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WELL HENRY IS BACK DEEP NUMBER TWO IN THE GREEN OF MICHIGAN STATE AND HE COMES FROM THE END ZONE. LOOK AT THAT SPECIAL TEAMS WORK. BOY, THAT’S WHAT NEBRASKA DOES VERY WELL COMING OUT THE END ZONE IN PRACTICE YESTERDAY HE LOOKED GOOD. LET’S SEE IF HE CAN CONTINUE JUST OUTSIDE THE

TEN YARD LINE. CARTER ON A STRETCH PLAY YOU SEE THAT SIDELINE TO SIDELINE COVERAGE HURT THAT IF THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCHANGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD PATCHWORK OFFENSIVE LINE FOR MICHIGAN STATE BECAUSE OF INJURIES TO CARTER POP SKIPS UP TO THE 20 WELL NOT QUITE THE

20 TO ABOUT THE SEVEN YARD LINE RYAN THIRD DOWN IN THREE JUST SHY OF THE 18 YARD LINE OUT OF THE SHOTGUN AGAIN THEY’LL GO WITH A QUICK OUT AND IT IS CAUGHT. THAT’S THE TIGHT END PERISIC BRENNAN PERISIC HITS IT OUT FOR A FIRST DOWN. A HEALTHY

GAIN THERE AND YOU’LL SEE SOME OF JALEN FRANKLIN AS WELL MALIK CARR IS OUT, ONE OF THE INJURED SPARTANS HIS PASS A SEAM ROUTE WIDE OPEN IT’S CAUGHT INSIDE THE 25 FRANKLIN AS WE MENTIONED THAT YOU’D ALSO SEE IT TIGHT END THEY’LL GO 12 PERSONNEL A LOT

TODAY THEY GOT IT INSIDE THE 20 AT THE 19 OF NEBRASKA TO CARTER MAKING SOME QUICK ADJUSTMENTS THAT HE IS A GUY THAT’S THE FOCUS REALLY OF TONY WHITE’S DEFENSE, THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR NEBRASKA. YEAH THOSE HOLE SHOTS ARE GOING TO TEST TONY’S BACK IN COVERAGE, THOUGH. WE’LL SEE IF HE ADJUSTS

SECOND AND NINE SLANT PASS WAS THROWN A LITTLE BEHIND JARON GLOVER NASH HUTMAKER OUTSTANDING ZERO TECHNIQUE. HAROLD JOINER IS COMING TO THE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME. NUMBER 28. YOU’LL SEE A LOT OF HIM. HE’S THE TRANSFER FROM AUBURN OUT OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. THIRD AND NINE PASS ALL ALMOST PICKED OFF. IT WAS

INTENDED FOR FOSTER GREAT DEFENSIVE WORK BY TOMMY HILL. WELL, I WOULD NOT TEST HIM TOO OFTEN. JONATHAN KIM DRILLED A 58 YARDER AT IOWA, ALSO MADE A 52 YARD AT RICHMOND. THEY’VE GOT A GOOD KICKING GAME. THIS WILL BE A 35 YARD TRY AS THE NEBRASKA DEFENSE STIFFENS INSIDE THE RED

ZONE. JEFF SNUCK IT IN. TOLD YOU SMARTY CAME TO PLAY. THEY GOT SOME TALENT LIKE WE SAID IN THE OPEN. YEAH, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. JOSHUA FLEETS THAT DEEP FORMER BAYLOR PLAYER WITH MATT RHULE YOU’LL SEE SOME OF HIM IN THE BACKFIELD AND GOOD PASS CATCHER COMING OUT QUARTERBACKS IN THE

NATION SON OF A COACH AND THERE IS FLEEKS WE TOUCHED ON HIM WE SAW HIM HAVE A GREAT GAME FOR MATT RHULE WHILE AT BAYLOR AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE A FEW YEARS AGO AND COLOR FLASH AND TRY TO GET TO THE EDGE BUT POSITIVE YARDS GOING TO BE NORTH AND SOUTH LITTLE BUBBLE SCREEN

AND BINGO GREAT PLAY THAT PASS WAS CAUGHT BY BULLOCK SCOTT HAZELTON THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FEELS ABOUT THIS YOUNG, GIFTED GROUP, THE RECRUITING. OVER THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS, TIM HAS REALLY SKEWED TOWARD THE DEFENSE AND JUST STARTING TO SEE IT SHOW UP RIGHT NOW. IF THEY CAN JUST GET COMMUNICATED PROPERLY AND LINED

UP WELL. HARLON BARNETT, OF COURSE, OUTSTANDING SECONDARY COACH THAT’S NOW MOVED INTO THE INTERIM POSITION. HE TOUGH MINDED GUY AND THAT PASS IS INCOMPLETE WAS INTENDED FOR JAYDEN DOSS, 85 THE FRESHMAN LEARNS THE CATCH ON THE HANG ON TO THE FOOTBALL A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MORE ACCURACY IN THROW

GAME THAT’S BOSCHINI WITH THE PUNT BACK DEEP TYRELL HENRY AND A FAIR CATCH MADE AARON MANGUM WILL BE IN THE BACKFIELD THIS TIME AS KADEN HAUSER CALLS THE SIGNALS OUT OF THE GUN AND RIGHT AWAY MANGUM TAKES IT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE. NOTHING DOING AGAINST THAT CONVERGING DEFENSE. THAT’S NICK HEINRICH COVERING

THE TIGHT END. HE BETTER HAVE HIM COVER TWO TIGHT END NEXT TIME THEY’D GET TO THAT HOLE SHOT. BUT THEY’RE VERY ATHLETIC AND GIFTED. WELL, THAT’S A PLANNED QUARTERBACK RUN, HAUSER TAKES IT OUT BEYOND THE 30 TO THE 33 YARD LINE. HEINRICH AGAIN MAKING THE STOP LOOKS ON KADEN

HAUSER IS A THROWER, GUYS. THAT’S WHAT HE DOES IS THIRD AND FIVE THAT TIME THE AIR MAILS IT LOOKED LIKE MAYBE HE WAS EXPECTING ONE MOVE THAT WASN’T THERE FROM FOSTER AND IT FALLS INCOMPLETE. WESTERN HILLS IN CINCINNATI, WHERE HE’S FROM. HE AND HIS WIFE WENT TO WORK AND

PUTTING TOGETHER A CARE CENTER FOR PEOPLE. AND IN ORDER TO BANKROLL IT, THEY HAD TO USE THEIR OWN MONEY BECAUSE THE LOAN WAS NOT COMING FROM. IT SHOULD BE A SURPRISE. HE’S USED TO DELIVERING AND HEARING A LOT OF MESSAGES GROWING UP. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. OUT OF THE SHOTGUN

HARBURG WITH A LITTLE PLAY FAKE AND HE DUMPS IT OUT WELL DONE TO THE TIGHT END PERDONI THOMAS PERDONI HAD BEEN A LITTLE BANGED UP. ONE OF FIRST AND IF HE CAN GET A GUYS OUT THERE THAT CAN SNATCH THAT BALL, THAT’S GOING TO HELP HIS GAME DOTTING THE I

EMMA JOHNSON HE GOES IF HE CAN HANG ON TO THE FOOTBALL EVERYTHING’S GOING TO BE GOOD WITH HIM OUT TO THE 31 YARD LINE BEFORE JAYDEN MANGUM MADE THE TACKLE AND THE DEFENSE WILL MATCH IT. I REMEMBER THOSE OLD DAYS WHEN TOM OSBORNE YEAH, SEE IT, MAN, I REMEMBER IT TOO. IN

NEBRASKA, BY THE WAY. ANTHONY GRANT, HE HAD ALL KINDS OF FUMBLE ISSUES EARLY, BUT HE’S REBOUNDING AND HAS SHOWN. AGAIN OUT OF THE I WHEN YOU’RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH INJURIES AND YOU’RE TRYING TO SHORTEN THE GAME, SPENCER JUST LINE UP IN THE EYE FORMATION AND PLAY, RIGHT? THAT’S RIGHT. BOOTLEG

