♪ ♪ >>> MATT RHULE GETS HIS FIRST WIN IN A CLOSE GAME.

TONIGHT WE BREAK IT DOWN, AND GET YOU READY FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON.

JEREMIAH SIRLES IS OUR GUEST TONIGHT.

JAY'S GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE BIG PLAYS "IN THE HUDL."

SEAN IS TALKING RECRUITING AS WE SAY BYE TO THE CLOSE GAME LOSING STREAK AND HELLO TO THE BYE WEEK.

IT'S TIME FOR "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

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

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2014, NEBRASKA STARTS THE SEASON 5-0 -- 5-1, EXCUSE ME, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ALL ABOUT IT.

JOINING ME TONIGHT, FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT 2016.

WE'RE ALWAYS SAYING 2016, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS 7-0.

5-1 LAST YEAR, BO PELINI, YOU LOOK BACK AT YEARS LIKE THAT, YOU THINK THAT WAS JUST THE NORM.

THIS IS NOT THE NORM.

YOUR FEEL COMING AGAINST RUTGERS?

>> YOU KNOW, MY FEEL IS THIS TEAM IS VASTLY IMPROVED.

I THINK THERE'S OBVIOUSLY ASPECTS OF THIS TEAM THAT NEEDS TO BE -- THAT THERE'S ISSUES, RIGHT?

THAT SPECIAL TEAMS, I THINK ANY NORMAL FOOTBALL FAN CAN RECOGNIZE THERE'S ISSUES ON THAT SIDE OF THE -- IN THAT ASPECT OF THE GAME.

BUT, TO ME, WHAT I'VE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE LAST TWO GAMES, THE PURDUE GAME AND THE RUTGERS GAME IS, WITH THE SPECIAL TEAMS ISSUES, GETTING TWO FIELD GOALS BLOCKED, GETTING TWO PUNTS BLOCKED, THE STATISTICS ARE SO AGAINST YOU IN WINNING THOSE TYPE OF GAMES WHEN YOU HAVE SPECIAL TEAMS ISSUES OF THAT DEGREE, THAT YOU SHOULD LOSE THOSE FOOTBALL GAMES.

BUT THEY FOUND WAYS TO WIN.

IN YEARS PAST, NEBRASKA WOULD'VE LOST THOSE GAMES.

>> SURE.

>> AND I THINK WHAT I'VE TAKEN AWAY THROUGH FIVE AND -- YOU KNOW, THROUGH THESE FIRST SIX GAMES IS NEBRASKA IS FINDING WAYS TO WIN FOOTBALL GAMES INSTEAD OF LOSING.

THEY'RE GRITTY, RIGHT?

THEY'RE PLAYING GRITTY FOOTBALL.

IT'S NOT PRETTY.

SO IT'S BEEN -- I'M VERY ENCOURAGED THROUGH THE FIRST SIX GAMES.

>> IF WE LEAVE OUT SPECIAL TEAMS THOUGH, THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS RUN GAME, RIGHT?

'CAUSE YOU GO AGAINST THE TWO WORST RUN DEFENSE IN THE BIG TEN, AND YOU REALLY CAN'T RUN THE BALL THAT GREAT.

>> YEAH, NEBRASKA TRIED EVERY WAY POSSIBLE TO RUN THE BALL, AND THEY WERE FAR UNDER FOUR YARDS PER CARRY WITH THREE TAILBACKS.

AND WE'VE SEEN GLIMPSE AT TIMES OF WHAT THIS RUN GAME CAN BE, BUT IT JUST HASN'T BEEN THERE FOR FOUR QUARTERS.

WE'VE SEEN DOWDELL POP.

WE'VE SEEN EMMETT JOHNSON POP AT PURDUE.

HE DIDN'T HAVE A GREAT GAME AGAINST RUTGERS.

AND RAHMIR JOHNSON HAS KIND OF ESTABLISHED THAT ROLE.

I MEAN, I THINK THE BEST THING THOSE BACKS DO HAS BEEN RECEIVERS, AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE ON THE SCREENS, AND THE CHECKDOWN PLAYS.

BUT IN TERMS OF JUST THE CONSISTENCY THAT THEY NEED TO GET TO GET THAT FIVE OR SIX YARD RUN, IT JUST HASN'T BEEN THERE.

AND WHEN YOU START TO PLAY IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, IT NEEDS TO BE THERE.

>> IT'S WHY I'M GLAD WE HAVE AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ON TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT BEING THE RUNNING BACKS, AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

WE'LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

THERE'S LOTS TO COVER TONIGHT, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

WE HAVE OUR PHONES STANDING BY AND YOU READY FOR YOUR CALLS.

YOU CAN ALSO TEXT OR EMAIL US YOUR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

WE'RE ALSO MONITORING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TONIGHT.

SEND US YOUR THOUGHTS ON OUR "BIG RED WRAP-UP" FACEBOOK PAGE OR X ACCOUNT, AND WE WILL ANSWER AS MANY OF THE QUESTIONS AS WE CAN.

LAST WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY, AS YOU CAN SEE, 38% SAID "HOPING THAT HOHL GETS BETTER" WHEN THEY GET INSIDE OF FIELD GOAL RANGE.

THE PEOPLE WHO SAID "JUST GO FOR IT," I THINK THAT WASN'T A BAD DECISION EITHER.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

NOW THIS WEEK FOR ALL NEW SIDELINE SURVEY, "WHAT RANGE DO YOU THINK NEBRASKA WILL FINISH IN THE BIG TEN?"

FIRST OR SECOND -- THAT'S GOING TO A BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, 7%.

THIRD THROUGH EIGHT, BOWL BID, 82%.

9 TO 13, BORDERLINE BOWL, 10%.

AND 14th-18th, HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, THAT WOULD MAKE SEAN VERY SAD.

[ LAUGHTER ] ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE CLOSE GAMES.

EVENTUALLY REGRESSION'S GONNA COME.

IT HAPPENED UNDER BO PELINI WHERE THEY STRUGGLED, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, LIKE 12 IN A ROW THEY WON, LIKE, 10 OUT OF 12.

YOU FEEL THAT THEY'RE ON THE VERGE WITH THIS TEAM OF KIND OF GETTING OVER THAT HUMP?

>> YEAH, THAT ONE SQUARE LOSS HUMP?

YEAH, I THINK SO.

I THINK THE MAIN THING IS WHAT'S GOING TO HELP THIS FOOTBALL TEAM, IS THEY'RE STARTING TO TAKE CARE OF THE FOOTBALL.

THE TURNOVERS ARE -- WE'RE WINNING THE TURNOVER BATTLE.

AND I'M NOT -- OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THEY'RE PLUS SO FAR ON THE YEAR.

>> SIX.

>> BUT IT'S VASTLY IMPROVED FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP.

QUARTERBACK PLAY HAS VASTLY IMPROVED.

I THINK THE DEFENSE IS -- IS CLEANED UP SOME ISSUES THEY HAD EARLY IN THIS YEAR.

BUT STILL, THE THING THAT STILL SCARES ME, I'VE ALREADY HIT THIS, WAS THE SPECIAL TEAMS.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GAME-BY-GAME SCENARIO.

BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, JUST TAKING CARE OF THE FOOTBALL IS GONNA HELP YOU WIN CLOSE GAMES MORE TIMES THAN NOT.

>> SEAN, YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THEY'RE PLAYING DEFENSE, THE ANALYTICS NUMBERS AREN'T GREAT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT JUST OVERALL, NEBRASKA TOP 15.

THEY'RE TOP SIX IN TERMS OF POINTS PER PLAY.

THEY'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED HIGH-POWERED OFFENSES, BUT SO FAR THEY'VE DONE WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

>> COLORADO I'D CALL A HIGH-POWERED OFFENSE.

>> WELL, BACK THEN, THEY WEREN'T AS GOOD AS THEY ARE NOW.

THEY'RE RUNNING THE BALL BETTER NOW THAN THEY HAVE -- >> THEY GOT THE BALANCE.

>> -- IN TWO YEARS.

>> BUT NEBRASKA LEADS THE BIG TEN RIGHT NOW IN SACKS.

THEY LEAD THE BIG TEN IN TACKLES FOR LOSS.

TY ROBINSON AND JAMES WILLIAMS ARE ONE BEHIND THE OVERALL LEAD FOR INDIVIDUAL SACKS IN THE BIG TEN.

SO THEY'RE ON A PACE TO EACH HAVE EIGHT SACKS RIGHT NOW, AND THEN THEY'VE GOT OTHER GUYS BEHIND THEM, LIKE M.J. SHERMAN THAT I'VE GIVEN SOME PASS RUSH.

SO ALL THE METRICS ARE IMPROVED.

I THOUGHT THE COMMENT AFTER THIS RUTGERS GAME THAT REALLY GOT MY ATTENTION, GREG SCHIANO, A KNOWN DEFENSIVE MIND, AN NFL FORMER HEAD COACH, SAID THAT NEBRASKA HAS ONE OF THE FIVE BEST INTERIOR DEFENSIVE LINES IN THE COUNTRY.

>> WOW.

>> AND THAT WAS HIS POSTGAME REMARKS AFTER THAT GAME, THAT HE GOES, "WE COULDN'T BLOCK THOSE GUYS.

NEBRASKA IS FULL OF BIG MEN."

IT WAS HIS COMMENT AFTER THE GAME.

IT KINDA REMINDS ME OF SOME OF THE COMMENTS YOU HEAR WHEN JAY PLAYED AT NEBRASKA, WHEN IT WAS CARRIKER AND MOORE AND BRADLEY ON THAT D-LINE.

I MEAN, PEOPLE JUST COULDN'T BLOCK THOSE GUYS BACK THEN.

>> YEAH, OUT OF EVERYBODY WHO HAD A GOOD GAME, AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE, NASH.

AGAIN, YOU DON'T SEE A TON OF NUMBERS, BUT HE WAS IN THE BACKFIELD ALMOST EVERY PLAY.

>> YEAH, YEAH, IT'S -- HE'S -- IT'S HIS ABILITY TO PLAY SO WELL AT THE POINT OF ATTACK, BUT GET SKINNY, AND BE ABLE TO MOVE HIS BODY AT TIMES IS -- REALLY GOES, I THINK, I NOTICE IT AS A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.

I HOPE PEOPLE REALIZE HOW GOOD AND WHAT LEVEL HE'S PLAYING AT.

'CAUSE, I MEAN, GETTING SACKS, HE'S GOT MULTIPLE SACKS THIS YEAR AS A ZERO TECHNIQUE, A SHADE, A ONE TECHNIQUE, DOESN'T HAPPEN.

>> YEAH.

>> RARELY.

AND HIS -- IT'S THE -- BEING ABLE TO BE THE WRESTLER, UNDERSTAND HOW, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGE ALL THOSE THINGS.

HE'S PLAYING HIGH -- TY'S PLAYING GREAT.

THIS D-LINE IS, I MEAN, THE FRONT SIX, SEVEN GUYS ARE PLAYING MUCH IMPROVED FROM THAT ILLINOIS GAME.

>> AND HOW NICE IS IT TO BRING IN A GUY LIKE JAMES WILLIAMS WHEN THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS A LITTLE TIRED, WORN DOWN.

AND YOU BRING IN HIS SPEED IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> YEAH, GIVE TONY WHITE CREDIT, HE TUNED UP SOME THINGS IN THE SCHEME.

HE BROUGHT AN EXTRA JACK DOWN AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, AND KIND OF GOT BIGGER UP FRONT.

I THINK THE ILLINOIS AND THE NORTHERN IOWA GAMES PARTICULARLY SHOWED SOME FLAWS WITH THE SCHEME.

AND THEY ADDRESSED THOSE FLAWS.

WHEN THEY PLAY A HEAVY TEAM LIKE RUTGERS THAT WANTS TO RUN IT, THEY ADJUSTED WHAT THEY DID.

