(BAND MUSIC) >> THE HUSKERS DOMINATED BOWLING GREEN ON A GORGEOUS NIGHT IN LINCOLN TO THE TUNE OF 56 TO 7.

IT WAS A GAME WHERE NEBRASKA DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.

WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT THIS TEAM AFTER TWO GAMES AGAINST MAC OPPONENTS?

WE RECAP THE GAME, DIVE DEEP INTO SOME ANALYSIS, AND CATCH UP WITH OUR GUEST, KETV SPORTS DIRECTOR ANDY KENDEIGH.

SEAN CALLAHAN IS ALSO HERE TO GIVE US THE LATEST ON BIG RED RECRUITING.

ALL THAT AND MORE.

NEXT ON BIG RED WRAP-UP.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) (BAND MUSIC) HI EVERYONE.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, NEBRASKA STARTS OFF 2-0 ON THE SEASON.

JOINING US FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

IT'S EXPECTED, RIGHT?

WE EXPECTED THAT.

BUT YOUR FEELINGS, I'M ASSUMING DIFFERENT AFTER 56 TO 7 OPPOSED TO THE END OF THE OHIO GAME.

>> YEAH, WITHOUT A DOUBT.

WHEN YOU GET OFF TO THAT SLOW START, YOU GIVE UP A 67 YARD PLAY ON YOUR FIRST DRIVE AND YOU'RE DOWN 7-0 WITH 13.5 MINUTES TO GO.

IN THE FIRST GAME AGAINST OHIO, THAT WAS A LITTLE UNSETTLING FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT THE WAY NEBRASKA GOT I MEAN, NOT I MEAN, THEY DID THROW AN INTERCEPTION ON THE FIRST DRIVE AS WELL SO THAT BUT THE DEFENSE BOUNCED BACK.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, I MEAN, NEBRASKA'S OFFENSE DOMINATED THAT FIRST THAT FIRST HALF 35 TO NOTHING AND NEVER PUNTED ALL GAME.

SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE PENALTIES A LITTLE SLOPPY ON THE SPECIAL TEAMS AND OFFENSE.

AGAIN YOU GET A TOUCHDOWN CALLED BACK.

BUT OVERALL THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

YOU WANT TO HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS.

YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF A LESSER OPPONENT.

YOU GOT A LOT OF GUYS TO PLAY IN THE SECOND HALF.

BUT OVERALL UM THEY IMPROVED.

BUT I STILL THINK THERE'S A THERE'S SOME COACHABLE TEACHABLE MOMENTS FOR THIS TEAM TO STILL IMPROVE ON, UM, EVEN AFTER A BLOWOUT WIN.

>> AGAIN COMING OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SCORING LIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND THEN THEY GIVE UP TWO DRIVES, YOU KNOW, NOT A LOT OF YARDS.

BUT THEY GIVE UP POINTS TO BOWLING GREEN.

STILL A CONCERN ABOUT THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> YEAH IT WAS AN ODD THIRD QUARTER.

BOWLING GREEN HELD THE BALL FOR 11 MINUTES AND 37 SECONDS OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

THEY RAN 18 PLAYS COMPARED TO SIX FOR NEBRASKA.

SO IT WASN'T LIKE I MEAN THE BIG DRIVE THEY HAD THAT TOOK UP OVER EIGHT MINUTES.

I THINK IT WAS ONLY A 32 PLAY DRIVE.

>> FOR 32 YARDS.

>> YEAH.

32 YARD DRIVE FOR 13 PLAYS.

SO IT WASN'T LIKE THEY WERE GETTING CHUNKS.

BUT NEBRASKA COULDN'T WIN THAT CRITICAL DOWN TO GET OFF THE FIELD.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

AND THAT QUARTER KIND OF PREVENTED A LOT OF OTHER GUYS MAYBE FROM GETTING SOME EXTRA PLAYING TIME IN THE GAME.

I MEAN YOUR HOPE WAS ALL RIGHT.

STARTERS COME OUT GET TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO ALL BACKUPS.

MAYBE THE BACK END OF THE THIRD QUARTER AND THE FOURTH.

BUT IT ENDED UP BEING JUST ONE SERIES FOR THAT NUMBER TWO OFFENSE.

>> WEEK ONE YOU HAVE THE FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK.

AND THEN WEEK TWO YOU HAVE THE BIG TEN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK AND ANTHONY COLANDREA.

YOU FEEL PRETTY GOOD, AT LEAST ABOUT WHERE THE OFFENSE IS RIGHT NOW?

>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.

I JUST THE WAY THEY MAKE YOU PLAY SIDELINE TO SIDELINE.

THEY CAN GET THEY CAN ATTACK UP THE MIDDLE ON THE EDGES WHETHER IT'S GILMER.

BARNEY, HUNTER UH, THE RUNNING BACK, THE SCREEN GAME THAT THEY HAVE WITH ALL THREE RUNNING BACKS.

>> NELSON AND MOZEE.

>> YEAH, IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD AND JUST COLANDREA EFFICIENCY.

UH, HE JUST THROUGH TWO GAMES, I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY MUCH BETTER DEFENSES, BUT HIS ABILITY TO PUT THE FOOTBALL ONLY WHERE HIS PLAYERS CAN CATCH IT AND JUST THE ACCURACY HE'S HAD FOR THE FIRST TWO GAMES HAS BEEN UH, IT'S BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING AND IT'S EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS THROUGH TWO GAMES.

BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THEY DID IMPLEMENT THEM IN THE RUN GAME.

OBVIOUSLY THAT TOUCHDOWN WAS WAS CALLED BACK ON THE WHOLE THING BY BARNEY.

BUT HIS ABILITY TO CONTROL THAT OFFENSE AND JUST HE HAS FULL CONTROL RIGHT NOW.

AND I JUST THE WEAPONS THAT THEY HAVE ALL ACROSS THE FIELD.

IT'S JUST WE HAVEN'T YOU HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN A LINDENMEYER HAVE A BIG DAY.

I MEAN HUNTER HASN'T GOTTEN TARGETED ENOUGH.

QUINN CLARK HASN'T GOTTEN INVOLVED.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WEAPONS THAT THIS THAT THIS OFFENSE HAS, BUT THEIR ABILITY JUST TO MAKE YOU GO 53 YARDS ON ON YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BE THEY'LL TEST YOU IN ALL THREE PHASES OF THAT OFFENSE.

>> SEAN, WE'VE SEEN IT BEFORE.

I REMEMBER '06 IS ONE YEAR, EVEN '04 OTHER YEARS MULTIPLE RUNNING BACKS.

DO YOU THINK WE STICK WITH THIS.

WE SEE THIS ALL SEASON OR ARE YOU EXPECTING A BELL COW TO EMERGE.

>> YEAH THIS DOES REMIND ME A LOT OF '06.

WHEN THEY HAD CODY GLENN, KENNY WILSON, BRANDON JACKSON AND MARLON LUCKY, THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD GROUP OF FOUR BACKS.

>> YEAH, I'D SAY SO.

>> SO THERE'S THREE RIGHT NOW WITH IVES BEING THE FOURTH.

BUT YOU KNOW IT JUST STILL TO ME FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE JAMAL RULE.

I MEAN I THINK THE BETTER QUESTION IS, CAN ANY OF THESE GUYS EVEN COME CLOSE TO SAY 200 CARRIES, OR IS IT GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF GUYS IN THE 150 ISH RANGE?

UM, YEAH.

BUT THE WAY RULE HAS RUN, YOU KNOW, AND HE DIDN'T TAKE A SINGLE SNAP IN THE SECOND HALF.

HE WAS GOING TO HAVE HIS SECOND CONSECUTIVE 100 YARD GAME.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN A TRUE FRESHMAN RUNNING BACK STARTED HIS CAREER OFF LIKE THAT, MAYBE SINCE AHMAN GREEN WHEN HE WAS A BACKUP ON THAT GREAT '95 TEAM.

>> PLACES LIKE PFF AND OTHERS THAT GREAT PLAYERS.

HE'S IN TOP FIVE FOR RUNNING BACKS IN THE COUNTRY.

>> AND THE LEADING RUSHER FOR ALL FRESHMEN.

>> YEAH.

>> SO YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LIKE, SAY FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN, HE IS TRENDING TOWARDS ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

AND YOU KNOW, THE RUN THAT HE HAD WAS A BIG TIME PLAY.

BUT THE BLOCKING WAS EXCELLENT.

>> THE BLOCKING.

>> HE WASN'T TOUCHED.

>> THE OLD SPLIT ZONE.

RIGHT.

YEAH.

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SIDELINE SURVEY TIME LAST WEEK WHAT NEEDED TO IMPROVE FROM WEEK ONE TO WEEK TWO?

YOU SEE, 38% SAID THEY WANTED THE PENALTIES CLEANED UP.

THAT KIND OF HAPPENED A LITTLE BIT.

30% NEEDED A BREAK FROM THE HEAT, 28% IDENTIFIED THE DEFENSE AND A SCANT 4% SAID THE RECEIVING CORPS.

NOW, THIS WEEK'S ALL NEW SURVEY QUESTION HOW IMPRESSED ARE YOU WITH THE OFFENSE THROUGH TWO GAMES OF THE SEASON?

ARE YOU VERY IMPRESSED?

WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST PLAYED TWO MAC TEAMS.

ARE YOU A MEH PERSON OR ARE YOU UNIMPRESSED?

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THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERALL, RIGHT?

YOU DON'T WANT TO KEEP SAYING OVER AND OVER.

WELL, IT'S JUST OHIO AND BOWLING GREEN.

BUT THAT'S THE FACTS.

>> IT IS.

IT IS.

YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND OR JUST YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT OPINION.

YEAH.

THEY'RE PLAYING A LESSER COMPETITION, THAT'S FINE.

BUT YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE THE BOARD IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL THROUGH TWO GAMES, I MEAN, SOME TEAMS HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THESE MAC OPPONENTS.

SO I ALWAYS SAY YOU HAVE TO GAIN CONFIDENCE.

AND THIS IS WHAT NEBRASKA'S TEAM IS DOING, ESPECIALLY OFFENSIVELY, IS YOU'RE GAINING YOUR CONFIDENCE AND YOU'RE GETTING GUYS THOSE THOSE LIVE BULLET REPS, WHICH ARE SO KEY RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND LOOKING FORWARD AND YOU WANT TO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BIG TEN PLAY.

I MEAN, I JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS.

I MEAN, WHAT THEY WHAT THEY HAVE THE WEAPONS THEY HAVE AND THE EFFICIENCY THIS OFFENSE IS RUNNING AT AND THE BLOCKING.

AND UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE A, THIS IS A TOUGH DEFENSE TO, OR EXCUSE ME, A TOUGH OFFENSE TO DEFEND.

AND I'M EVEN WITH A MAC TEAM.

BUT THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY FUN TO WATCH AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES AND EVOLVES BECAUSE THERE'S WEAPONS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND A LOT OF THESE GUYS HAVEN'T GOTTEN.

