You know, the chatter that said the Huskers had no chance to win Saturday night's game against No. 9 Ohio State.
That's how they played during the first half, which mattered more than anything, because the game was over at halftime.
Ohio State led by five touchdowns at the break and cruised to a 56-14 triumph before a crowd of 89,346 at Memorial Stadium. By the end, though, there were about 20,000 fans left in the stands.
In 23 seasons of covering Nebraska football, I've never seen such a sparse home crowd in the final minutes — not even in mid-October of 2007 when Oklahoma State battered Big Red 45-14 in what became Bill Callahan's final season as head coach.