ACTION HERE FOR HARBURG AND A LITTLE COMEBACK ROUTE FALLS INCOMPLETE MALACHI COLEMAN WAS THE INTENDED RECEIVER. BARROW WAS AN OUTSTANDING TALENT. NOW TRYING TO HELP SOME OF THESE YOUNG GUYS GO REVERSED WITH LLOYD AND THE WIDE RECEIVER TRIES TO CUT IT BACK UP, MANAGES TO GET INTO MICHIGAN STATE

TERRITORY TRIPS. TEACUP IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT A BUNCH UP TOP, THIRD DOWN AND FOUR RIGHT UP THE GUT. JOHNSON HE’S SHORT BY A COUPLE OF YARDS AND SEE, THAT’S WHAT I MEANT. TIM MOST TEAMS WOULD PROBABLY WITH FOUR DOWNS AGO BE PASSING THAT BALL IN THAT SITUATION RIGHT YOU’RE PROBABLY

GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY FOUR DOWNS AGAINST THESE GUYS BECAUSE THEY RUN SO MUCH OPTION IN THEIR OFFENSE. HERE WE GO ON FOURTH DOWN HARBOR CALL HIMSELF AND HE SHOULD HAVE THE FIRST DOWN PENETRATES THE 40 TO AARON BRULE WITH THE STOP 70% ON FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS AND THAT’S A GOOD ANALYTICS CALL

ON THE PART OF MARCUS SATTERFIELD, THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE HUSKERS AABERG IN SOME TROUBLE AND DOWN BACK AT THE 49 YARD LINE MAVERICK HANSON WRAPPED HIM UP NUMBER 97, A LOSS OF FIVE. AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE OLD MARCH TO THE SPIN OPTION, RIGHT? WITH TURNER GILL

BACK IN HIS DAY, REDSHIRT SENIOR FROM FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN SECOND AND 15 THEY GOT TO COMMUNICATE ON THIS THEY’RE CONFUSED IN THE BACK END AABERG, UNDER PRESSURE, LETS IT FLY UNDERNEATH. AND LLOYD HAS WRAPPED UP IMMEDIATELY. OUTSTANDING AND A LOSS OF FOUR. SO THIRD AND 19 BEHIND THE CHAINS IS HEINRICH LOOKING LONG

THERE’S A BUST AND HE OVERTHROWS HIS MAN. IT’S PICKED OFF JAYDEN MANGUM COMES AWAY WITH THE PICK. BULLOCK WAS THE INTENDED RECEIVER HE THEY COULD HAVE HAD A TOUCHDOWN NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT NATHAN CARTER IS IN THE BACKFIELD AND HE’LL CARRY IT. OH HE GOT HE DOESN’T NEED MUCH

ROOM. HE DOESN’T TELL ME HE’S HE’S LIKE WATER MAN. IF IT’S A CREVICE THERE HE’S GOING TO FIND A FIT THROUGH THERE. HE’S OUTSTANDING. THE WAY HE SEES INSTINCTIVELY WHERE THE VOID IS. JUST GIVE HIM A FEW INCHES. IT’S ONE OF THE THREE KEY ELEMENTS TO THEIR VICTORY TODAY AS PRESSURE

BACKS SIDE PRESSURE AND DOWN GOES LEAVITT. AND HE’LL BE BACK AT THE SIX YARD LINE. THAT’S A LOSS OF FIVE. AND IT’S MAKAI BEAR THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT CARTER REMAINS THE SETBACK. THEY GO TRIPS TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN. LEAVITT LETS THIS ONE FLY LONG FOR GATES INCOMPLETE ANTONIO GATES THE INTENDED

RECEIVER OUT STANDING COVERAGE FROM MALCOLM HARTZOG THE FREE SAFETY THE SOPHOMORE OUT OF SILVER CREEK, MISSISSIPPI NOW TIMMY SPARTY’S PREVIOUS POSSESSION WAS LIKE 58 SECONDS. AND THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE NOT NEARLY AS SHORT. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS THEY’RE NOT CONVERTING. THEY’RE GOING TO

NEED A SPARK AT SOME POINT IN TIME. SO I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF JAY JOHNSON KIND OF GIVES THE NOD TO NUMBER FOUR. WE’LL SEE. ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT THEY TURNED TO LEAVITT WITH THE BALL BACK AT THE FIVE YARD LINE? NOT NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE HE’S A DUAL THREAT. HE’S A LEGITIMATE

DUAL THREAT. THE GUY CAN DO A LOT. OCCASIONALLY A BALL WILL COME OUT OF HIS HAND LIKE IT’S A MALLARD DUCK. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT’S REAL. BILLY KEMP IS GOING TO CALL IT FAIR CATCH AT THE 41 YARD LINE. HE’S BANGED UP. THAT’S ALL HE CAN DO. BUT HE’S

GOT SURE HANDS. A SURGING ARIZONA TEAM THAT JUST TOOK DOWN OREGON STATE AGAINST THE BRUINS WHO ARE REALLY PLAYING WELL. FLEETS WITH THAT CARRY TAKEN OUT AT THE BOUNDARY AT ABOUT THE 44 YARD LINE THEY’VE GOT TO NOW SINCE THEY’RE IN THE BIG 12 FROM THE AMERICAN THEY’VE GOT TO GET

SOME DEPTH IN THEIR RECRUITING. GOT TO GIVE THOSE GUYS A COUPLE OF YEARS. I THINK TO GET POWER FIVE TYPE OF DEPTH TO COMPETE AS EMMETT JOHNSON HERE IS STOPPED BY ANGELO GROSS, NUMBER 15, THE YOUNG MAN THAT SLIPPED DOWN EARLIER IN THAT COVERAGE ON WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A TOUCHDOWN FOR

NEBRASKA. THAT WAS A GAIN OF THREE THIRD DOWN AND FOUR. I LOVE THE WAY MARKUS SATTERFIELD, THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, USED OUT OF THE SHOTGUN FOR HARBOR. NICE. RIGHT IN THE SCENE, RIGHT TO 24. AS YOU DESCRIBED FOR THE SECOND, MAKES A TOP RATED PLAY THERE IN MANGUM RUNS HIM DOWN

AND THE HUSKERS ARE IN BUSINESS AFTER A GAIN OF 27 YOU IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT RIGHT OVER QUICKLY YOU’LL SEE THAT FROM NEBRASKA FROM THE QUARTERBACK. YOU CAN SEE HEINRICH IS THE FIRST IN-STATE QUARTERBACK TO SIGN WITH NEBRASKA SINCE 2001. AS YOU SEE, THE HANDOFF HERE TO GRANT,

HE RUNS RIGHT INTO CAL HALADAY LEADING TACKLER FOR THIS TEAM AT MICHIGAN STATE. EMMETT JOHNSON IN THE BACKFIELD OUT OF THE SHOTGUN FOR HARBOR JOHNSON NICE MOVE THERE FOOT IN THE GROUND AND A CUT TO THE LEFT AND HE GOT HAMMERED AT THE SIDELINE BUT HE WAS NOT GIVING HIMSELF UP. GROSS

CAME IN AND SHOCKED HIM BACK HOME, WENT BACK HOME. JOHNSON REMAINS THE SETBACK. NOTHING DOING THIS TIME. GOOD WORK BY THAT INTERIOR FOR ZION YOUNG ALONG WITH JORDAN HALL, IT’S MORE OF A EVEN FRONT FOUR GUYS ACROSS DISPERSE EQUALLY ON THAT FRONT 12 PERSONNEL AGAIN QUICK PITCH REVERSE TO FLEECE GOSH

