>>> IT FELT LIKE DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN.

AS NEBRASKA ADDED ANOTHER ONE-SCORE GAME O THE LOSS COLUMN THURSDAY NIGHT.

WHAT SEEMED LIKE A NEW BEGINNING EARLY IN THE SECOND HALF TURNED INTO AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR FEELING IN FINAL MINUTES OF THE GAME AS THE HUSKERS FALL TO MINNESOTA, 13-10.

WITH THE NEW STAFF STARTING 0-1, HOW WILL THEY SHOW UP THE REST OF THE SEASON?

WE WILL BREAK IT DOWN WITH OUR VERY SPECIAL GUEST FOX SPORTS KEVIN KUGLER.

SEAN CALLAHAN IS ALSO ALONG, THE LATEST WITH BIG RED RECRUITING ALL OF THAT AND MORE NEXT ON BIG RED WRAP-UP .

HI EVERYONE.

I AM MICHAEL SEVERE.

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

NEBRASKA IS 0-1TO START ANOTHER SEASON, AND NOW IT'S BUFFALO WEEK.

JOINING ME NOW IS FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

WHAT I REALIZED IS WE COULD ALL GO ON THE BUFFALO CAMPUS THIS WEEK BECAUSE NONE OF US HAVE RED ON.

WE COULD ALL BE THERE, RIGHT?

>> IT'S LIKE REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY.

>> I GUESS SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO AVOID WEARING IT.

WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS, ESPECIALLY IMEDIATELY AFTER THE THURSDAY NIGHT, THE GAME IS OVER.

JUST FEEL LIKE WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE?

>>YEAH UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I AM NOT ONE TO OVERREACT.

IT'S THE FIRST GAME.

CAUSE IF YOU WANT TO, YOU COULD TEAR THIS THING APART INTO A VERY MICRO VIEWPOINT BUT IT JUST COMES DOWN TO TURNOVERS.

IF NEBRASKA DOESN'T TURN THE BALL OVER - THOSE TWO KEY TURNOVERS ESPECIALLY THE ONE RIGHT BEFORE THE HALF, THEY GET THREE POINTS THERE AT LEAST.

BUT AGAIN, IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE I THINK THAT GABE ERVIN WAS IN.

I THINK HE SCORED THAT TOUCHDOWN BUT, THE PENALTY AND THEN THINGS JUST KIND OF, UNFORTUNATELY UNRAVELED THERE.

THE MOMENTUM IS SO KEY IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND NEBRASKA HAD SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO GRAB IT, AND THEY JUST DIDN'T.

AND IT JUST COMES TO TURNOVERS AND POOR DECISIONS BY JEFF SIMS THE QUARTERBACK.

>>YOU KNOW THE THREE GAMES THAT I WATCHED THIS WEEKEND, THE NEBRASKA MINNSOTA GAME, TCU AND COLORAD, AND THEN LSU FLORIDA STATE.

HOW MANY TIMES YOU SEE TEAMS GET INSIDE OF THAT 10 YARD LINE AND NOT GET POINTS?

YOU HAVE TO GET THOSE WHEN YOU CAN BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE MOMENTUM WILL FLIP ON YOU.

>> YEAH YOU JUST THINK ABOUT NEBRASKA AND IN MY MIND IM LIKE, THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET POINTS BEFORE HALFTIME, THEY'RE GOING TO GET AT LEAST THREE.

THEN TO THROW A PICK IN THE ENDZONE.

YOU GO BACK TO JUST THE WAY THE GAME -OKAY, WORST CASE SCENARIO --GRANT FUMBLES, THIS GAME WILL GO TO OVERTIME.

THERE IS NO WAY THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THIS GAME IN REGULATION, AND JUST ALL OF THE IMPROBABLE THINGS THAT HAPPEN FOR NEBRASKA.

THE WAY IT UNFOLDED, AND JUST TWO OR THREE OR FOUR THINGS THAT MINNESOTA DID.

IF ONE OF THOSE THIS DOESN'T GO RIGHT, NEBRASKA WINS.

AND ALL FOUR OF THEM WENT RIGHT FOR MINNESOTA.

>>YEAH, I THINK IF WE GET A BOARD GAME WHERE WE WOULD JUST HAVE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU COULD LOSE A GAME, AND NEBRASKA WOULD HAVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE SPOTS FILLED OVER THE LAST FIVE SEASONS.

>> YATZEE.

>> BINGO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

>>AFTER ONE GAME OF COURSE THERE IS A LOT TO GET TO.

WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP REACH OUT AND HELP GUIDE OUR CONVERSATION.

OUR CALL ROOM IS UP AND RUNNING MANNED OUR SPORTS INTERNS HANNAH, AND THE STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN JOINING US THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, ENJOYING VALENTINOS PIZZA, AND TAKING YOUR CALLS.

PUT THEM TO WORK TONIGHT YOU CAN YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

WE ARE ALSO TEXT OR EMAIL US YOUR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLUICMEDIA.ORG OUR EYES ARE PEELED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL SO LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS.

BIG RED WRAP-UP ACCOUNTS AND WE WILL ANSWER AS MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN TONIGHT.

WE PROMISED THIS WEEK.

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YOU CAN PRINT IT OUT FOR YOUR HOME, YOUR OFFICE KEEP IT AROUND UP TO DATE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON ON YOUR HUSKER FOOTBALL SCORES.

LAST WEEK WE ASKED YOU WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR FORWARD TO THE MOST THIS SEAONS.

65 PERCENT OF YOU SAID A POSSIBLE WINNING RECORD.A RECORD AND 24 PERCENT SAID THE NEW COACHING STAFF, AND THE REST OF YOU SPLIT IT BETWEEN THE 3-3-5 DEFENSE, FRESHMAN TALENT AND TRANSFER PORTAL ADDITIONS.

HOW DOES THAT CHANGE AFTER LAST WEEK?

WELL OUR NEW SIDELINE SURVEY SITE IS UPDATED AND READY FOR YOU TO VOTE TONIGHT AS WELL.

WHAT AREA OF THE OFFENSE NEEDS TO SEE THE MOST IMPROVEMENT FOR A COLORADO GAME?

IS IT QUARTERBACKS?

>> DING, DING DING.

RECEIVERS?

RUNNING BACKS?

OR THE OFFENSIVE LINE?

HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE NOW TO CAST YOUR VOTE AND HEAD BACK EACH WEEK FOR A BAND NEW SURVEY.

WE KNEW THAT JEFF&SIMS HAD A PROPENSITY TO TURN THE BALL OVER THE NUMBERS FROM VIRGINIA TECH WERE RIGHT THERE, BUT I THOUGHT THAT NEBRASKA WOULD CALL PLAYS TO PROTECT HIM A LITTLE BIT.

DID IT FEEL TO YOU, IN THE PASSING GAME, THEY DID THE THINGS TO PROTECT HIM FROM HIMSELF?

>> YOU WANT TO SAY YES BUT IT'S SO HARD TO JUDGE THAT.

BECAUSE HE HAS THE PROPENSITY TO STARE DOWN RECIEVERS HE HAS A HARD TIME GOING THROUGH HIS PROGRESSIONS GOING FROM A ONE TO TWO TO A THREE TO EVEN A CHECK DOWN.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THE PLAY CALL, YOU DON'T EXACTLY WHAT HIS FIRST READ IS ESSENTIALLY BUT, THAT IS TOUGH.

THAT IS TOUGH.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE, IT'S ALMOST LIKE, WHEN YOU CALL THE PLAY, IT'S LIKE HEY, YOU HAVE TO THROW HERE IN THIS IS WHERE IT IS GOING TO BE.

OR, HEY, IF ONE IS NOT HERE, IF THE RUNNING BACK IS NOT OPEN ON THIS FLAIR OUT, YOU GOT TO LOOK TO FINDONE.

WHATEVER IT IS BUT, YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE TO LET THINGS PLAY OUT.

YOU KNOW DEFENSES CAN DO A GOOD JOB OF SCHEMING THINGS AND HIDING THINGS.

BUT I THINK OVERALL HIDING THINGS.

BUT I THINK OVERALL -- >> WOULDN'T YOU GIVE THEM A HALF FIELD READ WHERE YOU'RE ON WAGGLE OR A BOOTLEG GIVING HIM ONE CHOICE TO THROW TO.

THAT IS A MESH CONCEPT WITH THREE DIFFERENT WIDE RECIEVERS WITH FOUR DEFENDERS.

>> WELL THAT'S JUST BAD YOU'RE THROWING TO THREE GUYS IN A TEN YARD AREA.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD PLAY CALL.

>> THAT MEANS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD THERE'S SOMEBODY SIGNLED UP.

>> YES.

AND TO ME THAT'S A SITUATION WHERE THEY LINED UP INCORRECTLY.

BUT I DON'T THINK NEBRASKA WAS OUT OF TIMEOUTS SO THEY COULD'VE A CALLED TIMEOUT IN THIS SITUATION.

SO, IT'S LIKE WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

SO IT'S JUST, A LOT OF THINGS GO INTO IT.

BUT ILL TELL YOU WHAT, I SAW SOME GOOD THINGS FROM JEFF SIMS.

>> SURE.

>> BUT HE HAS TO SLOW HIMSELF DOWN.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST GAME.

THIS ISNT GEOGRIA TECH.

THIS IS AN OPENING GAME AGAINST A BIG-TEN OPPENENT ON THE ROAD.

THINGS GOT MOVING PRETTY FAST FOR HIM AND HE WAS ABLE TO ADJUST ON THE FLY.

>> YEAH, I JUST THINK ABOUT SIMS AND MINNESOTA ONLY BLITZED HIM SIX TIMES.

SIX TIMES.

YOU KNOW 24 PASS DROPBACKS SO A LOT OF THOSE LOOKS WERE SEVEN OR EIGHT GUYS BACK IN COVERAGE, TIGHT WINDOWS YOU KNOW THOSE ARE'NT EASY DECISIONS THEY'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO LOOSEN UP THE BACK END.

BECAUSE I THINK IF SEVEN OR EIGHT GUYS ARE DROPPED BACK LIKE THAT, THAT'S NOT A WINNING RECIPE.

WE SAW THAT.

HE JUST STRUGGLED SEEING THE FIELD MAKING THOSE READS, AND NEBRASKA DOESN'T HAVE BIG RECIEVERS.

THE LACK OF SIZE AND PHYSICALITY TO WIN SAY 50-50 BALLS.

>> SMALL WINDOWS WITH SMALL RECEIVERS.

>> JUST NOT A GREAT COMBINATION.

EVEN GUYS LIKE ISAIAH GARCIA CASTANEDA I NEVER LOOKED AT AS SMALL BUT ON THE FIELD MY GOSH HE LOOKS SMALL.

AND NOW HE IS OUT FOR THE SEASON WITH HIS KNEE INJURY.

SO THEY GOT TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GET MORE OF THESE RECIEVERS INCOLVED AND OBVIOUSLY THE G THE RECEIVERS THE BALL.

RUNNING GAME.

AND I THINK THE START OF THE GAME PUT NEBRASKA IN A HOLE.

WHEN THEY WERE BACKED UP AT THE ONE YARD LINE THE OPENING POSSESSION, THIS ALWAYS FELT LIKE THEY WERE IN THE HOLE AS AN OFFENSE.

>> THAY GOT A FIRST DOWN.

>> THEY GOT A FIRST DOWN ON THE RUN.

AND THEN A PENALTY.

IT FELT LIKE EVERY PENALTY WAS AT THE WORST TIME.

EVERY PENALTY EITHER COST THEM A FIRST DOWN OR GETTING A SCORE.

>>THEY WERE FIVE YARDERS, BUT NEBRASKA RIGHT NOW IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THOSE.

