(BAND MUSIC) >> IT WAS HOT, IT WAS WINDY AND THERE WERE SOME ODDITIES, BUT THE HUSKERS CAME OUT WITH THE WIN.

WE RECAP THE SPARTY GAME AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FIRST TRUE ROAD TRIP OF THE SEASON ALL TONIGHT ON BIG RED WRAP-UP.

EVERYONE I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

AND WELCOME TO BIG RED WRAP UP ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

A LOT TO CHAT ABOUT TONIGHT.

AFTER A WIN AND A FAIRLY STRANGE WEEK IN THE BIG TEN, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, THE VIEWER.

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK, X, OUR BIG RED WRAP-UP PAGE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL OR TEXT US AT NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

OUR PHONES ARE ALSO STANDING BY, READY TO TAKE YOUR CALLS AT THE END OF THE SHOW.

WILL ANSWER AS MANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS TIME PERMITS.

NOW IT'S TIME TO LOOK BACK AT OUR SIDELINE SURVEY FROM LAST WEEK.

WE ASKED YOU WHICH TIER NEBRASKA IS.

IS THE BIG TEN TIER ONE, WHICH IS 1-3.

TIER TWO IS WHERE YOU VOTED 4-8, 69% OF THE VOTES THERE, TIER THREE 9-13, 25% AND 2% OF IOWA FANS SAID BETWEEN 14 AND 18.

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION WITH NEBRASKA ON THE ROAD, WHICH OTHER BIG TEN GAME ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO WATCH THIS SATURDAY?

NUMBER ONE OHIO STATE, ILLINOIS.

NUMBER SEVEN INDIANA.

AT NUMBER THREE OREGON OR NUMBER 15 MICHIGAN AT USC OR OTHER.

YOU HAVE THAT CHOICE AS WELL.

JOINING US NOW, FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE AND DAMON BENNING TALKING ABOUT THE MICHIGAN STATE GAME.

I'M CURIOUS.

I'M SURE YOU PLAYED IN THE WIND BECAUSE YOU PLAYED IN NEBRASKA.

WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW THAT, DO YOU THINK AT ANY POINT DOES IT KIND OF GET IN YOUR HEAD A LITTLE BIT?

>> I, WELL, YOU'RE ASKING A DEFENSIVE PLAYER, SO I MEAN, THAT >> YOU HOPE HE GETS BETTER.

>> YEAH, I HOPE IT DOES.

THAT WOULD I REMEMBER, WE HAD A FEW OF THEM, I THINK, MY JUNIOR AT K-STATE AT HOME WITH 7-6.

IT WAS BLOWING.

I THINK IT WAS WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT ON SATURDAY.

>> DID YOU PLAY IN '04 AT IOWA STATE.

>> WE DID.

>> THAT'S ONE OF THE WINDIEST PRESS BOXES.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

SO OBVIOUSLY THROWING THE FOOTBALL INTO IT IS TOUGH.

YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL INTO THE WIND AND YOU GOT TO HANDLE IT.

AND IF THE QUARTERBACK CAN SPIN IT THE RIGHT WAY HE CAN USUALLY GET THROUGH THAT.

BUT IT'S HARD, MAN.

IT'S DIFFICULT.

I THINK THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY NEBRASKA STRUGGLED HEAVILY IN THE SECOND OR THIRD QUARTER, GOING INTO IT.

SO, YEAH, IT WAS TOUGH.

BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, I LIKE NEBRASKA'S ABILITY TO GET THROUGH IT, TO BOUNCE BACK, FIND SOME WAYS TO WIN.

AND EVEN WITH, YOU KNOW, THEY WON ON DEFENSE GOT SOME SPECIAL TEAMS WINS.

BUT YEAH, THAT WIND WAS THAT WAS, THAT WAS HEAVY.

THAT WAS HEAVY.

TOUGH TO DEAL WITH.

AND WON'T BE THE NOT THE FIRST TIME WON'T BE THE LAST TWO UP MEMORIAL STADIUM.

>> EMOTIONAL FORTITUDE.

THAT NEBRASKA SHOWED AGAIN THIS SEASON.

>> YEAH.

AND I LIKE THE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.

TO JAY'S POINT I REMEMBER PLAYING AT JACK TRICE AT AMES.

IT WAS OPEN-ENDED AND THAT PLACE WAS A CIRCUS.

NEBRASKA, YOU KNOW, AT MEMORIAL STADIUM CAN BE TOUGH TOO, BECAUSE THE WIND WHIPS.

IT'S NOT YOU CAN'T REALLY TRUST THE FLAGS.

AND BEING A SPECIAL TEAMS GUY ALL THE TIME, YOU KIND OF TRUST IT.

BUT YOU KNOW WHERE I THINK IT IMPACTS PEOPLE THE MOST.

IT'S NOT THE PLAYERS.

I THINK IT'S THE COACHES.

THE COORDINATORS.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MORE APT TO DIAL UP PRESSURES INTO THE WIND THIRD AND LONG.

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM THROW IT OVER YOUR HEAD.

OFFENSIVELY IT'S LIKE, WELL WE HAVE THE WIND VERSUS WE DON'T HAVE THE WIND.

SO YOU GET CONSERVATIVE VERSUS NOT CONSERVATIVE.

I THINK THOSE ARE THE PLACES WHERE IT IMPACTS THE GAME THE MOST.

THE PLAYERS, I DON'T THINK THEY GIVE TWO CARES.

ONE PLACE I THINK IT SHOULD MATTER.

AND I THINK WE SAW IT WITH AIDAN CHILES AS HE STARTED TO GET A LITTLE FRUSTRATED.

>> YEAH.

>> THROWING WITH THE WIND.

>> THE WORST.

>> IS UNUSUALLY DIFFICULT.

>> I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE.

>> I THINK AS QUARTERBACKS SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT IT AND IT'S A GOOD THING.

THROWING WITH IT CAN BE DIFFICULT.

>> YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN THROW IT HARDER INTO THE WIND, BUT HOW MUCH WILL TAKE OFF IT WHEN I'M THROWING WITH WIND AT MY BACK.

>> WHY IS IT ME AS A GOLFER, YOU KNOW, AS A GOLFER?

>> OH, SURE.

>> I'D RATHER HIT INTO THE WIND THAN DOWN WIND BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE YOU LOSE CONTROL OF THE BALL AND YOU JUST YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT BALL HITS THE GROUND DOWNWIND.

SAME WITH THE QUARTERBACK, RIGHT.

ONCE IT GETS UP IN THAT AIR YOU'RE LIKE I HOPE IT.

>> AND HE >> COMES DOWN THE RIGHT HANDS.

>> HE WAS ALREADY SHOOK.

YOU KNOW FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT UP THERE IN THE BOX, YOU CAN SEE HOW ALL THE CONVERSATIONS HE WAS HAVING WITH THE WHITE HAT AND HE WAS RATTLED EARLY.

AT NO POINT IN THAT GAME DID I FEEL LIKE HE WAS VERY COMFORTABLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY COINCIDENCE BETWEEN HE AND SORSBY NEBRASKA THOSE QUARTERBACKS.

TWO WORST GAMES.

WE'RE AGAINST NEBRASKA'S PASS DEFENSE.

HE WAS NOT COMFORTABLE AND IT STARTED EARLY.

>> YEAH.

AND WHY DO YOU THINK THAT'S THE CASE.

BECAUSE I WATCHED HIM PLAY THE GAME.

>> HE'S >> HE IS A GOOD PLAYER.

>> HE HAS DEVELOPED SO MUCH FROM LAST YEAR.

WHERE HE MADE A BUNCH OF MISTAKES.

BUT NEBRASKA MADE HIM LIKE A FRESHMAN ALL OVER.

>> I JUST, YOU NOTICE JUST WATCHING SOME OF THE QUICK REPLAYS YOU KNOW ON YOUTUBE, I JUST WATCH IT WITH MY SON BECAUSE HE LOVES TO WATCH THEM.

JUST THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEBRASKA SECONDARY.

YOU KNOW, JUST RIGHT THERE THAT PLAY EXACTLY A LITTLE I-O INSIDE OUT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S THEIR MAN-TO-MAN SITUATION THAT YOU THEY SAW IT RIGHT AWAY.

THE CAMERA QUICKLY GAVE A HAND SIGNAL.

THAT STUFF IS JUST THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU HAVE GUYS THAT PLAY SO MUCH FOOTBALL TOGETHER AS A COMMUNICATION.

BUT THAT WAS THE EXACT PLAY I WAS THINKING OF.

I SAW THAT MULTIPLE TIMES RIGHT THERE.

THEY GIVE A QUICK HAND SIGNAL AND THEY HANDLED IT.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU GET THOSE WIDE RECEIVERS IN CLOSE SITUATIONS, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE COMMUNICATE AND PASS IT OFF.

>> PASS IT OFF.

YEAH.

>> SO THAT WAS THAT'S ELITE STUFF.

THAT'S WHY TEAMS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING OPEN IS BECAUSE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND HANDLE CERTAIN ROUTE TREE CONCEPTS BECAUSE THEY CAN PASS THEM OFF.

>> YEAH.

THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, JAVIN WRIGHT I THOUGHT WAS OUTSTANDING.

>> HE WAS GREAT.

>> THEY KIND OF MANGLED THAT DEAL.

AND HE TALKS OVER HIS SHOULDER.

AND I THINK THE OTHER THING IS THE PASS RUSH INTEGRITY.

YOU KNOW THIS NOT ONLY GETTING AFTER THE PASSER BUT BEING A BIG GUY WE TAKE FOR GRANTED US LITTLE GUYS CHANGE THE DIRECTION BEND, YOU KNOW, GETTING LOW AND REDIRECTING NEBRASKA SHOW.

THEY SHOWED A LITTLE GUMPTION BEING ABLE TO REDIRECT IN PASS RUSH WITH SOME LANE INTEGRITY THAT I THINK REALLY FRUSTRATED CHILES.

>> IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THOSE MATCHUP DEFENSES, WHEN THEY PLAY THAT WAY, IT JUST MAKES IT SO HARD FOR THE QUARTERBACK BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES YOU'RE LOOKING AHEAD OF YOURSELF.

YOU DON'T SEE WHAT'S COMING AT YOU.

THEY'RE PASS THE GUY OFF.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THROWING TO A GUY RIGHT IN HIS ARMS.

KIND OF LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO DYLAN A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THAT LINEBACKER DROP.

>> YEAH, YEAH IT DIDN'T.

SAME PLAN UNDERNEATH.

>> SO WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

YOU KNOW THERE'S.

THROUGHOUT THE GAME MAN.

THE SOCIAL MEDIA WAS CRAZY ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN.

THE GRADES COME UP PFF.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU SAW.

>> YEAH I MEAN I TAKE THE PFF GRADES WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

YEAH I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ACTUALLY GRADING THOSE THOSE PLAYS AND THOSE PLAYERS.

SO I TAKE THAT WITH I DON'T PUT MY, I DON'T, I DON'T TRUST THEM ONE BIT.

BUT LOOK AT, I THOUGHT THE RUN GAME WAS IMPROVED.

WE HAD.

THE THAT WAS, THAT WAS YOU GOT TO TIP YOUR CAP TO THAT.

NOW THEY HAD SOME BUSTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO BRING PRESSURES.

NEBRASKA DID NOT PICK THEM UP WELL.

ON A COUPLE OF SACKS I THINK THERE WAS A BUST BY THE RUNNING BACK AND BUST BY TACKLE ON A COUPLE OF THOSE SACKS.

