Dylan Raiola’s Nebraska, coming off a 5-1 record, faced an upsetting defeat against Minnesota, 6-24. But the stats do not paint the complete picture of what happened in Minneapolis. “We were just kind of out of whack the whole day,” Matt Rhule accurately summed up his roster’s performance. His star QB never reached the end zone, with only two field goals, floating Nebraska’s boat. But more than the lack of TDs, it was another metric that led the fans to clutch their hair in frustration.

The 20-year-old was sacked nine times. Iowa Hawkeyes’ QB Mark Gronowski had a reaction to that,” I thought that the quarterback they were playing against may have held the ball a little bit too long in some certain situation,” he said, per DM Register’s Chad Leistikow’s post. Firing shots or honest assessment?

“I’d rather die than let my quarterback get hit,” stated Rhule, evidently mad at his coaches and himself. Over the last two games, the offense has had 12 sacks and 39 total pressures. The QB completed 17 of 25 passes, third lowest for the season, for 177 yards and zero touchdowns.

This was the first time since 2016, when the Huskers were held without a TD in a loss, that Nebraska lost to Ohio State, 62-3. Still, the coach was optimistic.

 

But at the end of the day, Rhule said, “I saw a lot of good things… and I saw some other things that have to be improved.” Although sacks are often blamed on the O-line, the head coach was quick to point out that it’s always a team effort. “Some of the sacks are on them, some of the sacks are on other people.” On the O-line, two of their starting linemen were out. Guard Rocco Spindler was taken to the hospital for a broken finger, and Elijah Pritchett was ejected, owing to a targeting penalty in the second quarter.

This is a developing story……

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