SIM'S ABILITY TO THROW JUST DID NOT SHOW THERE TO GET OUT OF THOSE HOLES.

>> WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE PLAY FOR NEBRASKA?

>> OKAY, I WASN'T ENAMORED WITH THEIR PROTECTION.

THEY DID NOT BLITZ VERY OFTEN BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HOME WITH THREE MEN UP FRONT AND THAT THREE-MAN FRONT.

I THOUGHT COCHRAN STRUGGLE A BITWITH THAT THREE-MAN FR IN PASS PRO ON THE LEFT TACKLE, BUT LISTEN I THOUGHT THE PHYSICALITY WAS THERE.

THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL RUNNING IT.

I AM ENCOURAGED BY THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T LIKE IT WHEN TEAMS CAN GET HOME BY RUSHING THREE GUYS.

YOU GOT FIVE GUYS PLUS POTENTIALLY A BACK IF HE'S STAYING IN TO CHECK.

IF HE DOESN'T LATE RELEASE.

>> COME ON YOU CAN NOT LET THAT HAPPEN, BUT IT HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES.

I THINK IT WILL GET CLEANED UP, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO OVERREACT TO GAME ONE BUT, IF I WAS GIVING THEM A GRADE I WOULD PROBABLY GIVE THEM A C-.

THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT IT WASN'T THE WORSE PERFORMANCE I'VE EVER SEEN.

>> PFF ISNT PERFECT, BUT CORCORAN AS YOU MENTIONED STRUGGLED ESPECIALLY WITH FREE RUSHERS, GOT ONE RUSHER ON HIM, HE WAS GETTING BEAT.

PIPER REALLY STRUGGLED INSIDE.

WHAT DID PFF TELL YOU ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE?

>>BENHART PLAYED A PRETTY SOLID GAME.

I THINK ON THE RIGHT SIDE HE LOOKED IMPROVED.

NOUREDIN HAD A GOOD GAME PASS PROTECTING FOR NEBRASKA.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS NOTABLE WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS.

BEN SCOTT KIND OF WAS WHAT YOU THOUGHT HE WAS.

CLEARLY THAT LEFT SIDE WITH CORCORAN.

THE QUESTION IS TEDDY PROCHAZKA IF IT CONTINUES, WHEN WILL THEY GO TO HIM?

HOW FAR AWAY IS TEDDY PROCHAZKA?

BECAUSE CLEARLY LEFT TACKLE -- WE KNOW WHAT TURNER CORCORAN IS.

HE'S PROBABLY NOT A TRUE BIG TEN LEFT TACKLE BUT BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION WHERE NEBRASKA IS AT THEY LOST OUT ON WALTER ROUSE FROM STANDFORD TO OKLAHOMA, AND THEY HAD SOME THINGS THEY TRIED TO GET FIGURED OUT TO IMPROVE THE LEFT TACKLE POSITOIN, AND THEY'RE IN THIS HOLE STILL.

>>YEAH, AND TEDDY NEEDS TO GET HEALTHY LIKE YOU SAID.

>> THERE WERE SOME DISAPPOINTMENTS BUT ALSO SOME BRIGHT SPOTS.

LET'S TAKE ALTHOUGH THERE WERE A LOT DISAPPOINTMENTS IN THE GAME THERE WERE SOME BRIGHT SPOTS AS WELL.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIRST HUSKER TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON.

WHICH IS THIS WEEKS PLAY OF THE GAME BEFORE DIGGING INTO SOME OF THE MORE POSITIVES.

OF COURSE AS WE LEARNED AFTER THE GAME THE PLAY OF THE GAME WAS CALLED OSBORNE BECAUSE TOM OSBORNE LIKES TO RUN A TRICK PLAY.

HOW NERVOUS WERE YOU RIGHT HERE WHEN HE DROPPED IT?

>>MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

IS HE GOING TO RUN IT?

WHEN BULLOCK CATCHES IT IM LIKE, THERE HAS GOT TO BE.

IS THERE ILLEGAL MAN DOWNFIELD OR SOMETHING BUT THEY FINALLY GOT THE BALL TO BOUNCE OUR WAY FOR ONCE IT FEELS LIKE IN SOME OF THESE GAMES.

>> WHENEVER YOU SEE A RUNNING BACK DO THAT FLARE OUT YOU KNOW IT IS A DOUBLE PASS.

YOU JUST KNOW IT IS.

AND I WATCHED EARLIER IN THE DAY I WATCH THAT EARLIER IN THE DAY THERE WAS ANOTHER GAME, THEY RAN THE EXACT SAME THING, AND THEY MISSED A WIDE-OPEN GUY.

SO AT LEAST HE DIDN'T MISS THE WIDE OPEN GUY.

>> OR DROP IT IN THE ENDZONE >> OR DIDN'T DROP IT IN THE ENDZONE EXACTLY.

>> THEY TRIED TO RUN THE BOUNCEAROOSKI IT LOOKED LIKE.

>>EXACTLY IT WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF BOUNCEAROOSKI.

>> THE DEFENSE PLAYED REALLY WELL.

AGAINST THE RUN,DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR IN TERMS OF NUMBERS ABOUT 2.2 YARDS A CARRY.

DOMINATED THE SECOND HALF AGAINST MINNESOTA THEY QUIT RUNNING THE BALL BECAUSE NEBRASKA WAS SHUTTING THEM DOWN SO MUCH.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS NOTABLE.

MINNESOTA THREW IT 35 TIMES IN THE HALF.

NEBRASKA'S SCHOOL RECORD FOR ATTEMPTS IN A GAME IS 68.-- IT WAS SO THE PACE OF MINNESOTAS SECOND HALF THROWING, A TEAM THAT DOESN'T LIKE TO THROW, WAS AT A PACE THAT GREATER THAN TIM ROTH IN 1998, WHO STILL HOLDS THE RECORD.

I MEAN THAT'S REMARKABLE.

THAT WAS THE MOST THROWS MINNESOTA HAS HAD IN A GAME SINCE 2015.

>> NOT SHOCKING BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE VERY YOUNG RUNNING BACKS AND MORE EXPERIENCED WIDE RECIEVERS.

AND THE LAST TIME >> AND A TIGHT END.

>> AND WHEN NEBRASKA SHUT YOU DOWN LIKE THAT RIGHT?

>> AND THE LAST TIME THAT P.J.

FLECKS TEAM HASN'T RUN FOR OVER 100 WAS AGAINST SYRACUSE LAST YEAR IN THE BOWL AGAINST --.

SO THEY KNEW LET'S TRY TO WORK THIS OUT, BUT THEY KIND OF KNOW THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO STRUGGLE WE GOT TO GET RID OF THE GAMEPLAY HERE RATHER QUICKLY AND TRIED TO GET THE QUARTERBACK OUT OF THE POCKET A LITTLE BIT AND THROW IT BECAUSE THEY FLAT OUT COULDN'T RUN THE BALL.

WHICH I LOVE TO SEE.

>> WHO STOOD OUT TO YOU THE MOST ON THE DEFENSE?

>> I THINK ON THE BACKEND, DeSHAWN SINGLETON.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HE DID.

JUST THE PHYSICALITY HE BROUGHT.

HE JUMPED OUT.

I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN MORE GUYS GET HOME.

I THOUGHT THE PASS RUSH WAS THERE AT TIMES.

THEY ARE JUST YOUNG GUYS IN THERE FIRST GAME.

IT FEELS LIKE NEBRASKA MISSED TWO OR THREE KILLS SHOTS THAT THE COULD HAVE HAD WITH THEIR PASS RUSH.

THEY SUBBED IN A LOT OF THOSE GUYS.

22 GUYS PLAYED.

I THINK 17 PLAYED TEN OR MORE SNAPS.

>> THAT FIRST DRIVE.

HOW MANY GUYS DID THEY PLAY THEIR FIRST DRIVE?

>> 18 GUYS PLAYED.

10 GUYS MADE TACKLES.

>> THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

WHAT ABOUT OFFENSE?

WHAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU?

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF NEGATIVE STUFF ON THE OFFENSE, WHAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU ON OFFENSE?

>> OFFENSIVELY, TELL YOU WHAT IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE WE SAW A LOT OF GUYS IN THE BACKFIELD BETWEEN GABE ERVIN, ANTHONY GRANT, RAMIR JOHNSON , SURPRISINGLY ANTHONY GRANT GOT TWO MORE CARRIES THAT GABE ERVIIN.

SO THAT WAS KIND OF A SHOCK TO ME.

I DON'T IT'S TOUGH, I CAN'T REALLY PICK ONE PERSON OUT.

I THOUGHT GABE RAN HARD.

YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY GOT THE BALL ON THE TURF, GOT IT BACK.

ANTHONY HAD HIS FUMBLE.

I HONESTLY CAN'T PICK ONE PERSON OUT.

I THOUGHT THEY PERFORMED RATHER WELL.

>> SIMS IS A RUNNER I THOUGHT JUMPED OUT.

>> YOU COULD SAY THAT.

>> AND HE ONLY PLAYED ONE HALF BUT I THOUGHT WHEN MARCUS WASHINGTON IS ON THE FIELD THEY'RE A DIFFERENT OFFENSE.

HE'S A GOOD ROUTE RUNNER, HE'S A LITTLE EXPLOSIVE.

HE MAKES A DIFFERENCE I THINK.

>> YEAH, THEY WERE JUST LACKING IN PRESENCE AT WIDE RECEIVER.

JOH BULLOCK IS A SOLID ROLL PLAYER, BUT WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO?

BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF PRESENCE.

BILLIE KEMP WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENCES.

THOMAS FINDONE WAS.

NO CATCHES FOR THAT COMBO.

>> ONLY ONE TARGET.

>> THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WIN IF VERY MANY GAME IF KEMP AND FIDONE ARE NONFACTOR IN A GAME LIKE THAT.

>> IF NEBRASKA WINS THAT GAME, GAME BALL GOES TO COACH FOLEY.

THAT'S THE BEST THAT SPECIAL TEAMS HAS PLAYED IN YEARS.

I MEAN EVERY SINGLE PHASE OF IT.

YOU HAD THE LONG KICK RETURN, FIRST ONE SINCE LIKE 2017.

THEY HAD GOOD PUNT COVERAGE.

THEY ACTUALLY GAINED YARDS ON PUNT RETURN.

THEY OBVIOUSLY MADE THE FIELD- GOAL AND THE EXTRA POINT.

THE PUNTS, THEY AVERAGED OVER 47 YARDS A PUNT.

THAT WAS AS GOOD AS -- >> YEAH, IT DEFINITELY A TIP OF THE CAP.

I MEAN YOU HAVE TRISTAN ALVANO COMING IN AS A TRUE FRESHMAN.

THE SITUATION WASN'T TOO BIG FOR.

COME IN AND HAMMER A COUPLE HOME.

SO YEAH I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, IF THEY WOULD HAVE WON THAT GAME THEY THAT MAN RIGHT THERE WOULD HAVE GOT THE GAME BALL.

>> IT REALLY SHOWS YOU, YOU NEED A SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR, YOU CONCENTRATE ON IT YOU CAN DO BETTER.

>>WELL, AND MINNESOTA TRIED TO RUN THREE KICKS AND THEY DIDN'T CROSS THE 19.

THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF PINNING MINNESOTA INSIDE THE 20, THE THREE TIMES AND THAT MATTERS GUYS.

>> ESPECIALLY WHEN PLAYING A TEAM LIKE MINNESOTA THAT HELPS.

NEBRASKA HAS JUST NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF CONSISTENCY WITH THEIR SPECIAL TEAMS.

WE SAW GUYS LIKE GBAYER OUT THERE MAKING TACKLES THAT WEREN'T EVER ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING DOING THINGS FOR NEBRASKA.

