♪ ♪ >>> THE HUSKERS SUFFERED A HEART BREAKING LOSS SATURDAY AS THEY FELL TO THE BADGERS.

WITH ONE GAME REMAINING ON THE SCHEDULE, HOW WILL NEBRASKA PERFORM AGAINST IOWA.

WE BREAK DOWN THE WISCONSIN GAME TONIGHT.

SEAN CALLAHAN WILL JOIN US TO LOOK AT RECRUITING AS WELL.

THAT'S NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

♪ ♪ >>> HI, EVERYONE.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

WELCOME TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

NEBRASKA DROPS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT BOWL ELIGIBLE.

JOINING ME JAY MOORE AND DAMON BENNING.

THIS ONE WAS MORE FRUSTRATING THAN THE TWO WEEKS BEFORE BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY CHANCES NEBRASKA HAD.

>> YEAH.

I'M -- THE MARYLAND WAS MORE FRUSTRATING TO ME BECAUSE OF -- >> TURNOVERS.

>> THE TURNOVERS AND THE END GAME SITUATION.

THAT BUGGED ME MORE THAN WISCONSIN.

>> OKAY.

>> JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD EASILY IN MY OPINION.

YOU CHOSE NOT TO.

THIS WEEK WITH THE WISCONSIN GAME, A LOT OF UNKNOWNS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT CHUBBA PURDY IS GOING TO PRESENT.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WISCONSIN WAS GOING TO PRESENT DEFENSIVELY.

THE END OF GAME SITUATION AGAIN IN THIS ONE.

TO ME IT COMES DOWN TO THE DEFENSE'S INABILITY TO MAKE STOPS WHEN THEY NEEDED TO.

I KNOW THEY MADE SOME CRUCIAL FOURTH AND 1 STOPS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

SPECIAL TEAMS, IT'S A GAME WHERE SPECIAL TEAMS WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.

YOU CAN LOOK AT SPECIAL TEAMS AS TO WHY THEY LOST THIS GAME.

>> I'M KIND OF IN AGREEMENT.

I THINK MARYLAND WAS MORE FRUSTRATING PRIMARILY BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE MARYLAND WAS AS WELL PREPARED.

THEY HAD TEN PENALTIES, A LITTLE SLOPPY.

THAT ONE REALLY LEFT A MARK.

I THINK WISCONSIN THE STAFF IS EXTREMELY CAPABLE.

I MEAN THE COACHES, THE DEFENSIVE STAFF, THEY HADN'T GIVEN UP ANY POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF IN WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF 11 QUARTERS.

NEBRASKA FINALLY BROKE THAT STRING OF SCORING IN THE SECOND HALF.

I THINK -- YOU KNOW, SITUATION AL AWARENESS FOR THIS TEAM HAS BEEN SO ELUSIVE.

I FEEL LIKE THE LITTLE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MAGNIFIED ARE CORRECTIBLE.

YOU START WITH HOW YOU WANT TO BE AS AN OFFENSE.

YOU FIGURE OUT SOME CONSISTENCY ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

I THINK TACTICALLY SPECIAL TEAMS IS IN A GOOD SPOT, BUT THE EXECUTION HASN'T BEEN WHAT YOU EXPECTED.

FOUR WEEKS AGO WE FELT LIKE THOSE GUYS WERE ON THE UPTICK.

THEY WERE IN A RHYTHM AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LEFT THEM.

I'M WITH JAY.

IF YOU CAN GET TWO OF YOUR THREE FACETS -- NEBRASKA CAN WIN EVERY GAME.

THEY JUST CAN'T GO ONE OUT OF THREE.

THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS THEY'VE BEEN ONE OUT OF THREE WHETHER OFFENSE, SPECIAL TEAMS, DEFENSE -- THEY CAN'T BE ONE OUT OF THREE.

>> WE'LL GET MORE INTO THIS AS WE GO ALONG.

WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO YOUR PRESUBMITTED COMMENTS.

THIS EPISODE IS PRERECORDED SO WE WON'T BE TAKING CALLS.

WE'LL TAKE THEM NEXT WEEK.

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS VIA EMAIL OR ON OUR "BIG RED WRAP-UP" SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.

WE ASKED A SIMPLE QUESTION.

IS NEBRASKA GOING TO MAKE A BOWL?

50/50 YES AND NO.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

>> EITHER THEY WILL OR THEY WON'T.

>> EXACTLY.

IF YOU DIDN'T VOTE LAST WEEK, CHECK OUT OUR NEW SURVEY.

WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST LETDOWN AGAINST WISCONSIN?

WAS IT OFFENSE, DEFENSE OR SPECIAL TEAMS?

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SATURDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS.

IT WAS A GREAT START FOR NEBRASKA.

I KNOW THAT PEOPLE LOVE NIGHT GAMES.

IT WASN'T VERY CROWDED EARLY IN THAT GAME.

WASN'T A LOT OF NOISE IN THE STADIUM.

>> THAT WAS INTERESTING.

I BLINKED AND WONDERED WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE CAME FROM.

IT WAS A LATE-ARRIVING CROWD.

>> EARLY ON EMMETT JOHNSON AND ANTHONY GRANT HAVING TWO GOOD RUNS.

I LOVE TO WATCH EMMETT JOHNSON RUN.

TALK ABOUT CHUBBA PURDY AND HIS SPEED.

>> SEEING THE CREASE AND BEING THE CREASE.

HE MADE HIS MIND UP AND HIT IT.

>> AND HE HAS A BAD GROIN TOO.

>> IT HAS NOT BEEN GOOD.

THIS WAS AMAZING.

WATCH HIM.

JUST SO DECISIVE.

SEE AN OPENING, THROUGH THE OPENING.

>> THIS IS WHAT COACH MATT RHULE TALKED ABOUT EARLY ON.

>> I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS PURDY'S PERSONALITY.

>> HERE'S PURDY TO COLEMAN.

THIS SMOKE ROUTE THEY RUN A LOT.

I WOULD RATHER DO IT WITHOUT THE BLOCK ROUTE.

THE BLOCK GETS BEAT.

>> WISCONSIN MADE AN ADJUSTMENT COVERAGE HERE.

>> THIS IS JAYLEN LLOYD, NOT A BIG GUY, BUT TOOK THE SHOT.

>> GROWN QUITE A BIT.

GOT AWAY WITH THE CORNER FALLING OFF.

THAT VERTICAL ROUTE, HE HAS TO PUSH.

THE CORNER FOLDS OFF.

HE GETS A CHANCE TO MAKE A PLAY.

>> YOU SEE THAT.

>> THEY READ THAT.

WISCONSIN KNEW THAT WAS COMING.

>> HERE'S CHUBBA PURDY WITH A GOOD FIRST HALF OVERALL.

WHEN HE RAN, HE WAS DECISIVE.

MADE A LOT OF RUNS.

14 CARRIES FOR 105 YARDS.

FOURTH AND 2 WHERE THE MOMENTUM CHANGES.

>> I LOVE THE CALL.

>> THOSE GUARDS ARE COMING UP AND IT'S HARD TO PLAY AND TRYING TO PULL.

IT'S TOUGH.

>> GOT BLOWN UP IN THE MIDDLE.

NOT BLAMING IT ON HERE.

THEN THE WISCONSIN QUARTERBACK GOT HOT.

WE GET TO THE PLAY WHERE THEY RUN A WHEEL ROUTE.

WHAT HAPPENS HERE?

>> THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION.

YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING TY ROBINSON TO BE IN COVERAGE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE SAFETY GOT TIED UP.

THERE WAS A DEFINITE MISCOMMUNICATION.

