S S >> NEBRASKA CAME CLOSE ON SATURDAY AGAINST OKLAHOMA, BUT THE USUAL MISTAKES AND PENALTIES LED TO THE HUSKERS FALLING 23-16 IN NORMAN.

LOTS OF POSITIVES TO BE TAKEN FROM THE PERFORMANCE AS THE TEAM PREPARES TO TAKE ON A RANKED MICHIGAN STATE SQUAD.

WE'LL RECAP THE OKLAHOMA GA AND TAKE STOCK IN THE HUSKERS WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST, STEVEN M. SIPPLE FROM "THE LINCOLN JOURNAL-STAR."

SEAN CALLAHAN IS HERE AND HIS UPDATES ON THE WORLD OF NEBRASKA RECRUITING.

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

NEBRASKA SURPRISES A LOT OF FOLKS KEEPING THE GAME CLOSE AGAINST OKLAHOMA BUT FALLS SHORT AGAIN AS THEY GET READY NOW FOR A BIG GAME AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE.

HERE'S JAY MOORE -- HERE' SEAN CALLAHAN.

COULD I JUST SAY "EVERY GAME'S A BIG GAME?"

>> IT IS.

>> I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING AGAINST ANY OF THEM, BUT JUST "EVERY GAME'S A BIG GAME."

YOU WERE DOWN THERE -- YOU WERE IN OKLAHOMA, WHAT WAS THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE WHAT -- WHAT WAS THE FEEL?

>> IT WAS GREAT.

THE OKLAHOMA FANS ARE AWESOME.

THEY WERE VEVE HOSPITABLE, WELCOMED US BACK -- "HEY, WE MISSED YOU GUYS.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO UP TO LINCOLN NEXT YEAR."

AND, THERE WAS A TON OF NEBRASKA FANS.

SEAN, YOU WERE DOWN THERE, TOO, AND I WAS WAITING IN LINE AT HALFTIME TO GET SOME REFRESHMENTS AND OKLAHOMA FANS WERE LIKE, "WE DON'T -- WE'VE NEVER TRAVELED LIKE THIS IN AN AWAY GAME."

I MEAN, THERE WERE PEOPLE -- NEBRASKA FANS EVERYWHERE.

I KNOW THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HAD A BIG GET-TOGETHER DOWN THERE BUT I MEAN THERE WAS -- IN THAT NORTH STADIUM, IN THAT NORTH END ZONE, THERE WERE A LOT OF NEBRASKA FANS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WALKING AROUND, GOING TO THE GAMES, YOU'RE HEARING THE "GO BIG RED" CHANTS.

>> YOU CAN HEAR THEM IN BIG PLAYS, TOO.

YOU HEAR THE CHEERS.

>> OH, YEAH, IT WAS -- IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

IT WAS HOT, YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THE NORTH STADIUM THERE -- IT WAS HOT BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK -- AND THE FUNNY THING IS YOU CAN GO DOWN AT HALFTIME, IT'S 7-3, AND THE OKLAHOMA FANS ARE LIKE, "WHAT IS GOING ON?"

LIKE THEY'RE - YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE A 22, 23-POINT FAVORITE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT USED TO SEEING A FOUR-POINT LEAD AT HALF.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO A NUMBER THREE-RANKED TEAM IN THE NATION, SO THE ATMOSPHERE WAS GREAT.

THE NOSTALGIA BRINGING EVERYTHING BACK.

I WISH WE COULD HAVE IT EVERY YEAR OR, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER YEAR, OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, BUT -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, MORAL VICTORIES, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS ONE WAS -- WAS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS YOU GET FOR NEBRASKA.

>> IF THEY COULD SCRIPT THE GAME BEFOREHAND, YOU'D FIGURE THAT COACH FROST AND COACH CHINANDER WOULD HAVE SCRIPTED THE GAME LIKE THAT, RIGHT?

LIMITED POSSESSIONS, LETTING THEM RUN THE BALL A LITTLE BIT, BUSTOPPING BIG PLAYS.

>> YEAH.

OKLAHOMA SCORED ON THAT OPENING DRIVE BUT THE WAY IT ALL WENT ABOUT, IT ALMOST KIND OF WAS THE PACE CAR FOR THE GAME AND OKLAHOMA, YOU KNOW, HELD THE BALL A LONG TIME.

THEN NEBRASKA GOT THE BALL - HELD THE BALL FOR A LONGNGIME.

OKLAHOMA BARELY HAD THE BALL FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE THEIR SECOND POSSESSION IN THE FIRST QUARTER, SO YEAH, I JUST THINK THE STYLE OF THE GAME -- NEBRASKA CAME IN THERE WITH A BIG TEN PERSONALITY.

THEY SAID "WE'RE GOING TO PLAY RUNNING GAME, I THINK NEBRASKA WINS THE GAME BUT THOSE RUNNING BACKS REALLY CAUSED ENOUGH PROBLEMS TO GIVE SPENCER RATTLER WHAT HE NEEDED.

>> PLUS, MADE A COUPLE FIELD GOALS AND AN EXTRA POINT AND THE SCORE SEEMS TO BE KIND OF EVEN.

WE HAVE LOTS MORE TO GET TO TONIGHT, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP IN THE CONVERSATION.

WE'RE GOING TO GET IT GOING.

THE BOYS FROM PHI KAPPA THETA ARE BACK, WAITING FOR YOUR CALLS.

WHILE THEY WAIT, THEY'RE ENJOYING SOME VALENTINO'S PIZZA.

LET'S GET 'EM WORKING TONIGHT.

YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH US BY EMAIL OR TEXT MESSAGE AT BIGRED@NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG WITH YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, AND ADD TO THE CONVERSATION.

YOU CAN ALAL SEND THOSE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA - I'M LOOKING AT THE FACEBOOK AND THE TWITTER, AS WELL.

WE WILL HAVE YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, AS WELL.

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

WE ASKED YOU "WHICH OF THESE CONCERNS WERE THE MOST FOR YOU AFTER THREE GAMES?"

60% TARGETED THE SPECIAL TEAMS' MISCUES, WHICH OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AGAIN WE HAD AGAINST OKLAHOMA.

37% SAID "INCONSISTENT PRODUCTION AT RUNNING BACK," AND JUST 3% THOUGHT THE DEPTH AT WIDE RECEIVER AND TIGHT END WAS THE BIGGEST CONCERN.

HERE'S OUR ALL NEW "SIDELINE SURVEY: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SEASON FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE AGAINST OKLAHOMA?"

"DO YOU FEEL MORE OPTIMISTIC," THAT'S "A."

"B," "ABOUT THE SAME, OR, "DO YOU FEEL WORSE?"

AS OF RIGHT NOW?"

57% OF THE PEOPLE SAY, "MORE OPTIMISTIC."

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

TIME TO GO DEEPER INTO THE PLAYBOOK - HERE'S JAY MOORE IN "THE HUDL."

( WHOOSH ) >> SO, WE'LL HOP IN "THE HUDL" HERE PRETTY QUICK IN THE SHOW AND I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE DEFENSE.

SO I'M KIND OF -- IT MIGHT BE BEST TO GO FLIP-FLOP OFFENSE/DEFENSE EVERY WEEK.

WE ALL KNOW NOW THROUGH FOUR GAMES THE DEFENSE IS THE STRENGTH OF THIS TEAM, SO LET'S LOOK AT A COUPLE PLAYS.

THIS ONE'S EARLY IN THE GAME - ONE OF THE FEW TIMES THAT NEBRASKA HAD A CHANCE TO GET HANDS ON THE FOOTBALL OF RATTLER BUT, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME REALLY GOOD PLAY UP FRONT HERE BY DANIELS.

HE'S JUST - HE'S OVER THE CENTER AND IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD PLAY BY HIM.

YOU DON'T SEE A NOSEGUARD AND A GUY HIS SIZE BE ABLE TO MOVE AND KIND OF PENETRATE LIKE THIS IN A PASS RUSH, SO I'M GOING TO START PLAYING THIS.

HE GIVES THE GUY JUST A NICE HUMP MOVE.

HE THROWS TO HIM AND HE KIND OF - THE CENTER OVERSETS, "HUMPS," AND YOU CAN SEE HIM - BECAUSE HE HAS NO CHANCE NOW.

HE'S ABLE TO PRESS THIS UP-FIELD.

NOW, THE INTERESTING THING IS, IS THIS TACKLE KIND OF SLIDES DOWN, LEAVES GARRETT NELSON OFF THE EDGE, FREE.

IF THERE'S A TIGHT END, OR A WINGBACK - I'M NOT FOR SURE - HE KIND OF COMES OVER LATE.

HE'S TRYING TO SEAL HIM OFF, BUT AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT GARRETT NELSON COMING FREE.

THE BACK DOESN'T DO A GOOD JOB.

RATTLER TOSSES UP LIKE HE DOES A LOT -- REIMER HAS A CHANCE, TOO, BUT THE REALLY GOOD JOB OF OKLAHOMA'S RECEIVER TO TRY TO BAT THAT BALL DOWN AND GIVE OKLAHOMA A CHANCE TO GO AGAIN.

SO, LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT PLAY.

THIS IS LATE IN THE GAME.

NEBRASKA - I THINK - BELIEVE THIS IS AFTER THAT INSANE INTERCEPTION THAT REALLY FAVORED NEBRASKA ON THIS SCENARIO, BUT I WANT TO FOCUS AGAIN ON GARRETT NELSON.

HE IS A C-GAP PLAYER, SO THE C-GAP RIGHT NOW IS ON THE I IIDE, ER, THE OUTSIDE OF THIS TACKLE.

THIS WOULD BE THE B-GAP IN BETWEEN TACKLE AND GUARD - A-GAP IN BETWEEN GUARD AND CENTER.

SO, HE HAS TO MAINTAIN THIS.

HE HAS TO HAVE "GAP INTEGRITY" WITHIN THIS.

SO, WHAT HE DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB IS, BOOM!

HE IS BEING PHYSICAL.

HE'S HAD THE TWO GUYS GO DOWN ON HIM -- YOU CAN SEE HIM PUSHING UP, BEING PHYSICAL ON THE TACKLE - PLAYING THE TACKLE - NOT WORRYING ABOUT WHO'S PUSHING UP AGAINST HIM, AND THEN AS THIS PLAY KIND OF EVOLVES, YOU HAVE NEWSOME WHO COMES HERE AND IT'S AN INTERESTING SITUATION.

HE'S MAYBE 200, 210, 215, AND HE'S TRYING TO TAKE ON A POLLING GUARD.

YOU KNOW, HE KIND OF DOES A GOOD JOB CUTTING HIS KNEES OUT, BUT THE CRAZY THING IS IF THIS RUNNING BACK MAYBE HAPPENS -- IT BOUNCES - I DON'T KNOW IF REIMER HAS ENOUGH TIME OR SPEED TO KIND OF GET HIM BUT YOU KNOW, HE DOES A GOOD THING.

HE HONESTLY SETS THE EDGE A LITTLE BIT BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON NELSON ONE MORE TIME.

HE COMES OUT OF THIS.

HE WAS RIGHT HERE.

COMES OUT OF IT, MAKES A PLAY.

YOU'VE GOT SOME JUNK DOWN HERE - MESSES THE WHOLE PLAY UP.

REIMER KIND OF HOPS ON TOP AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT'S THIRD AND LONG AND NEBRASKA'S ABLE TO GET THE BALL BACK, AND THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR MANNING TOUCHDOWN PASS JUST A FEW MINUTES LATER.

S S >> IT SEEMED LIKE TO ME, JUST WATCHING THE GAME A COUPLE TIMES, NEBRASKA STARTED WEARING OKLAHOMA DOWN.

YOU NOTICED NEBRASKA STARTED GAINING MORE YARDS ON THE GROUND.

