(NO AUDIO) (BAND MUSIC) >> NEBRASKA PASSED ITS FIRST BIG TEST OF THE SEASON ON THE ROAD IN THE FIRST BIG TEN CONFERENCE GAME OF THE YEAR, HANDING MICHIGAN STATE A LOSS AT 31-13.

IT WASN'T A CLEAN GAME FOR THE HUSKERS, BUT BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL STEPPED UP AND NEEDED TO SECURE THE WIN.

WITH THE BIG RED 4-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016.

IT'S TIME TO BREAK THE GAME DOWN AND SEE WHERE THINGS STAND, WITH SPECIAL GUEST FORMER HUSKER RUNNING BACK CORY ROSS.

SEAN CALLAHAN ALSO JOINS US TO GIVE US THE LATEST ON BIG RED RECRUITING.

ALL THAT AND MORE.

NEXT ON BIG RED WRAP-UP.

(BAND MUSIC) >> HI EVERYONE, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

SO MANY FIRSTS FOR NEBRASKA.

FIRST WIN IN EAST LANSING SINCE 2012.

FIRST 4-0 START SINCE 2016.

FIRST TIME THEY WON AN OPENING GAME IN THE BIG TEN SINCE 2019.

A LOT OF FIRSTS TO TALK ABOUT.

AND JOINING ME TO TALK ABOUT THOSE HUSKER FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE AND OF COURSE SEAN CALLAHAN AS WELL.

YOU WON BY 18.

THEY WON BY 18.

BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, IT WAS IT WASN'T A PRETTY WIN.

IT WAS AN UGLY WIN.

ALL THOSE THINGS.

AS SOMEONE WHO PLAYED, I'M SURE YOU'RE LIKE, IT'S A WIN.

>> WELL, THAT'S JUST FUNNY.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECT NEBRASKA TO STRUGGLE AND POTENTIALLY EVEN LOSE THIS FOOTBALL GAME.

AND THEN THEY WIN BY THREE SCORES THREE POSSESSIONS.

AND THEY ALWAYS PEOPLE JUST WANT TO FOCUS MORE ON THE NEGATIVE.

I JUST AND YES, IT WAS NOT A CLEAN GAME.

THERE WAS PENALTIES.

SEVEN THERE WAS TWO THAT WEREN'T ACCEPTED WITH THE ILLEGAL FORMATIONS THAT THEY HAD.

BUT WHEN YOU DON'T PLAY AS GOOD AS YOU POTENTIALLY CAN AND STILL WALK AWAY WITH A COMFORTABLE WIN ON THE ROAD AGAINST A PAT FITZGERALD TEAM, I THINK ANYBODY WOULD TAKE THAT.

BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST FUNNY WHERE YOU HAVE SUCCESS, YOU WIN THIS, BUT PEOPLE WANT TO TEAR IT DOWN.

AND IN YEARS PAST, NEBRASKA WITH THOSE MISTAKES PROBABLY WOULD HAVE EASILY GOTTEN BEAT.

>> COULD HAVE.

>> BUT THIS TEAM IS MORE MATURE AND THEY FIND AND THEY TEAMS MORE OPPORTUNISTIC.

WHEN A BIG PLAY NEEDS TO BE MADE OFFENSIVELY, DEFENSIVELY, THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THE OTHER TEAM DOES FROM THEIR PENALTIES AND TURNOVERS AND CAPITALIZE.

AND THAT'S WHAT BETTER TEAMS DO, ESPECIALLY IN CONFERENCE PLAY.

SO I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY IT ALL.

THE FACT THAT IT WASN'T THEIR BEST GAME THE THIRD QUARTER WAS WAS SLUGGISH AT BEST.

AND YOU HANDLED BUSINESS ON THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME.

LIKE YOU SAID, THE FIRST WIN, YOUR FIRST BIG TEN GAME SINCE 2019, FIRST WIN SINCE 2012 IN EAST LANSING.

LISTEN YOU TAKE IT.

IT'S ON TO MARYLAND NOW.

>> I'M GOING TO QUOTE THE PUBLISHER OF HUSKERS ONLINE AND SAY AS HE'S BEEN POUNDING ON THE TABLE, THEY BEAT HIM BY MORE THAN NOTRE DAME DID, RIGHT?

I MEAN, IT'S A WIN THAT YOU LOOK AT.

YOU WIN ON THE ROAD AND YOU GOT A GOOD WIN.

>> YEAH, I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET WHERE NEBRASKA HAS BEEN THE LAST TEN YEARS AS A PROGRAM.

AND UM YOU KNOW THE WAY THEY DIDN'T PLAY ANYWHERE NEAR THEIR BEST FOOTBALL AND THEY STILL WON BY 18 POINTS.

AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES IN A LOT OF WAYS.

THEY OVERCAME AN INJURY TO THEIR STARTING RUNNING BACK.

THEY OVERCAME AN INJURY TO THEIR ARGUABLY TOP RECEIVER, ONE OF THEIR TOP SKILL PLAYERS, JACOBY BARNEY.

THEY HAD AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN THAT GOT KNOCKED OUT OF THE GAME.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH.

COLANDREA AT TIMES WAS PRESSURED, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THOSE 2 OR 3 KIND OF WOW PLAYS THAT HE NEEDS TO MAKE FOR THIS TEAM TO WIN.

>> REALLY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT MOMENTUM.

OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF A GAME, THE RUN HE HAD DOWN THE SIDELINE THAT ENDS UP GETTING FLAGGED FOR BEING A LATE HIT.

THAT REALLY SEEMED TO GET HIM GOING AND GET THE TEAM GOING.

>> YEAH IT DID.

IT'S JUST.

THE PENALTIES THAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT THE HOLDING CALL RIGHT AFTER THE BLOCKED PUNT.

THEY SCORED TWO PLAYS LATER FOR THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN TO GILMER.

YOU HAD THAT PENALTY WHERE THAT WAS A TOUGH PLAY FOR FOR THE MICHIGAN STATE GUY.

I KNOW WHAT HE'S SEEING.

COULDN'T HEAR THE WHISTLE.

OBVIOUSLY A DRASTIC LATE HIT.

I. BUT THEY THEY TOOK THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND CAPITALIZED IN YEARS PAST NEBRASKA WOULD HAVE EASILY HAVE FOUND A WAY TO NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

AND THEY DID.

THEY GOT THE POINTS.

AND I JUST LOOK TO THAT FOURTH QUARTER DRIVE WHERE THEY HAD THE GENATONE SECOND TOUCHDOWN, WHERE THEY BROUGHT BONNER IN THE BACKFIELD, AND THEY RAN THE BALL CONSISTENTLY, AND THAT WAS THE BEST THE RUN GAME LOOKED.

THAT'S WHAT TEAMS NEED TO DO ON THE ROAD.

WE GET IN THE FOURTH QUARTER ESTABLISH YOURSELF PLAY PHYSICAL FOOTBALL RUN THE FOOTBALL.

AND THEY DID THAT.

SO YEAH I THINK JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE MISTAKES THAT MICHIGAN STATE HAD AND THEN USE IT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE WAS WAS ABSOLUTELY THE BIGGEST BENEFACTOR FOR NEBRASKA AND CHANGED THAT GAME.

IT CHANGED THE MOMENTUM FOR NEBRASKA TOTALLY IN THAT GAME.

>> LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE NEBRASKA EITHER DIDN'T GET THOSE BREAKS OR DIDN'T MAKE THE BREAKS THEMSELVES.

IT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEM.

WHEN YOU GET THE HOLDING ON THE BLOCKED PUNT, YOU GO OUT AND SCORE.

>> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT AND THAT WAS A MOMENT THAT FLIPPED THE GAME.

IT LOOKED LIKE MICHIGAN STATE WAS GOING TO TAKE CONTROL.

THEY WERE UP THREE NOTHING AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN TEN NOTHING.

>> BALL AT THE 26 YARD LINE.

>> WITH THE SITUATION THERE AND INSTEAD ANTHONY COLANDREA, AS DANA HOLGORSEN SAID, MADE ONE OF THE BEST THROWS THAT HE'S EVER SEEN THROWING CATCHES IN HIS COACHING CAREER WHEN HE FOUND KWAZI GILMER FOR A 44 YARD TOUCHDOWN AND THE PLAY WASN'T REALLY OPEN, HE JUST MADE IT GET OPEN.

AND IT WAS NOT REALLY A PLAY WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE THAT THROW.

AS DANA SAID TODAY.

BUT COLANDREA MADE IT AND GILMER CAUGHT IT, AND THAT KIND OF CHANGED THE FLOW OF THE GAME AT THAT POINT.

>> THERE IS A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU GO ON THE ROAD AS A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN BECAUSE YOU'RE AT HOME, YOU GOT THE CROWD NOISE, YOU GET, YOU GET OFF PROBABLY BEFORE THE TACKLE WILL BECAUSE HE CAN'T HEAR.

IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE ROAD AND ADJUSTING TO THAT.

>> YEAH, IT'S DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT.

IT'S JUST WEIRD JUST BEING QUIET AND YOU CAN HEAR THE COMMUNICATION.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY CAN BENEFIT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE YOU CAN HEAR THE PROTECTIONS OR SLIDING.

YOU CAN PICK UP.

THEY'RE SAYING, LINDA, LINDA, LINDA, THEY MIGHT BE SLIDING TO THE RIGHT, RITA, RITA, RITA.

THEY MIGHT BE SLIDING TO THE TO EXCUSE ME.

LINDA TO THE LEFT, RITA TO THE RIGHT, LASER, WHATEVER IT IS, YOU CAN PICK UP ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND ADJUST.

BUT YEAH, THEIR ABILITY TO AGAIN, BLITZ, GET HOME WITH FOUR CONSISTENTLY AND THEN CREATE THREE TURNOVERS.

THEY EASILY COULD HAVE GOT A FOURTH ON WHITTINGTON SACK FUMBLE.

THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO ON THE ROAD IS CREATE THOSE TURNOVERS AND ON THE TURN TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.

YOU KNOW NEBRASKA WAS GOT VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE JUSTIN EVANS HOP ON THE BARNEY FUMBLE.

COLANDREA HAD THE FUMBLE TO GO OUT OF BOUNDS.

SO THE BALL BOUNCED IN THE DIRECTION FOR NEBRASKA.

THEY GOT SOME BREAKS AND THAT'S WHAT YOU.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT IN FOOTBALL.

NEBRASKA.

WE'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WHERE WE DON'T GET THOSE BREAKS.

BUT CREATING THOSE THREE TURNOVERS AND BEING ABLE TO RUSH THE PASSER WAS BIG TIME FOR THAT FIRST BIG TEN WIN.

>> YEAH YOU WANT TO SCORE SOME TOUCHDOWNS OFF THOSE TURNOVERS AS WELL.

BEFORE WE GET GOING WE OF COURSE NEED YOUR HELP TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

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WE'VE GOT YOUR EYES PEELED.

WE'LL BE WATCHING.

WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AS MANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED AS WE CAN.

HERE'S THIS WEEK'S NEW ALL NEW SIDELINE SURVEY QUESTION.

THE HUSKERS HAVE RECORDED BACK-TO-BACK GAMES WITH FIVE OR MORE SACKS.

WILL THEY MAKE IT THREE STRAIGHT AGAINST MARYLAND?

AT LEAST FIVE.

OKAY, MORE THAN TWO.