ATHLETES. OH A LITTLE TIGHT ROPE TOE TAP INSIDE THE FIVE. HE MAY HAVE THE FIRST DOWN AT THE FOUR AND JORDAN HALL THOUGHT HE HAD HIM DEAD TO RIGHTS RIGHT THERE FIRST DOWN AND GOAL FROM THE FOUR OH DEEP BIG TIME JOHNSON MET AT THE POINT OF ATTACK BY

HARMON AND THEN GOAL AGAIN IT’S JOHNSON IN THE BACKFIELD PLAY FAKE TO HIM AND NOW WALTZ IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN HARBURG NEBRASKA TAKES THE LEAD. HIS FIFTH RUSHING TOUCHDOWN THIS SEASON OPTION GAME HARD TO DEFEND DOWN HERE YOU GOT TO MAKE IT IN TO SOFTEN UP THAT EDGE SO HERBERT

CAN WALK STRAIGHT THROUGH THAT WELL HE LEADS NEBRASKA WITH RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS AT FIVE AND HERE’S ALBANO FOR THE EXTRA POINT. WHAT’D YOU SAY? I WILL TELL A GOOD PLAYER, HARBURG AND THEY’RE COUNTING ON HIM. HIS ATHLETIC ISM AND A GROWING CONFIDENCE THAT HE IS WORTHY IT IS BEAUTIFUL. THERE YOU TEE

IT UP ON A GOLF COURSE. THERE’S CLOUDS ALL AROUND YOU ON AN ELEVATED TEE. BEAUTIFUL LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE HAUSER THIS TIME WE DID SEE A BIT OF TIME. THEY KNOW THE NOISE IN THE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW CAN BE PROBLEMATIC. WHEN THE TRANSFER PORTAL ERA. HE WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE

YOUNG GIRLS. CARTER OUT OF THE BACKFIELD. LOOK OUT. THIS IS A GUY THAT CAN GO THE DISTANCE AND GET TO THE SECOND LEVEL IN A HEARTBEAT AS HE TAKES THAT LITTLE SWING PASS OUT FOR A GAIN OF NINE PARLIAMENTARY THROW GAME WORKING. THEY GOT IT WITH THE HOLE SHOT EARLY ON. NOT MUCH

SENSE. THERE HE GOES AGAIN AND AGAIN. YOU SEE THAT HE FORCES THE LINEBACKERS TO MAKE PLAYS AND IF HE CAN JUKE ONE OTHER GUY, WHITE SAID TO US LAST NIGHT, GOT TO TACKLE YOU BETTER TACKLE NUMBER FIVE OF BECAUSE HE IS A LOAD AND THEY’RE GETTING A

STEADY DIET OF HIM NOW THAT TIME AFTER A COUPLE OF GAINS OF NINE HE GETS OUT FOR THREE THAT’S ISAAC GIFFORD. NUMBER TWO, WHEN THEY WERE OUT IN THE DESERT IN OKLAHOMA, CALLS HIM CHEETAH. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHEREVER YOU ARE, MAN. SECOND AND SEVEN. I HAVEN’T SEEN MANY CHEETAHS IN

KNOW ALANTE BROWN HAS COME IN AND LOOK AT THIS LITTLE CHICANERY. THERE IT IS. FOSTER HE HAS IT INSIDE THE 15. MICHAEL BARSHOP WAS OUT THERE AND HE SAW IT. HE SAID, HEY, MAN, A LITTLE TRICK PLAY GOING ON. WELL, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE GOT THE PASS OFF UNDER PRESSURE FROM MAKAI

BEAR. I MEAN, HE HAD TO UNLOAD IT AND HE GOT IT OFF JUST IN TIME. FIRST AND TEN WITH THE BALL OUTSIDE THE TEN. THAT WAS A 42 YARD GAIN. THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT TONY WHITE WAS CONCERNED WITH. THEY’RE GOING TO ABSOLUTELY EMPTY THE BUCKET OFFENSIVELY. MICHIGAN STATE

TODAY, WE’VE GOT A DELAY PENALTY HERE. OFFENSE NUMBER 12, FIVE YARD PENALTY REMAINS FIRST DOWN. SADLY THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO TEAMS THAT L.A. TRANSFERRED. A WIDE RECEIVER, I SHOULD SAY, PLAYING A RUNNING BACK POSITION ON THAT PARTICULAR PLAY. AND YOU SEE HAUSER, USHER HIMSELF OUT THIS TIME TRYING TO

GET IT DONE ON HIS OWN. BUT IN HIS UNIFORM HE LOOKS LIKE A GREAT THROWER, BUT HE’S SHOWING ME SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS IMPRESSIVE LOOKING OVER THE MIDDLE, IT’S CAUGHT. IT’S TOUCHDOWN. IT’S FITZPATRICK. TIMIAN GOT OPEN REALLY QUICKLY. CREDIT JAY JOHNSON FOR REACHING

INTO HIS BAG OF TRICKS. A WIDE RECEIVER. GET OUT OF THERE. YEAH INDEED. WELL, WE HAVE A TOUCHBACK IN THE BACKFIELD FLANKING THE QUARTERBACK. HENRIK HARBURG PLAY FAKE LOOKING FOR THE TIGHT END ON THE CROSSING ROUTE. HE’S GOING TO GO WITH HIS WIDE RECEIVER AND IT’S CAUGHT BY ALEX BULLOCK, THE SOPHOMORE FROM

OMAHA, NEBRASKA WITH THE STOP. WELL, HE JUST WASN’T SURE THAT HE HAD THAT OVER ROUTE AND IT’S HIS RESPONSE ABILITY TO MAN COVER FIRST AND TEN HARBOR NICE MARK FOLEY LOOKED LIKE IT A BACK SHOULDER THROW FOR RIGHT HE’LL COME IN AND BLOCK AND WHAT A GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY MAGNIFICENT

PLAY BY MANGUM AGAIN. WELL YOU TALK ABOUT READING AND REACTING. AND I’M TELLING YOU, HE LOOKED LIKE JALEN PETRI, MAN DOWN 11 SEAMER OUT, TIPPED INTO THE AIR AND ALMOST PICKED OFF. IT FALLS INCOMPLETE PETE SPENCER TIPPED SAFETY, HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY, BUT TO POTENTIALLY PICK OFF THAT BALL. WAS JIMMY’S PUTT 30 FOR

OUR LEAD PRODUCER FOR FOX WILL BE ON HAND HIS SON, BY THE WAY, IS A MANAGER FOR TOMMY ZELLER. GOT A CHANCE TO SEE BOTH OF THEM YESTERDAY IN BETWEEN OUR SESSIONS WITH BOTH MICHIGAN STATE AND. NICE WORK BY HAUSER FLAGGED DOWN BEHIND HIM THOUGH THROWN IN AN AREA WHERE YOU’D

NORMALLY SEE A HOLD. WE’LL SEE BACK JUDGE GOT IT AS A GAIN OF EIGHT BUT HOLD EVERYTHING. WE’LL CHECK THE FLAG. OUR REFEREE TODAY IS JERRY MCGUINN. TOM KISSINGER, OUR REPLAY COORDINATOR. OFFENSE NUMBER 58, TEN YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. REPEAT SECOND DOWN, SPENCER BROWN, WHO HAD TO MOVE FROM

RIGHT TACKLE TO LEFT FOR THE MOST PART. BUT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THESE MISTAKES, THE LAST DRIVE THEY HAVE A PROCEDURE PENALTY TOO. SO IT’S TOUGH. THEY’LL GOT A 19 CARTER CUTS IT BACK UP BUT NOTHING DOING AGAINST THIS BLACK SHIRT DEFENSE WAS THE BALL OUT NOPE THEY JUST

LAID CAME OUT AGAINST THE CHAINS HERE THIRD AND 18 AND HAROLD JOINER THE FRESHMAN IS IN THE BACKFIELD AND OVER THE MIDDLE THAT PASS IS CAUGHT. IT’S FOSTER AGAIN. HE IS CLOSE TO BUT NOT QUITE AT THE LINE TO MAKE THEIR PICKING ON TOMMY HILL NUMBER 31. I MEAN, TOMMY’S A GOOD COVER

