(BAND MUSIC) >> IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

A CLOSE LOSS.

A LOSS TO A RANKED TEAM.

A LOSS TO A PREMIER PROGRAMING.

A LOSS TO OPEN A CONFERENCE SEASON.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

WE'LL TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT ALL OF IT TONIGHT AND LOOK AT THE REST OF THE SEASON AS WELL.

TONIGHT ON BIG RED WRAP-UP.

(INTENSE MUSIC) >> HI EVERYONE.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE AND WELCOME TO BIG RED WRAP-UP ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

WE HAVE A LOT TO CHAT ABOUT TONIGHT.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, THE VIEWER.

YOU CAN CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK OR X, A BIG RED WRAP-UP PAGE WITH ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL AND TEXT US AT NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG.

OUR PHONES ARE ALSO STANDING BY.

THERE IS NO EXCUSE WHY YOU CAN'T GET AHOLD OF US.

AND AT THE END OF THE SHOW, WE WILL ANSWER AS MANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS TIME PERMITS.

NOW, TIME FOR OUR SIDELINE SURVEYS.

LAST WEEK WE ASKED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON SATURDAY AGAINST 21ST RANKED MICHIGAN.

WELL, YOU KNOW, 48-37 4% WAS THE ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, LET THAT HAPPEN SOMETIMES.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS.

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SURVEY QUESTION FOR THIS WEEK.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT NEBRASKA'S PROGRAM AND THE DIRECTION THAT IT'S GOING UNDER MATT RULE?

DO YOU FEEL GOOD?

YES.

NO.

UNSURE AND DO NOT WHO'S PUT NO DON'T PUT NO OPINION.

HAVE AN OPINION.

PEOPLE HERE FORMER HUSKERS JAY MOORE AND DAMON BENNING.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE ALL KNOW 28 LOSS WHATEVER TO RANKED TEAM.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE WAY THE GAME PLAYED OUT.

WAS IT WHAT YOU EXPECTED?

ANY SURPRISES?

>> I THOUGHT NEBRASKA, I FELT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THEY WOULD COMPETE AND I THOUGHT THEY WON THE FOOTBALL GAME.

I, YOU KNOW, OUR PREDICTIONS.

I PREDICTED NEBRASKA WON THE FOOTBALL GAME.

I ALTHOUGH LOOKING AT THE SEASON BEFORE, I SAW NEBRASKA'S, TEAM FOR US OR MICHIGAN'S TEAM, I THOUGHT NEBRASKA WOULD LOSE THIS GAME.

BUT I LIKE WHERE NEBRASKA WAS THE FIRST TO THE FIRST THREE.

I KNEW MICHIGAN WAS A VERY RESPECTABLE FOOTBALL TEAM, BUT I, THEY I VASTLY UNDERESTIMATED THEIR ABILITY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL AND THEIR PHYSICALNESS OF THEIR FRONT FOUR ON DEFENSE.

AND SOME OF THE RUNNING BACKS, THE ABILITY TO, TO DO SOME THINGS.

WE SAW THAT AND IT WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY EVIDENT ON, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

I LIKE THE WAY NEBRASKA BATTLED, LIKE WHERE THEY HUNG IN THERE.

I AM VERY SURPRISED WITH O-LINE PLAY AND JUST HOW WE HANDLED THE RUN.

THAT CAUGHT ME A LITTLE OFF GUARD.

BUT EVEN WITH THE BIG RUNS THAT WE GAVE UP, THE SACKS, THE PRESSURES ON OFFENSE AND THE INABILITY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL AT TIMES, I LIKE THE WAY NEBRASKA FOUGHT.

I LIKE WHERE THEY BATTLE.

THERE'S SOMETHING TO TAKE FROM THAT.

I'M NOT A BIG MORAL VICTORY GUY, BUT I THINK NEBRASKA, I'M CERTAIN NEBRASKA WILL BE BETTER BECAUSE OF THE OUTCOME ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

I KNOW COACH RHULE AND HIS STAFF ARE GOING TO GET THESE THINGS RIGHT.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET FIXED.

NOTHING LIKE A BYE WEEK TO GET THEM FIXED.

BUT I FEEL VERY, VERY CONFIDENT NEBRASKA WILL BE A BETTER TEAM BECAUSE OF THE LOSS AGAINST MICHIGAN.

>> YEAH, I JUST I THINK FOR ME, THE CLOSER THE GAME GOT, I SAID IT ON THURSDAY, SAID ON FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, MICHIGAN WAS PROBABLY BETTER THAN PEOPLE THINK.

AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM.

AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO CONCEDE, THE MORAL VICTORY.

BUT I THINK WE'RE WHAT NEBRASKA FIGURED OUT IS, IS THE FLOOR IS DEFINITELY RAISED LIKE COACH RHULE.

THERE'S NO QUESTION HE'S RAISED THE FLOOR.

THE QUESTION IS, IS WHAT'S THEIR CEILING.

AND SO THAT'S WHY HE COACH.

THAT'S WHAT THE REST OF THE SEASON IS FOR.

THAT'S WHY FANDOM IS DIFFERENT THAN COACHING.

AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT IT AND I LOOK AT HOW THAT GAME WAS BROKEN DOWN, I DIDN'T LIKE A LOT OF THE NARRATIVES THAT KIND OF CAME OUT.

YOU KNOW, NEBRASKA GOT PUSHED AROUND.

THEY GOT DOMINATED.

THAT'S NOT EVEN LOGGING ON TO THE HOMER NETWORK.

I LOOK AT WHILE MICHIGAN WAS IN CONTROL FOR ABOUT 70% OF THAT GAME, AND THEIR PHYSICALITY ON THE BACK END WAS GREATER THAN NEBRASKA.

IS THAT WIDE OUT.

NEBRASKA WAS WINNING ON FIRST DOWN.

THEY WERE WINNING ON SECOND DOWN.

YARDS GAINED PER PLAY WERE ADVANTAGE NEBRASKA.

SO THEY WEREN'T GETTING PUSHED AROUND.

THEY HIT A STRETCH WHERE YOU OBVIOUSLY GIVE UP THE BIG THE COUPLE OF BIG PLAYS.

BUT NEBRASKA'S INABILITY TO GET OFF THE FIELD ON THIRD DOWN.

AND I THINK MAKE PLAYS.

AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE GAME WAS WON AND LOST AND I KNOW COACH RHULE SAID HE, HE HAD 45 CLIPS, WHICH I LIKED.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW THIS RIGHT.

20 ON DEFENSE, 20 ON OFFENSE.

THAT'S A LOT FOR A GAME YOU THINK BOILED DOWN TO 4 OR 5 PLAYS, BUT IT NEVER BOILS DOWN TO 4 OR 5 PLAYS.

WELL, I THOUGHT THE MOST GLARING STATISTIC WAS WAS NEBRASKA HAD 76 OFFENSIVE SNAPS.

MICHIGAN CAN HAVE 40 SOLO TACKLES, 40 SOLO TACKLES OUT OF 76 PLAYS.

WHEN NEBRASKA SPREADS YOU OUT THE WAY THAT THEY DO.

NEBRASKA'S GOTTA DO A BETTER JOB OF WINNING ONE ON ONES BECAUSE WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS AS A DC, YOUR JOB IS TO GET A FREE DEFENDER.

AS AN OC, YOU WANT YOUR BALL CARRIER ON A FREE DEFENDER.

MICHIGAN WAS GETTING NEBRASKA'S GUYS TO THE GROUND IN ONE ON ONES.

NEBRASKA WASN'T AND CONVERSELY, NEBRASKA ONLY SAW 54 PLAYS FROM MICHIGAN, JUST 26 SOLO TACKLES.

YOU'D THINK THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE FLIPPED CONSIDERING HOW THE TWO OFFENSES PLAY, WHICH LET ME KNOW THAT MICHIGAN ON THE BACK END, THEY WERE WINNING THE ONE ON ONES.

>> YEAH, WATCHING IT LIVE AND WATCHING IT BACK.

ALL THE PRESSURES THAT WERE ON DYLAN, YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT HE HANDLED THAT PRETTY WELL.

HALF OF HIS DROP BACKS.

HE WAS UNDER PRESSURE, OBVIOUSLY SEVEN SACKS.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE END OF IT, THE WAY HE CAME OUT AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, I THINK HE'S MAKING BETTER PRESSURE.

>> YEAH, WELL THE ONE, TWO AND THE WAY HE GOT HOME ON THAT THREE MAN WHICH IS THAT JUST CAN'T HAPPEN.

NO I THINK, HE HANDLED IT WELL.

RIGHT.

I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY TIMES WHERE HE HELD ONTO THE BALL MAYBE A FRACTION TOO LONG.

HE PROBABLY COULD HAVE STEPPED UP IN THE POCKET A LITTLE TOO QUICKER.

BUT HE'S TRYING TO EXECUTE THE PLAY.

AND HIS EYES ARE DOWNFIELD AND HE'S TRYING TO FIND A OPEN RECEIVER.

BUT I MEAN, THAT CLOCK WAS GOING FAST, MAN.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE-ONE THOUSAND, TWO-ONE THOUSAND, BOOM.

THOSE GUYS ARE RIGHT BY HIS FEET.

HE DIDN'T YOU SEE IT RIGHT HERE.

HE DID A GOOD JOB OF BEING MOBILE AND MOVING AROUND.

BUT THAT FRONT SEVEN MICHIGAN HAS.

MAN.

THEY WERE THEY FLAT GOT AFTER IT.

>> YEAH.

>> AND IT'S THIS IS A GOOD EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE FOR NEBRASKA'S O-LINE AND THEIR OFFENSIVE TACKLES.

AND YOU GOT TO ADDRESS THIS AND YOU GOT TO FIND WAYS TO FIX IT.

HELP THEM OUT.

THEY DID CHIP.

THEY HELP.

RUNNING BACK STAYED IN TIGHT END STAYED IN.

HELPED TO CHIP THOSE TACKLES.

DO SOME THINGS.

BUT YOU STILL YOU CAN'T ALLOW THREE MAN PRESSURES TO GET HOME.

YOU GET A SACK THAT'S INEXCUSABLE.

YOU CAN'T HAVE IT HAPPEN.

BUT I TELL YOU WHAT.

FOR AS MUCH PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, SAYING DYLAN WAS THE HAS AN ISSUE.

THERE'S ZERO ISSUE TO ME.

LIKE HE PLAYED HIS TAIL OFF.

I MEAN, THIS THEY NEBRASKA SINGLE HANDEDLY HAD A CHANCE TO WIN THIS FOOTBALL GAME BECAUSE HIS PERFORMANCE AND HIS ABILITY TO ELUDE PRESSURES AND GET THE BALLS INTO HIS INTO THE FOOTBALLS, INTO THE BEST PLAYERS HANDS.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE LOW RED ZONE?

YOU KNOW, I'M BIG FINISHING DRIVE RATE.

WHAT ABOUT CONVERTING THE LOW RED ZONE?

WHAT THEY NEED TO DO DIFFERENT?

