Due to circumstances we went to a 5 PM Mass on Saturday evening and missed seeing most of the 4th quarter of the game on TV.

About the time Ganz threw the losing interception, the lights in the church went out. My first thought was that God was sending a message that the Huskers had lost the game and that  God did not like all the "Jesus Christ"s that I had yelled out during the game for each penalty.. 8 for 55 yards.... most all on the offense

Overall I liked the effort and game plan. A good mix of running and short passes. Controlling the ball by 40 minutes to 20 minutes. And red zone scores 5 for 5.

I would have liked to see Lucky run the ball 15 more times ... up around 30 attempts.  He needs the attempts to get some break loose opportunities and go the touchdowns .

GO HUSKERS

Nebraska            0   7   3  21    0   -  31
Texas Tech          7  10   7   7    6   -  37

1st quarter
TT - M. Crabtree 35 pass from G. Harrell
    (D. Carona kick) 4:49
2nd quarter
NU - Q. Castille 4 run (A. Henery kick) 11:46
TT - D. Carona 26 FG 8:13
TT - S. Woods 4 run (D. Carona kick) 1:18
3rd quarter
NU - A. Henery 21 FG 8:00
TT - M. Crabtree 4 from Harrell (Carona kick) 4:47
4th quarter
NU - J. Ganz 4 run (A. Henery kick) 12:10
NU - D. Young 2 pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 6:06
TT - G. Harrell 1 run (Carona kick) 2:21
NU - T. Peterson 17 pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 0:29
Overtime
TT - E. Morris 1 run (Carona kick blocked)

                                 NU          TT
First Downs                      29          16
NET YARDS RUSHING               114         137
 Rushing Attempts                35          23
NET YARDS PASSING               357         284
 Completions-Att-Int        37-45-1     20-25-0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS             471         421
 Total offense plays             80          48
Fumbles-Lost                    0-0         0-0
Penalties-Yards                8-55        2-20
Punts-Average Yards          1-55.0      2-41.5
Punt returns-Yards-TD         1-6-0       0-0-0
Kickoff returns-Yds-TD      5-156-0      3-50-0
Possession Time               40:12       19:48
Third-Down Conversions      7 of 12      4 of 8
Fourth-Down Conversions      1 of 2      1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances         5-5         5-5
Sacks By: Number-Yards          0-0         2-7

NU: M. Lucky 16-66, R. Helu 10-47, Q. Castille 3-6, J. Ganz 6-(minus 5).

TT: B. Batch 10-97, S. Woods 10-36, E. Britton 1-2, G. Harrell 1-1, E. Morris 1-1.

PASSING

J. Ganz 36-44-1-349, J. Wesch 1-1-0-8.

TT: G. Harrell 20-25-0-284.

RECEIVING

NU: T. Peterson 8-77, M. Lucky 7-80, Me.Holt 6-55, N. Swift 5-70, N. Paul 4-25, M. McNeill 3-24, R. Helu 2-15, D. Young 2-11.

TT: M. Crabtree 5-89, D. Lewis 4-47, B. Batch 3-53, E. Britton 2-67, E. Morris 2-16, S. Woods 2-1, T. Swindall 1-6, L. Leong 1-5.

Attendance: 53,449

Having won the game in the first three quarters, Missouri let up at the end. One wonders what the score might have been

if they had kept up the attack.

Coach Bo took the blame for the loss and apologized to the fans. Said it was his fault and

the fault of the coaches because the players were making errors. 

As I watched the game I wondered what happened to the running game that we were promised.

Maybe those plays were not called ... we only got 79 yards rushing  .. Maybe we need a new offensive coordinator ...

 And Barney...what happened to that offensive line that played so good in the third game.

On the positive side, remember that NU is not even ranked and Mizzou was number 4 going into the game.

Next week is Texas Tech and it will undoubtedly be a repeat of this game.

Sigh! What is a loyal fan supposed to do ????

Missouri           14  17  21   0   -  52
Nebraska            7   3   0   7   -  17

1st quarter
MU - J. Maclin 58 pass from C. Daniel
     (J. Wolfert kick), 14:01
NU - N. Swift 20 pass from J. Ganz (A. Henery kick), 9:55
MU - D. Washington 3 run (Wolfert kick), 6:53
2nd quarter
MU - Wolfert 48 FG, 10:54
MU - J. Jackson 1 run (Wolfert kick), 4:08
MU - B. Christopher 17 INT return (Wolfert kick), 2:59
NU - Henery 28 FG, 0:22
3rd quarter
MU - Washington 7 pass from Daniel (Wolfert kick), 7:16
MU - Washington 43 run (Wolfert kick), 2:24
MU - D. Alexander 26 pass from Daniel (Wolfert kick), 1:32
4th quarter
NU - M. Holt 20 pass from Ganz (Henery kick), 0:00

