GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 25, EXPRESS 9 • 9
BY BRIAN NEUBERT
BNeubert@GoldandBlack.com
P
urdue's allowed nearly 600
rushing yards between its last
two games.
Nebraska may have the best
running game in college football.
So clearly if something doesn't
change dramatically on defense
coming out of a bye week, the
Boilermakers' 3:30 p.m. Saturday
game at No. 17 Nebraska may not
go very well.
In its first trip to Lincoln,
Purdue will be charged with stop
-
ping — slowing might be a more
reasonable hope — senior Ameer
Abdullah.
In games that have mattered
this season, only Michigan State
has done so.
Abdullah leads the nation with
1,249 rushing yards. He's coming
off a 225-yard game against Rut-
gers, his fourth 200-plus-yard game
of the season.
In a league that accounts for
nearly half the nation's top-10 rush-
ing leaders, Abdullah stands out.
"I would say Ameer Abdullah
is the best running back in the con-
ference," said Sean Callahan, who
covers Nebraska for Rivals.com's
HuskerOnline.com. "There are four
or five good ones right now, but
I think that he is the best one be-
cause he tends to make guys miss
not only on the second level, but
the third level. Plays that shouldn't
go for any yards, he still gets three
Game 9 Opponent Preview: Nebraska
3:30 p.m. ET • Memorial Stadium • TV: ABC/ESPN2
OUTSTANDING CORNHUSKER RUNNING GAME AWAITS PURDUE IN LINCOLN
Scott Bruhn/Nebraska
Ameer Abdullah is No. 1 nationally in rushing yardage, likely to break 1,300 yards against Purdue
this weekend.
Scott Bruhn/Nebraska
Defensive end Randy Gregory is one of college football's most-feared edge pass-rushers.
