S S >> THE HUSKERS TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS AGAINST FCS OPPONENT FORDHAM, WINNING 52-7.

IT WAS A "GET-RIGHT" GAME FOR THE TEAM AND FOR THE FANS WE GOT A CHANCE TO SEE NEBRASKA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PERSON SINCE NOVEMBER, 2019.

NOW ALL EYES ARE ON GAME THREE AND KEEPING THE MOMENTUM GOING.

WE'LL BREAK DOWN SATURDAY'S GAME AND PREVIEW THE BUFFALO MATCHUP WITH ERIN SORENSON FROM "HAIL, VARSITY."

SEAN CALLAHAN WILL ALSO CATCH US UP WITH SOME BIG RED RECRUITING.

ALL THAT AND MORE NEXT ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP."

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

NEBRASKA GIVES SCOTT FROST LUCKY NUMBER 13 WIN AND A "GET-RIGHT WIN" AGAINST FORDHAM.

JOINING ME TONIGHT FORMER HUSKER DAMON BENNING AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

"GET-RIGHT" IS THE WAY TO SAY IT.

NEBRASKA NEEDED SOMETHING TO FEEL GOOD AND IN THE END IT HAD TO FEEL GOOD.

>> YEAH, NUMBERS GOT TO ABOUT WHERE THEY WANTED THEM.

THEY RAN THE BALL -- THEY THREW IT WITH GOOD EFFICIENCY THEY WERE DOWN 17-23 VIA THE AIR NO TURNOVERS IN THAT REGARD WITH INTERCEPTIONS AND OVER 350 YARDS RUSHING THE FOOTBALL WITH 65 RUSHES AND THAT'S A "GET-RIGHT GAME."

>> YEAH, WITH THAT SAID SCOTT FROST NOT COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH THE RUN GAME - WANTS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> YEAH, THE REPITITION I THOUGHT WAS KEY FOR NEBRASKA.

I KIND OF COMPARE IT TO GOLF.

IT WAS A BUCKET OF BALLS AT A DRIVING RANGE - THEY GOT A LOT OF REPS ON THE RANGE AND NOT ALL THE SWINGS WERE PRETTY BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OUT OF IT, AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY NEBRASKA'S GOING TO GET BETTER.

YOU DON'T GET REPS LIKE THAT IN A NORMAL BIG TEN GAME JUST BECAUSE THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION'S BETTER THE STAKES ARE HIGHER BUT A GAME AGAINST FORDHAM YOU CAN TAKE A COUPLE BAD SWINGS AND OBVIOUSLY STILL COME OUT OF IT AND WE SAW THAT.

THERE WERE SOME BAD SWINGS EARLY BY THAT OFFENSIVE LINE AND THEY GOT COMFORTABLE AND THEY USED THEIR DEPTH AND THEY WORE DOWN FORDHAM.

>> HEY, I'M TOUGH ON RUNNING BACKS.

I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW THE LEFT A LOT OF YARDS OUT THERE ON THE FIELD.

AND, YEAH, I KNOW THE OFFENSIVE LINE IT'S GOT TO BE A LITTLE STRONGER, A LITTLE MORE STAT AT THE POINT OF ATTACK AND USE THEIR HANDS A LITLE BIT BETTER BUT BETWEEN RUNNING INTO THE BACKS OF LINEMEN AND KIND OF MISSING SOME KEY CREASES I FELT LIKE THEY PROBABLY LEFT A GOOD 50 YARDS OUT THERE ON THE FIELD SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I THINK THAT THE RUNNING BACK ROOM SHOULD TAKE PERSONAL.

>> SOMETHING THEY'LL CERTAINLY SEE ON TAPE.

>> WE'LL GET BACK TO THE CONVERSATION BUT FIRST WE NEED YOUR HELP TO KEEP IT GOING TONIGHT.

OUR CALL CENTER IS READY FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

THE GUYS OVER AT PHI KAPPA THETA RIGHT THERE WITH THE VALENTINO'S PIZZA WAITING FOR YOU TO REACH OUT.

YOU CAN DO THAT BY EMAIL OR TEXT MESSAGE AT Bigred@nebraskapublicmedia.org OR, SEND YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE'VE GOT FACEBOOK WE'VE GOT TWITTER UP.

WE'RE READY TO BRING YOU INTO THE CONVERSATION.

HERE'S THIS WEEK'S ALL NEW "SIDELINE SURVEY": "SHOULD NEBRASKA LET THE SELLOUT STREAK END?"

"YES" OR "NO" - RIGHT NOW 58% OF THE FOLKS SAYING, "YES" IN TERMS OF THE SELLOUT STREAK.

HEAD OVER TO OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW TO VOTE AND HEAD BACK EACH WEEK FOR A BRAND NEW SURVEY.

LET'S KEEP THAT QUESTION UP.

>> YOUR FEELING ABOUT THE SELLOUT STREAK?

>> I MEAN I GET IT TO SOME DEGREE.

IT'S RICH IN TRADITION AND IT'S HAPPENED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME BUT PERSONALLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY MOVE MY NEEDLE.

I'M FOR WHATEVER - IF THE GREATER GOOD IS ALL-IN AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE UINIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT I DON'T - I DON'T PAY IT MUCH MIND.

>> OUR FRIEND, STEVEN M. SIPPLES SAYS, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

ONE OF THE LAST THINGS YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF TRADITION FROM GOING BACK TO THE GLORY DAYS WHEN YOU THINK OF SELLOUT STREAK."

>> YEAH, IT'S THE ONLY THING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROGRAM THAT LINKS BOB DEVANEY TO THE PRESENT DAY.

THE START OF THE RUN TO NOW AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE STADIUM THOUGH, AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS.

IN DAMON'S ERA, IT WAS 72,000.

>> YEP.

>> AND THEN, IN '99 THEY WENT TO 78, IN '06 THEY WENT TO 86, AND IN 2014 THEY WENT TO 92, OR WHATEVER IT WAS, AND NOW THEY'RE BACK DOWN TO 86.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO, THEY'VE KIND OF RECONFIGURED SOME SEATING AND NUMBERS - YOU KNOW I THOUGHT - THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME INITIALLY WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THE ATTENDANCE ON SATURDAY.

IN 2019, IT WAS 89,000 FOR CROWD SIZES.

THEY ANNOUNCED IT AT 86,000 SO THEY'VE TAKEN IT DOWN.

THE PINNACLE WAS THAT MIAMI GAME, WAS IT 2014?

NEBRASKA/MIAMI?

>> NO, THE OREGON GAME --.

>> IN THE OREGON GAME - THOSE WERE 91, 92-TYPE CROWDS AND THEY'RE ANNOUNCING IT AT 86 SO WE'VE SEEN NEBRASKA I THINK DO SOME QUOTE "SEAT WIDENING," AND DO SOME OTHER THINGS TO THE STADIUM ALREADY AND WHEN THEY MADE THAT ADDITION THAT EAST BALCONY AND ADDED THOSE EXTRA SEATS PAUL MEYERS TOLD ME WAY BACK WHEN, HE GOES, "WE'RE PUSHING THE ENVELOPE HERE."

THIS IS -- BUT COACH OSBORN AT THAT TIME REALLY WANTED THOSE EXTRA SEATS, SO YOU THINK ABOUT IT - THEY HAD 92,000 SEATS AND NOW IT'S BACK DOWN ABOUT 86, SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING OVER TIME IF THEY START TO RECONFIGURE THAT NUMBER EVEN MORE TO IMPROVE FAN EXPERIENCE, AS WELL.

>> COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT.

LET'S GO TO THE SLOW START.

WHO WAS THAT ON?

WAS IT ON THE RUNNING BACKS AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT?

WAS IT ON ADRIAN MARTINEZ?

WAS IT THE PLAY-CALLING?

WHY DO YOU THINK THE SLOW START?

>> IT THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, I THINK IT STARTS UP FRONT, RIGHT?

SO, YOU WANT TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A RHYTHM AND GET LATHERED UP PRETTY GOOD.

I THINK NEBRASKA IS GOING TO UNDERSTAND EARLY ON THAT TEAMS ARE GOING TO FORCE ADRIAN MARTINEZ TO BEAT THEM.

THEY'LL LINE UP AND PLAY THAT WAY AND THEN IT WILL BE UP TO NEBRASKA TO COUNTER THAT GOING IN, AND FORDHAM CAME WITH A LOT OF ENERGY.

NEBRASKA A LITTLE BIT OF A MALAISE A LITTLE HANGOVER TO START THAT GAME AND FORDHAM REALLY TOOK IT -- FORDHAM REALLY TOOK IT TO 'EM EARLY.

>> YEAH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SCOTT FROST TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT FUMBLE IN THE BACKFIELD WHERE YOU HAVE A RUNNING BACK WHO'S YOUNG, ONLY IN HIS SECOND GAME, MAYBE TRYING TO TAKE THE BALL WHEN HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO.

>> YEAH, GABE ERVIN -- THEY PUT A LOT ON HIM.

I MEAN THERE'S A REASON WHY THERE'S NEVER BEEN A TRUE FRESHMAN THAT STARTED THE SEASON OPENER AT NEBRASKA AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BETTER RUNNING BACKS IN NEBRASKA THAN GABE ERVIN THAT DIDN'T START AS TRUE FRESHMEN.

AND SO, I THINK WE ALMOST TOOK FOR GRANTED THAT THIS KID WOULD BE READY FOR THAT MOMENT AND THAT SPOTLIGHT AND IT SEEMS LIKE NOW THINGS HAVE SHIFTED TO MARKESE STEPP WHO'S THE MOST VETERAN GUY ON THE ROSTER.

BUT, YEAH YOU HOPE GABE CAN GET IT GOING BUT HE'S HAD TWO PRETTY ROUGH STARTS FOR THE FIRST TRUE FRESHMAN IN PROGRAM HISTORY TO START AT RUNNING BACK.

>> YEAH, THOSE NUMBERS YOU SAW THE FIRST 17 MINUTES AND YOU SAW THE REST OF THE GAME.

THE DEFENSE WAS INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE AFTER MAYBE THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE DRIVES -- BASICALLY JUST SHUT DOWN FORDHAM.

>> YEAH I REALLY LIKED THE DESIGN.

IT WAS RALLIED TO THE BALL KEEP THINGS IN FRONT -- THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GIVE UP ANYTHING CHEAP.

IN A GAME LIKE THAT WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS GIVE UP, YOU KNOW, A CHEAP-O AN EASY SCORE.

YOU WANT TO KEEP THINGS IN FRONT AND MAKE TEAMS EARN IT AND FORCE THEM TO PUT TOGETHER DOUBLE-DIGIT DRIVES AND I FELT LIKE NEBRASKA KIND OF SETTLED IN A LITTLE BIT.

SUBSTITUTION PATTERNS SEEMED TO BE GOOD, AND THEY PLAYED A LOT OF BODIES.

THEY FOUND A WAY TO GET TAKE-AWAYS NOT SITTING AROUND HOPING ON WAITING FOR TURNOVES, WHICH I THINK IS A BIG DIFFERENCE SO I REALLY LIKE THE WAY THAT THAT UNIT'S COME TOGETHER.

>> YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS SEAN, AND TRAVIS FISHER TALKS ABOUT IT A LOT, RIGHT -- CATCHING THE BALL WHEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

YOU GO BACK TWO CHANCES -- CAUGHT THE BALL.

>> YEAH THEY'VE GOT GUYS THAT HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF FOOTBALL ON THAT BACK END OF THE DEFENSE AND YOU SAW THEM MAKE VETERAN PLAYS.