GUY, MAN. VERY ATHLETIC, AS WE’VE POINTED OUT AND NOTED AGAIN, BILLY KEMP, AS WE MENTIONED, IS BANGED UP AND THEY LITERALLY WANT HIM BACK THERE TO SIMPLY MAKE A FAIR CATCH. WE’LL HAVE GOOD FIELD POSITION AT LEAST SHOULD THERE’S ANOTHER PENALTY. YEAH. AND A HIGH SNAP FROM CENTER. I DON’T THINK

MARKER DOWN KEMP IS ONE OF THEIR VETERAN RECEIVERS BUT HE’S ONLY GOING TO BE USED ON SPECIAL TEAMS TODAY. FALSE START OFFENSE NUMBER 83 FIVE YARD PENALTY REMAINS FOURTH DOWN. KEEP GETTING PUSHED BACK BECAUSE OF THESE PENALTIES. MY GRANDMOTHER COULD MAKE POSITIVE YARDAGE AGAINST THIS RETURN. MAN, THAT’S THAT’S HOW MUCH REAL ESTATE

THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH. MAN. ANOTHER LONG BOOT AND ANOTHER MARKER DOWN AND A FAIR CATCH MADE. THIS ONE WILL BE RUNNING INTO THE KICKER. COULD BE A ROUGHING PENALTY AGAINST NEBRASKA ACTUALLY WITH ANOTHER MARVELOUS BOOT WITH ALL THAT PRESSURE. AND HE WAS CLEARLY RUN INTO RUNNING INTO THE KICKER

DEFENSE NUMBER 26 PENALTY IS DECLINED. FIRST SEE THE FIRST DOWN STORY ALMOST? WELL, IT IS AS CLOSE AS THE GAME ITSELF. MICHIGAN STATE BY THREE. HERE’S HARBURG CALLING HIS OWN NUMBER GETS ABOUT A YARD AND THAT’S IT. SECOND DOWN AND NINE TOM RATHMAN, MIKE ROZIER. FOR

THREE. I LOVE IT WHEN YOU DO AN IMPRESSION OF MIKE ROZIER AS A TEAMMATE IN THE LOCKER ROOM IN HOUSTON WITH YOU THAT TIM BROADCAST TIMEOUT HUSKERS TAKE A TIMEOUT SECOND DOWN AND NINE FOR NEBRASKA FROM THE 21 FLEETS IN THE BACKFIELD AGAIN PLAY FAKE BOOTLEG ACTION AND THE BALL

DEFLECTED HERE DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT MAN UNDERSIZED GUYS GET IN THERE THIRD DOWN AND NINE JOHNSON IN THE BACKFIELD THERE ARE TWO OUT OF SIX ON THIRD DOWNS THAT CURL IS CAUGHT IT’S THE TIGHT END SYDNEY ONLY ONE CATCH AGAINST PURDUE A WEEK AGO HALLADAY AGAIN WITH THE STOP

FIRST DOWN AND TEN FROM THE 32 30 AND COUNTING HERE IN THE OPENING HALVES. JOHNSON BURROWS AHEAD FOR A COUPLE IT’LL BE SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT AND THE 300 MILE RADIUS. THERE’S THAT PLAY FAKE AGAIN AND WELL DONE DEFENSIVELY BY CHRIS BOGLE THIS TIME IN THE POSITION THAT

BRANDON WRIGHT WAS IN EARLIER ON THIS SERIES. YEAH BURROW I THINK WAS CONCERNED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO THROW THE FLAG AND THEY DIDN’T. HE LET IT GO SO QUICKLY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE THAT JARRING REACTION FROM THE NECK OF THE QUARTERBACK. THIRD AND 11 BLITZ UP THE GUT TROUBLE. HARTMAN LOOK

AT HIM GET AWAY. HEINRICH HARBURG HE MAKES A HUGE PLAY FOR A FIRST DOWN. I MEAN HE GOT AWAY . MICHIGAN STATE 15 YARD PENALTY WOW FIRST DOWN. WELL SOMEBODY MUST HAVE SAID THE MAGIC WORDS. SIDELINE INTERFERENCE THAT SOMEBODY AND HARLAN IS NOW FINDING OUT WHAT WAS SAID AND

HE’S, I’M SURE TRYING TO CONTROL MAYBE SOME GUYS ON HIS STAFF. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT’S HAPPENING. HE’S VERY UPSET. ONE OF HIS ASSISTANT COACHES SAID A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SAID. THAT’S HOW YOU GET A SIDELINE INTERFERENCE CALL. NOT REAL. HE’S NOT REAL THRILLED WITH THE CALL, BUT HE ALSO

WASN’T THRILLED WITH HIS COLLEAGUES FIRST AND TEN BARNETT AND GRANT TAKES IT AHEAD. THAT’S JADEN MANGHAM COMING AWAY WITH IT. I’M NOT SURE IF THAT BALL WAS CLEANLY HANDLED, BUT THAT’S SOMETHING YOU GOT TO WATCH TOO, AS THE GAME MOVES ON FOR BOTH SIDES. SECOND AND TEN AND THESE

PENALTIES HAVE REALLY MOUNTED UP AGAINST MICHIGAN STATE, NEBRASKA HAS PLAYED A CLEAN GAME. THAT’S THE WAY MATT RHULE WOULD WANT IT TO GO EMPTY AGAIN WITH FIVE WIDE AND HARPER AGAIN WILL CALL HIS OWN NUMBER. HE GOT HAMMERED AS HE WAS GIVING HIMSELF UP. HERE COMES THE TARGETING JADEN MANGUM

CAME IN. NOW I WILL SAY THIS. HE SLID LATE. ALL RIGHT. HE GAVE HIMSELF UP LATE. THEY MAY PICK THIS UP. WE’LL SEE. BUT CONTACT WAS MADE TO THE HEAD AREA. PERSONAL. FOUL DEFENSE, NUMBER ONE. UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS. 15 YARD PENALTY. THE END OF THE RUN. FIRST DOWN. THAT’S NOT

GOING TO GO OVER WELL. YEAH, BUT NO TARGETING, JUST A PERSONAL FOUL. BUT HE GAVE HIMSELF UP PRETTY LATE. HERE, SPENCE. TAKE A LOOK. YEAH, HE’S STILL STANDING UP. YEAH AND THAT’S IN SLOW MOTION, TOO. SO IT WAS A BANG BANG DEAL. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, TIM? I THINK GOING IN THE

OFFICIAL NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A RUNNING QUARTERBACK. SO I’M NOT SAYING THEY SHOULD GIVE HIM MORE LEEWAY DEFENSIVELY. YEAH, BUT THEY SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT HE IS ACTIVE AND HE’S A RUNNER IN A LOT OF WAYS. I KNOW THE CROWD IS BOOING, BUT

IN A LOT OF WAYS THEY’RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT A TARGETING VIOLATION IS NOT SIGNALED CLIQUES AND THERE’S A PLAY FAKE TO HIM IN THE PASS INCOMPLETE AND ANOTHER MARKER GOES DOWN FOUL’S ON THE PLAY HOLDING DEFENSE NUMBER 21 IN ELIGIBLE RECEIVER DOWNFIELD OFFENSE NUMBER 54 PENALTIES OFFSET. REMAINS FIRST DOWN THAT’S FIRST

AND. TEN LOOKING IN THE END ZONE AND IT’S INTERCEPTED. THAT’S GOING TO BE A FLAG. A FLAG IS DOWN. THAT IS MANGUM WITH THE PICK HOLDING DEFENSE NUMBER 21, TEN YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN WELL THEY CATCH A BREAK WITH THE DEFENSIVE

HOLDING GOT TO COACH THAT UP I KNOW THE WRAPAROUND LOOKED REALLY BAD SPENCER TO THE OFFICIAL IT’S A LITTLE TOUCHY I THOUGHT IN THE CORNER INCOMPLETE INTENDED FOR DOSS 85 IT’S GETTING A LITTLE CHIPPY OUT THERE DEFENSIVELY TO KIND OF PULL UP AND NOT BE FLAGGED IN COVERAGE SECOND DOWN AND TEN.

