Nebraska blitzes Colorado in the first half for 28-10 win

Nebraska scored 28 unanswered first-half points in its win over Colorado. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

Colorado still has a lot of the same flaws it did a year ago.

The Buffaloes were exposed by Nebraska on Saturday night as the Cornhuskers rolled to a XX-XX victory in Lincoln. Nebraska took the game over from the start and raced out to a 28-0 lead at the break.

Those four touchdowns included two drives of 70 or more yards, a pick-six and a wild TD catch by Nebraska running back Rahmir Johnson.

After Nebraska took a 7-0 lead, Tommi Hill intercepted Shedeur Sanders for a 7-yard pick-six when Sanders made an ill-advised far sideline throw into zone coverage.

Johnson then capped off the first-half scoring with his TD catch off a pass that was deflected by Colorado linebacker LaVonta Bentley.

As Nebraska was putting up points, Colorado was unable to run the ball and Shedeur Sanders was getting sacked. Doesn’t that sound familiar? Sanders, who was sacked over 50 times in 2023, was sacked four times in the first half and the Buffaloes finished with minus-17 rushing yards over the first 30 minutes.

And when Sanders wasn’t getting sacked he was getting hit frequently too. As Shedeur was having to get up off the turf more often than he’d like, his brother Shilo was in the locker room. At halftime, Deion Sanders said that Shilo had suffered a possible broken forearm in the first half.

Nebraska’s big win

It’s clear that Matt Rhule’s team is much better than previous Nebraska teams. This should be a team that breaks a once-unfathomable eight-season bowl drought.

Nebraska hasn’t won more than five games in a season since 2016 when it went 9-4 under Mike Riley. That’s also the last time Nebraska started a season 2-0. Yes, Nebraska has had at least one loss by the end of Week 2 in each of the last eight seasons.

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Publish date : 2024-09-08 03:08:57

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