AND NEBRASKA'S OUTSIDE GAP RUN FITTING WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN.

THEY MADE A NICE ADJUSTMENT IN THE SECOND HALF.

THEY WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT WITH MARYLAND.

THEY'VE STRUGGLED TO RUN THE BALL WITH THE SACKS.

THEY WERE -50 YARDS AGAINST PENN STATE.

IT IS A BETTER MATCHUP FOR NEBRASKA IF THEY ARE DISCIPLINE WITH THEIR EYES IN THE BACKFIELD.

THE EYE CANDY REALLY CAUSED NEBRASKA SOME CONFLICT.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE NEW CONFERENCE RULE THAT DOESN'T ALLOW NEBRASKA TO RUN THE BALL TWICE WITH THE SAME GUY.

IF YOU GET TWO YOU GOT TO COME TO A STOP.

>> THEY HAVE SOME OPTIONS.

DO THEY WANT A GAP SCHEME?

DO YOU WANT TO RUN SOME DUO.

I LIKE THEM A LOT.

I LIKE THEIR TRADITIONAL EYE.

I LIKE THEM IN THE TWO BY LOOK.

IT IS LIKE TWINS.

WHERE YOU HAVE TWO RECEIVERS TO ONE SIDE.

TIED INTO THE OTHER SO YOU KIND OF HAVE THE CLOSED SIDE, THEY CAN DO SOME THINGS WITH THE DEFENSIVE ALIGNMENT THAT I THINK ARE ADVANTAGEOUS.

IT IS ALL ABOUT BEING PRODUCTIVE ON FIRST DOWN.

THEY WERE UNUSUALLY BAD GENERATING POSITIVE YARDS AND STAYING ON SCHEDULE ON FIRST DOWN IN EAST LANSING.

I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY HAD SUCH A GOOD THIRD DOWN CONVERSION RATE.

CONVERSELY, MICHIGAN STATE WAS PRETTY GOOD ON FIRST DOWN AND AWFUL ON THIRD DOWN.

IT ULTIMATELY CAUGHT UP WITH NEBRASKA.

>> AND THAT HAPPENED WITH NO PENALTIES.

ZERO PENALTIES AND STILL STRUGGLED WITH FIRST DOWN.

LET'S LOOK AT THE REMAINING SCHEDULE.

WE ALL KNOW, MARYLAND THIS WEEK, YOU GO TO WISCONSIN AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT GAME, BLACK FRIDAY.

I MEAN IT COULD BE FOR BOWL ELIGIBILITY.

IT IS ALREADY A LOT, ANYTIME THEY PLAY IOWA, THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAMES TO BE PLAYED.

>> IT WILL BE VERY LOW-SCORING.

IMAGINE THAT.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

HEY, IF YOU CAN WIN 6-3 THAT'S FINE.

>> OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME ARE LUKE REIMER AND EMMETT JOHNSON.

LUKE LEAD THE TEAM WITH SEVEN TACKLES IN THE GAME.

ALSO HAD A TACKLE AND LOST.

PLAYED VERY WELL, FLEW ALL OVER THE PLACE.

EMMETT JOHNSON RAN FOR 57 YARDS AND GOT HIS SECOND CAREER TOUCHDOWN FOR THE BIG RED.

GREAT JOB BY HIM.

WITH THAT, WE WILL TOSS IT TO JAY MOORE, WHO'S IN THE HUDL.

♪ >> ALL RIGHT, EVEN WITH THE LOSS WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO POSITIVE PLAYS -- ONE DEFENSE, ONE OFFENSIVELY.

SO I LIKE THIS -- WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT THIS CAM LENHARDT SACK THAT HE HAD.

SO HE'S RIGHT HERE, HE'S TAKING ON A THREE TECHNIQUE ON THE OUTSIDE SHADE OF THE GUARD.

MICHIGAN STATE'S GONNA KINDA GO A LITTLE PROTECTION HERE.

THEY'RE ZONING THIS SIDE, SLIGHT PROTECTION.

THEY'RE MAN TO THE TWO MAN.

USUALLY WHEN THE BACK IS OFFSET FROM WHATEVER IS THE BACK TWO, THE CENTER GOES OPPOSITE.

SO IN THE SITUATION, HE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF RECOGNIZING THE SLIDE.

THE GUARD'S KINDA NOT WORKING ON HIM, BUT HE'S GONNA GET THE SLIDE PROTECTION HERE FROM THIS CENTER COMING HARD.

DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF KINDA GETTING SKINNY HERE AND DEFEATIN' 'EM, AND NOT GETTING CAUGHT UP.

AND DOES A GOOD JOB OF JUST GETTING' 'EM DOWN HERE.

IT'S A REALLY GOOD, HIGH-LEVEL PLAY FOR A GUY THAT IS TRUE FRESHMAN GUY THAT'S FINALLY GETTIN' HEALTHY.

SECONDLY, OFFENSIVE -- THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN PLAY OF HAARBERG.

BORCHERS, LINDENMEYER ON THE EDGE HERE, IN MOTION, LOVE THE PLAY DESIGN, YOU GET A REALLY GOOD PLAY FAKE, LEAVE THE END UNBLOCKED.

HE DIPS DOWN ON EMMETT JOHNSON.

WE'RE GONNA GET A SEAL HERE, THREE GUYS DOING THEIR JOBS.

YOU GET THE ANGLE, YOU GET THE SEAL, YOU GET THE ALLEY, AND IT LEADS TO SIX POINTS FOR THE BIG RED.

>> GOT A FEW POSITIONS WHERE THE FUTURE IS REALLY BRIGHT.

THE DEFENSIVE END SPOT WITH ALL THE DEPTH THEY HAVE, AND THE FULLBACK SPOT.

MAN, THEY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD GUYS PLAYING FULLBACK RIGHT NOW.

AND THEY'RE JUST GONNA GET BETTER 'CAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG.

TWO GOOD POSITIONS.

>> VERY MUCH SO.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

>> WE GOTTA STEP AWAY.

WHEN WE COME BACK, OUR SPECIAL GUEST, BILL BUSCH.

BEFORE WE GO THOUGH, HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEST PHOTOS OF THE GAME AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE, COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

♪ ♪ MICHIGAN STATE.

♪ >>> HOPEFULLY FROM WHAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A VERY DISAPPOINTING GAME, THERE'LL BE SOME THINGS THAT OUR GUYS TAKE AWAY FROM IT.

BUT I'LL SAY, WE HAD SOME REAL MISSED OPPORTUNITIES ON OFFENSE THAT -- THAT, YOU KNOW, TO ME, YOU HAVE TO WIN TO WIN GAMES IN NOVEMBER.

>> IT'S GOOD TO BLAME, "OH THE KID'S GOT --" OR "THIS KID'S YOUNG," AND THAT'S NOT IT.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT -- I'VE TWO KIDS, I PUT THEM IN POSITIONS WHERE THEY CAN GO AND HAVE A CHANCE TO EXECUTE PLAYS TO GET AHEAD OF THE STAKES.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT MOVING FORWARD, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GO, YOU KNOW, GAIN THE MAXIMUM OUT OF YARDS ON EACH PLAY.

>> YOU LOOK BACK AT THE GAME, AND THE FIRST HALF, IT WASN'T TO THE STANDARD.

