(BAND MUSIC) >> AFTER A QUIET OFF-SEASON AND A 2-0 CONFERENCE START, NEBRASKA HOSTED THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPS IN THE BIGGEST GAME OF THEIR SEASON.

I PLAN TO CLEAN UP.

COMING OFF OF A COMEBACK VICTORY AGAINST THE TERPS ON SATURDAY WITH THE BIG RED 5-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016.

WE'LL WRAP-UP THIS WEEKEND'S GAME AND LOOK AHEAD TO THE BIG, UNDEFEATED BIG TEN MATCHUP WITH SPECIAL GUESTS HUSKER ONLINE SPORTSWRITER STEVE SIPPLE.

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

THAT AND MORE COMING UP NEXT ON BIG RED WRAP-UP.

(BAND MUSIC) >> HI, EVERYONE I'M MIKE'L SEVERE, AND WELCOME TO BIG RED WRAP-UP ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN YOU GOT A RANKED TEAM AGAINST A TEAM THAT SHOULD BE RANKED IN NEBRASKA.

JOINING US NOW, FORMER HUSKER JAY MOORE AND JAY FOREMAN.

LISTEN MAN FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY THE LONG HISTORY OF NEBRASKA FOOTBALL WHERE THEY'RE 5-0 AND THEY'RE NOT RANKED.

IT'S I KNOW WHO THEY PLAYED.

I GET IT JAY.

BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

>> NO IT DOESN'T.

AND AGAIN RANKINGS IN OCTOBER.

I DON'T CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT THEM.

OBVIOUSLY THE RANKINGS THE PLAYOFF RANKINGS ARE WHAT ULTIMATELY MATTER WHEN YOU GET INTO NOVEMBER.

BUT YEAH A LITTLE SURPRISED OBVIOUSLY QUITE A HERE'S THE THING IS DIDN'T HELP MISSOURI KNOCKING OFF FLORIDA AND MISSOURI AT 25.

I THOUGHT IF MISSOURI WOULD HAVE LOST THAT FOOTBALL GAME THAT HAD A CHANCE FOR NEBRASKA GOT BUMPED UP.

BUT HECK, I MEAN, WHERE THEY'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW IS WHAT, 31ST-32ND IN THE AP.

SO LISTEN, THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE RESPECT I UNDERSTAND LOOK AT THEIR NONCONFERENCE.

LOOK AT THE TWO BIG TEN TEAMS THEY PLAY.

BUT WHAT A GREAT WEEK.

LIKE THE PRESIDENT TO CHANGE A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS.

>> THEM AND DUKE ARE THE ONLY TWO POWER FOUR TEAMS UNDEFEATED THAT AREN'T RANKED JAY.

I KNOW COACHES ALWAYS LIKE TO WIN A GAME, BUT ALSO HAVE A LOT OF TEACHING POINTS.

THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

THAT MARYLAND GAME.

>> YEAH.

IF THERE'S EVER A POSITIVE TO COME OUT OF GAME WHEN YOU HAVE, WHAT, 16 PENALTIES, 28 OVER AND A LITTLE SLOPPY PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF AND YOU WIN AND END UP BLOWING THEM OUT, YOU'LL HAVE EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION ON MONDAY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TEACHING POINTS ALONG WITH THE BIG GAME.

SO IT ACTUALLY SETS UP WELL FOR NEBRASKA TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> YOU KNOW.

16 RIGHT.

TIES THE RECORD.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE OTHER TEAM HAD 12.

SO PART OF THAT'S ON THE REFEREE.

>> WELL IT IS BECAUSE YOU LOOKED AT I SAW WHAT MARYLAND'S AVERAGE PENALTIES.

THEY WERE ONLY AVERAGING LIKE SEVEN PENALTIES A GAME COMING INTO THAT IN THAT FOOTBALL GAME NEBRASKA AGAIN HAS HAD PLENTY.

BUT YEAH THAT I MEAN YOU COULD THERE'S SOME COINCIDENCE THAT THIS WAS THE SAME CREW THAT HANDLED THE MICHIGAN, WESTERN MICHIGAN GAME.

RHULE HAD, YOU KNOW, SAID SOME OF THAT.

I WILL SAY LIKE I WOULD STILL I MEAN, THE EXCESSIVE CELEBRATION PENALTY THAT WAS UNUSUAL.

I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE THE TWO BACK TO BACK DEFENSIVE HOLDING CALLS.

ONE HAPPENED COMPLETELY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD AND THE ONE THEY CALLED THE ANDREW MARSHALL I SAW ON TV.

I COULDN'T SEE THE THE FINISH OF IT, BUT LOOKED LIKE HE JUST HAD HIS HAND ON THE GUY'S BACK.

SO AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE EXTRA POINT ISSUE THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY CAME OUT, OBVIOUSLY WE SAW THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> YEAH, THAT MADE NO SENSE.

>> THE INTENTIONAL GROUNDING THAT THEY CALLED AN ILLEGAL FORWARD PASS.

I'M JUST LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU JUST CALL IT INTENTIONAL GROUNDING?

AND THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO I MEAN, MALIK WASHINGTON HAD A PLAY, HAD A THROW EARLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER THAT THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND.

THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO COLANDREA AS WELL.

THE PRE-SNAP STUFF IS THE ISSUES THAT YOU GOT TO CLEAN THAT UP.

BUT THAT WAS THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CREW WILL BE WILL BE GETTING ANY MAJOR BIG TEN GAMES ANYTIME SOON.

SO THERE'S, YOU GOT TO TAKE THOSE SOME OF THOSE CALLS, A LITTLE BIT OF GRAIN OF SALT.

>> AND TRADITIONALLY WHEN A QUARTERBACK STARTS RUNNING AND GETS OUT OF THE POCKET, THEY DON'T USUALLY CALL THE HOLDING ONCE THEN, BUT THEY DID CALL IT ON NEBRASKA.

WHAT ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO REALLY GET THE TRADITIONAL RUNNING GAME GOING?

I KNOW RULE WAS OUT, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS WHEN IT COME TO THAT?

>> WELL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY LOOK, YOU'RE IN THE BIG TEN NOW, AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TOUGH SLEDDING.

AND SO I THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE YARDS PER CARRY AND THE TIMELY RUNS, WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT LED NEBRASKA WAS A BIG PART OF THEM TO HAVING THAT 20 POINT FOURTH QUARTER.

THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?

THEY'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WHEN THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE JUST STUB THEIR TOE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING STUFF AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S JUST BLOW THESE GUYS OUT AND LET'S JUST GET TO THE RUNNING GAME.

AND OBVIOUSLY COLANDREA WAS A BIG ASSET TO THAT.

BUT I THINK MEKHI, NELSON AND MOZEE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB STEPPING IN FOR RULE.

>> A LOT OF FANS LOOK AT THAT GAME AND ALL THEY THINK ABOUT IS THAT EARLY FIRST QUARTER, NEBRASKA OUTSCORED THEM 41-7.

THEY LET THEM LIMITED TO 155 YARDS AND 1.6 YARDS RUSHING IN THE SECOND HALF.

THEY WERE DOMINANT.

BUT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

>> AGAIN, WE IT'S JUST SIMILAR TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK IN THE MICHIGAN STATE GAME IS PEOPLE WILL FIND THE NEGATIVITY.

I THINK IT'S EASIER TO COMPLAIN THAN IT IS TO PRAISE IN OUR LIFESTYLE NOW.

YEAH.

LIKE WE LIKE J.R ALLUDED TO, IT'S LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF COACHABLE MOMENTS.

AND WE KNEW, LISTEN, THE PERFORMANCE THAT MARYLAND SHOWED AGAINST UCLA LAST WEEK, THEY WERE GOING TO GET, THEY GOT CHALLENGED BY THEIR STAFF THIS WEEK AND THEY CAME OUT AND HAD A GOOD GAME PLAN.

THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME EXPLOSIVE PLAYS.

THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT ON THAT, ON THAT MARYLAND ROSTER.

WE SAW IT WITH DURR AT NUMBER 13.

WILLIAMS RUNNING BACK.

LIKE THERE'S SOME TALENT THERE.

AND IF YOU'RE JUST OFF A LITTLE BIT THEY'LL EXPLOIT IT.

SO NEBRASKA GOT EXPLOITED A LITTLE BIT DEFENSIVELY.

YOU KNOW COLANDREA WASN'T GREAT THROWING THE FOOTBALL AT TIMES IN THAT FOOTBALL, IN THAT IN THAT GAME.

BUT ULTIMATELY YOU COME OUT AND YOU'RE AT 28-23 AT HALF WHEN HONESTLY THEY HAD NO BUSINESS BEING UP AT HALF.

SO THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY IS YEAH, THEY CAME OUT, GOT PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH, BUT THEY DIDN'T FLINCH.

THEY MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND YOU HAD BACKUPS PLAYING WITH FOUR MINUTES LEFT IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER IN THE BIG TEN GAME.

SO, ALL IN ALL THAT WAS A SUCCESSFUL DAY.

>> WON BY 25.

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NOW IT'S TIME TO CHECK OUT THE TOP PLAYS FROM SATURDAY'S WINS AGAINST THE TERPS.

NUMBER THREE ANTHONY COLANDREA CONNECTING WITH LUKE LINDENMEYER.

YOU KNEW THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING OFF OF THAT PLAY.

EVENTUALLY, A LITTLE BOOT THROW TO LUKE IN THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

JEREMIAH CHARLES WITH HIS SECOND BLOCKED PUNT OF THE FIRST QUARTER AGAINST MARYLAND.

ONLY ONE OF THEM COUNTS, BUT THAT WAS A BLOCK THE FIRST TIME AS WELL.

NICE JOB COMING FROM A DIFFERENT LOCATION THAT TIME.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE COME BACK.

BUT DWAYNE MCDOUGLE IS OUR NUMBER ONE PLAY.

NOT A SHOCK.

PICK SIX.

81 YARDS OUT REALLY TURNED THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME AND EVERYTHING.

SECOND LARGEST, LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

YOU KNOW THE LONGEST ONE.

I HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT IT ON THE RADIO.

IT WAS?

>> BO RUUD.

>> BO RUUD, LIKE 90 YARDS.

>> 91,92 YARDS.

>> WOW.

>> INITIALLY I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE RECORD.

BUT THAT WAS QUICKLY CORRECTED BY KYLE CROOKS AND SAID NO.

BUT I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IF ALL PEOPLE I GOT TO.

I THREW BO UNDERNEATH THE BUS ON THAT ONE.

>> YOUR BOY.

>> THAT'S MY GUY.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BLOCKED PUNTS BECAUSE I KNOW DURING THE WEEK IT IS A BIG EMPHASIS, RIGHT?

YOU HAVE COACH RHULE SAYING WE WANT TO GET THESE BLOCKED PUNTS.

WE CAN GET THEM.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT GOING THROUGH THAT AS A PLAYER, KNOWING THAT THAT SET UP AND YOU GOT A CHANCE TO GET IT?