LIKE I SAID, HUNTER, LINDENMEYER.

UH, CARTER NELSON, QUINN CLARK.

I MEAN, SOME OF THESE GUYS ARE ARE STILL PLAYING A LOT OF SNAPS AND THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE, THE TURNOUT THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD PROBABLY WANT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD OFFENSE TO DEFEND JUST WITH ALL THE WEAPONS THAT ARE INVOLVED.

>> WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SECOND IN TOTAL OFFENSE, 14TH IN THE COUNTRY, FIRST IN RUSHING OFFENSE, 14TH IN THE COUNTRY AND 15 PLAYS OF 20 YARDS OR MORE.

THE EXPLOSIVE PLAYS WE TALK ABOUT SECOND IN THE BIG TEN AND 12TH IN THE COUNTRY.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD OFFENSE.

>> YEAH.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY COULD HAVE PREDICTED MIKE'L, THAT WE WOULD SEE THE RUSHING GAME GET OFF TO THIS KIND OF START ESPECIALLY.

WE JUST ALL WATCHED HIM AND JOHNSON ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AND HOW GOOD HE LOOKED IN HIS DEBUT IN THE NFL.

FOR THE OFFENSE TO COME BACK IN AND ARGUABLY HAVE BETTER RUSHING PRODUCTION AND BIG PLAY PRODUCTION EARLY IN THE YEAR, UM, IS A GREAT SIGN THEN.

COLANDREA, UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THE THROWS, I DON'T CARE WHO THE OPPONENT WAS.

>> EXACTLY.

>> THE THROWS HE WAS MAKING WERE BIG TIME THROWS.

>> THE THROW TO BARNEY, THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN, HE AVOIDED A RUSHER BECAUSE HIS GUNNER GOT BEAT.

HE MADE THE THROW ON THE LINE.

THEN THE THROW HE MADE TO GILMER IN THE CORNER.

THAT IS AN NFL THROW.

I DON'T CARE WHO YOU'RE PLAYING.

>> THREE OR FOUR GUYS.

>> YEAH.

>>YEAH.

I MEAN IT'S PERFECT.

GILMER MADE AN INCREDIBLE CATCH.

GET HIS FOOT DOWN.

BUT TO MAKE THAT THROW AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO THROW MAKE THAT THROW.

>> I MEAN HE THREW HIM OPEN.

I MEAN THERE WAS A BOWLING GREEN DEFENDER RIGHT ON GILMER BACKSIDE.

HE THREW IT.

I MEAN HIS BACK WAS TURNED BECAUSE HE WAS IN MAN COVERAGE BUT HE ONLY THREW IT TO WHERE HIS GUY COULD GET IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH.

COLANDREA IS JUST HIS ACCURACY.

AND HE HASN'T THREW TWO GAMES.

HE HASN'T MADE ANY REALLY ILL ADVISED THROWS.

I MEAN, HIS WORST PLAY HE'S PROBABLY MADE ALL YEAR WAS THE INTENTIONAL GROUNDING IN THE FIRST DRIVE AGAINST AGAINST OHIO.

>> RIGHT.

>> BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO WATCH AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN HIM UTILIZE A TON IN THE RUN GAME EITHER.

SO THIS, THE DEFENSE IS PREPARING FOR THIS OFFENSE.

I MEAN, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY WEAPONS.

AND YOU HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THE QB RUN GAME BEING UTILIZED AT ALL.

>> NINE FIRST DOWNS FOR BOWLING GREEN.

ONLY 169 TOTAL YARDS, MOST OF THAT ON TWO DRIVES IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE AWAY FROM THE DEFENSE, BOTH GOOD AND THE THINGS MAYBE YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.

>> YEAH.

I LIKE FIRST OF ALL, THAT THEY FORCED TWO TURNOVERS AND OBVIOUSLY ONE WAS A LOWER UNIT.

BUT WE SAW THEM YOU KNOW KNOCK A BALL OUT.

WE SAW THEM TIP A BALL LEAD TO AN INTERCEPTION.

I MEAN THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE HAPPEN MOVING FORWARD.

I STILL THINK THE CONCERN IS DO THEY HAVE THE HORSES TO GET CONSISTENT PASS RUSH.

THEY HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TRUE PASS RUSH SITUATIONS.

BUT IS THERE ENOUGH THERE TO GET IT DONE WITH A FOUR MAN RUSH, WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO BIG TEN CONFERENCE PLAY.

>> YEAH.

DO YOU FEEL WATCHING THAT DEFENSIVE LINE THAT IT GREW FROM WEEK ONE TO WEEK TWO?

>> I THOUGHT THAT.

>> STOUDMIRE DEFINITELY DID.

>> YES.

I THOUGHT IN THE FIRST HALF THEY GOT PRESSURE WITH JUST FOUR.

AND AGAIN IT WAS A VERY BASIC GAME PLAN.

I MEAN, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I SAW FROM GAME ONE TO GAME TWO, THEY BROUGHT ANDREW MARSHALL AND DONOVAN JONES OFF THE EDGE A COUPLE TIMES.

WE DIDN'T SEE THAT AT ALL AGAINST OHIO, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET HOME WITH 4 OR 5 AT THE AT THE MOST.

SO, UM, I THOUGHT ANTHONY JONES PROVIDED SOME NICE PASS RUSH.

STOUDMIRE IS ABLE TO BULLRUSH HIS GUY BACK THERE A COUPLE TIMES.

WHITTINGTON WAS A LITTLE MORE QUIET FROM OHIO GAME, BUT IMPROVEMENT.

BUT I THINK WHERE I. WHEN YOU GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AGAIN, NEBRASKA HASN'T HAD A TON OF TRUE PASS RUSH OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF TIGHT ENDS THAT ARE STAYING IN THE CHIP.

YOU HAVE BACKS THAT ARE STAYING IN THE CHIP.

A LOT OF BOWLING GREEN DID A TON OF BOOTLEG ACTION TO GET KASTANTIN OUT OF THE POCKET AND.

>> YEAH.

>> UM, WHICH THEY'RE RESPECTING NEBRASKA'S PASS RUSH AND NOT HAVING MUCH HAVING AS MUCH TRUST IN THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE ONE ON ONE BATTLES, WHEN YOU'RE TO THAT TWO MAN SIDE, WHEN THE OFFENSIVE LINE'S SLIDING AWAY FROM WHERE THE BACKS OFFSET, I WANT YOU KNOW, THOSE THOSE TWO GUYS THAT THREE TECHNIQUE THE DEFENSIVE END NEEDS TO WIN RIGHT.

WHITTINGTON TO GET A GOOD JOB AGAINST OHIO.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THAT ONE ON ONE MATCHUP YOU BETTER WIN AND PRODUCE.

SO AGAIN, NOT A LOT, BUT IT DEFINITELY THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THAT IN THAT AREA.

>> SEAN I KNOW THE COACHES DIDN'T WANT TO JUST COMPLETELY GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO OWEN CHAMBLISS BUT DEXTER FOSTER PLAYED MUCH BETTER IN WEEK TWO.

YOU SAW MORE.

YOU SAW BETTER COMMUNICATION OVERALL.

HE OBVIOUSLY MADE A DIFFERENCE CHAMBLISS BEING IN THERE.

>> WELL, HE YEAH, THOSE TWO GUYS TOGETHER, IT WAS A DYNAMITE COMBINATION.

I LOVED THE PLAY, FIRST OF ALL BY FOSTER, WHERE IT WAS LIKE A 6 OR 7 YARD LOSS ON FIRST DOWN.

I MEAN THAT WINS THE DRIVE RIGHT THERE.

THAT GETS YOUR DEFENSE OFF THE FIELD WHEN YOU'RE SECOND AND 16 OR SECOND AND 17.

ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU KNOW YOU'VE WON ALREADY AT THAT POINT.

BUT YEAH CHAMBLISS THEY CALL HIM THE CAPTAIN, THE LEADER.

>> THE GENERAL.

>> THE GENERAL OF THAT DEFENSE.

AND I JUST THOUGHT HIS PRESENCE WAS NOTICEABLE.

AND YOU HOPE THE HAMSTRING.

THOSE ARE TRICKY.

AND YOU HOPE THAT HE CAN MANAGE THAT HERE AND GET BETTER EACH WEEK.

>> YEAH HE CERTAINLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.

AND HE WASN'T EVEN 100%.

LET'S GO TO THE TAPE AND BREAK DOWN THE WIN AGAINST BOWLING GREEN LAST SATURDAY BEFORE THE GAME.

IT WAS AMAZING WHAT THOSE GUYS COMING IN, THE PARACHUTISTS.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS I'VE SEEN IN THE STADIUM.

EARLY ON, YOU EXPECTED COLANDREA TO GO TO THE AIR.

HIS TOP TWO TARGETS, BARNEY AND GILMER.

SO FAR, I THINK IT'S 34 OUT OF 56 ATTEMPTS HAVE GONE TO THOSE TWO GUYS.

SO THOSE ARE HIS FAVORITES.

AND OF COURSE RULE GETS THE START.

FOURTH AND ONE.

AGAIN.

HE'S THEIR SHORT YARDAGE BACK ALONG WITH BEING THEIR NUMBER ONE BACK.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THIS THROW.

THAT IS A PRO THROW.

I DON'T CARE WHO THE DEFENSE IS RIGHT.

HE GOT AWAY MADE THE THROW HIT GILMER IN STRIDE.

DIDN'T MAKE HIM HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT.

IT'S A IT'S A PERFECT THROW.

>> YEAH IT WAS GREAT.

GOOD JOB TO KIND OF COME OUT THERE AND PICK UP THAT BLITZER OFF THE BACK END.

AND THEN NWANERI DOES A GREAT JOB GETTING HIS HANDS UP HERE, AND DONOVAN JONES IS IN THE RIGHT SPOT TO PICK THIS THING OFF.

>> YOU GUYS DRILLED THAT ALL THE TIME RIGHT.

THE TIP DRILL.

SO YOU GET USED TO DOING IT.

AND THEN YOU GO BACK TO THE RUN GAME AGAIN.

AND YOU JUST SEE HOW NO MATTER WHO'S IN THERE, WHETHER IT'S NELSON OR MOZEE OR RULE.

AND THEN HERE'S HUNTER'S ONE, YOU KNOW, ONE CARRY ALONG WITH HIS ONE CATCH.

BY THE WAY, HERE'S WHAT HE TAKES OUT THE A.D.

DOWN GOES DANNEN.

I DON'T THINK HE KNEW WHO HE WAS WHEN HE KNOCKED HIM OVER.

AND THEN HIS GREAT THROW HERE YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER.

>> I MEAN HE HAD HE HAD HUNTER WIDE OPEN AS WELL.

>> THAT'S HIS FAVORITE RECEIVER.

>> THIS IS I MEAN THAT WAS A THAT WAS A GREAT THROW.