AND THEN THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE GUYS IN -- IN THE SIDELINE AND EVERYTHING ABOUT AN ATMOSPHERE LIKE THAT WAS, WHEN WE NEEDED TO THE MOST, YOU SAW THE GUYS COME OUT.

I THOUGHT THAT'S WHEN THEY WERE THE MOST ALIVE, AND THEY WERE BACK TO NORMAL, AND PLAYING TO THE STANDARD.

>> YEAH, WE PUT PRESSURE ON THE PLAYERS, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, WE PUT PRESSURE ON OURSELVES.

I'M GLAD THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT "HEY, IF WE WON THAT GAME, WE HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO A BOWL."

I'M GLAD THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT IF THEY WON THAT GAME, "HEY, WE -- WE'RE KIND OF ALIVE, MAYBE IN THE BIG TEN WEST."

I -- YOU HAVE TO -- YOU HAVE COME FACE TO FACE WITH YOUR DEMONS AND YOUR FEARS AND SAY, "HEY, WHEN THAT WAS HAPPENING, DID I PLAY FREE AND LOOSE OR, DID I PLAY TIGHT?

THEY KNOW HOW GOOD MARYLAND IS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S 17-17 AGAINST OHIO STATE LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

THEY ARE AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT FOOTBALL TEAM.

TO ME, THE CHALLENGE FOR US HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO HUMBLY PREPARE FOR THE OTHER TEAMS, THE OTHER OPPONENT, BUT NEVER MAKE IT ABOUT THE OPPONENT.

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

JOINING US NOW, THE FORMER ASSISTANT COACH AND NOW MEMBER OF THE MEDIA, BILL BUSCH.

[ LAUGHTER ] MEMBER OF THE MEDIA, HOW YOU DOING?

>> I SWITCHED OVER, I'M ON THIS TEAM RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH, I LIKE THAT.

>> WELCOME TO THE DARK SIDE.

>> I'M TRYING TO WORK MY WAY OUT.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO IN THE MORNING.

-- REMINDS ME EVERY DAY THAT I DON'T HAVE A JOB, SO I HAVE A LOT OF FREE TIME.

>> YOUR JOB IS SAVING HIS BACON.

>> THAT'S IT.

>> YOU DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT.

>> I'M VERY LUCKY.

I'M LIKE THE -- I'M LIKE, JOINING THE PATRIOTS WITH TOM BRADY FOR SUPER BOWL V AND VI.

'CAUSE THOSE GUYS ALREADY BUILT THAT SHOW.

[ LAUGHTER ] I'M JUST KIND OF RIDIN' IT RIGHT NOW.

I KINDA CAME IN LATE WHEN THOSE GUYS ALREADY HAD THAT SHOW GOING, SO REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT.

>> THANK GOODNESS FOR -- >> YEAH, HE KEEPS THE THING REALLY GOING STRAIGHT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR IN THE SEASON.

YOU KNOW A LOT OF GUYS ON THE TEAM ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HOW THEY PLAYED SO FAR?

>> WELL, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN TO WATCH.

OBVIOUSLY WHAT STANDS OUT IS THAT YOU'VE HAVE GREAT KIDS.

YOU'VE GOT GREAT KIDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL.

I WAS ABLE TO BE AROUND ALMOST ALL THE GUYS THAT ARE PLAYING NOW WERE ALL HERE, ESPECIALLY DEFENSIVELY.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A DIFFERENT SITUATION FOR ME -- I WAS WITH SPECIAL TEAMS ONLY UP UNTIL I GOT MADE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

THREW ME INTO THAT REALM, BUT ALSO WE JUST HAD SO MANY GREAT KIDS, SO I KNOW A LOT ABOUT 'EM, AND I KNEW THE SUCCESS THEY WOULD HAVE DEFENSIVELY GOING INTO IT BECAUSE OF THE CHARACTER OF THE TEAM.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OFFENSIVELY, I KNOW ALL THOSE GUYS.

I WORKED WITH THE OFFENSIVE LINE WITH FIELD GOAL PROTECTION AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE GOT FIVE WINS, AND THEY'RE ONE GAME OUT OF THE -- OF THE WEST.

AND THEY HAVE EVERY CHANCE TO WIN THE WEST.

>> SURE.

>> SO IN MY MIND, THAT'S VERY POSITIVE.

EXTREMELY POSITIVE.

>> COACH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, LIKE, THE EMOTIONAL VERSUS THE PHYSICAL, WHEN YOU WATCH THIS TEAM PLAY, THEY REALLY STARTED TO SHOW SIGNS OF HANGING IN THERE LAST YEAR, AND PLAYING HARD FOR YOU GUYS.

AND YOU WATCH THIS YEAR, HOW DID THE SCHEME THAT YOU SEE DEFENSIVELY KIND OF MARRY UP WITH WHAT YOU THINK A LOT OF THE PERSONALITIES ARE, TO ALLOW THEM TO FLOURISH?

>> WELL I THINK -- OBVIOUSLY I DON'T KNOW COACH WHITE PERSONALLY, BUT I KNOW HE'S AN INCREDIBLE COACH.

I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH HIM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES.

AND THE THING WITH THE DEFENSE THAT THEY'RE RUNNING, IS THAT IT REALLY TURNS INTO THE -- SOMETIMES THIS NAME HAS THIS 3-3-5 TO IT.

BUT IT GETS BACK TO STILL UNDER AND OVER PRINCIPLES OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IT'S MORE OF A FLOATING D-LINEMAN, IN A WAY, INSTEAD OF JUST FOUR HANDS IN THE DIRT WITH THIS TYPE OF THING, OR A -- OR AN ODD FRONT.

SO THEY PLAY THE ODD FRONT, THEY PLAY THE EVEN FRONT, THEY PLAY OVER AND UNDER, THEY DO ALL THOSE THINGS.

BUT THEY'RE VERY MULTIPLE WITH IT, AND I'VE BEEM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THEM HAVING THE ABILITY TO GET PLAYERS IN THE GAME.

BECAUSE WHEN I WAS WITH COACH ORGERON AT LSU, HE'S ALWAYS LIKE, "GET 'EM IN EARLY."

SO THAT WAY THEY FEEL THEY'RE IN THE GAME AND THEY'RE PART OF THE GAME.

THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN ALL OF SUDDEN, MID-THIRD QUARTER, "HEY!

HOW'D YOU BE IN THE -- GET A COUPLE CARRIES IN THERE!

"” AND SO YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

SO I THINK THAT COACH WHITE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF CREATING A UNIT THAT KNOWS THAT THEY'RE ALL GONNA GET TO PLAY.

SOME ARE GONNA PLAY A LOT MORE THAN OTHERS, TRUST ME.

THERE'S SOME GUYS, THAT'S JUST THE WAY LIFE WORKS.

BUT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A LOT OF L.R.P.s WHICH IS LIMITED ROLE PLAYERS, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AS MANY SNAPS, BUT THEY PLAY EARLY AND THEY SHOW UP IN BIG GAMES.

>> HE'S HEAVY-HANDED, ISN'T HE?

>> YEAH.

>> HE POPPED YOU PRETTY GOOD.

[ LAUGHTER ] BREAK THE SOUND.

