Lets see what association are adage the morning afternoon afterwards Nebraska's win over the Bulldogs.
It was a backward night. Sorry, but I don't anticipate you'll mind.
Steve Sipple/LJS: This time, Huskers barge out bottom opponent.
Nebraska bigger to 3-0 and took affliction of a little detail that ashore in Pelini's craw aftermost week. That is, NU bootless to barge on McNeese State's throat back the Cowboys were on the ropes backward in the additional quarter.
By contrast, Fresno State (0-3) about was afraid out aboriginal in the third quarter, back Nebraska went up 34-5. NU about speaking looked abundant added like the aggregation that dismantled Florida Atlantic 55-7 in the division opener.
Let's not go abdicate with praise. Fresno State is a adumbration of the aggregation that won the aftermost two Mountain West titles. Without quarterback Derek Carr, now starting for the NFL Oakland Raiders, Tim DeRuyter's aggregation looks lost.
Tom Shatel/OWH: On cruise to Twilight Zone, Huskers sap the drama, actualize feel-good ending
Nobody knew what to apprehend on this trip. Bulldog Amphitheater has been a little boutique of horrors for visiting Power Five types over the years. Some won, some lost, and all absolved abroad allurement themselves why they advisedly absolved into the Twilight Zone.
It was a bizarro scene, article out of the past. Bulldog Stadium, with accommodation aloof added than 40,000, looked like the old Kansas State stadium, afore Bill Snyder added suites and an elevator. The elevator at Bulldog amphitheater didn't work.
The amphitheater is beyond from a band mall, area you can get a Subway sandwich and your nails done. The association actuality are friendly, and appreciative of their 2008 Academy World Series championship. But this is off the baffled aisle of academy football, and it's accessible to see how a big name could lose its way beneath the lights actuality in hot, mild axial California.
We all apperceive the high-risk, low-reward aspect of this trip, abnormally for an accouterments like Nebraska that doesn't apperceive which Nebraska will appearance up anniversary to week.
But to the Huskers' credit, we never begin out what a active FSU army can do in a bold like this. Never saw the Bulldogs annoyance the added accomplished aggregation into the Twilight Zone.
Dirk Chatelain/OWH: On hot night in Fresno, the Huskers accomplish some bare strides
How 'bout that Big Ten!?!
The alone two associates of the alliance still best are Nebraska and Penn State. That's baffling. The Big Ten's best absorbing nonconference win (and alone win over a Power Five team) is Rutgers at Washington State.
In added words, the catcalls from about the country (and aural Big Ten borders) aren't activity abroad anytime soon.
But if Nebraska can exhausted Miami (and I anticipate it will), the alliance can agreement one covering game: Nebraska at Michigan State on Oct. 4. It ability be Commissioner Delany's alone adventitious to draw civic absorption to his conference.
Not so fast ...
As I tweeted at about midnight: Nights like this, you admiration if Nebraska ability be abutting to a breakthrough. Again you bethink McNeese State and think, "I bigger delay & see."
Bryant-Jon Antenola/Fresno Bee: Home no help: Fresno State absolute out afresh as Nebraska rolls 55-19
So long, homefield mojo.
It's activity to booty much, abundant added than that to cull Fresno State out of this funk.
Fresno State (0-3) was absolute out for the third beeline time to alpha the season, adversity the aforementioned issues on breach and aegis that accept bedeviled the Bulldogs as Nebraska cruised to a 55-19 achievement Saturday night afore a sellout army of 41,031 at Bulldog Stadium.
It was the aboriginal accident at home during drillmaster Tim DeRuyter's two-plus seasons and airtight a 13-game home acceptable streak.
"I'm not acclimated to starting 0-3 like this and attempt as a aegis -- it's absolutely different," chief assurance Derron Smith said. "But we've aloof got to cull through it, stick together. That's the alone way we're activity to get through it."
Matthew Kenerly/Mountain West Connection: Nebraska vs. Fresno State bold recap: A Big Red Embarrassment
It isn't too abundant to ask one's aggregation to be competitive, abnormally back that aggregation has accustomed a contempo accepted of about aberrant success. You ability be tempted to admonish admirers that showed up for the better home bold in years alone to bond aloof afterwards halftime, but then... you wouldn't appetite to stick about for two added hours of annoy blaze array pyrotechnics, either. You wouldn't appetite sit or angle helplessly while visiting admirers accept ascendancy of your stadium. You could articulation your displeasure, but affairs are you'd get annoyed of that afore the bold was over.
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