[ MUSIC ] S S >> THE BLACK SHIRTS STEPPED UP AGAIN THIS PAST SATURDAY AND HELPED NEBRASKA TO A 28-3 VICTORY AT HOME.

THE HUSKERS' OFFENSE CHURNED BUT LEFT QUITE A BIT ON THE FIELD AT THE END OF THE DAY.

ALL EYES NOW TURN TO THE OKLAHOMA GAME AND A RENEWED RIVALRY MATCHUP THIS WEEK.

WE'LL BREAK DOWN THE BUFFALO WIN AND PREVIEW THE SOONERS WITH OUR VERY SPECIAL GUEST, LARRY THE CABLE GUY.

SEAN CALLAHAN ALSO JOINS US FOR THE LATEST ON BIG RED RECRUITING.

IT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

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

WIN NUMBER 14 FOR SCOTT FROST COMES WITH A DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN IN QUITE A LONG TIME.

LET'S TALK NOW ABOUT THIS.

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

IT REALLY WAS A STRANGE GAME.

ALL OF THOSE DRIVES BY NEBRASKA, SO MANY POINTS LEFT -- YOU KNOW, NOT ON THE CLOCK, AND THEN INSTEAD THE DEFENSE ALMOST HAD A SHUT-OUT.

>> YEAH, THEY PLAYED SOLID.

I MEAN, THE DEFENSE HAS PLAYED REALLY WELL, EVEN WITH ILLINOIS.

I MEAN, THEY GOT PUT IN SOME TOTALLY AGAINST THE TOUGH SPOTS AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE POINTS IN THE ILLINOIS GAME WAS NOT TOTALLY AGAINST THE DEFENSE.

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU GET UP 10 POINTS THE LAST TWO GAMES -- I MEAN, EVEN IF IT'S FORDHAM OR IT'S BUFFALO, IN THIS DAY AND AGE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL WHERE EVERYTHING'S TAILORED TOWARDS OFFENSE, I MEAN, THEY'VE PLAYED -- THEY'VE PLAYED REALLY WELL.

THEY'VE - THEY'RE TACKLING WELL, THEY'RE PLAYING WELL AS A UNIT, THEY'RE CAUSING TURNOVERS, THEY'RE GETTING UP THE FIELD ON THIRD DOWNS, SO THAT'S A GREAT RECIPE -- AND, I -- SOME PEOPLE WANT TO -- IF YOU WANT TO SAY, "HEY, YEAH, YOU'RE PLAYING" -- AND IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S BUFFALO -- IT'S JUST GETTING CONFIDENCE FOR THIS DEFENSE.

YOU'RE NOW GOING INTO THE TOUGHEST STRETCH OF YOUR SEASON.

YOU'RE ARGUABLY GOING AGAINST THE BEST OPPONENT OF THE REST OF THE SEASON IN OKLAHOMA THIS WEEK, SO I WILL TAKE THAT AND, IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING -- YEAH, THE OFFENSE, AGAIN, HAS THEIR ISSUES.

THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS NOT DOING WELL.

THE RUN GAME IS STRUGGLING.

YEAH, CONNOR CULP MISSED THREE FIELD GOALS -- THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A BIG ISSUE AND LEFT MORE POINTS OUT THERE AS WELL FOR THIS OFFENSE.

BUT, IN A GAME WHERE YOU'RE ONLY FAVORED BY 14 POINTS AND BUFFALO SCORED 69 POINTS IN THE WEEK BEFORE, YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE, "OOH, THIS IS" -- YOU'RE A LITTLE HESITATE, A LITTLE CONCERNED, BUT THEY WENT OUT AND TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS.

IT FELT A LITTLE CLOSE THERE BUT IT WAS NEVER THAT CLOSE - I MEAN, THIS COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN A 48-3 TYPE OF BALLGAME WIN, AND - AND, LOGAN SMOTHERS COULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRD QUARTER BUT YOU TAKE THE LITTLE BITS FROM THIS, AND YOU IMPROVE, AND YOU GET READY TO GO DOWN TO NORMAN AND DO BATTLE.

>> LOT OF - THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY CONNOR CULP, WHO REALLY ONLY MISSED TWO BECAUSE THE LAST ONE WAS GOOD.

>> YEAH -- >> I DON'T WANT TO BE -- >> TRUST ME, IT WAS GOOD.

THAT'S KIND OF A CONCERN THOUGH, RIGHT?

I MEAN, YOU'RE STILL WORRIED ABOUT HIM IN A BIG GAME MAYBE HAVING THE YIPS A LITTLE BIT.

>> YEAH, COACH FROST, I MEAN, PUT HIM OUT THERE BECAUSE LET'S GET HIM OUT ON A HIGH NOTE AND HAVE HIM MAKE A CHIP SHOT TO GO TO NORMAN.

AND, THE PROBLEM WAS HE MISSED IT, AND THREE MISSED FIELD GOALS, TWO MISSED EXTRA POINTS AT ILLINOIS.

NEBRASKA, AS WE KNOW, HAS NOT SCORED A LOT OF POINTS THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND ANY POINT IS VALUABLE FOR THIS OFFENSE AND THEY NEED THOSE POINTS GOING FORWARD AND, YEAH, I STILL THINK, MIKE'L, THE MOST ENCOURAGING THING FOR ME ABOUT THAT GAME WAS THE BIG PLAYS THEY PRODUCED ON OFFENSE.

WE SAW FOUR PLAYS ON SATURDAY THAT WERE BIGGER THAN WE SAW THE ENTIRE 2020 SEASON -- THE RUN OF 71 YARDS AND THE THREE PASSING PLAYS OF 50-PLUS YARDS.

I MEAN, THE LONGEST PASS PLAY OF 2020 WAS A FLIP PASS TO ZAVIER BETTS, SO THAT'S -- YOU KNOW, OFFENSE HAD ITS FLAWS BUT THOSE BIG PLAYS REALLY CAN ERASE A LOT OF THOSE FLAWS A BIT IF THEY'RE SHOWING UP LIKE WE SAW SATURDAY.

>> THERE WAS ONLY ONE PLAY OVER 50 YARDS LAST YEAR.

NEBRASKA, RIGHT NOW WITH THREE GAMES, IS TENTH IN THE COUNTRY IN BIG PLAYS.

THAT'S GOING 10-PLUS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD AND IT DEFINITELY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

AND, AS A DEFENSE - I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANT TO COME RIGHT BACK ON THE FIELD, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO LIKE SEEING THAT.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S THE MOMENTUM.

I MEAN, COME ON, GIVE -- THEY'RE GOING TO SCORE IN THREE PLAYS AND - GIVE US THE POINTS AND LET US TAKE THE MOMENTUM, LET US GO OUT THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S - I MEAN, COLLEGE FOOTBALL IN A NUTSHELL IS ALL ABOUT WORKING THROUGH THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS AND IF YOU CAN WORK THOSE MOMENTUMS AND YOU GET A BIG PLAY, AND YOU CAN COME OUT AND THEN GET A THREE-AND-OUT, YOU'VE GOT ALL THE MOMENTUM ON YOUR SIDE AND THE OFFENSE CAN COME OUT MAYBE AND PUT SOME MORE POINTS UP.

WE'LL TAKE THOSE ALL DAY.

I MEAN, YEAH, IS IT NICE TO - FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, GET A SIX-MINUTE DRIVE AND GET SEVEN, AND YOU KNOW, AND TAKE A BUNCH OF TIME OFF THE CLOCK, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'LL TAKE THOSE POINTS ALL DAY AND YOU'LL SADDLE UP AND IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUT THERE 90 PLAYS, GREAT, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUT THERE 60 PLAYS, SO BE IT BUT YOU JUST GO OUT THERE AND DO YOUR JOB.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING.

WE'VE GOT THE GUYS FROM PHI KAPPA THETA IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, OF COURSE.

THEY HAVE VALENTINO'S PIZZA RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM, AS WELL.

REACH US BY EMAIL, OR TEXT MESSAGE, AT BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

YOU CAN ALSO SEND YOUR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS -- WE'RE CHECKING FACEBOOK AND TWITTER TONIGHT, SO YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US HOWEVER YOU CAN.

WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF IT.

HERE'S THE RESULTS OF LAST WEEK'S "SIDELINE SURVEY."

WE ASKED YOU, "SHOULD NEBRASKA LET THE SELLOUT STREAK END?"

THE FINAL TOTAL WAS 66% SAYING "NO" -- 34%, OF COURSE, SAYING "YES."

HERE'S YOUR ALL NEW "SIDELINE SURVEY": WHICH OF THESE CONCERNS AFTER THE FIRST THREE GAMES MATTER THE MOST TO YOU?

INCONSISTENT PRODUCTION OF THE RUNNING BACKS, SPECIAL TEAM MISCUES, AND DEPTH AT WIDE RECEIVER AND TIGHT END," AND THE MIDDLE ONE, "SPECIAL TEAMS MISCUES," TALKING ABOUT THE MISSED FIELD GOALS, OF COURSE, AND THE MUFFED PUNTS IS RIGHT THERE LEADING RIGHT NOW.

HEAD TO THE WEBSITE NOW TO VOTE AND EACH WEEK FOR A BRAND NEW SURVEY.

OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME: ADRIAN MARTINEZ AND LUKE REIMER.

I MEAN, THOSE ARE EASY SELECTIONS, RIGHT?

IT COULD HAVE BEEN SAMORI TOURE, BUT ADRIAN MARTINEZ HAD MAYBE THE BEST GAME OF HIS CAREER.

>> HE LOOKED GOOD.

I'M -- A BREAKDOWN TO THE DEEP PASSES - HE WENT TO TOURE AND THIS IS HIS ABILITY TO -- HE MADE TWO REALLY GOOD THROWS WITH PRESSURE COMING ON HIM IN THOSE TWO LONG THROWS AND THE ABILITY TO GET OUT OF THIS PLAY YOU SEE HERE, AND SCRAMBLE, AND THEN GET 71 YARDS.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST -- I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE PURE ABILITY JUST TO CREATE SOMETHING WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.

AND, THAT'S SOMETIMES BEEN NEBRASKA'S BEST OFFENSE, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS AND HE'S -- YOU KNOW, HE'S MAKING -- IT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE HE'LL MAKE THE TOUGH THROWS LOOK EASY AND THEN SOMETIMES HE'LL MAKE THE EASY THROWS LOOK REALLY HARD, WHICH IS REALLY PUZZLING FOR A FOURTH-YEAR QUARTERBACK.

BUT, HE PLAYED - I MEAN, HE'S BEEN REALLY GOOD THE LAST TWO GAMES AND THEN LUKE REIMER, I MEAN, 16 TACKLES, SEVEN SOLO, AND THAT PICK HE HAD - HE TIPS IT AND HAD THE WHEREABOUTS TO COME DOWN AND CATCH IT HIMSELF AND ALMOST SCORE.

I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T COACH.

YOU CAN'T COACH THAT PLAY -- I MEAN, THAT'S JUST HAVING THE WHEREABOUTS AND ABILITY, AND JUST BEING A REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYER, AND HE'S PLAYED REALLY WELL.

I MEAN, THIS WHOLE DEFENSE PLAY WENT REALLY WELL, BUT I THINK THE LINEBACKER CREW HAS BEEN REALLY WELL IN THE FIRST THREE GAMES.

>> YOU COVER A LOT OF RECRUITING.

THIS IS A GUY THAT WAS HEADED TO SOUTH DAKOTA STATE.

>> YEAH, IT'S REALLY AMAZING AND HE WAS A "TWEENER."