WE SAW THAT RAHMIR JOHNSON, ON HIS LAST SIX RUNS FOR 32 YARDS, AND I THINK, ON THE OTHER SIDE, TOO, I THINK THEY WERE --- STARTED KIND OF PUSHING THE OFFENSIVE LINE AROUND A LITTLE BIT FOR OKLAHOMA, I THOUGHT.

>> YEAH, YOU -- WHEN YOU WATCH THIS GAME, AND BEING THERE IN PERSON, YOU KNOW, OKLAHOMA HAS ELITE TALENT.

I MEAN, SEAN KNOWS EVERY PART OF THEIR RECRUITING CLASSES.

YOU DIDN'T SEE THEM LIKE, "MAN, THEY'RE BETTER THAN US," IN JUST THE WAY WE WERE ABLE TO COVER THEIR RECEIVERS, YOU KNOW, HAZELWOOD AND MIMS.

I THINK OUR BACK END DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AGAINST THEM.

THEY HIT UP FRONT.

I MEAN, OTHER THAN SOME -- SOME LEAKY PROTECTION, YOU KNOW -- WE'VE HAD THOSE ISSUES, I THINK, ANY TIME A TEAM -- OKLAHOMA BROUGHT A LOT OF LATE STUNTS.

THEY STEMMED EARLY FOR SOME OF THOSE FALSE STARTS.

WE'VE STRUGGLED TO PICK UP MOVEMENTS AND STUFF THAT'S -- THEY'VE GOT TO GET THAT CLEANED UP.

BUT OVERALL, I MEAN, THE D-LINE PLAYED PHYSICAL, YOU KNOW, CAM JURGENS WAS OUT THERE TRYING TO KNOCK PEOPLE'S HEADS OFF - YOU'VE GOT TO LIKE THAT.

SO, THE PHYSICALITY IS THERE, IT'S JUST AGAIN, IT'S THE EXECUTION.

UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE PERFECT GAMES, BUT I THINK OVERALL WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO WHAT YOU NEED TO SEE.

BUT, HOW MANY TIMES DO WE KEEP SAYING IT, THOUGH?

IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS, IT'S THOSE LITTLE PLAYS, AND IT WAS CLOSE.

I MEAN, IT'S A NINE-POINT SWING WITH THREE MADE FIELD GOALS, AND YOU KNOW, AND, WITH THAT'S EXTRA POINT -- NO SAFETY.

SO - AND THAT'S A WIN.

SO, I LOVE IT.

THOSE D-LINES ARE PLAYING VERY, VERY WELL, AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE'S JUST GOT TO PICK IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND YOU MIGHT START SEEING SOME BETTER RESULTS.

>> IT REALLY WAS THE SPECIFIC GAME PLAN FOR OKLAHOMA, THOUGH, RIGHT?

THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET BEAT DEEP - THE LET THE RUN A LITTLE BIT - GAVE UP ON THAT BUT MADE SURE THEY KEPT EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF THE.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GAME PLAN MAYBE WE'LL SEE AGAINST BIG TEN TEAMS BUT IT WORKED WELL ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM IN THE GAME AGAINST OKLAHOMA.

>> AND THEN, I LIKE HOW THEY SAT ON THE PROCHAZKA AT A TIGHT END MOVE UNTIL THE THIRD QUARTER.

I THINK IF YOU SHOW THAT BEFORE HALFTIME, OKLAHOMA CAN ADJUST.

THEY COME OUT WITH THAT RIGHT AWAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER ADJUSTMENTS WE'VE SEEN NEBRASKA COME OUT WITH, OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM, AND OKLAHOMA WAS CAUGHT OFF-GUARD - THEY'RE LIKE, "WAIT - 14 PERSONNEL - FOUR TIGHT ENDS?"

LIKE, "WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?"

>> NUMBER 46 --.

>> WHO'S THIS 46?

I MEAN, I'M SURE THEY KNEW WHO TEDDY PROCHAZKA WAS, BUT THEN YOU THROW A 46 JERSEY, THAT WAS A REALLY NICE WRINKLE AND FIVE OR SIX RUN-BLOCK PLAYS WERE REALLY SUCCESSFUL AND VOKOLEK BEING BACK, ALLEN BEING BACK - SO, YEAH, I LIKE THE WAY NEBRASKA TRIED TO USE THEIR BIG TEN PERSONALITY A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, "WE'RE BIGGER THAN YOU - WE'RE STRONGER THAN YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO PUSH YOU AROUND."

>> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF SPENCER RATTLER?

HE CERTAINLY CAN MAKE THE RIGHT THROWS ON OCCASION.

>> IT'S EITHER ALL OR NOTHING, REALLY.

YOU KNOW, HE'LL HAVE THOSE THROWS - "OKAY, THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD," BUT HONESTLY, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THAT GAME BECAUSE NEBRASKA JUST MADE HIM COMPLETE SIMPLE PASSES.

I MEAN, THEY DID NOT GET OVER TOP OF NEBRASKA AND THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE.

AND, I WAS SITTING IN THAT NORTH STADIUM AND YOU COULD SEE THE ROUTES GOING - I'M LIKE, "WOW, HE'S GOT 'EM, HE'S GOT 'EM, HE'S GOT 'EM."

SO, NEBRASKA DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AGAINST A REALLY, REALLY GOOD WIDE RECEIVER GROUP IN OKLAHOMA.

SO, THEY JUST FORCED HIM TO SAY, "HEY, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE YOUR EASY THROWS.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A SIX, SEVEN-YARD GAME, THAT'S NO PROBLEM."

SO, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IMPRESSIVE.

YOU KNOW, HE HAS THE MOBILITY.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE HAD THAT KIND OF READ/OPTION LOOK, HE KIND OF KEPT IT THERE TO GET A -- I THINK IT WAS A THIRD DOWN -- AND I THINK JOJO DOMANN CAME CRASHING OFF THE EDGE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST MADE A GOOD CALL.

YOU KNOW, HE HAS SOME GOOD MOBILITY, BUT I THINK THE HYPE IS A LITTLE TOO MUCH, IN MY OPINION.

I THINK HE DOES MAKE SOME THROWS, LIKE, "WOW, THAT WAS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD THROW," BUT ALSO IT'S LIKE, "WHOA, WHAT IS HE DOING?"

AND, NEBRASKA HAD THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET, YOU KNOW, INTERCEPTIONS IN THAT GAME WHERE HE KIND OF TOSSED THEM UP AND MADE BAD THROWS.

AND, TALKING INTO -- YOU KNOW I FAMILY THAT ARE OKLAHOMA FANS, ARE LIKE, "HE'S GOING TO -- HE'S GOING TO GET -- HE THROWS PICKS."

HE TAKES CHANCES.

HE'S A GUNSLINGER.

HE TAKES CHANCES AND SOMETIMES THAT HURTS THEM AND SOMETIMES IT HELPS 'EM, BUT HEISMAN - YOU KNOW, FRONT-RUNNER - POTENTIAL FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK.

I DON'T KNOW, HE NEEDS -- I DON'T THINK HE'S A HEISMAN FRONT-RUNNER BY ANY MEANS, BUT I THINK HE HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE FIELD GOAL KICKER GOING INTO THIS WEEK?

YOU OP IT UP TO EVERYBODY?

I KNOW THAT SCOTT FROST IS VERY LOYAL TO CONNOR CULP.

I KNOW HE IS, BUT WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING THIS WEEK?

>> IT'S A REALLY TOUGH THING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IN PRACTICE THESE MISSES AREN'T HAPPENING, FROM ALL REPORTS YOU HEAR.

THEN, IN THE GAME THEY ARE HAPPENING AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF 'EM YOU CAN LIVE WITH - THE 50-SOME YARD MISS, THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

>> YEAH - HIT THE UPRIGHT --.

>> BUT, YOU KNOW, THE 30-SOME YARD ONE, THAT HAS TO BE -- IF YOU'RE CONFERENCE KICKER OF THE YEAR, DIVISION I POWER FIVE KICKER, YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE THAT.

PERIOD.

AND, YOU KNOW -- >> THEY ASKED YOU TO START THE HALF WHEN NEBRASKA GETS A GREAT DRIVE, YOU KNOW -- MOMENTUM-WISE >> AND HE COMES OUT AND MAKES HIS CAREER-LONG, YOU KNOW, TO START THE GAME IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

SO, YOU'RE LIKE, "ALRIGHT, MAYBE HE'S OUT OF IT," AND SO, I THINK THEY'LL STICK WITH CULP, BUT - BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT KELEN MEYER, BRENDAN FRANKE.

THOSE ARE THE OTHER KICKERS THAT TRAVEL, SO REALLY -- THERE'S REALLY NOT ANOTHER GUY IN THE MIX.

I THINK MEYER, AS WE SAW, CAME IN AND HAD THE EXTRA POINT BLOCKED AND IN SOME WAYS MAYBE THAT WAS A BLESSING IT WASN'T CULP ON THAT PLAY BECAUSE THEN CULP WOULD HAVE HAD THAT ON HIM, AS WELL.

BUT, THAT WASN'T HIS FAULT.

YOU KNOW?

EXTRA POINT BLOCK HAD TO DO WITH THE LINE PLAY UP FRONT AND GETTING COMPLETELY JUST BLOWING UP.

>> IT WASN'T CONNOR CULP, BUT ACCORDING TO EVERYONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT WAS CONNOR CULP.

>> HE TOOK THE -- >> YEAH, HE TOOK THE BRUNT OF TWITTER, STILL.

>> HE DID.

WHAT ABOUT PENALTIES?

WE'VE SEEN IT A LOT, BUT THEY TOOK IT TO A WHOLE ANOTHER LEVEL IN THA FIRST DRIVE.

HOW ABOUT 50 YARDS OF PENALTIES ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE?

EVERYBODY HAD ONE.

>> YEAH, THAT WAS -- THAT FIRST DRIVE -- YOU MEAN - THAT'S HARD, BECAUSE YOU'RE PRETTY YOUNG UP FRONT -- >> SURE.

>> AND, THEY DO THAT LATE STEM, SO YOU'RE WIRED UP, YOU'RE TIGHT, YOU'RE READY TO GO, YOU'RE READY TO GET AFTER SOMEONE.

THEY COME TO THOSE LATE STEM.

THEY PROBABLY HAD A HARD MOVE CALL FROM THE DEFENSE, SO, AND AGAIN, NEBRASKA DOES SORT OF CLAP FOR THE SNAP, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S TOUGH, AND THAT'S A GOOD JOB BY OKLAHOMA KIND OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOME YOUNG, SOME YOUNG BLOOD UP FRONT.

BUT, YOU KNOW -- SOME OF THOSE PLAYS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MIND CAM JURGENS GETTING SOME OF THOSE PENALTIES FOR R ING A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE, YOU KNOW -- >> RIGHT.

>> YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MORE NASTY - NEBRASKA DOES NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE NASTY, IN MY OPINION.

SO, AS YOU SEE RIGHT HERE -- >> HE CAN'T FINISH YET -- >> HE CAN'T FINISH, YEAH.

>> HE JUST CAN'T.

BUT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

I'D RATHER HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TELL A GUY TO CHILL OUT A LITTLE BIT THAN KICK IT AND KICK IT IN GEAR.

BUT, THE PENALTIES -- THE FALSE STARTS - THOSE ARE TOUGH.

BUT, YOU'RE KIND OF YOUR FIRST - YOU KNOW, ILLINOIS WASN'T A VERY HOSTILE CROWD.

THIS IS THEIR FIRST HOSTILE CROWD -- >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY -- >> SO FAR THIS YEAR.

>> YOU GO BACK TO 2019, THAT WAS THE LAST TIME NEBRASKA PLAYED IN FRONT OF TRUE OPPOSING CROWDS.

>> RIGHT.

>> NO FANS IN 2020.