DEONTAI WILLIAMS WITH TWO PICKS JOJO DOMANN HAD HIS FIRST CAREER PICK AND THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECTED.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS DEFENSE WITH THE VETERANS THAT THEY RETURNED, YOU KNOW YOU THOUGHT LIKE, "OKAY THESE GUYS HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF BIG TEN SNAPS, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TURN SOME OF THESE THINGS AROUND AS WE KNOW THE STATISTICS MIKE'L, NEBRASKA'S NOT BEEN A VERY GOOD TURNOVER-FORCING DEFENSE -- REALLY THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

>> YEAH, THE LAST -- THE LAST TIME, REALLY YOU COULD TALK ABOUT GO BACK TO GUYS LIKE RANDY GREGORY WHO GOT AFTER THE PASSER FORCED BAD THROWS AND GOT TURNOVERS.

>> YEAH, STICKING WITH D-WILL HE DID TWO THINGS.

NUMBER ONE HE HIGH-POINTED THE BALL.

THE FIRST MAN IN THE AREA USUALLY WINS THE WAR.

HE TRACKED IT.

THE OTHER ONE I THINK HE DOES SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT AS A STAFF ALL THE TIME AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL HE LEVERAGED THE BALL AND NOT THE BLOCK, RIGHT?

HE KNEW THAT THAT QUARTERBACK DeMORAT, WAS PINNED IN ON THE SIDELINES HIS RECEIVER WAS ON THE SIDELINES - HE COULD PLAY THROUGH THE RECEIVER OR HE WAS GOING TO MAKE A PLAY WITH THE QUARTERBACK ON THE SCRAMBLE.

EITHER WAY IT WAS ADVANTAGE NUMBER EIGHT.

I REALLY LIKED HIS COMPETITIVENESS AND HIS AGGRESSION.

>> WHAT ABOUT NUMBER TWO ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, ADRIAN MARTINEZ?

SOME SAY MAYBE HIS MOST COMPLETE GAME HE'S PLAYED.

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT HIM OVERALL?

>> YEAH, I THOUGHT HE WAS FANTASTIC.

HIS POISE AND KIND OF ABILITY TO HANDLE THE MOMENT, RIGHT?

THE CROWD WAS A LITTLE UNEASY EARLY, I WATCHED HIS BODY LANGUAGE I STILL DIDN'T THINK THAT OVERTHROWING THE END ZONE WAS HIS FAULT.

>> IT WASN'T.

>> BUT, HEY, LISTEN HE'S A FOURTH-YEAR GUY HE'S UNDERSTANDS WHAT HE'S DEALING WITH HE WAS EXTREMELY ACCURATE WITH - LISTEN, 17 OF 23 -- IF YOU'RE ON AIR THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

NICE, WIDE PCs YARDS PER COMPLETION AND SO I FELT LIKE HE DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THE FOOTBALL AND MAKING PLAYS WHEN HE HAD TO.

>> WHAT DID YOU THINK OVERALL SEAN, IN TERMS OF HIS POCKET PRESENCE?

DID IT LOOK LIKE HE WAS MORE CALM IN THE POCKET THAN WE'VE SEEN HIM SO FAR - IN A WHILE.

>> WELL, YOU THINK ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THAT AT ILLINOIS HE WAS PRESSURED 26 OUT OF 44 DROP-BACKS.

>> RIGHT.

>> IN COMPARISON ILLINOIS'S QUARTERBACKS WERE FIVE OUT OF 23.

AND, THIS PAST WEEK I THINK MARTINEZ WAS PRESSURED MAYBE FIVE TIMES IN THAT GAME AND MOST OF THAT CAME EARLY AND EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THE RUNNING GAME.

IF NEBRASKA GETS THE RUNNING GAME GOING, THEN IT OPENS EVERYTHING ELSE UP IN THIS OFFENSE BUT WHEN THOSE BASE RUNS THAT THEY LIKE TO CALL DON'T PRODUCE MORE THAN A YARD OR TWO THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PASS RUSH CAN REALLY HEAT UP ON MARTINEZ AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SCOTT FROST OFFENSE - THEY HAVE TO GET THE RUNNING GAME GOING AND THEN IT ALL LOOKS LIKE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE ON SATURDAY.

>> HE CAME IN PRETTY MATURE.

HE'S DEVELOPING MORE AND MORE.

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT HIM ADDRESSING THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND THE OFFENSE WHEN THEY WERE STRUGGLING.

>> YES, THAT'S -- THAT'S PART OF HIS MATURATION PROCESS BECAUSE HE WASN'T A VOCAL GUY EARLY ON -- HE WAS MORE OF A LEAD-BY-EXAMPLE KIND OF THE SERVANT-LEADER TYPE AND I THINK NOW HE'S REALLY STARTING TO EXERCISE HIS VOICE A LITTLE BIT.

AND, YOU NEED THAT.

I THINK DEEP DOWN PLAYERS WANT TO BE LED.

AND, KIDS WANT TO BE LED AND SO THEY LOOK FOR DIRECTION AND LEADERSHIP AND HE PROVIDED THAT.

AND, LISTEN, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU KNOW THAT -- THAT CRITICISMS OR CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM COMES FROM A GOOD PLACE AND YOU'RE BEING OTHER-CENTERED ABOUT IT PEOPLE RECEIVE IT WELL AND MARTINEZ HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO GET ON GUYS LIKE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY KNOW THAT IT'S COMING FROM A GOOD PLACE.

>> SAMORI TOURE ISN'T J.D.

SPILLMAN.

THEY'RE DIFFERENT KIND OF WIDE RECEIVERS BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE WE'VE SEEN A GUY KIND OF RULE THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD THE WAY HE IS.

>> YEAH, THEY'VE USED HIM ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN A SLOT AND WHEN HE WAS AT MONTANA HE WAS MORE OF AN OUTSIDE GUY AND, IN FACT, HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CARRIES AS A BALL CARRIER AT MONTANA.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAS CARRIED THE BALL SINCE HIGH SCHOOL IS WHAT HE SAID THIS WEEK, SO I LIKE HOW THEY'VE GOTTEN CREATIVE WITH SAMORI.

WHEN THEY BROUGHT HIM IN I MEAN HE WAS THE NATION'S LEADING RECEIVER AT THE FCS RANKS FOR A REASON AND, YOU KNOW YOU HAD HIGH HOPES FOR THIS GUY WHAT HE COULD BRING AND THIS WAS THE PERFECT GAME TO KIND OF SHOWCASE HIM.

OLIVER MARTIN WAS OUT WITH AN INJURY, SO I THINK ED SAID "ALRIGHT, THIS IS OUR GUY.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO HIM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE."

AND, WHAT I REALLY LIKED WAS I BELIEVE EIGHT OF HIS -- EIGHT OF HIS TOUCHES ALL WENT FOR FIRST DOWN.

I MEAN, HE WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE IN MOVING THE CHAINS AND FOR THIS OFFENSE TO WORK WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO GET EFFICIENT FIRST DOWNS.

>> AND THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT MAKE TOURE REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

NUMBER ONE HE'S EXTREMELY FLUID.

HE CAN CHANGE DIRECTIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO STOP AND KIND OF GATHER.

AND, HIS COMMAND AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE OFFENSE -- HE UNDERSTANDS FULL WELL -- MAYBE THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, AS A RECEIVER HE KNOWS THE FULL COMPLEMENT OF WHAT SECONDARIES ARE TRYING TO DO AND HE KNOWS WHERE TO SIT IT DOWN.

HE IS A SAVVY SUN-OF-A-GUN.

>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE FROM THE RUNNING GAME?

YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE BACKS NEED TO DO MORE WE TALKED ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE, BUT IF IT WAS YOU WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE NEBRASKA RUN THAT YOU THINK COULD WORK AGAINST BUFFALO AND THEN GOING FORWARD?

>> SEE, I LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR TWO-BACK RUN GAME WHERE THEY USE SPLIT ACTION.

I REALLY LIKE THAT.

I ALSO LIKE WHERE, YOU KNOW YOU USE A LITTLE SHORT MOTION BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING SO MUCH MAN-TO-MAN, AND SEE IF GUYS CAN CRACK AND REPLACE, RIGHT?

AND, FORCE THE SECONDARY TO COME FIT IN THE RUN GAME.

WHEN YOU'RE NOT RUNNING THE BALL A TON WITH DESIGNED QUARTERBACK RUNS, HAND-OFF RUN GAME OUT OF THE SHOTGUN CAN BE TOUGH OUT OF THE ONE-BACK AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THESE BACKS BE MORE DECISIVE, SUDDEN AND THE WHOLE, AND FINISH RUNS.

BECAUSE, OVER TIME THAT EVENTUALLY WINS OUT.

THOSE THREE- AND FOUR-YARD GAINS TURN INTO SIX AND SEVEN AND IF YOU'RE PATIENT ENOUGH THEY TURN INTO BIGGER GAINS THAN THAT.

>> I KNOW YOU GUYS CHECK AND SEE WHAT PRO FOOTBALL FOCUS HAD.

WHO WAS THE RUNNING BACK THAT HAD THE BEST DAY?

WAS IT STEPP?

>> I HAVE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK, BUT YEAH I BELIEVE STEPP DID - I MEAN 18 CARRIES, 101 YARDS, YOU KNOW HE WAS BY FAR THE MOST PRODUCTIVE DAY.

JAQUEZ YANT CAME IN LATE AND DID SOME DAMAGE BUT HE WAS BIGGER THAN A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.

I THINK THAT WON THE GAME AT THAT POINT FOR FORDHAM BUT SEVEN RUNNING BACKS CARRIED THE BALL ON SATURDAY.

AND, THERE'S JUST - I MEAN YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK A WHILE TO THE LAST TIME THAT YOU SAW SEVEN DIFFERENT RUNNING BACKS GET A CARRY IN A GAME FOR NEBRASKA.

>> YEAH, WHEN CALLAHAN WAS HERE THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE SEVEN ON THE ROSTER, AT ONE POINT.

YOU'VE GOT MARVIN SCOTT WHO'S GOT NICE FEET I THINK - RAHMIR JOHNSON REALLY GOOD BURST - "YAN"'S A BIGGER BACK THAN MOST PEOPLE - YANT, EXCUSE ME.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IN TERMS OF THE BEST COMPLETE GUY?

>> I THINK THE MOST COMPLETE RIGHT NOW IS STEPP BUT THE GUY THAT I'VE KIND OF BEEN LEANING TOWARDS ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FALL THAT HE HAD - I LIKE RAHMIR JOHNSON.

I THINK HE'S THE MOST NATURAL RUNNER.

HE'S CONFIDENT AND HE'S DECISIVE.

WHEN HE HITS THE HOLE IT JUST LOOKS DIFFERENT -- HE'S MORE SURE OF HIMSELF AND HE'S BECOME A BETTER INSIDE RUNNER WITHOUT GETTING A TON OF LIVE REPS. YOU GO BACK TO MARYLAND FROM A YEAR AGO AND YOU'RE - A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO - AND, YOU'RE, LIKE, "EH," IT'S KIND OF GOING DOWN WHEN THE WIND PICKS UP.

HE'S BEEN A LOT MORE SUDDEN AND A LOT MORE DECISIVE.

>> YEAH, DEFINITELY SUDDEN.

I THINK HE'S THE QUICKEST OUT OF ALL THE GUYS.

ALL RIGHT, TIME TO GO TO THE HIGHLIGHTS HAVING A CHANCE TO WATCH A WIN FORDHAM AND NEBRASKA AND HOW GREAT DOES THAT LOOK?

ALL THE RED IN THE STADIUM HAVING A CHANCE TO WATCH THE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019.

BUT, EARLY ON DeMORAT COMES OUT THE QUARTERBACK FOR FORDHAM AND HE HITS A 16-YARD PASS THERE TO CARTER AND THEN HE COMES BACK AND TURNS AROUND AND MAKES THIS - THIS CATCH RIGHT HERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE TOP 10 OF SPORTSCENTER IF IT MADE THE TOP 10 OF SPORTSCENTER -- I THOUGHT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

BUT, THIS IS A BIG PLAY FOR NEBRASKA.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JOJO DOMANN?

OUT MORE IN COVERAGE THIS YEAR THAN IN RUSHING.