I CAN REMEMBER HAVING TALKS WITH A LOT OF COLLEGES ABOUT HIM WHEN HE WAS A JUNIOR.

EVERYONE'S LIKE, "GOD, THE KID AT NORTH STAR CAN RUN, HE CAN MOVE - THE PROBLEM IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT HIM."

AND, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A GUY LIKE THAT ALMOST EVERY YEAR IN NEBRASKA - ISAAC GIFFORD, A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

SAME THING - HE'S LIKE, IS HE A LINEBACKER?

IS HE A SAFETY?

AND THEN YOU GET INTO THIS RECRUITING BATTLE WHERE STAFF SAY, "I'LL TAKE HIM BUT HE'S NOT GOING TO COUNT AS ONE OF MY GUYS."

AND, EVERYBODY WANTS THE GUY, BUT NOBODY WANTS HIM TO COUNT ON THEIR TAB, SO TO SPEAK.

AND THIS YEAR, IN HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITING, VINCE GENITONE AT NORTH PLATTE, HE'S KIND OF THAT GUY, AS WELL, THAT THEY JUST NEED TO TAKE THIS GUY BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER LUKE REIMER TYPE OF RECRUIT, OR ISAAC GIFFORD.

AND, WHEN YOU CAN RUN A 10-8, 10-9, LIKE LUKE-- ISAAC GIFF -- I'M SORRY, GENITONE CAN RUN AND -- BUT, REIMER -- REIMER IS A 10-9 GUY.

I MEAN, HE WAS A LEGIT SPRINTER IN HIGH SCHOOL -- MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE, SO THEY KIND OF FELL INTO THAT ONE AND I THINK BARRETT RUUD FEELS SILLY.

HE'S LIKE, "LOOK THE BEST LINEBACKER ON OUR TEAM WAS A KID IN LINCOLN THAT I WOULDN'T EVEN OFFER A SCHOLARSHIP TO."

>> LIKE SCOTT SAID, WHAT WAS HE?

A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY FROM HIS HOUSE?

>> EIGHT HOUSES DOWN --.

>> EIGHT HOUSES DOWN - YEAH, THAT'S HOW IT WORKED, BUT SOMETIMES YOU GET THOSE GUYS IN AND SO SOMEBODY TOPS OUT IN HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH HAPPENS, RIGHT?

>> TOTALLY.

>> THERE'S OTHER GUYS THAT REALLY DON'T TOP OUT UNTIL THEY'RE GROWN.

>> YEAH, THEY'RE LATE BLOOMERS.

>> HE MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE GUYS.

>> IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE HE WAS -- CRAMER THOUGHT HE WAS -- HE PLAYED DOWN AT KANSAS --.

>> HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.

>> PLAYED IN KANSAS AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO LINCOLN NORTH STAR AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, BEING A GOOD FRIEND WITH BO RUUD AND BARRETT, LIKE, BO TELLS ME THAT BARRETT CALLS BO IN LIKE THE THIRD PRACTICE OF TRAINING CAMP LAST YEAR TO, LIKE, "HE MIGHT BE OUR BEST LINEBACKER" AND, TALKING ABOUT LUKE REIMER - LIKE, AND HE PLAYED, YOU KNOW - WHEN HE WAS FIRST - HE PLAYED SPECIAL TEAMS AND HE GOT HURT PRETTY EARLY IN HIS CAREER, BUT THAT'S UNHEARD OF TO COME IN AS A WALK-ON, TRUE FRESHMAN, TO PLAY AS -- IN SPECIAL TEAMS, AND I COULD - BARRETT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO DO IT AND HE'S ALL-TIME LEADING TACKLER, LIKE, AT NEBRASKA.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN FOR A TRUE FRESHMAN TO COME IN AS A WALK-ON AND GET EARLY SNAPS.

LIKE, THAT'S -- THAT'S --.

>> THE COACH SHOULD ADMIT THEY'RE WRONG IN RECRUITING --.

>> YES.

>> LIKE, "ALL THE GUYS I PUT MONEY ON, "YOU'RE BETTER THAN ALL THOSE GUYS," AND A LOT OF COACHES DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT.

WHEN THERE'S A WALK-ON GUY THAT'S AS GOOD AS MAYBE A SCHOLARSHIP GUY, IT'S HARD TO ELEVATE THEM OVER A TIE BECAUSE THEN IF YOU DO THAT, IT MAKES LOOK LIKE YOUR RECRUITING DIDN'T GO AS WELL FOR YOU.

>> VERY GOOD POINT.

GOOD POINT.

>> ONE THING YOU HEAR, SEAN, A LOT ABOUT THAT GAME WAS ADRIAN LOOKED MORE CONFIDENT, LOOKED FASTER -- MAYBE HE'S KIND OF NOW JUST KIND OF FEELING RIGHT FOR THIS SEASON?

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S --.

>> AND, BUFFALO'S PLAYERS MADE THAT COMMENT AFTER THAT GAME THAT, LIKE, HE WAS FASTER THAN HE SHOWED ON FILM FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.

I THINK WE ALL WOULD AGREE --.

>> YEP.

>> HE WAS CARRYING SOME EXTRA WEIGHT.

2019 AND '20, HE WAS HEAVIER THAN HE WAS IN 20--.

>> AND, HE WAS CARRYING THE BALL 160 TIMES, TOO.

>> AND, THESE RUNS ARE SCRAMBLES RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

>> YOU KNOW, HE'S REALLY ONLY GETTING TWO OR THREE DESIGNED RUN CALLS A GAME AND THE OTHER RUNS ARE BREAKDOWNS ON PASS PLAYS, AND THAT'S WHERE A MAJORITY OF HIS YARDS HAVE COME BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT THAT GUY TO DO IS WHEN THE NUMBERS ADVANTAGE IS THERE AND THERE'S A SCRAMBLE SITUATION, YOU HAVE TO FIND THOSE PLAYS, AND HE'S BEEN DYNAMITE AT DOING THAT THIS YEAR.

>> AS A DEFENDER WHO PLAYED HARD, WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT NUMBER TWO?

HE MISSES THE SACK, BUT HE MAKES THE TACKLE DOWN AT THE FOUR.

THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

>> THAT'S - THAT'S WHAT YOU - THAT'S WHAT YOU COACH.

I'D LOVE TO SEE IF THEY HAD LIKE A TRACER ON HIM, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE YELLOW LINE LIKE TO FOLLOW HIM AROUND.

THAT'S WHAT - I MEAN, YOU MISS IT, AND I MEAN, THAT'S TEACHING TAPE, RIGHT, YOU JUST DON'T GIVE UP ON THE PLAY.

A LOT OF TIMES YOU -- YOU NEVER KNOW -- LIKE, YOU COULD CHASE IT DOWN AND KNOCK THE BALL OUT -- YOU NEVER KNOW -- IT NEVER HAPPENS, BUT THAT'S TEACHING TAPE -- JUST DON'T GIVE UP.

DON'T GET MAD AT YOURSELF FOR MISSING IT - FOR MISSING A SACK, BUT YEAH, THAT'S TOUGH.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE TASKED WITH TRYING TO RUN AFTER ADRIAN -- YOU KNOW, LIKE, THAT'S A TOUGH TASK, MAN.

THAT DUDE IS ELUSIVE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS, SEAN, THAT WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING IS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD EIGHT DRIVES THAT GOT ACROSS THE 40, SO IT'S A SUCCESSFUL DRIVE.

THE ONLY SCORED ON FOUR OF THEM.

NOW, THEY'RE ALL TOUCHDOWNS -- YOU HAD THE MISSED FIELD GOALS, YOU HAD A PUNT ON ONE OF THEM - THEY HAVE TO DO BETTER IN GETTING POINTS ON THESE DRIVES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY START PAYING BIG TEAM COMPETITION.

>> YEAH, AND THOSE MISTAKES WHETHER IT'S A HOLDING CALL, OR JUST A NEGATIVE PLAY - JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, AS WE KNOW, SETS NEBRASKA BACK.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THOSE.

THE EARLY-DOWN RUNNING EFFICIENCY ON THOSE BASE RUN PLAYS THAT COACH FROST TALKS ABOUT THAT HAS TO BE THERE AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE'S STILL SUCH AN UNEASY FEELING ABOUT THE OFFENSE BECAUSE THAT SIMPLE RUN PLAY, WHETHER IT'S THAT INSIDE POWER ZONE OR THE ZONE REPLAY, IT JUST HASN'T YIELDED ENOUGH CONSISTENCY.

WE'VE SEEN WAY TOO MANY ZERO, OR ONE, OR MAYBE TWO-YARD GAINS AND THOSE HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN THAT.

THEY RAN IT 31 TIMES ON THOSE PLAYS WITH THE RUNNING BACKS AND GOT 105 --.

>> 3.7 YARDS A CARRY FROM THE RUNNING BACKS.

>> AND, THAT'S AN AVERAGE --.

>> OKAY --.

>> RIGHT --.

>> AND A LOT OF THAT CAME AT THE VERY END ON ABOUT TWO OR THREE GABE ERVIN RUNS.

>> YEAH, THEY DID.

GABE NEVER DID HAVE A REALLY GOOD FOURTH QUARTER.

IT WAS A SOLEMN DAY AROUND MEMORIAL STADIUM.

TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 AND THAT'S WHERE WE START WITH THE HIGHLIGHTS.

I DON'T - THERE WERE PEOPLE I KNOW HAD TEARS IN THEIR EYES.

IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL WATCHING DAMIAN JACKSON RUN OUT WITH THE FLAG.

IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE JOB BY HUSKERVISION AND THOSE FOLKS THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER, AS WELL.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS - WE SKIP THE FIRST QUARTER - WE JUST SKIP IT AND MOVE STRAIGHT TO THE SECOND QUARTER AND HERE'S THAT PLAY YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

ADRIAN MARTINEZ MAKES NUMBER TWO MISS IN THE BACKFIELD AND THIS IS ABOUT RIGHT HERE WHEN HE STARTED GETTING INTO THE MADDEN MOVES, WHERE HE WAS TRYING TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO BE ABLE TO TRICK SOMEBODY.

HE GETS RUN DOWN TO THE FOUR, THERE'S A FACE MASK ON THE CALL, BRINGS IT DOWN TO THE TWO-YARD LINE.

BUT IT REALLY IS AMAZ -- IT'S WHAT HE SAW.

IN THE POCKET, IT SEEMS LIKE HE HAD A SPECIAL SENSE IN THIS GAME.

>> WELL, THE POCKET HASN'T BEEN CLEAN FOR HIM FOR MUCH OF ALL YEAR.

AND, LIKE I SAID, I'M GOING TO BREAK DOWN SOME THROWS THAT HE HAD - IT HASN'T BEEN CLEAN AND HE JUST - HE'S GETTING A BETTER FEEL.

>> ONE OF THE MOST WELL-BLOCKED PLAYS ALL GAME - GABE ERVIN RUNNING THIS ONE IN.

NOT ONLY DID YOU GET A GOOD BLOCK FROM CHANCELLOR, YOU ALSO SAW A GOOD BLOCK FROM CHRIS HICKMAN ON THAT ONE, AS WELL, FILLING IN AS TIGHT END.

AND, HERE'S ONE OF THE PLAYS OF THE GAME.

FOURTH DOWN EARLY ON IN THE GAME, LUKE REIMER SHOOTS HIS SHOT, RIGHT?

IF HE MISSES HIM HE'S GOING TO GO --.

>> YEAH, BUT THAT'S A TOUGH PLAY.