AND THE VELOCITY ON IT WAS THE ONLY GUY.

ONLY HIS PLAYER CAN CATCH IT.

>> 14-0 THEN NELSON GETS HIS DRIVE.

THIS IS THE NELSON DRIVE HE HAD BACK TO BACK PLAYS.

BOTH THE RUN GAME RIGHT THERE WITH THAT ONE FOR 22 YARDS.

AND THEN THEY COME BACK AGAIN.

GET HIM A SCREEN OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.

THIS TIME HE GOES 25 YARDS SETTING UP A CHANCE FOR A SCORE.

SO THAT WAS HIS DRIVE.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE PLAY ACTION HERE.

AND THAT'S THE THROW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.

I DON'T CARE WHO YOU'RE PLAYING AGAINST.

THAT IS AN NFL THROW.

>> THAT WAS AN NFL.

I MEAN THIS PROBABLY DOESN'T COUNT IN NFL AS A CATCH.

HE DEFINITELY.

>> HAD TWO FEET DOWN RIGHT HERE.

>> RIGHT.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT FROM OUR BOOTH IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS INCOMPLETE.

BUT HE GOT THAT LEFT THAT LEFT FOOT DOWN.

BUT THAT THROW WAS CRAZY GOOD.

>> 21-0.

AND YOU OBVIOUSLY COULD TALK ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE ON THIS.

GREAT JOB BY RULE BUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE WHAT GREAT BLOCKING.

>> YEAH HERE'S THAT SPLIT ZONE.

NEBRASKA LOVES BRINGING THOSE TIGHT ENDS WHETHER IT'S LINDENMEYER OR BONNER AND DOES A GREAT JOB OF BLOCKING UP FRONT.

>> HERE'S A LITTLE THROW TO BARNEY SHOWING HIS ELUSIVENESS AND WHAT HE CAN DO.

I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO GET DOWN.

>> I SAID THAT.

>> GET DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> TOO MUCH.

HE GETS SOMEONE HIT FROM BEHIND THAT CAUSES FUMBLES.

>> AND THEN HERE'S MOZEE.

HE HAD HIS OWN DRIVE, TOO.

HE COMES IN A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

A 19 YARD CARRY RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN LOOKING UP, I THOUGHT THIS WAS OVERTHROWN WHEN HE THREW IT.

NICE CLOSING SPEED BY BARNEY.

>> YEAH.

IT LOOKED LIKE THAT WAS GOING TO BE TEN YARDS AHEAD OF HIM.

AND THE WAY THE BALL DROPPED, HE JUST HAS SUCH A GREAT TOUCH AND A GREAT FEEL WITH HIS DEEP BALL.

>> PRONATING YOUR WRIST.

THAT'S HOW YOU GET THE BALL TO COME DOWN.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PRONATE YOUR WRIST.

HERE'S THE ONE.

DRIVE, THE ONE QUARTER REALLY.

THIS IS INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER.

WHAT WAS MCDOUGLE DOING ON THAT PLAY?

>> YEAH, THAT WAS A HEAD SCRATCHER.

THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY OVERRUN.

BUT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE HIM BREAK DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND TRY TO GRAB A LEG AND NOT HAVE HIS TOWEL THAT HE HAD ON INSTEAD.

>> THEY CALLED IT A LOAF IN PRACTICE.

I KNOW YOU GUYS CALL THAT IN FILM.

THAT'S A LOAF.

>> YEAH.

HE'S HEARING ABOUT THAT ONE.

>> YEAH.

AND THROW IT BACK TO MOZEE HERE SHOWING AGAIN WHAT COLANDREA CAN DO WHEN HE GETS OUT OF THE POCKET.

IT'S A LITTLE DANGEROUS THROWING BACK ACROSS THE MIDDLE, BUT THAT WAS AN EASY ONE.

AND THEN BARNEY AGAIN SHOWING HIS ELUSIVENESS, ALWAYS GOING TO TAKE A BIG SHOT IN THIS SITUATION.

HE'S NOT A BIG GUY.

WE KIND OF WANT HIM TO GET DOWN.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, MOZEE DRIVE, HE GETS IN MAKING IT 42 TO 7, MAKING SURE THAT EACH OF THE RUNNING BACKS AT SOME POINT SO FAR THIS SEASON HAVE GOTTEN THEIR TOUCHDOWN, THE FIRST ONE FROM MOZEE.

LATER WE'LL SEE.

THIS IS A GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY.

YOU BRING MALCOLM SIMPSON IN FOR ONE PLAY.

HE GETS TO THE QUARTERBACK.

AND THEN DEREK WACKER MAKES THE PLAY.

>> YEAH REALLY GOOD RUSH FROM INITIALLY I THOUGHT HE HIT HIS SHOULDER SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE INCOMPLETE.

BUT HE GETS HE ACTUALLY HITS THE BALL INITIALLY TO KNOCK IT LOOSE.

SO IT'S AN EMPTY HAND.

AND AND DEREK WACKER WAS RIGHT IN A GOOD POSITION.

YOU PRACTICE THAT PICKING THE BALL UP EVERY DAY EVERY LOOSE BALL TO PICK IT UP AND SCORE WITH IT.

>> I THINK MAYBE WE GET MALCOLM SIMPSON A FEW MORE SNAPS.

TJ LATEEF COMES IN AND RIGHT AWAY HE GETS A 21 YARD GAME WITH HIS LEGS AND THEN HE MAKES A NICE THROW HERE.

AGAIN, HE IS SO ELUSIVE.

IT'S FUN TO WATCH, BUT IT'S DANGEROUS.

I GET NERVOUS WHENEVER I SEE THOSE GUYS RUNNING BACK, BUT A GOOD THROW TO IVES.

GET HIM INVOLVED TOO.

>> YOU CAN GET CALLED FOR HOLDING IN THOSE SITUATIONS TOO.

>> BIG TIME.

AND THEN IVES GETS HIS TOUCHDOWN AGAIN.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE RUNNING BACKS GET A TOUCHDOWN.

ALL FOUR STARTING.

ALL FOUR OF THE TOP RUNNING BACKS GET THAT GOING UP 56-7.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINAL STATS.

I MEAN NEBRASKA DOMINATED THE GAME 264 ON THE GROUND, 282 IN THE AIR.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER WHAT, 25 ON THE GROUND IF THE TOUCHDOWN COLANDREA RUN DOESN'T GET CALLED BACK BECAUSE THAT WAS A 45 YARDER.

I THINK HE ONLY GOT 20 OUT OF IT.

SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN OVER, YOU KNOW CLOSER TO 300 YARDS RUSHING.

AND YOU SEE OVERALL THE BIG ONE THE ONE TURNOVER.

BUT I MEAN YOU REALLY YOU CAN'T PUT THAT ON.

>> I MEAN IT WAS HE WAS A GREAT COMPLETION.

AND JUST BARNEY BOBBLED JUST ENOUGH FOR THE BOWLING GREEN SAFETY TO COME IN THERE AND PICK IT UP.

BUT YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THE BALANCE ON OFFENSE WITH THE RUSHING YARDS, THE PASSING YARDS.

>> GOTTA LOVE IT.

>> IT WAS OFFENSIVELY ABOUT AS WELL.

YOU COULD HAVE DRAWN IT UP.

>> TIME FOR OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME AFTER THE BOWLING GREEN WIN.

IT'S YOUR BIG TEN OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK ANTHONY COLANDREA WITH FOUR TOUCHDOWNS ALONG WITH DEFENSIVE BACK LOOKING LIKE A FIRST ROUND PICK.

I'M NOT JOKING.

IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF GAMES, ANDREW MARSHALL.

A LOT OF GOOD GAME TAPE FROM THE FIELD THIS WEEK.

LET'S CHECK IN WITH JAY AS HE BREAKS DOWN A COUPLE OF THOSE PLAYS IN THIS WEEK'S JAY'S PLAYS.

>> ALL RIGHT WELCOME TO JAY'S PLAY TONIGHT.

I GOT TWO PLAYS FOR YOU.

THE FIRST ONE WE LOOK ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

SO NEBRASKA IS UTILIZING SOME RUN STUNTS IN THIS ONE.

SO WE GOT OWEN CHAMBLISS HERE.

ANTHONY JONES HERE.

OKAY.

AND WE GOT RILEY VAN POPPEL HERE.

OWEN CHAMBLISS IS GOING TO COME OFF THE EDGE.

DO A GOOD JOB OF SETTING IT TO MAKE THE PLAY KIND OF FORCE EVERYTHING BACK IN.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO RUN A LITTLE WHAT'S CALLED AN ET STUNT.

YOU SEE THIS MORE ON A PASS RUSH BUT ANTHONY JONES IS GOING TO COME IN HERE.

AND RILEY VAN POPPEL IS GOING TO COME OUT HERE AND FIT TO MAKE THIS TACKLE FOR A LOSS.

SO THE TIMING WAS REALLY GOOD.

IS A REALLY WELL EXECUTED STUNT BY THE D LINE TO GET RILEY VAN POPPEL FREE AND MAKE THIS TACKLE FOR LOSS.

SO ONCE I CLEAR THIS OFF I'M GOING TO RUN IT.

LOOK HE WORKS THERE.

WORKS THE OUTSIDE BOOM COMES FREE.

CHAMBLISS DOES A GOOD JOB OF SETTING THE EDGE RIGHT.

SO VAN POPPEL TO COME CLEAN.

JUST A REALLY NICE EXECUTED RUN STUNT FOR A NICE TACKLE FOR LOSS BY RILEY VAN POPPEL.

SO NEXT PLAY LOOKING OFFENSIVELY NEBRASKA IS GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB HERE.

WE GOT HUNTER HERE.

THEN WE GOT GILMER HERE.

HUNTER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO COME FREE.

HE'S GONNA BE WIDE OPEN RIGHT HERE IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.

BUT WE KNOW GILMER IS HIS FAVORITE TARGET TO LOOK AT ALL YEAR.

HE'S COLANDREA DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF FORCING THIS BALL INTO SOME COVERAGE.

AGAIN, HUNTER IS WIDE OPEN, BUT WE KNOW HIS FAVORITE TARGET THROUGH THE FIRST TWO GAMES RIGHT NOW IS GILMER.

SO THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BALL WITH PRECISION.

YOU GO AHEAD AND RUN IT.

NICE VELOCITY TO IT.

YOU CAN SEE HUNTER IS WIDE OPEN HERE.

BUT AGAIN GILMER DOES A GOOD JOB OF CATCHING THE BALL IN TRAFFIC.

COMES DOWN WITH IT IN A NICE EXECUTED TOUCHDOWN PLAY BY THE BIG RED.

>> HONESTLY, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO PLAYER ON THE FIELD THAT HAS A BIGGER EGO THAN WIDE RECEIVERS.

I'M ASSUMING HUNTER RIGHT NOW IS SAYING, HEY BUH.

LOOK HEY, HEY, HEY MAN.

I'M THE NUMBER ONE GUY.