THIS IS MARCUS SATTERFIELD CALLING THE PLAYS RIGHT HERE. OPTION TOWARDS THE BOUNDARY DEAD TO RIGHTS TO THE RIGHT. STRAIGHT SNAP UNDERNEATH THERE IT IS TO FLEEKS JOSH IOWA FLEEKS SPUN DOWN AT THE SIX SEVEN CAREER FIELD GOALS FOR THE MOST IN NEBRASKA CLASS HISTORY. THIS WILL BE A 24 YARDER. HUSKERS

ONLY HAVE FIVE FIELD GOALS THIS SEASON MAKE IT SIX AND WE’RE TIED AT TEN STANDS A WONDERFUL FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HE KNOWS FITS IN HIS ORGANIZATION. HE DISCERNS PERSONALITIES IS A HUGE FIRST STEP IN YEAR ONE. GOT A BIG DAY IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL. SPENCER A LOT FOR OUR GUYS TO

COVER BACK IN THE STUDIO. IT’S GOING TO BE A BLAST NEBRASKA WILL GET IT. THEY DEFERRED TO OPEN THE GAME AND THEY’LL HAVE IT AT THE FOUR STREAKING DOWN FIELD. SO GOING TO THE VERY, VERY EXCLUSIVE WAYS OF SCORING POINTS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR SPARTY

SO FAR. WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXPLOSIVE PLAYS, WHICH IS MORE THAN 15 YARDS ON THE GROUND AND MAYBE 30 YARDS IN THE AIR, IT’S BEEN SORT OF A WASH REALLY. MICHIGAN STATE’S HAD THE BIGGER. THERE HE GOES DOCTOR BIG TIME. GOT TO THE SECOND LEVEL IN A HEARTBEAT. BUT FIRST, FOUR

MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF, WE CALL IT THE MIDDLE EIGHT FROM THE 39. JOHNSON AHEAD AGAIN FOR TEN. ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. MOVE THE CHAINS STOP MADE BY GROSS NUMBER 15 TO WRAP FOR GET THINGS GOING AND REBIRTH HIS CAREER AT SOUTH CAROLINA UNDER COACH BEAMER AS YOU SEE HARBURG TAKEN

DOWN IN. TEN MALACHI COLEMAN NUMBER 15, A SPEEDSTER DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN. AND AGAIN, THE HANDOFF IS TO GRANT AND HE NEGOTIATES TO THE 46 YARD LINE. ONLY TWO YARDS SEPARATES THESE TWO TOTAL 182 TO 180. OH MY GOODNESS. IT WAS RIGHT THERE. YEP BULLOCK JUST COULD NOT HANG

ON IN THE PASS WAS EXACTLY WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE. AND IT’S FOURTH DOWN AND TIM EXCUSE ME, PART OF WHAT YOU’VE GOT TO GET THAT YOU GOT TO ONE MORE UPSET THAN THE MAN HIMSELF WHO DROPPED THE PASS. TYRELL HENRY IS THE DEEP SAFETY AND HE TAKES THIS PUNT AT

THE 13 WITH A FAIR CATCH, VISITED WITH HIM YESTERDAY. HAUSER REMAINS THE QUARTERBACK. THEY’RE GOING TO THROW IT ON FIRST DOWN. AND LOOK AT THIS RIGHT AWAY. IT’S COMPLETE. TYRELL HENRY ON THE CROSSING PATTERN AND HE’S OUT TO THE 42 YARD LINE TIMES. THE NUMBERS COMING TO PLAY HAUSER’S PASS OUT

ROUTE CONNECTED WITH HENRY. THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE ARM, THE YOUNG MAN HAS BIG YARDAGE. THAT’S WHAT THE KEY IS. DALONTE BROWN CHECKS IN AND HE’S GOING TO TOTE IT TOWARDS THE BOUNDARY CUTS IT BACK UP, HAS THE FIRST DOWN. BOY, HE ALL MOST BROKE THAT HE JUST TOUCHED OUT OF

BOUNDS AND THEY’RE IN FOUR DOWN TERRITORY. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. HE’S GOING TO THROW IT AND NOW HAS TO THROW IT AWAY. GOOD PRESSURE COMING LATE FROM JOHN BULLOCK, LINEBACKER JUNIOR OUT OF OMAHA, MANGUM REMAINS THE SETBACK. LOOK OUT WHAT A NICE PLAY. FAKE AND HAUSER GETS THE

FIRST DOWN BY HAUSER THE REDSHIRT FRESHMAN FROM ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA CALLS HIS OWN NUMBER AGAIN AND HE FORGES AHEAD FOR AT LEAST THREE TO THE 45 YARD LINE. SHERMAN COMES AWAY WITH THE STOP MATT RULE WAS A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF SNOW. PHIL SNOW. TONY KNEW ALL ABOUT HIM BEFORE TAKING

OVER HERE. SNOW WANTED TO RETIRE FROM THE GAME. ISAAC GIFFORD MAKING THAT STOP AGAINST MANGUM TYPE OF TACKLE, THIRD DOWN AND TEN HAUSER WITH TIME TIME OUT ROUTE CAUGHT HENRY FIRST DOWN SPARTANS ON THE MOVE 143 YARDS FOR HAUSER. HE’LL TAKE IT HIMSELF NOT MUCH ROOM TOWARDS THE BOUNDARY THIS TIME. HE’S

PROBABLY GOING TO RUN INSIDE ZONE FOR THIS. ACCURATE AS USUAL . YEP. SEE, WHEN YOU DO, THIS IS AN OLD ART BRILES CONCEPT, GUYS. WHEN YOU GIVE THOSE FUNKY LOOKS WAY OUT TO THE BORDER, THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO DISTRACT FROM YOU. YEAH. EVERY CALL HAS A MEANING. YEP. THIRD DOWN AND

NINE. PRESSURE UP THE GUT AND HERE GOES CARTER SO QUICK. BUT LOOK AT THAT SPEED. SIDELINE TO SIDELINE BY NEBRASKA FANS A LITTLE IRATE. QUENTIN NEWSOME, THE FIRST TO GET THERE BUT THOSE HUSKERS ARE UP SO QUICKLY THEY GOT TO BELIEVE SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED ONCE HE GOT OUT OF

BOUNDS. BUT IT DIDN’T. NEWSOM WAS OVER THERE. DEANDRE BARNES WAS OVER THERE. A WHOLE SLEW OF BLACK SHIRTS FOUND A WAY TO GET TO HIM AND THEY’RE JUST POPULATING THE BALL, TRYING TO SNEAK IN A SCREEN THERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE AGGRESSIVE DEFENDERS AND JUST

DIDN’T WORK. I THINK IT DID A NICE JOB OF LETTING UP. NEWSOME SPUN HIM AROUND AND DID NOT THROW HIM AROUND. HE JUST SPUN HIM AROUND. FANS DON’T LIKE THE QUICKNESS OF THAT. NEBRASKA PERIMETER. WELL, THAT’S HOW YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY THE GAME. HE’S A GUT CHECK HERE. A

LONG ONE. THEY’RE GOING TO TRY A 51 YARDER, HIS LONGEST IS 58. HE’S GOT A MAN SHORT, THOUGH. YOU BETTER GET OUT THERE. HAVE TO CALL A TIMEOUT TIMEOUT TAKEN OUT MICHIGAN STATE THEIR FIRST OF THE HALF E.F. HUTTON RIGHT YEAH INDEED JONATHAN KIM FROM 51