ILLINOIS WAS PROBABLY AS MANY NEBRASKA FANS THERE, AND A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT WENT TO AN ILLINI FOOTBALL GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THEIR OPENING WEEKEND OF COLLEGE, SO THAT WASN'T A HOSTILE, BUT THAT WAS TRULY THE FIRST TIME A LOT OF THESE GUYS, LIKE BENHART, AND PIPER, AND WHOEVER, HAD PLAYED -- CORCORAN - IN FRONT OF 80,000-SOME PEOPLE AFFECTING JUST HOW THEY OPERATED UP FRONT.

>> ADRIAN MARTINEZ'S BEST GAME, JUDGED BY OPPONENT, SINCE 2018, OHIO STATE.

MOST PEOPLE THINK.

BUT, IN TERMS OF THE WAY HE'S PLAYING RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS YOU'VE SEEN HIM PLAY ALL OF HIS CAREER?

>> YEAH, HE'S LOCKED IN.

I THINK THE ILLINOIS GAME HE HAD THOSE MISSES AND THE FUMBLE AND I THINK HE'S COME THROUGH THAT, AND I REALLY THINK THE LAST FEW WEEKS HE'S PLAYING AT ANOTHER LEVEL AND HE'S LETTING THE GAME COME TO HIM, HE'S MANAGING IT, HE'S CONNECTING ON THE DEEP SHOTS.

GIVE OKLAHOMA CREDIT.

THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD GAME PLAN TO SPY HIM WITH BENITO, AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT ALL THROUGHOUT THE BIG TEN.

VERY LITTLE TEAMS ARE GOING TO BLITZ MARTINEZ BECAUSE BUFFALO SHOWED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BLITZ MARTINEZ.

>> RIGHT.

>> HE CAN MAKE THAT GUY MISS AND GO.

I THINK A LOT OF TEAMS INCLUDING MICHIGAN STATE ON SATURDAY ARE GOING TO HAVE A SPY AND LIMIT THE BLITZ, AND MAKE MARTINEZ MAKE THE THROWS AND LIVE WITH THE SHORTER RUNS.

>> AND THEY HAVE FOUR-MAN FRONT FOR MICHIGAN STATE, TOO, I DON'T THINK NEBRASKA'S SEEN A TRUE FOUR-MAN FRONT YET.

>> ILLINOIS.

>> WELL, ILLINOIS -- THAT WAS A VERY STRANGE FRONT THE WAY THEY WERE DOING THAT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OVERALL ABOUT THE SKILL AROUND HIM?

LOOK AT VOKOLEK RIGHT THERE.

WE KNOW AUSTIN ALLEN, AND YOU SEE OMAR MANNING COMING, ZAVIER BETTS.

IT'S CERTAINLY BETTER THAN THE SKILL WAS TO START THE SEASON.

>> AND, YOU DON'T HAVE OLIVER MARTIN IN.

HE'S BEEN BANGED UP.

YOU GET HIM BACK IN THE MIX, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN THE BEST, SKILL-POSITION-WISE, SINCE MAN, I DON'T EVEN - I MEAN, AUGUST?

>> PROBABLY 2018.

>> MAYBE, OR EVEN YOU MIGHT GO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WITH TAYLOR MARTINEZ DAYS, WITH KENNY BELL, AND QUINCY ENUNWA, AND, SOME OF THOSE GUYS --.

>> ABDULLAH --.

>> YEAH, SOME OF THOSE GUYS.

YEAH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, CETHAN CARTER MAYBE AT TIGHT END.

SO, IT HELPS.

AND, I THINK IT HELPED IN HAVING TIGHT ENDS GETTING THAT LOOK IN THERE -- HAVING TWO BIG WEAPONS.

YOU KNOW, HE'S HAD BIG BODIES TO THROW TO.

WE SAW ZAVIER BETTS MAKE SOME NICE CATCHES - JUST HAVE A BIG CATCH RADIUSES.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO THROW PERFECT.

I MEAN, WAN'DALE ROBINSON WAS A GREAT PLAYER, BUT HE'S SO SH -- THAT'S A HARD THROW TO MAKE BECAUSE OF HIS CATCH RADIUS.

YOU HAVE YOUR BIGGER BODIES AND THAT JUST HELPS AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT THE EVOLUTION OF ADRIAN WAS AN INCOMPLETE PASS THAT I SAW IN OKLAHOMA AND I WAS WATCHING THE GAME AND IT WAS AN INCOMPLETE PASS BUT HE THREW IT ONLY WHERE HIS GUY COULD GET IT.

>> THE ONE TO AUSTIN ALLEN IN THE END ZONE?

>> YEAH, IT'S LIKE - THAT ONE, OR IT WAS ANOTHER ONE.

I THINK IT WAS A SEVEN - I THINK IT WAS COMING TOWARDS US AND THE GUY NEXT TO ME GOES, "HE ACTUALLY THREW IT TO WHERE ONLY HIS GUY COULD GET IT."

YOU DON'T - YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT VERY MUCH.

IT'S LIKE, HE'D THROW IT BEHIND HIM, OR WHEREVER IT IS, TO GIVE MAYBE THE DEFENDER A CHANCE BUT YOU'RE SEEING - THOSE ARE THE LITTLE THINGS AND THAT'S JUST CREDIT TO HIM, AND FROST, AND THE OFFENSE GETTING HIM GOING.

>> AND HIS INTERCEPTION WAS EVEN A GOOD INTERCEPTION.

>> HE HAD TO THROW IT AWAY - THROW IT UP.

>> FOURTH DOWN, AND HE'S LIKE, "YOU KNOW WHAT?

THROW IT UP," AND, HEY, THE GUY CAUGHT IT ON THE TWO-YARD LINE AND IT ACTUALLY WORKED OUT.

IT WAS LIKE A PUNT TO THE TWO-YARD LINE.

>> YEAH, IT WAS PERFECT.

IT'S TIME NOW TO GET TO THE TAPE.

HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM A WARM DAY, OR, A HOT DAY AS JAY WOULD SAY, IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA.

WE START OUT WITH NEBRASKA RUNNING OUT OF THE TUNNEL.

YOU LOOK AT NEBRASKA EARLY-ON AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID OKLAHOMA HAVE REALLY GOOD WI RECEIVERS, THEY EVEN WENT AND GOT THIS TRANSFER FROM ARKANSAS, WOODS, WHO'S ANOTHER GOOD PLAYER.

THEY HAVE SO MUCH TALENT.

SO MUCH TALENT IN THAT WIDE RECEIVER SPOT.

AND, HERE AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE.

THIS IS SUPER MARIO.

NOW, I KNOW JAY, YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT THAT PLAY BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

THAT'S THE FIRST - THAT WAS BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND WE SAW IN THAT CALL, BUT IT WAS - IT WAS CAUGHT BEHIND OUR LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, SO PROBABLY A GOOD CALL.

>> SPENCE RATTLER GETS THE TOUCHDOWN HERE.

I SWEAR WATCHING THIS ONE - IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE WAS IN UNTIL THEY UNSTACKED ALL THE BODIES AND YOU DID SEE THE BALL NEAR HIS SHOULDER, AND SO THAT WAS A TOUCHDOWN TO MAKE IT 7-0.

SIX CARRIES FOR 35 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN FOR SPENCER RATTLER THROUGH THE DAY.

AND THEN, WE MENTIONED THIS: NEBRASKA'S PENALTIES.

TWO EARLY FALSE STARTS.

THEY ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER PENALTIES ON THAT PLAY, AS WELL, BUT SOMEHOW NEBRASKA STILL MANAGED TO GET A FIELD GOAL, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THIS PLAY.

FIRST TIME WE HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY SEE OMAR MANNING IN THE OPEN FIELD, SEAN?

>> YEAH AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS KIND OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WE'D SEE.

BIG PLAYS AND BIG GAMES FROM THE NATION'S TOP JUCO PROSPECT - IT JUST TWO O ARS TO GET HERE.

>> HERE'S CONNOR CULP MAKING HIS CAREER LONG, AND THE THIRD, FIELD GOAL ON THE YEAR.

VERY SOLID THERE FROM 51 YARDS.

AND THEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, SEAN WAS ABOUT THE RUN GAME.

KENNEDY BROOKS STARTED GETTING GOING A LITTLE BIT IN THE SECOND QUARTER WITH THIS RUN FOR 23 YARDS.

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE DEFENSIVE LINE ON THAT PLAY?

>> THERE WAS A B B GAPAP I DON'T - THERE WAS SOME MISCOMMUNICATION.

SOMEONE - THEY HAD TOO MANY GUYS -- YOU KNOW, THERE WAS TOO MANY OUTSE OR TOO MANY INSIDE.

SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIG HOLE.

>> FIELD GOAL KICKER FOR OKLAHOMA HAD MADE FIVE OF SIX AND THREE FROM OVER 40 YARDS, AND MISSES THAT ONE FROM 54.

BACK COMES NEBRASKA.

BIG PLAY HERE ON THIRD DOWN AND FOUR, GETTING IT TO LEVI FALCK FOR THE FIRST DOWN.

HIS ONE CATCH.

AND THEN, THE MISS HERE FROM 50 YARDS, JUST OFF THE RIGHT UPRIGHT.

IT WAS CLOSE.

THAT'S FOUR MISSES ON THE SEASON FOR CONNOR CULP.

THEN ADRIAN MARTINEZ COMES BACK.

SAMORI TOURE REALLY WAS GETTING DOUBLE-TEAMED AND THEY WERE CONCENTRATING ON HIM, BUT THIS IS A GREAT PATIENCE THAT HE SHOWS ON THIS ONE GETTING THE FIRST DOWN RIGHT THERE.

THREE RECEPTIONS FOR 27 YARDS FOR TOURE.

THEN ADRIAN MARTINEZ COMES BACK WITH A GREAT THROW TO AUSTIN ALLEN - GET HIM INSIDE THE RED ZONE.

PROBLEM IS, NEBRASKA, TWO PLAYS AFTER THIS WHERE THEY GAIN ZERO YARDS AND THEN THE FIELD GOAL MISS.

THIS REALLY HURT THEM EMOTIONALLY COMING OUT OF THAT.

>> YEAH.

YOU HAD TO GET POINTS THERE.

PUT THE PRESSURE BACK ON OKLAHOMA.

YOU KNOW, MAKE IT 7-6, AND YOU'RE IN THE GAME NO MATTER WHAT AT THAT POINT, EVEN IF OKLAHOMA WERE TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN ON THEIR NEXT POSSESSION, LIKE THEY DID.

>> OKLAHOMA HAS TO GO WITH THE TRICK PLAY THERE.

IT ENDS UP WORKING.

AND, MARVIN MIMS'S 23 YARDS ON THE PLAY, AND HE COMES BACK TO TWO CATCHES BY YOUNG STOOPS KID WHERE, ON THIS DRIVE, IT WAS SECOND AND 21, AND HE ENDED UP HELPING TO CONVERT FOR THAT, AND THEN YOU GET THE TOUCHDOWN HERE.

CAM TAYLOR-BRITT KD OF -- >> THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.

THAT'S A POWER PASS.

I'VE GOTTEN BEATEN ON THAT ONE, TOO, IN MY ROOKIE YEAR IN THE NFL, SO THAT'S A HARD PLAY TO DEFEND, SO I WON'T BEAT HIM UP TOO BAD.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYS ALL DAY: THROW BACK TO RAHMIR JOHNSON AND YOU LOOK DOWN THE FIELD AND YOU SEE CAM JURGENS WITH THIS GUY ON SKATES.

THE OFFICIAL FELT THAT HE WENT A LITTLE TOO FAR - THEY ENDED UP CALLING A PERSONAL FOUL ON HIM.

CAME BACK 15 YARDS.

THEN, THIS PASS HAPPENED.

THIS LOOKS LIKE DAVE CASPER, WHO GOES TO THE POST A LITTLE BIT RIGHT THERE WITH THE CATCH BY TRAVIS VOKOLEK AND THEN, THE FOLLOW OPTION PLAY.

>> I LOVE THIS PLAY.

>> I LOVE THIS PLAY.