AND THEN ONCE RUTGERS WAS IN THE SITUATION WHERE THEY HAD TO PASS, IT WAS JAMES WILLIAMS AND PRINCEWILL UMANMIELEN, GO AFTER THE QUARTERBACK.

AND YOU SAW THAT NEBRASKA GAVE GREAT PRESSURE.. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST PRESSURE GAMES WE'VE SEEN FROM AN EDGE GUY AT NEBRASKA, ARGUABLY SINCE RANDY GREGORY.

>> ITS' A GOOD CALL WITH THAT.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT BRINGING VAN POPPEL IN, WHO WE THOUGHT MAYBE WOULD REDSHIRT, AND I KNOW HE STILL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, BUT THERE WERE FOUR OR FIVE PLAYS WHERE HE DIDN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THE PLAY, BUT HE WAS THE REASON SOMEBODY ELSE MADE THE PLAY.

>> YEAH, IT'S ALL BEING STRONG AT THE POINT OF ATTACK, SETTING THE EDGE, TAKING -- EATING UP A DOUBLE-TEAM, LETTING THOSE INSIDE LINEBACKERS KIND OF MAKE THE PLAYS.

YEAH, WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE 44 OUT THERE IN RILEY VAN POPPEL, 'CAUSE YOU HE WAS IN REDSHIRT, BUT WHEN HE WAS THROWN IN THERE, HE WAS SOLID.

HE WAS VERY VERY SOLID.

>> HE'S GOT ONE GAME LEFT TO PLAY NOW.

>> SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING HOW THAT KINDA PLAYS OUT FOR HIS SITUATION THE REST OF THE YEAR.

>> ANYTIME 44 COMES IN, IT'S A GOOD THING.

>> YEAH.

[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] >> I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.

YOU LIKE THAT GUY.

>> YEAH, HE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD IN IT, I'LL GIVE HIM THAT.

>> SO NEBRASKA IS STILL SITTING AT ABOUT 129th EFFICIENCY-WISE SPECIAL TEAMS.

BUT, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT BUSCHINI -- BOOM-SCHINI DID ON SATURDAY TO HELP WIN THAT GAME.

>> YOU KNOW, JUST THAT WIND ALONE -- YOU KNOW, WE HEAR ABOUT THE WIND, AND IT'S A FACTOR.

BUT THAT WAS AS BIG OF A FACTOR AS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, AND TO SEE THE WIND SHIFT FROM OUT OF THE SOUTH -- >> THAT WAS CRAZY.

>> -- TO OUT OF THE NORTH, AND IT WAS MORE OF A CROSS NORTH/SOUTH WIND, IT WASN'T A STRAIGHT WIND.

SO THEN IT CAUSED A BOWL EFFECT IN THE STADIUM WHERE YOU SAW THE SWIRL.

YOU KNOW, HAVING BRETT MAHER NEXT TO BUSCHINI AND NEXT TO THESE KICKERS IS SUCH A WEAPON.

YOU KNOW, PREGAME YOU SAW MAHER, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO BUSCHINI, HELPING HIM KIND OF COACH THE DIFFERENT PUNTS WITH THE WINDS.

HE'S PUNTED IN THEM HIMSELF.

HE UNDERSTANDS HOW TO PLAY THIS STADIUM.

AND THAT PUNT THAT HE MADE HERE THAT ICED THE GAME -- NOT THIS ONE BUT THE NEXT ONE -- THEY REHEARSED THAT PUNT ACTUALLY DURING PREGAME.

>> I SAW THAT.

>> AND THAT WAS THE LAST PUNT THEY DID, AND THE PUNT RIGHT HERE THAT ENDS UP WINNING THE GAME FOR NEBRASKA.

AND THAT WAS THE EXACT SAME ONE BRETT MAHER WALKED HIM THROUGH RIGHT BEFORE THE GAME STARTED.

>> IT'S HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE.

RUTGERS DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS GOING TO SWITCH LIKE THAT.

SO THEY GIVE NEBRASKA THE WIND TOO.

NOT ONLY DO THEY TAKE THE BALL, BUT THE GET THE WIND, WHICH WAS A BENEFIT OBVIOUSLY TO THE -- >> WELL, I WOULD -- I WAS THINKING, AND I'M LIKE, "OH," HE SAID HE STARTED THE GAME LIKE, "GOD, NEBRASKA'S NOT GOING TO HAVE THE WIND."

BUT I'M LIKE -- >> NO, IT SWITCHED.

>> IT SWITCHED.

I'M LIKE, "THIS IS WORKING OUT IN OUR FAVOR."

SO THAT WAS NEXT LEVEL, YOU KNOW, FORECASTING WEATHER RESEARCH AND MAYBE THEY DIDN'T REALIZE -- MAYBE I'M GIVING TOO MUCH CREDIT TO 'EM.

BUT YEAH, PUNTING IN THAT STADIUM, KICKING IN THAT STADIUM IS ALWAYS A VERY UNIQUE DEAL.

JUST THE SWIRLS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT HIS ABILITY TO FLIP THE FIELD.

THAT FAKE PUNT HELPED THEM KIND OF BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT ON THAT LAST ONE TO GIVE IT MORE TIME JUST TO KICK THAT 69-YARDER TO STEAL THAT WIN.

>> AND AT HALFTIME THEY REHEARSED THE FAKE PUNT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE MATT RHULE'S TEAMS DO, THEY GO OUR TO THE PRACTICE FIELDS.

AND ON A PLAY LIKE THAT, BUSCHINI WANTED SOME REPS.

HE'S LIKE, "I CAN'T COME OUT AND DO IT ON THE FIELD.

EVERYONE'S GONNA KNOW."

>> ESPECIALLY WITH A BAD BACK.

>> SO HE WENT OUT THERE AND PRACTICED THAT THROW MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE THEY CAME BACK OUT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD IT DOWN, 'CAUSE ONCE THEY SAW THAT RUTGERS WAS BRINGING EVERYBODY AND NOT COVERING THE GUNNERS UP, THEY'RE LIKE, "WELL, WE GOTTA CALL --" AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.

RUTGERS WAS BRINGING MORE PEOPLE THAN NEBRASKA COULD BLOCK.

AND WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE JAYLEN LLOYD WIDE OPEN, YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT PASS.

>> WELL, YOU HEARD RHULE SAY THAT THEY ALMOST DID IT ON THE FIRST ONE, 'CAUSE THEY HAD SEEN IT ON TAPE, AND THEN ALMOST DID IT ON THE SECOND BLOCK AS WELL.

LET'S TALKA LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WAY NEBRASKA OFFENSIVELY DOESN'T NECESSARILY BLOCK GREAT FOR THE RUN GAME.

FOR MOST OF THE GAME IT WAS PRETTY GOOD PASS BLOCKING, BUT LATE, ALL KIND OF PRESSURE FROM RUTGERS.

>> YEAH, I TELL YOU WHAT, THEY DID SOME THINGS, RAN A COUPLE GAMES.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT DYLAN LOOKED MORE HUMAN IN THIS GAME TOO.

I THINK HIS POCKET PRESENCE JUST WASN'T AS GOOD, GOT A LITTLE GUN-SHY, I THOUGHT, AFTER THAT FIRST INTERCEPTION -- OR THE ONLY INTERCEPTION HE THREW.

SO HIS PRESENCE OVERALL JUST WAS A LITTLE OFF AFTER THIS PICK WE SEE ON THE SCREEN.

BUT, YEAH, THE POCKET WAS -- THEY RAN SOME GAMES, THEY RAN SOME E.T.s, SOME T.E.s, AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND THEY JUST DIDN'T PICK HIM UP.

AND THAT'S JUST GONNA HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE GAME.

BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, AGAIN, WE'RE IN THIS -- WE'RE IN THIS SCENARIO, WHY IS NEBRASKA STRUGGLING SO MUCH IN THE SECOND HALF WHEN THEY HAVE A FIRST-HALF LEAD?

AND THERE'S ONE OF THE GAMES THEY RAN THERE AND JUST GOT BEAT.

SO, LISTEN, IT'S GOING TO BE A GAME-BY-GAME SCENARIO, BUT I THINK DYLAN'S GOTTA DO A BETTER JOB OS RECOGNIZING PRESSURE, STEPPING UP IN THE POCKET, AND MAYBE GETTING RID OF IT A LITTLE QUICKER.

>> WELL, HE DIDN'T PULL THE TRIGGER, TOO.

AND I THINK THE WIND KINDA GOT IN HIS HEAD A LITTLE BIT.

I THINK HE THREW A COUPLE BALLS, THEY DIDN'T GO LIKE HE THOUGHT HE WOULD.

BECAUSE THAT LAST PLAY WE SHOWED, ON THAT SACK, YOU HAVE BARNEY COMING ACROSS.

HE'S OPEN IN THE FLAT.

HE WOULD NORMALLY GOT RID OF THAT.

BUT HE THOUGHT FOR A SECOND, HELD IT, AND GOT SACKED.

I THINK THE WIND KINDA GOT TO HIM A LITTLE BIT.

>> AND GUYS, YOU LOOK AT THE STATS HERE IN THE SECOND HALF, THAT 3 OF 10 FOR RAIOLA, HE WAS 2 OF 9 FOR JUST 14 YARDS PASSING.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND SO THEY -- EVERYTHING JUST FELL APART.

AND I THINK WITH NEBRASKA NOT BEING ABLE TO RUN THE BALL, ESPECIALLY WITH A NUMBERS ADVANTAGE -- RUTGERS WAS PLAYING SAFETIES HIGH, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN IN THOSE SITUATIONS, AND NEBRASKA COULDN'T MOVE THEM UP FRONT.

SO THEN RUTGERS REALLY HAD THE ADVANTAGE ON THE BACK OF THEIR DEFENSE, AND DYLAN RAIOLA, NOBODY WAS OPEN.

GREG SCHIANO REALLY GAVE DYLAN RAIOLA LOOKS THAT HE HAD TROUBLE WITH.

AND THEY BROUGHT MORE PRESSURE AS WELL.

>> I KNOW PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY THA -- THEY ALWAYS SAY "NO ONE'S OPEN," BUT ALMOST EVERY TIME THERE'S SOMEBODY OPEN IMMEDIATELY.

AND IF HE IS THE NORMAL DYLAN RAIOLA, HE MAKES THAT THROW.

HE -- BUT JUST, FOR SOME REASON -- MAYBE IT WAS THE INTERCEPTIONS, AS YOU SAID.

MAYBE THAT KINDA THREW HIM OFF.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT> IT'S THE WIND, THAT INTERCEPTION, HE JUST -- HE WAS OFF, MAN.

HE'S BEEN SO GOOD THROUGH THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, FIVE GAMES THAT, LISTEN, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, HE SHOWED SOME HUMAN -- HE SHOWED SOME -- HE'S A FRESHMAN, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

>> IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

BUT, YEAH, HE JUST -- HE MISSED -- EMMETT JOHNSON WAS WIDE OPEN THAT ONE TIME ON A WHEEL ROUTE GOING INTO THAT NORTH END ZONE, MISSED HIM.

HE JUST -- THINGS WERE JUST A LITTLE OFF.

AND THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT LIKE, SCHIANO KNOWS THAT HE'S DOING ON THAT SIDE OF THINGS.

SO WE GOTTA GIVE CREDIT TO RUTGERS AS WELL.

BUT FIELD POSITION DOES MATTER FOR THIS OFFENSE.

I MEAN, THEY WERE PINNED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE STARTING FIELD POSITION WAS IN THE SECOND HALF.

IT WASN'T GREAT.

>> THREE TIMES INSIDE THE 10.

>> YEAH, SO THAT'S HARD TO GET OFFENSES GOING.