YOU'RE IN THE FLY AGAINST A RUNNING BACK THAT'S TOUGH, BUT HE SHOOTS IT AND GOES AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED - YOU GET THE MOMENTUM - ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM!

RIGHT BEFORE HALF, YOU GET TOURE FOR SEVEN.

>> FOR 68 YARDS, THE FIRST OF HIS 68-YARD CATCHES -- SHOWED MORE SPEED THAN I EXPECTED.

>> WELL, THE GUYS HAVE SAID HE'S ONE OF THE TWO OR THREE ER, OLIVER MARTIN -- >> YEP.

>> AND HIM AND DEONTAI WILLIAMS ARE REGARDED AS REGARDED AS THREE OF THE FASTER GUYS ON THE ROSTER.

>> I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE BEST BACK FOR BUFFALO, DYLAN MCDUFFIE, NUMBER EIGHT, RUSHED FOR 13 YARDS RIGHT THERE - HAD SEVEN FOR 46 ON THE DAY.

KYLE VANTREASE, WHO MADE SOME REALLY NICE PASSES, ESPECIALLY EARLY - THAT'S TO QUIAN WILLIAMS, WHO WAS EIGHT FOR 93, BUT THIS WAS THE STORY FOR THEM ALL DAY - MISSED FIELD GOALS - ONE OF FOUR ON FIELD GOALS FOR A KICKER THAT ACTUALLY WAS CONSIDERED TO BE PRETTY GOOD, TALKING TO ONE OF THEIR REPORTERS.

ONE OF FOUR ON THE DAY.

ADRIAN MARTINEZ BRINGS A GUY IN THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED A WHOLE LOT ABOUT, CHRIS HICKMAN, ON THIS PLAY - A LITTLE FLIP - EARLIER IN THE GAME ADRIAN MISSED HIM ON A SIMILAR PLAY AND I SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO LIKE A PITCHER TO FIRST BASE?"

AND HE DID IT.

>> LIKE MAHOMES THERE -- >> LIKE MAHOMES, EXACTLY.

BUT, IT GOT THERE AND HE ENDED UP GETTING A -- HAVING A GREAT DAY.

HICKMAN WAS THREE FOR 90 YARDS, ON A GREAT DAY.

CONNOR CULP, THOUGH, MISSES THE FIELD GOAL.

THIS WAS A LEGITIMATE ON THE DAY.

AND THE STARTING MISS.

HE PUSHED TWO AND PULLED ONE ON THE DAY.

AND THEN, THE STARTING RUNNING BACK FROM BUFFALO, KEVIN MARKS, ONE OF THE BETTER RUNS OF THE DAY.

THAT'S ONE TIME WHERE REIMER ACTUALLY MISSED A TACKLE.

>> IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST -- YOU'RE OUT THERE FOR 60, 70 PLAYS, YOU'RE GOING TO MISS SOME TACKLES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BUT, HERE, YOU HOLD HIM TO THREE.

THAT'S WHAT GOOD DEFENSES DO.

>> THEIR KICKER DID MAKE ONE, SO IT'S 14-3 THERE.

IT WAS THE EIGHT PLAY 49-YARD DRIVE AND HE RAN SO MANY PLAYS FOR THE AMOUNT OF YARDS THEY GAINED.

IT WAS A REALLY WEIRD DAY FOR THEM.

HERE'S ONE OF THE BEST PLAYS OF THE DAY - ALMOST THE TRIFECTA.

THE PASS BATTED, THE INTERCEPTION, AND ALMOST A TOUCHDOWN.

>> YEAH, JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE INDIVIDUAL EFFORT.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN PLAYS LIKE THIS, MIKE'L FROM NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE THE LAST FEW YEARS, SO JUST TO GET A PLAY LIKE THIS, THEY NEED THEM IN THE BIG TEN NOW.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THESE PLAYS HAPPEN IN LEGITIMATE CONFERENCE GAMES.

>> IT'S A LEVONTE DAVID KIND OF PLAY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT THOSE NAMES OUT THERE BUT LAVONTE DAVID --.

>> TURNED THE GAME ON THAT PLAY.

>> YEP, TURNS THE PLAY, STARTS TO PUT THEM AWAY.

ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN RUN BY GABE ERVIN, HAD 10 CARRIES FOR 56 YARDS AND TWO TDS ON THE DAY, MAKING IT 21-3.

AND THEN, YOU THOUGHT NEBRASKA MIGHT MAKE IT THROUGH THE WHOLE GAME WITHOUT A TURNOVER.

THIS - NOT ONLY IS IT A MUFFED PUNT, IT ALSO ENDS UP BEING A FUMBLE.

THE BALL BOUNCES BACK.

PETER-PETER-PETERS THE CALL - SOME OF YOU WILL SAY "FIRE-FIRE-FIRE," YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.

>> YEAH, AND IT WAS A BAD PUNT AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU GET PENALIZED BY BAD PUNTS BECAUSE YOU WERE JUST TRYING TO FIELD IT BUT THAT PUNT WAS SO SHORT, IT JUST WAS GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIELD OR COMMUNICATE, AND TOUGH DEAL.

THREE GAMES IN A ROW FOR CAM TAYLOR-BRITT.

>> GREAT JOB BY THE DEFENSE, THOUGH.

BOWED UP FOR THE FIELD GOAL, MISSED FIELD GOAL, AND THEN CAME RIGHT BACK AND AGAIN HIT SAMORI TOURE FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

TWO OF THOSE CATCHES, TWO 68-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASSES, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE - ADRIAN MARTINEZ 15 OF 19 ON THE DAY, 242 YARDS AND THE TWO TOUCHDOWNS -- BIG DAY FOR BOTH THOSE YOUNG MEN.

AND, I MENTIONED KYLE VANTREASE, WHO THREW THE BALL PRETTY WELL ALL DAY LONG.

NO SACKS ON THE DAY FOR NEBRASKA -- HE MAKES THAT THROW TO TYLER STEPHENS FOR 20 YARDS, BUT AGAIN, THEIR KICKER MISSES ANOTHER FIELD GOAL, THAT TIME FROM 42 YARDS OUT, BUT JUST THE TOP -- IT MAY BE THE WORST FIELD GOAL DAY IN THE HISTORY OF NEBRASKA, FOR BOTH SIDES, CONNOR CULP, THIS ONE IS COUNTED AS A MISS.

I STILL THINK IT WENT OVER THAT GOALPOST.

IT LOOKED LIKE IT TO ME, BUT IT'S FROM 34 YARDS - ENDED UP BEING 0 FOR THREE ON THE DAY FOR CONNOR CULP.

THIS IS ROUGH FOR HIM.

>> THIS OFFICIATING CREW REALLY LIKED TO BE INVOLVED ON SATURDAY, IS A NICE WAY TO SAY IT.

>> THEY REALLY STRUGGLED, NO DOUBT.

HERE'S FINAL STATS: NEBRASKA PLAYED VERY WELL - LOOK AT THE DEFENSE THERE.

YES, 359 YARDS, BUT SOME OF THAT WAS IN GARBAGE IN THOSE LAST COUPLE OF DRIVES.

NEBRASKA FORCED THEM IN A THIRD DOWN A LOT.

THEY DID GO 50% FROM THIRD DOWN, THOUGH, BUT OVERALL, A REALLY GOOD DAY FOR NEBRASKA WITH THOSE FINAL STATS.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A DEEPER LOOK INTO GO I WHAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY.

WE GO UNDER THE HUDL, A BREAKDOWN OF A COUPLE PLAYS SATURDAY WITH JAY MOORE.

( WHOOSH SOUND ) >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT THE OFFENSE A LITTLE BIT.

NEBRASKA HAD STRUGGLED LAST YEAR TO STRETCH THE FILED AND MAKE SOME BIG PLAYS.

THAT WAS AN ISSUE WITH ADRIAN MARTINEZ AND TOURE ON SATURDAY.

THE FIRST PLAY: FIRST OF ALL, IF I CAN GET ANY LOOKS FROM THE END ZONE COPY.

THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL, LIKE, THESE ARE -- YOU CAN WATCH FOOTBALL ALL DAY ON THESE.

SO, EARLY ON, YOU GET THIS: ADRIAN GETS A SNAP, SHOTGUN, PRETTY CLEAN POCKET EARLY ON.

HE'S LOOKING FRONT SIDE HERE - HE'S KIND OF SEEING OUR BACKSIDE.

HE KNOWS WHERE HE KIND OF WANTS TO GO AND HE WANTS TO HOLD NUMBER TWO HERE A LITTLE BIT.

SO, AGAIN, O LINE'S DOING GOOD, GET A CLEAN POCKET, HAVE SOMEONE HERE, BUT THEN TOURE GIVES HIM THE LITTLE "OKIE DOKE" HERE.

HE'S GOT INSIDE LEVERAGE ON 39 AND, BOOM!

BEATS HIM.

HE KNOWS HE'S IN A BAD SPOT.

ALL OF SUDDEN, THE POCKET'S NOT SO CLEAN FOR ADRIAN, AS IT'S BEEN MOST OF THE YEAR.

BUT AGAIN, ADRIAN HERE MAKES A REALLY, REALLY GOOD THROW AND AS I WATCH HERE AS HE TOSSES THIS THING RIGHT OVER NUMBER TWO, AS, WHEN HE WAS LOOKING BACKSIDE HERE, WAS ABLE TO HOLD HIM BACK A LITTLE BIT, JUST TO GIVE HIM ENOUGH ROOM TO GET THIS THING OVER TO TOURE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM!

TOURE'S OFF TO THE RACES.

I THINK THIS IS BRODY BELT HERE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB BLOCKING DOWN FIELD.

IF HE DOESN'T GET THAT BLOCK, HE'S PROBABLY - GETS ANGLED TO CUT HIM OFF AND MAKE THE PLAY BUT, A GOOD EXECUTION.

I MEAN, THEY GOT -- ADRIAN AND TOURE GOT SOMETHING -- A GOOD CHEMISTRY GOING.

SO, NEXT PLAY.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TOURE HERE.

NEBRASKA'S IN THEIR BASIC SHOTGUN LOOK - WE'RE GOING INTO MOTION HEE, AS WE'RE BRINGING THEM IN HERE AND THEN THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE PLAY-ACTION LOOK, BOOM!

WHAT THIS DOES HERE - THIS GETS EVERYONE TO SNEAK UP AND LOOK WHAT THE SAFETY DOES - HIS EYES, WEIGHT'S ON HIS FRONT FOOT, EYES TOTALLY IN THE BACKFIELD - YOU'RE ALMOST GOING TO GET TOURE OFF THIS MOTION, ALMOST KIND OF LIKE IN A WHEEL ROUTE LOOK, BUT THIS IS A GO ROUTE, AND BOOM, ALL OF A SUDDEN A REALLY GOOD THROW, AND BENHART GETS BEAT LATE HERE INSIDE WITH A GUY BEARING DOWN ON HIM AND ADRIAN JUST DROPS AN ABSOLUTE DIME RIGHT HERE ANDND HE'S OFF TO THE RACES AND TOURE HE'S OFF TO THE RACES AND TOURE GIVES THE DEUCES, AND SAYS, "HEY, OFF FOR ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN."

>> YEAH, JAY,HOSE TWO.

IT WAS YOU MENTIONED THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THOSE TWO -- YEAH, IT WAS OLIVER MARTIN IN GAME ONE, BUT YOU REALLY SEE -- HE WAITED ON THAT SECOND ONE FOR TOURE TO COME ALL THE WAY OPEN, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD PRESSURE.

