In a means, it is going to be a tiebreaker of types when Nebraska travels to Purdue for a Saturday afternoon sport.
The groups have performed 12 instances with every profitable six, so the winner won’t solely acquire an vital Massive Ten convention victory, however the lead within the collection.
Extra vital than that, every group simply needs to get again within the win column after falling final week.
The Cornhuskers (3-1, 0-1 Massive Ten) took their first lack of the season in heartbreaking style, shedding 31-24 at dwelling in extra time in opposition to Illinois. Nebraska is about to play its first street sport.
In the meantime, the Boilermakers (1-2, 0-0) are in search of to seek out their footing at dwelling after a pair of lopsided losses, first at dwelling in opposition to Notre Dame then at Oregon State.
Every group depends closely on its quarterback for manufacturing, though the 2 gamers have completely different ranges of expertise.
Nebraska options one of many nation’s high freshman signal-callers, Dylan Raiola, who has accomplished 72.2 % of his passes (83 of 115) for 967 yards and eight touchdowns with two interceptions.
“He is the whole lot you need,” Purdue coach Ryan Walters mentioned of Raiola. “Massive and assured. I believe the assured piece type of stands proud essentially the most. He is not afraid to throw the ball in tight home windows. He trusts his guys to go make performs. He can throw it from each completely different sort of platform and get it there fairly precisely.”
Purdue has a quarterback who has an skilled quarterback, senior Hudson Card, who has related on 63.2 % of his passes (43 of 68) for 453 yards and 6 touchdowns with three interceptions.
Nebraska coach Matt Rhule referred to as Card “a wonderful quarterback,” but additionally is leery of a Purdue floor assault that produced 263 speeding yards in opposition to Oregon State. Devin Mockobee had 168 yards, whereas Reggie Love III had 66 yards.
“We have now guys that I do know can actually reply,” Rhule mentioned. “They will must as a result of (the Boilermakers) run outdoors zone in addition to any group we’ll face this yr, and we’ll have lots to get accomplished.”
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