>> IT'S 14-7.

THIS IS THE KEY TO THE GAME.

IOWA'S QUARTERBACK USING HIS LEG.

>> THAT MISSED TACKLE RIGHT THERE CAME BACK TO HAUNT THEM A COUPLE TIMES.

COVER GUYS IN THE SLOT IS DIFFICULT.

>> THAT WAS A TRICK PLAY.

THAT'S BELL FOR TEN YARDS.

LEADS TO THIS FIELD GOAL TO MAKE IT 14-10.

NEBRASKA GETS THE BALL BACK AND HAS THE CHANCE TO GET SOME POINTS.

CHUBBA PURDY STILL THROWING THE BALL WELL.

THIS IS A GREAT ROUTE TO MALACHI COLEMAN.

>> HE MISTIMED HIS JUMP, BUT IT WAS A GREAT THROW.

>> HERE'S PURDY AGAIN PUTTING THEM IN FIELD GOAL RANGE.

KICKER PUSHED THAT A LITTLE BIT.

>> UNCHARACTERISTIC TOO.

>> THEY COME OUT IN THE SECOND HALF.

NEBRASKA HAS NOT BEEN GOOD IN THE THIRD QUARTER STOPPING PEOPLE.

YOU SEE WISCONSIN COMING OUT, QUARTERBACK USING HIS LEGS AGAIN.

>> THAT MISSED TACKLE WAS TOUGH.

IT BROKE THEIR SPIRITS.

>> ALLEN, AFTER PLAYING THREE PLAYS THE WEEK BEFORE, COMES IN AND HAS A GOOD GAME.

17-14, WISCONSIN TAKES THE LEAD.

THIS IS THE POINT WHERE NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE, AS THEY'VE BEEN DOING OVER AND OVER MAKES SOME PLAYS.

THEY DID HERE.

YOU HAD A COUPLE COMPLETIONS.

ALLEN GOT HIS BEST RUN OF THE DAY HERE, 17 YARDS.

>> 22 FOR 63.

NOT CRYING ABOUT THAT.

>> WHAT A GREAT PLAY HERE BY SANFORD.

I THINK HE TACKLES CALVES, CATTLE.

>> I WAS TERRIBLE WITH 4-H, BUT WHATEVER HE HITS STOPS MOVING.

>> JUST REALLY GOOD STOP THERE TO GET THE BALL BACK.

HERE COMES NEBRASKA COMING BACK AGAIN.

PURDY DOING A GREAT JOB WITH HIS LEGS.

22 YARDS ON THIS ONE.

1:35 REMAINING WITH THREE TIME-OUTS.

1:35.

>> I UNDERSTAND.

>> YOU HAVE TO GET MORE PLAYS IN THEY THEY DID.

PURDY GETS THAT FIRST DOWN AND THEN YOU HAVE 20 SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK.

THE THROW TO THE END ZONE, AT LEAST THEY GOT IT OFF, THEN HERE'S THEM GETTING BACK ON THE HORSE AND 17-17.

NEBRASKA IS GOING INTO OVERTIME WHERE THEY HAVEN'T SCORED SINCE 2014.

THEY'RE IN A GREAT STOP.

THIS IS A BIG PLAY RIGHT HERE.

>> IT IS.

THEY GOT TO THE FACE OF PAULING WITH THE INSIDE BACKER.

IT LEFT A VOID WITH THE THIRD CROSSER.

IT BOUGHT TIME.

>> THERE WAS A TRIPPING CALL AND A HOLDING MISSED BY THE OFFICIALS.

IT ALLOWS WISCONSIN TO GET DOWN THERE.

THEN YOU HAVE THE PUSH WITH ALLEN GETTING INTO THE END ZONE MAKING IT 24-17.

THE WHISTLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BLOW THERE.

THAT PUSH IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW, THE BROTHERLY SHOVE.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS OPTION?

>> HE HAS AN RPO TO THROW IT.

HE WENT WITH THE OPTION.

PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE THE PLAY CALL.

BOUNDARY FIELD, YOU CAN DEBATE THAT.

I LIKED THE CALL.

>> LOOKED LIKE THERE MALACHI JUMPED EARLY.

ENDS UP WISCONSIN WINS 24-17.

FINAL STATS.

LOOK AT THE GAME.

IT WAS FAIRLY EVEN.

ONE TEAM DID A LOT OF GOOD THINGS.

NEBRASKA ONLY TURNED THE BALL OVER ONE TIME.

WHEN YOU AVERAGE 11.3 YARDS A COMPLETION, THAT'S OUTSTANDING.

PENALTIES WEREN'T BAD.

PLAYERS OF THE GAME, OF COURSE, CHUBBA PURDY, NOT A SURPRISE THE WAY HE PLAYED.

MARCUS BUFORD COMING BACK FROM AN INJURY, HE GOT RIGHT BACK INTO IT.

MARCUS DOMINATED THE DEFENSIVE SIDE AND LED THE TEAM IN TACKLES WITH TEN.

PLAYING REALLY WELL.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE END OF THE GAME.

THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO THERE.

I THOUGHT THE TIME-OUT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT 45 SECONDS.

PLAY ENDS.

CALL THE TIME-OUT.

>> BECAUSE THEY WENT FROM 1:35 TO 50 SECONDS AND THEN 50 TO 20.

>> YEAH.

IN THIS SITUATION YOU CAN CALL THE TIME-OUT AT 40.

AS LONG AS YOU GET THE FIRST DOWN, YOU PROBABLY GOT THREE PLAYS LEFT TO RUN, INCLUDING A RUNNING PLAY, BUT YOU HAVE A TIME-OUT LEFT.

IN THAT SITUATION HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK COACH MATT RHULE WAS THINKING ABOUT THE WEEK BEFORE?

>> I DON'T.

I THINK HE WAS THINKING HE WANTED TO END THE GAME WITH HIS TEAM HAVING THE BALL.

HE WANTED TO BE AGGRESSIVE.

I THINK THE REAL MISTAKE -- IF HE HAD IT TO DO OVER AGAIN -- I LISTENED TO THE PRESSER MONDAY.

AT THE 1:35 MARK WHEN WISCONSIN CALLED TIME-OUT -- IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE MISALIGNED.

YOU POSSIBLY CALL A PLAY.

THE NEXT PLAY IS WHEN YOU USE THE FIRST TIME-OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE YARDAGE.

THEY RAN THE PLAY AND THEN LET THE CLOCK RUN BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY HAD THE SUCCESS THEY WANTED.

THAT'S THE -- RIGHT THERE IN THAT LITTLE SEQUENCE IS WHAT I THINK THEY WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY.

>> I WAS THINKING BECAUSE NEBRASKA GAVE THE BALL BACK TO MARYLAND AND THEY DROVE DOWN, HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.

>> I FELT LIKE HE FELT LIKE HE HAD MORE CONTROL OF WISCONSIN'S OFFENSE IN THIS ONE THAN HE DID IN MARYLAND.

I DON'T KNOW IF -- THAT'S -- JUST SPECULATING.

MARYLAND GOING TO THAT NORTH END ZONE WAS MOVING THE BALL AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP.

I THINK HE HAD MORE RESPECT FOR MARYLAND'S OFFENSE THAN HE DID FOR WISCONSIN.

I'M SPECULATING.

>> I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WITH MARYLAND HAS TO GO INTO YOUR PSYCHE AND DECISION MAKING TO SOME EXTENT.

MARYLAND HAD THE WIND.

THAT WAS A BIG FACTOR.

THE WIND WASN'T A FACTOR WITH WISCONSIN.