>> YEAH.

I MEAN YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BLOCKED PUNT IS COMING WHERE THE BALL IS PLACED.

RIGHT.

SO YOU WANT THEM BACKED UP.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HIT THE HIT.

THE KICKER, AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE PLAYS THAT YOU PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE AND YOU HOPE THAT THE GUY DOESN'T BLOCK YOU.

I PLAY WITH A GUY NAMED TERRELL FARLEY AND HE WAS A MENACE, AND HE'S BLOCKED PROBABLY THREE PUNTS BEFORE I GOT THERE.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A KNACK FOR IT, I THINK, AND WHEN YOU CALL IT AND THEN EXECUTE IT, I THINK IT'D BE AN ASSET.

>> YEAH.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BIG GUY, BARON MILES.

I KNOW HE GOT A BUNCH OF THEM AS WELL.

>> HE COULD BLOCK A FIELD GOAL.

>> HE'S PRETTY LITTLE LITTLE GUY AS WELL.

I THINK THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE GAME THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING A TON ABOUT IS SO NEBRASKA GIVES UP A TURNOVER.

THEY GIVE UP SOME BIG PLAYS, BUT THREE FIELD GOALS HELD IN THAT FIRST HALF.

THAT'S BIG FOR THE BLACKSHIRTS.

>> THAT'S HUGE.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET YOU BLOCK A PUNT, YOU GET THE RUNNING INTO THE KICKER.

THEY GET THE FIRST DOWN.

THEY CONNECT.

ON DURR BEATS DONOVAN JONES IN COVERAGE RIGHT THEN IT'S IMMEDIATELY.

BECAUSE THAT WAS A THAT'S A BIG MOMENTUM SHIFT FOR MARYLAND AND HOLDING THEM TO THREE HOLDING THEM TO THREE AFTER THE TURNOVER.

THAT'S A DEFENSIVE.

WHEN YOU HAVE A QUICK CHANGE.

I'D HONESTLY CALL THE RUNNING THE KICKER THAT'S A SUDDEN CHANGE.

YOU THINK YOU'RE OFF THE FIELD THREE AND OUT.

BOOM.

YOU GET A BLOCKED PUNT.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS.

I REMEMBER OUR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR ALWAYS HOLDING THE THREE, HOLDING THE THREE, HOLDING THE THREE.

SO THOSE ARE WINS FOR THE DEFENSE.

AND ANYTIME YOU CAN HOLD IN THE RED ZONE TO THREE POINTS THAT'S A BIG TIME WIN FOR THE DEFENSE JUST IN THAT SQUANDERS ANY MOMENTUM THAT OFFENSE HAD AT THAT MOMENT.

>> YEAH LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE BUSTS.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW IT IN JAY'S PLAYS, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAW EARLY ON WHERE THEY GOT SOME OF THEIR BIG PLAYS.

>> WELL, I MEAN MARYLAND IS EXTREMELY TALENTED, YOU KNOW, AT THE SKILL POSITION, YOU KNOW, ALL ACROSS EVEN EVEN ON DEFENSE TOO, BUT MAINLY ON OFFENSE WHERE THEY CAME IN WITH A GOOD PLAN, THEY ATTACKED MAYBE CERTAIN GUYS AND MAYBE SOME DEFICIENCIES IN COVERAGE AND THEY WERE ON.

AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LITERALLY INCHES OR JUST A HAND PLACEMENT.

AND THEY WERE ABLE TO KIND OF PUT SOME STRESS ON THEM EARLY.

BUT NEBRASKA WAS ABLE, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND RALLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEY ATTACKED COVER FOUR, THEY ATTACKED, YOU KNOW, YOUR PRINCIPLES.

AND IT COMES DOWN TO COMMUNICATION.

AND IT'S PROBABLY SOME THINGS THAT NEBRASKA HADN'T SEEN BEFORE WITH THESE TYPE OF ATHLETES.

RIGHT.

YOU HEARD ABOUT DURR COMING IN.

YOU THOUGHT THAT MOORE HE WAS A POSSESSION RECEIVER, >> HE WAS COMING IN.

BUT HE CAN FLAT OUT GO.

IT'S NOT EVEN THE ONES THAT HE GOT.

YOU KNOW THE DEEP PASSES.

IT'S THE REVERSE THAT HE HAD ON THEIR SIDELINE.

AND SO THEY JUST KIND OF STRETCHED NEBRASKA IN ALL THREE THIRDS OF THE FIELD, BOTH HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY.

AND BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

>> WHAT'S THAT HALFTIME LIKE AFTER YOU'VE GIVEN UP SOME BIG PLAYS, YOU GO IN THERE AND JUST IMMEDIATELY GET ON THE BOARD.

>> YEAH, I THINK YOU GET UP THERE AND YOU SAY, OKAY, THE LOOK, WHETHER IT'S THE BOARD, IPAD, WHATEVER IT IS, AND JUST SAY, OKAY, HERE'S THE CALL, RIGHT?

AND HERE'S WHO MESSED UP.

AND MAYBE SOMETIMES A LOT OF TIMES IT COULD BE THE WRONG CALL.

HEY GUYS, AURICH COME IN AND SAY THAT WAS WE DIDN'T GET YOU IN A GREAT SPOT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT CALL ANYMORE IN THIS SITUATION.

OR, HEY, WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, FRONT SIDE HERE AND YOU'RE SEEING THIS POLAR OR LIKE, AGAIN, YOU'RE OPPOSITE SIDE DEFENSIVE END A COUPLE TIMES, YOU GET YOUR SHOULDERS TO FAR FIELD IN THAT SQUARE TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

SO ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU CAN'T HELP COME OUT ON THAT.

YOU'RE THE SAFETY AND YOU'RE THE SPILL DEFENDER.

LIKE THAT LONG RUN THAT THEY HAD.

JONES SPILLS, MCDOUGLE IT PUTS THEM IN A TOUGH SPOT.

BUT HEY YOU GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB.

YOU KNOW BEING UNDER CONTROL TRYING TO MAKE THAT TACKLE.

IF YOU CAN GET THEM UP HIGH OR TRY TO FORCE THEM OUT OF BOUNDS.

THERE'S LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT A PANIC.

IT'S LIKE, HEY, HERE'S TWO PLAYS THEY GOT ON US.

BOOM.

HERE'S ALL WE GOT TO DO IS FIX IT.

IT'S NOT OVERREACT TO ANYTHING.

WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT.

AND OBVIOUSLY, I THINK NEBRASKA DID A HECK OF A JOB MAKING THOSE CHANGES.

>> WAS CHARLIE A YELLER WHEN YOU GOT IN AT HALFTIME?

>> WELL IT DEPENDS.

IT DEPENDS.

IT DEPENDS.

AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU YELL IT'S NOT ALL BAD.

I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO KIND OF PUT THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN.

BUT IN THAT SITUATION, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES YOU GOT TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION IN BETWEEN SERIES.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW HALFTIME IS REALLY SHORT.

THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.

GUYS ARE GETTING TREATMENT.

GUYS ARE TRYING TO MAYBE HYDRATE.

YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO RELAX A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THEN YOU GET UP THERE AND YOU JUST LOOK AT THE PRINCIPLES.

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?

WHAT ARE YOU FEELING?

BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY FROM THE FIELD UP TO THE BOX OR THE LOOKERS UP THERE, YOU RUN INTO SOME TROUBLE.

SO THEY HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATION.

THEY WERE ABLE TO KIND OF NIP IT IN THE BUD.

BUT MAINLY IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS.

THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT JAY TALKED ABOUT ARE HOW BIG PLAYS ARE MANIFESTED.

AND SO NEBRASKA DID A GOOD JOB AT HALFTIME, LIMITING, ELIMINATING THOSE.

>> GREAT ADJUSTMENTS WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR.

IT WAS A PERFECT DAY FOR FOOTBALL ON SATURDAY.

LET'S BREAK DOWN WHAT THE HUSKERS PUT ON TAPE VERSUS THE MARYLAND TERRAPINS.

LET ME START OFF WITH A KICKOFF TO GET YOU ESTABLISHED IN TO THE STADIUM.

OF COURSE, EARLY ON, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A PENALTY, ONE OF 16 PENALTIES.

YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW THIS IS A BLOCK WATCH.

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS BALL.

>> THE SPIN ON IT.

>> YOU SEE THE KICK, RIGHT?

>> YEAH LIKE THAT.

THAT BALL WAS TOUCHED.

>> WE THOUGHT IT WAS TOUCHING THE BOOTH.

I'M LIKE I CAN'T IMAGINE.

I MEAN THE GUY WAS AVERAGING ALMOST 50 YARDS A PUNT THIS YEAR AND BUT HEY.

>> THEY GET THE STOP RIGHT.

>> THEY GOT THE STOP.

>> FORCED THE FIELD GOAL RIGHT THERE MAKING IT 3-0 AND THEN TALK ABOUT THAT.

JAY FOREMAN.

>> WELL, IT'S THE DIFFERENCE THEN.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HE CAME UP THE MIDDLE THE FIRST TIME OFF THE SIDE THE SECOND TIME.

BUT IT'S A GREAT JOB BY HIM FULLY EXTENDING AND REALLY TAKING THE BALL RIGHT OFF HIS FOOT.

BUT JAY'S RIGHT.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BETWEEN MARYLAND AND NEBRASKA IS NEBRASKA SCORES A TOUCHDOWN.

THEY GOT A FIELD GOAL.

AND THAT'S WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MCDOUGLE PLAYS.

AND OBVIOUSLY THE NELSON RUN.

IT'S A DIFFERENCE IN WINNING AND LOSING.

>> YEAH QUICK CHANGE.

I MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO TAKE A SHOT SOMETIMES.

SOMETIMES A SHOT DOES INVOLVE A RUN PLAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S THAT GOOD.

AND NELSEN DIDN'T PRACTICE MOST OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK WITH THE ANKLE COMES OUT THERE AND MAKES THAT GREAT RUN FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

MAKE IT 7-3.

BUT BACK COMES.

WE MENTIONED A LOT OF GOOD PLAYERS, LIKE WASHINGTON'S A PRETTY GOOD PLAYER AS WELL.

AND DURR'S GOT SOME SPEED.

>> YEAH HE DOES.

AND I'LL BREAK THIS PLAY DOWN HERE IN A LITTLE BIT ON JAY'S PLAYS DONOVAN JONES COULD HAVE HELPED OUT BENNING HERE.

JUST MAYBE REROUTE JUST DOESN'T GET A HAND ON HIM.

NOT A GREAT ANGLE.

BUT YOU SAW THE WHEELS.

I THINK HE ALMOST GOT UP TO 20 MILES AN HOUR ON RUNNING THAT FOOTBALL.

>> HE'S FLYING.

AND ANDREW MARSHALL ALMOST CAUGHT HIM.

YEAH.

ANOTHER ANOTHER DRIVE WHERE THEY GET STOPPED FOR A FIELD GOAL AGAIN.

