>>> THE HUSKERS ARE STILL ONE GAME SHORT OF BOWL ELIGIBILITY AFTER A GAME EFFORT AGAINST OHIO STATE.

2-5 UCLA'S COMING TO TOWN, AND WE'LL BREAK THAT DOWN FOR YOU.

SEAN CALLAHAN WILL HAVE THE LATEST ON RECRUITING, AND WE'LL TALK TO NEBRASKETBALL COACH FRED HOIBERG, ALL COMING UP NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP- UP."

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

NEBRASKA STILL ONE GAME AWAY FROM GETTING TO BOWL ELIGIBILITY.

BUT A GREAT PERFORMANCE AGAINST OHIO STATE, AND A LOSS.

WE'RE GONNA BREAK THAT DOWN.

JOINING ME, JAY MOORE, OF COURSE, THE FORMER HUSKER, AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

I KNOW THERE'S NO MORAL VICTORIES, I GET THAT AND EVERYTHING, BUT EVERYBODY FEELS A LOT BETTER THIS WEEK THAN THEY DID LAST WEEK, I GUARANTEE IT.

>> OH, YEAH, NOT EVEN CLOSE.

I MEAN, I THINK YOU'D ASK 99.9% OF THE PEOPLE, THEY SAID NEBRASKA'S GONNA HAVE THE FOURTH -- A LEAD IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AT OHIO STATE.

WHEN YOU'RE 25-26-POINT UNDERDOGS, PEOPLE LIKE, "SIGN ME UP, RIGHT AWAY."

BUT SO CLOSE, YET SEEMS SO FAR AWAY.

I'M PRETTY SURE THOSE ARE LYRICS TO A SONG, BUT IT SHOWED IMPROVEMENT, RIGHT?

THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SEE, IF THEY CAN FIGHT.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING I TOOK AWAY FROM THIS GAME, THEY FOUGHT, THEY BATTLED.

EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST, YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT THESE LAST FOUR GAMES OF NOVEMBER NOW.

>> SEAN, YOU OBVIOUSLY, FOR WHAT YOU DO, YOU READ A BOARD, A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK.

WHAT WAS THE FEELING IN HUSKER NATION THIS WEEK?

>> I THINK IT WAS ALMOST KINDA LIKE, "WAIT, THIS IS HAPPENING?"

>> YEAH.

>> I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT IT, NEBRASKA WAS THE LARGEST POINT SPREAD UNDERDOG IN ANY GAME IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL LAST WEEK, AND WE COULD HAVE SEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPSETS IN THE MODERN DAY HISTORY OF NEBRASKA FOOTBALL.

MAYBE THE 1959 OKLAHOMA GAME IS THE -- CONSIDERED THE GREATEST UPSET OF ALL TIME FOR THE PROGRAM.

THIS WOULD'VE BEEN RIGHT UP THERE, ESPECIALLY IN THE MODERN TIMES.

OHIO STATE HAS A 20 MILLION N.I.L.

ROSTER, A TEAM THAT URBAN MEYER SAID HAD THE MOST TALENTED ROSTER HE'S EVER SEEN MAYBE.

>> YEAH.

>> SO TO SEE NEBRASKA PUSH THEM AROUND, SHUT THEIR RUN GAME DOWN, HAVE SOME BAD CALLS, CHANGE THE GAME IN A LOT OF RESPECTS, BUT STILL OVERCOME THAT WITH THE BALL IN THEIR HAND TO WIN THE GAME, THAT STADIUM, I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT FEELING GOING DOWN THERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER -- IT WAS STUNNED.

PEOPLE WERE ANGRY, THEY WERE STUNNED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

'CAUSE OHIO STATE DOES NOT LOSE GAMES LIKE THIS EVER.

>> YEAH.

THEY'RE A LOT LIKE NEBRASKA WAS WHEN TOM OSBORNE NEVER LOST TO AN UNRANKED TEAM, SO A LOT LIKE THAT.

WE WANT TO GET -- AND KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

THERE'S A LOT TO COVER TONIGHT, AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

WE GOT PHONES STANDING BY AND THEY'RE READY FOR YOUR CALLS.

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TIME FOR A SIDELINE SURVEY.

LAST WEEK, WE ASKED YOU "WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ROAD TRIP IN THE BIG TEN?"

AND IT MAKES SENSE, A LOT OF FOLKS LOVE CHICAGO, SO NORTHWESTERN WON OUT.

AND THEN IT WAS MINNESOTA 'CAUSE MINNEAPOLIS IS NICE AS WELL.

AND THEN WISCONSIN, GOING TO MADTOWN.

AND LAST, MICHIGAN, 'CAUSE THAT IS A HORRIBLE TRIP.

I AGREE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED.

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION, "IF THE BIG TEN EXPANDS AGAIN, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE JOIN THE CONFERENCE?"

YOU GOT IOWA STATE, KANSAS, AND MISSOURI -- THE OLD BIG EIGHT TEAMS.

THEN YOU GOT A COUPLE OF A.C.

TEAMS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.

AND THEN THERE'S NOTRE DAME, NO SURPRISE.

NOTRE DAME WITH 58%.

NOT A SURPRISE, PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.

THE BIG TEN HAS MADE A STATEMENT BASED OFF OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH NEBRASKA, ADMITTING THAT THE OFFICIATING CALL THAT COST NEBRASKA AGAINST OHIO STATE -- THE STATEMENT FROM KENNY -- KERRY KENNY, EXCUSE ME -- THE BIG TEN OFFICE GOES AS FOLLOWS -- "DURING NEBRASKA'S FINAL DRIVE OF THE FIRST HALF, ON SECOND DOWN WITH TWO YARDS TO GAIN ON OHIO STATE'S 39-YARD LINE, THE BALL WAS INCORRECTLY SPOTTED AFTER THE RUN BY CORNHUSKER RUNNING BACK EMMETT JOHNSON.

THE BALL CARRIER CROSSED THE 37-YARD LINE, AND THE FIRST DOWN SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO NEBRASKA.

REPLAY SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THE GAME TO REVIEW THE SPOT SINCE IT INVOLVED A LINE TO GAIN."

I AM SURE THAT AS YOU'RE WATCHING THAT AND YOU SAW IT, AND HERE'S THE REPLAY OF IT, YOU WERE SHOCKED AS WELL.

>> AS -- YEAH, WELL, 'CAUSE YOU SEE THAT, I'M LIKE, "HE CLEARLY GOT THE FIRST DOWN."

>> RIGHT.

>> BUT THEN YOU SEE THE CLOCK GOING, I'M LIKE -- SO I JUST FIGURED THEY WOULD RECORRECT IT, THEY'D PROBABLY TAKE SOME TIME, "HEY, PLEASE SET THE CLOCK BACK TO A MINUTE AND SOME CHANGE," WHATEVER THE TIME WAS, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, AND NEBRASKA HAS TO CALL TIME-OUT IN THIS SCENARIO.

AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE, "HOW --" YOU SEE THE REPLAY, AND, LISTEN, BEING A REFEREE IS TOUGH.

>> IT'S HARD, YEAH.

>> BUT SPOTTING A FOOTBALL IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT, AND TO NOT SPOT IT WITHIN TWO YARDS IS -- IT'S COMICAL.

>> MULTIPLE MISTAKES WERE MADE.

>> AND IT SEEMS LIKE NEBRASKA'S BEEN ON THIS SIDE THE LAST, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, DECADE OF THESE CRAZY CALLS.

IT'S JUST -- LIKE RHULE SAID, MAN, JUST ENOUGH OF APOLOGIES, RIGHT?

>> YEAH, JUST GET IT RIGHT.

>> ON SUNDAY, JUST GET IT RIGHT, AND GET IT FIXED.

>> DEFENSE LOOKED GREAT.

MADE SO MANY GREAT PLAYS, MADE THOSE TWO GREAT RUNNING BACKS LOOK PRETTY PEDESTRIAN, ALONG WITH ONLY REALLY GIVING UP FOUR EXPLOSIVE PLAYS.

>> YEAH, THE BREAKDOWNS ON THE BACK END, I THOUGHT JUST THE WAY JIMARI BUTLER AND M.J. SHERMAN, THE WAY THEY PLAYED TOGETHER ON THE EDGE, REALLY COMPLEMENTED TY ROBINSON AND NASH HUTMACHER.

AND THEN DeSHON SINGLETON ON THE BACKEND PLAYED ONE OF HIS BEST GAMES.

TO TO THINK ABOUT OHIO STATE, I BELIEVE, ONLY CONVERTED ONE-THIRD DOWN THE ENTIRE GAME -- >> ONE OF TEN.

>> -- WHERE THERE ACTUALLY WAS A FALSE START THAT WASN'T CALLED.

SO, I THOUGHT THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MOMENTS FOR NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE WAS WHEN OHIO STATE WAS FOURTH AND ONE, THIRD AND ONE, THIRD AND TWO.

AND NEBRASKA WAS ESSENTIALLY UNDEFEATED IN THOSE DOWNS, WHICH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A LOT OF TEAMS WHO CAN DO THAT TO A TEAM LIKE OHIO STATE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT MOVING FORWARD YOU CAN HANG YOUR HAT ON, THAT NEEDS TO CARRY OVER NOW TO THIS WEEK.

>> JAY, AS DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, IF I'D'VE TOLD YOU THAT ONE-THIRD OF THE RUNS BY OHIO STATE WOULD BE STUFFED, MEANING NO GAIN OR LOSS OF YARDAGE, YOU'D BE SHOCKED.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

IT WAS THE BEST STUFFED PERFORMANCE I'VE SEEN FROM NEBRASKA -- >> NO, IT WAS -- IT WAS SUCH A VASTLY DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE THAN WHAT OBVIOUSLY WE SAW AGAINST INDIANA.

SO SOMETHING CLICKED, RIGHT?

OBVIOUSLY HOW THEY PREPARED FROM THE INDIANA GAME, COMPARED TO THE OHIO GAME, I THINK THE GAME PLAN WAS MUCH MORE SIMPLIFIED, AND I THINK THE GUYS WERE JUST PLAYING A LITTLE MORE MORE PISSED OFF, THAT THEY PERFORMED SO BADLY.

AND I ALWAYS SAY YOU GET -- WHEN'S THE TIME OF -- BEING SICK AND TIRED -- WHEN YOU BECOME SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED, RIGHT?

I FEEL LIKE THIS DEFENSE KINDA GOT TO THAT POINT.

BUT THIS -- THE ABILITY -- I MEAN, COMING OUT, AND HOW POORLY THAT FIRST DRIVE STARTED FOR NEBRASKA, YOU KNOW, BOBBLING THE KICKOFF, YOU KNOW, BOBBLING THE FIRST SNAP, AND THEN COMING OUT FOR STUFF 'EM ON FOURTH DOWN RIGHT THERE, IT JUST SET YOU UP FOR SUCCESS, IT SET YOU UP FOR THAT MENTALITY, AND THEY WERE CONSISTENT.

OBVIOUSLY GOT THE TWO BIG PLAYS OVER TOP TO THEIR EXPLOSIVE WIDE RECEIVERS, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

BUT THE CONSISTENCY THEY PLAYED WITH ALL DAY LONG WAS VERY ENCOURAGING.

AND IT JUST MAKES YOU WONDER, WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED IN THE INDIANA GAME TO WHERE IT IS NOW.

BUT THEY GOTTA BUILD OFF THIS, TAKE THIS MOMENTUM AND HOW YOU PERFORMED, AND REMEMBER ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU DID DURING THAT WEEK, AND HOW YOUR THOUGHT MENTALLY, AND THEN TAKE THIS, AND NOW GET BETTER AND IMPROVE ON THIS FOR THESE FINAL FOUR GAMES.