LIKE TO SEE DOWDELL BREAK THAT ONE ON THAT FIRST ONE PLAY OF THAT ONE THAT WAS REALLY CLOSE, BUT THAT -- THAT FACTORS INTO THE OFFENSIVE STRUGGLES TOO.

>> HOW DIFFERENT IS THE GAME IF DOWDELL DOES BREAK THAT, OR IF LLOYD MAKES THE ONE GUY MISS ON THE FAKE PUNT?

>> YEAH, I REALLY THOUGHT LLOYD SHOULD'VE SCORED.

I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY -- >> HE THOUGHT SO, TOO.

>> ONE GUY HE HAD TO GET, AND THAT GUY HAD A GOOD ANGLE ON HIM.

BUT HE -- THAT SHOULD BE A TOUCHDOWN.

I MEAN, WHEN YOUR FASTEST GUY ON THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, HAS THE BALL, AND YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE ONE MOVE, THAT -- IDEALLY YOU'D LIKE TO SCORE IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

>> YEAH, I SAW HIM SCORE A LOT LIKE THAT IN HIGH SCHOOL.

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

AND IT WASN'T JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GAME, ONE OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS WAS WAS NDAMUKONG SUH RUNNING OUT OF THE TUNNEL.

FANS WERE GOING NUTS.

THEY LOVE SEEING SUH.

HE IS THE LAST GREAT PLAYER FOR NEBRASKA, SO THEY LOVE SEEING HIM.

THAT WAS A FOURTH AND ONE CONVERSION EARLY ON, BUT THEN YOU HAD THE BLOCKED PUNT.

I DID NOT THINK THAT HE WOULD COME BACK AFTER THIS HIT.

DID YOU GUYS SEE HIM LAYING THERE?

YOU THINK HE COULDN'T GET UP?

>> NO, I DID.

NO, HE WAS -- HE GOT -- I MEAN, HE TOOK A SHOT HERE.

>> IT JACKKNIFED HIS BODY.

>> JUST, I MEAN, THAT'S, YEAH.

IT'S -- >> AND CAMDEN COOK WOULD'VE PROBABLY BEEN THE NEXT MAN UP.

>> HE WAS READY TO GO.

HE WAS OUT THERE PRACTICING.

HERE'S YOUR FAKE FIELD GOAL.

IT TOOK WAY TOO LONG FOR THEM TO RUN THAT.

THEY HELD FOR LIKE, 10 SECONDS.

>> I SEE WHAT THEY SAW.

NEBRASKA KIND OF DOES A PREVENT ON THAT SIDE, AND THE LITTLE GAP OPENED UP.

SO A GOOD JOB BY HARTZOG RECOGNIZING THAT.

>> YEAH, AND JOHN BULLOCK TOO, FILLED THAT HOLE, TOO.

ONE OF THE BIG THROWS EARLY ON, GOING WITH THE WIND, GOT LUCKY HERE, BECAUSE RUTGERS GAVE 'EM THAT.

AND THEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLAYS OF THE GAME, RAHMIR JOHNSON, WHO IS SO GOOD ON THESE PASSING DOWN.

>> NEW JERSEY GUY TOO, FOR NEBRASKA, JUST TO MAKE A PLAY LIKE THAT, I'M SURE IT MEANT A LOT TO HIM.

>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE STADIUM THOUGHT FIDONE SCORED HERE.

BUT GOOD REPLAY.

HIS LEFT FOOT WAS OUT.

THEY COME IN, THEY GO ALL THE WAY TO FOURTH DOWN AND GOAL, AND DOWDELL GOES TO THAT RIGHT SIDE.

>> SIMILAR PLAY THEY RAN AGAINST PURDUE IN -- JUST THAT OFF TACKLE POWER PLAY.

GOOD EXECUTION.

>> KALIAKMANIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR WHAT, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, AND HE -- EARLY ON, HE ACTUALLY MADE SOME REALLY NICE THROWS.

BUT BY THE END OF THE DAY, 15 OF 37, AND HERE'S THE WIND.

YOU CAN SEE THE BALL MOVE TO THE RIGHT -- OUR LEFT -- AND HITS THE UPRIGHT.

>> I'M SURPRISED THEY KICKED THERE, I REALLY AM.

>> 50-SOME YARDS.

>> I MEAN, THAT'S JUST NOT -- IN THAT WIND, YOU'RE NOT MAKING THAT KICK.

>> YEAH, HE HAD TO PLAY IT.

THAT WAS A HIGH SNAP ON THIS INTERCEPTION.

DO YOU THINK THAT THREW HIM OFF A LITTLE BIT?

>> POTENTIALLY.

YEAH, IT WAS A QUICK ONE-TWO READ AND JUST DIDN'T SEE THE LINEBACKER SITTING THERE.

>> BIG SACK RIGHT THERE BY TY ROBINSON.

WE MENTIONED THREE SACKS ON THE SEASON, HE'S BEEN HAVING A GREAT SEASON THE WAY HE'S PLAYING.

AND HERE IS KALIAKMANIS AGAIN, THIS TIME GETS INTERCEPTED.

EARLY ON, BUFORD, THE FIRST HALF, HAD A GREAT HALF.

HE HAD A COUPLE PASS DEFENDED.

HE ALMOST HAD ANOTHER INTERCEPTION.

AND THEN THE SECOND HALF IS A LITTLE MORE STRUGGLE.

>> HE FELL DOWN AND THEY GOT LUCKY ON THAT ONE.

AND COACH RHULE HAD TO KIND OF TALK TO HIM.

YOU SAW THAT ON THE SIDELINE.

HE HAD TO SETTLE HIM DOWN.

>> THAT WAS BEN BLACK WHO ENDED UP ACTUALLY SCORING THE TOUCHDOWN A LITTLE BIT LATER.

THERE'S ANOTHER GOOD COMPLETION THERE.

AND THEN THIS IS -- FOLLOWING YOUR BLOCKERS, RIGHT?

>> LOVE THIS PLAY.

THEY RAN THIS A LOT, NEBRASKA'S RAN THIS PLAY A LOT.

THIS IS PERFECT TIMING AND PATIENCE BY RAHMIR.

>> THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THEY'VE RUN THIS PLAY TO BONNER INSIDE THE RED ZONE, TWO SCORES.

>> YES.

I LOVE THE SETUP, FORMATION OF THE BOUNDARY.

THE DEFENSE HAS GOT TO BE ON HIGH ALERT IN THAT SITUATION.

BUT GOOD JOB BY EVANS AND THEN BONNER OUT RUNNING, GETTING THE EDGE AND GETTING THE SECOND AND LAST TOUCHDOWN FOR NEBRASKA.

>> AND A DECOY, JACORY BARNEY.

>> YES, DEFINITELY.

PEOPLE KNOW IT'S COMING NOW.

GREAT INTERCEPTION BY CEYAIR WRIGHT HERE.

WATCH THE BALL ON THE REPLAY.

WHEN HE TIPS IT, IT'S KIND OF STARTING TO HEAD TOWARDS TO THE GROUND AND IT'S ALMOST INSTINCTUALLY HE JUST THROWS HIS ARM BACK RIGHT HERE AND JUST KIND OF BRINGS IT BACK TO HIM.

SOMEHOW IT STAYS OFF THE GROUND.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> THAT WAS DeJOHN GOMES-LIKE RIGHT THERE.

>> GOOD CALL.

THAT MAN WAS A BALL HAWK.

AND HERE'S YOUR POOCH PUNT TO END THE FIRST HALF.

WORKED OUT PERFECTLY FOR THEM 'CAUSE THEY COULD JUST LET IT SIT THERE AND THE CLOCK RAN OUT.

>> YEAH, WE SEE THIS -- WAS THAT SECOND OR THIRD TIME WE'VE SEEN DYLAN DO THAT THIS YEAR.

>> THE OTHER ONE WAS A TOUCHBACK.

>> YEP.

>> THAT WAS MUCH BETTER.

HERE IS BUSCHINI, THE SECOND BLOCK OF THE GAME.

AND WHAT A GREAT PLAY BY BOERKIRCHER.

>> YEAH, THIS IS BIG TIME.

THIS IS THE SERIES OF THE GAME.

THEY SKIPPED SEVEN POINTS HERE, SIX POINTS, THE GAME IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

>> YEAH, FIVE PLAYS BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T COUNT WITH THE HOLDING.

ONE OF THEM I THOUGHT THAT THEY SCORED.

I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY CLOSE.

BUT THEN ON THE REPLAY YOU CAN SEE THE KNEE DOWN.

IT WASN'T A TOUCHDOWN AND THEN NEBRASKA JUST TOOK CARE.

AND WHAT A GREAT PLAY BY SINGLETON READING THE PASS, THIS NEXT PLAY.

>> YES AND THEY DID A SIMILAR MOTION ON THE RUN.

THEY THOUGHT THEY SCORED.

BUT A VAST IMPROVEMENT FROM ILLINOIS WHERE THEY KIND OF LIKE TO GET YOU IN THE CROSS HAIRS AND THEN IN THE RUB ROUTE.

AND IT'S FUNNY, ON THIS PLAY, TOO, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PICK SIX AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OFFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE.

>> YEAH, THEY RUN THE PICK.

>> BUT GREAT PLAY BY BUFORD.

>> AND THEN IN THE SECOND HALF THEY GOT TO KALIAKMANIS SEVERAL TIMES.

NASH GOT TO HIM THERE.

AND WE BROUGHT IT UP, JAMES WILLIAMS, REDSHIRTED THE END OF THE YEAR BUT MAN, HE IS REALLY STEPPED UP.

>> SACK MAN IS WHAT THEY CALL HIM.

AND HE CAME UP BIG.

>> HOW ABOUT THE EMOTIONS HE HAD AT THE END.

THERE'S YOUR FAKE PUNT.

YOU MENTIONED THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE IN THE CONCESSION STAND WATCHING THEM PRACTICE ON THE GRASS FIELD, AND PEOPLE WERE TWEETING IT OUT THAT MAYBE THEY WERE GOING TO RUN THAT, WHICH WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

AND HERE IS WHERE A LOT OF STRUGGLES, YOU GOT THREE LATE SACKS ON DYLAN.

>> YEAH, THERE'S A GAME THEY RAN UP THE MIDDLE THERE.

A TOUGH JOB TO BE ABLE TO STEP UP.

ALSO, I MEAN, I THINK WE FORGET THAT DYLAN HAD THE INTENTIONAL GROUNDING, TOO, THAT PROBABLY FACTORED INTO HIS MIND, TOO, OF JUST TRYING TO GET THAT BALL OUT AND JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A BAD MISTAKE.

>> HERE IS THE PLAY THAT GETS THEM OUT OF THE GOAL LINE, THIS IS BUFORD GETTING KIND OF BEAT ON A GO ROUTE INTO THE WIND.

>> INTO THE WIND.

IT WAS A GREAT THROW.

I MEAN, THE MAN, AGAIN, HE'S BEEN IN COLLEGE SINCE THE 1980s SO HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME THROWS LIKE THAT.

[ LAUGHTER ] FOUR SACKS THAT WE MENTIONED NEBRASKA GOT ON THE GAME AND WAS SACKED FOUR TIMES AS WELL.

HERE IS A NICE FIRST DOWN ON THE DRIVE THEY END UP SCORING ON.

I THOUGHT WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT HIM IN THIS, I THOUGHT HE WAS BETTER WHEN THEY WERE GOING WITH TEMPLE.

HE WAS A BETTER QUARTERBACK.

'CAUSE HE PLAYED TEMPLE IN THE PAST AND THIS IS A PLAY THAT BUFORD ALMOST KNOCKS IT AWAY.

>> A GOOD JOB BY BLACK KEEPING HIS CONCENTRATION.

>> THE KEY IS NOTHING CAME EASY FOR RUTGERS.

NOTHING.

THAT TOUCHDOWN WAS HARD.

NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE WAS ON THEIR Qs.