BUT I LIKE THE CREATIVITY ON THIS ONE PLAY DOWN HERE IN THE RED ZONE.

BUT I THOUGHT OVERALL I KNOW THE SACKS ARE GOING TO THAT'S GOING TO YOU WANT TO SEE THAT CLEANED UP.

AND I KNOW THAT ONE SERIES WAS DISASTROUS WERE TWO SACKS.

AND YOU HAD THE BAD SNAP.

BUT OVERALL I KNOW THERE WAS A THERE'S THAT BETWEEN THE SECOND OR THIRD QUARTER.

IT WASN'T GREAT.

BUT THAT'S, THAT'S HIGH LEVEL STUFF RIGHT THERE.

WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO TO GET THAT CREASE, GET THAT SEAL.

>> YEP.

>> GUYS ARE EXECUTING.

IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW WHEN IT'S GOOD IT'S REALLY GOOD.

BUT IT'S NOT IT'S BAD.

AND I THINK PEOPLE FOCUS ON THE BAD SO MUCH THAT THEY THINK EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE.

BUT IT'S LIKE NOW THEY'VE DONE IT.

THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS.

SO I THINK YOU GOT TO TAKE EVERYTHING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF GRAIN OF SALT, BUT THEY EXECUTED WHERE THEY NEED TO EXECUTE.

STILL GOT SOME STUFF TO CLEAN UP.

SO FIFTH GAME OF THE SEASON I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT, I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED.

I THINK A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE.

>> FIFTH GAME OF THE SEASON, BUT FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAD THAT ALIGNMENT ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

>> YEAH.

>> RIGHT.

>> IT'S AND LISTEN, HINDSIGHT IS 20/20.

I TALK TO YOU GUYS A TON.

YOU KIND OF KNOW THAT'S HOW I WANTED TO START THE SEASON, RIGHT?

I THINK YOU ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES, YOU PLAY PRITCHETT AT RIGHT TACKLE.

YOU PUT GOTTULA AT RIGHT TACKLE OR EXCUSE ME, PRITCHETT AT LEFT AND GOTTULA AT RIGHT.

AND I GET IT.

IT'S A LEARNING CURVE FOR HIM.

AND PRITCHETT AT LEFT YOU KNOW THIS KICK STEP FIRST OR THIS KICK STEP FIRST.

IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT'S KIND OF YOU AND I JUST TALKING TO OUR LEFT AND TO OUR RIGHT.

SO.

BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I LIKE NEBRASKA.

I HOPE THEY KEEP AN EYE ON HIM.

MAYBE THEY'RE CHARTING.

NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK.

SELF SCOUTING.

OFFSET BACKS VERSUS PISTOL.

WHEN THAT BACK IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE QUARTERBACK VERSUS OFFSET LEFT OR RIGHT.

ADVANTAGEOUS RUNNING PLAYS A TWO-WAY GO FOR A RUNNING BACK DOWNHILL WHEN YOU RUN DUO OR SOME OF THOSE LITTLE GAP SCHEMES.

MUCH BETTER THAN JUST RUNNING.

I THINK ZONE READ WITHOUT A SECOND RUNNING THREAT IN THE BACKFIELD.

THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK NEBRASKA IS REALLY STARTING TO SETTLE INTO.

>> ON ONE AND TO AN OFFSET RUNNING BACK FOR I THINK FROM A DEFENSIVE STANDPOINT, UNDERSTANDING PROTECTIONS AND SLIDES.

>> OH YEAH.

>> THE CENTER ALWAYS GOES AWAY FROM THE OFFSET BACK.

SO AS A GUY AS A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN YOU KNOW.

>> YOU GET TENDENCIES.

>> HE'S OFFSET TO THE QUARTERBACK'S RIGHT.

SO TO OUR LEFT I KNOW THAT CENTER IS COMING MY WAY.

SO IF WE HAVE A GAME GOING ON WE HAVE A PRESSURE.

IT'S LIKE UH-UH, GO THAT WAY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT A TWO MAN GAME TO A THREE MAN SLIDE.

WE WANT TO GO TO THE TWO MAN SIDE.

SO THAT KIND OF TIPS YOUR CAP.

IT'S VERY, VERY RARE.

ONLY TIME YOU EVER SEE THE CENTER GO TOWARDS THE BACK.

IT'S USUALLY SCREEN, TWO.

SO THAT GIVES IT AWAY AS WELL.

SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WHY THE PISTOL IS A LITTLE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS EVEN IN THE RUN GAME, BUT ALSO NOT TO TIP YOUR CAP FOR PROTECTION PURPOSES TOO.

>> WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT BYE WEEK AND WHAT YOU DID.

AND WE SAW BOTH THOSE TEAMS GET INTO THEIR COACHING.

THERE WAS NOTHING THAT MICHIGAN STATE DID WORSE THAN PASS RUSH AND PASS COVERAGE.

AND THEY GOT BETTER.

NEBRASKA STRUGGLING WITH THE RUN DEFENSE.

THEY GOT BETTER.

THAT'S WORKING ON YOUR MISTAKES OR YOUR PROBLEMS AND FIX THEM.

>> YEAH, I REALLY.

LISTEN I'M NOT A MICHIGAN STATE FAN, BUT I DID LIKE THE COMMUNICATION ON THE BACK END.

I THOUGHT FOR MISSING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MISSING THEIR NICKEL AND ONE OF THEIR CORNERS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION, WHATEVER.

I DON'T ASSESS THEIR TALENT.

BUT I LIKED WHAT THEY WERE KIND OF DOING ON THE BACK END.

AND IT'S A COPYCAT LEAGUE.

AND I THINK PEOPLE SEE WHAT TEAMS TRY TO DO TO NEBRASKA.

IT'S ONE OF TWO THINGS.

THEY'RE EITHER GOING TO MAN YOU UP AND PRESSURE YOU LIKE CRAZY, OR THEY'RE GOING TO DROP AND PLAY COVERAGE AND MAKE YOU BE PATIENT.

BUT ONE THING YOU AREN'T GOING TO DO IS BE ABLE TO GET A BEAD THROWING BALLS OVER TEAMS' HEADS.

AND SO NEBRASKA'S GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN TO BE PATIENT AND WIN SOME ONE ON ONES.

>> YEAH, AND I KNOW WHAT COACH RHULE SAID WHEN THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT MAYBE RALLIES AND RIP IT, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WHAT HE MEANT BY IT.

BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE I WOULD LIKE HIM TO GET RID OF IT SO MUCH QUICKER, INSTEAD OF MAYBE TRYING TO MAKE THE BIGGER PLAY, OR MAYBE TRY TO AVOID THE MISTAKE.

THAT'S A BIG THING TOO.

>> YOU KNOW WHERE THIS IS ANECDOTALLY.

SO TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE I THINK IT HAPPENS THE MOST ALONG THE HASHES IN THE INTERMEDIATE.

>> YEAH.

CROSSING.

YEAH.

>> WHERE YOU KNOW YOU GET A LITTLE IT'S NOT EVEN GUN SHY.

YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE FOOTBALL AND SOMETIMES I THINK THOSE LITTLE LOOK INS OR THOSE LITTLE END CUTS OR KIND OF THOSE LITTLE BANG EIGHTS, SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA LET THAT THING GO.

>> YEP.

>> BUT IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND THERE IS TRAFFIC AROUND.

SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA TRUST IT.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A FREE BLITZER, HE'S GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THAT'S ON HIM VERSUS WHEN THAT'S ON THE PROTECTION.

>> THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE.

YOU HAVE GUYS COMING AFTER HIM.

AND IMMEDIATELY HE HIT HUNTER ON LIKE A LITTLE BUTTON HOOK.

RIGHT.

HE JUST GOT RID OF IT.

>> THAT IS OLD SCHOOL.

I LOVE IT.

>> THE CROSSER TO EMMETT JOHNSON DOWN BY THE GOAL LINE THAT, COACH BROUGHT UP.

THAT WAS SITUATION WHERE I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS BLOCKED BY THE LINE.

>> YEAH.

>> SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW.

THEY GOT SOME BIG GUYS ON THE LINE.

YOU KNOW AND MAYBE HE GOT BLOCKED BY SOMEBODY COMING ACROSS.

>> OUR VANTAGE POINTS PRETTY EASY.

>> YEAH.

WHEN WHERE WE ARE >> IT'S EITHER TELEVISION OR WE'RE IN THE BOOTH.

>> VERY EASY.

EASY UP THERE.

>> TO LOOK DOWN.

>> LET'S GO TO THE DEFENSIVE LINE AND NEBRASKA GOT A LOT OF PRESSURE.

GOT FOUR SACKS, 42 YARDS WITH THE LOSSES.

WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM THOSE GUYS?

>> I TELL YOU WHAT THE PROPERTY UNIQUE SITUATIONS OF SETTING UP THEIR D-LINE I MEAN THEY OFFSET THREE GUYS TO ONE SIDE OF THE PROTECTION.

THEY OVERLOADED A SIDE AND THEN BROUGHT LINEBACKERS.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT A LOT.

I TIP MY CAP.

IT'S ANOTHER WRINKLE BY BUTLER AND HIS CREW.

I THOUGHT NWANERI PLAYED HIS BEST GAME YET.

CAM LENHARDT PLAYED HIS TAIL OFF.

JEUDY WAS THERE.

I THINK IT JUST IT'S GETTING CLEANER.

IT'S GETTING BETTER.

AND YET, DEFINITELY THEY GOT BETTER OVER THE BYE WEEK.

I DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, THE STUNTS, THE ACTIONS.

IT WASN'T, AS COMPLICATED WHEN THEY DID MOVE, IT WAS JUST GOING FROM B TO A, C TO B TYPE OF STUFF.

REALLY QUICK STUFF.

>> YEAH.

>> NOT A LOT OF CRISSCROSSING STUFF.

I LIKE THAT THOSE ARE TYPE OF MOVEMENTS.

I LIKE.

THAT TO ME IS WHAT THIS DEFENSE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF.

BUT AGAIN GUYS JUST THEY'RE PLAYING BETTER TOGETHER.

AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOUR HELP IS.

FUNNELING TO THE RIGHT WHERE YOU BOX IN IT, LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

ARE YOU PLAYING INSIDE OUT?

ARE YOU SPILLING IT?

>> SEE WHAT THEY WENT TO THIS WEEK?

THEY WENT BACK TO THE JAY MOORE.

THEY LIKE, THEY SPILLED A TON THIS WEEK.

AND HERE'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING.

THEY HAVE SOME FELLAS NOW.

MCCULLOUGH, HE'S A REAL DUDE.

>> YEP.

>> NWANERI, HE'S ANOTHER REAL ONE.

THE KEY IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAVIN WRIGHT AND SHAVERS.

THOSE GUYS ARE PLAYING BETTER AND THEY'RE GETTING BETTER WITH EACH GAME.

REMEMBER, SHAVERS WAS SITUATIONAL.

HE WAS EITHER A PRESSURE GUIDE YOU KNOW.

AND HE'S LEARNING TO PLAY THREE DOWNS.

HE'S GROWING AND BUDDHA WRIGHT WITH THE ALL TIME VENGEANCE GAME.

DIDN'T LOVE THE WAY HE PLAYED AGAINST MICHIGAN.

YEAH HE WAS SENSATIONAL AGAINST SPARTY.

>> YEAH.

AND YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T TALK A LOT ABOUT HIM YET.