>> THE G IS NOT PRONOUNCED BY THE WAY.

THE NEW THING ON NEBRASKA'S - YOU GO TO THE ROSTER AND THEY HAVE THEM PRONOUNCING IT HE DOESN'T SAY THE G, HE SAYS GBAYER.

YEAH, OKAY NOW WE NOW.

>> THERE ARE SOME GLEAMS OF HOPE IN THE PROGRAM DESPITE THE LOSS.

LET'S DIVE INTO THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THURSDAYS GAME IN MINNEAPOLIS.

IT WAS A PRETTY NICE DAY IN MINNEAPOLIS.

A GOLD OUT, NOT QUITE SOLD OUT I DON'T THINK.

WE GO STRAIGHT TO THE SECOND QUARTER AFTER A 0-0 FIRST QUARTERS.

ONE OF TWO RUNS OF 10 YARDS OR MORE.

ONLY TWO RUNS.

ONE FOR 10 AND ONE FOR 11 THE ENTIRE GAME FOR MINNESOTA, NEBRASKA DID SOME GOOD STUFF.

FIELD GOAL THERE TO GO UP 3-0 FOR MINNESOTA.THAT SIMS PRETTY EARLY ON WE SAW THAT JEFF SIMS WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL A LITTLE BIT ON THEM.

19 TOTAL RUSHES.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AS AN OPTIMAL NUMBER, YOU THINK GRANT?

>>SOME OF THOSE ARE QB SCRAMBLES OBVIOUSLY.

RIGHT NOW I WOULD SAY LESS THAN 10.

I'D BE HAPPY WITH THAT.

JUST CAUSE YOU WORRY WITH THE INJURY ISSUES.

HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL.PLUS 1 JUST BECAUSE NEBRASKA IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

THEY NEED THAT PLUS 1 IN THE MATHEMATICS AGAINST THE DEFENSE.

>> THERE'S AN INTERCEPTION THERE.

IT'STRIPLE COVERAGE BUT ALSO, BILLIE KEMP IS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO GO UP AND DISTURB IT.

HERES ON THAT'S ON TOMMI HILL WELL HE DIDN'T GET HOME THERE IT WAS A NICE CHASE DOWN, BUT HE DIDN'T GET HOME TO GET A FIRST DOWN ON THAT ONE.

AND EARLY ON KALIAKMANIS WAS GREAT HE WENT SIX OF HIS FIRST EIGHT.

SO HE WAS REALLY GOOD EARLY ON.

BUT , BECAUSE NEBRASKA GETS A STOP THEY BENDS DOES NOT BREAK.

MISSED FIELD GOAL THERE, KEEPING THE GAME AT 3-0 AT THAT POINT.

WE GET A GOOD PASS RIGHT HERE LOOKING INSIDE.

YOU KNOW WHAT I NOTICE?

NO RUNS AFTER CATCH.

THERE WAS NONE OF THAT.

THIS PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TOUCHDOWN, WE SEE ON THE REPLAY LATER.

THEN WE HAVE THE OFFSIDES HERE, OR THE FALSE START AND THAT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE REVIEW.

AND TO EVERYONE IT SEEMED LIKE A TOUCHDOWN, RIGHT?

>> EVEN THE REVIEW.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO WAS BACK AT LA FOX STUDIOS.

HE WAS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE A TOUCHDOWN AND FOR SOME REASON THEY DIDN'T CALL IT.

I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO OVERTURN THAT.

>> AND SEAN HERE, HE'S OPEN.

>> AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, MIKE'L, THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.

YOU'RE ON THE SHORT SIDE OF THE FIELD AND YOU DECIDE TO PUT ALL OF YOUR ROUTES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AREA.

IT WAS NOT A WELL-DESIGNED MOMENT OF PLAY.

>> AT HALFTIME THEY WENT IN, SAID WE'RE OKAY, WE'RE IN A GOOD SPOT.

STILL DOWN 3-0.

AND THEN RAHMIR JOHNSON DOES THIS.

>> YEAH, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS IN A LONG TIME.

>> 2017.

>> THAT'S AWESOME, LOVE THIS.

THIS IS THE WAY YOU START OFF A HALF AND GETTING THIS THING GOING.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER, HERE WE GO.

>> OUR PLAY OF THE GAME, THEY CALLED OSBORNE BECAUSE HE LIKED TO DO TRICK PLAYS.

BUT, PERFECT.+ AND I KNOW BULLOCK SAYS AFTERWARDS HE HAD HIS HAND UP, RIGHT?

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T THINK THAT JEFF SIMS SAW HIM.

HE WAS WORRIED HE DIDN'T SEE HIM.

THAT WOULD BE TOUGH TO MISS.

THERE IS ONE GUY STANDING OUT THERE IN YOUR JERSEY, WOULD BE HARD TO MISS HIM.

>> WELL, THIS IS THE KIND OF PLAY THAT YOU PRACTICE AND PRACTICE AND YOU JUST PRAY THEY CALL IT AND HOPE IT WORKS OUT.

IT WORKED.

>> AND GREAT FOR TRISTAN ALVANO TO COME IN THERE AND GET HIS FIRST KICK.

GET THE NERVES OFF OF HIM A LITTLE BIT.

HERE'S A BIG PLAY THAT WILL AFFECT THE WEEK AS WELL.

TY ROBINSON COMES IN, LOWERS HIS HEAD, STANDARD TARGETING.

>> YEAH, YOU'VE JUST GOT TO BE SMART.

YOU CAN'T DO IT.

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING, TRY TO TAKE A SHOULDER.

BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN'T HIT THE QUARTERBACK PERIOD ANYMORE.

>> YEAH.

ONE OF THE THINGS -- OFF-LEVEL THROWS, THROWING SIDEARMS.

SOME OF THE THROWS THAT HE MADE WERE REALLY GOOD.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A GOOD ONE.

OMAR BROWN GOES BACK HOME.

>> MINNEAPOLIS NATIVE NOW RECRUITED BY THE GOPHERS.

I KNOW IT WAS A BIG MOMENT FOR HIM WITH A LOT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY THERE.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FROM GABE ERVIN, RIGHT?

THIS IS A 230 POUND GUY, SIX FOOT TALL.

JUST RUNS OVER SOMEBODY.

>> YEAH, PRE-HITTER RIGHT IN THE HOLE.

NO CHANCE.

AND HE JUST BREAKS IT OFF AND YOU GOTTA LOVE TO SEE THAT.

>> I'M LIKING THAT SITUATION WHERE HE GETS HIS HANDS, RIGHT HAND DOWN.

THAT GUY WHO'S COMING AT HIS LEGS, HE CAN TRY TO GET HIM OFF IT AND THAT WOULD BE KIND OF NICE BUT IT WAS A GREAT RUN THERE.

>> NOW WE ARE ONTO JEFF SIMS AGAIN.

MAKES A THROW, HE KIND OF MISSES BULLOCK A LITTLE BIT.

GETS TACKLED THERE.

HAD TO SETTLE FOR A FIELD GOAL.

BEFORE THAT, YOU HAD ANOTHER FALSE START.

COULD'VE GOTTEN A TOUCHDOWN FROM ANTHONY GRANT BUT OBVIOUSLY THE PLAY PENALTY CALLED IT BACK AND THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.

HERE IS JEFF SIMS AGAIN.

AGAIN, NO RUNS AFTER CATCHES.

THEY ARE ALL RIGHT WHERE THE BALL IS THROWN.

THEY'VE GOT TO GET MORE RACK YARDS, YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT.

AND HERE IS REALLY THE BIGGEST PLAY OF THE GAME.

>> AND YOU'VE SEEN IT THROUGHOUT THEIR CAMP AND HEARD IT ALL CAMP, THE FUMBLE ISSUES.US RIGHT THERE.

AND IT CREPT UP ON US RIGHT THERE AT A BAD TIME.

>> YOU ARE A BIG DEFENDER.

THIS GUY IS SIX FOOT SEVEN, 270.

WERE YOU EVER SIX FOOT SEVEN, 270?

>> I WAS SIX FOOT FIVE, 280.

NEVER SIX FOOT SEVEN THOUGH.

>> AND YOU'RE RUNNING AS A TIGHT END.

THIS IS AMAZING.

>> FOURTH DOWN.

>> YEAH, AND IT'S FOURTH DOWN.

AND HARTZOG, HE GOT BEAT ON IT.

STILL IS A GREAT CATCH.

>> HE NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB AND HIS HELP WAS INSIDE.

HE HAS OUTSIDE LEVERAGE, YOU'VE GOT TO STAY THERE.

>> YEAH, BUT WHAT AN AMAZING CATCH.

TO HAVE THAT BACK LEG GET DOWN WHILE YOU HAVE THE FRONT LEG UP, THAT WAS A GREAT JOB.

OF COURSE THE EXTRA POINT THERE TO TIE IT.

STARTS OFF THIS DRIVE AND THIS -- I KNOW RIGHT HERE, I FELT WHEN HE GOT THIS RUN AND GOT THE FIRST FIRST DOWN, I THOUGHT NEBRASKA CAN HAVE A NICE TWO-MINUTE DRIVE, END IT WITH A FIELD GOAL BY TRISTAN ALVANO AND WALK OUT THE WIN.

>> AND THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD THROW BY HIM THERE, THAT WAS NICE.

>> THAT WAS A GREAT THROW AND A GREAT ROUTE BUT YOU ALMOST COME RIGHT BACK TO IT.

>> I KNOW IT.

AND IT'S READ BY A GUY WHO'S PROBABLY A FIRST OR SECOND ROUND PICK IN THE NFL DRAFT.

MADE IT PRETTY EASY THERE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DESIGN RUN THERE WITH SIMS.

JUST KEEP IT GOING.

HE WAS HOT.

HE COULD'VE GOT HIM IN FIELD GOAL RANGE.

>> THIS RUN TO GET THEM IN FIELD GOAL RANGE WAS A PRODUCT OF THE COACH MAKING GOOD DECISION TO LET THE CLOCK BURN INSTEAD OF CALLING HIS TIMEOUT SO HE CAN DO IT RIGHT THERE.

OF COURSE, THAT MEANS 13-10 AND NEBRASKA LOSES, MINNESOTA WINS.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINAL STATS.

I MEAN, NEBRASKA IS RIGHT THERE.

181 RUSHING TO ONLY 55 FOR MINNESOTA.

TOTAL YARDS 295 TO 251.

BUT THE BIG ONE COMES DOWN THERE WITH THE TURNOVERS.

FOUR TURNOVERS AND ONE TOTAL.

THREE INTERCEPTIONS AND ONE FUMBLE AS WELL.

SO THAT TELLS YOU WHAT HAPPENS.

OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME AGAINST MINNESOTA, ALEX BULLOCK AND OMAR B OMAR BROWN.

AS SEAN SAID, GOING BACK HOME FOR A BIG-TIME INTERCEPTION IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

HE HAD AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO LOOK AT, RIGHT?

LOT OF GOOD THINGS.

IT IS THOSE TURNING THE BALL OVER AND THOSE SEVEN PENALTIES THAT REALLY COST THEM THE GAME.

>> THIS IS A TEAM THAT NEBRASKA HASN'T BEATEN SINCE 2018.

IT FELT LIKE THEY SHOULD HAVE WON THE GAME.

NOBODY PICKED NEBRASKA TO WIN THIS GAME WHICH IS FUNNY BUT AS YOU WATCH HERE, NEBRASKA SHOULD BE WINNING THISGAME.

I MEAN, EVERYONE IS ANGRY.

WHEN YOU WALK AROUND THE STATE OF NEBRASKA THERE IS JUST THIS ANGER AND YOU'RE EVEN MORE MAD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE COLORADO LOOKS SO GOOD IN THEIR OPEN.

