TURF AS RUTGERS TRIES TO RUIN HOMECOMING IN LINCOLN.

SHAWN WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON >> VERY SIMILAR IN BOTH ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE RUN.

OFFENSES LIKE TO GET PHYSICAL.

RUTGERS PROBABLY RUNS IT -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY BETTER.

THEY'VE RAN IT MORE SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE FIRST FOUR GAMES THAT THEY HAVE HAD.

I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE QUITE THE WEAPONS ON THE EDGE AND THE QUARTERBACK CAN THROW IT LIKE NEBRASKA HAS.

SO THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE, BUT WHAT THEY DO WELL IS THEY'RE PHYSICAL.

GREAT CHALLENGING TEAM.

THEY'RE VERY PHYSICAL.

THEY'RE DISCIPLINED.

THEY TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.

ESPECIALLY TEAMS ARE USUALLY SOLID AND THEIR RED ZONE DEFENSE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING THIS YEAR.

LIKE, FIFTH IN THE NATION.

SO THEY'VE GIVEN UP SOME YARDAGE RIGHT BETWEEN THE 20s, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE RED ZONE, IT'S HARD GETTING SIX AGAINST THIS DEFENSE, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT.

IT'S A GREAT MATCHUP FOR THE HUSKERS.

>> RIDING SOME MOMENTUM IN THE SECOND HALF COMING OFF OF PURDUE.

>> I THINK THEY FEEL GOOD AND I THINK THIS GAME IS TAILOR-MADE FOR HOW NEBRASKA LIKES TO PLAY.

I DON'T THINK RUTGERS LIKES TO GET VERTICAL OUTSIDE THE NUMBERS AND THEY HAVE BEEN VULNERABLE TO GIVING SOME PLAYS UP OUTSIDE THE NUMBERS.

>> YEAH.

>> NEBRASKA IS REALLY GOOD WITH EXPLOSIVE PLAYS.

SO I THINK IF NEBRASKA SCORES POINTS WHEN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, THEY SHOULD BE JUST FINE.

THE ONLY -- MY ONLY REAL CONCERN IN THIS ONE IS I'M NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF EQUALIZER SPECIAL TEAMS WILL BE.

SO IT'S -- IT'S HARD TO CAP THAT WAY, BUT IF YOU'RE JUST TALKING OFFENSE AND DEFENSE, I LIKE THE MATCHUP.

>> THERE'S A LOT TO COVER TONIGHT AND WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

WE HAVE OUR PHONES STANDING BY READY FOR YOUR CALLS.

YOU CAN TEXT AND EMAIL IF YOU WANT.

SEND YOUR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO BIG RED.

WE'RE ALSO MONITORING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TONIGHT.

SEND US YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE OR X ACCOUNT AND WE'LL ANSWER AS MANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS WE CAN.

TIME NOW FOR OUR SIDELINE SURVEY.

LAST WEEK AFTER THE LOSS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE REST OF THE SEASON?

49% OF THE PEOPLE SAID BOWL BID.

42% NO BOWL.

4% STILL CAN MAKE IT TO THE PLAYOFF, AND 5% SAID TIME TO WATCH SOME VOLLEYBALL.

A LOT OF NEGATIVE PEOPLE IN THIS SURVEY.

THIS WEEK'S SURVEY THOUGH, WHAT SHOULD NEBRASKA DO ON FOURTH DOWN WHEN THEY'RE IN FIELD GOAL RANGE?

43% OF THE PEOPLE ARE SAYING GO FOR IT.

KEEP IT UNTIL IT GETS BETTER.

HOPE ALVANO IS BACK, 21%, AND SEE IF RAIOLA CAN KICK, 13%.

LET'S STICK WITH THE KICKING GAME.

IT CAN'T BE GOOD WHEN YOUR OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR HAS TO THINK, DO I EVEN PLAY KNOWING THAT I CAN'T KICK THE FOOTBALL AT THIS POINT?

WHAT DO I DO IN TERMS OF THIRD DOWNS?

>> IT'S TOUGH.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY -- IT HAS TO GET FIXED.

IT NEEDS TO GET BETTER, BUT IT'S JUST NOT THE KICKER'S FAULT.

IT'S A WHOLE OPERATION.

>> RIGHT.

>> THAT IS A QUICK -- IT'S A ONE-ONE THOUSAND, THE TWO-WITH THOUSAND, THE BALL NEEDS TO BE GONE.

YOU CAN'T KEEP THE CORNERS FROM CRASHING IN, BUT THE SNAP'S LOW.

BUSCHINI HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF COLLECTING IT AND GETTING IT DOWN, BUT THE TIMING OF IT HAS BEEN OFF, AND EVEN WHEN THE HOLDS HAVE BEEN OKAY, YOU KNOW, HE'S HOOKED THEM, YOU KNOW, AND OTHER THAN THE EXTRA POINTS HAVE BEEN OKAY.

THEY HAVE BEEN SOLID.

THEY HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE THE SNAP AND JUST OPERATION TIME.

IT'S JUST -- IT'S OFF, BUT THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST YOU GOT TO GET THE SNAP.

I MEAN, WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAY IN OFFENSIVE FOOTBALL?

THE QB-CENTER EXCHANGE.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT.

SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SNAP DOWN AND THE KICKING GAME TO GET IT DOWN.

OTHERWISE YOU CAN'T OPERATE NO MATTER WHO IS BACK THERE IN THE KICKING GAME.

>> AND YOUR PUNTER OR HOLDER CAN'T HAVE THREE TACKLES ON SPECIAL TEAM.

>> YEAH.

SO I THINK OUTSIDE OF THE MECHANICS OF PLACE KICKING, COVERAGE HAS NOT BEEN GOOD.

>> RIGHT.

>> I THINK FOR NEBRASKA, YOU KNOW, YOU MAYBE HAVE TO GET INTO ROSTER MANAGEMENT AND SEE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR SPECIAL TEAMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE ENOUGH DEPTH.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHO THEY WANT TO UTILIZE AND HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN GET TO FOUR GAMES, YOU KNOW?

YOU START WITH THE FIRST PUNT, AND I MEAN THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOWN AT THE 1.

GUNNERS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME, YOU KNOW, MAKING PLAYS ON PUNTS, AND LIKE I SAID LAST WEEK, HE HAD THREE PUNTS FOR 151 YARDS, BUT HE ONLY HAD A 30-YARD NET.

>> YEP.

>> YOU'RE IN THE BOTTOM 90s OR HIGH 100s IN TERMS OF KICKOFF COVERAGE.

SO THE COVERAGE TEAMS HAVE TO GET BETTER.

IT'S NOT JUST WHEN TOE MEETS LEATHER FOR NEBRASKA.

>> THEY'RE 129th IN THE COUNTRY.

LET'S GET TO THE OFFENSE BECAUSE AT HALFTIME, NEBRASKA COULDN'T FEEL HORRIBLE.

I KNOW THEY MISSED THE FIELD GOALS, BUT THEY WERE MOVING THE BALL UP AND DOWN THE FIELD.

>> YEAH.

MOVING THE BALL WAS NOT THE ISSUE.

GETTING POINTS IN THE RED ZONE.

I'LL BE HONEST.

I'VE TOLD MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

OH MY GOSH, THE FIRST-HALF STRUGGLES.

IT'S ALWAYS FUNNY NOW.

PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SECOND-HALF STRUGGLES.

MAYBE THEY GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF.

THEY OBVIOUSLY DID A GOOD JOB IN PURDUE IN THE SECOND HALF, BUT THEY DON'T GET THE OPI ON THE FOURTH AND 1 PASS TO HIM, I THINK THAT'S VASTLY DIFFERENT.

I THINK MOMENTUM PLAYS A HUGE -- IT'S A HUGE THING IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, AND THEY WOULD HAVE HAD IT RIGHT THERE.

YOU DON'T -- YOU BLOCK FIELD GOALS, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, AND YOU GET THE MOMENTUM GOING, AND YOU'RE UP 13-0 IN THE HALF.

MAYBE 14-0 IN THE HALF IF YOU GET THAT.

THE OPI WAS BOGUS ANYWAYS.

MOMENTUM IS HUGE.

YOU JUST GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

IT'S HARD.

I CAN'T IMAGINE BEING COACH RHULE OR SATTERFIELD AND TRYING TO CALL A GAME AND YOU'RE NOT SURE IF YOUR FIELD GOAL TEAM CAN KICK IT AND IT'S AN EXTRA POINT INSIDE THE 20 YARD LINE.

>> HOW DO YOU FEEL THE TEAM IS RUNNING THE BALL IS RUNNING OUTSIDE WHAT BARNEY IS DOING?

>> THE GAME DEFINITELY NEEDS SOME WORK.

LISTEN.

I THINK PART OF RUNNING IS FINDING CREASES.

I THINK NEBRASKA'S WINNING AT THE POINT OF ATTACK, AND A LOT OF THOSE OFFENSIVE RUNS, AND I THINK IT'S TO FIND CREASES, AND WE SAW A WRINKLE WITH JOHNSON GETTING MORE SNAPS, BUT I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT, LIKE, YOU DON'T GET EMMETT JOHNSON'S LIFE, AND I THINK YOU NEED A COMPLEMENT OF BOTH RUNNING BACKS.

NEBRASKA HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PLAY TO BOTH OF THEM.

>> WE LEAVE OUT SOMETIMES TALKING ABOUT BARNEY'S PLAYS BECAUSE PEOPLE CALL THEM TRICK PLAYS OR WHATEVER, SPECIAL PLAYS.

LET'S WATCH HIM.

WE'RE SEEING THEM PRACTICING THIS AS WELL, AND THE -- THE THINGS THAT ARE -- THAT RAIOLA'S DOING IN TERMS OF HIS BALL HANDLING, HE'S REALLY GOOD AT THIS AS A FRESHMAN.

>> NOBODY RUNS TOSS ANYMORE.

YOU DON'T GET 48, 49 SWEEP AND PITCH.

YOU NEED WAYS TO GET THE BALL TO THE EDGE LIKE THIS WITHOUT RUNNING TOSS.

>> YEP.

>> LOOK AT THIS KID BLOCKING.