BUT DAWSON MERRITT WAS A GUY LIKE JAY FOREMAN WHO WAS HERE LAST WEEK.

REALLY WANTED TO SEE HIM PLAY MORE.

HE LIKES THE WAY HE PLAYS FOR A YOUNG GUY.

FORGET THE FACT THAT HE'S NOT THAT BIG OR WHATEVER.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT HE KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING.

YOU SEE HIM ADJUSTING DEFENSIVE LINEMEN.

HE'S SMART.

HE'S IN THE BOOKS.

>> YEAH, HE'S YOUNG RIGHT.

SO HE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BOOM OR BUSTY, RIGHT.

AND YOU GET THAT YOU'LL SEE THE GREAT SPLASH PLAYS AND YOU KNOW HE'LL THUMP AND ALL THE SUDDEN YOU'LL SEE A VACATED BACKSIDE B-GAP WHERE HE SHOULD BE IN A HONEY HOLE, BUT YOU'LL LIVE WITH THAT AS A COACH AS HE CONTINUES TO GROW AND DEVELOP.

HE IS GOT A VERY NICE FOOTBALL IQ.

>> HERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY.

MICHIGAN STATE CAME IN FORCING MORE MISSED TACKLES THAN ALMOST ANYBODY ELSE IN THE BIG TEN.

AND FOR THE MOST PART, NEBRASKA TACKLED REALLY WELL.

>> THEY DID.

IT WAS NO OTHER THAN A COUPLE OF LEAKY PLAYS.

I STILL THAT THIRD AND 15 THAT THEY GOT ABOUT 14 ON IN THE JOB PLAY THAT ONE STILL.

YEAH, STILL WAS BUGGING ME.

I HATE THAT AS A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN YOU GIVE THAT UP.

BUT NO, IT WAS IT WAS CLEAN FOR EVERYBODY IN GENERAL.

I MEAN THE CORNERS FILLED ON AN OUTSIDE ANDREW MARSHALL CENTER RIGHT.

>> ANDREW MARSHALL LOOKED REALLY GOOD.

>> ON THE OUTSIDE VERY, VERY WELL.

>> THAT'S A LITTLE SUBTLE.

NOT I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S SUBTLE.

CEYAIR WRIGHT'S ABILITY TO TACKLE OUT OF THE NICKEL SPOT.

AND LET DONOVAN JONES PLAYED JUST THE BOUNDARY CORNER.

REALLY SOLIDIFIES THAT SECONDARY.

>> WHICH HE'S NEVER DONE BEFORE BY THE WAY.

>> I'M JUST IT'S A YOU SEE THE SAME THREE GUYS RIGHT.

YOU THINK MARSHALL, JONES WRIGHT WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL.

>> YEAH.

>> WHERE THEY'RE PLAYING AND HOW THEY'RE PLAYING IT IS FANTASTIC BECAUSE THEY'RE PLAYING TO THOSE PLAYERS SKILL SETS.

CEYAIR WRIGHT IS A GUY THAT CAN PLAY.

HE'S A GOOD TWO WAY GUY.

DONOVAN JONES NOT SO MUCH.

PUT HIM ON THE BOUNDARY.

LET HIM BE AGGRESSIVE.

HE'S A GOOD ATHLETE.

LET HIM PLAY THERE AND FEAST.

AND THEN MARSHALL AGAIN.

ANOTHER GUY WITH A NICE BOUNCE BACK GAME IN MY OPINION.

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT WHAT THE PROPONENT OF THAT YOU HAVE BETTER TACKLING IS CLEANING UP THE FITZ.

HAVING GUYS PLAY ONE WAY.

GO ON.

HEY YOU'RE B TO A WHATEVER IT IS THIS IS YOUR GAP.

BE MORE GAP SOUND.

THAT PEOPLE JUST UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYONE SUPPOSED TO BE.

AND YOU GET A LOT OF ACTION AND MOVEMENT.

THAT KIND OF CONFUSES GUYS.

THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO BE AT THAT TIMES IN ONE FALSE STEP AND ALL SUDDEN YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, IT'S TOUGH TO GET OUT OF THERE.

SO I THINK JUST CLEAN THAT UP DEFENSIVELY.

IT JUST HELPS EVERYONE OUT IN GENERAL.

>> ALRIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE HIGHLIGHTS AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WAS A REALLY WARM DAY WITH SOME WIND AS WELL.

OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AT MEMORIAL STADIUM.

ANYTIME YOU CAN GO OUT ON A SATURDAY AND WATCH SOME NEBRASKA FOOTBALL, IT CERTAINLY IS THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT GOING ON IN THE GAME.

OF COURSE, EARLY ON, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT CHILES SAW A LOT OF.

WOULD YOU SAY EDWIN MOSES ON THE RADIO?

>> YEAH.

>> THAT LITTLE HURDLE ACTION, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

IT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD START FOR A GUY THAT WANTED TO PLAY WELL.

>> NO DOUBT.

AND HERE YOU KNOW EMMETT JOHNSON'S NUMBERS OVERALL YOU DON'T GET EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE MINUS YARDS OF THE SACKS.

BUT YEAH CLOSE TO 100 YARDS BY THE WAY HE WAS RUNNING.

THAT WAS A BIG RUN EARLY ON THERE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO SEE MORE FROM DYLAN.

RIGHT.

>> JUST STEP UP BE MORE SUDDEN.

YOU KNOW THAT'S JUST BE MORE SUDDEN.

AND IF THERE'S NOTHING THERE TUCK IT AND GO.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

>> OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A GOOD PLAY HERE.

A LITTLE TRICKERATION START OFF WITH HAARBERG TO RAIOLA TO EMMETT JOHNSON.

WHO DOESN'T WANT THE BALL.

HE'S, TAKE THE BALL.

GET THE BALL AWAY FROM ME.

WHO HAD THREE TOUCHDOWNS ON THE DAY.

PLAYING VERY WELL AND THERE'S NO DOUBT IN ANYBODY'S MIND HE'S MORE EXPLOSIVE.

SPEAKING OF EXPLOSIVE CON, FROM STAR TREK TWO.

AND THEN OF COURSE, CARTER NELSON WITH THE TOUCHDOWN.

WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS ONE?

>> THIS IS GREAT.

THIS IS THE OUTSIDE, NEBRASKA'S HAD MORE GUYS TO THE SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL.

THEY HAD FIVE.

AND IN MICHIGAN STATE HAD 4.

THE PP, JUST COULDN'T GET OVER THERE FAST ENOUGH AND KIND OF WENT TO SLEEP AND THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT.

>> I LOVE THE FACT THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT ALL WEEK.

THEY WERE GOING TO GET THAT.

THEY KNEW IT WAS COMING.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT.

THERE'S ONE OF THE FEW MISSED TACKLES RIGHT THERE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST MISSED TACKLE FORCES IN ALL THE BIG TEN RIGHT THERE.

BUT OVERALL MOST OF IT WAS PRETTY GOOD TACKLING.

THERE'S FRAZIER WITH HIS LONGEST RUN OF THE GAME.

THEY ONLY HAD FOUR RUNS OVER TEN YARDS, AND ONE OF THEM WAS A SCRAMBLE BY THE QUARTERBACK OF 16 YARDS.

AND THEN YOU LOOK HERE BIG SACK BY ELIJAH JEUDY.

HIS FIRST ONE OF HIS CAREER.

>> YEAH, CHILES WASN'T THE SAME AFTER THIS.

IN MY OPINION IT WAS ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE.

>> I THINK HE WAS CONCUSSED AFTER THAT.

BACKUP QUARTERBACK COMES IN AND I'M NOT GONNA EVEN TRY HIS LAST NAME.

MAKES A NICE THROW ON HERE.

A LITTLE SOFT COVERAGE TO GET THAT.

AND THEN VELLING WHO IS A VERY GOOD PLAYER.

WELL I THINK GOING TO PLAY IN THE LEAGUE NUMBER 12 THERE.

HE CATCHES THE BALL FOR THE TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE IT 14-7.

BALL GETS BACK TO MICHIGAN STATE AGAIN.

THIS IS ANOTHER TIME WHERE FRAZIER TRIED TO DO TOO MUCH.

AND HERE'S WHAT YOU MENTIONED COMING OUT OF THE SLOT.

CEYAIR WRIGHT WITH THE TACKLE.

>> THIS IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD BACKSIDE HELP THERE THOUGH.

TO HAVE STAYED DISCIPLINED.

<< YEAH, THERE CBR GUY CUT BACK COUNTER REVERSE STAY HOME.

HERE'S JACORY BARNEY WHO OF COURSE IS THE JET AWARD FOUNDATION SPECIAL TEAM RETURNER OF THE WEEK, PEOPLE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THE LONGEST RETURN OF THE WEEK OF 57 YARDS RIGHT THERE.

BUT THEN THE DRIVE KIND OF FALLS APART.

YOU'VE GOT A MISSED ASSIGNMENT AT THE LEFT TACKLE SPOT ON THERE.

THEN AFTER THAT SACK THEN YOU HAVE THIS ISSUE WHERE AGAIN, ANOTHER SACK PROBABLY COULD HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THE BALL THERE, DIDN'T.

AND THEN THE SNAP A LITTLE BIT OFF TO HIS RIGHT ON THE NEXT ONE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THEY PROBABLY COULD HAVE CALLED.

HE SHOULD HAVE CALLED FACE MASK.

ANY HOLE IN THE HELMET?

>> YES.

>> FRONT.

BACKSIDE.

DOESN'T MATTER THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FACEMASK.

>> YOU GUYS THINK IS VIEW WAS OBSTRUCTED.

>> WELL IT HAD TO BE.

IF HE HAD THE THE TV CAMERA VIEW IT'S A 100% FACEMASK.

>> YEP.

AND THEN HERE IS SINGLETON WITH HIS FIRST INTERCEPTION.

NOW YOU WANT SUDDEN CHANGE AND THEY LOOK FOR SUDDEN CHANGE.

BUT YOU HAD AN ISSUE HERE WHERE YOU GET A SACK.

HOLGORSEN SAID TODAY IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE HE WANTED TO TRY TO GET A TOUCHDOWN QUICK, DIDN'T GET IT THERE, THEN GET ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SUDDEN CHANGE, ANOTHER INTERCEPTION.

SINGLETON AGAIN MAKING HIM THE BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK.

NEBRASKA AGAIN CAN'T MOVE THE BALL.

BUT THIS IS NICE, RIGHT HERE I THOUGHT THIS IS A GREAT PLAY CALL.

I THOUGHT IT WAS PERFECT.

IT JUST, GOT TO GET A BLOCK.

>> YEAH, THAT WAS A FANTASTIC PLAY BY 23.

I LIKE THE CONCEPT.

YOU COULD KIND OF FEEL IT COMING.

AND LISTEN COACH RHULE MADE THE CALL.

>> YEAH HE DID.

SO HERE'S ONE THAT'S A FOURTH DOWN AND EIGHT CONVERSION.

CHILES IS GOING TO GET THAT ON YOU.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S PAINFUL.

>> THAT'S HARD THOUGH I TELL YOU I MEAN THIS ONE AS A OUTSIDE.

>> WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HIM.

JUST GET TO THE TOP SHOULDER.

RIGHT.

>> YOU CAN, BUT YOU SPIN OUT LIKE THAT.

I'VE HAPPENED TO ME SO MANY TIMES.

YOU DRIVE YOU NUTS, YOU'LL WAKE UP THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT SCREAMING AT YOURSELF.