>> THAT IS A BIG PART OF IT, HOW GOOD THEY LOOKED, NO DOUBT.

NEXT UP ON THE SHOW WE'LL BREAK DOWN A FEW PLAYS AND BE JOINED BY FRIEND OF THE SHOW FOX SPORTS' KEVIN KUGLER.

AS WE GO TO BREAK, CHECK OUT THE SIGHTS FROM THE GOLD-OUT GAME IN MINNEAPOLIS, COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

STAY WITH US.

WE WILL BE BACK SOON.

♪ WE WILL BE BACK SOON.

>>> ALL RIGHT, WELCOME BACK TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

LET'S TAKE A COUPLE LOOKS AT A COUPLE OF GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAYS.

WE'LL HIGHLIGHT THE DEFENSE BECAUSE THEY PLAYED REALLY WELL AGAINST MINNESOTA LAST THURSDAY NIGHT.

SO FIRST PLAY, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT HUTMACHER'S SACK HERE ON THIRD AND TEN, GETTING OFF THE FIELD.

SO OBVIOUSLY HE IS OVER THE SHADE HERE.

LINED UP IN CENTER, NEBRASKA'S SHOWING A SIX-MAN FRONT.

I THINK THIS KIND OF CONFUSED THE WHOLE LINE BECAUSE REALLY, NOBODY BLOCKS HIM.

BUT BEING A BIG MAN OVER THE CENTER, NOSE GUARD, HE KIND OF GETS INTO SOME UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY.

AND HE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING THE QB DOWN IN THE SITUATION.

BUT HE GETS SOME HELP IN THIS SITUATION FROM THE OUTSIDE LINEBACKER UP TOP.

DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB BEATING THE RIGHT TACKLE.

AND THE QUARTERBACK HAS NOWHERE TO RUN.

BUT A REALLY GOOD JOB OF A BIG DUDE, A BIG GUY GETTING THE QUARTERBACK DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE EASIEST SPOT.

I'VE BEEN THERE MANY TIMES AND I'VE MISSED.

SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT PLAY HERE, THE OMAR BROWN INTERCEPTION.

SO OMAR'S ON THE GUY IN THE SLOT.

IN THIS SITUATION, IT'S ALMOST AN ALERT.

WHY ARE ALL OF THESE GUYS LINED UP SO CLOSE INTO THE FIELD?

SO INITIALLY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS ROUTE, IT'S CALLED THE SCISSORS ROUTE OR A 7-8 SWITCH.

A SEVEN ROUTE IS A CORNER ROUTE, AN EIGHT ROUTE IS TOWARDS THE FIELD GOAL POST.

SO THEY KNOW IT.

THEY GOT IT READ PERFECTLY AS YOU LET THE PLAY GO.

HE'S GONNA READ IT, SO YOU SEE THESE GUYS GET SOME SPACE AS YOU SEE.

THE SCISSORS WITH THE X.

HE IS PUTTING HIS FOOT IN THE GROUND.

HE ALREADY HAS IT READ, DIAGNOSED, DOES A GREAT JOB OF UNDERCUTTING THIS THING.

BOOM, PICK.

FIRST TURNOVER FOR THE BIG RED FOR THE DEFENSE.

GETS THE BALL BACK TO THE OFFICE TO GET SOME POINTS.

♪ GREAT OFFENSIVE POINTS.

>> WE LOST THE WAY WE DID FOR THE GUYS, RIGHT?

NOT FOR ME, FOR THE GUYS.

I'M UPSET FOR THEM, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME RECOGNIZING HOW MUCH BETTER THE FOOTBALL IS THAN EARLY LAST YEAR.

AND SO I'M PROUD OF THAT FOR THEM.

>> WE JUST HAD SOME MISTAKES, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE END OF THE GAME BUT NOTHING THAT WE CAN'T FIX.

WE HAVE BEEN PRACTICING IT THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, TRYING TO DO THAT.

THAT.

REALLY WE ARE JUST FOCUSED ON WE'RE REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON THE MINNESOTA GAME THE DAY AFTER AND NOW WE'RE MOVED ONTO COLORADO, LOOKING AHEAD.

>> HIS POSTER WAS ON THE WALLS FOR A REASON AS A PLAYER.

HE IS ONE OF THE HARDEST PRACTICING, HARDEST PLAYING PEOPLE TO EVER PLAY THE GAME.

SO WHY WOULD WE THINK THAT HIS >> FOR ME, TEAM WOULDN'T BE THE SAME?

>> FOR ME, THE REASON WHY I SAY I CIRCLED THAT GAME IS JUST FOR ME BECAUSE THEY'RE THE GAMES YOU WANT.

LIKE, I LOVE GOING AGAINST COMPETITION.

I LOVE GOING AGAINST THE SKILLED PLAYERS.

PLAYERS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO PLAY IN THE NFL.

SOME PLAYERS MIGHT BACK AWAY FROM IT BUT I JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR IT.

>> THIS HAS TO BE IT'LL BE FUN.

>> THIS HAS TO BE FOOTBALL.

IT CAN'T BE ABOUT TEMPO, THIS CAN'T BE ABOUT ALTITUDE.

THIS CAN'T BE ABOUT PLAYING A RANKED OPPONENT.RANK IT JUST HAS TO BE FOOTBALL.VE A CHANCE.

AND IF WE DO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE ALL TRAINING CAMP, WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE.

>> WE ARE PLEASED TO BE JOINED HERE BY, IT SAYS HERE, GOOD FRIEND, KEVIN KUGLER.

>> AS LONG AS YOU'RE READING WHAT IT SAYS.

>> THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> IT WAS A REAL THRILL TO BE INVITED BACK.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN BACK SINCE YOU ASKED ME TO LEAVE.INCE YOU ASKED ME >> NO, WE'VE HAD YOU ON ZOOM A FEW TIMES.

>> I KNOW, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK ON THE SET YET.

>> THAT IS TRUE.

>> I HAD TO COME BACK BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS BEING SEAN'S 20th YEAR OF BEING ON THE SHOW.

AND SO I THOUGHT, I HAVE GOT TO COME BACK FOR THE 20th YEAR OF SEAN CALLAHAN.

>> DID YOU BRING A CAKE?

>> NO I DID NOT.

REALLY I BROUGHT NOTHING.

>> WHERE'S THE AUDITION TAPE?

>> THE AUDITION TAPE HAS BEEN LOST TO HISTORY.

PER YOUR REQUEST WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS A LOT.

SINCE YOU DO A LOT OF NFL YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH COACHES AND TALK TO THEM.

WE ALWAYS HEAR IT'S SO DIFFERENT FOR HEAD COACHES FROM COLLEGE TO THE NFL AND MANY OF THEM STRUGGLE.

WHAT YOU THINK THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS FOR THE HEAD COACHES?

>> I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS THE PERSONALITY OF THE PLAYER AND THE POWER YOU HAVE OVER SAID PLAYER.

I THINK IT IS ALSO VERY CHALLENGING FOR A COLLEGE COACH TO THEN GO TO THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND THEN HAVE A GUY GO, I REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK.

I AM MAKING MORE THAN YOU, I'M MAKING GUARANTEED MONEY.

I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

I THINK THAT IS SOME OF THE CHALLENGE THAT MATT RHULE RAN INTO IN CAROLINA.

AND HE'S NOT ALONE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF GUYS WHO HAVE -- NICK SABAN IS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE COLLEGE COACHES OF ALL TIME, MAYBE TOP THREE, TOP FIVE.

MAYBE THE NUMBER ONE.

BUT HE WASN'T EXACTLY GANGBUSTERS AT THE NFL LEVEL.

I JUST THINK IT IS HARDER FOR SOME COACHES TO ADJUST TO THAT PERSONALITY AND ALL OF THE MONEY AND CONTRACTS AND EVERYTHING AT THE NEXT LEVEL.

>> WITH MATT RHULE AND NEBRASKA, WHEN HE TOOK THIS JOB, WERE YOU RPRISE SURPRISED?

KNOWING THE MONEY THAT HE WAS GOING BE ABLE TO GET FOR NOT WORKING, HOW SURPRISED WERE YOU THAT HE TOOK THE JOB?

>> I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED HE TOOK THE JOB ONLY BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WOULD SIT OUT FOR A YEAR BUT THE MAN LOVES TO COACH AND THE MAN LOVES TO BUILD.

I THINK WHAT HE LEARNED FROM HIS CAROLINA EXPERIENCE IS THAT MAYBE THE NFL IS NOT FOR HIM.

COLLEGE IS WHERE HE HAS THRIVED.

AND WE SEEN IT AT TEMPLE, WE'VE SEEN IT AT BAYLOR, AND I REALLY DO THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT AT NEBRASKA.

I RECOGNIZE WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST EIGHT DAYS OR WHATEVER IT'S BEEN, IN THIS STATE IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS, SINCE THEY LOST THAT GAME AND THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO.

AND I REALIZE WE HAVE THE JUXTAPOSITION OF NEBRASKA AND COLORADO RIGHT NOW, WHAT HAPPENED WITH COLORADO WITH THEIR FIRST GAME UNDER DEION.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH MATT RHULE IN HIS FIRST GAME AT NEBRASKA.

I JUST -- IT'S HARD FOR ME TO READ INTO ONE GAME ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS THING.

>> YEAH, YOU'VE CALLED GAMES AT ALMOST EVERY LEVEL.

WHAT IS THE SECRET SAUCE TO WINNING CLOSE GAMES?

>> THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOMETHING BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON NEBRASKA'S HAD THAT SAUCE ON THE TABLE FOR YEARS NOW.

>> IT IS AMAZING, ISN'T IT?

PART OF IT'S LUCK.

THERE'S ALWAYS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LUCK INVOLVED, THERE HAS TO BE.

PART OF IT'S EXECUTION BUT AGAIN THOUGH, 20 YEARS AGO, NEBRASKA BRASKA DECIDED TO GET ON THE MERRY-GO-ROUND.

DECIDED TO GET ON THE MERRY-GO-ROUND.

AND WHEN YOU ARE IN A PROGRAM THAT LACKS CONSISTENCY IT SHOWS IN YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THOSE ONE SCORE GAMES AND NEBRASKA'S RECORD IN THEM.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS LACKED CONSISTENCY.

IT HAS LACKED CONSISTENCY IN HEAD COACH, IT'S LACKED CONSISTENCY FROM A CULTURE STANDPOINT, IT'S LACKED CONSISTENCY FROM A SCHOOL STANDPOINT.

SO UNTIL YOU CAN GET PAST ALL OF THAT, AND I KNOW THAT MATT RHULE SAID IT IS NOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT IT IS FOR THE FAN BASE.

AND THAT'S WHO YOU'RE HEARING FROM RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS A SCARRED FANBASE RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE SCABS UPON SCABS UPON SCABS ON THE FAN BASE FROM SCOTTS BLUFF TO OMAHA AND ALL POINTS IN BETWEEN.

>> IT'S NOT BEEN EASY.

>> YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT ONE AND ELEVEN FOR COLORADO LAST YEAR.

ALL OF THOSE GUYS ARE GONE.

MANY OF THE NEBRASKA PLAYERS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS ARE STILL HERE.

>> THERE'S PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM THAT WERE IN BOULDER IN 2019.

IT'S CRAZY TO THINK.

I BET THERE'S NOT ONE GUY ON THIS COLORADO TEAM THAT WAS IN BOULDER FOR THAT GAME.

>> OH, NO WAY.

THEY ONLY HAD LIKE FOUR GUYS.

>> THERE'S ONLY THREE OR FOUR GUYS LEFT.