YOU COULD REALLY SEE THE CHEMISTRY THERE, BUILDING.

>> YEAH, HE - IT'S A TRUST.

IT'S A TRUST THING AND HE KNOWS WHEN HIS GUYS ARE THERE, AND WHEN YOU HAVE - YOU KNOW - YOU DON'T HAVE BULLOCK LEFT, YOU DON'T HAVE ZAVIER BETTS, YOU DON'T HAVE OLIVER MARTIN, MANNING AND TOURE IS KIND OF ONE OF THE GUYS YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH BECAUSE AMONG SOME OF YOUR MAIN WEAPONS YOU HAVE THE FIRST TWO GAMES AREN'T AVAILALE.

AND ALSO, ALLEN'S OUT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE HE GOT HURT EARLY IN THE FIRST HALF, SO IT'S PRETTY COOL TO SEE THE CHEMISTRY COME TOGETHER WITH A GUY THAT GOT HERE - AND HE DIDN'T PLAY ALL LAST YEAR - HE WAS IN MONTANA.

SO, THAT'S -- I'M THANKFUL HE CAME TO LINCOLN BECAUSE THAT'S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.

>> YEAH, THE TRANSFER PORTAL.

THAT'S A BIG WIN RIGHT THERE.

NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP," WE'LL BE JOINED BY A VERY SPECIAL GUEST, LARRY THE CABLE GUY, TO TALK ABOUT THE SEASON AND THE UPCOMING OKLAHOMA GAME.

BEFORE THAT, THOUGH, ENJOY SOME IMAGES FROM SATURDAY'S WIN AGAINST BUFFALO COURTESY OF "HAIL, VARSITY."

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

S S >>> AS NEBRASKA AND OKLAHOMA RENEW THEIR >> AS NEBRASKA AND OKLAHOMA RENEW THEIR RIVALRY ON THE FIELD THIS WEEKEND, THE 1971 MATCHUP BETWEEN THE TEAMS CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

HERE'S A LOOK BACK AT THAT GAME IN ANTICIPATION OF SATURDAY.

S S >> MY FOREMOST MEMORY IS THAT IT LIVED UP TO ITS BILLING BECAUSE OKLAHOMA AND NEBRASKA WERE RATED NUMBER ONE AND TWO GOING INTO THE SEASON.

TENSION WAS JUST BUILDING AND BUILDING AND BUILDING.

>> WE HAD THE NUMBER ONE DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY HAD THE NUMBER ONE OFFENSE IN THE COUNTRY, AND SO IT HAD MADE FOR A BIG DEAL.

WE PRETTY MUCH KNEW THAT WHOEVER WON THAT GAME WAS GOING TO APT TO BE THE NATIONAL CHAMPS.

S S >> THE 1971 NEBRASKA VERSUS OKLAHOMA GAME IS HERALDED AS THE "GAME OF THE CENTURY."

A PIVOTAL GAME IN HUSKER HISTORY, THE GAME WAS A CULMINATION OF THE '71 SEASON.

>> THE ONLY THING THAT COULD PREVENT US FROM THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WAS OKLAHOMA.

OKLAHOMA.

>> >> WE TRY NOT TO LOOK FORWARD - WE TRY TO PLAY ONE GAME AT A TIME BUT WE WERE SO DOMINANT THAT WE KNEW THAT THE ONLY TEAM THAT REALLY WAS GOING TO GIVE US THAT BIG, BIG CHALLENGE, WHICH WAS OKLAHOMA.

>> A COUPLE, THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE OKLAHOMA GAME IT WAS -- IT'S SOMETIMES IT WAS HARD TO FOCUS ON THE TEAM WE WERE PLAYING AT THE TIME, IT WAS JUST NATURALLY - IT WAS THE PINNACLE OF OUR SEASON.

>> ANNOUNCER: THERE'S WILEY'S KICK -- IT'S HIGH -- IT HOLDS UP THERE --.

>> THE HUSKERS STRUCK FIRST IN THE GAME WITH JOHNNY RODGERS' ELECTRIFYING 72-YARD PUNT RETURN.

>> ANNOUNCER: HE'S TO THE 45 --.

>> AND, WE HAD THE GAME BREAKER -- WE HAD JOHNNY RODGERS.

SO, THAT MADE US -- THAT GAVE US THE ADVANTAGE IN EVERY GAME WE EVER PLAYED.

YOU PUT JOHNNY ON OKLAHOMA'S TEAM, AND WE LOSE AND HE'S ON OUR TEAM, WE'D WIN, AND HE'S THE GAME-BREAKER - THE BIGGEST GAME-BREAKER IN THE NATION THAT YEAR.

>> ANNOUNCER: MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD, DID THAT PUT 'EM IN THE AISLES!

JOHNNY "THE JET" RODGERS JUST TORE 'EM LOOSE FROM THEIR SHOES.

>> THE PUNT RETURN WAS EARLY IN THE GAME, WHICH PROBABLY MADE THE POINT DISPARITY IN THE GAME BECAUSE OF HOW WE CAME OUT, BUT IT REALLY WASN'T THE BIGGEST PLAY IN THE GAME.

THE BIGGEST PLAY IN THE GAME I CONSIDERED TO BE A 10-YARD PASS THAT JERRY MADE TO ME IN THE FOURTH QUARTER THAT KEPT OUR DRIVE ALIVE AND ENABLED US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE BALL SO WE DIDN'T GIVE IT BACK TO THEM SO THEY WERE ABLE TO SCORE.

>> REALLY, IN THAT LAST DRIVE WAS INVOLVED IN ONE PLAY.

REALLY, OTHER THAN THAT I JUST GAVE THE BALL TO JEFF KENNEY AND OUR OFFENSIVE LINE TOOK OVER.

HE -- THAT WAS THE BEST GAME HE EVER PLAYED AND HE WAS A PRESSURE BALLPLAYER, AND HE CAME UP WITH THE GREAT RUNS, HE WAS BREAKING TACKLES, AND OUR OFFENSIVE LINE WAS PUSHING HIM OFF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE -- I THINK HE RUSHED FOR 170 YARDS -- 150 OF THEM WERE IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> I THINK OUR STRATEGY WAS PRETTY MUCH THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO GIVE JEFF KINNEY THE BALL AS MUCH AS WE COULD AND KEEP HIM MOVING.

IF WE GOT IN TROUBLE, WE'D COME TO ME, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY IT ALL PRETTY MUCH HAD PLAYED OUT.

>> ANNOUNCER: AND THERE IT IS.

>> NEBRASKA WOULD GO ON TO DEFEAT OKLAHOMA, 35-31, AND WIN THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE NATIONAL TITLE AT THE END.

THE GAME WOULD CEMENT THE OF THE SEASON.

@THE GAME WOULD CEMENT THE RIVALRY AS A "MUST-SEE GAME" EACH YEAR.

>> WELL, IT MEANT EVERYTHING BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST RIVALRY OF WHEN I PLAYED -- OKLAHOMA AND NEBRASKA WERE THE TWO BEST TEAMS IN THE -- WHEN IT WAS THE BIG EIGHT BACK THEN, AND WAS ALWAYS THE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON, SO WE BEAT OKLAHOMA AND WE WOULD PROBABLY BIG EIGHT CHAMPS IF THEY LOSE, THEY'RE BIG EIGHT CHAMPS, SO -- SO, IT WAS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

>> WELL, I THINK THAT WHAT KEPT IT GOING IS THAT WE WERE THE ONLY GAME ON THANKSGIVING DAY, THAT DAY.

EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY SEEN THAT FOOTBALL GAME.

>> SCOTT FROST THIS TIME.

>> THE HUSKER AND SOONER RIVALRY EVENTUALLY DIMINISHED.

AS THE BIG TWELVE CONFERENCE WAS FORMED, THE TEAMS NO LONGER MET ANNUALLY.

THE RIVALRY SEEMINGLY ENDED IN 2010, AS NEBRASKA DEPARTED FOR THE BIG TEN.

AS THE TEAMS MEET ONCE AGAIN IN 2021, ALL EYES ARE AGAIN ON "THE GAME OF THE CENTURY," AS IT CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

>> WELL, IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL, YOU KNOW.

WHEN WE PLAYED IT YOU DID NOT KNOW 50 YEARS AGO THAT WE WOULD BEAT MARCH AND PICK THE GREATEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM OF ALL TIME WITH THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE DID PUT IN THAT EFFORT AND THEY WERE PUTTING IN EFFORT AND WE WERE ABLE TO EXCEL OVER THE OTHERS AND TO BE REMEMBERED, AND HISTORY - HIS STORY IS HISTORIC.

THAT'S JUST OUR STORY.

>> PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ONE MOMENT IN TIME - I MEAN, ONE MOMENT IN TIME, THAT WAS MY MOMENT.

THAT CHANGED MY LIFE.

HAD WE LOST THAT GAME, YOU WOULDN'T BE SITTIN' HERE, RIGHT?

IT CHANGED MY LIFE IN EVERYTHING I DID BECAUSE PEOPLE REMEMBERED THAT.

S S >> WELCOME BACK.

WE'RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED THIS SET BY LARRY THE CABLE GUY.

HOW ARE YOU DOIN'?

>> HEY, HEY!

>> WHAT'S UP?

WELL, I'M DOING REAL GOOD -- IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.

I'M SORRY ABOUT MY OUTFIT.

>> OH, YOU LOOK GOOD.

>> I JUST CAME FROM A WEDDING.

>> YOU WERE OVERDRESSED FOR IT.

>> DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO CHANGE.

>> "BATTLE OF NETWORK STARS," WHAT WOULD YOUR EVENT HAVE BEEN?

>> MY EVENT, "BATTLE OF NETWORK STARS?"

>> IF YOU WERE IN THE "BATTLE OF NETWORK STARS," WHAT WOULD YOUR EVENT HAVE BEEN?

>> WOULD HAVE THROWN THE BALL AT THE DUNK TANK.

>> OH, THAT IS A GOOD ONE.

>> HEY, HEATHER LOCKLEAR!

( LAUGHTER ) >> THERE SHE GOES.

THAT'D OF BEEN ME.

>> HOW DID YOU BECOME A NEBRASKA FOOTBALL FAN?

>> HOW DID I WHAT?

>> BECOME A NEBRASKA FOOTBALL FAN.

>> WELL, I WAS BORN IN PAWNEE CITY.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT.

>> WAIT, HOLD ON --.

>> SOMETIMES PEOPLE GO TO A GAME AND THEY GET TO GO TO A GAME WITH THEIR DAD, OR --.

>> NO, I JUST --.

>> YOU TAKE ME TO PAWNEE CITY, WE - GRANTED, IF IT'S A HOME GAME, WE'RE ALL GOING, BUT FOR AN AWAY GAME, YOU TAKE ME TO PAWNEE CITY TO WATCH AN AWAY GAME, HOW'S THAT GOING DOWN?

WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME IN PAWNEE CITY?

>> WHO ARE YOU AGAIN?

( LAUGHTER ) >> FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE.

>> NO, WHAT?

WHO AM I WHAT?

>> WHERE ARE WE GOING IN PAWNEE CITY TO WATCH A GAME?

YOU TAKE ME TO PAWNEE CITY TO WATCH AN AWAY FOOTBALL GAME?

>> IS THERE A BAR?

THE VFW?

>> WHERE WE GOIN'?

>> WELL, I HAVEN'T BEEN -- I ONLY GO DOWN THERE MAYBE ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.