GOT A BIG LEG WOW WHEN YOU HIT FROM 5851 IS A WALK IN THE PARK WISH IT COULD HAVE BEEN GOING ON ALL YEAR LONG. YEAH, YEAH AND IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER WE LEFT FROM THE CENTRAL MICHIGAN GAME. ANTHONY GRANT NICE JOB BY A LITTLE SPIN MOVE TO GET AWAY

FROM THE ONCOMING DILLON TATUM BUT THE CORNERBACK COMES UP TACKLE FOR LOSS THAT THE SPARTANS DEFENSE HAS COME UP WITH OUT OF THE SHOTGUN HARBOR LIEUTENANT AT THAT TIME AS TO WHERE HE WAS GOING TO GO WITH IT TWO STRAIGHT TFLS THIRD AND 14 HARBOR GETS AWAY FROM TROUBLE

AGAIN AND JUST THROWS IT AWAY. THAT’S AN OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE SEQUENCE FOR HAZLETON’S TEAM PATIENCE. YEP, GOT TO HAVE IT WHEN YOU’RE LIMITED IN THIS NEBRASKA OFFENSE AT THIS STAGE IS ADMITTEDLY LIMITED. THEY’VE BEEN WINNING WITH QUALITY SPECIAL TEAMS AND DEFENSE. POOR PUNT THIS TIME OFF THE SIDE OF THE FOOT OF LUCINI MICHIGAN

STATE WITH THE BEST FIELD POSITION TO OPEN OF THE AFTERNOON AND CARTER TOTES IT FOR A GAIN OF AT LEAST FOUR, MAYBE FIVE. WE’LL GIVE HIM FIVE YARDS, IT’LL BE SECOND DOWN AND FIVE COMING UP. YEAH YEAH. GOOD OLD DAN AKA GET HER DONE AND BLUE COLLAR FAME. YEAH THAT PASS

IS CAUGHT ANOTHER BIG LEAGUE THROW AS TYRELL HENRY TAKES THAT ONE IN AGAIN THROWING TO THE WIDE SIDE OF THE FIELD TOOK JUST ENOUGH OFF OF IT TO MAKE IT CATCHABLE YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY THAT HAS TROUBLE SEEING THE BALL AND CATCHING IT, THAT’S WHAT A GOOD QUARTERBACK WILL DO.

FOURTH CAREER RECEPTION FOR THAT YOUNG GUY. FIRST DOWN AND TROUBLE NOW. WELL, HE’S TRYING TO PUMP FAKE AND LEONARD MAKES THE TACKLE SO THAT’S A NEGATIVE PLAY THAT WILL SET HIM BACK I’LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU GOT TO HOLD ON TO THE BALL ONLY TO A CERTAIN

POINT AND GET RID OF IT AGAIN. IT’S JUST A DOWN LINEMAN COMING UP FIELD WONDERFUL JOB OF JUST ARM OVER DESPITE THE DOUBLE TEAM SPLITS IT AND GETS IN THERE MAKES A PLAY NICK SMITH NUMBER 59 THE CENTER WAS TRYING TO DOUBLE TEAM IN BLOCKING GETTING SOME HELP OVER THERE JUST

COULDN’T XAMAX HAS BEEN A GUY THAT’S BEEN HURT AND REPLACED DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. DALLAS VULTURES COME IN VANDERMARK HAS HAD TO PLAY A LITTLE CENTER, BUT THEY’RE HAPPY TO HAVE SAMAC BACK. AND THIS IS HIS SENIOR DAY. A REDSHIRT SENIOR SECOND DOWN AND 18 HERE. CARTER MAYBE TO LINHART AGAIN

MAKING THE STOP FRESHMAN FROM STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK WILL STAY ENGAGED. I KEEP WAITING FOR HAROLD JOINER TO MAKE A PLAY. THE REDSHIRT FRESHMAN FROM LEE COUNTY TRANSFER FROM AUBURN. NICE JOB. OH TROUBLE AGAIN. BACK SIDE PRESSURE ONE MORE TIME AND GREAT DEFENSIVE WORK BY THE CORNHUSKERS. A LOSS OF SEVEN AS

JAMES WILLIAMS NUMBER 90. A SOPHOMORE COMES IN TO MAKE THE PLAY. TIM WANT YOU TO WATCH THIS GUY RIGHT HERE DROPPING BACK 37 AND TWO ARE TWO GUYS THAT ARE KIND OF GIVING A FULL LOOK, RIGHT? THESE GUYS WILL GIVE THE INDICATION THAT THEY’RE BLITZ AND THEN THEY BUT HE DROPS BACK

INSTEAD IN COVERAGE 33. WONDERFUL JOB OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT’S GOING ON IN FRONT AND THEN GIVING THAT FULL LOOK THAT CHANGED THE MIND OF THE QUARTERBACK. EXCELLENT DEFENSE. WELL I’LL GIVE TONY WHITE CREDIT FOR DEVELOPING THESE DOWN LINEMEN. THAT’S THE FOURTH DIFFERENT DEFENSIVE END WE’VE SEEN MAKE A PLAY. BILLY KEMP,

THE DESIGNATED FAIR CATCHER. WHICH TEAM WOULD MAKE THE MISTAKE AT JUST THE WRONG TIME AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS, AS YOU SEE GRANT ON A STRETCH PLAY TRYING TO EXCUSE ME, FLEEKS TRYING TO TURN IT BACK UP FIELD. I BEG YOUR PARDON. AND HE’S STOPPED AT THE

NINE YARD LINE. NO NOTHING DOING AGAIN WITH THAT QUICK REACT CORNER CHANCE RUCKER AS WE START THE FINAL PERIOD AND NEBRASKA AND VERY POOR FIELD POSITION, THIS GAME IS ABOUT FINDING FACT PATTERNS AND EXPLOITING THEM. TIM SECOND AND NINE GRANT WELL HE DID A LOT OF THAT ON HIS OWN.

GOT PAST THE TEN TO THE 11. AARON BRULE AGAIN WITH THE TACKLE, THE LINEBACKER GAIN OF THREE SO PSYCHOLOGY WHAT IS SPARTY THINKING ABOUT. WELL WE’RE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND SO AS WE NEAR IT IF EVERYTHING STARTS TO FALL INTO PLACE LIKE IT HISTORICALLY CAN AND YOU

CAN’T SCORE A POINT AT SOME POINT THE INNER GAME STARTS TO TAKE OVER. YOU GOT A BATTLE THERE? YEAH. DON’T THINK FOR A MINUTE THAT NEBRASKA ISN’T PRIVY TO THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL. IT’S HARD BARGAINS GAME HARBURG’S GAME WITHOUT QUESTION THAT WE’VE SEEN. NO JEFF SIMMS TODAY. DO

THEY HAVE THE COURAGE TO THROW FROM THIS SPOT ON THE FIELD? AND DOES SPARTY LACK THE COURAGE TO BREAK THE CYCLE IN TROUBLE? AND DOWN HE GOES. THAT’S A COVERAGE SACK THERE. BRULE WILL BE CREDITED NOT ONLY WITH THE POOR FIELD POSITION. IN THE LAST PUNT YOU HAD OFF THE SIDE OF YOUR

FOOT. THIS ONE IS BETTER, BUT IT’S RELATIVELY SHORT AND WILL BE TAKEN BY TYRELL. HENRY, LOOK OUT! HE GETS INSIDE THE 40 TO THE 38 YARD LINE. SO SO NOW YOU SET IT UP WITH THE THROW GAME, RIGHT NOW YOU’VE GOT THE OUT PITCH IN THERE. THE GUY THAT CAN

SPREAD YOUR FORMATION. BUT BY DOING THAT, YOU’RE KIND OF CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN THE BALL. CARTER IN THE BACKFIELD THEY GO DOUBLE REVERSE AND HERE’S A THROW RIGHT TO LEAVITT USING HIS ATHLETICISM. THEY’RE GOING TO RULE THAT INCOMPLETE. OH, IT LOOKED GOOD, DIDN’T IT? AND LEAVITT HAD IT,

