THE RED ZONE BLITZ

Week 1 showed flashes—and plenty of reasons to worry. Now Bowling Green comes to Lincoln. No playing with your food. It’s time for Nebraska to make the Week 2 jump.

We wait with bated breath each year for this team to do something, do anything, to show us signs of life. We thought we had it last year. Rhule season three. This is it. This is when he brings it all together. His culture. His people. We saw it at Temple. He did it again at the cesspool that was Baylor. The time was right. A rising star in Emmett Johnson. An offensive guru pushing the buttons of a five-star legacy quarterback that will orchestrate a dark horse playoff run thr

The Profizer once again peers into the tarot deck and sees a hard-fought path ahead. After surviving an offensive train wreck against Michigan State, Nebraska looks to steady the ship in College Park. To win, the Huskers must keep it clean, stay special on special teams, and feed the Great Dane. The stars have spoken—Nebraska 33, Maryland 20.