>> THAT WAS THE PLAY I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHERE YOU HAVE BARNEY COMING UNDERNEATH.

HE'S GOT TO MAKE THE THROW QUICK AND WHATEVER REASON HE DECIDED NOT TO MAKE THE THROW.

AND THEN THERE'S THE 69-YARD PUNT THAT PRETTY MUCH SEALS THE GAME.

>> YEAH, GETTING THE WIND A LITTLE BIT AND JUST ABSOLUTELY SENDS IT.

GETTING THE BALL HERE AT THE 11-YARD LINE AND THEN THE REST OF THE DEFENSE, JAMES WILLIAMS STEPS UP BIG.

>> HE DOESN'T GET THE SACK ON THE LAST ONE, BUT HE GETS THE PRESSURE.

HE'S GOT TWO SACKS, HE'S GOT THE PRESSURES.

HE JUST HAD AN OUTSTANDING GAME.

DID BUSCHINI WIN THE SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER?

>> BIG TEN SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER.

IT ALMOST LOOKED LIKE ON THAT LAST ONE THAT HIS KNEE WAS DOWN.

THEY COULD HAVE GIVEN HIM A SACK CREDIT FOR THAT, WHICH HE WOULD BE LEADING THE BIG TEN IF THEY COUNTED THAT AS A SACK.

THAT WAS A BIG PLAY, A WAY TO END THAT GAME NEBRASKA.

>> GREAT EMOTION FROM JAMES WILLIAMS.

HERE'S THE FINAL STATS.

IT WASN'T PRETTY.

AND YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME I LOOKED THERE WAS ONLY THOSE TWO CATEGORIES, WINS, LOSSES, WITH NO PRETTY WINS.

UGLY -- THERE'S NONE OF THAT STUFF.

AND SO NEBRASKA TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS AND WINS THE GAME.

THE PLAYERS OF THE GAME JUDGED BY US, YOU GOT THREE OF THEM.

GOT BRIAN BUSCHINI FOR AN INCREDIBLE DAY, 50-YARD AVERAGE ON THE PUNT, TY ROBINSON, WHO WAS WRECKING THE RUTGERS OFFENSIVE LINE THE WHOLE DAY, AND WE MENTIONED JAMES WILLIAMS AS WELL AS HE PLAYED, GREAT TO HAVE HIM THERE COMING IN LATE IN THE GAME AND TAKING OVER.

TIME TO DIVE NOW INTO THE PLAYBOOK ONCE AGAIN THIS WEEK.

WE GO "IN THE HUDL" WITH JAY MOORE.

>> ALL RIGHT, GUYS.

WELCOME "IN THE HUDL" TONIGHT.

WE'VE GOT TWO PLAYS.

TWO BIG PLAYS OF THIS GAME THAT KIND OF SWITCHED THE WHOLE OUTLAY OF THE GAME.

SO THIS IS THE BONNER JET SWEEP MOTION, TOUCHDOWN, LATE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

SO FROM A DEFENDER'S PERSPECTIVE THIS IS HOW I SEE IT.

ANYTIME A FORMATION IS INTO THE BOUNDARY, THE BALL IS ON THE LEFT HASH, THE BOUNDARY TO THIS SIDE.

FORMATION OF THE BOUNDARY, SOMETHING DIFFERENT IS COMING OUT.

WHY NORMALLY THE FORMATION MIGHT BE TOWARDS THE FIELD, BUT, TO ME, SOMETHING HAS GOT TO COME THIS WAY.

SO RUTGERS SHOULD BE THINKING THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE.

BUT THIS IS MY DEFENSIVE MIND.

THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.

SO BARNEY IS GOING TO GO IN MOTION HERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO PULL EVANS AROUND.

A NICE LITTLE ACTION HERE BY DYLAN HANDLING THE BALL.

THE FOOTWORK WITH IT.

ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE FAKE DIVE TOSS TO RAHMIR TO GET THE LINEBACKERS GOING ONE WAY.

HE'S GONNA HAND IT OFF TO BONNER, RIGHT HERE THEY TRY TO SEAL THE EDGE.

EVANS DOES A GOOD JOB TRYING TO CLIMB SECOND LEVEL, BONNER IS GOING TO BOUNCE IT HERE.

BUT WHAT I LOVE HERE IS THE FRESHMAN, BARNEY, COMING UP HERE ON THAT MOTION.

HE'S NOT SCARED OF CONTACT NOW.

WE'VE SEEN IT ALL YEAR.

HE PUTS HIS HELMET RIGHT HERE ON THIS DB, SHOCKS HIM.

HE'S ABLE TO NOT COME OFF.

BONNER DOES A GREAT JOB OF GETTING TO THE EDGE AND GETTING THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN FOR THE BIG RED.

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS THE FAKE PUNT.

OBVIOUSLY NEBRASKA HAD ISSUES, SPECIAL TEAMS, RIGHT?

TWO PUNTS BLOCKED IN THIS GAME.

BUT THIS HELPS KIND OF BACK RUTGERS OFF IN THE SITUATION BECAUSE THEY'RE BRINGING A TON OF GUYS.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF GUYS COMING AND NEBRASKA GOT EXPOSED A LITTLE BIT.

BUT HEY, LET'S THROW A COUNTERPUNCH TO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO TO YOU.

SO JAYLEN LLOYD IS DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM ON THE NUMBERS.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW THIS DB DOWN HERE HAS TO RESPECT ALMOST A RUGBY-STYLE KICK.

THEY'RE BRINGING PRESSURE.

THIS GUY COMES IN.

THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN, PRESSURE OVER THE CENTER.

NEBRASKA HAS TO WORK ON PASSING SOME THINGS OFF.

BUT BRING IN BUSCHINI OUT TO THE RIGHT, HE HAS TO RESPECT THIS, AND LLOYD IS ABLE TO SLIP BEHIND HERE AND A GREAT THROW BY THE PUNTER.

BUSCHINI HAD A FANTASTIC GAME.

WOULD LOVE TO SEE LLOYD MAYBE TAKE IT TO THE SIDELINES, MAYBE SCORE.

BUT JUST THAT GAVE NEBRASKA AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF BACK RUTGERS OFF A LITTLE BIT IN THE PUNT SCHEME IN THE GAME LATER ON SO BUSCHINI COULD GET THOSE BIG KICKS TO FLIP THE FIELD.

>> THE QUOTE HAS KIND OF BEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, SATTERFIELD WAS WAS IN HIS BAG, HERE IS FOLEY IN HIS BAG, WITH THIS PLAY.

>> THAT'S THE THING, FOLEY GETS TO THAT BUT RHULE, THE HEAD MAN, HAS TO MAKE THE CALL ON THAT ONE, RIGHT?

>> YEP.

NO DOUBT.

>> SO THAT TOOK SOME GUTS.

>> YEAH, HE DID.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, HE ALMOST DID IT TWO TIMES BEFORE THAT.

NEXT UP ON "BIG RED WRAP UP," WE HEAR FROM COACH RHULE ON THE CHANGES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

BUT FIRST, HURRDAT HAS SOME GREAT PICTURES OF NEBRASKA'S O-LINE AS WE WELCOME IN FORMER HUSKER O-LINEMAN JEREMIAH SIRLES NEXT.

♪ ♪ >>> OH, NO, NO, I'M A BUTTON PUSHER, THERE'S NO DOUBT.

THAT'S MY JOB.

THERE'S NO DOUBT.

I DESCRIBED IT TO THE PLAYERS TODAY, IT'S LIKE THE WHAC-A-MOLE GAME, RIGHT?

OH, LAST YEAR, IT WAS TURNOVERS, BOOM, FIELD GOAL BLOCK, BOOM, AND THEN THE PUNT BLOCK.

AND IT'S LIKE AT SOME POINT, YOU'RE TRYING TO -- BUT AGAIN, AS THE YEARS GO ON, THOSE THINGS GET LESS -- THE LESSONS ARE LEARNED.

THE LESSONS I'M TALKING ABOUT OR TONY IS TALKING ABOUT HAPPENING AMONGST THE GUYS.

PEOPLE REFER TO CULTURE, THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS.

AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO WHAT I SAID ALL TRAINING CAMP OF LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE BEFORE THE SEASON AND SAYING WHAT GAMES WERE EASY AND WHAT GAMES WERE HARDEST.

NOT TRUE AND IT'S NOT THE WAY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL ANYMORE.

EVERYONE'S GOT TO GET -- HOW MANY TEAMS LOST TO TEAMS THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT -- YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ALABAMA WOULD EVER LOSE TO VANDY.

YOU WOULD'VE NEVER THOUGHT MAYBE USC WOULD LOSE TO MINNESOTA.

THE PLURAL TRANSFERS HAS CHANGED ALL OF IT.

THAT'S WHY THERE ARE NO UNDEFEATED NFL TEAMS, RIGHT.

IT USED TO BE THAT A PLAYER WOULD SAY, MAN, I GOT OFFERS FROM, YOU KNOW, WHOMEVER, OHIO STATE.

I'M GOING THERE, YOU KNOW.

BUT NOW, HE MIGHT GET OFFERED -- I MIGHT GET OFFERED FROM BLUE MOUNTAIN STATE, LET'S JUST SAY, AND THAT'S THE TOP SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY, AND THEY'RE OFFERING, "HEY, WE'LL GIVE YOU X AMOUNT OF MONEY," AND ANOTHER SCHOOL TWO PEGS LOWER ON THE PECKING ORDER OF RECRUITING, WE'LL SAY, "HEY, WE'LL GIVE YOU THREE TIMES THAT."

BECAUSE FOR THIS GUY, HE'S THEIR 15TH BEST RECRUIT, BUT FOR THEM, THEY'RE LIKE, "WE CAN'T GET THOSE GUYS.

WE'LL GET HIM."

SO THE KID IS LIKE, "DO I GO THERE FOR 50 GRAND OR DO I GO THERE FOR 250?"

SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT -- SO WHILE WE'RE THE GREAT TEAMS OF THE '90s AND 2000s, 2010s, WHY WERE THEY SO DOMINANT?

THEY STACKED UP ALL THE TALENT.

AND WHEN GUYS GOT HURT, THE NEXT GUY CAME IN, WAS ALSO PARADE ALL AMERICANS.

NOW THEY ARE ALL SPREADING OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.

SO THE DAYS OF -- THE DAYS OF, YOU KNOW -- THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT NOW.

SO I THINK JUST -- AND HE HAS A TREMENDOUS EXAMPLE, A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ROSTER THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW.

YOU GUYS GOT STUCK WITH ME.

LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T GET TO BRING ANYBODY WITH ME.

I LOVE BRIAN, BUT HE CAN'T PLAY, YOU KNOW.

THEY DIDN'T LET ME BRING McCAFFREY, THEY DIDN'T LET ME BRING BRIAN BURNS.

SO YOU KNOW, WE CAME IN HERE AND WE'VE BEEN BUILDING WITH THE GUYS OVER HERE AND TRYING TO RECRUIT THE OLD SCHOOL WAY.

>> WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME FORMER HUSKER GUARD AND PLAYER AGENT JEREMIAH SIRLES JOINING US HERE.

YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE AND HOW MUCH THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH PLAYERS.

>> IT'S BECOMING THE PROFESSIONALISM OF AMATEUR ATHLETICS.

WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD AT WHAT IT WAS WHEN JAY AND I WERE IN SCHOOL WHERE SOMEONE PAID FOR OUR MEAL, YOU'RE LIKE, "OH, MY CAREER IN COLLEGE IS OVER."

AND NOW KIDS ARE MAKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

IT'S TURNING MORE INTO LIKE THE NFL, AND I THINK IT'D GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD THING FOR COLLEGE ATHLETICS GOING FORWARD AS LONG AS IT'S PROPERLY MANAGED.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT NEBRASKA, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THEIR N.I.L.