WE GO TO MY BUDDY, MIKE'S HOUSE, PROBABLY.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'D GO NOW, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I WAS A KID, YOU KNOW, I JUST REMEMBER AS A KID, ON TV ALL THE TIME.

THIS WAS ALWAYS THE BIG COMMERCIAL: "NEBRASKA IS NUMBER ONE, AND SO IS THE NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART!"

YOU KNOW, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.

BUT, EVER SINCE I WAS A KID THAT WAS THE THING TO DO AND IN PAWNEE CITY, IT WAS EVERYWHERE.

YOU'D GO DOWNTOWN, IT WAS BLARING FROM ALL THE STORES -- EVERYBODY HAD IT ON.

>> YEAH.

>> SO, YOU HAD TO BE A HUSKER FAN AND THEN WHEN I MOVED TO FLORIDA, OF COURSE, I GOT MY HUSKER TAGS ON MY TRUCK AND I LIVED IN SANFORD, FLORIDA, WHICH IS THE SWAMP IN SO, I WAS SURROUNDED BY 2800 ACRES OF PROTECTED WOODS IN THE SWAMP, BUT I HAD A NEBRASKA BASKETBALL COURT.

SO, IF YOU FLEW ON THAT TRACK COMING IN FROM ATLANTA LANDING IN ORLANDO, IF YOU CAME IN THAT WAY ON DELTA, IF YOU LOOKED DOWN IN SANFORD, AS SOON AS YOU SAW LAKE JESSUP, YOU'D LOOK DOWN AND YOU'D SEE ALL THESE TREES - IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TREES YOU JUST SAW A HUGE RED AND WHITE AND BLAC TREES NEBRASKA COURT, WITH A BIG "N" RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHEN YOU FLEW OVER.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

>> OH, YES.

I'VE BEEN A FAN FOREVER.

>> WHAT KIND OF HOOPER ARE YOU?

>> HUH?

>> WHAT KIND OF HOOPER ARE YOU?

WHAT KIND OF A BASKETBALL PLAYER ARE YOU?

>> OH, MY GOSH, LOOK AT ME.

>> YOU SHOOT THREES?

YOU POST PEOPLE UP?

>> LOOK AT ME --.

>> POINT GUARD?

>> I'M A POINT GUARD IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN ONE.

>> HE'S A SOUTHPAW.

HE'S A SOUTHPAW.

>> HE'S A THREE-POINT SHOOTER.

>> POINT GUARD IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN ONE.

LOOK AT THIS BODY.

>> (LAUGHS) YOU ALSO ARE A HUGE GOLFER.

YOU LOVE GOLF AND --.

>> I LOVE - WELL, I WORE THIS HAT FOR JAY.

YOU KNOW, I WORE THE HUSKER HAT FOR JAY.

>> MM-HMM, THAT'S GOOD.

I APPRECIATE IT.

>> I AM A GOLFER.

YOU KNOW, I ENJOY -- NOT LIKE JAY.

JAY'S GOOD.

>> JAY'S REALLY GOOD.

>> YEAH, NOW YOU CAN TELL HE DOESN'T WORK A LOT.

I MEAN, HIS SHOTS ARE --.

>> HE WORKS ON HIS GAME.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT, YOU KNOW, I TRIED - I PLAYED ALL THOSE CELEBRITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS AND IT'S FUN - I GET TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I'M THE ONLY GUY THAT, AND I DO HOLD THIS RECORD, I'M THE ONLY GUY THAT PLAYED IN TAHOE THAT WAS ON "COURT TV," AND "GOLF CHANNEL," ALL ON THE SAME DAY.

( LAUGHTER ) >> WHY WERE YOU ON "COURT TV?"

>> I COULD HAVE GOT A FISH!

( LAUGHTER) >> ON PURPOSE?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT'S CRAZY THOUG CRAZY I WAS YOU'RE ALWAYS WORRIED YOU'RE GOING TO HIT SOMEBODY, BUT MAN, WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING WITH THE PROS THEY'RE HITTING PEOPLE, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, "WAIT A MINUTE, THESE GUYS ARE HITTIN' PEOPLE."

>> YEAH, TIGER HITS PEOPLE.

HE GIVES THEM A BALL AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO GET HIT LITERALLY RIGHT HERE AND HE'S LAYING ON THE GROUND AND I WAL >> ABSOLUTELY.

I HIT A GUY ONE TIME.

I HAD A PRACTICE RUN, I HAD A FOUR-IRON, HIT THE GUY IN THE HEAD - I FELT HORRIBLE.

I MEAN, LITERALLY, LIKE HIT HIM RIGHT HERE.

>> YEAH --.

>> AND, HE'S LAYING ON THE GROUND AND I WALK UP.

IT WAS A PRACTICE RUN - HE WAS A VOLUNTEER THAT WORKED THERE AND HE'S ON THE GROUND AND I GET DOWN AND I GO, "OH, MAN, I'M SO SORRY.

WE YELLED 'FORE'" AND HE'S LAYING THERE AND HE GOES, "IS THAT LARRY?"

AND I GO, "YEAH, IT'S ME, BUDDY."

"OH, MAN, I'D BE UPSET IF IT WAS ANYBODY BUT YOU.

I'M SO EXCITED."

HE'S EXCITED - I HIT THE GUY.

YEAH, IT WAS GREAT.

I'M A LITTLE UPSET.

THIS IS A THREE-CAMERA SHOOT, WHICH MEANS I REALLY LOOK BIG ON TV NOW.

UNBELIEVABLE.

>> THESE ARE ALL SLIMMING CAMERAS.

HAVEN'T YOU SEEN THEM BEFORE?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

>> IT'S A SLIM CAMERA.

>> I'M THE ONLY GUY THAT CAUGHT COVID THAT ACTUALLY GAINED 12 POUNDS.

( LAUGHTER ) >> SWALLOW A LOT OF AGGRESSION?

>> I THOUGHT COVID 20 WAS -- WAS THE NORMAL THING, RIGHT?

>> UH - GOSH.

>> WHAT'S YOUR EXCITEMENT LEVEL FOR THE OKLAHOMA GAME?

WHAT'S THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL?

RENEWING THE RIVALRY BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD.

>> IT'S JUST FUN TO SEE THE COMMERCIALS - NEBRASKA, OKLAHOMA - IT JUST TAKES ME BACK TO WHEN I WAS A KID.

THE '90'S WERE GREAT WITH US IN NEBRASKA - THE '80'S KILLED ME - THE '70'S KILLED ME, YOU KNOW.

BUT, IT'S JUST COOL TO SEE IT -- SUCH A GREAT RIDE.

I HAVE A TON OF FANS AND FRIENDS IN OKLAHOMA AND I'LL SAY, NO ONE IS ROOTING FOR NEBRASKA TO GET BACK UP MORE THAN MY OKLAHOMA BUDDIES BECAUSE THEY MISS THE RIVALRY, TOO.

THEY WANT TO PLAY EVERY YEAR, JUST LIKE I WANT TO PLAY EVERY YEAR.

>> IT'S JUST - IT'S ONE OF THOSE RIVALRIES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL THEY SHOULD HAVE ALWAYS KEPT PROTECTED BECAUSE IT WAS GOOD FOR THE GAME, BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

IT'S A SHAME.

I CAN'T WAIT.

>> SO MUCH SOONER MAGIC - SO MANY HARD LOSSES FOR NEBRASKA.

IS THERE ONE THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST?

IN NOW THAT '84/'85/'86 WAS ALL TOUGH FOR PEOPLE - '87 - WAS THERE ONE THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST?

>> EVERY ONE OF 'EM.

>> EVERY ONE?

>> EVERY ONE OF 'EM.

I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD - THE LAST TIME WE PLAYED OKLAHOMA HERE, AND WE HAD THE BIG THING - HAD A BIG THING FOR ALL THE HEISMAN WINNERS AND THE PEOPLE FROM THE '71 GAME WHERE THEN YOU GOT A HELMET WITH THE HALF NEBRASKA/ HALF OKLAHOMA.

I WENT UP AND ROASTED ALL THE OKLAHOMA GUYS.

I JUST SHOWED UP AS A SPECIAL GUEST AND I JUST WENT UP AND HAMMERED 'EM.

I HAMMERED SWITZER, I HAMMERED BILLY SIMMS -- IT WAS GREAT.

YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE JUST GREAT MEMORIES FOR ME AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I HATE THEM.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, I HATE OKLAHOMA BUT IT'S GOOD FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND IT WAS SO FUN TO WATCH NEBRASKA/OKLAHOMA AND AFTER THANKSGIVING.

IT WAS JUST COOL TO - COOL TO HAVE IT BACK, EVEN IT WAS JUST FOR, WHAT?

TWO YEARS?

>> YEAH.

>> STILL GOOD TO HAVE IT BACK.

BUT, THEY SHOULD HAVE PROTECTED THAT RIVALRY.

THAT RIVALRY IS JUST AS BIG AS OHIO STATE/MICHIGAN, IT'S JUST AS BIG AS TEXAS/OKLAHOMA - YOU KNOW, GET OFF - >> IT'S MORE IMPORTANT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WHERE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS CAME UP.

--.

>> HEY, FIGURE THIS -- WE'VE BEEN DOWN FOR WHAT, 20 YEARS?

I MEAN, WE HAD WHEN BO WAS HERE, WE WON NINE GAMES FOR SEVEN YEARS IN A ROW.

BUT, CONSIDER THIS , WE HAVE BEEN DOWN FOR 20 YEARS AND WE'RE STILL THE FIFTH OR SIXTH MOST WINNINGEST TEAM IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THOSE 20 YEARS IF WE HAD OF JUST KEPT IT UP?

>> RIGHT.

>> WE'D BE UNTOUCHABLE!

>> NUMBER ONE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU, JAY?

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE YOUNGER THAN BOTH OF US.

WHAT WERE THOSE YEARS LIKE FOR YOU WITH OKLAHOMA?

WAS IT A HATRED, OR WERE YOU AT THE POINT WHERE IT WAS ADMIRATION?

>> IT WAS -- THERE WAS A HATRED.

IT'S NOT AS -- THE HATRED WASN'T AS HIGH AS, LIKE, WE HATED COLORADO.

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

>> LIKE, THERE WAS A HATRED FOR COLORADO, BUT I THINK -- OKLAHOMA, THERE'S A RESPECT.

WHEN I PLAYED, YOU KNOW --.

>> I ACTUALLY HAVE COLORADO URINAL CAKES AT THE HOUSE.

>> DO YOU REALLY?

>> I'VE SEEN 'EM.

THAT'S VERY FUNNY.

( LAUGHTER ) >> SEE, HOW OLD ARE YOU, JAY?

>> I'M 38.

>> I THINK EVERYBODY WHO'S LIKE 45 AND YOUNGER FEELS THAT WAY ABOUT IT.

>> YEAH.

>> SO MY FIRST - SO, THE FIRST NEBRASKA GAME I EVER WENT TO WAS 1991 -- >> OH, THE ICE BOWL!

>> IT WAS RAINING - THE WHOLE -.

>> YEAH.

>> IT WAS KIND OF A SHEET OF ICE ON THE CAR --.

>> CALVIN JONES, KIND OF HIS COMING OUT PARTY --.

>> HIS FRESHMAN YEAR?

>> YEAH, SO YOU'RE - AND THEN, OKLAHOMA KIND OF HAD A LITTLE DOWNTURN - THAT'S WHEN JOHN BLAKE KIND OF TOOK OVER AND THEN WE HAD OUR RUN, AND THEN YOU HAD THE EARLY 2000'S WHERE EVERYONE WAS -- WAS GOOD, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BIG TWELVE HAPPENS, AND YOU DON'T - I MEAN, I PLAYED 'EM THREE TIMES IN MY COLLEGE CAREER AND I'M 0 FOR 3, YOU KNOW?