BOERKIRCHER JUST A STUD.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE.

THIS IS A PART OF A LOT OF OFFENSES.

IF YOU GO TO THE NFL OR HIGH SCHOOL, YOU SEE THIS.

EVER SINCE OREGON STARTED DOING THIS HEAVY, EVERYBODY'S DONE IT.

>> TIMING IS A HUGE THING, AND YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE MOTION.

THE BALL HANDLING HAS TO GET TIMED UP.

>> YEP.

>> BUT THE BLOCKING -- THE EDGE BLOCKING, AND THE WIDE RECEIVERS HAVE BEEN EURIC HAVE GOTTEN -- THEY'VE GOTTEN BETTER.

I'LL SAY IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, COLORADO, COACHES WEREN'T TOO HAPPY WITH IT.

JUST THE OPERATION THERE WITH RAIOLA, THAT'S A TOUGH HAND WHY YOU HAVE -- HANDOFF, BUT LIKE BOERKIRCHER DID, IT'S THE TIMING OF EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PERFECT.

OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, GUYS WILL SHOOT THE GAP AND MAKE PLAYS IN THE BACKFIELD.

>> HOW GADGET DID WE THINK IT WAS WHEN MELVIN GORDON WAS GOING FOR 400?

>> RIGHT.

>> I MEAN, JUST THE REVISIONS HISTORY IS INCREDIBLE.

JUST PART OF RUN GAME.

>> I'M WITH YOU.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS NOW.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE WERE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE BLACK SHIRTS NOT PLAYING WELL.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATS AT THE END AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED OVERALL WITH WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO, THEY PLAYED WELL, RIGHT?

>> I THINK THEY WERE MUCH IMPROVED.

I THINK THE THINGS THAT HURT THEM AGAINST NORTHERN IOWA AND ILLINOIS WERE CLEANED UP.

THE GUYS JUST SEEMED -- THEY SEEMED TO BE IN CONTROL.

THEY SEEMED TO BE IN GOOD POSITIONS.

THERE WAS AN EDGE.

THERE WAS -- IF A GUY WAS SUPPOSED TO SPILL OR FORCE, THEY WERE GOING TO DO THAT.

JUST SEEMED CLEAN.

IT JUST SEEMED -- IT WAS ALWAYS THE FLOW OF THE PLAY THAT WAS FORCED INTO YOUR DEFENDERS.

THERE WASN'T GUYS, YOU KNOW, SITTING BACK.

YOUR SAFETIES AND CORNERS WEREN'T PUT IN BAD SPOTS.

A COUPLE OF FEW MISSED TACKLES HERE AND THERE, BUT OVERALL, AND HE'S A BIG DUDE.

A HARD GUY TO TACKLE AND I THOUGHT THERE WERE MUCH IMPROVED THINGS.

THE DEFENSIVE LINE WAS MUCH IMPROVED.

HAVING WRIGHT BACK THERE COME OUT AND PLAY AFTER, YOU KNOW, HIS FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON, MUCH IMPROVED.

SO I THINK EVERYTHING AS A WHOLE, THEY'VE TAKEN A STEP FORWARD INSTEAD OF ANOTHER STEP BACK, LIKE, YOU MAYBE COULD HAVE SEEN AFTER THE ILLINOIS GAME, BUT HATS OFF TO THE SENIORITY OF THE DEFENSE TO KEEP THAT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> YOU WONDER WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN TOMMY HILL COMES BACK, NOW THAT WRIGHT'S GOT EXPERIENCE.

THEY'RE PLAYING BETTER.

>> THEY HAVE SOME VERSATILITY.

I THINK NEBRASKA IS LOOKING FOR MORE DYNAMIC PLAY MAYBE FROM THE SAFETY SPOT AS IT'S KIND OF STILL EVOLVING, BUT SOME OF IT IS, YOU TAKE A GUY LIKE BUFORD AND YOU HAVE HAD TO MOVE HIM, AND LITTLE MARIO IS BACK PLAYING SOME SAFETY, AND YOU HAVE SOME VERSATILITY NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH GUYS.

I THINK YOU NEED TO SETTLE IN.

>> YOU LOOK AT FIVE SACKS, ALL RIGHT?

THAT'S WHAT NEBRASKA HAS BEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THEY GO TO GAMES WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SACKS AND THEY'RE GETTING A BUNCH OF THEM IN THE GAME.

WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE PASS RUSH AND TY ROBINSON ON THAT.

>> THAT WAS GREAT.

HE RICOCHETTED OFF THE TACKLE AND GET HIM SPLIT RIGHT HERE.

THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

THAT'S A THING OF BEAUTY RIGHT THERE.

WALLIN WAS GOOD.

>> HE'S A GOOD, NATURAL PASSER.

>> YEAH.

SHERMAN, GREAT.

IT'S JUST THAT ONE GUY, RIGHT?

IT'S A LOT OF GUYS THAT ARE ABLE TO CREATE THE RUSH, AND THE INTERIOR.

THAT'S WHERE SACKS HAPPEN.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR INTERIOR GUYS PLAY WELL BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS WIN ON THE EDGE, YOU KNOW, SAY 8 TIMES OUT OF 10, BUT IF HE HAS A POCKET TO CLIMB INTO, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GET THERE, BUT YOUR INSIDE GUYS HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING THAT IN THE POCKET AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF.

>> I THOUGHT NASH HAD A FANTASTIC GAME.

>> THE OLD HULA HOOP DRILL.

>> VERY GOOD.

LET'S GO BACK TO SATURDAY AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GAME.

NOW THE FIRST HALF DIDN'T PROVIDE MANY FIREWORKS.

WE'LL CALL THEM HIGHLIGHTS ANYWAY.

LET'S GO TO THE HIGHLIGHTS NOW.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN WEST LAFAYETTE.

NEBRASKA COMES OUT EARLY, MOVING THE BALL.

WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

THE THINGS THAT BARNEY DOES, HE'S JUST ELECTRIC.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A GUY LIKE THAT TO MAKE A PLAY.

EVERY TIME HE GETS THE BALL, HE'S AVERAGING TEN YARDS A TOUCH.

FIRST MISSED FIELD GOAL.

THIS WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD IN TERMS OF THE SNAP AND THE HOLD, RIGHT?

JUST ON THE KICKER?

>> THAT WAS GOOD MECHANICS TO GET IT THERE.

IT'S JUST A HOOK JOB, AND LISTEN.

YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN TO PLAY IT.

>> WE MENTIONED HOW HE CAN MOVE IN THE POCKET LAST WEEK.

NEBRASKA DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF KEEPING HIM IN THE POCKET AND STOPPING HIM FROM PICKING UP SOME CHEAP FIRST DOWNS, AND JAMES WILLIAMS, AND THEN THAT -- LOOK.

YOU MISS A FIELD GOAL.

IT'S LIKE BEING ON OPRAH.

>> THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

>> EXACTLY.

YES.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF MISSED KICKS ALL DAY ON SATURDAY.

GOOD PLAY HERE.

THIS IS PERFECTLY SET UP.

FOR SOME REASON THEY DECIDED TO CALL A PENALTY ON THOMAS.

HE DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH HIM.

>> I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, JAY.

WHEN YOU GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S ONE THAT, I DON'T KNOW.

THAT GOES RIGHT TO THE LEAGUE ALL OF A SUDDEN.

>> YOU NAILED IT WITH ANTICIPATION.

THEY ANTICIPATED THE CALL.

THEY SHOULD HAVE CORRECTED IT WHEN THEY GOT TOGETHER.

HERE'S AN INCOMPLETE PASS.

THEY CALL IT A COMPLETION.

BARNEY DOES NOT GET THE CATCH, BUT NEBRASKA STILL CONTINUED TO MOVE THE BALL ALL FIRST HALF.

THE PROBLEM WAS FIELD GOALS WHICH IS COMING UP HERE.

THIS WAS A BAD SNAP.

RIGHT?

BUSCHINI GOT IT DOWN.

>> INCREDIBLE JOB JUST TO GET THE HOLD DOWN.

>> IT THROWS OFF THE TIMING.

YOUR KICKER, HE KNOWS IT.

IT'S WEIRD, AND YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE PROPER TRAJECTORY ON THE BALL.

WHO KNOWS WHAT THE LACES WERE?

THAT HAS TO GET -- THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF FIELD GOALS IS GETTING THAT SNAP.

>> HERE'S A GUY THAT I THINK NEBRASKA FANS WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVEN MORE.

FIDONE, THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD, IT'S OPEN.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A RESULT OF TWO MAN OR THAT MAN UNDER BECAUSE YOU CAN PLAY SOME TWO-MAN WHEN YOUR QUARTERBACK CAN'T SCRAMBLE, BUT THAT MIDDLE OF THE FIELD OPEN WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING.

>> THIS WAS THE SECOND BLOCK, AND THIRD MISSED FIELD GOAL.

ANOTHER BAD SNAP.

BUSCHINI DOES GET IT UP, BUT YOU MENTIONED THE TIME.

>> ANOTHER GOOD JOB.

THEY COUNT THE STEPS OFF, JAY, AND IT'S JUST OFF FOR THE KICKER.

>> YEAH.

GOOD DAY FOR RAIOLA OVERALL MOVING UP AND DOWN THE FIELD IN THE FIRST HALF.

HERE'S THE DEFENSE.

WE MENTIONED OVER AND OVER, CRACKING DOWN.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN LEAKY YARDAGE, BUT THEY STOPPED IT.

SETTLED FOR THE FIELD GOAL.

>> JAY MENTIONED THE TACKLING.

IT'S BETTER, AND HE CAN SPEAK TO THIS.

WHEN YOUR LEVERAGE IS GOOD AND YOU PLAY FREER, RIGHT?

WHEN YOU DON'T GIVE BACK TWO-WAY GOES, IT'S EASIER TO PLAY.

>> YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR HELP IS, AND YOU CAN MAKE A PLAY.

>> HERE'S JOHNSON MAKING A PLAY.

HE MAKES SO MANY GUYS MISS, AND THIS IS A PERFECT GUY.