AND JUST HOW IT'S STRUCTURED?

AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU DEAL WITH A LOT OTHER SCHOOLS.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT HOW NEBRASKA RUNS THINGS?

>> YEAH, I THINK THEY DO A TOP, TOP JOB.

I MEAN, THE 1890 INITIATIVE IS GREAT.

I THINK WITH THE REVENUE SHARING THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING NEXT YEAR WITH THE UNIVERSITY, OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THINGS.

BUT THE BIGGEST THING THAT WORRIES ME WHEN I TALK WITH THESE COLLECTIVES FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES ARE THE CONTRACTS ARE VERY UNIQUE, THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT.

EVERY SCHOOL HAS DIFFERENT CLAUSES.

SOME SCHOOLS HAVE ONE COLLECTIVE THAT RUNS MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT IS MAKING SURE IN EVERY CONTRACT, THE PLAYER IS PROTECTED AND LOOKING AT WHAT NEBRASKA STANDS FOR AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CONTRACTS THAT I'VE SEEN THROUGH THEM, THEY DO A VERY NICE JOB.

>> JEREMIAH, I MEAN, YOU REPRESENT AND WORK WITH SOME COLLEGE NFL LINEMEN.

WHAT IS A NUMBER FOR GOOD OFFENSIVE LINEMAN MAKE POTENTIALLY IN N.I.L.

NOWADAYS?

>> YOU KNOW, IT VARIES FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'VE HAD GUYS THAT HAVE TRANSFERRED FROM S.E.C.

THAT MAKE CLOSE TO $300,000 A YEAR, I'VE HAD GUYS THAT MAKE CLOSE TO $200,000 A YEAR.

I WOULD SAY THE GOING RATE FOR A STARTING TACKLE IS PROBABLY CLOSE TO $750,000 A YEAR FOR A TOP TIER GUY.

BUT THEN YOU HEAR ABOUT GUYS FIVE STARS COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL THAT ARE MAKING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT AWAY.

AND SO I REALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO VARY FROM A SCHOOL TO SCHOOL'S BUDGET PERSPECTIVE, BUT I'M ALSO JUST VERY CURIOUS HOW THE NCAA IS GOING TO STRUCTURE ONCE THE REVENUE SHARE COMES, DOES THE COLLECTIVE JUST COME AS A MONEY ON TOP PIECE OR ARE THEY GOING TO START TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF REGULATIONS ON WHAT THE COLLECTIVES CAN DO ON TOP OF THE REVENUE SHARE.

>> SO YOU HAVE THE REVENUE SHARE, MAYBE YOU HAVE THE COLLECTIVE, PLUS THEY COULD STILL DO REGULAR N.I.L., RIGHT, ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS?

>> YEAH, AND THAT'S THE THING IS YOU CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY.

ONCE THE TOOTHPASTE IS OUT OF THE TUBE, YOU CAN'T PUT IT BACK IN.

YOU'RE OPENING YOURSELF UP TO LITIGATION.

SO ALL THAT STUFF IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE PREVALENT IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS.

IT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET MORE AND MORE REFINED.

I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE NCAA WHEN THEY JUST KIND OF ROLLED IT OUT THERE AND SAID EVERYONE FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOURSELVES BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A MESS.

BUT I DO THINK NEBRASKA HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF STAYING AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

I MEAN, CREDIT TO MATT DAVIDSON AND THAT CREW AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO STAY AHEAD BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

>> JEREMIAH, WE KNOW THAT NUMBER WILL BE $22 MILLION FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS, AND FOOTBALL IS SAYING MAYBE 12 TO 15 IS GOING TO BE THEIRS.

ANY IDEA, LIKE, AN EQUITABLE WAY TO DIVIDE THAT WITH YOUR STATUS -- DO YOU HAVE ANY CLUE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT AT THE CFL MODEL IS PROBABLY CLOSER THAN THE NFL MODEL WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALMOST A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR CAP CAN GO TOWARDS YOUR QUARTERBACK, RIGHT, AND IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MODEL, THEN OKAY, THE PERCENTAGE OF THE CAP IS GOING TO ALSO VARY TEAM TO TEAM BECAUSE THAT 15 TO 12 MILLION IS GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT FOR MAYBE A SCHOOL LIKE DUKE OR KANSAS THAT HAS A BIGGER BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

AND SO, THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

THE OTHER DIFFERENCE IS GOING TO BE -- THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE NFL IS EVERYTHING IS SHARED.

EVERYONE KNOWS THE SALARY CAP IS THIS, EVERY PLAYER MAKES THIS, YOU CAN GO UP AND LOOK AT IT.

NO ONE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS GOING TO WANT TO SHARE WHAT THEY'RE PAYING THEIR PLAYERS BECAUSE IF I'M IN DUKE AND I'M PLAYING LEFT TACKLE AND LET'S SAY I'M MAKING $300,000 AND I KNOW THAT OHIO STATE'S LEFT TACKLE IS MAKING $700,000 AND I'M GOING TO HIT THE TRANSFER PORTAL, I'M GOING TO WANT TO CHASE THAT EXTRA COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE REVENUE SHARE MODEL ROLLS, HOW EVERYONE COLLABORATES IF THERE IS ANY COLLABORATION AND HOW THAT ROLLS THROUGH.

>> I THINK THE INTERESTING THING TOO IS PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS YOU'RE DEALING WITH PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS VERSUS PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS AND OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ARE GOING TO BE EMPLOYEES.

SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE EMPLOYEES OF THE UNIVERSITY, THAT'S PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE TO POTENTIALLY SAY WHAT THEY'RE MAKING AT A PUBLIC INSTITUTION, WHEREAS NOTRE DAME, DUKE, USC, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, THEY CAN KIND OF KEEP THINGS BUTTONED DOWN.

>> PENN STATE.

>> IT'S JUST KIND OF A APPLES TO ORANGES TYPE OF SITUATION.

>> THE THING ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES -- I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

MY PARTNERS AND I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.

THE SECOND YOU BECOME AN EMPLOYEE, YOU'RE OPENING UP ANOTHER WHOLE CAN OF WORMS OF WORKERS COMP, BENEFITS -- >> YOU CAN BE FIRED.

>> YOU CAN BE FIRED, ALL OF THAT.

>> AND SO, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO AN EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP.

IT'S STILL GOING TO FALL UNDER THE NAME OF NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS BUT IT'S GOING TO BE PAY FOR PLAY.

EVERYONE HIDES BEHIND THAT WALL THAT IT'S NOT THAT.

THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO.

BUT THE SECOND YOU GO INTO THAT EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP, THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER CAN OF WORMS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE PLAY AND THE RUN GAME IN BIG 10 PLAY.

NEBRASKA AVERAGES ABOUT 25 CARRIES, ABOUT 95 YARDS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

WHO ARE YOU BLAMING?

IS IT THE BACKS?

IS IT THE LINE?

IS IT A MIXTURE?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE WHOLE.

YOU KNOW, THE RUN GAME IS SO UNIQUE.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THE RUN GAME IS UNIQUE AND I THINK EVERYONE CAN FALL UNDER THE TRAP OF, OH, IT'S THE RUNNING BACK NOT HITTING THE HOLE OR THE OFFENSIVE LINE ISN'T OPENING THE HOLES BIG ENOUGH.

BUT WHAT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO IS 11 GUYS EXECUTING AND GOING 11-11 ON THEIR ONE ON ONE MATCHUPS.

AND WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM THE HUSKER RUN GAME SO FAR IS IT'S ONE GUY HERE OR THERE THAT'S NOT COVERING UP THE LINEBACKER OR THE DOUBLE-TEAMS GETTING SPLIT, AND IT'S NOT JUST CONSISTENTLY ONE GUY.

EVERYONE IS TAKING THEIR TURN.

AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU HAVE INCONSISTENCY IN THE RUN GAME, AND WHEN YOU HAVE INCONSISTENCY IN THE RUN GAME, IT SCARES OFFENSIVE COORDINATORS.

>> SURE.

>> EVERY LEVEL I'VE BEEN AT, NFL, HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, IF YOU DON'T RUN THE BALL EFFECTIVELY EARLY, ALL OF THE COORDINATORS START PANICKING.

WELL, WE CAN'T RUN THE BALL TODAY.

I GUESS WE'D BETTER THROW IT.

AND IT'S JUST HARD AS AN OFFENSIVE LINEBACKER.

JUST GIVE IT TIME.

JUST GIVE IT TIME, BUT THE THING THAT'S REALLY BEEN MISSING IS THOSE EXPLOSIVE RUNS.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WHEN YOU START SAYING, HOW DO WE GET TO 150, 160, 200 YARDS RUSHING, YOU GOT TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE EXPLOSIVE RUNS THAT GO FOR 20 OR 30 YARDS.

>> ONLY 26 RIGHT NOW, TEN PLUS, WHICH HAS IT 13TH IN THE BIG 10.

>> JEREMIAH, YOU OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW THE DRAFT STUFF VERY CLOSELY.

WHEN YOU ANALYZE THIS NEBRASKA ROSTER OF DRAFT ELIGIBLE PLAYERS, AND NOW CEYAIR WRIGHT WOULD BE IN THAT CATEGORY TOO, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?

IS TOMMI HILL STILL WITH HIS INJURY, HAS HE SLIPPED DOWN A LITTLE BIT?

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ON THE DRAFT PROSPECTS?

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK TOMMI HILL IS OBVIOUSLY OUR TOP PROSPECT COMING OUT.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING HOW WELL HE RUNS.

OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU PLAY CORNER IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE NOW, YOU GOT TO BE RUNNING 4.4, 4.3 AT MINIMUM.

YOU'RE SEEING GUYS LIKE XAVIER WORTHY RUNNING 4.2.

YOU GOT TO HAVE THAT CATCH-UP SPEED.

I THINK GUYS LIKE TY ROBINSON AND NASH HUTMACHER ARE MAKING MONEY FOR THEMSELVES IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE PLAYING CONTINUALLY, ESPECIALLY THE WAY THEY'RE GETTING AFTER THE QUARTERBACK.

FROM AN OFFENSIVE LINE PERSPECTIVE, I THINK MICAH IS OUR BEST NFL PROSPECT ON THE FRONT.

NOW OBVIOUSLY, HE'S HAD HIS ISSUES GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH SOME OF THE COACHING STAFF.

I THINK BENHART IS GOING TO BE MORE IN THAT FREE AGENT RANGE, HE HAS PLAYED A TON OF FOOTBALL.

I MEAN, HE BROKE MY STAR RECORD, SIX YEARS.

I'M NOT BITTER OR ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK -- >> BEN SCOTT TOO, UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT OR WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?

>> I THINK BEN SCOTT HAS A CHANCE TO BE DRAFTED.

HE'S A VERY TALENTED INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINE CLASS THIS YEAR.

>> A LOT OF OLD GUYS.

>> A LOT OF OLD GUYS.

THIS IS THE ACTUALLY THE PERFECT STORM OF EVERY SIXTH YEAR COVID PLAYER, EVERY FIFTH YEAR, EVERY FOURTH YEAR, AND THEN THE PLAYERS THAT ALSO DON'T HAVE COVID YEARS.

THIS IS MAYBE GOING TO BE AN 1,800 TO 1,900 KID DRAFT CLASS.

>> WOW.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE ENORMOUS.

AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE GUYS THAT HAVE FOUR, FIFTH ROUND GRADES THAT GO UNDRAFTED BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY 256 SPOTS.

>> RIGHT, NO DOUBT.

>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE RUN GAME FOR A SECOND.

NEBRASKA, YOU'VE SEEN THREE BACKS.

YOU'VE SEEN DOWDELL, YOU'VE SEEN RAHMIR, YOU'VE SEEN EMMITT AND -- TIMES MAINLY THOSE FIRST THREE MAJORITY.