>> BEING ABLE TO PLAY A LOT OF GUYS, AND PLAY YOUNG GUYS, ESPECIALLY COMING IN STRAIGHT FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AND I KNOW SOME OF THESE GUYS ARE ABLE TO COME IN THE SPRING, BUT UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS WITH THE NEW DEFENSE, UNDERSTANDING THE INTRICACIES PLAYING A DIVISION I DEFENSE -- HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT MESSAGE IN HOW YOU ARE TRYING TO GET ACROSS THE FUNDAMENTALS AND THE TECHNIQUES OF YOUNG PLAYERS, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT SO EARLY, TO GO AND DO THAT IN YEAR ONE?

>> THERE'S ALWAYS SUCH A -- YOU KNOW, IT WAS A MASSIVE CHANGE WHEN I TOOK OVER ON DEFENSE, 'CAUSE WE CHANGED EVERYTHING.

SO WE TRY TO KEEP SOME SAME-AS, AS FAR AS VERBIAGE.

SO THE VERBIAGE HERE CHANGED, BUT THEY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO ABLE TO CHANGE IT.

AND SO THAT HAD A CHANCE -- IF YOU'RE ALWAYS IN THE STRUGGLE, A LOT OF THE TIME IT'S LIKE, OKAY -- IT'S FUNDAMENTALS, FUNDAMENTALS, FUNDAMENTALS.

AND I AM SUCH A BELIEVER IN INDIVIDUAL DRILLS.

I KNOW THAT'S A BIG PART OF -- LIKE, HEY -- IF -- IF WE DRILL IT, WE FILM IT.

IF WE FILM IT, WE WATCH IT.

IF WE WATCH TO, WE FIX IT.

INDIVIDUAL IS SO IMPORTANT.

BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ANSWER WHEN THEY LINE UP AND TRIPS INTO THE BOUNDARY, THEY LINE UP AND EMPTY.

ALL THOSE THINGS, THEY CAN'T BE LIKE, "I GOT A TECHNIQUE!

WHAT IS YOUR CHECK?

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO?

HOW ARE YOU GONNA HANDLE THIS?

SO THERE'S A LOT OF SITUATIONAL FOOTBALL THAT COMES UP.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE THAT THROUGHOUT.

THAT IS WHY NOW IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, YOU HAVE THE OTA TIME IN THE SPRING WHERE YOU GET TO ACTUALLY MEET WITH YOUR PLAYERS.

THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU GUYS WERE PLAYING.

YOU COULDN'T BE WITH THEM AT ALL.

NOW YOU HAVE MORE TIME WITH THEM THAT ALLOWS YOU THE CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

>> THE FUMBLE ISSUES GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2010.

THAT'S WHEN YOU WERE TRYING TO RUN THE QUARTERBACK WITH TAYLOR MARTINEZ.

THE ONLY TWO YEARS THEY DIDN'T HAVE FUMBLE PROBLEMS, OR WHEN THEY WEREN'T TRYING TO RUN THE QUARTERBACK AS MUCH AS '‘16 AND '‘17.

HOW MUCH IS THE FUMBLE GOES TO SCHEME?

IS IT ABOUT BIG PRACTICING WRONG?

WHY SO MANY FUMBLES?

>> I WILL SAY THIS, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU CANNOT PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT.

YOU CAN'T EITHER SAY IT WAS THIS, IT WAS THIS.

SOMETIMES, WEIRD THINGS HAPPEN.

I KNOW IT'S IS BEING STRESSED.

SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU STRESS TURNOVERS SO HARD, YOU DON'T GET THEM.

AND SOMETIMES YOU TEACH YOUR TEAM TO PLAY HARD AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND YOU DO GET TURNOVERS.

SO THAT PART OF IT IS HARD.

WHEN THE QUARTERBACK HAS THE BALL IN HIS HAND, AND THERE IS A CHANCE FOR PITCHING OR DIFFERENT BALLHANDLING, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE MORE SITUATIONS WITH IT.

I'VE ALWAYS SAID, THE DIFFERENCE WHEN THE QUARTERBACK TAKES THE BALL, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS, NOW YOU NEED 10 ON DEFENSE.

NOW ONCE HE DOES THIS AND HE'S INVOLVED IN THE PISTOL GAME LIKE THE PLAY THAT JAY SHOWED, NOW YOU NEED 11 TO STOP IT.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THINGS CHANGE.

BUT ALSO IT MAKES IT HARDER ON MORE DIFFICULTY AND POTENTIAL BALL CARRYING SITUATIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS WITH IT.

>> I THINK ONE OF THE MISNOMERS IS SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT THESE GUYS AS ALPHAS THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS IN TERMS OF THEIR EMOTIONS.

YOU HAVE SEEN IT, HOW MUCH WE UNDER OR OVER APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WHEN PLAYERS KNOW COACHES BELIEVE IN THEM THAT GETS THEM THE KIND OF RESULTS THAT WE SEE.

SIMPLE COACHES BELIEVING IN A PLAYER?

>> IT IS EPIC.

AND YOU'VE GUYS OBVIOUSLY PLAYED.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO A COACH, I DID SOMETHING WRONG.

THEY BELIEVE IN YOU.

BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN TRAINED.

I LOVE THAT ONE.

I LOVE WHEN SOMEONE'S WARMING LIKE THAT, "“COACH BELIEVE IN ME.

"” I WANTED TO BELIEVE IN YOU ON THURSDAY.

[ LAUGHTER ] SO WHEN SOMEONE DOES IT ALL WEEK AND SOMETHING IS NOT QUITE RIGHT, YOU COACH EXTREMELY HARD DURING THE WEEK.

GAME DAY, YOU COACH VERY INTELLIGENTLY.

WHICH MEANS THAT'S NOT A TIME ON THE HEADPHONES WHERE YOU WANT TO LOSE YOUR MIND ON ANYBODY.

YOU WANT TO BE VERY TACTICAL.

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE DOING.

HERE IS THE ADJUSTMENT.

NOTHING BETTER THAN SOMETHING NOT RIGHT.

JAY, YOU LOSE CONTAIN AND SOMEONE'S LIKE, I GOT IT.

THEN YOU'RE LIKE, I GOT IT.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF REASON.

UNLESS YOU MADE A TECHNICAL ERROR ON WHAT YOU DID.

YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED.

HAVE YOU EVER FUMBLED BEFORE?

>> YEAH.

>> ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, IT HURT MY FEELINGS.

>> RECEIVER COACH, DEALING WITH A WIDE RECEIVER LIKE THAT.

"“CATCH THE BALL.

"” NO KIDDING.

>> COACHING SPECIAL TEAMS.

WE ALWAYS COMPARE -- OUTSIDE OF JAY, ALL THREE OF US HAVE HAD BAD SOME SWINGS WHILE PLAYING GOLF.

YOU THINK THAT WAS BUSCHINI WHO JUST HAD -- BECAUSE HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH HIS FOOTING A LITTLE BIT ON THE GRASS FIELD.

HE HAD A BAD DAY.

WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM HIM?

>> THAT WAS SHOCKING TO ME.

I HAD A CHANCE TO BE A PART OF THE RECRUITING WITH BRIAN.

HE'S ONE OF THE BEST PUNTERS THAT EVER PUNTED -- --I MEAN, THAT I'VE EVER SEEN PUNT HERE.

AND OBVIOUSLY I WAS WITH SAM KOCH WHO'S AN INCREDIBLE PLAYER IN THE NFL FOREVER.

I HAVE SEEN WHAT THESE PUNTERS LOOK LIKE AND BRIAN IS EXTREMELY TALENTED.

