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Report Card: Northern Illinois Huskies 21, Huskers 17

Throughout the spring and summer, I hedged my expectations about Nebraska based on Tanner Lee. Would he be the guy that NFL scouts had been raving about all summer long? Or would he be the Tulane washout that was so indistinguishable from redshirt freshman Patrick O’Brien that NU’s Billy Devaney called them “Patrick Lee and Tanner O’Brien” in the spring? Quite a few commenters here ridiculed my concerns over the summer.

I don’t think they’re laughing anymore.

When Northern Illinois’ Shawun Lurry picked off Lee’s fourth pass of the game, I grabbed my phone and tweeted “Tulane Tanner” as Lurry crossed the goal line. Someone pointed out that this wasn’t really Lee’s fault, and when I saw more replays, I saw why. Lurry jumped the route as the ball left Lee’s hand; this wasn’t on Lee as much as on offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf, whose formations, personnel and tendencies telegraphed the playcalls.

So maybe we should forgive Lee that one. Even so, he’s still responsible for the others he threw, plus the near interceptions that the Huskies dropped. Lee still leads the nation in interceptions with seven, and even if you throw a couple out, he’d still be in the bottom ten nationally. Which takes me back to my original concern about Lee. Turns out he’s the same quarterback he was at Tulane. It’s even statistically equivalent:

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