(BAND MUSIC) >> IT'S BIG TEN TIME.

THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES COME TO TOWN ON SATURDAY.

WE'LL PREVIEW THAT AND LOOK BACK AT THE HOUSTON CHRISTIAN BLOWOUT.

PLUS A COUPLE OF SPECIAL GUEST.

BIG RED WRAP-UP STARTS NOW.

HI EVERYONE.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

A LOT TO GET TO TONIGHT.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU THE VIEWER.

YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK AND X AND OUR BIG RED WRAP-UP PAGE AS WELL WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.

OR EMAIL OR TEXT US AT NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

OUR PHONES ARE ALSO STANDING BY READY TO TAKE YOUR CALLS AT THE END OF THE SHOW.

WE'LL TAKE AS MANY OF THE VIEWER QUESTIONS AS WE CAN AS MUCH AS TIME PERMITS.

BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR OUR SIDELINE SURVEY.

LAST WEEK WE ASKED YOU A SIMPLE QUESTION SHOULD THE HUSKERS BE RANKED IN THE AP TOP 25?

12% SAID YES.

88%.

IS THAT RIGHT?

THAT SHOCKED ME.

>> IT WAS DRASTICALLY FLIPPED.

>> YEAH, IT REALLY >> THAT WAS EARLY ON.

>> THESE ARE IOWA FANS THAT GOT IN THERE.

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION WHAT WILL HAPPEN SATURDAY AGAINST 21ST RANKED MICHIGAN.

A BIG NEBRASKA WIN.

A CLOSE NEBRASKA WIN.

A BIG MICHIGAN WIN.

A CLOSE MICHIGAN WIN.

A BIG NEBRASKA WIN, 57%.

WAIT TIL THE IOWA FANS COME IN.

AND CLOSE.

NEBRASKA WIN AT 31% AS WELL.

JOINING US NOW FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING.

WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR THIS WEEKEND FOR NEBRASKA TO FACE OFF WITH A RANKED TEAM AND FOR BIG BLUE TO COME TO TOWN.

WHAT'S YOUR FEEL?

>> YEAH, I TELL YOU WHAT.

I LIKED WHERE NEBRASKA IS MUCH MORE THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR.

I THINK WE HAD THIS COLORADO GAME LAST YEAR WAS SIMILAR TO THE MICHIGAN GAME, I THINK WHERE THEY ARE NOW.

BUT YOU HAD IT THEN.

YOU HAD KIND OF A NOT SO GREAT PERFORMANCE AGAINST NORTHERN IOWA, AND YOU KIND OF LAID AN EGG AGAINST ILLINOIS THAT FIRST TEN, FIRST BIG TEN, GAME OF THE SEASON.

I THINK NEBRASKA IS FURTHER ALONG.

I LIKE WHERE EVERYTHING IS.

THIS TEAM IS MORE MATURE, MORE PREPARED.

I JUST THEY'RE JUST IN A BETTER SPOT.

I FEEL MUCH BETTER ABOUT THIS GAME.

YOU ASKED ME TWO MONTHS AGO.

I SAID, I DON'T THINK NEBRASKA WINS.

THIS WINS THIS GAME AGAINST MICHIGAN ON SATURDAY.

I LIKE WHERE NEBRASKA IS, JUST OVERALL.

AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY VERY, VERY WELL ON SATURDAY AND HAVE A GREAT CHANCE TO WIN THIS FOOTBALL GAME.

SO I FEEL MUCH BETTER ABOUT WHERE NEBRASKA IS THAN A YEAR AGO.

>> ONE OF THE COMMENTS SEAN IS, WELL, THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED ANYBODY THE LAST TWO WEEKS, BUT IF YOU GO BACK, NEBRASKA HASN'T REALLY BLOWN PEOPLE OUT LIKE THIS, EVEN THOSE GAMES.

BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE.

THEY HAVEN'T.

SO IT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF SEASON.

>> NO, I MEAN, YOU'D BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A TWO WEEK PERIOD LIKE WE'VE SEEN.

YEAH.

WITH THE POINTS AND THE YARDS, THE EXECUTION BOTH BY THE DEFENSE WINNING ON THIRD DOWN AND THEN THE OFFENSE IN THE RED ZONE.

I MEAN, YOU GO BACK TO THE AKRON GAME.

THEY WENT EIGHT CONSECUTIVE DRIVES OF TOUCHDOWNS.

WHENS THE LAST TIME THAT'S HAPPENED I DON'T KNOW.

>> YEAH.

>> IT'S A YOU KNOW IN A NUMBER OF PLAYERS THEY'VE PLAYED.

AND THE FACT THAT THE LEVEL OF PLAY STAYED HIGH WITH THE TWOS AND THREES WERE MAINLY THE TWOS MEAN TJ LATEEF RAN THE OFFENSE AS A TWO UNIT AS WELL AS WE'VE SEEN.

SO THERE'S A LOT YOU CAN DRAW AND THE STARTERS HAVE NOT BEEN STRESSED.

DYLAN RAIOLA HAS NOT BEEN HIT INTO TWO GAMES.

EMMETT JOHNSON'S NOT BEEN PUSHED.

BUT YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY HERE SATURDAY WITH GUYS LIKE DYLAN AND EMMETT AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CARRY IF NEBRASKA'S GONNA WIN THIS GAME.

>> YEAH, I WENT BACK AS FAR AS I COULD ACT.

THEY HAD 12 SUCCESSFUL DRIVES, MEANING CROSSING THE OPPONENT'S 40.

I COULDN'T FIND THAT IN ANY GAME JUST AS LONG AS I GO BACK.

AND THAT'S LIKE 30 YEARS.

>> EVEN LIKE IDAHO STATE.

>>EVEN IDAHO STATE GAME THIS.

YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET 12 SUCCESSFUL DRIVES BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU GET A TURNOVER, YOU GET A PENALTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

TALK ABOUT GETTING THOSE BACKUPS IN.

AND I KNOW YOU GOT QUALITY TIME LIKE SAY IN '03.

JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.

>> IT'S THIS BIG.

YOU CAN ALWAYS EVEN IF YOU GET REPS IN PRACTICE YOUR TWOS AND THREES GET MAINLY TWOS.

YOU GET A GOOD AMOUNT OF REPS.

MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES YOU JUST DON'T EVER GET TO IMPLEMENT THAT INTO A GAME.

AND I ALWAYS CALL THEM LIVE BULLET REPS.

SO YOU CAN.

THAT'S HOW YOU TEACH AND COACH THE BEST OFF OF GAME REPS IS ONE THING TO DO IT AGAINST A SCOUT TEAM EVEN IT'S YOUR ONES AND TWOS.

MAYBE DOING THE DURING A SCRIMMAGE OR DURING FALL CAMP.

BUT WHEN IT MATTERS, WHEN THERE'S 90,000 PEOPLE WATCHING, YOU'RE TIRED.

YOU GOT TO COMMUNICATE, DO THE RIGHT THINGS, AND JUST EVERYTHING'S THE DIALS TURN UP A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S BIG.

IT'S SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COACHES TO PRESENT THE WHY AND THE HOW.

AND THEN YOU CAN REALLY COACH.

SEE, THIS IS WHY I TOLD YOU TO DO THIS ON TUESDAY.

AND YOU DIDN'T DO THIS.

AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.

AND THERE'S CONSEQUENCES.

THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY CONSEQUENCES ON MONDAY TO THURSDAY.

RIGHT.

BUT NOW IT MEANS MORE WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE AND YOU GOTTA HAVE SOME PRIDE AND, AND JUST YOU CAN SEE HOW GUYS REACT AND CAN, CAN BOUNCE BACK FROM MAKING MISTAKES.

SO IT'S BIG.

YOU JUST YOU DON'T.

IT'S RARE TO GET BACK TO BACK OPPORTUNITIES.

I MEAN, WAS THE LAST IN NEBRASKA OUT THERE STARTERS FOR THE WHOLE SECOND HALF.

I MEAN IT'S BEEN RARE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO THE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TO GET THE TWOS AND THREES IMPLEMENTED INTO THE SECOND HALF, THAT'S GOING TO GO A LONG WAYS.

>> FOR, YOU KNOW, CONSEQUENCES RUNNING STADIUM STAIRS.

FOR ME THAT WAS CONSEQUENCES.

LET LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DYLAN BECAUSE THE ONE THING I WAS REALLY WRONG ABOUT I THOUGHT OVER THESE THREE GAMES NEBRASKA WOULD WORK A LOT ON THEIR RUN GAME.

I THOUGHT THEY WOULD RUN THE BALL A LOT MORE.

THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A PASS FIRST TEAM RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH, I THINK THE STRENGTH OF THIS TEAM RIGHT NOW IS THE ARM OF DYLAN RAIOLA AND THE WIDE RECEIVERS, AND THEY HAVE REALLY I MEAN, THAT TRIO OF JACORY BARNEY, NYZIAH HUNTER, DANE KEY.

YOU CAN'T REALLY KEY ON ONE OF THOSE THREE GUYS.

I MEAN ALL THREE OF PROVEN THEY CAN HURT YOU IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND IF THIS TEAM IS GOING TO GO PLACES, IT'S GOING TO BE WITH THE ARM OF DYLAN RAIOLA.

HE'S HAVING A SEASON RIGHT NOW WHERE HE COULD BREAK THE SINGLE SEASON COMPLETION PERCENTAGE, TOTAL TOUCHDOWN RECORD AND TOTAL YARDS.

I MEAN, HE IS ON A TRACK TO BREAK EVERY SINGLE SEASON QUARTERBACK RECORD.

AND LOOK EMMETT JOHNSON, YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO NEED HIM 20 TO 25 CARRIES IN SOME OF THESE BIGGER GAMES.

BUT I DON'T SEE ANOTHER GUY THAT THEY CAN PLAY AT THE LEVEL OF EMMETT JOHNSON.

KWINTEN IVES GAVE THEM A NICE GAME LAST WEEK, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAINST MICHIGAN.

SO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF SUPPLEMENT WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE ON THIS TEAM.

>> RIGHT NOW DYLAN RAIOLA, ACCORDING TO PFF, IS THE THIRD BEST QUARTERBACK THROWING TEN OR MORE YARDS.

AND HE HAS GOT A RATING OF PRO RATING, WHICH IS PERFECT IS 158 THREE RIGHT NOW IT'S 155 FIVE.

SO HE'S ALMOST PERFECT IN THROWS PASS TEN YARDS.

DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO NEED WHETHER IT BE A NELSON OR MOZEE OR IVES BACK THERE IN THE BACKFIELD.

>> POTENTIALLY.

I LIKE THE WAY THINGS HAVE SHAKING OUT.

I REALLY LIKE MOZEE BACK THERE IN THAT BACKFIELD WHERE THEY KIND OF GET THE SPLIT RUNNING BACKS.

THEY SEND ONE GUY IN MOTION AND WHETHER THEY CAN KIND OF BRING HIM ACROSS THE FORMATION OR JUST A LITTLE, BUBBLE SCREEN OUT THERE.

