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Husker Extra Rewind: A win is a win, but plenty of room for NU to make life easier on itself going forward | Football



On McCaffrey’s interception, PSU’s athletic outside linebacker Jayson Oweh ripped past right tackle Bryce Benhart to get front-side pressure and disrupt the throw. McCaffrey looked to be targeting Austin Allen on a wheel route concept NU had been setting up. Quick pressure, though, ruined the chance.

* Speaking of pressure on the quarterback, Nebraska got it when it counted most. On defensive snaps No. 90 and 91, the Huskers got home thanks to good, team rush. Ben Stille and Ty Robinson got interior push, Luke Reimer provided some juice off the edge on third down and Caleb Tannor took a really good, strong angle on fourth down with the game in the balance.

* The Husker secondary came up clutch down the stretch, too.

Penn State ran eight plays from the NU 11 or inside in the final six minutes. Quarterback Will Levis was 0-of-7 and was sacked once.

The penultimate drive was particularly impressive. Starting with first-and-10 at 11, NU veterans Deontai Williams, Dicaprio Bootle, JoJo Domann and Marquel Dismuke each won one-on-one battles to force incompletions.

More of the same on the final drive, particularly from Cam Taylor-Britt one-on-one down the sideline against PSU standout Jahan Dotson.



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