OF COURSE IN THE FIRST HALF THEY HAD THREE FIELD GOALS FOR NINE POINTS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT COLANDREA IS BEING ABLE TO DO IN TERMS OF WHEN HE IS ON.

NOW THAT'S IS THAT ON BARNEY GOT TO HELP HIM OUT A LITTLE BIT ON THAT, DO YOU THINK?

>> I SAW WHAT HE SAW?

IT WAS RUNNING A LITTLE OVER ROUTE.

HE JUST DIDN'T SEE HIM SITTING BACK THERE.

I WAS FROM THE BOOTH.

I'M LIKE, OH, HE HAS SOMETHING.

YEAH.

HE SEE, HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO CARRY THAT NUMBER ONE RECEIVER TO THE TO THE BOUNDARY SIDE.

AND BUT OBVIOUSLY HE CAME OFF OF IT AND KIND OF CHERRY PICKED IT.

>> FORCED ANOTHER FIELD GOAL 16-7 BLACKSHIRTS AT LEAST GETTING THOSE STOPS AND HELPING OUT RIGHT THERE.

BACK COMES COLANDREA AGAIN, THIS IS THE SHOT.

IT'S HIS FAVORITE GUY.

YOU WORRY AT ALL THAT HE DEPENDS ALMOST TOO MUCH ON GILMER.

>> I MEAN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED LIKE INDIANA AND OBVIOUSLY TEAMS IN THE FUTURE ARE GOING TO TRY TO REALLY CLAMP DOWN ON HIM AND ROLL THEIR COVERAGE TO HIM.

BUT I THINK COLANDREA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNIST.

AND RIGHT NOW HE HAS A GOOD CONNECTION WITH GILMER.

AND OBVIOUSLY, WE SAW LAST YEAR WHERE HUNTER STARTED OFF FAST.

SO I THINK HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB ADJUSTING TO WHAT DEFENSE HAS DONE SO FAR.

>> TOSS THERE YOU WANT BONNER AS A LEAD BLOCKER.

DIDN'T HAVE TO DO MUCH, BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

>> A LITTLE PIN AND PULL, AGAIN.

>> YEAH.

SO THIS WAS BENNING ON THE BLITZ.

KADE PIETRZAK GETS THE INTERCEPTION AND RUMBLES LIKE A BIG MAN SHOULD RUMBLE RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

HEY LOOK GOOD.

I HAD ONE CAREER INTERCEPTION AS A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.

WE LOOKED VERY SIMILAR.

>> NEBRASKA GET STOPPED TOO.

YOU MENTIONED THIS MCDOUGLE COMES UP CAN'T MAKE THE TACKLE.

THEY END UP GETTING CHASED DOWN OF COURSE.

AND ANDREW MARSHALL GETS A LITTLE BANGED UP ON THE PLAY.

AND THEN THE NEXT PLAY MARYLAND SCORES HERE ON THE SHORT RUN.

NICE CUTBACK DESIGNED THAT WAY RIGHT?

>> YEAH THEY HAD THE POLAR THERE.

NEBRASKA KIND OF GETS SUCKED INSIDE.

YOU GOT TO GET OVER TOP.

THEY WERE JUST THEY WERE SHORT A GUY WITH BRINGING THAT POLAR OVER NUMBERS WISE.

>> DOWN 23-14 AND THEN JAY FOREMAN THIS IS THE TURN IN THE GAME.

WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM MCDOUGLE?

>> FLAT FOOTED READ RIGHT HERE.

YOU READ ESSENTIALLY THE NUMBER 2 TO 1 AND ONE 1 OR 2 WENT TO THE FLAT.

IT'S A SAFETY WE USED TO CALL IT CUT.

GOOD JOB HERE BY MCDOUGLE.

HE ALSO ALWAYS HAD MADE PLAYS ON THE ON THE BALL.

AND THE BEST THING ABOUT IT, HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE.

ONE THING TO GET AN INTERCEPTION, TURN IT INTO SEVEN POINTS.

THE CROWD GOT BACK INTO THE GAME AND IT LED TO ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN SHORTLY AFTERWARDS.

>> AND THEN HE SAID TO HIMSELF, DON'T GET CAUGHT, DON'T GET CAUGHT, DON'T GET CAUGHT.

>> YOU EITHER GOT TO LOOK UP AT THE SCREEN.

YEAH.

OR PUT THAT HEAD BACK.

YOU GOT TO GET SOME EXTRA SPEED.

>> THERE'S NO SCREEN IN THAT SOUTH END ZONE.

NOT YET ANYWAY.

>> HERE'S THE HERE'S THE END OF THE HALF.

THEY GO JUMBO.

YOU KNEW SOMETHING WAS COMING OFF.

YOU GET BOOED OFF IT.

ONLY EIGHT SECONDS.

THEY COULDN'T REALLY RUN THE BALL AND RISK NOT BEING ABLE TO SCORE.

THEY THROW THE BALL TO LINDENMEYER, HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY MANY MORE TO COME.

AND HERE'S THE RUN.

I THINK THAT KIND OF GOT HIM EXCITED BECAUSE THE NEXT COUPLE THROWS AFTER THIS WERE A LITTLE OFF.

YOU KNOW HOLGORSEN WAS TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY.

HE GOT A LITTLE PUMPED.

THEY ENDED UP HAVING TO SETTLE FOR A 52 YARD FIELD GOAL, WHICH IS WIDE AND SHORT.

>> YEAH IT WAS.

THE OPERATION WAS NOT CLEAN.

COOK HAD A HARD TIME WITH THAT ONE TO GET HOLD DOWN QUICK ENOUGH.

>> YEAH.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE?

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT GILMER?

>> WELL, I LIKE THAT HE ATTACKS THE BALL.

NUMBER ONE.

HE WORKS AT HIS CRAFT.

YOU CAN TELL THAT HE RUNS REALLY, REALLY GOOD ROUTES.

HE'S PHYSICAL.

I THINK HE'S MORE PHYSICAL THAN HIS STATURE REALLY LEADS ON.

AND HE'S A HAND CATCHER SO HE CAN CATCH IT WITH HIS CATCH RADIUS REAL WELL.

>> YEAH.

AND THEN YOU GO JUMBO AGAIN.

THAT TIME YOU GET THE TOUCHDOWN.

NOT, NOT NOT A SURPRISE BECAUSE GENATONE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD IN THIS SITUATION.

DOESN'T NECESSARILY FOLLOW HIS BIG MEN.

HE GOES INSIDE AND MAKES HIS OWN HOHL.

>> YEAH, I WISH THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE THIRD QUARTER JUST SO WE CAN.

>> YOU KNOW, SPACE OUT THE SCORING.

>> OUT THE SCORING A LITTLE BIT THOUGH THAT FOURTH FOURTH QUARTER IS GREAT.

YEAH.

I THINK THEY'RE SCORING OVER 70 POINTS SO FAR IN FOUR QUARTERS.

SO THAT'S NOT A BAD STAT EITHER.

>> HERE'S THE BIG RUN INSIDE, OUTSIDE, INSIDE AGAIN COLANDREA GOES 51 YARDS ON A VERY LONG RUN PUTTING HIM TEN CARRIES FOR 108 YARDS.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE SLANT.

>> YEAH BUT THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PASS RIGHT THERE.

>> HE THREW THAT SAME ROUTE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER OUTSIDE IN THE OHIO GAME FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

THIS ONE A LITTLE MORE INSIDE.

>> IT'S A REALLY GOOD ROUTE BECAUSE THAT TAKES SOME ARM STRENGTH AND ACCURACY TO THROW THAT TYPE OF ROUTE.

>> YEAH NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS.

AND THIS YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY PUTS IT OUT OF REACH HERE.

GILMER WITH THE CATCH.

MAKING A GUY MISS GETTING THERE GETTING INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

NEBRASKA WINNING IT AS WE MENTIONED BY 23.

NICE JOB HERE.

MAKING THE GUY MISS AND THEN FINISHING IT AND GETTING THE END ZONE.

WE LOOK AT THE FINAL STATS AND CHECK THOSE OUT TO SEE JUST WHAT THE DOMINATION OF THE SECOND HALF THE STATS LOOK.

KIND OF EVEN IF YOU DID FIRST HALF, THE SECOND HALF BE A BIG DIFFERENCE, BUT A BIG ONE TOO.

AGAIN, NEBRASKA WINS THE TURNOVER BATTLE, WHICH IS ALWAYS HUGE.

AND AS YOU SEE 28 TOTAL PENALTIES IN THE GAME.

CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT.

ALL RIGHT.

LOTS OF HOT TAKES GOING INTO THE HUGE MATCHUP OF COURSE AGAINST INDIANA.

IT'S ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.

THIS ONE COMES FROM CHAD WAGNER ON YOUTUBE.

HE SAYS I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I PREDICTED THIS OVER A MONTH AGO.

CHAD'S HOT TAKE IS NEBRASKA SHOCKS THE WORLD AND BEATS INDIANA IN LINCOLN WITH A WALK-OFF, GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL.

COLANDREA BALLS OUT GETS IT DONE.

IS IT A REAL HOT TAKE?

WHAT DO YOU PICK THEM TO WIN?

SO I KNOW YOU THINK IT'S A REAL DEAL.

YEAH, IT'S A REAL HOT TAKE.

YOU MIGHT GET THE TRIPLE CROWN RIGHT.

BIG WIN.

YOU TOP 25 WIN.

YOU PROBABLY GET RANKED.

AND OBVIOUSLY THEN ALSO ADD ON TOP A TOP TEN WIN AS WELL.

>> YEAH.

HONESTLY IF YOU BEAT THEM RIGHT, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT GETTING THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF HAS TO HAPPEN RIGHT THEN.

>> OH RIGHT THEN.

AND YOU PROBABLY GO FROM WHAT JAY SAID WHAT NUMBER 31 RIGHT NOW.

PROBABLY TOP 15.

SO THEN YOU REALLY YOU HOLD YOUR OWN DESTINY IN YOUR HANDS.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

KEEP SENDING US YOUR TAKES.

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

WE'LL SHOWCASE THE BEST RIGHT HERE ON THE SHOW AT FUTURE TAKE.

ALSO WIN A COPY OF SEAN CALLAHAN'S BOOK, THE PROGRAM.

WHEN WE COME BACK, JAY MOORE BREAKS DOWN THE X'S AND O'S FROM SATURDAY'S GAME AND STEVEN M. SIPPLE JOINS US TO TALK ALL THINGS HUSKER FOOTBALL AS WE GO TO BREAK.

IMAGES FROM SATURDAY'S VICTORY AGAINST MARYLAND, COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

STAY WITH US.

WE'RE BACK SOON.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) TAKE A LOOK AT A COUPLE PLAYS.

ONE BAD PLAY, ONE GOOD PLAY.

NEBRASKA MADE SOME NICE ADJUSTMENTS DEFENSIVELY FROM THE FIRST HALF TO THE SECOND HALF.

LET'S HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS THEY MADE.

SO LET'S LOOK AT THIS DURR RECEPTION THEY HAD ON THE SLANT PLAY.