FOR THE FIRST SIX GAMES, DO YOU LIKE ONE OF THOSE GUYS BETTER IN THE RUN GAME, THE FIT, WHAT NEBRASKA IS TRYING TO DO OFFENSIVELY?

>> I THINK DOWDELL PROBABLY IS THE ONE THAT I WOULD LEAN HEAVIER ON WITH THE ATTITUDE TYPE RUNS.

OBVIOUSLY HAD THE FUMBLE EARLY, WHICH I HATE.

I MEAN, BALL SECURITY IS JOB SECURITY.

BUT I LOVE THE COMBINATION OF EMMETT AND DOWDELL.

THEY'RE SUCH DIFFERENT PLAYERS.

THEY REALLY BRING DIFFERENT SKILL SETS AND IT CAN KEEP THE DEFENSE A LITTLE BIT ON THEIR TOES.

I LOVE RAHMIR AS MORE THE THIRD DOWN BACK, AND THAT GUY WILL PUT HIS FACE IN THE LINEBACKER AND PASS BLOCK.

IF I'M WATCHING BACKS, THAT'S ONE OF MY NUMBER ONE THINGS I'M GRADING.

HEY WHEN IT'S TIME AND YOU HAVE TO MEET A LINEBACKER IN THE A GAP, ARE UP UP THERE, ARE YOU CUTTING HIM?

HE WILL THUMP HIM.

BUT IF I HAVE TO GIVE THE NOD, I JUST APPRECIATE THE WAY DOWDELL RUNS BETWEEN TACKLES.

>> RAHMIR IS THE ONLY BACK IN BIG TEN PLAY FOR NEBRASKA THAT'S AVERAGING OVER 4 YARDS A CARRY.

>> YEAH-.

>> EVERYONE ELSE IS BELOW THAT.

>> HE'S THE ONE I EXPECT MOST OF THOSE EXPLOSIVE RUNS FROM, HE'S MORE OF THE VETERAN GUY.

LAST YEAR WHEN HE WENT OUT, OUR RUN GAME WENT TO NOTHING.

IT'S JUST A BLESSING TO HAVE HIM BACK THERE LEADING THE YOUNGER GROUP.

>> I'M CURIOUS -- DYLAN RAIOLA, WHAT ARE YOUR CIRCLES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL SAYING ABOUT HIM?

IS HE ON AT LEAST THE CONVERSATION RADAR ALREADY?

>> OH, YEAH.

I TALKED TO SCOUTS, YOU GUYS HAVE A GUY.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.

ANYTIME YOU HAVE A GUY LIKE DYLAN, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO WIN EVERY FOOTBALL GAME.

YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR QUARTERBACK AT EVERY LEVEL AND UP NEED A GUY THAT CAN BE THE TRIGGER MAN.

AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE NFL, THERE'S PROBABLY ONLY GIVEN 19 TO 20 GUYS THAT I'D SAY ARE TRUE STARTING QUARTERBACKS IN THE NFL EVERY YEAR.

THAT'S A HARD THING TO DO.

SO TO HAVE A FRESHMAN THAT'S COMING IN AND PERFORMING THE WAY HE DOES, HE'S PUTTING HIMSELF IN THE CONVERSATION TO BE A DRAFT PICK EVEN IN THREE YEARS.

>> I SAW A SURVEY THAT ESPN DID AND FIVE DIFFERENT -- WELL, FIVE DIFFERENT QUARTERBACKS WERE PICKED TO BE NUMBER ONE OVERALL.

BECAUSE THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS.

FOR YOU, HAVE YOU SEEN ONE THAT YOU WOULD SAY DEFINITELY SHOULD BE THE FIRST OVERALL?

>> I HAVEN'T.

YOU KNOW, ALL THESE GUYS -- AND LAST YEAR WAS SUCH A GREAT QUARTERBACK CLASS, TOO.

YOU LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S QUARTERBACK CLASS, I MEAN SHEDEUR IS UP THERE.

BUT THEN YOU START SAYING, OKAY, THE NFL IS GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT COMES FROM NOT JUST A TALENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT BEING IN-- YOU'VE BEEN IN NFL LOCKER ROOMS, TO BE AN NFL QUARTERBACK IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT TALENT.

YOU HAVE TO BE A GREAT LEADER OF MEN.

MEN THAT ARE 31 YEARS OLD AND HAVE A FAMILY.

AND IT'S JUST A TOUGH THING TO DO.

SO YOU LOOK AROUND, YOU SEE CARSON BECK IN GEORGIA AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS, I HAVE NOT SEEN A GUY THAT HAS SEPARATED HIMSELF TO BE THE CLEAR NUMBER ONE.

>> I SAW MILROE LISTED AT ONE POINT.

>> NO, NO.

>> I LIKE HIM AS AN ATHLETE.

BUT IF YOUR THROWING LESS THAN 30 YARDS, I'M NOT SURE I WANT THAT GUY THROWING THE BALL.

>> NO, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE QUARTERBACK PLAY IN THE NFL RIGHT NOW.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO AIR THAT THING OUT AND THROW AS FAR AS YOU CAN.

LOOK AT MIAMI THEY'RE SCRAMBLING FOR ANYONE THAT CAN BE A QUARTERBACK, RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH, NO DOUBT.

>> STICKING WITH THE QUARTERBACKS.

GETTING BACK TO THE RUN GAME.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HAARBERG IMPLEMENTED MORE—- >> YES--.

>> FROM THE QB RUN GAME, GOING FORWARD.

JUST TO GET SOME— GET THE WHEELS IN MOTION AND GET REALLY THE DEFENSE TO RESPECT IT AND SPEND AN EXTRA 10, 15, 20 MINUTES PREPARING FOR IT?

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK I WOULD LIKE A PACKAGE, A WILDCAT TYPE PACKAGE.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME I ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM SATTERFIELD AND RHULE'S PERSPECTIVE OF, WE CAN'T GET OUR BACKUP QUARTERBACK HURT.

>> SURE.

>> RIGHT, IF YOU PUT HAARBERG OUT THERE AND HE SPRAINS AN ANKLE OR SOMETHING YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY GOING, MAN, NOW WE HAVE TO BE SO MUCH MORE CAREFUL WITH DYLAN.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CAREFUL.

BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE DEFINITELY WAYS TO GET PACKAGES.

BUT THE BLESSING WE HAVE AS AN OFFENSE, WE HAVE PLAYMAKERS EVERYWHERE.

>> RIGHT.

>> I MEAN, WE HAVE GUYS ALL OVER THE FIELD.

DON'T FEEL HAARBERG'S JUST THE GUY CAN GO IN THERE AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM GET AT LEAST FIVE TO EIGHT PLAYS A GAME WITH THAT SPECIAL PACKAGE.

JUST LIKE YOU SAID IT MAKES THE DEFENSE PRACTICE THINGS DURING THE WEEK THAT PREPARE FOR US.

>> YEAH, AND RED ZONE.

HAVE A QUARTERBACK THAT IS MOBILE IN THE RED ZONE IS SUCH A BIG PLUS.

>> HOW MANY TIMES DID WE SEE ADRIAN MARTINEZ RUN THE ZONE READ, FROM FIVE YARDS IN, AND JUST WALK INTO THE END ZONE?

THE RUNNING BACK IS ALWAYS ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE RED ZONE RUN GAME.

THE QUARTERBACK IS THE GUY YOU HAVE TO NOT ACCOUNT FOR IN ORDER IF YOU WANT TO COVER EVERYTHING.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WRINKLE IN TOO.

ESPECIALLY DOWN IN THE LOW RED WHEN YOU GET INSIDE THE 10 YARD LINE.

>> YEAH, I KNOW BRETT MAHER IS A GUY YOU'RE CLOSE WITH.

HE CAN'T BE ON THE GOLF COURSE WITH YOU GUYS ANYMORE.

HE'S WORKING.

BUT--.

WHAT HAS HIS PRESENCE MEANT JUST HAVING HIM AROUND THOSE KICKERS AND PUNTERS?

>> IT'S HUGE.

ANYTIME YOU CAN HAVE AN NFL PLAYER THAT PLAYED, KICKED IN BIG GAMES, COME BACK AND JUST GIVE THAT KNOWLEDGE BACK, AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE NFL.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE STRUGGLES WITH A KICKER OR SNAPPER.

USUALLY, IT'S JUST I'LL CUT HIM, BRING SOMEONE ELSE IN.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS ABOUT DEVELOPING YOUNG MEN, IT'S ABOUT HELPING THEM THROUGH THEIR STRUGGLES.

IT'S ABOUT HELPING THEM OVERCOME THESE THINGS.

AND WE HAVE A GUY LIKE BRETT WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH UPS AND DOWNS.

HE CAN REALLY HELP THESE GUYS FROM A DEVELOPMENTAL STANDPOINT AND ALSO JUST A SITUATIONAL STANDPOINT.

AND UNDERSTANDING, HEY, HERE IS THE KICKING SITUATION, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED, HERE'S WHERE YOU NEED TO PUT THE BALL.

HERE'S THE WAY YOU NEED TO DO THINGS.

YOU CANNOT BRING THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE ONTO THE SIDELINE AND GUYS ARE JUST GOING TO GRAVITATE TOWARDS IT.

>> MICK, OUR PRODUCER, MADE US PICK HOW MANY GAMES NEBRASKA WOULD WIN OVER ITS LAST SIX.

WHAT'S YOUR FEEL, BASED OFF THAT SCHEDULE?

>> I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY GO 4-2.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> IN THE LAST SIX HERE, LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE, YOU LOOK THROUGH INDIANA.

THAT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT TEST.

I THINK THEY'RE A VERY TALENTED FOOTBALL TEAM.

UCLA I FEEL GOOD ABOUT.

YOU REALLY LOOK AT USC, WISCONSIN, IOWA— I MEAN, OHIO STATE.

I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE AN L. THAT TEAM IS RIDICULOUS.

IF WE KEEP IT WITHIN TEN, THERE, THAT'S A WIN FOR US.

YOU KNOW, BUT IF YOU GO LOOK AT FROM THE OTHER TALENT PERSPECTIVE I THINK WE HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE GAMES.

>> YEAH, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

THE INDIANA ONE.

AS GOOD AS THEY ARE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHO THEY PLAYED.

THEY REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN A DEFENSE LIKE THIS.

AND IT'S ALSO ON GRASS, SLOWS THEM A LITTLE BIT, IT FEELS LIKE A GOOD MATCHUP.

>> ABSOLUTELY AND YOU WATCH WHAT NORTHWESTERN DID TO THEM LAST WEEK.

THEY REALLY TESTED THEM IN BETWEEN THE TACKLES AND GOT AFTER THEM.

BUT INDIANA'S OFFENSE AVERAGING CLOSE TO 40 POINTS A GAME IF NOT MORE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TEST FOR THIS DEFENSE TO GO UP AGAINST, THAT HASN'T ALLOWED A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN.

DOING ALL THAT FUN STUFF.

BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MORE ABOUT OUR OFFENSE EXECUTING.

BECAUSE IF WE LEAVE THAT DEFENSE ON THE FIELD AS LONG AS WE HAVE, THE LAST COUPLE TIMES THEY'RE GOING TO START TO WEAR OUT A LITTLE BIT.

>> YEAH, THEY'RE NUMBER ONE IN THE BIG TEN IN SCORING OFFENSE AND NUMBER THREE IN THE COUNTRY.

SO, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD, BUT IT STILL COULD BE A GOOD MATCHUP FOR NEBRASKA.

>> I'M EXCITED.

>> I AM TOO.

>> JEREMIAH, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> ABSOLUTELY ANYTIME.

APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

>>> NEXT UP ON "BIG RED WRAP UP," SEAN CALLAHAN WILL UPDATE US ON THE LATEST COMMITMENT.