LESS THAN FIVE PASS RUSHERS WILL STRUGGLE.

WHICH ONE ARE YOU GOING TO PICK RIGHT NOW?

61% SAY THEY WILL HAVE MORE THAN TWO AND LESS THAN FIVE.

NOW IT'S TIME TO CHECK IN ON THE TOP PLAYS FROM SATURDAY'S WIN AGAINST THE SPARTANS.

FIRST OFF, WILLIAMS NWANERI.

MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN SEE THIS ONE.

COMING UP CLUTCH TO BLOCK A FIELD GOAL.

YOU REALLY COULDN'T SEE IT.

IT JUST LIKE A REALLY BAD FIELD GOAL.

BUT THERE'S A WAY YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HIM COME DOWN AND YOU CAN TELL HIM CELEBRATING A LITTLE BIT.

SO THAT'S WHY I THINK WE KNOW HE GOT HIS HAND ON IT.

AND YOU KNOW THE STATS GAVE IT TO HIM TOO.

SO THAT MATTERS.

GETS UP AND GETS THAT BLOCK OF THE FIELD GOAL UM CAUSING IT TO GO OFF WIDE LEFT.

DONOVAN JONES WITH ONE OF THE BETTER PLAYS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL YEAR LONG.

HE GETS ONE OF THE SIX SACKS, HE FORCES THE FUMBLE AND HE RECOVERS IT.

THAT MEANS A SACK TACKLE FOR LOSS, FUMBLE, FORCED FUMBLE AND A FUMBLE RECOVERY ALL ON ONE PLAY.

KWAZI GILMORE'S 44 YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH, AS SEAN SAID COACH HOLGORSEN CALLED IT ONE OF THE BEST PASS AND CATCHES HE'S EVER SEEN IN ALL THE TIMES.

44 YARD TOUCHDOWN.

IT GOT REVIEWED AND IN THE END THE REFEREE SAID THAT IT WAS A CATCH.

SO A HUGE CATCH THERE.

I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TURNOVERS.

YOU SAID THREE TURNOVERS.

LET'S JUST GO WITH TWO BECAUSE THE THIRD ONE WAS ON THE DRIVE.

THEY REALLY WEREN'T TRYING TO SCORE.

ONLY GOT THREE POINTS OUT OF THOSE TWO KIND OF BACK-TO-BACK.

THAT'S KIND OF CONCERNING A LITTLE.

>> BIT A LITTLE BIT.

WHEN THEY GOT THE PICK FROM CHAMBLISS, THEY GOT A FIELD GOAL AFTER THAT.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S ONE WHERE IF THEY COULD HAVE SCORED ON THAT DRIVE, IT REALLY COULD HAVE OPENED THINGS UP.

BUT YEAH, YOU'D LIKE TO SEE TEAMS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TURNOVERS, ESPECIALLY UM AFTER THE THE DONOVAN.

DONOVAN JONES FUMBLE.

UM BUT YEAH IT WHEN YOU PLAY THESE BETTER OPPONENTS IN THE BIG TEN, RIGHT?

IT'S JUST SCORING.

THE RED ZONE GETS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT.

THE WINDOWS GET A LITTLE TIGHTER.

BUT YEAH, YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM CAPITALIZE MORE OFTEN UM AFTER THOSE.

BUT THIS IS JUST A GREAT PLAY BY WHATEVER WE SEE ON THE REPLAY BY OWEN CHAMBLISS JUST, YOU KNOW, SLIDING OUT FROM THE TWO RECEIVER TO THE INSIDE OF THE ONE AND JUST EVEN SEE HIM.

JUST A GREAT COVERAGE THERE AND PLAYING A CAUTIOUS COVERAGE.

BUT YEAH, YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO CAPITALIZE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OF THOSE TURNOVERS.

>> OBVIOUSLY IT WASN'T A PERFECT PERFORMANCE BY ANTHONY COLANDREA.

HOLGORSEN MENTIONED THAT YOU CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU WATCH THE GAME, BUT STILL, WHEN HE NEEDED TO MAKE PLAYS, HE STEPPED UP BIG.

>> YEAH, I THOUGHT MICHIGAN STATE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF JUST TRYING TO DISRUPT HIM, GET HIM OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST COUPLE OF DRIVES WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, NEBRASKA WENT THREE AND OUT, THREE AND OUT ESSENTIALLY TO START THE GAME.

AND HE WAS OUT OF RHYTHM.

SO THEY HAD TO FIND WAYS TO GET HIM IN RHYTHM.

WE TALKED OFF AIR ABOUT THIS.

WE DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF THE SCREENS THAT HAD BEEN SEEING FROM NEBRASKA'S OFFENSE.

SO IT WAS A DIFFERENT LOOK.

BUT THE KEY STAT FOR ME WAS COLANDREA WAS THREE FOR THREE ON PASSES THAT TRAVELED 20 PLUS YARDS DOWN THE FIELD.

HE WAS PERFECT IN THAT AREA.

SO WHEN HE TOOK HIS SHOT, HE HIT ALL THREE OF THEM.

AND THAT WAS KEY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FINAL THROW ON KIND OF THAT MEANINGLESS DRIVE THAT THEY DIDN'T SCORE ON.

BUT YOU KNOW, HE WAS SOLID WHEN HE HAD TO BE.

>> JAY I KNOW YOU'RE CONCERNED A LITTLE BIT.

HE HAD 66 YARDS RUSHING TAKE SOME BIG HITS.

HE'S NOT A BIG GUY.

I KNOW YOU'RE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

>> OH YEAH.

HE NEEDS TO PROTECT HIMSELF.

HE HAD THE FUMBLE LUCKILY WENT OUT OF BOUNDS.

BUT HEY YOU CAN SLIDE IF YOU'RE GOING TO SLIDE.

I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF THE BASEBALL SLIDE.

I LIKE TO SEE THE HEAD FIRST SLIDE JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE DOWN WHEREVER YOU START TO SLIDE.

DILLON KIND OF DID THAT A BUNCH WHERE YOU THINK HE GOT THE FIRST DOWN, BUT HE'D BE, YOU KNOW, A YARD OR TWO SHORT BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY WHERE YOU START TO SLIDE, RIGHT?

EVEN IF YOU SLIDE HEAD FIRST, THE BALL COMES OUT, THE GROUND CAUSES IT.

NOT AN ISSUE.

BUT YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES BECAUSE WE NEED HIM.

THIS OFFENSE NEEDS HIM AND YOU JUST FOR AS MUCH AS HE.

I MEAN, HE WAS A LEADING RUSHER OF THE FOOTBALL GAME.

UM, HE CAN'T CONTINUE TO TAKE THOSE SHOTS AS YOU CONTINUE TO PLAY THESE TOUGHER BIG TEN DEFENSES.

>> I KNOW YOU WATCHED GENATONE WHEN HE WAS PLAYING AT NORTH PLATTE.

WE KNEW WHAT KIND OF ATHLETE HE WAS LIKE A DYNAMIC ATHLETE RUNNING WHAT HE RAN THE 100 AT 225 POUNDS.

HOW BIG OF A DAY WAS THAT FOR A NEBRASKA NATIVE?

>> YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST A GUY THAT HAS KEPT HIS HEAD DOWN AND WORKED.

YOU KNOW, IN THE SPRING THEY WERE MOVING HIM AROUND IN PRACTICES FROM OFFENSE TO DEFENSE IN THE SAME PRACTICE.

SO HE NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD HIM DO.

HE JUST ALWAYS DID WHAT HELPED HIS TEAM WIN.

AND HE GETS HIS OPPORTUNITY.

EVEN ON A WEEK WHERE HE PLAYED SCOUT TEAM RUNNING BACK TO EMULATE CAM EDWARDS, HE WAS PUT IN THE BIGGEST SITUATION, AND HE SCORED NEBRASKA'S FINAL TWO TOUCHDOWNS OF THIS GAME.

UM, IN MY TIME DOING THIS, I CAN'T THINK OF, YOU KNOW, MORE UNPROBABLE THINGS TO SEE.

A GUY IN HIS SITUATION SCORED TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN A CONFERENCE ROAD GAME.

IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COACHES TO PUT HIM IN THAT SPOT AND THEN FOR HIM TO DELIVER.

IT JUST TELLS YOU HOW HARD HE HAS WORKED TO GET TO THIS POINT.

AND THEN HE FINALLY GOT HIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND NOW I THINK WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF HIM AT TIMES.

>> AND THEN ALSO TWO OF THREE ON FOURTH DOWNS.

THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE WHEN THEY TRIED TO GO LEFT AND THEY TRIED TO RUSH, IT WASN'T A GREAT SNAP AND COLANDREA KIND OF RUSHED IT.

NOT REALLY HIS FAULT, BUT HE'S A REALLY SOLID SHORT YARDAGE RUNNER.

>> YEAH.

AND WITH RULE IS GOING TO BE OUT FOR LONGER TIME, ESPECIALLY IF HE'S NOT BACK.

YEAH.

FOR AGAINST MARYLAND BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY JAMAL'S BEEN THE NUMBER ONE SHORT YARDAGE GUY.

HE IS A GREAT OPTION FOR THOSE SHORT YARDAGE PLAYS.

OBVIOUSLY SAW IT IN THE GOAL LINE.

THEY BROUGHT IN UM WHITTINGTON AND JONES AS WELL THAT THEY LOVE TO DO AND THAT KIND OF OFFSET MARYLAND I. BUT HE IS A FANTASTIC OPTION.

BUT YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW GOOD OF A CATCHER HE'S OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.

I MEAN EVERY SINGLE GUY IN THAT RUNNING BACK ROOM CAN CATCH THE BALL REALLY WELL IN THE BACKFIELD.

SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE HIM IMPLEMENT MORE BECAUSE HE'S A HELL OF AN ATHLETE.

>> I LOVE THAT ARROW ROUTE, WHETHER IT'S A JERK ROUTE OR WHATEVER YOU TEXAS ROUTE, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.

IT IS SUCH A GREAT ROUTE FOR A RUNNING BACK.

SEAN, ANY UPDATES YOU'VE HEARD ON EITHER BARNEY OR RULE?

I KNOW WE'VE GOT TO WAIT TILL WEDNESDAY FOR OFFICIAL, BUT ANYTHING YOU'VE HEARD.

>> WELL, THE KEY WAS THEY WANTED TO GET HIM BACK IN LINCOLN TO GO THROUGH TREATMENT HERE AT THE FACILITY, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE GOT GREAT MEDICAL SET UP HERE.

AND I KNOW THEY'RE CONFIDENT NEITHER IS LONG TERM.

UM, YOU KNOW, BARNEY IS MATT RHULE SAID MONDAY IS MADE OF RUBBER.

I MEAN, HE WILL I'LL BE STUNNED IF HE'S NOT BACK THIS WEEK.

I THINK JAMAL RULE IS THE ONE.

IS HE GOING TO NEED AN EXTRA WEEK OR NOT?

COULD HE PLAY?

DO THEY NEED HIM TO PLAY IS PROBABLY THE BETTER QUESTION.

CAN THEY GET BY WITH MEKAI NELSON AND MOZEE AND EVEN GENATONE TAKING THE, SAY, 30 CARRIES, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THE BACKS TO TAKE IN A GAME LIKE THIS ON SATURDAY.