>> YEAH, REALLY PLAYING HIM IN SPACE AND OUT TO THE FIELD AND HE'S VERY INSTINCTIVE AND HE'S JUST GOT A WAY OF FINDING THE BALL -- REALLY NICE ON THE TIP DRILL RIGHT THERE.

>> FIRST RUSH RIGHT THERE FOR STEPP - COMES RIGHT IN AND QUICKLY GETS 11.

YOU LIKE HIS COMBINATION OF SPEED AND SIZE?

>> YEAH, I LIKE THE FACT THAT HE BOUNCED THAT, TOO.

KINDA -- YOU DON'T LIKE TO PLAY ACROSS DEFENDERS' FACES BUT HE GOT THE NICE LITTLE CREASE, AND HE HIT IT.

>> ONLY TWO TOUCHES LAST WEEK FOR AUSTIN ALLEN -- COMES OUT THIS WEEK GETS MORE -- WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT MOVE RIGHT THERE?

>> YEAH, SEE, THAT'S -- IF I'M ON DEFENSE AND I'M A COORDINATOR, THAT'S HOW YOU DRAW IT UP -- FREE DEFENDER PLAYING DOWNHILL ON FOURTH AND SHORT - THAT'S JUST THEIR FREE BALL CARRIER BEING BETTER THAN YOUR FREE DEFENDER.

>> EARLY ON, WE ALSO SAW FORDHAM GETTING SOME NICE RUNS.

THERE'S ZACH DAVIS WITH A NICE RUN THERE FOR 22 YARDS.

AND THEN, THIS IS THE BIGGEST PLAY ALL DAY FOR FORDHAM -- A NICE PASS RIGHT ACROSS THE MIDDLE TO KOKOSIOULIS AND TAKES IT IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> YEAH, HE WAS VERY SHIFTY BUILT LOW TO THE GROUND -- FORMER RUNNING BACK HAD GOOD CHANGE OF DIRECTION - I LIKED HIM IN SPACE.

>> HE DID A LOT.

HE HAD A REALLY GOOD GAME OVERALL.

TUORE ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR, A VERY GOOD DAY FOR HIM.

THAT'S A 21-YARD GAIN RIGHT THERE.

YOU THINK WE SEE THAT OPTION STUFF STAYING AROUND?

>> YEAH, I REALLY LIKED THEM ON THE PERIMETER PLAYING WITH THOSE OPTION ROUTES OUT THERE.

IT REALLY KEEPS FLAT DEFENDERS AT BAY AND ALLOWS NEBRASKA TO GET TO THE EDGES.

>> OMAR MANNING THE GUY THAT'S ASKED THE MOST ABOUT ON YOUR MESSAGE BOARD - THREE FOR 54.

A BIG DEAL FOR HIM.

>> HE'S BEEN TARGETED FIVE TIMES AND HE HAS FIVE CATCHES ON THE YEAR SO THEY'VE REALLY BEEN EFFICIENT WITH HIM AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO JUST KEEP SEEING MORE OF OMAR MANNING.

>> THAT WAS YOUR DEFENDING BIG TEN KICKER OF THE YEAR CONNOR CULP MAKING A 39-YARD FIELD GOAL.

AND THEN, BACK COME THE RAMS -- THEY HAD 129 YARDS RUSHING BUT AS WE MENTIONED IT WAS ALL PRETTY MUCH IN THE FIRST FIVE DRIVES, OR SO.

A BIG PLAY BY THE SPECIAL TEAMS.

>> YEAH.

>> REALLY BAILED THEM OUT HERE TO GET THE BLOCK AND IT WAS A JUST BAD RUN FIT ON THAT LAST RUN.

HE HAD TWO GUYS IN ONE GAP AND THERE'S THOSE SENIOR CREWS BACK THERE -- THOSE SAFETIES BEING SAFETIES.

>> AND, ADRIAN MARTINEZ COMES BACK AGAIN.

OBVIOUSLY, LAST WEEK OLIVER MARTIN.

THIS WEEK IT'S SAMORI TOURE.

>> YEAH, THAT'S A BETTER THROW THAN PEOPLE WILL GIVE IT CREDIT FOR.

IT'S A WHOLE THROW IN BETWEEN THREE DEFENDERS.

HE DID A NICE JOB DELIVERING RIGHT THERE.

>> EIGHT FOR 133 FOR SAMORI TOURE AND HERE'S ADRIAN MARTINEZ WITH IS SECOND TOUCHDOWN RUN OF THE DAY, MAKING IT LOOK EASY GETTING AWAY FROM A GUY WHO HAD 30 TACKLES ON THE DAY WHICH IS STILL INCREDIBLE -- FOR GREENHAGEN, THERE.

THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER GUY COMING IN THIS WEEK THAT CAN DO THE SAME THING.

INTERCEPTION - YOU MENTIONED HIGH-POINTING THE BALL.

>> YEAH, 50-50 BALL LETTING MY GUY TRY TO MAKE A PLAY, AND HE'S THE FIRST MAN IN THE AREA, HE WINS THE WAR.

>> I REALLY LIKE THE WAY THAT HE'S BEEN TRACKING BALLS.

>> THIS JUST IN - CORRECTED TO 31, NCAA RECORD FOR 31 TACKLES IN A GAME.

>> YEAH, HE WAS EVERYWHERE.

>> CONGRATULATIONS FOR HIM.

THAT'S AWESOME.

HE ALMOST GOT ONE --.

>> WHEN LIVE, I THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN MORE THAN THAT.

>> YEAH, I MEAN HE -- LITERALLY HE ALMOST GOT ONE AGAINST SCOTT FROST, AS WELL, ON THE SIDELINE AS HE WAS GOING ACROSS.

ANOTHER GOOD PASS AND THEN WE GET TO SEVION MORRISON GETTING IN THE END ZONE.

HE DIDN'T PLAY LAST WEEK -- HAD A CHANCE TO PLAY NINE FOR 31 WITH TWO TOUCHDOWNS.

>> YEAH, HE'S GOT THOSE QUADS.

WHEN HE LEARNS TO RUN BEHIND HIS PADS, HE CAN GET DOWNHILL LONG STRIDER.

>> WHAT MEANING "RUN BEHIND YOUR PADS?"

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> A GOOD POWER BEHIND HIS PADS.

HE'S A LITTLE UPRIGHT AND A LITTLE FINESSE - ONCE HE GETS BEHIND HIS PADS AND KIND OF RUNS WITH SOME THUMP HE COULD BE A DIFFERENCE-MAKER.

>> SEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS WITH THE PUNT RETURN?

YOU THINK - YOU THINK CAM TAYLOR-BRITT STAYS BACK THERE?

>> YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.

I CAN'T SEE SCOTT FROST WALKING AWAY FROM HIS CAPTAIN BUT THE EXCHANGE ON THE SIDELINE AFTER THAT - THEN THEY BENCHED CAM TAYLOR-BRITT FOR THE REST OF THE GAME.

THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS OF THE SEASON THAT YOU KIND OF LOG BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN SCOTT FROST REALLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT ESPECIALLY WITH A HIGH-PROFILE PLAYER.

>> YEAH HE WALKED OVER TO TRAVIS FISHER AND BASICALLY SAID "THIS IS ON ME.

HE'S SITTING DOWN ON THE SIDELINE."

WE SAW THE INTERCEPTION BY * *D-WILL THERE, THEN WE COME BACK WITH ANOTHER GOOD RUN BY STEPP OF 19 YARDS - ONE OF THE BEST RUNS OF THE SEASON AND THEN THERE'S OMAR MANNING AGAIN - AS SEAN SAID, "FIVE TARGETS FIVE CATCHES SO FAR ON THE SEASON" AND THEN CHANCELLOR BREWINGTON - YEAH I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS KID.

>> WELL, HE'S GOT A SNEAKY NICE FRAME, DOESN'T HE?

HE IS A WELL-PUT-TOGETHER KID THAT'S - HE'S BETTER THAN HIS STATS ON THE ROSTER APPEAR.

>> HE PLAYED THE SECOND-MOST SNAPS OF ANY TIGHT END AND ONLY BEHIND AUSTIN ALLEN'S.

SO, THAT'S SOMETHING TO WATCH -- WHAT HE -- THIS WEEK, AGAINST BUFFALO.

>> YEAH, I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR A WHILE I REALLY LIKE COACH BECKTON.

I THINK HE'S BY FAR AND AWAY THE MOST UNDER-APPRECIATED COACH ON THE STAFF AND GUYS GET BETTER THE MORE TIME THEY SPEND IN HIS ROOM.

>> THAT WAS AUSTIN ALLEN FOUR FOR 61 AND THEN SOMARI TOURE AGAIN - A HUGE DAY FOR HIM GETTING 133 YARDS, AND THEN, HE HAD RUSHING.

HE WAS THREE FOR 35 WITH THIS TOUCHDOWN.

>> PERFECT DISTANCE BETWEEN HE AND THE QUARTERBACK --.

>> YEAH, IT WAS FANTASTIC.

THAT IS SUCH A FAR ALLEY RUN FOR THAT SAFETY THAT HAS TO FIT AND YOU SEE HOW HE TOOK THE BALL TO THE OUTSIDE HIP OF THE FLAT DEFENDER TO PITCH OFF-OF.

THAT'S HOW YOU DRAW IT UP.

>> WE MENTIONED YANT EARLIER HAVING A CHANCE TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT, TOO.

HE GETS A COUPLE OF CARRIES AND THEN SEVION MORRISON GETS HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY MOVING THE SCORE TO 38 TO - EXCUSE ME, 45-7 WITH THAT SECOND TOUCHDOWN AND THEN AS SEAN MENTIONED YANT GETS A CARRY.

WHAT'S UP WITH TURNING YOUR BACK AND GOING BACKWARDS?

I SAW THREE BACKS DO THAT.

>> YEAH, LISTEN I DON'T NEED TO -- I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE '90's BUT I REMEMBER HAVING TO GO SIT DOWN AGAINST WASHINGTON STATE WHEN JAMES DARLING PUT HIS PADS IN THE BACK OF MY BACK AND COACH SOLICH TOLD ME TO LEAVE THE SPIN FOR THE TOPS THAT THE LITTLE KIDS PLAY WITH.

>> OH, THAT'S FUNNY.

MARVIN SCOTT GETS A TOUCHDOWN RIGHT THERE TO END THE SCORING 52-7 FOR NEBRASKA.

YOU SEE THE STATS, BY THE WAY.

SCOTT HAD SIX FOR 30 AND THE TOUCHDOWN.

NEBRASKA DOMINANT AT 633 TOTAL YARDS ON THERE GREAT DAY PASSING.

BOTH, OF COURSE MARTINEZ AND LOGAN SMOTHERS AND OVERALL, THE BIG NUMBER IS ONLY TWO PENALTIES AND THEY DID HAVE THE TWO TURNOVERS BUT IT WAS MUCH BETTER IN TERMS OF NOT HAVING THE BALL ON THE CARPET SOMETHING THAT SO MUCH THIS SEASON.

"PLAYERS OF THE GAME" TIME.

IT'S A PRETTY EASY SELECTION I THINK, BECAUSE YOU RARELY EVER GET A GUY THAT HAS THE KIND OF DAY THAT SAMORI TOURE HAS, AND THEN OF COURSE, DEONTAI WILLIAMS WITH THE TWO INTERCEPTIONS.

>> YEAH.

BALL HAWK IN THE SECONDARY AND A GUY THAT JUST HAS A KNACK FOR FINDING SPACES AND CREASES AND HAS BEEN MATURING.

>> YEAH, THEY JUST -- THEY NEEDED A GAME LIKE THIS, AND SO MANY REASONS JUST A REPITITION GAME WHERE THEY COULD REALLY PUT IT OUT THERE LIKE THIS BUILD SOME CONFIDENCE AND THIS WEEK NOW THEY'VE GOT TO STACK UP ON THIS ONE AND DO IT TWO WEEKS IN A ROW.

