Well, the Huskers survive a very scary trip to Wake Forest, 20-17. A W is still a W, but I have to express a lot of disappointment with the play of the offense. Sam Keller looked very shaky at times with a couple of fumbles and 2 INTs, and the wideouts showed hands of granite on at least a half dozen occaisons. The O-line did a poor job of clearing lanes for Marlon Lucky (although some credit must be given due to the stout Wake run defense) but my biggest criticism is for the coaching staff. Coach C chose to call a very predictable game in his play selection, particularly on 3rd down, where NU was a miserable 3 of 15! A great deal of credit must be given to the Blackshirts for repeatedly stepping up to save the game, although I would have liked to see the adjustment to stop the WR end around a little earlier than mid way in the 3rd quarter, Coach Coz.
Around the Big 12, Oklahoma looked pretty scary blasting Miami, and Texas did not impress against TCU. A & M barely held on against Fresno, blowing a 19 point lead to survive in multiple OTs. Mizzou jumped out to a lead against Ole Miss and then nearly gave it back, allowing over 500 yards of offense by the Rebels. KU blew out yet another weak opponent (SE Lousiana), while ISU lost to one (Northern Iowa). Baylor secures a victory against Rice, while Tech goes wild on UTEP in the second half after trailing, with Graham Harrell going 48-64 for 4 TD passes and nearly 500 yards passing. Okie St recovers from the Georgia loss by smoking Florida Atlantic, Kansas St wins convincingly against San Jose St, and CU blows a 14 point first quarter lead to Arizona St and drops 33-14.
Around the rest of the nation, LSU looks VERY good in taking down VA Tech 48-7, West VA struggled a bit early but downed Marshall 48-23, Florida puts a bunch of points away on Troy 59-31, Wisconsin struggled mightily with UNLV 20-13, Cal holds off Colorado St 34-28, Penn St manhandles Notre Dame 31-10, Michigan gets crushed by Oregon 39-7, Ohio State looks sloppy in a 20-2 win over Akron, and Hawaii's Colt Brennan barely manages to keep Hawaii undefeated in throwing 43-61 for 548 and 4 scores against Louisiana Tech in eaking out a 1 point win, 45-44 in OT.
A number of upset specials this week - Washington knocks off Boise St 24-10, Georgia falls to South Carolina 16-12, and Auburn gets clipped by South Florida 26-23. Huskers move up to #14 in both polls at a result.
Upcoming NU opponent USC had the week off, and the last non-conference opponent, Ball St, won pretty convincingly on the road at Eastern Michigan, 38-16. Turner Gill's Buffalo program downs Temple 42-7, and Frank Solich's Ohio Bobcats also gut out a win over Louisiana - Lafayette 31-23.
More on USC later in the week.
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