>> TODAY, ON TUESDAY, HOLGORSEN KIND OF SAID MAYBE THEY CELEBRATED TOO MUCH AT HALFTIME AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN BY GENATONE, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY CAME OUT THIRD QUARTER THEY HAD TWO WEEKS AGO AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA GREAT, BUT THE REST OF THE SEASON THIRD QUARTER HASN'T BEEN GREAT.

>> YEAH.

YOU LOOK AT THE OHIO GAME, THAT'S WHEN COLANDREA HAD THE INTENTIONAL GROUNDING PENALTY.

YOU COME OUT IN THIS GAME THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME.

THEY TRY TO RUN A STRETCH PLAY.

MOZEE IT'S ALL SUDDEN.

SECOND AND 15.

SECOND AND 15 NEBRASKA.

AND ON.

I SAID THIS THROUGHOUT THE GAME ON ON SATURDAY NIGHT IS THEY HAVE TO HAVE FIND BETTER SUCCESS ON FIRST DOWN OFFENSIVELY.

AND THEY HAVE TO WHETHER IT'S RUN THE FOOTBALL OR PASSING THE FOOTBALL TOO MANY TIMES, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROAD.

AND WHEN YOU GET THE BIG TEN PLAY, YOU CANNOT GET BEHIND THE CHAINS.

IT'S JUST SO HARD.

SECOND AND 12, SECOND AND 13.

ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AND GET IN THAT SECOND AND 4-5, THOSE, THE SUCCESS RATE ON THOSE DRIVES WENT THROUGH THE ROOF.

BUT THEY COME OUT ON THE THIRD QUARTER, WHETHER OFFENSIVE OFFENSIVELY OR DEFENSIVELY.

YOU GOT TO FIND SUCCESS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU DON'T IT'S JUST IT'S JUST IT'S JUST SO WEIRD.

YOU PLAY FOR 30 MINUTES, YOU GO SIT FOR 20.

AND IT'S JUST HARD TO KIND OF FIND THAT RHYTHM AGAIN, THAT MOMENTUM BECAUSE NEBRASKA CLEARLY HAD THE MOMENTUM AFTER GENATONE TOUCHDOWN AND THEN THEY LOST IT COMING OUT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> THEY RAN THOSE DRILLS AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA AFTER HALFTIME.

SO MAYBE GO BACK TO DOING THAT AGAIN.

LET'S GO TO THE HIGHLIGHTS AND CHECK IT OUT.

IT WAS A FAIRLY NICE DAY.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

I WAS NOT IN EAST LANSING, BUT I HEARD THAT IT WAS NICE, A PLACE THAT'S HAD ONE SINCE 2012.

AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT ALL THE STADIUM WAS FILLED.

THERE WAS A LOT OF RED THERE.

LET'S GET INTO THE GAME.

CAM FANCHER, THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK.

THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT THEY'D DO A LOT MORE OF THAT LITTLE BOOTLEG ACTION GETTING HIM OUT, GETTING AWAY FROM NEBRASKA'S RUSH AND DOING THAT.

BUT ACTUALLY HE ENDED UP GETTING SACKED AND NOT HAVING A GREAT GAME.

MILIVOJEVIC, YOU SEE HIM HERE AND HE IS HE'S LOOKING AROUND AND FELL.

>> YEAH.

WELL THAT WAS A GREAT JOB BY NWANERI.

MILIVOJEVIC HE'S GOING TO FIND HIMSELF IN THAT BULL RUSH.

THAT'S BEEN TOUGH TO DEAL WITH.

>> YEAH GOOD SET.

YOU GET A SACK WITHOUT HAVING TO TOUCH A GUY, WHICH IS A GREAT THING FOR A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.

YOU GET THE FIELD GOAL THERE TO MAKE IT 3-0.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS IS THE TURNING POINT.

AS SEAN SAID, IF THIS BLOCK ACTUALLY HAPPENS, 26 YARD LINE DOWN 3-0.

>> YEAH.

IT FELT LIKE IT WAS IF THAT I MEAN, HE SAW THE GUY LITERALLY TACKLED OUR GUY RIGHT ON THE HALF MARK.

>> A FEW FLAGS CAME OUT.

>> IT WAS CLEAR AS DAY, BUT THIS BUNT WAS JUST NOT EXECUTED.

>> IT WOULD HAVE MATTERED.

THIS IS SO LOW.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS JUST NOT A VERY POOR EXECUTION BY ARCHIE WILSON.

BUT THIS DOESN'T GET THE PENALTY.

YOU START TO FEEL THAT UNCOMFORTABLENESS ON THE ROAD THAT WE'VE ALL FELT BEFORE.

>> BUT AS YOU GUYS SAID, AFTER THAT HAPPENED, THEY GOT A BREAK AND THEN TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE BREAK.

HERE'S COLANDREA LOOKING DOWN THE FIELD.

HITS HIS FAVORITE GUY UH, KWAZI GILMER.

THAT WAS A 17 YARD RUN TO GET A FIRST DOWN.

AND THEN HERE THE 44 YARD PASS WE TALKED ABOUT STEPS UP, CLIMBS THE POCKET AND MAKES THE THROW INTO THE SUNSHINE.

>> YEAH.

THIS TO ME WAS THE PLAY OF THE DAY FOR EITHER TEAM.

IT REALLY TURNED THE TIDE IN NEBRASKA'S FAVOR.

THEY REVIEWED THIS, UM, >> FOR A WHILE.

>> IT WAS CLOSE, BUT I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE ONES YOU ALMOST HAD TO STICK WITH THE CALL ON THE FIELD.

>> YEAH, IT TOUCHES THE GROUND, BUT HE HAD CONTROL OF IT.

AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE RULE.

SO GREAT THROW GREAT CATCH.

AND THEY REALLY HAVE BECOME QUITE THE, UH, THE TANDEM THERE IN THE PASSING GAME.

HERE'S COLANDREA AGAIN.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE.

I THOUGHT THIS REALLY GOT HIM SOME MOMENTUM WHEN HE GOT DOWN THE SIDELINE HERE.

>> YEAH.

IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SCORE THERE.

I MEAN THAT SHOWS HIS ATHLETICISM AND HIS ABILITY TO PUT HIS FOOT ON THE PEDAL, ON THE GAS THERE AND GET GOING UPFIELD.

BUT WE'LL TAKE THE LATE HIT PENALTY AS WELL.

>> END UP BEING 32 TOTAL YARDS ON THAT ONE.

COLANDREA AGAIN NOW TAKING A SHOT.

GREAT CATCH HERE BY QUINN CLARK, HAD A DROP LATER IN THE GAME.

BUT THIS IS ON HIS FINGERTIPS PULLING THIS IN.

>> YEAH THIS IS ONE OF THOSE 20 PLUS YARD TYPE THROWS THAT WE SAW.

A KEY MOMENT THAT SET UP NEBRASKA'S SECOND TOUCHDOWN.

>> YEAH GREAT CATCH BY HIM.

AND THEN NELSON WOULD NOT BE.

I DON'T LIKE REACHING OUT.

RIGHT.

YOU WANT TO TRY TO AVOID REACHING OUT THE GOAL LINE BECAUSE YOU CAN GET FUMBLES.

BUT HE DOES IT HERE.

IT WORKS FOR HIM AND GETS A TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE IT 14-3.

>> GOOD FINISH.

FANTASTIC.

THEY RAN A LITTLE PIN AND PULL.

BABALADE KICKS OUT HIS GUY AND FINISHES RIGHT OVER ON THE SIDELINE.

WE REVIEWED THIS ONE AS WELL BUT THAT BALL WAS CLEARLY ACROSS FOR HIS REAR END.

CAME DOWN ON THE GROUND.

>> BABALADE'S BEST GAME.

AND I MENTIONED HERE, FANCHER COMES IN.

DOES NOT HAVE A GOOD DAY THROWING THE BALL TO CHAMBLISS.

GREAT JOB DROPPING BACK INTO COVERAGE.

>> YEAH IT WAS JUST THIS LITTLE QUARTER'S COVERAGE AND HE JUST SIFTED BACK THERE AS UNDERNEATH GUY.

HE HAD KIND OF CURLED A FLAT AND GOOD JOB OF CHECKING ON NUMBER TWO.

SLIDING OUT TO NUMBER ONE AND HE JUST DIDN'T SEE HIM.

AND GREAT JOB BRINGING THE BALL DOWN.

LOOKED LIKE A SAFETY.

>> AND HE CAUGHT IT.

THAT'S THE KEY.

AND HE CAUGHT IT.

HERE'S ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WE ACTUALLY SAW BARNEY BEFORE.

ENDED UP GETTING BANGED UP.

HE FUMBLES IT.

BUT GREAT JOB BY EVANS FOLLOWING THE BALL RIGHT.

PICKING THAT UP.

>> YEP THAT WAS FANTASTIC ATHLETICISM BY EVANS TO KIND OF BURST OUT OF THERE AND GO FIND THAT FOOTBALL.

>> SETTLE FOR CUNANAN FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT FROM 32 YARDS.

IT'S 17-3.

NEBRASKA REALLY FEELS IN CHARGE.

MILIVOJEVIC RIGHT HERE.

YOU SAW HIM KIND OF GET GOING WITH THIS PLAY.

AND IT WAS ONE WHERE I THINK THE SAFETY KIND OF MADE A POOR DECISION ON THAT.

>> YEAH HE THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA SCRAMBLE AND KIND OF STEPPED UP.

HE NEEDED TO KIND OF STAY BACK THERE AND AND STAY IN COVERAGE.

>> TWO YARD RUN ON THIS PLAY FOR THE TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE IT 17-10.

YOU'RE THINKING AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW NEBRASKA'S GOT A CHANCE TO END THIS HALF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MOMENTUM.

AND THEY DO EXACTLY THAT.

GETTING ON A DRIVE AFTER A NICE STRONG RUN.

LOOK HOW EXCITED PAT FITZGERALD WAS.

HE WOULD NOT BE EXCITED IN THE SECOND HALF THOUGH.

UM HERE YOU GO.

COLANDREA WITH A PASS SHORT MIDDLE.

HERE'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THAT IS A QUICK STICK ROUTE TO LINDENMEYER.

I WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT VERTICAL.

NOT HORIZONTAL.

>> YEP, YEP.

IT'S THEY LIKE TO USE THOSE HORIZONTAL ROUTES MORE IN THE RED ZONE.

BUT FIND YOUR TIGHT END.

THAT'S A NICE BIG-BODIED THROW TO ESPECIALLY ON THIRD DOWN.

>> AND HERE'S YOUR FOURTH AND ONE PLAY RIGHT HERE TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.

OUR THIRD IN ONE TO GET THE FIRST DOWN.

AND THEY LEAVE HIM IN BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF GOING, HURRY.

RIGHT FIREBALL.

AND THEN HE CATCHES THE ANGLE ROUTE TEXAS ROUTE OR WHATEVER.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

IT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD JOB BY LINDENMEYER KIND OF SEALING THIS GUY UP.

BUT FANTASTIC JOB BY QUINN CLARK BLOCKING DOWN THOSE WIDE RECEIVERS.

DONE A GREAT JOB OF BLOCKING ALL YEAR.

JUST GETS ENOUGH OF THEM ON THE CORNER TO JUST GET THAT EXTRA SPACE FOR GENATONE TO REACH OUT OVER THERE AND GET POINTS.

JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER.

>> SHOWS HIS SPEED, SHOWS ATHLETICISM, EVERYTHING GETTING THAT BUT 24-10 AT HALFTIME AND THEN HUGE HIT RIGHT HERE.

