First things first.
If you are the starting quarterback at Nebraska and you just re-signed for another year for allegedly $6 million, then you come out to the press conference and take some arrows for your team.
Moving On.
We all knew last night was coming and that is the problem with this football program.
Nebraska’s defense completely dominated the game, but just like against Indiana, it was two plays the defense surrendered which made all the difference. We should not require the Nebraska defense to
play perfectly in order to win football games against teams like Washington.
Earlier this week Dana Holgorsen said that it felt like it was a race to 21 points in order to win a Big Ten football game. He made it about one-third of the way.
It is almost ironic and comical that after the report about Nebraska re-signing Anthony Colandrea for next year, he then throws two interceptions in his first three passes of the game. It was like we should have expected it.
Anthony Colandrea was not the only problem. The entire offense was the problem last night. Whenever there were a few steps forward then we would see several steps back. Whether it was drops or extremely badly timed penalties on big gains (which has happened all year). Or when Nebraska gets away from running the ball with the running backs.
This is probably the best defense we have seen since the Pelini years. This offense is ruining a potentially program-changing season in front of them.
Nebraska had a great opportunity to be 8-2. They were favored by 7.5 or 8.5. They dominated the game for nearly 3.75 quarters.
However, again, the problem is that Nebraska fans knew what was coming. They knew exactly what was going to happen. It felt inevitable.
I was saying during the entire second half that the Nebraska defense was going to have to get a turnover or a score for Nebraska to win and it didn’t happen.
The Morning After
Steven Sipple: Nebraska falls for third straight time, and it again feels nightmarish“Welcome to Your Worst Nightmare.”
That’s what the banner in Nebraska’s student section cautioned Saturday night at Memorial Stadium, aimed at the visiting Washington Huskies.
This was a nightmare, all right. For the home team.
What we learned from Nebraska’s loss to WashingtonNebraska had yet another golden opportunity to kickstart the second half of its season. For the third straight game, it suffered another brutal defeat.
Here are our five biggest takeaways from the Huskers’ 17-10 loss to Washington and what it means for head coach Matt Rhule and Co. going forward…
Rhule postgame comments after Huskers lose it again in the fourth quarterIt feels the same, but there’s always some odd road taken to this dark place.
This week’s strange, haunting path included a fourth-and-18 conversion by Washington when one stop by the Blackshirts would’ve basically won it.
But of course.
Third straight Nebraska collapse sends once-promising season into tailspinLINCOLN, Neb. — Not again. Yes, again.
Nebraska blew a fourth-quarter lead in its third straight game, losing 17-10 to Washington on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium amid a genuine house of horrors.
Washington quarterback Demond Williams came off the bench — back from a rib injury suffered three weeks ago — to direct a decisive 12-play, 81-yard drive over 2:59, giving the Huskies their first lead with 90 seconds to play.