>> SO HE'S A GOOD ATHLETE.

>> BUT, THAT'S SO HARD.

>> THAT MADE IT 14-14.

>> WELL IT COMES BACK NOW.

MAKING IT THROW ACROSS THE MIDDLE.

IT JUST KIND OF DIDN'T SEE THE LINEBACKER DROP INTO HIS VISION.

I THINK ALSO AT THAT POINT HE WAS A LITTLE FRUSTRATED IN THE GAME AND THE WAY THINGS WERE GOING ON.

HERE'S FRAZIER WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE GAME I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE BECAUSE NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE, FOR THE MOST PART, PLAYED REALLY WELL AGAINST THE RUN GAME.

THIS NOT SO MUCH ON THE QUARTERBACK SNEAK GOES IN STANDING UP 21-14.

>> YEAH.

YOU GOT TO WALK ME THROUGH HOW WHEN YOU'RE IN DOUBLE AA GAPS HOW YOU GO IN UNTOUCHED.

>> AND IT WAS A FIVE MAN FRONT TO ADD FIVE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN IN THERE ON THAT ONE AS WELL.

>> DID ONE GUY CROSS PLAYS TOO AND JUST DIDN'T FILL IT UP AFTER THAT?

>> TELL ME ABOUT THE REPLAY HERE.

TELL ME DAMON WHAT JACORY DOES TO MAKE THE GET HIMSELF SO OPEN.

>> YEAH.

SO HE SEES HIM.

OH HE SEES THE LEVERAGE HE'S TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE SPEED AND HE'S LIKE OKAY.

IT'S LIKE YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS LOUISIANA BAYOU.

HE JUST GOES BACK AND GETS VERTICAL.

THAT'S JUST REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL LIKE YOU.

>> DANE KEY HERE TAKES THE CORNER WITH HIM AND THEN BLOCKS THE SAFETY.

LET'S EMMETT MAKE THE PLAY.

>> HOW MAD DO YOU GET AT GUYS WHEN THEY DON'T CRACK REPLACE.

>> LORD HAVE MERCY?

>> THE D-LINE GUYS GET MAD.

>> HE SHOWS YOU THE WIND HERE.

AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, NEBRASKA GETS ANOTHER CHANCE AT A SHORT FIELD.

BUT JUST LIKE THEY'VE HAD ON THE OTHER CHANCES, THEY DO NOT CAPITALIZE.

EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A NICE PLAY.

PLAY WITH THE HORSE COLLAR GETS AN AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN, PUTS NEBRASKA IN A PERFECT SITUATION TO BASICALLY PUT THE GAME OUT OF REACH BUT MISSES.

THERE'S EMMETT RIGHT THERE.

>> WIDE OPEN.

>> AND I THINK MAYBE THE LINEMAN WARREN IS WAITING AND DIDN'T SEE HIM.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE HE MISSES HIM.

AND SO THEY JUST SETUP FOR THE FIELD GOAL.

BUT NEBRASKA TAKES THE LEAD HERE 24-21.

CUNANAN WITH ANOTHER MAKE OUT THERE.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, FIVE TOTAL SACKS FOR MICHIGAN STATE WITH 35 YARDS OF LOSSES.

THERE'S A CHANCE WHERE I THINK HE COULD HAVE DUMPED IT OFF EARLY.

>> YEAH, THAT SHOULD NOT BE A SACK.

JUST CHUCK IT DOWN AND YOU'RE GOOD.

>> THAT'S ON DYLAN.

THAT'S NOT ON THE O-LINE.

THAT'S ON DYLAN.

GREAT PLAY BY ANDREW MARSHALL.

HE'S HAD TWO IN A ROW THERE.

>> THAT'S LITTLE COVER TWO ACTION RIGHT THERE.

>> YEAH, SQUATTY.

>> AND THEN HERE IS NYZIAH HUNTER WITH THE SCREEN.

YOU'RE GONNA BREAK THIS ONE DOWN LATER.

>> I AM.

>> OKAY.

>> YEAH.

JUST REALLY GOOD EXECUTION BY THE LINE.

JUST THE PERFECT TIMING OF THE CALL.

YOU GET THE BARNEY'S, PART RETURN CALL BACK, PLAY NEXT PLAY.

BOOM.

THIS HAPPENS.

>> LOSES THE SHOE.

BUT LOOK AT ALL THE BLOCKING HERE.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S GETTING A HAT ON A HAT.

YOU KNOW, IS THIS.

>> TOP SKIN PRITCHETT OUR SEALING ON THE INSIDE.

>> YEAH.

>> I MEAN >> EVEN DOWN THE FIELD TOO.

YEAH YOU GOT PLAYS BLOCKING HAPPENED AS WELL.

SO GREAT JOB BY HUNTER.

AND HOLGORSEN SAID HE COULD TELL HE WAS THE HOT HAND.

>> YEAH.

WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE BLOCKS FOR THAT THEY CALL THOSE, "SUCKS TO BE YOU."

(LAUGHING) YOU GOT THE SUCKS TO BE YOU BLOCK RIGHT.

IT IS A MISERABLE PLACE AND JUSTIN A MADE HIM PAY.

>> AND THEN THE DEFENSE TAKES OVER LATE AS MICHIGAN STATE'S TRYING TO COME BACK TO BACK TO BACK SACKS.

THE FIRST ONE IS BY WILLIAMS NWANERI.

HE GETS THE SACK HERE AFTER ABOUT 4 OR 5 SPIN MOVES BY CHILES TRYING TO GET AWAY.

FOUR SACKS WERE -42 YARDS ON THERE.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE BY CAMERON LENHARDT.

HE GETS THAT ONE RIGHT THERE FOR THE SACK.

SO MAKING IT FOUR TOTAL SACK.

>> HE'S LUCKY IF HIS SPINE STAYED INTACT.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU GUYS LIKE TO PUT YOUR HELMET RIGHT BETWEEN THE NUMBERS.

>> YEAH.

YOU CAN'T QUITE DO THAT ANYMORE THOUGH.

>> TOUCHDOWN RUN BY EMMETT JOHNSON A THIRD OF THE DAY 38-31 NEBRASKA WINS THE GAME.

PERFECT FORMATION, RIGHT HERE.

VICTORY FORMATION.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATS.

38-27 IS YOUR FINAL.

WE GO TO THE STATS TO SEE WHAT NEBRASKA DID ON THAT.

IF YOU LOOK AT A COUPLE THINGS, A COUPLE THINGS THAT REALLY STAND OUT, TIME OF POSSESSION.

I KNOW THEY HAVE THE BALLS MUCH, BUT NEBRASKA TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT IN THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER AND THE FOURTH QUARTER AND JUST EXPLODED ON THEM.

GETTING SOME BIG PLAYS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RUSHING YARDS AT 67, BUT NEBRASKA ACTUALLY RAN OVER 100 YARDS.

JUST A SACK ADJUSTED YARDS.

>> THAT'S A GOOD CALL ON THE TIME OF POSSESSION, BECAUSE I THINK IN THE SECOND AND THE THIRD QUARTER, THEY HAD THE BALL FOR LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES IN BOTH QUARTERS.

>> YEAH.

LET'S DO, PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

NOT A SURPRISE.

LIKE I SAID, THREE TOUCHDOWNS FOR EMMETT JOHNSON.

YOU CAN SEE THE RUSHES AND THE RECEPTIONS AND EVERYTHING HE DID THERE.

AND THEN DESHON SINGLETON WHO NOT ONLY IS OUR PLAYER OF THE GAME THE BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME AS WELL.

AND TO BREAK DOWN A COUPLE OF THE KEY PLAYS FROM THE WIN, LET'S GO OVER TO MR.

MOORE FOR JAY'S PLAYS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELCOME TO JAY'S PLAY TONIGHT.

LET'S FIRST PLAY WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IS AN NYZIAH HUNTER JAILBREAK SCREEN HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER JUST AFTER THE, BARNEY PUNT RETURN GOT CALLED BACK FOR BLOCKING BACK.

BUT NEBRASKA DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB HERE.

MICHIGAN STATE LIKE TO GET A LOT OF MAN-TO-MAN SITUATIONS AND BRING HIM PRESSURES.

THIS IS HOW YOU BEAT THOSE TYPE OF DEFENSIVE SITUATIONS.

SO I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT LINDENMEYER GETS A GOOD JOB GETTING ON THE EDGE.

PRITCHETT GETS DOES A GOOD JOB SECOND LEVEL.

BUT LUTOVSKY WAS AWESOME JOB GETTING SECOND LEVEL.

EVANS IS GET OVER HERE.

WE'LL SEE THIS.

HE COMPLETELY LAYS OUT THE LINEBACKERS.

EXCELLENT JOB EXECUTION.

SPINDLER IS GOING TO EVEN DO A GREAT JOB GETTING OUT HERE.

I KNOW THE O-LINE CAUGHT A LOT OF FLACK LATELY, BUT THEY DID DO A OUTSTANDING JOB OF EXECUTING THIS PLAY AS WELL.

HIT HERE.

WE CAN RUN THIS THING.

YOU CAN SEE BOOM GETS THEM PUTS THEM ALL IN CONFLICT.

RIGHT.

SEE THE GREAT BLOCK BY EVANS.

HUNTER'S SHOE COMES OFF AND HE'S OFF TO THE RACES.

SO JUST A WELL ORCHESTRATED WELL TIMED PLAY BY THE BIG RED.

YOU'LL SEE 51 HERE EVANS HAS COME OUT HERE RIGHT.

HE JUST GETS THIS LINEBACKER.

BAM DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT COMING.

THAT'S THE THING OF BEAUTY.

THAT'S WHAT THOSE LINEMEN LIVE FOR RIGHT.

BUT SEE HUNTER WITH ONE SHOE ON TURN ON THE AFTERBURNERS.

EVENS BEHIND HIM SO CELEBRATING.

NICE PLAY CALL BY HOLGORSEN OKAY.

BLOCKED PUNT SO THEY KNEW THEY COULD GET THIS NEBRASKA OVERLOADS THE CENTER.

SO WE HAVE FIVE GUYS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.

THEY HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

TO THAT SIDE.

SO NORMALLY THE GUYS ARE GONNA GO FREE.

USUALLY AS A PUNT BLOCK TEAM YOU BLOCK INSIDE OUT.

YOU WANT THIS GUY THE LONG GUY TO GO AROUND.

YOU KNOW QUICKEST WAY TO POINT A TO POINT B IS A STRAIGHT LINE.

BUT HE, CON IS GOING TO GET THROUGH HERE CLEAN.

THE PROTECTOR DOES NOT SEE HIM.

BAM HAD NO CHANCE.

JUST A WELL EXECUTED.

WELL PERFORMED.

PUNT BLOCK.

FIRST ONE IN A WHILE.

NOW FOR THE BIG RED.

THAT'S MIKE EKELER, SPECIAL TEAMS.

FANTASTIC JOB IN THIS GAME.

LET'S SEND BACK TO MIKE'L.

>> THANKS JAY.

NEXT UP STEVE M. SIPPLE JOINS US TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THE WIN OVER MICHIGAN STATE.

AND WE SEE HOW THE HUSKERS ROAD IN THE BIG TEN IS LINING UP.

(BAND MUSIC) >> YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS GO SEE A MOVIE THE NIGHT BEFORE THE GAME.

SO WE'VE SEEN SOME HORRIFIC MOVIES.

SO I'VE JUST GIVEN UP ON THAT.