>> I THINK WHAT DEION SANDERS IS DOING IS REMARKABLE BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT CAN DO THAT.

I DON'T THINK WHAT MATT RHULE CAN DO AT NEBRASKA.

IT'S NOT WHAT MIKE NORVELL HAS DONE AT FLORIDA STATE.

I LOVE THE NORVELL COMPARISON.

THREE WINS HIS FIRST YEAR, STEPPED IT UP TO FIVE WINS HIS NEXT YEAR.

THEN 10 WINS IN HIS THIRD YEAR.

I THINK THAT'S MORE THE PROGRESSION YOU HAVE TO EXPECT AT A PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA.

CAN YOU IMAGINE, EVERYBODY IS LOOKING AT WHAT COLORADO IS DOING RIGHT NOW.

EVERYONE'S SAYING OH MY GOSH, HOW GREAT IS THAT?

LOOK AT THAT, THEY WIN A GAME AND THEY SCORE ALL OF THESE POINTS, THEY ALL OF THIS TALENT.

AND THEY DO, THEY HAVE A LOT OF TALENT., HOW WOULD THE STATE >> SURE.

>> BUT, HOW WOULD THIS STATE HAVE REACTED TO A COACH COMING IN AND TELLING 80 NEBRASKA KIDS, "YOU CAN'T COME YOU CAN'T PLAY HERE ANYMORE, PLEASE GO AWAY."

PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY BESIDE THEMSELVES.

THERE IS NO WAY THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED THAT.

THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE -- AND THIS IS NO OFFENSE TO THE GOOD FOLKS AT COLORADO.

THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE LEFT THAT CARED ABOUT COLORADO FOOTBALL WHEN THAT HAPPENED.

THEY'RE LIKE I DON'T CARE, GET RID OF ALL THESE GUYS.

NOW DEION IS DOING HIS THING.

IT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL THOUGH.

IT'S A DIFFERENT DIFFERENT IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT BEAST NOW.

>> BEAST.

COLORADO FOOTBALL, AND WHERE NEBRASKA IS RIGHT NOW.

>> NO DOUBT, I AGREE.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE OR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HOW YOU APPROACH A SEASON BEFORE THE FIRST GAME, IS ALWAYS VERY UNIQUE TO ME.

AND COLORADO, WITH AND ALL OF THE NAYSAYERS.

THE RECEIPTS THAT WERE TAKEN BY DEION.

WHATEVER YOU SAID.

THEY CAN USE THAT TO THEIR POWER AND NOW IT IS FLIPPED.

>> THERE'S NO DOUBT.

>> FIRST SCENE ON FIRST TAKE.

I MEAN NATIONAL MEDIA.

HOW DO YOU THINK THEY RESPOND TO THIS?

HOW DO YOU THINK THEY RESPOND TO THIS.

ALL OF THE SUDDEN YOU AFTER SAYING NO ONE TRUSTS YOU, NO ONE BELIEVES YOU.

ALL OF THE SUDDEN YOU ARE NOW RANKED IN THE TOP 25.

>> HERE'S THE BRILLIANCE THAT I THINK THAT DEION SANDERS HAS.

>> IT IS ALL ABOUT DEION SANDERS.

AND THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE HE TAKES IN SO MUCH OF THE AKES IN SO MUCH OF THE SPOTLIGHT AND SO MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION THAT A REALLY GOOD STAFF, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO SPOTLIGHT AND SO MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION THAT A REALLY GOOD STAFF, AND VERY TALENTED SKILL POSITION PLAYERS, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS WORK.

THEY'RE WORKING.

DEION IS DOING SHOWS, DEION'S DOING MEDIA, DEION'S TALKING ABOUT DEION.

DEION'S TALKING ABOUT RECEIPTS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.

AND THAT IS GREAT FOR HIS KIDS BECAUSE ALL THEY DO IS GO OUT AND WORK ON FOOTBALL.

THEY GAME PLAN, THEY PRACTICE AND PREPARE AND DEION DOES THE REST.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS, AND HAVE A PERSONALITY LIKE DEION SANDERS YOU HAVE TO USE IT.

AND THAT'S THE BRILLIANCE OF DEION SANDERS.

IS, HE'S OUT THERE DRAWING ALL OF THAT ATTENTION AND THE OTHER GUYS, THEY JUST GO TO WORK.

>> COLORADO OBVIOUSLY HEADING TO THE BIG TWELVE NEXT YEAR.

DO YOU THINK THEY CAN BE A NATIONAL PROGRAM AGAIN?

TO WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM WINNING A CONFERENCE.

PLAYING FOR SOMETHING IMPORTANT COME DECEMBER?

>> THAT IS THE QUESTION I HAVE.

BECAUSE SHEDEUR SANDERS NOT GOING TO BE LONG FOR COLORADO.

IS THERE ANOTHER SON ON THE WAY?

>> NEITHER IS TRAVIS HUNTER.

>> I MEAN NO, NEITHER IS TRAVIS HUNTER.

THIS IS A SHORT-TERM, RIGHT NOW SITUATION.

BECAUSE, WHILE THERE IS GREAT TALENT AT THE SKILL POSITION, THEY'RE BETTER TALENTED AT THE SKILL POSITION THAN NEBRASKA.

QUARTERBACK, RUNNING BACK, WIDE RECEIVER.

THERE'S SKILL TALENT THERE THAT HE BROUGHT IN IMMEDIATELY AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE THERE IN A YEAR OR TWO.

CAN HE BUILD ON THAT?

AND I KNOW SEAN WILL TALK ABOUT IT LATER.

BUT, NEBRASKA IS RECRUITING PRETTY WELL, UNDER MATT RHULE.

>> COLORADO HAS YET TO GET THAT GENERATED.

NOW, I THINK THAT DEION SANDERS IS A FORCE OF PERSONALITY.

HE CAN GET PEOPLE IN THERE.

BUT, CAN YOU GET PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN THERE YEAR IN, YEAR OUT?

MAYBE YOU CAN.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY THING YOU CAN SAY IS, THIS YEAR THESE GUYS HAVE A CHANCE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SUSTAINABLE FOUR-FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

IT'S A FASCINATING THING TO SEE.

>> ON THE FLIPSIDE WITH THE BIG TEN GROWING TO 18 TEAMS.

IT MAY BE BIGGER.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BIGGER IT'S GOING TO GET THAT HOW SCARY IS IT FOR NEBRASKA?

THEY HAVE GOT TO GET THIS FIGURED OUT QUICKLY.

>> THERE'S VERY -- YOU MAY SAY THERE'S NO MARGIN FOR ERROR ANYMORE.

BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF ROOM FOR NEBRASKA TO FIDDLE AROUND ANYMORE.

YOU GOT TO GET THIS THING RIGHT THIS TIME.

>> TREV ALBERTS SAID THAT.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU GOT TO.

>> TO STAY IN A BIG CONFERENCE, YOU HAVE GOT TO WIN, HAVE GOOD APR.

>> YOU HAVE TO.

YOU'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS THING RELEVANT.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP THIS I MEAN, YOU NEED TO HAV EPATIENCE WITH THIS BUILD.

BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE NEBRASKA IS RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, TWENTY YEARS AGO EVERYBODY DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE.

AND THEN CHANGE UPON, CHANGE UPON CHANGE -- EAND THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE.

YOU'VE GOTTA ALLOW THIS MAN TO YOU NEED TO ALLOW THIS BUILD THE CULTURE THAT HE HAS BUILT IN PLACES THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE TRADITION OR THE ABILITY TO RECRUIT THE WAY NEBRASKA DOES.

>> LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION THAT'S NEVER BEEN ASKED.

>> ALRIGHT.

>> SHOULD THEY HAVE FIRED FRANK SOLICH?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S A HECK OF A QUESTION.

WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE PHONE LINES AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.

NO, I DON'T -- >> I MEAN THAT'S 20 YEARS AGO.

AND WHEN YOU THINK BACK TO THOSE MOMENTS, WHERE, AFTER THAT COLORADO GAME, AND I KNOW I WAS THAT THE BIG RED BREAKFAST BEFORE THAT AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "THERE'S NO WAY THEY'RE FIRING THIS MAN."

THERE'S NO WAY.

>> AND THEY WON!

>> THE NEXT DAY, AND THEY WIN THE GAME.

AND THEN, THE NEXT DAY HE'S GONE.

AND THEN -- >> I KNOW, I MEAN WE COULD REHASH HISTORY.

>> I KNOW, I KNOW.

>> WE'VE DONE THAT MANY TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO DECADES.

BUT I MEAN, THAT IS REALLY, THAT'S THE PIVOT POINT OF THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF NEBRASKA FOOTBALL.

EVER BECAUSE EVERYTHING CHANGED THEN.

AND THERE WERE THOSE OF US, IN THE MEDIA, LOCALLY AT THE TIME.

WHO SAID, "BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR."

BECAUSE PROGRAMS THAT GET ON THAT CAROUSEL, RARELY GET OF THAT CAROUSEL, WITHOUT A LOT OF HARDSHIP.

NOW, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TWENTY-YEARS OF WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS, MORE OR LESS.

BUT IT'S BEEN THAT.

>> YEAH, AND NOT GOING TO A BOWL-GAME SINCE 2016.

YOU COULDN'T HAVE TOLD ANYBODY THAT.

I REMEMBER WHEN THEY MISSED THAT FIRST BOWL-GAME IN 2004, AFTER 36 YEARS LIKE, "THIS IS INCREDIBLE."

>> "IT'S JUST ONE GAME, IT'S JUST ONE SEASON."

>> THEN THEY VOTED NOT TO GO TO A BOWL IN 2020.

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

>> YOU THINK ABOU TALL THE MISSTEPS IN HISTORY.

WE WOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

THEY HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO A BOWL.

>> I MEAN, WHEN KANSAS WENT LAST YEAR, THEY WERE THE ONLY POWER FIVE TEAM THAT HASN'T BEEN TO A BOWL IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

A TEAM THAT WENT TO A BOWL FOR EVERY YEAR FOR A LOT OF OUR LIVES.

I MEAN IT'S CRAZY.

>> AND FOR US, IT WAS LIKE, "LET'S VOTE ON THIS AND SEE."

OH, CRAP THEY DON'T WANT TO GO.

>> "IT'S BEEN A LONG YEAR, WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT."

>> BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT MARK NORVELL AT FLORIDA STATE, 3-9, 5-7.

LAST YEAR THEY FINALLY HAD THEIR FIRST SUCCESSFUL SEASON.

I THINK THEY WENT 10-2, WON THE BOWL GAME LAST YEAR.

BEAT OKLAHOMA, I BELIEVE IN THE BOWL GAME.

IF THAT IS THE ROUTE THAT NEBRASKA MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE.

I MEAN, IS THERE ENOUGH PATIENCE THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT KIND OF ROUTE THOUGH?

GOING 3-9, 5-7?

>> HERE'S THE THING.

WE AS FANS, PEOPLE IN THIS STATE MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT PATIENCE.

BUT THE GUY IN CHARGE, TREV ALBERTS, HAS THAT PATIENCE.

AND THE GUY IN CHARGE OF THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM, MATT RHULE, HAS THE PATIENCE.

AND THAT'S ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS AT THIS POINT.

>> AND THE CONTRACT TOO.

>> YEAH, THEY HAVE THE CONTRACT, THEY HAVE THE PATIENCE.

AND THEY HAVE THE CONTRACT.

AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A NOT GOING TO BE SITUATION WHERE IN YEAR THREE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, TREV IS ALREADY SAYING, WE HAVE GOT TO GET SOME STUFF DONE.

THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY ULTIMATUM.