>> IT'S A GOOD CALL.

>> IT'S STILL ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYS, BUT OF COURSE, THEN WE MOVE TO THE EXTRA POINT AND IT GETS BLOCKED.

YOU SEE ETHAN PIPER GETTING PUSHED BACK IN IT, AND FIELDS PICKS IT UP AND GOES THE DISTANCE AND BRINGS IT BACK.

I HADN'T SEEN THIS CONVERTED IN YEARS.

>> NO.

>> TERRANCE NEWMAN FOR KANSAS STATE - I SAW IT AGAINST USC AND PETE CARROLL - THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES I ALWAYS REMEMBER BECAUSE K STATE ENDED UP BEATING A REALLY GOOD USC TEAM -- >> YEAH-YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT.

YEAH-YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 14-10 - INSTEAD IT WAS 16-9 AFTER THAT HAPPENED, SPENCER RATTLER COMES BACK AND MAKES A BIG PLAY HERE ON THIRD DOWN TO HAZELWOOD.

HE HAD SIX CATCHES FOR 61 YARDS ON THE DAY.

AND THEN, KENNEDY BROOKS, GETTING THE BALL IN THE END ZONE -- 14 RUSHES FOR 75 YARDS, AND THAT TOUCHDOWN.

BUT, NEBRASKA COMES BACK.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES.

EVEN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF VERSITY, THEY COME BACK.

A GREAT PASS HERE TO ZAVIER BETTS, 51-YARD CATCH, AND THEN, YOU ADD 15 ONTO IT BECAUSE OF A SIDELINE INTERFERENCE BY OKLAHOMA'S SIDELINE.

THREE CATCHES FOR 61 YARDS FOR ZAVIER BETTS.

THE PROBLEM IS, THEY CAN'T MOVE THE BALL AFTER THAT.

THEY HAVE SOME PROBLEMS GETTING A PLAY IN, AND IT'S FOURTH DOWN AND 18, AND YOU SEE ADRIAN MARTINEZ TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY HERE.

THROWS IT UP, BUT THEN, AS YOU SAID, SEAN, A PUNT - IT'S A PUNT.

IT'S A SHORT PUNT - PUTS THEM DOWN AT THE TWO OR THREE-YARD LINE.

NEBRASKA GETS THE STOP.

IT IS AN AMAZING PLAY.

>> BEST PUNT OF THE YEAR [LAUGHTER] >> IT'S AN AMAZING CATCH.

THOSE GLOVES, THEY DO WONDERS.

THEN, ADRIAN MARTINEX MAKING THIS 21-YARD PASS HERE - TOUCHDOWN.

THREE PLAYS IN A ROW THAT ADRIAN MADE TWO GUYS MISS AND THEN MADE THAT GREAT THROW TO OMAR MANNING FOR HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN -- TWO FOR 52, AND THE TOUCHDOWN, AND THEN SPENCER RATTLER -- THEY'RE TRYING TO RUN OUT THE CLOCK.

THIRD DOWN GETS STOPPED HERE.

NEBRASKA GETS THE BALL BACK WITH ABOUT 52 SECONDS AND REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING - MAKES THIS LAST THROW ON FOURTH DOWN.

ENDS THE GAME.

NEBRASKA ONLY AVERAGED 2-1/2 YARDS PER RUSH, WHERE OKLAHOMA HAD 194 YARDS ON THE DAY.

BUT, NEBRASKA WAS RIGHT THERE, TOTAL YARDS, 384-408.

ADRIAN MARTINEZ HAD A GREAT DAY.

VERY EFFICIENT, AND IT WAS EVEN TIME OF POSSESSION.

IT REALLY WAS A GAME WHERE NEBRASKA MAKES A COUPLE OF PLAYS -- A COUPLE OF PLAYS DIFFERENCE AND IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

NOW, FOR OUR PLAYERS OF THE GAME.

LOOK, ADRIAN MARTINEZ HAS TO BE ONE OF THEM, AND WAS NOT JOJO DOMANN MAKING EVERY SINGLE TACKLE EARLY ON?

>> IT FELT LIKE IT.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

EVERY SINGLE TACKLE IT FELT LIKE HE WAS MAKING.

HE HAD 12 TOTAL TACKLES.

HE HAD SEVEN SOLOS.

HAD A TACKLE FOR LOSS, HAD A PASS BREAK-UP, ALMOST HAD AN INTERCEPTION, AND THEN WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT ADRIAN MARTINEZ'S DAY?

WHEN HE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO RUN, HE RAN PRETTY EFFICIENTLY AND HE WAS INCREDIBLY ACCURATE WITH ALL THAT TALENT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH, HE'S DOING WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT A FOURTH-YEAR QUARTERBACK TO DO.

HE'S BEEN POISED.

YOU KNOW, YOU READ THE COMMENTS FROM OKLAHOMA FANS ON MESSAGE BOARDS AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEY'RE LIKE, "MARTINEZ LOOKED BETTER THAN OUR GUY.

YEAH, OUR GUY IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK HEISMAN WINNER."

SO, THIS IS THE MARTINEZ WE THOUGHT WE'D SEE.

THEY GET A LOT OF EXTRA TALENT AROUND HIM.

I MEAN, 2019 AND '20, THERE WERE ISSUES AT TIMES WITH THE TALENT AROUND HIM AND HE STILL DOESN'T HAVE A RUNNING GAME.

>> RIGHT.

>> I MEAN, STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT ONE FIGURED OUT YET, BUT THE RECEIVER TALENT ALONE HAS HELPED HIM SO MUCH.

HE COULDN'T THROW THOSE DEEP BALLS LAST YEAR.

HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO COULD DO IT.

I MEAN, KADE WARNER, HE AIN'T GONNA RUN THAT DEEP BALL.

I MEAN, WAN'DALE ROBINSON WAS NOT A DEEP-BALL THROW GUY.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE DEEP-BALL GUYS.

AND, I THINK YOU'RE SEEING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN HE CAN STRETCH THE FIELD NOW.

>> NINTH IN THE COUNTRY AND PLAYS 10-PLUS, AND THEN THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER ONES: 70, 60, 50 -- THEY ONLY HAD THE ONE LAST YEAR OVER 50.

NEXT UP ON "BIG RED WRAP-UP," WE'LL BE JOINED BY OUR SPECIAL GUEST, STEVEN M. SIPPLE, FROM "THE LINCOLN JOURNAL-STAR" TO BREAK DOWN THE PERFORMANCE SATURDAY.

BEFORE THAT, THOUGH, ENJOY SOME OF THE IMAGES FROM A RENEWED NEBRASKA AND OKLAHOMA RIVALRY FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND, COURTESY OF "HAIL, VARSITY."

WE'RE BACK SOON.

S S S S >> WELCOME BACK TO "BIG RED WRAP-UP" WITH OUR PLAY OF THE GAME.

SADLY, IT IS A FOURTH-QUARTER INTERCEPTION.

ADRIAN MARTINEZ'S FIRST OF THE SEASON.

INCREDIBLE LEAPING GRAB BUT IN THE END, IT PUT NEBRASKA IN A GREAT SPOT TO STOP OKLAHOMA AND GET THE BALL BACK AND THEN GO GET A TOUCHDOWN.

BUT, IT IS AMAZING -- IT WAS THE PLAY OF THE DAY, I BELIEVE, ON ESPN, AS WELL.

NOW, FOR A TOUR OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

SOME OF THE BEST FROM THE WEEKEND.

FIRST UP FROM TWITTER, IT'S ALEX HAYNES, WHO SAYS THAT BEING A NEBRASKA FAN NEEDS TO GO ON HIS RESUME BECAUSE IT DEMONSTRATES HIS ABILITY TO PERSEVERE THROUGH HARD TIMES.

IT TRULY TAKES MENTAL STAMINA TO SUPPORT THIS TEAM.

AND, OVER ON FACEBOOK, CORNHUSKER MEME DROPPED THIS IMAGE OF WHAT I THINK MOST HUSKER FANS THOUGHT THROUGHOUT THE GAME, WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE AND HOW IT ENDED UP BEING.

AND THEN FINALLY, THERE WAS A MEME THAT GETS SHARED OLD TIMES - HOW I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WATCHING NEBRASKA PLAY -- NU WAS THE ONE BEFORE THAT, AND THEN NU INSTALLS NEW GOAL POST.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE NCAA REGULATION OR NOT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT ANYBODY COULD MAKE THAT FIELD GOAL, INCLUDING OUR GUEST, STEVEN M. SIPPLE, WHO COULD KICK FIELD GOALS IN THOSE COWBOY BOOTS.

>> IN MY BOOTS I COULD DO IT FOR SURE.

>> I'M SURE YOU COULD DO IT, YEAH.

>> A SIDEWINDER KICK.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING?

>> I'M GOOD.

YOU ARE - YOU ARE OLD SCHOOL.

YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GO DOWN TO OKLAHOMA AS AN OLD SCHOOL KIND OF GUY.

>> WHY AM I OLD SCHOOL?

>> BECAUSE YOU'RE OLDER THAN ME.

>> YEAH.

>> AND YOU GO DOWN THERE AND YOU SEE OKLAHOMA/NEBRASKA RIVALRY RENEWED.

EVERYBODY THAT WENT DOWN THERE HAD A GREAT TIME.

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE AND JUST THE WAY IT WAS DOWN THERE?

>> IT WAS INTENSE.

I MEAN, IT WAS INTENSE WALKING TO THE GAME AT 8:00 A.M., IT WAS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO -- I DON'T KNOW -- IT'S HARD TO SORT OF DESCRIBE.

I KNOW I'M PAID TO DO THAT, BUT IT WAS JUST -- IT FELT DIFFERENT.

IT FELT LIKE - I MEAN, YOU CAN IMAGINE IF NEBRASKA WAS RANKED THIRD IN THE COUNTRY, WHAT LINCOLN WOULD FEEL LIKE FOR AN 11:00 A.M. GAME.

THAT'S WHAT IT FELT LIKE.

THE BANDS ARE ALL CRANKED UP THAT EARLY IN THE MORNING.

YOU KNOW, ON THE SIDELINE -- AND ON THE SIDELINE BEFORE THE GAME -- JAY, YOU PLAYED THERE?

>> YEAH, IN '04.

>> TIGHT.

>> VERY TIGHT.

>> TIGHT QUARTERS, BUT IT'S REALLY CRAMPED.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE SIDELINE AND DOM RAIOLA WAS DOWN THERE WITH DILLON RAYOLA, AND EVERYTHING FELT REALLY --.

>> SWITZER, AIKMAN, BOSWORTH --.

>> YEAH, ALL THAT --.

>> ALL THAT DOWN THERE.

>> ALL THAT WAS DOWN THERE.

LINCOLN RILEY RAN ON THE FIELD RIGHT BY ME.

IT JUST FELT REALLY INTENSE.

IT DID.

IT WAS GOOD.

IT WAS A GREAT FEELING.

>> IT FELT RIGHT.

>> YEAH, IT DEFINITELY FELT RIGHT, YEAH.

>> YEAH, IT DEFINITELY FELT RIGHT.

>> IN TERMS OF THE GAME, THE DEFENSIVE GAME PLAN THAT NEBRASKA HAD - GAVE UP A LITTLE BIT OF RUNS, BUT DIDN'T GIVE UP ANY BIG PLAYS BESIDES THAT TRICK PLAY.

THAT MAY NOT BE THE GAME PLAN FOR THE BIG TEN SEASON, BUT IT WORKS WELL AGAINST OKLAHOMA.

>> YEAH, I THOUGHT NEBRASKA WAS SOUND.

I MEAN, I THINK -- I THINK JAY WOULD AGREE -- IT INDICATES YOU'RE SOUND IF YOU DON'T HAVE GUYS RUNNING FREE.

AND, THAT WAS GOOD.

YEAH, I THINK THE DEFENSE STUCK TO ITS PLAN PRETTY WELL.