>> SEVEN THREE-AND-OUTS.

IT'S REMARKABLE.

>> THINK ABOUT INDIANA, I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ANY.

>> YEAH, RIGHT, THEY HAD -- I THINK THEY HAD ONE PUNT AT THE END OF THE GAME.

RIGHT, THE LATE IN THE GAME.

>> KIND OF A MOP-UP PUNT.

>> RIGHT?

>> BUT IN TERMS OF MEANINGFUL THIRD DOWNS, NEBRASKA LOST ALL OF THEM THE WEEK BEFORE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S EVER BEEN SUCH A DRASTIC SWITCH AGAINST RANKED OPPONENTS FROM WEEK-TO-WEEK.

I'VE EVER SEEN WITH NEBRASKA, WHERE THEY HAVE PLAYED AS BAD AS YOU CAN PLAY, TO THE POINT WHERE EVERYBODY IN THE FANBASE HAS ALMOST TURNED ON THE TEAM.

THEY'RE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE.

I'M DONE WITH IT, I'M MOVING ON."

TO THE POINT WHERE "OH, MY GOSH, WE ALMOST PULLED OFF THE LARGEST UPSET IN PROGRAM HISTORY."

AND, YOU KNOW, SHOCKED OHIO STATE IN THEIR OWN STADIUM.

>> YEAH, IT WAS OHIO STATE FANS THAT WERE SAYING THAT, AT THE END OF THE GAME.

LET'S GET TO ONE-SCORE LOSSES, THOUGH.

I MEAN, AS GOOD AS THIS WAS AGAIN, NEBRASKA'S GOT AN OPPORTUNITY.

THEY HAVE A LEAD, THEY HAVE A CHANCE AND THEY FALL SHORT.

>> MULTIPLE CHANCES, RIGHT?

I MEAN, THEY TAKE THE LEAD WITH ABOUT 10 MINUTES LEFT IN THE 4th QUARTER, THEY COME RIGHT BACK OUT AND SCORE.

AND THE PLAY I BREAK DOWN IN THE HUDDL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF LITTLE THINGS, RIGHT?

AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CLOSE GAMES, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MATTER, BUT THEN NEBRASKA DEFENSE DOES GET ANOTHER STOP, AND GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

OBVIOUSLY THE INTERCEPTION HAPPENS, BUT IT FELT THAT WAY, RIGHT?

EVEN THOUGH THEY TOOK THAT -- THE LEAD, AND YOU'RE LIKE, "HOLY SMOKES, WE'RE BEATING OHIO STATE ON THE ROAD."

IT'S LIKE, IT'S JUST TOO SOON.

THERE'S TOO MUCH TIME LEFT.

>> TOO MUCH TIME, YEAH.

>> AND JUST, WE'VE HAD TOO MANY MURPHY'S LAW SITUATIONS, RIGHT?

IN OUR MIND, IF NEBRASKA HAS LEADS, AND YOU GIVE IT UP.

AND LISTEN, THEY HAVE TALENT.

OHIO STATE UTILIZED THEIR TALENT.

BUT JUST -- YOUNG QUARTERBACK, YOUNG PLAYERS, YOU'RE JUST -- IT'S HARD, MAN, IT'S HARD TO WIN ON THE ROAD IN CLOSE GAMES.

BUT THAT ONE WAS -- I JUST LIKE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE PLAYS BACK.

>> WE GET BACK TO DYLAN RAIOLA, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RUN GAME, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN THE ONE THING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT THIS SEASON.

HOW DO YOU THINK THEY -- DOWDELL AND OTHERS GOT GOING IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AND WHAT'D THAT LOOK LIKE?

>> WELL, I THINK JUST NUMBER ONE, DYLAN RAIOLA BEING ABLE TO TAKE OFF AND RUN A FEW TIMES HIMSELF -- >> EARLY, YEAH.

>> THAT OPENED UP JUST A LOT MORE OTHER AVENUES, WHERE THE DEFENSE HAD TO KINDA MAYBE ACCOUNT FOR MORE WITH DYLAN RAIOLA.

AND THEN TO SEE DANTE DOWDELL FINALLY KIND OF BUST OUT SOME RUNS ON OHIO STATE'S DEFENSE, WE JUST DIDN'T -- WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, IN TERMS OF THE 10-PLUS YARD RUNS.

I MEAN, THERE WAS ONE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, A 50, 60-YARD TYPE PLAY.

IT WAS -- YOU KNOW, WE'VE SAID THAT A LOT WITH DOWDELL, HE'S KINDA BEEN A SHOESTRING AWAY FROM BREAKING THIS.

HE HAD ANOTHER ONE AGAINST OHIO STATE.

THIS WEEK, YOU'D LIKE TO SEE NEBRASKA BREAK A RUN LIKE THAT AGAINST UCLA.

>> JAY, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT, THERE'S NOTHING MORE ANNOYING TO A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN THAN A QUARTERBACK THAT RUN A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT?

WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT MORE FROM DYLAN.

>> YEAH, MOST DEFINITELY.

I THINK HIS ABILITY TO CLIMB THE POCKET -- HE DIDN'T DO THAT VERY WELL AGAINST INDIANA.

I GET AT TIMES, IF YOU HAVE GOOD INTERIOR RUSHES, SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA CLIMB OUTSIDE THE POCKET TO DO THAT.

BUT IDEALLY, YOU'D LIKE TO CLIMB UP THE MIDDLE AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID A COUPLE TIMES AGAINST OHIO STATE.

AND YOU CAN PICK UP THOSE FIRST DOWNS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF YOUR SECONDARIES AND MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE AND YOUR BALL'S -- THEIR BACK IS TURNED TO THE FOOTBALL, YOU CAN GO GRAB 10, 11 YARDS EASILY, AND THIS ONE, HE GRABBED, WHAT, 30-PLUS?

>> 38.

YEAH.

>> YEAH, HE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, IT'S JUST THE PROTECTION HAS TO BE CLEAN, HE HAS TO HAVE A GOOD POCKET.

IF THE COVERAGE IS NOT THERE, JUST TUCK IT AND RUN, MAN, AND UTILIZE THAT.

AND I THINK HOPEFULLY THAT GAVE HIM SOME CONFIDENCE, BUT SOMETIMES I THINK AS A YOUNG QUARTERBACK, IT'S LIKE, TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL, DON'T DO DUMB THINGS WITH THE FOOTBALL.

YOU KNOW, DON'T FUMBLE THE FOOTBALL.

SO YOU GET A LITTLE HESITANT, BUT I LOVE TO SEE THAT.

THAT HE JUST KIND OF LET IT RIP ON SOME OF THOSE PLAYS AND JUST LET IT GO, AND TAKE WHAT THE DEFENSE GIVES YOU AND JUST GO PLAY.

>> OHIO STATE DIDN'T GET MUCH PRESSURE AGAINST OREGON SO I THINK THEY CAME OUT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GET PRESSURE.

THE BIG CONVERSATION IS THE SCREEN GAME TO TRY TO GET OVER THAT PRESSURE.

THOUGHTS ON MINUS -- SO THEY HAD SIX PASSING PASSING PLAYS THAT WENT FOR MINUS YARDS.

>> YEAH, NEBRASKA, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THE PRE-SNAP GAMES WHERE YOU THINK A PRESSURE LOOK'S COMING, AND THEN THEY CALL IT OFF, AND NEBRASKA CALLS A SCREEN.

AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS HAPPENING A LOT, WHERE NEBRASKA THOUGHT PRESSURE WAS COMING.

OHIO STATE TECHNICALLY ONLY BLITZED, I BELIEVE, 14 TIMES, AND THEY ONLY GOT TO RAIOLA 7 IN THE GAME, ITSELF, IN TERMS OF HIM UNDER PRESSURE ON THROWS, BUT NEBRASKA COMPLETED 10 SCREENS FOR 28 YARDS IN THAT GAME.

10 SCREENS FOR 28 YARDS.

WE JOKED TODAY ON OUR SHOW WE DO THAT THE FIRST BAD SCREEN THROWN THAT GOES FOR LIKE A LOSS OR NO GAIN, THEY ARE GOING TO GET A NICE MEMORIAL STADIUM RESPONSE FROM THAT.

>> RAHMIR JOHNSON HAD FOUR CATCHES, BY THE WAY, FOR ZERO YARDS.

>> BUT NOT HAVING RAHMIR I THINK AFFECTS THAT SCREEN GAME.

>> YES.

>> HE'S THE BEST GUY TO CATCH IT OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.

I THINK EMMITT IS SECOND.

I THINK NOT HAVING RAHMIR THAT KIND OF HURT THE SCREEN GAME.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT AFTER THE INTERCEPTION, NEBRASKA'S AT THE 7 YARD LINE, THEY HAD FOUR PLAYS, NONE OF THEM WERE A THROW, THEY DO RUN THEIR ONE SWEEP, MAYBE IT'D BEEN NICE TO RUN THAT SHOVEL PASS THAT THEY RAN ON THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION, BUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT, THAT STOP.

>> YEAH, IDEALLY, HARTZOG, YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIIM GET IN, JUST 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING THOSE RED ZONE SITUATIONS, IT'S THE FIELD CONDENSES SO MUCH, IT'S JUST SO HARD TO GET IT GOING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S TWO IMMEDIATE RUNS UP THE MIDDLE.

THEY TRIED TO GO ON THE EDGES, I BELIEVE, WITH LLOYD, AND GET CLOSE.

KIND OF GET ANOTHER BAD SPOT, I THOUGHT, IN THAT SCENARIO.

>> THE ONE TO THE TWO.

>> WHERE RUHLE THOUGHT IT WAS ON THE ONE, SO THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, BRINGING ROBINSON IN AS FULLBACK AND HAVE HIM JUMP OVER THE PILE AS THEY DID ON THEIR NEXT TOUCHDOWN.

BUT IT WAS JUST TOO FAR AWAY.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM GET IN THE POWER FORMATION, THE POWER PLAY THEY RAN AGAINST PURDUE AND RUTGERS.

YOU CAN RUN THE OFF-TACKLE POWER IN THAT SCENARIO, BUT, MAN, THERE WERE JUST, AGAIN, JUST A LOT OF COULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE, WOULD HAVEs.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU'D LOVE TO SEE THEM KICK, GET SOME POINTS THERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, OHIO STATE, MAN, THE GOT GOOD PLAYERS TOO.

THEY'VE GOT SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS, TOO, AND THEY BOWED UP AND MADE A STOP.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT REALLY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GAME, JOHN HOHL GOES OUT THERE AND MAKES THREE FIELD GOALS AFTER IT'S BEEN THE TOUGHEST THING FOR NEBRASKA ALL SEASON LONG.

>> YEAH, I THINK IF I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU NEBRASKA WOULD MAKE A 54-YARDER INTO THE WIND, AT THE HORSESHOE, WHICH BY THE WAY, TIED THE LONGEST FIELD GOAL ON THE ROAD EVER MADE IN NEBRASKA HISTORY.

WOW.

I MEAN, JOHN HOHL, WE'VE HEARD THAT HE'S HAD A GOOD LEG, WE JUST HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REALLY SEE IT IN ACTION BECAUSE THE SNAP ISSUES, THE HOLD ISSUES.

>> YEP.

>> THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME YOU REALLY SAW THE OPERATION LOOK LIKE WHAT IT SHOULD BE AND THEN THE KICK LOOKED LIKE WHAT IT SHOULD BE.

WHAT A CONCEPT, GUYS!