>> 168 TOTAL YARDS AND THOSE TOUCHDOWNS FOR SAMORI TOURE AND THE WAY HE PLAYED.

YOU CAN SEE THE CONFIDENCE CONTINUING TO GROW FOR HIM AS WELL.

OLIVER MARTIN, TOURE OMAR MANNING AND YOU'VE GOT ZAVIER BETTS OF COURSE, AND OTHERS.

IT'S A PRETTY - IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S DEVELOPING INTO A GOOD WIDE RECEIVERS.

>> YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A VOKOLEK BACK YOU REALLY LIKE AUSTIN ALLEN'S EMERGENCE.

THEY HAVE WEAPONS THAT'S FOR SURE.

>> NO DOUBT.

NEXT UP, ONE OF OUR SECRET WEAPONS JOINING US ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP," ERIN SORENSEN, DEPUTY EDITOR FROM "HAIL, VARSITY."

BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK IMAGES FROM WIN ONE OF THE 2021 SEASON, COURTESY OF "HAIL VARSITY," AND BACK SOON.

S S S S >> HERE ARE THE TOP PLAYS AS VOTED ON BY YOU FROM THE FORDHAM GAME LAST SATURDAY.

TOP PLAY NUMBER THREE - THE INTERCEPTION BY DEONTAI WILLIAMS, MAKING HIS SECOND INTERCEPTION OF THE DAY ERASING THAT MUFFED PUNT BY CAM TAYLOR-BRITT EARLIER IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

THEN, SOMARI TOURE COMING OFF OF THE OPTION SCORING RIGHT THERE -- NICE RUN BY HIM AS DAMON TALKED ABOUT -- PERFECT PITCH -- JUST PUTS THAT SAFETY AND PUTS EVERYBODY IN A BIND, MAKING THE PLAY THEN.

AND THEN, THE NUMBER ONE PLAY AS VOTED ON BY YOU IT IS THE BLOCKED PUNT MARQUEL DISMUKE THE LAST OF THE CALABASAS CREW, MAKING THE PLAY THERE.

AND THEN, YOU HAD THE WEIRD PASS THING THAT CONFUSED EVERYONE IN THE PRESS BOX, BUT THOSE WERE THE TOP THREE PLAYS FROM SATURDAY'S CONTEST.

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE THE NEXT GAME TO VOTE ON YOUR TOP PLAYS FROM SATURDAY'S GAME.

WE'RE JOINED NOW BY ERIN SORENSEN FROM "HAIL, VARSITY."

WELCOME - HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.

>> DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO CATCH SOME BASEBALL TODAY?

>> I DID.

I WENT OVER THE HAYMARKET.

IT FELT LIKE SPRING.

THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL BUT IT'S FALL BALL.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR FEEL WATCHING AND LOOKING AT ALL THAT RED IN THE STADIUM?

ALL THAT TIME WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO GET BACK IN -- WHAT WAS THAT FEELING LIKE FOR YOU?

>> IT WAS SURREAL.

YOU KNOW EVEN JUST STANDING ON THE SIDELINE AND LOOKING UP ESPECIALLY BEING USED TO CARDBOARD CUTOUTS AFTER A YEAR IT WAS -- IT WAS A SURREAL FEELING -- KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE WHAT, I GUESS I WAS WITNESSING ALMOST.

>> AND, IT'S GREAT TO HEAR -- JUST TO HEAR THE NOISE, TOO THE NATURAL NOISE AS OPPOSED TO THAT FAKE STUFF WE'VE BEEN HEARING.

>> IT'S TRUE.

I MEAN, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY REALIZED WHEN -- UNTIL YOU'RE IN THE STADIUM HOW STRANGE THAT FAKE NOISE IS.

>> I THINK NEBRASKA AND THE FAN BASE GETS A CHANCE -- MAYBE A MULLIGAN ISN'T THE RIGHT WORD BUT THEY'VE TAKEN A YEAR OFF.

COACH FROST TALKED ABOUT WINNING GAMES AT HOME WHERE MAYBE THE FAN BASE CAN KIND OF BE RE-ENERGIZED TO MAKE MEMORIAL STADIUM TO PLAY AGAIN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE SELLOUT STREAK AND WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT IT DOESN'T MEAN AND NOW THEY'RE ROLLED OUT THIS BIG RED EXPERIENCE TO HOPEFULLY TO GIVE A NEW GENERATION OF KIDS AND YOUTH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKA HAS AN ADVANTAGE WITH MEMORIAL STADIUM.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST FOOOTBALL FOR THE RECORD IF ANYONE IS WONDERING.

JOHN COOK MADE THE EXACT COMMENT ABOUT VOLLEBALL -- THEY NEED THE CROWD TO BE MORE INTO IT.

THEY NEED THEM TO BE LOUDER.

SO, YEAH I THINK SAYING A "MULLIGAN" IS FAIR TO JUST GET THAT KIND OF FIRST GAME OUT OF THE WAY ESPECIALLY COMING BACK AFTER BEING AWAY FOR A YEAR.

IT CAN BE HARD.

>> YEAH, A LOT OF GREAT STORIES WRITTEN ABOUT THE BIG RED CARPET.

ONE OF THEM WAS WRITTEN BY DIRK CHATLAN.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT TALKING ABOUT EVERYBODY AND ADRIAN MARTINEZ, YOU COULD TELL HE WAS A LITTLE EMOTIONAL MEETING WITH THOSE KIDS AFTER THE GAME.

>> IT WAS.

I'M GLAD IT'S THE RED CARPET.

THEY REALLY WERE ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET, QUITE LITERALLY AND, I MEAN JUST EVEN SEEING NOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE CHANCE WITH BUFFALO FAMILIES AND SCHOOL TEACHERS AND WHOEVER CAN GO AND APPLY TO BASICALLY HAVE YOUTH THAT THEY KNOW COME AND THEY GET EVERYTHING FROM FOOD TO AN EXPERIENCE THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD OTHERWISE AND YOU'RE RIGHT ADRIAN MARTINEZ JUST - YOU SAW THAT FOOTBALL IS IMPORTANT BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BIGGER THAN SPORTS AND THAT MOMENT CERTAINLY WAS THAT.

>> WHAT DID IT MEAN TO YOU GUYS?

YOU KNOW, HAVING A CHANCE TO GROW UP HERE AND GOING TO GAMES AS A YOUNG PERSON?

>> WELL, SEE, I THINK IT WAS -- IT WAS A BIG DEAL, RIGHT?

I MEAN IT WAS THE MEMORY WE HAD.

WE HAD THE CALLER THE OTHER MORNING THAT SAID HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE -- HE'S IN HIS THIRTIES -- HE SAID HIS FIRST GAME WAS 2001 -- HE HAD NEVER SEEN NEBRASKA BE SUCCESSFUL BUT IT WAS THE EXPERIENCE THAT STUCK WITH HIM.

WITH THIS NEW POTENTIAL KIND OF, FAN BASE -- MUCH YOUNGER -- A LOT OF TIMES THE EXPERIENCE SUPERCEDES THE OUTCOME.

I - I - I - THAT'S HOW SPECIAL I THINK IT CAN BE HERE.

>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, FOR MYSELF WHEN I THINK BACK TO JUST GROWING UP AND PART OF WHAT EVEN GOT ME INTERESTED IN SPORTS WAS THE TIME I SPENT AROUND FOOTBALL WITH MY GRANDPA AND MY GRANDMA AND MY MOM JUST SPENDING TIME AROUND SPORTS WITH PEOPLE I CARED ABOUT AND LOVED.

THAT MEANT A LOT.

AND SO, TO THINK HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTFUL -- NOT JUST THE MEMORY AND THE STADIUM BUT THE PEOPLE THEY'RE GETTING TO MAKE THOSE MEMORIES WITH.

IT GOES A LONG WAY, AND SO IF THAT'S WHAT KEEPS THE SELLOUT STREAK ALIVE, I'M ALL FOR IT.

IT'S A PRETTY SPECIAL DEAL.

>> WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CARDBOARD CUTOUTS?

BECAUSE, YOU HAD ONE WITH YOUR DOG, RIGHT?

>> I DID, I DID.

>> AND, YOUR GRANDPA -- YOUR GRANDPARENTS, ALSO?

>> I DID.

I HAD ONE OF MY GRANDPA IN THE STADIUM.

I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW THERE'S NO BETTER WAY AND CONVENIENTLY ENOUGH THEY PUT 'EM IN AN AISLE SEAT WHICH WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE WOULD HAVE LIKED.

SO, THEY'RE IN MY BASEMENT, AS ALL GOOD CARDBOARD CUTOUTS GO.

THEY'RE IN THE, LIKE FOOTBALL WATCHING SPACE.

>> DOES IT MATTER TO YOU IF THE SELLOUT STREAK IS REAL WHATEVER - FANS BUYING THEM OR IF IT'S BOUGHT UP BY A DONOR?

>> YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S TIME TO PROBABLY RE-THINK THE SELLOUT STREAK.

IT REALLY BELONGS TO THE FANS AND WHAT ULTIMATELY MATTERS TO THEM AND IF THIS OPENS IT UP AND MAKES IT MORE INCLUSIVE AND ALLOWS MORE PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE MEMORIAL STADIUM -- BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY ON PAPER, IT'S STILL A SELLOUT THEN I'M FINE WITH IT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY -- I DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL COMPLAINTS.

>> YEAH, NEITHER DO I. I THINK IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHETHER IT'S NOT COUNTED AS A SELLOUT.

I DO KNOW THIS: ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY TALK TO KIDS WHEN THEY COME ON RECRUITING VISITS IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT'S BEEN SOLD OUT EVERY GAME SINCE 1962.

THEY'D HAVE TO CHANGE THAT OBVIOUSLY --.

>> THEY WOULD --.

>> BUT IT OBVIOUSLY IT MEANS A LOT TO TELL ALL THE RECRUITS THAT WHEN THEY GET HERE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I AGREE.

>> HOW FINE A LINE DO YOU THINK IT IS?

WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME -- THAT MAKE THE GAME THE FAN EXPERIENCE, AS CLOSE TO HOME-LIKE AS POSSIBLE WHETHER IT'S THE WIFI OR YOU KNOW, THE RIBBONS --.

>> SEAT BACKS.

>> OR THE OVERLAYS OR SEAT BACKS.

DOES THAT DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OR DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A NECESSARY EVIL?

>> I THINK IT'S - I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THAT.

I MEAN I DON'T REMEMBER THE SCHOOL THAT I SAW IT ON TWITTER NOT LONG AGO, UNLIMITED DRINKS.

ALL GAME LONG YOU CAN GO UP AND GET A DRINK REFILL.

>> FREE REFILLS, WOW.

>> I MEAN IT'S JUST THESE LITTLE THINGS AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH TREV ALBERTS AND THERE WASN'T MUCH THAT COULD BE DONE HEADING INTO THIS SEASON BUT HE -- HE ACKNOWLEDGES ESPECIALLY WITH SOUTH STADIUM THAT THE AMENITIES ARE NOT WHAT FANS NEED THEM TO BE.

SO, IT FEELS LIKE CHANGE WILL BE ON THE HORIZON AT LEAST TO GET FANS A MORE COMFORTABLE EXPERIENCE.

>> IT ALMOST GETS ME THINKING HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK IT WAS FOR HIM TO REALLY SCRAMBLE AND GO WITH PAPER TICKETS VERSUS ELECTRONIC?

>> YEP.

>> AT ALMOST THE 11TH HOUR.

>> RIGHT.

YEAH, ACTUALLY I TALKED WITH HIM ABOUT THAT AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW HE WANTS TO MEET FANS WHERE THEY'RE AT SO SOME FANS ARE READY FOR MOBILE TICKETS - THEY DON'T WANT THE PAPER TICKETS BUT SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING THEM FOR 50, 60 YEARS IN THEIR FAMILIES AND SO HE WAS LIKE "I HAVE TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT."