IT'S TREV'S GUY, IT'S TREV'S CONTRACT, AND IT'S A GUY THAT KNOWS HOW TO BUILD A PROGRAM.

I HATE TO SAY IT BUT WHAT CHOICE DO YOU HAVE AT THIS POINT?

>> I AGREE.

>> I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO RIDE IT OUT.

>> LET'S TALK SOME NFL.

>> YOU'VE GOT ONE CONFERENCE IN THE AFC AND IT IS LOADED WITH WHAT IS QUARTERBACKS, LOADED WITH TALENT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE NFC.

YOU'RE DOING SOME NFC GAMES.

>> I AM.

>> WHAT IS THE FEEL, NFL-WISE, DOES IT FEEL REALLY UNEVEN TO YOU?

THE WAY EVERYTHING IS BREAKING DOWN.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF GONE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT IT BE.

NOW THE USED TO BE.

I MEAN, THE NFC USED TO HAVE THE QUARTERBACKS AND THE POWER AND THE PROMINANCE AND NOW THE AFC HAS SORT-OF TILTED THAT, WITH BURROW AND JOSH ALLEN, AND WITH PATRICK MAHOMES.

EVERYBODY RESIDING IN THE AFC.

YOU'VE GOT A FEW IN THE NFC.

BUT YOU KNOW, I'M STARTING THIS WEEKEND IN SEATTLE AND YOU'VE GOT GINO SMITH, WHO -- >> CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.

>> YEAH, 10 YEARS IN THE LEAGUE AND SIGNED A THREE-YEAR DEAL.

BUT IT'S A DEAL THAT SEATTLE CAN GET OUT OF EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

AND MATTHEW STAFFORD IS STARTING FOR THE RAMS.

I MEAN, MATTHEW STAFFORD IS AS OLD AS YOU ARE.

SO, AND THAT'S VERY-OLD.

IF YOU'RE WATCHING, THAT'S VERY-OLD.

THEN BROCK PURDY IS SEVENTH ROUND PICK IN THAT DIVISION AND ARIZONA HASN'T EVEN ANNOUNCED WHO THEY ARE STARTING.

AND SO -- YOU JUST HAVE A LOT OF IMBALANCE AT THE QUARTERBACK POSITION.

HONESTLY, YOU SEE IT IN COLLEGE A LOT.

THE QUARTERBACK POSITION MAKES SUCH A DIFFERENCE.

WHATEVER LEVEL OF FOOTBALL YOU'RE PLAYING.

>> SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE.

GET YOUR TAKE ON WHAT YOU THINK SCHEDULE.

ABOUT THE REMAINING SCHEDULE FOR NEBRASKA.

OBVIOUSLY, GETTING A BOWL GAME YOU GOTTA WIN SIX.

IF YOU LOSE THIS WEEK IT'S GOING TO GET PRETTY TOUGH.

>> YOU SEE ON THERE, NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

AND I KNOW THEY BEAT BOSTON COLLEGE.

BUT BOTH OF THOSE GAMES AT HOME, YOU WOULD THINK THAT NEBRASKA COULD WIN.

IT'S A SHORT WEEK TO GO TO ILLINOIS, BUT ILLINOIS DIDN'T LOOK GREAT IN WEEK ONE.YOU COUNT I STILL THINK THEY'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.

NORTHWESTERN LOOKED ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.

>> HORRIBLE.

>> PURDUE DIDN'T LOOK VERY GOOD, SO IF YOU COUNT ILLINOIS AS A WIN, THERE'S FIVE POTENTIAL WINS.

>> YEAH.

>> IS THERE ONE MORE, OTHER THAN OUTSIDE OF COLORADO, MICHIGAN.

MICHIGAN STATE, MARYLAND, WISCONSIN, AND IOWA?

>> MARYLAND AND MICHIGAN STATE ARE PROBABLY THE BEST BETS.

>> SEE I THINK MARYLAND IS REALLY GOOD.

>> NO, THEY'RE TALENTED.

>> LATE IN THE SEASON, THEY HAVE NOT PLAYED WELL.

WHATEVR REASON, I DON'T KNOW WHY.

>> RIGHT, AND LOOK, THE IOWA GAME IS ALWAYS "THE IOWA GAME."

THAT ALWAYS HAS A DIFFERENT FEEL TO IT.

AND WHO KNOWS WHAT IOWA IS GONNA LOOK LIKE AT THAT POINT IN THE SEASON.

>> TRUE.

>> I MEAN, YOU NEVER KNOW WITH THE HAWKEYES.

>> KEVIN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THIS HASE BEEN SO FUN.

I'VE SO ENJOYED SEEING ALL OF YOU.

HAPPY 20 YEARS TO SEAN.

>> HERE'S TO 70 OR 80 MORE OF SEAN.

>> WHO WOULD NOT WANT 90 YEARS OF SEAN IN THEIR TELEVISION.

>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD WANT THAT.

>> HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE SHOW?

OVER 20?

>> I DON'T REMEMBER.

NO, IS THIS WHERE SEAN WANTS TO JUST SAY, "I'VE GOT MORE THAN YOU."

>> I THINK YOU DID 20.

>> KEVIN, WE APPRECIATE YOU.

>> THANK YOU, I'LL STOP TALKING NOW.

>>> NOW IT IS A TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE GAMEDAY PHOTO-CONTEST WINNER.

LAURA BRADLEY SENT THESE IN OF HER FAMILY ALL DECKED OUT IN HUSKER GEAR FOR THE SEASON OPENER.

THANKS FOR SHARING WITH OUT LAURA.

DON'T MISS OUT ON YOUR CHANCE TO SEND US THE BEST GAMEDAY PHOTOS SO YOU CAN WIN PRIZES LIKE THESE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

WE WANT TO SEE YOU IN YOUR GAMEDAY BEST.

SO MAKE SURE YOU SEND IN THOSE PHOTOS FROM YOUR TAILGATE INSIDE THE STADIUM OR EVEN FROM YOUR WATCH-PARTY AT HOME.

WE'LL TAKE THOSE AS WELL.

NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEST FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS THURSDAY, NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA SPORTS INTERN HANNAH.

LAST WEEK, I'M SORRY I GOT CONFUSED.

THE PRODUCER'S NAME IS HANNAH, YOUR NAME IS HANNAH.

THIS IS HANNA NUMBER TWO.

WHAT DO WE HAVE FROM SOCIAL MEDIA?

ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT WO POSTS FOR YOU TODAY.

THE FIRST ONE WE GOT IS WRITTEN BY "THE OWL."

THEY WROTE, "THIS IS GLORIOUS.

NEBRASKA VERSUS MINNESOTA WAS A GREAT START TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL."

AND THEY HAVE A SCREENSHOT HERE WITH OUR WIN PROBABILITY AGAINST MINNESOTA.

AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS QUITE THE ROLLERCOASTER WITH NEBRASKA FANS.

>> IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING.

IT WAS, I THINK A 94% CHANCE TO WIN ACCORDING TO ESPN'S WIN PROBABILITY.

AND OF COURSE, WIN PROBABILITY IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT.

>> YES.

>> YES.

>> WE QUICKLY HAD OUR ODDS CHANGED.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE GRAPH.

>> YEAH, I SEE YOUR GRAPH YOU'RE HOLDING, YES.

>> YEAH, RIGHT THERE.

>> SO IT GOES FROM THERE ALL THE WAY TO DOWN THERE?

>> SPLIT SECOND.

>> YES.

>> AND THEN OUR SECOND POST WE'VE GOT FOR YOU.

WRITTEN BY AUSTIN MOCK.

WE'VE GOT THE CLASSIC SPIDER-MAN MEME.

MATT RHULE VERSUS SCOTT FROST.

AND I THINK WE WERE HOPING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE NEW THIS SEASON.

BUT WE KIND OF ENDED UP WITH THE SAME THING.

NOT A WIN.

>> NO DOUBT.

HANNAH, WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL SEE YOU ALL SEASON LONG.

>> YES, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>> NEXT UP, SEAN AND I WILL DIVE INTO SOME RECRUITING UPDATES.

AND THEN WE LOOK A HEAD TO COLORADO.

BUT FIRST, ANOTHER LOOK AT THE GAMEDAY PHOTOS, COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

♪T SOME OF THESE GAMEDAY PHOTOS.

YOUR WATCH PARTY AT HOME.

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

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE HERE WITH SEAN CALLAHAN.

TIME TO TALK SOME RECRUITING.

OBVIOUSLY A BIG RECRUITING WEEKEND FOR COLORADO, BUT IT'S A NATIONAL TELEVISED GAME.

EVERYBODY WATCHING IT.

BIG ONE FOR MATT RHULE TOO?

>> YEAH, NEBRASKA HAS KIND OF BEEN AT A DISADVANTAGE.

THEY'VE GONE ON THE ROAD FOR TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS.

BUT THE ADVANTAGE IS THEY'RE ON FOX, TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS.

>> VERY TRUE.

ALL THE EYES OF THE NATION ARE GOING TO BE ON NEBRASKA AGAIN HERE THIS WEEKEND.

SO, WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEBRASKA.

THEN THEY'LL COME BACK HOME FOR A NIGHT GAME I THINK THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A LOT OF VISITORS ON CAMPUS.

IN FACT I KNOW THIS WILL BE A BIG WEEKEND.

NOT NECESSARILY OF 2024.

>> FOR 2025.

>> FOR '25, MAYBE EVEN THE '26 GUYS.

>> THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT CHRISTIAN JONES.

>> YEAH YOU TALK ABOUT 2025, CHRISTIAN JONES IS WITHOUT A 2025.

HE HAS OFFERS DOUBT THE TOP PLAYER IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.

HE'S GOT OFFERS FROM USC, OKLAHOMA, OBVIOUSLY NEBRASKA.

YOU NAME IT.

FOUR-STAR.

TOP 250 LEVEL TALENT.

I THINK THE MOST IMPRESSIVE FEAT AT HIS SIZE, MIKE'L, IS THE TRACK NUMBERS.

>> HOW BIG IS HE?

>> HE IS 6'3" AND 225ISH.

>> OH WOW.

>> HE'S BIG.

HE RAN A 10.8, 10.9, ELECTRONIC.

HE WAS IN THE FINAL HEAT OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE CLASS-A 100-METER DASH THIS YEAR.

>> WOW.

>> AND THAT WAS JAYLEN LLOYD, MALACHI COLEMAN, IN ONE OF THE BETTER GROUPS OF RUNNERS WE'VE SEEN IN A STATE TRACK MEET.

>> AND FOR 335, YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE LINEBACKERS TO BE TALL AND LITTLE BITBIGGER.

SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF WINGSPAN.

SO HE KIND OF FITS THAT.

>> NO DOUBT.

I MEAN HE COULD BE THAT JACK, HE COULD BE AN INSIDE GUY TOO.

>> I I THINK HE HAS THE ABILITY TO PLAY EITHER ONE OF THOSE SPOTS.

DEPENDING ON HOW HE DEVELOPS DOWN THE ROAD.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

>> LET'S GO TO OUR PHONES.

OUR PHONE GUEST THIS TIME IS DONOVAN JONES.

DONOVAN, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME, OF COURSE.

OMAHA NORTH HIGH SCHOOL.

NEBRASKA COMMIT.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING DONOVAN?

>> I'M FEELING GOOD!

>> WELL, DONOVAN, FIRST, TELL YOUR STORY A LITTLE BIT.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY NEBRASKA WAS LOOKING AT YOU BUT THINGS PICKED UP HOT AND HEAVY THIS SUMMER AFTER YOU WENT TO THE NEBRASKA'S CAMP AND HAD A GREAT WORKOUT.

>> YEAH, THAT WORK OUT WAS JUST HUGE FOR ME.

