“We have good players”. “It’s never easy”, coach Mike Riley said after his Cornhuskers held on for a 36-28 victory Saturday.
Advertisement
It was the flawless mix then, something from Nebraska’s past on the runs and something from Nebraska’s new staff’s past on the pass. The Huskers haven’t felt a whole lot like a “melding of styles” through four games, but Janovich’s big Saturday certainly did.
“We’ll go down the list, seeing what we did right and wrong”. How bad has it gotten for the Huskers defense? Sure, he missed a couple in the second half – a 51-yarder in the third and a 29-yarder in the fourth – but that hardly tells Brown’s story against Southern Miss. Shaunfield finished going 0-for-2 in the game on field goals, missing from 33 and 44 yards out. Armstrong has a touchdown pass in 10 straight games. NU entered halftime with a comfortable 22-0 lead.
In my mind, the Golden Eagles’ chances at a division title will go through Louisiana Tech, the regular-season finale on the road.
The star of the game for the defense was defensive back D’Nerius Antoine.
Tommy Armstrong passed for 368 yards and two touchdowns in his duel with Mullens, who threw for a career-high 447 yards.
Antoine caught a tipped ball and took it all the way down to the NEB ten yard line, but a penalty brought them back 15 yards.
Nebraska scored early, and set a threatening tone throughout the first half. That averages out to 6.5 catches and 87.8 yards per game. “We’ve got to get smarter on the field”.
After a Southern Miss kickoff, the Cornhuskers started their drive at their own 29 yard line. Meanwhile, Huskers Junior running back Terrell Newby has 52 carries for 323 yards and three touchdowns, but has done more receiving with six catches for 54 yards and one touchdown.
Southern Miss is coming to Lincoln with a 2-1 record having just beat Texas State 56-50.
Twelve penalties for the third time in four games. Smith should easily be getting 20+ touches a game.
Akinmoladun says he thinks Southern Miss was focused on stopping Nebraska defensive tackle Maliek Collins on that final plan, which allowed him to reach Mullens.
That sack killed a momentum that the Golden Eagles that had been building up throughout the second half.
“He just continues to grind away, listen to the coaching points, plays within the scheme of things, works on his tools and techniques, and he’s coming along”, Banker said.
The Golden Eagles have made it a point of emphasis to improve offensively inside the red zone.
He racked up 118 yards through the air, the fifth time in his career and second this season that he has eclipsed 100 yards. The Huskers answered at the end of the quarter with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Armstrong to Taariq Allen to send Nebraska to the fourth quarter leading 29-7.
“There are no moral victories, we came up here thinking we could win”, Monken said.
Advertisement
The final result wasn’t without a little more drama, however. Also, Nebraska isn’t exactly a team you can trust after a loss to Miami and a struggle last week against Miss State. Just on social media, the Golden Eagle hopefuls are ready to pack the stadium against the Mean Green.