OUTWORKS EVERYBODY.

IT APPEARED ON ONE OF THE PLAYS.

I THOUGH HE ROLLED HIS ANKLE.

IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A STABILITY THING THAT HAPPENED.

WHAT HAPPENED FROM THAT POINT IN TIME?

I DON'T KNOW.

IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THE WEATHER WAS GREAT.

>> YEAH, NO WIND.

>> NO WIND, 50 DEGREES -- SO, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE FOR HIM.

BUT I EXPECT HIM TO BOUNCE BACK REALLY WELL.

>> WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LACK OF RETURNS, VERSUS WHAT MICHIGAN STATE WAS ABLE TO DO, AND WHAT NEBRASKA WAS DOING PUNTING THE FOOTBALL.

A ROUGH CALCULATION IN YOUR HEAD, YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AT DOING THIS ON THE FLY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK FIELD POSITION ALONE WAS WORTH, ON SATURDAY, IN A THREE-POINT GAME?

>> YEAH, IT'S A HUGE ADVANTAGE.

WE CALL IT THE HIDDEN YARDAGE.

TYPICAL SPECIAL TEAMS COACH-TALK.

WE ALWAYS PUT THE CLIP UP, AND WE HAVE IS OUR NET ON PUNT.

THIS WAS THEIR NET ON PUNT.

THIS WAS THIS -- YOU GO THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT YARDS YOU HAVE WITH IT.

AND I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONCERNS WITH THE PUNT-RETURN GAME.

SO, FIRST OF ALL, AND MY FAVORITE GUY ON THE TEAM -- AND I KNOW, "WE CAN'T HAVE FAVORITES.

"” I DO.

THE PUNT RETURNER.

BY FAR MY FAVORITE GUY.

BECAUSE IT TAKES A GROWN MAN TO STAND BACK THERE.

WHEN IT COMES TO KICKOFF RETURN, 30 GUYS WILL DO THAT.

WHEN YOU CATCH THE BALL YOU'RE 30 YARDS AWAY.

WHEN YOU CATCH A PUNT-RETURN THERE'S A CHANCE THE OTHER GUY IS ONE YARD AWAY OR A FULL STRIDE LENGTH.

SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH THAT DECISION-MAKING HE HAS TO DO.

ALSO, JUST, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

I USED TO ALWAYS SAY THE PUNT RETURN, THERE'S TWO THING'S THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.

THERE'LL BE TWO SIGNALS.

TOUCHDOWN NEBRASKA OR FIRST DOWN NEBRASKA.

IT CANNOT BE THE OTHER WAY OR IT'S A 45 YARD TURNOVER.

WHEN YOU HAVE AVAILABLE BALLS -- WE USED TO ALWAYS TALK ABOUT LIKE, THAT'S A HOME RUN BALL.

MEANS, MORE OF A LINE-DRIVE AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SPACE, IF I GET 10, IF I GET 12, WE WOULD BE ECSTATIC.

WHEN SOMOENE GOT A 10-YARD RETURN.

FANS DON'T.

"AW WE GOT A 12-YARD RETURN.

"” LIKE, NO.

IT'S FIRST DOWN, AND IT CHANGED POSSESSION.

ALSO, IF THE BALL HITS THE GROUND, THE AVERAGE IS 18 YARD ROLE.

SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO TEACH PEOPLE TO GET TO THE BALL, CATCH THE BALL, OR BE ABLE TO ONE-HOP THE BALL TO SAVE THE LOST YARDAGE GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION.

>> WE'LL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF YOUNG GUYS WHO HAVE REALLY FLOURISHED IN THIS DEFENSIVE SYSTEM.

MIKAI GBAYOR PLAYED VERY WELL AND BULLOCK AS WELL.

BOTH OF THOSE GUYS, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE IN THEM -- >> FIRST OF ALL, GREAT YOUNG MEN WHO THEY WORK THEIR TAILS OFF.

AND NOW -- LAST YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, NEITHER WERE HEALTHY.

WHEN THEY FIRST GOT -- SO THEY GOT HEALTHY AFTER THEY GOT GOING.

JOHN WAS A BIG PLAYER ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

AND HE WASN'T HEALTHY FOR A LONG TIME.

SO THOSE TWO GUYS -- ESPECIALLY TALK TO THESE TWO AND WHEN YOU ARE A YEAR OLDER, IT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE.

WHEN YOU BEEN AROUND AND YOU SEE HOW THEY PRACTICE AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE GAME THAT HELPS YOU SO MUCH.

BUT THOSE TWO GUYS, IT DOES NOT SHOCK ME WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

JUST BECAUSE OF CHARACTER, EFFORT, TOUGHNESS.

IT IS OLD-SCHOOL TO PUT YOUR FACE ON PEOPLE.

AND THEY DO THAT.

>> THEY GO ON AGAINST A TEAM IN MARYLAND THAT THROW'S THE BALL A LOT.

SECOND MOST -- THE MOST ATTEMPTS, SECOND BEST PASS IN THE BIG TEN.

HOW DO YOU COMBAT THAT, THEY HAVE A LOT OF TALENT ON THE OUTSIDE.

THEY'VE GOT A QUARTERBACK WHO CAN MOVE CLIMB THE POCKET.

HOW DO YOU COMBAT WHAT MARYLAND DOES?

>> USUALLY MULTIPLICITY HELPS YOU.

THEY ARE SOME TIMES THAT YOU CAN BE DROPPING EIGHT.

PRESSURES CAN BE DIFFERENT.

THERE WAS A TIME IN THE GAME WHERE THE QUARTERBACK FOR MARILYN WAS 17-17 BUT THEY WERE BEHIND BY 21.

SO, KEEP THAT IN PERSPECTIVE WHEN COMPLETIONS ARE HAPPENING.

IF THEY ARE NOT BIG SHOTS DOWN THE FIELD, WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

ALSO RIGHT NOW, I THINK THEY'RE GOING UP A LOCKER ROOM THAT HAS TO BE VERY DIFFICULT.

WIN FIVE, LOSE FOUR.

WIN FIVE, LOSE FOUR?

THAT'S A TOUGH LOCKER ROOM TO BE IN RIGHT NOW.

AND THEY'RE LOOKING LIKE, WE'RE ON THE ROAD.

IT'S PROBABLY WEATHER THEY DON'T LOVE.

THEY STILL HAVE MICHIGAN LEFT, AND THEY HAVE RUTGERS.

IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S A TOUGH THREE.

SO, THEY'RE IN THE SAME BOAT.

AS FAR AS TRYING TO GET BOWL-ELIGIBLE.

AND SO, I THINK THAT IS AN ADVANTAGE FOR NEBRASKA.

IN THE THROW GAME, I WANT TO CHANGE THINGS UP.

I WILL SAY THIS -- TIPPED BALLS WILL BE A BIG PART OF THE GAME.

>> DEFINITELY.

>> TIPPED BALLS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

WITH QUICK GAME, BALL GETTING OUT FAST.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING TO A QUARTERBACK ON THE THIRD, FOUR, FIVE.

AND A TIPPED BALL KNOCKS IT -- IT KIND OF -- AW MAN, IT STILL COUNTS AS THE INCOMPLETE PASS.

SO IF YOU CAN'T GET TO THE PASSER, HANDS IN THE FLIGHT LANE WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT.