THEY WERE TALKING TO ME BEFORE BUT NOT AS HEAVY.

BUT THEN, I WENT TO THE CAMP AND BALLED OUT.

GOT EYES FROM THE COACHES.

AND THEN GOT THAT CALL THE NEXT MORNING.

AND GOT THE OFFER.

>> DONOVAN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SEASON.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY HAD YOU GUYS RANKED BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS, BUT -- HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS ARE PLAYING SO FAR?

>> WE STARTED THE SEASON AT FOUR AND THEN BEAT BELLEVUE WEST, FIRST WWENT UP TO TWO OR THREE.

AND WE WERE FEELING GOOD.

WENT INTO MILLER LAST WEEK.

I THINK OUR TEAM OVERALL GOT A LITTLE TOO COMFORTABLE.

WE SHOULD HAVE JUST BEEN MORE HUMBLE AND WENT INTO THAT GAME AND HIT THEM IN THE MOUTH EARLY.

IT WAS A GOOD GAME AND WE'RE GOING TO BOUNCE BACK THIS WEEK AGAINST COLUMBUS.

WE SHOULD BE A GOOD TEAM TO WATCH OUT FOR.

>> WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS?

DESCRIBE YOUR SKILL SET, DONOVAN.

AND HOW NEBRASKA SEES YOU BEING UTILIZED IN THEIR DEFENSE.

>> I WILL DEFINITELY SAY -- I CAN PLAY LIKE ANY POSITION IN THAT DEFENSIVE BACK.

I CAN PLAY THAT STRONG SAFTEY.

OR FREE SAFETY.

LATELY THIS SEASON I HAVE BEEN DOING GOOD ON THE TACKLING GAME AND TRYING TO WORK ON GETTING IN THAT PASSING GAME.

GETTING INTERCEPTIONS -- GETTING MY NAME IN THE PAPER.

JUST THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> HEY DONOVAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

HAVE A GOOD REST OF THE SEASON AND STAY HEALTHY, MAN.

>> YES, SIR.

>> AWESOME.

THE WAY THAT SECONDARY IS SET UP IN THE 3-3-5 YOU NEED GUYS WHO ARE VERSATILE.

WHO CAN MAKE TACKLES, AND COVER IN SPACE.

AND HE IS BUILT THAT WAY.

>> AND YOU ALMOST A HAVE TO HAVE LINEBACKERS THAT CAN PLAY THAT WAY.

>> EXACTLY.THAT WAY.

>> GUYS, THAT HAVE THAT SIZE.

DeSHON SINGLETON, I MEAN HE IS -- YOU KNOW GIFFORD TOO -- GIFFORD IS ALMOST A LINEBACKER-ISH.

>> REMEMBER THE FIRST GUY IN THE 3-3-5 TO PLAY THAT POSITION?

THE LOBO POSITION?

BRIAN URLACHER.

TO TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF BODY THAT PLAYS THAT POSITION.

SO, NO DOUBT.

SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT THANKS.

>>> BE SURE TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY QUESTION.

WHAT AREA OF THE OFFENSE NEEDS TO IMPROVE THE MOST FOR THE COLORADO GAME?

LET ME SEE -- YEAH I THOUGHT SO.

QUARTERBACKS, 58%.

WIDE RECEIVERS, 4%.

OFFENSEVIE LINE, 25%.

AND RUNNINGBACKS, 13%.

BE SURE TO VISIT THE WRAP UP WEBSITE AND CAST YOUR VOTE RIGHT NOW.

>> SO, COLORADO, THE THING THAT AMAZES ME THE MOST -- IT WASN'T THAT I DIDN'T THINK THAT DEION COULD COACH.

OR THAT HE WOULD HAVE TALENT.

I DIDN'T BELIEVE AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED -- YOU COULD BRING IN 68 NEW GUYS AND NOT IN THE SPRING, IN THE SUMMER.

AND GET THEM ALL PLAYING TOGETHER WHERE THEY LOOK THAT GOOD.

THAT'S REMARKABLE, BUT I KNOW IT'S A NEW ERA.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> NO IT IS VERY INCREDIBLE.

AND I TIP THE CAP.

I MEAN I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO SEE THAT TYPE OF PERFORMANCE AGAINST TCU ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

IMMEDIATELY I AM LIKE, WHOAH.

THIS IS DIFFERENT.

COLORADO LO I MEAN, LAST YEAR COLORADO LOST BY AN AVERAGE OF 29 POINTS PER GAME.

ONLY ONE WIN.

THAT WAS THE HIGHEST POINT DIFFERENTIAL AMONGST ANY OF THE FBS TEAMS LAST YEAR.

AND FOR THAT TO TURN AROUND TO TCU IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, GO ON THE ROAD, AND I KNOW THAT TCU IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

THEY ONLY RETURNED THREE STARTERS ON THE DEFENSE FROM LAST YEAR.

FROM A TEAM THAT PLAYED IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

BUT FOR THEM TO DO THAT ON THE ROAD AND JUST BE THAT EXPLOSIVE ON OFFENSE.

MAKE ENOUGH PLAYS ON DEFENSE WHEN THEY NEED TO -- AND TO FLAT OUT WIN.

I MEAN THEY WERE THREE POINT UNDERDOG.

AND THAT'S -- I THINK MYSELF AND EVERYBODY THAT WATCHES COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES, WAS SUPREMELY IMPRESSED.

THEY ARE THE TALK OF THE TOWN RIGHT NOW.

>> WHAT IMPRESSED YOU THE MOST BY THEM?

>> LIKE YOU SAID.

JUST THE WAY THEY CAME TOGETHER.

BECAUSE HAVING SO MANY GUYS COME ON CAMPUS, THAT CLEARLY HAD TO BE THERE EMPHASIS ALL SUMMER.

YOU ONLY GET EIGHT HOURS A WEEK WITH YOUR PLAYERS ALL SUMMER.

YOU CAN HAVE TWO NON-PADDED SEMI PRACTICES.

YOU CAN HAVE TWO HOURS OF MEETINGS AND FOUR HOURS OF LIFTING AND WHAT THEY MAXIMIZE OUT OF THAT -- CLEARLY, COLORADO, YOU DIDN'T A LOT ABOUT THEIR SUMMER RECRUITING.

THEY WERE NOT RUNNING BIG CAMPS.

THEIR FOCUS WAS ON THIS ROSTER.

THESE TRANSFER PORTAL GUYS AND GETTING THEM READY TO GO.

WHERE NEBRASKA -- THEIR SUMMER APPROACH WAS OBVIOUSLY LIKE LET'S FIND DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH.

LET'S BUILD OUR FUTURE OF NEBRASKA.

JUST COMPLETELY POLAR OPPOSITES OF HOW THESE TWO PROGRAMS ARE BEING BUILT.

>> YOU HAD FOUR GUYS WITH 100 YARDS RECEIVING.

YOU HAD A QUARTERBACK WITH 510 YARDS PASSING.

AND TRAVIS HUNTER PLAYED A MILLION PLAYS IN THE GAME.

THOSE ARE THE PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT.

THEY ARE INCREDIBLY TALENTED.

AND OF YOU KNOW, SANDERS JUST LOOK AS POLISHED AS ANY PLAYER.

AND OF COURSE CHRIS SANDERS, WHO IS DEION'S SON, JUST LOOKED AS POLISHED AS ANY QUARTERBACK YOU'LL SEE IN PAR FIVE.

>> YEAH GO AHEAD, SEAN.

>> SANDERS, JUST HOW COMFORTABLE HE LOOKED, AND HE IS NOT A TUCK IT AND RUN GUY.

>> NO.

>> HE IS GOING TO SIT BACK THERE ALMOST LIKE A JAMEIS WINSTON, AND READ THE FIELD.

MAKE THE RIGHT THROWS.

HE IS SO COMFORTABLE IN THE POCKET.

FOR HIS FIRST GAME AGAINST A TEAM THAT PLAYED IN THE COLLEGE BALL PLAYOFF.

AND THEY WERE IN THE FCS RANKS A YEAR AGO.

TO HAVE THAT KIND OF PERFORMANCE.

>> YEAH IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

>> QUESTION FOR YOU FROM FACEBOOK.

DEFENSIVE QUESTION.

DO YOU THINK NEBRASKA SITS IN A TOO HIGH LOOK FOR THEM?

LIKE KIND OF JUST SITS BACK A LITTLE BIT AND MAKES THEM -- ALMOST MAKES THEM WANT TO RUN THE BALL?

>> YEP.

IT JUST DEPENDS.

THEY RAN A LOT OF MESH ROUTES AGAIN TCU.

AND TCU KIND OF LIKED TO JUST SIT BACK MORE AND MAN COVERAGE.

AND THAT WHAT'S YOU LIKE TO DO.

TRY TO GET CROSSING.

RUB GUYS OFF.

AND TRY TO PICK GUYS OFF IN THAT SITUATION.

AND THEY DID A POOR JOB OF TACKLING.

>> THEY DID, REALLY BAD.OF TACKLING.

THEY SET OFF A LONG TIME AND >> THEY SAT OFF A LOT OF TIMES.

BUT I THINK OVERALL NEBRASKA WILL SIT TOO HIGH.

I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO GET IN A MAN TO MAN SITUATION A LOT.

UNLESS -- THEY'LL BRING PRESSURE.

THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL HAVE TO GET IN YOUR MAN TO MAN SITUATION.

BUT IT'S A VERY INTERESTING CHESS MATCH GOING ON.

BECAUSE IF YOU GO OUT ON FIRST AND DOWN -- FIRST AND SECOND DOWN, NEBRASKA CAN BE VERY SUCCESSFUL ON THIRD DOWN.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHERE TCU KIND OF STRUGGLED.

KIND OF STRUGGLED.

COLORADO WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AT FIRST AND SECOND DOWN.

SO IT'S GOING TO FUN TO SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT.

BECAUSE I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU WANT TO BRING PRESSURE, YOU'VE GOT TO -- THEY COULD HIT THEIR HEAD ON THE GOALPOST REAL QUICK SCORING SIX POINTS.

>> YEAH -- THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE TIMES WHERE COLORADO STRUGGLED ON DIFFERENT DRIVES AND IT WAS WHEN THEY STRUGGLED ON FIRST AND SECOND DOWNS.

PUT THEM IN LONG AND THAT OFFENSIVE LINE IS NOT GREAT.

>> WELL, YOU GOTTA BE READY FOR THOSE DEEP SHOTS TOO.

COLORADO -- >> YEAH.

>> -- WILL TEST THE DEEP SHOT OF NEBRASKA AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS A LIABILITY.

I THINK THEY WERE ABLE TO BUILD A GAME PLAN THAT WORKED FOR THEM, BUT I STILL QUESTION, IS THAT A TRUE POWER FIVE OFFENSIVE LINE, THE GUYS THEY BROUGHT IN -- >> MM-HMM.

>> YOU KNOW, ON THIS SHORT OF NOTICE, WITHOUT CONTINUITY, BECAUSE IT IS NOT EASY TO BUILD A LINE THROUGH THE PORTAL, ESPECIALLY IN -- WHEN NIL -- 'CAUSE COLORADO HAS NIL, BUT -- >> SURE -- >> I DON'T THINK -- >> THEY DON'T HAVE A COLLECTIVE LIKE THIS.

>> THEY DON'T HAVE THE TENNESSEE TYPE -- >> RIGHT.

>> YOU KNOW, THAT THE NIL YOU'RE SEEING OTHER PLACES, SO -- YOU JUST -- YOU KNOW, THE GUYS THEY GOT ARE FROM LIKE THE MAT CONFERENCE AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, PLACES AND IT'S WORKED FOR GAME ONE.

>> YEAH.

>> AND O'BOYLE IS A GREAT LINE COACH, THE GUY THEY HAVE THERE.

