By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor There’s bad news for Purdue’s porous run defense: Nebraska’s ground game is as good as the Boilermakers will see this season. The Cornhuskers rank ninth nationally and second in the Big Ten in rushing offense with 291.6 yards per game. They average 5.8 yards per carry heading into Saturday’s matchup […]
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By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Well, now it sets up to be handled on the field. Now that Nebraska Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst and Chancellor Harvey Perlman have said they will not discipline football coach Bo Pelini for his F-bomb-spiked tirade following a game two years ago, it’s all on Pelini and his Huskers to […]
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By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent On Monday morning, Nebraska football was licking its wounds from the weekend’s second-half meltdown at home against UCLA. Those wounds were inflicted on the field. A few more may have been administered off the field by now official lightning-rod head coach Bo Pelini. First coming to light was Pelini’s response […]
Continue ReadingBy CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent College football lessons from Week 7: 1. Jump on West Virginia by 28 points and hold the Mountaineers to a quarter-mile or less of offense and you can win. 2. LSU can outmuscle a national contender. 3. Bob Stoops has Mack Brown’s number. 4. Iowa State may have lost a […]
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