I JUST LIKE THE DEFENSE IS PLAYING TOUGH.

I KNOW IT DOESN'T SAY A WHOLE LOT -- WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, THEY'RE RALLYING TO THE BALL.

SEEMS LIKE THEY PLAY WELL TOGETHER, THEY WANT TO PLAY FOR EACH OTHER.

THERE'S A CERTAIN SPIRIT THAT YOU DEFINITELY SEE.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S A GREAT I DON'T THINK THEY'VE PLAYED GREAT.

I MEAN, THEY'VE GIVEN UP A 180.5 YARDS RUSHING TO THE TWO POWER FIVE TEAMS, AVERAGE.

BUT, IT'S - IT'S - I DON'T KNOW, AT TIMES I'M INSPIRED BY IT.

I THINK THAT THEY'RE PLAYING INSPIRATIONAL FOOTBALL.

>> PEOPLE ASK ME, CAN YOU PICK OUT A GUY WHO IS PLAYING WELL ON THIS DEFENSE?

I HAVE A HARD TIME DOING THAT.

I'M LIKE THIS DEFENSE IS --.

>> MULTIPLE GUYS.

>> YEAH, BUT THEY'RE PLAYING SO WELL TOGETHER.

THEY'RE PLAYING WELL.

YOU KNOW, OKAY, JOJO'S PLAYING SOLID, BUT JOJO BARELY PLAYED AGAINST ILLINOIS.

LUKE REIMER HAS PLAYED REALLY SOLID, YOU KNOW --.

>> DEONTAI WILLIAMS --.

>> YEAH, BUT SO -- IT'S -- I CAN'T -- THERE'S NOT ONE GUY THAT'S JUST STICKING OUT.

IT'S NOT LIKE WHEN WE HAD NDAMUKONG SUH OR IT'S JUST LIKE YOU HAVE ONE GUY AND IT'S LIKE, MAN, THIS GUY IS --.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT IT'S JUST THEY'RE PLAYING VERY WELL, TO ME, AS A WHOLE AND NOT ONE GUY IS - I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GUYS WHO COULD PLAY BETTER, BUT I THINK THEY'RE ALL PLAYING WELL AND DOING THEIR JOBS GOOD ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, CARRY THIS TEAM SO FAR.

>> YEAH, I WASN'T DISMISSING WHAT YOU SAID.

WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THEY DON'T HAVE THAT FIRST ROUND, SECOND ROUND, OR PROBABLY EVEN THIRD-ROUND TALENT -- NOT FOR THIS YEAR'S DRAFT.

I'M NOT SAYING NOT - I MEAN, IN THE LINE YOU MIGHT SEE THAT, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT'S THE THING THEY'RE KIND OF LACKING, IS THAT - LIKE THE SHOW-STOPPER.

LIKE, WHEN OKLAHOMA GOT THE BALL LATE IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY AND YOU NEEDED A STOP, THAT'S WHERE A SUH, AND CRICK, AND LAVONTE DAVID, DEMORRIO WILLIAMS - THAT'S WHEN THOSE GUYS MAYBE GET YOU THE BALL --.

>> OR, JAY MOORE --.

>> BUT, YEAH, JAY MOORE.

JAY MOORE.

THAT'D GET YA - FOR SURE, JAY MOORE.

I JUST THOUGHT THAT WENT WITHOUT SAYING.

>> YEAH -- >> THE - YOU MIGHT GET THE BALL A LITTLE SOONER, YOU KNOW.

YOU MIGHT GET IT WITH -- >> I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THEY HAVE SO MUCH TALENT AT OFFENSE AND THEY WENT AND GOT THE BEST WIDE RECEIVER FROM ARKANSAS, PUT HIM ON THE TEAM, TOO.

THEY HAVE SUPER MARIO WILLIAMS, WHO'S AS QUICK AS ANYBODY THEY'RE GOING TO SEE ALL YEAR, AND IT'S JUST EASY FOR THEM TO GET GUYS OPEN AND NEBRASKA DID THE BEST THEY COULD TO GET THE BALL BACK.

BUT, GUYS LIKE QUINTON NEWSOME - WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HOW WELL HE'S PLAYING.

CAM TAYLOR-BRITT'S, I THINK, PUSHING A LITTLE BIT, STRESSING HIMSELF OUT, BUT I THINK QUINTON NEWSOME'S PLAYING GREAT THIS YEAR.

>> NEWSOME HAS THAT - THAT KIND OF REQUISITE CONFIDENCE THAT A CORNER NEEDS.

HE DOES.

WHEN -- IF HE WALKED IN HERE, YOU COULD SEE CONFIDENCE.

HE'S JUST THAT KIND OF GUY AND HE'S GOT SIZE.

AND, HE'S YOUNG, AND SO HE'S GOING TO GET BIGGER AND STRONGER.

OH, YEAH.

I AM A - I'M NOT SAYING NEWSOME'S LIGHTING THE WORLD ON FIRE, BUT EARLY IN HIS CAREER, THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL THERE AND HE'S ALREADY PLAYING WELL.

>> HE REMINDS ME A LOT OF EARLY DECAPRIO BOOTLE, WHERE THEY WERE THROWING IT TO DECAPRIO BOOTLE AT HIM AND HE WAS GETTING ALL THESE PBUS AND MAKING A LOT OF TACKLES, AND THEN LATER IN HIS CAREER THEY STARTED THROWING TO THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE OF HOW GOOD HE WAS AND I THINK QUINTON NEWSOME COULD BE THAT.

WHAT ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE, ESPECIALLY THE INTERIOR OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE?

>> YOU'RE GOING TO SWITCH AROUND ON ME --.

>> I KNOW - I JUST - IT STANDS OUT TO ME SO MANY TIMES WHEN YOU WATCH THE GAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HOW MANY TIMES THE GUARD POSITION REALLY STRUGGLES AND I KNOW THEY'RE MOVING GUYS AROUND AND TRYING TO MAKE DIFFERENCES, BUT IS IT TALENT?

>> WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO MANAGE IT AND I THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE THIS COACHING STAFF HAS TO MANAGE A DIFFICULT SITUATION, AND I THINK IT WILL HELP HAVING AUSTIN ALLEN AND VOKOLEK TOGETHER.

I MEAN, THEY USED FOUR TIGHT ENDS AT ONE POINT.

THEY GO THREE TIGHT ENDS.

THEY EVEN WENT FOUR -- PUT 46 -- NUMBER 46 ON TEDDY PROCHAZKA, CHANCELLOR BREWINGTON GETS IN THERE -- I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE KIND OF CREATIVE.

USUALLY, THAT OFFENSE -- >> HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT?

I MEAN, ONE GUY'S A FOUR-STAR ON THE LEFT SIDE -- I KNOW BENHART WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS TO COME OUT OF MINNESOTA.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY LOVED ETHAN PIPER LAST YEAR.

WE KNOW HOW GOOD -- >> PEOPLE WANT THOSE ANSWERS.

IT'S INTERESTING MIKE'L AND JAY, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOOTBALL FOR A LONG TIME.

IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN - A LAYMAN -- FOR A LAYMAN THAT DOESN'T WATCH THE FILM, DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO DO - YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND QUITE WHAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO DO, TECHNIQUE-WISE, ON A DAILY BASIS - WHAT THEY'RE BEING TEACHED.

IT'S HARD TO SAY FROM -- IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SIT IN THIS CHAIR AND SAY, "THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG."

THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT COME TO MND, BUT I'D WANT TO START WITH "WHAT ARE THEY BEING TAUGHT" AND YOU KNOW, WHAT -- IF THEY WERE JUST DRIVE, BLOCKING, YOU COULD ASSESS THAT A LITTLE EASIER, BUT THEY'RE NOT.

I MEAN, THEY'RE ASKING THEM TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, NOW A LAYMAN CAN JUDGE THIS: YOU LIKE ON THAT LINE SOME GUYS WHO I'M TRYING TO PHRASE THIS CAREFULLY -- FLOAT KIND OF CLOSE TO THE EDGE - YOU KNOW, SOME GUYS THAT ARE -- YOU'RE A LITTLE SCARED OF.

>> YEAH.

>> NOW, THERE WERE SOME GUYS OVER THE YEARS THAT I INTERVIEWED, JAY, THAT I WAS HALF SCARED OF.

I MEAN, CHRIS KELCE - WHEN HE'D SHOW UP IN HIS CAMOUFLAGE, AND BOOTS, AND LOOK AT YOU KIND OF FUNNY IF YOU ASKED A TOUGH QUESTION.

YOU KNOW, I'D SAY DOMINIC RAIOLA, FONOTI CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CATASTROPHE.

>> WHAT ABOUT RICKY HENRY?

>> RICKY HENRY OR RICKY INCOGNITO -- >> RICKY HENRY - I MEAN, THOSE GUYS - WELL, RICHIE DEFINITELY.

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE RICHIE.

>> RICHIE EPITOMIZES THAT RIGHT THERE.

>> RICHIE'S THE BEST EXAMPLE, AND DOMINIC, PROBABLY.

BUT, I DON'T SEE THAT.

I MEAN, I'M ALL FOR A SWING CHOIR, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT MY GUARD TO BE IN THE SWING CHOIR.

>> THEN, I THINK CAM'S TRYING TO.

>> HE'S TRYING TO DO IT.

>> HE'S TRYING TO DO IT.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT PLUMMER, TOO.

I FORGET HOW YOUNG THIS O-LINE STILL IS.

>> THEY ARE.

>> KIND OF.

I MEAN - I DON'T KNOW - I MEAN, CAM'S A THIRD-YEAR STARTER - BENHART'S HAD HOW MANY STARTS?

>> FIVE STARTS FOR TURNER CORCORAN, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> AND THEN, YOUR TWO YEARS AT CENTER AND --.

>> HOSKINSON'S GOT 12.

ER, EXCUSE ME, HIXSON - HIXSON'S -- >> HE'S GOT 12 STARTS.

>> YES.

>> BENHART STARTED ALL LAST YEAR.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SEASON LONG START -- >> PIPER STARTED ALL OF LAST YEAR.

THERE'S EXPERIENCE.

IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE OF COVID - THE -- >> SICHTERMAN'S BEEN HERE FOREVER, BUT HE'S ONLY STARTED THIS SEASON.

>> YEAH, THE COVID ELIGIBILITY FREEZE COMPLICATES THAT DISCUSSION.

I MEAN, THERE'S -- THEY HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE.

I DON'T LIKE TO USE THAT AS AN EXCUSE.

I DON'T THING GREG AUSTIN WANTS TO USE IT AS AN EXCUSE.

>> RIGHT.

LISTEN, YOU WATCH IT AND YOU MENTIONED IT -- UNLESS YOU ARE AN EXPERT AT WATCHING OFFENSIVE LINE, IT'S HARD TO JUDGE.

I HAVE ONE RULE.

DODOT GET YOUR BUTT KICKED AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING IT, YOU SEE THAT ON EACH PLAY, WHERE SOMEBODY IS JUST GETTING THROWN IN THE BACKFIELD AND IT PRESENTS A PROBLEM FOR THE RUNNING BACKS.

>> YEAH, IT DOES.

>> BECAUSE THE GUY'S IN YOUR LAP.

WHAT ABOUT THAT?

MARKESE STEPP STARTS ONE GAME.

HE'S GONE.

GABE ERVIN STARTED FOR A WHILE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN RAHMIR JOHNSON - IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T QUITE HAVE A GRASP ON THAT - ON THE RUNNING PLAY.

>> WELL, AND -- THAT'S ONE WAY TO SAY IT.

I MEAN, THEY DO -- THEY'RE PRETTY TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW THEY'RE DOING IT.

THE GUY WHO PRACTICES BEST IS THE STARTER AND THEY GRADE EVERYTHING, SO THEY ARE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT.

NOW, I WAS -- I CAN'T SAY THAT I KNEW THAT RAHMIR JOHNSON WAS GOING TO START ON SATURDAY.