>> YEAH, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY A GROUP DECISION.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LISTEN WHEN I SAY, I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD FILM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THAT.

HEARD GOOD THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE AS A GROUP, THIS ISN'T ALWAYS THE.

>> I MEAN, SOMEBODY'S GOT AT LEAST DEFER YOU A LITTLE BIT.

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE GOT, I THINK I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, SWAY IN THE DECISION MAKING.

>> THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH NYZIAH.

I WAS LIKE I GOT TO GET THIS GET THE BALL MAN.

AND SO I THREW HIM THAT SCREEN AND AND THEN HE CAUGHT ANOTHER ONE, YOU KNOW.

AND THEN HE CAUGHT ANOTHER ONE.

AND I WAS LIKE THIS DUDE IS BECOMING A REAL PLAYER.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I THREW HIM THE SCREEN AGAIN.

JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I SENSE THAT ON GUYS, I FORCE PLAY CALLS TO THOSE GUYS.

>> THAT WAS MY FIRST ONE SHOOT TEST AND I HAD A TOP SPEED TOO.

SO, IF EVEN IF I HAVE BOTH SHOES I JUST WONDER LIKE WHAT WOULD BE MY TOP SPEED.

LIKE IF I HAD BOTH MY SHOES ON.

>> BEFORE YOU WIN A GAME, YOU CAN'T LOSE IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

LIKE, YOU DON'T GIVE THE GAME AWAY.

LIKE, DON'T BEAT OURSELVES, RIGHT?

LIKE, AND SO, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, TO ME THERE'S THREE STAGES OF WINNING, RIGHT?

THERE'S ELIMINATING LOSING FOOTBALL.

RIGHT.

THAT'S THE FIRST YEAR OR -16 OR WHATEVER WE WERE IN TURNOVERS.

IT'S GOING TO BE NO MATTER, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT WE WEAR, NO MATTER WHAT MUSIC WE LISTEN TO BEFORE THE GAME.

DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE -16, THEN YOU START PLAYING WINNING FOOTBALL.

THEN YOU START TRYING TO PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL.

AND TURNOVER MARGIN, ALL THOSE THINGS, THEY START TO BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO NOT GIVE THE BALL AWAY, WHICH YOU'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB, BUT WE'RE TAKING THE BALL AWAY.

THAT'S JUMPING UP.

WHICH THAT'S ABOUT PLAYMAKERS AND THAT'S ABOUT THE WAY YOU'RE PLAYING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S WELCOME IN STEVEN M. SIPPLE COLUMNIST FROM HUSKER ONLINE.

WHAT IS THAT A POLO.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH.

NICE.

>> OH INSIDE JOKE.

>> INSIDE JOKE THERE.

>> YOU CAN CALL THIS A POLO.

>> YOU CALL IT A POLO?

I THINK SO, SO WINDY.

HOT.

THEY GOT BEHIND.

BUT EMOTIONALLY NEBRASKA RALLIED.

YOU GOT TO LOVE THAT.

SEEING THAT AGAIN.

>> YEAH I MEAN THERE'S RESILIENCE.

IT KIND OF GETS LOST IN A BROAD DISCUSSION OR GETS LOST IN THE MINUTIA A LITTLE BIT.

BUT IT'S REALLY TWO STRAIGHT GAMES.

IN MY OPINION.

BECAUSE AGAINST MICHIGAN THEY DIDN'T GO AWAY.

AND IN THIS GAME AT 21-14, I THOUGHT IT LOOKED FAIRLY BLEAK.

CHANGE QUICK THOUGH.

>> YEP.

>> AND AS HOLGORSEN POINTED, DANA HOLGORSEN POINTED OUT TODAY.

SO THEY GET IT TO 21-21.

AND HE SAID WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO WIN THE GAME AT THAT POINT.

SEE THAT'S BEAUTIFUL TO HEAR.

I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS IT?

IT'S 21-21.

BUT HE IN THEIR MINDS IT WAS OVER.

THE GAME WAS OVER.

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

THAT TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT CONFIDENCE.

>> YOU CAN TELL THE MOMENT THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL THE MOMENTUM.

YOU CAN FEEL IT SWITCH.

>> YOU COULD.

>> AND THEY WERE GOING INTO THE WIND.

>> BUT IT WAS REALLY THE WAY.

>> TO SWITCH.

RIGHT.

BUT YEAH.

>> IT WAS REALLY QUICK BECAUSE IT WENT FROM DEAD IN THE WATER TO OH WELL.

>> WHAT ELSE.

WE COULD SWITCH ON NEBRASKA UP 14-0.

ALL OF A SUDDEN TWO QUARTERS LATER YOU'RE DOWN 21-14.

>> YEAH.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE IN FULL CONTROL.

BUT YOU SPOKE YOU SPOKE TO MINUTIA AND GET IN YOU KNOW, THE FINE DETAILS THROUGH FIVE GAMES.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS A FAIR CRITICISM OF THIS TEAM SO FAR?

IT'S AN UNFAIR CRITICISM THROUGH THE FIRST FIVE GAMES.

>> FAIR CRITICISM FOR SURE, IS THE TACKLE PLAY.

I MEAN IT'S JUST THE NINE HAVE THEY'VE GIVEN UP 12 SACKS 12 SEASON GAME.

THAT'S FAIR.

I MEAN THEY HAVE TO PROTECT BETTER.

UNFAIR CRITICISM.

I MEAN THE RUN GAME DISCUSSION.

IT'S COMPLICATED.

THEY CAN DO IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF LIKE WHAT WHAT MATT SAID THIS WEEK THAT IT'S KIND OF SILLY WHEN PEOPLE SAY WE CAN'T RUN THE BALL.

ON ONE HAND, EMMETT JOHNSON IS THIRD IN THE LEAGUE, TIED FOR THIRD IN THE LEAGUE FOR RUSHING.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY'RE 14TH AS A TEAM IN THE IN RUSHING IN THE BIG TEN.

SO THEY HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S THIRD.

>> YEAH.

>> GOOD.

TIED FOR THIRD.

EMMETT RUNS THE BALL REALLY WELL.

HE'S GOTTEN BETTER.

BUT AS A TEAM THEY'RE 14TH.

>> SACK ADJUSTED THOUGH TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGH.

>> SACK ADJUSTED.

THERE'S THAT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WANT TO APPROACH IT ALL THE TIME.

THAT'S I CAN'T GET A HANDLE ON HOW THEY WANT TO APPROACH IT ALL THE TIME.

THAT'D BE MY SORT OF UNDERLYING CRITICISM.

>> I WOULD GIVE YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO ASK A LEADING QUESTION, BUT DEPENDING ON HOW YOU'D RANK THE COORDINATORS, WOULD YOU THINK THAT THE CRITICISM OF COACH BUTLER HAS BEEN UNFAIR, GIVEN THE FACT THAT SORSBY AND CHILES HAVE BOTH HAD, >> IS HE BEING CRITIZED.

>> JUST THE MICHIGAN GAME?

>> WELL.

>> THAT WAS ME.

I'M SORRY.

>> I LOOK AT HIM STATISTICALLY GETTING OFF THE FIELD ON THIRD DOWN.

SCORING DEFENSE, FAST DEFENSE.

YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE HE DOESN'T GET NEAR THE BENEFIT WHEN IT COMES TO OFFENSE.

IT'S WELL, THEY NEED TO EXECUTE BETTER.

THEY JUST NEED TO EXECUTE BETTER.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENSE, IT'S LIKE I DON'T KNOW.

YOU KNOW.

>> WELL I THINK >> OH WAIT A MINUTE.

>> I THINK FOR SURE HE WENT INTO THE SEASON.

YOU ABOUT SAID THE KEY THING I THINK.

HE DIDN'T GET THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT EKELER WOULD GET OR THAT HOLGORSEN WOULD GET.

I THINK HE'S QUICKLY.

WELL, I THINK MICHIGAN STATE WAS A BIG >> HE'S PRETTY GOOD.

HE'S PRETTY GOOD.

>> WELL.

>> PRETTY BRIGHT.

>> I THOUGHT JUST THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THE DEFENSIVE LINE PLAYED, I ALMOST HAD TO WATCH THE GAME TWICE.

I WAS LIKE.

>> WELL, YOU SHOULD.

>> OR THREE TIMES.

>> BUT I MEAN, YOU DO.

>> THIS JUST TO LEGITIMIZE IN MY BRAIN WHAT I SAW LIVE.

I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THAT LOOKS GOOD.

THAT WAS GOOD.

>> YEAH.

>> SO YOU.

>> STOP NOW.

>> SO WE TALK ABOUT THE OFFENSE AND DEFENSE.

THE NUMBER ONE.

>> YEAH.

>> MOST EFFICIENT OF THE THREE IS SPECIAL TEAMS.

THEY ARE NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY IN ADJUSTED EFFICIENCY FOR ABOUT TEAMS.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT.

>> GOING FROM WHERE THEY WERE TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW.

I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST ONE MAN BUT.

>> NO IT'S NOT.

>> BUT IT'S A LOT ABOUT THAT ONE.

>> I KNOW.

COACHING MATTERS A LOT.

YEAH IT REALLY DOES.

AND THE IT REALLY MATTERS WHEN THERE'S A REALLY GOOD ONE AND A REAL DETERMINED ONE AND ONE WHO IS EXACTLY WHERE HE WANTS TO BE, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHY, BUT IN HIS LIFE.

SO IT'S ALL LINED UP FOR MIKE AND IT'S WORKING.

HE WANTS TO BE THE BEST DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR IN THE WORLD, AND HE WANTS TO DO THAT AT NEBRASKA.

>> IS HE GOING TO TAKE BUTLER'S JOB.

>> OH.

EXCUSE ME, SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR.

NO, DON'T GET ME.

DON'T START THAT.

>> GOING TO GET YOU IN TROUBLE.

>> GONNA GET ME IN BIG TROUBLE WITH A HEAD COACH.

BUT NO, HE WANTS TO BE THE BEST SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR IN THE WORLD, AND HE WANTS TO DO IT HERE, SO I WOULD.

HE'S GOT SOME GUYS.

BY THE WAY.

>> I WOULDN'T UNDERSELL OR WOULD YOU, THE FACT THAT HE JUST REFUSES TO HAVE A BAD DAY, LIKE.

HOW MUCH LIKE HOW MUCH.

WHAT YOU THINK NEBRASKA IS DOING IS THEIR TEMPERAMENT.

LIKE THEIR BELIEF FACTOR IN TERMS OF JUST MOVING ON.

THEIR AD DOESN'T COMPLAIN, THEIR COACH DOESN'T COMPLAIN LIKE THEY JUST ATTACK THE DAY.

IT HAS TO PERMEATE, DON'T YOU THINK?

>> YEAH, I THINK FOR SURE.

AND EKELER HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY.

AND I DO THINK IT DEFINITELY HELPS SPECIAL TEAMS.

AND YOU KNOW HE HAS TWO OFFICES ONE RIGHT BY THE WEIGHT ROOM.

IT ALL MAKES SENSE.

NOW HE CAN WEAR YOU OUT A LITTLE BIT.

>> BUT COACH RHULE SAYS YEAH.

>> I MEAN IF YOU LET HIM I LIKE POSIT >>HE'S LIKE A WHOLE HOUR OF THIS >> HE'S A LITTLE LOUD.

>> I'M NOT AS BIG ON POSITIVE.

>> HE'S POSITIVE.

