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Nebraska-Oklahoma game in prime time

The Nebraska football team will make at least one more prime-time appearance on national television this season, as this week's matchup with Oklahoma will be a night game.

After posting a 20-10 win at Baylor last week, the Huskers will take on the Sooners in a classic Big Eight matchup at Memorial Stadium. The game is set for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on ABC.

One other Nebraska football game is confirmed to be a TV game yet this season, as the Huskers' regular-season finale at Colorado on Nov. 27 will be televised. That game is set for a 2:30 p.m. CST kickoff on ABC.

Nebraska's remaining two games, at Kansas and home against Kansas State, could also be televised. An announcement on those games will come about a week before each game.

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Team draws coach's frustration after 31-10 defeat

The Nebraska football team didn't come to play Saturday in their 31-10 loss to Texas Tech, and if there's one way you can get coach Bo Pelini's blood pressure to skyrocket, you can play the way the Huskers did.

From the inability to execute offensively to the seemingly endless mental mistakes that led to ill-timed penalties to the inability to stop a solid offense when the situation called for it, the second-year Husker mentor was not at all in the mood for conversation after the game.

Pelini did speak to reporters, but it was clearly obvious he was unhappy with his team's performance.

"I knew what we had coming up in Texas Tech," he said. "I knew the challenge we had and we didn't meet the challenge. We got our butts kicked."

Texas Tech drove down the field on their opening drive and scored, then took a 14-0 lead when Niles Paul failed to cover a lateral pass from Zac Lee and the fumble was returned 82 yards for a touchdown. It was that kind of day for the Huskers, and it never got better.

Even when Cory Green found Khiry Cooper with a touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter, the hope fans of the Nebraska football team were clinging to faded away quickly, as Texas Tech put together a methodical scoring drive on the ensuing possession to quash any hopes of another fourth-quarter comeback for the Huskers.

The Nebraska football team will look to bounce back from last week's loss, which dropped them to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12, as they play host to Iowa State Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

The Cyclones are coming off a rare conference road win and will be looking to make it two in a row this weekend as they come to Lincoln, a place where Iowa State traditionally has had little to no success.

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Suh a finalist for Lombardi award

Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is one of the 12 semifinalists selected for the 2009 Lombardi Award, which is presented to the nation's top lineman.

Suh has been a dominant force for the Nebraska football team, recording a team-best 32 tackles so far this season. Seven of his tackles have been for losses, and he also has three sacks and an interception. His pickoff of Blaine Gabbert helped ignite a 27-point fourth-quarter rally for the Huskers in their 27-12 win at Missouri last week.

Suh has alread earned some weekly honors this season, earning a Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week award and being named defensive player of the week by the Walter Camp Foundation.

The finalists for the Lombardi Award will be announced Tuesday, Nov. 10.

The Nebraska football team returns to action Saturday with a Big 12 home matchup against Texas Tech. Get your tickets to see the Huskers and the Red Raiders now at Ticket Express -- where no Husker football game is ever sold out.

Nebraska football looks to ride the wave

There is nothing like a big win on the road to fire up a football program and its fan base, and that's exactly what the Nebraska football team got last week.

The Huskers came back from a 12-point deficit with an unlikely 27-point fourth-quarter rallly to stun two-time defending Big 12 North Division champion Missouri on their home field and post a 27-12 win Thursday night. That win has not only sparked a Nebraska football team, but it has energized a fan base and made Nebraska football tickets an even hotter commodity.

The Huskers' defense, with the help of a torrenial downpour that dumped more than five inches of rain on parts of the state, slowed down Missouri's passing attack and kept Nebraska in the game long enough for a sluggish offense to finally catch a groove, scoring four touchdowns in the final period, three coming in a span of less than four minutes.

Zac Lee and Niles Paul hooked up on a pair of passing touchdowns, and Lee found Mike McNeil on a great tight end screen to give Nebraska a cushion. Roy Helu Jr. found the end zone late in the final period to put the game on ice for the Huskers, who won at Columbia for the first time since 2001.

Now the Huskers, looking to ride the wave of momentum, return home to face Texas Tech in a Saturday afternoon game that should be even more exciting than your typical Nebraska football home game. Tickets for this game are going fast, and great seats are still available to watch the Huskers take on the Red Raiders right now at Ticket Express -- where no Nebraska football game is ever sold out.

