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Report Card: Huskers 43, Arkansas State 36

What are our grades after the first game of the ‘17 season?

I dare say that no Husker fan expected this year’s season opener to come down to a pass sailing out the back of the end zone after time expired. I think most fans expected this game to be a name-your-score rout, assuming that the 15 point spread and six win betting line were just the oddsmakers being ill-informed about what was happening in Lincoln.

Turns out maybe we were ill-informed. Or perhaps, just guilty of being overly optimistic. After the game, everything swung 180 degrees the opposite direction. Now the temptation is to be overly pessimistic after watching Arkansas State quarterback Justice Hansen torch the Blackshirts early and late.

Just like I cautioned against buying into the hype of this offseason, I also suggest holding off on buying into the despair. This was, after all, the first game of the season. The defense looked like they were trying to be vanilla early on and Hansen feasted on Blackshirts ala mode. After new defensive coordinator Bob Diaco decided to go ahead and expose a little more of his defense on video, Hansen wasn’t finding nearly as many open receivers as in the first half. But when you let a team stick around too long, they believe in themselves more, which sets the stage for some craziness late

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