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Report Card: Huskers 28, Illinois Fighting Illini 6

Whether it’s a preference for Fridays or white jerseys, or if Tanner Lee just finally figured things out, the Nebraska quarterback was much improved this week.

In this week’s predictions, I jokingly suggested that maybe Tanner Lee just hates Saturdays. How else could you explain how a quarterback could impress so many people every other day of the week, yet underperform in games?

Friday night in Champaign, Lee played like the quarterback that experts said he was. Maybe not like an NFL draft pick, but certainly in command of the offense. I doubt that it’s really the Friday thing; if you look back to last week after the boo-birds were out after his third pick-six of the season, Lee is 24 for 35 with four touchdowns. That’s a nice crisp 69% completion percentage in approximately six quarters of football.

On the flip side of the ball, Bob Diaco’s defense continued a streak of good defense that started in the second half against Oregon. For the second straight week, the Blackshirts held an opponent under 200 yards. Over the last 14 quarters, the Nebraska defense has only allowed two touchdowns and three field goals. Yes, Northern Illinois, Rutgers and Illinois aren’t exactly offensive juggernauts, but 23 points allowed by the defense in three and a half games should be good enough to win most games. (Yes, we all know that the 21 points given up by the offense in that stretch were the problem.)

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