I MEAN, AND SPECIAL TEAMS, SO THAT WAS A HUGE BOOST FOR NEBRASKA, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO NEED, IF THEY WANT TO WIN IN THESE FINAL FOUR GAMES, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ONE-SCORE GAMES, AND THESE KICKS THAT WE SAW MADE BY JOHN HOHL, THEY'RE GONNA NEES THOSE KICKS NOW MOVING FORWARD HERE IN THESE FINAL FOUR GAMES.

>> WELL, IT CHANGES THE THOUGHT PATTERN, RIGHT?

YOU GET IN THE RED ZONE OR YOU GET INSIDE THE 40 YARD LINE, SUCCESSFUL DRIVE, NOW YOU CAN START CONSIDERING DOING OTHER THINGS OTHER THAN MAYBE HAVING TO GO FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN.

>> YEAH, I THINK IF YOU GO BACK TO THE INDIANA GAME, ALL THE TIMES YOU GO FOR FOURTH DOWN AND YOU ARE UNSUCCESSFUL, I THINK OBVIOUSLY THAT DECISION-MAKING IS KNOWING, OKAY, LONG SNAPPING ISSUES, HOLDING ISSUES, BUT YOU KNOW NOW, GOING FORWARD, YOU ARE 100% RIGHT.

KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOUR KICKER THAT CAN GO IN THERE AND MAKE THOSE KICKS, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROAD, YOUR PLAY CALLING CAN BE A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE OR A LITTLE MORE -- YOU CAN JUST WEIGH THE PROS AND CONS OF EVERY SITUATION, AND THAT JUST TAKES A LOT OF WEIGHT OFF OF SATTERFIELD AND RUHLE IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

SO I MEAN THAT WAS -- I WAS JUST AS SURPRISED AS ANYONE, BUT I AM GLAD THEY GOT THE OPERATION CLEAN AND THEY EXECUTED, BECAUSE LIKE SEAN SAID, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE SOME BIG TIME KICKS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO TO THE HIGHLIGHTS NOW.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD GAME IN THE END, I WOULD'VE EXPECT IT TO BE, BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE SO LET'S CHECK OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GAME.

ACTUALLY STARTS OFF REALLY TOUGH FOR NEBRASKA.

BEAUTIFUL DAY IN COLUMBUS, BUT STARTING WITH THE KICKOFF, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH SPECIAL TEAMS HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM.

IT'S KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE THE WEEK BEFORE, IVES WAS BACK THERE AGAINST INDIANA, HAD A NICE RETURN.

AND SO LIKE YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AT LEAST HE JUMPS ON IT, YOU DON'T LOSE IT, BUT IT PUTS YOU AT THE 9-YARD LINE.

THEN AFTER THAT YOU'VE GOT THE FUMBLE OF THE HAND OFF ON THE EXCHANGE.

IT'S RECOVERED, SO THAT'S GOOD.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE ON THIRD AND SIX TO MAKE A PLAY, AND DYLAN RAIOLA IS SACKED.

TOUGH WAY TO START.

>> YOU JUST COME OUT AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH BOY.

THIS, I MEAN, YOU COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN OFF ANY WORSE.

>> AND THEN THE SHANKED PUNT.

>> THAT TOO.

>> THEN THE SHANKED PUNT.

>> AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS HAPPEN.

>> NEBRASKA COOMES OUT FOURTH AND ONE.

>> TOTALLY REDEEMS HIMSELF.

>> ONE OF THE STUFFED PLAYS THAT YOU SEE THERE.

THAT WAS A GREAT STUFFED PLAY.

>> MJ SHERMAN MAKES A PLAY THERE.

BUT THEN HERE'S ONE OF THE BIG PLAYS THAT HAPPENED.

A BUST IN THE SECONDARY?

>> YEAH, JUST A LITTLE MISCOMMUNICATION.

A COUPLE TIMES.

LET SOME GUYS GET SOME FREE RELEASES.

THEIR WIDE RECEIVERS ARE TOO GOOD TO GET THOSE FREE RELEASES.

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, MAN.

THOSE GUYS ARE -- THEY HAVE SOME NFL TALENT IN THEIR WIDE RECEIVER GROUP.

>> AND HOW ABOUT DYLAN RAIOLA WITH THIS 38-YARD RUN AND WHAT HE DOES HERE.

YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, IF YOU WATCH DOWN HERE, IF THERE IS ONE MORE BLOCK, HE MIGHT SCORE.

YOU HAVE A CHANCE FOR, I THINK IT'S BANKS IS COMING OVER TO GET BURKE, I THINK, AND HE HAD A CHANCE, BUT DIDN'T GET THERE AND RAIOLA GETS DEEP INTO THEIR TERRITORY AFTER A GREAT RUN.

HE HAD HAD FOUR RUNS TOTAL IN THE GAME, AND THEN JOHN HOHL MAKES THE FIRST ONE TO MAKE IT 7-3, FROM 39 YARDS.

AND YOU START TO TAKE A BREATH, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> DEFINITELY SURVIVED THAT OPENING FLURRY AT THAT POINT.

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

EXACTLY.

NOW HERE YOU GO AGAIN, WILL HOWARD MAKES ONE OF, LIKE I SAID, FOUR EXPLOSIVE PLAYS TO REALLY CHANGE THIS GAME, AND JEREMIAH SMITH IS A GREAT WIDE RECEIVER AS A FRESHMAN, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

>> ANOTHER FREE RELEASE BUT THIS WAS THE MOMENT WHERE I'M JUST LIKE, UH- OH.

BUCKLE UP, BOYS, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE AT THIS TIME, TO ME, IT COULD HAVE GOT OUT OF CONTROL, BUT THE DEFENSE STILL HANGS IN HERE, THEY MAKE THE STOP AND THEN OHIO STATE GOES ON TO MISS A FIELD GOAL SO IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA BE IN THIS THING.

>> YEAH, IT HAD TO MAKE NEBRASKA FEEL PRETTY GOOD.

YOU KNOW, THEY'D MISSED SO MANY FIELD GOALS.

THIS IS A GREAT SACK BY MJ SHERMAN HERE ON GETTING THE STOP ON WILL HOWARD.

WHICH BACKED IT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED.

THIS WAS MISSED BY YARDS.

THIS WAS MISSED BY A LOT.

THIS IS NOT A GOOD FIELD GOAL, BUT THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES.

YOU MENTIONED, IT'S KIND OF WINDY IN THAT STADIUM AT TIMES.

EXCUSE ME, HERE COMES NEBRASKA BACK AGAIN.

HERE'S A SERIES OF DPIs THAT HAPPENED BEFORE OPIs HAPPENED LATER.

HERE'S ANOTHER GOOD RUN.

DOWDELL ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE -- THIS IS EMMETT JOHNSON HERE, BUT THEY KIND OF STARTED SEEING IT AND DEVELOPING IT, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

JUST DOWDELL GETTING HOT.

I MEAN THAT'S WHAT THIS OFFENSE NEEDS.

ALL THEIR BACKS.

THAT HAS BEEN SUCH A MISSING PIECE FOR DYLAN RAIOLA, AS WE LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE OF THESE, AND THAT WAS AN OFFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE THERE, WHICH, IT'S JUST SO HARD, JAY, TO EVEN GRASP THAT CALL.

>> NO.

>> YOU CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.

>> HE DIDN'T EXTEND.

I MEAN, YOU COULD CALL OPI THEN ON EVERY PLAY IF YOU'RE GONNA CALL THAT.

>> THOMAS FIDONE RIGHT THERE NEAR THE END OF THE HALF AFTER THAT BAD SPOT.

NEBRASKA STILL GETS THE FIELD GOAL TO MAKE IT 14-6.

THEY HAD TO HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY GOING INTO HALFTIME MAKING IT 14- 6 THERE.

>> THAT KICK JUST, IT CHANGED THE GAME.

'CAUSE 14-3 VERSUS 14-6 JUST PUT ALL OF THE PRESSURE ON OHIO STATE IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

>> AND NEBRASKA, ANOTHER STOP, THREE AND OUT.

COME BACK OUT, THERE'S JACORY BARNEY MAKING PLAYS AGAIN.

THEN DOWDELL GETS GOING.

THIS IS A 14-YARD RUN HERE, GETTING IN THE SECONDARY.

>> YOU GOTTA BREAK THOSE TACKLES.

>> THEN 12 YARDS, THAT WAS THE ONE THAT SEAN WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER THAT HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO WHOLE WAY.

THERE'S 12 YARDS RIGHT THERE FOR DOWDELL AGAIN, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE THROW, BACK SHOULDER, THIS IS CALLED INTERFERENCE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CATCH, THE INTERFERENCE GOES OFF SO YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT AT ALL.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD LIKE YOU MENTIONED, ABOUT 14 BLITZES OR EXTRA PRESSURE, 7 SACKS, THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.

BUT HERE'S JOHN HOHL TO THE RESCUE AGAIN TO MAKE IT 14-9.

YOU'RE FEELING PRETTY GOOD SITTING AT 14-9.

>> YEAH, JUST BEING IN THIS POSITION IN THE HORSESHOE AS A 25.5 POINT DOG, ALL THE HEAT WAS ON THEM AND THE FAN BASE THERE, THEN THIS PLAY.

THEY UNRAVEL ON THIS INTERCEPTION.

IF HE SCORES HERE, YOU JUST WONDER AT THIS POINT WHAT HAPPENS.

>> WHAT HAPPENS.

YEAH.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, BUT STILL, YOU GET DOWN THERE, YOU'RE AT THE 7 YARD LINE, AND YOU'D HOPE THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO SCORE FROM HERE.

WATCH THIS, HE GOES DOWN TO THE 1 YARD LINE.

IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT THEY BACK IT TO 2, AND THEN DOWDELL'S JUMPING ESSENTIALLY FROM THE 3, THAT'S ABOUT 10 FEET.

THAT'S A LONG JUMP.

>> YEAH.

IT'S JUST, AGAIN, THE SPOT ISSUES.

I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT HARD, BUT APPARENTLY SO.

>> WE MOVE TO THE FOURTH QUARTER, DOWDELL AGAIN, THIS TIME 19 YARDS.

HE JUST RUNS OUT OF BOUNDS ON THAT ONE.

I THINK HE KIND OF LOST WHERE HE WAS ON THE FIELD A LITTLE BIT, BUT GETS 19 YARDS.

AND THEN WHO'S BECOME KIND OF THE FAVORITE TARGET NOW FOR DYLAN IS THOMAS FIDONE.

THIS ONE GOES FOR 33 YARDS, GETTING DOWN THERE, AND THEN BACK-TO-BACK ON THIRD AND SIX, THERE'S YOUR FIRST DOWN.

NOW YOU'RE FEELING REALLY GOOD AFTER GETTING THE FIRST DOWN, AND THEN ISAIAH NAYLOR COMES ACROSS, LOOKS LIKE HE SCORES, HE'S REALLY CLOSE, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE DO NOW, WE GO TO FRAME BY FRAME.

>> BUT THEY ACTUALLY GOT THIS ONE RIGHT.

I WILL GIVE THEM THAT.

THEY ACTUALLY GOT THIS ONE RIGHT.

BUT LUCKILY, THEY GOT THE FIRST DOWN ON THIS.

THAT WAS WHAT WAS A BIG SCENARIO HERE, AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IN FOR FOUR TRIES FROM THE HALF INCH LINE AND BOOM, KNOCK IT IN ON THE FIRST TRY.

>> YEAH, YOU BRING IN TWO DEFENSIVE LINEMEN THERE.

AND THEN, ARE YOU BREAK DOWN?

>> I'M BREAKING THIS PLAY DOWN ON THE HUDDLE.

JUST A GREAT PLAY CALL.

NEBRASKA DID TRY TO RUN A SHOVEL PLAY EARLIER IN THE GAME, A LITTLE DIFFERENT, GOT BLOWN UP, BUT THAT WAS JUST A WELL EXECUTED PLAY.