>> IT'S MY FAVORITE LINE.

>> YEAH IF MOBILE TICKETS ARE THE FUTURE, THAT'S GREAT BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER THAT MIGHT BE THAT WANTS THAT PHYSICAL PAPER TICKET, THEY HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TO DO THAT.

>> YEAH AND ALL BEFORE THE GAME THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS: IF YOU HAVE THE MOBILE TICKET YOU'VE GOT TO SCAN IT - REMEMBER, YOU'VE GOT TO SCAN OUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE.

>> YEP.

>> I MEAN, THEY WERE TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE SO THEY UNDERSTOOD IT.

BECAUSE, IT CAN BE A -- IT CAN BE A LITTLE LONGER LINE IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE BRIGHTNESS UP ENOUGH OR THEY TRY TO TAKE THE PHOTO OF IT INSTEAD OF HAVING THE RIGHT THING.

SO IT IS -- I'M NOT SAYING IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT IT'S NOT EASY.

>> YOU PUT THE A&M COMING IN ONE AT THE TIME IN THE STUDENT SECTION - WE'RE A LOT BETTER THAN THAT.

>> YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY BETTER THAN THAT.

>> I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY -- OR TODAY ACTUALLY-- AND I'M NOT SURE -- I'D LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBERS - YOU THINK THERE'S A PLACE THAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR WOMEN'S SPORTS FOR NIL THAN NEBRASKA?

BECAUSE THEY LOVE IT FROM HIGH SCHOOL ON UP.

>> NOT WHEN IT COMES TO - NOT IS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL, ESPECIALLY.

I MEAN, LEXI SUN IS REALLY THE POSTER CHILD OF NIL AND WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND JUST HOW YOU CAN BUILD A BRAND.

I MEAN, SHE'S BEEN BUILDING HER BRAND SINCE HIGH SCHOOL EVEN BEFORE SHE REALLY KNEW NIL WAS EVEN POSSIBLE SHE'S BEEN AWARE OF WHAT WAS POSSIBLE WHEN SHE GRADUATED FROM -- FROM NEBRASKA OR WHEREVER SHE WENT TO SCHOOL AT THAT TIME.

AND, I MEAN, NOT JUST WITH HER BUT YOU THINK OF THE GOLFERS THE WOMEN GOLFERS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO GO -- AND, THE GYMNASTS --.

>> THE BOWLERS NEED SOME SPOT - THE BOWLERS NEED SOME MONEY.

>> OH, THEY DO.

>> BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS - >> SOMEBODY SPONSOR --.

>> ALL THEY DO IS WIN --.

>> YEAH.

>> THE BOWLING TEAM, SERIOUSLY.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT I MEAN THE NICE PART FOR NEBRASKA IS THERE'S THE FAN BASE KIND OF SPEAKING OF THE SELLOUT STREAK AND JUST THE SUPPORT THERE.

THE NEBRASKA FAN BASE SUPPORTS ITS ATHLETES AND NEBRASKA'S WOMEN'S TEAMS ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND SO IT FEELS LIKE A REALLY GOOD COMBINATION.

>> DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CORRELATION AND YOU TALKED ABOUT LEXI SUN WHO I BELIEVE WAS THE FIRST THAT I HEARD OF TO HAVE THE LLC >> RIGHT.

>> WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY FANTASTIC.

>> BUT HE RECRUITS AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL, YOU KNOW WITH THE LINDSAY KRAUSES OF THE WORLD, ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE THEY PLAY IN ALL THESE TOURNAMENTS - AAU.

THEIR BRAND IS BUILDING FROM COAST-TO-COAST BEFORE THEY EVEN ARRIVE AT COLLEGE, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY ADVANTAGEOUS.

>> IT IS BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE SEEING WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR THEM AND I MEAN, LIKE I SAID YOU LOOK AT A LEXI SUN AND WHAT SHE DID WHEN SHE - SHE GOT TO GO TO THE ESPYS, AND SHE REALLY JUST BUILT, AND BUILT AND BUILT AND SO NOW YOU HAVE THESE ATHLETES WHO'VE PLAYED FOR TEAM U.S.A., AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT INTO NEBRASKA AND REALLY JUST PARLAY THAT INTO THE FUTURE AND, YOU KNOW NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO AFTER COLLEGE, IF IT'S A PROFESSIONAL CAREER, OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT SOME MONEY AWAY AND THAT CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL FOR ANYONE.

>> I KNOW YOU COVER THIS PRETTY CLOSELY WITH NIL - DO YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT COULD BE TROUBLESOME COMING DOWN THE ROAD?

I THINK WE ALL EXPECT SOMETHING BUT DO YOU SEE ANYTHING TO BE A PROBLEM?

>> OH, THERE'S GOING TO BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD.

I MEAN, JUST WHEN YOU LOOK AT-- THE WEBSITES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY LINKED TO SPORTS BOOKING SITES -- THAT A SCHOOL MIGHT END UP GOING "YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT.

WE DON'T WANT YOU ATTACHED TO THAT," AND SO YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING SOME SCHOOLS BACK OFF.

THERE'S ONE THAT ACTUALLY NEBRASKA'S COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT UP TO ME THAT I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT AND IT'S WHAT IF A STUDENT-ATHLETE WANTS TO PARTNER WITH A SUPPLEMENT COMPANY?

WHAT IF THAT'S NOT FDA-APPROVED?

CAN THEY ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT?

>> YEAH, I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE PRETTY BIG.

>> YEAH --.

>> BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING - I MEAN, I WOULD ALWAYS TRADE FOR BUDGETED ITEMS, RIGHT OR RECEIVE --.

>> SURE.

>> SOMETHING FOR BUDGETED ITEMS RIGHT?

IF I'M GOING TO SPEND MONEY ON IT ANYWAY, THAT WOULD BE THE KINDS OF DEALS THAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

SUPPLEMENTS WOULD DEFINITELY BE IN THAT DEAL.

>> SO, IT WOULDN'T BE THE BURRITO?

YOU WOULDN'T BE GOING WITH THAT?

I MEAN - I MEAN, IT'S A PIPELINE BURRITO - I MEAN IT FEEDS YOU FOR A COUPLE DAYS.

>> OH, YOU'RE NOT KIDDING.

>> WHAT'S SO FUNNY ABOUT THE BURRITO THING IS THAT IT'S SORT OF - THERE WAS A BURRITO PRIOR TO NIL - YOU THINK OF MATT SLAUSON, HE HAVE THE LIKE - HE HAD --.

>> DOUBLE-BURRITO --.

>> YEAH.

DEFINITELY, YEAH.

>> HE HAD THE OFF-THE-MENU BURRITO AND NOW IT CAN BE REAL.

>> THE SLAUSON BURRITO.

WHO STOOD OUT TO YOU FOR THE FIRST TWO GAMES THE MOST?

>> YOU KNOW I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH NEBRASKA'S RUNNING BACKS ESPECIALLY MORRISON AND STEPP.

THOSE TWO REALLY THIS LAST GAME, JUST -- I MEAN I DON'T SEE HOW YOU AREN'T FEEDING THE BALL MORE AFTER THAT.

BUT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE BUT REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THEM AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN OVERALL IMPRESSED WITH THE DEFENSE.

I THINK THE DEFENSE HAS DONE WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO.

SO, PICKING ONE PLAYER ON THE DEFENSE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT HARDER, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL SO NEW INTO THIS SEASON, BUT I MEAN, DEFENSE FEELS LIKE IT'S DOING ITS JOB AND YOU KNOW, I THINK PICKING A RUNNING BACK - THAT'S LIKE THE SAFE BET IN NEBRASKA, RIGHT?

EVERYONE WANTS THE RUNNING BACK TO SUCCEED.

>> OF COURSE LOOK AT THERE - RIGHT THERE.

>> YOU THINK THERE'S A CORRELATION, MIKE BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MANY SUPER SENIORS COME BACK AND A COUPLE SURPRISED ME - BEN STILLE --.

>> MM-HMM.

>> JOJO DOMANN.

>> MM HM.

>> EVEN THE PAIR OF SAFETIES I THOUGHT WAS KEY AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THEY HAVE WITH COACH CHINANDER.

WE HEAR HIM IN A LOT OF PRESS CONFERENCES.

I TELL MIKE'L ALL THE TIME HE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES TO LISTEN TO.

YOU JUST GET THE SENSE THAT HIS AUTHENTICITY AND WHATEVER HE'S SAYING THOSE GUYS SERIOUSLY BELIEVE.

>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN I ASKED BEN STILLE ABOUT HIS RETURNING - WHY HE CHOSE TO COME BACK TO NEBRASKA FOR ONE MORE YEAR - I MEAN THIS IS A PERSON WHO, YOU KNOW CAN HIS BODY WITHSTAND ANOTHER YEAR?

SO, HE HAD ALL OF THE QUESTIONS BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS HE ASKED HIMSELF WAS "AM I - AM I IN GOOD HANDS WITH TONY TUIOTI AND ERIK CHINANDER?

DO THEY CARE ABOUT ME?

ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ME?"

AND, HE REALLY TRULY BELIEVED THAT BOTH OF THEM HAVE HIS BEST INTEREST IN HEART AND WANT TO GET HIM TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND WANT TO SEE HIM SUCCEED, AND SO I THINK THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS PARAMOUNT TO SEEING HIM COME BACK.

>> WHAT ABOUT CONCERNS GOING FORWARD?

WHAT YOU'VE SEEN AFTER THE FIRST TWO?

WHAT ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT - BUFFALO THIS WEEK AND OF COURSE, OKLAHOMA ON DECK?

>> OH, YIKES.

YEAH, THE ONE THING IS NEBRASKA HAS NOT BEEN STARTING FAST, ESPECIALLY IN THAT OFFENSIVE LINE IT'S BEEN TAKING TOO LONG FOR THE OFFENSIVE LINE TO FIND A GROOVE AND, OBVIOUSLY WHEN PRESENTED WITH A FRONT THAT IT WAS NOT EXPECTING IT TOOK A LITTLE TOO LONG TO ADJUST AGAINST ILLINOIS AND EVEN AGAINST FORDHAM AND THAT THE CONCERNS ARE THERE ESPECIALLY GREG AUSTIN BROUGHT IT UP - THEY WERE HAVING TO ADJUST RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING AND IT TOOK 'EM A LITTLE TOO LONG TO GET THERE.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT ESPECIALLY AGAINST BUFFALO.

BUFFALO'S NOT GOING TO LET YOU - BUFFALO'S NOT GOING TO LET YOU START SLOW.

THE TEAMS ARE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IF YOU KEEP STARTING SLOW.

>> YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING - I'LL ASK YOU ABOUT IT, TOO.

SO, MARIO VERDUZCO HAS BEEN -- LOT OF PEOPLE CRITICIZED HIM, RIGHT?

LOGAN SMOTHERS LOOKED MUCH BETTER THAN HE LOOKED WHEN WE SAW HIM IN THE SPRING GAME OR EVEN THAT OPEN PRACTICE.

MAYBE MARIO GETS SOME CREDIT FOR THAT, MAYBE?

>> I MEAN, IT'S HOW MUCH -- HOW MUCH -- HOW MUCH CREDIT DO PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE?

BUT, LOGAN DID - I MEAN ONE OF THE THINGS --.

>> HE LOOKED MORE THAN COMPETENT.

>> HE LOOKED MORE THAN COMPETENT, AND THE THING THAT WE HAD BEEN TOLD WAS THAT HIS ARM WASN'T WHAT IT NEEDED TO BE.

HE STILL HAD TO WORK ON HIS ROTATION HE HAD TO WORK ON SOME JUST LIKE MOTION, AND GETTING, YOU KNOW MORE CONFIDENT IN HIMSELF AND IT SEEMED LIKE ALL OF THAT HAD BEEN MOSTLY WORKED OUT.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S FORDHAM BUT STILL LOOKED GOOD FOR WHAT WE SAW FROM HIM.