SO YOU HAVE DURR RIGHT HERE RIGHT.

HE'S THE NUMBER TWO RECEIVER RIGHT.

YOU COUNT OUTSIDE NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO DONOVAN JONES IS GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE.

NOW OBVIOUSLY DONOVAN JONES IS NOT MISS THE TACKLE.

BUT HE COULD HAVE HELPED OUT.

CALEB BENNING WHO IS RIGHT HERE.

OKAY NEBRASKA IS IN QUARTERS COVERAGE.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DONOVAN JONES AS DURR COMES OUT.

IT'S CALLED.

JUST GET A LITTLE PIECE OF HIM.

EITHER FORCE HIM OUTSIDE REROUTE HIM SOMEHOW SOME WAY.

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GET A HAND ON THIS INSIDE NUMBER TWO RECEIVER, THIS PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE SAFETY.

SO YOU CAN SEE AS I RUN THIS PLAY, JONES WORKS OUT HERE TO QUARTERS RIGHT.

DOES NOT GIVES DURR A FREE RELEASE.

NOW CALEB BENNING DIDN'T TAKE THE BEST OF ANGLES, BUT HE COULD HAVE HELPED OUT HIS SAFETY BY JUST MAKING DURR REROUTE TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TIME SO CALEB COULD HAVE CAME DOWN AND MAKE THE PLAY.

SO NOW SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT PLAYS.

OKAY, THEY RAN THAT PLAY BEFORE FRONT SIDE SO THEY RAN TO THE FIELD.

NOW THERE THE BALL IS ON THE HASH.

SO FIELDS OVER HERE, BOUNDARIES HERE.

DWAYNE MCDOUGLE.

ALL RIGHT.

HE SAID THEY LIKE TO RUN SLANTS ON THE BACKSIDE AGAINST MAN COVERAGE.

SO HE READS THIS VERY NICELY.

SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ROUTE.

BUT DWAYNE MCDOUGLE JUST DOES A GOOD JOB OF TRUSTING HIS KEYS IN HIS SENSES AND DID SOME NICE FILM STUDY ON THIS.

SO YOU RUN THIS HERE.

HE SEES THEY RUN A LITTLE SLANT TO THE BACK SIDE TOWARD THE BOUNDARY.

HE SEES IT.

BOOM SITS ON IT NICELY.

THIS PLAY RIGHT HERE COMPLETELY CHANGED THE GAME.

IT WAS DEAD IN THE STADIUM.

PICK SIX SCORING ON THE DEFENSE GIVES NEBRASKA A CHANCE, RIGHT.

THEY GET THE LEAD AT HALF.

THIS PLAY RIGHT HERE CHANGES THE BALL GAME.

>> AND NOTICE AT THE END HE WENT TO PROTECT THE BALL TO GET KNOCKED AWAY.

JUST LIKE YOU'RE TAUGHT TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT THAT BALL PUT AWAY TUCKED AWAY SO NOBODY CAN COME BEHIND YOU AND KNOCK IT OUT.

WE'RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY HUSKER ONLINE SPORTSWRITER STEVE SIPPLE.

SIP, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ON.

>> SIPPLE USED TO ALWAYS JOKE THAT DOING A TALK SHOW OR WHATEVER IN THE 90S WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THAT MUCH FUN BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST BLOWING OUT PEOPLE.

YOU GOT TO BLOW OUT AND YOU HAD ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY PLAYED EARLY ON.

WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE THIS WEEK FOR YOU GUYS?

>> IT'S JUST IT'S ALWAYS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

I MEAN, THERE WAS THERE WAS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT WITHIN THIS GAME, THE CONFERENCE.

WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU IS THAT CONVERSATION IN A LOT OF THESE GAMES CHANGES AS THE GAME GOES ON FAIRLY DRAMATICALLY.

I MEAN, SEAN CALLAHAN, WHO I WORK WITH, TURNED TO ME.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY.

LIKE HE TURNED TO ME IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND SAID, THEY'RE ON PACE FOR THEY'RE ON PACE FOR 800 YARDS.

>> HE LOVES BEING ON PACE.

>> HE'S ON PACE.

THEY'RE ON PACE FOR 800.

I'M LIKE, COME ON.

BUT YOU KNOW THEN AT HALFTIME YOU KNOW NEBRASKA GOES AHEAD.

YOU KNOW RIGHT AT THE END THERE.

AND YOU KIND OF CHUCKLE LIKE THEY'RE AHEAD.

YEAH.

LIKE AFTER ALL THIS THEY'RE AHEAD.

THEY'RE PROBABLY OKAY.

YOU KNOW.

SO YEAH, IT'S SORT OF AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.

>> I MEAN, WHEN THEY FOR HOW SLOPPY THE FIRST HALF WAS AND HAVING THAT LEAD, NORMALLY TEAMS IN THE PAST OF NEBRASKA HAVING THOSE ISSUES DON'T COME OUT OF THAT.

WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU ABOUT THIS TEAM AND THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE THAT NEXT PLAY MENTALITY THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN IN YEARS PAST?

>> VETERAN TEAM?

I MEAN, I THINK SOME OF IT'S THAT THERE ARE A BUNCH OF OLDER GUYS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PORTAL KIND OF A FORGED OPPORTUNITY TO GO GET A BUNCH OF GUYS THAT ARE GROWN MEN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THOSE GUYS UP FRONT.

STOUDMIRE IS A GROWN MAN.

THEY GOT WHITTINGTON'S A YOUNGER GUY, YOU KNOW, CHAMBLISS GROWN MAN, DEXTER FOSTER GROWN MAN.

MCDOUGLE GROWN MAN.

THEY'RE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST LESS APT TO KIND OF FREAK OUT, YOU KNOW?

SO I THINK THAT I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF THAT.

AND THERE'S, I THINK IT'S A TOUGH MINDED TEAM.

I THINK THEY'VE THEY'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

I'D SAY.

PAT STEWART DID A GOOD JOB OF GOING OUT AND GETTING TOUGH MINDED FOOTBALL PLAYERS THAT FIT THE KIND OF CULTURE THAT RHULE WANTS, I THINK RULE I MEAN, I THINK RULE, YOU KNOW, HE'S THE LEADER.

THE TEAM'S GOT TO HAVE HIS PERSONALITY.

I MEAN, HE'S I THINK HE'S A COMPLICATED INDIVIDUAL, BUT I DO THINK HE'S PRETTY TOUGH.

AND I THINK HIS TEAM REFLECTS THAT A LITTLE BIT.

THEY'RE KIND OF SCRAPPY FIGHTERS.

AND THEY HAVE TO BE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO OUT TALENT.

FOR INSTANCE, INDIANA.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK LAST YEAR WITH YEAR THREE.

NOW WE'RE IN YEAR FOUR AND NOW WE'RE PLAYING INDIANA.

THEY'RE UNDEFEATED.

WE'RE UNDEFEATED.

HOW BIG IS THIS GAME TO THE OVERALL PICTURE OF NEBRASKA FOOTBALL IN THIS TENURE?

>> I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT THEY'RE NOT NEBRASKA'S NOT RANKED.

IF THEY WIN TOP 15.

AND THEN EVERYTHING IT SHIFTS SO DRAMATICALLY BECAUSE THERE'S A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF NOW.

AND IF THEY WIN, IF THEY BEAT THE NUMBER SEVEN RANKED TEAM IN THE COUNTRY, THEY'RE IN THE CONVERSATION.

THEY'RE IN THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE, OKAY, WELL, MAYBE THEY LOSE TWO.

MAYBE THEY MAYBE THEY GO TO EUGENE AND FALL AND MAYBE THEY LOSE TO OHIO STATE.

BUT IF THEY'RE 10-2 AT THE END WITH A WIN AGAINST INDIANA, THEY'RE STILL IN THE CONVERSATION.

SO THAT CHANGES THE CONVERSATION DRAMATICALLY FROM A LOT OF BIG GAMES IN THE PAST WHEN THERE WAS NO PLAYOFF, RIGHT.

JUST THAT FACT ALONE CHANGES IT.

SO YOU CAN SHIFT A LOT WITH THIS GAME.

>> I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING.

IF THEY GO IN THAT IOWA GAME WITH A CHANCE TO GO 10-2, THAT'D BE THE BIGGEST.

THAT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST ONE THEY'VE PLAYED SO FAR.

>> GIVES ME THE CHILLS.

>> IT'D BE HUGE.

IT'D BE HUGE.

>> I DON'T GET THE CHILLS VERY EASY.

>> I KNOW.

>> WE'LL GET YOU A BLANKET.

>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW YOU AGREE WITH, I AGREE WITH, I WORRY A LITTLE BIT WITH USAGE RATE OF ANTHONY COLANDREA.

IT WAS LIKE 73% RIGHT.

TWO GAMES IN A ROW.

THAT'S A CONCERN GUYS.

NOT A BIG GUY.

THAT'S A LOT TO PUT ON HIM HAVING TO BE THE LEADING RUSHER AND OF COURSE BE THE QUARTERBACK.

>> WELL, YEAH, IT'S COMPLICATED THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.

FIRST OF ALL YOU WANT TO GET THE WHAT I CALL THE CONVENTIONAL RUNNING GAME GOING A LITTLE BIT.

IT JUST HASN'T IT'S SORT OF FITS AND STARTS IN THE BIG TEN SO FAR.

THAT WOULD TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF OF HIM.

I DON'T SEE IT HAPPEN AGAINST INDIANA.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAN ON HIM.

I THINK YOU GOT TO LEAN ON HIM.

I THINK WE'RE IN WE'RE BACK IN THIS SORT OF ADRIAN MARTINEZ CONVERSATION WHERE I THINK COLANDREA IN ORDER TO BEAT A TEAM LIKE INDIANA, HE MIGHT HAVE TO RUSH FOR 80 TO 100 AND THROW FOR 250 TO 300.

SO YOU'RE PUTTING A LOT ON HIM.

NOW COLANDREA IS A VETERAN PLAYER.

I THINK HE CAN HANDLE IT MENTALLY.

CAN HE HANDLE IT PHYSICALLY?

YOU KNOW THAT'S I THINK HE'S OKAY RIGHT NOW.

AND IF I, GUESS IF I'M A COACH, I'M THINKING ABOUT IT THAT WAY A LITTLE BIT.

YOU ALSO.

BUT IF THEY WIN YOU GOT YOU DO HAVE TO THINK A LITTLE LONG TERM.

YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY PHYSICAL TEAMS.

I MEAN THESE TEAMS ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL PHYSICAL.

SO I IT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE THEM.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM BE ABLE TO HAND OFF AND GET FOUR AND FIVE YARDS OF CRACK SOMETIMES.

>> WELL, GETTING JAMAL RULE BACK THIS WEEK, DO YOU THINK HAVING HIM BACK IN AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN HIM THROUGH THE FIRST THREE GAMES.

I GUESS HE GOT HURT IN THE MICHIGAN STATE GAME.

BUT HAVING HIM BACK IN DOES THIS HELP THE RUN GAME OR IS THIS MORE OF AN OFFENSIVE LINE ISSUE THAT YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR WITH WITH THE RUN GAME?