AND, THEY WERE -- I MEAN THEY PLAYED FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPTIONSHIP IN '04 AND '05 - THEY WEREN'T AS GOOD.

WE SHOULD HAVE BEAT 'EM IN '06.

>> YES.

>> IN THE - IN THE BIG TWELVE CHAMPIONSHIP IN KANSAS CITY, BUT THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESPECT.

I HAD FORMER TEAMMATES IN NFL THAT HAD PLAYED AT OKLAHOMA - ALL GREAT DUDES, LIKE, THEY JUST WEREN'T BAD GUYS AND IT'S - IT WOULD BE - I - WITH LARRY, I'M TOTALLY ON BOARD, LIKE, THEY SHOULD HAVE PRESERVED SOMEHOW - I KNOW IT'S HARD WITH CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT --.

>> NORTH AND SOUTH --.

>> YEAH, IT'S TOUGH BUT THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESPECT AND IT'S JUST THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, YOU JUST KNEW IT WAS OKLAHOMA.

>> YEP.

>> LIKE, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THOSE - I WAS BORN IN '83 - BUT I DON'T REMEMBER THOSE '80 GAMES WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN BOZ WAS THERE AND THERE WHEN THEY WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> KEITH JACKSON.

>> YEAH, YEAH - I DON'T --.

>> NOBODY LIKED THAT GUY.

>> RIGHT, SO --.

>> BUSTER RHYMES.

>> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT - THOSE --.

>> THOSE '90'S, THOUGH.

>> I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ANNOUNCER.

>> NO, NOT THAT --.

>> EVERYBODY LIKED THAT GUY.

>> I'M LIKE, THERE AIN'T NOBODY LIKE HIM - HE WAS --.

>> YEAH, IT MEANS A LOT.

I MEAN, IT MEANT A LOT TO ME.

LIKE I SAID, THIS IS PRETTY COOL, I'M GOING TO BE IN PER - I'M GOING DOWN TO THE GAME PERSONALLY >> AWESOME.

>> SO, IT'S GOING TO BE COOL TO SEE IN PERSON.

I HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN THERE SINCE 2004, WHEN WE PLAYED DOWN THERE IN NORMAN AND WHEN CALLAHAN CALLED THEM A BUNCH OF HILLBILLIES.

>> HEY!

-- IT WAS BAD DAY.

THERE WERE ORANGES FLYING, THEY WERE SHOOTING GUNS --.

>> ORANGES FLYING, YEAH - I MEAN, WE HAD REDNECKS - WHAT DO THEY CALL 'EM - GETTING THROWN UP AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE BRICK WALL --.

>> YEAH, THAT WAS A ROUGH DAY.

>> WE'D KICK A FIELD GOAL TO COVER THE END OF THE GAME.

>> WHAT DOES THE SELLOUT STREAK MEAN TO YOU, LARRY?

>> WELL, WHAT'S IT MEAN TO ME?

IT'S ONE OF THE FEW RECORDS WE GOT LEFT (LAUGHS) - WE GOT TO HOLD ONTO SOMETHING FROM THE PAST.

>> RIGHT ODD THAT >> RIGHT?

SO, YEAH.

THAT'S - I MEAN, YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT GOING.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS KIND OF ODD THAT, YOU KNOW I WATCHED YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THERE IS TIMES WHEN YOU GET UPSET AND PEOPLE COME BACK AT YOU WE SELL OUT AND WHEN YOU WATOST LIKE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY ANYTHING IF YOU THE GAME, AND YOU DON'T -- THE UPPERS ARE KIND OF --.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I GET IT, BUT - GET IT BACK, THOUGH.

I'VE GOT FAITH, YOU KNOW.

>> YOU ARE A VERY PASSIONATE FAN, I KNOW THAT.

>> I'VE READ ABOUT --.

>> I'VE WATCHED YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THERE'S TIMES WHEN YOU GET UPSET AND PEOPLE COME BACK AT YOU AND ARE LIKE, "WHY ARE YOU SAYING THESE THINGS?"

BUT, YOU'RE A FAN, RIGHT?

>> WELL, THAT'S THE THING.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY ANYTHING IF YOU SOME HAVE SOME CELEBRITY BUT IT'S LIKE I'M JUST A FAN LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO COMMENT ON MY TEAM AND I WANT TO SAY WHAT I THINK IS GOING ON.

>> RIGHT.

>> BUT, YEAH, THEY COME AT ME.

I TRY TO DO EVERYTHING NICE, THOUGH.

I MEAN, I DON'T - YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, "HERE'S WHAT I THINK."

"SHUT UP, YOU FAT --" YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND, THAT'S JUST FROM MY FAMILY.

( LAUGHTER) >> YEAH.

YOU ARE THE BEST.

DO YOU STILL HAVE THE LUXURY BOX, OR THE --.

>> I DO.

>> YOU STILL HAVE THAT?

>> I HAVE THE INDOOR/OUTDOOR SUITE BOX, AND --.

>> RIGHT.

>> OH, MY.

I HOPE YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO THE STORY.

HE BROKE A GUY'S ARM IN HIS SKY BOX.

>> ON PURPOSE?

>> I GOT ME A LITTLE CRED THERE.

>> THAT WHY YOU WERE ON "COURT TV?"

>> NO, HERE'S THE CRAZY -- HERE'S THE CRAZY STORY.

SO, I WOULD LEAVE SIX TICKETS EVERY GAME FOR GUYS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD, RIGHT, SO THEY'D COME UP AND SAY "HI."

WELL, ONE DAY THIS KID CAME UP AND HE SAYS, "HEY, LARRY, CAN I FILM YA?

CAN I FILM ME ARM WRESTLING YA?

MY DAD'LL GET A KICK OUT OF IT."

AND I WENT, "YEAH, SURE, WHY NOT?"

AND HE - AND I GO, "WHAT ARM?"

I GO, "I'M LEFT-HANDED -- DOES IT MATTER?"

AND, HE TAKES HIS SHIRT OFF -- HE'S RIPPED!

>> OKAY.

>> HE'S LIKE, "PICK AN ARM, BROTHER - PICK AN ARM."

I'M, "OH, MY --," AND MY WIFE'S, LIKE, "OH, GOOD LUCK."

SHE WALKS AWAY.

SO, WE GET ON THE TABLE AND I'M A LEFT -- AND HE'S LIKE -- I THINK -- WE GO - MY LITTLE STARTS AND HE'S LIKE SEVEN AT THE TIME AND I'M LIKE GOING, "EITHER THIS GUY'S LIKE JUST TOYING WITH ME OR I'M DOING PRETTY GOOD."

BUT I'M (STRAINING SOUND) GOOD, YOU KNOW, AND HE'S JUST STARING AT ME.

AND, I GO, YOU KNOW, "THIS GUY'S GOING TO HAMMER ME."

>> YEAH-YEAH --.

>> SO, YOU KNOW, HOW JUST HAD THAT ONE, "THIS IS IT.

THIS IS MY LAST PART I GOT."

AND I WENT MM!

AND, NO LIE (SNAPPING SOUND) --.

>> SNAPPED.

>> IT'S THIS LOUD!

AND - I WENT, "DUDE, WAS THAT YOUR ARM?"

AND, HE'S LIKE, "I THINK SO."

>> OH --.

>> AND, HE STARTS GOING LIKE THIS, AND HE TURNS WHITE.

AND, FORTUNATELY, MY DOC WAS IN THERE.

I'M LIKE, "BOBBY, BOBBY, I THINK I BROKE HIS ARM!"

HE COMES OVER THERE -- THEY'RE LAYING HIM UP -- BUT WHAT A FUN TIME FOR THAT KID!

>> AH, YEAH, HE'S GOT A GREAT STORY!

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, HE - HE'S IN LARRY THE CABLE GUY'S BOX --.

>> YEAH.

>> AND, HE'S LAYING ON THE GROUND - WHO COMES WALKING IN AT HALFTIME?

IT WAS HALFTIME THAT IT HAPPENED -- WHO COMES WALKING IN?

MIKE ROZIER.

HE GOES, "HEY, LARRY, WHAT HAPPENED?"

HERE COMES TONY DAVIS, "HEY, LARRY, WHAT HAPPENED?"

SO, THIS GUY'S GOT LARRY THE CABLE GUY BROKE HIS ARM, AND MIKE ROZIER AND TONY DAVIS ARE DOWN THERE GIVING HIM ICE AND HELPING THE GUY OUT.

OH, YEAH, IT WAS CRAZY.

I GOT MY STREET CRED THAT DAY.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

LET ME ASK YOU, WHO WINS ON SATURDAY?

GIVE ME A SCORE PREDICTION.

>> BEFORE I DO THAT, I'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD SO FAR.

I SAID - AND I WAS WRONG ON ILLINOIS --.

>> WE ALL WERE.

>> WE ALL WERE BUT I SAID 52-10 AGAINST FORDHAM, AND I SAID 41-17 AGAINST BUFFALO, SO I WAS, POINT-WISE, I WAS CORREC I'M SO, THIS TIME, I'M GOING -- SINCE I'M A BIG HUSKER FAN --.

>> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT --.

>> I THINK OKLAHOMA IS A LITTLE COCKY AND I THINK OUR DEFENSE IS FANTASTIC THIS YEAR - BEST DEFENSE WE'VE HAD IN A WHILE, OTHER THAN THOSE UNBELIEVABLE JAY MOORE YEARS, OF COURSE.

I STILL HAVE ALL THOSE POSTERS.

I HAVE A CARDBOARD CUTOUT OF HIM.

I THINK THAT WE CAN PULL AN UPSET - I KNOW EVERYBODY'S NUTS, BUT I THINK OUR DEFENSE IS GOING TO PLAY WELL ENOUGH TO DO IT --.

>> OKAY --.

>> BUT, I'M PICKING US TO WIN BY FOUR POINTS, AND I'M GOING WITH THE SCORE - YOU GOT ME ON THE SPOT HERE, BUT I THINK THE OFFENSE - I THINK WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP A LITTLE AND SHOCK THEM, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS GAME 31-27.

>> YEAH, GOOD.

THE PAWNEE CITY MATH HELPED.

THAT'LL BE GOOD.

>> YEAH, RIGHT?

YEAH, I GOT MY MATH DONE AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE - I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE OTHER QUARTERBACK, TOO, FOR A LITTLE BIT.

>> LOGAN SMOTHERS.

>> I THINK SO.

>> WE'LL LOOK FOR THAT.

>> YEAH.

>> IF THAT HAPPENS, HE'LL BE VERY HAPPY.

>> I THINK SO.

>> LARRY --.

>> PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ARE WATCHING THIS GOING, >> "HE'S DRUNK."

>> SO STUPID --.

( LAUGHTER ) >> BUT IF IT HAPPENS, I'M A GENIUS.

>> LARRY'S A GENIUS.

>> CORRECT?

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THAT WAS FUN.

>> THAT WAS A GREAT STORY.

>> NEXT TIME, I'LL DRESS UP WHEN I COME.

I APOLOGIZE.

>> NO PROBLEM.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE LARRY JOINING US.

HERE ARE THE TOP PLAYS AS VOTED ON BY YOU.

>> BUFFALO GAME ON SATURDAY, TOP PLAY NUMBER THREE: LUKE REIMER'S INTERCEPTION -- TIPS THE BALL, INTERCEPTION, ALMOST SCORES.

