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Numbers, Statistics & Lies: Michigan State Edition

Nebraska football has its first 1000 rusher since 2014 and a few other milestones still to be achieved

Rock, paper, scissors….rock rock rock! Don’t bring paper or scissors to a Big Ten rock fight. Fortunately, Nebraska brought Barret Pickering.

Most fans assumed that Michigan State’s defense and the weather would slow down the Husker offense. No one imagined that Nebraska’s shaky freshman field goal kicker would carry the day. Barret Pickering has been quietly maturing as the season moved along. No one, save Scott Frost and Co., foresaw the growth spurt he displayed during the fourth quarter of MSU-NU. At a place that calls itself “Kicker U”, Pickering managed to notch his name proudly into the goalposts of Husker history.

As many have pointed out, all the points scored in a 9-6 Husker win were by kickers…on a day when two deceased punters were honored during the pregame ceremonies. Football is often called a ‘game of inches’. From their lofty perview, Foltz and Sadler surely enjoyed this particular game of inches – decided by feet.

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