Nebraska suffers devastating loss to decades-long rival Colorado
Updated: 11:09 PM CDT Sep 9, 2023
HEAD COACH DEION SANDERS. COLORADO COMING OFF THEIR UPSET WIN AT TCU. THE BIG RED TRYING TO BOUNCE BACK AFTER A LOSS AT MINNESOTA. OPENING DRIVE FOR NEBRASKA. THE HUSKERS TAKE IT INTO BUFFALO TERRITORY, BUT THE JEFF SIMMS STRUGGLES CONTINUE. HE FUMBLES THE SNAP AND COLORADO RECOVERS. BUT STILL A SCORELESS GAME THROUGH THE FIRST. AND THAT’S BECAUSE NEBRASKA’S DEFENSE CAME READY AND SO DID CAM LEONARD, STARTING IN TY ROBINSON’S PLACE, THE FRESHMAN MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF GETS HIS SECOND SACK OF THE FIRST HALF, FORCING ANOTHER PUNT. NEXT, NEBRASKA DRIVE A CHANCE TO PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD. BUT TRISTAN ALVANOS, 45 YARD FIELD GOAL IS NO GOOD DOINKS IT AND THE GAME STAYS SCORELESS. LATER IN THE SECOND, THE TURNOVER BUG BITES. SIMMS ONCE AGAIN. ANOTHER BOBBLED SNAP. AND THE BUFFS RECOVER. IN NEBRASKA TERRITORY. COLORADO WOULD CAPITALIZE AS JACE FEELEY CONNECTS ON THE 31 YARD FIELD GOAL. THREE NOTHING BUFFS. THEN SIMMS WOULD MAKE IT SIX TURNOVERS IN SIX QUARTERS ON THE NEXT DRIVE, TELLING GRAPHS. THIS PASS OUT WIDE AND HE’S PICKED OFF AT THE NEBRASKA 30 VERY FIRST PLAY OF CU’S DRIVE CEDAR SANDERS LINKS UP WITH A WIDE OPEN TARVARIS DAWSON FOR THE 30 YARD STRIKE. TEN NOTHING BUFFS IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. COLORADO WOULD TACK ON THREE MORE RIGHT BEFORE HALF TO MAKE IT A 13 NOTHING LEAD. BUFFS AT THE BREAK OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM. NEBRASKA’S OFFENSE FINALLY SHOWED SOME LIFE. QUARTERBACK DRAW FOR JEFF SIMMS AND HE IS OFF TO THE RACES 57 YARDS DOWN THE SIDELINE AND HOLD ON IT’S A 13 TO 7 BALL GAME BUT COLORADO ANSWERED WITH A TEN PLAY DRIVE CAPPED BY ANOTHER SANDERS TOUCHDOWN, THIS TIME TO XAVIER WEAVER. BUFFS LED 23 SEVEN AFTER THE THIRD QUARTER FIRST PLAY OF THE FOURTH HUSKERS COUGH IT UP AGAIN BAD HANDOFF BETWEEN SIMMS AND GABE IRVIN JR AND IT’S BUFFALO BALL AT MIDFIELD AND COLORADO WOULD CASH IN YET AGAIN THE END AROUND TO DAWSON WHO RUNS IT IN FROM EIGHT YARDS OUT FOR HIS SECOND SCORE OF THE AFTERNOON AND THAT WOULD PRETTY MUCH SEAL IT AS THE BUFFS BLOW OUT THE BIG RED 36 TO 14. TOUGH DAY IN BOULDER. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. HUSKERS WON THE GROUND GAME BATTLE BY 164 YARDS, BUT THE BUFFS STILL OUTGAINED THEM IN TOTAL YARDS AND THE TURNOVERS OBVIOUSLY TELL THE TALE REALLY MINUS THREE FOR THE BIG RED ONCE AGAIN. AND THE DEFENSE, THEY JUST EVENTUALLY TIRED OUT COLORADO HAD 14 MORE OFFENSIVE SNAPS THAN NEBRASKA. NOW WITH THE POST GAME STORY FROM BOULDER, HERE’S ANDY KENNEDY AT FOLSOM FIELD. WELL, THIS IS NOT THE WAY HUSKER FANS WANTED THE MAT RULE ERA TO BEGIN. ON THE FLIP SIDE, COLORADO FANS ARE JOYOUS BECAUSE COACH PRIME IS NOW TWO AND ZERO. IT’S THE BIGGEST CROWD IN 15 YEARS AND THEY GOT TO SEE COLLAR DORADO TAKE IT TO THEIR OLD RIVAL, NEBRASKA. 