GREAT HIT RIGHT THERE FOR BY MCDOUGLE.

MAKES THEM SETTLE FOR A FIELD GOAL.

THEIR KICKER IS A REALLY GOOD KICKER.

I MEAN HE HAD TO MISS WITH THE BLOCK.

BUT HE'S A REALLY HE'S HIT A 51 YARDER AND A 50,51 YARD AND A 48 YARDER IN THE SEASON.

UH, HERE'S ANOTHER DEEP THROW DOWN THE FIELD.

INCREDIBLE CATCH THOUGH.

WHAT A CATCH BY ONE HAND FROM MCCRAY TO MAKE THAT CATCH.

ONE OF THE BIGGER PLAYS THEY HAD ALL DAY.

AND THEN HERE WE GO.

IT'S TIME TO GET AFTER HIM.

JUST I THINK DONNIE'S LIKE, LOOK, HE'S JUST STANDING BACK THERE.

I'M GONNA GO GET HIM.

>> WELL, HE WAS HE WAS IN MAN COVERAGE AND HIS GUY STAYED THERE.

IT WAS JUST LIKE A PRESSURE RUSH, LIKE A LINEBACKER HAD.

AND JUST A FANTASTIC PLAY BY DONOVAN JONES.

>> OKAY, HERE'S WHAT THEY WENT FOUR ON FOURTH AND ONE.

FOR SOME REASON THEY WENT LEFT.

THEY'VE BEEN GOING RIGHT.

THEY RUSHED IT A LITTLE BIT.

SNAP DIDN'T QUITE GET TO COLANDREA.

DON'T GET THE FIRST DOWN THERE, BUT YOU KNOW THAT WAS ONLY THE FIRST TIME IN SHORT YARDAGE.

HE HASN'T CONVERTED AND IT HASN'T CONVERTED WITH THE POWER PACKAGE AS WELL.

ANOTHER SACK.

WE MENTIONED THE SIX SACKS ON THE DAY.

THIS ONE JUST A LITTLE UNLUCKY.

WENT FOR THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN.

>> YEAH A REALLY GOOD GAME.

ANTHONY JONES COMES INSIDE WHITTINGTON WRAPS AROUND RUNS THE HOOP AS I LIKE TO SAY REALLY WELL TO GET THE SACK FUMBLE.

>> AND THEN THERE'S YOUR BLOCK BY NWANERI CAUSING THAT.

THAT'S ON A 52 YARD RUN.

SO HE CAN BARELY SEE HIM GET IT RIGHT THERE FOR THE OUTSIDE OF HIS HAND.

THAT'S ALMOST LIKE ONE OF THOSE VOLLEYBALL REPLAYS.

AND THEN VINCE GENATONE FOR HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN AS SEAN SAID, INCREDIBLE.

TWO OF THEM.

FIRST BIG TEN GAME ON THE ROAD AND MADE THE GAME HE HAD.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, ANDREW MARSHALL, WHO'S PLAYING AT AN ALL-AMERICAN LEVEL RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH, THEY TRY TO MAKE THAT THROW EARLY IN THE GAME.

HE ALMOST PICKED IT.

THAT'S JUST A REALLY LONG THROW TO MAKE FROM THE OPPOSITE HASH.

BUT NOTE TO SELF DON'T TRY TO TEST ANDREW MARSHALL IN THAT TYPE OF THROW.

>> THAT'S A BOUNDARY THROW, NOT A FIELD THROW.

LOOK AT THE STATS.

YOU SEE 39 RUSH ADJUSTED SACK ADJUSTED YARDS RIGHT THERE FOR THE SPARTANS.

OVERALL THE BIG NUMBER THREE TURNOVERS.

NEBRASKA AGAIN WITH NO TURNOVERS.

AND THEN THE SIX SACKS TO NO SACKS.

AGAIN ONLY THREE SACKS SO FAR THAT NEBRASKA HAS GIVEN UP ON THE SEASON, WHICH IS IN THE TOP 20 OF THE COUNTRY.

TIME NOW FOR OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

AFTER THE MICHIGAN STATE WIN, THE PRIDE OF NORTH PLATTE, VINCE GENATONE OR GENATONE, AS THEY SAID ON THE BROADCAST, IS YOUR OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY AND ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, DONOVAN JONES GETTING THE WHOLE MEGILLAH WITH THE SACK TACKLE FOR LOSS, A FORCED FUMBLE AND A FUMBLE RECOVERY AS WELL.

THE OMAHA NORTH PRODUCT PLAYING GREAT IN GETTING OUR DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW LET'S CHECK UP ON THE JAY'S PLAYS TO SEE HOW THAT WENT.

(SOFT MUSIC) (SWOOSH) (SILENT) >> ALL RIGHT WELCOME TO JAY'S PLAYS TONIGHT.

GOT TWO PLAYS FOR YOU.

LET'S LOOK AT THE FIRST SACK IN THE FIRST QUARTER BY DAWSON MERRITT.

NEBRASKA DID A REALLY GOOD JOB DISGUISING THINGS.

AND IT'S CALLED A ZONE PRESSURE.

SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO HERE THEY SHOW FIVE ON THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

RIGHT.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DROP NWANERI AND SHAVERS OUT AND BRING MERRITT AND MCDOUGLE HERE OKAY.

THE BACK'S GOING TO SLIDE UP AND PICK UP MCDOUGLE.

HE NEEDS TO BLOCK THIS INSIDE OUT.

BUT NEBRASKA IS GOING TO GET HOME WITH ONE OF THOSE GUYS.

SO THEY DROP GUYS TO THE FIELD SIDE BRING PRESSURE FROM THE BOUNDARY.

IT'S GOING TO BRING DAWSON MERRITT A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COMING FREE FROM DEPTH.

HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF DISGUISING IT.

SO AS I CLEAR THIS OFF AND WE CAN RUN IT, YOU SEE GUYS DROP INTO COVERAGE.

HE DOESN'T BLOCK INSIDE OUT.

GREAT PLAY ON THIRD DOWN TO GET OFF THE FIELD EARLY EARLY IN THE GAME.

NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE VINCENT GENATONE TOUCHDOWN.

HE'S OFFSET TO COLANDREA.

RIGHT.

RIGHT HERE.

WHAT'S GOING TO WHAT REALLY SETS US UP.

WE HAVE QUINN CLARK DOWN HERE.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO RUN A FADE ROUTE TO HIM DURING THE GAME.

BUT LINDENMEYER DOES A GOOD JOB OF KIND OF SEALING THIS GUY OFF.

JORDAN HALL THE REALLY GOOD LINEBACKER JUST DROPS HERE INTO COVERAGE AND JUST IN A TOUGH SPACE.

GENATONE IS GOING TO COME HERE AND KIND OF A SEMI ANGLE ROUTE.

BUT WHAT WHEN I RUN THIS HERE AND I CLEAR THIS OFF, WHAT THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS WAS QUINN CLARK'S BLOCKING.

NEBRASKA'S WIDE RECEIVERS HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF BLOCKING SEAL THIS OFF, BOOM RIGHT THERE.

JUST ENOUGH WASN'T A LOT.

JUST ENOUGH TO SEAL HIM OFF TO GET THAT TOUCHDOWN RIGHT BEFORE THE SECOND HALF.

>> HE ALSO KIND OF GAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A OKEY DOKE.

LIKE HE KIND OF HESITATED.

AND I THINK JONES THOUGHT OH HE'S GOING TO CUT BACK.

AND THEN HE ACCELERATED AGAIN.

>> YEAH.

HE DOESN'T TAKE MUCH.

HE'S GOT TO GET IN HIS WAY AND JUST OBSTRUCT VISION WHATEVER YOU CAN.

BUT YEAH THAT WAS THE WIDE RECEIVERS HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB BLOCKING DOWN THE FIELD ALL YEAR AND GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

>> AND LINDENMEYER AS WELL.

>> YES.

YES.

YES.

>> HE'S VERY... >> WELL ALL GAME YOU'D SEE HIM AND LIKE HE WAS FINISHING.

I MEAN THE PLAY WAS OVER HERE AND LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE HIS GUY WAS IN THE DIRT AND HE JUST.

HE'S BEEN MURDERING PEOPLE ALL YEAR.

>> HE HAD A GOOD CHOICE TO WALK ON.

NEXT UP ON THE WRAP-UP WE'LL BE JOINED BY NEBRASKA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER AND FORMER HUSKER RUNNING BACK CORY ROSS AS WE GO TO BREAK.

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM THE WIN AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

WE'RE BACK SOON.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) (BAND MUSIC) >> WELCOME BACK TO BIG RED WRAP-UP HERE WITH SEAN CALLAHAN.

TIME FOR THE HOT TAKE.

SEAN, ARE YOU READY?

>> LET'S DO IT.

>> LET'S DO THIS.

THIS COMES FROM JAMES ON YOUTUBE.

HE SAYS HIS SPECIAL TEAMS COST THEM BE AN ISSUE AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN UNSEEN ISSUE.

MAINLY HE'S SAYING THAT BECAUSE LOOK IF IT HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A SURPRISE.

DO YOU FEEL THAT WAY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FACT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING THE PUNTS AND HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING MUCH DISTANCE ON PUNTS?

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT?

>> I DON'T DISAGREE, I THINK IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT'S BEEN PUT ON FILM THAT IS A VULNERABILITY OF THIS TEAM, IT IS SPECIAL TEAMS.

WHETHER IT IS JUST THE WAY THEY'VE PUNTED IT.

SHORT IN A LOT OF CASES, THE PROTECTION ON PUNTS HAS ALSO BEEN AN ISSUE.

AND EVEN SOMETIMES ON THE RETURNS, THEY'RE REALLY AGGRESSIVE WITH JACORY BARNEY WHEN HE FIELDS THOSE PUNTS AND HE'S GOT A GREEN LIGHT, WE KNOW THAT.

SO THOSE ARE THE SITUATIONS ON SPECIAL TEAMS THAT PROBABLY WORRY ME THE MOST.

BUT THIS TEAM HAS ONLY TURNED IT OVER ONE TIME IN FOUR GAMES.

>> YEAH.

YOU'RE SAYING IT'S NOT QUITE SPECIAL.

IT'S KIND OF REGULAR TEAMS RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT I GET THAT.

KEEP SENDING US YOUR TAKES.

CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, VIA EMAIL OR FROM THE PHONE AND SHARE YOUR HOTTEST TAKE.

WE'LL SHOWCASE THE BEST RIGHT HERE ON THE SHOW.

AND THAT FEATURE TAKE WILL GET A COPY OF SEAN'S BOOK, THE PROGRAM.

NEBRASKA, OF COURSE, IS GEARING UP FOR MARYLAND THIS SATURDAY.

LET'S HEAR FROM THE COACHES AND PLAYERS IN THIS WEEK'S BIG RED REPORT.

(SWOOSH) >> EXCITED TO PLAY MARYLAND AND COACH LOCKSLEY.

I'VE KNOWN MIKE SINCE I WAS PROBABLY 14 OR 15.

HE WAS MY COUSIN'S COLLEGE TEAMMATE AND ROOMMATE.

AND IN HIS WEDDING.

UM, YOU KNOW, HE WON THE FIRST ONE, WE WON LAST YEAR.

>> ANDREW, WHAT KIND OF CHALLENGE WILL MALIK WASHINGTON BRING?

