This week on the Corn Nation’s Overreaction, Hoss, Jake, and Greg will break down Saturday night’s “Blackout” loss to USC.
The Huskers lost more than the game Saturday night, losing sophomore quarterback
Dylan Raiola for the remainder of the season with a broken fibula.
The Trojans spoiled a special night for the Huskers, coming from behind twice to win 21-17. And they did it in ways we expected, by running the ball at our defensive front and by taking away Nebraska’s big plays.
While an early three and out for the Blackshirts turned into a long drive and a touchdown, and while the home team went into the locker room at halftime up 14-6, an empty and fruitless third quarter allowed SC to get back into the game. When we burned two timeouts in the third quarter, the second on a 4th and 1 where we didn’t go for it AND missed a field goal, the electricity left the stadium and even the fourth quarter light show couldn’t bring it back. The Huskers we knew were gone.
And on top of all of that, we have a started quarterback out for the year and a freshman quarterback who will need to grow up quickly, as we have three games left and none of them are named Akron or Houston Christian.
But regardless…Go Big Red…Always.