>> CAN I GET SOMETHING?

>> CAN I GET SOMETHING?

>> DON'T GET DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME.

>> ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M RUNNING WIDE OPEN.

>> WELL, HE'S GONNA HAVE HIS OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THOSE COVERAGES ARE GONNA START SLIDING TO GILMER.

>> YOU WOULD HOPE SO, YEAH.

>> AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM, THERE'S HUNTER'S GONNA HAVE HIS DAY.

>> YEAH, EVENTUALLY HE WILL.

LIKE YOU MENTIONED, LINDENMEYER AS WELL.

NEXT UP ON THE SHOW, WE'LL CHECK OUT HUSKER FANS UNIQUE JERSEY COLLECTION, AND WE'LL TALK TO A FRIEND OF THE SHOW, KETV SPORTS DIRECTOR ANDY KENDEIGH, AS WE GO TO BREAK.

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

(UPBEAT SPORTS) >> WELCOME BACK TO BIG RED WRAP-UP.

TIME TO CHECK OUT THE HOT TAKES FOLLOWING THE BOWLING GREEN GAME.

HAWT DANGER FROM YOUTUBE CHIMED IN.

HE SAID NEBRASKA SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADED AT QUARTERBACK.

SEAN DID THEY?

>> THEY'RE TRENDING THAT WAY.

REMEMBER LAST YEAR, THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE YEAR, DYLAN RAIOLA BROKE A SCHOOL RECORD WITH 20 CONSECUTIVE COMPLETIONS IN A ROW FROM THE BACK END OF CINCINNATI TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AKRON GAME.

BUT THAT SAID, I THINK IT'S GOING THAT DIRECTION.

I THINK THE MOBILITY, THE FEEL FOR THE GAME, JUST ALL THE INTANGIBLES ANTHONY COLANDREA BRINGS ALONG WITH HIS EXPERIENCE OF 30 PLUS STARTS.

YOU REALLY HAVE TO LIKE WHAT NEBRASKA HAS RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH.

IT'S PENDING.

RIGHT.

IT'S PENDING.

>> IT'S PENDING.

BUT IT'S A SAFE BET RIGHT NOW.

>> THE STOCK IS GOING UP.

THANKS, SEAN.

WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR TAKES THIS SEASON.

ALL YOUR HOT TAKES.

CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, VIA EMAIL OR FROM THE PHONE TO SHARE YOUR HOTTEST TAKES.

WE SHOWCASE THE BEST AND THEN WE GET TO SEE WHETHER WE AGREE OR DISAGREE.

THE BEST TAKE WILL WIN A COPY OF SEAN'S BOOK, THE PROGRAM.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR THIS WEEK'S TOP PLAYS BASED ON YOUR VOTES.

JAMAL RULE 59 YARD RUN TO THE END ZONE.

YOU GOT TO GIVE HALF OF THIS TO THE OFFENSIVE LINE AS PART OF THIS PLAY AS WELL.

BECAUSE I MEAN GREAT RUN BUT GREAT BLOCKING.

AND THEN I THOUGHT THIS SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE KWAZI GILMORE'S DIVING CATCH IN THE END ZONE.

GREAT THROW BY COLANDREA.

GREAT CATCH.

GOT THE FOOT DOWN DRAGGED IT, TOE DRAG SWAG.

GREAT JOB BY KWAZI GILMORE ON THIS CATCH.

THAT'S YOUR NUMBER TWO.

AND BY THE VOTES NUMBER ONE THE DEFENSE FORCED FUMBLE AND RECOVER BY DEREK WACKER.

OF COURSE MALCOLM SIMPSON COMES IN GETS ONE PLAY 99 ON PRO FOOTBALL FOCUS BECAUSE OF HIS ONE PLAY.

SCOOPED UP BY DEREK WACKER.

AND THEN HE RUNS IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

PRETTY COOL PLAY.

THE HUSKERS NEW JEEY WHERE IT WAS A HOT TOPIC DURING THE OFF SEASON.

WE MET ONE FAN WHO SPENT TIME TRYING TO COMPILE A HISTORICAL RECORD THROUGH JERSEYS NUMBER ZERO THROUGH 100.

(SILENT) (CHEERING) (UPBEAT MUSIC) >> THIS SEASON NEBRASKA FOOTBALL UNVEILED SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THEIR UNIFORMS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS AS THEIR LOOK CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.

ONE HUSKER FAN IS ATTEMPTING TO PRESERVE THAT HISTORY.

>> MY NAME IS SCOTT AND THIS IS MY COLLECTION.

(INTENSE MUSIC) I THINK THE BEST ESTIMATE THAT I WOULD HAVE FOR THE AMOUNT OF JERSEYS IN MY COLLECTION IS PROBABLY ABOUT 130 TOTAL.

BETWEEN THE RECORD BREAKERS, THE 0 TO 99 AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER UNIQUE JERSEYS THAT I LIKE TO TRY TO COLLECT.

AS I WAS COLLECTING, I NOTICED THAT I WAS STARTING TO ACCRUE DIFFERENT NUMBERS, AND IT REALLY KIND OF BECAME A CHALLENGE FOR ME TO SEE WHAT NUMBERS I COULD GET AND IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO GET EVERY NUMBER FROM 0 TO 99.

(INTENSE MUSIC) I TRY TO LOOK FOR SPECIAL JERSEYS IN TERMS OF MAYBE IT WAS A ONE YEAR JERSEY THAT THEY NEVER WORE AGAIN.

MAYBE IT HAD A SPECIAL PATCH.

MAYBE IT'S A BOWL GAME JERSEY.

THE OTHER THING THAT I ALWAYS LOOK FOR IS WHERE.

I LOVE TO KNOW THAT IT WAS TRULY USED ON THE FIELD.

AND SO THE HIT MARKS, THE SEWING REPAIRS, ALL THOSE THINGS I THINK ARE KIND OF EXCITING FOR ME TO SEE WHERE IT ACTUALLY MADE THAT, THAT IMPACT ON THE FIELD.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) I'VE ALWAYS LOVED TO COLLECT EVERYTHING.

I THINK I WOULD PROBABLY ATTRIBUTE THAT TO MY FATHER, WHO COLLECTED ANTIQUES AND TOOK ME TO GARAGE SALES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.

I GREW UP IN THE ERA OF THE 90S NEBRASKA FOOTBALL, SO I ABSOLUTELY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.

>> WANTS TO THROW AGAIN.

HE'S GOT A MAN DOWNFIELD HITS COREY DIXON COMPLETE DOWN TO THE ONE YARD LINE.

(CROWD CHEERING) >> THE GAME USED WAS REALLY WHAT DREW ME INTO COLLECTING.

SO, UM, IT HAS JUST PROGRESSED EVER SINCE.

I LIKE GAME USED BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT IT WAS THE CLOSEST THAT I'LL EVER GET TO BEING ON THE TURF AT MEMORIAL STADIUM.

IT'S A WAY FOR ME TO DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL FOR THE PROGRAM TO PRESERVE THAT HISTORY.

AND SO ANYTHING THAT TALKS ABOUT, LIKE THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF HOW WE GOT TO NEBRASKA FOOTBALL, OF WHAT IT IS TODAY, I THINK IS SOMETHING WORTH COLLECTING, SOMETHING WORTH PRESERVING, AND SOMETHING THAT I WOULD EVENTUALLY HOPE THAT OTHER PEOPLE COULD COULD APPRECIATE.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> WHILE FOLLOWING THE EVOLUTION OF NEBRASKA'S LOOK ON THE FIELD OVER 136 YEARS, SCOTT SEES THIS YEAR'S NEW JERSEYS HONORING THE PAST WHILE FORGING A NEW PATH.

>> I THINK THE NUMBERS, WHICH WE WOULD SAY IS KIND OF A MODERN FONT, IS REALLY HARKENING BACK TO THE 60S.

THE SHOULDER STRIPES OBVIOUSLY BRING BACK SOME OF THE 70S.

I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO BRING THE PAST TO THE PRESENT AND SOMETHING MORE MODERN.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAME FROM, TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY.

FROM THE RELEASE OF THE NEW JERSEY FOR 2026, IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK BACK AND SEE WHAT WE'VE HAD.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) THIS IS THE THING THAT I ALWAYS LOOK AT FIRST WHEN I COME, COME DOWNSTAIRS, IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE RECORD BREAKERS.

I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT THERE'S A POINT WHEN THE COLLECTION IS DONE, BUT I REALISTICALLY KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A NEW JERSEY OR ALWAYS A NEW PLAYER THAT I WOULD LOVE TO TRY TO GET A PIECE FROM.

THE MOST CHERISHED MEMORIES I HAVE WITH THE FORMER PLAYERS IS WHEN I CAN TAKE THEM THEIR JERSEY BACK AND MAYBE HAVE THEM SIGN IT, AND THEY'RE SO HAPPY TO SIGN IT, AND FOR ME TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ME IN MY COLLECTION AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.

THEY'RE PROUD TO REPRESENT THAT NUMBER IN THE 0 THROUGH 99.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME IN THE ANDY KENDEIGH, KETV SPORTS DIRECTOR.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED YOU DON'T HAVE THE RED SPORTS COAT ON.

>> LISTEN, SOME THINGS EVOLVE AND I THINK I'VE OUTGROWN THE RED JACKET LITERALLY.

SO I'VE GOT I'M STILL WORKING ON IT.

THERE MIGHT BE A GOFUNDME PAGE BY THE END OF THE NIGHT TO AFFORD A NEW RED JACKET, BUT LET'S JUST SAY I TRIED IT ON TODAY.

I'M LIKE, THIS IS NOT.

>> YOU'RE NOT DOING IT.

>> ANYONE.

>> YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

THAT'S OKAY.

I'VE BEEN WHERE YOU ARE.

UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS THROUGH TWO GAMES BASED OFF WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS WERE.

>> I THINK COLANDREA HAS BEEN AS GOOD, IF NOT BETTER THAN ADVERTISED.

I THINK HE GIVES THE HUSKERS A DYNAMIC THEY HAVEN'T HAD.

UM, A GUY WHO CAN RUN AND PASS AND ELUDE EXTEND PLAYS, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN AWESOME.

AND, UM, I THINK THE RUNNING GAME HAS BEEN BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

I THINK THEY'VE HAD OPTIONS AND THE TOP THREE GUYS BETWEEN RULE, MOZEE AND NELSON, THEY'VE BEEN FANTASTIC SO FAR.

NOW 16 PENALTIES IN TWO GAMES.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO DO IT YOU KNOW UM AND HAVING A TOUCHDOWN CALLED BACK IN BOTH GAMES.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THIS EARLY ON IN THE SEASON YOU CAN KIND OF EXPECT THEY GOT TO IRON IT OUT.

I DO LIKE THE WAY THE SCHEDULE HAS APPROACHED THE SCHEDULE LAID OUT FOR THEM THIS YEAR, AND I THINK THEY ARE TRENDING INTO THE BIG TEN SEASON LIKE IT SHOULD.

