That is exactly what happened Saturday at the Huskers-Fresno State game at Memorial Stadium.
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Defensively, the Huskers stymied the Fresno State rushing attack, holding the Bulldogs to 31 yards on 26 carries. “After the game I want them to feel good about winning”.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska ran on 51 of its 64 plays from scrimmage against Fresno State in a performance reminiscent of Tom Osborne’s pound-the-ground teams of yesteryear. If the Bulldogs can connect on a couple of big plays early, they could force Armstrong and the offense to play a little more out of its comfort zone than expected or desired. Wyoming shows next on Nebraska’s schedule before the Cornhuskers face their first true test of the season against OR on September 17. Sep.
The game with the Bulldogs opens Nebraska’s second season under Head Coach Mike Riley. Nebraska ran on 62 of its 81 plays for a season-high 326 yards against the 98th-ranked rushing defense.
This was my first opportunity to see Riley truly irked at how his team played when, let’s face it, the other guys should be even more battered and bruised. “The last time I remember that is when I was the quarterback”, Riley said.
“I believe our guys will be fresh and our goal has obviously been to have them prepared”, said head coach Mike Riley after Thursday’s practice.
Nebraska honored Husker senior punter Sam Foltz before and during the game. The Nebraska Football team contributed to that prediction.
They should feel good because the Huskers really weren’t all that bad, and Riley still was far from satisfied. “I threw it a few times when they didn’t expect it”.
Riley also noted that this game was not like the Foster Farms Bowl win against UCLA, a game which NU only threw 19 times, because the passing game wasn’t as effective. Now the Huskers welcome a true freshman to the special teams family. He says he’ll never forget Brook’s mother telling everyone that the state of Nebraska was her support system. The Bulldogs ended up running two plays on the Nebraska side of the field, Virgil throwing an incomplete pass and then an interception that went off the hands of KeeSean Johnson and right to safety Kieron Williams. On the next play, Ozigbo notched his first career 100-yard game, pounding his way for 10 yards to the Fresno State 4 to push his career-best total to 103 yards.
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