>> OR THAT STEPP WOULD GET ZERO CARRIES.

>> RIGHT.

I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING.

BUT, AFTER WATCHING THE GAME, RAHMIR - I THINK RAHMIR RAN WELL.

>> HE DID.

>> AND, I LIKED THE WAY GABE ERVIN -- I THOUGHT GABE ERVIN WAS COMING ON.

I REALLY DID.

AND, HE RAN 10 TIMES FOR 56 YARDS AGAINST BUFFALO, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PRODUCTION.

HE HAD A 13-YARD RUN AGAINST OKLAHOMA AND I JUST THOUGHT -- I MEAN, I'VE WATCHED THAT POSITION FOR A LONG TIME.

YOU CAN TELL WHEN A GUY'S STARTING TO FEEL IT.

>> HE HAD FIVE NEGATIVE PLAYS, THOUGH.

>> YEAH, HE DID.

>> FOUR ZEROS AND ONE -- >> AND THEN THE GUYS ARE GETTING SHOVED BACK IN THE BACKFIELD.

>> BUT, THE RUN OF THE DAY WAS THE ONE YOU MENTIONED -- THAT 13-YARD COMING OFF THE GOAL LINE REALLY WAS THE RUN OF THE DAY.

>> YEAH, I THINK HE WAS STARTING TO FEEL IT.

AND, THAT RUN WHERE HIS KNEE CRUMPLED, THAT WAS GOING TO BE A 25, 30-YARD RUN.

>> SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK IN TERMS OF RUNNING BACK FOR THIS WEEK?

IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF OPPONENT, OBVIOUSLY, IN MICHIGAN STATE.

BIGGER, STRONGER FOUR-MAN LINE.

WHO DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE OUT THERE?

>> YOU KNOW, MIKE'L, I WOULD GUESS - EMPHASIS ON "GUESS," RAHMIR JOHNSON AGAIN.

I JUST -- I THINK HE'LL -- I THOUGHT HE LOOKED GOOD.

I WOULD HOPE HE KIND OF SEIZES THE MOMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE STEPP MORE BECAUSE I THINK IN THE BIG TEN THAT BIG BODY COULD PAY OFF AGAINST THESE - THIS IS GOING TO BE A REALLY STOUT -- MICHIGAN STATE'S ALWAYS STOUT UP FRONT ON DEFENSE.

I MEAN, ALMOST ALWAYS.

>> YEAH.

>> NOT ON OFFENSE.

THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY BAD ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE IN RECENT YEARS, BUT DEFENSE, THEY'RE ALWAYS GOOD.

STEPP WAS DRAGGING TACKLERS AGAINST FORDHAM.

I THOUGHT THAT PICTURE LOOKED REALLY GOOD - YOU KNOW, YEAH, HE'S KIND OF BEEN SILENT SINCE THEN.

BUT, I THINK YOU'LL SEE MORE OF HIM.

I'D LIKE TO SEE SEVION MORRISON.

>> I DON'T THINK HE GOT ONE CARRY -- >> YEAH, HE GOT ONE CARRY.

>> AND, BACK TO HIS HOME STATE, YOU KNOW HE WAS MOTIVATED TO PUT - THAT SURPRISED ME HE DIDN'T RUN THE BALL MORE.

>> YEAH.

AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE HARD TO EVALUATE BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE PRACTICE.

MARVIN SCOTT IS ANOTHER GUY NOW THAT I WOULD THINK WOULD SAY, "OKAY," I MEAN, "MAYBE I'M GOING TO GET ANOTHER SHOT."

>> MY TURN, YEAH.

>> YEAH.

>> THIS QUESTION COMES FROM BARRY ON FACEBOOK, AND I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE.

HE SAYS, "WHAT HAPPENED TO CAM?

HE GOT HURT.

THERE WAS NO COVERAGE.

HE DIDN'T COME BACK," SO HE WAS THERE FOR THE LAST PLAY.

I THINK HE MIGHT MEAN HIXSON?

YOU MEAN SOMEBODY ELSE?

I THINK HE MEANS -- >> CAM TAYLOR-BRITT?

>> NO, THE LEFT -- THE LEFT GUARD WENT OUT.

>> HIXSON.

>> HIXSON GOES.

>> AND THEN, PIPER CAME IN FOR HIM.

BUT, YOU DIDN'T SEE CAM -- YOU SEE -- >> I THINK HE'S OKAY, AND I SAW HIM THIS WEEK.

>> AND THEN CAM TAYLOR-BRITT CAME BACK IN AFTER HE FELL THAT ONE TIME AND KNOCKED THE WIND OUT OF HIM, RIGHT?

>> YEAH.

>> HE'S FINE, THOUGH.

>> YEAH, AND HE'S A TOUGH GUY.

>> I SAW HIM, YEAH.

>> HE SAYS, "DO YOU THINK -- BRANDON ALSO SAYS, "DO YOU THINK WE CAN STOP A PREMIER RUNNING BACK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THIS WEEK?

DO YOU THINK THEY CAN STOP A PREMIER RUNNING BACK?"

>> I MEAN, "STOP."

I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO STOP HIM.

YOU KNOW, HE GOT -- HE HAD 27 CARRIES FOR 172 AGAINST MIAMI.

I'D LIKE -- >> HOW ABOUT IN THE FIRST HALF?

>> I MEAN, IF NEBRASKA'S GOING TO WIN THE GAME, I THINK YOU WANT TO KEEP HIM IN THE 120 RANGE, 130.

IF HE STARTS GETTING TOWARDS 150 AND OVER, IT'S PROBABLY TROUBLE.

AND, I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM.

I KNOW KENNETH WALKER III - I KNOW HE'S AVERAGING AN 8.64 YARDS PER CARRY.

I'VE READ ABOUT HIM.

I THINK HE, BASED ON WHAT I'M READING, HE'S A GOOD JUMP CUTTER, TOUGH, CHANGES DIRECTIONS REAL WELL, CAN REVERSE FIELD VERY WELL.

MAINLY, THOUGH, HE'S A BIG TEN BACK.

HE'S -- >> HE CATCHES THE BALL IN THE BACKFIELD, TOO.

>> WHAT?

YEAH.

>> YEAH.

>> PHYSICAL.

>> YEAH.

>> PHYSICAL.

HE'LL BE TROUBLE, BUT DO I THINK NEBRASKA IS GOOD IN THAT AREA?

YEAH, BECAUSE OF WHAT I SAID THEY'RE RALLYING TO THE BALL.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO - HE'S NOT THE KIND OF GUY YOU WANT TO GET JUST ONE GUY AROUND AND PUT IT ALL ON THAT GUY.

YOU NEED A WAVE - AND - BUT, I'VE BEEN SEEING A WAVE, SO I THINK NEBRASKA CAN DO OKAY.

>> THIS IS THE KIND OF GAME, THOUGH, YOU WANT DEFENSIVELY.

YOU'VE KIND OF PLAYED, YOU KNOW - ILLINOIS WAS A LITTLE MORE PRO STYLE, BUT A TEAM THAT HAS A SPREAD, UP-TEMPO OFFENSE LIKE OKLAHOMA'S, A GAME YOU WANT TO KIND OF GET BACK INTO THE STUFF WHICH MICHIGAN STATE DOES, WISCONSIN, IOWA -- YOU KNOW THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TRY TO RUN.

YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET IN YOUR BASE PACKAGE PERSONNEL AND JUST, "HEY, BUCKLE UP, LET'S GO."

>> GET THE LEAD -- THAT'S HOW YOU SLOW DOWN THE RUNNING BACK.

GET THE LEAD -- >>HERE YOU GO.

>> FORCE THEM TO THROW THE BALL A LITTLE BIT.

>> YEAH, THE START OF THE GAME - I MEAN, THE START OF THE GAME IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT.

IT'S IMPORTANT, AND IT'S MORE IMPORTANT IN SOME GAMES THAN OTHERS.

MICHIGAN STATE'S ROLLING - I MEAN, 21-3 FOURTH QUARTER AGAINST MIAMI.

THINK OF THE MOMENTUM THEY HAVE COMING INTO THIS GAME OFF OF THE 21 AND - 21-3 ADVANTAGE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

THEY'RE COMING IN WITH A TON OF MOMENTUM.

YOU KNOW THAT STADIUM'S GOING TO BE JACKED UP.

MORE SO - I MEAN, BECAUSE I'M SURE THE FAN BASE IS LIKE, "WAIT, WAIT, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

THIS IS AMAZING.

LET'S GET BEHIND THIS."

SO, YEAH, NEBRASKA'S WALKING INTO A TOUGH SITUATION.

>> POSSIBLE.

I THINK NEBRASKA IS GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF FANS IN THAT STADIUM.

I KNOW THAT THE COACH SAID, I THINK, 2500 IS HOW MANY NEBRASKA IS GOING TO GET AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE ONE MORE -- COME ON, YOU KNOW NEBRASKA'S GOING TO BUY TICKETS.

>> I THINK SO.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE.

>> THAT'D BE GOOD.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S NOT THAT HARD OF A TRIP.

>> IT ISN'T.

IT ISN'T, REALLY.

AND, I MEAN, IF THE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE, THE NEBRASKA FANS WILL BE THERE.

>> YEAH, I THINK THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE.

>> WHO WINS THE GAME?

>> UH (CHUCKLES), IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PICK NEBRASKA, BECAUSE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE AND MY RESPECT FOR MICHIGAN STATE UP FRONT.

I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE WAY MICHIGAN STATE'S FRONT SEVEN PLAYS AND I WATCHED THEM AGAINST NORTHWESTERN AND IT WAS JUST ABOUT WHAT I EXPECTED.

>> YEAH.

>> IF NEBRASKA'S OFFENSIVE LINE WAS PLAYING A LITTLE BIT BETTER, I'LL FEEL GOOD.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE -- I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY CLOSE.

IT'S ALWAYS REALLY CLOSE.

YOU CAN ABOUT PREDICT IT'S GOING TO BE A CLOSE GAME.

I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME PICKING NEBRASKA WITH ITS KICKING ISSUES IN A CLOSE GAME AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

I'VE GOT TO SEE -- THE OFFENSIVE LINE'S GOT TO TAKE A STEP UP.

>> SIPP, WE APPRECIATE YA'.

ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> YEAH, DO YOU STILL APPRECIATE THAT I PICKED MICHIGAN STATE?

>> I KNOW THIS.

WHEN NEBRASKA WINS, WE'LL REPLAY THAT NEXT WEEK.

>> ALL RIGHT!

GREAT.

>> UP NEXT, THE "WRAP-UP."

SEAN CALLAHAN WILL GIVE US SOME UPDATES ON BIG RED RECRUITING.

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

STAY WITH US.

S S ( WHOOSH ) >> I WANT KIDS TO GO INTO A GAME EXPECTING TO WIN, AND I THINK THEY DID.

THEY WERE DISAPPOINTED AFTER AND SO WE'VE GOT TO BALANCE THAT DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE ENTHUSIASM OF HOW MUCH BETTER OF A GAME THEY PLAYED AND HOW MUCH BETTER A TEAM WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

( WHOOSH ) >> IT'S TIME TO GIVE IT A HUMP - EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.

OKLAHOMA WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE JUST DID NOT CAPITALIZE ON, WHICH SUCKS.

( WHOOSH ) >> GOING DOWN THE STRETCH HERE, YOU KNOW, EVERY GAME IS -- IS A "NEED WIN" FOR US.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THEM.

WE KNOW ANY GIVEN SATURDAY WE CAN - WE CAN WIN THOSE GAMES, SO WE NEED TO APPROACH EACH GAME WITH THE SAME INTENSITY WE DID THE OKLAHOMA WEEK.

( WHOOSH ) >> WE'VE GOT TO HANDLE OUR BUSINESS THE SAME WAY WE DID LAST WEEK, SAME WAY WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE IT NEXT WEEK.