>> I MEAN, GO BACK TO THE FIRST FEW PLAYS AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE.

WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE HE GOT HAMMERED.

I MEAN IT WAS LIKE OKAY ROOKIE.

THIS IS, NOW THIS IS THE BIG TEN.

YEAH IT'S WAY DIFFERENT.

I'M NOT CONVINCED IT'S I DON'T THINK IT'S A RUNNING BACK ISSUE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I THINK IT'S AN OFFENSIVE LINE ISSUE.

AND I THINK YOU SEE THAT.

AND THEY RECONFIGURED IT.

YOU KNOW IF IT WASN'T THAT WE'D BE.

WE'D SEE THE SAME FIVE.

BUT THEY THEY SHUFFLED IT I THINK.

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WATCH THE GAMES AT A SUPER HIGH LEVEL.

I WATCH THEM AT SORT OF A LAYMAN'S LEVEL AND I CAN I CAN SEE THEY'RE NOT IT'S NOT WHAT YOU PROBABLY WANT UP FRONT RIGHT NOW.

>> SIP, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL WITH DEFENSE.

OBVIOUSLY, INDIANA'S RUNNING GAME IS REALLY GOOD.

AND OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A QUARTERBACK AND TWO LEGIT NFL RECEIVERS.

HOW MUCH PRESSURE IS IT ON THE DEFENSE IN THIS GAME AGAINST INDIANA TO EITHER BREAK EVEN OR WIN THEIR BATTLE AGAINST INDIANA'S OFFENSE?

>> WELL, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, IT STARTS IT USUALLY DOES START WITH THE RUN GAME.

AND I THINK THIS GAME IT IT'S THAT CONVERSATION IS PROFOUND BECAUSE OF TURBO RICHARD AND LEE BEEBE JR AND YOU KNOW I DON'T GOT TO GO INTO THEIR STATS.

WELL THEY EACH GOT A 200 YARD RUSHING GAME OKAY.

AND I WATCHED BEEBE AGAINST NORTHWESTERN.

I WATCHED RICHARD AGAINST RUTGERS.

THE THING YOU KNOW YOU CAN SAY WELL COME ON.

ALL THESE BIG TEN TEAMS HAVE GOOD RUNNING BACKS.

YEAH, SOME ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS AND SOME ATTACK MORE THAN OTHERS, AND SOME ARE HARDER TO TACKLE THAN OTHERS.

SOME ARE FASTER THAN OTHERS.

THESE TWO GUYS ARE A PROBLEM.

THEY'RE A BIG PROBLEM.

THEY ATTACK.

THEY'RE ATTACKING RUNNERS.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS ARCHIE GRIFFIN, BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE A PROBLEM.

I MEAN, I'D HAVE TO I GOT TO WATCH IT A LITTLE MORE.

BUT THEY THEY'LL ATTACK THE EDGE.

THAT'S WHAT SCARES ME THE MOST.

THE SAFETY.

I WAS TALKING TO JAY ACTUALLY, WHILE YOU WERE TALKING.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TALKING TO HIM.

BUT THEY ATTACK THE EDGE.

THAT SAFETIES GOT A BIG JOB.

THIS CONN AND MCDOUGLE, THOSE GUYS BETTER COME READY TO TACKLE.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

AND WE TALK ABOUT THE RUNNING BACKS.

BUT BECKER AND MARSH HAVE 50 CATCHES FOR OVER 800 YARDS AND 12 TOUCHDOWNS.

SO THEY'RE GOOD TOO.

THEY'RE GOOD.

BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SPECIAL TEAMS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAD A LIST IN YOUR COLUMN SUNDAY MORNING OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPENED.

FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT IT?

WHAT PART OF SPECIAL TEAMS AND WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S GOTTEN LIKE THIS?

>> JUST A GENERAL SLOPPINESS IS IT'S SORT OF AN OVERARCHING CONCERN.

JUST THE LITTLE THINGS THAT SORT OF ADD UP.

THERE'S NOTHING MAJOR.

IN FACT, IT'S INTERESTING IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATS, NEBRASKA'S NET PUNTING MUCH BETTER THAN INDIANA'S.

>> YEAH, IT'S LIKE 65TH IN THE COUNTRY.

>> YEAH, PUNT COVERAGE IS GOOD THERE.

NEBRASKA'S PUNT COVERAGE IS EXCELLENT.

>> ALWAYS GOOD.

>> BUT I DON'T KNOW.

THE THINGS THAT BOTHER ME THE MOST IS WHEN THREE STRAIGHT TIMES YOU RETURN THE BALL SHORT OF THE 25.

YOU CAN DO THAT AGAINST SOME TEAMS AND BE OKAY.

JUST A LITTLE MISTAKES, LIKE NOT HAVING A GUY OUT THERE ON P.A.T.

OR OFFSIDES ON KICKOFFS.

IT'S JUST, YEAH, YOU JUST GOT TO GET IT TIGHTENED UP.

IT'S NOT.

BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A CODE RED RIGHT NOW.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I KEEP SAYING THEY'RE KIND OF ONE GAME AWAY FROM MAJOR CATASTROPHE.

THEN IT'S CODE RED.

>> THIS IS A GAME THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BRING UP CODE RED.

THE SPECIAL TEAMS YOU.

>> KNOW GET STRAIGHTENED OUT.

>> YEAH.

GOT TO GET STRAIGHTENED OUT.

YOU GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT HOOVER'S DONE.

70% COMPLETION SO FAR.

NO INTERCEPTIONS.

WHAT DOES NEBRASKA NEED TO DO DEFENSIVELY TO TRY TO.

THEY'VE BEEN GREAT RIGHT.

PLUS SIX.

SO THESE FIVE GAMES CAN NEBRASKA KEEP THIS GOING TO GET HOOVER TO THROW HIM THE FOOTBALL BECAUSE HE HASN'T DONE IT YET THROUGH THE FIRST FIVE GAMES.

>> NO, NO INTERCEPTIONS.

YEAH THEY CAN THEY CAN DO IT.

I MEAN AGAIN I JUST GO BACK TO STOPPING THE RUN.

AND MAYBE YOU CAN RUSH MORE THAN FOUR.

I DON'T THINK NEBRASKA'S GOING TO GET HOME WITH FOUR.

SO YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT YOU GOT TO DEVISE SOME WAYS TO GET TO THEM.

BUT AURICH IS GOOD AT IT.

I MEAN, I THINK HE YOU GOT TO PROBABLY CREATE PRESSURE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU GOT A GUY THAT YOU CAN JUST, WILLIAMS NWANERI IS PROBABLY THE CLOSEST THING WHERE YOU CAN JUST SAY, ALL RIGHT, GO GET HIM.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S THAT GUY YET.

I THINK THEY'RE I HAVEN'T DONE MY A FULL SCOUT ON INDIANA.

BUT THEIR LEFT TACKLES GOOD.

>> THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE IS REALLY BAD.

>> SO IT'S I DON'T KNOW.

AGAIN I JUST GO BACK.

YOU BETTER STOP THE RUN FIRST.

DON'T.

I MEAN IF THEY'RE YOU KNOW IF YOU CAN GET THEM IN THIRD AND LONG THEN YOU'RE IN BUSINESS.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY CHALLENGING.

>> YEAH.

>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT NEBRASKA'S TRANSFER PORTAL GUYS.

OWEN CHAMBLISS OBVIOUSLY I THINK HE'S STARTING TO GET INTO FOOTBALL SHAPE.

OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A LITTLE BANGED UP EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

DO YOU THINK THIS IS THE GAME THAT IS ALL RIGHT.

OWEN CHAMBLISS HE'S ARRIVED.

THIS HAS TO BE A BENCHMARK GAME FOR HIM.

>> YEAH I MEAN FOR ABOUT FOR A LOT OF GUYS.

I MEAN YOU PROBABLY ARE GOING TO NEED THAT.

YEAH HE'S A STABILIZER.

HE'S GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT IN THE RUN GAME.

BUT JUST I THINK AS A STABLE HEY IT'S KIND OF IT'S GOING TO GET SIDEWAYS IN THIS GAME.

YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE I MEAN IT'S GOING TO GET THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME REALLY DIFFICULT MOMENTS FOR THE DEFENSE.

AND THAT'S HE'S A STABILIZER RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOT.

HE'S GOT TO BE.

BUT HE'S ALSO BEEN PRODUCTIVE.

I MEAN HE'S NOT JUST A VOICE OUT THERE.

HE'S MAKING PLAYS.

HE'S BEEN THE SECOND LEADING TACKLE OR FIRST LEADING TACKLER THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES I BELIEVE.

SO HE'S BEEN PRODUCTIVE.

BUT I A LOT OF IT'S I MEAN IT'S A LOT OF IT'S STABILIZING.

BUT HE DOES HAVE TO MAKE PLAYS WHICH HE IS.

HE HAD THE INTERCEPTION AT MICHIGAN STATE.

HE'S DONE A LOT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I THINK HE'S PLAYED HIMSELF BACK INTO BETTER SHAPE.

AND THAT'S HE'S GOING TO BE NEEDED.

HE AND A LOT OF GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CLICK ON ALL CYLINDERS.

IT'S MORE THAN JUST JAM.

>> YEAH.

LAST THING SIP.

EASY QUESTION.

SEVEN GAMES LEFT, WHAT'S YOUR RECORD?

>> OH I GOT HIM.

I'M TRENT.

I'VE BEEN VERY STEADFAST ABOUT 7-5 IN A REGULAR SEASON, BUT... >> OKAY.

WHAT'S CHANGED OR NO?

>> YEAH.

IT'S I'M, I'VE KIND OF I'M MORE OPEN TO EIGHT RIGHT NOW.

I'M NOT GOING TO GET TOO CRAZY THOUGH.

I WANT TO SEE.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S A. THE CONVERSATION EVOLVES.

>> PRINCE SAID IT BEST.

LET'S GET CRAZY.

>> YOU WANT TO GET CRAZY.

>> LET'S GET CRAZY.

>> DO YOU REALLY.

>> I REALLY WANT TO GET CRAZY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

>> YOU'RE A LITTLE OLD.

>> SIP, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

AS ALWAYS, HEADSET COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY FOR SUCCESS ON THE SIDELINES ON SATURDAY.

FOR SOME PROGRAMS, THE COST BEHIND THE TECHNOLOGY CAN BE PROHIBITIVE.

AT NAIA CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IN SEWARD, THEIR HEAD COACH HELPED PIONEER A NEW FORM OF SIDELINE COMMUNICATION THAT'S HELPING PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> I THINK YOU'RE JUST ALWAYS LOOKING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S TRUE OF ANYBODY.

OR AT LEAST IT SHOULD BE IF YOU'RE A LEADER IN ANY CAPACITY.

I THINK IT'S YOUR DUTY TO TRY AND FIND THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THINGS.

>> HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE LEFT TRIPLE TIGER, RIGHT BUBBLE.

>> THE HEADSET APP STARTED AS A BUDGET PROBLEM.