YOU GUYS WENT AGAINST THEM LAST YEAR.

SO YOU KNOW THE TYPE OF TALENT HE IS.

WHAT JUMPED OUT A YEAR AGO AGAINST HIM.

>> UM JUST ALL HIS PHYSICAL YOU KNOW, ATTRIBUTES THAT HE HAS, YOU KNOW, HE'S VERY GOOD AT, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUT OF STICKY SITUATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO RUSHING HIM AS A QUARTERBACK.

UM, WHICH MEANS THAT AS THE BACK HALF OF THE DEFENSE, WE HAVE TO BE GOOD IN COVERAGE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, FALL OFF.

WE CAN'T UM, NET NOT FINISH A PLAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HE'S GOOD AT EVADING AND YOU KNOW, DIAGNOSING THE POCKET AND GETTING OPEN AND FINDING THE PLAYER.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL BE A THING FOR US, YOU KNOW, KEEPING HIM IN THE POCKET.

AND THEN ON THE BACK HALF FINISHING PLAYS.

>> HIS SACK AVOIDANCE RATE'S OFF THE CHART.

UM WE GOT TO DO A GREAT JOB.

IF WE IF WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE A HAND ON THEM, GET THEM DOWN.

>> WE LOST 56-7 TO INDIANA TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE CAME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WIN THE NEXT WEEK AGAINST OHIO STATE, BUT WE PLAYED PRETTY DANG WELL.

SO I DON'T BELIEVE LAST WEEK CARRIES OVER THIS WEEK.

>> THAT'S MY ONLY EXPLANATION FOR HAVING ALL THE MOMENTUM IN THE WORLD AND THEN COMING OUT AND PLAYING BAD IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

I GUESS WE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY CELEBRATING GENATONE MAKING A SPECTACULAR PLAY IN A BIG TIME MOMENT.

>> UH, WELL, WE'RE NOT KICKING THE BALL AS FAR AS WE'D LIKE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S ABOUT 38 TO 40 YARDS.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING WHEN LAST YEAR WHEN COACH EKELER GOT HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF HIS PHILOSOPHIES.

UM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME LONGER DISTANCE PUNTS.

>> HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE, THE, THE BAD START TO THE GAME AND THEN HAVING AN EXCEPTIONAL SECOND QUARTER.

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE THE OPPONENT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.

UM, WE'VE BEEN STARTING REALLY FAST.

WE JUST DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT WAS THE ROAD GAME.

MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PLAY INTO IT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT DIDN'T ALL SUCK.

SO.

(LAUGHING) THERE WAS SOME GOOD IN THERE TOO, RIGHT?

(SWOOSH) (SILENT) >> WE'RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY FORMER HUSKER CORY ROSS.

CORY, WE APPRECIATE I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER ASKED YOU THIS.

WHO GAVE YOU THE NICKNAME PORK CHOP?

>> MAN THAT'S A STORY THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 15 MINUTES.

>> IS IT A GRANDMA OR DID IT HAPPEN ON A FOOTBALL FIELD?

>> NO, IT HAPPENED ON A FOOTBALL FIELD.

>> OKAY.

>> IT WAS A RUNNING BACK.

IT WAS A RUNNING BACK THING.

IT WAS LIKE A NICKNAME THING GOING ON.

AND I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DEANTAE GRIXBY, IT WAS HIM.

>> OH, REALLY?

>> YEAH.

HE MADE PORK CHOPS THE NIGHT BEFORE PRACTICE, BEFORE ONE OF OUR PRACTICES.

AND I ATE ABOUT SIX OF THEM.

HE TOLD ON ME, AND THEN THEY STARTED CALLING ME PORK CHOP.

>> OH, THAT'S AN AWESOME.

THAT'S THAT WAS WORTH TELLING THAT STORY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, ON NEBRASKA HALL OF FAME.

WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEARD?

>> IT WAS PRETTY CRAZY.

YEAH, I WAS, I WAS ACTUALLY COACHING AT THE TIME, SO I REALLY DIDN'T DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND THEN I ACTUALLY GOT A CALL AND IT KEPT COMING FROM HIS 402 NUMBER.

AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE I WAS JUST SO BUSY AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET ME GO AHEAD AND ANSWER IT.

AND THEN WHEN HE TOLD ME AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THIS IS PRETTY COOL, CHECK THE EMAIL.

I WAS LIKE, YEAH, THIS IS PRETTY AWESOME.

BUT IT DIDN'T HIT ME YET UNTIL ACTUALLY GOING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, GOING DOWN THERE AND ACTUALLY SEEING COACH SOLICH, SEEING LAVONTE DAVID A LOT OF THE GUYS THAT WERE INAUGURATED.

SO IT WAS AWESOME, MAN.

>> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TOUGH THIS GUY WAS.

HE I'VE HAD VERY FORTUNATE TO PLAY WITH HIM.

AND I REMEMBER I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT GAME.

IT WAS AN AWAY GAME WHERE WE WERE AT MISSOURI IN '05 OR WAS IT IOWA STATE IN '04?

BUT YOU HAD TURF TOE.

>> MHM.

>> AND YOU WERE GETTING INJECTIONS IN YOUR IN YOUR FOOT.

AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT EASY GETTING THOSE.

AND I LIKE HE'S IN THE LOCKER ROOM SCREAMING WITH THE GETTING.

SO MAYBE NOT AS TOUGH GETTING THE SHOTS.

>> IT WAS ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS BUT ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS STRAIGHT.

>> YEAH.

BUT THAT WAS BUT HE CAME OUT AND PLAYED MAN.

HE DID WHATEVER HE HAD TO DO TO PLAY.

>> TAKE A SHOT EVERY, BEFORE EVERY GAME FOR EIGHT WEEKS.

>> YEAH.

I WAS IN A BOOT AFTER.

BUT YEAH, IT WAS TOUGH.

>> WOW.

>> YEAH, IT WAS TOUGH.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

>> DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.

>> WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

YOU WANT TO PLAY, YOU KNOW.

AND HERE YOU WANT TO PLAY FOR THE BIG RED ALL DAY, YOU KNOW.

SO, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS A PASSION.

I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO, TO PLAY AND BE A PART OF THIS ATMOSPHERE.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU PUT IT OUT THERE.

IF I HAD, IF THEY CAN TAKE THE TOE IT CAN TAKE THE TOE AS LONG AS I CAN STILL RUN.

I WAS READY TO GO.

>> I STILL THINK ABOUT THIS GAME AS A DENVER KID.

HOW SPECIAL WAS IT FOR YOU IN '05 TO KIND OF GO BACK INTO BOULDER?

AND COLORADO HAD NEBRASKA'S NUMBER FOR THAT RUN THERE, AND THEN YOU WERE KIND OF PART OF THAT GROUP, THE FAMOUS RESTORE THE ORDER.

>> YES.

EVERY TIME WE BEAT THEM WAS SPECIAL.

EVERY TIME I STILL MY HIGH SCHOOL RUNNING BACK AT THE TIME MY SENIOR YEAR WAS BILL.

UH, SORRY, I KEEP THINKING ABOUT BILL, BUT IT WAS ERIC BIENIEMY.

AND SO WHEN HE ACTUALLY LEFT MY SENIOR YEAR, THEY TRIED TO RECRUIT ME AGAIN, BUT I WAS ALREADY STUCK ON THE BIG RED.

SO WHEN WE GET BACK THERE.

SO I MADE IT A POINT TO GO BACK EVERY TIME WE PLAYED THEM TO TRY TO GIVE THEM EVERYTHING I GOT.

SO YEAH, THAT RIVALRY WAS SPECIAL.

>> ONE OF THE GAMES I REMEMBER WAS THAT 2004 GAME AT IOWA STATE.

IT WAS WINDY AS ALL GET OUT.

THEY HAD TRIED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THROWING THE BALL AND THE WIND WAS BLOWING EVERYWHERE.

AND FINALLY IN THE SECOND HALF, BILL FINALLY CALLED YOUR NUMBER.

DID YOU FEEL AFTER THAT GAME THAT IT WAS YOUR JOB AT THAT POINT?

>> I MEAN, YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU EVERY TIME YOU'RE OUT THERE, YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY.

YOU GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE REPS, RIGHT?

SO WHENEVER MY NAME IS CALLED, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WENT OUT THERE AND I MADE I MADE A STATEMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS PICKING UP A BLITZ OR MAKING A BIG RUN, MAKING A CATCH.

YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY CAN TRUST ME.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTION, WHEN WE START THROWING THE FOOTBALL, YOU GOT TO PROTECT.

RIGHT?

SO BUT THAT WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST AND FOREMOST THING.

UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN IF YOU CAN PROTECT YOU CAN PLAY FOOTBALL BECAUSE WE ALL CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL.

WE ALL CAN CATCH.

BUT IF YOU CAN SIT IN THAT POCKET AND PICK UP A LINEBACKER, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNDERSIZED AS I WAS, RIGHT.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT I COULD DO THAT, AND THEY CAN TRUST ME.

AND ONCE THEY DID THAT, WHENEVER THEY GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND PUT THE FOOTBALL IN MY HANDS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DID SOMETHING WITH IT.

>> YEAH.

>> CORY, YOU LOOK AT JAMAL RULE COMING IN HERE AS A TRUE FRESHMAN, RIGHT?

I MEAN, HE'S HERE IN THE SPRING, BUT HIS ABILITY AS A PATIENT RUNNER AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PATIENCE.

LIKE THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT'S EASY AS A YOUNG PLAYER, YOU WANT TO COME IN HERE AND JUST GO.

BUT HE HAS THE PATIENCE TO TRUST HIS LINE.

THE TIMING OF AN OFFENSIVE PLAY IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT JUST TALK ABOUT HAVING JUST SHOWING THAT PATIENCE AS A AS A YOUNG RUNNING BACK COMING IN HERE IN HIS FIRST YEAR PLAYING.

>> OH FOR SURE.

HE REMINDS ME OF DAVID HORN WHEN I WAS HERE.

DAVID HORN WAS A YOUNG, TRUE FRESHMAN THAT CAME IN AND HE ACTUALLY PLAYED IN FRONT OF US.

AND I ACTUALLY WATCHED HOW PATIENT HE WAS, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE TOO PATIENT.

RIGHT.

AND SO SEEING WHAT RULE IS DOING AND SEEING HOW PATIENT HE HAS BECOME AND LETTING THE BLOCKS DEVELOP.

UM, AND HE'S SO YOUNG, YOU KNOW, AND HE'S GOT THE SIZE, RIGHT.

HE'S GOT THE SIZE AND HE, AND HE HAS THE BULLY MENTALITY.

I LIKE THE WAY HE RUNS THE FOOTBALL.

RIGHT.

SO THAT PATIENCE IS GOING TO BE HUGE TO SEE WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE INJURIES, IT OBVIOUSLY SUCKS, BUT IF HE CAN STAY HEALTHY, HE'S GOING TO BE DANGEROUS FOR US IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> CORY, BEFORE YOU CAME ON, WE TALKED ABOUT VINCE GENATONE GETTING HIS CHANCE AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT MOMENT FOR YOU?

WHEN WAS IT WHEN YOU GOT YOUR CHANCE AND WHEN DID YOU KIND OF TAKE IT?

HOW DID YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT?

>> I GOT MY CHANCE AGAINST KU.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE SECOND HALF GAME.