>> IT HAS TO DRIVE YOU CRAZY BECAUSE I FOLLOW YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND PEOPLE JUST -- THE -- THE STRANGE THINGS THAT FANS -- THAT DRAWS THEIR IRE.

IS IT NOT DRIVING YOU CRAZY WHEN YOU HEAR, "WELL IT WAS JUST FORDHAM," OR "THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO --," LIKE, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THIS PROGRAM DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, RIGHT?

THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR AND THE MINUTE THEY DO DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, WE DOWNPLAY IT.

LIKE, IT - THAT DRIVES ME CRAZY.

MAYBE IT'S JUST ME BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE TO THIN-SKINNED.

>> YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO IT, RIGHT BECAUSE YOU'LL GET CRITICIZED?

>> WELL, I MEAN I SAY THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO JUST -- I WANT TO TEMPER EXPECTATIONS A LITTLE BIT.

I DON'T WANT TO OVER-HYPE TOO MUCH FROM FORDHAM.

NOW, FORDHAM HAD A GREAT GAME.

I MEAN, YOU DON'T WALK IN AND HAVE A PLAYER THAT HAS 31 TACKLES, AND --.

>> I THOUGHT THEY WERE WELL COACHED.

>> AND NOT BE, YOU KNOW A GREAT COMPET - THEY PROVIDED A GREAT TEST FOR NEBRASKA AND YOU'RE RIGHT, NEBRASKA DID WHAT IT NEEDED TO DO.

IT GOT A 52-7 WIN.

ANY OTHER OUTCOME OUT OF THAT GAME YOU COULD HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN UPSET.

IF NEBRASKA WALKED OUT OF THAT GAME 24-7 -- A WIN IS A WIN BUT PEOPLE COULD HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE MAD.

52-7 IS WHAT YOU NEEDED BECAUSE YOU GOT YOUR BACKUP QUARTERBACK IN, AS WELL AND THAT'S --.

>> HOW ABOUT HOW THEY GOT OUT OF THEIR OWN WAY?

THEY OVERCAME A PRETTY SLOW START, AND KIND OF A HAZE, LIKE I DON'T UNDERSELL ANY OF THAT WITH THIS TEAM EMOTIONALLY JUST BECAUSE --.

>> IT'S A BLOCK.

>> I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL.

>> KIND OF TURNED, A LITTLE BIT.

>> I BELIEVE COACH FROST WHEN HE SAYS, YOU KNOW "WE JUST NEEDED THAT."

HAVING A WIN DOES -- POSITIVE MOMENTUM NEVER HURTS ANYTHING.

>> YEAH, I AGREE.

>> IT'S NOW, WHAT DOES THIS TEAM DO AND I THINK BUFFALO IS A GOOD NEXT STEP.

NOW, IF THE NEXT GAME WAS OKLAHOMA I THINK WE'D BE SITTING HERE FEELING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW BUT BUFFALO IS A WAY FOR THEM TO SPRING - IT'S A GOOD SPRINGBOARD FORWARD, AND THEN YOU COULD TAKE SOME GOOD MOMENTUM ENERGY INTO AN OKLAHOMA MATCHUP IF THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT.

>> IF IT WAS NEXT WEEK HOPEFULLY OKLAHOMA STILL COULDN'T FIND THEIR RUN GAME.

( laughter ) >> THAT WOULD BE NICE.

COACH RILEY COULD HAVE A SECOND - ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO OKLAHOMA?

>> I AM.

I ACTUALLY HAVE NOT BEEN TO OKLAHOMA SO FOR ME HAVING ESPECIALLY GROWN UP WITH A GRANDPA WHO'S BEEN THERE MANY TIMES AND MY MOM AND EVERYBODY, I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT FOR MYSELF.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

>> IT'S MY TOUGHEST GAME EXPERIENCE, BUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU SO YOU'LL BE FINE.

>> WE'LL SEE.

>> I - I WAS MISERABLE WHEN THEY COUGHED UP THE LEAD IN THE FIRST QUARTER WHEN CROUCH WAS PLAYING.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> HARKING TO BACK TO THE VEHICLE - THAT WAS NOT A GOOD EXPERIENCE.

>> THAT WAS A ROUGH ONE NO DOUBT.

>> EVERYONE - OKLAHOMA AND NEBRASKA ARE THE KINDEST OF PEOPLE UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY PLAY EACH OTHER AND THEN IT'S DIFFERENT THING.

>> A DIFFERENT KIND OF THING IN THAT'S SUNKEN PIT.

IT'S TOUGH.

>> THANKS, ERIN WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, ERIN.

>> SEE YOU ON SATURDAY.

APPRECIATE YOU, OF COURSE -- ALWAYS JOINING US.

FIRST UP, THIS IS WHERE WE TAP OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

NILES PAUL - LOOK AT NILES.

THIS WOULD BE A GOOD ONE FOR NEBRASKA.

EVEN THO FORDHAM IS GIVING ME BISHOP SYCAMORE VIBES SOMETIMES THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.

HEY, NILES IS SNEAKY FUNNY.

>> YEAH.

>> HE'S SNEAKY FUNNY RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

>> UM, YEAH.

>> YEAH, HERE'S ANOTHER GOOD IMAGE.

THIS IS ADRIAN MARTINEZ GOING INTO THE END ZONE.

>> THAT IS ADRIAN, RIGHT?

>> YEAH, ADRIAN'S SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME.

THAT'S FROM GREG.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, FINALLY A SHOUT OUT TO TIM ON FACEBOOK WHO WATCHED OUR SHOW FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST WEEK AND LOOK AT THAT!

"MY FIRST SHOW - THAT WAS GREAT.

THANK YOU."

THANK YOU, TIM - YOU, MY MOM, AND MY WIFE.

SO, THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE --.

>> THREE FANS.

>> THREE FANS ARE WATCHING THE SHOW.

UP NEXT, ON THE "WRAP-UP" WITH SEAN CALLAHAN WHO WILL HELP US UPDATE NEBRASKA'S RECRUITING.

BUT FIRST, ANOTHER LOOK AT SATURDAY'S WIN AGAINST FORDHAM COURTESY OF "HAIL, VARSITY."

STAY WITH US.

S S S S >> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS.

WE WANT YOU TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK'S "SIDELINE SURVEY" QUESTION: SHOULD NEBRASKA LET THE SELLOUT STREAK END?"

LOOK AT THE RESULTS.

>> I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO HAVE THE TYMPANI GOING ON.

"NO," 58% -- "YES," 42%, NOT LETTING THE SELLOUT STREAK END.

MAKE SURE YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE ON THE "WRAP-UP" AND CAST YOUR VOTE.

WELCOME BACK - MIKE'L SEVERE SEAN CALLAHAN.

MONSTER ONLINE, DOT COM.

LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

LET'S TALK TO JAKE APPLEGET AND WOULD YOU BRING HIM IN AND LIKE YOUR THOUGHTS OF COURSE, AND BRING HIM IN.

>> YEAH, JAKE APPLEGET JOINING US HERE ON THE SHOW.

A LINCOLN SOUTHEAST PRODUCT - NEBRASKA COMMIT.

JAKE, I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE YOU PLAY.

I WAS YOUR GAME FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST LINCOLN SOUTHWEST BIG RIVALRY GAME, ABOUT 4,000 PEOPLE ON HAND, AT SEACREST.

IT HAD TO BE A GOOD FEELING.

I THINK YOU HAD TWO TOUCHDOWNS BOTH CATCHES IN THAT GAME JUST TO GET THE WIN OVER A BIG RIVAL LIKE THAT.

>> YEAH, IT WAS A GREAT GAME.

YOU KNOW BOTH TEAMS FOUGHT WELL.

YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE'RE GOING UP AGAINST SOUTHWEST, YOU KNOW IT'S RIVAL WEEK AND THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A GOOD GAME NO MATTER WHAT EACH TEAM'S RECORD IS LOOKING LIKE.

I GOT UP THERE, PLAYED WELL AND WE CAME OUT ON TOP.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GREAT GAME.

>> JAKE, WALK US THROUGH THE OFFER.

WHAT WAS THAT LIKE WHEN YOU GOT THAT, AND HOW LONG IT TOOK YOU TO DECIDE TO COMMIT?

>> YEAH THAT OFFER CAME ON JUNE 1ST ON YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY OPENED UP THE DEAD PERIOD.

I HAD TO WORK OUT THERE AND TESTED REALLY WELL AND HAD A MEETING WITH COACH FROST, AND HE OFFERED ME.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW I TOOK ABOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE TO THINK ABOUT IT AND AFTER ABOUT THAT MONTH, YOU KNOW THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, NEBRASKA IS WHERE I WANTED TO GO.

>> JAKE, HOW PATIENT DID YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE THE YEAR BEFORE YOU DIDN'T REALLY GET A PROCESS.

YOU KNOW YOU DIDN'T GO TO ANY GAMES CAMPS - NOT A LOT OF EYEBALLS COULD REALLY SEE YOU UNTIL JUNE WHEN YOU WERE ABLE TO GET OUT TO A FEW PLACES.

>> YEAH, NO DOUBT.

I HAD TO STAY, YOU KNOW SUPER PATIENT.

YOU KNOW IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN PREACHING IN MY HOUSEHOLD YOU KNOW, SINCE THIS COVID THING STARTED WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE.

YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST KEPT MY HEAD, STAYED PATIENT AND THE WORK I'VE BEEN PUTTING IN, AND WHEN JUNE ROLLED AROUND I FINALLY HAD THAT CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT I GOT.

YOU KNOW THINGS STARTED TO WORK OUT.

>> KIND OF HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT NEBRASKA AND FIND SOMEONE THAT MAYBE YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF BEING LIKE.

IS JOJO DOMANN THAT GUY BEING KIND OF -- YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT TALLER THAN HIM, OF COURSE BUT BEING THAT KIND OF GUY THAT CAN DROP INTO COVERAGE AND RUSH THE PASSER?

>> YOU KNOW, I'LL DO WHATEVER THEY NEED ME TO DO.

RIGHT NOW, I THINK THEY'VE GOT ME AT OUTSIDE LINEBACKER YOU KNOW, WHERE GARRET NELSON AND CALEB TANNOR ARE PLAYING RIGHT NOW.

THOSE GUYS ARE PLAYING PHENOMENAL, AND I KIND OF LIKE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE THAT SPOT BUT YOU KNOW, I'LL DO WHATEVER THEY NEED ME TO DO.

>> JAKE HOW BIG DO YOU ENVISION YOURSELF GETTING ONCE YOU FULLY COMMIT TO PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL?

>> YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I'M 6'4", 215.

YOU KNOW, I THINK BY THE TIME I'M DONE PLAYING COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND, YOU KNOW HOPEFULLY MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL, I THINK I'LL PROBABLY BE PLAYING AROUND 235.

>> HOW GOOD ARE YOU GUYS THIS YEAR?

HOW FAR DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GO?

>> YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE GOLD SHIP.

OUR TEAM'S - WE'RE LOOKING REALLY GOOD.

WE STARTED OFF THE SEASON STRONG, 2-0 -- WE HAVE ANOTHER TOUGH GAME COMING UP THIS FRIDAY AGAINST GRAND ISLAND.

THAT'LL BE A GOOD GAME.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A GREAT OPPONENT, WELL-COACHED.

IT'LL BE A CHALLENGE FOR US BUT THE TEAM'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR - GOT A LOT OF GREAT PLAYERS AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT FAR.

>> GOOD LUCK THIS SEASON, JAKE.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> YEP, I APPRECIATE IT.

>> YEAH, HE -- YOU LOOK AT HIM AND, GOD HIS FRAME IS LUCKY TO HOLD 230.

HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE WEIGHS 215.

>> WHEN HE RUN - HE RAN A 4:6.

HE DID A 36" VERTICAL AT NEBRASKA'S WORKOUT THIS SUMMER SO EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT ON THIS GUY.