WHY DOES HEADSET COMMUNICATION HAVE TO COST SO MUCH?

I WENT TO REPLACE THE HEADSETS AND GOT A BILL FOR $64,000 TO REPLACE TEN HEADSETS, AND IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE COMMON SENSE THAT IT WOULD COST THAT MUCH.

>> PATRICK CAME TO ME IN LATE 2022, AND WE WERE JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION, HE SAID.

I JUST GOT QUOTED $64,000 FOR A HEADSET SYSTEM.

HE LITERALLY PULLED OUT HIS PHONE AND HIS EARBUDS AND HE'S LIKE, TELL ME THIS CAN'T WORK.

THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY.

AND FROM THAT POINT, WE DECIDED, OKAY, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING HERE.

HEADSET TECHNOLOGY HAS NOT ADVANCED IN EXTRAVAGANTLY IN THE COURSE OF 20 OR 30 YEARS.

IT'S ALL BEEN RADIO BASED TECHNOLOGY.

NOBODY'S REALLY STEPPED INTO A NEW WAY TO THINK ABOUT SOLVING THAT PROBLEM.

(TECHNO MUSIC) SO OUR ENTIRE GOAL WAS TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT FEELS COMPLEX AND MAKE IT SIMPLE IN THE DESIGN THINKING REALM.

(SILENT) (SWOOSH) >> ALL RIGHT, TIME TO CHECK OUT OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME ON SATURDAY.

FIRST UP DWAYNE MCDOUGLE.

HUGE DAY.

OF COURSE, THE 81 YARD PICK SIX AND OFFENSIVELY IT HAS TO BE ANTHONY COLANDREA RIGHT.

PUT THE TEAM ON HIS BACK.

YOU HAD 391 TOTAL YARDS.

AND THOSE THREE TOUCHDOWNS.

A GREAT DAY FOR HIM OVERALL.

NEXT UP ON THE SHOW SEAN CALLAHAN JOINS US.

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH RECRUITING.

BUT FIRST WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE MARYLAND GAME COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

WE'RE BACK SOON.

GAME COURTESY OF HURRDAT SPORTS.

WE'RE BACK SOON.

>> YOU KNOW I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT RANKINGS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

PAY ZERO ATTENTION TO IT.

THEY'RE THE BEST TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY'VE PROVED IT.

>> THEY'RE SUCCESS AT JMU.

I THINK HEATHER WAS THERE FOR FOR A WHILE AS WELL.

WHO WAS WITH MIAMI.

JUST WATCHING THAT PROGRAM DEVELOP AS THEY STEP INTO FBS FOOTBALL AND THEN HAVE SUCCESS IN THAT CONFERENCE WAS SOMETHING I ALWAYS PAID ATTENTION TO AND JUST STUDYING GOOD FOOTBALL TEAMS.

>> SINCE THE START OF LAST YEAR, WE WERE FOURTH IN THE FEWEST TURNOVERS AT 13, BUT INDIANA'S FIRST.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T TURN THE BALL OVER.

THEY'RE METHODICAL AND AND JUST SEEM LIKE YOU KNOW JAMAL WAS THERE IF NEEDED.

NOT IN TERMS OF LIKE THE SCORE.

BUT IF HEY YOU HAVE A COUPLE INJURIES, MEKHI CAN'T GO.

JAMAL WOULD HAVE GONE IN THE GAME.

BUT JUST FELT LIKE WITH HIM IT WAS YOU KNOW WORTH ANOTHER WEEK.

SO I THINK IT WAS 28 ACCEPTED PENALTIES IN ONE GAME.

I THINK YOU GUYS ALL KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT.

I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS RIGHT.

I THINK OTHER PEOPLE PROBABLY FEEL THAT WAY TOO, TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU, RIGHT.

I THINK WHEN YOU CALL, YOU KNOW, DEFENSIVE HOLDING AND THEN WE RUN THE SAME ROUTE AND WE GET DEFENSIVE HELD, AND THEN YOU CALL INTENTIONAL GROUNDING WHEN THE QUARTERBACK IS THROWING THE BALL TO THE SPOT OF THE GUY WHO GOT GRABBED, I'M, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, LIKE I'VE BEEN VERY POISED THIS YEAR.

I DIDN'T HAVE A TON OF POISE AT THAT MOMENT BECAUSE I WAS REALLY, REALLY UPSET BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT FAIR TO OUR KIDS.

IT'S A STUPID DECISION, FIRST OF ALL.

OKAY.

AND SO I ASKED THE OFFICIAL, HE SAID, YOU WENT ON THE KICKOFF.

I SAID, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE I MY ANGLE, I COULDN'T QUITE TELL.

AND I WAS LIKE, DID YOU MAKE IT?

HE SAID.

AND HE SAID, YEAH, HE MADE IT.

SO I SAID, OKAY, I'LL TAKE IT ON THE KICKOFF.

AND THEN IT WAS 48.

I SAID, WHY IS IT 48?

HE SAID, WE MISSED IT.

I SAID, WELL, I JUST ASKED YOU THIS, SO IT'S POOR BY ME.

I'M NOT GOING TO BLAME AS POOR BY ME, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE GAME TO WATCH, YOU KNOW, A NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAME WATCH, YOU KNOW, BIG NOON FOX WATCH INDIANA.

MY MESSAGE TO OUR RECRUITS IS THAT'S WHAT OUR THAT'S WHAT OUR CROWD LOOKED LIKE AT NORTH DAKOTA AND OHIO.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO WATCH THE HUSKERS, TOO.

SO I UNDERSTAND EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING TO MAKE THIS GAME ABOUT THE OTHER TEAM.

BUT A LOT OF OUR CROWD COMES FOR US.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST TO PLAY OUR BEST AND HONOR THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELCOME BACK TO BIG RED WRAP-UP.

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

AND TIME TO TALK.

SOME RECRUITING.

HAD SOME REALLY BIG NAMES IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND.

>> YEAH IT WAS A HEADLINE WEEKEND FOR NEBRASKA.

3:00 KICK.

GREAT CONDITIONS.

BUT THE BIG SURPRISE WAS AHMAD HUDSON, THE FIVE STAR TIGHT END COMMITTED TO LSU, CAME TO NEBRASKA, VISITED LINCOLN ALMOST UNANNOUNCED.

IT WASN'T REALLY WELL KNOWN BY MANY PEOPLE I KNOW.

IT WAS A BIG SURPRISE TO THE STAFF THAT HE WAS COMING IN ON FRIDAY, STILL COMMITTED TO LSU, BUT PRETTY BIG PIECE IN THE PROCESS THAT HE VISITED.

>> HOW BIG OF A DEAL IS THE BASKETBALL COMPONENT TO IT?

>> WELL, I THINK BOTH SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO LET HIM PLAY BASKETBALL.

BUT AGAIN, HE WOULDN'T JOIN A BASKETBALL PROGRAM UNTIL JANUARY.

AND SEC AND BIG TEN, AS YOU KNOW, ARE BOTH HIGHLY COMPETITIVE LEAGUES.

SO FOOTBALL IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

BUT HE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT BOTH LSU OR NEBRASKA TO PLAY BASKETBALL.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR FEATURED RECRUIT COREY HADLEY OUT OF GEORGIA.

>> YEAH.

COREY HADLEY IS ONE OF THE TOP DEFENSIVE BACKS IN THIS CLASS.

IT'S A LOADED DEFENSIVE BACK CLASS FOR NEBRASKA.

BUT HADLEY, A FOUR STAR SAFETY OUT OF GEORGIA, HAD A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW HIM ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW STAYED COMMITTED TO NEBRASKA.

THAT WAS THE KEY.

THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS CAME IN, TRIED TO GET HIM TO VISIT AND MAKE A PUSH AT HIM.

STAYED WITH HIS COMMITMENT.

IT'S A VERY TIGHT GROUP OF DEFENSIVE BACKS IN THIS CLASS.

IT'S A VERY TIGHT RECRUITING CLASS OVERALL, AND THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR ADDISON WILLIAMS TO KEEP COREY HADLEY COMMITTED.

>> THAT'S WHAT OUR IN-STATE RECRUIT ANDREJ SABATKA.

LET'S TALK ABOUT HIM AND HIS SIZE AND WHERE HE'S GOING TO END UP.

>> YEAH SABATKA IS GOING TO NORTH DAKOTA STATE.

6'5", 245.

HE PLAYED AT HASTINGS SAINT CECILIA AS A JUNIOR HIS SENIOR YEAR.

HE'S GOING TO PLAY 11 MAN FOOTBALL.

HE'S AT 11 MAN RIGHT NOW AT GRAND ISLAND CENTRAL CATHOLIC.

AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY LOADED AS A C2 TEAM WITH OWEN PRICE AND SABATKA AS THE EDGE.

THE FRONT SEVEN DEFENSIVE PLAYERS.

THOSE ARE TWO HIGH LEVEL D1 GUYS.

I LOOK AT SABATKA AS ONE OF THOSE GUYS.

WHEN HE GOES TO NORTH DAKOTA STATE, HE COULD PLAY A COUPLE OF YEARS THERE AND BE A PRETTY GOOD TARGET FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE HE'S GOT ALL THE MAKINGS, ALL THE MEASURABLES.

THIS IS HIS FIRST YEAR OF PLAYING 11 MAN FOOTBALL, SO I THINK THE DEVELOPMENT PATH THAT HE'LL GET BY GOING TO NORTH DAKOTA STATE, HE'S GOING TO GET A LOT BETTER AT FOOTBALL IN THE NEXT YEAR.

>> YOU PUT TOGETHER YOUR PORTAL RESUME.

WHILE YOU'RE THERE.

>> YOU GET YOUR LIKE IKE ACKERMAN AT OHIO.

>> EXACTLY.

NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

THANKS, SEAN.

BE SURE TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK'S SIDELINE SURVEY.

ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT NEBRASKA'S RUN GAME THROUGH TWO GAMES IN THE CONFERENCE SEASON?

MAKE SURE TO VISIT THE WRAP-UP WEBSITE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, 79% OF PEOPLE SAY, YES, WE NEED RULE BACK AND HE WILL BE BACK.

AND THEN 15% SAY NO.

COLANDREA WILL HELP US.

AND 6% OF PEOPLE SAY, I JUST WANT MORE PASSING.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN.

MINNESOTA HAD THE BEST DAY OF PJ FLECK'S LIFE, BEATING MICHIGAN AT HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 49 YEARS.

I'M SURE HIS HIS KIDS AND HIS WIFE JUST APPRECIATE THAT TOO.

NORTHWESTERN SEEMED TO BE THE REAL DEAL, OPENING THEIR NEW STADIUM WITH A 34-13 VICTORY OVER THE NITTANY LIONS AND ON THE EAST COAST, INDIANA MADE EASY WORK OF RUTGERS, THE TUNE OF 47-15.

HIT A PREVIEW OF NEBRASKA'S UPCOMING GAME AGAINST INDIANA.