                                     MU        NU
First Downs...................       24        21
Rushes-Net Yards..............   34-201     35-79
NET YARDS PASSING.............      261       290
  Completions-Attempts-Int....  19-24-0   26-38-1
  Passing Touchdowns..........        3         2
Total Offense Plays-Yards.....   58-462    73-369
Fumbles-Lost..................      0-0       1-1
Penalties-Yards...............     1-15    14-101
Punts-Average.................    0-0.0    4-27.5
Punt returns-Average..........    0-0.0     0-0.0
Kickoff returns-Average.......   2-28.0    4-24.8
Interceptions-Yds-TD..........   1-17-1     0-0-0
Fumble Returns-Yds-TD.........    0-0-0     0-0-0
Possession Time...............    26:03     33:57
Third-Down Conversions........   7 of 9  12 of 19
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 1    0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      3-3       3-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     2-15       0-0

MU: D. Washington 14-139; D. Moore 7-34; J. Maclin 3-15; J. Jackson 8-11; C. Patton 1-2; C. Daniel 1-0

NU: M. Lucky 14-46; Q. Castille 12-26; R. Helu Jr. 5-11; N. Paul 1-3; J. Ganz 3-minus 7.

PASSING

MU: C. Daniel 18-23-0-253; C. Patton 1-1-0-8

NU: J. Ganz 26-38-1-290

RECEIVING

MU: J. Maclin 5-89; C. Coffman 5-71; T. Saunders 3-21; D. Alexander 2-46; D. Washington 2-13; J. Perry 1-13; A. Jones 1-8

NU: T. Peterson 7-81; M. Holt 5-67; N. Swift 5-45; R. Helu Jr. 4-47; M. McNeill 2-37; R. Hill 2-3; D. Young 1-10

Attendance: 85,372

Two weeks without a game must have been too long.

As I predicted in this blog before the game.... NU would start our slow. But I also predicted that they would come back and win the game.

NU came out with many missed tackles... many on the same play, fumbles, interceptions and just plain all around play that stunk....

I didn't count on Coach Boooo Pelini  not helping matters when late in the game he complained about a late hit call and wouldn't shut up and got an unsportsman conduct penalty that let Virginia Tech get the ball on the 10 yard line and lead to their score

Next week the Huskers play Missouri at 8 PM on national ESPN

I guess as a loyal fan that I have to say GO BIG RED  and maybe SHUT UP COACH BO

Virginia Tech       9   9  10   7   -  35
Nebraska            7   3   7  13   -  30

1st quarter
VT - S. Virgil blocked punt, safety, 8:35
VT - D. Evans 1 run (D. Keys kick), 5:22
NU - M. McNeill 32 pass from J. Ganz (A. Henery kick), 3:54
2nd quarter
VT - Keys 19 field goal, 14:51
NU - Henery 48 field goal, 10:45
VT - Keys 38 field goal, 7:10
VT - Keys 27 field goal, 1:15
3rd quarter
VT - Keys 36 field goal, 10:25
VT - Evans 19 run (Keys kick), 6:54
NU - R. Helu Jr. 12 run (Henery kick), 0:04
4th quarter
NU - N. Swift 88 punt return (pass failed)
VT - T. Taylor 2 run (Keys kick), 2:28
NU - T. Peterson 17 pass from Ganz (Henery kick), 1:32

                                     VT        NU
First downs...................       21        14
Rushes-Yards..................   55-206     25-55
NET YARDS PASSING.............      171       278
  Completions-Attempts-Int....   9-15-0   17-26-1
  Passing Touchdowns..........        0         2
Total offense yards...........      377       333
Fumbles-Lost..................      0-0       3-1
Penalties-Yards...............     4-30      7-69
Punts-Average.................   5-34.6    5-29.4
Punt Returns-Average-TD....... 3-21.0-0  2-42.0-1
Kickoff returns-Avg-TD........ 4-23.5-0  7-21.0-0
Interceptions-Yds-TD..........   1-15-0     0-0-0
Fumble Returns-Yds-TD.........    1-8-0     0-0-0
Possession Time...............    34:44     25:16
Third-Down Conversions........  7 of 17   2 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 0    1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      6-6       2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     2-11       2-4

VT: T.Taylor 15-87, Evans 21-72, Lewis 17-50, Coale 1-(minus 1), Team 1-(minus 2).

NU: Helu 4-21, Ganz 8-18, Lucky 8-17, Castille 3-8, Team 1-(minus 3), Paul 1-(minus 6).

PASSING

VT: T.Taylor 9-15-0-171.

NU: Ganz 17-26-1-278.

RECEIVING

VT: Boykin 2-58, Smith 2-54, Boone 2-33, Coale 2-14, Roberts 1-12.

NU: Peterson 4-60, McNeill 3-66, Swift 3-58, Lucky 3-38, Paul 1-21, M.Holt 1-20, Young 1-10, Gilleylen 1-5.

Attendance: 85,831