IT WAS A IT WAS A BLESSING BECAUSE MY DAD, MY FAMILY FROM KU.

RIGHT.

SO I HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF FAMILY OUT THERE IN ATCHISON AND WE WEREN'T RUNNING REAL WELL.

AND SECOND HALF COACH SOLICH CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A SHOT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I JUST CAME OUT OF TRAINING CAMP, I TRAINING CAMP AND I WAS HURT, SO I DIDN'T GET TO START AND PLAY.

SO WHEN HE GAVE ME THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THAT SECOND HALF, THAT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY.

I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET'S GO OUT HERE.

AND I THINK IT GAVE ME LIKE 18 OR SO CARRIES.

I HAD 100 SOME YARDS, AND FROM THEN ON I BECAME THE STARTING RUNNING BACK, YOU KNOW?

AND SO WHEN YOU GET YOUR NAME CALLED, I TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME.

I TALK ABOUT WITH MY PLAYERS AND JUST WATCHING EVEN SOME OF THESE YOUNG PLAYERS PLAY RIGHT NOW, MAN, YOU GET YOUR NAME CALLED.

YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY FOR IT AND PREPARE FOR IT AND HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THEN TALK ABOUT THE MENTALITY OF BEING IN A ROOM WITH MULTIPLE GUYS, YOU KNOW, THREE GUYS GETTING CARRIES RIGHT NOW.

YOU WERE IN A ROOM WITH 3 OR 4 GUYS GETTING CARRIES.

HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAY READY?

AND IS THERE EVER A TIME WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, IT SHOULD BE MY I'M THE ONE THAT SHOULD BE GETTING THE BALL.

>> I THINK WE ALL WANT THE BALL.

YOU KNOW.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

I THINK THERE'S A SELFISHNESS AS A RUNNING BACK.

I EVEN WHEN I WAS STARTING AND MARLON LUCKY WAS BEHIND ME AND YOU HAD BRANDON JACKSON.

EVERY TIME THEY GOT THE BALL AND THEY GOT A BIG RUN, I MADE SURE.

I SAID, WHEN I GET BACK OUT HERE, I GOT TO GO GET ME A BIG RUN.

SO THEY THEY CAN KEEP ME OUT THERE.

RIGHT?

SO NO, THE COMMITTEE THING IS BEEN A TRADITION FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT.

AND THE FACT THAT IT'S SHOWING WHAT IT'S DOING NOW, YOU KNOW, RULE JUST GOT HURT.

AND THEN YOU GET NELSON AND YOU GET GENATONE.

THEY JUMP IN THERE AND DO WHAT THEY JUST DID.

YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE SITTING HERE 4-0, GOING INTO BIG TIME CONFERENCE PLAY AND WE'RE BALANCED.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE CAN RUN THAT FOOTBALL.

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO YOU GOT TOO MANY GUYS THAT CAN DO IT.

>> UH, KIND OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE PATIENTS.

ALL THREE OF THESE RUNNING BACKS HAVE THE ABILITY, EVEN WITH GENATONE CATCH THE BALL AT THE BACKFIELD.

YOU WERE ELITE AT DOING THAT.

YOU KILLED PEOPLE ON THE ANGLE, THE CHOICE ROUTES.

I MEAN, THAT COLORADO GAME, YOU MURDERED HIM ON THOSE CHOICE ROUTES.

UM, BUT JUST THIS THE SKILL SET WITH CATCHING, BUT ALSO THE TIMING THAT HAS TO EVOLVE AND MAKING SURE YOU DON'T GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF YOUR LINEMEN AND JUST HOW THAT THE SCREEN GAME HAS TO EVOLVE BECAUSE IT'S A TIMING THING.

JUST A HALF A STEP HERE CAN COMPLETELY RUIN THAT PLAY.

>> YEAH.

RANDY JORDAN WAS MY RUNNING BACK COACH AT THE TIME WHEN I REALLY GOT I UNDERSTOOD HOW PATIENT YOU HAD TO BE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SCREEN GAME, BUT REALLY JUST CHOICE, THE ROUTE RUNNING TO JUST BEING AN EVOLVED BACK, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFERENT ERA NOW.

IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAND THE BALL AND GO GET TWO YARDS AND WANT TO BRING.

IF YOU CAN BE AN EVERY DOWN BACK, YOU CAN PLAY FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE, THESE RUNNING BACKS RIGHT NOW CAN ACTUALLY GET OUT THERE AND RUN ROUTES AND CATCH THE FOOTBALL AND ACTUALLY MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

IT GIVES THE OFFENSE AND A DYNAMIC THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE LINEBACKERS, LIKE HE SAID, JUST DID NOT READY TO COVER GUYS THAT CAN ACTUALLY COME OUT OF THAT BACKFIELD AND RUN ROUTES AND ACTUALLY CATCH THE FOOTBALL.

SO IT'S BEEN PRETTY COOL TO WATCH, MAN.

I'M EXCITED YOU KNOW 4-0 IT FEELS GOOD.

>> CORY YOU PLAYED IN THE NFL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AS WELL.

YOU WERE IN BALTIMORE WITH GUYS LIKE RAY LEWIS.

I MEAN WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN PRACTICE GOING AGAINST GUYS LIKE THAT ON A DAILY.

AND WERE YOU FAIR GAME FOR A GUY LIKE RAY LEWIS?

>> YEAH, YOU GOTTA BRING YOUR A-GAME.

YOU GOTTA BRING YOUR A-GAME.

I REMEMBER ONE TIME I ENDED UP TAKING A DAY OFF BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A DAY OFF, AND TERRELL SUGGS CAME THROUGH THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND KNOCKED ME COMPLETELY OUT.

I GOT UP READY TO FIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I GOT LITTLE MAN SYNDROME, SO I WAS READY TO FIGHT EVERYBODY.

BUT AT THAT.

>> POINT.

AT THAT POINT, I REMEMBERED HE CAN'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHO'S WHO'S WATCHING AND YOU GOT TO BE READY TO GO.

SO YOU GOT TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND YOU GOT TO BE READY TO PLAY.

AND THE PASSION THAT COMES FROM THAT, THE PASSION FROM WATCHING RAY LEWIS AND ED REED, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THERE WAS A THERE WAS A GROUP OF DEFENSIVE PLAYERS THAT I JUST ADMIRED WATCHING, AND IT MADE ME WANT TO BECOME A COACH JUST HOW THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, AND HOW THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF BEING LEADERS ON THAT FOOTBALL TEAM.

>> LAST THING, YOU'VE BEEN AN INDOOR COACH FOR A WHILE NOW.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THAT AND WHAT'S THE APPEAL?

>> OH MAN.

IT'S I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT INTO IT.

I STARTED ON THE SALES SIDE.

I WAS DOING SOME SOME SALES FOR THE TEAM HERE IN LINCOLN.

AND, UM, I THINK IT JUST GRADUALLY CAME TO YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DECIDE TO BECOME A COACH, IT JUST HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, AND IT'S BEEN A BLESSING AND COACHING IN INDOOR FOOTBALL HAS ALLOWED ME TO GIVE GUYS OPPORTUNITIES THAT DON'T GET OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, AND WE GOT GUYS GOING TO CFL, WE GOT GUYS GOING TO THE UFL.

AND EVEN SOME OF THOSE GUYS HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE WAY TO THE NFL.

AND SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT LEAGUE.

IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR ME, UH, BEING ABLE TO JUST TO GIVE BACK WHAT THIS GAME HAS GIVEN ME.

UM, AND, AND IT'S ALSO STRESSFUL AS WELL.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEING A PLAYER NOW.

LIKE, WHY IS COACH SO MAD?

WELL NOW I UNDERSTAND.

BUT NO, IT'S BEEN A BLESSING, MAN.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

AND IT'S JUST A PASSION OF MINE NOW.

AND IT'S CONTINUE TO GROW.

AND I JUST KEEP LEARNING AND LEARNING AND LEARNING, AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN CONTINUE TO DO AS LONG AS YOU'RE COACHING.

IF YOU'RE NOT LEARNING, YOU SHOULD BE STOPPING.

SO I'M ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT.

>> CORY, WE APPRECIATE IT.

CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING A HALL OF FAMER.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU, MAN.

THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S HANG TIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE NEXT UP ON THE SHOW.

SEAN WILL BE CHECKING IN ON SOME FEATURED RECRUITS.

BUT FIRST WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK FROM SATURDAY'S BIG TEN OPENER.

COURTESY OF HUSKERS, OH, HURRDAT SPORTS.

(SOFT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) >> BE SURE TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY QUESTION.

THE HUSKERS HAVE RECORDED BACK-TO-BACK GAMES WITH FIVE OR MORE SACKS.

WILL THEY MAKE IT THREE STRAIGHT AGAINST MARYLAND?

ALL RIGHT.

AT LEAST FIVE, 33%.

I THINK WE'LL HAVE MORE THAN TWO, BUT LESS THAN FIVE, 59% AND 8% OF NEGATIVE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THE PASS RUSH WILL STRUGGLE AGAINST MARYLAND.

BE SURE TO VISIT THE WRAP-UP WEBSITE TO CAST YOUR VOTE.

WELCOME BACK.

TO WRAP-UP, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE, JOINED BY SEAN CALLAHAN.

LET'S START WITH COREY HADLEY.

YEAH, COREY HADLEY MIKE'L, ONE OF THE TOP SAFETIES IN RECRUITS IN THIS RECRUITING CLASS FOR NEBRASKA, WAS WAVERING A LITTLE BIT.

HE TOOK A VISIT TO GEORGIA, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY FOR A FLIP.

GOOD NEWS HE'LL BE IN LINCOLN THIS WEEKEND FOR THE GAME AGAINST MARYLAND.

AND HE HAS SAID THAT HE'S SOLID WITH HIS COMMITMENT TO THE HUSKERS.

SO THE HUSKERS WERE ABLE TO FEND OFF AN SEC TEAM FROM HIS BACKYARD AND KEEP COREY HADLEY COMMITTED.

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE CALA-BRASKA MOVEMENT.

WE HAD THE FLORIDA-HUSKER MOVEMENT, ALL THAT.

NOW THE GEORGIA MOVEMENT, OBVIOUSLY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT TIMI ALIU.

>> YEAH, WE'RE STICKING IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA HERE.

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TIMI ALIU, ONE OF SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA IN THIS RECRUITING CLASS, A FOUR STAR, 6'4", 295 COULD PLAY EITHER TACKLE OR GUARD HAS THE VERSATILITY, THE ATHLETIC ABILITY.

GEEP WADE MAN, YOU HAVE TO JUST TIP YOUR HAT.

>> HE'S KILLING IT.

>> WHAT HE'S DONE IN RECRUITING AND HE'S GETTING A CERTAIN TYPE ALIGNMENT A CERTAIN TYPE OF ATHLETE.

AND THIS WEEKEND AGAIN HE'S GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL 2028 THAT ARE FOUR STAR TYPE GUYS VISITING CAMPUS.

SO THE JOB HE'S DONE HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE.

>> IS THAT GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE WITH AN 11:00 GAME?

>> FOR THE INDIANA, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE MARYLAND GAME.

MARYLAND GAME, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS IN LIKE.

>> 3:00 OKAY.

>> BUT YEAH, INDIANA IS GOING TO BE TOUGH.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.

>> LOCAL GUYS ONLY IN MOST CASES.

>> WELL, KEEP STAYING WITH THAT.