RAIOLA KEEPING THE BALL RIGHT WHERE HE NEEDED TO BE, AND HE STANDS IN THE POCKET AND MAKES THE THROW TO BANKS TO MAKE THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> HE ALMOST HELD HIS HAND UP.

>> HE DID.

>> HE'S CHOMPING AT THE BIT FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

HE'S TRYING TO GET ONE.

>> HERE'S ANOTHER SACK.

YOU MENTIONED FIVE SACKS ON THE DAY FOR THE CORNHUSKERS GETTING BACK THERE.

EMMETT JOHNSON.

EIGHT CARRIES FOR 50 YARDS ON THE DAY.

FOR HIM, OUTSIDE OF WHAT BARNEY DID, HE WAS THE LEADING RUSHER.

THIS IS NEYOR'S ONLY CATCH ON THE GAME.

THEY'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON WHO IS THE MAIN GUY.

>> PICK YOUR POISON, RIGHT?

WHO DO YOU WANT TO ELIMINATE?

>> I DON'T LIKE THAT -- TOO MUCH JUMPING.

I'M DONE WITH THE JUMPING.

LET'S KEEP OUR FEET ON THE GROUND.

>> THEY'RE BRINGING NELSON TO TRY TO DO IT.

HOMEBOY'S GOT HOPS.

I DON'T THINK HE GOT THAT KIND OF HOPS.

>> STAY ON THE GROUND.

JUST RUN THE BALL.

HERE'S CARR, AND WE MENTIONED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE MADE PLAYS.

>> THAT'S A HECK OF A PLAY.

>> WE DON'T GET A REPLAY.

>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD.

THAT'S A GOOD TIGHT END.

>> HIS LEFT HAND THERE.

THAT'S FANTASTIC PLAY.

>> SURPRISED HE DIDN'T CALL A PENALTY ON IT THOUGH BASED ON THE WAY THEY WERE CALLING A LOT OF THINGS.

HERE'S JOHNSON WITH A NICE RECEPTION, GOING THERE, AND AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, JUST MAKING GUYS MISS.

>> GREAT RUN.

>> HE'S REALLY GIFTED WHEN IT COMES TO HIS FOOTWORK, AND HE'S GOT TREMENDOUS VISION.

>> PENALTY GETS CALLED.

COACH IS UPSET AND THIS IS LATE IN THE GAME AFTER HE'D ALREADY SAW ABOUT FIVE CALLS THAT HE DISAGREED WITH WHERE HE FINALLY GOT UPSET ENOUGH TO THROW DOWN HIS HEADSET AND HE GETS THE 15-YARD PENALTY.

>> THE THING I LOVED IS THEY'LL COME BACK AS WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SCREEN, AND HOW ABOUT THE PLAYERS JUST GIVING COACH RHULE THE BUTT TAP AS IF TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

WE GOT YOUR BACK, RIGHT?

YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR US.

WE CAN'T CATCH A BREAK.

WE GOT YOU.

>> THAT'S WHAT HE SAID IN POST GAME.

SOMEBODY'S GOT TO FIGHT FOR NEBRASKA.

I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR NEBRASKA.

HERE'S YOUR SCREEN.

I FEEL SO GOOD TO SEE NEBRASKA RUN SCREEN AGAIN LIKE WHEN BILL CALLAHAN WAS HERE.

IT FEELS SO GOOD TO SEE SCREEN, AND YOU HAD THE FACE MASK, AND YOU GOT THE 29 YARD LINE, AND BARNEY, 24 YARDS OUT.

TOUCHDOWN RIGHT THERE WITH THE GADGET PLAY, AND GETS IN.

TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE IT 21-3, AND THEN AS IT ALWAYS SHOULD BE, AS A DEFENSIVE GUY SITTING NEXT TO ME, AFTER WE WATCH THE REPLAY ON THIS -- >> THAT CORNER GOT STUCK, THAT MAN-TO-MAN, AND TOOK THE ANGLE, BUT HEY.

TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE.

>> THEY GOT CAUGHT UP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WANTED TO PLAY IT.

DID THEY WANT TO ROLL DOWN TO IT OR THE DID THEY WANT TO CHASE IT?

THEY TRIED BOTH AND NEITHER WORKED.

>> THE BLACK SHIRTS PUTTING IT AWAY.

THE PICK SIX.

THERE WAS A FLAG.

LUCKILY IT WASN'T AGAINST NEBRASKA.

>> AN EMOTIONAL SHIFT ON PURDUE THANKFULLY.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

COACH RHULE WOULD STILL BE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

HERE ARE THE FINAL STATS.

NEBRASKA DOMINATED THE GAME.

224 YARDS.

TIME POSSESSION, IT WAS VERY CLOSE, BUT OVERALL, NEBRASKA PRETTY MUCH DOMINATED, YOU KNOW, THEY LEFT A LOT OF POINTS ON THE FIELD WITH THE MISSED FIELD GOALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AS WELL.

LET'S GO TO OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME NOW, AND THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

WE SACHA BARNEY DID ON THOSE RUNS, THE THREE RECEPTIONS AND THE TOUCHDOWN AS WELL.

IT'S ALMOST A FIRST DOWN, AND EVEN BETTER IN THE GAME AGAINST PURDUE, AND WRIGHT COMING IN WHILE LEAVING TOMMY HILL WHO COULDN'T GO ON SATURDAY.

TACKLES, AND DOING A VERY GOOD JOB AS WELL.

HE'S TRYING TO GET HIS ACTING GAME RIGHT AS WELL.

TIME TO DIVE INTO THE PLAYBOOK ONCE AGAIN THIS SEASON AS WE GO IN THE HUDDLE WITH JAY MOORE.

>> OKAY.

WELCOME TO THE HUDL TONIGHT, GUYS.

WE'LL DO A BULLOCK BROTHER HIGHLIGHTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS A PICK SIX BY JOHN BULLOCK.

WE SEE HIM LINE UP ON THE HASH.

NEBRASKA WILL GET A NICE FOUR-MAN RUSH.

NEBRASKA WILL SIT AND COVER TWO, ALL RIGHT?

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW I CAN IDENTIFY THIS AS MIDDLE LINEBACKERS KIND OF PLAYING THAT DEEP MIDDLE THIRD.

THAT'S THAT TAMPA TOO, YOU SEE A LOT OF NFL PLAY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT WHAT JOHN DOES IS A VERY GOOD JOB, AND HE SITS HERE ON THE HASH.

HE HAS VISION ON THE QUARTERBACK.

REALLY HE HAS THIS RUNNING BACK IN HIS SIGHTS, BUT HE KNOWS THIS TIGHT END WANTS TO SETTLE RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE.

SO HE'S BAITING HIM INTO IT, RIGHT?

HE'S GOING TO SIT HERE, PATIENT, PATIENT, BOOM.

HE'S GOING TO SLIDE UNTIL HE SEES THE CAR, AND PULLS IT BACK AS I THINK TY ROBINSON GETS THE GREAT RUSH.

PUTS HIS FOOT ON THE GROUND.

A FORMER DB GOES AND GETS THE SECOND PICK SIX FOR THE DEFENSE THIS YEAR.

SECOND PLAY, THE BARNEY REVERSE TOUCHDOWN HERE.

HIS BROTHER UP TOP DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB GETTING TWO FOR ONE.

SO HOW THIS KIND OF GOES DOWN, PURDUE'S IN A MAN-TO-MAN SITUATION, RIGHT?

THIS GUY HAS LOCKED IN ON ALEX BULLOCK.

SO AS THIS HANDOFF IS TIMED UP PERFECTLY, NEBRASKA IS IN A GREAT SITUATION.

THEY LEFT THIS END UNBLOCKED.

HE WON'T MAKE THE PLAY.

THE CORNER ON BULLOCK IS SITTING TIGHT, MAN-TO-MAN SITUATION.

THE SAFETY IS GOING TO TAKE A BAD ANGLE AND HE'S GOING TO TAKE TWO OF THEM OUT.

HE DOES A NICE JOB, BOOM, RIGHT THERE.

BARNEY'S ABLE TO GET THE EDGE WITH THAT SPEED.

HE GIVES THE PEACE SIGNS AND THAT'S BIG RED.

>> LUCKY THAT WASN'T A PERSONAL FOUL CALLED ON THE PEACE SIGN.

>> PEACES?

>> TYREEK HILL'S GOTTEN IT BEFORE.

YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL WITH IN A.

>> THAT'S A LITTLE -- THAT'S A LITTLE STUFFY TO ME.

LET THESE KIDS HAVE SOME FUN.

>> EXACTLY.

>> YEAH.

>> IN THIS GAME, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHOCKED IF THEY WOULD HAVE THROWN IT.

THAT WAS A STRUGGLE.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL SEE IF THE -- >>> COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME OF THE PLAYS OF THE GAME AND SEE IF THE HEADSET TOSS MADE THE TOP PLAYS, BUT FIRST, WE GOT GREAT SHOTS OF COACH RHULE LETTING THE OFFICIATING CREW KNOW HIS FEELINGS.

WE'RE BACK IN TWO.

>>> TIME FOR THE TOP PLAYS NOW, AND NUMBER THREE, TRUE FRESHMAN.

BARNEY GOING 31 YARDS, AND JET SWEEP INTO THE END ZONE.

WE MENTIONED THE TWO FINGERS.

GOOD JOB.

PEACE TO EVERYBODY WHO WAS CHASING HIM.

HE AVERAGED OVER 15 YARDS A PLAY WHEN HE TOUCHED THE BALL AGAINST THE BOILERMAKERS.

PLAY NUMBER TWO, THIS ONE WAS NOT -- WELL, LET'S WATCH THE REPLAY AGAIN BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD REPLAY.

GETTING THE BLOCK THERE.

PLAY NUMBER TWO IS NOT ON THE FIELD.

YOU'RE WATCHING THIS HAPPEN.

THE PENALTY COMES IN.

WHEN THE PENALTY COMES IN, COACH RHULE GETS A LITTLE UPSET AND HE THROWS HIS HEADSET.

