LINCOLN, NEB. – 12/12/2020 – at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, December 12, 2020. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star.
Nebraska is closing out the Big Ten schedule on Friday afternoon and on the road.
The Huskers’ “Champions Week” matchup is a 3 p.m. kickoff at Rutgers on Friday, the school announced Sunday afternoon.
The game will be broadcast on Big Ten Network.
Rutgers under first-year head coach Greg Schiano has won three games, including on Saturday against Maryland.
The matchup will feature an intriguing reunion, too. Former Nebraska quarterback and Wahoo native Noah Vedral is the starter at Rutgers, so he may get a chance to play against his former team. However, he was injured in a Saturday win against Maryland, so his status for the game is unclear.
It will be the second time this season that the Huskers have played on a Friday, joining a Nov. 27 loss at Iowa.
Nebraska, of course, played seven of its eight scheduled “regular” season games, going 2-5. Most recently, the Huskers lost Saturday at home to an undermanned Minnesota team that hadn’t played in 22 days due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the program.
As of Sunday morning, playing in a bowl game seemed unlikely for Nebraska, but it’s not impossible. The Big Ten has a maximum of seven spots in the postseason and now seven teams have at least three wins. It is possible that not every team in the conference will even want to play a postseason game, but for the moment, the most likely outcome is that Nebraska’s season ends Friday.
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