BUT FIRST, HURRDAT SPORTS HAS SOME GREAT SHOTS OF NEBRASKA'S TOUGH DEFENSE.

WE'LL CHAT ABOUT THE BIG TEN THE REST OF THE WAY.

WHEN WE GET BACK AFTER THIS.

>>> ALRIGHT, LET'S JUMP INTO THE TOP PLAYS.

NUMBER THREE, THE 69 YARDER IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO HELP SEAL THE WIN.

WHAT A GREAT BOUNCE IT TOOK, AND, AS SEAN SAID EARLIER.

THEY ACTUALLY PRACTICED THIS, ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THEY DID BEFORE THE GAME STARTED AND IT WORKED OUT GREAT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 11.

THE SECOND HALF, PASSING LEADER BRIAN BUSCHINI WITH THE 30-YARD PASS TO JAYLEN LLOYD.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN A TOUCHDOWN.

HE WOULD NORMALLY MAKE THAT GUY MISS THAT WAS A GREAT TACKLE GETTING ONE HAND IN THERE.

VERY CLOSE TO GETTING A TOUCHDOWN AND REALLY CHANGING THE FEEL OF THAT GAME COMPLETELY.

NUMBER ONE, THE TOP PLAY GOES TO THE DEFENSE AGAIN THIS WEEK BY A LARGE MARGIN.

GREAT PLAYS, DOWN THE GOAL LINE.

FIVE PLAY GOAL LINE STAND THAT ALMOST ENDED IN AN INTERCEPTION, THAT REALLY WON THE GAME FOR NEBRASKA.

LET'S GET TO RECRUITING NOW, WELCOME BACK INSIDE "BIG RED WRAP UP" INSIDE THE STUDIOS.

HERE AT NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA I'M MIKE'L SEVERE JOINED BY SEAN CALLAHAN TO TALK SOME RECRUITING.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS GUY LAST WEEK.

SATURDAY HE COMMITS, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LATEST COMMIT.

>> YEAH, DVEYOUN BONWELL-WHITE.

OUT OF SIOUX FALLS, WASHINGTON.

MADE IT OFFICIAL TO NEBRASKA HERE OVER THE WEEKEND.

A 6'2" WIDE RECEIVER RANKED THREE STARS.

HE HAD OFFERS FROM OKLAHOMA, WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA AND KANSAS STATE.

NEBRASKA OFFERED HIM AT CAMP IN JUNE AFTER HIS WORKOUT.

HE'S A 4.50 GUY.

HE RAN 10.9 ELECTRONIC AS A SOPHOMORE.

SO HE'S BIG, HE CAN RUN.

ONE OF THE TOP RECEIVERS IN THE 500-MILE RADIUS, MADE IT KNOWN HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A HUSKER.

IN FACT, WAS PREPARED TO COMMIT A FEW WEEKS AGO.

BUT HIS FATHER SAID, HEY, LET'S WAIT UNTIL WE GET DOWN THERE.

TELL THEM IN PERSON, NO NEED TO RUSH THIS.

AND THEY HELD OFF AND WAITED UNTIL RUTGERS GAME TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL.

>> YOU WATCH HIS TAPE IT'S LOOKING LIKE QUINCY ENUNWA.

>> YEAH--.

>> THAT'S WHO HE REMINDS ME OF.

>> HE HAS A LOT OF UPSIDE.

FOR NEBRASKA TO GO ON A WIDE RECEIVER THIS EARLY, IT TELLS YOU HOW MUCH THEY LIKE HIM.

BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET RECEIVERS TO NEBRASKA WITH RAIOLA PLAYING QUARTERBACK FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

>> NO DOUBT, LET'S GET TO OUR FEATURED RECRUIT.

>> YEAH, OUR FEATURED RECRUIT TONIGHT.

BRYSON WEBBER IS A BIG, LONG-RANGE CORNER OUT OF MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

THE HUSKERS BEAT OUT TCU FOR HIM.

THIS WAS AN EVAN COOPER GUY ORIGINALLY EARLY ON.

AND HE WAS KIND OF ON THE FENCE WITH HIS COMMITMENT, MAKING IT OFFICIAL AND THEN HE MET JOHN BUTLER AND OBVIOUSLY SAW JOHN BUTLER'S BACKGROUND, ACCOLADES, AND JOHN BUTLER WAS ABLE TO REALLY SECURE HIS PLEDGE.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BETTER PL -- BORDERLINE FOUR-STAR LEVEL GUY.

THAT'S A LOT OF MATT RHULE RECRUITS.

THEY'RE ALWAYS KIND OF LIKE A TOP-END THREE-STAR THAT HAS A FOUR-STAR NFL POTENTIAL.

AND BRYSON WEBBER AS A NEAR 6'3" CORNER IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

>> 6'5" WITH THAT HAIR, THOUGH.

WITHOUT A DOUBT.

IN-STATE RECRUIT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> REN BROWN OUT OF STANTON, NEBRASKA.

EIGHT-MAN PLAYER, COMMITTED TO TEXAS TECH.

WE HAD REN LAST YEAR IN THE NEBRASKA HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE.

HIS TEAM WON -- THE EIGHT-MAN WON D-CLASS D-1 TITLE.

THEY ARE NUMBER ONE AGAIN, THEY'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE TALENTED EIGHT-MAN TEAMS YOU'RE EVER GONNA SEE.

I MEAN THEY HAVE AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR LEGITIMATE GUYS THAT ARE DIVISION II, IN HIS CASE, POWER FOUR LEVEL PLAYERS.

THEY HAVE THE STATE CHAMPION SHOTPUTTER.

THEY ARE LOADED FOR AN EIGHT-MAN TEAM.

REN BROWN LEADS THE WAY UP FRONT AND IT WAS REALLY BETWEEN TWO TEAMS FOR HIM, OREGON STATE AND TEXAS TECH.

OREGON STATE DOES RECRUIT NEBRASKA BECAUSE OF THE FORMER TIES HERE.

WE'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE COACH AT NEBRASKA OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CLAIM TIES AND THERE'S CONNECTIONS ON OREGON STATE'S STAFF AND THEN TEXAS TECH CAME UP HERE AND WAS ABLE TO GET HIM.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

LET'S CHECK OUT THE EARLY RESULTS FROM THIS WEEK'S SURVEY ON HOW YOU THINK NEBRASKA WILL CLOSE OUT COACH RHULE'S SECOND SEASON.

UPDATED RESULT, 52% SAY BETWEEN THIRD AND EIGHT GETTING A BOWL BID.

14-18, WOW.

39% ARE VERY NEGATIVE AND 6% BORDERLINE BOWL AND THEN 3% SAY NEBRASKA ENDING UP IN THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THIS WEEK AROUND THE BIG TEN, INDIANA MOVE, AS WE KNOW, TO 6-0.

THEIR FIRST 6-0 SINCE 1967.

AND ALSO THE FIRST AND ONLY FPS TEAM THAT HAVE QUALIFIED FOR A BOWL GAME THIS SEASON.

IT HASN'T GONE AS WELL FOR THE NEW WEST COAST MEMBERS OF THE CONFERENCE, TOTALING A 5-6 RECORD IN THE FIRST HALF OF LEAGUE PLAY.

GOING FROM ACROSS TIME ZONES HAS NOT BEEN GOOD FOR THOSE GUYS.

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, OREGON IS ONE OF THREE BIG TEN TEAMS THAT OCCUPY THREE OF THE TOP FOUR SPOTS IN THE AP POLL AFTER LAST WEEK'S CARNAGE.

LET'S LOOK AT THE BIG TEN IN THE TOP 25.

OREGON AT NUMBER THREE, OHIO STATE NUMBER TWO, PENN STATE AT FOUR WITH A BIG GAME AGAINST USC THIS WEEK.

INDIANA AT 18, ILLINOIS AT 25, AND MICHIGAN AT 24.

AS YOU MENTIONED, USC DROPPED OUT BUT THAT'S A BIG GAME FOR PENN STATE THIS WEEK.

AND THEN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BIG TEN VERSUS S.E.C., HAVING MEETINGS, TALK ABOUT THAT, SEAN.

>> YEAH, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, STARTING ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, BOTH S.E.C.

COMMISSIONER GREG SANKEY AND BIG TEN COMMISSIONER TONY PETITTI, ALONG WITH EVERY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FROM THE 16 S.E.C.

SCHOOLS AND THE 18 BIG TEN TEAMS ARE GOING TO BE IN NASHVILLE FOR A SUMMIT, A MEETING, AS THEY WANT TO COLLABORATE FOR THE FUTURE.

THEY TWO LEAGUES KNOW THEY CONTROL THE MAJOR TELEVISION NETWORKS, THEY CONTROL THE MONEY, THEY CONTROL THE BOWL GAMES, THEY CONTROL EVERYTHING WHERE THIS IS ALL HEADING.

THEY HAVE THE MOST N.I.L.

ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND I THINK THEY WANT TO COLLABORATE AND COME WITH A PLAN, NUMBER ONE, TO INSURE THAT THEY CAN GET FOUR PLAYOFF SPOTS GUARANTEED PER LEAGUE.

BY DOING THAT, THEN YOU GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE AS AGGRESSIVE AS YOU WANT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PROTECTING ALABAMA OR GEORGIA, 'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BLOW THEM IN A GAME IN THE SEASON THAT MIGHT COST THEM THE PLAYOFF SPOT.

BY GOING TO THIS MODEL YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY GREAT GAMES IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND KNOW THAT YOUR LEAGUE IS GOING TO GET FOUR TEAMS IN.

THEY WANT TO HAVE A BOWL GAME ARRANGEMENT AS WELL AND THEN AN S.E.C./BIG TEN ANNUAL ARRANGEMENT WHERE YOU PLAY A GAME FROM THOSE LEAGUES EVERY YEAR.

>> YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE A BOWL BID IN THE S.E.C.

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OR BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME EITHER.

IT HELPS THAT WAY AS WELL.

>> YEAH, I THINK JUST IN GENERAL THEY WANT TO KIND OF COME ON THE SAME PAGE.

THE BIG STICKING POINT THOUGH IS THE S.E.C.

DOES REMAIN AT EIGHT CONFERENCE GAMES AND THEY HAVE TO GET TO NINE.

AND I THINK IDEALLY BOTH LEAGUES SHOULD BE AT NINE EACH, PLUS A CROSS-CONFERENCE GAME, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TWO GROUP OF FIVE DEVELOPMENTAL GAMES WHERE YOU CAN PLAY AND GET GUYS READY TO GO.

BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT'S HEADING AND TROY DANNEN WILL BE THERE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

>> THEY WANT MORE MONEY OF COURSE FROM TV IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO NINE.

>> IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY.

>> IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY.

THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OBVIOUSLY IS INDIANA AND THE WAY THEY'RE PLAYING.

I WAS SURE THEY'D GET TO A BOWL GAME BASED OFF THE SCHEDULE AND THE CONFIDENCE OF CURT CIGNETTI, WHO'S NEVER LOST ANYWHERE.

JUST GOOGLE HIM, HE'LL TELL YOU.

BUT STILL, WHAT THEY'VE DONE HAS REALLY BEEN IMPRESSIVE.

>> NO, IT HAS.

I MEAN, FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AND CHARLOTTE, BUT YEAH, THEY WENT TO UCLA AND HANDLED THEM.

THEY TRAVELED A COUPLE TIME ZONES AND PLAYED IN THE ROSE BOWL AND HANDLED UCLA.

>> TURNED OVER THE BALL AGAINST MARYLAND BUT STILL.

>> BUT STILL, THEY WERE 42-28 AGAINST MARYLAND.

