No. 10 Nebraska hangs on for 27-22 victory at Indiana

Coming off a bye week, the Husker football squad will look to stay ideal in 2016 when it travels to Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. for a showdown with Indiana.

Yes, it helps that the Huskers (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) haven’t played a top-50 passing team.

The win was Nebraska’s seventh straight win, the Huskers’ longest win streak since winning 13 straight games spanning the 2000 and 2001 seasons. The Huskers are No. 10 in this week’s Associated Press Poll and ninth in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Nebraska: This week, the Cornhuskers cracked the Top 10 for the first time in five years and they should continue moving up.

The Indiana Hoosiers (3-2) suffered from a 38-17 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes in week 6. Arizona State is second at plus-64. After all, they did defeat the Michigan State Spartans earlier in the season. IN once again has a high-powered offensive attack. Defensively, Nebraska football is yielding 195.0 yards in passing and 151.8 yards in rushing against the opposing teams.

IN has scored 15 unanswered points in the last two quarters of the game.

Where: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana.

Opposition Blog: Check out The Crimson Quarry for everything Indiana. For the Hoosiers, it’s a chance to get back on the right track with two more winnable games after Northwestern. “They’re not giving up big plays”. Nebraska won that day 69-17.

Nebraska returns home to play Purdue next Saturday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Last year, Nebraska lost games on a Hail Mary, a field goal with 4 seconds left, a touchdown with 10 seconds left and another on a field goal in overtime.

“That’s sweet”, offensive lineman Dylan Utter said after the latest rankings were released. It will be on WatchESPN everywhere. The game is scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. start time and will be televised live on ABC or ESPN2, depending on regional coverage.

ICYMI: Tom Osborne used to have to put a staffer in the weight room on Saturday mornings just to make sure running back I.M. Hipp wouldn’t try to lift before games. Armstrong needs five total TDs to pass Martinez (87) for second on Nebraska’s career list. Nebraska ranks fourth in the Big Ten in rushing with 1,171 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Nebraska won its fifth straight game against Indiana. IN is not scheduled to visit Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium until 2019. “I know, and I know that you know we have a lot of football to clean up to be really, really good but it’s awfully good to win even with that”. What a great job he’s done. A nine-point lead was quickly cut back to two. “Luke McNitt is the same way”.

“It definitely feels good”, he said.

“We have not faced these guys but you see them from afar”, he said.

There are plenty of fans out there who have made comments like “the Cornhuskers better get to 7-0 if they expect to convince me they’re for real”. How high they’ll go depends on everyone in front of them. Those are all big factors.