Miss a turn and it’s going to take some time to get back to where you needed to turn. Nebraska missed a turn against Oregon. It has time to get back on schedule, or, to dispense with the metaphor, to approach what appears to be this team’s ceiling in 2026.
It starts on Halloween, at home, against Washington, in the dark. Nebraska can win this game. It should win this game by most objective measures.
Nebraska hasn’t won “this” game often enough. The Huskers are 7-13 under Matt Rhule following the team’s first1 bye week—aka right when the injuries often pile up, the competition ramp up and conditions are more challenging. Nebraska is 2-3 in the game immediately following a bye week and 1-4 against the spread, averaging 10 points below the predicted line.
This year’s Huskers have looked good enough to change those kinds of numbers. Now they just need to do it.
Here are three keys to the Huskers beating the Huskies in the dark.
