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http://www.omaha.com/huskers/terrel...cle_344ca42c-751b-11e5-8dbe-a78885113675.html
MINNEAPOLIS — Before a cathartic pick six triggered Big Red grins, high-fives and “Husker Power!” chants on one side of TCF Bank Stadium, Nebraska’s football team faced a long field and an opportunity to define itself.
“We had to get out of a deep, deep hole,” offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf said, putting a bear hug on symbolism. He could have been talking about Nebraska starting a third-quarter drive at its own 1, or the first 2-4 start in more than 50 years.
The Huskers’ answer — a 10-play, 99-yard march through what had been one of the Big Ten’s top defenses — underlined NU’s 48-25 win over Minnesota. Maybe this game is an isolated oasis in a season that continues to be grim. But if Saturday’s win is the start of something — if it triggers a second-half surge — circle that drive in red ink.
The drive took nearly six minutes and actually accounted for 109 yards, since it included an NU holding penalty. It gave Nebraska a 17-point cushion that would grow to 24 early in the fourth quarter, shrink briefly to 13, and balloon to the final margin by game’s end thanks to Josh Kalu’s 41-yard interception return for a score.
MINNEAPOLIS — Before a cathartic pick six triggered Big Red grins, high-fives and “Husker Power!” chants on one side of TCF Bank Stadium, Nebraska’s football team faced a long field and an opportunity to define itself.
“We had to get out of a deep, deep hole,” offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf said, putting a bear hug on symbolism. He could have been talking about Nebraska starting a third-quarter drive at its own 1, or the first 2-4 start in more than 50 years.
The Huskers’ answer — a 10-play, 99-yard march through what had been one of the Big Ten’s top defenses — underlined NU’s 48-25 win over Minnesota. Maybe this game is an isolated oasis in a season that continues to be grim. But if Saturday’s win is the start of something — if it triggers a second-half surge — circle that drive in red ink.
The drive took nearly six minutes and actually accounted for 109 yards, since it included an NU holding penalty. It gave Nebraska a 17-point cushion that would grow to 24 early in the fourth quarter, shrink briefly to 13, and balloon to the final margin by game’s end thanks to Josh Kalu’s 41-yard interception return for a score.