Ohio BobcatsvsNebraska Cornhuskers
OHIO 21/NEB 49
Things to say
Nebraska handled Ohio 49-21 at Memorial Stadium to open the season 1-0.
01
opener
Nebraska rolled, 49-21. Ohio hung around early but the Huskers just pulled away in the second half. Never really in doubt once they got going.
02
key player
Colandrea was surgical — 275 and three touchdowns through the air. Guy carved them up all afternoon.
03
hot take
Honestly, 49 flatters Nebraska a little. Ohio moved the ball fine, they just couldn't get off the field when it mattered.
04
deep cut
Jamal Rule quietly went for 122 on the ground and found the end zone twice — they leaned on the run when they wanted to.
05
exit
Real test is next week, though. Anybody can look good in the opener.
The recap
Nebraska poured it on late, turning a one-score game into a 49-21 laugher by scoring the last 21 points. Anthony Colandrea ran the show with three passing touchdowns and a scramble score of his own, while Jamal Rule pounded out 122 yards and two more on the ground.
Ohio actually hung around and cut it to 21-28 on a gutsy two-point conversion, but that was the turning point — Colandrea answered with a 51-yard bomb to Mekhi Nelson and the Bobcats couldn't move the ball after that. Riley Neer's 104 receiving yards was mostly garbage-time window dressing.