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Plus, Husker volleyball continues to play on another level above their opponents If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Are you ready for the #BigTenAfterDark? Husker football will be kicking off vs Oregon at 10 pm central next Saturday. I might need an extra nap to stay awake that long. How about you? Are you going to have some coffee on hand or just power through and try to sleep late on Sunday morning? Der Veiner Schlinger.

On Corn Nation Overreaction, there may actually be something to overreact to. Nebraska was leading the defending national champions for three quarters and change, but Indiana scored the game’s final fourteen points to stay unbeaten, 20-17. The Hoosiers scored two touchdowns over five offensive plays, including a one-play, 75-yard score, to upend the upset hopes of the Huskers. But for three plus quarters, Nebraska was the better team. People will decry this game. They will moan and complain.

Leading up to the game, many people expressed the opinion that while they really wanted a win, they could be happy with a competitive outcome. I should’ve asked how important the manner in which they earned a close win was. Because after the game, both in person and online, the fact that they had lost another one-score affair, but this time to the #5 and #7 defending national champs, seemed not to matter much as here-we-go-again-ism rang throughout real and virtual Nebraska.

Memorial Stadium was rocking. I’m not sure I’ve heard it louder and more raucous since Ndamukong Suh steamrolled over Colorado’s Cody Hawkins and into that same endzone where Anthony Colandrea scampered to give the Huskers a 17-6 lead over defending national champion Indiana with 12 minutes to play. Then it happened… yet again. AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Lucy Cignetti pulled the football away from the Huskers’ Charlie Brown, and the same dadgummed thing happened yet again.

While the Big Ten and Oregon have not made similar announcements, the official schedules at Huskers.com and FoxSports.com both now reflect a 10 p.m. central time kickoff between Oregon and Nebraska on Fox.

Question: Is Indiana as good as their ranking indicates or are they simply riding the coattails of last year’s National Championship? I think your answer to that question likely informs how you felt about Nebraska’s 20-17 loss to seventh-ranked Indiana. If Indiana is as good as their ranking indicates, then we saw Nebraska compete with and at times shut down the Hoosiers. Nebraska was two explosive plays away from running away with the biggest win in well over a decade.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA - SEPTEMBER 25: Bergen Reilly #2 of the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Andi Jackson #15 and Harper Murray #27 on the court against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Bob Devaney Sports Center on September 25, 2026 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) Getty Images It was a Saturday night blackout showdown between #1 Nebraska and #7 Wisconsin.

With 12:01 left in the game, Nebraska led defending national champs Indiana 17-6 but as fast as the Green Lantern could launch skyward to a sonic boom, they immediately transformed from the error-free group we had enjoyed most of the day to the mistake-plagued Huskers of recent history who needed less than 5 minutes to cough the two-score lead up to the Hoosiers.

Oct 10, 2026; Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback Anthony Colandrea (10) scrambles against the Indiana Hoosiers during the first quarter at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dylan Widger-Imagn Images IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect The Huskers lead Indiana at halftime 10-3, and while no one is complaining, there’s definitely a feeling the lead could be higher. But first the good stuff - the Huskers came to play today and aren’t backing down from the Hoosiers. One bit.

Receiver Nyziah Hunter scored his first touchdown of the season on a 10-yard run in the first quarter. It also marked his first career rushing touchdown, to go along with 10 career receiving scores. Hunter also had four receptions for 43 yards in the first half, bettering his previous season high of three receptions against North Dakota. Punter Archie Wilson had a career-long 60-yard punt in the second quarter that was downed at the Indiana 13.