A safety in the second quarter turned what could have had Husker fans nervous into a dominant Nebraska football win.
The average number of plays in a given college football game is 180. Each snap brings an opportunity, but each one is not held equal. One snap every game creates one play made by one or a slew of players, affecting the rest of the contest. This play is the turning point. The turning point makes or breaks a team's game and sometimes its season.The Big Red, in a tied 7-7 game, were marching down the field.
In an instant, the air was sucked out of Memorial Stadium. The fumbling problems that plagued the Big Red in 2023 reared their ugly head. The fear of losing a pay-to-play game and being the college football week one donkey crept into the heads of the Husker faithful. On their own three, UTEP had a golden opportunity to march down the field, take the lead, and grab every bit of momentum imaginable. The dominant Blackshirt defense erased that opportunity. On the second snap of the drive, Ty Robinson ripped through the Miner offensive line and caused quarterback Skyler Lockyear to collide with running back Jevon Jackson behind the goal line. His bash brother Nash Hutmacher came up to clean up the mess, making it a 9-7 Big Red lead.
Memorial collectively breathed a sigh of relief, and then Nebraska took over the game. NU scored 33 unanswered points, racked up two interceptions, and allowed 136 yards of total offense. After having some struggles after a dominant first drive, Dylan Raiola found his stride, throwing for 160 yards and two touchdowns with only three incompletions.
The potential nightmare swiftly turned into relief and then into dominance, eventually leading to euphoria in week one of the 2024 season. The Huskers got off to their dream start of the season, but the talent gap they enjoyed this week will not exist next week as they welcome the loaded offense of the Colorado Buffaloes to Memorial Stadium on Sep. 7.Matt McMaster is studying in the College of Journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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