HE WAS AT CHADRON STATE FOR MANY YEARS.

>> YEP.

>> AND TO HAVE THOSE GUYS PLAYING LIKE THAT IN WEEK ONE IS IMPRESSIVE.

>> DANIEL ASKED, "HOW SHOULD NEBRASKA OFFENSE ADJUST TO THE SMALLER COLORADO DEFENSE??

>> RUN ESPECIALLY ON THE FRONT."

>> RUN THE BALL.

>> YEAH -- >> GO RIGHT -- RUN IT RIGHT AT THEM, THIS THING -- I KNOW NEBRASKA RAN ABOUT 65% OF THE TIME AGAINST MINNESOTA.

WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT NUMBER IF NOT HIGHER, 70% OF THE TIME.

I MEAN JUST ABSOLUTELY STICK IT TO THEM.

IT'S A FOUR MINUTE DRILL EVERY QUARTER AND YOU'RE SNAPPING THIS THING LATE IN THE PLAY CLOCK AND IT'S JUST THREE OR FOUR YARDS, BOOM, AND THEN YOU CAN RUN SOME RPOs, SOME BOOTS OFF OF IT, YOU CAN DO SOME THINGS WITH JEFF SIMS AND THE RUN GAME.

BUT I'M TELLING YOU IT NEEDS TO BE A HEALTHY DOSE OF GABE ERVIN, LET ANTHONY GRANT COME IN AND, AND TAKE YOU KNOW, TAKE SOME HEAT OFF OF HIM, PUT RAHMIR IN THERE ON SOME THIRD DOWN SITUATIONS.

BUT IT'S GABE ERVIN LEFT, GABE ERVIN RIGHT, MAYBE -- MAYBE WE SEE SOME FULL BACK TRAPS, DIVES, I'M TALKING OLD SCHOOL, LIKE WHAT WE SAW BACK IN THE EARLY 90s -- >> SURE.

>> -- GOING TO BOULDER AND PLAYING.

THAT TYPE OF RUN GAME.

>> JUST GO FULL BIG 10 ON THEM.G TEN ON THEM.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WEAR YOUR BIG 10 T-SHIRT AND EVERYTHING.

>> 100% YES, YES.

YOU GOT TO MAKE -- YOU CAN'T -- THIS JUST CAN'T -- IT CAN'T BE SPREAD OUT, THIS GAME NEEDS TO BE PUT IN A PHONEBOOTH, IT NEEDS TO BE TIGHT, 'CAUSE IT'S JUST -- COLORADO DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY THAT WAY.

>> MAKE IT KANSAS STATE WHEN BERRINGER'S OUT AND IT'S JUST -- >> MM-HMM, CHAD MAY.

>> LAWRENCE -- LAWRENCE PHILLIPS HAS GOT THE BAD THUMB, YOU JUST KEEP GIVING HIM THE BALL OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

LET ME ASK YOU A COUPLE QUESTIONS FROM HERE.

HOW BIG OF A GAP IS IT YOU BELIEVE FROM JEFF SIMS TO HEINRICH HAARBERG OR PURDY -- LIKE IF THEY WERE STRUGGLING, COULD YOU SEE THEM GO BACK TO ANOTHER QUARTERBACK?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, 'CAUSE WE'VE SEEN PURDY THROW -- >> SURE.

>> -- AND, YOU KNOW, AS HE WAS PREPARED HE WAS BETTER LATER IN THE YEAR.

WHEN HE GOT IN HIS FIRST GAME, HE WASN'T REALLY PREPARED TO GO IN AGAINST ILLINOIS AND HE LOOKED BAD.

>> MM-HMM.

>> BUT I THINK PURDY GOT WAY BETTER AS THE YEAR WENT ON.

I DO THINK HAARBERG'S GOING TO PLAY IN SOME CAPACITY -- >> OH, YEAH.

>> -- WHETHER IT'S TIGHT END OR FULLBACK OR RECEIVER, THEY'VE KIND OF MADE THAT CLEAR.

THEY NEED HIM TO PLAY.

I STILL THINK THE GAP IS FAIRLY SIZEABLE.

I MEAN JEFF SIMS HAS OVER 20 SOME POWER FIVE STARTS UNDER HIS BELT NOW AND NOBODY ON THE ROSTER HAS THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.

♪ >> DO YOU CHALLENGE THEIR WIDE RECEIVERS WITH LIKE, GET UP IN THEIR FACE AND MAKE THEM BEAT YOU?

>> I THINK YOU -- YOU JUST GOT TO -- IT'S -- YOU GOTTA PICK YOUR POISON.

>> MM-HMM.

>> IT'S JUST -- IT'S VERY TIMELY.

I THINK YOU -- IT'S JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, YOU HAVE TO BE VERY DISTINCT IN HOW YOU WANT TO DISGUISE COVERAGES.

>> YEAH.

>> LIKE YOU SAID, YOU JUST GOTTA -- YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL.

I ALWAYS SAY, YOU -- AS A DEFENSIVE GUY, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO PUT YOURSELF IN THE BEST SITUATION PRE-SNAP TO WIN.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO IF YOU -- YOU GOTTA KNOW WHERE YOUR HELP IS AND YOU JUST GOTTA PLAY WITHIN THE DEFENSE AND I THINK IF YOU CAN GET UP THERE, IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE, YOU CAN GET A JAM ARM, MAYBE IF YOUR ARMS ARE LONGER -- >> YEAH.

>> AND EVEN THOUGH THEY STRUGGLED AGAINST THE PRESS, AGAINST TCU, I DIDN'T SEE MUCH PRESS COVERAGE AGAINST -- AGAINST WHEN THEY PLAYED TCU.

SO MAYBE YOU GET UP THERE AND YOU JAM THEM UP AND THROW THEM OFF, THROW THAT TIMING OFF.

>> SURE.

>> OR, YOU DIAL UP SOME PRESSURES AND GET SHEDEUR SANDERS UNCOMFORTABLE BACK THERE.

>> LET'S GO TO BURNING QUESTIONS.

SEAN FIRST.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS, CAN JEFF SIMS GET HIS ISSUES CORRECTED HERE, SEE THE FIELD BETTER AND BE MORE OF A DUAL THREAT, NOT JUST A RUNNER, BUT A THROWER.

>> RUN THE BALL, TIME OF POSSESSION.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.

I THINK NEBRASKA GETS THE MAJOR TIME POSSESSION.

I'M TALKING LIKE 40 MINUTE TIME POSSESSION.

I LIKE THIS ONE FOR THE BIG RED.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS 21 AND 11.

IT'S BEEN 21 SINCE NEBRASKA BEAT A TEAM THAT WAS RANKED OVERALL AND 11 SINCE THEY WON AGAINST A RANKED TEAM ON THE ROAD.

CAN THEY FIX THOSE TWO NUMBERS?

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

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

NEBRASKA LOOKS TO TAKE ON RIVAL COLORADO UNDER NEW HEAD COACH DEION SANDERS IN BOULDER.

KICK OFF FOR THAT GAME IS 11:00 AM CENTRAL.

OF COURSE 10:00 AM MOUNTAIN TIME.

NEXT TUESDAY WE RECAP THE GAME RIGHT HERE WITH FORMER HUSKER, LINEBACKER NUMBER 44, JAY FOREMAN.

MORE VOLLEYBALL ACTION COMES YOUR WAY ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA THIS WEEKEND.

AS THE 16th RANKED CREIGHTON BLUEJAYS TAKE ON THE OMAHA MAVERICKS IN BAXTER ARENA FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 PM.

THEN THE 4th RANKED HUSKERS WELCOME IN LONG BEACH STATE TO THE BOB DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER ON SATURDAY AT 7:00 PM.

CATCH BOTH MATCHES RIGHT HERE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

ONE LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE DO THIS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS GAME, DO YOU THINK IT'S A 4th QUARTER GAME?

IF YOU WERE GOING TO GUESS.

>> THEY'RE ALWAYS A 4th QUARTER GAME WITH NEBRASKA.

I THINK THE PROGRAM'S AT A POINT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE VERY RARELY IN A POWER FIVE ON POWER FIVE.

>> YEAH.

>> NEBRASKA'S GOING TO BE GOOD ENOUGH TO JUST BLOW THE DOORS OFF TEAMS.

>> YEAH, HERE'S A SECRET, WE ALL THINK NEBRASKA CAN WIN IT.

>> 100%.

>> WE ALL THINK THEY CAN WIN IT?

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A FOUR QUARTER GAME, BUT THEY HAVE TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START.

YOU CAN'T ALLOW COLORADO TO GET A COUPLE BODY BLOWS ON YOU EARLY AND GET UP 14 NOTHING OTHERWISE IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH SLEDDING FOR US.

>> BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY ARE, IF THEY ARE BEHIND.

THEY WERE AHEAD MOST OF THAT WHOLE GAME, YOU KNOW, AND THEY -- IT WAS CLOSE.

IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THEY WERE DOWN TEN, HOW THEY WOULD HANDLE THAT.

>> AND JUST HAVING A FILM TOO -- >> OH, YEAH.

>> NEBRASKA HAS A FILM.

OH, MY GOSH.

I MEAN THAT IS SUCH AN ADVANTAGE.

>> RIGHT.

>> TO HAVE ALL OF THAT DAY SATURDAY TO WATCH THAT TAPE THEN GET OUT THERE SUNDAY.

I MEAN NEBRASKA IN TERMS OF PREPARATION HAS A REALLY GOOD LEG UP GOING INTO THIS GAME.

>> YEAH, TCU HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO, DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEIR TALENT.

TO BE ABLE TO SIT THERE AND WATCH IT, HOW HELPFUL IS THAT AS A DEFENSIVE PLAYER?

>> OH, TOTALLY, 100% BECAUSE YOU CAN -- YOU KNOW -- 'CAUSE AS A DEFENSIVE -- D COORDINATOR, YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR DEFENSE ARE WEAK AT -- >> RIGHT.

>> -- SO YOU GOT TO PROTECT THAT.

WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO ATTACK YOU?

YOU TRY TO SCHEME AND DO SOME CERTAIN THINGS IN -- IT'S HARD TO GET TENDENCIES THROUGH ONE GAME.

>> SURE.

>> BUT YOU HAVE TENDENCIES.

THEY HAVE A TENDENCY AS OFFENSE, WE HAVE TENDENCY AS WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL ON DEFENSE.

YOU JUST TRY TO PICK YOUR POISON AND TRY TO FIND MISMATCHES IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

>> OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TAPE OF NEBRASKA AS WELL.

>> NO DOUBT AND I MEAN THAT WAS AN ADVANTAGE THEY HAD -- MINNESOTA DIDN'T KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH JEFF SIMS.

THEY COULD GUESS, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW JUST HOW SATTERFIELD WAS GOING TO USE JEFF SIMS AS A RUNNER AND I THINK THAT CAUGHT MINNESOTA OFF GUARD LAST WEEK.

>> YEAH, WOULD YOU CHANGE THE -- HAVING EVERYBODY BASICALLY ON THE FIELD.

NOT A LOT OF GUYS UPSTAIRS.

>> IT'S AN INTERESTING APPROACH WHEN ALL OF YOUR FULLTIME OFFENSIVE COACHES ARE DOWN BELOW AND THERE WAS NOBODY IN THE BOOTH FOR OFFENSE OR DEFENSE.

>> YEAH, THAT'S CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT.

>> OUR THANKS TO KEVIN KUGLER, DONOVAN JONES AND FOR OUR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS IN THE CALL CENTER TONIGHT AND THANKS TO OUR INTERN HANNAH AS WELL.

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

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

♪ WEEK BACK HERE ON BIG RED WRAP-UP.

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