NOW HE SAID HE THOUGHT SINCE HE WAS IN THE WHITE IT WAS OKAY, BUT APPARENTLY THIS REFEREE DIDN'T BELIEVE SO AND GAVE THEM A 15-YARD PENALTY, BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE JOHNSON COMES BACK AND GETS THE FIRST DOWN ON THE SCREEN.

OUR TOP PLAY GOES TO JOHN BULLOCK.

THE PICK SIX TO CLOSE OUT THE SCORING, 28-3.

JAY BROKE THIS ONE DOWN IN THE HUDL.

GREAT PLAY BY JOHN, AND NOW WE'RE JOINED BY THREE-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION AND FORMER NFL LINEBACKER, JAY FOREMAN.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> DOING ALL RIGHT, MAN.

WHAT'S UP?

>> DO YOU THINK BULLOCK HAS A SHOT TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE PLAYING IN THE LEAGUE?

HE'S REALLY GREW HIMSELF INTO A MIDDLE LINEBACKER.

>> HE'S BEEN THEIR BEST PLAYER.

LET'S NOT -- LET'S NOT USE THE WALK-ON THING AGAINST HIM.

I THINK HE RUNS WELL OR AT LEAST HE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE HE KIND OF PUT ON WEIGHT TO PLAY LINEBACKER, AND HE PLAYS WITH REALLY GOOD FEET.

IF HE CONTINUES TO PLAY WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY HE WOULDN'T.

>> I THINK FOR ME, HIS ATHLETICISM IS UNDERAPPRECIATED.

HE'S USED TO PLAYING ON THE THIRD LEVEL, SO IT DOESN'T BOTHER HIM TO PLAY IN SPACE.

HE SEEMS LIKE A NATURAL, ESPECIALLY IN THAT ODD FRONT.

I MEAN, HE'LL HAVE FIVE IN THE BOX AND HE JUST LOOKS COMFY.

>> HE'S A TOUGH KID TOO, MAN.

HE PLAYS A GOOD BALANCE, AND, YOU KNOW, HE PLAYS HEAVY-HANDED AND I HAVE BEEN REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HIM FROM A TECHNIQUE STANDPOINT YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM CREDIT, AND HE'S PUT IN EXTRA TIME AS WELL.

>> I TOLD JAY JUST BEING AROUND HIM AND PLAYING AGAINST HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND HIS DAD TRAINED ME, HE'S A MEAN-SPIRITED KID TOO.

HE'S NOT A NICE GUY.

>> THERE'S A TON OF SHRUG.

>> HE'S A MEAN-SPIRITED KID.

>> HE'S A SHRUG KID.

>> YOU PLAY DEFENSE, YOU GOT TO HAVE BAD INTENTIONS, MAN.

YOU CAN'T BE A NICE GUY.

>> YOU STILL HAVE THEM.

>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME BAD INTENTIONS.

JAY, LISTEN.

OBVIOUSLY THEY STRUGGLED.

DEFENSE STRUGGLED AGAINST ILLINOIS.

THEY GOT THINGS FIGURED OUT.

WHAT ARE YOU KIND OF WAITING TO SEE FROM THIS DEFENSE THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN FOR THE FIRST FIVE GAMES?

>> WELL, I MEAN, ILLINOIS, I THINK THEY JUST PUNCHED THEMSELVES IN THE FACE, AND I THINK THIS DEFENSE REALLY STARTS AND STOPS WITH WHOEVER SETS THE EDGE AND CONDENSES THE EDGE.

>> YEP.

>> IF YOU DO THAT, THEN EVERYTHING IS FINE.

I JUST WANT TO SEE MAYBE THEN START FASTER, A LITTLE BIT MORE DOMINANT FROM THE GET GO IN FOUR QUARTERS.

ILLINOIS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS -- HE WAS AN OUTLIER TO ME BECAUSE I THINK NEBRASKA PLAYED THEIR WORST GAME AND ILLINOIS PLAYED THEIR BEST GAME.

I THINK ILLINOIS IS GOOD.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE AS GOOD AS THEY PLAYED AGAINST NEBRASKA.

>> YOU MENTIONED SETTING THE ENG EDGE.

HE ALSO DEVELOPED SHERMAN.

HE WASN'T IN GREAT SHAPE, BUT DIDN'T SEE THE FIELD MUCH, BEHE GOT A COUPLE OF SACKS.

>> HE HAS THE BODY FOR IT.

ONCE HE TAKES HIS SHIRT OFF AT THE COMBINE, HE'LL GO UP TWO ROUNDS TOO.

THE THING IS THAT I THINK IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE FOR HIM TO ADJUST -- I ALWAYS SAY, LOOK.

WHAT YOU DID IN GEORGIA ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT COULD HAPPEN HERE.

I THINK HE HAD TO ADJUST, AND HE STARTED TO COME ON LATE IN THE SEASON, AND NOW HE'S BEEN MORE CONSISTENT.

>> WHEN YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE NARRATIVE WAS OH, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO GET BETTER AT TACKLING AND I TRY TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, WHEN YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH FITS AND LEVERAGE AND WHERE -- AND DOING YOUR 1 OF 11, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO BE A MORE CONFIDENT TACKLER.

>> I MEAN, LOOK.

AT THE SECOND LEVEL, I WANT TIGHT SPACES, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF TIMES.

WE SAW A LITTLE BIT AGAINST NORTHERN IOWA AND I FELT LIKE NORTHERN IOWA CAUGHT THEM IN THE BEST DEFENSE THAT THEY COULD RUN THEIR PLAYS, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN YOU LOSE THE EDGE AND DON'T SET THE EDGE AND CONDENSE THE EDGE WITH OFFENSE AHEAD, TIGHT SPLITS AND THEY HIT YOU WITH WIDE PLAYS, AND YOU'RE OUT THERE LIKE OKAY.

ARE WE BEING PHYSICAL OR NOT?

IT WASN'T A PHYSICAL THING OR TECHNICALITY THING.

IT COULD BE ONE GUY BREAKING DOWN AND THEN IT'S FARTHER FOR JAY OR DAMON TO MAKE THE RUN OR TACKLE, AND THEN HE'S TOUGH TO STOP.

>> I'LL PUT YOU IN A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR SITUATION, AND HOW YOU WOULD TRY TO IDENTIFY WHO TO STOP IN THIS OFFENSE.

WE GOT WEAPONS NOW.

WHO -- AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE SEEN MULTIPLE GUYS, THE RUNNING BACK, BUT NOW HE HAS RAIOLA IN HIS TALENT, BUT HE HAS GUYS TO THROW TO.

WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO ELIMINATE IF YOU ARE A D.C.

PLAYING THIS OFFENSE?

>> I THINK THE THING THAT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY A PLEASANT SURPRISE IS ALL FOUR RUNNING BACKS HAVE CARRIED THEIR OWN WEIGHT AT CERTAIN TIMES.

I THINK EMMETT'S DONE IT TWO OR THREE TIME, BUT I THINK IF I WAS GOING TO PLAY AGAINST THIS OFFENSE, THEN I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET DYLAN, YOU KNOW, OFF OF HIS SPOT.

>> YEAH.

>> AND MAKE HIM MAYBE ONE SIDE OF THE FIELD AND THAT'S THE BEST THING YOU DO, BUT I THINK THEIR COMBINATION OF PASS PLAYS AND HIM BEING A I BELIEVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TRAJECTORY AND LOFT IN VELOCITY ON THE BALL HAS HELPED HIM ELIMINATE THE ZONE COVERAGE WHICH ILLINOIS WAS TRYING TO DO, AND OPEN AGAINST MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE.

>> IF YOU ARE COACH SAT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH SELF-CONTROL DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE IF YOU WANT TO BE A PHYSICAL RUN TEAM AND WIN GAMES IN THE FOURTH KNOWING THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT, SOMETIMES YOU'RE TAKING THE BALL AND THE DECISION-MAKING OUT OF YOUR BEST DECISION MAKERS IN RE -- RAIOLA.

>> WE SAW IT WITH THE PLAYS, AND BARNEY -- >> MAYBE.

>> HE'S WIRY STRONG THOUGH.

TRUST ME HE'S LIKE LAMAR JACKSON.

YOU CAN'T GET A GOOD SHOT ON HIM.

YOU CAN BECOME PHYSICAL TWO WAYS.

ONE IS LINING UP LIKE THE COWBOYS WITH EMMETT SMITH AND JUST BOWL YOU OVER, OR YOU CAN GET REALLY GOOD PERIMETER BLOCKING.

AT BAYLOR, THAT'S WHAT THEY DID PHYSICALITY-WISE BECAUSE THEY WERE GOOD ON THE EDGES.

SO, YOU KNOW, FOR MARCUS SATTERFIELD, IT'S KIND OF -- AS LONG AS THEY JUST STAY OUT OF THEIR OWN WAY, YOU CAN CALL EVERYTHING IN YOUR PLAYBOOK.

>> YOU MENTIONED BAYLOR.

GO TO TEMPLE.

HE'S HAD A QUARTERBACK THAT CAN RUN A LITTLE BIT.

HE'S IT'S UNIQUE, HIM HAVING POCKET PRESENCE.

>> I THINK THAT'S -- WE ARGUE ABOUT THIS.

DAN MARINO IS MY DUDE.

>> QUICK RELEASE.

>> YEAH.

HE HAD POCKET PRESENCE, AND TRUST ME.

I'VE SEEN IT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.

I THINK DYLAN GETS YOU WITH POCKET PRESENCE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY, REALLY STRATEGIC WHEN YOU RUN.

THOSE ARE THE WORST QUARTERBACKS FOR A DEFENSE TO PLAY AGAINST.

THE ONES THAT CAN PUNCH YOU IN THE GUT, THIRD AND 6, GET 7.

THIRD AND 8, GET 10.

THAT IS MORE OF A DECISION MAKER FROM A DEFENSIVE STANDPOINT VERSUS, LIKE, A LAMAR -- WHAT HE'S OFF THE BUS, I HAVE TO HAVE MY HAMSTRINGS LOOSE AND READY TO GO.

>> HOW BIG IS IT FOR ROSTER MANAGEMENT YOU WANT TO TO -- UPGRADE ISN'T THE WORD, BUT IF YOU WANT TO UTILIZE YOUR DEPTH ON SPECIAL TEAMS?