I AGREE, ONE TIME-OUT ON THE 40 SECOND MARK PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN UTILIZED.

IF NOT, THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS GIVE THE OTHER TEAM A CHANCE TO WIN THE GAME.

I THINK END GAME SITUATION AGAINST MARYLAND WE DISCUSSED THIS, BUGS ME MORE.

I'M OKAY WITH HOW THEY HANDLED WISCONSIN.

IF YOU THINK YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITY IS TO WIN IN OVERTIME, LET'S DO THAT.

>> THEY WERE AGGRESSIVE AGAINST MARYLAND AND SEEMINGLY TENTATIVE NOT TO MAKE A MISTAKE AGAINST NEBRASKA.

>> I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THIS.

AT HOME YOU DO THIS AND ON THE ROAD YOU DO THIS, I THINK IT'S OVERBLOWN.

I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE FLOW OF THE GAME AND WHERE YOU ARE WITH -- >> IT'S THE STYLE OF PLAY.

>> HE SAID THERE'S AN ANALYTICS PART OF IT, BUT ALSO A FEEL AS A COACH.

HE SAID I HAD A FEEL FOR HOW THIS GAME WAS GOING.

I BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK HAS A -- EVEN IF HE MIGHT NOT OF SAID IT.

I'VE NEVER BEEN A HEAD COACH IN THAT MOMENT.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GO WITH YOUR GUT OR YOUR HEART IF OVER WHAT A COMPUTER MIGHT TELL YOU.

>> THAT RULE FALLS IF YOU'RE GOING FOR TWO.

YOU'RE LATE IN THE GAME AND AT HOME, I DON'T MIND GOING TO OVERTIME.

IF YOU'RE ON THE ROAD, YOU GO FOR TWO.

>> WE COULD DO A LITTLE HOMEWORK HERE.

EVERY HEAD COACH NEEDS A TIME-OUT GUY, SITUATIONAL TIME-OUT GUY.

MAYBE NEBRASKA HAS IT.

MAYBE THEY DON'T.

I SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT SITUATIONALLY WITH TIME-OUTS AS THE HEAD COACH TO BE EFFICIENT AT IT THAN IT IS TO NOT.

WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GREAT COACHES THAT ARE NOT VERY GOOD WITH TIME MANAGEMENT.

SOMETIMES IT'S -- ANDY REID, VRABEL.

THE END GAME THING IS TOUGH.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT GUY.

IT'S A TRUST THING.

IF I'M AN ALPHA OVERSEEING A GROUP, I HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN COME TO ME AND THEY CAN CORRECT ME AND LET ME KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON REAL TIME.

EVERYBODY NEEDS THAT.

>> LET'S GO TO CHUBBA PURDY AND THE WAY HE PLAYED.

THIS GOES BACK TO A LOT OF THING COACH MATT RHULE SAID.

HE REALLY PLAYED LOOSE.

>> WASN'T SURE WHAT TO EXPECT.

LAST YEAR DID NOT LIVE UP TO THE MOMENT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW HEALTHY HE WAS LAST YEAR.

SEEING WHAT YOU SAY AGAINST MARYLAND, WAS THAT PURDY OR WAS IT FLUKEY.

HE COMES OUT AND WAS LIKE, OKAY.

THE SITUATION WASN'T TOO BIG.

THE BIGGEST THING I SAW FROM HIM IS HE MADE QUICK DECISIONS.

I THINK WHAT'S HURT JEFF SIMS IN THE PAST -- SOMETIMES YOU CAN TRY TOO HARD AND TRY TO DO TOO MUCH AS A QUARTERBACK WHETHER IT'S EXTENDING A PLAY, NOT THROWING THE BALL AWAY.

SEEMS LIKE PURDY MADE HIS MIND UP RIGHT AWAY.

HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

THE GAME DIDN'T SEEM TOO FAST FOR HIM.

THE GAME WAS CALLED WELL.

ONLY TIME HE STRUGGLED WAS WITH THE BOUNDARY BLITZES.

HE'LL SEE THIS AGAINST IOWA THIS WEEK.

HE EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS.

>> THE COACHING, BOTH THOSE GUYS IN THE END ZONE COVERED THAT BALL WITH TWO HANDS.

THAT'S COACHING.

>> DON'T LET GO OF THE BALL UNTIL YOU CROSS.

IT'S INTERESTING.

SOMETIMES I HEAR PEOPLE JOKE.

YOU DON'T GET THIS LIFE WITHOUT ME IN IT.

I THINK WITH COACH SATTERFIELD, CHUBBA PURDY -- WE HAVE TO SAY HE'S BETTER THIS SEASON THAN THE LAST TIME WE SAW HIM IN SPRING.

FOR ALL THE HANG WRINGING ABOUT SEQUENTIAL PLAY CALLING OR PET PLAYS, THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE QUARTERBACK START DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S KEEPING ME UP AT NIGHT.

THEY'RE NOT BETTER BY OSMOSIS.

THEY'RE GETTING BETTER WITHIN THE OFFENSE.

NOW, THE NEXT PHASE FOR A COORDINATOR IS TO CONTINUALLY DEVELOP.

IF YOU'RE GOING FROM A TWO TO A SIX OR A SIX TO SEVEN, IT'S OKAY.

THERE'S TAPE NOW.

HOW DO WE NEXT LEVEL THIS THING?

>> NOT JUST SATTERFIELD.

ALL THE YOUNG GUYS WHO HAVE MADE STRIVES.

WE HAVE GUYS THAT ARE FRESHMEN THAT CONTINUE TO GET BETTER.

>> 100% THAT'S DEVELOPMENT AND SPEAKS TO THE YOUNG GUYS THAT CAME IN AT SPRING TO GET EXTRA REPS.

IT'S NOT ONLY FOR THE OFFENSE, BUT FOR THE DEFENSE AS WELL.

THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO HOW THE STAFF HAS APPROACHED DEVELOPMENT, APPROACHED THEIR WEEKLY PREPARATION, APPROACHED HAVING MATURITY IN THE MEETING ROOM.

AS A YOUNG PLAYER, IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT -- YOU'RE A THIRD OR FOURTH STRING IT'S EASY TO SIT BACK IN THE MEETING ROOMS AND DOZE OFF, NOD OFF, NOT PAY ATTENTION.

I THINK THEY'RE HOLDING EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE IN THOSE MEETING ROOMS.

IT SHOWS.

IT'S A PROCESS.

YOU JUST CAN'T GO OUT THERE AND PERFORM AS QUICKLY AS THESE GUYS DID IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT ON A WHITE BOARD AND THEN GO TO THE WALKTHROUGH AND THEN A PRACTICE AND OBVIOUSLY TO A GAME.

I LOVE HOW THEY'VE APPROACHED THAT PROCESS.

IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT SEEN FROM A COUPLE STAFF SO FAR.

>> I THINK YOU'RE SPOT ON T. SOMETIMES THEY -- SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE GUYS SITTING OR THEY MISSED SERIES AND THEN THEY DISAPPEARED FOR A WHILE.

THE HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE THING IS SERIOUSLY AN HOUR TO HOUR THING IN LINCOLN NOW.

YOU BETTER DO WHAT'S ASKED OF YOU OVER THE LONG HAUL OR THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES.

>> ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

>> 100%.

I MEAN, THE DISCIPLINE THAT I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO REMANE AND FUNCTION IN THIS PROGRAM IS AT A HIGH LEVEL.

>> THEY'RE NOT ALLOWING ANYONE TO FEEL SORRY FOR THEMSELVES.

WOE IS ME, I'M NOT PLAYING.

SO EASY TO TRANSFER.

HUH-UH.