>> AND THIS IS WHY YOU BRING IN A GUY LIKE WILL HOWARD TO MAKE A FEW PLAYS FOR YOU.

THIS IS THE THIRD OF THE BIG LONG PASSES, 37 YARDS HERE, TO MOVE THEM, TO GET EVERYTHING GOING.

AFTER THEY HIT THAT, YOU GOT EGBUKA ON THE SIDELINE, HE GET THE FIRST DOWN THERE.

AND THEN, THIS IS A NICE ROUTE THAT THE RUNNING BACK MAKES HERE.

>> IT'S TOUGH.

ANY TIME YOU HAVE A LINEBACKER ON A RUNNING BACK, COMING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD, THAT'S TOUGH BUSINESS, AND HE GOT THE JOB DONE.

>> PASS HERE TO BARNEY.

THAT WAS THE ONE WHERE HE GOT GRABBED ACROSS.

DYLAN KIND OF, HE SAYS THAT HE HAD KIND OF A STINGER IN HIS SHOULDER, GOES TO THE SIDELINE, GOES IN THE TENT.

BUT HE'S OKAY BECAUSE NEBRASKA GETS ANOTHER STOP ON OHIO STATE, SO HE COMES BACK IN AFTER THE STOP HERE.

THIS -- I'M SURE THERE WAS BOOING HAPPENING IN THE STADIUM WHEN THAT HAPPENED.

>> IT WAS A LOUD ERUPTING OF BOOING AT THIS POINT.

>> YEAH, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THAT.

>> AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS PASS DOWN THE SIDELINE, A GREAT PASS HERE.

BUT, AGAIN, O.P.I.

CALLED, WHICH, THAT WAS KINDA A SHOCKING ONE.

THEN THE THROW ACROSS THE MIDDLE, CATCH, THEY CALL IT A FUMBLE, I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE, BUT IN THE END THEY CALL IT TARGETING, SO NEBRASKA, THE FIRST DOWN.

THEY DON'T CALL IT UNSPORTSMANLIKE AGAINST RYAN DAY.

HE THROWS -- KINDA THROWS HIS HEADSET, THEY DON'T CALL IT.

BUT THEN, LAST CHANCE FOR NEBRASKA HERE, IT IS 3rd AND 19, INTERCEPTION THROWN, AND NEBRASKA FALLS 21-17.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATS, AND THE ONE THAT JUMPS OUT THE MOST FOR ME IS OHIO STATE'S RUSHING YARDS -- 64 RUSHING YARDS, AND REMEMBER, WILL HOWARD HAD A COUPLE OF RUNS IN THERE.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE PASSING, AND NEBRASKA DOMINATING THE TIME OF POSSESSION, AND BREAKING EVEN ON TURNOVERS.

IT REALLY WAS A GAME THAT NEBRASKA HAD A GREAT CHANCE TO WIN.

>> YEAH, YOU JUST -- I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THE STATS, I MEAN, OHIO STATE 1 OF 10 ON THIRD DOWN.

>> INCREDIBLE.

>> I MEAN, I CAN'T THINK OF -- WHEN HAS OHIO STATE TEAM EVER, YOU KNOW, HAD THAT ISSUE?

>> YEAH.

>> BUT IT WAS RIGHT THERE.

THE GAME WAS RIGHT THERE FOR THE TAKING, AND JUST NOT ENOUGH PLAYS WERE MADE IN CRUNCH TIME, AND WE'VE SAID THAT A LOT HERE THE LAST 10 YEARS.

>> ALL RIGHT, TIME FOR PLAYERS OF THE GAME NOW.

NOW, MAKES, SENSE, DYLAN RAIOLA, QUARTERBACK, PLAYED VERY WELL.

THE RUNNING IS WHAT REALLY STOOD OUT.

JIMARI BUTLER, AS SEAN SAID, THE BEST GAME OF HIS CAREER.

FIVE TACKLES, THREE TACKLES FOR LOSS, HAD THE SACK.

AND THEN JOHN HOHL, WE GOTTA FEEL GOOD FOR HIM.

AFTER EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THIS SEASON, MAKING THE THREE FIELD GOALS, MAKING A 54-YARD ONE, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE, IT REALLY IS.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOORE LOOK AT THE GAME, AND BREAK IT DOWN.

WE HEAD "IN THE HUDDL" WITH JAY.

>>> ALL RIGHT GUYS, WELCOME "IN THE HUDDL" TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE TWO-POINT PLAY FIRST.

IT WAS A REALLY WELL EXECUTED PLAY.

COINCIDENTALLY, THEY TRIED TO RUN A SIMILAR PLAY EARLIER IN THE GAME, THEY GOT BUSTED UP, BUT THEY COME BACK TO IT, A PERFECT TIME TO RUN THIS KIND OF POWER SHOVEL PITCH PLAY.

IT WAS REALLY WELL DOWN.

SO YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME POWER BLOCKING ACTION HERE.

YOU'RE GONNA GET GUARD TACKLE THE LEFT SIDE DOWN.

LUTOVSKY'S GONNA PULL.

YOU'RE GONNA GET THIS JET MOTION UP TOP, AND THEY'RE GONNA PUT THIS DEFENSIVE END IN CONFLICT, TO WHERE HE HAS TO FREEZE AND KINDA READ THE MESH POINT.

AND YOU'RE GONNA GET THE GUARD TO LEAD UP ON TO THE LINEBACKER.

SO THIS THING IS REALLY WELL DONE.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS -- NOW THIS DEFENSIVE END FOR OHIO STATE, HE IS LOOKING AT THE MESH POINT.

IS HE IS GOING TO GIVE IT?

WHAT'S THE SITUATION?

SO HE HAS TO FREEZE.

NOW LUTOVSKY DOES A GOOD JOB.

USUALLY IF THIS WAS A TRUE POWER PLAY, HE WOULD KICK OUT, BUT NOT, HE'S GONNA LEAD UP, PUT HIM -- FREEZE THE DEFENSIVE END.

AND RAIOLA DOES A GOOD JOB.

THERE'S A TIMING ELEMENT TO THIS PLAY.

HE CAN'T JUST GET RID OF IT RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE TIMING GETS OFF.

AND BOERKIRCHER DOES A GREAT JOB OF FOLLOWING AROUND, A GOOD PITCH TO HIM.

AND LUTOVSKY'S GONNA DO A GREAT JOB OF SEALING THIS UP.

THE TIMING, THE EXECUTION WAS PERFECT TO GIVE NEBRASKA A THREE POINT LEAD IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

NOW, FOLLOWING THIS, THE TWO-POINT PLAY, THERE'S A DRIVE.

THIS IS FIRST DRIVE AFTERWARDS.

OBVIOUSLY OHIO STATE GOT A COUPLE FIRST DOWNS.

THIS IS A THIRD-DOWN PLAY.

I'M HIGHLIGHTING ISAAC GIFFORD.

THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON ISAAC GIFFORD, BUT THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU HOW TO PLAY ZONE READ SITUATIONAL FOOTBALL.

NEBRASKA GOT A LITTLE LAZY IN THIS SITUATION, BECAUSE HOWARD REALLY NEVER KEPT IT.

SO ISAAC REALLY DID NOT RESPECT AND HAVE GOOD VISION ON THE MESH POINT.

SO I'M GONNA ROLL THIS HERE.

HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF ROLLING DOWN.

NOW, YOU HAVE A GUY FOR THE RUNNING BACK, WHICH IS NOT ISAAC.

THIS IS JIMARI BUTLER COMING HERE, HE'S SPILLING THIS TIGHT END.

THIS IS HIS -- HE'S ON THE BACK.

ISAAC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BACK END SITUATION, HE IS A CUTBACK QB TYPE OF GUY.

HE NEEDS TO BE -- HIS SHOULDERS NEED TO BE HORIZONTAL TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE SO HE CAN GO EITHER WAY.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, HE DOES A POOR JOB OF SEEING THE MESH POINT.

WE ALWAYS SAY THAT, "WITH VISION," HAS TO PLAY WITH GOOD VISION, GOOD, STRONG EYES.

POOR EYES -- NOW OBVIOUSLY, YOU SEE HIS SHOULDERS ARE TURNED.

NOW HE CANNOT COME OUT OF THIS.

IF HIS SHOULDERS WERE PARALLEL TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, HE PROBABLY CAME OUT HERE AND MADE A TACKLE FOR LOSS OR NO GAIN, NOW IT'S FOURTH DOWN.

BUT HE DOESN'T, HOWARD KEEPS IT.

SO IN THIS SITUATION, NEBRASKA'S GOT A LITTLE LAZY WITH TECHNIQUE AND EYES, AND THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THESE TIGHT GAMES.

>> CONTAINED IN A WAY.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

IN -- IF HE'S -- HIS SHOULDERS ARE PARALLEL, HE MAYBE GIVES IT IN THAT SCENARIO.

AND NEBRASKA HAD IT STONE DEAD.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS OVER THE NOSE THERE, BUT HE KNOCKED TWO GUYS BACK.

THE PLAY IS A NO GAIN IN THAT SCENARIO.

IT JUST -- IT'S JUST THOSE LITTLE THINGS ABOUT VISION.

WE ALWAYS SAY YOU GOTTA PLAY WITH GOOD EYES.

POOR EYES, BUT THEN BODY CONTROL, RIGHT?

HE TECHNICALLY DID HIS JOB WITHIN THE DEFENSE, BUT IT WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY.

IT JUST -- IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH, YOU KNOW, WITH HOW YOUR BODY'S POSITIONED TO NOT EXECUTE.

IT'S JUST SIMPLE FOOTWORK, AND JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOUR ROLE IS.

AND I KNOW THAT ISAAC UNDERSTANDS THAT, BUT I THINK HE JUST GOT A LITTLE -- THEY GOT LULLED INTO THAT.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME HOWARD KEPT IT ALL GAME.

AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS, THAT'S HOW YOU LOSE THE CLOSE GAMES.

>> JAY, WE APPRECIATE THE BREAKDOWN.

COMING UP NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP," WE'LL HEAR FROM THE BASKETBALL COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, FRED HOIBERG, AND WE ALSO HEAR FROM DYLAN RAIOLA AS WELL.

BUT FIRST, HURRDAT SPORTS HAS SOME PICTURES FROM THE GAME AT COLUMBUS.

MORE TO COME.

♪ ♪ >>> ONE OF THE KEY THINGS FROM DYLAN IS HE CAN DO IT, RIGHT?

HE HAS -- HE CAN DO IT, AND HE HAS THE ABILITY TO SCRAMBLE AND LOOK DOWN THE FIELD, BUT THEN ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND RUN.

I THINK ONE OF THE REALLY COOL THINGS I'M HAVING THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE WITH HIM, IS WATCHING HIM GROW EACH WEEK.

I THINK IN THE INDIANA GAME, THERE IS A PLAY WHERE HE STARTED TO SCRAMBLE, STOPPED, AND THREW IT BACK.

AND AS I WATCHED THE GAME WITH HIM, HE'S LIKE, "I SHOULD'VE RUN IT THERE."

AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S RIGHT OR NOT, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE TOOK AWAY FROM IT, SO I THINK HE, EVERY WEEK, IS TRYING TO FIND ONE, TWO, THREE THINGS TO IMPROVE UPON.

>> THERE'S JUST LITTLE THINGS HERE AND THERE THAT KIND OF GET YOU IN THE BIG GAME.

SO I THINK JUST CLEAN UP THE LITTLE THINGS, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEK TO IMPROVE AND GO, YOU KNOW, GO 1-0.