HE'S FANTASTIC WITH THE FOOTBALL IN HIS HANDS AND IS ABLE TO BREAK TACKLES.

I CAN SEE WHY.

YOU KNOW, HE CAME IN AS A RUNNING BACK OR EXCUSE ME, A WIDE RECEIVER MOVING THE RUNNING BACK.

I CAN SEE THAT.

HE'S POWERFUL.

HE'S STRONG.

UTILIZING HIM.

I THINK WE HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH OF CARTER NELSON YET.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT HIM INTO THE TO THE THE PASS GAME IN THE SCHEMES THAT THEY WANT TO DO.

BECAUSE HE'S SUCH A GOOD ATHLETE.

HEINRICH HAARBERG HAS NOT BEEN UTILIZED AS MUCH AS WELL.

SO WE'VE SEEN LINDENMEYER PLENTY OF TIMES.

BUT NOW IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, NOW WHAT IT THEY'VE ALL MATTERED.

BUT NOW WE GET IN A CONFERENCE PLAY AND AND A REALLY GOOD OPPONENT.

IT'S JUST REALLY GOING TO SEE WHO IS GOING TO GET CALLED TO ACTION.

MORE THAN WE'VE PROBABLY SEEN THESE LAST THREE.

>> YEAH I THINK ONE OF THE SNEAKY THINGS THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF LINDENMEYER AND HAARBERG ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

IF THERE'S A PLACE I THINK THAT OKLAHOMA'S A LITTLE VULNERABLE.

IS THAT SPOT HOW MUCH YOU THINK WE'LL SEE OF THE GUYS OTHER THAN THOSE BIG FIVE, LIKE A QUINN CLARK OR THOSE KIND OF GUYS?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT, MOZEE.

THEY'VE MOVED HIM INTO A SLOT, SLOT AFTER THE JANIRAN BONNER INJURY.

SO THEY'VE KIND OF SHIFTED HIM INTO THIS NEW ROLE, OUT OF THE RUNNING BACK ROLE.

BUT HE CAN PLAY RUNNING BACK IF THEY NEED TO.

BUT, YEAH, QUINN CLARK WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER GUY THAT I SEE.

BECAUSE CARTER NELSON, THEY THINK, CAN ALSO PLAY A RECEIVER TYPE ROLE.

HEINRICH HAARBERG CAN SPLIT OUT IF THEY NEED HIM TO.

BUT I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING THEM STARING TOO MUCH OFF THE BIG THREE.

UNLESS IT'S REALLY NECESSARY.

BECAUSE I THINK THOSE TOP THREE GUYS, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE MAKING THE MONEY.

THEY BROUGHT THOSE GUYS IN, AND RETAINED JACORY BARNEY, TO BE THE WEAPONS FOR THIS OFFENSE.

>> YEAH, REPORTEDLY SOME $800,000 FOR THOSE BOTH OF THOSE WIDE RECEIVERS.

BUT THE REPORTING OUT THERE, WHAT ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE?

SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE THE LEFT TACKLE SPOT.

NARROW DOWN WITH IT GUNNAR GOTTULA.

HOW DO YOU THINK HOW THEY PLAYED.

OVERALL GOOD >> I SAW ROCCO SPINDLER HAD ONE OF THE HIGHEST GRADED FOR THE BIG OFFENSIVE LINEMEN IN THE BIG TEN THIS WEEK.

SO THAT'S CONSISTENT RIGHT?

YOU SEE THEM DOING THE NECESSARY THINGS PROTECTING DYLAN.

HE'S RARELY BEEN PRESSURED.

ONE TIME DYLAN'S REALLY HAD TO SCRAMBLE THE POCKETS WHEN IT'S BEEN AFTER, YOU KNOW, FOUR SECONDS WHEN GUYS HAVE BEEN COVERED.

SO HE'S BEEN PROVIDE THE TIME.

AGAIN, THE RUN GAME HASN'T TO BEEN THE LEVEL WHERE I'D LIKE TO SEE IT AGAINST SOME OF THESE LESSER OPPONENTS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, TAKE THAT.

I MEAN, THEY WERE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL RATHER EASILY AGAINST AKRON.

>> SURE.

>> AND THEY DID SOME GOOD THINGS, BUT I THINK IT'S AN IT'S A GOOD SPOT.

THEY'RE HEALTHY.

THEY GOT DEPTH.

PLENTY, PLENTY OF TALENT COMPETITIONS THERE.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD SPOT.

NOW IT'S JUST TIME TO GO SHOW IT.

AND A REALLY GOOD OPPONENT IS MICHIGAN, WHO HAS ONE OF THE BEST FRONT SEVEN IN THE BIG TEN.

>> SEAN, LET'S MOVE OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL AND WHERE THE BLACKSHIRTS HAVE PLAYED.

OBVIOUSLY THE BACK FIVE HAVE BEEN GREAT.

YEAH, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

WHAT WAS IT?

1989 WAS THE LAST.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THEY HAD THREE GAMES WHERE THEY HAD, LESS THAN 80 YARDS.

>> A LONG TIME AGO.

>> YEAH.

AND I KNOW THAT, KEITH MANN HAD PUT IT IN ONE OF THE SHEETS, BUT IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME.

>> AND THAT WAS A BIG 8 PART OF OFFENSE DIDN'T PASS.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> LIKE THEY YOU KNOW CINCINNATI HAD AN NFL PROSPECT AT QUARTERBACK.

AND THEY HELD HIM TO MAYBE ONE OF HIS WORST GAMES OF HIS CAREER AND OBVIOUSLY THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

BUT TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, NEBRASKA LEADS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW IN PASS DEFENSE.

THEY HAVE THEY ARE THE ONLY TEAM IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL THAT HAS NOT ALLOWED A PASS PLAY OF 20 YARDS OR MORE.

CEYAIR WRIGHT THEIR TOP CORNER HAS ONLY ALLOWED ONE COMPLETION IN THREE GAMES FOR FOUR YARDS.

SO THEY HAVE JUST BEEN OUTSTANDING.

I THINK THOSE TWO CORNERS STARTS WITH THEM.

DESHON SINGLETON, THOUGH, HAS BEEN BIG AND THE SAFETIES HAVE STAYED HOME AND NOT BEEN BURNT DEEP.

AND I MEAN THAT'S RARE.

YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO SEE ONE CORNER OR ONE SAFETY BUST.

>> YEAH.

>> AND THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.

SO GIVE ADDISON WILLIAMS, JOHN BUTLER, PHIL SNOW, THAT GROUP THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF JUST GETTING THIS VETERAN GROUP.

AND I LOVE THE YOUNG GUYS TOO.

I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT DONOVAN JONES, CALEB BENNING AND THEN REX GUTHRIE.

THOSE THREE PLAYERS HAVE REALLY ADDED KIND OF TO THAT TOP FIVE, THAT WE'VE SEEN ON THE FIELD.

AND JAMIR CONN WOULD BE IN THAT GROUP TOO AS WELL.

>> WHAT WORRIES ME A LITTLE BIT IS A LOT OF TIGHT COVERAGE FROM THE SECONDARY.

THEY GET REAL HANDSY.

YOU GET IN THE BIG TEN PLAY.

I WORRY ABOUT PASS INTERFERENCE AND HOLDING.

>> OH YEAH, I IT'S EASIER TO TELL THEM TO BACK OFF BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THE NICE THING TO GET HARTZOG BACK THIS WEEK WE DIDN'T HAVE HIM AGAINST HOUSTON CHRISTIAN WAS DEALING WITH A GROIN.

BUT YEAH, I THINK THEY GOT A KNOW.

GET UP THERE AND JUST YOU GOT TO PICK AND PICK AND CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES.

RIGHT.

AND KNOW, WHAT THE REFS TELL YOU IT'S LIKE, HEY, THE YOU KNOW, START LETTING YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU GOT TO BACK OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT HEY, GET UP ON THEM, GET THEM AND JAM THEM UP AND TRY TO GET HANDS ON THEM EARLY.

IF YOU CAN KNOW WHERE YOUR HELP IS, COMMUNICATE IT.

AND TRY TO MAKE THOSE GUYS AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE AND DISGUISE IT TO WHATEVER IT IS.

BUT YEAH, THAT IS A CONCERN.

BUT I, LIKE I SAID, I'D RATHER HAVE HIM BE TOO AGGRESSIVE THAN NOT ENOUGH.

>> YOU THINK THEY'VE BEEN HOLDING BACK SOME STUFF IN TERMS OF DEFENSIVE LINE AND PASS RUSH BECAUSE THEY'RE 90TH IN PRESSURE RATE RIGHT NOW IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH.

>> YEAH.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN NEBRASKA BLITZ A WHOLE LOT THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

I MEAN, IF THEY HAVE MAYBE A ONE GUY EXTRA GUYS COMING, BUT THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE WITH THREE MAN LOOKS FOUR MAN FRONTS.

I MEAN THEY HAVEN'T REALLY TRIED TO DO A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO.

SO THAT IS WHAT INTRIGUES ME ABOUT THIS GAME.

I THINK NEBRASKA KNOWS THAT THEY CAN'T JUST LINE UP GUN, GUN TO GUN ON MICHIGAN AND WIN.

THAT WAY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CREATIVE.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONFUSE BRYCE UNDERWOOD, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO WIN UP FRONT, BECAUSE MICHIGAN IS GOING TO HAVE A SIZE ADVANTAGE.

MOST OF THE TEAMS IN THE BIG TEN ARE GOING TO HAVE A SIZE ADVANTAGE AGAINST NEBRASKA'S FRONT FOUR, BECAUSE IT IS A LIGHTER GROUP UP FRONT.

YOU KNOW THAT JUMPS OUT IMMEDIATELY.

I MEAN, FIRST GAME AGAINST CINCINNATI, YOU COULD SEE IT RIGHT AWAY, LIKE, WOW, THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE NASH AND TY IN THE MIDDLE.

AND HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT A WAY AROUND THAT?

IS GOING TO BE REALLY THE CHALLENGE?

I THINK EVERY WEEK IN THE BIG.

TEN, >> WE SAW THE SACK A COUPLE TIMES FROM VAN POPPEL.

I'M ASSUMING BECAUSE IT'S YOU, THERE'S GOING TO BE A HIGHLIGHT PACKAGE WHEN YOU DO MORE ON FOOTBALL.

>> WELL, YEAH, 100%.

ANY TIME YOU GET A BIG GUY, TOUCHDOWN AND YOU GET A GREAT SET FOOTBALL EXECUTION ON A, I CALL THE NOSE TACKLE STUNT WRAP THERE.

THAT WAS.

IT WAS GREAT EXECUTION.

BUT, IT'S INTERESTING HOW NEBRASKA WANTS TO PLAY THIS.

WHEN YOU'RE SMALLER, YOU USUALLY LIKE TO MOVE A LOT MORE GUYS UP FRONT.

YEAH, I'VE BEEN A LITTLE HESITANT WITH NEBRASKA ON THIS DEFENSE BECAUSE WHEN YOU MOVE A LOT, IT CAUSES A LITTLE MORE CONFUSION.

