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What other media outlets are saying:

The University at Buffalo football team had the chance to go toe to toe with one of the blue-blood programs in college football.

Granted, Nebraska isn’t the vaunted Nebraska program that much of college football is traditionally used to seeing on Saturdays. But the Bulls couldn’t rise to the challenge of keeping the pace with a Power Five program in a 28-3 loss to the Huskers on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. In fact, the Bulls couldn’t complete drives with the same ease they did in their season opener against Wagner.

In a way, the outcome was as expected. Nebraska did enough to hold off an opportunistic Mid-American Conference team, even as it shot itself in the foot a few times. It felt as though neither team wanted to win. As Nebraska made mistake after mistake that kept it from opening a two-touchdown lead until the fourth quarter, the Bulls made their own mistakes in the second half.

UB left Lincoln with a $1.32 million paycheck, and a more accurate gauge of where it stands as it moves closer to its MAC schedule, and as it now prepares to face No. 17 Coastal Carolina next weekend at UB Stadium. Nine days after an offensive outburst against Wagner, the Bulls’ production plummeted. In particular, the Bulls (1-1) had a pair of prime opportunities in the third quarter to cut a 14-3 lead to four points, but squandered two drives in the third quarter that could have made a difference, or, at least, made it a more competitive contest Saturday at Memorial Stadium.