With Nebraska's top unit putting a game away early for the first time since last season, the Huskers got their first real chance Saturday to trot some younger players onto the field under game conditions.
Both sides of the ball had good moments, with the No. 2 offense driving for a touchdown and players such as Braxton Clark stepping up on defense.
"That was huge. It's the fine line of growing up as a football team; when do you start subbing those guys out?" defensive coordinator Erik Chinander said Tuesday. "Maybe when you're to the point where we'd like to be here down the road, you get those guys out there earlier and let them go out with a little bit smaller lead and go operate and do some things.