>> THAT ALMOST CHANGED THE GAME, GBAYOR ALMOST INTERCEPTED THE TIP.

>> I KNOW, I THOUGHT -- SO CLOSE.

>> THAT WAS HUGE.

>> SO ARE THE LAST TWO GAMES, WISCONSIN, IOWA.

TO RIVALRIES WITH NEBRASKA.

ANY THOUGHTS ON THOSE LAST TWO GAMES?

>> WELL, RIGHT NOW WISCONSIN IS VERY SIMILAR TO NEBRASKA.

TOP-TWO TAILBACKS ARE OUT.

THE QUARTERBACK IS OUT.

THEY'VE BEEN BANGED UP.

THEY PLAYED REALLY HARD AGAINST OHIO STATE.

AND THEN I FELT THAT I KNEW GOING INTO IT THIS WILL BE A TOUGH GAME FOR INDIANA.

INDIANA'S KIND OF IN THIS MODE OF -- THE PLAYED REALLY WELL AGAINST PENN STATE.

SO I HAVE GREAT FAITH IN LUKE FICKELL.

I COACHED WITH HIM AT OHIO STATE.

HE'S A GREAT COACH, HE'S A GREAT GUY.

SO I HAVE FAITH THAT HE'LL GET HIS TEAM BACK RIGHT.

BUT YOU'RE NOT FACING A JUGGERNAUT.

AND THEN IN IOWA, THE LAST GAME, 169 GAMES OF OFFENSE AGAINST NORTHWESTERN.

AND NORTHWESTERN'S A BACKEND DEFENSE IN THE BIG TEN, STILL NOT ABLE TO -- THEY THREW FOR 85 YARDS, THEY RUSHED FOR WHATEVER.

SO, I THINK RIGHT NOW, IT IS A GAME AGAINST IOWA, IF YOU CAN GET 13 AND YOU CAN GET 10 POINTS.

YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT CHANCE TO OUTSCORE THEM IN THAT SPOT.

IF YOU GET IN THAT SPOT WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE UP AND YOU HAVE TO TOTALLY CHANGE, THEY HAVE TO TRY TO GET -- THEY HAVRE THREE POSSESSIONS LEFT.

AND THEY'VE GOTTA SCORE AT LEAST 13 POINTS IN THOSE TWO POSSESSIONS.

THAT IS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON A TEAM LIKE THAT AND HOW THEY LIVE.

SO I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT NEBRASKA'S CHANCES.

IT WOULD BE SHOCKING TO ME IF THEY ARE NOT PLAYING IOWA FOR EVERYTHING ON THE LINE.

CAN THEY LOSE ALL THREE?

IT CAN HAPPEN.

BUT YOU ARE LOOKING AT A JUGGERNAUT.

LIKE, "HOW DO WE BEAT THESE GUYS?

"” I THINK THEY WILL BE IN GREAT SHAPE AND PLAYING FOR IT ALL.

LIKE I SAID, COACH RHULE AND THAT STAFF, THEIR STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

THEY'RE 5-4, THEY'RE ONE GAME OUT WITH A TEAM THAT IS OUT OF THEM.

YOU HAVE TO PLAY.

>> ANY ADVANTAGES FOR NEBRASKA?

THE PASSING ATTACK KNOWING THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THOSE COVERAGES MARRIED WITH SOME TYPE OF RUN FITS BECAUSE MARILYN STRUGGLES TO RUN THE BALL.

>> THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NUB SIDE RUNS.

NUB SIDE TIGHT END.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT -- USED TO ALWAYS SAY, BLOCK THE TACKLERS.

BLOCK ALL THESE GUYS, BLOCK ALL THE SAFETIES.

MAKE THE CORNER MAKE EVERY TACKLE.

AND SEE IF HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT.

>> YEAH.

>> AND SO WHEN THE CORNER DOESN'T HAVE TO GET INTO RUN FITS -- NO QUESTION THAT'S NOT A COURAGE ISSUE.

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WILL TRY TO DO TO YOU TO HAVE THESE THINGS SET.

THEY WILL TRY TO TRAIN TIGHT ENDS TO GET THE MATCHUPS THAT THEY WANT.

I WANT TO SEE THIS GUY PLAYING SIX TECHNIQUE OR NINE TECHNIQUE.

THEY DO NOT DO MUCH OF THAT.

THAT'S HOW THEY'RE BUILT.

SO THE STRAIN IN A GAME IS RUN FIT WAY ABOVE PASS GAME.

IT'S ALWAYS, YOU'RE PLAYING A TEAM THAT IS THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ZONE DUO/GAP SCHEME.

AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH WOW.

AND ONCE THE QUARTERBACK DOES THIS WITH THE BALL.

WHETHER AT A PISTOL OR OUT OF ZONE READ LOOK, NOW IT IS 11-11 FOOTBALL AND THAT'S WHEN THE COMPLICATIONS GET REALLY HIGH.

AND THE GAP SCHEMES GET REALLY HIGH.

WHEN THERE'S NO GAP-SCHEMES, THAT MAKES THINGS A LOT EASIER FOR YOU.

THEY DO NOT CREATE AS MANY ISSUES WITH THAT.

IT'S ALWAYS, HOW DO YOU FIT THIS.

THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF YOUR TIME'S SPENT DEFENSIVELY.

>> COACH, WE APPRECIATE YOU, THAT' WAS GREAT.

THANKS FOR COMING TO THE DARK SIDE.

>> OH, I APPRECIATE IT, THIS WAS AWESOME TO BE ON HERE.

AND LIKE I SAID, I'M FROM NEBRASKA, I LOVE THIS STATE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT THE TEAM'S DOING THIS YEAR.

THOSE PLAYERS THAT I WAS SO FORTUNATE TO BE THE COORDINATOR FOR A FEW GAMES LAST YEAR.

SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

AND SO, JUST, HAPPY TO BE HERE.

AND GO BIG RED.

>> THANKS BILL, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> NOW WE GO TO THIS WEEK'S, "HUSKER UP CLOSE" SEGMENT THAT FEATURES A PLAYER THAT'S REALLY STEPPED UP THIS SEASON.

BIG RED.

>> THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE IT.

> ♪ >>> TOUGH, PHYSICAL, SMART.

JUST -- ALL AROUND PLAYER, I CAN DO WHATEVER YOU NEED ME TO DO.

I WASN'T ALWAYS FLEXIBLE WITHIN WHERE I NEED TO PLAY.

I WAS JUST AN INSIDE LINEBACKER, NOW I CAN PLAY EDGE.

WHATEVER YOU NEED ME TO.

I KINDA KNEW ABOUT COACH RHULE A LITTLE BIT AND HIS BACKGROUND AND I WAS JUST WILLING TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY.

YOU KNOW, HE GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY.

I JUST BELIEVED IN HIS PROCESS AND WHAT HE DID AT HIS PREVIOUS SCHOOLS SO I JUST WANTED TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE BIGGER.

♪ MY BODY HAS GROWN A LOT DIFFERENT, MUCH STRONGER NOW.

YOU KNOW, MY BODY WEIGHT IS A LOT BETTER.

I FEEL FASTER.

COACH CAMPBELL DID A GOOD JOB THIS OFFSEASON GETTING ME READY -- GETTING US READY, THE TEAM READY FOR AN AMAZING YEAR.