A SCHEDULE SHOULD BE.

>> ANDY LET'S SO YOU OFFENSIVELY, BUT I THINK EVERYONE WAS KIND OF EXPECTING THIS OFFENSE TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START.

WHAT ARE FACTORS OF THIS TEAM ARE YOU STILL KIND OF LIKE WAIT AND SEE MODE AND LIKE BECAUSE YOU GOT TO FACTOR IN THE COMPETITION, BUT WHERE ARE SOME AREAS YOU'RE LIKE, I'M JUST NOT SO SURE YET REALLY UNTIL YOU SEE A PROBABLY NOT AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA, BUT ONCE THEY FINALLY GET THE BIG TEN PLAY IN MICHIGAN STATE.

>> I WANT TO SEE HOW THE DEFENSIVE LINE ADAPTS TO THE BIG TEN PLAY.

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT LINE PLAY WHEN WE GET TO CONFERENCE PLAY.

AND I'M INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THIS DEFENSIVE LINE HOLDS UP.

I THINK JAHSEAR WHITTINGTON.

I THINK SEAN YOU SAID IT ON YOUR HUSKER ONLINE SHOW TODAY.

HE'S BEEN ONE OF THE BIG, BIG SURPRISES IN TERMS OF HOW GOOD HE'S BEEN AND HOW EFFECTIVE HE'S BEEN.

EVERY TIME HE'S IN THERE, HE SEEMS LIKE HE PLAYS A ROLE IN THAT PLAY, AND HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO MAKE THE TACKLE IF HE'S EATEN UP SPACE AND GOBBLING UP A COUPLE BLOCKERS.

THAT'S HUGE.

I THINK OFFENSIVELY, IN TERMS OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE, I WANT TO SEE THEM TAKE THE NEXT STEP AGAINST BIG TEN PLAY.

IT'S TOUGH TO SAY AGAINST BOWLING GREEN IN THE COMPETITION SO FAR.

I DO THINK, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, NORTH DAKOTA PRESENTS ITSELF PERHAPS THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGE OF THE PRESEASON.

OHIO MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY WITH THAT.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU, SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH TEST FOR THEM IN TERMS OF A CHALLENGE, AT LEAST EARLY ON.

I THINK IN THE END, THE DEPTH AND THE AND JUST THE SIZE OF NEBRASKA WILL CARRY THROUGH.

BUT I THINK EARLY ON, I THINK NORTH DAKOTA IS GOING TO GIVE THEM GIVE THEM SOME CHALLENGES.

>> ANDY, WE'VE SEEN MATT RHULE KIND OF BLOW UP HIS WHOLE PLAN HERE.

THEY WENT THE EARLY START TO SPRING FOOTBALL.

GOING BACK TO THE AFTERNOONS.

JUST SO MANY THINGS DIFFERENT IN THIS YEAR FOR IF THIS YEAR WORKS FOR MATT RHULE, HOW MUCH ARE WE GOING TO LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THIS STUFF AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

HE MADE JUST A LOT OF OPERATIONAL CHANGES OF HOW THEY RUN THE PROGRAM, AND SOME OF THOSE MAYBE LED TO MORE CONSISTENT RESULTS.

>> YEAH.

DON'T YOU THINK THE EARLY START TO THE SPRING, THAT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE MAKER.

THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK ON AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BECAUSE I REALLY THINK HE LIKES THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN THE CALENDAR FLIP AND THE START OF SPRING BALL, AND THEN AND THEN AFTER SPRING BALL IS DONE.

I THINK WHEN THEY EVOLVE TO THIS OTAS OR WHATEVER, THE NFL MODEL WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE WORKOUTS IN THAT OFF SEASON, I THINK THAT BENEFITS YOU TO DO SPRING BALL EARLIER.

I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THESE DEALS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF THEIR PLAY, IN TERMS OF THEIR STRATEGY IN THE OFF SEASON, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK SPRING BALL IS GOING TO BE LIKE SPRING BALL OF OLD.

I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

>> IT'S BEEN CHANGED.

>> BEFORE I THINK THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO OVERHAUL THE SPRING BALL AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN USED TO IN YEARS PAST.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A THING OF THE PAST IN JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> AND WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM JERRY LEFEVER, AND HE'S UPSET THAT NEBRASKA'S NOT EVEN GETTING ANY KIND OF VOTES AT ALL IN THE AP.

>> OH, YOU SHOULD TALK TO THE AP VOTER IN THE STATE.

HE'S A MORON.

>> WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THEM NOT GETTING ANY VOTES AT ALL WHEN YOU GOT A LOT OF OTHER TEAMS THAT ARE ABOUT THE SAME GETTING VOTES.

>> IT'S WHO YOU'RE PLAYING, RIGHT?

I MEAN, OHIO IS ONE THING.

BOWLING GREEN IS ANOTHER.

>> YEAH.

>> AND I THINK IF THEY KEEP THIS UP, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO EVEN IF THEY PUT A 50 BURGER ON NORTH DAKOTA, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO WOW MOST OF THE AP VOTERS BUT YOU DO THAT, YOU PLAY IMPRESSIVELY AT MICHIGAN STATE.

YOU WIN AT MICHIGAN STATE.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET SOME NOTICE.

WHEN YOU WIN AT HOME AGAINST MARYLAND, SHOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO THAT?

>> RIGHT.

>> THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO TURN SOME HEADS.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU GOT INDIANA COMING TO TOWN, THAT IS YOUR MAJOR OPPORTUNITY TO GRAB SOME VOTES.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, IF YOU ASK ANY AP VOTER, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EVEN INCLUDE NEBRASKA IN THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO.

THEY SHOULD HAMMER THESE TEAMS EARLY.

>> NO DOUBT.

>> AND JUST WITH KIND OF WITH THE SCHEDULE UP THERE AND JUST LOOKING AT JUST THE BIG TEN ALREADY, THIS IS THE FIRST COUPLE GAMES.

IT'S BEEN KIND OF A WEIRD FIRST COUPLE WEEKS.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE SEEN FROM NEBRASKA AND SOME OF THESE OTHER BIG TEN COMPETITIONS ALREADY THROUGH TWO WEEKS, AND HOW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY FARE FOR NEBRASKA LATER IN THE YEAR?

>> WELL, I THINK IF YOU'RE A NEBRASKA FAN, YOU'RE SAYING, OH, OREGON, OKAY.

THEY HAVE NOT LOOKED LIKE OREGON THE PRESEASON.

OREGON.

EVERYBODY BUILT THEM UP, MYSELF INCLUDED.

UH, WASHINGTON.

THAT HOME GAME AGAINST WASHINGTON HAS BEEN SUSPECT.

THEY WERE FORTUNATE TO GET OUT OF LAST WEEK WITH A WIN.

SO I THINK THOSE TYPES OF GAMES, WHICH YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WASHINGTON, I THINK EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A GETTABLE GAME.

THE OREGON ONE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FANS YOU TALKED TO AND YOU SAY WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE AT OREGON.

WELL YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE TO INDIANA AND OHIO STATE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SAY THAT.

IF NEBRASKA KEEPS DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

>> ILLINOIS LOSES TO DUKE.

>> ILLINOIS LOSING.

>> AT HOME.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

>> IOWA WAS A LITTLE SHAKY.

>> IOWA, I WILL SAY THAT'S A RIVALRY GAME, BUT I'M WITH YOU.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU GOT AFTER WEEK ONE, YOU'RE LIKE, OH, BOY.

THEY HAMMERED NORTHERN ILLINOIS BY 40 OR WHATEVER.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND THEN YOU'RE THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT LEAST A THREE TOUCHDOWNS BETTER THAN IOWA STATE.

IOWA STATE COMES IN THERE AND PLAYS THEM AS TOUGH AS IF MATT CAMPBELL WAS COACHING, RIGHT?

SO THAT RIVALRY THING IS ONE THING.

BUT I DO THINK IT GIVES HUSKER FANS AT LEAST SOME HOPE RIGHT NOW, OR BELIEF THAT SOME OF THESE GAMES THAT WEREN'T GETTABLE BEFORE.

YEAH, I THINK I THINK PEOPLE HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION NOW.

>> WHEN ANDY, YOU ARE THE AP VOTER FOR NEBRASKA THIS YEAR.

>> DON'T TELL PEOPLE.

>> YEAH, SHUSH.

>> HIS EMAIL IS.

>> YEAH.

AT ANDY KENDEIGH.

>> BUT I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES OF DOING THAT?

I CAN'T IMAGINE LIKE SUNDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN YOU GOT HOME.

>> YEAH.

>> BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT THING IN EARLY.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE FEED BACK THE PACKAGE KETV FOR THE MORNING SHOW.

WE TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT A COUPLE OF DIET COKES, WE'RE FINE.

WE'RE HANGING OUT AT THE KITCHEN TABLE.

IT WAS.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL TELL YOU.

THE BIGGEST THING IS.

KEEPING TABS OF GAMES WHILE NEBRASKA'S GAME IS GOING ON.

>> SURE.

>> AND YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU CALL THAT UP ON YOUR COMPUTER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SCORES.

WHATEVER.

YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE TUNED IN TO SCORES AND HOW THEY SCORED.

AND I WATCH A LOT OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

IT ACTUALLY GIVES ME A GOOD EXCUSE.

HONEY.

>> I GOTTA VOTE.

>> HONEY.

I'VE GOT TO WATCH COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

>> I'VE GOTTA VOTE.

>> I OWE IT TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL FANS IN THIS STATE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY TO HAVE AN EDUCATED POLL.

>> ANDY KENDEIGH HE JOINS US FROM KETV.

UM, WOULD YOU SAY?

RIGHT.

I KNOW IT'S ONLY TWO GAMES.

>> YEP.

>> DO YOU FEEL THAT COLANDREA HAS MUCH MORE TALENT AROUND HIM THAN NEBRASKA HAD BEHIND DYLAN RAIOLA LAST YEAR?

>> YES, I THINK HE HAS MORE TOOLS, A HIGHER LEVEL OF PLAYER.

>> BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY JUST EMMETT AND THEN MAYBE HUNTER AND BARNEY.

I GUESS THAT WAS... >> DANE KEY.

DANE KEY LAST YEAR.

>> YEAH, BUT YOU TAKE GILMER AND HUNTER, AND HUNTER A YEAR LATER AND BARNEY.

>> I THINK SO.

>> AND BARNEY A YEAR.

>> AND THE DEPTH AT RUNNING BACK I THINK IS AN ADVANTAGE.

>> I AGREE.

YOU HAVE DIFFERENT GUYS COMING IN WHO ARE FRESHER AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND EMMETT'S EMMETT.

EMMETT IS FANTASTIC AND HE HAD A GREAT DEBUT FOR THE CHIEFS LAST NIGHT.

THAT WAS FUN TO WATCH, BUT I LIKE THIS THREE HEADED MONSTER THAT THEY'RE COMING AT YOU WITH.

