Does the media ever get a chance to talk with the Big Ten office or the head of officiating to interview them ever? It seems like there is little quite frankly no accountability on the actions of the officials. Does any of the media ever get a chance to discuss any of this stuff?

What a joke!

Was curious about this when going back through our games this season. When was the last time we went 8 straight games in a season without a 100 yard rusher?

Dylan Raiola's 38-yard run in the second quarter was a career long. That 38-yarder by Raiola, who finished with a career-best 31 rushing yards on nine carries, was also the longest by Nebraska in a Big Ten game this season. Which is kind of wild.

More stats and notes like that one are in here:

Confirmed that Nebraska will host 2026 Owasso (Okla.) 4-star forward Jalen Montonati on an unofficial visit Friday.

The 6-foot-7, 165-pound Montonati is the No. 23-ranked recruit in the country in the 2026 class. Offers from everywhere. Nebraska offered in May 2023.

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Postgame Notes: Nebraska at Ohio State

- Ohio State increased its all-time lead in the series with Nebraska to 10-1, including 7-0 in Columbus. The Buckeyes have won the past eight meetings between the schools

- Placekicker John Hohl connected on field goals of 39 and 54 yards in the second quarter, and a 47-yarder in the third quarter. Those are the three longest field goals of the season by Nebraska. Hohl's previous long was 21 yards

- Hohl's 54-yard field goal tied for the sixth-longest field goal in school history and tied for the longest-ever in a road game (Brett Maher, also 54 yards, at UCLA, 2012). Hohl's 'field goal was the longest since Tristan Alvano made a 55-yard field goal against Purdue last season

- Hohl is the first Nebraska kicker to make three field goals in a game since Timmy Bleekrode had three field goals at Purdue in 2022

- The Nebraska defense recorded two sacks, tying the most allowed by Ohio State in a game this season. Ohio State entered the game having allowed five sacks in six games.

- The Blackshirts also had seven tackles for loss, the most allowed by Ohio State in a game this season (previous high was five by Western Michigan)

- The Nebraska defense held Ohio State to season lows of 64 rushing yards, 285 total yards and 21 points. The Buckeyes' previous lows had been 141 rushing yards (at Oregon), 412 total yards (vs. Iowa) and 31 points (at Oregon)

- Malcolm Hartzog Jr. intercepted his team-leading fourth pass of the season in the third quarter. His four interceptions tie for the most by a Husker since Nathan Gerry had five interceptions in 2015

- Quarterback Dylan Raiola had a career-long 38-yard run in the second quarter to set up a Nebraska field goal. The 38-yard run was the longest by Nebraska in a Big Ten game this season. Raiola finished with nine carries for 31 yards, setting a career best for rushing yards

- True freshman receiver Jacory Barney Jr. had seven receptions to increase his total to 34 receptions this season. He is just the fifth Husker freshman and second true freshman to catch 30 passes in a season

- Running back Dante Dowdell scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to give Nebraska the lead. His touchdown was his team-leading sixth touchdown of the season. Dowdell finished the game with 14 carries for 60 yards.

- Tight end Thomas Fidone II caught four passes for 55 yards, including a 33-yard catch in the fourth quarter. He had six catches last week at Indiana. With his four receptions today, Fidone has 49 career receptions. He is one catch away from becoming the 11th tight end in program history with 50 career receptions

- Defensive end Jimari Butler had 1.0 sack and 3.0 TFLs in the game. His 3.0 TFLs marked a career high, bettering his previous high of 1.5

- JACK linebacker MJ Sherman made three tackles, including a sack and two TFLs. His 2.0 TFLs were a career best, bettering his 1.5 TFLs at Purdue earlier this season

- Nebraska's game captains today were WR Jahmal Banks, OT Bryce Benhart, DE Jimari Butler and DB Marques Buford Jr.

Here we can pray safely for good Football in 4 hours.


Amen.


PS - God I know this game really doesn't matter, but let's let it not matter to Ohio State a little more.

Amen x 2.

GBR.

Honestly, I think we probably were coming out with 3 points at most anyway so probably didn't make a huge difference in the outcome, but it massively changed how we can approach that drive. And there's absolutely no excuse.

Can somebody much smarter than me explain why calling a screen here makes sense? OSU unlikely to blitz there so why call it?

OK, enough with the wasted downs. There are probably a dozen players on the roster who can run the ball better and you can't trust him to throw the ball so please stop puttiong him out there. If you want to run some wildcat, at least put someone who is a threat in there.

This team was supposed to roll over and die.

The prolific talent of Ohio State should be running roughshod over a team beat last week at Indiana by 1,000 points.

This team isn't quitting.

6 minutes left. Now down 21-17.

Come on boys, somehow bring this one home.

Please help me understand…..

Awful. There's few words that can describe how feeble and pitiful that truly was. Whoever was calling it, should be deported. Immediately. You don't even trust to put the ball in your dudes hands and try and win the game. I'm at a loss. It's truly despicable how awful that sequence was. Scared. Turtle mode. I'd be incredibly embarrassed.

It seemed that either no one told Rhule about the spot on the first down they should have had at the end of the half. Either that or he did not want to say anything about it. I really did not like the answer he gave about it.

They pull me back in. Loss is a loss, you have to eventually win these to get it turned around.

I appreciate the fight and effort though. Please play like this the rest of the season, and please fire Satt

Let's the get the live game thread up and running for Nebraska's game at No. 4 Ohio State today.

The Huskers will be without starting cornerback Tommi Hill, who played last week at Indiana, but his foot is still bothering him. Here's the availability report:

Away from being undefeated

Great job today. Tough place to kick and you booted some bombs. Great work - you should be proud of your practice and execution today on a big stage!!!

Imagine if Dana Holgerson was our OC right now.

Do you think we’d be averaging at least 24 ppg?

I’d say undoubtedly yes.

We have top 50 talent yet perform around 90-100.

Sat is incapable of finding success.

On the final drive, he calls 2 screens in a row after going about 0/10 on screens all day, forcing his TRUE FRESHMAN QB into a position where he has to heave it 20 yards just to stay alive, all while in a hostile top 5 environment.

It’s inexplicable. Rhule needs to own the mistake he made in Marcus and find an upgrade quickly.

And it may not be readily known.

But...

How much input does Rhule have when an individual play is called? Can be override it?

I simply cannot understand how Satterfield was allowed to call those screen plays on that final drive.

CEO needs to step the **** up and either get in the man's ear or fire him.

NFM