PERSONAL GOAL IS JUST TO BE THERE WITH MY TEAMMATES WHEN THEY NEED ME TO.

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED, YOU KNOW, LIKE ON SPECIAL TEAMS, JUST WORKING HARD AND SHOWING UP BIG WHEN MY TEAM NEEDS ME.

THE FANS ARE GREAT HERE.

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA, TRULY.

IT JUST -- IT GETS REALLY LOUD HERE.

IT'S AMAZING.

RE.

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

SUSAN SENT IN THIS PHOTO OF HER, HER HUSBAND BILL AND THEIR MOTHER HARRIET WATCHING THE GAME FROM HOME ON SATURDAY.

SHE TELLS US HARRIET IS 100 YEARS OLD, JUST LIKE MEMORIAL STADIUM, AND SHE'S BEEN A HUSKER FAN HER WHOLE LIFE.

WHAT AN AWESOME PICTURE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

THAT IS INCREDIBLE.

HELLO, HARRIET.

DO NOT MISS OUT ON YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SEND US THE BEST GAME DAY PHOTO FOR A CHANCE TO WIN GREAT PRIZES LIKE THESE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

WE WANT TO SEE YOUR GAME DAY BEST SO MAKE SURE YOU SEND IN YOUR PHOTOS EACH WEEK FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE WATCHING THE GAME.

NOW I'M JOINED BY SPORTS INTERN HANNAH, TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA.

WHAT YOU GOT FOR US, HANNAH?

>> ALL RIGHT, THE FIRST ONE I HAVE FOR US TODAY IS ME FORCING MYSELF TO WATCH THE MICHIGAN STATE VERSUS NEBRASKA GAME RIGHT NOW.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, HOLDING HER EYES OPEN.

IT WAS VERY MUCH BACK AND FORTH.

BACK AND FORTH.

>> YEAH, IT WAS DIFFICULT.

>> AND THE NEXT ONE IS CURRENT MOOD, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS OUT, THEY PULL ME BACK IN.

REFERRING TO THAT FOURTH QUARTER WHERE WE'RE SO CLOSE.

>> THAT WAS THE SOPRANOS.

ARE YOU A SOPRANO FAN AT ALL?

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN THE WHOLE -- >> IT'S NOT A BAD THING TO START OFF WITH.

YEAH, NOT A BAD THING AT ALL.

HANNAH, WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE WILL HAVE MORE, OF COURSE, NEXT WEEK FOR HANNAH.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CATCHING UP WITH HER NEXT WEEK.

WHILE TAKE ANOTHER SHORT BREAK, CHECK OUT MORE PHOTOS FROM THE MATCHUP IN EAST LANSING COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

♪ MORE PHOTOS.

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

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

WHICH OF THE REMAINING GAMES WILL BE MOST DIFFICULT FOR NEBRASKA TO WIN?

IT'S STILL 58% WISCONSIN, 30% IOWA AND 12% MARYLAND WHERE MARYLAND MIGHT BE THE TOUGHEST, ACTUALLY, ONE OUT OF THOSE THREE.

SEAN CALLAHAN NOW WITH US TO TALK ABOUT RECRUITING AND SOME HIGH SCHOOL.

FRED PETITO, LONGTIME HEAD COACH AT MILLARD NORTH STEPPING DOWN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> YEAH, 41 SEASONS AT MILLARD NORTH.

WE HAD HIM RIGHT AT THE STATION FOR EIGHT OF THOSE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES SO GOT TO SEE HIM UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.

MANY DID ACROSS THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, OBVIOUSLY COACHING ERIC CROUCH, A HEISMAN WINNER.

COUNTLESS DIVISION I PROSPECTS.

I MEAN, THERE WAS ABOUT A 15 YEAR PERIOD WHERE THEY WERE THE PROGRAM THAT PRODUCED THE MOST DIVISION I PLAYERS IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.

JUST THE INFLUENCE ON TOUGHNESS.

THE WEIGHT ROOM.

THEY WERE ADVANCED IN THEIR ERA AND HE WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST HIGH SCHOOL COACHES.

TO BE AT A SCHOOL FOR 41 YEARS, MAN, IT'S JUST AMAZING.

>> THERE WILL BE ARTICLES WRITTEN ABOUT THAT.

WHO'S THE GREATEST IN TERMS OF ANY SPORT IN NEBRASKA, AND HE'S GONNA BE RIGHT UP THERE WITH SOME OF THE BEST.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE PORTAL BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A BIG CONVERSATION THIS WEEK.

HOW MANY DO YOU SEE NEBRASKA NEEDING TO BRING IN IN THIS CLASS?

>> WELL, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY FIVE IS A SAFE NUMBER TO START AT TODAY.

BUT MATT RHULE I KNOW LAST YEAR SAID THAT THE NUMBER THEY BROUGHT IN WHICH WAS OVER 10 PLAYERS, WAS FAR MORE THAN THEY EVER WANNA DO AGAIN.

BUT I STILL THINK YOU CAN'T DENY THE NEEDS OF THIS TEAM RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK FOR A QUARTERBACK, JUST NOT KNOWING WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.

WIDE RECEIVER COULD BE A SPOT, OFFENSIVE LINE.

>> WHICH IS TOUGH TO GET.

>> AND THEN THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT PLAYERS, WILL THEY COME BACK OR -- YOU KNOW, ISAAC GIFFORD, TY ROBINSON, NASH HUTMACHER.

THERE ARE SO KEY PIECES THAT'LL HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS.

SOME KEY OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, DO THEY WANT TO COME BACK FOR WHAT WOULD BE 5th YEAR SENIOR OR 6th YEAR SENIOR SITUATION.

IT'S GONNA BE A WILD MONTH IN DECEMBER TO KIND OF PUT THIS ROSTER TOGETHER FOR MATT RHULE.

>> YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT A KID WHOSE PARENTS I'M SURE LOVE THE MOVIE "“THE INCREDIBLES.

"” DASH BAUMAN.

TALK ABOUT HIM A LITTLE BIT.

>> YEAH, DASH BAUMAN FROM LINCOLN EAST IS OUR IN-STATE SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT.

KIND OF REMINDS YOU OF JOSH BANDERAS JUST THE WAY HE'S A HURDLER.

HE'S ONE OF THE TOP HURDLERS IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA -- >> POWERFUL.

>> -- AT A LEGIT 6'3, 200 POUNDS, SO EXPLOSIVE AND POWERFUL.

I ALWAYS KIND OF THOUGHT WYOMING WAS GONNA BE A GOOD SPOT FOR HIM.

YOU KNOW, AARON BOHL WHO RECRUITS NEBRASKA FOR CRAIG BOHL IS FROM LINCOLN EAST.

CRAIG BOHL IS FROM LINCOLN EAST.

JOHN GINGERY WAS BEST FRIENDS AND ROOMMATES WITH CRAIG BOHL SO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CONNECTION TO LINCOLN EAST AND WYOMING.

BUT BAUMAN IS JUST A GUY THAT HAS HAS A LOT OF UPSIDE AND BUILD.

TELL YOU WHAT, LINCOLN EAST WAS REALLY CLOSE TO BEING A SEMI-FINALIST TEAM.

THEY PLAYED, I BELIEVE IT WAS ELKHORN SOUTH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE WIRE LAST WEEK 24-19 AND BAUMAN WAS ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS ON THAT SPARTAN TEAM.

