The Huskers completed just 50 percent of their 48 passes a week ago. But before all the fingers get pointed at the quarterback, consider that there were eight drops by receivers.
That's how many coaches counted.
"A couple of times we were running before the catch," said Husker head coach Mike Riley. "Those, particularly, those when you’re throwing the short runs. It’s a run-pass key and you’re giving the guy that has some room the ball as quick as you can. Now, all of a sudden, that’s incomplete."
Those deflate a team. They also put a team behind schedule in moving the chains.