Nebraska to face Cyclones on Versus network

The Nebraska football team will be on TV each of the next two weeks as they continue play in the Big 12 Conference.

On Saturday, Nebraska takes to the road for the first time this season, as they head down to Lubbock, Texas, to take on the seventh-ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders. The game will be televised by Fox Sports Net beginning at 2 p.m.

The following week, the Huskers are on the road again, this time traveling east to Ames, Iowa to meet up with longtime foe Iowa State. That game is going to be televised by the Versus network, with kickoff set at 11:30 a.m.

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Daniel will test Nebraska's defense

Nebraska's defense has been put through some difficult tests early on, but nothing like what they are about to encounter as they open Big 12 Conference play this weekend.

The undefeated and fourth-ranked Missouri Tigers come to town for Saturday's homecoming matchup at 8 p.m. on ESPN, and to say the Tigers have their best team in a long time would be an understatement. This is a very talented bunch that is on the short list of teams that, at this point, could be playing for the national championship come January.

The Tigers are led by Heisman Trophy candidate Chase McDaniel. The senior quarterback threw for over 4,000 yards last year and tore apart Nebraska's defense in a 41-6 demolishing last year in Columbia. To make matters worse, he compared Nebraska's defense -- in that game -- to a high school outfit.

Nebraska's defense has gotten a lot better since then, but this group still hasn't been tested the way the Tigers are going to this weekend. With Daniel and his seemingly limitless options -- led by sophomore sensation Jeremy Maclin -- the Huskers are going to see an offensive assault that is much more potent and multi-talented than any they saw in their first four games.

The Huskers' first big test came last weekend against Virginia Tech, and it was obvious there are still a lot of holes to fill. The secondary allowed far too many open receivers and the Hokies dominated the time of possession and were able to come away with a 35-30 victory. If the Huskers are unable to rebound, Saturday's result against the Tigers could be an ugly one.

Daniel has been dominant so far this season, passing for 1,412 yards and 12 touchdowns while completing 76 percent of his passes. He set a conference record earlier this year by completing 20 consecutive passes against Buffalo. If he gets on a roll Saturday, he could put up numbers similar to last year against a Husker defense that is still working at improving.

Tough stretch ahead for Nebraska

Nebraska was able to get through its first three games in pretty good shape, posting a couple of impressive wins and coming back to win a third.

They take a 3-0 record into what will be a very difficult stretch of games over the next three weeks, and this could very well determine the path the Huskers will travel on the road back to being among the nation's elite.

First up is Saturday's matchup with Virginia Tech, a team that finished in the top 10 and is playing fairly well in spite of a variety of injury and discipline issues. Coach Frank Beamer brings a team in that can mix things up offensively, and this will give Nebraska a different test after facing three teams that feature variances of the spread offense.

Next is the Big 12 opener against Missouri, which will undoubtedly be Nebraska's toughest homecoming game in a long, long time. The Tigers feature 2007 Heisman finalist Chase Daniel and All-American speedster Jeremy Maclin, and the Tigers have been lighting up the scoreboard like a pinball machine early on. They also have a very solid defense, one that absolutely embarrassed Nebraska last year. The only negative working against Missouri is that they haven't won in Lincoln since 1978, and will be looking to end three decades of road frustration when they come to town Oct. 4.

The final game in the trifecta is Nebraska's first road game of the year, and it won't be easy as they'll have to head down to Lubbock, Texas to take on another high-powered offense in the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Coach Mike Leach has developed one of the most potent offensive schemes in all of college football, and Tech knows how to move the ball vertically early and often. Quarterback Graham Harrell has a lot of great targets to throw to, including All-American Michael Crabtree, and they have developed a defense that is doing better at stopping opposing offenses from finding the end zone.

The Huskers do have another tough stretch later in the season with Oklahoma and Kansas in back-to-back weeks, but this three-game run will go a long way to telling us how much this team has improved from last year's train wreck of a 5-7 season. If Nebraska can win one or two games in this stretch, it can position itself for a good finish and a quality bowl game at season's end.