>> THAT'S THE KEY, RIGHT?

IF I TOLD YOU THAT NEBRASKA WAS GOING TO SCORE THREE OUT OF FOUR TIMES IN THE RED ZONE, MICHIGAN WAS GOING TO SCORE.

THEY WERE THEY WERE ONE FOR ONE.

IF NEBRASKA WAS GOING TO HAVE EIGHT MINUTES MORE TIME OF POSSESSION, 22 MORE PLAYS.

THOSE ARE ALL REAL STATS, RIGHT?

THEY'RE NOT MADE UP.

THEY'RE NOT ADVANCED ANALYTICS.

YOU WOULD THINK NEBRASKA WOULD PUT THEM.

TURNOVERS WERE EVEN NEBRASKA'S INABILITY TO RUN THE BALL AND CONDENSE SPACES AND KIND OF THE ABANDONMENT OF THE RUN GAME, COUPLED WITH YOUR INABILITY TO GET OFF THE FIELD ON THIRD DOWN AND CONVERT THIRD DOWNS.

YOU CAN TALK PHYSICALITY AND TALENT ALL YOU WANT AT THE END OF THE DAY.

EXECUTION NEEDS TO BE BETTER WHEN THE FIELD IS CONDENSED AND YOU'RE INSIDE THE FIVE AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE BAD, RIGHT?

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN GOOD IN SHORT YARDAGE.

A LOT OF IT.

THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF REASONS.

SOMETIMES IT'S GETTING A BODY ON THE BODY, SOMETIMES IT'S PLAY SEQUENCE, SOMETIMES IT'S YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE AS YOU DON'T HAVE ANOTHER RUNNING THREAT IN THE BACKFIELD AND YOU'RE IN THE GUN.

RIGHT.

THERE'S WAYS THAT I WOULD HANDLE THAT DEFENSIVELY SO WELL.

>> YOU'RE IT'S 10 ON 11 ALL OF A SUDDEN RIGHT.

>> YEAH.

>> OFFENSIVELY WITH DYLAN NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO RUN THE FOOTBAL.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE AN ELITE UP FRONT TO RUN THE BALL OUT OF THE GUN IN ONE BACK WITHOUT A VIABLE ANOTHER RUNNING THREAT INSIDE THE TEN.

YOU GET INSIDE THE FIVE WHERE THEY'RE LESS THAN 66% ON FIRST DOWN CONVERTING TOUCHDOWNS.

THAT'S I MEAN, IT'S FIXABLE, BUT I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW YOU WANT TO RUN THE FOOTBALL WHEN YOU GET THAT CLOSE TO THE GOAL.

>> SO TWICE ON THAT DRIVE WHEN THEY DIDN'T SCORE, THEY HAD THIRD AND ONE.

AND I THINK BOTH TIME THEY WERE UNDER CENTER AND EMMETT RAN FOR THE FIRST DOWN.

I'D LOVE TO SEE THEM UNDER CENTER.

AND THEY'RE THERE AND RUN THE SAME KIND OF THING WITH TWO YARDS TO GO AT.

>> NORMALLY I LISTEN 99% OF THE TIME I'M RIDING WITH YOU.

YOU KNOW, EVEN ON THE FOURTH DOWN WITH THE LITTLE OPTION AND THE SHOVEL.

>> HE KEPT GOING OUTSIDE.

>> SO YOU GET THAT BALL TO EMMETT, THAT'S FIRST DOWN.

>> YEAH.

HE THAT'S ONE.

>> THAT'S ONE I THINK THAT'S.

>> ONE ON ONE.

>> YOU KNOW DYLAN WOULD TAKE BACK.

AND WE'RE PROBABLY NOT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

IT'S EITHER SEVEN NOTHING SIX NOTHING.

IT'S SOMETHING AND NOTHING.

AND WE'RE NOT HAND-WRINGING AND HAVING CONSTERNATION OVER WHETHER THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A THREE.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE.

IT DIDN'T EVEN BUG ME REAL TIME.

BUT YOU HAVE A COACH AND A STAFF THAT IS PLAYING TO WIN.

I'M NOT GOING TO SECOND GUESS.

I DIDN'T LOVE THE ANALYTICS ANSWER, BUT I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT HE'S RIDING WITH BEING AGGRESSIVE BECAUSE ANALYTICS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANALYTICS NUMBERS, IT DOESN'T FACTOR IN FEEL.

IT DOESN'T FACTOR IN EMOTION, IT DOESN'T FACTOR IN MOMENTUM.

IT ALSO DOESN'T FACTOR IN STRENGTHS.

IF I'M NEBRASKA AND IT'S FOURTH AND ONE OR THIRD AND TWO.

THIS SEASON, I HAVE NOT BEEN GOOD IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T LOVE JUST SHEER ANALYTICS.

BUT I DO THINK THE EXECUTION WAS OFF AND I DIDN'T MIND THE PLAY CALL AT ALL.

IT BOILED DOWN TO INCHES AND IF YOU GIVE THAT TO EMMETT, JUST FLIP IT OUT TO HIM.

>> ONE ON ONE.

>> WE'RE NOT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

>> OR I THINK ALSO IF IT'S SOMEBODY BESIDES LYNN AND MARK.

I LOVE LINDENMEYER, BUT THE OUTSIDE WAS OPEN BECAUSE IT WAS SEALED.

HE TURNED IT UP BECAUSE HE'S A BIG PHYSICAL GUY.

YEAH.

IF IT'S A SPEED GUY, LIKE A BARNEY OR I THINK THEY GET OUTSIDE AND SCORE, WHAT ABOUT.

SO I KNOW DAMIEN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS 100 TIMES.

YOU GOT TO HAVE BROS, GUYS GOT TO MAKE PLAYS.

YEAH.

YOU HAD CEYAIR WRIGHT HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE A TACKLE ON THIRD DOWN THE SCREEN.

MCCULLOUGH HAD A CHANCE.

JUST DASAN MCCULLOUGH ON THE SCREEN.

AND THEN ON THE BUNCH SET WHEN HE THREW IT OUTSIDE.

CEYAIR WRIGHT GOES OVER THE TOP.

TRIES TO GET IT FALLS OFF.

YOU JUST GOT TO MAKE THOSE TACKLES.

>> YOU DO >> MICHIGAN WAS MAKING THOSE PLAYS.

YEAH THOSE SAFETIES >> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO AND I MEAN YOU GOT TO GIVE CREDIT TO MICHIGAN FOR THE HANDLE THEIR BUSINESS AND BREAKING THOSE TACKLES.

THEY HAVE PHENOMENAL TALENT TOO.

BUT YEAH YOU GOT TO MAKE THOSE PLAYS.

CEYAIR PLAYED HIS TAIL OFF SO FAR THIS YEAR IS DONE FANTASTIC FOR THIS YEAR.

IN BIG TIME MOMENTS IN THOSE SITUATIONS, YOU GOT TO HAVE THOSE BIG TIME PLAYS AND BIG TIME PLAYERS MAKE THOSE TYPE OF PLAYS IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

NEBRASKA JUST DB'S ALREADY ALLUDED TO IT.

I MEAN, NEBRASKA DID NOT MAKE THOSE ONE ON ONE SITUATIONS.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM IN EVERY FOOTBALL GAME.

YOU GOT TO WIN THOSE ONE ON ONE BATTLES.

NEBRASKA DIDN'T WIN ENOUGH OF DEFENSIVELY.

OFFENSIVELY, IT JUST IN ON CRUCIAL TIMES.

YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET OFF THE FIELD AND NEBRASKA DIDN'T DO IT GOOD ENOUGH.

AND, TRUST ME, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS STUFF THIS WEEK, WORKING ON TACKLING AND GETTING THEMSELVES IN A BETTER POSITION TO MAKE THOSE ONE ON ONE PLAYS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR THE NEXT EIGHT GAMES.

YOU'RE GONNA BE PUT IN THESE SITUATIONS AGAIN.

YOU GOT YOU GOT TO WIN THEM.

OTHERWISE IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU HAVE SIMILAR SITUATIONS.

>> AND NOTHING AGAINST JOHN BUTLER.

BUT I THINK SOMETIMES IN THAT GAME THEY GOT A LITTLE OUT CHECKED.

THEY CHECKED TO SOMETHING THAT NEBRASKA WASN'T EITHER READY FOR OR WON THE POSITION TO HANDLE.

AND THEY DID.

THEY HAVE GOOD COACHES TOO.

>> YEAH.

NOW THAT PART I AGREE WITH.

RIGHT.

THEY GOT A DRY ERASE BOARD AND I DON'T YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE SCHEMES, I REALLY DO.

I THINK YOU KNOW NEBRASKA.

THIS IS WHAT THE BYE WEEKS FOR.

YOU DECIDE, HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR CALLS SITUATIONALLY.

THAT'S THE COACHING THING.

DO WE LIKE THE GUYS THAT WE'RE ASKING TO EXECUTE SAID SITUATIONS?

THAT'S A COACHING THING.

THEN YOU LOOK AT WHO IS CAPABLE OF DOING WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO.

THAT'S WHAT YOU USE THE BYE WEEK FOR.

IT'S TRIFOLD AND IT ALL MATTERS.

I ASK JAY OFF AIR BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CRITICAL.

YOU GO BACK AND YOU WATCH THE NUMBERS.

AND I'M THINKING WE JUST SAW A COUPLE OF THE RUNS AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE HIGHLIGHTS.

I MEAN, ARE WE BOXING?

ARE WE SPILLING.

AND AFTER BOXING AND I HAVE A BOX SAFETY AND I'M FITTING AS A LINEBACKER, I GOT TO TAKE A PULLER ON.

I HAD TO CLOSE THE DISTANCE.

I HAVE TO NOT GIVE A BACK A TWO WAY GO.

WE SAW THAT HAPPENED TWICE.

>> YEP.

>> IT YIELDED TOUCHDOWNS.

WELL, NEBRASKA STAFF HAS GOT TO SAY TO THEMSELVES IS, HEY, IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT PERSONNEL, DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT PERSONNEL?

DO WE SHOULD WE NOT BOX THAT?

SHOULD WE SPILL AND MAYBE RUN TO IT AND FORCE IT TO GO LATERAL?

WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT HERE.

YOU CAN'T BE UNSELFISH.

IS IT A TEACHABLE MOMENT.

AND WE NEED NEW PERSONNEL.

OR DO I NEED TO CALL THE GAME DIFFERENT.

SOMETIMES YOU'RE GAMING AND YOU'RE RUNNING STUNTS.

PEOPLE WILL CONCEDE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S LOW HANGING FRUIT.

WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE THIS OR THAT.

THIS IS WHY HE PUTS US ON THE MOVE.

I THINK THAT'S HOW HE WANTS TO PLAY.

I THINK >> HE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO BE A PRESSURE DEFENSE.

>> I THINK THAT I THINK THAT I THINK IT'S A PHILOSOPHY THING.

SO AS YOU GET YOUR GUYS READY TO DO THAT, THE EXECUTION AND CLOSING ON STUNTS REAL TIME IS A REAL THING.