I THINK IT WAS ALL NEBRASKA NEEDED TO SEE HIM BUT, YOU KNOW HE DOES EVERYTHING, AND HE'S THE BEST RECEIVER ON HIS TEAM AS YOU SAW.

IN THE RED ZONE, HE HAD TWO BIG CATCHES IN THAT GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

>> YEAH, THE INDIVIDUAL WORKOUT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NEBRASKA PLAYERS.

VICTOR JONES - IM A BIG FAN.

I LIKE HIM A LOT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM?

>> YEAH, HE WAS IN TOWN FOR HIS OFFICIAL VISIT.

HE WAS THE FIRST COMMIT, MIKE'L OF THIS CLASS, BUT HE HAD NEVER BEEN TO LINCOLN YET.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND, YOU TALK ABOUT FLORIDA GUYS IN NEBRASKA -- YOU KNOW THEY WERE REALLY SELECTIVE AND THEY WANTED TO GET HIM HERE FOR A HOME GAME.

YOU KNOW THIS IS A GUY THAT I'M SURE COULD HAVE BURNED THAT OFFICIAL IN JUNE BUT THEY'RE LIKE NO-NO-NO-NO LET'S GET YOU UP HERE TO SEE IT AND FEEL IT, AND I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD WEEKEND FOR HIM.

HE'S A SPEED-BURNER.

I THINK BOTH RECEIVERS THEY SIGNED OR HAVE COMMITS FROM RIGHT NOW VICTOR JONES AND GRANT PAGE THEY'VE GOT A PAIR OF REALLY GOOD WIDEOUTS IN THIS CLASS AND THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO TAKE TWO.

>> YEAH.

ONE OF THE COOL THINGS IS WHEN YOU'RE UP IN THE PRESS BOX AND YOU LOOK DOWN AND YOU SEE THOSE OFFICIAL VISITORS STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND THE COACHES COME OVER TO THEM AND SHAKE THEIR HANDS AND TALK TO 'EM - YOU COULD SEE THE GUYS KIND OF LOOKING AROUND.

IT'S GOT TO BE PRETTY AMAZING.

>> YEAH, THEY -- THEY BRING OUT KIND OF LIKE THE V.I.P GROUP INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE 50-YARD LINE AND THERE'S A GROUP OF ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT GUYS THAT GOT BROUGHT OUT TO THE WARMUPS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT RIGHT WITH COACH FROST AND THE PLAYERS AND THEY JUST TRY TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH OF THE EXPERIENCE AS POSSIBLE.

>> DID HAVE A DE-COMMIT, THOUGH.

>> YEAH, A DE-COMMIT VALEN ERICKSEN, OUT OF CHICAGO THERE IN SAINT RITA HIGH SCHOOL SWITCHED TO MISSOURI THIS WEEK.

HE COMMITTED TO NEBRASKA JULY 30TH, AND THEN DE-COMMITTED.

SO, RIGHT NOW NEBRASKA DOES NOT HAVE AN OFFENSIVE LINE TO RECRUIT.

THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO TAKE ONE OR TWO TOTAL ON THE CLASS PROBABLY TWO.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, NOBODY HAS EMERGED AS A NEW NAME NEW TARGET.

I THINK NEBRASKA'S GOING TO BE PRETTY SELECTIVE AND PATIENT WATCH SOME MORE SENIOR FILM AND THEN THEY'VE GOT, OBVIOUSLY GAMES LATER IN THE YEAR WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BRING GUYS IN FOR THOSE SPOTS.

>> IN-STATE RECRUIT -- I AM THE PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT AND TREASURER OF THE ZANE FLORES FAN GROUP.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM?

WHAT'S MISSING IN TERMS OF WHAT NEBRASKA MIGHT DO?

>> YEAH, ZANE FLORES OUT OF GRETNA - 6'4", 186.

FIRST FRESHMAN EVER TO START VARSITY AT GRETNA IN THEIR SCHOOL'S HISTORY -- STARTED AS A QUARTERBACK AS A FRESHMAN THERE.

>> YEP.

>> AND CAME IN MID-YEAR AND HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE SOPHOMORE YEAR - PUT UP MONSTER NUMBERS IN ALL AREAS.

I THINK THE KEY IS JUST GETTING SEEN.

I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT BEING A POWER-FIVE QUARTERBACK RECRUIT - YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY TOUGH.

I MEAN, THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS YOU'RE A TOP-50 QUARTERBACK IN THE COUNTRY SO THAT - THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.

CAN YOU GET ON RADARS?

AND, RIGHT NOW IOWA STATE IS RECRUITING HIM AND SOME TEAMS LIKE THAT BUT STILL DOES NOT HAVE THAT FIRST OFFER AND, YOU KNOW HE'S GOT THE NUMBERS AND I'M SURE IT'S FRUSTRATING BEACAUSE YOU SEE A KID AT BELLEVUE WEST LIKE DANNY KALIN WHO HAS NOT BEEN A VARSITY STARTER YET AND ALREADY HAS A FLORIDA STATE AND ALREADY HAS A NEBRASKA OFFER, AS A SOPHOMORE.

SO, RECRUITING QUARTERBACKS I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT AND THERE'S PRIVATE WORKOUTS AND TRAINERS, AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS THAT PLAY A FACTOR AND I THINK ZANE JUST HAS TO KEEP DOING WHAT HE'S DOING AND SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON THIS GUY.

>> I GET ALL OF THAT.

I'VE SEEN GREAT QUARTERBACKS PLAY IN HIGH SCHOOL.

HE'S THE BEST PURE PASSER I'VE SEEN AS A SOPHOMORE.

AND, HE RUNS --.

>> AND, HE'S GOT THE SIZE.

>> YEAH, HE'S 6'4" -- HE CAN RUN TRACK.

I MEAN, I DON'T SEE WHY -- WHAT'S MISSING FROM HIS GAME.

>> LOOK, AT THAT AGE AS A SOPHOMORE COMPARED TO EASTON STICK I MEAN HE'S PROBABLY AHEAD OF LIKE, A FLORIDA GUY LIKE EASTON STICK WAS.

EASTON STICK IS A BETTER ATHLETE, IN TERMS OF RUNNING EXPLOSION, AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT JUST THE PURE NUMBERS IN CLASS A GAMES - I MEAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE REALLY EVER, A SOPHOMORE PUT UP PASSING NUMBERS IN NEBRASKA LIKE THAT.

>> THANKS, SEAN.

>> THANK YOU.

( whoosh ) >> WELL, THEIR KIDS KNOW HOW TO WIN.

YOU KNOW, THEY PLAYED THEM FOR A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.

I THINK THEY'VE GOT TALENT.

YOU KNOW I'VE WATCHED THEIR DEFENSE MORE THAN THEIR OFFENSE AND THEY'VE GOT GOOD PASS RUSHERS ALL-CONFERENCE LINEBACKERS GOOD GUYS UP FRONT AND SOME FAST GUYS IN THE BACK.

THEY'RE VERY SOUND IN THEIR SCHEME VERY AGGRESSIVE IN THEIR SCHEME AND THEY LOOKED REALLY WELL COACHED.

AND, YOU KNOW THEY LOOKED LIKE WORLD-BEATERS IN GAME ONE, SO OUR GUYS ARE PREPARING AND KNOW WE HAVE A CHALLENGE ON SATURDAY.

( whoosh ) >> WELL, THEY'RE AN ATHLETIC TALENTED GROUP, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE READY TO PLAY.

THEY PLAYED A REALLY GOOD SOLID FIRST GAME - OBVIOUSLY PUT UP A LOT OF POINTS ON WAGNER, I BELIEVE.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN HERE AND CHALLENGE US SO WE HAVE TO BE READY TO GO.

( whoosh ) >> AND, THEY HAVE A LOT OF GUYS RETURNING.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW BOTH -- ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL AS A TOP 20 TEAM WHEN YOU'VE GOT MOST OF YOUR GUYS COMING BACK YOU SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD AND I THINK THEIR COACHING STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING IT SIMPLE AND LETTING THOSE GUYS PLAY.

( whoosh ) >> SO, DANGEROUS SKILL PLAYERS AN EXPERIENCED OFFENSIVE LINE AND A REALLY GOOD DECISION-MAKER AT QUARTERBACK, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY LIGHTS-OUT ON SATURDAY BECAUSE THIS IS A REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM COMING IN HERE.

( whoosh ) >> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING EVERY WEEK IS TO GET THE "W," SO HAVING DONE THAT EVERY WEEK, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AND LEARNING FROM MISTAKES AND CONTINUING TO BUILD ON PAST PERFORMANCE EACH WEEK AND GET BETTER EVERY WEEK.

>> ALL RIGHT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN THIS PAST WEEKEND.

OHIO STATE PULLED AWAY FROM MINNESOTA - THEY LOST ONE OF THE BEST BACKS IN THE COUNTRY IN MOHAMED IBRAHIM.

ALSO, MICHIGAN STATE RAN OVER NORTHWESTERN, 38-21 AND IT WAS A HECK OF A DEFENSIVE BATTLE IN MADISON.

NITTANY LIONS TAKE THE WIN ON THE ROAD, 16-10.

>> WE STARTED SOME OF THE FILM STUDY FOR BUFFALO AND LOOKING AT IT, AND WE SAW GREENHAGEN GET 31 TACKLES.

NUMBER EIGHT FOR THEIR DEFENSE!

THAT GUY'S A TACKLING MACHINE.

DON'T BE SURPRISED HE DOESN'T GET A BUNCH.

>> CONSUMMATE RUNNER/HITTER.

>> YEAH.

>> AND, HE PLAYS THROUGH GUYS TOO AND YOU SEE WHAT THE WAY THAT THEY WANT -- WHAT THEY WANT TO DO DEFENSIVELY?

THEY WANT TO GAP YOU OUT WITH THE D-LINE AND THEY PLAY DOWNHILL.

HE IS - HE'S A GOOD PLAYER.

VERY, VERY SUDDEN.

I LIKE WHEN HE ARRIVES WITH BAD INTENTIONS.

>> THEY ALSO HAD 49 WHO IS A PASS RUSHER.

AND, NUMBER 90 WHO IS ABOUT 5'10" --.

>> 290 POUNDS.

>> YEAH.

>> HE'S A FIRE PLUG IN THE MIDDLE AND BE TOUGH TO BLOCK.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT LOOKING AT BUFFALO OVERALL, SEAN?

>> I JUST THINK THEY'RE BUILT DIFFERENT THAN YOUR TYPICAL GROUP OF FIVE TEAM.

THEY'RE GOING TO COME AT YOU PHYSICALLY AND NOT BE AFRAID TO PUNCH YOU IN THE MOUTH.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES YOU PLAY A GROUP OF FIVE TEAM THEY SPREAD YOU OUT AND TRY TO DIG AND DUNK YOU.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT-BUILT GROUP OF FIVE TEAM.

AND, LANCE LIEPOLD AND THAT STAFF OF GUYS, A LOT OF GUYS FROM OMAHA AND TYSON, NEBRASKA BUILT - IT'S A RALLY GOOD ROSTER THERE AND THEY HAD, WHAT -- 16 PLAYERS AT ONE POINT GO IN THE PORTAL - SIX FOLLOWED THEM TO THE KANSAS - BUT I STILL >> KEVIN MARKS CAME BACK AND THAT WAS IMPORANT.

>> THEY HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH CORE.

I'LL TELL YOU, LINGUIST -- I WAS TALKING TO A WRITER FROM BUFFALO TODAY AND SHE SAID THAT HE'S REALLY CAPTIVATED THE PLAYERS.

THE PLAYERS ARE IMPRESSED WITH HIS BACKGROUND WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS, AND WHERE HE'S COME FROM, AND THAT'S NOT A TOUGH JOB FOR HIM TO COME IN THERE WITH NO SPRING, AND TRY TO GET A TEAM READY FOR A SEASON?