I THINK YOU KNOW ASSUMING JAMAL RULE IS 100% AND THEY RESTED HIM IN THE SECOND HALF, I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE HE WON'T BE 100% FOR SATURDAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MEHKI NELSON, UH, IS MEHKI NELSON AND DOING THINGS LIKE HE SHOWED IN THAT LAS VEGAS BOWL GAME.

AND I THINK MOZEE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.

YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THINK THE OTHER THING, YOU KNOW, I THINK JACORY BARNEY SAID IT MAYBE IT WAS A WEEK AGO WHEN HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S COOL THAT WHEN I RUN A ROUTE AND I MAKE MY MOVE AND TURN BACK, THE BALL IS THERE RIGHT WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

AND I THOUGHT, OH, THAT'S AN INTERESTING COMMENT.

SO I JUST HAVE APPRECIATED COLANDREA'S UM, ONE, HIS ENERGY ON THE FIELD, IT REALLY DOES SEEM LIKE HIS TEAMMATES HAVE UM, REALLY GELLED WITH HIM AND HE'S ONE OF THOSE IT GUYS, YOU KNOW, AND GUYS LIKE A PIED PIPER.

GUYS LOVE TO BE AROUND THE GUY AND YOU REALLY DON'T GET THAT SENSE WITH US IN THE MEDIA BECAUSE HE'S PRETTY BUTTONED UP.

AND I THINK THAT IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF THE HEAD COACH.

BUT I TELL YOU HIS TEAMMATES LOVE HIM.

AND WE'LL GO TO THE WALL FOR HIM.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE DANA HOLGORSEN, COLANDREA MARRIAGE NOW?

IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT HAS BEEN WORKING BETTER.

AND I KNOW IT'S VERY EARLY.

>> RIGHT.

>> BUT JUST WHEN YOU COMPARE IT, I MEAN, SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING, I JUST THINK IT FEELS LIKE IT FITS THE DNA OF DANA.

>> WELL, WE WERE TALKING AT DINNER BEFORE THE GAME THE OTHER DAY, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TEMPO.

LIKE, HERE'S ANTHONY COLANDREA FIRST GAME IN AS A NEBRASKA QUARTERBACK.

AND HE'S RUNNING TEMPO.

>> YEAH.

>> I MEAN, RIGHT UP TO I MEAN, THAT'S A GUY WHO KNOWS THE SYSTEM AND IS CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN THE SYSTEM WITH HIS OC CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN HIM TO SAY, HEY, GO OUT AND DO YOUR THING AND LET'S RUN AT A HIGH PACE.

AND THAT'S I THINK HAS REALLY PUT SOME DEFENSES ON THEIR HEELS.

AND I DO THINK THAT THAT IS IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT COLANDREA, HIS MENTAL GAME, HIS APPROACH AND HIS CHEMISTRY WITH DANA HOLGORSEN, I REALLY DO.

>> ANDY, WHAT DID YOU PICK FOR YOUR SCHEDULE?

THE RECORD AND WHAT DID YOU END UP?

WHERE ARE YOU NOW?

ARE YOU CHANGED AT ALL?

>> IOWA WENT 7-5, JUST LIKE I THINK 85% OF HUSKER FANS.

I'M TENDING TO TREND UPWARD.

I GIVE THEM EIGHT AND MAYBE EVERYTHING BREAKS RIGHT, YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A STINKER EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT I THINK THIS TEAM, I THINK I AGREE WITH PEOPLE WHO SAY THAT THIS ROSTER IS PROBABLY THE BEST THAT MATT RHULE HAS HAD AT NEBRASKA.

I THINK IT'S THE DEEPEST AND I THINK IT COMES AT YOU IN WAVES.

AND AS LONG AS THE DEFENSE CAN CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, GENERATE A PASS RUSH, KEEP THE QUARTERBACK RUN GAME AT BAY ON DEFENSE, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WIN SOME GAMES.

>> WHAT ABOUT ROB AURICH?

I MEAN WHAT DO YOU THINK.

WE KNOW HIM YET AND WHAT HE HAS BROUGHT TO THIS TEAM.

>> I DON'T THINK WE KNOW ALL OF HIM YET.

RIGHT.

I THINK WE'VE JUST SEEN GLIMPSES.

I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN MUCH BLITZ.

>> IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN VERY BASIC.

>> THEY HAVE NOT.

>> VERY VANILLA.

>> THEY HAVE NOT HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO BLITZ BECAUSE THE TEAMS THEY'RE PLAYING DON'T REALLY.

THEY HAVEN'T HAD MANY TRUE DROP BACKS.

BUT I THINK AS WE MOVE ON YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE.

>> LAST QUESTION.

PAUL WEBER FROM FACEBOOK.

ARE SPECIAL TEAMS STILL SPECIAL THIS YEAR?

>> UH LOWERCASE SPECIAL.

>> OKAY.

>> LOWERCASE.

>> AND IT'S EARLY.

>> WITH THE ABILITY TO HIT CAPS LOCK, OKAY.

>> YEAH.

>> I MEAN, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY.

I THINK IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW.

JACORY BARNEY IS GOING TO BREAK ONE EVENTUALLY, BUT HE IS SO AGGRESSIVE AND SO ANXIOUS THAT SOMETIMES IT BITES HIM, BUT I THINK HE'S GOING TO GET ONE.

AND MAYBE IT'S MAYBE IT'S THIS WEEK.

BUT I DO THINK THE SPECIAL TEAMS ARE ARE GOOD.

I THINK THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO BE GREAT.

>> AND THEY HAD A PUNT BLOCK AND THEY HAD A GOOD RETURN BY HUNTER.

SO THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT THOUGH.

>> AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD GAME WHEN YOUR PUNTER DOESN'T HAVE TO PUNT.

>> NEVER DOES THAT.

EXACTLY.

THANK YOU ANDY.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

UP NEXT ON THE WRAP-UP, SEAN AND I WILL DIVE INTO THE LATEST UPDATES IN RECRUITING.

BUT FIRST, ANOTHER LOOK FROM THE BOWLING GREEN GAME COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

STAY WITH US.

WE'RE RIGHT BACK.

RRDAT SPORTS.

STAY WITH US.

WE'RE RIGHT BACK.

[MUSIC] >> IN MY FORMATIONAL YEARS AS A HEAD COACH, SITTING THERE TALKING ABOUT SCHEDULING WITH CHIP KELLY, AND WHEN HE WAS THE HEAD COACH OF THE EAGLES, HE CAME TO OUR PRO DAY.

I REMEMBER HIM TELLING ME LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO PLAY.

I DON'T WANT TO PLAY.

YOU KNOW, I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT LIKE THE WAY HE SAID.

IT WAS MORE LIKE, HEY, I'D RATHER PLAY THIS POWER FOUR TEAM THAN THIS TEAM THAT KNOWS HOW TO WIN.

I EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF AS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT TEMPLE.

YOU KNOW, WE LOST TO VILLANOVA ONE YEAR AND THOSE KIDS AT VILLANOVA, THEY HAD THE SEASON AND ALL THESE GREAT PLAYERS LIKE THEY JUST KNOW HOW TO WIN.

AND YOU SEE IT EVERY YEAR.

>> YEAH.

IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS REGION OF FOOTBALL, YOU KNOW EVERY DAKOTA TEAM YOU PLAY IS GOING TO BE READY TO READY TO COMPETE.

UM, YOU KNOW, HE COMES FROM THAT BACKGROUND AS WELL.

HE PLAYED AT NORTH DAKOTA, UM, TREMENDOUS PRIDE AND HOW AND THE PRODUCT THEY PUT ON THE FIELD, UM, HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HIM.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A PREPARED FOOTBALL TEAM THAT'S READY TO PROVE THAT THEY CAN COMPETE WITH ANYONE NATIONALLY.

THEY'VE HAD THREE BLOWOUT WINS THIS YEAR AGAINST I WOULD I WOULD SAY LESSER UM COMPETITION THAN WHAT THEY ARE.

UM, BUT I THINK THEY'RE EXCITED TO PROVE WHAT THEY CAN DO ON THE MAIN STAGE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN HE TOOK THE JOB AT SAN DIEGO STATE, HE ASKED ME TO COME WITH.

AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I GOT A LOT OF LOVE IN MY HEART FOR COACH SCHMIDT, MAN.

GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO COACH DIVISION ONE FOOTBALL WITH HIM.

>> AND IF YOU RELAX AS A POWER FOUR TEAM, IF YOU RELAX, THEN YOU GET YOURSELF IN THOSE GAMES THAT THAT NEBRASKA WAS IN IN 22 AND KANSAS STATE WAS IN LAST YEAR.

AND YOU GOT TO FIGHT YOUR YOUR TAIL OFF BECAUSE THE LONGER THAT GAME GOES ON, THE MORE HOPE THOSE GUYS GET.

IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST IT'S REALITY OF WHAT IT IS.

>> YOU KNOW, BUT FOR US, ON A DAY WHERE WE'RE HONORING COACH OSBORNE, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PLAY AT A LEVEL THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'LL SHAKE HIS HEAD AT IN A POSITIVE WAY.

AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO THIS WEEK TO IMPROVE OUR TEAM AND GET READY FOR AN EXCELLENT FOOTBALL TEAM.

(SWOOSH) (SILENT) >> HI.

WELCOME BACK TO BIG RED WRAP-UP.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE TALKING WITH SEAN CALLAHAN ABOUT RECRUITING.

LET'S START OFF WITH THE COACHES GETTING ON THE ROAD.

>> YEAH.

YOU'VE NOW SEEN NEBRASKA'S COACHING STAFF THE LAST TWO FRIDAYS REALLY GET OUT OF NUMBERS.

WE SAW KEITH WILLIAMS OUT.

LONNIE TEASLEY WAS OUT WATCHING KITRELL AT ASHLAND-GREENWOOD.

>> YEAH.

>> SO THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE NIGHT HOME GAMES BY TRYING TO GET THE COACHES OUT TO SEE AS MANY REGIONAL AND LOCAL PROSPECTS AS POSSIBLE.

>> YEAH.

LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME 28 GUYS.

MARSHAUN THORNTON WHO OUT OF MOUNT CARMEL IN CHICAGO.

>> YEAH, NEBRASKA HAD A COUPLE OF NOTABLE 2028.

AND FOR THE NIGHT GAME YOU HAD MARSHAUN THORNTON WHO'S A FOUR STAR TOP LEVEL WIDE RECEIVER OUT OF THE CHICAGO AREA.

ANOTHER NAME, OWEN HERRICK, WHO WAS THERE.

2028 QUARTERBACK TARGET OUT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA AREA.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU ALREADY HAVE TRAE TAYLOR COMMITTED AT THIS POINT FOR '27.

SO IT'S NOT A REAL ATTRACTIVE LANDING SPOT.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT THEY HAVE SETTLED ON HERRICK AS THEIR GUY RIGHT NOW AT THE QUARTERBACK SPOT.