THAT'S WHERE YOU GET INTO -- IT'S TRICKY, RIGHT?

YOU WANT TO UTILIZE YOUR DEPTH IN THE FOUR GAMES.

HOW TOUGH DO YOU THINK ROSTER MANAGEMENT IS?

>> ON THE ROAD GAMES, IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD, AND EASY TO ARE PROBABLY THE LONGEST, MAYBE MEETINGS THEY HAVE UNLESS THERE'S A PLETHORA OF INJURIES OR SICKNESS.

IT'S HARD BECAUSE OF THE FOUR GAMES.

AS MUCH AS IT'S AN ADVANTAGE, IT COULD BE A DISADVANTAGE WHEN YOU GO ON THE ROAD AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET BACK ON THE WINNING TRACK.

SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY -- I'M TELLING YOU WHAT.

THEY'RE GOING TO SAY YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR STARTERS ON DEFENSE WHICH WE PLAY.

ME AND HIM PLAYED THE PUNT RETURN AND I PLAYED SPECIAL TEAMS ALL NINE YEARS IN THE LEAGUE.

I THINK IT HAS TO BE A MIX, BUT THEN I THINK IF YOU -- COACH RHULE AND THOSE GUYS DO, THEY CONTINUE TO PUSH THE YOUNG GUYS SO YOUNG GUYS WILL BE CREEPING UP ON THAT.

WHEN IT COMES TIME TO GET ON THAT PLANE, AND YOU HAVE A GUY NIPPING AT THE HEELS, YOUR CAREER STARTED BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

>> DO YOU HAVE A THEORY WHY?

YOU LOOK AT IT AND ABOUT HALF THE TEAMS ARE KICKING FIELD GOALS LESS THAN 75% WHICH ISN'T GREAT NOWADAYS.

THERE'S ONLY TWO RETURNS FOR TOUCHDOWNS THIS PAST WEEK.

SPECIAL TEAMS DON'T SEEM TO BE AS GOOD.

>> NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY THEM.

LET'S BE HONEST.

IF YOU WANTED GET TONIGHT FIELD AS A FRESHMAN, YOU HAD TO EARN YOUR SPOT.

I WAS ON ALL FOUR SPECIAL TEAMS.

YOU GOT TO BE OUT THERE.

IT'S NOT, LIKE, THE SEXY THING TO DO.

YOU DON'T GET SEVEN ON SEVEN.

>> SURE, RIGHT.

>> YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF RETURNS NOW.

I THINK THE GUYS THAT PUNT THE BALL ARE A LITTLE -- ARE A LOT BETTER THAN WHEN WE WERE AROUND.

>> OH YEAH.

>> I THINK IT ELIMINATES THAT, AND WITH THE KICKOFF, IF YOU DON'T HAVE WIND IN YOUR FACE, MOST KICKERS ARE GETTING IT AT OR CLOSER THROUGH THE END ZONE.

>> GOING TO THIS PART OF THE SCHEDULE, I WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT RUTGERS.

SCHIANO TEAM, HE MAKES ME NERVOUS.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS MATCHUP WITH RUTGERS ON SATURDAY?

>> I FEEL LIKE -- I KNOW JEFF FISH.

I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO.

I THINK THE HARD PART FOR THIS TEAM IS LEARN IT WINNING IN LEADERSHIP.

IT'S A PRICE YOU PAY, MAN, AND IT'S NOT FUN.

IT'S NOT.

I MEAN, AND SO THIS GAME RIGHT HERE IS THE -- EMBODIES THAT.

YOU HAVE TO STAY IN THE FIGHT LONGER.

WHAT RUTGERS MAKES YOU DO IS JUST DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER.

THEY'LL RUN ON THE INSIDE/OUTSIDE ZONE, AND SPLIT ZONE, AND TIGHT END AND PULL THE TACKLE AND BE ON THE D GAP AND THAT'S JUST ONE GAP OVER, BUT IF YOU THINK, OKAY.

THEY RAN THIS THREE TIMES, LET ME SHOOT IT HERE.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE -- IN MY OPINION, I THINK THEY'VE GOT THE BEST RUNNING BACK IN THE BIG TEN.

>> OH.

>> YOU GOT TO PUNISH HIM THOUGH.

YOU GOT TO HIT THIS DUDE, AND YOU GOT TO HIT HIM LIKE -- YOU CAN'T JUST SIT THERE AND WAIT.

EVERYBODY HAS TO GET A SHOT ON HIM, AND IF THEY DO IT -- >> I LIKE CALEB.

I LIKE K.J., BUT HENDERSON IS GOING FOR OVER EIGHT A TOUCH.

>> I THINK THEY DON'T GET TO DO THEIR THING.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M GOING WITH HIM.

I THINK BECAUSE HE'S WORKING WITH LESS.

>> AND HE DOESN'T HAVE THE TOWN OUTSIDE.

>> THEY DOESN'T HAVE IT OUTSIDE.

>> I WOULDN'T MIND THAT.

>> THE BIG TEN HAS A BUNCH OF GOOD GUYS.

>> INDIANA IS SITTING OUT THERE, JUST DOMINATING FOLKS.

OHIO STATE, OBVIOUSLY, USC, UCLA, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GOING FORWARD IN TERMS OF WHAT'S LEFT?

>> I THINK THEY'RE FINE.

LIKE I SAID, I THINK THIS SEASON IS A MATURITY SEASON.

AS LONG AS THEY CAN SHOW UP AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND CONTINUE TO GET BETTER, THIS SEASON WILL BE AS HARD AS THEY MAKE IT OR AS EASY AS THEY MAKE IT.

LISTEN.

I WILL SAY THIS.

AS EASY AS I'M MAKING IT SOUND, IT'S HARD TO DO, RIGHT?

SHOWING UP EVERY DAY, WINNING, PUTTING THE WINNING EXPERIENCE ON THE FIELD, PUTTING IN THE HOURS AFTER, AND THEN KNOWING THAT COMING SATURDAY THAT'S WHEN THE CONFIDENCE COMES FROM.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW, LIKE OKAY.

OHIO STATE'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST MOUNTAIN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLIMB.

>> SURE.

>> MAYBE, LIKE, USC.

I'M STILL WAITING TO SEE, OKAY.

THERE'S TWO GAMES RIGHT THERE, BUT WHEN YOU GET OFF THE BUS EVERY OTHER GAME, YOU FEEL LIKE AS LONG AS WE HANDLE OUR BUSINESS, WE CAN WIN THIS GAME.

>> WE BOTH THOUGHT THAT USC'S DEFENSE HAD KIND OF TURNED THE CORNER.

IT WAS OFF THE RUN LATELY.

YOU LIKE THAT IDEA FOR NEBRASKA GOING TO A TEAM LIKE THAT.

>> THE LSU GAME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LSU'S GOT GOING ON.

>> NO ONE DOES.

NO ONE HAS ANY IDEA.

>> YOU CAN GET UP FOR THAT FIRST GAME.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD PLAY YOUR BEST, WHEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE BIG ADJUSTMENTS, AND THEY'VE DONE IT AT USC.

LET'S SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE, AND IF WE CONTINUE ALONG AND WE NEED TO GET STARTED, FASTER OF GETTING BETTER BY BIGGER STEPS, I LIKE OUR CHANCES.

>> LAST THING, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT BAD, BUT TURNOVERS.

TURNING IT AROUND, BEING PLUS FIVE NOW COMPARED TO BEING MINUS 12 OR WHATEVER LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.

IS IT TIME TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY END UP DOING THAT?

>> I THINK DYLAN UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FOOTBALL AND THAT PERMEATES THE DEFENSE.

IT GIVES YOU CHANCES TO DO IT, AND I THINK THEY HAVE PROBABLY MADE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT OF NOT TURNING THE BALL OVER.

WE SAW IN THE FIRST GAME WITH -- WAS IT DANTE I THINK IN THE FIRST GAME?

>> YEP.

>> SO NOW YOU'RE GETTING A TANGIBLE, YOU KNOW, RESULT AFTER, YOU KNOW, INSTILLING SOME DISCIPLINE.

THE GOOD THING I'LL SAY IS THEY DIDN'T PUT THEM ON THE MILK CARTON LIKE SOME COACHES.

I'LL KEEP IT REAL.

I'M ONLY HERE FOR, LIKE, A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

YOU'RE, LIKE, WHERE'S WALDO?

MAKE SURE TO GET AN INVITE BACK, MAN.

IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS.

>> HEY, LISTEN.

>> THERE HE IS.

>> QUICKLY, HOW DO YOU ASSESS, YOU KNOW, THE PERCEIVED LACK OF DOMINANCE ALONG THIS D-LINE EVEN THOUGH I THINK THEY'RE OCCUPYING?

IT'S ON ODD FRONT, RIGHT?

YOU HAVE TO PLAY IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

HOW ARE YOU BREAKING THAT DOWN?

>> I'LL TELL YOU THIS.

IT'S DIFFERENT BEING THE HUNTER THAN BEING HUNTED.

IT IS.

STARTING TO SEE THOSE DOUBLES, HUH?

>> THEY'VE GAME PLANNED FOR YOU.

>> YOU GAVE PEOPLE FITS ALL LAST YEAR SO THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT YOU.

YOU'RE ON EVERY, YOU KNOW, MAGAZINE, AND IT'S A -- I TAKE IT AS A CREDIT TO YOU.

NOW WE NEED EVERYBODY ELSE TO, YOU KNOW, START GETTING IT GOING, AND WE HAVE HAD KNICKKNACK INJURIES THERE, BUT I THINK THEY'LL BE JUST FINE.

THIS IS THE PERFECT GAME TO SHOW OUT, YOU KNOW, RUTGERS IS SUPPOSED TO BE BIG, TOUGH, YOU KNOW, NO OFFENSE TO JASON JERSEY GUYS OR WHATEVER.

>> YOU GOT TO STOP THE RPO.

THEY RUN A LOT OF RPO.

WE APPRECIATE IT, MAN.

WE'LL BRING YOU BACK QUICKER THAN TWO YEARS.

>> I APPRECIATE IT.