WELL THAT THAT'S WHERE THE POSITIVE IS.

>> YEAH THAT'S WHERE ALL LIKE.

JAY WAS THERE A COACH.

BECAUSE I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT TEACHERS INSPIRING YOU.

BUT WAS THERE A COACH BECAUSE HOW MANY FORMER PLAYERS CAME ALONG AND SAID YOU NEED TO HIRE MIKE EKELER.

WAS THERE A COACH LIKE THAT FOR YOU?

>> OH MY GOSH, I MEAN, I JOHN BLAKE WAS A GOOD ONE AT NEBRASKA, PLAY FOR HIM.

>> YEAH.

>> HIS ENERGY WAS INFECTIOUS.

NOT A GOOD X'S AND O'S COACH, BUT JUST ABOUT HE COULD RECRUIT.

>> BUT HE RECRUITED.

>> A HEAD COACH.

>> BROUGHT HE BROUGHT.

>> OH.

>> HE WON FIVE.

>> WHAT WAS IT.

>> I LOVE IT.

>> HE WAS WORTH IT >> I GOT YEAH.

>> A SPADE IS A SPADE, RIGHT.

>> YEAH.

BUT HE YOU LOVED TO PLAY HARD FOR HIM.

HE HAD AN INFECTIOUS ENERGY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS GOOD.

JASON TABONE, I WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO.

THAT'S A TOUGH POSITION FOR ME.

GOING FROM A DEFENSIVE END TO A THREE FOUR OUTSIDE LINEBACKER.

PATIENCE.

PATIENCE.

WAS PATIENT WITH ME.

I STRUGGLE FOR MY FIRST TWO YEARS HEAVILY.

IT WAS.

I WAS, SAY, TRYING TO LEARN TO THROW A LEFT HANDER IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

I JUST.

SO PATIENCE WITH ME WAS KEY AND JUST SLOWING THINGS DOWN FOR ME.

SO HE WAS A HE WAS A GOOD ONE.

BUT, NO, I MEAN, COACH EKELER, I SAID HE'S GOING TO CHANGE THIS THING.

WHEN HE FIRST STEPPED ON CAMPUS, I SAID THIS TO ME, HE'S AT LEAST GET US.

HE'S AT LEAST WORTH TWO WINS.

BUT LAST TIME I WAS AT PRACTICE JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP, MAN?

HE SAID, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

I SAID, GOOD, HE GOES, ARE YOU GOOD OR ARE YOU GREAT?

>> YEAH.

>> YES.

THAT IS WHAT HE DOES.

IT'S LIKE, NO, I'M GREAT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU'RE LIKE.

>> HE'S THAT WAY.

>> HE RAISES JUST THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATIONS.

THAT'S WHAT HE THAT'S WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE.

>> HE WOULD SAY HE'S JUST GOOD.

>> FAIR TO MIDDLE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I RAN INTO HIM THIS SUMMER AND I SAID, WHAT'S THE GOOD WORD?

AND HE SAID, PLAYOFF.

>> OH, I LOVE IT.

>> YOU KNOW THAT.

SO THAT POSITIVITY.

>> IT'S OKAY TO SAY THAT.

>> YOU KNOW ME LIKE I'M GOING TO RIDE WITH IT.

>> THAT POSITIVITY THOUGH IT IS INFECTIOUS.

IT REALLY IS.

DOES YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN A GUY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL WHO IS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IS TALKING ABOUT GETTING HIT BY EKELER AND BEING A PART OF THE WHOLE.

AND THE TIGHTEND'S COACH TALKING ABOUT WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE BLOCK HAPPEN.

>> THAT'S PERMEATING THE PROGRAM.

IT'S HELPING TOO I DON'T IF IT HASN'T BEEN, IT'S BEEN WORTH THE WIN MAYBE SO FAR.

AND IT'LL CONTINUE.

>> I MEAN THAT I MEAN.

>> HERE'S THE THING ABOUT IT.

HERE'S THE IT'S BEEN GOOD, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER SO FAR.

I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THEY LEFT OUT THERE TO LEFT A BLOCK AGAINST CINCINNATI SHOULD HAVE BLOCKED UP ON AGAINST CINCINNATI, >> PROBABLY SHOULD HAD A KICKOFF RETURN >> RIGHT.

>> BARNEY MAYBE IT.

>> ONE AGAINST MARYLAND.

>> WHAT, WHICH ONE?

>> THE KICKOFF RETURN.

>> YOU THINK SO?

>> YEAH.

I DO.

>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH HIM.

THEY'RE THE WORST KICKOFF COVERAGE UNIT IN THE BIG TEN.

AND THEY'RE GIVING UP ABOUT 28 YARDS OVERALL.

>> WELL THEY DON'T KICK IT IN THE ENDZONE.

>> WELL THEY CAN'T.

58 YARDS AS FAR AS THEY KICK IT.

>> I MEAN THERE'RE.

>> THE SHORTEST KICK OFF IN ALL OF THE BIG TEN.

>> THE BUT THEY BETTER BE CAREFUL THERE.

>> YEAH GOOD.

>> GOOD TO KNOW.

>> GOT TO HAVE THE RIGHT GUY BACK THERE.

>> GOOD TO KNOW.

>> YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THAT CAN BE.

>> VERY MUCH SO.

>> BECAUSE, YOU'RE NOT.

THE PUNT RETURN IS SO DIFFERENT THAN THE KICKOFF RETURN.

>> YEP.

I AGREE.

>> THAT IT'S THERE.

YOU GOT TO GO GET THROUGH THAT HOLE.

>> YOU MIGHT NEED IT IN THIS GAME TOO.

>> I LIKE BEING ABLE TO DO BOTH.

SO I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BACK PAT ME.

YEAH I PLAYED WITH A COUPLE GET ONE WAS ALL PRO, MICHAEL BATES.

>> YEAH.

OH MICHAEL BATES IS GREAT.

>> HE COULDN'T CATCH A PUNT TO SAVE HIS LIFE.

ISHMAEL RETURN PUNTS AND BATES RETURN KICKOFFS.

THEY'RE TWO VASTLY DIFFERENT SKILL SETS.

>> IT IS.

LOOKING FORWARD AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK FOR IT, BUT THESE TWO ROAD GAMES IN A ROW.

TOUGHER ONE MARYLAND ON A SATURDAY OR THAT FRIDAY NIGHT GAME AT MINNESOTA.

>> MARYLAND'S BETTER AS A TEAM.

I THINK.

>> THEY GOT MORE.

>> I', GONNA SAY MARYLAND.

I'LL SAY MARYLAND BECAUSE I'VE SEEN MINNESOTA STATIONARY QUARTERBACK, YOUNG QUARTERBACK.

>> YEAH, >> THEY'RE REALLY PHYSICAL.

NEBRASKA'S PHYSICAL ENOUGH TO HANDLE IT, THOUGH I'D SAY MARYLAND'S A LITTLE TOUGHER.

>> YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

>> I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO ROCK WITH WHATEVER HE SAYS RIGHT NOW.

I JUST WANT SOME OF THAT GOOD KARMA, SO.

I MEAN IF YOU HAD ME ON NEXT TUESDAY.

I WOULD TELL YOU MINNESOTA.

>> NO, YOU WOULD NOT.

>> BUT FOR RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO SAY MARYLAND.

>> THESE NEXT TWO GAMES.

YOU'RE TELLING MAN THIS TO SEE HOW THIS TEAM CAN HANDLE THE EMOTIONAL RIDE.

I MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO FLY OUT TWO DAYS EARLY.

FOR THIS GAME AND.

>> SAY DO YOU LIKE THE YOU LIKE HOW THAT SHOOK OUT.

THEY FOR SIX MONTHS THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET THE 11 A.M.

KICK.

AND OBVIOUSLY MICHIGAN STATE HAS HOMECOMING SO THEY GET FIRST PICK.

>> I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THEY'RE GOING THURSDAY.

I THINK YOU DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO WITHIN REASON AND THAT IS WITHIN REASON.

>> I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT.

NFL PLAYER TEAMS DO IT.

YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO GET OUT THERE EARLY.

BUT YOU LOOK AT THAT WHEN YOU GET NORTHWESTERN WHEN YOU COME BACK HOME.

AND THAT LAST FOUR, MAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THE LAST FOUR BEFORE THE SEASON.

IT DOESN'T FEEL THE SAME ANYMORE.

>> NO IT DOESN'T.

>> IT IS AN ELECTRIC COMPANY, SESAME STREET KIND OF FEEL.

>> WHAT ARE YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IF MICHIGAN GOES TO LOS ANGELES AND WINS?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT SHOULD I DO?

>> WE'RE NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

WE WORRY ABOUT THE NOTRE DAME, USC GAME IS WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT.

>> IT WAS.

>> OH, WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THAT ONE.

>> WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THAT ONE.

YEAH.

BECAUSE THAT'S A DINNER >> I'M NOT SO WORRIED.

>> YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED.

>> SHOULD BE WORRIED I GOT NOTRE DAME STRAIGHT UP.

HOW ABOUT THAT.

IT'S CASIO.

>> YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

>> OH YEAH.

I MEAN.

>> WHO YOU GET THE LOAN FROM.

>> I DON'T NEED ONE.

HE DOES.

>> OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

YOUR BOSS IS HERE.

>> SIMP, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> GOD BLESS YOU.

>> I LOVE THE POLO.

THANKS FOR BEING ON.

WE COME BACK, WE'LL TALK RECRUITING AND HAVE ED LEE FROM THE BALTIMORE SUN TALK ABOUT MARYLAND AND SEE WHAT YOUR PICKS WERE FOR THE PLAYS OF THE GAME.

(BAND MUSIC) ALL RIGHT, TIME FOR TOP PLAYS.

WE START OFF WITH EMMETT JOHNSON 23 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.

LOOK AT THE BLOCKING DANE KEY COMES OVER GETS THE BLOCK ON THE SAFETY EMMETT JOHNSON IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

ONE OF HIS THREE ON THE DAY.

AND THEN THIS IS WHY THE JET AWARD FOUNDATION GAVE JACORY BARNEY THE RETURN OF THE WEEK.

BECAUSE OF THIS 57 YARD RETURN, THE LONGEST ONE IN ALL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS WEEK.

HE'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY GET A TOUCHDOWN AS WELL.

YOU KNOW IT'S COMING.

AND THE NUMBER ONE NOT A SHOCK AS THEY SAID IN STAR TREK TWO CON.

OKAY GOOD BLOCK PUNT HERE.

PROBABLY A REFERENCE OVER EVERYBODY'S HEAD ANYWAY CARTER NELSON TOUCHDOWN NEBRASKA GOES UP 14-0 IN THE GAME FOR OUR NUMBER ONE PLAY SEAN CALLAHAN JOINS TO TALK RECRUITING.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE VISIT WEEKEND.

>> YEAH IT KIND OF RAMPED UP ANOTHER BIG WEEKEND FOR NEBRASKA.

THEY HAD FOUR I MEAN AT SEVERAL 2027.

SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOUR GUYS, KYLER KUHN OUT OF KANSAS CITY, A BIG >> THAT DUDE LOOKS TO MEAN.

>> A BIG TIME 2027 O LINEMAN WAS HERE.

>> YEAH.

>> ANOTHER OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FOUR STAR OUT OF GEORGIA.

JORDAN AGBANOMA AND THEN COOPER TERWILLIGER.

MADE IT BACK TO LINCOLN.

THAT'S HUGE.