>> SURE.

>> YOU NEED GAME SITUATIONS.

IF I TWIST AND I START AND I'M SUPPOSED TO SLAM IN THE C GAP, I NEED TO FINISH THE STUNT.

IT'S NOT JUST ENOUGH TO BE THERE.

IT'S IF I GOT HALF MAN AND I GOT TO SPLIT BEGETS SPLIT IT.

>> YEAH.

>> SPLIT IT.

AND I THINK SO I DON'T I'M NOT NEAR AS I DON'T GET IT.

AND PART OF IT IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WHEN WE CRITICIZE COACH BUTLER, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE JUST KIND OF HAVE THESE KIND OF HOT TAKES AND IT KIND OF BUGS ME A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE ONUS IS ON THE PLAYERS, SOME OF THE ONUS IS ON THE COACHES.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS WEEK IS FOR, BECAUSE THEY NEEDED A BAROMETER TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT.

THEY SAW A REALLY GOOD FRONT SEVEN, AND I SAW AN OFFENSIVE LINE THAT HAD BEEN A LITTLE MALIGNED FROM GUARD CENTER.

>> THEY HAD INJURIES.

>> YOU KNOW, BUT SCHEMATICALLY AND THEIR BACKS THERE'S A REASON THEY WERE FEAST OR FAMINE.

THEY WEREN'T GOOD ALL THE TIME.

I MEAN MICHIGAN CONVERTED FOUR THIRD DOWNS.

>> THREE ONE DRIVE >> OF EIGHT YARDS OR MORE.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU'RE NOT CONTROLLING THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IF YOU'RE IN THIRD AND LONG.

SO YOU KNOW I JUST YOU KNOW NEBRASKA WHEN THEY'RE IN POSITION TO MAKE PLAYS THEY GOT TO MAKE PLAYS.

AND I THINK THE COACHES HAVE TO UNDERSTAND OKAY, MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE.

MAYBE THIS IS AN IDEA WHEN WE GAME.

DO I LIKE JAVIN WRIGHT.

IS HE A BOX GUY.

DO I WANT TO FIT SHAVERS QUICKER?

LIKE, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I THINK THE BYE WEEK WILL HELP YOU WITH.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT PERSONNEL AND FINISHING PLAYS.

>> THEY HAD THE TWO RUNS OF TEN YARDS OR MORE IN THE FIRST DRIVE AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

THE REST OF THAT LOOKS AT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE RUNNING GAME?

WHAT ELSE?

WHO ELSE IS THERE?

WHAT ELSE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT RUNNING GAME CAN BE A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT?

>> YOU TALKING ABOUT NEBRASKA'S RUN?

>> NEBRASKA'S RUN GAME.

YEAH.

>> YEAH.

IT'S JUST AGAIN.

>> EMMETT HAD ONE.

NELSON HAD ONE.

BUT THERE WAS NO MORE >> RIGHT.

EARLY IS THAT FIRST DRIVE.

>> I TELL YOU.

WHAT IT WAS.

>> WAS HONORABLE UNDERSTANDING SITUATIONS, UNDERSTANDING WHAT KIND OF WHO YOU'RE ATTACKING, WHO YOU LIKE TO RUN BEHIND IN UTILIZING THAT FORMATION.

SETTING UP.

DO YOU LIKE RUNNING TO THE BOUNDARY?

DO YOU LIKE RUN INTO THE FIELD?

HOW YOU WANT TO DO YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS NEBRASKA LIKES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE PUT HAARBERG IN MOTION IN THE KICK OUT.

WE SAW A LOT OF THAT STUFF THIS YEAR SO EARLY ON.

BUT YOU SAW EARLY SUCCESS.

AND A LOT OF TIMES A LOT OF TEAMS HAVE SUCCESS IN THOSE FIRST 15 PLAYS.

>> SURE.

>> YOU HAVE THAT TEAMS KIND OF ADJUST.

RIGHT.

AND MICHIGAN DID A GREAT JOB ADJUSTING.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR DB'S TAKE WITH RUNNING BACKS ON THE RUN GAME.

NEBRASKA HAS GOT TO BE BETTER UP FRONT.

YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THIS MICHIGAN WAS PLAYING ON THEIR SIDE OF THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

AND, PHYSICALITY THING, SCHEMATIC THING, TECHNIQUE THING IS PROBABLY ALL THREE.

RIGHT.

BUT NEBRASKA HAS GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF, OF A TRUSTING A GUY AND EMMETT AND MAYBE FIND ANOTHER GUY BACK BEHIND HIM TO RUN THE FOOTBALL AS WELL, BECAUSE HE SAW THAT THE ORBIT MOTION, SOME OF THOSE UNIQUE THINGS WITH MOZEE AND AND MEKHI NELSON LIKE THAT LOOK.

BUT, YOU GOT SO YOU GOT TO YOU GOT TO FIND WAYS TO GET EMMETT JOHNSON GOOD CARRIES, FIND A BACKUP, BUT FIND HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE, DUO.

DO YOU LIKE ZONE?

DO YOU LIKE POWER?

DO YOU LIKE COUNTER?

YOU TOSS OTHER DIFFERENT WRINKLES TO THROW IN THERE TO HELP OUT YOUR OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, TO GET YOUR GUY SET UP, TO PREPARE TO RUN IN AND ATTACK EACH PLAY?

AND AGAIN BYE WEEKS.

YOU GOT YOUR FIRST CHALLENGE OF THE YEAR, RIGHT?

WITH A REALLY GOOD DEFENSE.

ADJUST AND GET BETTER FROM IT.

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO EAT THE MEAT AND SPIT OUT THE BONES.

I THINK FOR NEBRASKA YOU HAVE TO PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS.

IF YOU WANT TO RUN THE BALL OUT OF ONE BACK, YOU NEED TO BE DOWNHILL.

YOU PLAY A TEAM LIKE MICHIGAN WHO'S ATHLETIC.

AND IT'S KIND OF HIT IT, SPLIT IT.

YOU KNOW, THEY SEE IT AND THEY GO GET IT.

THEY GAP YOU OUT THERE.

VERY SOUND.

SO PLAYING PULLERS LIKE THEY'RE WELL COACHED.

AND SO IF I'M NEBRASKA I DON'T GIVE YOU MUCH TIME TO THINK IF I WANT TO RUN THE BALL AT YOU.

SO INSTEAD OF OFFSET I PROBABLY GO PISTOL AS OPPOSED TO KICKING OUT AND LEADING LIKE ON DUO, I MIGHT JUST LEAD OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.

THEY NEED TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO GET THE BALL TO THE PERIMETER WITHOUT HAVING TO BE RPO.

I LOVE RPO, WE SAW HOW IT WORKED LATE FOURTH QUARTER.

THEY GET IN A LITTLE RHYTHM AND IT PUTS YOU IN THAT COACH.

IT'S TOUGH RIGHT.

IT'S HARD TO DEFEND.

BUT THAT'S TAKEN PLACE A TOSS.

IT'S TAKING THE PLACE A STRETCH.

IT'S TAKING THE PLACE OF OUTSIDE ZONE.

SO YOU HAVE TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO GET TO YOUR COMPLEMENTARY OFFENSE.

AND YOU NEED A LITTLE EYE CANDY TO GO WITH IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET TO THE HIGHLIGHTS NOW.

A LITTLE DISCLAIMER YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE GREAT AT THE END.

BUT EARLY ON WASN'T SO BAD.

LOOK AT BUD CRAWFORD.

THEY'RE YOUR UNDISPUTED CHAMPION OF THE CITY OF OMAHA IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.

WE GET STARTED.

I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD RUNS EARLY ON.

THAT'S A 14 YARD RUN BY EMMETT.

ONE OF, LIKE I SAID, TWO 10 YARD RUSHES OR MORE.

WE SAW A LOT OF THIS, A LOT OF PRESSURE.

BUT LOOK AT DYLAN ON THIS FIRST DRIVE OFF SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT.

NICE THROW TO LINDENMEYER.

GETTING THE FIRST DOWN THERE.

AND NOW WE GO ON TO, AGAIN, ANOTHER FIRST DOWN, LITTLE SHOVEL FORWARD.

TOUGH GETTING THE FIRST DOWN THERE.

NICE LITTLE THROW THERE.

OF COURSE.

NYZIAH HUNTER ON THAT ONE.

AND THEN WE GET THE PLAY ON FOURTH DOWN.

>> YEAH.

LISTEN THAT YOU KNOW THE GIVE IT'S LIKE TRUE TRIPLE.

IT'S JUST ABOUT DECISION MAKING I LIKE THE PLAY CALL.

>> YEAH.

THERE'S AND I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE FOR IT.

HERE'S THE MISSED FIELD GOAL BY CUNANAN.

FIRST MISS.

IT SEEMED LIKE HE ALMOST LIKE A GOLFER GOT UNDERCUT A LITTLE BIT.

IT DIDN'T COME ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT LIKE HE HAS BECAUSE NORMALLY YOU THAT SOUND COMING OFF HIS FOOT.

HERE'S A NICE TACKLE ON MISSED TACKLE.

THAT WAS THE ONE WITH ANDREW MARSHALL.

HE MADE THAT TACKLE EARLIER.

IT WAS THAT THE.

AND THEN ON THAT ONE HE MISSES IT.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE TACKLES THAT DAMON WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.

AND THEN HERE'S THE INTERCEPTION.

COACH TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE.

AND WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO.

>> YEAH, JUST BAIT.

RIGHT.

SIT DOWN INSIDE OUTSIDE.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE DONE THE LITTLE LOOK IN BEHIND IT, THE LITTLE GLANCE ROUTE.

BUT, HEY, IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION.

>> YOU'LL BREAK DOWN THIS CALL HERE ON THE QUARTERBACK DRAW FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

YOU'LL GET INTO THAT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH JAY'S PLAYS.

>> THAT'S EASY PICKINGS ISN'T IT.

>> YEAH.

AND THEN ANOTHER SACK LOSS HERE.

AS WE MENTIONED SEVEN SACKS NEBRASKA END OF THE DAY WITH 9.7 YARDS TO GO ON THIRD DOWN.

AT THE END OF THE DAY AT HALFTIME THEY ONLY HAD FOUR YARDS TO GO.

IT SHOWS YOU WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SECOND HALF.

THERE'S THE FUMBLE.

GREAT JOB PUNCHING IT OUT BY JEUDY AND A GOOD RECOVERY THERE GETTING THE BALL OUT.

AND THEN HERE'S MORE OF DYLAN MAKING PLAYS.

PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PLAYS HE'S MADE IN HIS CAREER.

MAKING A GUY MISS MAKING THE THROW TO KEY.

AND THEN HE COMES BACK WITH ANOTHER GREAT THROW.

>> YEAH, THIS WAS OUTSTANDING.

IF YOU'RE IF YOU WALKED AWAY AFTER THE CRITICISMS OF DYLAN LIKE, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL YOU, BUT HIS RECOGNITION AND ABILITY TO OPERATE UNDER DURESS IS AT A REAL HIGH LEVEL.

