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Clarity among the specialists: Nebraska’s place-kicker, senior Connor Culp, has missed five of his past six field-goal attempts and has also missed two extra points. NU used sophomore punter William Przystup last week and got good results, but could potentially go back to freshman Daniel Cerni, who has been up and down. The Spartans, meanwhile, have one of the best place-kickers in school history in Matt Coughlin, who is actually just 2-of-5 on field goals this season, but he’s among MSU’s career leaders in the department and has made all 118 of his career extra points. Punter Bryce Baringer boomed 14 50-plus yard punts in 2020 and put 13 punts inside the 20.

Nebraska 23, Michigan State 21

Strictly a hunch pick here, and Nebraska has been a little bit difficult to read so far in 2021.

The conventional wisdom would lean toward the Spartans in a close game. They’ve got momentum on their side after hammering Miami in the fourth quarter, whereas Nebraska lost a close one at Oklahoma. They’ve got home-field advantage and they’ve got a better offensive line and more consistent rushing attack.

It’s a big one for both teams, but perhaps slightly more for Nebraska. A win helps build on some progress found against Oklahoma. It keeps NU from dropping to 0-2 in the Big Ten and it would give the program a feeling that it can still get done what it wants to this fall. A loss takes almost all of that away.



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