ThotDoc's Brain Droppings on the Nebraska-Purdue Game
On a wintry freezing day the last weekend in October, the Nebraska Cornhuskers dominated the Purdue Boilermakers and won 31-14 to garner their fifth win in the last six games. It was the first time the Huskers have won three games in a row since Mike Riley was head coach in 2016. With the bye week, the Huskers finished undefeated in October for the first time in 22 years. In a game the Blackshirt defense deserved a shutout, the offense and special teams put them in perilous positions repeatedly with five fumbles of which four were lost. Nebraska turned the ball over on its first touches of the...