>> 10-3.

NOW, WE GOT THAT, AFTER NEBRASKA GETS ON THE BOARD, HERE'S BARNEY MAKING A GUY MISS.

THIS IS WHAT YOU SAW A LOT AT TENNESSEE UNDER MIKE EKELER.

GUYS MAKING THAT FIRST GUY MISS AND GETTING THOSE YARDS.

THAT IS A MORE THAN 20 YARD RETURN, AND HE'S NOW HAS MORE RETURN YARDS.

ANYBODY SINCE I THINK IT'S NOW 2016.

THIS IS GREAT PLAY CALL.

>> THAT WAS A THROW I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

THAT WAS A GREAT THROW RIGHT THERE.

>> REALLY GOOD RECOGNITION.

SEVEN SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK.

YOU SEE THE DOUBLE MOVE.

HE READ THE COVERAGE.

THEY TRIED TO ROB IT IN THE FLATS.

BARNEY WINDS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

THAT'S THE ONE.

>> THAT MAKES IT 10-10.

BACK COMES.

YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK THIS ONE DOWN AS WELL.

>> AND THIS IS GOOD.

>> YOU THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO BOX THAT?

>> WELL I JUST I DON'T UNDERSTAND NEBRASKA'S LINE MOVEMENT ON THIS ONE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A RUN GAME STUNT PLAY IN NEBRASKA OPERATE.

>> SO WHAT IF SHAVERS TAKES THAT ON?

>> WHAT IF KEONA DAVIS STAYS AT THE TWO.

TECHNIQUE >> WELL, HE'S GOT TO FINISH.

>> RIGHT.

BUT HE BOUNCES OUTSIDE.

YOU KNOW I GOT THREE GUYS OUTSIDE THE CORNER THERE.

AND NOW CREATE A HUGE HOLE.

AND I KNOW.

SORRY >> HERE'S THAT.

THIS IS A HAIL MARY PICK IT UP I LOVE I LOOK UP THROUGH THE COMMENTS.

>> THIS IS WHAT WE DO MAN.

WELL WE DO >> WE COULD WE COULD DO A WHOLE SEGMENT ON JUST THE THIRD DOWN PLAYS AND SOME OF THE MISTAKES THAT HAPPENED ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE THAT MAKES IT.

THIS IS AN AMAZING SMALLEST GUY IN THAT WHOLE GROUP GOES UP AND GETS THE BALL.

THAT'S "WANT TO."

>> I LIKE I LIKE DYLAN'S PRESENCE GETTING OUTSIDE THE POCKET.

>> AND THEY GIVE HIM THE INDIVIDUAL PROTECTOR TOO I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.

>> I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT MICHIGAN DIDN'T GIVE HIM MORE GROUND.

>> YEAH.

>> IT WAS A BAD CHOICE HERE BY, BARNEY CATCHING THE BALL THERE.

DAMON KNOWS YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BACKWARDS.

WHEN YOU'RE TAKING A PUNT RETURN, HE TAKES THE TURN THERE, ENDS UP ON THE THREE YARD LINE.

BACK COMES MICHIGAN.

GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAY HERE.

GETTING HIM OUT OF THE POCKET.

AND THIS IS JUST A BOMB.

THIS IS WHAT HE DID ALL SEASON.

>> YEAH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF >> A BACKBREAKER OR TWO BECAUSE YOU FELT LIKE NEBRASKA WAS GETTING READY TO SEIZE MOMENTUM.

>> YEAH, I THOUGHT SO TOO.

56 YARD FIELD GOAL.

THEY'RE LEADING THERE.

AND THEN NEBRASKA.

ANOTHER SACK ON DYLAN.

THAT'S A LOSS OF SEVEN YARDS THERE.

AND THEN HERE COMES MARSHALL WITH ANOTHER RUN.

>> SOMEONE'S GOT GET OUT TO BLOCK.

>> IT'S THE SAME PHILOSOPHY THOUGH WHERE JAVIN'S GOT A SQUEEZE.

MARQUES WATSON-TRENT'S GOT TO FILL IT TIGHTER.

AND THEN GUTHRIE IT'S MY MAN.

MY FIT.

>> HERE'S AN INTERESTING PLAY.

SO THIS IS A TACKLE FOR LOSS AND THEN SOME GYRATIONS I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING THERE WITH THE GYRATIONS.

>> IT'S LIKE HIS FOURTH TIME HE'S DONE THAT.

>> I KNOW, BUT AS MUCH.

HE GOT IN TROUBLE FOR.

THAT.

>> HE WAS BRINGING SOME SERIOUS DRAMA THOUGH.

>> UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT ON THAT GIVES NEBRASKA A FIRST DOWN.

THEY COME BACK.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT PLAY.

NYZIAH HUNTER, THOUGH, LOSES TRACK OF WHERE HE IS IN THE BACK OF THE END ZONE.

ONE TWO FEET GOING OUT OF BOUNDS ON THERE.

AND SO THEY CALL FIRST MAN TOUCHING IT, COMING BACK IN BOUNDS.

AND HE WASN'T FORCED OUT.

BACK TO THE FIELDGOALS.

CUNANANGETS GOING AGAIN BECAUSE HE'S A REALLY SOLID KICKER.

IT YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND ON THAT MICROPHONE WHEN THAT BALL COMES OFF HIS FOOT.

SO HE'S DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB THERE.

AND THEN HERE'S THE PLAY I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

THAT'S A PLAY RIGHT THERE.

CEYAIR WRIGHT MAKES THAT TACKLE.

YOU'RE OFF THE FIELD AND YOU GOT A CHANCE TO GO DOWN THERE AND MAKE THE PLAY.

AND THEN ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT THEY THROW THIS SCREEN.

YOU GOT ONE GUY OUT THERE TO MAKE THE PLAY.

DASAN MCCULLOUGH HE CAN'T GET THAT TO.

>> THAT'S A TOUGH TACKEL.

>> I AGREE.

>> HE DROPPED AND COVERAGES THERE.

GUYS COMING UP TO FIT WITH THOSE GUYS THAT SHOT HIS GUN.

THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.

BUT AGAIN YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA GO UP THE FIELD.

>> AND THEN THAT'S THE BIGGEST THIRD DOWN ONE RIGHT THERE THAT COMES OFF THERE.

I DIDN'T LIKE THE FAKE OF THE BLITZ THERE.

AND THEN THIS IS A GOOD STOP HERE TOO.

ACTUALLY WAS A TACKLE FOR LOSS.

ONE OF THE TACKLE FOR LOSS AS THEY HAD WHICH STOPPED THEM LIMITED TO A FIELD GOAL.

AND THEN NEBRASKA COMES RALLYING BACK, WHICH WE EXPECT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SEEING THAT FROM NEBRASKA.

YOU KNOW WE'VE SEEN THAT IS FROM DYLAN AS WELL RALLYING BACK AND GETTING SOME NICE THROWS OUT THERE.

YOU GOT A GOOD CATCH HERE BY HAARBERG.

AND HE FINALLY A LITTLE BIT LATER GETS HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN WHICH I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT.

IT'S A NICE SIDEARM THROW.

BARNEY TAKES THE BIG SHOT THEY ORIGINALLY CALL TARGETING.

THEY COME BACK.

SO IT'S NOT TARGETING BECAUSE HE WAS A RUNNER.

AND THEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT RPO HERE.

>> YEAH JUST IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO HANDLE RIGHT.

YOU PLAY MAN.

YOU WANT TO KIND OF I DON'T KNOW I'D CALL IT MAC WHERE YOU CAN JUST KIND OF COMBO AND BANJO IT IT'S HARD.

IT'S REALLY TOUGH.

>> AND THEN THIS IS THE LAST ONE AGAIN A CHANCE TO MAKE THE TACKLE DONOVAN JONES MISSES IT FIRST DOWN.

AND THEN OF COURSE MICHIGAN RUNS THE CLOCK OUT.

AND NEBRASKA LOSES 30-27.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATS FROM THE GAME.

AS DAMON WAS TALKING ABOUT, NEBRASKA EXCELLED IN A NUMBER OF STATS, BUT GIVING UP THAT 285 YARDS RUSHING OR 286 YARDS RUSHING, WHATEVER IT ENDED UP BEING, IS CERTAINLY TOUGH.

AND THEY'RE THIRD DOWNS.

NEITHER TEAM WAS VERY GOOD ON THIRD DOWNS WHEN MICHIGAN HAD TO GET THOSE THREE ON THAT LAST DRIVE, THEY GOT THEM.

AND NEBRASKA LED A LOT OF OTHER ONES.

AND EVEN ON TURNOVERS, LET'S DO OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

WE START OFF WITH THE MAN WHO CAUGHT THE HAIL MARY OR THE BIG BEN, RIGHT.

OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

JACORY BARNEY JR.

SIX RECEPTIONS, 120 YARDS, 20 YARDS.

HE ALSO HAD THE PUNT RETURN AS WELL.

AND THOSE TWO TOUCHDOWNS.

AND IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT NO ONE ON THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO GET IT BECAUSE THEY GAVE UP TWO ON THE END ZONE.

I DID NOT MAKE THE SELECTION.

I WOULD HAVE PICKED SOMEBODY AS WE GO TO BREAK BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK DOWN BY DOWN EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID.

JAY'S GOING TO BREAK THAT DOWN WITH JAY'S PLAYS FROM SATURDAY.

>> WELL, ALL RIGHT.

WELCOME TO JAY'S PLAYS.

WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE THREE EXPLOSIVE TOUCHDOWN RUNS THAT MICHIGAN HAD AGAINST NEBRASKA DEFENSE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

THE FIRST ONE IS BRYCE UNDERWOOD'S QB KEEPER.

HERE THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF SENDING THE BACK IN MOTION EMPTY.

THAT CLEARS OUT THE LINEBACKERS IN EVERYONE'S EYES.

NOW EVERYONE'S IN COVERS.

NEBRASKA'S GETS FORCED IN THE MAN-TO-MAN SITUATION.

BUT WHAT NEBRASKA DOES HERE TO CREATE A GAP IS HE TRIES.

WE GOT TO TRY TO RUN A STUNT HERE ACROSS, ACROSS THERE.

YOU CAN GET THIS HUGE GAP THROUGH HERE.

BUT COLLAR CAN'T COME UNDERNEATH.

AND NEBRASKA NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB EXECUTING THESE LINES AS WE'LL SEE IN THE NEXT PLAY AS WELL.

SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE CAME BACK HERE TO TAKE THIS OPPOSITE B GAP OR THIS.

THE RUN HAPPENS.

IT DOESN'T.

AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS DOES IT.

YOU SEE NO WRAPAROUND RIGHT UNDERWOOD WAS ABLE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE GOALPOST.

EVERYONE DISPERSED IN MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE.

SO NEXT PLAY IS NEBRASKA.

DOES ANOTHER STUNT, A RATHER UNIQUE ONE.