>> YOU KNOW, I'LL BE VERY HUMBLE WHEN I SAY THIS.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED, RIGHT?

COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW.

AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, YOU GO BLOCK THAT FRONT WITHOUT THROWING A COUPLE OF SCREENS, AND TELL ME, OKAY?

I MEAN, THEY'RE DOMINANT.

ABSOLUTELY DOMINANT.

THERE'S SOME KIDS THAT FEEL REALLY BAD ON OUR TEAM, BECAUSE THEY SEE THE HEAT THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, SATT'S TAKING, OR I'M TAKING, OR WHOEVER, AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAD A MISSED ASSIGNMENT, IF THEY'D HAVE BLOCKED THE MAN-TO-MAN DEFENDER, THE BALL WOULD'VE GONE FOR ABOUT 50.

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

WE ARE NOW JOINED BY THE HEAD BASKETBALL COACH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, FRED HOIBERG.

COACH, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.

>> YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

>> BEFORE WE GET STARTED, HOW YOU FEELING?

>> I FEEL GOOD.

YEAH, I HAD A PROCEDURE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO TO REPLACE MY PACEMAKER, IT WAS STARTING TO GO LOW ON BATTERY.

KIND OF CRAZY, IT'S THE THIRD ONE THAT I'VE HAD NOW AFTER THE ORIGINAL ONE WAS PUT IN AFTER MY FIRST OPEN HEART SURGERY.

AND IT'S AMAZING WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS.

IT WAS A VERY QUICK PROCEDURE, AND I WAS BACK ON THE PRACTICE COURT TWO DAYS LATER.

>> HARD TO FIND TIME FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

BECAUSE YOU'RE SO BUSY, OBVIOUSLY.

>> IT IS, YEAH.

I THINK THE LAST DAY OF BATTERY WAS NOVEMBER 3rd, WHICH IS CRAZY TO ME THAT THEY KNOW EXACTLY THE DAY ON WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND I DON'T HAVE WHAT'S CALLED AN ESCAPE RHYTHM, AND SO IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO MY PACEMAKER, I'M IN TROUBLE.

SO WE JUST FOUND A DAY WHERE WE HAD ACTUALLY THE WEEKEND OFF, WE HAD GIVEN OUR GUYS SATURDAY, SUNDAY, SO I WENT IN FRIDAY AFTER PRACTICE, AND THEN I WAS BACK ON THE COURT ON, A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL, AND MORE ON THE SIDELINES JUST TO MAKE SURE I DON'T GET HIT.

>> THAT'S AMAZING.

LET'S TALK ABOUT N.I.L.

AND TRANSFER PORTAL COMPARED TO THE FIRST TIME YOU WERE A COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH.

HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE IS IT?

AND IS IT MORE DIFFICULT, OR IS IT EASIER NOW TO BUILD A TEAM?

>> WELL, THE PORTAL WAS STARTING TO COME INTO IT'S OWN, AND YOU KNOW, I FEEL A LITTLE BIT RESPONSIBLE, I GUESS, BECAUSE WE KIND OF BUILT OUR TEAM AT IOWA STATE WITH TRANSFERS.

YOU KNOW, KIND OF MY PHILOSOPHY BACK THEN.

WAS WE TOOK OVER A PRETTY BIG REBUILD, AND IN ORDER FOR US TO GET COMPETITIVE RIGHT AWAY.

OUR BEST CHANCE WAS DOING THAT THROUGH THE TRANSFER MARKET.

WE WEREN'T GETTING THE TOP PLAYERS OUT OF HIGHSCHOOL AT THAT TIME.

AND THEN WHEN WE HAD SUCCESS, YEAR TWO, MADE IT TO THE TOURNAMENT.

THAT'S BACK WHEN THOSE TRANSFERS ACTUALLY HAD TO SIT OUT.

BUT YOU KNOW, THEY GAINED VALUABLE EXPERIENCE AND CHEMISTRY.

AND THEN GOT US INTO THE TOURNAMENT YEAR TWO.

AND THAT LED TO FOUR STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENTS AND TWO BIG 12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AND WHAT WE DID AFTER WE GOT GOOD WITH THE TRANSFERS.

THEN WE STARTED GETTING THE RIGHT FRESHMEN INTO OUR PROGRAM.

THAT FIT WHO WE WERE.

FIT OUR SYSTEM.

BOTH OFFENSIVELY AND DEFENSIVELY.

I GUESS THE BIG DIFFERENCE NOW.

COMPARED TO THOSE TEAMS THAT WE BUILT AT IOWA STATE.

WAS NOW EVERYBODY IS IN THE TRANSFER MARKET.

YOU KNOW BACK IN THE DAY.

IT WASN'T PREVALENT I GUESS AS IT IS NOW.

AND THEN N.I.L IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OBVIOUSLY THAN ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN.

AND PEOPLE ARE STILL, I THINK TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT WITH REVENUE SHARING COMING INTO PLAY NEXT YEAR.

THERE IS GONNA A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ON HOW THINGS STILL CONTINUE TO WORK OUT WITH THE COLLECTIVE AND WITHIN N.I.L.

BUT WE'RE VERY THANKFUL.

WE HAVE A GREAT COLLECTIVE HERE.

1890, THE PEDE FAMILY, MATT DAVIDSON HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

IN PUTTING US IN A POSITION TO BUILD A TEAM.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO THAT NOW.

IN ORDER TO BE COMPETITIVE.

>> I WANTED TO ASK YOU THAT.

BECAUSE WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT FOOTBALL AND EVEN VOLLEYBALL.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

YOU'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A STUDENT ATHLETE, YOU WANT THEM TO COME TO NEBRASKA.

THEN THEY GO TO TALK TO 1890?

HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK?

>> YES, THAT IS BASICALLY HOW IT DOES WORK.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE RULES IN PLACE, AND YOU KNOW, WE DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO STAY WITHIN THE RULES.

BUT YOU KNOW I GUESS THE BIGGEST THING.

YOU KNOW, YOU STILL TRY TO SELL EVERYTHING, THAT YOU CAN DO FOR THEM.

AS FAR AS YOUR PROGRAM AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND THE TRACK RECORD OF HELPING GUYS TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

WE'VE HAD 12 NBA PLAYERS AT THE 2 PLACES, IOWA SATE AND NEBRASKA IN TEN YEARS OF COLLEGE COACHING.

SO 1.2 PLAYERS PER TEAM COACHED HAVE MADE IT TO THE NBA.

AND THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD STAT AT SCHOOLS YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS.

WHERE THEY DON'T WALK IN THE DOOR AS PROS OR FIVE-STARS.

YOU KNOW WE REALLY SPEAK, I THINK, TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND OUR COACHING STAFF DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THAT.

WITH PLAYER DEVELOPMENT YOU SEE THE GROWTH.

>> MHMM.

OF YOUR PLAYERS IN THE PROGRAM.

SO NONE OF THAT CHANGES.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, GOING TO SPEAK TO THE COLLECTIVE AND TALKING ABOUT THE N.I.L OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A VERY NEW DYNAMIC.

>> YEAH, I KNOW YOU SAID BEFORE, YOU KNOW, "YOU WANT TO GET OLD, YOU WANNA STAY OLD."

DO YOU FEEL YOU KIND OF REACHED THAT POINT?

COMING OFF A VERY SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR, GOING INTO THIS YEAR.

>> WELL WE WERE THE OLDEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE LAST YEAR.

AND I REALLY DO THINK THAT PLAYED A BIG PART IN OUR SUCCESS.

WITH LAST SEASONS TEAM.

EVEN THE YEAR BEFORE.

I REALLY DO THINK WE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TOURNAMENT TEAM HAD WE STAY HEALTHY.

THAT YEAR.

WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD WINS EARLY.

AND THE WIN AT CREIGHTON.

WINNING A COUPLE OF GAMES IN LEAGUE EARLY.

AND THEN EMMANUEL BANDOUMEL, JUWAN GARY GO DOWN IN PRETTY MUCH BACK TO BACK GAMES.

NOW, THAT BEING SAID, WE REGROUPED.

AND SOME GUYS GOT OPPORTUNITIES, SAM, YOU KNOW, BEING ONE OF THOSE.

JAMARQUES LAWRENCE WAS A GUY THAT BENEFITTED FROM THE INJURIES.

AND WE ENDED UP WITH THE BEST RECORD IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY THAT YEAR.

AND THEN THAT CARRIED OVER TO LAST YEAR'S TEAM.

AND THE THING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED AMD ENJOYED MOST ABOUT THAT GROUP A YEAR AGO.

WAS THAT THERE WAS NO AGENDAS.

THEY CAME INTO WORK EVERYDAY.

AND IT WAS A TEAM THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE YEARS I'VE HAD IN COACHING.

AND THEN THIS YEAR TALKING TO OUR STAFF TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE RIGHT GUYS TO BUILD OFF OF WHAT WE DID A YEAR AGO.

TRY TO STAY OLD AND I THINK WE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF THAT.

>> YOU MENTIONED SAM A SECOND AGO.

AND I THINK ALL OF US AT SOME POINT.

COACHED OUR KIDS WHEN THEY WERE LIKE 5, OR 6, OR 7 YEARS OLD.

YOU'RE DOING IT NOW.

AND THEN I TALKED TO DEION SANDERS ABOUT THIS ONE TIME TOO.

ABOUT JUST THE FEELING BEFORE YOU GO ON THE FIELD.

OR THE COURT WITH YOU.

AND THEN WHILE THEY'RE ON THERE.

WHAT'S THAT FEELING LIKE?

HE GETS A BIG STEAL.

MAKES A BIG PLAY.

HITS A THREE.

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THE THING WITH SAM IS HE'S ONE OF OUR HARDEST WORKERS.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN HE DID GET HIS OPPORTUNITY.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH HIM.

WE WERE PLAYING AT PENN STATE.

BANDOUMEL WENT DOWN WITH A CRAZY KNEE INJURY.

AND WE KNEW HE'D BE OUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON.

AND SAM AT THAT TIME -- I SAT HIM DOWN ON THE LONG FLIGHT BACK.

>> MHMM.

>> AND JUST SAID, "HEY, YOU'RE THE THIRD POINT GUARD NOW, YOU GOT TO BE READY TO PLAY.

NEXT GAME HE WAS IN THERE.

HE PLAYED REALLY WELL.

AGAINST NORTHWESTERN AND THEN THE NEXT GAME AT MARYLAND.

HE LED US IN SCORING.

HAD 15 OFF THE BENCH.

THEN HE'S BEEN A STAPLE IN THE ROTATION EVER SINCE.

THE THING -- HE HAS THE RESPECT OF OUR PLAYERS BECAUSE OF HOW HARD HE WORKS.

THERE'S NO ENTITLEMENT WITH SAM.

YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING HE GETS IS EARNED.

BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP BACK.

I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE COOL THING AS A PARENT.

IS WHEN YOU GO BACK AND YOU'RE WATCHING THE FILM.

AND YOU SEE THE BIG STEAL AGAINST MARYLAND.

>> YEAH.

>> AND MY PARENTS WERE AT THAT GAME.

MY IN-LAWS WERE THERE.

YOU KNOW, HIS TWIN BROTHER CAME BACK FOR THAT GAME.

SO, THAT'S WHEN I THINK IT KIND OF SINKS IN -- THIS IS REALLY PRETTY COOL.

>> DID YOU SEE LeBRON AND BRONNY GOING OUT TOGETHER.

WHEN WE WERE TAPING THIS, THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.

BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, AS A PARENT?

>> I DID, I SAW THAT, AND IT'S REMARKABLE.

THAT LeBRON -- AND HE'S STILL ONE OF THE MOST ATHLETIC PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE.

