The grades: Wisconsin 35, Nebraska 28 | Football

Steven M. Sipple weighs in with his report card from the Huskers’ game against Wisconsin.

Brody Belt ran with excellent aggression during the first half to set the tone. Actually, Nebraska’s entire backfield crew was in attack mode against the nation’s No. 1 rushing defense. Marvin Scott showed very well in his first meaningful playing time of the season. The Huskers ended up with 35 carries for 101 yards and three touchdowns. Against this defense, you take that every time.

Adrian Martinez finished 23-for-35 for 351 yards and a touchdown, with two interceptions. He heaved an inexplicable interception early in the fourth quarter. But his 38-yard, on-the-move completion to Austin Allen in the fourth quarter was an example of his extreme athleticism. He came out firing with completions of 42 and 27 yards to Samori Toure on the opening drive. He gunned a 34-yard completion to Allen later in the first quarter. But he misfired to a wide-open Zavier Betts in the back of the end zone in the second quarter, and his third-quarter interception was quickly followed by a short Wisconsin TD drive.

Luke Reimer came up with a huge stop on a fourth-and-1 early in the fourth quarter. But Wisconsin was, well, Wisconsin. True freshman Braelon Allen was as good as advertised, and maybe even better. Nebraska was leaky early as Allen had 27 yards combined on his first two carries. The 6-foot-2, 238-pound Allen gets downhill very quickly, as evidenced by his 71-yard touchdown sprint late in the first quarter. Cam Taylor-Britt had a clean shot at him at line but failed to wrap up. Allen kept inflicting damage, ending up with 22 carries for 228 yards (10.4 ypc) and three TDs.