I DON'T SEE THIS A LOT AGAINST THE RUN.

YOU SEE THIS MORE AGAINST A PASS SITUATION.

NOT QUITE SURE WHAT NEBRASKA IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS SITUATION, BUT WE GOT TO CALL IT OUT.

NEBRASKA IS GOING TO TRY TO BRING ENDS DOWN.

TACKLES WRAP AROUND HERE.

IT BITES HIM IN THE BUTT OKAY.

IT CREATES A HUGE GAP.

TACKLES HARD REACH ZONE GUARD REACH CENTER OVER HERE.

HE'S GOING TO WORK UP NEXT LEVEL TO SHAVERS THERE.

WE HAVE THREE GUYS OUTSIDE HERE.

THE REASON I DON'T LIKE THIS IS BECAUSE BALLS INTO THE BOUNDARY RIGHT HERE THE SIDELINE THE BEST TACKLER YOU HAVE THE SIDELINE NEVER MISSES A TACKLE.

SO FORCE THEM OUTSIDE FORCING TO BOUNCE IT.

BUT THEY DON'T.

THEY RUN THE STUNT HERE YOU CAN SEE BOOM OUTSIDE SHAVERS.

AND IT PUTS BUFORD IN A HORRIBLE SPOT TO TRY TO MAKE THIS TACKLE.

I DON'T RONNIE LOTT, ED REED PROBABLY CAN'T MAKE THAT TACKLE AGAIN.

NEBRASKA HAS TO CLEAN UP THE STUNT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

SO LAST ONE WE'LL LOOK AT HERE.

THEY DON'T DO A STUNT.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU GET A 2I HEAR MCCULLOUGH'S AN OUTSIDE MICHIGAN DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF BLOCKING THIS UP.

THEY GET SECOND LEVEL DOWN HERE BLOCKING.

MICHIGAN'S WIDE RECEIVERS DID A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB BLOCKING SECOND LEVEL.

NEBRASKA WAS A GUY SHORT ON THE NUMBERS TO THIS SIDE TO THE BOUNDARY.

SO YOU SEE MICHIGAN DOES A GREAT JOB.

GO AHEAD AND RUN.

IT GETS A HAT ON A HAT SECOND LEVEL.

YOU'D LIKE TO SEE VAN POPPEL COME OFF AND MAKE THAT TACKLE.

HE DOESN'T SOMEBODY TO MAKE COME OFF MAKE THAT TACKLE.

YOUR GUY SHORT OVER THERE LITTLE THINGS SCHEMATICALLY WISE.

NEED TO GET CLEANED UP FOR NEBRASKA HEADING THIS BYE WEEK.

BUT LISTEN IT BACK TO MIKE'L.

>> THANKS JAY.

NEXT UP ANDY KENDEIGH JOINS TO TALK BIG TEN AS WE GO TO BREAK MORE PICTURES FROM HURRDAT SPORTS AT THE MICHIGAN GAME.

>> WELCOME BACK.

THIS WEEK'S HUSKER HISTORY TAKES US BACK TO SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2016 AGAINST 22ND RANKED OREGON.

AND IT WAS TOMMY ARMSTRONG'S DAY, THE LAST TIME NEBRASKA BEAT A RANKED OPPONENT IN THE THIRD.

ARMSTRONG THREW HIS THIRD TOUCHDOWN OF THE DAY TO BRYAN REIMERS, WHO HAD TWO ON HIS CAREER.

THAT TIES IT UP AT 20, THEN DEVINE OZIGBO AT A BIG DAY AS WELL, PUTS THE BIG RED UP 27 TO 20.

OZIGBO HAD 95 RUSHING YARDS IN THE GAME.

ARMSTRONG GOES DOWN BUT COMES BACK IN THE GAME AND OVERCOMES IT.

MAKES A NICE RUN.

TOMMY 34 YARDS, THE GAME WINNING SCORE.

HE FINISHED WITH 95 RUSHING YARDS AND 200 PASSING FOR THE 35-32 WIN.

THE DUCKS WENT FOR IT ON TWO POINT CONVERSIONS FIVE TIMES IN THAT GAME AND MADE IT ONCE ONE TIME.

THAT LEADS US TO THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA.

THE HUSKER TEAM PLAYED TWO MORE RANKED TEAMS THAT SEASON AND LOST BOTH OF THEM ON THE ROAD.

WHO WERE THOSE TWO TEAMS AND WHAT WERE THOSE TEAMS RANKED AT THE TIME?

IF YOU WIN, WE'LL 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.

AS FOUR WINNERS, LAST WEEK'S WINNERS JONATHAN LEWIS FROM COLUMBUS.

IN THE HISTORY OF NEBRASKA'S FOOTBALL, FOUR COACHES HAVE WON NEBRASKA NATIONAL TITLES BOB DEVANEY, AND OF COURSE TOM OSBORNE AT NEBRASKA.

THE OTHER TWO WON AT OTHER SCHOOLS THOSE COACHES WERE.

LET'S GET TO THEM.

FIELDING YOST WON SIX TITLES AT MICHIGAN AND DANA X. BIBLE ONE TWO AT A&M, AND NO ONE BELIEVED THAT A&M NEVER WON A TITLE.

SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TRIVIA QUESTION.

WE'RE COMING IN NOW WITH ANDY KENDEIGH FROM KETV.

ANDY, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT LAST WEEK'S GAME?

>> LAST WEEK'S GAME?

I THOUGHT IT WAS DISAPPOINTING.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THIS TEAM IN THE PAST?

I THOUGHT THEY HUNG IN THERE.

I THOUGHT THAT THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY BELONGED, WHICH I THINK IS PROGRESS.

I THINK THAT WHEN LISTENING TO COACH RHULE ON MONDAY, I THOUGHT THAT, I THOUGHT THE MESSAGE WAS CLEAR, LIKE, DON'T OVERREACT.

THEY DO.

HE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THEY HAVE TO FIX SOME THINGS.

BUT I THOUGHT THAT, MICHIGAN'S A PRETTY GOOD TEAM.

I THOUGHT THAT THEIR PASS RUSH WAS A LITTLE BETTER THAN I THOUGHT.

AND THEY GOT SOME FUTURE NFL GUYS ON THE EDGE.

AND, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR NEBRASKA'S TACKLES TO HANDLE.

AND I THINK THAT THEY'LL GET BETTER FROM IT.

BUT, I THINK LEAVING THAT WAS ONE THAT THEY COULD HAVE HAD.

AND I THINK, BUT IT'S A FAR CRY FROM WHERE THEY WERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

>> ANDY ARE YOU SURPRISED WITH THE NARRATIVE AFTER A GAME LIKE THAT PERFORMANCE?

YOU LOOK AT THE STAT SHEET AND IF NEBRASKA WOULD HAVE WON THAT FOOTBALL GAME, I DON'T THINK DYLAN GETS SOME OF THE NEGATIVE NOISE.

BUT YOU KNOW, YOU LOSE BY THREE AND PEOPLE WANT TO POINT FINGERS AND ALL THESE THINGS HE WAS SINGLE HANDLING THAT.

NEBRASKA WAS IN THAT GAME BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OF HIM, HIS PERFORMANCE IN GENERAL AND JUST DEALING WITH THAT NOISE GOING FORWARD THE REST OF THE SEASON.

>> YEAH, I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED AT THE NOISE.

>> I'M TOO.

>> AREN'T YOU LIKE TARGETED TOWARDS DYLAN BECAUSE DYLAN'S ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY NEBRASKA HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.

HE'S HAVING A HECK OF A START TO THE SEASON.

I THINK HE'S PLAYING, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY, HE GETS THE, THE NEGATIVITY ONLINE THAT HE DOES.

I THINK PART OF IT HAS TO DO IS BECAUSE HE'S OUT THERE, BECAUSE HE'S THE MAHOMES STUFF.

AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S JUST SUCH LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR FOR PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO GO PICK AT HIM.

BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I THINK WHAT WE SAW FROM THIS GAME IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RELY ON HIS ARM QUITE A BIT COMING FORWARD, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY DID NOT ESTABLISH THE RUN.

AND I THINK THAT'S JUST GOING TO KEEP COMING BACK TO HAUNT THEM IN WEEKS TO COME, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SOME KIND OF RUNNING GAME.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SAY SHORT PASS GAME, SUBSTITUTING FOR THE RUNNING GAME, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME OF THAT, BECAUSE WHAT THEY DID SATURDAY, I THINK OTHER TEAMS ARE GOING TO LOOK AND SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO TO NEBRASKA MOVING FORWARD.

BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE THE WHOLE NEGATIVITY TOWARDS DYLAN BECAUSE I THINK HE'S BEEN TERRIFIC SO FAR.

>> WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF HANDLING THE PRESSER AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY LIKE JUST, I MEAN, COACHING BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN ASKED TO ME LIKE POSITION GUYS WHO I WANT.

AND THE QUESTIONS COME FROM MY HEAD COACH, AND HE KIND OF GIVES ME THE AUTONOMY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

I DID YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OR KIND OF HOW DO YOU READ WHEN COACH RHULE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND RUNNING BACK?

BECAUSE WE KNOW MEKHI HAD TO SIT THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS.

IVES NEEDED A CHANCE.

AFTER MISSING FOUR WEEKS, MOZEE'S NOT QUITE READY.

DID YOU LOOK AT THAT IS.

HEY, GET A GUY READY OR DO YOU TAKE IT AT FACE VALUE?

BECAUSE HE PREFACED THE WHOLE QUESTION BY SAYING, HEY, I KNOW I GOT TO BE CAREFUL AS THE HEAD COACH HOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND.

AND HE PUT IT OUT THERE ANYWAY.

I, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST THAT I WAS OKAY WITH THAT.

>> I WAS TOO AND I RESPECT THE FACT THAT HE IS TRANSPARENT WITH US TO A POINT.

LIKE, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY MEKHI NELSON WASN'T AVAILABLE THE WEEK PRIOR.

>> YEAH.

>> SO THAT'S A VALID QUESTION.

AND THAT'S COOL IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT STUFF IN-HOUSE.

UNDERSTOOD.

BUT, THE FACT THAT KWINTEN IVES WAS EFFECTIVE THE WEEK PRIOR AND THEN DOESN'T SEE MUCH ACTION, I THINK HE WANTS TO SAY, HEY, IT WAS MORE PACKAGE, PRESENTATION THAT NELSON AND MOZEE WERE IN, IN MORE, PACKAGES AGAINST MICHIGAN.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY TELLING THAT HE SAYS, HEY, I TOLD OUR COACHES, YOU GUYS GOT TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S NUMBER TWO, WHO'S GOING TO BE THE NUMBER TWO RUNNING BACK MOVING FORWARD.

BECAUSE EMMETT IS AS GOOD AS HE IS PLAYED AT TIMES THIS YEAR, HE NO ONE CAN HANDLE THAT TYPE OF LOAD IN A BIG TEN.

>> HE'S TAKING SOME SHOTS.

>> YEAH.

