In the early going this season, Nebraska has started relatively fast in the first half and seemed to coast in the second half of games. But this week, it was just the opposite: for the first 40 minutes or so of the game, Nebraska was just plain mediocre, at best. So many squandered opportunities, and special teams was almost criminally inept.
Most importantly? Zero points.
And that officiating? Perhaps the most egregious phantom penalty since the block in the back that wiped out Corey Dixon’s punt return thirty years ago in the Orange Bowl. At the start of the second quarter, Thomas Fidone was flagged for offensive pass interference despite not even touching the Purdue defender, wiping out a 22 yard touchdown pass to Rahmir Johnson.