GOT TO TREAT EVERY GAME LIKE IT'S A BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PLAYING MICHIGAN STATE IN THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP.

THAT'S HOW I'M TREATING IT.

( WHOOSH ) >> THEY'RE JUST SOLID EVERYWHERE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT MICHIGAN STATE, AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, IT'S A BLACK AND BLUE PHYSICAL TEAM, SO WE KNOW WE'RE IN FOR A FIST FIGHT WHEN WE GO UP SATURDAY NIGHT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN ENVIRONMENT.

( WHOOSH ) >> WELCOME BACK AND THANKS FOR JOINING US AGAIN ON THE "WRAP-UP."

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

BAD NEWS FOR - IN THIS RECRUITING CLASS, THIS 2022 CLASS.

>> YEAH, RICHARD TORRES, NEBRASKA'S QUARTERBACK RECRUIT IN THE CLASS, SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY.

HE'LL BE OUT NOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON.

MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ON TWITTER THIS PAST WEEK.

HUSKER ONLINE, WE WERE AT THE GAME.

GREG PETERSON AND BRIAN MUNSON FROM MY STAFF WERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE GAME.

IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE, AT THE TIME, A MAJOR INJURY, BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WITH KNEES.

THEY KNEW HE LEFT THE GAME, BUT DIDN'T KNOW THE SEVERITY OF IT.

OBVIOUSLY, WE NOW KNOW IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ACL SURGERY AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE -- HE'LL BE HERE EARLY.

HE'S GOING TO ENROLL IN DECEMBER.

WHAT'S INTERESTING IS TORRES HAD BEEN GETTING RECRUITED BY OTHER PEOPLE.

HE'S VERY, VERY PRIVATE -- DOESN'T PICK UP HIS PHONE A LOT -- DOESN'T CORRESPOND, BUT BOTH BAYLOR AND TEXAS -- >> RIGHT.

>> HAD BEEN TRYING TO GET IN WITH HIM AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER POWER FIVE PROGRAM HAS JUST A LIVE ARM.

I MEAN, YOU SEE THE BALL, THE WAY IT COMES OUT OF HIS ARM -- I MEAN, IT JUST ZIPS OUT OF HIS HAND, SO THERE'S A LOT THERE TO WORK WITH.

HE DOES NOT HAVE THE MOBILITY OF A HENRICH HAARBERG, BUT HE HAS ELITE ARM TALENT.

>> YEAH, IT'S -- THAT'S TOUGH FOR HIM, BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE WAY GUYS COME BACK FROM ACLS, HE CERTAINLY COULD BE READY TO GO WHEN THEY NEED HIM.

LET'S GO TO ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE CLASS, CHASE ANDROFF JOINING US ON THE PHONE.

CHASE, WE APPRECIATE IT, OF COURSE, THREE-STAR OF MINNESOTA TIGHT END JOINING US.

CHASE, HOW ARE YOU DOING?

>> I'M DOING GREAT, HOW ARE YOU?

>> DOING REALLY WELL.

COULD YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH COACH BECKTON?

A LOT OF GUYS AROUND THE CAMPUS CALL HIM "POPS."

WHAT WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AS YOUR RECRUIT -- GOING OVER GETTING RECRUITED?

>> IT WAS GREAT.

YOU KNOW, HE MADE SURE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH ME A LOT AND THEN WHEN I GOT ON CAMPUS IN JUNE, IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE I'VE KNOWN MY WHOLE LIFE, REALLY.

>> AS YOU WATCHED NEBRASKA PLAY ON SATURDAY, THERE WERE FORMATIONS, CHASE, THAT HAD FOUR TIGHT ENDS ON THE FIELD - 14 PERSONNEL.

I'M SURE AS A TIGHT END YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW NEBRASKA'S TRYING TO USE THE TIGHT END.

>> OH, OF COURSE.

BECKTON'S TALKED TO ME ABOUT THAT BEFORE AND IT'S SOMETHING I REALLY LIKED ABOUT NEBRASKA.

>> GIVE US SOME OF THOSE OTHER REASONS WHY YOU CHOSE NEBRASKA.

THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF TIGHT ENDS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, BUT NEBRASKA CHOSE YOU.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THEM?

>> I'D BEEN THERE BEFORE.

MY SISTER ACTUALLY WENT THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, SO I'VE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH THE CAMPUS, AND THEN THEY'RE KIND OF MY NUMBER ONE SCHOOL GOING INTO IT AND WHEN I GOT ON CAMPUS, IT REALLY -- THEY REALLY SOLIDIFIED THAT.

>> YOU'RE REALLY KNOWN, CHASE, AS AN ELITE BLOCKER.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOMAS FIDONE, HOW DO YOU THINK THE TWO OF YOU GUYS COULD REALLY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER PLAYING TOGETHER AT TIGHT END AT NEBRASKA?

>> I THINK LIKE BECKTON SAID, NOW, HOW THEY HAVE ALLEN, AND HE SAID KIND OF LIKE THAT.

WE BOTH BRING UNIQUE SKILL SETS TO THAT THAT I THINK WE COULD REALLY HELP EACH OTHER OUT WITH.

>> HOW'S YOUR SEASON GOING SO FAR?

HOW ARE YOU PLAYING?

>> OUR SEASON'S GREAT.

WE'RE 3-0, NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE STATE, SO I CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT.

RIGHT NOW, I'M PLAYING PRETTY WELL, I'D SAY.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN WITH THAT RECORD.

>> CHASE, THE BIG TEN SCHEDULE REALLY ROLLS IN FOR NEBRASKA.

THEY HAVE A NIGHT GAME COME UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WILL YOU MAKE IT UP TO LINCOLN FOR ANY OF THESE BIG TEN HOME GAMES?

>> YES, I'LL BE THERE ON THE SECOND VERSUS NORTHWESTERN.

>> HEY, CHASE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

>> YEAH, OF COURSE.

THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT, TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER GUYS, LOCALLY, WHO HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION: MICAH RILEY-DUCKER AND KADEN HELMS.

THEY HAD THEIR FIRST LOSS BUT PRETTY BIG GUYS WHO HAVE GOT SOME REALLY BIG-TIME COMMITS.

>> YEAH, YOU TALK ABOUT TIGHT ENDS.

WE WERE TALKING OFF-AIR, THERE ARE FOUR TIGHT ENDS, REALLY, IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA UP TO COLUMBUS, ALL GOING POWER FIVE.

TWO OF THEM ARE ON BELLEVUE WEST'S TEAM.

MICAH RILEY-DUCKER MORE OF A TRUE PRO STYLE IS GOING TO GO TO AUBURN AND REALLY FITS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO -- THEY'RE A PRO STYLE.

IOWA WAS OBVIOUSLY A PLAYER OF HIM.

KADEN HELMS, MORE OF KIND OF A BIG 12-STYLE TIGHT END, AT LEAST AT THE TIME OF HIS RECRUITMENT - NOW IT'S SEC.

BUT, REALLY KIND OF FITS WHAT OU DOES IN THEIR OFFENSE WITH TIGHT ENDS.

BELLEVUE WEST HAS GOT PROBABLY AS GOOD OF A TEAM IN THERE AS WE'VE SEEN, IN TERM OF PROSPECTS.

BOTH OF THEM ARE HIGH THREE TO FOUR-STAR, AND YOU HAVE GARRETT OAKLEY, NOW TO KANSAS STATE AS A TIGHT END, AND BRAYDEN LOFTIN, FORMERLY FROM OMAHA BURKE.

HE'S AT COUNCIL BLUFFS/ LEWIS CENTRAL.

HE'S GOING TO KANSAS STATE.

SO, FOUR POWER FIVE TIGHT END, AND YEARS AGO VINCE MARROW, WHO'S NOW AT KENTUCKY, ONCE SAID, HE GOES,"THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT NEBRASKA, IT JUST PRODUCES TIGHT ENDS."

THERE'S A LOT OF 6'4" TYPE KIDS THAT ARE 230, AND YOU FIND THEM IN THE MIDWEST AND YOU SEE THAT EVEN WITH THE NFL DRAFT TRENDS WITH ALL THESE TIGHT ENDS THAT IOWA PUTS OUT AND PLACES LIKE OMAHA.

>> WE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT LOCAL GUYS COMING TO NEBRASKA.

HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT'LL HELP IF ZAVIER BETTS BREAKS OUT AND HAS A GOOD SEASON, GOOD CAREER HERE?

>> YEAH, IT'S REALLY OMAHA AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE BIGGEST CITY, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME BARRIERS IN OMAHA THAT HAVE GOT TO BREAK DOWN TO KIND OF BUILD SOME RELATIONSHIPS AND GET IN WITH SOME OF THESE KIDS.

THEY DID REALLY WELL WITH THE BURKE GUYS IN FROST'S FIRST YEAR, AND I THINK IF RILEY WAS THE COACH STILL, THOSE GUYS PROBABLY WEREN'T GOING TO COME TO NEBRASKA.

SO, GETTING HICKMAN AND NICK HENRICH WAS BIG, BUT THEN YOU JUST HAVE THAT BELLEVUE WEST DYNAMIC WITH KEAGAN JOHNSON MOVING ON, AND THE KID AT BURKE RIGHT NOW, JACKSON -- >> DEVON JACKSON.

>> DESHAWN WOODS.

I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST UNIQUE STORIES ON EACH ONE OF THOSE KIDS ON WHY THEY DIDN'T PICK NEBRASKA AND WHY THEY MOVED ON AND YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE THAT EVER HAPPEN AGAIN IF YOU'RE SCOTT FROST.

>> YEAH.

IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE SOME LOCAL GUYS SUCCEED, THOUGH.

THANKS A LOT.

WE APPRECIATE IT, SEAN.

BE SURE TO VOTE ON THIS WEEK'S "SIDELINE SURVEY" QUESTION: "HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SEASON?"

MAKE SURE TO GO OUT AND VOTE HERE.

HERE ARE THE NUMBERS YOU SEE RIGHT NOW AFTER THAT PERFORMANCE AGAINST OKLAHOMA.

"MORE OPTIMISTIC": 58% SAYS THAT.

"ABOUT THE SAME": 36%.

"WORSE": 6%.

I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY COULD FEEL WORSE.

GO ONLINE AND BE SURE YOU VOTE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE AS NEBRASKA ENTERS INTO THE CONFERENCE STRETCH.

SPARTANS OF MICHIGAN STATE UPSET NUMBER 24 MIAMI.

IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING GAME, CLOSE IN THE FIRST HALF -- KIND OF PULLED AWAY IN THE SECOND HALF.

PENN STATE IN A GAME HAD A LOT OF WEIRD PLAYS ATOP AUBURN, 28-20 THERE, FOR THE WIDEOUT IN HAPPY VALLEY.

AND, MARYLAND BEAT ILLINOIS, COMING BEHIND ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.

IT WAS TRULY A CRAZY GAME TO WATCH ON THAT FRIDAY NIGHT.

LET'S START OFF WITH MICHIGAN STATE AND THAT PHYSICALITY.

YOU HEARD SCOTT FROST MENTION IT -- BLACK AND BLUE KIND OF DIVISION.

THEY'RE GOING TO RUN DOWNHILL ON YOU.

GETTING A LEAD SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE PRETTY IMPORTANT.

>> YEAH, YOU -- WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT WITH SIPP, I MEAEA THAT'S HOW YOU ELIMINATE THE RUNNING BACK.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S -- AND A QUARTERBACK, AND MICHIGAN STATE'S QUARTERBACK ISN'T THAT MOBILE AND HAS A HARD TIME THROWING DOWN THE FIELD.

YOU SEE A LOT OF SHORT, MORE INTERMEDIATE PASSES, SO IF NEBRASKA CAN GET OFF TO A GOOD START AND NOT SHOOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT AND GET SOME POINTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY GOING TO SLOW DOWN THAT RUNNING GAME BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PICK IT UP AND TRY TO GET SOME YARDS AND GET BACK INTO THAT FOOTBALL GAME.