NEXT MAN UP.

>> WHAT HE HAS PROVEN IS HE'LL FIND THE NEXT GUY.

>> LET'S GO.

TIME TO GO.

>> IT'S COACHING, THAT'S DEVELOPMENT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> I WANT TO GET INTO TY ROBINSON DECIDING HE'S COMING BACK FOR A SIXTH YEAR.

HOW BIG IS THAT IN THIS SYSTEM?

>> THAT'S A FIVE-STAR PORTAL TYPE OF STEAL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S -- I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT.

LET'S BE HONEST.

TY IS GOING TO MAKE SOME MONEY NEXT YEAR COMING BACK.

MIGHT NOT BE AS MUCH AS HE WAS MAKING WITH THE NFL SIGNING BONUS, BUT I THINK IT SPEAKS -- IT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN KIND OF PEELING THAT ONION APART WITH THIS TEAM AND WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES.

TRUST, ONE WORD.

YOU TRUST THE STAFF.

YOU TRUST TONY WHITE.

FINGERS CROSSED HE'S STILL THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

>> THAT'S PART OF IT.

>> GOOD POINT.

VALID POINT.

I THINK COMING BACK FOR A SIXTH YEAR IS BIG.

THAT IS BIG AND THIS DEFENSE DOES NOT HAVE SUCCESS UPFRONT WITHOUT TY, WITHOUT NASH GOING FORWARD.

HATS OFF TO THAT DEFENSIVE STAFF AND MATT RHULE.

>> YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET SOME HELP ALONG THE DEFENSE.

>> WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE WE HAVE A NEW WINNER IN THIS WEEK'S GAME DAY PHOTO CONTEST.

ALYSSA SENT THIS PHOTO OF HER AND HER FRIEND STEPHANIE WATCHING THE GAME FROM HOME WITH THEIR DAUGHTERS BLAKELY AND KYLIE.

THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US, ALYSSA.

WE LOVE THESE PHOTOS.

SEND THEM TO US.

WE LOVE HAVING THEM.

DON'T MISS OUT ON YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SEND US YOUR BEST GAME DAY PHOTO FOR CHANCES TO WIN GREAT PRIZES.

SEND THE PHOTOS IN EACH WEEK WHETHER AT THE GAME, AT HOME OR A TAILGATE PARTY.

WITH THAT, WE TOSS IT TO JAY MOORE TO BREAK DOWN A COUPLE PLAYS WITH THE WISCONSIN GAME SATURDAY.

>> COUPLE PLAYS DEFENSIVELY.

WISCONSIN DID A GOOD JOB OF COUNTER PUNCHING WHAT NEBRASKA DOES IN THE QB RUN GAME.

NEBRASKA LIKES TO RUN A LOT OF STUNTS.

THERE'S A NOSE TACKLE TYPE, WRAP AROUND, THEY GET CAUGHT.

THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF GETTING THE LINEBACKER OUT TRYING TO COVER MAN-TO-MAN SITUATION.

NICK HENRICH, HE KIND OF RUNS UP IN SOME TRAFFIC.

WISCONSIN DOES A GOOD JOB OF GETTING THE GUY UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL.

WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING TWO INSIDE, YOU LOSE VISION.

YOU LOSE FEEL OF THE POCKET.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU HAVE AN END THAT NEEDS TO COME DOWN.

HE GETS ABOVE, TRYING TO COME DOWNHILL AND GET HIM.

YOU CAN SEE HIM -- THE PICTURE'S GETTING BLURRY HERE.

HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF MAKING A DECISION RIGHT HERE.

THE LINEMAN'S UP ON HENRICH.

RIGHT NOW HE'S ABLE TO GET AWAY.

IT'S A GOOD CALL AND A WAY TO EXPOSE NEBRASKA'S TIMING ON HOW THEY'RE RUNNING THE GAME.

THIS IS ONE OF THE PLAYS FROM OVERTIME.

NEBRASKA'S SHOWING SIX.

THEY'RE BRINGING FIVE.

THEY'VE DONE THIS A LOT.

RIGHT HERE YOU SEE WRIGHT IS HERE.

ALLEN PICKS HIM UP.

WISCONSIN DOES A GOOD JOB OF GRABBING HIM AND STAYING ON HIM.

IN THIS SITUATION HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO SPY.

HE WANTS TO GET OFF AND MAKE THIS PLAY.

GIFFORD IS IN A BAD SPOT.

DOESN'T GET OVERTOP.

WISCONSIN DOING A GOOD JOB OF GETTING ANOTHER LINEMAN UP ON THE SECOND LEVEL TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE QB TO GET THROUGH.

>> JAY, HE REMINDS ME -- HE'S GOING TO SPEND EIGHT OR NINE YEARS IN THE NFL AS A BACKUP QUARTERBACK.

HE HAS A NATURAL FEEL FOR THE GAME.

>> HE DOES.

PATIENCE.

LISTEN, THEY DID A GOOD JOB COUNTERING WHAT NEBRASKA LIKES TO DO OFFENSIVELY AND UTILIZED IT.

IT'S NOT EASY TO GET YOUR LINEMEN TO GET ON THE SECOND LEVEL.

>> WOULD YOU RATHER BE ON THE MOVE AS A D-LINEMAN OR STAY IN YOUR PASS RUSH?

>> PROBABLY STAY IN MY PASS RUSH LANES.

>> YOU LOSE FEEL, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

HE WAS SO PATIENT.

>> WAITING FOR THINGS TO CLEAR BEFORE HE DECIDED WHAT HE WANTED TO HIT.

>> WE'LL TAKE A QUICK SHORT BREAK.

WHEN WE COME BACK, ZACH POTTER WILL JOIN US AND WE'LL ALSO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE BEST PHOTOS FROM MADISON.

>>> THEY WANT TO WIN.

THEY'RE SITTING HERE ON SENIOR DAY.

A LOT OF THESE GUYS IT'S THEIR LAST GAME.

THEY'RE PLAYING A RANKED TEAM.

IF THEY LACK MOTIVATION, IT'S THERE FOR THEM.

I'VE SEEN THIS GROUP DO NOTHING BUT FIGHT EVERY WEEK ALL YEAR.

>> THE WHOLE SEASON COACH IS LIKE, IF THIS IS YOUR LAST GAME AND YOU KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE OUTCOME, HOW WOULD YOU PREPARE?

HOW WOULD YOU PRACTICE?

HOW WOULD YOU WATCH FILM?

HOW WOULD YOU GO BACK KNOWING IT'S YOUR LAST?

NOW THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY.

THIS COULD BE THE LAST ONE.

>> THE THINGS THEY'VE HAD TO ENDURE AND GO THROUGH AND STICK IT OUT AND DO IT WITH SUCH A GREAT ATTITUDE AND WILLFULNESS TO GIVE WHATEVER THEY NEED FOR SUCCESS, WHATEVER THAT SUCCESS MIGHT BE.

THE GRATITUDE THEY HAVE FOR THIS UNIVERSITY, FOR THIS FOOTBALL PROGRAM IS UNBELIEVABLE TO WATCH DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

THE ONE THING I REALLY APPRECIATE OFFENSIVELY, DEFENSIVELY, ALL THE YOUNG MEN, IS JUST THE TRUST, THE BLIND TRUST THEY GAVE US WHEN THEY CAME IN AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT TRUST WITH EACH OTHER.

>> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP, DEEP GRATITUDE FOR THE 24 GUYS THAT ARE GOING TO WALK OUT ON FRIDAY AS SENIORS.

COUPLE GUYS ARE STILL BECAUSE OF COVID -- SOME GUYS ARE MAKING DECISIONS.