>> LET'S GO, ANOTHER LITTLE BROTHER JOINING -- WELL, HOPEFULLY JOINING.

MARIO BUFORD JOINING NEBRASKA, OF COURSE, BEHIND HIS BROTHER.

>> YEAH, HE'S A 5'11 CORNER.

EIGHT RECRUITS NOW FROM NEBRASKA CLASS OF 2024 FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.

TODAY WE TALKED TO MARQUIS BUFORD ABOUT HIS BROTHER AND HE SAID, OH, MY BROTHER WAS ALWAYS COMING HERE.

SO IT'S ONE OF THESE KIDS THAT NO MATTER WHO THE COACH WAS GONNA BE HE WANTED TO BE AT NEBRASKA WITH HIS BROTHER.

AND THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE BUFORDS, AND MARQUIS SAID THIS TODAY, THEY HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY PLAYED FOOTBALL TOGETHER.

>> OH, WOW.

>> SO WHEN THEY GET HERE NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY EVER SUITED UP AND PLAYED ON THE SAME FOOTBALL TEAM, SO HE'S EXCITED.

HE'LL HAVE HIS LITTLE BROTHER HERE TO KIND OF SHOW THE ROPES AND BRING ALONG.

BUT ONE OF THE TOP RECRUITS IN THIS CLASS FROM A HOTBED IN TEXAS WERE NEBRASKA WANTS TO GET A LOT OF KIDS.

>> NO DOUBT.

SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

RECRUITING UPDATE EACH WEEK, IT'S GREAT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OPPONENTS PERFORMED THIS WEEKEND.

OF COURSE, INDIANA OVER WISCONSIN WAS A SHOCK TO MANY, 24-14.

IOWA WITH A THREE RUN HOME RUN IN WRIGLEY TO WIN 10-7.

AND THEN PENN STATE A 50-BURGER, ACTUALLY 51-15 OVER MARYLAND.

LET'S PREVIEW THIS MARYLAND TERRAPINS TEAM.

I MENTIONED TO YOU EARLIER, WATCHING THE PURDUE GAME, WATCHING SOME OF THEIR GAMES THIS SEASON, WHEN FOLKS GET PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE THEY HAVE SUCCESS.

WHEN HE CAN GET TO THE OUTSIDE, MAN, HE CAN CAUSE YOU SOME PROBLEMS.

>> YEAH, THERE'S WHERE HUTMACHER AND SOME OF THOSE GUYS WILL REALLY BE KEY.

BUT I THINK THE THING TO KIND OF WATCH IS WITHOUT NEBRASKA HAVING TO REALLY USE THEIR SECONDARY TO GET INTO THE FITS WITH THE EIGHTH DEFENDER ON EDGE RUN GAME OR ANYTHING, COVERAGE-WISE THEY SHOULD BE OKAY AS LONG AS THEY KEEP THINGS IN FRONT.

DON'T TRY TO DO ANYONE ELSE'S JOBS, JUST DO YOUR ONE OF ELEVEN.

>> SCOTT FROM OMAHA WANTS TO KNOW, AND THIS IS -- PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS -- WHY WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE SCREEN GAME.

I'M ASSUMING HE MEANS OFFENSIVELY ON THE SCREEN GAME, NOT DEFENDING.

>> YEAH, WELL, D.B.

KNOWS IT BETTER BUT IT'S JUST TIMING.

>> IT IS.

SO THERE'S THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE THE MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED.

YOU CHEERED FOR A TEAM, NOT A NECESSARILY A QUARTERBACK THAT WAS ONE OF BEST IN THE BUSINESS.

>> YEAH.

>> BREES WAS TREMENDOUS AT SELLING AND BEING PATIENT IN THE POCKET WITH THE SCREEN GAME.

THE OTHER THING IS YOUR OFFENSIVE LINE HAS TO BE REALLY ATHLETIC AND THEY'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT ON THE PERIMETER AND BLOCKS LITTLE GUYS.

SO IT'S A TIMING THING.

WE THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, REP IT.

IT'S HARD TO BLOCK LITTLE GUYS IN SPACE AND YOUR QUARTERBACK HAS TO BE A GREAT SALESMAN.

THOSE ARE TWO THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

>> WE SAW IT ON THE FIRST DRIVE, RIGHT?

FIDONE TRIED TO BLOCK THAT CORNER AND JUST COULDN'T GET OVER THERE TO MAKE THE PLAY.

>> YEAH.

AND THAT COULD'VE BEEN A GOOD PLAY.

>> A BIG PLAY.

>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LITTLE QUICKIE TO BULLOCK?

>> YEAH.

>> BUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS TO DO A GOOD JOB SELLING IT, TOO.

YOU HAVE TO LIGHT THEM UP AND THINK BUT IF YOU DON'T DO A GOOD JOB A D-LINEMAN, YOU'RE TAUGHT TO READ SCREEN.

>> YOU KNOW HOW QUICK THEY SAY ONE, ONE THOUSAND?

THEIRS IS MORE LIKE ONE, ONE THOUSAND.

>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

>> YOU HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF GETTING THOSE D-LINEMAN UP THERE AND SELLING IT.

IF YOU DON'T THEY GO AND YOU REDIRECT THEM REAL QUICK.

>> SEAN, YOU HAVE NO BIAS SO I ASK YOU -- JORDAN FROM LINCOLN WANTS TO KNOW, WHO WOULD WIN BETWEEN THE '‘97 AND '‘94 HUSKERS?

>> OH, IT'S NO QUESTION.

>> YOU HAVE BIAS, THOUGH, WHO DO YOU THINK?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> SEAN'S LIKE "“I DON'T KNOW.

"” >> WELL, L.P. >> THE DIFFERENCE MAKER.

>> WHO'S THE QUARTERBACK?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> TOMMY VERSUS -- >> YOU GOT BOTH.

>> YEAH.

BOTH OF THEM, YEAH.

THAT'S TRUE.

>> YOU HAVE BOTH OPTIONS, I MEAN -- >> WELL, HE WENT THREE-DEEP, RIGHT?

>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT '‘97, LIKE -- >> 1997 VERSUS 1994.

>> STOP.

>> THAT'S WHAT -- JORDAN ASKED THE QUESTION.

>> STOP, 94 WINS.

>> YEAH, 94 WINS.

>> TO BEAT WARREN SAPP AND RAY LEWIS IN THEIR OWN PLACE.

>> IT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> THAT'S PROBABLY STILL ONE OF THE BEST WINS NEBRASKA EVER HAD.

>> LOTS OF PLAYERS TO WATCH IN MARYLAND, WE CAN TALK A LOT ABOUT TAGOVAILOA.

WE KNOW HOW GOOD HE IS AT QUARTERBACK.

BUT THEY HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT RECEIVERS AT OVER THIRTY RECEPTIONS AND SIX THAT ARE OVER TWENTY RECEPTIONS.

THEY SPREAD IT OUT, THEY MAKE YOU RUN, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY'VE GOT SO MUCH JUST NATURAL SPEED OUT THERE, TOO.

>> YEAH, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR KEYS TO THE GAME.

LIMIT THE RUNNING AFTER THE CATCH.

THAT'S GONNA BE THE THING.

>> DEFENSIVELY, THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT THIS YEAR, THOUGH.

