EVANSTON, Ill. — When Northwestern’s offense took the field at its own one-yard line with 2:02 to play Saturday, a season hung in the balance. If NU doesn’t score, it loses a close game to an 0-6 Nebraska team, and its Big Ten West chances all but go up in flames. But, as you probably well know, that’s not what happened.
Quarterback Clayton Thorson led his team 99 yards with no timeouts to score a touchdown and tie a game that NU ultimately won 34-31 in overtime.
“I’ll remember, I think, going down by 10, and looking around, talking to the guys, and seeing the life in their eyes, knowing we can move the ball,” Thorson said.