THAT WOULD BE THE HOLY TRINITY FOR A DEFENSIVE BACK, OR AT LEAST A GUY IN THE SECOND IN THE BACK SEVEN TO DO ALL THOSE THREE TOGETHER - JUST GOES OUT AT THE TWO-YARDLINE FOR LUKE REIMER.

TOP PLAY NUMBER TWO: THE FIRST OF SAMORI TOURE'S 68-YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS.

THIS IS THE ONE IN THE SECOND QUARTER, SHOWING SOME SPEED, AS WELL.

BIG PLAYS THE LAST TWO WEEKS FROM SAMORI TOURE.

AND THEN, THE TOP PLAY, NUMBER ONE, OF COURSE: ADRIAN MARTINEZ'S BEST, TAILOR MARTINEZ ZIGZAGGING, MAKING A GUY MISS IN THE BACKFIELD, PUTTING ON HIS MADDEN STYLE FOR 71 YARDS, SETTING UP NEBRASKA'S FIRST SCORE.

COMING UP NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK SOME RECRUITING.

SEAN CALLAHAN WILL JOIN US TO SHARE THE LATEST ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH NEBRASKA RECRUITING BUT FIRST, ANOTHER LOOK AT A HOT MEMORIAL STADIUM LAST SATURDAY, COURTESY OF "HAIL, VARSITY."

STAY WITH US.

S S S >> WELCOME BACK AND THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT ON THE "WRAP-UP."

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE, JOINED BY SEAN CALLAHAN.

SEAN, THERE'S BEEN A CONCERN WITH ALL THE TRANSFERS -- HOW THEY'RE GOING TO HANDLE SCHOLARSHIPS.

WILL IT STILL BE THE NUMBER 25?

WILL IT BE MORE THAN THAT?

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

>> WELL YEAH, THE TRANSFER PORTAL HAS REALLY TURNED RECRUITING UPSIDE DOWN AND NEWS THAT'S KIND OF BROKEN TODAY, A NEW RULE IS GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT WHERE YOU'LL STILL GET YOUR 25, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU NOW A PLUS SEVEN TO KIND OF ACCOUNT FOR TRANSFER ATTRITION ON YOUR ROSTER, SO YOU CAN TAKE UP TO 32 NOW, THEORETICALLY, ON JUST YOUR SOLID NON-CARRYOVER NUMBER, WHICH SHOULD HELP HIGH-SCORE RECRUITS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN RECRUITING IS PEOPLE ARE HOLDING BACK SEVEN TO FIVE -- SEVEN TO FIVE A YEAR, JUST FOR TRANSFER PORTAL GUYS TO TRY TO ADD TRANSFERS, AND WHATNO >> YEAH.

>> JUST FOR TRANSFER PORTAL GUYS TO TRY TO ADD TRANSFERS AND WHAT NOW, YOU GET THE WIGGLE ROOM TO HAVE THE TRANSFER ROOM AND CONTINUE TRADITIONAL RECRUITING, WHICH SHOULD HELP A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS OUT.

>> YEAH, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GET THEM PUSHED OUT AND NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO A SCHOOL THE LEVEL THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE TO.

SPEAKING OF THAT, A GUY WHO IS COMMITTED TO GO TO NEBRASKA, ERNEST HAUSMANN JOINING US, OF COURSE, FROM COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL.

ERNEST, HOW ARE THINGS GOING?

>> GOING REALLY WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON THE SHOW.

>> WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE GETTING THAT OFFER?

KIND OF WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHEN YOU GOT THE CALL AND WHEN YOU FOUND OUT THAT YO TO BE WERE GOING TO BE OFFERED TO BE A NEBRASKA SCHOLARSHIP PLAYER.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, THAT WAS A REAL SURREAL MOMENT FOR FOLKS, AND MY FAMILY - IT WAS - I MEAN, IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AFTER TALKING WITH THEM AND I WAS WITH A STATE-AID BASIS WITH COACH RUUD AND THE STAFF.

I MEAN, I WAS STARTING PROGRESSIVELY WITH COACH DILLON REACHING OUT TO ME LATER IN MY JUNIOR YEAR, AND THEN IT JUST PROGRESSED FROM THERE.

I MEAN, I WASN'T REALLY EXPECTING IT AT THE TIME AND NOW I JUST - COACH RUUD JUST TOLD ME TO GIVE HIM A SHOUT-OUT THAT NIGHT, AND THEN AFTER THAT TALK, YOU KNOW, HE JUST PULLED ME OFF AND IT WAS REALLY AWESOME FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.

>> ERNEST, YOUR STORY IS SO UNIQUE, HOW YOU MOVED TO COLUMBUS AS A YOUNG BOY.

JUST TALK ABOUT THE PATH THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON TO GET TO THIS POINT, TO, YOU KNOW, COME OVERSEAS AND MOVE TO NEBRASKA WITH THE HAUSMANN FAMILY AND - AND - AND EVENTUALLY NOW GET TO WHERE YOU'RE AT WITH A SCHOLARSHIP, GOING TO NEBRASKA.

>> YEAH, I'M TRULY BLESSED.

I MEAN, FROM THE POINT MY PARENTS ADOPTED ME -- I'M FROM UGANDA, AFRICA, WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, COMING TO AMERICA.

I MEAN, I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED FROM THAT POINT ON FORWARD.

MY PARENTS - YOU KNOW, HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB SUPPORTING ME, ESPECIALLY TO BECOMING THE PERSON I AM TODAY AND MY SISTER BEING MY SUPPORT ROCK - I KNOW THAT I CAN GIVE THEM A CALL WHENEVER I NEED THEM, TOO AND SO I FEEL LIKE THE TRANSITION TO AMERICA WAS VERY SMOOTH WITH THE SUPPORTIVE PIECE I HAVE HAD HERE AT COLUMBUS, WITH EVERYONE AROUND US, THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

THE COMMUNITY IS GREAT.

THEY REALLY DO BACK YOU UP AND REALLY DO HELP YOU BECOME THE PERSON THAT YOU WANT TO BECOME.

YOU KNOW, THIS -- ON THE JOURNEY TO BECOME WHERE I'M AT TODAY, YOU KNOW SU IT'S CAUSE OF GOD, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ME IN THE POSITION THAT I CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.

I MEAN, I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT HIM, YOU KNOW, AND MY FAMILY JUST GIVING ME A HOME AND I THANK HIM EVERY DAY FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME ACROSS THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF SIBLINGS THAT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, TOO, SO IT'S MY GOAL TO GO OUT AND EVERY DAY, I'M GOING TO BECOME THE PERSON I AM.

>> YOU'VE HAD A GREAT SEASON SO FAR.

LAST FRIDAY WAS A GREAT GAME FOR YOU WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT HIGHLIGHTS.

COULD YOU KIND OF TALK ABOUT HOW THE SEASON'S BEEN FOR YOU SO FAR AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET DONE?

>> YEAH, I MEAN, THIS SEASON I'M MAKING THE TRANSITION TO INTER-LINEBACKER AND I'M GOING TO BE CHALLENGED.

I MEAN, I'VE DECIDED TO TAKE IT DAY-BY-DAY, A DAY AT A TIME.

I KNOW THAT IT ISN'T GOING TO BE A SMOOTH SAILING EVERY DAY.

I KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD - I BELIEVE THAT - I TRY TO MAKE STRIDES EVERY WEEK.

I MEAN, I REALLY JUST GET THE KINKS OUT WITH MY COACHING STAFF DOWN, I MEAN, AS WELL AS COACH RUUD.

AND, I'M GOING TO CALL HIM TWICE A WEEK.

HE WATCHES MY FILM AND HELPS TO BE THE BEST LINEBACKER I WANT TO BECOME.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S MY TEAM AND WE TRY TO TAKE IT DAY-BY-DAY, AS WELL.

WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON EVERY DAY AS A TEAM, DEFENSIVELY AND OFFENSIVELY, AND THEN CLEAN UP SOME THINGS ON SPECIAL TEAMS, SO WHAT IS OUR JOB, YOU KNOW?

JUST GO OUT THERE, ATTACK EVERY DAY AND ATTACKE EVERY REP TO BECOME THE TEAM WE WANT TO BE.

>> ERNEST, HOW EXCITING HAS IT BEEN FOR YOU TO JUST TO WATCH THE INSIDE LINEBACKERS THIS YEAR?

I'VE SEEN YOU AT BOTH HOME GAMES, AND TO SEE GUYS LIKE LUKE REIMER, AND NICK HEINRICH, AND CHRIS KOLAREVIC, AND A NUMBER OF THOSE GUYS PLAYING WELL.

IT'S GOT TO BE PRETTY EXCITING KNOWING THAT YOU'RE WALKING IN INTO THAT POSITION ROOM HERE NEXT YEAR.

>> OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S AN AWESOME MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THEM PLAY, AND I JUST LOVE THE WAY, THE SOLID PLAY - YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO COACH RUUD BEFORE THE GAME, USUALLY, AND HE KIND OF GAVE ME SOME BACKGROUND ON WHAT THEY'RE KIND OF TRYING TO DO WITH THAT GAME, SO HE GIVES ME SOME THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR AND SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, THEY BASICALLY NEED TO DO ON SOME SITUATIONS.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY COOL TO WATCH THEM GUYS AND THEN I GO AFTER THE GAME TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEM.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE AS WELL AS GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYERS SO, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO KNOWING THAT I'LL BE GOING INTO THAT, I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH THEM, TRAIN WITH THEM, AND WORK WITH THEM TO DEVELOP AS A LINEBACKER, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.

>> ERNEST, WE APPRECIATE IT -- THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME AND HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE SEASON.

>> I THANK YOU, TOO.

>> OUR IN-STATE DESHAWN WOODS, REALLY A PHYSICAL SPECIMEN AND THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM WAS AT A CAMP, AND HE DIDN'T HAVE ON PADS, AND I'M LIKE, "THAT'S A BIG KID."

IN PADS, HE REALLY IS A BIG KID.

>> IN A LOT OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WE JUST WATCHED WAS ERNEST HAUSMANN PLAYING AGAINST DESHAWN WOODS AT OMAHA CENTRAL.

RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE HIM THE NUMBER ONE-RANKED PLAYER IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA AND HE WAS OFFERED BY IOWA STATE IN NEBRASKA, BOTH AS A SOPHOMORE, AND THEN GOT A NUMBER OF OTHER OFFERS.

DIDN'T PLAY FOOTBALL AS A JUNIOR, AS WE KNOW, IN OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT JUST A GUY THAT YOU KNOW HE COULD PLAY TACKLE OR GUARD.

I'LL BE CURIOUS IF HE MOVES INSIDE BECAUSE, AS WE KNOW, TACKLES NOW ARE CLOSER TO 6'7" EVERYWHERE BUT I THINK HE'S VERSATILE ENOUGH TO PLAY GUARD OR TACKLE IN THE SEC, AND MISSOURI'S DOING A REALLY JOB OF RECRUITING.

I MEAN, THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER A NICE CLASS.

DRINKWITZ HAS COME IN THERE FROM APPALACHIAN STATE AND I TALKED TO SOME LOCAL COACHES AND THEY SAID THAT MISSOURI STAFF HAS REALLY MADE AND EFFORT AND, OBVIOUSLY, TO GET THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER OUT OF NEBRASKA TO GO TO MISSOURI - I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVER HAPPENED THAT I CAN REMEMBER.

