LINCOLN, Neb. — Its offense humming and its defense holding up on drives in which it didn’t commit an inexcusable penalty, UCLA looked like it might roll to a convincing road victory midway through the third quarter Saturday.
With quarterback Ethan Garbers practically mimicking his career-best performance from his last game, the Bruins held a 20-point lead over Nebraska. It would have been easy to start pondering how to spend the flight home.
Then something unforeseen rolled into Memorial Stadium: drama.
Nebraska freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola, who made poor decisions for most of the afternoon, fired a touchdown pass.