The Huskers' struggles against USC were compounded by an inexcusable no-call at the finish.
Nebraska players have been saying these words for decades before leaving the locker room. It is practically a mission statement for the program.
Also - and hopefully this isn't news to you - Nebraska has not been a "good team" for a while. Mediocre to bad teams have a hard enough time getting out of their own way without having to worry about the officials screwing them over. It doesn't take a psychic to predict how things likely would have ended if the Huskers were correctly awarded an untimed down from inside the 10-yard line . Matt Rhule now has a worse record in one-score games at NU than Scott Frost . It was unlikely that Nebraska was going to come back and win - or even tie - this game.
Since then, there has been a lot of regression. The execution isn't as sharp. Nobody seems especially confident. Special teams is the only unit that is even marginally better than where they were in September - and that's only because the bar was set very low. But I'll guarantee that Raiola has been coached to find a wide-open Jahmal Banks - or to pick up the first down before sliding. And the defensive backs have been coached to catch passes that are seemingly thrown to them.
Game one of the Dana Holgorsen era looked a lot like final games of the Marcus Satterfield era: Lots of screens and short passes, a short-lived attempt to establish a running game, and just a handful of points.But I did think we might see more passes beyond the line of scrimmage. A willingness to stick with something that is working. And a focus on getting the ball in the hands of potential playmakers like Haarberg and Jacory Barney Jr.
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