3614 THANKS TO FOUR FOR HUSKER TURNOVERS, WHICH REALLY COST NEBRASKA THE GAME. YOU KNOW, I TOLD THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO WE’RE GOING TO GET THIS RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I’M GOING TO GET THIS RIGHT. WE’LL GET THE OFFENSE RIGHT. WE’LL GET THE TURNOVERS RIGHT. I THOUGHT THE DEFENSE PLAYED REALLY HARD AND WELL FOR LONG STRETCHES AND THEN EVENTUALLY JUST KIND OF WORE OUT. SO, YOU KNOW, I’LL BE HONEST, I REALLY THINK WE’RE BETTER THAN WE’RE SHOWING. UM, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT’S JUST WORDS. SO WE DIDN’T JUST WANT TO WIN. WE WANTED TO DOMINATE IN THE FIRST HALF. WE WEREN’T DOMINANT. THE SECOND HALF WE GOT IT TOGETHER AND WE BEGAN TO DOMINATE. THE HUSKERS HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS TURNOVER ISSUE. EIGHT TURNOVERS OVER TWO GAMES. THE MARGIN MINUS SIX. JEFF WILL BE THE FIRST GUY TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN’T HAVE THAT MANY TURNOVERS, ESPECIALLY DOWN IN THE RED ZONE WHERE THEY ARE. AND YOU KNOW, WE TURN THE BALL OVER TWICE INSIDE OUR OWN 30, WHICH LED TO POINTS I’D NEVER LOSE CONFIDENCE IN. JEFF I KNOW HE’S A GREAT PLAYER AND I KNOW HE’S WHAT MAKES HIM GREAT IS HE’S GOING TO WORK TO, YOU KNOW, FIX HIS MISTAKES. BUT DESPITE THE ZERO AND TWO START MAT RULE VOWS, HE’S GOING TO GET THIS THING HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I HOPE THAT WE GROW CLOSER AND I HOPE THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT A TEACHER’S OUR GUYS. WHAT WINS FOOTBALL GAMES, YOU KNOW, CAN’T TURN THE BALL OVER AND WIN AND THEN BE WE GROW CLOSER AS A TEAM AND CLOSER AS A PROGRAM. AND WE RECOGNIZE I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE’S GOING TO BE A YOU KNOW, THERE’S GOING TO BE THINGS SAID AND ALL THAT. BUT WE WILL WE WILL ABSOLUTELY IMPROVE FROM THIS. I MEAN, IT’S STILL EARLY IN THE SEASON, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO WE JUST GOT TO STAY TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND KEEP BUILDING. I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY FINGER POINTING GOING ON. WE JUST GOT TO KEEP GROWING TOGETHER. EVERYONE CAN DO SOMETHING BETTER WHILE THE HUSKERS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO FIX IT IN THEIR HOME OPENER, NEBRASKA TO HOST NORTHERN ILLINOIS NEXT SATURDAY AT SIX AT MEMORIAL STADIUM AT FOLSOM FIELD IN BOULDER, COLORADO. ANDY KENDEIGH, KETV. NEWSWATCH SEVEN SPORTS. THANK YOU, ANDY. TIME TO GIVE OUT OUR GAME BALL. STICKING ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THINGS, BLACKSHIRTS FINISHED WITH EIGHT SACKS. CAMERON LEONARD HAD TWO OF THEM. LEONARD BECOMES THE FIRST TRUE FRESHMAN AT NEBRASKA TO RECORD TWO SACKS IN A GAME SINCE BARRY TURNER IN 2005. BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD FOR NUMBER 11. NOW LET’S HEAD BACK OUT TO FOLSOM FIELD FOR THE EXTRA POINT FOR ANDY KENNEDY AND SEAN CALLAHAN. OKAY, EXTRA POINT TIME HERE, SEAN. OBVIOUSLY, A DISAPPOINTING AFTERNOON FOR NEBRASKA. THEY FALL 36, 14, FOUR TURNOVERS. WHAT’S YOUR BIG TAKEAWAY AS WE LEAVE HERE IN