>> GOING BACK TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE, ANOTHER THING HE TALKED ABOUT WAS PEOPLE WERE ASKING HIM KIND OF ABOUT GOING OUT AND GETTING A RUNNING BACK TWO ON THE OFF SEASON OR SOME OTHER POSITIONS.

AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE MONEY, HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING SPENT.

ARE YOU SURPRISED AT NEBRASKA DOESN'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY?

IT SEEMS IT SEEMS LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE I'M SURPRISED.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY HERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY BEING DONATED.

>> I THINK THAT HAD TO BE TAKEN WITH THE NOTION THAT I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, KNOWING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO STAY IN THE PARAMETERS.

AND I MEAN, I'M DAMON IS NOT AS HEAD IS THAT AM I GOING RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD?

>> WE ALL HAVE BUDGET.

>> THAT IS 100% CORRECT.

AND HE YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE COACH RHULE EVEN SAID THIS WAS IN A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I WAS DOWN THERE ON A VISIT WITH MARTY AND THE NUMBERS WERE GETTING ASTRONOMICAL.

AND HE CALLED IT NIGHT.

AND HE SAID, WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING RIGHT?

LIKE THIS?

I COULDN'T I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE WITH MYSELF.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE NUMBERS JUST DON'T FIT.

AND I THINK YOU WANT YOUR HEAD COACH BEING FISCALLY SAVVY, BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I LOVE MARTY BROWN, I'M NOT LAMENTING OVER 49 CARRIES FOR 206 YARDS OR WHATEVER HE'S GOT AT HEAD AT MIAMI, RIGHT?

YEAH.

SO, I JUST I DON'T WANT PEOPLE SPENDING MONEY WILLY NILLY AND ON A HOPE AND A PRAYER LIKE IT WAS.

THE CONVERSATIONS WERE GETTING OUT OF HAND.

>> YEAH.

AND DON'T USE IT.

JUST BECAUSE YOU PAY FOR A GUY DOESN'T MEAN HE'S GOING TO BE PRODUCTIVE.

>> OH, SURE.

>> I DON'T THINK YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR ON THIS ROSTER AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE PAYING THIS GUY X. AND WHEN, OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE GUYS ARE MAKING PER SE, DOWN TO THE DOLLAR.

BUT YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, LEFT TACKLE IS MAKING X OR AROUND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IF THIS GUY'S NOT EVEN PLAYING, THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE OTHER DISCUSSION.

THE OTHER THING THAT I FIND INTERESTING IN THIS NEW AGE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS THAT BEFORE AND DB AND JAY, YOU GUYS CAN SPEAK ON THIS, I THINK MEDIA MEMBERS AND MAYBE FANS TO A POINT WERE A LITTLE MORE FORGIVING, LIKE, HEY, THEY'RE COLLEGE KIDS OR AMATEURS, BUT NOW YOU THROW MONEY OUT THERE AND SAY, HEY, THIS GUY'S GETTING PAID X, Y, Z, WHICH GOT A FAIR OR NOT FAIR, THAT'S THE WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN THESE DAYS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A TOUGH THING FOR THESE KIDS AND THEIR KIDS TO HANDLE.

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT IN GENERAL BECAUSE I WAS FIRED FROM THE NFL BECAUSE I WASN'T PRODUCING ENOUGH.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND AS WAS I.

>> YEAH.

SO LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S THE INTERESTING ASPECT OF JUST GIVEN THESE KIDS THESE, THESE YOUNG MEN MONEY WITH HIGHER EXPECTATIONS.

I THINK THEY ALREADY HAVE PLENTY OF EXPECTATIONS COMING IN AS RECRUIT.

WE PROP THEM UP SO HIGH, BUT NOW THEY'RE GIVEN A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY WITH MULTIPLE COMMAS.

AND THEY THINK NOW THEY SHOULD PERFORM TO THAT LEVEL AS WELL.

MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.

BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST IT'S A DIFFICULT, MENTAL CHALLENGE THAT TO HANDLE FOR, FOR EVERYBODY.

RIGHT.

>> YEAH.

>> I MEAN IT'S THE EXPECTATIONS ARE RAISED AND THAT'S FAIR.

YEAH.

THAT'S TOTALLY FAIR IN MY OPINION.

BUT, JUST BE, IT'S YOU SEE IT.

WE SEE IT IN ALL LEVELS OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.

>> YEP.

>> AND I THINK I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU WE CIRCLE BACK TO THE DYLAN CONVERSATION, WHERE YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S MAKING, BUT HE'S MAKING A SUBSTANTIAL SUM OF MONEY.

AND PEOPLE SAY, OKAY, HE'S MAKING THIS MONEY.

HE SHOULD BE DOING X, Y AND Z. I GO STILL GO BACK, LOOK AT HIS NUMBERS.

JUST PLAYING AT A PHENOMENAL CLIP AND AT ELITE LEVEL.

>> YEAH.

IF YOU TAKE HIS ANALYTIC NUMBERS HE'S A TOP FIVE QUARTERBACK.

>> 100%.

>> NOT IN THE BIG TEN IN THE COUNTRY I GUESS.

YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING.

YEAH.

WHAT ABOUT OFF THE TACKLE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY END UP DOING.

THERE >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION I'M MATT RHULE TALKED ABOUT COACH RHULE TALKED ABOUT IT ON MONDAY ABOUT HEY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT IT HARD.

I GOTTULA YOU KNOW I DON'T I YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL COMPARED TO YOU GUYS.

BUT I COULD TELL THAT, YOU KNOW, GUYS WERE RUNNING PAST BOTH TACKLES AND WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.

THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

AND WHETHER THAT MEANS SWITCHING UP THE TO PRITCHETT OR, YOU KNOW, SWITCHING UP, TO EVEN GIVE CORCORAN A CHANCE OVER THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM.

HOW WIDE WERE THOSE DEFENSIVE ENDS, TOO?

I MEAN, THEY WERE LINED UP.

>> YEAH.

>> I MEAN THEY WERE WIDE.

>> YOU TRIED TO GET YOUR SPLITS OUT THERE.

THEY WERE JUST RUN A PASS YOU.

SO IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A TRACK MEET FOR THOSE GUYS THAT I IT WAS IT WAS ALARMING TO SEE HOW BIG OF A PASS PASS RUSH AND HOW EFFECTIVE THEY WERE GETTING HELP.

>> WITH THAT PERFORMANCE, AS YOU SAW WITH THE INABILITY TO PROTECT DYLAN, IN ABILITY TO RUN THE FOOTBALL AT CERTAIN TIMES AND OBVIOUSLY THE, THE BIG PLAYS GIVEN UP ON THE RUN GAME DEFENSIVELY, DOES THAT SKEW HOW YOU HOW YOU KIND OF PROJECT THIS TEAM THE REST OF THE SEASON OR YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, I'M NOT ALARMED.

I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED.

THERE'S A LOT OF FOOTBALL BYE WEEKS YET TO GET THIS THING FIT.

>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FOOTBALL.

IT DOES OPEN YOUR EYES THOUGH, AND I THINK THIS KEY, THIS STRETCH OF FOUR GAMES, THIS MIDDLE FOUR IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE TO THE END GAME OF YOUR SEASON.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS FOUR GETTABLE GAMES WINNABLE GAMES.

ALSO LOSEABLE GAMES.

THAT'S THE THING.

AND REMEMBER WHEN COACH RHULE WOULD SAY HEY THESE GAMES ARE GOING TO COME DOWN LAST POSSESSION IN THE OFF SEASON.

YOU'RE LIKE COME ON COACH.

LIKE IN YOUR HEAD I'M LIKE, COACH, COME ON.

THERE'S NO WAY.

AFTER SEEING SATURDAY, I GET THE SENSE THAT MOST OF THESE GAMES ARE GOING TO COME DOWN TO THAT ONE POSSESSION.

BUT THESE MIDDLE FOUR THE MIDDLE FOUR RIGHT.

HERE ARE THE FOUR GAMES YOU COULD AND SHOULD GET, AT LEAST ON PAPER.

>> YEAH, THAT TRIP TO MINNESOTA, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS TO SHORT WEEK.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT UCLA IS GOING TO HAVE BY THE TIME NEBRASKA GETS THERE.

>> AND WHO'S GOING TO BE, >> BECAUSE THOSE GUYS WHO'S GOING ALL THE SIDES AND WHAT'S PLAYING EXACTLY RIGHT.

YEAH, THAT GOT NORTHWESTERN IN THE TOP RIGHT.

THERE'S A LOT OF GAMES TO WIN ON THIS GAME.

>> YEAH.

SO >> WHAT IS YOUR PREDICTION?

WHERE ARE YOU NOW.

WHERE WERE YOU.

>> 9-3 GOING IN.

AND, YOU.

KNOW, >> PLENTY OF ROOM.

>> I THINK I'M GOING TO STICK WITH IT BECAUSE IF THEY GET THESE MIDDLE FOUR, IF THEY CAN SLAY DRAGON AND GO UP TO MINNESOTA TOO AND WIN ON A SHORT.

AND I'M REALLY NOT THAT IMPRESSED WITH MARYLAND, EVEN THOUGH WHAT THEY DID IN WISCONSIN, I THINK WISCONSIN'S VERY, VERY DOWN THIS YEAR.

SO YOU TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS IN THIS MIDDLE FOUR, THEN YOU JUST TAKE YOUR CHANCES WITH YOUR LAST FOUR.

AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME COIN FLIP GAMES.

I THINK IOWA CAN GO EITHER WAY.

AND THEN YOU TAKE YOUR CHANCE.

MAYBE YOU STEAL ONE THAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO WIN BECAUSE ALL GREAT, ALL GREAT TEAMS USUALLY CAN PULL ONE OF THOSE GAMES OFF.

AND MAYBE THAT'S OUT THERE.

MAYBE THAT'S THE USC GAME OR YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN HAPPY VALLEY.

>> YEAH.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW PENN STATE CERTAINLY HASN'T PLAYED UP TO THE TOP FIVE.

>> 100% >> ANDY, WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANKS, BOYS.

>> THANKS A LOT.

WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL HEAR FROM COACH RHULE AND PICK THE TOP PLAYS FROM SATURDAY'S GAME.

>> TIME FOR TOP PLAYS FROM SATURDAY.

THE FIRST ONE DASAN MCCULLOUGH SACKED THE ONE.

SACKED NEBRASKA GOT IN THE GAME COMING OFF THE EDGE LOOKING LIKE THE GUY THAT WE THINK HE'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD THIS SEASON.

NUMBER TWO BARNEY.

GREAT PASS BY.

GREAT ROUTE.

GREAT PASS.

GREAT CATCH BY BARNEY.

FOR THE TOUCHDOWN THERE.

AND THEN THE FINAL ONE TO JACORY BARNEY JR.

ON THE HAIL MARY OR BIG BEN, RIGHT.

OR WHATEVER YOU LIKE TO CALL IT.

I LOVE THE PERSONAL PROTECTOR.