ON WITH YOUR LINEBACKERS AND JUST HOW THINGS ARE YOU, HOW YOUR GAPS SOUND AND WHO'S SPILLING, WHO'S CONTAIN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF NEBRASKA CAN LINE UP AND JUST GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH MICHIGAN ON SATURDAY AND SAY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO LINE UP IN A, UNDER FRONT, OVER FRONT, WHATEVER IT IS, AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAY MY GAP.

AND I GOT IT AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

I THINK NEBRASKA IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET CREATIVE.

AND THEY WILL, BUT THEY GOT TO PICK AND CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES THROUGHOUT THIS GAME BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU START MOVING AROUND TOO MUCH AND GET A LITTLE MESSY.

AND, YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENING IN CINCINNATI.

YOU CAN GET GASHED.

AND ALSO IN NEBRASKA.

CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

THEY'RE JUST MICHIGAN'S TOO GOOD TO ALLOW TOO MANY BIG PLAYS IN.

NEBRASKA'S OFFENSE HAS IMPROVED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ENOUGH TO BOUNCE BACK FROM PLAYING ON THOSE BIG PLAYS.

>> THERE'S AN OVER THERE WITH WATSON-TRENT AND VINCENT SHAVERS, BUT I WATCH DAWSON MERRITT AND THE WAY HE WAS MOVING GUYS AROUND UP FRONT AND MAKING PLAYS, HE AS A FRESHMAN, HE'S COMING ALONG.

>> YEAH, TWO OR THREE OF THOSE HITS ON SATURDAY OR ONES THAT GOT YOUR ATTENTION WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, OOH, KIND OF LIKE WHAT KADE PIETRZAK DID THE WEEK BEFORE.

>> YEP.

>> AND FOR TWO TRUE FRESHMEN TO HAVE LIKE SOME OF THE MORE SOUND OPEN FIELD HITS, I MEAN, THAT TELLS YOU HOW BRIGHT THEIR FUTURE IS GOING TO BE IN THIS PROGRAM.

AND YOU JUST WONDER HOW THAT'S GOING TO EVOLVE WITH DAWSON MERRITT.

THEY CONTINUE TO GET HIM A PART OF THAT ROTATION.

IS HE THE FOURTH GUY RIGHT NOW?

OBVIOUSLY JAVIN WRIGHT'S IN THERE TOO.

AND YOU KNOW THEY HAVE THREE RIGHT THERE.

BUT IT FEELS LIKE HE'S THE FOURTH.

AND IF SOMEBODY GETS DINGED UP, HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE MORE REPS.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

TIME TO CHECK OUT THE FULL GAME HIGHLIGHTS NEBRASKA COMES OUT OF COURSE DRESSED IN THE ALL RED MATCHING SOCKS, TOP, BOTTOM AGAINST HOUSTON CHRISTIAN.

>> IT LOOKED GOOD.

>> IT LOOKED REALLY GOOD.

IT DID.

AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT DOING IT AGAINST HOUSTON CHRISTIAN IS YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO WIN THE GAME FOR THE.

>> LOSS OF THE UNIFORMS.

>> EXACTLY.

LET'S GO TO THE HIGHLIGHTS.

NOW THIS IS INTO THE WIN PEOPLE.

EVERYBODY ON THE INTERNET QUESTIONING HIS ARM STRENGTH 25 MILE HOUR WIND I CHALLENGE YOU TO GO OUTSIDE AND DO IT YOURSELF.

SEE HOW FAR YOU CAN THROW THE FOOTBALL.

IT'S JUST A PERSONAL FOR ME.

HERE'S A SACK.

OH, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME A LITTLE RUN.

THROW IN THE END ZONE.

BALL GOES OVER THE TOP A STOP.

THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME, AND NEBRASKA HAS BEEN STOPPED THERE IN THE RED ZONE, WHICH IS A LITTLE CONCERNING, BUT THEY GET THE FIELD GOAL TO GO UP THREE.

NOTHING.

THERE'S A SACK.

I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

NOW DYLAN RAIOLA ACROSS THE MIDDLE.

HOW ABOUT KWINTEN IVES CATCHING THE BALL.

>> YEAH, HE LOOKED GOOD.

>> HE DID.

>> HAD SOME GOOD RUNS EARLIER IN THE GAME, BUT IMPLEMENTED HIM EARLY INTO TO GET HIM COMFORTABLE.

ANOTHER GREAT OPTION.

A BIGGER BODIED GUY CAN HANDLE SOME, BIG TEN COMPETITION.

>>THIS SHOCKED EVERYONE IN THE PRESS BOX.

THE FIRST RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN FOR JACORY BARNEY.

WE ALL KNEW THEY HAD TOUCHDOWNS.

WE WERE SURPRISED THAT IT WAS THE FIRST RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN FOR HIM.

IT'S NICE TO GET, YOU KNOW, HEINRICH HAARBERG INVOLVED IN THE OFFENSE AS WELL.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE AS WE GO ALONG DOWN THE FIELD.

AND EMMETT JOHNSON TAKES ADVANTAGE NOW, HIS PATIENCE AND THE BLOCKING BETTER THAN HE DID LAST YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT HE'S COMING ALONG.

>> YEAH IT WAS A GOOD PATIENCE WAS PERFECT THERE I'LL BREAK DOWN HIS PLAY IN THE ON THE FIELD AS WELL.

THERE'S SORT OF GOOD EXECUTION THERE, A SIMILAR ACTION THAT THEY USED IN THE FOURTH DOWN PLAY AGAINST CINCINNATI.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> HE JUST KIND OF SLIP IT IN THERE, BUT GOOD, GOOD BALL PLACEMENT THERE.

JUST GETTING THAT WINDOW AND FINISH BY DANE KEY.

>> URBAN MEYER BROKE IT DOWN LAST WEEK.

GOT 17.

NOTHING AFTER THAT TOUCHDOWN BY DANE KEY.

EVANS ACROSS THE MIDDLE ONE YARD LOSS THERE.

NOW WE GO BACK TO DYLAN RAIOLA AGAIN.

GOING BACK TO PASS DANE KEY AGAIN.

WE HAD A HUGE GAME I HAVE A FEELING THAT MAYBE HE MIGHT BE THE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME.

CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY.

WE'LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

AND AGAIN GOAL LINE RUN.

GREAT SPIN MOVE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

HE'S PHYSICALITY, PATIENCE EVERYTHING'S COMING TOGETHER FOR EMMETT JOHNSON.

>> YEAH A GREAT FINISH.

LOOK I THINK THEY CALL IT A TOUCHDOWN INITIALLY.

OR WAS IT A I CAN'T REMEMBER.

>> IT WAS A TOUCHDOWN.

THEN THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO REVIEW IT.

YEAH.

EVERYBODY >> IT SEEMS AGAIN A GREAT GREAT EXECUTION BY RILEY VAN POPPEL.

JEUDY WRAPS AROUND NWANERI.

NOT FREAKING OUT AND PANICKING, PICKING UP THE BALL AND FINISHING IN JUST IN TIME FOR THAT WIDE RECEIVER RIGHT AWAY.

>> HE DOES HAVE A D-LINE.

>> IT'S VERY HARD.

>> IT'S HARDER THAN WHAT PEOPLE THINK, PEOPLE THINK, BUT YOU'RE BIG AND YOU'RE JUST YOU DON'T DO IT A TON, RIGHT?

SO IT'S TOUGHER THAN WHAT IT LOOKS.

>> THAT WAS ANOTHER STOP TACKLE RIGHT THERE.

THAT WAS DAWSON MERRITT AND THAT STOP TACKLE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THAT IS ONE OF THE NICER PASSES THAT DYLAN'S THROWN ENTIRE SEASON.

ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE HASH MARK.

PUT IT ON THE LINE.

GOT IT THERE.

VERY GOOD PASS THERE.

ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN.

THE MIDDLE UP NOW 38-0 IN THE FIRST HALF.

THE SCORING JUST KEEPS COMING.

>> THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

>> AGAIN THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE WHERE THEY WERE SHORT.

THEN THEY REVIEWED IT.

BAD SNAP BIG LOSS SEVEN YARD LOSS.

EVENTUALLY EDWARDS THERE PICKS UP THE BALL, GETS TACKLED.

BACK TO KWINTEN IVES AGAIN.

HE WAS FOURTH ON THE DEPTH CHART AFTER THE HAMSTRING MOVED BACK UP TO SEEMINGLY TWO.

NOW WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

THE SEASON GOES ALONG.

LIKE TO SEE HIM GETTING SOME CHANCES AFTER THAT HAMSTRING AND THEN GOOD MOBILITY HERE.

GETTING TO THE END ZONE.

TOUCHDOWN.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT TJ LATEEF AND HIS ABILITY.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT A FIVE STAR ON THE BENCH TO BRING HIM IN FOR SOME PLAYS.

A RUN WALK OUT OKAY.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN >> I AGREE.

>> SO YOU KNOW.

>> YES, AND THIS IS UNFORTUNATE.

HE HAD HIM IN THE BACKFIELD >> BACKFIELDS A THING.

>> THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT.

>> THAT CLOSE TO BACK TO BACK.

>> BACK TO BACK SHUTOUTS WHICH THE UNHEARD OF.

YOU GOT TO GET TO GET THEM DOWN.

>> YOU GOT TO GET HIM DOWN THERE.

TJ LATEEF AGAIN WAS FIVE OF FIVE FOR 126 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN.

AS SEAN SAID EARLIER, SECOND TEAM CAME IN, LOOKED AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TEAM.

AND SOME POINTS.

ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN THERE KWINTEN IVES GETS IN AGAIN 12 RUSHES 85 YARDS AND ONE TOUCHDOWN FOR HIM.

AND WE SINCE WE TO PUT SOME HOUSTON CHRISTIAN HIGHLIGHTS ON.

HERE'S ANOTHER TACKLE FOR LOSS.

AND THEN LASTLY TJ LATEEF AGAIN GOING DEEP.

>> AND I LOVE THAT THEY LET THESE GUYS PLAY.

YEAH THEY'RE NOT JUST SITTING ON THE BALL I MEAN THEY'RE LETTING ALL THESE BACKUPS.

AND YOU SEE CORTEZ MILLS I MEAN THEY'RE JUST TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY TRY TO SCORE.

VERSUS IS SITTING ON THE BALL AND RUNNING.

RUN PLAYS FOR TWO QUARTERS.

YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE TAG ON WHAT CORTEZ MILLS GOT OUT OF THE GAME LIKE THIS.

>> THREE RECEPTIONS 98 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN FOR CORTEZ MILLS.

THEIR FINAL SCORE 59-7.

HERE ARE YOUR STATS.

OBVIOUSLY NEBRASKA DOMINATED THE GAME.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THESE STATS.

YOU KEEP LOOKING FOR TURNOVERS AND YOU'RE NOT SEEING THEM.

WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE EVEN WHEN NEBRASKA WAS WINNING SOME GAMES AGAINST LESSER TEAMS LAST YEAR, STILL YOU HAD SOME TURNOVERS HAPPENING.

