FORMATION NOTES: Nebraska is primarily a 3-4, which meant the usual duo maulings looked a bit different; Michigan largely went off tackle instead of up the gut, with a few exceptions. Nebraska's usual approach:
You see an OLB flexed over the slot and then a standup DE/OLB sort (Garrett Nelson, who popped out as by far their best player). This is a seven man front from them in my charting, as I count the overhang guy but not the cornerback and the safety is at about ten yards. Borderline—S creeps down a little further and I'll put 7.5 in.
Later in the game Nebraska upped the beef, bringing in a full eight-man front:
This helped a bit, but only a bit.
SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Keegan and Schoonmaker were out. Hayes/El-Hadi/Oluwatimi/Zinter/Barnhart at OL, with Trente Jones getting the last drive. TE was a ton of Loveland and Honigford, somewhat less Bredeson, and a Hibner cameo. Edwards only got two carries after taking a big hit on his first one, which led to way more Corum than normal and then some not-quite garbage time for Stokes, Dunlap, and Gash.
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