BUT FOSTER THREW IT TO HIM ON THE REVERSE. THE WIDE RECEIVER, AND HE GOT POPPED. AND YOU JUST GOT TO BE REALLY GOOD THERE BY THE SPARTANS TODAY. THEY’VE CONVERTED ON A COUPLE OF THEM. CARTER. CORNHUSKERS RESPOND ON THIRD DOWN AND FOUR AGAIN. GOT TO FIGURE THIS IS FOUR DOWN

TERRITORY. UNLESS OF COURSE YOU WANT TO GET THE EXTRA THREE WITH A GREAT LEG. AND JONATHAN KIM, HE’S ALREADY HIT A 51 YARDER. LEAVITT ON HIS OWN FIRST DOWN HE’S GOOD TENDENCY IS AND HE’S SO SUDDEN FOR SMALLER QUARTERBACK AND HE’S SITTING THERE TALKING WITH MICHAEL BISHOP YESTERDAY WHEN WE WERE AT

PRACTICE, I SAID, WHAT DO YOU SEE? ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE WORD SINAWI? AND HE SAYS, OH, AND I SAID, SINAWI. HE SAID, YEAH. SINAWI HE SAID, YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. HE’S GOT THAT. HIS MAKEUP, HIS PHYSICAL BODY AS A NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER DOWN ON THE FIELD NUMBER FOUR HAS THE

ABILITY TO GET UP, FIELD AND WEAVE THROUGH THERE LIKE A RUNNING BACK. THAT’S HARTZOG WHO MADE THE TACKLE DOWN ON THE FIELD. THE SOPHOMORE. FIRST DOWN . TEN OUT OF THE SHOTGUN. LEAVITT ON A STREAK DOWN THE SIDE IT’S CAUGHT IT’S TOUCHDOWN MONTORIE FOSTER. AFTER THE RULING ON THE FIELD

STANDS WOW HOLY TOLEDO. OH MY. HE GOT HIS. COME ON, MAN, ANSWERED OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A CATCH. AND PARTICULARLY ONCE YOU’VE CROSSED THE PLANE. EXTRA POINT IS GOOD. ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, JOSHUA FLEEKS IS BACK DEEP AND HE’LL LET IT GO THROUGH FOR A TOUCHBACK. THEY’LL BRING IT

OUT TO THE HARLAN WAS A GREAT DB SUPER SAFETY PLAYED FOR GEORGE PERLES, AS WE MENTIONED, FROM 86 TO 89 AND HE IS A SPARTAN THROUGH AND THROUGH. THIS WOULD BE HIS FIRST WIN SINCE BECOMING THE INTERIM HEAD COACH. HARBURG THAT PASS BACK SHOULDER AND DROPPED. THEY’VE HAD A COUPLE OF

THESE NOW MALACHI COLEMAN UNABLE TO REEL THAT IN GOOD COVERAGE BY DILLON TATUM BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY CATCHABLE BEATEN PRESSURE ON ONE END BUT GOT TO COMPLETE IT WITH THE CATCH SEVEN OF 1861 YARDS AND ONE PICK FOR HARBURG BUT HE’S NOT GOTTEN A LOT OF HELP FROM HIS RECEIVERS

OF LATE. ANOTHER GAME’S INSIDE A GREAT DIAL UP PRESSURE AND HE IS IN TROUBLE AND DOWN JAIL. JALEN THOMPSON, 55, MADE HIS WAY IN FROM CASS TECH. THOMPSON IS THE ONE THAT GOT THE TACKLE PROVIDED THE HELP NEBRASKA FOUR OUT OF 12 ON THIRD DOWNS AND THEY’VE BEEN

BEHIND THE CHAINS ON THIRD DOWN OF LATE. MORE PRESSURE FOR HARBURG TO DEAL WITH LETS IT FLY. IT’S CAUGHT UNDERNEATH TO TY HAHN, NUMBER 17, THE SOPHOMORE FROM JOHNSON, NEBRASKA . BUT AGAIN, THEY’LL HAVE TO GIVE IT UP. SO NOW THEY’VE GOT TO BE FEELING A LITTLE BIT MORE

POSITIVE THAN THEY WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE. BOSCHINI WILL PUNT IT AWAY. TYRELL HENRY BACK DEEP PRESSURE COMING AND THAT AFFECTED THE PUNT. IT SHORT AND IT’S GOING TO GET A NEBRASKA ROLL AND NICE WORK THAT TIME REALLY BY HENRY TO JUST BACK EVERYBODY OFF TO MAKE SURE NO

ONE TOUCHED IT JUST 35 YARDS ON THE BOOT AND AGAIN QUALITY FIELD POSITION FOR MICHIGAN STATE TO START A DRIVE THEY’VE HAD THAT REALLY THE ENTIRE SECOND HALF STRETCH PLAY TO ALANTE BROWN AND BOY NEBRASKA IS THERE CANNOT RUN WIDE AGAINST THESE GUYS. NICK HENRICH WITH THE STOP. FOR NICK

IS ABOUT SIX THREE 235. AND HERE’S WHAT MADE THAT PLAY WORK IS AS YOU LOOK ON TONY WHITE UNDERSTANDS ABOUT EDGE PRESSURE IN TERMS OF HOW YOU NEED TO SET THE EDGE AND NOT ALLOW ANYONE AROUND YOU. AND WHEN YOU CAN GET THOSE EDGE RUSHERS GOING UP. TY

ROBINSON ON ONE END. MJ SHERMAN ON THE OPPOSITE END, GETTING UP FIELD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THOSE LINEBACKERS CAN GET IN THERE AND MAKE HAVOC SECOND DOWN IN 14, THIS MICHIGAN STATE TEAM WITHOUT ONE OF THEIR OUTSTANDING BACKS BERGER OUT FOR THE YEAR GETTING IT DONE WITH SOME BACKUPS TODAY

AT OH THAT’S A LOOSE BALL NEBRASKA MAY HAVE IT THEY’RE GOING TO RULE IT INCOMPLETE THEY’RE GOING TO RULE IT INCOMPLETE YET BALL WAS TIPPED. IT APPEARED HIS PLAYERS HAD NO MINUTES. IT’S TOUGH, BUT THEY GET TO THE QUARTERBACK. THIRD AND 14, HAUSER IS FLUSHED OUT LETS IT FLY AND HERE’S HIS

FAVORITE TARGET FOSTER WHO HAS TO HE HAS TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND HIS EFFORT TRYING TO KEEP IT ALIVE GETS IT OUT TO THE 43 YARD LINE. BUT HE ALSO IS TOUGH AND PHYSICAL. IT’S A RARE COMBINATION OF TALENTS THAT YOU FIND AT THAT SKILL POSITION, THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL TOUGHNESS AND THEN THE ATHLETIC NATURAL

ABILITY. THOSE TACKLES FOR LOSSES HELP AS NEBRASKA GETS THE STOP. BUT ONCE AGAIN, THEY’RE GOING TO BE BACKED UP AFTER THIS PUNT FROM RYAN ECKLEY. BILLY KEMP IS BACK DEEP HERE, SEVERELY HAMPERED WHEN YOUR PUNT RETURNER CAN’T RETURN IT AND FAIR CATCH AGAIN AT THE SIX YARD LINE THAT

FAN WAS REALLY PROUD OF HIM AS THEY WERE BROCK WE SAW BROCK COMING OUT PARTY AT IOWA STATE HARBURG’S PASS IS CAUGHT JUST LIKE THAT YEAH MALACHI COLEMAN ON FIRST DOWN AND INDEED IT IMMEDIATELY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HE WAS EIGHT OF 19 FOR 61 BEFORE THAT PASS THINK ABOUT THAT 30

