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Oct. 25—In the early to mid-1800s the Oregon Trail, used by settlers on their way to the West Coast, ran through Nebraska.
Now, almost 200 years later, Ohio State hopes the Getting Over Losing to Oregon Trail also runs through Nebraska.
The No. 4 Buckeyes (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten) did not play last Saturday. So their first game since a 32-31 loss to No. 1 Oregon will be Saturday against Nebraska (5-2, 2-2 Big Ten) at Ohio Stadium in a contest that will kick off at noon.
Before a 56-7 loss to unbeaten Indiana last week the Cornhuskers were viewed as possibly a sleeper team in the Big Ten — not good enough to win the league but good enough to be competitive against its better teams.
Now, after that drubbing by Indiana, it’s hard to know exactly what to expect from Nebraska. Maybe the decision makers at Ohio State, Indiana and Purdue, who all made the Cornhuskers their Homecoming game, suspected something the sports talk show hosts and halftime pundits didn’t see.
Nebraska started its season with non-league wins over Texas-El Paso, Colorado and Northern Iowa. In the Big Ten, it has wins over Purdue and Rutgers and has lost to Illinois and Indiana.
Quick history lesson: Nebraska won five national championships between 1970 and 1997, including three in four years from 1994-1997.
Legendary coach Tom Osborne retired after the 1997 national championship and was replaced by former Cornhuskers player Frank Solich, who averaged 9.7 wins per season in his six years as head coach before being fired.
Nebraska has had five coaches since Solich and is trying to end a streak of seven straight losing seasons in current coach Matt Rhule’s second season.
Ohio State came up short at Oregon against the best team it has faced this season. The biggest area of emphasis since then has been the defense which gave up too many explosive plays and got too…
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Author : The Lima News, Ohio
Publish date : 2024-10-25 23:34:00
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