NEBRASKA'S IN THE FINAL FOUR.

AND THEN FREDERICK ARDS A FOUR STAR EDGE OUT OF ORLANDO.

SO A LOT OF BIG NAME TALENT, BUT I THINK THESE ARE PROBABLY FOUR THE BIGGEST ONES TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE CLASS OF 2027.

>> YOU THINK THIS IS THE YOU THINK IN TERMS OF ALL THESE GUYS.

WHO'S THE ONE THAT'S.

>> I THINK TERWILLIGER THE ONE TO WATCH ME.

IOWA, IOWA STATE, NEBRASKA AND MICHIGAN ARE HIS FOUR.

BUT NOW WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK, MIKE'L, AT, A COMMIT TONIGHT.

CLAUDE MPOUMA.

>> OH.

>> WE'VE GOT THE FOUR STAR RECRUIT, SIX EIGHT TACKLE OUT OF CHICAGO.

MOUNT CARMEL.

>> GOOD SCHOOL.

>> AND HE'S ONE OF THE TOP RECRUITS RIGHT NOW IN THE 2026 CLASS.

A VERY SMALL CLASS.

>> YEAH.

>> HE IS A HUGE PRIORITY.

MR.

MPOUMA.

>> I LIKE IT.

>> TO GET HIM ON BOARD AND THEN, BRING HIM BACK THE IN-STATE TONIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT KYLONN HAYNIE.

I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN HIM A LOT.

>> A LOT, YEAH.

>> OMAHA CENTRAL, ONE OF THE TOP RUNNING BACKS IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.

BIGGER, LOWER TOO.

>> HE WEIGHS 205, 180 OF THAT IS LOWER BODY.

>> AND I'D SAY HE MIGHT.

I MEAN, HE'S PROBABLY PUSHING 215.

>> OH, YEAH.

EASILY.

>> HE'S A BIG WEIGHT ROOM GUY, FORGET WHAT HE TOLD ME, BUT HE SAID LIKE 200 PUSH UPS TODAY.

HE'S A BIG PUSH UP GUY.

AND YOU KNOW, NEBRASKA'S ON HIM.

WISCONSIN, A NUMBER OF OTHER, POWER FOURS.

IT'LL BE INTERESTING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE THINK HE'S FAIRLY CLOSE TO COMMITTING TO NEBRASKA, BUT WE'LL SEE KIND OF HOW THAT TIMELINE PLAYS OUT.

AND WHAT NEBRASKA WANTS TO DO WITH THE 2027 RUNNING BACK CLASS AND KIND OF WHAT DIRECTION THEY WANT TO GO WITH.

THERE'S NO DOUBT HIS TEAMMATE ALREADY COMMITTED.

HIS EYES ARE ON LINCOLN TOO.

>> YEAH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT KID HERE IN NEBRASKA.

LAST WEEK'S TRIVIA.

WHAT YEAR DID THE BIG TEN ADD MICHIGAN STATE AND WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CONFERENCE BEFORE THEY ADDED THE SPARTANS?

IT WAS THE WESTERN CONFERENCE.

SPARTY JOINED IN 1950, STARTED BIG TEN FOOTBALL IN 1953.

THEY WENT 9-1.

THE ONLY LOSS WAS TO 0-4 PURDUE, THE LAST TIME A BIG TEN TEAM THAT WAS IN THE TOP TEN LOST TO A NO WIN TEAM UNTIL SATURDAY, WHEN UCLA BEAT SEVENTH RANKED PENN STATE.

YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS.

THIS WEEK'S WINNER.

KRISTI EDEN FROM DAVEY NEBRASKA.

THIS WEEK'S.

OH, BY THE WAY, SHE WINS A COPY OF SEAN CALLAHAN'S NEW BOOK, HUSKERS PROGRAM.

NEBRASKA CURATED HISTORY OF THE CORNHUSKERS.

THIS WEEK'S WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON NEXT WEEK'S SHOW, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION.

HAS MARYLAND EVER PLAYED NEBRASKA IN A NON BIG TEN GAME?

THEY'VE ONLY PLAYED FOUR TIMES.

LET'S GO TO HUSKER.

HISTORY TAKES US BACK TO 2016 FOR THE FIRST BIG TEN MATCHUP BETWEEN MARYLAND AND NEBRASKA.

BUT OSCAR'S DOMINATED ON THE GROUND WITH TERRELL NEWBY LEADING THE WAY, SCORING THREE TOUCHDOWNS AND 98 YARDS RUSHING IN A 28-7 WIN.

BEFORE THAT GAME STARTED, WE WERE ALL LOOKING UP, INCLUDING THE PLAY BY PLAY MAN FOR NEBRASKA OR WHO WAS GOING TO BE STARTING FOR MARYLAND BECAUSE HE WASN'T EVEN ON THE ROSTER.

HE WAS THE FOURTH STRING QUARTERBACK.

THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY.

>> RYKER FYFE STARTED THAT GAME.

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

RYKER FYFE FOR NEBRASKA.

BUT FOR MARYLAND, MAN, THEY HEAD OUT SOME GUY WE DON'T EVEN KNOW.

FOR THIS YEAR'S MATCH-UP.

WE WELCOME IN ED LEE WHO COVERS TERPS FOOTBALL FOR THE BALTIMORE SUN.

ED THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANKS FOR INVITING ME.

>> LET'S START WITH THE YOUTH, ESPECIALLY ON THE DEFENSE.

I MEAN, SOME OF THE BEST PLAYERS ARE FRESHMEN.

THIS MUST BEEN A PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY GOOD CLASS OVERALL.

>> YEAH.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE OUTSIDE THE PROGRAM MAY HAVE EXPECTED MIKE LOCKSLEY TO START SO MANY FRESHMEN, PARTICULARLY ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE, BUT I THINK IT'S A CLEAR INDICATION, HE'S TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, HOW YOU HAVE TO SORT OF BALANCE BRINGING IN TRANSFERS AS WELL AS RECRUITING FRESHMEN.

AND YOU WANT TO SORT OF WISE VETERAN LEADERSHIP THAT THE TRANSFERS BRING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ALSO HAVE HE HAS HAD HE HAD TO PLAY THE FRESHMEN.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.

OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT BEGIN TO WONDER IF THEY COULD PLAY ELSEWHERE.

SO HE'S DONE THAT.

BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO A CASE WHERE THESE FRESHMEN HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY BELONG ON THE FIELD.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST AS CAPABLE AS SOME OF THEIR OLDER TEAMMATES.

AND YOU'RE SEEING THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR, THUS FAR.

>> AND HOW MUCH OF A, THE NECESSITY AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF THE RUN PASS RATIO, THE KIND OF THE LACK OF WANTING TO RUN THE FOOTBALL VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WASHINGTON AND GETTING IT OUT TO THE RECEIVERS, PLAYING TO YOUR STRENGTHS.

HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO RUN THE BALL, DO YOU THINK, AND JUST WON'T COMMIT TO IT?

OR ARE YOU DOING WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET WINS?

>> I IF I HAD TO SORT OF PUT MY ANALYSIS ANALYST HAD HAT ON, I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME STRUGGLES IN THE RUN GAME.

THUS FAR.

I MEAN, IT ACTUALLY KIND OF MAKES, YOU WISH THAT THEY STILL HAD ROMAN HEMBY FROM LAST YEAR, BEFORE HE TRANSFERRED TO INDIANA.

NOLAN RAY AND DEJUAN WILLIAMS, THEY'VE SHOWN FLASHES, BUT THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN CONSISTENT.

AND I THINK BECAUSE THE RUN GAME HAS NOT PRODUCED AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD HOPE, THEY HAVE HAD TO RELY ON MALIK WASHINGTON AND RECEIVERS TO SORT OF LIFT THE OFFENSE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE FIRST FOUR GAMES THAT WAS WORKING AND THROUGH THE FIRST THREE AND A HALF QUARTERS AGAINST WASHINGTON, THAT WAS WORKING.

BUT IT ALL DISAPPEARED IN THE LAST QUARTER AND A HALF.

SO THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS MIKE LOCKSLEY HAS SAID BEFORE, THE BIG TEN IS ABOUT RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, PARTICULARLY AS THE WEATHER GETS BAD.

SO THEY REALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET, THESE, THIS KIND OF PRODUCTION FROM THE RUNNING GAME, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST PUT EVERYTHING ON THE ARM OF FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK EVERY TIME.

>> I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS, TOO, ABOUT THOSE RECEIVERS.

YOU GUYS HAVE THERE'S 22 DROP PASSES BY MARYLAND THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE LEADING MARKS IN THE COUNTRY.

HOW BIG OF AN ISSUE HAS HAVE THE DROPS BEEN?

AND HOW THEY ADDRESSED THAT AND TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THIS GAME.

>> YEAH.

UNFORTUNATELY THIS THE RECEIVING GROUP IS NOT LIKE LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR YOU HAD TY FELTON, CADEN PRATHER THOSE ARE THE TOP TWO GUYS.

AND YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY TY FELTON WENT TO THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS.

I DON'T THINK CADEN PLAYED.

I THINK HE GOT TRIAL.

BUT I DON'T THINK HE LASTED VERY LONG WITH THE TEAM.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE GUYS THAT ARE PLAYING RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GOOD.

THEY JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'VE DROPPED TOO MANY PASSES.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PASSES HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT, SOME OF THEM ARE CATCHABLE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, MIKE JOKED THAT HE'S CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, BUYING, A JUGS MACHINE AND PLACING IT IN THE RECEIVING ROOM JUST SO THAT, THOSE GUYS CAN PRACTICE ALL THE TIME.

BUT IT'S CLEARLY AN ISSUE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO ADDRESS.

BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT JUST COMES WITH EXPERIENCE.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE GUYS, WERE NOT STARTERS LAST YEAR.

THEY GOT SPOT PLAYING TIME HERE AND THERE, AND NOW THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO PRODUCE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

AND THEY ALSO BROUGHT IN SOME TRANSFERS WHO ARE NEW TO THE SYSTEM.

SO, I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE JUST HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THIS ASPECT.

>> AND IT'S INTERESTING YOU HEAR THE AGE OLD ADAGE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO RUN THE BALL, STOP THE RUN, AND OF COURSE HAVE KICKING GAME.

AND NEBRASKA'S SPECIAL TEAMS HAS BEEN VASTLY IMPROVED.

ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN A STRENGTH WHEN YOU PITTED AGAINST WHAT YOU THINK MARYLAND BRINGS TO THE TABLE, ESPECIALLY FROM THE CUPCAKE COVERAGE STANDPOINT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'LL SEE FROM MARYLAND?

>> ARE YOU TALKING IN TERMS OF MARYLAND'S KICK COVERAGE?

>> CORRECT.

THEIR KICKING GAME IS CORRECT.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, MARYLAND HAS BEEN OKAY IN TERMS OF COVERING THE BALL.

THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN UP ANYTHING, TOO BAD THAT I CAN REMEMBER.

I DO REMEMBER LAST YEAR, I THINK IT WAS AN ISSUE.

THEY GAVE UP SOME DECENT YARDAGE, LIKE WHERE OFFENSES WERE STARTING, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF, LIKE, ABOVE THE OUTSIDE, THE 30 YARD LINE RATHER THAN THE 20 OR 25.

SO, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT THEY'VE ADDRESSED.

I THINK THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WHERE THEY ARE.

OBVIOUSLY I THINK NEBRASKA HAS A VERY GOOD KICK RETURN GAME.