YOU'RE NOT SEEING THEM HAPPEN NOW.

SO GREAT PRODUCTION BY NEBRASKA'S OFFENSE.

NOT A SHOT AT ALL.

LET'S DO PLAYERS OF THE GAME I MENTIONED EARLIER.

NOT A SURPRISE DANE KEY YOUR OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME FOUR RECEPTIONS 104 YARDS AND 28 YARDS AFTER OR 28 YARDS PER RECEPTION.

AND THEN ANDREW MARSHALL, WHO IS NOT GETTING TALKED ABOUT AS MUCH BECAUSE OF HOW GOOD CEYAIR WRIGHT'S BEEN.

FIVE TACKLES, HAD A TACKLE FOR LOSS AGAIN TAKING DOWN THE WHOLE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD.

AND THEN YOU GET A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU MOVE CEYAIR WRIGHT OVER TO NICKEL A LITTLE BIT AND YOU HAD DANE KEY.

SO THAT WAS GOOD FOR THE SECONDARY AS WELL.

TO BREAK DOWN A COUPLE OF THE BIG PLAYS JAY'S PLAYS FROM SATURDAY NIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELCOME BACK TO TONIGHT.

FIRST PLAYER WE LOOK AT IS THE DANE KEY.

TOUCHDOWN.

YOU GOT DANE KEY DOWN HERE TOWARDS THE BOUNDARY NEBRASKA IS IN A THREE BY ONE FORMATION DANES DOWN INTO THE BOUNDARY.

GET YOUR TRIPS UP TO THE FIELD.

THEY'RE GOING TO PUT NUMBER SEVEN HERE IN CONFLICT RIGHT LITTLE.

THEY'RE DOWN HEAVY.

GOT A COVER THREE.

LOOK EIGHT MAN IN THE BOX.

GET A NICE PLAY ACTION FAKE HERE WITH EMMETT JOHNSON.

BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RUN THIS BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO KIND OF COME AROUND HERE AND GET IN THIS HOLE HERE TO FIND FOR RAIOLA TO COMPLETE THIS PASS IS REALLY GOOD ACTION.

BAM.

TIMING OF IT.

PERFECT EXECUTION OF A THROW DANE IS A GREAT JOB OF FINISHING.

GIVE ME A BETTER ANGLE ON THIS FROM BEHIND.

LOOK AT IT DYLAN.

EYES ARE THE WHOLE TIME.

PRETTY TIGHT WINDOW FOR DYLAN TO MAKE THAT THROW TOO.

EXCELLENT EXECUTION.

GOOD FINISH BY KEY.

AS WE SEEN BEFORE.

SIX FOR THE BIG RED.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT PLAY TONIGHT IS THE SACK FUMBLE FROM VAN POPPEL.

NWANERI PICKS IT UP.

THREW A NICE LITTLE NOSE AND TACKLE STUNT HERE.

WRAPAROUND.

HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF GETTING INTO THE CENTER'S HIP AND GETTING VERTICAL TO WHERE THIS GUARD RIGHT HERE CANNOT PICK HIM UP.

AND THEN NWANERI'S GONNA WRAP AROUND HERE NEBRASKA LIKE I SAID LIKES TO RUN A LOT OF ACTION UP FRONT.

SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER INSTANCE WHERE THEY DO THIS.

BUT THEY EXECUTE IT VERY, VERY WELL.

SO WE GO AHEAD AND RUN THIS.

SO HE GETS ON THE HIP THERE GETS VERTICAL.

GREAT JOB GOOD COVERAGE ON THE OUTSIDE TO HOLD THEM.

NWANERI DOES AN AWESOME JOB OF PICKING THIS THING UP AND FINISHING.

GIMME THE BALL TYPE OF THAT WIDE RECEIVER CAN GET THEM IN ANOTHER WHO DOESN'T LOVE A BIG SCOOP AND SCORE BY THE BY DEFENSIVE TACKLE?

LET'S SEND IT BACK TO YOU MIKE'L.

>> THE GREAT THING ABOUT YOU KNOW JAY GETTING THAT HIP REPLACE IS HOW FAST HE CAN GET FROM THE SCREEN BACK TO HIS CHAIR.

IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD SPEED THERE.

COMING UP BO RUUD JOINS US NEXT TO PREVIEW THE UPCOMING BIG TEN SEASON.

WE'RE BACK IN TWO MINUTES.

>> WELCOME BACK.

THIS WEEK'S HUSKER HISTORY TAKES US BACK TO 2012.

HUSKERS LAST WIN IN LINCOLN OVER MICHIGAN.

THE FIRST QUARTER STAR QUARTERBACK DENARD ROBINSON, A.K.A SHOELACES, WENT DOWN WITH AN ELBOW INJURY.

SECOND QUARTER TAYLOR MARTINEZ ENDED UP HITTING KENNY BELL FOR 32 YARDS TO PUT THE HUSKERS UP SEVEN TO NOTHING.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, LIKE MANY DAYS WHEN HE WAS HERE, AMEER ABDULLAH HAD A BIG DAY, HAD A TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE IT 23-9.

THAT WAS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AFTER THE CELEBRATION THERE BY KENNY BELL.

GOOD RUN BY AMEER PATIENCE, BALANCE.

STILL PLAYING IN THE NFL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

HE HAD 101 YARDS RUSHING.

TAYLOR MARTINEZ ADDED 58 YARDS ON THE GROUND AND NEBRASKA LEAD AND THE LEGENDS DIVISION BACK IN THE DAY.

NOW WE GO TO THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA THE HISTORY OF NEBRASKA FOOTBALL.

FOUR COACHES HAVE NATIONAL TITLES BOB DEVANEY AND TOM OSBORNE AT NEBRASKA.

THE OTHER TWO WON AT OTHER SCHOOLS.

WHO ARE THE COACHES AND WHAT SCHOOLS DID THEY WIN?

NATTY?

THAT'S A HARD ONE.

THAT'S A REALLY HARD.

IF YOU WIN, WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF OUR OWN, SEAN CALLAHAN'S NEW BOOK ABOUT THE HUSKERS, THE PROGRAM NEBRASKA CURATED HISTORY OF THE CORNHUSKERS.

THIS WEEK'S WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON NEXT WEEK'S SHOW.

LAST WEEK'S WINNER IS TROY BOOTH OF LINCOLN AND THE OSBORNE ERA.

THE HUSKERS SCORED OVER 68 POINTS 14 TIMES, AND WHEN THEY BEAT HASKELL 119-0, A TOUCHDOWN WAS ONLY WORTH FIVE POINTS.

>> THAT WAS A HARD ONE AS WELL.

>> REMEMBER TONIGHT'S GUEST FORMER BLACKSHIRT AND HE'S IN THE CLUB AGAIN.

BO RUUD.

YEAH.

HOW ARE YOU DOING, BO?

HOW'S GOING ON, MAN?

>> I'M DOING GREAT, GUYS.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> PRETTY GOOD.

I LOOK AROUND AND I SEE THE BLACKSHIRTS THE WAY THEY'RE PLAYING NOW.

AND WHEN YOU WATCH THEM PLAY THIS WAY, EVEN IN CINCINNATI, I SORT OF A COUPLE OF BIG PLAYS.

WHAT'S YOUR FEELING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS?

>> WELL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT, PERFORMANCES THE LAST HANDFUL YEARS, ESPECIALLY AGAINST SOME REALLY GOOD TEAMS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALMOST SURPRISED BY HOW GOOD WE'VE BEEN, AT TIMES THE LAST FEW YEARS.

I THINK THIS YEAR'S UNIQUE, THOUGH, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST, UNCERTAIN WE ARE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOT ON THE DEFENSE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF WAITING TO SEE.

I THINK THIS IS THE WEEK, THE MICHIGAN WEEK HERE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT OUR DEFENSE.

AND I THINK SPECIFICALLY THAT FRONT SEVEN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BACK FOUR, I THINK WE KNOW WHAT WE GOT.

LIKE WE GOT SOME DEPTH THERE AND WE GOT SOME SOLID PLAY RIGHT NOW.

BUT I THINK THE, THE DEFENSIVE LINE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WHO ARE WE.

WHAT DO WE GOT THERE.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE SEE THAT FRONT SEVEN AND JUST HOW THEY PLAY AGAINST A BIG TEN TEAM.

>> YEAH.

BO I ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THIS DEFENSE.

YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE 3-3-5.

WE'VE SHOWN AN ABILITY TO DO THIS IN THE PAST, BUT WE'VE HAD GUYS WHO PLAY A LOT OF FOOTBALL.

TY NASH, SOME OF THE PLAYERS YOU NOW HAVE TRANSFERRED, BUT A LOT OF MOVEMENT UP FRONT.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETIMES, WHETHER YOU'RE BRINGING A LINEBACKER DOWN HILL BECAUSE YOU ONLY GOT THREE GUYS UP THERE, MAYBE AN OUTSIDE LINEBACKER OR BEING A 4 OR 5.

BUT WHEN THAT KIND OF MOVEMENT HAS GONE UP FRONT, PUT YOURSELF BACK THERE AS A LINEBACKER.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU AND I WERE PLAYING, WE MOVED A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT A TON.

WE ARE A 4, 3.

BUT DO YOU LIKE A LOT OF MOVEMENT UP FRONT?

IS THAT CLEAN STUFF UP FOR A LINEBACKER OR DO YOU LIKE TO KNOW LIKE, OH, I GOT THIS GAP AND IT'S GOING TO STAY HERE.

HOW WAS YOUR THOUGHT WHEN YOU HIT YOUR D-LINE, MOVE.

AROUND A LOT.

>> AS THE LINEBACKER.

YOU JUST LIKE HIM TO KEEP HIM OFF, YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, WE JUST GET HIM OFF ME, GET AWAY FROM ME.

BUT I THINK MOVEMENT IS KIND OF CHAOS.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A LINEBACKER.

YOU NECESSARILY LIKE IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S MAYBE LESS CLEAR.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS A LINEBACKER, I LIKE AT LEAST DEFINED WHAT DO I GOT?

RIGHT.

YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR GAP.

YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR COVERAGE.

YEAH.

AND YOU GOT TO KIND OF ADJUST OFF THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW I'VE NEVER PLAYED IN A 3-3-5.

SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW IF I'D LIKE IT OR NOT.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE TRADE OFF IS MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE MUCK TO DEAL WITH, BUT IT CONFUSES THE OFFENSE MORE.

SO IT'S ALWAYS A TRADE OFF.

LIKE WHAT?

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?

SO, I DON'T REALLY KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT THE 3-3-5, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY I LIKE IT A LITTLE CLEANER, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE.

I'VE NEVER DONE THAT, SO.

>> WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN JUST FROM THIS SCHEME?

I MEAN, HOW DIFFERENT IS IT FROM WHAT THEY WERE DOING, TONY WHITE OR IS IT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME?

AND JUST FROM YOUR.

VIEWPOINT, >> IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME THEY'RE DOING MORE FOUR DOWN.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

RIGHT.