AND HE'S GOT HIS KID PLAYING ON THE SAME TEAM.

YEAH.

THAT WAS A PRETTY SPECIAL MOMENT.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE POST POSITION WITH RIENK NOT PLAYING THIS YEAR.

YOU'RE BRINGING SOME TRANSFERS.

SOME I CAN PRONOUNCE THEIR NAME.

SOME I CAN'T.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT POST POSITION -- AND TRYING TO REPLACE WHAT RIENK DID AS NOT JUST A POST GUY BUT AS A FACILITATOR.

>> YEAH, I MEAN WE'LL MISS RIENK A LOT THIS YEAR.

BECAUSE HE LED US IN ASSISTS LAST YEAR.

>> MHMM.

>> AND THE GUY THAT REALLY BENEFITED FROM THAT A LOT WAS KEISEI.

>> YEAH.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE MADE SO MANY PLAYS AT THE RIM.

EVERYBODY SAW WHAT HE DID FROM THE PERIMETER.

BUT HE HAD SO MANY PLAYS AT THE BASKET.

WHERE HE WAS EFFICIENT FINISHER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF RIENK'S PASSING ABILITY.

AND ALSO JOSIAH.

JOSIAH DID A NICE JOB, AS WELL, AND REALLY GREW IN THAT ROLE.

YOU KNOW, NOW THIS YEAR, IT'S TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLAYERS.

>> RIGHT.

>> IN BRAXTON MEAH AND ANDREW MORGAN.

AND BERKE HE'S THE OTHER ONE AT 6'10."

WHERE WE CAN PLAY A LITTLE BIT MORE -- NOT NECESSARILY SMALL.

BUT MORE SKILLED OUT THERE ON THE FLOOR.

SO IT'S DIFFERENT DYNAMICS.

BRAXTON IS 7'1."

RIM PROTECTOR.

CAN PUT SOME HEAT ON THE RIM.

IS A LOB THREAT.

>> YEAH.

>> ANDREWS REALLY GOOD WITH HIS BACK TO THE BASKET.

REALLY GOOD FOOT WORK ON THE BLOCK.

AND THEN BERKE'S ABILITY TO SHOOT THE BALL AND PASS THE BALL.

AT THAT SAME KIND OF TRAIL POSITION THAT RIENK PLAYED.

SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT DYNAMICS.

WE'RE NOT GONNA REPLACE RIENK WITH ONE GUY.

BUT AGAIN, I LIKE WHAT WE'VE ADDED IN THAT AREA.

>> BRYCE WAS OBVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR.

WHEN YOU'RE ENDING A SEASON, YOU'RE TALKING TO ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS, WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM TO GET BETTER -- WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM TO TO WORK ON, SO THEY CAN TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL?

>> YEAH I THINK OVERALL, THE MESSAGE WITH BRYCE IS CONSISTENCY, AND HE FINISHED THE YEAR ON A HIGH NOTE, AND ESPECIALLY GETTING TO FREE-THROW LINE.

THAT'S ONE AREA THAT HE REALLY THRIVED AT THE END OF LAST SEASON.

AND REALLY PLAYED, PROBABLY, HIS BEST COUPLE WEEKS OF HIS CAREER.

AT THE END OF LAST SEASON.

SO HE HAD MOMENTUM GOING INTO THIS YEAR.

YOU KNOW THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

HE IS GOING TO BE OUR GO-TO GUY THIS SEASON.

AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAY THROUGH BRYCE A LOT.

ONE THING THAT BENEFITED HIM A YEAR AGO.

WITHOUT A TRUE POINT GUARD.

IS HE PLAYED WITH THE BALL IN HIS HANDS, A LOT.

>> HMM.

>> AND THAT IS GOING TO HELP HIM FOR HIS THE LONG-TERM CAREER.

AND ALSO FOR OUR TEAM THIS SEASON.

BUT YOU KNOW I WAS REALLY PROUD OF BRYCE.

HOW HE GREW.

BUT HE'S GOT GREAT VERSATILITY, ESPECIALLY FOR A GUY THAT'S 6'7."

>> YEAH YOU GUYS DID AMAZING.

WITHOUT.

YOU KNOW YOUR POINT GUARD POSITION OBVIOUSLY HAVING --ULIS COMING IN AND NOT ABLE TO PLAY.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT POSITION?

I GUESS ROLLIE IS GOING TO BE YOUR STARTER.

AND KIND TALK -- HOW IS ULIS WILL WORK IN IT ASWELL.

>>YEAH I FEEL GOOD, ABOUT OUR POINT GUARD SPOT WITHOUT HAVING A TRUE POINT GUARD LAST YEAR.

>> MHMM.

>> IT WAS MORE BY COMMITTEE.

AND THEN RIENK BROUGHT THE BALL UP THE FLOOR FOR US A LOT LAST YEAR AS WELL.

BUT NOW YOU GOT ULIS WHO HAS BEEN A STARTER IN THIS LEAGUE ON SOME GOOD REALLY IOWA TEAMS THAT MADE IT TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT.

AND THEN ROLLIE WHO WAS LEADING UTAH TO AN NCAA TOURNAMENT BIRTH.

AND THEN HE GOT HURT UNFORTUNATELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON.

BUT YOU KNOW TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THAT LEAGUE.

AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND HIM.

ALL THEY TALK ABOUT IS THAT HE'S A WINNER.

AND HE'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.

HE'S NOT THE OVERLY FLASHY.

OR, NOT A GUY THAT'S GONNA GO OUT AND SHOOT THE BALL EVERY TIME.

IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING OTHERS INVOLVED.

AND SETTING THE TEAM UP.

AND YOU KNOW, GETTING US ORGANIZED DEFENSIVELY.

BUT I THINK BOTH THOSE GUYS WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE.

BOTH IN THEIR 5th YEAR OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL.

IS A BENEFIT TO THE GROUP.

>> I GREW UP IN THE BEGINNING OF THE BIG EAST, WHERE THERE NO NIGHTS OFF.

NOW YOU'RE IN THIS 18 TEAM CONFERENCE.

WITH ALL THESE TEAMS.

KIND OF TALK TO US ABOUT THAT FEELING.

THAT EXPERIENCE.

AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU PUT TOGETHER A NONCONFERENCE SCHEDULE TO GET YOU READY FOR THAT KIND OF LEAGUE?

>> YEAH, LEAGUES A MONSTER.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE IS REALLY NO NIGHTS OFF.

YOU NOT GONNA FACE ANY TEAM WHERE YOU GO OUT AND SAY, "ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS ONE."

>> MHMM.

EVERY GAME IS GONNA BE A WAR.

A BATTLE.

AND YOU JUST GOT TO GO OUT AND PREPARE AS WELL AS YOU CAN.

AND TRY TO STAY CONSISTENT.

THERE'S GONNA BE UPS AND DOWNS, HIGHS AND LOWS.

AND WE HAVE TO STAY CONSISTENT THROUGH IT ALL.

WHATEVER THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME.

YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS OUR NONCONFERENCE.

I FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR SCHEDULE.

WE HAVE A GOOD M.T.E IN HAWAII WHERE GONNA WE PLAY THERE OVER CHRISTMAS.

THE ST. MARY'S GAME.

THERE GONNA BE TOP TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY THIS YEAR.

TOP 20 TEAM UP AT THE PENTAGON.

AND THEN ON THE ROAD AGAINST CREIGHTON.

AND THEN SOME REALLY GOOD HIGH QUALITY MID-MAJOR OPPONENTS AS WELL.

SO, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR SCHEDULE.

THAT WILL HELP PREPARE US FOR LEAGUE PLAY.

>> YOU WERE SUCH A GREAT SHOOTER.

I KNOW THAT YOU CAN TEACH SHOOTING.

JUWAN GARY GOT BETTER LAST YEAR.

HOW DO YOU GET HIM UP AND OVER 30%?

TO WHERE YOU WANT HIM TO BE 3-POINT SHOOTING WISE.

>> YEAH, HE GOT UP OVER THAT FOR A WHILE LAST YEAR.

AND THEN WENT INTO A PRETTY GOOD SLUMP.

BUT HE HIT SOME REALLY TIMELY ONES FOR US.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS VOLUME OF THE THREE-POINT SHOTS.

THEY'RE ALMOST DOUBLE.

YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, OF WHAT HE SHOT IN TWO YEARS AT ALABAMA.

AND WE WANT JUWAN TO SHOOT THE OPEN ONES.

AND WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON IS WHEN THEY'RE CONTESTING, THEY'RE DRIVING IT, GETTING BY IT.

MAKING A PLAY FOR SOMEBODY ELSE OR GOING RIGHT TO AN UPHILL TOSS TO A SHOOTER THAT MIGHT BE IN THE NEXT SPOT.

BUT WHEN HE HAS AN OPEN SHOT, YES, WE EXPECT HIM TO SHOOT IT.

AND HE'S REALLY WORKED HARD ON IT.

ESPECIALLY THE OFF SEASON AND INTO THE FALL.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE EVER HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE OR CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS TEAM.

YOU NAME SO MANY NAMES.

HOW DO YOU WORK THAT TO GET YOUR STARTERS READY.

HAVE THAT BENCH READY.

AND GET THEN EVEN THE EXTRA GUYS IF YOU NEED THEM?

>>YEAH, THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST JOB THIS YEAR.

FOR ME AND THE STAFF.

IS WHO IS GOING TO BE IN THE ROTATION, WHO IS GONNA START, MORE IMPORTANTLY WHO IS GONNA FINISH.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT AT BEGINNING.

WE DIDN'T LAST YEAR.

BUT WHO FELL INTO IT, AND IT WORKED.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, I THINK I KNOW WHO'S GONNA BE OUT THERE, BUT AGAIN, I THINK I'VE GOT 13 GUYS THAT CAN MAKE AN IMPACT.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY HARD TO PLAY THAT MANY, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A ROTATION.

AND THE BIG THING TO OUR GUYS, THE MESSAGE, YOUR ROLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR MAY NOT BE THE SAME, AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP YOURSELF READY AND KEEP YOURSELF PREPARED.

AND I THINK WE HAVE A MATURE GROUP AND A GOOD ENOUGH GROUP TO HANDLE THAT.

YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S JUST ABOUT GOING OUT AND ACCEPTING WHATEVER ROLE YOU HAVE.

>> KEISEI BROUGHT SO MUCH ENERGY, WHETHER HE WAS MAKING SHOTS OR JUST SMILING OR WHATEVER ELSE.

WHO ARE YOUR ENERGY GUYS THIS YEAR TO KIND OF REPLACE HIS --?

>> I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF ENERGY GUYS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ONE TRUE LEADER OF THIS YEAR'S GROUP.

RIENK AND JOSIAH DID SUCH A GOOD JOB IN THAT AREA A YEAR AGO.

ROLLE I THINK HAS VERY GOOD A NATURAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

SAM IS A GOOD LEADER.

BRICE HAS REALLY GROWN IN THAT AREA.

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE JUWAN, YOU KNOW, HELP LEAD IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

SO I THINK IT'S A GROUP THAT THEY CAN GO OUT THERE AND LEAD, ESPECIALLY BY EXAMPLE.

STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GONNA BE THAT VOCAL LEADER, YOU KNOW.

WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT GUY THAT CAN CALM THINGS DOWN, BRING EVERYBODY IN.

AS I TELL 'EM ALL THE TIME, I GET FOUR TIME-OUTS, I DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED, SO YOU GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT ON THE COURT.

AND OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS PLAYING THROUGH ADVERSITY.

IN THIS LEAGUE, IT'S GONNA HIT US EVERY NIGHT.

IF YOU PLAY THROUGH ADVERSITY, YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.