>> WE APPRECIATE JAY FOR BEING WITH US.

SHAWN CALLAHAN WILL UPDATE US ON IMPORTANT VISITS, BUT FIRST, WE HAVE SOME GREAT SHOTS OF SOME OF THE YOUNG GUYS THAT ARE HERE ALREADY.

>>> AND WE'LL PREVIEW RUTGERS WITH BOBBY DARREN.

BACK AFTER THIS.

>>> THERE'S LOTS OF COACHES THAT ARE REGARDED AS, LIKE, THE BEST COACHES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

NOT MANY -- NOT MANY COULD DO WHAT HE'S DONE.

OKAY?

SPEAKING AS A GUY WHO WON AT TEMPLE, AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN YOU GO IN AT RUTGERS BEFORE HE GOT THERE, YOU KNOW, NOT MANY PEOPLE HAD WON THERE.

HE WON THERE AT A HIGH LEVEL, AND HE CAME BACK AT A HIGH LEVEL.

HE'S A GREAT FOOTBALL COACH.

ZERO, POINT-BLANK.

HE'S JUST A GREAT FOOTBALL COACH.

>> THEY'RE IMPRESSIVE.

I MEAN, THE WAY THEY -- THE WAY THE BACKS PLAY, REALLY, REALLY ENJOY WATCHING HOW -- HOW BLUE COLLAR THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEE THE -- THEIR RUGGEDNESS IN THEM, HOW MUCH -- HOW MUCH ATTITUDE THEY PLAY WITH.

SO IT WILL BE A GREAT CHALLENGE.

>> HE'S A BACK WHO'S GOING TO BRING IT TO YOU.

SO I MEAN, HE USES DOMINANT CONTACT.

IF WE USE IT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CLACKING GOING ON.

>> PROBABLY THE BEST ONE WE'VE SEEN TO DATE, YOU KNOW, CONTACT, BALANCE, VISION.

I MEAN, THE GUY, HE JUST DOES NOT STOP HIS FEET, AND THE REALLY NEAT THING ABOUT HIM IS YOU SEE HIM AND HE GETS -- HIS YARDS ARE RIDICULOUS.

HE'S GETTING HIT AT 2 AND 3 YARDS, AND THEN WHEN THEY SPOT THE BALL, YOU KNOW, HE'S GAINED 6 AND 7.

>> IT'S LIKE THE MATRIX, YOU KNOW?

IT'S LIKE NOTHING EVER KIND OF HITS HIM AND HE'S RUNNING AND, LIKE, HE'S JUST GOT SUCH ELITE BODY BALANCE AND CONTACT BALANCE, BUT ALSO, LIKE, HE SEES IT COMING SO YOU NEVER GET -- NO ONE EVER GETS, LIKE, A TRUE SHOT ON HIM, RIGHT?

IT'S ALWAYS, LIKE, A GLANCING BLOW.

I THINK HE'S -- I THINK HE'S REALLY, REALLY, REALLY A GREAT PLAYER.

>> PROBABLY WITH THE INJURIES AND THE GUYS BEING OLD BACK THERE, IT'S FUN TO WATCH HIM, YOU KNOW, TAKE FORM AND START TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF HIMSELF, YOU KNOW?

HE'S COMPETITIVE.

HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO.

>> YEAH.

I'VE TAKEN A BREAK.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

I'M IN NEBRASKA.

SO I THINK WE'LL BE FILMING ENOUGH HERE FOR REAL.

SLIM PICKINS FOR SURE.

>> WELCOME BACK INSIDE THE NEW "BIG RED WRAP-UP" STUDIO.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

OF COURSE JOINED BY SEAN CALLAHAN BREAKING DOWN THE RECRUITING.

WHAT'S UP, SEAN?

>> WHAT'S UP, MIKE'L.

HOW YOU BEEN?

>> I'M DOING GOOD, MAN.

I CAN'T COMPLAIN.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BIG VISITORS OR BIG BUYS THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

>> YEAH, AFTER A ROAD GAME, AND A FRIDAY GAME, IT'S KINDA BEEN A QUIETER VISITOR STRETCH.

BUT, WE'LL SEE NEBRASKA COME BACK WITH A NICE LIST OF VISITORS.

A COUPLE OF NAMES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT COMING IN FOR THE WEEKEND FOR NEBRASKA, DVEYOUN BONWELL-WHITE WILL BE HERE THIS WEEKEND, AS WELL AS KEENAN HARRIS OUT OF ST. LOUIS.

SO, ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, BONWELL-WHITE AS YOU SEE HERE, CAME TO CAMP FOR NEBRASKA THIS SUMMER.

THEY OFFERED HIM, HE'S GOT OKLAHOMA, IOWA, MINNESOTA.

HE'S GOT ALL OF THE OFFERS, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO SEE.

AND THEN KEENAN HARRIS OUT OF ST. LOUIS, ONE OF THE TOP FIVE PLAYERS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI FOR THE CLASS OF 2026.

LISTED AS A SAFETY BY ON3.

I THINK NEBRASKA THOUGH WAS LOOKING AT HIM MORE AS A LINEBACKER.

SO -- >> QUICK.

WHY ISN'T BONWELL-WHITE RATED YET?

>> THEY HAD -- THE 26 PROSPECTS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE NOT RATED A LOT OF THEM YET.

>> OH, OKAY.

>> THEY'RE STILL IN THAT PROCESS OF RATING, BUT HE'S PROBABLY A MID TO HIGH THREE-STAR LEVEL PLAYER.

IF NOT A FOUR.

HE'S A VERY, VERY GOOD PROSPECT THAT EVERYWHERE HE WENT THIS SUMMER, HE PRETTY MUCH GOT AN OFFER.

>> LET'S GO OVER OUR FUTURE RECRUIT.

KADE PIETRZAK.

LOT OF CONSANANTS THERE.

>> YEAH KADE PIETRZAK OUT OF WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA.

ONE OF THE HIGHEST RANKED RECRUITS IN NEBRASKA'S 2025 RECRUITING CLASS.

IT LOOKED AT ONE POINT THAT HE WAS A LOCK TO OKLAHOMA, AND FOR NEBRASKA, MATT RHULE, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY HAD A FIGHT TO GET HIM, BUT WHEN YOU WATCH HIS TAPE, HE IS A PHYSICAL, HARD-HITTING PLAYER.

LINE OF SCRIMMAGE GUY.

YOU KNOW, HE HITS AS HARD AS ANY GUY YOU WATCH IN NEBRASKA'S CLASS ON TAPE.

AND I KNOW WHEN HE COMMITTED, THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT HIM AS ANY GUY THEY'VE LANDED IN THIS RECRUITING CLASS, BECAUSE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE PLAYERS AS YOU KNOW, ARE WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO WIN IN THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE.

>> YEAH.

I'D LIKE TO SEE NEBRASKA DOMINATE IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA.

THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR THEM.

LET'S DO OUR IN-STATE RECRUIT.

>> YEAH, MOVING INTO OUR IN-STATE RECRUIT, CASEY POPISH.

OUT OF PAPILLION-LA VISTA SOUTH.

HE'S A NORTHERN ILLINOIS TIGHT END COMMIT.

AND NEBRASKA, THE STATE OF NEBRASKA JUST TENDS TO PUT OUT TIGHT ENDS.

>> YES THEY DO.

>> I MEAN, THERE'S FOUR, FIVE, SIX A YEAR THAT GO FROM POWER FIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SCHOOLS LIKE NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS IS A QUALITY PROGRAM.

>> SURE.

>> THEY JUST BEAT NOTRE DAME, BUT CASEY, YOU KNOW, WAS TARGETED EARLY, COMMITTED VERY QUICKLY TO NORTHERN ILLINOIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, NORTHERN ILLINOIS STARTED RECRUITING THE METRO WHEN DAN JACKSON WAS THERE.

HE LEFT.

WE'RE STILL SEEING, THOUGH, THE HUSKIES COME IN HERE AND HAVE A PRESENCE RECRUITING THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.

AND THEY GET CASEY POPISH HERE OUT OF PAPILLION-LA VISTA SOUTH.

>> AND HE'S A SENIOR?

>> HE'S A SENIOR, YES.

>> HOW DID HE NOT TRANSFER TO WEST SIDE?

I'M JUST JOKING.

THANK YOU, SEAN.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S GET TO -- >> YOU JUST GOT A LOOK FROM DAMON.

HE'S GOT A LOOK.

SNAKE-EYE DAMON RIGHT THERE.

>> THANKS, SEAN.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S GET SOME OF THE EARLY SURVEY RESULTS.

HOW DO YOU THINK COACH RHULE SHOULD HANDLE FOURTH DOWN IN FIELD GOAL RANGE?

RIGHT NOW "HOPE ALVANO IS BACK" AT 15%.

"HOPE HOHL GETS BETTER" AT 16%.

"GO FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN," 46%, AND THEN, "SEE IF DYLAN RAIOLA CAN KICK," 23%.

NOW WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND THE BIG TEN.

THE S.E.C.

AND BIG TEN ARE MEETING NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS A POSSIBLE NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULING AGREEMENT.

THE BIGGEST STICKING POINT, OF COURSE, IS PLAYING THE SAME AMOUNT OF CONFERENCE GAMES TO BALANCE AND UNIFY THE POWER TWO SCHEDULING.

ALSO, INDIANA MOVED TO 5-0.

THEIR FIRST 5-0 START SINCE 1967.

JOHN PONT WAS THEIR COACH AT THE TIME.

HE WAS LATER REPLACED, OF COURSE, BY LEE CORSO FOR THE HOOSIERS.

AND RUTGERS IS OFF TO A HOT START.

4-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2012.

THAT TEAM WAS COACHED BY KYLE FLOOD WHO REPLACED GREG SCHIANO AFTER HIS FIRST STINT IN PISCATAWAY.

AND TALKING ABOUT GREG SCHIANO AND THE SCARLET KNIGHTS, WE WELCOME IN BOBBY DEREN OF 247SPORTS.

BOBBY, HOW GOOD OF ARE THE SCARLET KNIGHTS?

>> YOU KNOW, THEY JUST KEPT BUILDING, AND IT'S FINALLY STARTING TO COME TOGETHER.