IF YOU DON'T GOT A BIG, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, NASH OR TY ON THAT NOSE OR, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF PLUG UP THE MIDDLE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO JUST ALWAYS HAVE THREE DOWN.

SO I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO I WOULD THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO MORE FOUR DOWN AND JUST LET THOSE GUYS KIND OF GET UP FIELD RATHER THAN TRY TO DO AS MUCH.

TWO GAPPING, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO DO THAT.

>> SO YOU'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE BACKUPS GETTING IN WHEN YOU WERE A YOUNG PLAYER.

WHAT DID IT MEAN FOR YOU TO GET THOSE REPS FOR LATER IN YOUR CAREER WHEN YOU BECAME A STARTER?

>> I MEAN, JUST CONFIDENCE BUILDING, RIGHT?

SO YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE'S HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU EVERYBODY'S GOOD IN HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT LIKE YOU GOT TO SEE YOURSELF DO IT ONE TIME OUT THERE IN FRONT OF LIKE ALL THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THE LIGHTS.

SO IT BUILDS.

IT BUILDS SOME CONFIDENCE.

AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, BUT OUR SCHEDULE HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR THAT WE GOT THAT FIRST WIN AND WE GOT TWO TUNEUP GAMES.

>> YEP.

>> THAT WE JUST HAVE GOTTEN TO, YOU KNOW, GET SOME DEPTH, GET SOME PLAYERS OUT THERE, FEEL GOOD, BUILD SOME CONFIDENCE.

SO IT'S REALLY A REMARKABLE THING TO SEE A SCHEDULE KIND OF PLAY OUT THE WAY WE WANT TO.

AND YOU KNOW LIKE I SAY WE'RE BUILDING DEPTH BECAUSE OF IT.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK BURNING QUESTIONS.

THE MATURITY OF THIS FOOTBALL TEAM.

YOU LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THINK ABOUT NEBRASKA NOT PREPARING THE RIGHT WAY FOR HOUSTON CHRISTIAN KNOWING WHO YOU GOT COMING UP.

BUT DOES THAT SPEAK TO THE MATURITY OF THIS TEAM IN THE STANDARD?

THIS IS IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S HIGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN YEARS PAST.

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME, THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ARE WE, YOU KNOW, NOT LOOKING PAST ANYBODY, BUT I JUST I'M SEEING, LIKE, A IT SEEMS LIKE A CLEANER FOOTBALL GAME, LIKE WE'RE LOOKING VERY WELL COACHED AND WE'RE NOT MAKING A LOT OF DUMB MISTAKES.

AND YOU WATCH THE TEAMS WE'RE PLAYING OR KIND OF MAKING THEM.

SO, IN THE SHORT SAMPLE WE GOT, LIKE WE ARE LOOKING LIKE A WELL-COACHED FOOTBALL TEAM.

TO ME.

>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE PASS DEFENSE IS BEING RANKED NUMBER ONE.

IS IT A COMBINATION OF THEM PLAYING AT THAT LEVEL, OR IS IT SOME OF THE TEAMS THEY'VE PLAYED JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE ABILITY TO GET THE BALL DOWNFIELD?

>> I THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE THERE.

LIKE TO ME IT'S LIKE THOSE GUYS HAVE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MAYBE THEY'RE NOT ALL FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICKS, RIGHT?

THESE ARE GUYS THAT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD COLLEGE PLAYERS.

MAYBE NOT PROS, BUT MAYBE A COUPLE OF THEM COULD BE RIGHT.

BUT THEY'VE PLAYED A LOT OF FOOTBALL AND THEY PLAYED A LOT OF FOOTBALL TOGETHER, WHICH MEANS LIKE TO ME.

LIKE YOU JUST START BUILDING THAT CAMARADERIE.

I THINK I HEARD A QUOTE FROM SINGLETON SAYING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT EVEN TALKING.

THEY'RE JUST KIND OF THEY JUST KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GUYS DOING THAT ONLY COMES WITH YOU JUST PLAY A LOT OF REPS TOGETHER.

I MEAN, ME AND JAY, WE DID ENOUGH OF THOSE.

LIKE I JAY KNEW WHAT I WAS.

YEAH.

WHAT I MEANT TO.

>> I USUALLY CALL NICE.

IT WAS LIKE A BELL.

>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

YOU KNOW >> I GOT A JOB.

>> YOU KNOW IT'S GOOD >> BECAUSE THERE'S A YEAR OR TWO OUTSIDE, YEAH.

>> 10,000 TIME.

YOU DON'T EVEN GOT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

JUST DO IT.

YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU KNOW.

SO THAT'S SORT OF I THINK WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LIKE THAT UNIT'S PLAYED A LOT OF FOOTBALL.

>> IT'S A RANDOM QUESTION.

NOW YOU PLAYED FOR BILL BELICHICK.

WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT HIM BEING A COLLEGE COACH.

HOW SURPRISED WERE YOU WHEN HE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT JOB IN NORTH CAROLINA?

>> I MEAN, IT WAS I WAS VERY SURPRISED.

TO ME, THOUGH, IT WAS IT'S EXCITING TO SEE BECAUSE I THINK I STILL THINK HE'S PROBABLY THE BEST COACH EVER.

>> YEAH.

>> AND YOU KNOW, HIM AND SABAN ARE KIND OF THE SAME MOLD.

THEY COACHED TOGETHER.

THEY CAME UP TOGETHER.

SO I THINK HE TALKED TO SABAN ON ME SO MUCH THAT THERE'S A PART OF HIM THAT THINKS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NEW A NEW CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE.

A NEW KIND OF CHALLENGE IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT.

SO, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE DOES.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THEY KIND OF HAD A ROUGH FIRST WEEK, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE WITH ANY NEW PROGRAM.

SO I WOULDN'T, COUNT OUT BILL BELICHICK BECAUSE I MEAN, IN MY MIND THERE'S, EVERYBODY KNOWS HIM.

>> YEAH I WANT TO GET THE SPECIAL TEAMS.

I THINK THEY'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVEN'T PUT IN THE LAST TWO GAMES, BUT I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HELP SO MUCH.

GETTING MIKE ECKLER IN THERE.

YOU AND I HAVE SOME FAMILIARITY WITH HIM.

YOUR BROTHER WAS ON THE STAFF WITH BO WHEN HE WAS IN HERE?

I THINK A LITTLE BIT, LATER, LATER ON.

BUT, HIS ENERGY AND JUST HE'S BEEN SO MANY OTHER PLACES COME FROM TENNESSEE, BUT THE EXECUTION AND JUST HOW HE'S KIND OF OVERTURNED, WHAT WAS.

LET'S BE HONEST, IT WAS POOR SPECIAL TEAMS THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS.

>> YEAH, WELL, ONE THING MIKE NEVER LACKS IS ENERGY.

AND ENTHUSIASM.

AND THE GUY IS LIKE, HE'S A MACHINE, RIGHT?

>> YEP.

HE'S ACTUALLY WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT HIM?

HE'S MY COUSIN'S COUSIN.

SO I GREW UP KNOWING OF HIM BECAUSE HE WAS THIS WILD MAN.

SPECIAL TEAMS DEMON FOR K STATE.

>> RIGHT.

>> WE WERE KIDS.

WE'RE LIKE WHO?

YOU KNOW, LIKE HE'S GOING TO PLAY HERE.

THE PURPLE MOHAWK.

I MEAN THERE'S NOTHING PHONY ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS THE GUY.

LIKE, HE IS THE GUY THAT SHOULD BE COACHING SPECIAL TEAMS.

HE WAS THE GUY, RIGHT?

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF THOSE GUYS THAT ARE BORN TO DO THAT IN EACH TEAM.

AND THIS, HE'S ONE OF THEM.

AND NOW YOU GOT HIM AS OUR COACH.

YOU KNOW THAT ENERGY AND THAT INTENSITY.

YOU NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S THAT LIVES AND BREATHES IT.

AND HE'S ONE OF THOSE GUYS.

>> I'M CURIOUS YOUR THOUGHTS ON DYLAN RAIOLA.

WELL I MEAN, VERY FEW GUYS HAVE COME IN WITH THE EXPECTATIONS THAT HE'S HAD TO MEET.

AND I MEAN, YOU COULD ARGUE HE'S LIVED UP TO THEM TO THIS POINT.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOOTBALL STILL AHEAD OF HIM.

>> WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, THIS GUY IS HE'S AN ANOMALY, HOW MATURE HE IS.

IT'S KIND OF CRAZY RIGHT.

SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT THERE'S A LOT ON HIS PLATE.

HE'S HANDLED IT.

HE'S HANDLED IT VERY WELL.

YOU KNOW, HE HIT SOME ROUGH SPOTS LAST YEAR.

BUT I MEAN TO START THIS YEAR I IN MY MIND I'M GOING I'VE NEVER SEEN THE NEBRASKA QUARTERBACK AS EFFICIENT, AS ACCURATE AS HE IS.

HE'S IN FULL COMMAND OF THE OFFENSE COMPLETELY LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTS TO DO WITH IT MOST TIME, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HARD TO BEAT IF HE JUST KEEPS JUST DELIVERING THE BALL IS ACCURATE.

IS IT JUST SEEMS LIKE HE'S ALWAYS JUST TAKING WHAT THE DEFENSE GIVES HIM.

AND WE'RE NOT MAKING MISTAKES BECAUSE OF IT.

SO TO ME I'M LOVING WHAT DYLAN'S DOING.

IF HE CAN JUST KIND OF KEEP DOING THAT, JUST BEING REALLY EFFICIENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE HARD TO BEAT.

>> HE'S ZAC TAYLOR.

IF ZAC TAYLOR HAD A STRONG ARM.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> YOU ACTUALLY HAD A STRONG ARM.

SO THEY AFTER THE GAME WHEN YOU'RE SITTING DOWN DO YOUR PODCAST WITH NICK BOSA.

WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN YOUR OPINION.

THE BIG STORY AFTER THIS GAME.

>> WELL IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT NICK WE DID A PODCAST TODAY AND NICK ALREADY SAID THAT HE GOES IS THIS DYLAN'S SORT OF DAY RIGHT.

IS THIS THE IS THIS THE GAME WHERE IF DYLAN DOES WHAT WE THINK DYLAN CAN DO, THE NATIONAL MEDIA HASN'T REALLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT DYLAN YET ON THAT LEVEL, AND HE'S A LITTLE UNDERRATED RIGHT NOW, OR A LITTLE UNDER THE RADAR FOR THE NET ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

SO IF DYLAN CAN DO WHAT KIND OF HE'S BEEN DOING SO FAR AGAINST MICHIGAN, I THINK THERE'S NOBODY IN THE COUNTRY THAT'S NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, CLICK ON ON THE TV AND GO SEE A COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, PUNDIT TALKING ABOUT DYLAN RAIOLA IN NEBRASKA.

SO THIS IS A MOMENT FOR DYLAN.

HE'S GOT A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SHOW THE SHOW THE WORLD THAT HE'S READY.

>> WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

>> YEAH, >> BUT WE APPRECIATE IT MAN.

>> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME, GUYS.

>> THANKS FOR COMING ON WITH YOU.

WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN AND TALK SOME RECRUITING.

BUT FIRST IT'S TIME FOR TOP PLAYS.

ALL RIGHT.

NUMBER THREE.

NOT SURPRISING DANE KEY THE 39 YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH KEEPS HIS BALANCE.

THAT'S THE KEY THING.

GETTING IN THE END ZONE PUTTING UP A BIG DAY FOR HIM.

OUR OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK NUMBER TWO CORTEZ MILLS 62 YARD TOUCHDOWN CATCH.

PERFECTLY THROWN RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.

AND THIS IS A GUY WHO'S GOING TO BE A SUPERSTAR.

YOU TELL THAT WHEN YOU WATCH HIM IN PRACTICE.

AND THEN NUMBER ONE IT ALWAYS INVOLVED THE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.

ANY TIME JAY IS HERE SACKED BY RILEY VAN POPPEL PICKED UP BY WILLIAMS NWANERI AND HE TAKES IT INTO THE END ZONE.

AND WE WILL BE BACK TALKING SOME RECRUITING AND LOOKING AROUND THE BIG TEN NEXT ON BIG RED WRAP-UP.

>> AND IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS, I THINK, PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN EAST CAMPUS AND, YOU KNOW, THE TURFGRASS SCIENCE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE AND THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.

>> FOR TROY TO COME IN AND FOR COACH RHULE TO BE THINKING ABOUT REGRASSING THE PRACTICE FIELD, IT OPENS UP A DOOR FOR US TO GO BACK AND REINVIGORATE THE TURFGRASS SCIENCE PROGRAM.

I SO APPRECIATE TROY AND ATHLETICS REALLY OPENING UP OUR AMAZING ATHLETIC PLATFORMS TO INFORM OUR TEACHING, OUR LEARNING AND OUR OUTREACH.

>> WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE FACILITIES AND PLACES THAT ARE GOING INTO THAT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY AND GENETICS WITH BERMUDA GRASS.

>> RESEARCH AND THE TURF PROGRAMS ARE A MASSIVE ASSET TO ANY ATHLETIC PROGRAM IN ANY UNIVERSITY WITH WHAT THEY CAN PROVIDE FOR RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE.

HAVING A SPECIALIZED PERSON LIKE AMANDA ON THEIR STAFF, HAVING HER, YOU KNOW, GIVE HER INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

>> AND YOU GOT MORE MANAGEMENT.

I DO IT FOR ME A GRASS.

SO THE RESEARCH STARTED WHEN, THEY WERE CONSIDERING DOING A DIFFERENT GRASS LAST YEAR IN 2024, ACTUALLY ONE FULL YEAR SINCE WE HAD THIS INSTALLED.

SO WE'RE SEEING HOW THE REACTION OF THE CULTURAL PRACTICES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE, BERMUDA GRASS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER COOL SEASON GRASSES BECAUSE IT LOVES TO GROW BECAUSE OF THIS RHIZOMES AND STOLEN TO TAKE OVER.

SO IT HAS MORE OF THAT STRONGER CANOPY, AND ALSO TO SEE HOW IT HELD UP WITH THE WEATHER THAT WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR.

THE WARM SEASON GRASSES LIKE WERE MADE, FOR ALL THE THREE CALLED FIRES DO VERY WELL WITH DROUGHT CONDITIONS, SO THAT'S MORE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FIRST YEAR COLLEGE PRACTICES WILL DO BETWEEN THE, TRAFFICS THAT WE HAD FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO.

IT'S A NO BRAINER FOR US TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PARTNERSHIP AS WE'RE A LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY WITH EXTENSION AND HAVE A TURF GRASS PROGRAM THAT'S STILL GROWING EVERY YEAR.

AND, IT'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

>> WE OFFICIALLY BROKE GROUND HERE ON MARCH 10TH.

THEY REMOVE BASICALLY HAVE YOUR SOD LAYERS TOOK THAT OFF.

THEN BELOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR SAND BASE TOOK ALL THAT OUT AND THEN BELOW THAT WE HAVE OUR DRAINAGE AND GRAVEL LAYER WHICH WAS ALL REMOVED.

ASIDE FROM THE FIELD ITSELF.

THEY'RE REBUILDING THE EAST PERIMETER FENCE.

SO THERE'S BEEN CONCRETE WORK GOING ON.

THERE'S BEEN REBAR WORK GOING ON, JUST KIND OF SOME EXTERIOR WORK, BECAUSE THAT HAS TO ALL BE DONE BEFORE YOU CAN KIND OF REBUILD THAT PROFILE.

WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING EVERYTHING OUT ALL THE WAY DOWN APPROXIMATELY THREE FOOT, STARTING OVER AND REBUILDING BACK UP.

>> THE ONE THING I WAS FORTUNATE ABOUT THIS WORK THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW OVER HERE AT THE PRACTICE FIELDS IS, WE'RE HAVING A USGA BASED SAND ROOT ZONE.

THIS IS SOMETHING I WAS A BIT OF A MISSING PIECE.

WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU WANT TO GO TO FLAG FIELD SURFACE, IT'S NOT JUST THE GRASS.

THAT'S THE BIG FACTORS.

ALSO UNDERNEATH.

>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF NEW THINGS OUT HERE THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT US IN THE LONG RUN THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE, AND JUST THE ABILITY TO REDO THE DRAINAGE AND TO HAVE BRAND NEW IRRIGATION BASED OFF OF DECISIONS WE'VE MADE AND THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER, THAT'S WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE FIELD.

ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS IS BEING AROUND AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL AND SUCH A HIGH STANDARD, AND BEING A PART OF THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.

YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND PUT THE WORK, YOU KNOW, INTO THE FIELD IS A VERY ENJOYABLE FOR ME, BEING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M ORIGINALLY FROM HERE, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF GREW UP IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

I GREW UP, YOU KNOW, A NEBRASKA FAN.

YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE ATHLETIC FIELDS, ALL THE FACILITIES HERE ARE TOP NOTCH.

THEY'RE AT A HIGH STANDARD.

AND ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PRIORITIES IS PLAYER SAFETY AND SAFETY ON THE FIELDS.

>> I'M SO EXCITED THAT OUR TURFGRASS SCIENCE PROGRAM HAS A CHANCE TO BE A NATIONAL LEADER.

I HOPE THAT OUR KNOW-HOW HELPS LEAD TO, MORE HUSKER VICTORIES.

(INTENSE MUSIC) (INTENSE MUSIC) >> THAT WAS A GREAT PACKAGE.

WELCOME BACK TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA STUDIO.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE WITH SEAN CALLAHAN TO TALK SOME RECRUITING.

NOW NORMALLY BACK IN THE OLD DAYS A WEEKEND LIKE THIS, A 2:30 GAME AGAINST MICHIGAN WOULD MEAN A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS COMING IN.

IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED?

>> YES.

NEBRASKA WILL HAVE ABOUT 35 RECRUITS ON CAMPUS WITH OFFERS.

SO, YOUR OLD SCHOOL OFFICIAL VISIT WEEKEND MIGHT HAVE HAD SIX TO MAYBE TEN, THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE THAT TIMES THREE.

>> WOW.

>> AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE EMPHASIS WILL BE ON JUNIOR.

SO 2027 EVEN SOME 2028 ALL YEAR 2026 COMMITS WILL BE IN LINCOLN.

BUT FOR 2027, KENNEDY BROWN, WHO IS THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY, AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, A TEXAS FIVE STAR HIGHLIGHTS THE LIST.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S 15, 20 FOUR AND FIVE STAR GUYS THAT WILL BE HERE.

AND THAT'S THE APPROACH.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO HEAVY ON THIS WEEKEND.

YEAH PROBABLY USC.

THAT'LL BE THE OTHER REALLY, REALLY BIG ONE.

MICHIGAN STATE WILL HAVE A NUMBER, BUT THEY'RE ALL IN ON THIS MICHIGAN WEEKEND WITH THE NUMBER OF RECRUITS COMING TO TOWN.

>> BRIAN MUNSON IS GOING TO BE BUSY.

>> YEAH, IT'S A BUSY WEEKEND.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT ADDING SOMEONE.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK.

ADDED A RECRUIT?

>> YEAH.

MATT ERICKSON FROM MILLER NORTH COMMITTED TO NEBRASKA.

AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW HIS FAMILY WELL.

>> YEAH.

>> MIKE ERICKSON, HIS DAD, WAS A MULTI-YEAR STARTER AT TACKLE.

HIS UNCLE, DAN ERICKSON, A WIDE RECEIVER.

YEAH, BOTH OUT OF PAPILLION.

IT JUST MAKES SENSE.

I MEAN, HE'S GOT TWO MORE YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL REMAINING.

HE HAD SOME OTHER OFFERS, BUT HE WANTS TO BE A HUSKER.

GOT UP, DONE THIS WEEKEND AT THE HOUSTON CHRISTIAN GAME.

SO NOW THE BIG THING NOW IS NEBRASKA HAS THREE KEY PLAYERS ALREADY COMMITTED TORY PITTMAN, MATT ERICKSON AND THEN QUARTERBACK TRAE TAYLOR.

SO YOU'VE GOT A QUARTERBACK, A KEY SKILL PLAYER AND A KEY LINEMAN TO KIND OF START BUILDING THIS CLASS.

AND THEN THIS WEEKEND WITH ALL THE 2027 THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE, IT CAN GO A REALLY LONG WAY, ESPECIALLY IF NEBRASKA WINS THIS GAME.

>> SEAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

NOW IT'S TIME TO LOOK FORWARD TO SATURDAY'S GAME AND WHAT THE TEAM IS SAYING ABOUT THE BIG MATCHUP.

>> I'M REALLY EXCITED MAN.

IT'S GOING TO BE REAL FUN.

I'M REALLY EXCITED.

I'M JUST GLAD WE GOT A HOME GAME TOO.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE, YOU KNOW?

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

IT'S LIKE IT'S COACHING STAFF.

HERE'S WHY.

THE MAJORITY OF OUR PLAYERS CAME HERE IS FOR BIG TEN FOOTBALL, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF FOOTBALL.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I'VE DABBLED IN IT LAST YEAR FOR THREE GAMES.

IT WAS AWESOME.

>> QUARTERBACKS THAT MOVE OUT OF THE POCKET ARE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN, BUT YOU KNOW WE'VE WE SAW THAT IN WEEK ONE.

WE MADE SO MADE OUR ADJUSTMENTS BOTH SCHEMATICALLY AND JUST PHILOSOPHICALLY.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PREPARED, FOR THAT ELEMENT OF THE GAME IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CALL THE GAME, HOW WE APPROACH THAT PLAYER.

AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, EACH PLAYER'S DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, THE QUARTERBACK FOR CINCINNATI HAD REALLY A HISTORY OF BEING A RUNNER.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WATCH, NUMBER 19 HE IS A PRO-STYLE DROP BACK QUARTERBACK WITH ENOUGH ATHLETICISM TO GET OUT OF THERE.

>> IT'S COOL WHEN THINGS WORK.