YARDS ON ONE PLAY SHALLOW CROSS EMMETT JOHNSON COMING OUT OF THE BACKFIELD AND HE GETS IT OUT TO THE 42 YARD LINE. DON’T THINK THESE COACHES DON’T UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY’RE HANDCUFFED TIMMY SO EACH PLAY IS GOING TO CARRY MORE WEIGHT. JOHNSON HAS THE BARREL AHEAD HE’LL BE A YARD AND

A HALF SHY. JALEN THOMPSON AGAIN, HE’S BEEN VERY OVERALL ALL BUT ZERO FOR FOUR IN THE SECOND HALF. ON THIRD DOWN, I THINK THEY MAY HAVE GIVEN HIM PROGRESS FOR THE FIRST DOWN TO THE 47 YARD LINE. GOT A SCORE. LOOK OUT HE’S GOING FOR ALL OF IT RIGHT HERE AGAINST THAT

SINGLE SAFETY LOOK. AND COLEMAN WAS THE INTENDED RECEIVER AND COMING OVER LATE TO DISRUPT THAT PLAY IN THE SECONDARY WAS ANGELO GROSS NUMBER 15 SECOND AND. TEN HARBURG’S PASS OVERTHROWN AND IT PICKED OFF AIRMAILED IT FOR THE TIGHT END. SYDNEY AND IT’S INTERCEPTED BY KHALIL MAJID NATHAN CARTER WILL BE THE

SETBACK AND NOW MICHIGAN STATE CAN JUST WORK CLOCK. SO HERE WE GO. HAUSER WILL KEEP IT. SPARTANS HAVE THIS ONE RIGHT WHERE THEY WANT IT THOUGH UP BY TEN WITH FIVE AND CHANGE LEFT FOR THE SIDELINES BOY THAT WAS DANGEROUS. FOSTER THE INTENDED RECEIVER. NOT SO SURE WHY THEY

WOULD CALL THAT TOMMY HILL WAS IN COVERAGE. CADEN HAUSER THROWS A BEAUTIFUL BALL TOUCH UNDERNEATH IT THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN HE’LL CALL HIS OWN NUMBER HERE AND HE LOOKS TO HAVE THE FIRST DOWN VERY CLOSE. WE’LL SEE. THEY’RE GOING TO SPOT HIM SHORT BY ABOUT A FOOT, MAYBE

TWO. SO. NO REASON TO GIVE HIM A SHORT FIELD. AND BY THE WAY, I REALLY RESPECT DAN LANNING AS A COACH BIG TIME, BUT HE IS ANALYTICS FOURTH DOWN. GO FOR IT, DUDE. THE PUNT BY ECKLEY LOW TRAJECTORY AND NOT HIS BEST KIND OF GOT THAT ONE ON THE INSTEP.

IT APPEARED. YEAH BUT IF YOU’RE SPARTY THAT’S THE REASON WHY YOU GO FOR IT WHEN IT’S FOURTH AND ONE YOUR DEFENSE IS CONTROL THEM. HARBURG’S PASS IS CAUGHT AND THAT IS ALEX BULLOCK HARBURG AGAIN RIFLES IT OUT OF BOUNDS. HE WAS GOING BACK SHOULDER THAT TIME FOR JALEN LLOYD INCOMPLETE

TIM THEY JUST DON’T HAVE THE RECEIVERS THAT CAN GET OPEN EVEN AGAINST MAN COVERAGE I MEAN SPARTY IS PLAYING HIM STRAIGHT UP MAN COVERAGE IS THE HASH YOU GOT TO MOVE THEM OR DETACH THEM SO THAT THEY CAN GET IN MOTION AND GET THE MATCHUP THAT YOU WANT. THAT’S FODEN 24 HARBOR IS

GOING TO PULL IT DOWN AND GO, THAT’S WHY THE YOUNG MAN CAN RUN , BOY, THEY JUST LET HIM GO. HE’S INSIDE THE FIVE AND DOWN TO THE THREE. DYLAN TATUM FINALLY CHASES HIM DOWN. JOHNSON AND JOHNSON TOUCHDOWN. SO HOLD EVERYTHING. NOW GALVANO WITH THE EXTRA POINT. ALL IMPORTANT TO

CLOSE TO WITHIN THREE AND REMEMBER IT’LL HE DECIDES TO DEACON AND GO WITH A POOCH KICK HERE SPENCER ONE WOULD SUSPECT THEY’LL GET A STEADY DIET OF NUMBER FIVE HERE NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. YOU CHALLENGED THAT OFFENSIVE LINE. I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN DINGED UP. OH, MAN, THIS IS UNREAL. OH, WOW. GOING DEEP.

VERY DEEP. AND IT’S INCOMPLETE DURING THE COVER. LOOKS LIKE A THREE CROSS CONCEPT. NOW THEY’RE GOING TO A SINGLE SAFETY LOOK. SO THEY’RE DEFENDING THE RUN. THE NUMBERS SAY STOP THE RUN. SECOND AND TEN. HERE GOES CARTER . BUT NOTHING DOING. GREAT JOB A COUPLE OF YARDS AS HUTMAKER

AGAIN. THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT STRAIGHT DROP HAUSER WITH TIME CAUGHT BUT UNDERNEATH AND NOWHERE NEAR THE FIRST DOWN TO THE 31 YARD LINE. CHRISTIAN FITZPATRICK ON THE CHECKDOWN ON ETHAN NATION IS BACK DEEP I WANT TO RETURN THIS ONE LET’S SEE IF HE HAS A CHANCE. NATION CAN RUN

AND A GREAT JOB DEFENSIVELY A 50 YARD BOOT TO PLAY FOR BOWL ELIGIBILITY THIS EARLY IN NOVEMBER FOR PASS INCOMPLETE IT’S A QUICK CROSSING AND CROSS PATTERN TO COLEMAN LOOK OUT FOR THE TIGHT END VIDONI. YEP HE’S CUTTING DOWN HIS SPLITS AND HE’S TRYING TO GET OPEN. JOHNSON THAT’S AN INTERESTING HARBINGER

OF THINGS TO COME. WE SHALL SEE HARBOR AGAIN IN TROUBLE. BALL IS LOOSE. IT’S ON THE GROUND. MICHIGAN STATE’S GOT IT. CAL HALADAY AND WHY NOT? AND THAT HONOR IN THIS GAME. BALL SECURITY HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR MICHIGAN STATE. BROWN TRIES TO CUT IT BACK, RUNS RIGHT INTO AMONG OTHERS,

HUTMAKER AND A TIMEOUT TAKEN SECOND AND 11 OH NICE LITTLE BOOTLEG ACTION HERE AND HAUSER TAKES A SEAT I ACTUALLY LIKE THE ARC OF HIS EXPERIENCE. ME TOO. HE GOES CARTER BOUNCING OFF MAKING SURE THAT CLOCK GOES TICK TICK, TICK TICK TICK. AND IT DOES WITH HIS STYLE OF OFFENSE,

HE COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. JONATHAN KIM WILL TRY FROM 44 AND IT’S WIDE RIGHT NOW IT’S THE WAY THAT THEY’RE CONSTRUCTED AS AN OFFENSE TIMMY HERE WE GO HARBURG OVER THE MIDDLE AND CAUGHT FORWARD PROGRESS WILL GET HIM TO THE 36 YARD LINE THAT’S COLEMAN BACK SECOND AND ONE OH

OVERSHOOTING HIS INTENDED TARGET HOLDING DEFENSE NUMBER 43 TEN-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AUTOMATIC FIRST NAILED HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. NO TIMEOUTS. YOU GOT TO FIGURE THEY’RE GOING TO WORK THE SIDELINE. THIS PASS. OH, IT’S BATTED DOWN SIMEON BARREL KEPT HIS MAN. HE’S TRYING TO GET

THERE. YEP GREAT WORK BY BARRON HARBURG’S. GOT TO LET IT FLY. TIME WINDING DOWN MICHIGAN STATE GETS THE W THE FIRST FOR INTERIM HEAD COACH HARLON BARNETT

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