I THINK WE'LL SEE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS HOW GOOD THIS TEAM IS.

THEY DO THE LITTLE THINGS THAT THEY CAN WIN BALL GAMES.

YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE UP 521 YARDS TO WASHINGTON, BUT MADE PLAYS WHEN THEY NEED TO -- NEEDED TO.

WERE MORE DISCIPLINED.

DIDN'T COMMIT THE SELF-INFLICTED ERRORS THAT WASHINGTON DID, AND THAT'S WHAT KINDA GREG SCHIANO WANTED TO BUILD WITH THAT CULTURE.

AND THE BALL'S FINALLY BOUNCING THEIR WAY.

THEY'LL HAVE A TOUGH STRETCH COMING UP HERE, THOUGH.

>> BOBBY, NEBRASKA'S BEEN VERY FAMILIAR KALIAKMANIS BEING AT MINNESOTA.

OBVIOUSLY, AND RUTGERS NOW.

HOW HAS HE PERFORMED AS QUARTERBACK WITH THAT HIGH-POWERED RUNNING GAME THAT RUTGERS HAS HAD SO FAR THIS YEAR?

>> YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN A GAME MANAGER TYPE.

AND I WAS TALKING TO HIM TODAY AFTER PRACTICE, AND, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT'S ASKED OF HIM.

AND WITH THAT RUNNING GAME, IT'S NOT A TON TO ASK, BUT THE RUTGERS PASSING GAME HAS BEEN SO INEPT FOR SO LONG THAT JUST THE SEMBLANCE OF A PASSING GAME, IT CHANGES THE WHOLE DYNAMIC OF THE OFFENSE BECAUSE YOU WERE LOOKING AT A TEAM THAT WAS RUNNING THE BALL ON THIRD AND LONG LAST YEAR, LATE IN THE SEASON AGAINST OPPONENTS LIKE IOWA THERE IN GAMES WITH THEM.

>> BOBBY.

>> AND -- YEAH?

>> HOW DO YOU KIND OF SENSE WHO RUTGERS HAS PLAYED IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE VERSUS WHAT WE SEE FROM THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND KIND OF KEEP IT IN CHECK?

THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM TURNING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

HOW DO YOU NOT WORRY ABOUT THE SCHEDULE?

>> YOU KNOW, THE SCHEDULE -- I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, THE SCHEDULE REALLY IS A LOT EASIER.

BECAUSE LAST YEAR -- OR FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, THEY'VE PLAYED PENN STATE, OHIO STATE, AND MICHIGAN, AND THEY'VE GONE 1-29 IN THOSE GAMES.

SO, THIS IS A BIT OF A REPRIEVE THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING TO PLAY ANY OF THOSE BIG THREE.

AND WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE SCHEDULE PREVIOUSLY, YOU WOULD LOOK AT THOSE TEAMS AND SAY, LOOK, THERE'S THREE LOSSES AUTOMATICALLY.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WIN SO MANY -- YOU HAVE TO WIN SIX OUT OF EIGHT OR SIX OUT OF NINE TO BE BOWL ELIGIBLE.

SO THEY'RE REALLY WELCOMING THIS SCHEDULE THIS YEAR.

>> BOBBY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST GREG SCHIANO AND WHAT HE'S DONE THIS TIME AROUND AT RUTGERS, WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST CHANGES YOU'VE SEEN OUT OF HIM, THE WAY HE'S BUILT THIS VERSION OF RUTGERS?

>> IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE WAY HE BUILT THE FIRST TIME AROUND.

YOU KNOW, AND THIS TIME THOUGH, HE CAME IN, YOU KNOW, FROM HIS STINT AT OHIO STATE AND LEARNING FROM URBAN MEYER, HE LEARNED RECRUIT, RECRUIT, RECRUIT.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE PUTS A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY INTO THAT.

BUT IT'S BUILT BASICALLY THE SAME WAY.

YOU KNOW, GETTING THE MOST OUT OF GUYS, DEVELOPING GUYS, HE'S NOT GOING TO GET THE FOUR AND FIVE STARS.

HE GONNA HAVE TO FIND SOME OF THOSE UNDER THE RADAR GUYS, AND REALLY DO IT WITH DEFENSE AND THE RUN GAME.

AND THAT'S BEEN HIS FORMULA FOR SUCCESS PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

I MEAN, HE HAD A COUPLE OF GAMES BACK WHEN RAY RICE WAS, YOU KNOW, ELECTRIC, AND THE OFFENSE, AND -- BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S BEEN DEFENSE FIRST, RUN THE BALL, BALL CONTROL, RUN THE BALL.

PLAY SMART, DISCIPLINED, TOUGH FOOTBALL.

>> BOBBY, LAST THING.

I'M GUESSING THAT RUTGERS IS PROBABLY LICKING THEIR CHOPS SEEING A COUPLE OF BLOCKED FIELD GOALS, A BLOCKED PUNT EARLIER IN THE SEASON.

THE WAY SPECIAL TEAMS HAS PLAYED AT RUTGERS, AND UNDER GREG SCHIANO, THEY MUST BE EXCITED ABOUT THIS MATCHUP.

>> YEAH, AND GREG LOVES SPECIAL TEAMS.

HE COACHES A BIG PART OF SPECIAL TEAMS.

WHEN YOU SEE HIM AT PRACTICE, HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME, KIND OF OVERSEEING IT.

THERE IS NO SPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR LIKE SOME SCHOOLS HAVE.

YOU KNOW AN ASSISTANT COACH OF THAT, AND HE SPENDS A GREAT DEAL OF TIME.

HE'S ALWAYS PRIDED HIMSELF ON THAT, AND I COULD SEE THEM REALLY SELLING OUT THIS WEEK AND TRYING TO GET SOME OF THOSE BLOCKS, AND IT'S SOMETHING HE SPENDS A LOT, A LOT OF TIME ON.

>> KYLE -- OR, THIS IS THE BIG-PICTURE QUESTION, BUT WITH YOUR GUYS' MOVE TO THE BIG TEN AND EXPANSION OUT WEST, WHAT HAS BEEN THE REACTION JUST WITH RUTGERS HAVING TO MAKE SO MANY COAST-TO-COAST TRIPS?

AND, YOU KNOW, DOES FOOTBALL DO DIFFERENT THINGS WHEN THEY MAKE THESE LONG DISTANCE TRIPS?

ARE THEY GOING OUT A DAY EARLIER?

HOW DOES RUTGERS HANDLE SOME OF THE THINGS THE BIG TEN'S GONNA SO THEY'RE REALLY WELCOMING THIS, AND HE'S VERY DILIGENT IN HIS PREPARATION, AND HE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.

>> IT'S OBVIOUSLY ONLY TUESDAY, BUT HAVE YOU MADE A PICK YET IN THE GAME?

>> YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T, BUT IT'S -- THE THING THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH IS, YOU KNOW, RUTGERS HAS RUN THE BALL WELL, BUT IF YOU LOOK, A LOT OF THE YARDS COME AFTER CONTACT.

KYLE AND EVEN SAM, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF HIM.

HE'S, YOU KNOW, 225-POUND BIGGER BACK WHO WILL MOVE THE PILE.

HE HAD THAT 37-YARD TOUCHDOWN THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE-MAKER AGAINST WASHINGTON LAST WEEK.

THAT IS GOING TO BE A BATTLE TO WATCH BECAUSE THE RUTGERS OFFENSIVE LINE HASN'T PERFORMED AS WELL AS SOME OF THE NUMBERS MIGHT SUGGEST.

YOU SEE A LOT OF THOSE -- THE RUNNING BACK, YOU KNOW, COMBINATION OF SAM BROWN AND KYLE OBVIOUSLY DOING A LOT OF IT ON THEIR OWN AFTER CONTACT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH MATCHUP FOR THEM, AND, YOU KNOW, PLAYING ON THE ROAD, I'M STARTING TO LEAN TOWARDS NEBRASKA, BUT, YOU KNOW, RUTGERS HAS SOME KIND OF MOJO ARE THINGS ARE BOUNCING THEIR WAY THIS YEAR.

>> BOBBY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

ENJOY THE GAME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE APPRECIATE BOBBY COMING ON AND TALKING.

>>> TIME FOR OUR GAMEDAY PICTURE WINNER.

WE'LL CHECK OUT THE BEST GAMEDAY PHOTO SENT TO US THIS WEEKEND.

THIS WEEK'S WINNER ON THE GAMEDAY PIC POST, FROM SUSAN AND TOM, EARLY GAME CALLS FOR KEGS AND EGGS.

LOVE THE SHIRT.

BBB PRINTING RIGHT THERE.

KEGS AND EGGS AND FOOTBALL.

LET'S GO.

KEEP SENDING IN YOUR PICTURES TO WIN A FREE T-SHIRT AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WEEK, DREAMING OF FIELD GOALS.

LOOK AT MY GUY, WOLVERINE.

LOGAN RIGHT THERE, DREAMING ABOUT MAKING FIELD GOALS, AND JUSTIN ADAMS, NOT EXCITED ABOUT THE BIG TEN OFFICIATING WITH FLAGS ALL OVER THE FIELD.

THAT'S PRETTY ACCURATE RIGHT THERE, AND LASTLY, ADAM KRAMER, THE ORIGINAL KEGS AND EGGS.

NOT INTERESTED IN WATCHING THE SECOND HALF.

HE OBVIOUSLY MISSED THE BETTER HALF.

>>> BEFORE WE GET TO VIEWER QUESTIONS, HOW SURPRISED ARE YOU THAT RUTGERS IS 17th IN THE BIG TEN IN RUN DEFENSE?

YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM -- I THOUGHT AT LEAST COMING IN THEY WOULD BE BETTER THAN THIS.

>> I THINK THAT WHAT HAPPENS IS THE WAY THAT THEY WANT TO PLAY, COACHES NOW WITH DRY ERASE BOARDS AND MARKERS THAT CAN GAME PLAN -- >> SURE.

