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In The Opposite Corner Nebraska coach Bo Pelini Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio Following the Huskers' 44-7 win On the Boilermakers "For our first game on the road, our "Purdue is up for our next challenge. kids handled it Coach (Darrell) well. I thought we Hazell and I have did a lot of good some similar backthings. Obviously, grounds. One thing we played well deI can tell you is fensively. I thought that as you move we did what we had through a season, to do in this football there is going to game. I don't think be adversity. When we were as sharp you have a young in some technique football team as things and some they do, you're gofundamental things ing to have a big Nebraska as we need to be of- Bo Pelini was pleased with this team's effort during its first learning curve, so fensively. I'll take the road game of the year. they're going to be win. I thought we able to move fordid what we needed ward as they move to do. through their season. When is that time "I thought Randy (Gregory) did well. that they move forward and have a big Obviously this was an important big game? They've got (Danny) Etling as their game for him personally, coming back starting quarterback, and I guess this will home, and a team he was committed be his second big start. So there's going to to, and all the other things that were en- be improvement in that area as well. It will tailed there. be a great challenge; an opportunity to go "I liked our execution defensively. 6-1, opportunity to get bowl eligible. That's They gave us some things and their game where our focus has to be, and certainly on plan obviously was to come in and sling it Purdue. around, and they did that, and we got to "Players are more motivated; people them with some pressures, we got to them regroup, it happens on both sides, whethwith some four-man rush, and I thought er it's us, or our opponent, so we expect a we covered pretty well." great challenge from Purdue." Post-Nebraska Notes "We just chose to play someone else," he said. R Yancey's 146 yards receiving is a Purdue record for a freshman, beating Dorien Bryant's 131 yards vs. Indiana in 2004. Yancey, who had 117 yards two weeks earlier vs. Northern Illinois, has had 12 of his 14 receptions this season in the last two games. R Nebraska was a 14.5-point favorite. R Four more freshmen debuted for the Boilermakers: Monteroso, who made his first appearance since breaking a collarbone in training camp, and defensive linemen Evan Panfil, Jake Replogle and Ra'Zahn Howard. The Next Three Replogle and HowThe following is a look ard each had two tackles, while Panfil had one. Tom Campbell at Purdue's next three opR Freshman safety Landon Feichter should be ready for ponents: Nov. 2: Ohio State Austin Logan and red- action the first or second week of Ohio State was idle last shirt freshman linebacker November. week and carries the naAndy James Garcia recorded their first career interceptions tion's longest winning-streak of 18 games into its game Saturday against Iowa. against the Cornhuskers. Historically, Coach Urban Meyer's Garcia made his pick in the third quarter, while Logan got his in the teams have fared well in games with more than a week to prepare, as he fourth. "It was something I didn't expect," Lo- holds a 34-2 career record. Ohio State and opponent Iowa gan said. "It just kind of fell in my hands. But it was very nice to get that off my possess the Big Ten's second- and thirdshoulders. I don't have to worry about ranked rushing defenses, with OSU allowing 86.2 yards per game and Iowa my first college interception any more." R After Dalyn Dawkins' second- allowing 88.5. The Buckeyes' "Silver quarter fumble against Nebraska, the Bullet" defense is also good for sixth freshman didn't return to the field. The nationally in rush defense, as they have Cornhuskers scored a play later, taking not allowed a rush of 20 or more yards this season. OSU is one of eight FBS a 21-0 lead. Two days later, Hazell said it wasn't schools to not allow a 100-yard rusher in the 2013 season. a benching. GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 7 • 31