YOU CAN'T DO THIS JOB WITHOUT BUY-IN FROM PLAYERS.

THESE PLAYERS, I THINK THEY'VE BOUGHT IN TO US, BUT MORE IMPORTANT THEY CARE DEEPLY ABOUT NEBRASKA FOOTBALL.

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

THOSE ARE JUST A FEW COMMENTS FROM THE COACHES THIS WEEK AS WE HEAD INTO SENIOR DAY.

WE'RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY FORMER HUSKER ZACH POTTER.

WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER FROM SENIOR DAY?

>> I REMEMBER IT'S MY LAST TIME WALKING OUT OF THE TUNNEL.

A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME AFTER GROWING UP IN OMAHA AND PLAYING FOR NEBRASKA.

CLOSING THAT CHAPTER, THAT WAS THE END OF MY CAREER AT NEBRASKA.

LAST TIME RUNNING OUT THERE WITH MY TEAMMATES.

WE HAD A GOOD SENIOR CLASS.

A LOT OF GUYS RED SHIRTED IN 2004 AND A LOT OF GUYS THAT PLAYED IN 2005.

WE HAD A GOOD CLOSE.

JUST CLOSING THAT CHAPTER.

>> SOMETHING DAMON TOLD ME, HOW DID YOU START OFF PLAYING?

THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTIONS TO DO IT BEFORE.

IOWA DOES IT AFTER.

HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU STARTED THE GAME?

WERE YOU ON THAT HIGH OF THE INTRODUCTION?

>> IT'S LIKE TAKING A -- YOU SAW MICAH PARSONS WITH THE EXTRA SHOT OF ENERGY.

I ENJOYED IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME.

THE CROWD IS STILL INTO IT.

EVERYONE'S STILL ENJOYING THAT MOMENT.

IT'S LIKE, HEY, YOU NEEDED THAT FIRST HIT.

FIND A TEAMMATE ON THE SIDELINE AND HIT HELMETS TOGETHER AND WAKE UP.

YOU WERE READY TO GO.

I WAS EXCITED.

>> I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR YOU TO BE ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE IN COLLEGE.

WHEN YOU WATCH ITS EVOLUTION, DO YOU GET AN IDEA WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO FROM A CONCEPT STANDPOINT?

>> A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING THIS YEAR WITH THE NUMBER OF QUARTERBACKS WE PLAYED.

TURNOVERS DON'T HELP.

YOU LOOK AT FIDONE WHO HAS BATTLED BACK FROM INJURIES AND ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD YEAR.

I DON'T THINK HE'S 100%, BUT HE'S MAKING THE MOST OF WHAT HE CAN DO.

I'M EXCITED, KNOCK ON WOOD, HE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH ONE MORE GAME, MAYBE A BOWL GAME.

HAVE ANOTHER OFF SEASON TO BUILD HIS STRENGTH.

HE'S SHOWN WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF THIS YEAR NOT BEING 100%.

HAVE ANOTHER OFF SEASON AND HOPEFULLY HAVING A BETTER IDEA OF WHO YOUR QUARTERBACK'S GONNA BE FOR 2024.

I THINK THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR HIM AND THE OFFENSE, IF THEY CAN TURN THE PAGE -- THE BIGGEST THING IS THE BOWL PRACTICES.

YOU CAN GET THOSE WHETHER YOU'RE 6-6 OR 5-7.

THAT'S WHAT THIS TEAM HAS MISSED IS THOSE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES.

>> ZACH, WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER IN THE SHOW.

DEVELOPMENT, I THINK THEY'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

WE'VE BEEN YOUNG GUYS IN THE BACK OF A MEETING ROOM AND TAKE YOURSELF BACK.

YOU PLAYED EARLY.

I KNOW AS A FRESHMAN YOU HAD A SPECIAL TEAMS ROLE.

HAVING THE MATURITY TO APPROACH IT LIKE AN OLDER GUY AND HAVING THAT STAFF BE ABLE TO RESPECT YOU AS WELL BECAUSE I KNOW AS A YOUNG GUY, COACHES CAN FORGET ABOUT YOU.

HAVING THE ABILITY TO KEEP YOU ACCOUNTABLE AND HOLD PLAYERS TO A STANDARD TO APPROACH IT AS IF THEY'RE PLAYING EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT.

>> THIS YEAR HAS BEEN THE NEXT MAN UP MENTALITY WITH THE AMOUNT OF INJURIES.

YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO GO IN.

I THINK YOU SAW EARLY IN THE SEASON -- I KNOW WHEN I WAS FOLLOWING IT MORE, YOU SAW HOW MUCH THEY ROTATED, ESPECIALLY ON DEFENSE, THE AMOUNT OF PLAYERS GETTING REPS. THAT'S THE POSITIVE YOU MIGHT TAKE.

HEY, ALL THESE GUYS ARE GETTING THESE GAME REPS THIS YEAR.

THAT'S GOING TO HELP COMPETITION COME SPRING AND HELP THE TEAM IN 2024.

WANT TO KEEP DOING BETTER THIS YEAR, BUT HAVING THAT DEVELOPMENT, THE GAME REPS, PAYING ATTENTION IN THE MEETINGS, NOT FALLING ASLEEP IN THE BACK.

EVERYONE GETS TIRED OF WATCHING FILM.

YOUR EYES GET HEAVY.

IF YOU CAN LEARN FROM THE TAPE, THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE THREE-THREE-FIVE?

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT SYSTEM?

>> I WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE OUTSIDE THREE.

I DON'T THINK I WAS BIG ENOUGH TO PLAY THE ZERO.

I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

IT'S A THREE-THREE-FIVE.

WHEN THAT BALL IS SNAPPED, THERE'S MORE THAN THREE PEOPLE THERE.

IT'S ABOUT HOW YOU LINEUP.

THAT'S YOUR BASE AND EVERYTHING RAN OFF THAT.

>> CAN YOU IMAGINE WITH YOUR LENGTH PLAYING OVER A GUARD?

>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING.

I WOULD HAVE HAD TO PUT ON MORE WEIGHT.

>> I WATCH GUNNERSON DO IT NOW.

>> THAT'S WHAT'S THE MOST IMPRESSIVE THING FOR ME, SEEING MULTIPLE GUYS GO IN THERE AND PLAY MULTIPLE SPOTS.

>> SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE DARK IN THERE.

>> IT'S LIKE THE NFL.

YOU HAVE THE ZEROS RUSHING THE PASSER.

IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE THE BASE OR THE THREE OR THE ZERO.

IT'S MOVING PEOPLE AROUND AND SHOWING DIFFERENT LOOKS AND USING THE VERSATILITY OF THE DEFENSIVE LINE.

>> THINK IF YOU'RE A QUARTERBACK.

YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S COMING, WHO'S NOT COMING, WHO'S DROPPING.

>> TY ROBINSON COMING BACK NEXT YEAR IS A HUGE -- JAY MENTIONED IT EARLIER.

THAT'S A HUGE GET FOR THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER PRIOR TO DECEMBER AND THE CHAOS THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN WITH THE TRANSFER PORTAL.

THAT'S A HUGE GET.

>> LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.

YOU PLAYED EARLY AND HAD SUCCESS.

IT'S HARD TO GO BACK AND SAY IF I SIGN A CONTRACT, I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT OVER AGAIN.

WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE PLAYED WHEN YOU DID OR NOW WITH A FEW MORE RULES, BUT A LOT MORE HYBRID VERSATILITY?

>> GOOD QUESTION.

I THINK I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO PLAY NOW FOR SOME N.I.L.