PETE DIPRIMO, MEMBER OF THE INDIANA SPORTS WRITERS HALL OF FAME.

PETE, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME AND COMING ON WITH US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> PETE YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME, MAN.

WHAT IS WHAT'S THE FEELING LIKE WITH WHAT INDIANA IS NOW?

THEY HAVE MAYBE THE MOST FAMOUS HEAD COACH IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WHAT'S THAT FEELING LIKE FOR YOU?

A GUY WHO COVERED THE TEAM FOR SO LONG?

>> IT'S LIKE AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE BECAUSE FOR YEARS INDIANA WAS MEDIOCRE AT BEST.

AND THEN THEY STRUGGLED THE LAST COUPLE YEARS UNDER TOM ALLEN.

AND AS SOON AS CURT CIGNETTI GOT HERE, IT WAS INSTANT SUCCESS.

HE'S 32-2, WON 21 CONSECUTIVE GAMES, SO IT IS AN AMAZING TURNAROUND.

IU NOW SELLS OUT ALL THE TIME, WHICH DIDN'T HAPPEN BEFORE.

SO YEAH, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AND IF YOU HAD ASKED ANYBODY COULD INDIANA WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, IT WOULD HAVE SEEMED LUDICROUS.

BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S THE NORM.

>> PETE, I WANT TO YOU TALKED ABOUT CIGNETTI.

HE HAD TO DEFEND HIS QUARTERBACK JUST A COUPLE OF PRESS CONFERENCES AGO WITH HOOVER.

AND I WAS JUST KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THE YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE STATS 70% COMPLETION, NO TURNOVERS, DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT TO BE CRITICIZED.

BUT WHAT WAS HE REFERRING TO IN HAVING TO DEFEND HIS DEFEND HIS QUARTERBACK AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO?

>> WELL, OCCASIONALLY JOSH HOOVER'S A QUARTERBACK AND HE'S MISSED SOME OPEN RECEIVERS.

SOME OF THE TIMING ISN'T QUITE DOWN YET.

BUT HE STILL, AS YOU MENTIONED, COMPLETING 71% OF HIS PASSES.

SO IT'S NOT THAT BAD.

I THINK SOMETIMES THE HOOSIER NATION, THE FANS JUST HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE ANGST BECAUSE BECAUSE HE HAS TO FOLLOW FERNANDO MENDOZA, HEISMAN TROPHY QUARTERBACK.

BUT THEIR NUMBERS AFTER THE FIRST FIVE GAMES ARE VERY SIMILAR.

SO JOSH IS FINE.

HE'S EXTREMELY ACCURATE.

HE WAS VERY ACCURATE AT TCU.

THE ONE GLITCH WAS THE TURNOVERS.

AND HE'S HAD ZERO INTERCEPTIONS 15 TOUCHDOWNS ZERO INTERCEPTIONS.

HE'S BEEN REMARKABLE.

AND HE'LL PROBABLY JUST GET BETTER.

>> PETE I WANTED TO ASK YOU THE DIFFERENCE IN INDIANA IN LITERALLY EIGHT DAYS FROM THE NORTHWESTERN GAME TO THE RUTGERS GAME.

OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BIT SLOPPY TO INDIANA STANDARD.

WHAT DID YOU SEE THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NORTHWESTERN GAME AND THE RUTGERS GAME EIGHT DAYS LATER?

>> WELL, ONE, NORTHWESTERN IS A VERY GOOD TEAM, AS THEY SHOWED TO PENN STATE.

SO A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH THE QUALITY OF NORTHWESTERN.

THEY HAVE A VERY ATHLETIC QUARTERBACK WHO'S VERY HARD TO TACKLE.

HAVING SAID THAT, INDIANA AGAINST RUTGERS HAD NO TURNOVERS, NO PENALTIES.

THEY RAN FOR 300 YARDS.

THEY HAD TWO TWO GUYS RUSH FOR OVER 100 YARDS.

ONE GUY, TURBO RICHARD, RUSHED FOR OVER 200 YARDS.

THEY HAD TWO RECEIVERS GO OVER 100 YARDS, YOU KNOW, RECEIVING YARDS.

JOSH HOOVER WAS VERY ACCURATE.

THEY HAVE A DEFENSE THAT GETS AFTER PEOPLE.

THEY JUST THEY'RE DIALING IT IN NOW.

AND WHILE MAYBE NORTHWESTERN HAD A FEW PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN, I THINK IT MORE HAD TO DO WITH THE QUALITY OF NORTHWESTERN THAN INDIANA STRUGGLES.

BUT INDIANA IS, I DON'T WANT TO SAY PEAKING BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO, BUT THEY ARE PLAYING MUCH BETTER NOW.

>> HEY, PETE, I'M CURIOUS, WHAT WILL THE TRAVELING BE LIKE FOR THE FAN BASE?

ARE YOU EXPECTING A LOT OF FANS TO MAKE THE TRIP TO NEBRASKA?

YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T KNOWN AS A FOOTBALL TRAVELING FAN BASE FOR MANY YEARS, BUT YOU WIN A NATIONAL TITLE.

I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING AND GOING TO THESE TYPES OF ROAD GAMES, LIKE NEBRASKA.

>> YEAH, ASSUMING THEY CAN GET TICKETS IN NEBRASKA.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW FROM THAT STANDPOINT, BUT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT INDIANA DID IN THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY HAD AT THE ROSE BOWL, THE PEACH BOWL, AND THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THEY HAVE THEIR ALUMNI BASE IS 805,000.

SO THEY'VE GOT LIKE THE LARGEST ALUMNI BASE IN THE COUNTRY.

IF THERE ARE TICKETS AVAILABLE, IU FANS WILL COME, ESPECIALLY FOR A GAME OF THIS MAGNITUDE.

>> PETE INDIANA BASICALLY HAS TWO NUMBER ONE RUNNING BACKS, TWO NUMBER ONE WIDE RECEIVERS.

YOU MENTIONED HOW ACCURATE HOOVER'S BEEN, VETERAN OFFENSIVE LINE.

IS THERE ANY WEAKNESS THAT YOU SEE ON THAT OFFENSE?

>> OH YOU >> YOU CAN ALWAYS GET BETTER.

EXECUTION CAN GET BETTER.

BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER RUNNING BACK, KHOBIE MARTIN, WHO INJURED HIS ARM LIKE ONE PLAY INTO THE SEASON OPENER.

HE'S BASICALLY AS GOOD AS TURBO RICHARDS AND LEE BEEBE JR, SO THEY REALLY HAVE THREE DYNAMIC RUNNING BACKS AND MARTIN.

SUPPOSEDLY HE WILL BE COMING BACK MIDSEASON, WHICH WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO MIDSEASON, BUT IN TERMS OF A WEAKNESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SEE RIGHT NOW AS THEY FACE TOUGHER DEFENSES.

AND THEY'LL CERTAINLY FACE A TOUGH DEFENSE ON SATURDAY.

MAYBE SOME THINGS WILL BE EXPOSED A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THEY'VE GOT EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO BE A DYNAMIC OFFENSE AGAINST ANYBODY.

>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE LINEBACKER CREW AND THE DEFENSIVE BACKS.

YOU LOSE PONDS AND YOU LOSE FISHER, AND FISHER IS A DYNAMIC PLAYER LIKE KIND OF LIKE THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE DEFENSE.

HOW HAS THAT TRANSITIONED THIS YEAR FROM LOSING THOSE TWO TO THE NEW GUYS PLAYING, AND HOW OVERALL HAS THE DEFENSE PERFORMED?

>> THE DEFENSE HAS BEEN VERY SOLID.

I THINK THEY GIVING UP 10.8 POINTS A GAME.

THEY HAVE TWO RETURNING STANDOUT LINEBACKERS AND ISAIAH JONES AND ROLIJAH HARDY.

AMARE FERRELL IS A SAFETY.

HE'S BACK.

JAMARI SHARPE IS BACK.

HE'S A CORNERBACK.

HE HAD THE GAME CLINCHING INTERCEPTION AGAINST MIAMI IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

SO THEY'RE VERY SOLID BACK THERE.

I MEAN THEY'RE SOLID EVERYWHERE.

AND THEY'VE GOT A DEFENSIVE LINE THAT COULD BE FRIGHTENING THE POTENTIAL OF THAT DEFENSIVE LINE.

NOW THEY HAVEN'T PLAYED TO THAT POTENTIAL YET.

IF THEY DO OFFENSES ARE GOING TO BE IN A WORLD OF HURT.

>> HEY PETE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY, ROSTER VALUE IS A BIG TOPIC.

HOW HAS IT PLAYED OUT AT A PLACE LIKE INDIANA, WHERE BASKETBALL HAS BEEN SUCH A BIG PART OF THE HISTORY, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW FOOTBALL IS WHERE THEY'RE AT?

I MEAN, IS THERE A BATTLE WITH NIL BETWEEN FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL, OR IS FOOTBALL KIND OF TAKEN OVER AS FAR AS GETTING THE PRIORITY FOR SOME OF THE KEY NIL DOLLARS?

>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY AN ISSUE FOR EVERY COLLEGE IN TERMS OF HOW YOU BALANCE BETWEEN THE MAJOR SPORTS.

BUT INDIANA IS BALANCING IT WELL.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR FOOTBALL.

THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR MEN'S BASKETBALL.

IT'S NOT, THEY'RE NOT OHIO STATE IN TERMS OF HANDING OVER MONEY.

BUT NOT ONLY ARE THEY WELL FINANCED, BUT PLAYERS COME NOT ONLY JUST FOR FOR THE NIL ASPECT, BUT THEY COME TO BE EXTREMELY WELL COACHED, WHICH THEY ARE.

ALL COLLEGE PLAYERS HAVE ASPIRATIONS OF PLAYING IN THE NFL AND BEING DEVELOPED.

INDIANA DOES THAT EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.

SO IN TERMS OF THE NIL, THERE'S PLENTY THERE FOR BOTH.

THEY'VE MADE IT WORK AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE IT WORK.

>> PETE WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL SEE YOU ON SATURDAY.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS, GUYS.

>> THANKS A LOT.

COLLEGIATE VOLLEYBALL IS HEADED YOUR WAY THIS WEEKEND ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

IT'S A BIG EAST CLASH AT THE XAVIER MUSKETEERS.

TRAVEL TO OMAHA TO TAKE ON DEFENDING CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS.

THE CREIGHTON BLUEJAYS.

FIRST SERVE IS AT 1 P.M.

CENTRAL, RIGHT HERE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

ALSO WANTED TO TELL YOU IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THAT PIECE WE HAD ABOUT THE HEADSETS OVER AT CONCORDIA THAT CAME OUT OF SEWARD.

YOU CAN GO TO OUR YOUTUBE PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CATCH THAT ENTIRE PIECE THERE AND WATCH THE STORY, SO.

INDIANA, RIGHT?

A LOT OF QUESTIONS OVER HERE, BUT OUTSIDE OF INDIANA, I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS TO YOU EVERY SINGLE WEEK, SEAN.