BOULDER? YOU KNOW, ANDY, SUCH A LOST OPPORTUNITY FOR NEBRASKA THESE FIRST TWO GAMES. NEBRASKA ON THE ROAD NATIONALLY TELEVISED ON FOX, AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF JUMPSTART THE MATT RHULE ERA INSTEAD HERE WE ARE AGAIN TALKING ABOUT THE SAME OLD ISSUES NEBRASKA FOOTBALL HAS BEEN DEALING WITH FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TURNOVERS, SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS, AND NEBRASKA COMES UP SHORT AGAIN. SO INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THIS COULD GO, I THINK NEBRASKA LOST A LOT OF TRACTION WITH THE PERFORMANCE HERE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AND COSTLY PENALTIES AS WELL. MATT RHULE SAYS HE’S TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY AND HE WILL FIX THIS. HOW DOES HE FIX IT? I JUST THINK GETTING BACK HOME HOPEFULLY THAT WILL PLAY A DIFFERENCE. YOU’VE GOT TWO GAMES AT HOME NOW TO KIND OF WORK ON THINGS. THEN YOU GOT MICHIGAN COMING IN. SO THIS DEFENSE SHOWED A LOT IN THIS GAME. I THOUGHT THE DEFENSE HAS A LOT OF PROMISE, BUT THEY NEED COMPLEMENTARY FOOTBALL WITH THE OFFENSE AND THE OFFENSE IS TURNOVERS. YOU’RE JUST NOT GOING TO BEAT ANYBODY WHEN YOU TURN THE BALL OVER. LIKE NEBRASKA OFFENSE PUT THE DEFENSE IN SOME TERRIBLE SITUATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST HALF.
Nebraska suffers devastating loss to decades-long rival Colorado
Updated: 11:09 PM CDT Sep 9, 2023
Nebraska football fell short against Deion Sanders and No. 22 Colorado.The Buffaloes 2-0 earned a 36-14 win against the Huskers 0-2, 0-1 Big Ten on Saturday at Folsom Field in the team’s 72nd meeting all time. Colorado extended its winning streak to three straight games against NU.Quarterback Jeff Sims had some slip-ups but scored a 57-yard touchdown in the third quarter.With only a few seconds left on the clock, Thomas Fidone scored the second touchdown of the game from Henrich Haarberg, followed by Tristan Alvano’s kick for the extra point. The touchdown marked the first-career touchdown for Fidone and the first career touchdown pass for Haarberg.The Huskers will host Northern Illinois on Sept. 9 in their home opener.
Nebraska football fell short against Deion Sanders and No. 22 Colorado.
The Buffaloes 2-0 earned a 36-14 win against the Huskers 0-2, 0-1 Big Ten on Saturday at Folsom Field in the team’s 72nd meeting all time. Colorado extended its winning streak to three straight games against NU.
Quarterback Jeff Sims had some slip-ups but scored a 57-yard touchdown in the third quarter.
With only a few seconds left on the clock, Thomas Fidone scored the second touchdown of the game from Henrich Haarberg, followed by Tristan Alvano’s kick for the extra point.
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The touchdown marked the first-career touchdown for Fidone and the first career touchdown pass for Haarberg.
The Huskers will host Northern Illinois on Sept. 9 in their home opener.
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