>> LAST THING, PLAYING AT PINNACLE -- I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TO ALL KIND OF VENUES, NBA TO COLLEGE TO HIGH SCHOOL -- THE ENERGY THAT THE CROWD BRINGS, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY DO?

>> IT'S ONE OF THE BEST ATMOSPHERES IN ALL OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL.

AND EVEN WHEN WE BRING IN PLAYERS, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE -- YOU KNOW, CONNOR ESSEGIAN AND GAVIN GRIFFITHS, TWO GUYS WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT YET, BUT BOTH OF THOSE GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE BIG IMPACTS ON OUR TEAM.

BUT WHEN YOU BRING 'EM IN, YOU TALK ABOUT THE LEAGUE, AND WHERE DID YOU LIKE PLAYING, WHO HAD THE BEST ATMOSPHERES?

AND THE TWO THAT THEY ALWAYS -- THE THOUGHT THAT THEY BROUGHT UP WAS PURDUE AND NEBRASKA, PINNACLE BANK ARENA.

SO I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE RECORD THAT WE HAD, UNDEFEATED IN LAGUE A YEAR AGO.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SO NICE TO HAVE THAT, WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING WELL, AND I LOOK BACK AT THAT WISCONSIN GAME.

PURDUE WAS AWESOME, YOU KNOW, BEAT THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.

BUT COMING BACK FROM 19 AGAINST A REALLY GRITTY, TOUGH WISCONSIN TEAM A YEAR AGO, I THINK WAS THE BIGGEST WIN OF THE SEASON FOR US LAST YEAR, AND A BIG PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF OUR FANS.

>> NO DOUBT.

COACH, APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD LUCK THIS SEASON.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE "BIG RED WRAP-UP," TALKING SOME UCLA.

H. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.

WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE "BIG RED WRAP-UP" AND WE WILL BE BACK TALKING ABOUT UCLA.

♪ >>> NUMBER THREE THIS WEEK, MALCOLM HARTZOG, ANOTHER INTERCEPTION FOR NUMBER SEVEN, AND RETURNS IT ALL THE WAY TO THE SEVEN YARD LINE.

AND OF COURSE, AS WE KNOW, NEBRASKA DOES NOT SCORE ON THAT DRIVE.

NUMBER TWO, THE LEGS AND FEET OF DYLAN RAIOLA SHOWING HE CAN RUN THE BALL.

ALL TALK ALL WEEK WAS THAT HIS ANKLE WAS BAD, AND I THINK HE SAID, "I WANT TO SHOW YOU MY ANKLE'S NOT BAD," AND HE GOES 38 YARDS ON OUR NUMBER 2 TOP PLAY.

AND THEN NUMBER ONE, FIELD GOALS, JOHN HOHL.

JUST HAVING A GREAT DAY WITH THE THIRD FIELD GOAL AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF, 54-YARDER AFTER JUST STRUGGLING ALL SEASON LONG.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY THAT HE IS.

WELCOME BACK.

TIME TO TALK SOME RECRUITING.

WE'RE INSIDE "BIG RED WRAP-UP" STUDIO, TALKING TO SEAN CALLAHAN.

ALL RIGHT, LETS' TALK ABOUT SOME VISITORS AND OUR BIG NEWS.

>> YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG WEEKEND FOR NEBRASKA.

SEVERAL VISITORS, BUT THE HEADLINE, BY FAR, IS FLORIDA STATE COMMIT, MILLARD SOUTH TIGHT END, CHASE LOFTIN WILL BE TAKING AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT TO NEBRASKA.

IT'S THE FIRST VISIT THAT WE KNOW OF THAT HE'S TAKEN SINCE HIS COMMITMENT TO THE SEMINOLES EARLIER THIS SUMMER.

OBVIOUSLY, THINGS AREN'T REALLY GOING WELL AT FLORIDA STATE RIGHT NOW.

>> YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> SO I WOULD SAY THIS LOOKS GOOD FOR THE HUSKERS.

AND, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY YOU MAKE -- WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ARGUABLY THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER IN THE STATE -- I THINK THERE'S THREE PLAYERS IN THE STATE THAT YOU CAN SAY ARE THE NUMBER ONE, HE'S ONE OF THEM.

YOU MAKE ROOM FOR THAT GUY, AND I THINK MATT RHULE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HIM IN HIS CLASS, IF IT WORKS OUT.

>> THINK HE COMMITS?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THIS WEEKEND -- >> OKAY.

>> BU I THINK NEBRASKA -- HIM JUST COMING AND GETTING TO THIS POINT, I THINK IS A VERY GOOD SIGN.

>> ALL-AROUND ATHLETE, FEATURED RECRUIT, CADEN VERMAAS, WHO I WATCHED PLAY AGAINST CENTRAL, THAT KID CAN REALLY RUN.

>> YEAH, CADEN VERMAAS FROM MILLARD NORTH, UM, YOU KNOW, HE WAS OFFERED VERY EARLY BY THE MATT RHULE STAFF.

IN FACT, I BELIEVE GOT HIS OFFER FROM THE MICKEY JOSEPH STAFF.

>> OH.

>> AND THEN IT CARRIED OVER TO THE NEW STAFF.

AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PLAYERS TO COMMIT TO NEBRASKA UNDER MATT RHULE, AND YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO BE A HUSKER, COMMITTED AFTER HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON.

SO IT'S RARE TO SEE A GUY GO THROUGH TWO YEARS OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR, WHERE HE'S BEEN A FULL COMMIT TO NEBRASKA.

BUT HE'S BEEN ALL-IN SINCE APRIL OF HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR.

AND HE'S EXPLOSIVE.

HE'S ACTUALLY A BOXER TOO, LIKES TO -- HE'S A TOUGH GUY.

YOU MENTIONED OFF-AIR, MIKE'L, THEY PLAY HIM A LOT ON MILLARD NORTH WHERE HE'S ON OFFENSE, SPECIAL TEAMS, AND DEFENSE ALMOST EVERY SNAP.

NEBRASKA LIKES HIM RIGHT NOW AS A SAFETY.

>> HIS DAD'S A POWER LIFTER TOO, SO HE KNOWS HOW TO LIFT, HE KNOWS HOW TO STAY IN SHAPE.

LET'S DO OUR IN-STATE RECRUIT.

>> AND THEN STAYING IN MILLARD, IT'S BEEN A -- WE GOT A MILLARD SOUTH TIGHT END, A MILLARD NORTH SAFETY, AND NOW A MILLARD SOUTH OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, LANDEN VON SEGGERN.

POSSIBLY THE TOP PLAYER RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA FOR 2026.

THERE'S A LOT OF GUYS THAT COULD END UP IN THAT SPOT, BUT IN TERMS OF EARLY OFFERS, VON SEGGERN HAS IOWA AND SOME OTHER POWER FOUR PROGRAMS.

NO NEBRASKA OFFER YET.

I THINK THE QUESTION IS, LONG TERM UPSIDE AT THE HEIGHT OF 6'3", YOU KNOW, WHAT -- WHERE DOES HE FIT?

HE WAS ACTUALLY A PAPILLION LA VISTA MONARCH, AND WAS ONE OF THE 26 TRANSFERS THAT MILLARD SOUTH ADDED TO THEIR ROSTER, AS DAMON BENNING LIKES TO LET US KNOW ON THAT.

BUT VON SEGGERN, ONE OF THE TOP LINEMEN, NO DOUBT, IN THE STATE, AND A PLAYER TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON FOR 2026.

>> WE'LL DO THAT.

THANKS, SEAN WE APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S GET CAUGHT UP ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOR OUR SURVEY.

WHICH TEAM, IF THE BIG TEN ADDS, SHOULD THEY ADD TO THE CONFERENCE?

WHICH WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?

IOWA STATE SITTING AT 22%.

YOU HAVE 9% FOR KANSAS.

BUT OF COURSE, 59% FOR NOTRE DAME, NOT A SURPRISE THAT PEOPLE WOULD PICK NOTRE DAME TO BE THE TEAM.

THIS WEEK AROUND THE BIG TEN, THE CONFERENCE INVESTIGATION INTO THE FIGHT BETWEEN MICHIGAN AND SPARTY AT THE END OF LAST WEEK'S GAME WAS INCONCLUSIVE, SO NO PUNISHMENTS ARE GONNA COME DOWN.

ALSO, MICHIGAN'S QUARTERBACK, JACK TUTTLE, HAS RETIRED AFTER SEVEN -- AFTER FIVE CONCUSSIONS, EXCUSE ME.

FOR THE BUCKEYES, LINEBACKER ARVELL REESE WAS REINSTATED AFTER THE TARGETING CALL AGAINST THE HUSKERS.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THREE OF THE TOP FOUR TEAMS ARE FROM THE BIG TEN.

THIRD-RANKED PENN STATE HAS SAID THAT QUARTERBACK DREW ALLAR WILL BE A GAME-TIME DECISION AGAINST NUMBER FOUR RANKED OHIO STATE.

BIG TEN TOP 25, OREGON REMAINS NUMBER ONE AFTER A BIG DOMINATING WIN OVER NUMBER 20, ILLINOIS, WHO DROPPED TO 24th IN THE POLL.

AND INDIANA STATE AT NUMBER 13 THIS WEEK.

IF THE PLAYOFFS STARTED TODAY, IT WOULD BE SEEDED LIKE THIS -- INDIANA WOULD STILL BE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.

OREGON WOULD BE ONE.

AND PENN STATE WOULD BE THE FIFTH SEED, AND OHIO STATE WOULD BE THE SIXTH SEED.

WE ARE ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE OFFICIAL RANKINGS THAT COME AWAY NEXT TUESDAY.

I THINK SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING NEXT TUESDAY AS WELL.

[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] WE'RE JOINED NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT UCLA BY DAVID WOODS WHO IS FROM "BRUIN ONLINE."

DAVID, WE APPRECIATE IT.

HOW ARE YOU DOING, AND THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

>> YEAH, NO PROBLEM, IT'S GREAT TO TALK ABOUT THIS GAME COMING UP.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STAFF.

WHEN THE HIRING HAPPENED AND THEY STARTED HIRING OCs AND DCs, AND WHAT DID YOU THINK OVERALL ABOUT THE STAFF HE HIRED?

>> I THOUGHT IT HAD SOME BIG NAMES, OBVIOUSLY WITH ERIC BIENIEMY COMING FROM THE NFL.

AND I THOUGHT THAT RETAINING IKAIKA MALLOE AS THE DEFENSE COORDINATOR WAS DEFINITELY A GOOD MOVE.

HE HAD COORDINATED IN THE BOWL GAME, AND I THOUGHT THAT DID A REALLY NICE JOB, KNEW THE DEFENSE PRETTY WELL, THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD LAST YEAR.

AND SO FAR, HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB.

I THINK WITH BIENIEMY, YOU'RE GETTING THAT NAME VALUE, YOU'RE GETTING THAT NFL PEDIGREE, WHICH CAN HELP IN RECRUITING.

I THINK IT'S BEEN A TOUGHER GO OF IT FOR THE OFFENSE SO FAR, WHERE INSTALLING WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY AN NFL SCHEME -- I MEAN, NEBRASKA FANS KNOW GOING BACK TO I THINK IT WAS THE CALLAHAN ERA -- >> YEAH.

>> INSTALLING A NFL SCHEME AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL IS NOT A THING YOU DO IN A SINGLE SEASON, AND I THINK UCLA FANS ARE SEEING THE GROWING PAINS RIGHT NOW.

BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY FOR UCLA FANS, THE PAYOFF IS THERE IN A YEAR OR SO.

>> DAVID, THE SCHEDULE, AND THEN THE TRANSITION TO THE CONFERENCE, YOU HAVE HAD A GAME IN HAWAII, YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN TO NEW YORK, BATON ROUGE.