THEY GAVE DYLAN ON THAT AS WELL.

I'VE NOT SEEN THAT BEFORE.

THROWING IT UP.

AND THEN THE SMALLEST GUY AND THEN ENTIRE GROUP GOT UP AND GOT THE BALL FOR THE TOUCHDOWN TO EVEN IT UP AT HALFTIME AT 17-17.

ALL RIGHT.

TIME TO TALK.

SOME RECRUITING OF COURSE SEAN CALLAHAN JOINING US.

IT WAS A BIG RECRUITING WEEKEND I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE VERY BUSY.

WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM THERE?

WE HAD NEBRASKA, HAD MIKE'L, A GROUP OF OVER 30 AND 35 OFFERED GUYS ON CAMPUS, KENNEDY BROWN, BEING THE MOST HIGH PROFILE, THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PROSPECT IN THE CLASS OF 2027.

OBVIOUSLY, I, WHICH WHAT ABOUT HANDY ON SATURDAY?

>> YEAH.

>> BUT JUST THAT GROUP IN GENERAL, YOU'RE TROY DANNEN TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT, THE WEEKEND ITSELF.

I MEAN, BETWEEN THE RECRUITS AND THEIR FAMILIES, THERE ARE OVER 100 PEOPLE THERE FOR FOOTBALL.

>> WOW.

>> AND JUST THE STAGE.

THE SCENE.

YES.

NEBRASKA LOST THE GAME.

BUT IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT SHOWCASE OF NEBRASKA.

THE WEATHER, THE JUST THE SETTING.

BUT CRAWFORD, AND ALL THE RECRUITS, I THINK, LEFT WITH RAVE REVIEWS, BUT OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF WORK STILL HAD TO GET SOME OF THESE GUYS.

>> YEAH, A LOT OF GUYS TALK TO BRIAN MUNSON AND A LOT OF THEM SAID THEY HAD A GREAT TRIP DESPITE THE LOSS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ONE GUY WHO'S NO LONGER IN THIS CLASS.

>> YEAH.

DVEYOUN BONWELL-WITTE DECOMMITTED, A SIOUX FALLS AREA, SOUTH DAKOTA, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE WAS PARTING WAYS IN THIS RECRUITING CLASS.

BONWELL-WITTE HE HAD BEEN COMMITTED PREVIOUSLY TO GARRETT MCGUIRE, WIDE RECEIVER.

SO THIS MAKES SOME SENSE.

YOU KNOW DANA HOLGORSEN NOW, AND DAIKIEL SHORTS, HE WAS THE ONLY RECRUIT IN THE 2026 CLASS THAT HAD NOT TAKEN HIS OFFICIAL VISIT YET.

EVERY OTHER RECRUIT.

>> RIGHT.

>> BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DEAD PERIOD IN DECEMBER NOW.

SO IF YOU DON'T TAKE YOUR OFFICIAL VISIT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO TAKE ONE.

>> YEAH.

>> AT THAT POINT.

SO I THINK THE WRITING HAD BEEN ON THE WALL AND THEY ALSO OFFERED ANOTHER RECEIVER YESTERDAY BEFORE THIS CAME OUT.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE NEBRASKA WILL PROBABLY BE BACK IN THE MARKET FOR A 2026 WIDE RECEIVER.

TO ADD TO WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE.

>> THANKS, SEAN.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

BACK ON CAMPUS, IT'S TIME TO HEAR FROM COACH RHULE IN THE BIG READ REPORT.

>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THERE, BUT IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE, IS THAT WE HAVE TO GET BETTER, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT WE'VE FACED A REALLY GOOD TEAM EARLY ON IN THE SCHEDULE.

WE'VE HAD TWO CLOSE GAMES.

WE WON ONE BY THREE, WE LOST ONE BY THREE.

AND YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I FEEL THE.

PANIC.

THAT I FELT FOR TWO YEARS HERE, FROM THE GUYS ON THE SIDELINES.

I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I SAY IT OVER TIME OR TRY TO HAVE A VERY CALCULATED RESPONSE.

AND MY POINT TO OUR GUYS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HEY COACH RHULE MAYBE I SHOULD KICK.

I TOLD THEM MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE KICKED THE FIRST ONE.

I DON'T GET TO GO BACK AND DO THAT RIGHT.

I CHOSE TO GO FOR A FOURTH AND TWO.

I WENT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ANALYTICS I WENT WITH THE FIELD POSITION DIDN'T WORK OUT.

SO I HAVE TO OWN THAT.

WE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS ON A TOUCHDOWN.

WE HAVE TO OWN THAT WE MISSED.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A GUY IN THE POST ON LONG TOUCHDOWN.

WE WEREN'T ON THAT.

WE DIDN'T GO FAST ON THAT PLAY.

THERE'S SO MANY PLAYS LIKE THAT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BE SOME GUYS, YOU CAN JUST OVERWHELM PEOPLE WITH TALENT.

BUT IN A GAME AGAINST A TEAM LIKE MICHIGAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE PLAYS.

HE'S SEMI COMPLETING 75% OF HIS PASSES.

HE'S PLAYED TWO POWER FOUR TEAMS.

LIKE EVEN THE PLAY WITH THE TOUCHDOWN TO JACORY.

LIKE THAT'S A THAT'S A. THAT'S A THAT'S AN ELITE LEVEL.

CHECK.

THAT'S NOT SOMEBODY IN THE HEADSET LOOKING OVER THE SIDELINES.

AND I'M GOING LIKE THIS.

THAT'S DYLAN PLAYING QUARTERBACK NOW.

LIKE SO YEAH I SAY TO EVERYONE EVERY TIME THE MEDIA COMES IN I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT DO THE WHOLE JUST THE MAHOMES THING NOW.

I MEAN, I GET THE MAHOMES THING, BUT THAT'S JUST SUCH AN EASY LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FOOTBALL.

AND I THINK HE'S PLAYING FOOTBALL AT A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HIGH LEVEL.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT HIS GROWTH FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, LIKE HE GOT HIT EARLY, HE HAD TO RUN AROUND EARLY.

AND YET HE'S ONE THROW YOU KNOW.

AND THAT THROWS NOT OFF ME.

IT'S ON HIM.

IT'S ALSO ON THE TIGHT END.

TIGHT END BREAKS OUT WHEN HE SUPPOSED TO SIT DOWN TIGHT END DOES WHAT HE SUPPOSED TO.

THE BALL IS COMPLETED AND WE DON'T HAVE TO THROW THAT INTERCEPTION.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYBODY.

BUT YEAH, THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME AS MUCH.

IS IT AS MUCH AS LIKE I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE IN THESE GUYS WHAT I SEE IN THEM, RIGHT?

THEY, THEY PLAY THEY PLAY THEIR TAILS OFF.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, DYLAN'S PLAYING QUARTERBACK AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL RIGHT NOW PERSONALLY.

>> SO COACH THINKS THAT THINGS ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ASKED ABOUT THAT.

AND HERE THE RESULTS FROM OUR SURVEY QUESTION.

DO YOU FEEL THAT NEBRASKA'S PROGRAM IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION UNDER MATT RHULE 73% SAID YES, 5%.

THE HATERS SAY NO.

20% SAY UNSURE AND THEN 2% DO THE NO OPINION, WHICH I ASKED YOU NOT TO VOTE ANYMORE.

AROUND THE BIG TEN, INDIANA SHOWED IT'S WORTH SATURDAY HANGING 63 BEAUTIFUL POINTS ON NINTH RANKED ILLINOIS.

AS A NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE COMES TO AN END.

THE BIG TEN IS 46 AND NINE THIS SEASON, AND THE BIG TEN STILL HAS SEVEN TEAMS RANKED IN THE AP TOP 25.

OHIO STATE STILL NUMBER ONE, PENN STATE GOES TO THREE.

OREGON IS AT SIX.

THERE'S, INDIANA AT 11.

MICHIGAN'S AT 19, USC IS AT 21.

AND ILLINOIS DROPS TO 23RD.

NEBRASKA'S SCHEDULE LOOKING UP.

COMING UP.

OF COURSE BYE WEEK RIGHT NOW YOUR GUYS ARE FEELING ON THIS SCHEDULE AND THE WAY IT'S SET UP.

AND HE TALKED ABOUT IT AND GET THIS MIDDLE FOUR RIGHT NOW WITH SOME WINNABLE GAMES IN THERE.

BUT YEAH.

>> VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW YOU SAW MICHIGAN STATE GO TO USC AND IT WAS A ONE-SCORE GAME IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

AT USC, THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD OFFENSE.

NEBRASKA.

YOU KNOW, THESE GAMES YOU CAN TAKE LIGHTLY GOING FOR THE BIG TEN IS LEGIT.

THEY GOT TO THEY GOT THEY GOT TO ATTACK IT AND THEY GOT TO GET BETTER.

AND IT STARTS WITH MICHIGAN AND MICHIGAN STATE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, HONESTLY.

>> I THINK THAT USC GAME WAS AS CLOSE.

I WATCHED THAT GAME.

I WAS THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE NUMBER FOR THAT GAME IS GOING TO BE IN THE 60S.

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I LISTEN AND I THINK NEBRASKA CAN'T BE THE RUN DEFENSE THAT LETS THE SPARTANS GET RIGHT.

>> YEAH.

>> 32 CARRIES FOR 112 YARDS AGAINST SC.

IT GOT IT.

GOT AWAY FROM THEM WHERE I FELT LIKE CHILES HAD TO KIND OF TAKE OVER AND DO A FEW EXTRA THINGS.

I DON'T WANT YOU KNOW FRAZIER THOSE GUYS RUNNING THE BALL FOR MICHIGAN STATE.

IS IT SUSTAINABLE WHAT MARYLAND'S DOING?

THEY ONLY RUN THE BALL 40% OF THE TIME.

SOMEHOW THEY'RE 4-0.

AND THEN I DON'T, YOU KNOW, PRESEASON.

I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED AND CONCERNED ABOUT MINNESOTA.

I'M NOT SO SURE THIS IS THE HOUSE OF HORRORS THAT I'VE.

THAT I TALKED MYSELF INTO IN THE PRESEASON.

BUT IF YOU'RE NEBRASKA, IT STARTS WITH HOW DO YOU WANT TO PLAY AND WHO DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WITHIN THOSE SCHEMES THIS BYE WEEK, THAT'S THE FIRST WIN THEY GOT TO GET.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE FOUR SEAN?

>> YEAH I THINK THE GUY SAID I MEAN THE MICHIGAN STATE GAME COULD PRESENT SOME MATCHUP PROBLEMS WITH THE MOBILITY OF THEIR QUARTERBACK AND WHAT HE CAN DO.

WE KNOW THAT'S GIVEN NEBRASKA SOME PROBLEMS THIS YEAR.

THE MINNESOTA GAME, AS YOU KNOW, IS ALWAYS A TOUGH TRIP.

MARYLAND IS THE ONE THAT INTRIGUES ME.

JUST BECAUSE THEY WIN.

