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Michigan’s Mike Sainristil makes a diving catch in the second quarter against Nebraska on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.



EAKIN HOWARD, Journal Star




Scott Frost was proud of his team after a comeback falls short against Michigan.







Nebraska football writer Parker Gabriel offers his extra points from the Husker football team’s 32-29 loss to Michigan on Saturday night.

It was over when: Adrian Martinez’s fourth-and-10 pass up the right sideline went begging from midfield. The Huskers got right out to midfield on a 25-yard completion to Samori Toure, but Michigan got pressure on second down and on fourth down, forcing incompletions on both. 

Turning point: Martinez’s fumble with 1 minute, 45 seconds remaining put the Wolverines in position to take the lead in the waning moments. The Huskers had the ball with three minutes left in a tie game and a chance to win, but the fumble set Michigan up in field-goal range. Jake Moody calmly put a 39-yard field goal through the uprights 21 seconds later on the game clock. 

Quotable: Martinez on another close loss in a season full of them. 

“We have a special group. We do. We have guys that have a lot of confidence and we’re a good football team. Now, we need to get some more wins and we’ve lost some really close, tough games. But it doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s a special group of guys. Some older guys, a lot of respect for the leadership, the player-led leadership that we have and I know we’re going to bounce back. Our focus is already on Minnesota.”



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