WHY HAVEN'T THEY TRIED JOHN HOHL FOR THE LONG FIELD GOALS?

>> WELL, I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CUNANAN, HE'S A BETTER BALL STRIKER.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY RECRUITED HIM TO BRING HIM IN.

HOHL HAS A GOOD LEG, BUT HE'S NOT AS GOOD OF A BALL STRIKER.

I THINK THAT WAS ALWAYS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD.

YOU TALK ABOUT THE KICKS HE'S MISSED.

IT'S 52, 54, 55.

HE'S THREE OF SIX.

HE'S MISSED THREE KICKS THAT ARE 52 TO 55 YARDS.

A LOT OF KICKERS WOULD MISS THOSE.

KICK THE KICK ON SATURDAY.

HE MISSED.

IT WAS A BAD HOLD THAT SNAP.

SO I THINK WE'RE REALLY OVERANALYZING THAT BECAUSE JOHN HOHL OR NOT JOHN, KYLE CUNANAN INSIDE 45 IS ALMOST AUTOMATIC.

OR AT LEAST HE'S PROVEN TO BE IN HIS CAREER.

>> YEAH, I WILL SAY THAT NOWADAYS MORE KICKERS MAKE THOSE KICKS NOW.

IT'S CHANGED SO MUCH FROM OBVIOUSLY WE WHEN YOU GUYS PLAYED.

NOW YOU GOT.

THESE GUYS ARE KICKING 80% FROM 50 YARDS.

IT'S KIND OF CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT.

GILL IN OMAHA SAYS WHAT ABOUT THAT?

WAS IT AN ONSIDE KICK?

WAS IT A POOCH KICK?

WHAT WAS THE IDEA BEHIND THAT KICK?

>> WELL, THAT'S WHEN MARYLAND HAD THAT GOOD RETURN TOWARDS NEBRASKA SIDELINE AND BROKE OUT CONTAINED.

SO THEY WERE TRYING TO PROBABLY GET HIM TO FAIR CATCH IT AS THEY DID LATER IN THE GAME.

BUT THEN YOU KICKED IT OUT OF BOUNDS.

YOU HAD OFFSIDES PENALTY AS WELL ON ON THAT ON THAT CALL.

SO IT WASN'T VERY EXECUTED VERY WELL.

YEAH.

THIS WEEK IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING KICKING IT THOUGH.

I MEAN, WITH THE 40 WIND GUSTS INTO THE SOUTH STADIUM.

WINNING THAT COIN TOSS WOULD BE HUGE FOR SPECIAL TEAMS ON, ON SATURDAY.

>> AND IT'S GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON THOSE QUARTERBACKS AS WELL.

NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

JOHN FROM HASTINGS.

FOREMAN I'LL ASK YOU THIS.

DO YOU THINK THAT NEBRASKA CAN GRIND IT OUT OR AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE WIN.

ARE THEY GOING TO GO TO THE AIR TO BE ABLE TO WIN THIS GAME?

>> WELL, I MEAN I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN THE BALL CONVENTIONALLY AGAINST INDIANA.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP THAT OFFENSE AND THOSE RUNNING BACKS ON THE SIDELINE.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LINE UP AND PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BATTLE OF WILLS.

AND SO IN ORDER TO WIN THIS GAME, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RUN IT ON THE GROUND OR OR BE WELL OR RUN IT WELL ENOUGH TO WIN.

WIN THE GAME.

>> WE GOT A CALLER OUT OF NORTH PLATTE.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION IS GETTING VINCENT GENATONE SOME MORE TOUCHES.

>> I THINK HE'S IN THAT SHORT YARDAGE ROLE.

IT WILL BE INTERESTING THOUGH WITH JAMAL RULE BACK.

DOES JAMAL RULE GO BACK AS THE SHORT YARDAGE BACK, OR WILL THEY USE GENATONE, WHO IS ESSENTIALLY SCORED THREE TOUCHDOWNS ON LIKE SIX PLAYS OF OFFENSE?

HE'S PLAYED THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

>> A QUESTION HERE ABOUT KWINTEN IVES.

HE JUST KIND OF GOTTEN PASSED UP RIGHT.

>> I MEAN THERE'S THE STABLE IS BIG, BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MANY HORSES THAT CAN RUN AT ONE TIME.

AND HE'S KIND OF GOT BEHIND THERE.

HE'S GOTTEN SOME GOOD.

HE SHOWED SOME PROGRESS AND SOME BACK UP DUTIES IN GAMES THAT HAVE BEEN OBVIOUSLY LATE IN THE GAMES WHEN GAMES ARE HANDLING IN PLACE.

BUT I MEAN MOZEE AND MEKHI AND JAMAL.

AND THEN YOU SEE GENATONE COME IN HERE.

IT'S >> A BIG TACKLE ON SPECIAL TEAMS WITH THAT RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

SO I JUST AGAIN IT'S YOU NEVER KNOW.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S OPPORTUNITY COMES.

I THINK HE'LL BE READY.

>> MY BOY JASON SHIGGS HAD A GOOD TACKLE TOO.

THAT'S MY GUY.

I'M WAITING FOR HIM NEXT YEAR.

VIC YOUNG WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT TIME OUTS AND THE WAY THAT IT SEEMS RHULE USES TIMEOUTS.

>> HEY, LOOK, WHEN YOU HAVE ANTHONY COLANDREA, YOU CAN GAMBLE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT WHEN HE WENT THE THIRD TIME OUT AND IT WAS ABOUT IT SEEMED LIKE SIX MINUTES LEFT.

YEAH, I WAS LIKE, OH MAN, I DIDN'T KNOW.

>> ONE OF THOSE WAS LIKE, HE JUST WANTED TO YELL AT THE REFEREE.

YEAH, HE LOST HIS HAT.

HE'S LIKE, GIVE ME.

>> THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR TARGET.

>> IT WAS IT WAS AFTER THAT TARGET ON GILMER.

>> THEY DIDN'T CALL.

THERE WAS NO REVIEW.

>> THEY REVIEWED IT.

>> YEAH.

WHEN IT WORKS OUT IT'S GOOD.

YEAH.

AND IT WORKED OUT PERFECTLY.

AND OBVIOUSLY MCDOUGLE ASSISTED THAT AS WELL.

>> I APOLOGIZE, SEAN, BUT THIS QUESTION GOES TO YOU.

WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IF WE WIN, WHAT IF WE LOSE BY 30?

THEN WHAT?

SORRY.

>> YOU GET UP ON SUNDAY MORNING, YOU GET READY FOR OREGON.

I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY ALL YOU CAN DO, RIGHT?

I MEAN, IT'S A LONG SEASON AND YOU'RE GOING TO WIN GAMES.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE GAMES.

YOU CAN'T REALLY THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE SEASON.

IF NEBRASKA WINS OR LOSES THIS GAME ON SATURDAY.

>> YOU GET KNOCKED DOWN, YOU BLEED FOR A WHILE, YOU GET BACK UP AND YOU FIGHT AGAIN.

THAT'S WHAT THE ARMY DOES.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FEELING GOING INTO THIS GAME BY THE PLAYERS IS THERE.

CAN YOU GET TOO HYPED FOR A GAME LIKE THIS?

>> WELL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE, I THINK THERE ARE OLDER TEAM.

THEY'RE MORE MATURE, SO I THINK THEY'LL HANDLE THEIR BUSINESS ACCORDINGLY.

AND YOU KNOW, THE PREPARATION SHOULD BE THE SAME, BUT THE EXCITEMENT SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> AND I'LL ASK YOU THIS ONE SEAN, DEVON WANTS TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON ANTHONY COLANDREA AND BEING BACK FOR NEXT YEAR.

PRETTY MUCH A LOCK.

>> I THINK IT LOOKS LIKELY AT THIS POINT.

I KNOW HIS REPRESENTATION.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING SOMETHING COMPLETED.

SO YOU HOPE THAT GETS TAKEN CARE OF HERE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

I MEAN, FOR HIM NEGOTIATING, THERE'S PROBABLY NEVER BEEN A HIGHER POINT THAN RIGHT NOW WHERE HIS PFF GRADE IS THE TOP IN THE BIG TEN, AND THERE'S A LOT OF TANGIBLES THAT REALLY FAVOR WHAT HE'S DONE AT NEBRASKA.

SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S REALLY LIKELY HE'S BACK NEXT YEAR.

>> JAY MOORE WHO'S THE KEY DEFENSIVE PLAYER?

GIVE ME ONE.

>> GIVE ME NWANERI BECAUSE I THINK HE'S THE ONE GUY WHO CAN CREATE PASS RUSH ON HIS OWN.

AND IT COULD COME OFF A BLOCK, A BLITZ.

BUT I THINK NWANERI IS HUGE.

ON CREATING PRESSURE IN HOOVER'S FACE TO HOPEFULLY CREATE THAT FIRST INTERCEPTION OF THE YEAR FOR HOOVER.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT BURNING QUESTION, SEAN.

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS, CAN MEMORIAL STADIUM GET UP FOR THIS GAME?

BUT CAN NEBRASKA PLAY AT A LEVEL TO GET THEM UP?

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO.

>> JAY?

>> CAN NEBRASKA WIN ON THIRD DOWN.

THEY'RE BOTH INDIANA AND NEBRASKA ARE 52%.

CAN THEY BREAK INDIANA ON A THIRD DOWN.

THAT'S THE KEY TO THE GAME.

>> GOOD CALL.

>> WHAT I JUST ALLUDED TO EARLIER CAN NEBRASKA GET THAT FIRST PICK INTERCEPTION FROM HOOVER.

NEBRASKA'S BEEN GREAT CREATING THE TURNOVERS FOR THESE FIRST FIVE GAMES.

THEY'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE BALL IN INDIANA.

THEY DON'T HAVE MUCH AREAS OF CONCERN.

CAN THEY GET THAT FIRST TURNOVER FOR AGAINST HOOVER ON SATURDAY MORNING.

>> FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS ON A SATURDAY MORNING.

CAN YOU BE PERFECT ON SPECIAL TEAMS OR AT LEAST GET CLOSE TO BEING PERFECT ON SPECIAL TEAMS?

DON'T FORGET TO HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE OR FACEBOOK PAGE AND CLICK ON THE PREDICTION JAY, JAY AND I WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT.

ON SATURDAY, THE NUMBER 5-0 HUSKERS FACE THE BIGGEST TEST OF THE SEASON SATURDAY VERSUS INDIANA.

KICK OFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 11 A.M.

CENTRAL ON BIG FOX.

COME BACK TUESDAY.

WE'LL BREAK DOWN THAT GAME WITH SPECIAL GUEST SEAN.

OH, NO, SAM MCKEWON, SPORTS EDITOR AT THE OMAHA WORLD HERALD.

SPECIAL THANKS TO STEVEN M. SIPPLE, PETE DIPRIMIO FOR JOINING US TONIGHT FOR JAY MOORE, JAY FOREMAN AND SEAN CALLAHAN, I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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

FOR JAY MOORE JAY FOREMAN AND SEAN CALLAHAN, I'M MICHAEL SEVERE.

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