LINCOLN, Neb. -- Conditions weren't optimal for Barret Pickering.
The Nebraska freshman had never kicked in the snow before, and the intensity was picking up as he was getting set to try a season-long 47-yard field goal with a swirling north wind at his back and a feel-like temperature of 15 degrees.
The ball off his foot started left and faded right -- right between the goal posts for his third field goal of the fourth quarter and the go-ahead score in a 9-6 win over Michigan State on Saturday.
"We went out there like we do for any other kick," the native of Birmingham, Alabama said.