FIRST OF ALL, THE SCHEDULEMAKER FOR THE BRUINS DID NOT DO YOU GUYS ANY FAVORS THERE, BUT HOW TOUGH HAS THIS TRANSITION BEEN JUST NOT ONLY GOING INTO A NEW LEAGUE, BUT THE RIGOROUS TRAVEL SCHEDULE THE BRUINS HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH?

>> YEAH, THEY WERE NOT EASED INTO IT, AND PART OF IT WAS THEIR NONCONFERENCE SCHEDULING COMING IN, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DO AT LSU AND AT HAWAII IN THE SAME YEAR WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO DO A BIG TEN SCHEDULE FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS NOT IDEAL.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SCHEDULERS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WHERE THEY HAD THREE HOME GAMES.

THIS WOULD'VE BEEN THE YEAR FOR THAT IN THE NONCONFERENCE.

I THINK IT'S BEEN AN ADJUSTMENT, I THINK THE BIGGER ADJUSTMENT IS SIMPLY THE NEW SCHEMES.

I MEAN, I THINK PEOPLE CAN PIN IT ON TRAVEL, AND I THINK THAT'S HAD AN IMPACT TO SOME EXTENT.

BUT THEY WON AT RUTGERS, THEY WON AT HAWAII.

THEY WEREN'T GOING TO WIN AT LSU, THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BEAT LSU IF IT WAS AT HOME EITHER.

SO I THINK THERE IS AN IMPACT, BUT I THINK IT IS A LITTLE OVERRATED FOR THE CONTEXT OF WHAT THIS TEAM IS.

I THINK THE BIGGER ISSUE IS THEY PLAYED A LOT OF GOOD TEAMS.

I MEAN, INDIANA ENDED UP OBVIOUSLY AS EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT A LOT BETTER THAN I THINK EVEN PEOPLE WHO WERE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT INDIANA AND CURT CIGNETTI WOULD END UP, AND THEY CAME INTO THE ROSE BOWL AND BLEW OUT UCLA.

BUT THEY ALWAYS HAD ON THE SCHEDULE LSU, OREGON AND PENN STATE BACK TO BACK.

>> YEAH.

>> NOBODY WAS THINKING THAT WAS GOING TO BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THREE LOSSES.

IT'S REALLY THE INDIANA GAME, AND THEN, THEY LOST A WINNABLE GAME TO MINNESOTA AT HOME, AND THOSE TWO ARE THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF FLIPPED FROM PRESEASON EXPECTATIONS.

BUT I DON'T SEE IT AS MUCH OF A ROAD ISSUE AS MUCH AS IT IS THAT THE TEAM IS JUST NOT, I THINK, AS FAR ALONG AS MAYBE SOME PEOPLE HAD HOPED PRESEASON.

>> DAVID, YOU MENTIONED THE OFFENSE EARLIER.

YOU THINK GARBER HAS A LOT PUT ON HIS PLATE THIS YEAR AS QUARTERBACK.

HE HAS THROWN FROM JUST SHY OF 1,500 YARDS.

HOW HAS HE EVOLVED SO FAR THIS SEASON IN JUST THE PATH HE'S GOTTEN TO GET THAT FIRST WIN IN THE BIG TEN AT RUTGERS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO?

>> FIRST, YOU GOT TO SAY ABOUT ETHAN, ONE OF THE TOUGHEST KIDS.

HE CAME BACK FROM TWO INJURIES LAST YEAR.

ONE, HE WAS INTENDING TO REDSHIRT AND THEN MAYBE POTENTIALLY TRANSFER BECAUSE DANTE MOORE WON THE JOB.

HE CAME BACK WHEN DANTE MOORE FALTERED, BURNED THAT REDSHIRT POSSIBILITY, THEN CAME BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOWL GAME AFTER HE WAS PROBABLY GOING TO SIT OUT WITH AN INJURY, BUT HE CAME BACK WHEN THEY NEEDED HIM BECAUSE COLLIN SCHLEE WENT OUT.

REALLY TOUGH KID, HAD A REALLY GOOD END OF YEAR LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A TOUGH ROAD SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THAT NEW OFFENSE, AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PASS PROTECT AT ALL.

HIS DECISION-MAKING HAS NOT BEEN GREAT, BUT I WOULD INVITE ANYONE TO HAVE GOOD DECISION-MAKING WHEN YOU ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING RUN DOWN BY 280-POUND GUYS.

HE LOOKED A LOT BETTER AGAINST RUTGERS.

HE LOOKED CALMER AND I THINK ERIC BIENIEMY, THE OFFENSIVE STAFF DID A MUCH BETTER JOB OF GIVING HIM QUICK GAME THINGS TO DO.

YOU KNOW, YOU WEREN'T SEEING THE DEEP DROPS, YOU WEREN'T SEEING THEM TRYING TO EVEN LOOK DOWNFIELD.

THEY'VE TAKEN I THINK ONE OR TWO DEEP SHOTS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES, AND YOU HAVE SEEN THE OFFENSE FLOW A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

THIS -- AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO KIND TO PLAY WITH THE TEAM YOU HAVE, AND I THINK BIENIEMY IS STARTING TO REALIZE THAT, AND IT IS PLAYING TO GARBER'S STRENGTH.

HE'S AN ACCURATE THROWER, HE CAN THROW IT, YOU KNOW, SHORT TO INTERMEDIATE AND HE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS THERE.

AND IF HE HAS TIME, HE CAN MAKE GOOD DEEP THROWS, BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME WITH THIS OFFENSIVE LINE, SO THEY ARE PLAYING MORE TO WHAT THE STRENGTHS OF THE SCHEME ARE, AND HE IS A GOOD DISTRIBUTOR, I THINK IN A DIFFERENT OFFENSE WITH A BETTER OFFENSIVE LINE RIGHT NOW, HE'D LOOK A LOT BETTER AND HIS STATS WOULD LOOK A LOT BETTER THAN THEY DO.

>> DAVE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

WE WILL SEE YOU ON SATURDAY.

>> ALL RIGHT, NO PROBLEM.

THANKS, GUYS.

>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO OUR GAME DAY PHOTO WINNER.

IT'S NATHAN BEHR.

THEY SAY THERE ISN'T A BAD SEAT IN THE SHOE.

BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.

THAT IS HIGH, HIGH UP THERE.

I THINK SOME PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT HEIGHT.

AND WE WILL BE SENDING YOU A NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA SPORTS T-SHIRT.

MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND X.

SUBMIT YOUR GAME DAY PHOTOS AND GET SOME FREE STUFF.

IN SOCIAL MEDIA, A LOT OF FANS WERE NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THE OFFICIATING, AND THIS TIME, THEY WERE RIGHTFULLY SO SAYING THE OFFICIALS WERE THE REAL MVP AND AS WE TOLD YOU, THE BIG TEN SAID THEY MADE A BAD SPOT AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF, AND AS YOU SEE RIGHT THERE, THEY AGREE WITH IT.

"CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE IT TO A BOWL GAME THIS YEAR, PLEASE."

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO OUR QUESTIONS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS BUT I WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING THE ONE THING THAT USC STRUGGLED WITH IS PRESSURE TEAMS, AND RUTGERS IS 111TH, NEBRASKA IS LIKE 17TH.

I THINK THEY CAN GET TO THEM AND CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS.

>> YEAH, THEY CAN, IF NEBRASKA BRINGS THAT SAME MENTALITY THEY HAVE AGAINST OHIO STATE DEFENSIVELY WITH BUTLER GETTING HEALTHIER, M.J. SHERMAN OBVIOUSLY, TY NASH, I EXPECT IT TO BE A LONG DAY.

RUTGERS -- I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, UCLA CAN'T RUN THE FOOTBALL WHEN THEY ARE AVERAGING LESS THAN 70 YARDS A GAME, SO I THINK NEBRASKA DEFENSE CAN HAVE A DAY HOPEFULLY AND LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES THEY HAD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

>> WHAT THEY CAN DO IS ALL THROUGH THOSE RUNNING BACKS CAN CATCH THE BALL AT THE BACKFIELD, AND YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, LINEBACKERS AND EVERYBODY BEING ABLE TO PLAY AND STAY HOME.

>> YEAH, JUST NEBRASKA'S COVERAGE ON THAT SECOND LEVEL NEEDS TO BE AT A HIGH LEVEL.

>> YEAH, BIG TIME.

GLENN THOMAS FROM JERRY, HE IS A CO-OC, CAN WE GIVE HIM A TRY?

>> HE'S A PART OF IT, RIGHT?

>> YEAH, HE'S PART OF IT.

THERE'S DISCUSSIONS, MAN.

EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED TO IDENTIFY STRENGTHS WITHIN THIS OFFENSE, AND TRY TO GET THEM TO WORK EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.

LISTEN, I AM FRUSTRATED AS WELL WITH SOME OF THE PLAY CALLS, BUT SOMETIMES, DYLAN SAID IT PERFECTLY, THEY GOT TO EXECUTE BETTER AS WELL.

SO IT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS AND I THINK WE WILL SEE A BETTER OVERALL GAME PLAN THIS WEEK.

>> JEFF ULMOST TALKS ABOUT THE WEST COAST KIND OF OFFENSE.

DO YOU LIKE THE SYSTEM THEY'RE RUNNING OVERALL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THEM DO SOMETHING ELSE, SEAN?

>> I MEAN, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

I MEAN, IT'S A PRO STYLE TYPE SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RUN A DYLAN RAIOLA, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RUN THE OPTION, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RUN THE RPO, THE ZONE REEDS WITH HIM THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

THEY ARE RUNNING THIS OFFENSE AROUND THE STRENGTHS OF THEIR QUARTERBACK.

>> WHAT'S YOUR BURNING QUESTION?

>> BURNING QUESTION.

CAN IT CARRY OVER, CAN WE SEE NEBRASKA CARRY OVER WHAT WE SAW IN COLUMBUS INTO LINCOLN HERE ON SATURDAY?

>> 17 POINTS.

I THINK THAT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER IF THIS DEFENSE WILL HOLD UCLA TO 17 POINTS.

I THINK NEBRASKA GETS IT DONE FOR THEIR SIXTH WIN OF THE SEASON.

>> CAN NEBRASKA RUN THE GREATEST PLAY IN FOOTBALL, THE SCREEN.

CAN THEY EXECUTE THE SCREEN TO THE RUNNING BACK?

I LOVE IT, YOU LOVE IT, LET'S GET IT DONE.

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

JAY, SEAN AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE UCLA GAME.

THE NEXT GAME AS WE SAID AGAINST THE BRUINS 2:30 SATURDAY ON BTN AND THEN, TUESDAY NIGHT, "BIG RED WRAP-UP" WILL BE BACK AND WE WILL RECAP THE UCLA GAME AND WE WILL BE JOINED BY AARON KENDEIGH, SPORTS DIRECTOR FROM KETV, BE BACK LIVE ON WORLD, FACEBOOK LIVE AND YOUTUBE LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. AND YOU CAN CATCH THE REAIR OF COURSE 10:00 P.M. ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, WE HAVE VOLLEYBALL FOR YOU WITH NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA WITH CREIGHTON HOSTING ST. JOHN'S.

AND THEN SUNDAY AT 1:00 P.M., BACK ON THE COURT AGAIN, THIS TIME, THE BLUE JAYS TAKE ON VILLANOVA.

AND DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOL CLASSICS ANYTIME ON YOUTUBE.COM/NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.

OUR THANKS TO DAVID WOODS, FRED HOIBERG FOR BEING WITH US AS WELL.

FOR JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

SEVERE, AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."