Can Matt Rhule turn the Cornhuskers’ moral victory into a satisfying end to the season?
What legacy will this — another one-score loss for the Nebraska football program, another loss to a rated team — leave behind?
Seven days after the Cornhuskers were stunned 56-7 at Bloomington, Indiana, at the end of a long, disconcerting week where a growing chorus of loud voices in Husker Nation proclaimed that Rhule was on the verge of losing his team, they made a 180-degree turn on defense and resumed their previously stingy ways. The Huskers had three sacks, all in the first half, and made seven tackles for loss. They got three-and-outs. They forced five Ohio State punts and intercepted a pass.
Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Dylan Raiola looks to hand off during the second half of the NCAA football game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Ohio Stadium in Columbus on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. Ohio State won 21-17. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Maybe the best news of the day came from the right foot of placekicker John Hohl, who hit all three of his field goal attempts from 39, 54 and 47 yards. Snaps and holds seemed to be improved. It was a long-overdue breath of fresh air and three refreshing gulps of cold water for for the drought-ridden kicking game. Hohl, a redshirt freshman from Lincoln Southeast by way of Iowa Western Community College, had never kicked a field goal longer than 21 yards for the Huskers.
Across the way in a postgame press conference that sounded more like a sermon, Rhule turned up the optimism, saying he caught his first glimpse of a championship mindset in his players, and talked about the way he, his staff and his team are battling to overcome a decade-old negative vibe in the locker room. He spoke of efforts to continually fight through the losing mindset pervading his program.
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