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Nice problem to have at I-Back position

With the 2008 season ready to kick off in less than four weeks, the Nebraska football team is looking to nail down its starting lineup for their Aug. 30 opener against Western Michigan.

There are several positions that are up for grabs this season, including the I-Back position. You wouldn't think this would be a topic for discussion, with returning I-Back Marlon Lucky the leading returning rusher in the Big 12 Conference. But the emergence of sophomore Roy Helu Jr. has created a nice problem for the Husker coaches to consider -- which one will be the starter?

The duo are listed as Co-No. 1 on the preseason depth chart, and you can expect both backs to see plenty of action during the 2008 season. And that's just fine with both athletes, according to a recent column by Steve Sipple in the Lincoln Journal-Star.

The two are not only teammates on the field, but good firends off the field. And having each other to compete with is making for a spirited discussion as to which one will get the start.

Regardless, the Huskers will need two quality players at this position, especially if coach Bo Pelini wants to get back to the smashmouth football the Huskers were known for before the pass-happy days of the Bill Callahan era. Pelini wants his team to be more physical on offense this year, and that is not only good news for the offense, but good news for a defense that was obliterated in 2007.

The best defense, sometimes, is in keeping the other team's offense off the field, and if the Huskers can get back some of that offensive swagger it had in years past, that might help a defense that has had its nose bloodied quite a bit in recent years get back some of that aggressive Blackshirt mentality.

Huskers third in North according to media

The media that covers the Big 12 Conference have spoken, and they like a repeat of last year's conference championship game to take place this December.

Both Missouri and Oklahoma were runaway choices of the conference media members to win their respective divisions this year. Missouri was a unanimous selection while Oklahoma received 49 of the 51 first-place votes.

As for the Huskers, the media have Nebraska sitting in the No. 3 slot in the North Division, finishing behind the Tigers and Kansas. Colorado is fourth, followed by Kansas State and Iowa State.

In the South division, Texas received the other two first-place votes and is second behind the Sooners. Texas Tech is picked third, followed by Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and perennial doormat Baylor.

Media vote totals, with first-place votes in parenthesis, is as follows:

NORTH DIVISION
1. Missouri (51)              306
2. Kansas                        234
3. Nebraska                    183
4. Colorado                   181
5. Kansas State               108
6. Iowa State                    59

SOUTH DIVISION
1. Oklahoma (49)           304
2. Texas (2)                    230
3. Texas Tech                 227
4. Oklahoma State          140
5. Texas A&M                  118
6. Baylor                          52

Lucky named to All-Big 12 team by media

Husker running back Marlon Lucky was the lone Nebraska player selected by the media in their preseason All-Big 12 Conference picks announced Thursday.

It is the fewest number of Huskers ever named to a preseason all-conference poll in recent memory, but Lucky is certainly a deserving pick as he is the top returning back in the conference from last year.

Missouri had seven players and Oklahoma had six on the all-conference first team. Missouri had five named on offense, led by quarterback Chase Daniel, the preseason Offensive Player of the Year selection.

Auston Elgish leads the six Sooners named to the first team, and he was tabbed the preseason Defensive Player of the Year.

The selections are as follows:

Offense
WR - Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech
TE - Chase Coffman, Missouri
OL - Duke Robinson, Oklahoma
OL - Phil Loadholt, Oklahoma
C   - Jon Cooper, Oklahoma
OL - Louis Vasquez, Texas Tech
OL - Colin Brown, Missouri
OL - Cedric Dockery, Texas
WR - Jeremy Maclin, Missouri
QB - Chase Daniel, Missouri
RB - Marlon Lucky, Nebraska
RB - DeMarco Murray, Oklahoma
PK - Jeff Wolfert, Missouri
KR - Marcus Herford, Kansas
 
Defense
DL - Auston English, Oklahoma
DL - Ian Campbell, Kansas State
DL - George Hypolite, Colorado
DL - Brian Orakpo, Texas
LB - Sean Weatherspoon, Missouri
LB - Joe Mortenson, Kansas
LB - Joe Pawelek, Baylor
DB - Nic Harris, Oklahoma
DB - William Moore, Missouri
DB - Jamar Wall, Texas Tech
DB - Jordan Lake, Baylor
P   - Justin Brantly, Texas A&M
PR - Jeremy Maclin, Missouri