TALKING ABOUT IN STATE, WHAT ABOUT WYATT FREY.

>> YEAH.

WYATT FREY COMMITTED TO NORTHWESTERN, BEGAN HIS HIGH SCHOOL AT RED CLOUD, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SIX MAN, AND THEN MOVED OUT TO LAWRENCE NELSON FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS TO PLAY EIGHT MAN.

WENT TO A CAMP, I BELIEVE, IN SIOUX FALLS.

YOU KNOW, KIND OF AN AREA CAMP WAS SEEN AND HEARD ABOUT BY NORTHWESTERN STAFF.

AND ANYWAY, NORTHWESTERN TOOK A CHANCE ON AN EIGHT MAN PLAYER IN NEBRASKA.

WYATT FREY AND YOU KNOW THAT NORTHWESTERN COACHING STAFF CAN COACH BECAUSE WE WATCHED THOSE GUYS.

SO HE WILL BE SOMEONE.

AND HE'S BY THE WAY, THE SECOND SMALL SCHOOL PLAYER FROM NEBRASKA.

THEY SIGNED A NORFOLK CATHOLIC OFFENSIVE LINEMAN LAST YEAR AT NORTHWESTERN.

AND NOW WYATT FREY WILL BE GOING TO EVANSTON AS WELL TO GET TO PLAY IN THAT NEW SHINY STADIUM.

>> AND OBVIOUSLY A SMART KID TO BE GOING TO NORTHWESTERN.

THANKS, SEAN.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN.

WHAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND.

WE GO TO THE IOWA STUNNING MICHIGAN IN THE BIG HOUSE.

TALKING ABOUT KARMA, THAT WAS DEFINITELY A KARMA WON 20-19.

LAST SECOND THROW INTO THE END ZONE.

WISCONSIN CAME BACK ON THE ROAD DOWN 17-0 TO BEAT THE NITTANY LIONS 24-20.

AND OF COURSE AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, UCLA ROLLED OVER MARYLAND THE TUNE OF 54-3.

NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE UPCOMING OPPONENT, MARYLAND TEAM, OF COURSE, COVERED BY MICHAEL HOWES FROM THE BALTIMORE SUN.

MICHAEL, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME AND JOINING US.

(SOFT MUSIC) >> APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING ME ON.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT GAME COMING OFF OF IT.

I KNOW THAT YOU HEARD THE CROWD CHEERING FIRE LOCKSLEY AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

WHAT'S THIS WEEK THIS EARLY PART OF THE WEEK BEEN LIKE SO FAR COMING OFF THAT LOSS?

(SILENT) >> WELL OBVIOUSLY AFTER A GAME LIKE THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT THE MID GAME OR THE MID WEEK PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE A LITTLE BIT TENSE.

BUT REALLY THE FOCUS WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE OUTSIDE NOISE, MAKING SURE THAT THE PLAYERS KIND OF CHANNEL THAT OUT.

AND WE'RE JUST FOCUSED AT THE TASK AT HAND, WHICH IS NEBRASKA COMING UP ON SATURDAY.

>> MICHAEL, MARYLAND'S AVERAGING 72 PLAYS A GAME.

NEBRASKA STRUGGLED WITH UP TEMPO AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE THIS PAST SATURDAY.

DOES MARYLAND LIKE TO UTILIZE SOME UP TEMPO IN THEIR OFFENSIVE GAME PLAN, OR IS JUST KIND OF JUST HOW THE PREVIOUS GAME ENDED UP?

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT THEY HAD THAT 62-0 WIN AGAINST HAMPTON.

BUT DO YOU FORESEE THEM UTILIZING UP TEMPO TO GET TO THOSE THOSE 72 PLAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR?

(SILENT) >> WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY A WAY TO KEEP THE DEFENSE ON THEIR FEET AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO CATCH THEM AT UNEXPECTED OPEN KIND OF RECEIVERS AT TIMES.

BUT YOU KNOW, LAST GAME THEY HAD SIX RUNNING BACKS OUT, INCLUDING THEIR LEAD BACK TO DEJUAN WILLIAMS WHO ENTERED THE YEAR OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS.

SO REALLY I THINK OFFENSIVELY THE FOCUS TO MARYLAND MAYBE IT'S STAYING UP TEMPO, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S CAN THEY ESTABLISH A RUNNING GAME.

UM THEY THEY BARELY MANAGE 30 YARDS ON 30 ATTEMPTS THIS PAST GAME.

UM, AND THEY, THEY GOT TO GET THAT GOING IF THEY WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FRONT OFF OF MALIK WASHINGTON THE SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK SHOULDERS.

>> NOW I KNOW THEY'VE HAD SOME INJURIES AT THE RUNNING BACK POSITION.

ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GET UM A GUY BACK THIS WEEK AT THE RUNNING BACK POSITION?

(SILENT) >> YEAH.

COACH LOCKSLEY SAID EARLIER TODAY THAT WILLIAMS WILL LIKELY BE PRACTICING TOMORROW.

UM THEIR BACKUP RUNNING BACK HARRY DALTON, A TRANSFER OUT OF USC.

UM, IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO PRACTICE.

SO IF THEY GET WILLIAMS BACK THAT IS A MASSIVE BOOST.

UM, FOR THAT RUNNING BACK UNIT WHICH IS REALLY THIN RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, LAST WEEK, UM, THE GUY WHO TOOK THE SECOND MOST RUSHES WAS A GUY NAMED LIAM WILSON, WHO PLAYED BASEBALL FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND IN 2024.

SO THIS IS NOT A POSITION THAT THE TERPS WANT TO BE AT IN THEIR RUNNING BACK ROOM RIGHT NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DEFENSIVE LINE BECAUSE A LOT OF TALENT AT DEFENSIVE LINE.

WE SAW HIM GETTING AFTER UCLA ESPECIALLY EARLY ON.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AGAINST NEBRASKA ON A MOBILE QUARTERBACK.

(SILENT) >> WELL THEY HAVE SO MANY OPTIONS ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE.

OBVIOUSLY GOING INTO THE SEASON, THE BIGGEST STORYLINE WAS SOPHOMORE ZAHIR MATHIS, WHO HAD HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS YEAR.

HE WAS GOING TO BE OUT FOR THE YEAR, BUT STILL, THEY HAVE SO MANY OPTIONS ON THAT D-LINE.

YOU LOOK AT SOPHOMORE SIDNEY STEWART, YOU LOOK AT DD HOLMES, YOU LOOK AT FRESHMAN ZION ELEE, UM, WHO WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATED PLAYERS IN THE COUNTRY LAST YEAR, DECIDES TO STAY HOME AND ATTEND MARYLAND.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS THERE.

AND THE GOAL FOR THEM IS TO GET THEM AS MANY REPS, AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE.

WITH ALL THOSE OPTIONS, YOU GET FRESH LEGS.

UM, AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET PRESSURE ON THE QUARTERBACK.

>> A YEAR AGO, WE SAW MALIK WASHINGTON REALLY GET ON THE MAP BY GOING INTO MADISON AND GETTING THAT WIN, WHICH AT THE TIME LOOKED LIKE A BREAKTHROUGH WIN FOR THE PROGRAM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN REALLY THE SAME SINCE.

UH, WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN FROM WASHINGTON?

WHERE HAS HE MAYBE NOT ADVANCED WHERE THEY WANT HIM TO KIND OF TAKE THAT NEXT STEP FORWARD?

(SILENT) >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT LAST GAME AGAINST UCLA THAT'S ARGUABLY HIS WORST COLLEGIATE GAME THAT HE'S EVER HAD.

HE THREW FOUR INTERCEPTIONS IN THE THIRD QUARTER ON BACK-TO-BACK DRIVES.

HE THREW TWO PICK SIXES AT THE SAME TIME.

YOU GOT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT'S HIS WORST GAME THAT HE'S HAD.

HE'S STILL SHOWN A LOT OF FLASHES UM THROUGHOUT HIS COLLEGE CAREER ESPECIALLY LIKE YOU SAID THAT WIN IN MADISON LAST YEAR.

UM TO OPEN UP BIG TEN, PLAY AS A FRESHMAN, GET A BIG ROAD WIN, SOMEWHAT OF A SIMILAR SETTING GOING INTO NEBRASKA, BUT ALSO A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THEY'VE HAD THE GAME AGAINST UCLA UNDER THEIR BELT.

THEY ALSO HAD A BIG HOME GAME AGAINST VIRGINIA TECH.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ON THE ROAD.

IT'S GOING TO BE A RAUCOUS ENVIRONMENT.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S NEBRASKA'S HOMECOMING GAME TOO.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FANS THERE.

THIS IS A BIG SPOT FOR THE SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK.

>> BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE ON THE ROAD, RIGHT?

I MEAN, WITH THE WAY IT SEEMS LIKE THE CROWD WAS IN THAT LAST GAME, IT'S ALMOST BETTER TO GET AWAY FROM COLLEGE PARK.

(SILENT) >> YEAH, I MEAN, YOU CAN ALSO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THOSE DISTRACTIONS IN COLLEGE PARK, WHERE YOU'RE DOWN AT HALFTIME AND THE CROWD IS BOOING THE FIRE OF THE COACH.

THAT MIGHT BE A POSITIVE TO BE IN A ROAD ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN KIND OF TAKE THAT UNDERDOG MENTALITY THAT LITTLE BIT OF A VILLAIN ROLE THAT THAT MIGHT PLAY INTO THE HANDS OF THE TERPS.

>> MICHAEL, WE APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME AND ENJOY THE GAME ON SATURDAY.

(SILENT) APPRECIATE IT GUYS.

THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

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LOTS OF QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THAT.

THIS IS THE MOST I THINK I'VE EVER REMEMBER US GETTING IN.

AND I'M SORRY, THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS KIND OF A LITTLE CONTROVERSIAL TODAY.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TROY DANNEN AND MAYBE OR NOT INTERVIEWING AT IOWA STATE AND WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING OFFICIAL OUT THERE.

BUT WE DO KNOW IOWA STATE IS LOOKING FOR AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

TROY DANNEN'S FROM IOWA.

HIS WIFE'S FROM IOWA.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND HIS NAME HAS APPEARED OUT THERE AS A CANDIDATE.

BUT YOU KNOW HOW THESE THINGS GO.

THERE'S A LOT OF CANDIDATES OUT THERE FOR JOBS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE A STEP DOWN IN MOST PEOPLE'S EYES TO, TO LEAVE A PROMINENT BIG TEN SCHOOL TO GO TO A BIG 12 SCHOOL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THEY'VE HAD FINANCIAL ISSUES THERE.

>> AND HE'S MAKING, WHAT, 1.7 MILLION HERE.

I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE A 900,000 FOR THE LAST IOWA STATE DIRECTOR.

>> YEAH.

SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS ALL GOES IF HE TRULY IS A CANDIDATE THERE.

BUT UM, YEAH, THESE THEY'RE NOT REAL PUBLIC.

SO YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS IF THEY'VE PURSUED HIM OR YOU KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT.

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONNECTIONS TO IOWA.

HIS NAME IS A NATURAL CANDIDATE JUST BECAUSE HE'S FROM THE STATE AND SO IS HIS WIFE.

>> SURE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT, UM, FLOYD FROM VERMILLION IN SOUTH DAKOTA.

HE SAID, DO YOU THINK IF NEBRASKA BEATS MARYLAND, THEY SHOULD BE RANKED?