I MEAN, NEBRASKA HAS NEVER BEATEN WISCONSIN IN MADISON IN 15 YEARS OF THE BIG TEN.

THEY GO IN WITH A FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK AND WIN BY 17 POINTS.

THAT GOT MY ATTENTION TO SEEING WHAT HE DID AS A FRESHMAN.

>> YEAH.

AND HE'S A A TALENTED KID.

I THOSE FIRST THREE GAMES THAT MARYLAND PLAYED, IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.

BUT YOU GET THROUGH THOSE OBVIOUSLY AS THIS BYE WEEK JUST GOT A LOT TO GET DONE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE COME OUT OF THE BYE WEEK.

>> WELL YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED I KNOW WITH A LOSS YOU GOT TO APPROACH EVERY ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE AND SAY, HOW DO WE FIX IT AND HOW DO WE INPUT WE HAD TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY SCHEMES.

I THINK NEBRASKA THEY ARE WHO THEY ARE THROUGH THESE FOUR GAMES.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO IMPLEMENT DRASTIC CHANGES IN SCHEMATICS AND PLAY CLOCK WISE.

BUT LIKE DAMON SAYS, WHO CAN HANDLE AND WHO CAN EXECUTE WHAT WE WANT TO DO WHEN IT MATTERS THE MOST.

WE SEE SOME GUYS IN IT STARTS.

THEY GOTTA START EXECUTING.

AND MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS.

>> YEAH.

>> BUT WHEN IN FRONT OF 90,000, YOU'RE TIRED AND YOU GOT, YOU GOT VOICES TALKING TO YOU AND, AND YOU GOT TO COMMUNICATE.

WHO CAN HANDLE THAT?

WHO CAN HANDLE THE NOISE?

BECAUSE NEBRASKA'S GOT ISSUES DEFENSIVELY.

SCHEMATIC.

THEY'RE JUST NOT EXECUTING WISE OR COMMUNICATION ISSUES.

THEY GOT TO GET THAT CORRECTED.

AND YOU LOOK AT THE OFFENSIVE LINE ISSUES IS WHO CAN WE HOW CAN WE HELP THEM OFFENSIVELY?

WHAT DO WE GOT TO DO.

IS THAT SUSTAINABLE IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO OFFENSIVELY.

YOU JUST CAN'T CHIP EVERY TIME ON A TACKLE.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT EVERY TIME.

SO HOW DO YOU WANT TO ATTACK THAT.

YEAH.

BUT REALLY JUST ADDRESS IT.

I WHERE YOUR WEAKNESSES ARE IN EVERY BITE EVERY ALL THE GOOD TEAMS DO THIS.

THE OHIO STATE'S ADDRESSING THEIR WEAKNESSES ON THEIR BYE WEEK.

RIGHT.

AND YOU GOT TO ADDRESS THEM AND FIX THEM.

>> PATRICK ON FACEBOOK ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE O-LINE PLAY.

WAS THERE THAT BIG OF A GAP BETWEEN THE TALENT BETWEEN MICHIGAN'S D LINE AND NEBRASKA'S O-LINE?

>> WELL, I THINK BETWEEN BARHAM AND THE LEFT TACKLES, SURE.

I MEAN HE'S.

>> ONE GUY'S THE FIRST ROUND PICK.

>> HE'S A HE IS A LEGIT BIG TIME PLAYER.

BUT LISTEN, IF IT'S ME, I'M PLAYING PRITCHETT AND I'M DEALING WITH WHAT COMES WITH THAT.

I THINK HE'S YOUR MOST GIFTED OFFENSIVE LINEMAN.

I THINK YOU HAVE TO PLAY HIM.

AND I THINK HE LIVE WITH WHAT COMES WITH IT.

>> YOU THINK IT'S A MENTAL THING FOR HIM.

>> I DO.

>> A CONCENTRATION LEVEL.

>> I DO I, I 100% THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

HE'S CAPABLE OF DOING WHATEVER HE WANTS TO.

>> MARK CALLED IN AND ASK THE QUESTION, WHAT DOES INDIANA HAVE THAT NEBRASKA DOESN'T?

>> I MEAN, HE JUST SET UP FOR THEM.

SO WELL, LAST YEAR THEY HAD A GREAT SCHEDULE TO KIND OF BUILD THEIR SWAGGER.

THEY HAD A LOT OF PLAYERS THAT CAME WITH CIGNETTI AND CLEARLY HE'S AN EXPERIENCED HEAD COACH THAT KNOWS HOW TO WIN.

YOU KNOW, HE'S A GUY THAT NO ONE REALLY WANTED FOR A BIG JOB.

AND INDIANA TOOK A CHANCE YEARS ALMOST KIND OF LIKE A BILL SNYDER AT KANSAS STATE, A MARK MANGINO AT KANSAS, YOU KNOW, CIGNETTI WAS NEVER A GUY THAT NEBRASKA WOULD EVER HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OR A LOT OF PROGRAMS.

>> AND HIS AGE.

>> AND, YOU KNOW, FOR INDIANA, I MEAN, IT DOES REMIND ME A LITTLE BIT OF KANSAS STATE WITH BILL SNYDER JUST FIGHTING KIND OF OIL ON A DRY WELL, ESSENTIALLY.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

I THINK I LIKE THE FACT THAT HE'S GOOD AT EVALUATING AND GETTING GUYS ON CAMPUS THAT THINK THE WAY THAT HE DOES.

HE'S EXTREMELY CONFIDENT.

HE'S NO NONSENSE.

HE INSTILLS AND PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE THE BEST IN INDIANA PLAYS WITH CONFIDENCE.

>> OH YEAH.

>> I LIKE THEY PLAY THE EXACTLY LIKE HE THINKS.

AND THOSE ARE THE GUYS THAT HE GOES TO GET.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE FOUR MAN FRONT JOHN ASK THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE.

3-3-4 AT A TIME.

>> YEAH THEY I LOVE THEY IMPLEMENTED THAT WAS THAT WAS A NICE WRINKLE THEY ADDED BECAUSE AGAIN THAT'S LOVED IT.

AGAIN IT'S JUST HOW THEY WANT TO OPERATE.

DO WE WANT TO PLAY DEFENSE OUTSIDE IN OR INSIDE OUT?

THEY GOT TO FIGURE THAT OUT IN MY OPINION.

AND WHO THEY CAN COUNT ON CONSISTENTLY TO PLAY THE RIGHT WAY.

LET THEM BE TIMES WHERE YOU GOT TO GET OFF BLOCKS AND YOU GOT TO MAKE PLAYS.

AND NONE OF GUYS ARE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW AT THE ONE ON ONE LEVEL, AND ACTUALLY ON THE DEFENSE.

SO THEY GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S ABLE AND CAPABLE TO DO THAT.

AND THEY CAN TRUST YOU.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DYLAN TAKE MORE CHANCES IN TERMS OF HIS THROWS?

>> NO, NOT NECESSARILY I THINK I MEAN BECAUSE THE AND I GET IT, NOT EVERYBODY HAS, ACCESS TO ALL 22, BUT I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD VANTAGE POINT, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WOULD TAKE THE CHANCES.

RIGHT?

I MEAN, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CHECK DOWNS ON THOSE TWO, TWO OF THE SACKS.

I FELT LIKE HE COULD HAVE GOT RUN THE BALL.

BUT.

AND WHEN YOU SAY CHANCES, I THINK PUTTING THE BALL IN HALF, >> I THINK.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DEEP BECAUSE I THINK ONLY LIKE ABOUT 16% OF HIS THROWS ARE OVER 15 YARDS.

>> I YOU GOT TO KIND OF SEE HOW TEAMS ARE PLAYING.

I MEAN YOU CAN'T RUN OR THERE'S NO THREAT OF THE RUN, NO DUALITY IN THE QUARTERBACK RUN GAME.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THIS TWO MAN AND SOME OF THESE UMBRELLA COVERAGES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

IF I PLAYED A QUARTERBACK THAT COULDN'T RUN, I'D STAND TWO MEN ALL DAY LONG BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A MOBILE QUARTERBACK.

>> ARE YOU SURPRISED?

>> IT'S HARD TO THROW THE BALL.

AT LEAST SOME PEOPLE CALL INFINITY.

I MEAN, THAT'S NATURAL.

WE WOULD BACKUP QUARTERBACK.

ALWAYS BEEN POPULAR BACKUP RUNNING BACKS TOO, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

EXACTLY.

LET'S GET THE BURNING QUESTION.

>> I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.

>> YOU KNOW, MY BURNING QUESTION IS, CAN THIS OFFENSE HAVE THE BALANCE THAT NEEDS, CAN IT RUN THE BALL BETTER, OR IS IT GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE AND DIE BY THE ARM DYLAN RAIOLA.

>> YEAH, FOR ME, IT'S JUST, IS IT ROUND PEG, SQUARE HOLE, OR ARE WE EVOLVING IN TERMS OF WHO WE WANT TO PLAY?

ARE WE GOING TO FORCE FEED THE ISSUE, OR ARE WE GOING TO GIVE GUYS THE SHOT THAT WE THINK GIVE US THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN?

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS, CAN USA WIN ON HOME SOIL IN THE RYDER CUP?

>> GETTING REALLY.

GOT IT.

>> THAT REALLY IS.

>> THAT'S ONE OF.

MY FAVORITE WEEKS.

BUT NO, I FORGOT TO CLEAN UP SCHEMATICS WISE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

HOW DO YOU WANT TO OPERATE FROM HERE ON OUT?

BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS IT HANDELING THE RUN GAME.

WELL ENOUGH.

>> YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING WHO IS GOING TO BE THAT NUMBER TWO RUNNING BACK THAT COACH RHULE ASKED HIS COACHES TO GO FIND?

FOR OUR PICKS ON HOW THE SEASON WILL END UP, CHECK OUT THE PREDICTION ON FACEBOOK X AND BIG RED WRAP-UP'S WEB PAGE.

AS A REMINDER, THE NEXT GAME WILL BE ON TV ANOTHER AFTERNOON START AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH AT 3 P.M.

CENTRAL ON FS1.

NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT HERE ON NEBRASKA, PUBLIC MEDIA WILL PREVIEW THE MICHIGAN STATE GAME AND TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE HUSKERS HOME GAME AFFECTS BUSINESS AROUND LINCOLN ON BIG GOOD WRAP-UP AT 7 P.M.

ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

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 LIKE DAMON, GO TO HIGH SCHOOL CLASSICS.

IT'S BACK FOR A NEW SEASON AND A NEW EPISODE DROPS ON WEDNESDAYS.

AND IF IT'S VOLLEYBALL YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA HAS XAVIER VISITING NUMBER 16 RANKED CREIGHTON THE BLUE JAYS AT 6:30 ON FRIDAY, AND ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 3 P.M., TOP RANKED NEBRASKA HOST MARYLAND.

OUR THANKS TO ANDY KENDEIGH FOR JAY MOORE, DAMON BENNING AND SEAN CALLAHAN.

I'M MIKE'L SEVERE.

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