SAN FRANCISCO — Let's go back to the train whistle, back to that Halloween spent with Purdue Pete, the biggest pasta stain on this Husker season, the day the Boilermakers put up 55 on the Blackshirts.
Few people were calling them Blackshirts that week. No one was in the mood. Sure, the Husker offense gift-wrapped Purdue a bunch of points by turning the ball over four times inside the Nebraska 25-yard line. But still, Purdue scored 55! Had 457 yards of offense. A freshman quarterback threw for 274 of those.
After the game, Nebraska linebacker Josh Banderas uttered the great quote, "The sun’s going to come up.