Smith was 29 of 43 in passing for 383 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran eight times for 92 yards. Shawn Wick ran 12 times for 101 yards and 8.4 ypc. Wyoming averaged 7.3 yards a carry. Dominic Rufran and Jalen Claiborne had 18 receptions for 208 yards. Robert Herron caught four passes for 91 yards. Our young defense struggled.
Smith had little pressure put on him during the game. It seemed when NU did blitz it worked pretty well. But we just couldn't get sacks. Even when Randy Gregory had a game saving sack he got a questionable flag.
The defense played well most of the time and then bam they would give up ten yards here and twenty yards there. Hopefully we get things figured out. 602 total yards was about 250 yards too many against Wyoming.
Now all this happened in our newly built stadium. There was a record crowd of 91,185. The funniest sign of the night was in the east balcony and it read "We can see Wyoming from here!" It looked really high in the east balcony but I am sure they had a great view.
Nebraska had a six yard per carry average. That wasn't as good as I thought it would be but not bad. Abdullah had 114 yards with a 6.0 average, Cross had 105 yards with a 8.1 average, and Newby had 76 yards with a 5.1 average. Martinez added 80 yards with a 5.0 average.
Terrell Newby will be a nice back to have in reserve after Abdullah and Cross have their go. 59 yards for Newby came after contact. We are in good hands at running back.
Martinez was 17 of 22 for only 155 yards. He had no throws over 20 yards.
It just didn't seem like we could get a rhythm going on offense. We only had one long play in the game when Abdullah ran for 62 yards in the second quarter. You take that play out and he had 18 carries for 52 yards, There were many plays he just didn't have a hole to run.
Short passes ruled with Kenny Bell catching seven balls for 57 yards. Jamal Turner had four catches for 43 yards.
The kicking game was good with Mauri Bindi driving most kickoffs through the end zone and Sam Fult had six punts for a 45.6 yard average.
On offense there was no consistency and we had very few big plays. Defensively Stanley Jean-Baptiste played well. Freshmen Nathan Gerry played most of the game. Freshman Josh Banderas played many minutes. Either these guys are very good or the other linebackers have not developed well.
This week we play Southern Mississippi. They will be one of our easier games of the year. Let's hope we can dominate this game.
Rex Burkhead made the Cincinnati roster.
Surprisingly DeJon Gomes was cut along with Will Compton. Both had played well in preseason.
Eric Martin has made the Cleveland roster as linebacker.
Larry Asante was waived by the Colts. Zach Potter was released by the Rams. Ben Cotton was waived by the Chargers.
And Phil Bates was released by the Seahawks.
Nebraska is ranked 18th in the polls this week.
I saw the Pinnacle Arena on Saturday and WOW it is nice.
J.W. Walsh will start for Oklahoma St this week at quarterback. Texas quarterback David Ash threw for four touchdowns and ran in another last Saturday.
The Bleacher Report dropped Nebraska to No. 5 this week in the Big Ten. Northwestern is No. 4, Wisconsin No. 3, Michigan No. 2 and Ohio St. No. 1.
The NU baseball team picked up a 2015 recruit in shortstop Alex Henwood from Wisconsin.
DeJon Gomes has been claimed by Detroit.
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