>> YEAH, I THOUGHT COACH CHINANDER HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD -- THEY -- AND -- AND, COACH LUBICK.

THEY KEEP IT SIMPLE.

IT'S NOT A LOT OF FLASH AND DASH -- THEY KIND OF PLAY YOU IN YOUR KITCHEN - IN A PHONE BOOTH AND DEFENSIVELY THEY GET DOWNHILL.

THEY'LL BE - THEY'LL BE MORE THAN A GOOD CHALLENGE FOR NEBRASKA'S OFFENSIVE LINE ON A DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.

>> AND, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT KEVIN MARKS COMES BACK -- THEY'RE THREE DEEP AT RUNNING BACK, AT LEAST.

THEY LOST TWO OF THEIR OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, BUT THE THREE THAT ARE THERE ESPECIALLY THE LEFT TACKLE PRETTY GOOD PLAYER - - >> GOT GOOD SIZE, TOO.

>> YOU NODDED ABOUT THE QUARTERACK.

HE'S -- HE'S -- I WOULDN'T CALL HIM A GAME MANAGER BECAUSE HE CAN FORCE A DOWN BUT HE DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES.

>> NO, AND HE'S ACCURATE, TOO.

THEY'VE SEEN TWO GOOD QUARTERBACKS, BACK-TO-BACK SO I'M NOT JUST BLOWING SMOKE.

I'D RATHER BE RIGHT THAN WELL-LIKED, AND HE CAN PLAY.

AND, HE'S GOING TO PULL US SOME FITS FOR NEBRASKA.

THAT'S WHY I PICKED A RELATIVELY CLOSE GAME.

>> JOHN SAYS, AND HE'S FROM OMAHA - HE SAID, NEBRASKA NEEDS TO SWITCH BACK TO A PRO-SET BECAUSE GUYS CAN'T TACKLE LIKE THEY USED TO.

THIS MEANS MORE RUNNING THE BALL MORE AND LESS PASSING FROM MARTINEZ.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE NEBRASKA RUN THE BALL MORE?

>> NAH, I MEAN I'M OKAY - I DO LIKE HIS PREMISE OF TWO-BACK SETS, BUT IT'S MORE SPLIT-ACTION AND KIND OF SPLIT-ZONE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TOUGH, ESPECIALLY HOW TEAMS LIKE TO GAP NEBRASKA OUT.

BUT, I LIKE - YOU KNOW, LISTEN THE RUN/PASS RATIO, IT'S EARLY.

THEY MAY BE A TEAM THAT HAS TO THROW A LITTLE BIT TO SET UP THE RUN - I DEPENDS ON HOW THOSE YOUNG GUYS UP FRONT DEVELOP.

I MEAN, THEY NEED -- THEY NEED TO BE STRONGER AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.

NOW MAYBE ANOTHER BACK IN THE BACKFIELD WILL HELP YOU AS A LEAD BLOCKER BUT I THINK A LOT OF IT IS PREDICATED ON NEBRASKA'S ABILITY TO COME OFF THE BALL.

>> OF COURSE, THE SELLOUT STREAK GETS BROUGHT UP.

DAN SAYS THE SELLOUT STREAK IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

IT BRINGS PEOPLE TO NEBRASKA AND LOOKS GOOD FOR RECRUITS.

WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE WITH THAT THE REST OF THE SEASON?

>> WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING.

I THINK THESE ARE THE TWO GAMES THAT WERE THE HARDEST BUFFALO AND FORDHAM TO GET SOLD AND YOU HEARD TODAY TREV ALBERTS ANNOUNCED THAT THE "RED CARPET PROGRAM" IS BACK IN EFFECT FOR THIS WEEK AS ANOTHER GROUP OF GENEROUS BOOSTERS HAVE PURCHASED THE TICKETS.

YOU KNOW YOU LOOK AT HAVING MICHIGAN ON THERE, OHIO STATE, IOWA THOSE TEAMS WILL TRAVEL PEOPLE HERE AND THERE WON'T BE A PROBLEM.

I THINK MAYBE A GAME LIKE PURDUE IS ONE YOU WORRY ABOUT A LITTLE BIT - WILL THEY HAVE ENOUGH FANS?

AND THEN, YOU KNOW NORTHWESTERN'S THE HOMECOMING GAME, SO NATURALLY THERE'LL BE MORE PEOPLE COMING BACK FOR A NIGHT GAME.

SO, I THINK THEY'RE IN DECENT SHAPE THIS YEAR OTHER THAN MAYBE THAT PURDUE GAME IS THE ONE THAT INTRIGUES ME BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THEM TRAVELING AS WELL AS THOSE OTHER TEAMS.

>> GREG, ON FACEBOOK WANTS TO KNOW DAMON WHO'S THE DEEP BALL THREAT ON THIS TEAM?

>> YEAH, I THINK IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET VERTICAL IT STARTS WITH A GUY LIKE OLIVER MARTIN.

WHEN HEALTHY AND - AND HE CAN MOVE - HE'S - I REALLY LIKE HIM PLAYING BALLS IN THE AIR.

HE'S SHOWN HE CAN GO UP AND GET IT, AND HE'S PLAYED MUCH FASTER THAN HE HAS IN THE PAST.

AND, YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER HE'S THE MOST HIGHLY RECRUITED GUY, IF YOU'RE TALKING TRUE HIGH SCHOOL RANKINGS COMING OUT AS A LEGITIMATE FOUR-STAR.

HE'S THE GUY THAT I THINK CAN STRETCH YOU.

>> SEAN, BOB WANTS TO KNOW ANY WORD ON THOMAS FIDONE'S RECOVERY?

>> YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WITH AN ACL THAT HAPPENED REALLY IN MAY, ALMOST -- IT WAS LIKE LATE APRIL THEY'RE GOING TO BE REALLY CAREFUL WITH THAT.

NOW, HE'S RUNNING ON HIS OWN AND DOING A LOT OF STUFF AT FULL SPEED, BUT WITH THAT SAID YOU DON'T WANT ANOTHER SITUATION THAT HAPPENED LIKE WITH WILL HONAS WHERE WILL HONAS RE-INJURED IT AGAIN BY COMING BACK TOO EARLY IN THE SPRING AT THAT TIME SO IF HE COMES BACK I THINK IT WILL BE IN NOVEMBER.

I THINK YOU'LL SEE IT LATER IN THE YEAR THE FOUR-GAME REGISTRANT RULE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE IN THAT SITUATION, BUT YEAH I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES AND HAVING ANOTHER WILL HONAS THING HAPPEN WHERE HE INJURES IT AGAIN.

NOT A MEANINGLESS SITUATION BUT A SITUATION THAT, YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAXIMIZE HIS OPPORTUNITY.

>> SPEAKING OF HIM, DAMON DO YOU THINK NEBRASKA MISSES WILL HONAS?

>> NOT YET.

>> BUT, HE REALLY CAME ON.

COACH RUUD HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB WITH HIS INSIDE LINEBACKERS.

WHEN HE FIRST GOT TO NEBRASKA HE DIDN'T HAVE A TON TO DEAL WITH.

AND, I KNOW -- I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT HONAS DISAPPOINTED IN THAT FIRST YEAR ESPECIALLY AFTER WATCHING HIS JUNIOR COLLEGE FILM WHERE HE WAS JUST RUNNING AND SPLITTING GUYS AND CAME BACK THE NEXT YEAR POST-INJURY AND HE WAS A BETTER PLAYER -- REALLY CAME ON HIS LAST SEASON SO I THINK A LOT OF CREDIT TO COACH RUUD HE'S GOTTEN MULTIPLE GUYS READY.

HEY'S GOT SNODGRASS READY TO PLAY, GRANT TAGGE KOLAREVIC LOOKS LIKE A PLAYER.

>> YOUR GUY?

>> YEAH.

LISTEN --.

>> MAUGA-CLEMENTS?

>> YEAH, MAUGA-CLEMENTS.

LISTEN I SAID THIS FROM THE JUMP.

HE IS A RUNNER, HITTER.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HE KNOWS.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT, HE GETS TO WHERE HE'S GOING, THAT'S FOR SURE.

>> WELL, BECAUSE OF THE HAIR HE LOOKS FASTER.

WHEN THE HAIR'S FLYING BACK YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE GOING MUCH FASTER.

>> HE'S - HE IS SUDDEN.

>> HE IS PRETTY GOOD, YEAH.

>> I FORGOT ABOUT THOSE.

DOES UTSA BEATING ILLINOIS MAKE NEBRASKA LOOK WORSE?

>> I MEAN, THE SPREAD WAS SIX.

YEAH, THAT HURTS.

I THINK WITH UTSA THEY OBVIOUSLY KNEW THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION AND THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO PREPARE AND FIGURE OUT A GOOD PLAN TO - TO SLOW DOWN SITKOWSKI, BUT, YEAH, THERE'S NO WAY OF SUGARCOATING THAT.

THAT'S A BAD LOSS FOR NEBRASKA RIGHT NOW.

>> WE'LL STAY WITH YOU BURNING QUESTION.

>> BURNING QUESTION CAN NEBRASKA STACK IT TOGETHER TWO WEEKS IN A ROW?

CAN THEY GET ANOTHER QUALITY PERFORMANCE WHERE THEY EXECUTE LIKE WE SAW SATURDAY?

>> DAMON?

>> WILL THEY CHECK THE REARVIEW MIRROR?

YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO GET A TON OF STYLE POINTS AND A GAME LIKE THIS IS BUILT ON BEING UGLY AND HAS ALL THE POTENTIAL OF BEING UGLY.

CAN THEY NOT CHECK THAT REARVIEW MIRROR AND STAY FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND?

>> FOR ME, IT'S SIMPLE STAY CLEAN.

DON'T PUT BALLS ON THE CARPET DON'T TURN THE BALL OVER LET'S HAVE SOME PUNT RETURNS WHERE WE DON'T MUFF THE BALL.

IF THEY DON'T TURN THE BALL OVER, I THINK THERE'S NO WAY THAT BUFFALO BEATS THEM.

IF THEY TURN IT OVER THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER MAC TEAM THAT HAS A CHANCE TO BEAT NEBRASKA.

>> I AGREE.

>> GOT TO HOLD ONTO THE BALL.

>> TURNOVERS ARE THE GREAT EQUALIZER.

>> YEAH, BIG TIME AND I THINK NEBRASKA WILL BE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL PRETTY WELL.

BETTER THAN I THINK PEOPLE THINK, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN STOP BUFFALO AS WELL AS THEY NEED TO.

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

DAMON AND I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT SATURDAY.

NEBRASKA WELCOMES IN BUFFALO TO MEMORIAL STADIUM THIS WEEKEND HOPING TO BUILD MOMENTUM FROM THIS PAST SATURDAY.

KICK-OFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 2:30 ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK.

WE'RE BACK NEXT TUESDAY TO RECAP THE GAME AND LOOK AHEAD TO THE OKLAHOMA GAME WITH OUR VERY SPECIAL GUEST LARRY, THE CABLE GUY.

OUR THANKS TO JAKE APPLEGET AND ERIN SORENSEN FOR JOINING US, AS WELL AND OF COURSE TO DAMON BENNING AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

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SO, YEAH.

>> I KNOW!

>> SO, THIS IS IRON CHLOROSIS AND RIVER BIRCH, IN PARTULAR PREFERS SOILS THAT HAVE A PH OF 6.5 AS KYLE WAS TALKING EARLIER A LITTLE LOWER PH TO HELP WITH SOME OF THIS.

MY GUESS IS THESE SOILS WERE OBVIOUSLY HIGHER THAN THAT.

THE FACT THAT THE ONE PERSON WHO WROTE IN SAID THAT HE ADDS CHATED IRON AROUND HIS TREE EVERY YEAR AND THAT MAY BE HELPING TO KEEP HIS GREENER THAN THE OTHERS, BUT I THINK THE FACT IS THAT AS MUCH AS I LOVE RIVER