GO ON THE ROAD AGAINST NORTHWESTERN, I KNOW NORTHWESTERN, THEIR GLORIFIED HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM THEY'RE PLAYING IN RIGHT NOW AFTER THEIR STADIUM FINISHES CONSTRUCTION, ISN'T THE SCARIEST PLACE TO PLAY BUT AGAIN, YOU GO ON THE ROAD AND NORTHWESTERN'S ALWAYS A GRITTY AND GRIMY.

THOSE ARE TOUGH TEAMS.

LISTEN, THEY'RE MUCH IMPROVED.

I THINK WHEN YOU LOOKED AT NEBRASKA'S FIRST SIX GAMES YOU SAW ILLINOIS, INDIANA AS A PLUS.

THEY'RE LIKE OKAY, NEBRASKA EASILY CAN GO 7-0 BEFORE OHIO STATE, BUT WE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW GOOD ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WERE GOING TO BE.

>> AND RUTGERS.

>> RUTGERS AS WELL.

I MEAN, SO CIGNETTI'S GOT THEM PLAYING WELL.

THE OFFENSE IG HIGH-POWERED, QUARTERBACK'S PLAYING WELL, THE DEFENSE IS MAKING PLAYS AS WELL WHEN THEY NEED TO.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH TEST IN TEN DAYS WHEN THEY GO TO BLOOMINGTON.

>> SEAN, ANY THEORIES ON WHY THE WEST COAST TEAMS ARE STRUGGLING?

BESIDES THE FACT THAT THEY'RE PLAYING BIG TEN FOOTBALL NOW.

>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE NEBRASKA HAS QUITE AN ADVANTAGE, 'CAUSE LITERALLY THEY'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA DEAL WITH THESE SAME TRAVEL ISSUES WHEN THEY GO WEST OR EAST.

PENN STATE'S GOT A 5 1/2 HOUR FLIGHT WHERE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUS TO HARRISBURG, FLY CROSS-COUNTRY ON THURSDAY TO PLAY SATURDAY.

THERE'S JUST A LOT OF NEW ELEMENTS, TO SEE MINNESOTA THOUGH BEAT USC, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TALENT DIFFERENCES, PEOPLE KNOW USC'S GOT BETTER PLAYERS.

THIS LEAGUE IS HARD.

I THINK NEBRASKA FANS LEARNED THAT TOO.

YOU CAN'T JUST EXPECT TO WIN IN THIS LEAGUE BECAUSE YOU'RE NEBRASKA.

I MEAN, THIS LEAGUE WILL GRIND ON YOU AND SOME OF THESE NEWER TEAMS ARE LEARNING THAT.

>> USC, THE LAST TEN TIMES, THEY'VE GONE CENTRAL TIME ZONE OR EASTERN TIME ZONE 0 FOR 10.

SO GOING EAST, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT COULD BE BUT IT'S ALSO GOING AND PLAYING IN A PLACE YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED BEFORE, YOU'RE GOING INTO MINNESOTA, A TEAM THAT PLAYS DIFFERENT THAN YOU.

IT WAS ONE THING PLAYING IN THE BIG 8 OR THE BIG 12 WHERE YOU KNEW EVERY TEAM.

>> TOTALLY.

>> THESE ARE COMPLETELY NEW FOR THEM.

>> YEAH IT IS.

IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SCENARIO.

AND I THINK WE, AS NEBRASKA FANS, WE'VE DEFINITELY LEARNED THIS THE HARD WAY.

I THINK FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, FOR THE BIG 12 OR EVEN THE BIG 8, YOU SAW 17-10 FOOTBALL GAMES, YOU SAW 13-10, IOWA VERSUS PURDUE IN THESE GRINDER GAMES.

LIKE, DANG, THESE GUYS AREN'T VERY GOOD.

BUT THEN YOU GOT IN HERE, IT'S LIKE, MAN, THESE ARE WELL COACHED TEAMS, THEY PLAY ALL THREE PHASES VERY, VERY WELL.

SPECIAL TEAMS NEVER MAKE MISTAKES, GOOD DEFENSES, AND YOU SEE MULTIPLE NFL DRAFT PICKS COME OUT OF EACH AND EVERY SCHOOL EVERY YEAR.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST A -- NOT A RUDE AWAKENING, IT'S JUST HARD, MAN.

IT IS HARD TO WIN IN THE BIG TEN.

AND I HOPE PEOPLE REALIZE BEING 5-1 THROUGH THE FIRST SIX GAMES, NEBRASKA IS IN A GOOD SPOT.

>> AND THE BIG TEN'S ALWAYS GOT GREAT OFFENSIVE LINEMEN AND CORNERBACKS TOO.

LET'S GO TO OUR PICTURE WINNER FOR THE WEEK, TIME TO CHECK OUT THE BEST GAME DAY PHOTO SENT TO US THIS WEEK.

AW, LOOK HOW CUTE THAT IS.

THIS WINNER, "GAME DAY PICTURE POST" OF COURSE, IS A DEFENSE THEME AND IT GOES TO EMILY AND HER SON BRANTLEY WHO IS THROWING THE BONES RIGHT THERE, JUST LIKE A YOUNG JAY MOORE WHEN HE PLAYED FOR THE BLACK SHIRTS.

THAT'S A PRETTY AWESOME PICTURE.

>> DOING A GOOD JOB.

>> MOM WILL GET A GRAY NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA SPORTS T-SHIRT.

SO KEEP SENDING IN YOUR GAME DAY PICTURES TO WIN.

LET'S GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA NOW.

IN THE WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA, THIS PORTION OF THE "BIG RED WRAP UP" IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NUMBER ONE AND THE LETTER W. FROM THE CORNHUSKER MEMES, THE COUNT REMINDS US THAT THE HUSKERS ARE JUST ONE WIN AWAY FROM BEING BOWL ELIGIBLE, AH-AH-AH.

AND FROM FAKE MATT RHULE, IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE.

A CLOSE WIN IN A ONE SCORE GAME.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE NEBRASKA GOT THAT BUT GOT IT RIGHT THERE.

THIS PORTION OF THE SHOW NOW IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE VIEWERS BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA ANSWER YOUR VIEWER QUESTIONS.

WE START OFF WITH SAYING "I WAS HOPING YOU COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON MY CONFUSION REGARDING THE PYLON PLACEMENT CONFIGURATION OF THE END ZONE PYLONS AT THE PURDUE GAME."

>> I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE.

>> WERE THEY NOT RIGHT ON THE CORNERS ON THE -- >> THE BACK PYLONS ARE ALWAYS FURTHER BACK, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE THEM RIGHT ON THE LINE.

THE LINE'S THERE TO DO THAT.

>> THE END ZONE ONE'S THOUGH, YOU WANT RIGHT THERE ON THE GOAL LINE SO YOU CAN REACH OUT AND OBVIOUSLY THE BALL TOUCHES THOSE PYLONS AROUND THE GOAL LINE.

THAT'S A TOUCHDOWN.

>> HE WAS JUST A LITTLE UPSET ABOUT THAT AND THE WAY IT WAS SET UP.

THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S OKAY.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT NEBRASKA HAS GOING FORWARD.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT INDIANA AND WHAT THEY HAVE, BUT THAT OHIO STATE TEAM, NEBRASKA HAS HAD A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE THEY'VE GONE AGAINST SOME REALLY GOOD OHIO STATE TEAMS.

TWICE, AND ACTUALLY CHALLENGED THEM.

WHAT WOULD NEBRASKA HAVE TO DO IN YOUR OPINION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR AGAINST THIS TEAM?

>> I THINK THEY HAVE TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START.

I THINK THEY HAVE TO GET THE OFFENSE GOING.

THEY DEFENSE HAS GOT TO GET SETTLED IN AGAINST THAT HIGH-POWERED OFFENSE AND THOSE GOOD WIDE RECEIVERS THAT THEY HAVE.

OHIO STATE'S QUARTERBACK, HE'S GOTTEN AWAY WITH SOME THROWS THIS YEAR.

THAT MICHIGAN STATE GAME, I MEAN, MICHIGAN STATE DROPPED A COUPLE PICKS, AND ONE IN THE END ZONE THAT THEY EASILY COULD HAVE -- SAVED A TOUCHDOWN.

SO THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THEY HAVE TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START.

AND WHEN THEIR SPECIAL TEAMS, AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS THE BUGABOO, RIGHT?

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> BUT BEING ABLE TO FLIP THE FIELD LIKE WE SEE WITH BUSCHINI, THAT'S ALWAYS A BIG DEAL.

THOSE HIDDEN YARDAGE WHEN IT'S NOT GOING YOUR WAY, FLIPPING THAT FIELD, KIND OF KEEPING THE MOMENTUM OFF OF YOU, BUT THE START IS HUGE IN COLUMBUS IN THREE WEEKS.

>> THE OTHER BIG GAME, USC, THERE WAS A THOUGHT EARLY ON THAT MAYBE THAT GAME WOULD BE AT 9:00 AT NIGHT.

WITH BOTH THESE TEAMS HAVING PRETTY GOOD RECORDS, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING CBS OR NBC PASSING THAT GAME.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ON FOX, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY A GAME IN L.A. AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING.

IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S USC'S HOMECOMING AS WELL, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHEN THEY PICK THESE GAMES NOW BUT TO ME THAT STRIKES AS A CBS OR A NBC GAME RIGHT NOW, ON OF OF THOSE THREE BIG SPOTS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER GAMES ON PAPER IT LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE THREE BEST PICKS OF THE WEEKEND.

>> LAST THING, AS A DEFENSIVE GUY, YOU SIT THERE AND YOU WATCH THAT GOAL LINE STAND, IT MUST HAVE JUST MADE YOU FEEL GREAT.

>> WHAT I LOVED IS WHAT BEAT THEM AGAINST ILLINOIS THEY FIXED.

SINGLETON'S PLAY ON THE SLOT MOTION, HIM COMING OFF OF MAN COVERAGE, AVOIDING THE RUB ROUTES, THAT'S BIG-TIME BALL.

GOAL LINE STANDS, I MEAN, NASH AND TY STUFFING THEM IN THERE, THAT'S -- THAT PLAY BY SINGLETON, THAT'S WHAT I LOVE.

WHEN YOU SAW SOMEONE'S GOT YOU BEAT JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, YOU IMPROVED, YOU GOT BETTER FROM IT.

YOU DON'T ALLOW IT TO BEAT YOU AGAIN.

THAT'S WHAT GOOD DEFENSES DO.

>> SEAN, BURNING QUESTION?

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS, CAN NEBRASKA GET THEIR SPECIAL TEAMS TUNED UP OVER THE BYE WEEK WHERE THEY'RE AT LEAST JUST SERVICEABLE?

WHERE THEY CAN NOT MAKE IT SUCH A LIABILITY.

>> YEAH, MY BIGGEST THING IS, BYE WEEK, RIGHT?

DON'T OVERTHINK IT.

GIVE IT TIME TO SELF-SCOUT, A LOT OF TIME, DON'T OVERTHINK IT.

DON'T TRY TO DO TOO MUCH.

FIX WHAT YOU NEED TO GET FIXED.

GET HEALTHY AND GET READY FOR THE NEXT SIX GAMES.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS, CAN NEBRASKA GET THE RUNNING GAME, ESPECIALLY THE RUNNING BACK RUNNING GAME GOING BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THAT OVER THE LAST SIX GAMES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FINISH LIKE SEVERAL OF US DO, 4-2.

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

JAY, SEAN AND I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON IN BIG TEN PLAY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ACTUALLY DO OUR PICKS THERE AS WELL.

NEXT WEEK WE'LL GET YOU READY FOR THE INDIANA GAME AND WE'LL RECAP THE BYE AS WELL.

AND LOOK, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT IS, TUESDAY LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL ON WORLD AND 10:00 P.M. CENTRAL ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

AND OF COURSE YOU CAN ALWAYS WATCH ON FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE AS WELL.

OUR THANKS TO JEREMIAH SIRLES, FOR JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

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