TO OPEN THE SEASON SINCE 2019, AND WITH THE POST-GAME STORY FROM LINCOLN, HERE'S OUR ANDY KENDEIGH INSIDE MEMORIAL STADIUM. WELL, THIS IS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. AN OVERMATCHED TEAM COMING INTO LINCOLN AND GETTING OVERWHELMED. IT WAS SHADES OF PACIFIC OF YESTERYEAR. MAYBE EVEN WESTERN KENTUCKY. AND THIS IS HOW A FIVE STAR QUARTERBACK IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK. YOU COMPLETE 70% OF YOUR PASSES AND YOU THROW FOR A COUPLE TOUCHDOWNS. AS THE HUSKERS WIN A LAFFER 40 TO 7 IN THEIR SEASON OPENER, BEATING UTEP. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THE GAME. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP. YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO GIVE ALL OF OUR GUYS A CHANCE TO PLAY, BUT YOU KNOW, DIDN'T DIDN'T WANT TO EMBARRASS THEM. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO FIX. AND AND CLEAN UP. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO GET WINS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND FOR, FOR OUR TEAM TO GET GET THE FIRST WIN IN THE SEASON. YOU KNOW, IT'S EXCITING IN ALL RAIOLA 19 TO 27 FOR 238 YARDS. AND THOSE TWO TOUCHDOWNS PASSING AND REALLY PUT THE GAME AWAY. RUNNING THE TWO MINUTE DRILL TO PERFECTION. JUST BEFORE HALF WITH THIS PASS TO JAMAAL BANKS SNAP BACK TO RAIOLA. STEPS THROWS TOWARD THE END ZONE FOR BANKS. GOES UP. MAKES THE CATCH AND IT IS A TOUCHDOWN NEBRASKA WITH EIGHT SECONDS LEFT IN A TIMEOUT TO TAKE A SHOT. IN THE END ZONE. RIGHT. THAT IS SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO PLAY THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO PLAY SOMEDAY. AND I DIDN'T CALL A TIME OUT AND SAY, HEY, NOW REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, HEY, GET IT UP, GET IT DOWN. AND HE TOOK A SHOT AND BOOM, I MEAN, SO WE WE WERE I WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT KILLER MENTALITY. YOU KNOW HE BEEN HAVING THAT IN HIS EYES SINCE HE GOT ON CAMPUS. I'M HUMBLED BUT I'M HIM YOU KNOW. AND JUST GO KILL. SO I SEEN THE FIRE IN HIS EYES. JAMAL MADE A FANTASTIC CATCH. AND YOU KNOW THAT WAS A BIG TOUCHDOWN TO END THE HALF. THE HUSKERS EMPTIED THE BENCH IN THE SECOND HALF. THEY RACKED UP MORE THAN 500 YARDS IN TOTAL OFFENSE, WINNING THEIR FIRST OPENER SINCE 2019. YOU KNOW, WHEN I TOLD THEM, I SAID, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'LL ANSWER THE ONE. I DON'T CARE ABOUT NEXT WEEK'S GAME YET. I'M GONNA WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING. I'M GONNA ENJOY THIS. THIS WAS THIS WAS HARD TO DO. AND THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET THERE. WE'LL WAKE UP TOMORROW AND WE'LL START IT ALL OVER AGAIN. MATT RHULE KNOWS HE WON'T BE ABABLE TO ENJOY THIS TOO, TOO LG BECAUSE HE KNOWS COLORADO IS LURKING AND THE HUSKERS GET THEIR REMATCH AGAINST THE BUFFALOES AND DEION SANDERS SATURDAY NIGHT AT MEMORIAL ST