MONEY.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE.

>> ME TOO.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD STAY IN COLLEGE FOR SEVEN YEARS AND GET MY DOCTORATE.

I LOOK BACK.

I WAS HAPPY WITH THE FOUR YEARS I HAD PLAYING DEFENSE UNDER SOME GOOD COACHES, ESPECIALLY THE LAST YEAR UNDER CARL AND JOHN AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY WERE ABLE TO TEACH US AFTER COACH BLAKE AND BUDDY WYATT.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, I NEVER WANT TO LOOK TOO FAR IN THE FUTURE AND BE LIKE WOULD HAVE, COULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE.

MY CAREER ENDED UP JUST FINE.

>> TWO GUYS IF YOU COULD HAVE HAD GET AN EXTRA YEAR IS ZACH AND MILES PAUL.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BIG TIME.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE RIVALRY WITH IOWA?

YOU COME AFTER ALL THAT.

I'M SURE YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE IOWA FANS, YOUR NEIGHBORS OR PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH.

>> THERE'S MORE IOWA FANS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK.

IT'S A GREAT RIVALRY.

FOR THE BIG TEN IT'S THE RIVALRY WE SHOULD HAVE.

KURT FERRENCE HAS BEEN THERE A LONG TIME.

WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

THAT SHOULD BE THE RIVALRY, NEBRASKA AND IOWA, RIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER.

I THINK ULTIMATELY IT'S BEEN A GOOD RIVALRY FOR US.

HOPEFULLY WE GET A WIN ON FRIDAY.

THEY'RE A TOUGH TEAM.

AS BAD AS THE MEDIA AND OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE THEM, THEY'RE STILL NUMBER 15 IN THE COUNTRY GOING FOR A TEN-WIN SEASON.

IT'S CONSISTENT.

ULTIMATELY IT IS WHAT IT IS.

>> IT'S WHAT DAMON SAID EARLIER.

YOU COULD WIN, ESPECIALLY THE WAY IT'S CONFIGURED IN THE WEST WITH TWO PARTS OF THE GAME PLAYING WELL.

THEY'RE GREAT ON DEFENSE AND SPECTACULAR ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

IF YOU PUT THOSE TOGETHER, YOU CAN HAVE A BELOW AVERAGE OFFENSE.

>> ALL THAT MATTERS IS YOU WIN.

STYLE POINTS ARE GOOD, BUT THE PLAYOFFS AND ALL THIS STUFF, IF NEBRASKA HAD THE SAME RECORD, WOULD WE TAKE IT?

YOU BET WE WOULD.

WE'RE CLOSE TO IT REALLY.

WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE WINS.

WE'VE HAD THE LOSSES ON ONE-SCORE VICTORIES.

THE LAST THREE GAMES WE'VE LOST BY 13 POINTS.

TURN THOSE THREE AROUND AN IT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.

WE'RE AT 8-3.

>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU GET TO THE NFL AND THEY SAY WE WANT TO MOVE YOU TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL?

>> MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.

MY SECOND THOUGHT WAS I'LL GET A PAYCHECK, SO THAT'S GREAT.

IT WAS FUN, THOUGH, BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO GO BACK TO MY ROOTS AND PLAY TIGHT END AND DO SOME BLOCKING.

AS THE TIGHT END POSITION HAS EVOLVED, A LOT OF CREDIT WAS GIVEN TO THE PATRIOTS.

GRONK, AARON HERNANDEZ, THOSE GUYS TRANSFORMED IT INTO A SPEED TIGHT END.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH MISMATCHES FROM A TIGHT END PERSPECTIVE.

WHETHER YOU GET A LINEBACKER ON YOU OR A SAFETY, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

I LOVE MY CAREER.

I WISH I WAS STILL PLAYING.

MY KIDS ASK ALL THE TIME WHY I'M NOT PLAYING.

I SAID, I'M TOO OLD.

THEY SAY, TOM BRADY IS STILL PLAYING.

>> HOW OLD ARE YOUR KIDS?

>> 10, 8 AND 5.

>> THEY PLAY SPORTS?

>> OUR DAUGHTER IS ACTING AND THE OTHERS ARE ALL SPORTS.

>> I WAS JUST RECRUITING.

>> YOU SAID THAT TO A PREP GUY.

>> I TRIED TO GET DAMON TO COME TO PREP.

THERE'S SOME ISSUES THERE.

WE CAN GO THERE.

>> I LOVE IT.

>> WHAT'S YOUR FEELING?

WHAT HAPPENS FRIDAY?

>> AGAIN, I'M AN ETERNAL OPTIMIST.

I'LL NEVER PICK AGAINST THE HUSKERS.

PROBABLY 13-10 NEBRASKA.

IT'S GOING TO BE LOW SCORING.

YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO WIN.

THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.

YOU JUST NEED ONE MORE.

IT'S A BIG MILESTONE FOR THIS TEAM TO GET THOSE EXTRA PRACTICES.

THAT WOULD BE HUGE FOR THE TEAM.

>> BEFORE I LET YOU GO, RANK THE ZACHS FOR ME.

ZACH TAYLOR, ZACH LEE, ZACH POTTER, ALL THESE ZACHS.

>> WHO'S THE BEST ZACH?

>> I HAVE TO GO ZACH TAYLOR.

>> DO WE COUNT ZACH MILLER?

>> GOOD ONE.

>> OH, GOOD CALL.

>> ZACH LEE TOO.

>> ZACH MILLER, HE MAY BE THE BEST GUY.

>> HE DIDN'T FINISH AT NEBRASKA THOUGH.

CAN WE COUNT HIM?

>> HE WAS A BETTER QUARTERBACK THAN ANYBODY IN THAT ROOM AS A FRESHMAN.

>> GREAT PLAYER.

>> I GO ZACH TAYLOR ONE.

ZACH BOWMAN.

>> GOOD CALL.

>> I WOULD PUT MYSELF BEHIND THOSE TWO.

IN MY ERA ZACH WEEGER.

>> ZACH UNIVERSITY HERE.

>> THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

>> LAST THING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?

>> I'M IN AUDIO VISUAL SALES FOR CCS PRESENTATION SYSTEMS.

WE DO CONFERENCE ROOM TECHNOLOGY.

A LOT OF FUN.

>> AWESOME.

ZACH, APPRECIATE IT.

>> GOOD SEEING YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND TAKING THE TIME.

>>> WE TURN TO THIS WEEK'S HUSKER UP CLOSE SEGMENT INCLUDING A TRUE FRESHMAN.

>> PLAYING FOOTBALL MEANS EVERYTHING.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, A WAY OF LIFE.

I HAVE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THIS GAME AND IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME AND MY FAMILY.

I BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS COACH MATT RHULE HAS.

WHEN I CAME HERE FOR MY RECRUITING VISIT, THEY EXPLAINED IT TO ME.

JUST THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MY COACHES.

COACH RHULE, WE'RE FROM THE SAME AREA.

FUN FACT ABOUT ME IS I USED TO D.J.

I WAS A BIG D.J.

IN NEW YORK CITY WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

I'LL PLAY WHATEVER PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR.

I WOULD SAY I'M A GRITTY HARD WORKER.

I LIKE TO PLAY DIRTY.

I DON'T CARE WHERE I LINEUP.

I JUST GO AFTER IT.

PLAYING ANYWHERE, WHATEVER, JUST BEING VERSATILE AND ROLL UP MY SLEEVES AND GET MY HANDS DIRTY.

MY GOALS FOR THE SEASON, I LIKE TO HAVE IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SACKS.

JUST BEING ABLE TO GO 1-0 EACH WEEK.