>> AND, IT CAN BE REALLY TOUGH ON THESE GUYS, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY MISSED THAT WHOLE SEASON, AS YOU MENTIONED, NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK IT LIKE THEY WANT TO.

IT'S BEEN TOUGH FOR SOME OF THE OMAHA SCHOOLS.

>> YEAH, BURKE NORTH AND CENTRAL, PREDOMINATELY, KIND OF THE POWER OPS FOOTBALL PROGRAMS - YEAH, I JUST FEEL FOR ALL THOSE COACHES - ALL THOSE KIDS THAT HAD TO KIND OF NAVIGATE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND EVERY OTHER TEAM IN NEBRASKA PLAYED EXCEPT THOSE OPS SCHOOLS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LONG-TERM EFFECT IS.

IT'S GOING TO BE - OMAHA NORTH PLAYING REAL WELL SO FAR - BURKE HAD A NICE WIN, I BELIEVE, OVER KEARNEY --.

>> YEP.

>> SO, THERE'S BEEN SOME MOMENTS WHICH IS GOOD TO SEE FOR THOSE KIDS THAT DIDN'T GET TO PLAY A YEAR AGO.

>> THANKS, SEAN.

BE SURE TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK'S "SIDELINE SURVEY": "WHICH OF THESE CONCERNS MATTER THE MOST TO YOU AFTER THREE GAMES?"

WE START OFF WITH 55%, SPECIAL TEAMS MISCUES IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT AS THE BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT HERE.

42%, INCONSISTENT PRODUCTION AT THE RUNNING BACK SPOT, AND THEN 3% SAY DEPTH AT WIDE RECEIVER AND TIGHT END.

( WHOOSH ) >> NEED TO EXECUTE AND START FAST, AND FINISH.

YOU KNOW, START TO FINISH, FINISH, HAVE TO HAVE TO COME PLAY OUR GAME - YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL AND YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE - NO TURNOVERS, JUST STUFF WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL YEAR LONG AS A TEAM.

( WHOOSH ) >> YEAH, I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT ABOUT AS GOOD A PLAYER AS THERE IS IN THE COUNTRY IN ALMOST EVERY POSITION BUT I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT OUR GUYS TO BACK DOWN TO THAT AND I DON'T THINK THEY WILL.

OUR GUYS ARE REALLY EXCITED TO PLAY.

( WHOOSH ) >> AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THESE KIDS TO GO OUT AND SHOW THE COUNTRY THAT THEY CAN PLAY WITH ANYBODY AND I DON'T CARE WHO THEY GO UP AGAINST.

YOU KNOW, OKLAHOMA IS REALLY, REALLLY GOOD.

THEY'RE A REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM, ESPECIALLY --I HAVEN'T WATCHED THEIR DEFENSE MUCH.

ON OFFENSE, I KNOW THEY'RE AN EXCEPTIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE EXCEPTIONAL KIDS, TOO, AND I'M EXCITED FOR THIS GAME.

( WHOOSH ) >> YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF TEAM WOULD WE BE IF WE DIDN'T BELIEVE, YOU KNOW?

WE WILL ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE BELIEF IN OURSELVES, HAVE BELIEF IN OUR TEAMMATES, AND IN OUR COACHES, AND IN OUR GAME PLAN, AND JUST ALL THE WORK THAT WE PUT IN THROUGHOUT THE OFF-SEASON, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'VE BOUNCED BACK FROM THAT GAME ONE AND HAD TWO REALLY STRONG GAMES - I SEE NO REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GO IN THERE AND SHOCK THE WORLD.

( WHOOSH ) >> THIS IS MY FAVORITE GAME OF THE YEAR GROWING UP, MY ENTIRE LIFE.

JUST LIKE EVERY NEBRASKA FAN, I THINK AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO PLAY IN TWO OF 'EM.

ONE OF 'EM WAS COACH OSBORNE'S 250TH VICTORY - ONE OF THE BEST RIVALRIES IN SPORTS.

IT'S KIND OF A SHAME IT WENT AWAY, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SPECIAL TO BE A PART OF IT IN A DIFFERENT ROLE.

( SWISH ) >> YOU GOT TO LOVE WHAT SAMORI TOURE SAID.

I MEAN, COME ON, MAN, YOU'RE ASKING US ABOUT THESE KIND OF THINGS.

WE PLAY FOOTBALL.

THERE'S 11 ON BOTH SIDES - WE EXPECT TO WIN.

>> THERE'S KIND OF TWO MENTALITIES YOU CAN HAVE IS, "HEY, THERE'S NOTHING TO LOSE -- LET'S GO SHOOT OUR SHOT -- LET'S LAY EVERYTHING OUT THERE AND LET'S PUT IT OUT THERE," OR, "HEY, LET'S TRY TO SLOW THIS THING DOWN -- WE'RE NOT AS TALENTED -- WE'RE NOT AS GOOD AS THIS TEAM - LET'S REALLY TRY TO SLOW IT DOWN - MUCK IT UP A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE OURSELVES A SHOT."

SO, IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO ME TO SEE WHAT TWO SIDES NEBRASKA COMES OUT ON.

I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF, "HEY, LET'S TAKE OUR SHOT."

>> RIGHT.

>> I THINK THEY'RE JUST - NEBRASKA, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS, TOO.

I MEAN, OKLAHOMA IS REALLY GOOD, SPENCER RATTLER'S REALLY GOOD.

THEY HAVE REALLY GOOD SKILLED POSITIONS.

I MEAN, LINCOLN RILEY, WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO, WHAT?

42 POINTS A GAME SINCE HE'S BEEN THE COACH WITH THE OFFENSE.

IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT NEBRASKA WILL BE ABLE TO DO WITH TAKING THEIR SHOT.

HAD THEY BEEN FAIRLY VANILLA?

TO ME, IT LOOKS THE OFFENSE HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT VANILLA.

IT'S NOT BEEN GIVEN A PASS TO THE INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE RUNNING GAME AND THE O-LINE BUT ARE YOU GOING TO SEE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE EXOTIC, OR, YOU MIGHT SEE SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND YOU'RE GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE TO.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN JUST LINE UP AT 'EM -- WHAT WE'VE SEEN THE FIRST THREE GAMES, AND SAY, "HEY, WE CAN GO TOE-TO-TOE WITH OKLAHOMA."

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET -- YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND GET EXOTIC TO GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO WIN DOWN IN NORMAN ON SATURDAY.

>> SEAN, OFFENSIVE LINE -- A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING THAT QUESTION ABOUT 'EM.

THEY'RE STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT POSITIONS.

CAN THEY GET ALL THAT TOGETHER, DO YOU THINK AND SHOULD THEY BE PLAYING SOME BACKUPS?

>> YEAH, IT'S -- THE CONVERSATION TO PLAY SOME WAS BACKUPS HAS KIND OF HEATED UP.

YOU KNOW, NOUREDIN NOUILI CAME IN AND LOOKED WELL -- PLAYED WELL WHEN HE WAS IN THERE.

TEDDY PROCHAZKA, AT ELKHORN SOUTH, AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION - COULD ONE OF THOSE TACKLES KICK INSIDE TO GUARD AND PROCHAZKA MOVE IN AT TACKLE?

CAN NOUREDIN NOUILI MOVE IN?

BECAUSE, I DO THINK THE GUARD PLAY HAS BEEN A LIABILITY EARLY ON AND THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE.

I MEAN, MARTINEZ WAS PRESSURED 14 OF 24 DROP-BACKS LAST WEEK AGAINST BUFFALO, AND BUFFALO ONLY BLITZED FIVE TIMES.

THEY ONLY BROUGHT MORE THAN FOUR OR FIVE TIMES.

SO, THAT MEANS YOUR SIX ARE GETTING BEAT BY FOUR WAY TOO MUCH AND AGAINST ILLINOIS, WE KNOW THE NUMBERS: 26 OUT OF 44 WERE PRESSURED DROP-BACKS FOR MARTINEZ.

THAT LINE, IF NEBRASKA WANTS TO BE BETTER, HAS TO PLAY AT A HIGHER LEVEL.

>> REAL QUICK, WHAT ABOUT THAT OPTION?

ASKED A COUPLE TIMES ON FACEBOOK - DO YOU LIKE THE WAY THAT LOOKS WITH ADRIAN, AND TOURE, AND MAYBE SOME OTHER RUNNING BACK?

>> I DO.

I THINK IT'D BE NICE TO SEE, LIKE, WE SAW THE "I" FORMATION, I THINK AFTER THE PICK FROM REIMER'S COME IN THERE.

I WOULD LOVE - YOU KIND OF SAW A LITTLE WRIN - LIKE, REMEMBER, OHIO STATE, WHAT -- TWO YEARS AGO THEY CAME OUT THERE AND GOT THAT.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> I'D LOVE FOR THEM JUST TO LINE UP A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, "HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SPRINKLE OF THIS," JUST TO, LIKE, GET YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT AND THE FACT THAT THEY PUT IT OUT THERE ON TAPE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE'VE GOT TO --.

THEY'VE GOT 22 PERSONNEL, OR 21 PERSONNEL, TWO BACKS, ONE TIGHT END AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ALL YEAR ON SATURDAY.

>> GIVE US YOUR BURNING QUESTION, SEAN.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS, WILL NEBRASKA BE ABLE TO EXECUTE OFFENSIVELY AT A LEVEL TO -- TO MOVE THE BALL CONSISTENTLY AGAINST OKLAHOMA?

BECAUSE, IF THEY WANT TO HAVE ANY CHANCE AT ALL IN THIS GAME, THEY HAVE TO EXECUTE AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL THAN WE'VE SEEN THE LAST THREE WEEKS.

>> YEAH, MINE IS, I ALREADY KIND OF ALLUDED TO THAT - WHAT KIND OF MENTALITY IS SCOTT FROST GOING TO COME OUT WITH THIS OFFENSE IN THIS GAME PLAN?

ARE YOU GOING TO SLOW IT DOWN, MUCK IT UP, TRY TO - YOU KNOW, SNAP THE BALL WITH TWO SECONDS ON THE PLAY CLOCK, CONTROL THE TIME OF POSSESSION, KEEP IT LOW-SCORING, KEEP THE BALL OUT OF OKLAHOMA'S POTENT OFFENSE'S HANDS, OR, "HEY, WE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE - WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AND NOT REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING" SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT TALE OF THE TWO TAPES ARE WE GOING TO SEE?

>> CAN NEBRASKA PROTECT THE BALL?

CAN THEY FORCE TURNOVERS WITH SPENCER RATTLER, WHO HAS THROWN A COUPLE INTERCEPTIONS ALREADY THIS SEASON?

DON'T FORGET TO HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE, OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, TO CLICK ON "THE PREDICTION."

JAY AND I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT ON SATURDAY.

ONE OF THE GREATEST RIVALRIES IN SPORTS IS BACK THIS WEEKEND, AS NEBRASKA AND OKLAHOMA TAKE THE FIELD AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2010.

KICKOFF FROM NORMAN IS 11:00 A.M. ON FOX.

WE'LL BE BACK DOWN NEXT WEEK TO BREAK DOWN THAT GAME WITH OUR GUEST, SPECIAL GUEST, STEVEN M. SIFFLE FROM THE LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR.

THAT SHOW WILL BE AT A SPECIAL TIME FOLLOWING COVERAGE OF THE LIVE LEGISLATURE ON "WORLD."

OUR THANKS TO LARRY THE CABLE GUY AND ERNEST HAUSMANN FOR JOINING THIS EVENING.

FOR JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA'S "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

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