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

I THINK THEY YOU KNOW, YOU'RE 5-0.

UM, THEY COULD EASILY CREEP UP INTO THAT 24TH, 25TH SPOT.

I WOULD I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT.

IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS.

YOU KNOW MISSOURI STRUGGLE AND THEY'RE KIND OF ON THE BACK END THERE.

IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS WHAT THOSE GUYS IN THOSE BOTTOM HALF OF THE TOP 25 IN THE AP POLL, WHAT THEY DO THIS WEEK, BUT I THINK THEY GO 5-0.

UH, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A UNDEFEATED MATCHUP WITH INDIANA NEXT WEEK.

SEAN, I GET THIS QUESTION EVERY WEEK, SOMETIMES 4 OR 5 TIMES A WEEK.

WHY IS IT NEBRASKA RECRUITING TAYTAY JENKINS?

>> WELL, I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT A RUNNING BACK COMMITTED IN THE CLASS ALREADY AND.

>> HE'S KIND OF DIFFERENT THAN JUST THE RUNNING BACK THOUGH.

RIGHT.

BECAUSE HE'S LIKE A ALMOST LIKE A JOHNNY RODGERS SPLIT KIND OF GUY.

>> I'D SAY THIS.

THERE ARE NO DIVISION ONE TEAMS THAT HAVE OFFERED TAYTAY JENKINS.

SO I MEAN, I THINK YOU CAN ASK THAT ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO IT'S TOUGH.

I THINK ROSTERS ARE SMALLER.

THE FIVE FOR FIVE IS KIND OF SHRUNK SPOTS WHERE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE MULTIPLE HIGH SCHOOL RUNNING BACKS IN A YEAR.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO QUESTION JAY BARTHEL BECAUSE HE'S HAD A PRETTY GOOD RUN OF RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE RUNNING BACK POSITION.

>> YEAH, I TELL EVERYBODY, I MEAN, HE'S SMALL AND HE'S EVEN SMALLER THAN YOU THINK.

LIKE I'VE STOOD NEXT TO HIM BIG LEGS ON THE KID.

BUT HE IS REALLY MAYBE 5'4" AND A HALF, 5'5".

HE'S REALLY TINY.

SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AS AN IN-STATE GUY, LOOKING AT WHAT VINCE GENATONE DID AND I GOT THIS QUESTION FROM A COUPLE DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT FEELING WAS LIKE FOR HIM?

BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WALKING OUT THERE JUST PLAYING.

BUT TO SCORE A COUPLE TOUCHDOWNS.

>> YEAH, THAT'S GOT TO BE EUPHORIC.

UM HAVING A KID.

I MEAN HE'S HE'S PLAYED MORE ON SPECIAL TEAMS ROLES.

BUT HAVING THAT YOU ARE FINALLY HAVE I MEAN THAT PLAY BEFORE THE SECOND HALF THAT WAS THAT WAS A HUGE PLAY.

AND THEN HAVING YOUR NUMBER CALLED I MEAN I DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TOUGH IT IS.

HE WAS LITERALLY TAKING EVERY REP ON SCOUT TEAM AND THEN GETS PUT IN A GAME THAT YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING.

EVEN I DON'T THINK HE GOT ANY REPS WITH THE ONES OR TWOS ALL WEEK.

SO FOR HIM TO COME OUT THERE AND HAVE THE TRUST OF THAT STAFF AND THEN EXECUTE AT THAT HIGH LEVEL AND GET TWO TOUCHDOWNS, I MEAN, THAT'S I MEAN, IT'S TOP TEN DAY FOR HIM.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY HAD TO BE EUPHORIC.

AND THIS IS HIS FAMILY TOO.

I MEAN HOW COOL OF AN OPPORTUNITY AND AN EXPERIENCE THAT WAS ESPECIALLY.

AND THEN DOING IT ON THE ROAD.

AND HE'S GOING TO GET ANOTHER SHOT TO DO IT IN FRONT OF THE HOME CROWD THIS WEEKEND.

>> YEAH.

COACH HOLGORSEN SAID HE CAME OVER FOR SOME SHORT YARDAGE STUFF.

YOU KNOW, AS A BACKUP TO RULE.

BUT THEN THE WHOLE OTHER TIME HE WAS OVER ON THE SCOUT TEAM GOING AGAINST THE BLACK TEAM.

SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THAT'S AMAZING FOR THEM.

UM, SEAN, LET ME ASK YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IDEA OF A TRAP GAME.

DO YOU THINK ABOUT JAY EDMONDS ASKED THAT QUESTION WITH INDIANA NEXT WEEK.

YOU'RE PLAYING A MARYLAND TEAM THAT GOT BEAT 54-3.

ANY CONCERN ABOUT A TRAP GAME?

>> YEAH.

THIS GAME ALWAYS WORRIED ME.

JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE EXPECTED TO WIN.

YOU'RE AT HOME.

BUT ON THE OTHER END YOU KNOW THE TALENT THAT MARYLAND HAS.

AND WE SAW IT LAST YEAR.

NEBRASKA SHOULD HAVE LOST IN COLLEGE PARK.

THEY WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO PULL THAT OUT AND WIN THAT GAME THE WAY THEY DID.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU GO BACK TO LIKE 2024 UCLA.

NEBRASKA WAS PICKED TO WIN THAT GAME AND THEY COULDN'T GET THEIR DEFENSE OFF THE FIELD ON THIRD DOWN.

AND YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE MARYLAND COME IN CONNECTED AS AN OFFENSE AND GET HOT EARLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO MAKE IT A LONG DAY FOR YOU.

AND THEN DEFENSIVELY THEY'VE GOT PLAYMAKERS THAT, YOU KNOW IF YOU DON'T BLOCK PROPERLY, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME PLAYS AND POTENTIALLY DISRUPT YOUR QUARTERBACK.

>> JAY BEING A PART OF THE RADIO CREW, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE UP THERE EARLY.

YOU'RE WATCHING THE FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS DURING PREGAME.

DO YOU WORRY AT ALL ABOUT CUNANAN NOT BEING ABLE TO HIT LIKE AN OVER 50 YARDER IF THEY NEED IT?

>> SLIGHTLY, IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT THE WIND'S DOING.

AND OBVIOUSLY KICKING MEMORIAL STADIUM IS DIFFICULT WITH THE WIND AND HOW IT SWIRLS.

BUT YEAH, I THINK EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE TWO FIELD GOALS HE'S MISSED GOING INTO THE SOUTH END ZONE THIS YEAR.

HE'S HAD THE WIND AT TIMES AND HAS COME UP SHORT.

YEAH I THINK THAT'S, THAT GETS, IT'S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE.

I'M NOT OVERLY CONCERNED, BUT IT JUST IT'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AT THAT TIME.

IF THE BALL IS ON, YOU KNOW, THE 40, UH, 35 SHORT YARDAGE, DO YOU TRY TO KICK HER OR DO YOU TRY TO GO FOR IT?

I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY A DECISION THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE IN SOME OF THESE BIG TEN GAMES.

>> SEAN, DO YOU THINK AND THIS IS FROM JOHN AND HASTINGS WITH THE WAY COLANDREA IS PLAYING WITH THE 5 OR 5.

ARE YOU RIGHT NOW EXPECTING HIM TO BE BACK NEXT YEAR.

>> YEAH I AM, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED BEHIND THE SCENES AS WE SPEAK.

AND, UM, I THINK HE'LL BE BACK.

AND THEN TRAE TAYLOR WILL COME ON CAMPUS AS WELL AND HE'LL DEVELOP AND LEARN AND YOU'LL, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT.

KAELIN.

I WOULD NOT EXPECT TO GO ANYWHERE.

AND TJ LATEEF WOULD PROBABLY BE THE GUY YOU WONDER ABOUT.

UH, JUST KIND OF THE WHOLE BIG PICTURE OF WHERE THINGS SIT.

BUT, UM, YEAH, TODAY I WOULD EXPECT COLANDREA BACK.

>> YEAH, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A TRICK NAME OR NOT, BUT TOM RASBOTHAM WANTS TO KNOW FROM JAY.

I KNOW NEBRASKA CAN'T PLAY MAN THE ENTIRE GAME, BUT WHY DOES IT SEEM LIKE WHEN WE PLAY ZONE, WE DROP THE INTENSITY AND THE OPPOSING QUARTERBACK PICKS US APART, YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> WELL, ZONE DEFENSES ARE.

YOU CAN'T ALWAYS PLAY MAN TO MAN.

BUT ZONE DEFENSES, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY HOLES THAT THE RECEIVERS YOU'RE TRAINED TO READ THE ZONES THAT THEY'RE IN, YOU FIND SPOTS TO SIT IN.

AND IF THE QUARTERBACK'S NOT GETTING PRESSURED, HE'S GOING TO BE OPEN.

THAT'S THE THING ABOUT ZONE DEFENSE IS YOU KIND OF YOU'RE KIND OF GIVING THEM SOME.

YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE BIG PLAY.

>> SURE.

>> YOU'RE JUST, YOU'RE TAUGHT TO RALLY.

IN QUARTERS, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THAT WHOLE QUARTER OF THE FIELD.

THAT'S YOUR WHOLE AREA.

YOU CAN'T LET THEM BEHIND YOU.

SO IF A 5 OR 6 YARD OUT ROUTE IS CAUGHT AND YOU KNOCK THEM OUT OF BOUNDS, YOU SAY, OKAY, GOOD.

LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT PLAY.

UM, BUT YEAH, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED WITH NOT PLAYING MAN TO MAN, NOT BEING THERE, BUT SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO, THERE'S SOME CAT AND MOUSE DEFENSIVELY THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP TO TRY TO STRIKE AT A, AT A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY.

>> AND YOU FORCE THEM TO DO A METHODICAL DRIVE AND THEY CAN MAKE MISTAKES AS WELL.

SEAN, WHAT'S YOUR BURNING QUESTION?

>> BURNING QUESTION, CAN NEBRASKA HANDLE THE SUCCESS, MANAGE THE EXPECTATIONS OF BEING A TWO TOUCHDOWN FAVORITE AGAINST MARYLAND?

>> CAN NEBRASKA GET PRESSURE ON MALIK WASHINGTON?

MARYLAND DOES NOT GIVE UP A LOT OF SACKS.

WASHINGTON DOES NOT GIVE A LOT OF SACKS.

BUT IF THEY DO GET PRESSURE, HE WILL THROW IT INTO COVERAGE, AS HE DID AGAINST UCLA.

SO CAN THEY CONTINUE TO BRING THAT PRESSURE?

>> YOU ALWAYS WANT TO START FAST.

BUT AGAINST A TEAM COMING OFF 54-3.

CAN NEBRASKA GET OUT TO AN EARLY LEAD.

TO THE POINT WHERE MARYLAND I WANT TO SAY QUIT, BUT AT LEAST DOESN'T WANT TO BE THERE ANYMORE.

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

JAY, SEAN AND I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT ON SATURDAY.

NUMBER 4-0 HUSKERS RETURN HOME FOR A TWO GAME HOME STAND THAT STARTS OFF WITH MARYLAND.

KICKOFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 3 P.M.

CENTRAL TIME ON FS1.

COME BACK TUESDAY.

WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE GAME WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST, STEPHEN M. SIPPLE FROM HUSKER ONLINE.

OUR THANKS TO CORY ROSS AND MICHAEL HOWES FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

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

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

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