>>> JOINING ME NOW IS HANNAH.

IT WAS A GOOD WEEKEND FOR SOCIAL MEDIA.

YOU ENDED UP GETTING THREE TWEETS.

>> WE DID.

OUR FIRST ONE IS THAT RUN WAS REALLY PURDY, NICE LITTLE PUN.

>> I LIKE THAT.

>> THE NEXT ONE IS ALSO ABOUT CHUBBA PURDY.

HIS GIVEN NAME IS PRESTON, BUT CHUBBA IS A NICKNAME FROM HIS DAD WHEN HE GAINED 38 POUNDS AS A 1-YEAR-OLD.

>> THAT IS RIDICULOUS.

38 POUNDS IS CRAZY.

>> LAST ONE IS OUR DEFENSIVE LINE COACH CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT TY ROBINSON HAS CHOSE TO STAY WITH THE HUSKERS.

>> HAVE YOU SEEN THAT MOVIE?

>> I HAVE NO.

>> "TRAINING DAY."

THANKS, HANNAH.

>>> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER SHORT BREAK.

MORE PHOTOS OF THE GAME HERE AS WE GO.

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

I'M JOINED BY SEAN TO TALK RECRUITING.

A LOT OF GOOD TALENT ON THE FIELD LAST NIGHT.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT A DOMINATING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM.

WEST SIDE, EIGHT SHUT-OUTS THIS SEASON.

THEY SCORED THE MOST POINTS IN A SEASON IN HISTORY.

WE GOT A TASTE OF THEIR STARS STARTING WITH QUARTERBACK ANTHONY REESACK.

HE HAD SOME HUGE PLAYS IN THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> HE'S PROBABLY THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN THE STATE.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHO VOTES OR HOW IT'S DONE.

HE'S GOING TO BE RIGHT UP THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF GUYS.

YOU SAW THE WAY HE GOT THE BALL OUT AND YOU SEE CALEB BENNING THERE.

SO MANY WEAPONS.

SUCH A GREAT DISTRIBUTOR.

I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

HE STARTED THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THREE STRAIGHT YEARS.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

HE SUBMITTED HIMSELF.

IT'S HARD TO MAKE THE GAME THREE YEARS IN A ROW LET ALONE START AS A QUARTERBACK AS A SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR AND SENIOR.

MILLER NORTON NEVER MADE THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THE '90s IN NEBRASKA WAS DOMINATED BY LINCOLN TEAMS.

WE DIDN'T REALLY SEE THE OMAHA RUN BEGIN UNTIL THE MID TO LATE 2000s.

>> WHAT ABOUT NICK BOSS?

>> HE STARTED, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THREE.

CALEB BENNING, FUTURE HUSKER, HE GOT AN INTERCEPTION AND TOUCHDOWN TO CLOSE THINGS OUT.

HIS CATCH AT THE END OF THE GAME WAS JUST A REAL CAP OFF TO A GREAT CAREER AT WEST SIDE AND EVERYTHING HE PUT UP.

NOW WE'LL SEE HIM AT NEBRASKA.

>> CHRISTIAN JONES AS WELL.

>> CHRISTIAN JONES, THE NUMBER ONE GUY FOR 2025.

FOUR-STAR RECRUIT -- USC, NEBRASKA, NOTRE DAME.

THERE ARE A LOT OF COACHES THAT WILL MAKE THEIR WAY TO OMAHA TO GET A JUMP ON CHRISTIAN JONES.

WE SAW THE PICK SIX AND THE OTHER TOUCHDOWN.

VERSATILE ATHLETE.

WHAT I LIKED ABOUT WEST SIDE THEIR TOP GUYS PLAYED TWO WAYS.

CALEB JONES, CHRISTIAN BENNING, THEY MAKE SURE THEIR DUDES ARE ON THE FIELD.

>> ANTHONY PLAYED OUTSIDE LINEBACKER STUFF TOO.

YOU MENTIONED TEDDY.

HE'S GOING TO NOTRE DAME.

>> IT'S A LOADED ROSTER.

KEENAN COTTON HAS AN IOWA STATE OFFER.

THE WARRIORS AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE.

STEVEN WARREN'S SON WILL BE THE STARTING QUARTERBACK.

AS A FRESHMAN, HE SAW TIME ON THE VARSITY BECAUSE THEY WON GAMES SO HANDEDLY.

THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT JACARI BARNEY.

>> HE'S A SPEEDSTER OUT OF MIAMI.

GUYS LIKE JAYLEN LLOYD AND MALACHI COLEMAN, MATT RHULE WANTS TO RUN THE BALL AND BE PHYSICAL.

BARNEY IS A TALENTED RECEIVER OUT OF MIAMI.

EVAN COOPER IS A MIAMI GUY ON THE STAFF THAT KNOWS THE AREA.

PHILLIP SIMPSON IS A FORMER MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL HEAD COACH.

>> SEAN, APPRECIATE IT.

RECRUITING UPDATES EVERY WEEK.

>>> OUR SIDELINE SURVEY, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

WHAT'S THE BIGGEST LETDOWN AGAINST WISCONSIN FOR YOU?

WAS IT THE OFFENSE, DEFENSE OR THE SPECIAL TEAMS?

THIS WEEK THIS WAS A PRETTY EASY ANSWER.

WE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS WHERE SPECIAL TEAMS HAVE STRUGGLED.

45% SAY SPECIAL TEAM.

>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT IOWA.

SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT THE SEASON, WE'RE ALL PARENTS.

HAVING TO DEAL WITH YOUR SON GETTING CRITICISM, GETTING FIRED, STAYING ON THE STAFF, HAD TO BE TOUGH.

>> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HAVING THE RUNNING TOTAL OF HOW MANY POINTS HE'S HIT THROUGH 12 GAMES.

OBVIOUSLY THE DECISION BEING MADE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

INTERESTING TO SEE HOW KURT MAKES THE DECISION ON HIS COACHING FUTURE AFTER THIS GAME, JUST HAVING THAT RELATIONSHIP -- HE'S BEEN AT IOWA SO LONG.

TOUGH SITUATION.

EVEN AMONG ALL THAT, THEY'RE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHO THEY ARE, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO WORK, RELY ON THE DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS.

THEY WIN THE WEST AGAIN EVEN WITH THE OFFENSIVE ISSUES AND THE DRAMA BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE SON THIS YEAR.

>> WHO'S THEIR BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER?

>> I THINK THEY'LL GET THE DEUCE LOOSE, THEY'LL START WITH CALEB.

THEY GET ONE OR TWO EXPLOSIVE RUNS A GAME.

IT'S USUALLY HIM.

USUALLY IT HAPPENS WHEN THEY'RE SALTING THE CLOCK.

THEY'RE SO WELL COACHED.

THEY RELY HEAVILY ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL.

WE HAVE A LOOK INTO HOW THEY TEACH.

COACH PARKER, I MEAN, THAT'S DOING NUMERICAL DATA FROM HASH TO HASH AND WHAT A 12-YARD THROW IS AND WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP AND WHERE YOU NEED TO SIT VERSUS THE FORMATION AND WHERE THE BALL IS ON THE FIELD.

WHAT'S A LOW RISK THROW?

WHAT'S A HIGH RISK THROW?

THEIR ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S NOT BY ACCIDENT THEY CAN LOOK A CERTAIN WAY.

IT'S NOT AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.

THEY'RE NOT PHASED BY IT.

THERE'S A BLUEPRINT THEY OPERATE UNDER.

WHERE THEY GET IN TROUBLE IS IF THEY HAVE TO GET OFF SCRIPT.