IT'S COOL WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STONE IS ON TIME PREPARING FOR THIS GAME AND THAT WE PUT OUR HEARTS INTO IT.

AND THEN WE GIVE WE GIVE OUR FANS AND WE GIVE OURSELVES A SHOT TO WIN THIS GAME.

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>> DID YOU GROW UP FOLLOWING MICHIGAN FOOTBALL AT ALL?

BEING YOUR DAD PLAYED FOR THE LIONS AND ALL THAT?

>> I DID LIVE IN DETROIT.

I WON'T ANSWER THAT.

FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION, MAN.

I WANT TO ANSWER THIS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S PREVIEW THE GAME AGAINST MICHIGAN.

JOINING US CLAYTON SAYFIE FROM THE WOLVERINE CLAYTON WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME.

WHAT DO YOU THINK MICHIGAN LEARNED FROM THE OKLAHOMA GAME THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO USE ON SATURDAY?

THINGS THAT CAN GET BETTER WITH.

>> I THINK THEY LEARNED A LOT BECAUSE THAT WAS THEIR FIRST TEST, YOU KNOW, IN A TOUGH ROAD ENVIRONMENT.

AND MICHIGAN HAS SIX ROAD GAMES THIS YEAR, SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET USED TO THAT.

NEBRASKA IS AS ELECTRIC OF AN ENVIRONMENT AS YOU CAN GET.

WE SAW THAT IN THE NIGHT GAME IN 2021 WASN'T AS RAUCOUS IN 2023, BUT THAT WAS IT.

WHAT 90 PLUS DEGREE DAY IN MICHIGAN JUMPED ON THEM 14 NOTHING I THINK WITHIN THEIR FIRST FEW MINUTES.

SO I EXPECT THIS ONE TO BE CLOSE.

AND I THINK THAT BRYCE UNDERWOOD, THE FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK, LEARN WHAT IT TAKES TO KIND OF, STAY COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED IN A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT.

YOU KNOW, THE DECK WAS KIND OF STACKED AGAINST HIM THERE.

HE HAD A LOT OF PRESSURE IN HIS FACE.

OKLAHOMA WAS A SWARMING DEFENSE, BUT I THINK HE CAN TAKE THAT EXPERIENCE AS THE REST OF THE GUYS CAN AND BUILD ON IT.

BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF BIGGER TESTS TO COME, INCLUDING THIS WEEKEND.

>> HOW WAS THE COACHING DISTRACTION?

BEING SHERRONE MOORE BEING OUT LAST WEEK IS OUT THIS WEEK AS WELL.

IS IT MUCH TO DO WITH NOTHING OR IS IT A BIGGER STORY COMING TO THIS WEEK?

BECAUSE NOW THAT WAS CENTRAL MICHIGAN.

NOW WITH HIM NOT BEING ON THE SIDELINES AT A BIG GAME IN LINCOLN, HOW IS THAT BEING VIEWED BACK THERE IN MICHIGAN?

>> YEAH, THE INTERESTING PART IS HE WAS AROUND THE PROGRAM ALL LAST WEEK UP UNTIL 12:01 A.M.

ON SATURDAY MORNING, AND THEN HE WASN'T ABLE TO COACH THE GAME, AND HE WON'T RETURN UNTIL 11:59 ON SATURDAY AFTER AFTER THE NEBRASKA GAME.

SO IT IS DIFFERENT.

HE WAS ABLE TO GAME PLAN LAST WEEK AHEAD OF THE CENTRAL MICHIGAN GAME.

NOW, HE SAID HE WAS DOUBLE DIPPING AND ALSO LOOKING AT NEBRASKA AS WELL.

SO, HIS FINGERPRINTS WILL BE ON THIS GAME PLAN, BUT HE'S NOT IN THE BUILDING AT ALL RIGHT NOW.

IT'S UP TO THE COORDINATORS, THE POSITION COACHES, THE PLAYER LEADERS, ALL THE 120 GUYS ON THE TEAM, AS WELL AS BIFF POGGI, THE 66 YEAR OLD INTERIM HEAD COACH, TO GO IN THERE AND BE THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO GO OUT AND TRY TO GET A VICTORY ON SATURDAY IN A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT AGAINST A TEAM THAT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE REALLY GOOD THIS YEAR.

SO, I THINK IT IS A CHALLENGE.

THE PLAYERS HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BEING MOTIVATED BY, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING SHERRONE MOORE, WANTING TO WIN FOR HIM.

I GUESS LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, THE TEAM DINNER AT THE HOTEL BEFORE THE GAME AGAINST CENTRAL, IT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL.

AND WHEN HE WALKED OUT THE DOOR, THE LAST THING HE SAID TO THEM WAS, DON'T PLAY FOR ME.

PLAY FOR YOURSELVES.

AND WHEN HE WALKED OUT, THEY ALL LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID, NO, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY FOR HIM.

SO, IT'S A TEAM THAT'S MOTIVATED TO WIN FOR HIM.

MAKE SURE THAT WHEN HE COMES BACK, THEY'RE 3-1 AS OPPOSED TO 2-2.

>> CLAYTON, WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST QUESTIONS WITH BRYCE UNDERWOOD JUST NOW HAVING THREE FULL GAMES.

AND THE NEW MEXICO WIN LOOKS LIKE A GOOD WIN RIGHT NOW FOR MICHIGAN.

BUT OBVIOUSLY YET OKLAHOMA CENTRAL MICHIGAN.

WHAT JUMPS OUT IS BIG QUESTION STILL WITH BRYCE UNDERWOOD.

>> YEAH IT'S YOU KNOW ONE HOW MUCH ARE THEY REALLY GOING TO TRUST HIM IN A GAME LIKE THIS.

THEY DIDN'T TRUST HIM ALL THAT MUCH AT OKLAHOMA.

THEY HAD NINE THIRD DOWN PASSES THAT THEY THREW.

SIX OF THEM WERE SHORT OF THE STICKS A LOT OF SCREENS, A LOT OF SWING PASSES, A FEW HANDOFFS ON THIRD, MEDIUM, THIRD AND LONG.

THEY REALLY LEANED ON THE RUN GAME IN THAT GAME AND IT KEPT THEM IN IT.

THEY DIDN'T TURN THE FOOTBALL OVER, BUT THEY DIDN'T MAKE ENOUGH PLAYS TO REALLY, SURPASS OKLAHOMA AND KEEP UP WITH JOHN MATEER, HEISMAN FRONTRUNNER AND THAT OFFENSE.

SO I THINK THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT.

THEY'VE TALKED OPENLY ABOUT HOW THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO TAKE THE AIR OUT OF THE FOOTBALL AGAIN WITH A TALENT LIKE, BRYCE UNDERWOOD BEHIND CENTER.

BUT WE HAVE TO SEE IT AGAINST A FORMIDABLE DEFENSE AND NUMBER ONE PASS DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY, AT LEAST ON PAPER RIGHT NOW, COMING OUT OF THE NON-CONFERENCE SLATE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HE ONLY COMPLETED 38% OF HIS PASSES AGAINST OKLAHOMA, BUT I THOUGHT HE, YOU KNOW, MADE A FEW GOOD PLAYS IN THAT GAME.

HE'S GOTTEN A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THOSE OTHER TWO GAMES AGAINST G. G4 OPPONENTS, G5 OPPONENTS, CENTRAL MICHIGAN IN NEW MEXICO.

THEY'RE LETTING HIM USE HIS LEGS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO, WE'LL SEE.

YOU KNOW, HE'S A DYNAMIC ATHLETE.

HE'S GOT AN UNBELIEVABLE ARM.

IT'S JUST GOING TO COME DOWN TO DECISION MAKING AND THE PROTECTION FROM THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

AND THIS O-LINE IS PROBABLY MY BIGGEST CONCERN.

I WOULD SAY WITH MICHIGAN THEY HAVEN'T RUN THE BALL ALL THAT WELL TILL LAST WEEK.

AND THEN THE PROTECTION HE WAS PRESSURED OVER 60% OF THE TIME AGAINST THE SOONERS.

>> YEAH.

GREAT.

AND REAL QUICK LAST QUESTION.

YOU MENTIONED HIM USING HIS LEGS.

YOU THINK WE'LL SEE MORE DESIGN RUNS.

AND THERE WAS ABOUT TWO OR THREE IN THIS LAST GAME AGAINST CENTRAL.

YOU SEE WE WILL SEE MORE OF THOSE ON SATURDAY.

>> I THINK WE'LL SEE A FEW OF THOSE.

A CHIP LINDSEY, THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, LIKES TO USE HIS QUARTERBACK'S LEG, HIS LEGS IN THE RED ZONE AS WELL.

HE DID THAT WITH DRAKE MAYE WHEN HE WAS AT NORTH CAROLINA.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND BRYCE UNDERWOOD SAID HE REVIEWED THE FILM OF THE FIRST COUPLE GAMES AS WELL, AND REALIZED HE HAD SOME ROOM TO RUN ON SCRAMBLES, TOO.

SO HE'S DANGEROUS EVEN WHEN NOTHING'S DOWN THE FIELD.

YOU KNOW, THE PASS RUSH KIND OF GETS TOO FAR UPFIELD OR JUST DOESN'T QUITE GET TO HIM.

HE CAN GET OUT AND, AND RUN HIMSELF.

HE HAD SIX RUNS OF TEN PLUS YARDS LAST WEEK IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN.

HAD REALLY NOT ALLOWED MUCH ON THE GROUND, THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE OF GAMES.

SO, THAT WAS DEFINITELY A NEW ELEMENT.

I THINK WE WILL SEE THAT QUITE A BIT IN THIS GAME BECAUSE IT'S THEIR ONLY SHOT.

HE'S THEIR BEST PLAYER.

I THINK, ONE OF THE TWO, EITHER HIM OR JUSTICE HAYNES, THE RUNNING BACK.

SO THEY GOT TO USE HIM.

>> CLAYTON, WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL SEE YOU SATURDAY UP IN THE PRESS BOX.

>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SURVEY RESULTS ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON SATURDAY.

IT WAS SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS.

DO YOU THINK NEBRASKA IS GOING TO WIN BIG CLOSE NEBRASKA WIN BIG NO.

MICHIGAN WIN OR CLOSE MICHIGAN WIN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, 58% OF THE PEOPLE STILL SAY BIG NEBRASKA WIN AND 31% SAY CLOSE TO NEBRASKA WIN.

SO IN OTHER WORDS.

>> WHAT IS A BIG NEBRASKA WIN?

>> I THINK MORE THAN 14.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WOULD THINK IF THEY BEAT THEM BY TWO TOUCHDOWNS.

THAT'S A BIG WIN.

>> THAT WOULD BE, YEAH.

>> THAT'D BE HUGE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN.

UCLA FIRED HEAD COACH DESHAUN FOSTER AFTER AN 0-3 START.

THE CONFERENCE IMPROVED TO 41-7 AND NON-CONFERENCE OVER THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE SEASON.

AND NOW IN THE AP TOP 25 USC WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE TO START THE SEASON?