>> SO MUCH TALENT AROUND THE ATLANTA AREA AND OBVIOUSLY NEBRASKA'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.

JORDAN AGBANOMA IS ONE OF THOSE GUYS COMING OUT OF GRAYSON HIGH SCHOOL.

>> AGBANOMA, YOU LOOK AT HIM AS 6'3", 215 A BIG TIME GUY.

HE WAS THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL COMMIT FOR GEEP WADE IN THIS RECRUITING CLASS.

SO HE'S BEEN ON NEBRASKA'S RADAR BEFORE GEEP WADE.

BUT HE WAS ON GEEP WADE'S RADAR WHEN HE WAS AT GEORGIA TECH.

AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HIM ON BOARD 6'3", 215 UM, GOT A LOT OF SEC AND ACC INTEREST, BUT HE WAS THE FIRST GUY IN THE BOAT ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE WITH TRAE TAYLOR IN A STAR STUDDED 2027 RECRUITING CLASS.

>> AND THEN OUR IN-STATE IS A LITTLE BROTHER OF BARRETT LIEBENTRITT, WYATT LIEBENTRITT OUT OF SKUTT.

YEAH.

YOU LOOK AT OMAHA SKUTT WHITE LEVENTRITT GOT AN EARLY OFFER FROM THE PREVIOUS PENN STATE STAFF WITH JAMES FRANKLIN.

GOT A MINNESOTA OFFER FROM P.J.

FLECK, JUST A GUY THAT CLEARLY FLECK AND HIS STAFF BELIEVED IN.

COMMITTED TO MINNESOTA PRETTY EARLY THIS SUMMER AND HAS BEEN ON BOARD.

BUT A PHYSICAL SAFETY, A GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST FITS THE CULTURE OF MINNESOTA VERY WELL.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SKUTT'S ONE OF THOSE TEAMS, AS WE KNOW, WE SEE IN THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.

NOW THIS YEAR, IT'S A YOU KNOW, GRETNA AND WAVERLY ARE KIND OF THE TOP DOGS AND I WOULD SAY TODAY IN CLASS B. BUT SKUTT, AS YOU KNOW, IS NEVER A TEAM YOU WANT TO COUNT OUT.

>> AND I'M SURE WYATT'S REALLY SMART.

BARRETT'S ONE OF THE SMARTEST GUYS TO EVER GO TO NEBRASKA SO.

AFTER GOING TO NOTRE DAME FOR A LITTLE WHILE, SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

LET'S DO OUR THIS WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY.

HOW IMPRESSED WITH THE OFFENSE ARE YOU, TWO GAMES OF THE SEASON.

VERY IMPRESSED.

IS GETTING 19%.

IMPRESSED, BUT THEY PLAYED TWO MAC TEAMS GETTING 79%.

MEH ZERO.

AND UNIMPRESSED IS GETTING 2% CURRENTLY.

RIGHT NOW YOU CAN, OF COURSE, GO TO THE WRAP-UP WEBSITE AND CAST YOUR VOTE RIGHT NOW.

NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN, WHICH ENDURED A ROUGH WEEKEND WITH SOME BIG UPSETS BETWEEN OREGON AND OHIO STATE.

THE WOLVERINES, HOWEVER, DEFEATED OKLAHOMA 17-10 IN A BIG TURNAROUND AFTER THEIR FIRST GAME, AND IOWA TOOK HOME THE CYHAWK TROPHY AGAINST IOWA STATE 16-13.

TIME NOW TO GET A GLIMPSE OF NORTH DAKOTA WITH TOM MILLER, THE SPORTS EDITOR FROM THE GRAND FORKS HERALD.

TOM, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US, MAN.

(SILENT) >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

GOOD TO CHAT WITH YOU GUYS.

I WANT TO START OFF TALKING ABOUT THE PASS RUSH FOR NORTH DAKOTA BECAUSE THEY HAVE 24 QUARTERBACK HURRIES.

I KNOW ONE OF THEIR YOUNG GUYS OUT OF OMAHA IS A LITTLE BANGED UP.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'VE BEEN SO FAR THESE FIRST THREE GAMES GETTING AFTER THE QUARTERBACK?

(SILENT) >> YEAH, I THINK ERIC SCHMIDT'S DEFENSE IS PREDICATED ON PUTTING PRESSURE ON QUARTERBACK.

AND UM, LIKE YOU MENTIONED LANCE RUCKER NOT BEING IN THE MIX.

UH, CHANGES NORTH DAKOTA QUITE A BIT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A POSITION OF STRENGTH.

UM, BUT YOU TAKE A SPECIAL KID OUT OF ANY LINEUP AND, UM, YOU NOTICE IT.

SO, UM, NORTH DAKOTA'S BEEN PRETTY GOOD AT GETTING AFTER THE QUARTERBACK, BUT THEY'VE, TO BE QUITE HONEST, PLAYED THREE TEAMS THAT, UH, THEY WERE EXPECTED TO BEAT BY 3 OR 4 TOUCHDOWNS.

AND SO, UH, SOME OF YOUR TAKEAWAYS ARE HARDER TO, UH, TO KIND OF FULLY ESTABLISH WHEN, UM, GAMES HAVE BEEN OUT OF, YOU KNOW, OUT OF REACH AT HALFTIME.

UM, TWO OF THE THREE WEEKS FOR SURE.

>> TOM, NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE DEFINITELY HAS THE RESPECT FOR NORTH DAKOTA'S OFFENSE.

AND JERRY KAMINSKI HAS PLAYED AT A HIGH LEVEL.

BUT JUST TALK ABOUT THE BALANCE HIS OFFENSE HAS HAS BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH THOSE FIRST THREE GAMES, OVER 1600 TOTAL YARDS IN THESE THREE GAMES.

UH, JUST A SHADE OVER 800 YARDS IN THE PASSING GAME, BUT ALSO JUST A SHADE UNDER 800 YARDS IN THE RUNNING GAME.

JUST TALK ABOUT THAT BALANCE THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT IN THESE FIRST THREE GAMES.

(SILENT) >> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT, I THINK, IS JERRY KAMINSKI'S NATURE IN HIS SECOND YEAR AS A STARTING QUARTERBACK.

HE'S CERTAINLY SHOWED, UH, THAT HIS STYLE IS TO MIX IT AROUND.

UM, SOME INJURIES HAVE PLAYED A PART IN THAT.

UM, BUT I THINK BY NATURE HE'S GOING TO, HE'S GOING TO FIND 9 OR 10 GUYS A GAME.

AND I THINK, UH, YOU'VE SEEN THAT OVER, OVER THE COURSE OF, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A QUARTER HERE.

UM, AND THEN IN THE, IN THE RUNNING BACK ROOM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UH, KIND OF A POSITION BATTLE.

UM, SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE REASON OF THE BALANCE IS THAT THERE'S NOT THESE ESTABLISHED SUPERSTARS AT RUNNING BACK OR WIDE RECEIVER.

AND SO THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF THE FEELING OUT PROCESS THAT'S FURTHER CONTRIBUTING TO SOME OF THAT BALANCE HERE.

>> TOM, NORTH DAKOTA IS RANKED NUMBER SIX RIGHT NOW IN THE FCS POLL WITH THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON NOW UP IN THE FBS RANKS.

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THERE'S BEEN THIS TYPE OF HYPE AND EXPECTATION LEVEL AROUND THE FIGHTING HAWKS PROGRAM?

(SILENT) >> YEAH, THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK BACK AT, UM, SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S EASY FOR PEOPLE TO FORGET THAT NORTH DAKOTA WON A DIVISION TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 25 YEARS AGO.

UM, TO SOME THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LONG TIME AND SOME THAT MIGHT FEEL LIKE A SHORT TIME.

I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE, BUT IT KIND OF SHOWS THAT SOME OF THIS DIVISION ONE STUFF IS STILL NEW.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO, UH, NORTH DAKOTA KIND OF HAD A REPUTATION OF BEING A TOP 25 FCS PROGRAM THAT REALLY HAD A HARD TIME BECOMING A TOP TEN FCS PROGRAM.

AND I THINK IN YEAR TWO OF ERIC SCHMIDT, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE REASONS TO BELIEVE WITH THE HELP OF SOME BRAND NEW FACILITIES IN GRAND FORKS HERE.

UM, THAT, THAT MAYBE THIS PROGRAM IS READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND BECOME A TOP TEN, A TOP FIVE, AN ACTUAL CONTENDER FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT NORTH DAKOTA FANS LIVING THIS CLOSE TO NORTH DAKOTA STATE, THEY'VE BEEN THEY'VE BEEN DYING TO REACH THIS POINT.

>> TOM, OBVIOUSLY THE GUYS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO PLAY HARD.

BUT DO YOU THINK IT'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT IN GAMES LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY KNOW IF THEY PLAY WELL AGAINST A POWER FOUR TEAM, THAT COULD MEAN NIL TRANSFER PORTAL'S ABILITY DOWN THE ROAD.

(SILENT) >> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S TWOFOLD IN THE FACT THAT THESE THESE GAMES MIGHT GET YOU PAID.

YOU KNOW, YOU USED TO JUST THINK OF THAT THROUGH THE LENS OF, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME OF THE FILM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHARING AROUND WHEN IT COMES TO THE NFL DRAFT, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE SOME OF THE FCS GUYS THAT COULD GET A CHANCE IN THE NFL?

YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, UM, A LOT OF THE FILM YOU'RE SEEING PUSHED AROUND IS THE KANSAS STATE FILM.

UM, AND I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NO SURPRISE HERE.

AND I THINK THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO SEE LANCE RUCKER PLAY AN FBS OPPONENT TO, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MEASURE UP AND, UM, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF POACHERS THAT GET TO SEE, UH, THE BIG TEN NETWORK, I'M SURE.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF CROSSOVER.

TOM WITH THE NEBRASKA COACHING STAFF AND ERIC SCHMIDT, PARTICULARLY ROB AURICH.

I MEAN, WHAT'S YOUR SENSE ON JUST THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND JUST THAT HOW THAT COULD IMPACT THIS MATCHUP WITH THEM KNOWING ONE ANOTHER SO WELL.

(SILENT) >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT BOTH TEAMS RUN THE 4-2-5 DEFENSE A LITTLE BIT OF, I GUESS AT LEAST A FEW YEARS AGO, A LITTLE BIT OF A RARITY.

UM, AND SO IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT, YOU KNOW, BOTH TEAMS WILL HAVE PRACTICED AGAINST IT.

BOTH TEAMS HAVE GUYS THAT, UH, HAVE HAD TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM INTO A TEAM THAT IT WAS FOREIGN TO.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S TWO GUYS WITH PROBABLY A LOT OF SIMILAR PHILOSOPHIES.

I GET A LOT OF SIMILAR VIBES FROM BOTH GUYS.

UM, I IMAGINE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF RESPECT BETWEEN THOSE TWO.

>> TOM, WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL SEE YOU ON SATURDAY.

