| Nebraska Cornhuskers (1-1, 2-3) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (0-2, 3-2) |
| (Fri) 7:00 - Piscataway, NJ - FS1 |
| As I mentioned last week, this is where Rutgers has to solidify their bowl chances. They have home games against Nebraska and Indiana, sandwiched around a bye week. The Huskers seemed to get their bearings back, particularly on defense, in the second half of the win over Indiana last week. Now they seek their first...wait for it...two game conference winning streak since 2018. Hell, they haven't even won back to back games against FBS teams since September 2019, when they beat Northern Illinois and Illinois. To do that, they need to get the running game sorted out. Over the past two games, against Oklahoma and Indiana, the Huskers managed just 2.9 ypc. That's against an Indiana defense that let Chase Brown run for 200 yards against them, and an Oklahoma defense that in the two games since, has allowed Kansas State and TCU run for over 600 yards and 9 TDs, on 8.5 ypc. TCU scored 55 points in just 3 quarters last week. Nebraska needed a garbage TD down 49-7 just to get to double digits. Rutgers is 5th in the Big Ten in run defense, even with the Ohio State game last week. Prior to that, they were surrendering under 1.8 ypc, best in the conference by far. This feels like a weird thing to type, but if you can't run on Oklahoma, how can you expect to run on Rutgers? The Rutgers offense hasn't been much better, but even though I have benched Evan Simon nearly every week on here, it seems like the job is his this year. The Rutgers crowd isn't Maryland. Nebraska travels as well as anyone, but Rutgers has a small stadium, that they seem to fill for event games, like a prime time showdown with a helmet school. If what the Huskers defense showed in the second half last week was real, they should be able to shut down the Scarlet Knights. But that's the first they've showed that. |
| RUTGERS 31, NEBRASKA 21 |
LoL.
Nebraska Cornhuskers (1-1, 2-3) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (0-2, 3-2) (Fri) 7:00 - Piscataway, NJ - FS1 This feels like a weird thing to type, but if you can't run on Oklahoma, how can you expect to run on Rutgers? RUTGERS 31, NEBRASKA 21
LoL.it's also very weird to mention Rutgers run defense in the same breath as Oklahoma's
As a child of a much earlier era that was a very weird thing to read. As someone who was in college when Nebraska was at peak Osborne winning three NC's in four years the whole breakdown is weird to read. It is almost surreal to read a discussion of Nebraska vs Rutgers in which the pertinent question is not whether or not the Cornhuskers will win by 50+.
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Hey Everyone, I Don't Want To Be A Weirdo Promoting My Work All The Time, But Today At Noon (10/07) I'm Dropping A Story On Nebraska Football's Culture As It Relates To The Big Ten. I Interviewed Two-Time Nebraska Sports-Reporter Of The Year, SEAN CALLAHAN. I'm You Nebraska Fans Know Who That Is... Feel Free To Check It Out! https://buzz.uni.edu/rattalksbigten/big-ten-football-culture-with-a-nebraskacornhusker-backbone/ (https://buzz.uni.edu/rattalksbigten/big-ten-football-culture-with-a-nebraskacornhusker-backbone/)Altogether what I found really interesting was how Sean elaborated on the “unique” position that the Huskers are in. He explained that Nebraska is the second-smallest populated state in Power 5 Football. Alongside that, they are expected to win at an elite level with their talent. The weight that Nebraska walks around with every week with these types of expectations is something they take pride in. Sean noted,
Sean Callahan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sean_Callahan (https://twitter.com/Sean_Callahan)
I better take this lucky bottle with me to the wedding next Saturday for the Boiler gamehttps://youtu.be/acCPGC98jzU
This game weirdly could be worth watching.It mostly wasn't.
Awful lot of celebrating for a 1-point win over Rutgers, lol.hah, y'all wait and see how we celebrate winning against Purdue!
Nebraska has been in sole possession of 1st place in the B1G West since this games conclusion.So they turned in their homework first.
So they turned in their homework first.
Nebraska has been in sole possession of 1st place in the B1G West since this games conclusion.would be kinda cool if Nebraska had a major rebound and won the West.
kinda wouldn't be the termhey I’m rooting for ya.
hella might not catch it