THEY JOINED IT TO MAKE SEVEN CONFERENCE TEAMS RANKED OHIO STATE AND PENN STATE'S STAY AT ONE, TWO.

OREGON DROPPED TO SIXTH.

ILLINOIS STAYS AT NINE.

INDIANA'S AT 19.

THOSE TWO TEAMS PLAY, AND MICHIGAN IS 21ST AND USC IS AT 25.

THAT'S FUNNY WHEN YOU LOOK AT I THOUGHT USC AND OKLAHOMA, THE TWO TEAMS THAT WERE MOST UNDERRATED HEADING IN THE SEASON, OKLAHOMA GOT THE BIG WIN AGAINST MICHIGAN.

USC IS SCORING A TON OF POINTS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE MATCHUP WHEN THEY COME HERE ON DECEMBER 1ST.

>> YES BECAUSE THE 31ST IS FRIDAY.

THIS HALLOWEENS ON FRIDAY >> FRIDAY HALLOWEEN.

YEP.

>> YEAH.

MY HE'S HE'S REALLY GOOD.

YOU KNOW, HE THAT WE GET MORE TIME WITH LINCOLN RILEY AND THAT OFFENSE.

>> TEAM AT WIDE RECEIVER AS WELL.

>> YEAH.

THE LOT OF TALENT YOU CAN RECRUIT TO LA AND USC.

AND THEY GOT IT.

YEAH.

AND YEAH YEAH THEY MIGHT BE PLUCKING SOME GUYS RIGHT NOW FROM UCLA JUST TO.

>> COME ON DOWN THE STREET.

>> COME DOWN THE STREET A FEW BLOCKS.

COME PLAY AT THE COLISEUM SIDE OF THE ROSE BOWL.

>> SEAN, THAT IS NOT AN EASY JOB AT UCLA.

WE KNOW IT BY HOW MUCH MONEY THEY GET.

THE LACK OF GETTING FANS GOING TO THE GAME, THAT IS.

HEY, WHOEVER TAKES THAT JOB, THAT'S GOING TO BE A HARD JOB.

>> YEAH, HAVING CHIP KELLY WAS AS GOOD AS IT CAN GET.

AND HE GOT FRUSTRATED WITH IT JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE EXPECTED TO COMPETE AGAINST OHIO STATE AND OREGON AND PENN STATE.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE NEAR THE RESOURCES.

YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES OF A LOWER BIG TEN TEAM.

AND THEY'RE JUST NEVER GOING TO GET THE FAN BASE THERE.

FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY ALMOST HAVE BECOME A ROAD DESTINATION FOR FAN BASES, WHERE EVERY VISITING FAN BASE LIKE IOWA OR NEBRASKA, WISCONSIN, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE 25,000 FANS OUT THERE.

AND WHEN NEBRASKA PLAYS OUT THERE LATER IN NOVEMBER, THERE WILL BE MORE NEBRASKA FANS IN THE ROSE BOWL THAN THERE WILL BE UCLA FANS.

THAT IS A FACT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH BLOW, BUT I'M INTERESTED TO SEE HOW MANY OF THEIR PLAYERS MAYBE OPT TO TAKE THE FOUR GAME REDSHIRT.

THERE'S ABOUT 33 PLAYERS ON THEIR UCLA ROSTER THAT COULD JUST TAKE A REDSHIRT AND >> WOW.

>> YOU KNOW, WHY WOULDN'T THEY?

AT THIS POINT THEY'RE STILL PROBABLY GOING TO GET THEIR REPS YEAR PAYMENTS IF THEY PRACTICE AND YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BLOW THE YEAR AT 0-3 WITH NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT THE COACHING SITUATION IS.

>> I THINK THEY PLAYED NORTHWESTERN THIS WEEK MIGHT BE THE LAST CHANCE THEY HAVE TO GET A WIN.

DEFENSE A SPY ON UNDERWOOD.

I KNOW DEFENSIVE COORDINATORS DON'T LIKE THIS QUESTION.

AT LEAST BO DIDN'T.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE SPY ASPECT?

>> YOU CAN USE IT IN SOME SITUATIONS.

I THINK IN THIRD AND LONG SITUATION THAT'S YOU WANT TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

BUT I DON'T HATE IT.

I JUST I WANT MY GUYS TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND HAVE A, HAVE A ROLE AND HAVE A FIT.

I JUST YOU GOT TO KIND OF SET FLAT FOOT AND YOU KIND OF WAIT AROUND.

NOT MY FAVORITE.

I THINK YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE SITUATIONS THAT IMPLEMENT IT.

>> BOB P. ON X ASKED THE QUESTION.

IT'S KIND OF GOES WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY.

IF NEBRASKA GOES FOR IT ON FOURTH AND SHORT, WHO GETS THE BALL?

WHO'S THE YOUR SHORT YARDAGE BACK?

WELL, IT COULD ACTUALLY BE THE TUSH PUSH RIGHT.

>> IT COULD BE WITH HEINRICH HAARBERG.

I DIDN'T LIKE THE LOOK OF IT THOUGH.

EARLY.

I FELT LIKE WHEN THEY'VE DONE IT A COUPLE TIMES, IT JUST DIDN'T GO VERY WELL.

>> IT WORKED BETTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD THAN IT DID ACTUALLY.

>> AND YOU WONDER IN A GAME LIKE THIS WITH BETTER DEFENSIVE LINEMEN LIKE MICHIGAN HAS, WILL IT BE AS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT'S ON FILM NOW?

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU ALMOST HAVE TO DISGUISE IT.

WHERE BOTH HAARBERG AND RAIOLA ARE ON THE FIELD AND YOU GET UP THERE AND GO REALLY QUICK.

>> I'M GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION BECAUSE THOMAS ASKED ON FACEBOOK, BUT I JUST DON'T.

WHAT HAPPENS IF DYLAN STRUGGLES TO MOVE THE BALL?

IS WINNING IMPORTANT ENOUGH RHULE TO CAUSE A CONTROVERSY TO GIVE TJ A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO.

PEOPLE LOVE THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK.

>> THEY DO.

IT'S HE'S THE FAVORITE.

HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR FOREVER.

DECADES >> FRANKIE LONDON >> YEAH, EXACTLY.

>> LISTEN, THERE'S A REASON WHY DYLAN IS THE STARTER AND HIS CONTROL THIS OFFENSE.

LISTEN, NEBRASKA HAS AN ASSET.

TJ LATEEF AS THEIR BACKUP QUARTERBACK BECAUSE HE'S HIS MOBILITY.

HIS ARM STRENGTH.

BUT HIS COMMAND OF THE OFFENSE IS NOWHERE NEAR OF DYLAN.

SO PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO STIR IT UP.

BUT YEAH I DON'T.

THE ONLY WAY TJ KNOCK ON WOOD IS IF SOMETHING INJURY TO DYLAN.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY HE COMES IN.

>> YEAH.

AND ROBBY ASKS DO YOU THINK THEY ARE GONNA REDSHIRT TJ LATEEF.

HE'S THE BACKUP RIGHT.

IF HE'S GOT TO PLAY HE'S GOT TO PLAY.

>> WELL HE'S GOT TWO GAMES IN AND TWO MORE TO GO.

SO YOU LOOK AT THE REST OF THE SCHEDULE.

HOW MANY MORE GAMES COULD GET A BACKUP.

AND MAYBE NORTHWESTERN >> RIGHT.

>> MAYBE UCLA.

WHICH WOULD BE COOL FOR HIM TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY IN LA.

BUT YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO BOWL GAME TWO HOPEFULLY.

SO I DON'T KNOW I THINK THEY COULD STOP THEM AT FOUR.

BUT IF THEY NEED TO PLAY MORE THAN FOUR THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

>> DREW'S ON FACEBOOK AND HE'S IN ALBERTA CANADA.

HOW IMPORTANT WERE THE LAST FEW GAMES TO PUT STUFF ON TAPE FOR MICHIGAN TO PREPARE FOR?

AND HOW MIGHT THINGS LOOK DIFFERENT AS AN EXTENSION OF THAT, DIFFERENT FROM CINCINNATI?

>> YEAH.

THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING THINGS.

THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAD THINGS YOU WANT TO DO AGAINST US TODAY.

EVERY TEAM, EVERY GAME IS DIFFERENT.

OFFENSIVELY, DEFENSIVELY YOU GOT TO CHANGE THINGS UP.

BUT A MAJORITY OF WHAT NEBRASKA IS GOING TO DO AGAINST MICHIGAN, THE REST OF THE SEASON, IT'S BEEN PUT ON TAPE IN MY IN MY OPINION.

RIGHT.

YOU JUST WANT ENOUGH TIME TO DO ALL THAT STUFF TO, TO MAKE THOSE TWEAKS FROM GAME 1 TO 2 AND 3.

>> AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, I THINK BUD WILL LEAD THEM OUT OF THE TUNNEL.

BURNING QUESTIONS.

>> CAN NEBRASKA'S DEFENSE MATCHUP UP FRONT, DO THEY HAVE THE FIREPOWER TO GO FOUR QUARTERS WITH A OFFENSIVE LINE AND AN OFFENSIVE STYLE THAT MICHIGAN'S GOING TO PLAY?

>> YEAH.

HERE'S AN ISSUE WHERE THE CORNERS FITTING IN THE RUN GAME FROM NEBRASKA.

THE WIDE RECEIVERS LIKE TO GET THE SECOND LEVEL QUICKLY.

GET THE SAFETIES AND, BLOCK LINEBACKERS.

FITTING OFF THE EDGE IN THE RUNNING GAMES WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE CORNERS ON SATURDAY.

>> VERY TRUE AS WELL.

AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE BIG QUESTION.

CAN NEBRASKA WIN ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

THEY'VE BEEN SO GOOD THIS YEAR.

WIN.

MAKE A BIG PLAY ON SPECIAL TEAMS TO HELP THEM BEAT MICHIGAN.

FOR OUR PICKS ON NEXT WEEK'S GAME, CHECK OUT FACEBOOK, X AND A BIG RED WRAP-UP WEBPAGE TO SEE WHAT WE THINK ABOUT THE MICHIGAN GAME.

AS A REMINDER, YOU CAN SEE THAT GAME SATURDAY AT 3:30 P.M.

CENTRAL ON CBS, AND NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA WILL RECAP THE MICHIGAN GAME WITH ANDY KENDEIGH FROM KETV 7.

ON THE NEXT EDITION OF BIG RED WRAP-UP AT 7 P.M., YOU CAN ALSO TUNE IN ON FACEBOOK LIVE, YOUTUBE LIVE, AND OUR WEBSITE.

NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

AND IF YOU HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF BIG HIGH SCHOOL GAMES, HIGH SCHOOL CLASSICS IS BACK FOR A NEW SEASON AND HITS YOUTUBE LIVE TOMORROW.

AND IT'S VOLLEYBALL YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA HAS 17TH RANKED KANSAS VISITING 18TH RANKED CREIGHTON BLUE JAYS AT 5:00 ON SUNDAY.

OUR THANKS TO BO RUUD FOR JAY MOORE AND SEAN CALLAHAN ON MIKE'L SEVERE.

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