>> -- THEY'RE A LITTLE LEAKY ON THE BACK END, AND I THINK RUTGERS TRIES TO OVERCOMPENSATE A LITTLE BIT, AND TEAMS WITH DRY ERASE BOARDS, LIKE, HEY, WE CAN RUN THE FOOTBALL AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

UP FRONT, I'M NOT SURE HOW ATHLETIC THEY ARE ON THE BACK SEVEN.

>> YEAH.

>> D-LINE, REALLY STOUT.

THEY GOT TO MAKE PLAYS IN SPACE, AND I THINK NEBRASKA WILL PUT THEM TO THE TEST.

>> SEAN, DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHEREVER THERE WAS A BAD CALL, AND YOU HAVE THE COACHES SENDING IT IN.

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THEY HEARD BACK ON SOME OF THOSE CALLS?

>> I VICE PRESIDENT, AND GENERALLY, EVEN IF YOU GET THE RESPONSE YOU WANT TO HEAR, WHAT DOES IT DO AT THAT POINT?

I FEEL TERRIBLE FOR VIRGINIA TECH.

THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THEY HAD THE GAME ONE AND THE CALL GETS OVERTURNED AFTER THE CALL ON THE FIELD IS A TOUCHDOWN.

I MEAN, I CAN'T IMAGINE, BUT NEBRASKA HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR THIS YEAR WITH NEYOR OR, YOU KNOW, THEY CALLED IT A TOUCHDOWN, AND HE HAD WHAT APPEARED POSSESSION FOR ENOUGH TIME, AND THEY TOOK IT AWAY, AND THEY CALLED IT A FUMBLE OR A CHANGE OF POSSESSION.

SO IT IS WHAT IT IS, BUT THERE ARE EIGHT FIRST DOWNS, GUYS, THAT NEBRASKA RECEIVED IN THAT GAME BY A PENALTY.

THAT WAS A RECORD FOR NEBRASKA IN A GAME.

>> DO YOU THINK IT MATTERS WHO THE COACH IS?

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, FRANKLIN WAS LOSING HIS MIND.

P.J.

FLECK, UNHAPPY.

'BAMA AND GEORGIA WITH DeBOER AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPY.

DO YOU THINK IT MATTERS WHO'S BARKING THE LOUDEST?

>> YES.

I THINK -- TO AN EXTENT.

>> IT WAS NOT A GOOD WEEKEND.

>> NO.

MIKE'L AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

THE OFFSIDE RULING -- >> THE KICK.

>> THAT WAS BRUTAL.

HE TIMED IT PERFECTLY AND THAT'S NOT A REVIEWABLE CALL.

>> I GET IT.

IOWA FANS ARE, LIKE, HEY.

WHO BETTER THAN MINNESOTA?

I GET IT.

>> WHO DO THEY NEED TO WIN THAT GAME?

THAT'S WHAT YOU START LOOKING AT.

THE BIG TEN, THAT'S WHY THEY MADE THAT CALL.

IT'S CHANGING.

THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THAT GAME.

>> MICHAEL POLINI.

>> THEY WANT TO GET FOUR.

>> MICHIGAN NEEDS THAT WIN, AND THAT MAKES PEOPLE GET THE CONSPIRACY THEORY PART OF IT, BUT IF YOU WATCH IT ON TAPE, THAT WAS A BAD CALL.

>> I'VE NEVER OFFICIATED A GAME EXCEPT FOR LITTLE LEAGUE WHEN YOU CALL OFFSIDE, AND THE EGREGIOUS STUFF, BUT IT'S HARD BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE -- THESE GUYS GET GRADED.

THEY WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED AND GET OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOWL GAMES AND PLAYOFF SPOTS.

SOMETIMES YOU CAN JUST TRY TO BE -- DO TOO MUCH AND GET TOO TICKY TACKY, AND IT SEEMS -- THE CONSISTENCY OF IT ALL IS JUST -- IT'S NOT RIGHT THERE RIGHT NO.

>> THERE WAS ONE REF MAKING THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FLAGS IN THE GAME.

ONE OF THE GUYS ALONG THE SIDELINES WAS THE REFEREE THAT THREW A GOOD MAJORITY OF THE ONES THAT CAUSED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS.

>> RIGHT.

THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU FROM BRIAN ON TWITTER.

HE SAYS, BRIAN BUSCHINI'S TACKLE ON A BALL CARRY WAS TEXTBOOK.

PERFECT FORM.

CAN YOU GET HIM -- DO YOU THINK YOU TRY TO PUT HIM IN THERE TO PLAY?

>> THAT WAS NICE.

THE WHOLE NEBRASKA SIDELINE WAS JUST -- THEY WENT NUTS AS WELL.

THAT WAS TEXTBOOK BY THE PUNTER.

I TELL YOU WHAT.

IT'S NOT A GOOD THING -- >> YOU TALK ABOUT THE GOOD WEIGHT HE PUT ON THIS YEAR.

>> HE DID.

WAS THAT ON THE PUNT?

THAT WAS IN THE KICKOFF.

>> KICKOFF.

>> HE HAD TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND TACKLES ON THE BLOCKED FIELD GOALS.

>> THEY CALL HIM BOOM-SHINI.

>> THIS IS FOR YOU, DAMON BECAUSE YOU KIND OF MENTIONED THIS.

WHY DOES IT SEEM LIKE GIFFORD ISN'T AS INVOLVED THIS SEASON?

>> I'VE HEARD THIS BACK AND FORTH THING ABOUT GIFF, AND HE'S THIS AND THAT.

NUMBER ONE, I DON'T THINK HE FEELS GREAT, BUT HE'S PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL.

HE'S BEEN ASKED TO DO SOME THINGS BY COACH BUTLER THAT ARE DIFFERENT FOR HIM.

HE'S BEEN MORE OF THE DEEP HOLE GUY.

WHEN THEY GET IN THE SHELL, HE'S THE CENTER FIELDER.

HE'S PLAYING MORE TRADITIONAL FREE, IT LOOKS LIKE DEFENSIVELY THAN HE IS THE ROVER WHO'S DOWN INTO THE BOX, BUT BELIEVE ME.

WHEN THEY GO TO, LIKE, THREE STRONG, AND HE HAS TO GET TO THE BOX, HE'LL DO GIFFORD THINGS.

>> THIS ONE IS FOR YOU, SEAN.

THIS IS JOE WHO WAS NEGATIVE.

AFTER LAST WEEK'S GAME AT PURDUE, DO YOU SEE TWO MORE WINS POSSIBLY IN THE REMAINING SCHEDULE?

>> WHAT?

>> I MEAN -- >> WHAT?

>> HE SAYS PENALTY AFTER PENALTY AFTER PENALTY, AND SO MANY MRZS, SO MANY MISTAKES.

>> THEY WON BY 18.

THEY'VE LOST ONE GAME IN OVERTIME BY SEVEN POINTS TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PRETTY GOOD ILLINOIS TEAM.

>> YEAH.

>> THE COMPUTER RANKINGS, AND YOU WANT TO GO OFF THAT, HAVE NEBRASKA WINNING THIS GAME.

THEY HAVE NEBRASKA WINNING THE GAME AGAINST WISCONSIN AND UCLA.

>> 7-1.

>> OBVIOUSLY THE INDIANA GAME AND THE IOWA GAME ARE KIND OF SWINGISH BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE ROAD, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOGS AT USC AND OHIO STATE.

I THINK WE ALL AGREE ON THAT, BUT THERE'S THREE THAT THEY SHOULD WIN.

THERE'S TWO THAT ARE KIND OF FLIPS, AND THERE ARE TWO THAT ARE IF I CAN BE REALLY BIG DOGS.

>> LAST QUESTION.

THEY'RE ASKING ABOUT NASH AND TY LEAVING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE YOUNG GUYS?

DO YOU FEEL OKAY BEHIND THEM?

>> OH YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY.

OBVIOUSLY VAN POPPEL WITH HIM RED SHIRTING, YEAH.

THERE'S PLENTY OF DEPTH.

JEUDY HAS ONE MORE YEAR.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

OR IS HE A SENIOR?

I'M BLANKING.

>> IT'S HARD TO FIGURE THEM OUT.

>> THE ANSWER IS THE SAME AS THE DEFENSE.

AS OLD AS THEY ARE, THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO BE MORE ATHLETIC NEXT YEAR.

>> I AGREE WITH THAT.

OUR BURNING QUESTION.

>> IT'S SPECIAL TEAMS.

CAN NEBRASKA DO THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MATTER ON SPECIAL TEAMS?

BECAUSE IN A GAME LIKE THIS, ONE MISTAKE LIKE THAT MIGHT BE THE DIFFERENCE.

>> IT'S HOW GOOD IS YOUR SHORT-TERM MEMORY?

I HOPE IT'S POOR.

FOR NEBRASKA, WASH, RINSE, GET RID OF IT.

RID OF IT.

IT'S RUTGERS.

BIG GAME.

THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT.

FORGET ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

>> FOR ME, THIS IS A GREAT SETUP FOR THE DEFENSES.

IT'S NEBRASKA'S RUN D VERSUS RUTGER'S RUN O.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEBRASKA DOES OFFENSIVELY THAT RUTGERS DOES AS WELL.

HOW DO THEY MATCH UP?

THEY'VE RUSHED THROUGH THE FIRST FOUR GAMES.

THAT MATCHUP WILL BE KEY.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION, IT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE ASKED, BUT BEFORE IN TERMS OF SPECIAL TEAMS.

CAN NEBRASKA MAKE A BIG PLAY ON SPECIAL TEAMS?

NOT A FIELD GOAL, BUT RETURN A KICK, TURN THE GAME, STEAL THE POSSESSION?

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COACH RHULE TALKS ABOUT.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR THE SCORE?

>> I HAVE NEBRASKA WINNING 24-13.

>> 24-13.

DAMON?

>> I WENT 26-17.

THAT BIG PLAY WILL BE A SAFETY.

>> WE'LL TAKE THAT.

>> MINE WAS 21-17.

I WANTED TO GO 24 -- >> FIELD GOAL.

>> YOU HAVE TO LET HIM -- AS SOON AS YOU CAN KICK A FIELD GOAL, KICK IT IN THAT GAME.

>> GET SOME CONFIDENCE.

I GOT 24-17.

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