(SILENT) >> SOUNDS GREAT.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME, GUYS.

>> FIGHTING HAWKS COMING IN HERE AS ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE FCS.

OUR VOLLEYBALL SERIES, STATE OF VOLLEYBALL, RETURNS THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 19TH AT 9 P.M.

CENTRAL.

JOIN US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WE DIG DEEPER INTO THE STORIES THAT FUEL NEBRASKA'S PASSION FOR THE GAME AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

YOU CAN ALSO STREAM STATE OF VOLLEYBALL ANYTIME ON OUR NEW NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA SPORTS YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE ON HERE, AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT ALWAYS COMES UP.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON NEBRASKA BEING UNDER CENTER A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH COLANDREA OPPOSED TO ALWAYS SEEMINGLY UNDER, IN SHOTGUN.

>> I THINK RAIOLA GOT UNDER CENTER A FAIR AMOUNT LAST YEAR.

UM, YOU KNOW, I LIKE IT.

I THINK THERE'S AN ASPECT TO IT.

THERE'S ALSO A GIVE AND TAKE.

LIKE SOME PEOPLE THINK AT A SHOTGUN YOU CAN TIME THINGS BETTER.

IN THE RUN GAME YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY NEBRASKA LOVES TO GET EMPTY MOTION OUT OF THE BACK AND BRING THEM BACK IN TO KIND OF JUST SEE WHAT THE COVERAGES ARE IN AND YOU.

>> DON'T TURN YOUR BACK TO THE DEFENSE EITHER IF IT'S A PLAY ACTION.

>> CORRECT, CORRECT.

SO I LIKE IT.

I THINK IT CAN HELP IN SHORT YARDAGE.

BUT IT'S ALSO I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY AN OLD SCHOOL THOUGHT.

YOU SEE SHOTGUN IN HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

SO MUCH MORE.

YOU SEE IT IN THE PRO BOWL SO MUCH MORE.

UM, BUT IT CAN'T HELP IN SHORT YARDAGE SITUATIONS.

>> SEAN, SCOTT FROM ELKHORN ASKED A QUESTION THAT'S BEEN DEBATED FOR YEARS HERE AT NEBRASKA.

MOST OF THE DRIVES SO FAR HAVE BEEN RESULTS, TOUCHDOWNS AND BIG PLAYS.

A LOT OF BIG PLAYS, NOT A LOT OF METHODICAL DRIVES.

ANY CONCERN THAT NEBRASKA NEEDS THAT BIG PLAY TO GET DOWN THE FIELD TO SCORE?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

I MEAN, YOU GOT TO GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR EXECUTING WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

I MEAN YOU KNOW YOU DON'T WANT A 13 PLAY 32 YARD DRIVE LIKE WE SAW BOWLING GREEN AND GET NOTHING OUT OF IT.

SO YEAH, I THINK WHEN YOU GET INTO BIG TEN PLAY THOUGH, THAT IS GOING TO COME INTO PLAY MORE BECAUSE THE LEVEL OF DEFENSIVE EXECUTION IS GOING TO BE BETTER.

AND THAT WILL BE A TEST.

MIKE'L YOU'RE RIGHT.

WHEN THEY GO TO EAST LANSING, YOU BETTER BELIEVE PAT FITZGERALD IS GOING TO MENTALLY TEST NEBRASKA IF THEY CAN DRIVE THE FIELD ON HIM.

>> SO NORTH DAKOTA COMES IN WITH JERRY KAMINSKI, A GUY WHO A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK COULD BE AN NFL QUARTERBACK, WON THE MANNING CAMP, YOU KNOW, SKILL CHALLENGE AND ALL OF THAT.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON NEBRASKA'S SECONDARY.

THAT SEEMS TO BE KIND OF COMING TOGETHER IN TERMS OF WHO THE STARTERS ARE AGAINST THIS QUARTERBACK.

>> YEAH, WE'LL SEE IF CALEB BENNING IS ABLE TO PLAY.

I KNOW HE DRESSED UP AGAINST BOWLING GREEN.

DIDN'T PARTICIPATE, HAD NO TRUE REPS.

UM, YOU KNOW, EVANS STARTED AT CORNER AGAINST BOWLING GREEN, SO THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S GOING TO FIT NICELY.

OBVIOUSLY, ANDREW MARSHALL AND JAMIR CONN AND DONOVAN JONES ARE KIND OF THE THREE STAPLES THAT YOU KNOW AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THERE.

UM MCDOUGLE HAS DONE SOME GOOD THINGS.

GETTING CALEB BACK IS GOING TO BE IS GOING TO BE A HUGE HELP FOR THIS DEFENSE.

HE'S A REALLY GOOD TACKLER.

UM, BUT AGAIN THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT TEST.

I MEAN KAMINSKY IS 77% ON THE YEAR AND OVER 800, 801 YARDS PASSING.

SO I KNOW YOU CAN SAY THEY'RE COMPETITION AS WELL.

UM, LIKE TOM WAS ALLUDING TO, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GET TESTED.

AND THIS IS A GOOD TEST.

THIS IS A GREAT TEST FOR NEBRASKA TO HEAD INTO BIG TEN PLAY.

>> THEY'VE SEEN A LOT OF PASS RUSH RIGHT.

I MENTIONED EARLIER 24 QUARTERBACK HURRIES THEY GET AFTER THE PASSER.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE FROM THIS OFFENSIVE LINE COMPARED TO WHAT YOU SAW IN BOWLING GREEN WHERE THE PASS PRO WASN'T AS GOOD, ACCORDING TO MATT RHULE.

BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE FROM THIS OFFENSIVE LINE AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA'S FRONT.

>> I MEAN, YOU WANT TO SEE THEM GET OFF.

OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND GET A PUSH AND GET DOWNHILL.

BECAUSE I DO THINK YOU WANT TO RUN THE BALL FOR OVER 200 YARDS AGAIN ON THIS TEAM TO WIN THE GAME.

AND BUT YEAH, YOU WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE A CLEAN, CONSISTENT GAME ACROSS THE BOARD.

THE HOLDINGS, THE SOME OF THE PENALTIES MAYBE THAT WE'VE SEEN.

AND THEY DID A BETTER JOB LAST WEEK IN THAT AREA FROM WEEK ONE.

AND YOU HOPE THAT IMPROVES.

IT'S KIND OF THE LAST WEEK WHERE THESE GUYS WHO ARE BACKUPS.

YOU PLAYED 20 DEFENSIVE LINEMEN, RIGHT.

LOT OF THOSE GUYS AREN'T GOING TO PLAY.

THIS IS KIND OF A PROVE-IT WEEK SHOW.

PUT WHAT YOU CAN PUT ON TAPE NOW FOR GOING FORWARD.

>> YEAH WITHOUT A DOUBT IF NEBRASKA GETS A GOOD START.

I MEAN THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE BACKUPS TO GET THOSE MEANINGFUL REPS.

THIS IS A GAME WHERE YOU WANT LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT GET IN, GET OUT AND GET YOUR REPS AND GET YOUR WORK IN AND GET THOSE GUYS SOME, SOME SIGNIFICANT TIME.

BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS FIRST AND FOREMOST.

AND AGAIN, THIS TEAM'S GOT TO IMPROVE HEADING INTO BIG TEN PLAY.

YOU GOT TO STILL CLEAN UP SOME AREAS.

BUT AGAIN IF YOU CAN I DEVELOP YOU KNOW, DEVELOP THAT DEPTH IN THOSE BACKUP ROLES BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT INJURIES.

AND YOU HAVE GUYS THAT SHOW UP LIKE, WHOA, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS IN PRACTICE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE DOING IT IN THE GAME.

AND AND THAT'S ONE GUY YOU CAN KIND OF YOU WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT PRESEASON, BUT NOW IT'S LIKE, OH, THIS GUY WE CAN IMPLEMENT IN BIG TEN PLAY.

>> I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU UP AGAINST IT SEAN, BUT WHEN'S NEBRASKA'S NEXT POWER FOUR COMPETITION IN THE NONCONFERENCE?

>> LET'S SEE.

SO THEY DON'T HAVE TENNESSEE NEXT YEAR AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY HAVE I BELIEVE IS IT OKLAHOMA STATE.

>> IS THAT THE ONE AND THEN THEY DO, THEY STILL DOING ARIZONA TOO?

>> ARIZONA.

THOSE ARE THE ONES ON THERE.

BUT YEAH, THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS IN THE WORKS.

TROY DANNEN HAS SAID AN SEC TEAM POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE.

MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT COULD BE MISSOURI.

THERE'S SOME THOUGHT OUT THERE THAT NOTRE DAME IS ON THE RADAR FOR A SERIES.

I MEAN YEAH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO AN ERA, THOUGH, WHERE YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE A POWER FOUR GAME NO MATTER WHAT.

AND THIS IS THE ONLY TWO YEARS THIS YEAR OR NEXT THAT I COULD EVER REMEMBER IN LIKE THE MODERN HISTORY OF NEBRASKA FOOTBALL WHERE THEY HAVE NOT HAD A POWER FOUR.

>> WHAT'S YOUR BURNING QUESTION SEAN.

>> BURNING QUESTION IS, CAN THIS NEBRASKA DEFENSE SURVIVE KIND OF THAT INITIAL SURGE FROM THE FIGHTING HAWK OFFENSE.

I DO THINK NORTH DAKOTA WILL COME IN WITH A GOOD SCRIPT AND A GOOD PLAN, BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THE 4-2-5 IS.

I THINK NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE HAS TO SURVIVE KIND OF THAT OPENING SURGE OF THIS GAME.

>> MINE IS, CAN THEY SCORE ON SPECIAL TEAMS?

>> OH THAT'S MINE.

>> OH SORRY, I DIDN'T READ YOUR NOTES AT ALL.

CAN YOU SCORE ON SPECIAL TEAMS?

BARNEY HAS GOTTEN CLOSE, BUT I WANT TO SEE NEBRASKA SCORE ON SPECIAL TEAMS HEADING INTO BIG TEN PLAY.

>> LOOK, MAN, I'M KEEPING MINE.

I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE JET AWARD FOUNDATION.

WE WANT TO GET A TROPHY HERE IN NEBRASKA.

CAN BARNEY DO SOMETHING?

MAYBE GET A KICKOFF RETURN.

NYZIAH HUNTER GOT PRETTY CLOSE LAST WEEK AGAINST BOWLING GREEN.

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

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

ON SATURDAY.

THE HUSKERS WRAP UP THEIR NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AGAINST NORTH DAKOTA THIS SATURDAY.

ANOTHER NIGHT GAME ON TAP WITH KICKOFF SCHEDULED AT 6:15 ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK.

NEXT TUESDAY, WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE NORTH DAKOTA GAME WITH MITCH SHERMAN FROM THE ATLANTIC IN STUDIO.

OUR THANKS TO ANDY KENDEIGH AND TOM MILLER FOR JOINING US TONIGHT 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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