NEBRASKA HAS -- THEY HAVE TACKLE BALL IN SPACE, NOT THE BEST -- THE BACK HALF WAS NOT THE BEST PERFORMANCE AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE AND THEY NEED TO GET THINGS CLEANED UP.

>> THIS IS THE GAME THAT WORRIES ME, THOUGH JUST BECAUSE IF THEY GET AHEAD OF NEBRASKA AND THEY EXPLODE A COUPLE BIG PLAYS, NEBRASKA GUYS ARE NOT BUILT TO COME BACK FROM 14-PLUS POINTS.

>> I THINK HAARBERG SHOULD BE EXCITED.

I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU GUYS BEFORE.

31 RUSHES FOR 164 YARDS TO QUARTERBACKS OVER THE LAST THREE GAMES.

AND THESE AREN'T QUARTERBACKS THAT ARE GREAT RUNNERS.

>> NO, THEY HAVE BEEN -- THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT HAVE REALLY AILED THE TERRAPINS.

THEY TURN THE BALL OVER AND THEY CANNOT GET STOPS ON DEFENSE.

THEY HAVE BEEN LEAKY.

>> THEY HAVE GIVEN UP 12 SACKS THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

>> WHAT, DID THEY HAVE -50 YARDS LAST WEEK?

>> YEAH.

>> IS KEVIN SUMLIN BACK OR IS HE STILL SUSPENDED?

>> OH, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA.

>> I HAVEN'T READ AN UPDATE ON THAT BUT HE GOT THE DUI ON THEIR BYE-WEEK AND THAT WAS A BIG SETBACK FOR THEM TO DEAL WITH THAT IN THE MIDDLE -- >> WELL, LOCKLSEY HAS DONE SO WELL IN THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF THE SEASON.

>> ALWAYS.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

LET'S LOOK AT NEBRASKA'S SCHEDULE OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

THE FANS, THEY BELIEVE THE HARDEST GAME IS AGAINST WISCONSIN.

DO YOU GUYS AGREE WITH THAT?

OUT OF THE LAST THREE, MARYLAND, WISCONSIN, IOWA, THAT WISCONSIN IS THE MOST DIFFICULT?

>> I MEAN, A NIGHT GAME AT MADISON IS ALWAYS TOUGH.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S ALWAYS TOUGH.

YOU GET THOSE FANS THAT GET A LITTLE LIQUID COURAGE IN THEM.

>> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE 6:30 P.M.

KICK.

>> GET A LITTLE GREASED UP A LITTLE BIT THERE IN MAD-TOWN, SO -- >> YEAH, GONNA BE A SHORT WEEK FOR NEBRASKA.

>> THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ISSUES, TOO.

THE INJURIES ON THE OFFENSE SIDE OF THE BALL.

THEIR BEST PLAYER IS HURT, YOUR STARTING QUARTERBACK IS HURT.

THEY HAVE ISSUES ON DEFENSE, TOO.

I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE THE TOUGHEST GAME.

>> SO THE 2024 SCHEDULE COMES OUT.

WE GET TO SEE THAT.

WHAT DID YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT IT WHEN IT CAME OUT?

>> I LIKE IT.

I'M GONNA SAY IT, THEY'VE GOT A CHANCE TO GO 6-0.

>> OH, YEAH.

FIVE GAMES AT HOME TO START IS VERY NICE, YEAH.

>> FINALLY.

LIKE, FINALLY.

>> NO, REALLY.

>> I DIDN'T WANT TO GET GREEDY.

>> YOU GO TO PURDUE, YOU GET RUTGERS AND THEN INDIANA.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

>> I MEAN, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY.

IT REMINDS YOU OF THE 2016 NEBRASKA SCHEDULE.

>> OH, YEAH?

>> EXCEPT THE WISCONSIN GAME IT WAS COLORADO.

I MEAN THAT WAS THE TOUGHER GAME THERE BUT THEY PLAYED KIND OF A MASH OF TEAMS LIKE THAT TO GET TO 7-0 AND THEN LOST OBVIOUSLY AT WISCONSIN AND OHIO STATE.

>> YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO CHUCKLE.

THE BEST TEAM RIGHT NOW AS I LOOK AT IT IS GONNA BE RUTGERS.

>> RUTGERS, THEY'RE PLAYING REALLY WELL.

>> AND THEY HAVE ENOUGH YOUNG GUYS AND SCHIANO, HE'S A STUD.

>> LET'S GET BURNING QUESTIONS.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION, CAN NEBRASKA GET THE STOPS THEY NEED THIS WEEK AS A DEFENSE AGAINST PROBABLY THE BEST OFFENSE THEY HAVE FACED SINCE COLORADO.

>> CAN NEBRASKA TAKE THE BALL AWAY?

MARYLAND WILL GIVE YOU SOME OPPORTUNITIES.

CAN NEBRASKA CATCH THE BALLS THAT THEY GET THEIR HANDS ON '‘CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA GET A COUPLE.

>> I AM STILL STICKING WITH IT UNTIL I GET IT.

TURNOVERS, CAN THEY FINISH PLUS IN THE TURNOVER MARGIN?

CAN THEY GET THE TURNOVERS?

CAN WE DO IT FOR ONCE?

UNTIL WE DO IT, I'M STICKING WITH IT.

>> AND I'VE SAID IT A BUNCH OF TIMES TODAY, CAN NEBRASKA GET PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE?

IF THEY CAN GET PRESSURE UP THE MIDDLE THOSE TACKLES DO A GOOD JOB, THEY'LL GET A BUNCH OF SACKS AND THEY'LL PROBABLY WIN THE GAME.

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

JAY, DAMON AND MYSELF WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS WEEKEND'S GAME.

NEBRASKA RETURNS HOME TO TAKE ON THE MARYLAND TERRAPINS.

KICKOFF OF THAT GAME IS 11:00 A.M. AND OF COURSE, IT'LL BE BROADCASTED, REMINDER, ON THE PEACOCK NETWORK.

PAY YOUR $5.99 RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF SPORTS BARS, BY THE WAY, WILL NOT HAVE THE GAME BECAUSE THEY'RE CHARGING UP TO $6,000 FOR SPORTS BARS TO HAVE IT.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GET IT YOU PROBABLY GOT TO GET IT AT HOME.

THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF HUSKER VOLLEYBALL ACTION ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

TOP-RANKED NEBRASKA FACES UP AGAINST TWO CONFERENCE OPPONENTS COMING UP.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 7:00 CENTRAL THEY'RE WELCOMING NORTHWESTERN TO FACE OFF AGAINST THE WILDCATS FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON AND THEN THEY GET THEIR FIRST GLANCE AT ILLINOIS WHEN THEY TAKE ON THE FIGHTING ILLINI SUNDAY AT 2:00PM CENTRAL.

AGAIN, BOTH MATCHES RIGHT HERE CAN BE WATCHED ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

NAD OF WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK HERE NEXT TUESDAY TO RECAP THE FOOTBALL GAME AGAINST MARYLAND WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST, WISCONSIN NATIVE AND KETV SPORTS DIRECTOR ANDY KENDEIGH.

THANKS TO BILL BUSCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

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

WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ON "“BIG RED WRAP-UP.

"” MICHAEL SEVERE, WE WILL SEE YOU HERE NEXT WEEK ON BIG RED WRAP UP.