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End Result: Nebraska Wins

By Jason Arens, Hub Sports Writer

I’ve got a buddy from Nebraska who isn’t a Husker fan. Whenever Big Red suffered a loss, he’d get frustrated when I’d try to explain to him what exactly went wrong in the game, and how Nebraska would’ve won if this just had happened.

“I don’t care,” he’d say. “They lost!”

I think that’s how the entire Nebraska fan base would’ve felt like had Northwestern pulled it out. Back-to-back losses to the Wildcats would’ve stung. There would be no excuses of the “should’ve” and “could’ve”. There would only be “didn’t.”

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Team effort fuels comeback win for Huskers

By JASON ARENS, Hub Sports Writer

If the Nebraska coaches and players had any trouble answering postgame questions Saturday, they could’ve referred back to last year’s win over Ohio State. The comeback victory over Wisconsin felt like a rerun, but it was just as thrilling the second time around.

“We made it hard on ourselves,” Bo Pelini said. “We didn’t play our best football, but we stayed the course and our guys showed the character, toughness and perseverance.”

That’s no joke.

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Players, and coaches, step up in win over Arkansas State

By Jason Arens, Hub Sports Writer

Defensive coordinator John Papuchis talked a lot about his players overcoming adversity against Arkansas State in the postgame coverage. He forgot to mention that the coaching staff did as well.

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Husker talk: 5 quick thoughts on Saturday night

It’s easy to get caught up in what should’ve and what shouldn’t have been called in the game.

Nebraska opened the fourth quarter with seven straight runs, which resulted in 71 yards of offense. It makes sense, even when pinned deep in your own territory on the following possession, to run the ball for an eighth consecutive time. Running it out of the shotgun, however, was high risk – a risk that rewarded UCLA with the safety.

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Welcome to Taylor Martinez 2.0

Welcome to Taylor Martinez 2.0.

Updated by Steve Calhoun over the summer, TM 2.0 is getting rave reviews from the fans.

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Testing 1 2 3…Away We Go

Over the course of my amateur media career, I’ve “gone live”, tape delayed, blogged, tweeted, tumbled, posted, edited, and even used a pencil & paper. Thanks to the people at the Hub, I have a new way to spew forth opinions, ideas, topics, and thoughts. SportsHub is now part of my vocabulary…we’ll see how badly I can screw this one up.

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