SO, IF DEFENSE CAN REALLY SHUT DOWN THAT RUN EARLY AND OFFENSE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOMENTUM, AND FINISH UP DRIVES - AND, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S A FIELD GOAL, WHATEVER, JUST BEING ABLE TO GET POINTS AND FINISH UP DRIVES.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET, NOW FOR FOUR YEARS IT SEEMS LIKE, SINCE FROST HAS BEEN HERE.

SO, BEING ABLE T TDO THAT AND CAPITALIZE ON THAT MOMENTUM, BECAUSE MOMENTUM IS SO HARD -- IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, THAT'S EVERYTHING.

THAT'S LIKE THE OKLAHOMA GAME, YOU KNOW.

YOU LOOK AT, THEY GET THAT BIG PLAY TO BETTS AND THEN THE EXTRA 15 YARDS AND THEY DON'T GET POINTS OUT OF THAT.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, AND YOU GET THE -- YOU DON'T GET THE FIELD GOAL, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST HALF, OR -- EXCUSE ME, AFTER THE SECOND -- THE START OF THE SECOND HALF AND IT'S LIKE, MAN, YOU HAVE ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU GET OFF THE MOMENTUM AND GRAB IT AND REALLY MOVE IT IN YOUR WAY.

THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM, IT'S 14-3 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT FEELS LIKE THE GAME COULD ABOUT GET OUT OF CONTROL BUT LUCKILY, NEBRASKA WAS ABLE TO STAY IN IT.

SO, YOU JUST GOT TO GET OFF TO A GOOD START AND CAPITALIZE ON THAT WHEN THOSE - WHEN THE BALL BOUNCES YOUR WAY, IN MY OPINION.

>> SEAN, NEBRASKA'S HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH THE PORTAL.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S HAD MORE SUCCESS WITH THE PORTAL THAN MICHIGAN STATE.

>> WELL, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SKEPTICAL OF MEL TUCKER.

I MEAN, HE KIND OF CAME INTO THE JOB AND TO LEAVE COLORADO, HE GOT A KING'S RANSOM SALARY TO -- I MEAN -- >> YEAH.

>> A GUY THAT REALLY HADN'T WON MUCH AT COLORADO.

MICHIGAN STATE WAS IN SUCH A DESPERATE SPOT, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT TURNED DOWN BY LUKE FICKELL, AND, YOU KNOW, MEL TUCKER'S LIKE, "I'LL DO IT" BUT HE GOT ALMOST WHAT?

SIX MILLION BUCKS FOR THE JOB FOR NOT EVEN GOING TO A BOWL GAME AT COLORADO, BASICALLY BEATING NEBRASKA ELEVATED HIS STATUS JUST ENOUGH TO, LIKE, GET ON SOME RADARS TO GET THE JOB TO MAKE MORE MONEY THAN SCOTT FROST IS MAKING NOW AT NEBRASKA, AT MICHIGAN STATE, AND THEY KIND OF - THE CUPBOARD WAS BARE.

ANTONIO WAS ON THE WAY OUT - THERE WAS PROBLEMS GOING ON AND THE RECRUITING REALLY SLIPPED AND I THINK HE'S MADE UP FOR THAT SLIP IN RECRUITING WITH WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PORTAL.

AND, YOU CAN ARGUE AT THE POWER FIVE LEVEL THEY'VE DONE AS GOOD OF A JOB THIS YEAR AS ANYBODY IN THE PORTAL.

>> QUESTION FOR YOU, SEAN, FROM TIM ON FACEBOOK.

HE SAYS, "WHERE DO WE STAND RECRUITING FOR SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS, ESPECIALLY A FIELD GOAL KICKER?"

>> WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE TRANSFER PORTAL COMES INTO PLAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ALL YOUR EGGS NECESSARILY IN THE BASKET OF A HIGH SCHOOL KICKER.

NOW, KELEN MEYER AND FRANKE ARE QUALITY KICKERS.

THEY HAVE IOWA WESTERN'S KICKER FROM A YEAR AGO ON THE ROSTER AND STROHMEIER SAID HE'S THE BEST GUY THEY'VE HAD OUT OF THERE SO, THEY'VE GOT OTHER PEOPLE, BUT I THINK YOU JUST ASSUME THE BIG TEN KICKER OF THE YEAR IS GOING TO BE FINE.

>> RIGHT.

>> I MEAN, OF ALL THE THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE WRONG, KICKER -- WITH A BIG TEN KICKER, YOU'RE ALL-BIG TEN PLAYER --.

>> RIGHT.

>> THAT'S THE THING THAT NOBODY THOUGHT WOULD GO WRONG.

SO, THIS IS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE UNPREDICTABLE SITUATIONS AND UNFORTUNATELY, SCOTT FROST HAS HAD TOO MANY OF THOSE - THAT KICKER IN THIS TIME EVER SINCE HIS FIRST SEASON.

>> WE'VE SEEN NEBRASKA HAVE SOME FOUR-MEN FRONTS, ESPECIALLY DOWN BY THE GOAL LINE.

WITH THE TEAM AT MICHIGAN STATE THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S COMING DOWNHILL, DO YOU SEE NEBRASKA GOING WITH ANY FOUR-MAN FRONT?

>> THEY MIGHT.

I COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEE GARRETT NELSON PUT HIS HAND DOWN SOMETIMES AND YOU KIND OF MOVE TO MORE OF A OVER -- YOU KNOW, LOOK, OR AN UNDER LOOK, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE BUBBLE OF THE DEFENSE IS.

I COULD SEE THEM DOING THAT.

MAYBE A CALEB TANNOR - HONESTLY, I THINK A GUY WHO'D BE REALLY WELL IN THAT SITUATION IS PHELDARIUS PAYNE.

HE'S A BIGGER, THICKER GUY.

I THINK HE WOULD PLAY WELL.

OR, YOU JUST KIND OF MAYBE GO TO MORE OF YOUR -- YOUR TWO INTERIOR GUYS, TWO OUTSIDE GUYS, OR YOU GO TO THREE-DOWN, TWO OUTSIDE GUYS, AND YOU HAVE A FIVE-MAN FRONT AND SAY, "HEY, WE'RE GOING TO" -- >> RUN AGAINST THIS.

>> YEAH, LET'S GO, YOU KNOW, AND YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, REIMER AND HENRICH BACK THERE.

THEN, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR FOUR DBS AND WHETHER YOU WANT TO COME DOWN AND PLAY MORE OF A COVER-THREE LOOK TO GET ANOTHER GUY IN THE BOX AND SAY, "HEY," -- I MEAN, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT TEAMS THAT ARE GOING AGAINST NEBRASKA HERE THE LAST COUPLE YEARS SAY, "HEY, LET'S SEE IF ADRIAN MARTINEZ CAN BEAT US WITH HIS ARM.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET HIM THROW THE BALL - OR, RUN THE BALL ON THIS, SO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE GAME PLAN IS GOING TO BE.

>> I THINK ADRIAN COULD HAVE A BIG DAY.

YOU SEE FIRST HALF, MIAMI HAD OVER 250 YARDS PASSING AGAINST THAT SECONDARY.

I THINK THEY COME OUT AND THROW THE BALL AROUND.

>> YEAH, I THINK FOR NEBRASKA, IT'S MORE ABOUT JUST THIS -- YOU KNOW, WITHSTANDING THAT INITIAL SURGE.

YOU KNOW MICHIGAN STATE'S GOING TO COME OUT WITH A GREAT PLAY SCRIPT.

IT'S GOING TO BE HOT IN THERE - IT'S GOING TO BE LOUD AND CRAZY, AND CAN NEBRASKA STAND UP TO THAT INITIAL CHARGE THAT MEL TUCKER COMES AT WITH THEM RIGHT AWAY AND IF THEY DO - I MEAN, I LIKE THEIR CHANCES IN THIS GAME.

>> YOU KNOW, AFTER THE COLORADO GAME, MEL TUCKER SAID SOME THINGS THAT INTIMATED THAT NEBRASKA WASN'T TOUGH.

HE SAID IT A COUPLE OF TIMES.

I JUST LISTENED TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE AGAIN BEFORE I CAME IN HERE.

HE KIND OF SAID, "YOU KNOW WHAT, WE KNEW IF WE WERE TOUGH THROUGHOUT A WHOLE GAME, THEY WOULDN'T BE."

YOU THINK NEBRASKA REMEMBERS THAT?

>> I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST A LUCKY COMMENT.

I MEAN, NEBRASKA HAD A COUPLE THINGS BREAK, BUT THEY WERE ON PACE TO BLOW OUT THAT COLORADO TEAM.

THEY HAD A 17-0 - THEY HAD A LEAD IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS - I MEAN, THAT GAME --.

>> THE FLEA-FLICKER TURNED THE GAME.

>> THAT GAME CHANGED TRAJECTORY OF SCOTT FROST'S TIME AT NEBRASKA.

I MEAN, THEY WIN THAT GAME, THEY GO TO A BOWL GAME PROBABLY THAT YEAR.

>> I'M PLAYING THAT COMMENT, THOUGH.

>> YEAH, DEFINITELY.

>> STRETCHING - WE'RE IN THE STRETCH AND WE'RE PLAYING THAT COMMENT EVERY DAY.

>> AND, HE'S BAD-MOUTHED NEBRASKA ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL.

>> A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES IS WHAT I'VE HEARD, YEAH.

>> HE'S KIND OF ONE OF THE BIGGER TRASH-TALKERS BECAUSE THEY'VE TEND - THEY'VE GONE AFTER THE SAME GUYS.

RU'QUAN BUCKLEY WAS ONE OF THE RECENT ONES.

>> START OF WITH YOUR BURNING QUESTION.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT, SEAN?

>> MY BURNING QUESTION IS CAN NEBRASKA STAND UP TO A PHYSICAL BIG TEN OFFENSE?

I DON'T THINK THEY'VE SEEN A TRUE - BUFFALO WAS PHYSICAL, BUT I THINK MICHIGAN STATE OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF PHYSICAL TEST.

>> CAN NEBRASKA, EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST, HAS A REALLY GOOD PERFORMANCE - CAN THEY PARLAY THAT?

CAN THEY VALIDATE - CAN NEBRASKA VALIDATE ANOTHER GOOD PERFORMANCE?

WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THEM PUT BACK-TO-BACK GOOD PERFORMANCES, YOU KNOW -- I'M THINKING BACK TO PENN STATE/ILLINOIS LAST YEAR - SO, CAN THEY GET THIS ROLLING WITH THE - WITH AN OLDER TEAM, NOW?

>> YEAH, THIS GAME COMES DOWN TO FINISHING DRIVES.

MIAMI MOVED THE BALL VERY WELL AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE - ONLY AVERAGED 2.5 POINTS AFTER CROSSING THE 40-YARD LINE.

NEBRASKA'S GOT TO FINISH DRIVES -- SOMETHING THEY'VE STRUGGLED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

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

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

THE HUSKERS HEAD TO EAST LANSING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2014, IN A NIGHT GAME ON FS1.

KICKOFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 6:00 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.

NEXT WEEK, WE'RE BACK AT OUR NORMAL TIME TO RECAP WHAT HAPPENED IN THE GAME WITH OUR GUEST, FORMER HUSKER MATT VRZAL, TALKING SOME OFFENSIVE LINE.

THIS WEEKEND, NEBRASKA'S VOLLEYBALL RETURNS TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

BEFORE THE FOOTBALL TEAM KICKS OFF, YOU CAN GET BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL ACTION AS THE HUSKERS WELCOME IOWA TO THE BOB.

THAT MATCH IS SCHEDULED FOR 2:00 P.M. CENTRAL TIME, HERE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

>> OUR THANKS TO STEVEN M. SIPPLE, CHASE ANDROFF, FOR JOINING US, AS WELL.

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

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

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