YOU HAVE SOME SCHEME BEATERS.

I MEAN, THE REASON THEY DO WHAT THEY DO IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

>> DO YOU THINK THAT THESE TWO TEAMS CAN COMBINE FOR MORE THAN 24 1/2 POINTS?

>> IF CHUBBA PURDY CAN POP SOME RUNS IN THE FIELD POSITION AND THE FIELD POSITION -- IOWA HAS AN ADVANTAGE GOING INTO THIS GAME.

TORI TAYLOR MIGHT BE THE BEST PUNTER ON THE PLANET.

THOSE 20-YARD ADVANTAGES HE'LL GIVE THEM, THAT'S HOW IOWA WINS GAMES.

NEBRASKA HAS TO GET SOME OF THAT FIELD POSITION BACK.

TAYLOR WILL PUT NEBRASKA ON THE 10 YARD LINE A LOT.

>> YOU HAVE TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS WHETHER TO CATCH IT OR NOT.

>> 100%.

>> THERE'S TWO THINGS NEBRASKA WILL BE HAMMERING THIS WEEK.

THE PUNT RETURN IN TERMS OF WHEN AND WHEN NOT TO CATCH THE BALL AND STARTING YOUR OFFENSE INSIDE THE 5.

THE 10 IS A GIVEN.

THE 5 IS WHERE HE'LL GET YOU.

YOU HAVE TO WORK PUNT WHEN YOU DON'T GET A FULL SNAP.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO INSIDE YOUR 5 YARD LINE?

THEY PUT SO MANY CORNERS IN.

>> THIS DEFENSE ALWAYS STAYS OLD.

THEY'RE NOT PLAYING A LOT OF TRUE FRESHMAN.

>> IT'S BY DESIGN.

>> IT IS BY DESIGN.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SO GOOD.

THEY'RE MATURE.

THEY UNDERSTAND.

THEY DON'T GET TOO FAR OVER THEIR SKIS IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN, I NEVER REMEMBER A SCHOOL THAT PUT SO MANY GUYS IN THE NFL WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, WHO'S THAT?

>> EVEN THE GUYS I DO LIKE -- >> THERE'S SO MANY GUYS.

>> STILL PLAYING.

>> THE TIGHT ENDS TOO.

>> LAPORTA WAS A RECRUIT AND HE CAME TO NEBRASKA TWICE.

>> THEY TOLD HIM YOU'LL BE OUR FOURTH TIGHT END.

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

HE WAS STILL MAD A YEAR AGO THEY TOLD HIM THAT.

HE SAID BECAUSE THEY WERE HONEST, HE WENT WITH IT.

>> NOW HE MIGHT BE ONE OF THE BEST TIGHT ENDS IN THE NFL.

>> HE'S ONE OF THE TOP TWO.

YOU LOOK AT THIS MATCHUP.

DOES IT HURT NEBRASKA IN TERMS OF RECRUITING?

CAN YOU BRING ANYBODY IN?

IS IT A LAST GAME THAT'S A SACRIFICE RECRUITING-WISE?

>> IT'S TOUGH.

IT'S 11:00 A.M.

WHEN THEY WERE PLAYING AT 3:00, IT WAS BETTER.

YOU COULD DRIVE GUYS IN FROM FOUR HOURS AWAY.

11:00 A.M., IT'S HARD TO GET ANYBODY.

>> ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THANKSGIVING IS THE DAY BEFORE.

>> 7:00 A.M. PREGAME SHOW, I DON'T KNOW.

>> THEY'LL HAVE A COUPLE GUYS.

THEY HAVE A RUNNING BACK TARGET COMING IN.

THE GUYS THEY WERE LOOKING AT, NO VISITS SET UP.

I THINK YOU'LL SEE DECEMBER THEY'LL HAVE FOR SURE ONE BIG WEEKEND, IF NOT TWO.

IT WILL BE BUSY.

THAT RACE, THAT EARLY SIGNING DAY AND THE JANUARY ENROLLMENT DAY FOR PORTAL PLAYERS, WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.

>> WE'RE TAPING THIS EARLY.

ANTHONY GRANT, NICK HENRICH LOOKED HURT AT THE END OF THE GUY.

IF THERE'S NO GRANT, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A REASON TO PLAY EYES.

>> OH, QUINT EYES.

>> GRANT'S INJURY WAS SO FLUKEY.

IT WAS POST BEING ON THE GROUND AND HIS KNEE CAME BACK.

IT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD.

I WALKED OUT WITH NICK HENRICH AND SAW HIM WITH HIS MOM AT THE BUS.

THAT'S A TOUGH LOSS FOR THEM, BUT I THINK FOR NEBRASKA IT'S BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.

>> SURE.

>> THEY NEED TO GET THIS ONE DONE WITH IOWA.

THEY'LL PULL ALL STOPS.

>> YOU HAVE TO GET A LEAD TOO.

A LEAD CHANGES THE WAY THEY PLAY.

>> TOTALLY.

YOU THOUGHT -- LAST WEEK THE DEFENSE WASN'T ABLE TO GRASP THAT MOMENTUM WHEN THEY NEEDED TO AND EXTEND THAT LEAD.

THIS WEEK, LISTEN, WISCONSIN'S OFFENSE IS MORE DYNAMIC THAN IOWA'S.

WE CAN EASILY AGREE ON THAT.

YOU GET UP 7-0 EARLY, 10-0, YOU PUT IOWA'S OFFENSE IN A SITUATION THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE IN.

>> WE SAW THAT LAST YEAR.

>> YEAH.

SO YOU LIKE -- IF THEY GET OFF TO A GOOD START, YOU LIKE THE HUSKERS' CHANCES.

>> WHO YOU PICKING?

>> I GOT NEBRASKA.

I CANNOT PICK IOWA.

>> THIS ISN'T EVEN MY HEART.

I TRULY BELIEVE NEBRASKA WINS.

>> I HAVE NEBRASKA.

VEGAS LIKES NEBRASKA.

I LIKE NEBRASKA.

IT'S A BETTER MATCHUP.

THE QUARTERBACK CAN'T RUN.

HIS MOBILITY WAS A HUGE REASON THEY LOST LAST WEEK.

>> 100%.

>> WHAT'S YOUR BURNING QUESTION?

>> WHAT CAN MATT RHULE SQUEEZE OUT OF THIS TEAM ON A SHORT WEEK?

THIS IS AS TOUGH A STRETCH AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCHEDULE.

>> THIS IS EASY FOR ME.

CAN NEBRASKA FUNCTION UNDER THE SHADOWS OF THEIR OWN END ZONE?

>> I DIDN'T BRING UP SPECIAL TEAMS.

>> YOU DIDN'T.

>> SPECIAL TEAMS IN THIS ONE.

CAN NEBRASKA CHANGE THE FEEL AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME SCENARIOS WITH THE SPECIAL TEAM AND COUNTER PUNCH?

>> YOU CAN GET TO THE QUARTERBACK FOR IOWA.

HE'S BEEN SACKED A LOT.

FOUR LAST WEEK.

GET TO HIM AND FORCE A TURNOVER.

>> HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE AND CLICK ON THE PREDICTION.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS BLACK FRIDAY MATCHUP WHEN THE HAWKEYES WELCOME IN THE HUSKER.

KICKOFF IS A VERY EARLY 11:00 A.M. COMING BACK TUESDAY TO RECAP THE GAME WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST.

THANKS TO ZACH POTTER FOR JOINING US FOR JAY MOORE, DAMON BENNING AND SEAN CALLAHAN, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

BENNING AND SHAUNEAN MIKE'L.

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

MIKE'L.

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