SO THIS WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR THAT UNIT, THIS SATURDAY.

>> ED WE APPRECIATE IT.

ENJOY THE GAME ON SATURDAY.

>> HEY, THANKS VERY MUCH.

>> WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS A LOT.

LET'S LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN THREE BIG GAMES THIS WEEKEND.

TOP RANKED OHIO STATE HEADS TO 17TH RANKED ILLINOIS.

THAT'S ON BIG NOON ON FOX 230 TOP TEN MATCHUP IN EUGENE SEES THIRD RANKED DUCKS HOST NUMBER SEVEN INDIANA HOOSIERS AND THE NIGHTCAP 15TH RANKED MICHIGAN GOES TO THE COLISEUM TO TAKE ON USC.

WE ASKED THE SURVEY QUESTION A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

NEBRASKA ON THE ROAD.

WHICH OF THOSE BIG TEN GAMES ARE YOU MOST LIKELY TO WATCH?

37% SAY THE BIG ONE AT NOON AND THEN 31% SAY INDIANA AT OREGON, WHICH SHOULD BE AN INCREDIBLE MATCHUP GOING OVER THE AP.

OHIO STATE AT ONE.

OREGON AT THREE.

INDIANA AT SEVEN.

MICHIGAN AT 15.

ILLINOIS AT 17.

OF COURSE, PENN STATE FALLS OUT OF THE TOP 25 AFTER THAT LOSS TO UCLA.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

TAKE A LOOK AT SCHEDULE A REALLY QUICK.

WE KNOW TWO ROAD GAMES COMING UP, INCLUDING A SHORT REST GOING TO MINNESOTA, THEN COMING BACK HOME FOR NORTHWESTERN TO WRAP UP OCTOBER.

SO BACK TO BACK GAMES RIGHT BACK TO BACK ROAD GAMES.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST.

NEBRASKA REALLY HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT BACK TO BACK SINCE ALL THE WAY BACK IN 2006.

WHAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF THAT BACK TO BACK OF ROAD GAMES GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO MARYLAND AND THEN MINNESOTA?

>> I JUST THINK THE TRAVEL I THINK YOU YOU VASTLY UNDERESTIMATE FLYING AND THE WEAR-N-TEAR IT HAS ON YOUR BODY.

>> CAUSE YOU'RE A BIG GUY.

>> YEAH.

YOUR.

YES.

YOU GET TO GET ROOM, BUT, DEHYDRATE YOU.

IT'S JUST YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE.

JUST YOU GET BACK AT LATER TIMES IS JUST YOUR RHYTHMS.

YOUR ROUTINES IS NOT, IS NOT THE SAME.

AND THEN YOU GET SHORT WEEK.

YEAH.

YOU GOT TO GO DO IT AGAIN.

AND LUCKILY THAT'S A QUICKER FLIGHT TO FLY INTO DC.

BUT YEAH IT'S JUST TOUGH.

I MEAN IT JUST THROWS YOU OUT OF YOUR ROUTINE AND YOU'RE NOT SLEEP IN YOUR OWN BED.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT YOU KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT HOTELS.

IT'S JUST EVERYTHING'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

AND YOU THROW, YOU GET ONE LESS DAY TO PREPARE.

>> PART OF MY JOB ON THE SHOW IS TO MAKE DAMON MAD.

PHONE CALLER ASK WHEN RAIOLA IS GETTING PRESSURED.

DO YOU THINK IT EVER CROSSED THE COACH'S MIND TO PUT LATEEF IN?

I'M SORRY.

>> IT'S A TRAP.

>> NO, I DON'T.

>> NO.

OKAY.

YEAH, BUT LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT WHITEOUT.

HAS THERE EVER BEEN.

YOU ARE A HISTORIAN OF THE PROGRAM.

HAS THERE BEEN A WHITEOUT AT NEBRASKA?

NOT THAT I KNOW.

WE'VE GOT BLACKOUTS.

I'VE REDOUTS, BUT >> YEAH.

>> I DON'T RECALL A WHITEOUT.

>> THERE IS NO REASON WHY YOU CAN'T, RIGHT?

>> WELL, YOU WOULDN'T WEAR WHITE JERSEYS AT HOME UNLESS YOU MADE THAT DECLARATION.

BUT THAT'S PROBABLY.

>> RIGHT.

AS LONG AS THEY'LL LET YOU DO IT.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, PENN STATE OBVIOUSLY.

>> THEY HAVE LIKE STRIPE OUTS, A PBA FOR BASKETBALL.

>>OH YEAH, I'VE SEEN THOSE.

>> IOWA DOES THOSE TOO.

THOSE ARE PRETTY COOL.

HOW DO YOU THINK NEBRASKA IS GOING TO HANDLE MARYLAND'S PASS RUSH?

WE KNOW WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS SEASON.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

I MEAN, THEY HAD A GET A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE.

AND I THINK IT'S TWOFOLD.

IT'S PICKING UP THE PRESSURES.

RIGHT.

IT'S I THINK THEY CAN HANDLE A FOUR MAN, FIVE MAN RUSH.

IT'S JUST YOU'RE BRINGING 5 OR 6 GUYS RIGHT?

GUYS GOT TO PICK UP THE GUY.

YOU GOT TO COMMUNICATE BACKS GOT TO FIT IN A CERTAIN WAY.

I THINK THEY GOT TO EXECUTE WITH DYLAN.

YOU KNOW, STEPPING UP IN THE POCKET A LITTLE BETTER, HAVING A LITTLE MORE SENSE OF URGENCY, AND GETTING THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS.

I MEAN, THEY GOTTA HELP HIM OUT A LITTLE BIT.

THE PLAY CALLS, I THINK THEY'LL HANDLE IT.

THEY KNOW WHAT'S COMING.

AND I THINK THEY'LL GET IT FIXED, BUT DYLAN'S GOT TO EVERYONE'S GOT TO BE A LITTLE BETTER.

AND IF EVERYONE'S JUST A LITTLE BETTER, I THINK IT WILL BE MUCH MORE IMPROVED THAN WE'VE SEEN THE LAST TWO GAMES.

>> THIS IS FROM BOBBY ON THE EMAIL, HE ASKED ABOUT HOW OPEN THE WIDE RECEIVERS MAY BE OR NOT BE.

YOU'RE UP IN THE BOOTH, YOU'RE WATCHING, HE SAID.

IT'S HARD TO SEE TV COVERAGE ANGLES.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?

>> YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE OPEN.

WE JUST TALKED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND, AND THE HIGHLIGHT PACKAGE WHERE THEY HAD THE LITTLE CHECKDOWN TO EMMETT, THEY MISSED THE OVER ROUTE, IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.

GUYS ARE OPEN, BUT I THINK IT'S TO JAY'S POINT.

YOU NEED WANT EVERYBODY TO DO ONE OF 11.

EVERYBODY'S GOT TO KIND OF DO THEIR JOB, WHETHER IT'S BACKS CHIPPING, WHETHER IT'S HOT ROUTES, WHETHER IT'S TURNING INSIDE VERSUS OUTSIDE AND ALSO LETTING IT GO AS A QUARTERBACK.

LIKE IT'S SELDOM JUST ONE THING IN PASS PROTECTION.

BUT RECEIVERS ARE OPEN.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS ANOTHER ONE.

WHY DO YOU THINK, RHULE HASN'T USED HAARBERG TO COME IN AND RUN SOME OPTION?

>> WELL, THEY HAVE USED HEINRICH.

I MEAN HE COMES IN AND >> HE WAS ON A TRICK PLAY.

>> PACKAGE AND HE HAS A ROLE.

I MEAN HE THEY KNOW LIKE THE VERSATILITY HE HAS.

BUT LOOK I MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY DO A DYLAN AND THEY HAVE OTHER OPTIONS THAT THE CAN UTILIZE.

AND HAARBERG IS ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS.

>> REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, TYSON TERRY THOUGHTS ABOUT HIS FUTURE WHEN HE GETS HEALTHY AND HE CAN PLAY NEXT YEAR.

>> YEAH, HE CAN DO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

I THINK THEY WILL START ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

HE'S AN ALL CONFERENCE CALIBER OFFENSIVE LINEMAN.

IF HE WANTED TO BE, HE LOOKS GOOD.

HE'S ATTACKED THE WEIGHT ROOM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIS COMPETITIVENESS.

HE IS A ULTRA TOUGH KID TOO.

HE'LL BE SOMEBODY THEY CAN RALLY AROUND.

>> YOU WANT TO SEE SOME MORE TOUCHES FROM NYZIAH HUNTER?

>> 100%, I THINK EVERY GAME IS SITUATIONAL.

DANE DIDN'T HAVE HIS DAY BUT DANE HAS HIS DAYS, IN THE PAST.

>> HE'S SO TOUGH.

HE JUST MEAN SPIRITED LIKE.

>> HE RAN 21.9 MPH.

>> HE'S A GUY YOU WANT.

>> YEAH HE'S GOING TO LET YOU KNOW.

>> HE'S GOT AN ATTITUDE.

>> HE'S GONNA LET YOU KNOW ABOUT IT TOO.

SO YES.

GIVE HIM THE BALL MORE.

>> BURNING QUESTION.

>> WILL WE SEE AN IMPROVEMENT WITH NEBRASKA'S PROTECTION UP FRONT?

THIS WILL BE A MUCH TOUGHER TEST OBVIOUSLY, WITH WHAT MARYLAND BRINGS TO THIS FRONT FOUR.

HOW WILL DONOVAN RAIOLA HAVE HIS GROUP READY?

>> HOW WILL THEY DIVERSIFY THE RUN GAME TO CONTINUE EMMETT'S TRACK IN TERMS OF RUNNING THE FOOTBALL?

>> SPECIAL TEAMS AGAIN?

I KNOW WE BROUGHT UP, DB TRY TO ASK MY QUESTION ABOUT THE KICK THEIR KICK GAME.

NEBRASKA HAVE A CHANCE TO GET ONE IN THIS GAME AS WELL.

PUNT RETURN OR KICKOFF RETURN.

AS WELL.

HOPEFULLY OPENING HALF OR.

>> WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING.

>> BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE KICKING OFF THAT.

>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS WITH NEBRASKA HAVING A QUARTERBACK GOING TO STAY IN THE POCKET, CAN THEY GET A COUPLE INTERCEPTIONS FROM HIM ON SATURDAY?

FOR OUR PICKS HOW TO COME UP THIS SEASON?

CHECK ALL THE PREDICTION AND FACEBOOK, X, BIG RED WRAP-UP PAGE.

AS A REMINDER, NEXT GAME WILL BE ON TV SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2:30 CENTRAL ON BTN AND THE NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT YOU'RE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA WHERE WE RECAP THE MARYLAND GAME AND PREVIEW THE FRIDAY NIGHT GAME AGAINST THE GOPHERS ON BIG RED WRAP-UP AT 7 P.M.

ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

YOU CAN ALSO TUNE IN ON FACEBOOK LIVE, YOUTUBE LIVE, AND OUR WEBSITE, NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

AND IF YOU HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF BIG GAMES IN HIGH SCHOOL LIKE DAMON, HIGH SCHOOL CLASSICS IS BACK FOR A NEW SEASON AND NEW EPISODE.

IT DROPS ON WEDNESDAY.

BY THE WAY, JAY HAS FOND MEMORIES AND SO DOES SEAN.

THANKS TO STEVEN M. SIPPLE.

FROM JAY MOORE, DAMON BENNING, AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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