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Game Thread Nebraska @ Ohio State - 11/03/18, 12:00PM (FOX)

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FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT NEBRASKA

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THE FROST IS COMING
Coming to Nebraska after an impressive 14-0 season with Central Florida, Scott Frost’s move to the Big Ten was one of the most discussed storylines around the nation. Despite his great success with the Golden Knights, Frost’s Cornhuskers have stumbled out of the gate with just two wins on the season so far.

Scott Frost played for Nebraska in 1996 and 1997, bringing a share of the national championship in his senior year. Frost earned a record of 24-2 during his tenure as the Cornhuskers’ signal-caller.

THE STORIED PROGRAM HAS HIT A ROUGH PATCH
Nebraska began its storied history in 1890 as the Old Gold Knights. Since then, the red-and-white accumulated 46 conference championships and five national championships.

The Cornhuskers rank ninth nationally with 895 wins. Between Ohio State and Nebraska, the two teams combine for 1800 games. This matchup will be the first time this combined total has been reached without Michigan.

In recent years, the Buckeyes have dominated the Cornhuskers. Ohio State has dropped at least 56 points in each of their last three meetings.

NEBRASKA RELIES ON THE PASSING GAME
Offensively, Nebraska’s West Coast offense revolves around the play of true freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez. The dual-threat signal-caller has already broken Nebraska’s school record for passing yards by a freshman (now at 1,656 yards).

Though the Cornhuskers struggled early in the year, the offense has finally gotten started; the red-and-white have scored 40+ points in each of their past two games. Over the past three games, Nebraska is tied for fifth (with Ohio State) in total offense.

Sophomore J.D. Spielman and senior Stanley Morgan are must-watch players for the Cornhuskers. Spielman torched the Buckeyes last year for 200 yards and has been outperforming his freshman standard this season, currently leading the team with 686 yards and seven touchdowns through eight weeks. On the other side, senior Stanley Morgan has recorded four touchdowns in his last two games. The senior led the team in receiving yards last year.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football/2018/11/98357/five-things-to-know-about-nebraska
 
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Huskers Head to OSU With Confidence: ‘Purdue Is Going To Seep Back Into Their Minds’

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About 10 days ago, Ohio State went to Purdue undefeated and favored, but they left bettered and bruised.

A 49-20 loss to the .500 Boilermakers caught everybody’s attention, and the Buckeyes have had to hear about their demise every day since.

While it has fueled the Ohio State players and coaches, it has also fueled their upcoming opponent. The Nebraska players and coaches saw what worked, saw what didn’t, and saw plenty of hope in a 28-point fourth quarter for the Boilers.

“Early on I thought they looked really good,” Nebraska head coach Scott Frost said on Monday. “There for a while it almost looked like they were toying with some teams and got by. If you watch the Purdue game, defensively they really dominated Purdue for a long time minus a few plays and Purdue hit a few plays in the first half and stayed in the game on defense and the dam kind of broke at the end.”

With the Buckeyes having last week off, Frost is expecting the Buckeyes to come out full speed in an attempt to right some wrongs immediately. He knows that his team will need to match Ohio State’s intensity.

“That’ll be valuable, particularly with the circumstances of this game,” he said. “I foresee their team coming out and playing with their hair on fire right at the beginning. We need to be able to withstand that initial surge and play well at the beginning.”

While Frost didn’t say it himself, it seems that a message has been sent to his team. If they can withstand the first quarter, then Ohio State will also be competing against the doubt in their own minds.

“I know they will be prepared in the first quarter to play their best football of the season,” junior linebacker Mohamed Barry said. “How you handle that is you have to be in your alignment assignments. Your execution has to withstand that fire they’re going to bring during that first quarter. If you can do that, then Purdue is going to seep back into their minds. The doubt is going to seep back into their minds. So that first quarter is big for us.”

For a team that has found some disastrous ways to lose games this season, putting all of their Husker eggs in the first quarter basket might not be the best strategy, but it does give you some insight into how they view this Ohio State team at the moment.

“We have to have an excellent first quarter, in my opinion, that’s going to set up the whole game,” Barry said. “So it’s all on the first quarter, I think, because in the bye week the coaches have been cranking them. They’ve been doing Oklahoma drills and all that stuff. They’re going to come out playing with passion and with fire. They’re going to try to play their best game and if we can stop them, if we can play with them in the first quarter, that doubt is going to seep back in and you are going to see that it’s going to be a competitive game.”

Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/10/huskers-coming-purdue-seep-minds/
 
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