You might think that Nebraska was playing the Cornhuskers today so much damage did the team do to itself, but you would be wrong. Texas beat Nebraska as well, and the officiating crew did its part to help.
Of course when 'your' team loses, it seems that all close calls go against your side, but one catch ruled as out-of-bounds did prove to be a blown call. Unfortunately, that one catch was one of the few that Nebraska receivers could hang onto this afternoon. The Nebraska Stonehanders gave away 8 dropped passes, no less than 4 of which could have been touchdown catches. This is one that not only got away, but was given away wholesale.
Texas played a great game and probably should be ranked in the top 25 again in this week's polls. Nebraska will fall quite a ways down in the polls as the team proved quite unable to sustain its number 5 ranking. A Cornhusker team chant of "We're unworthy!" might be appropriate as the losing was a team effort all the way. Fumbles continue to plague the team, along with the dropped passes, which might point to an all-around stone hands problem team wide. On a 5° day that might be understandable, but the weather laid out a fine football climate in Lincoln on this day. The Nebraska Cornhuskers simply blew it.
As an armchair coach and analyst, I naturally have all of the answers. As my old frosh team football coaches would be glad to tell you: It's because the Nebraska team played just like I used to...poorly.
Bucky
