Nebraska’s 28-20 loss to USC on Saturday as soon as once more pushed the promise of bowl eligibility again one other week for the postseason-starved Cornhuskers.
Nebraska has now misplaced its final 9 video games with bowl eligibility on the road, relationship again to 2016 at Indiana. Eight of these losses have come inside the final two seasons. The Cornhuskers have misplaced their final 4 video games after a 5-1 begin to this season and are a 12 months faraway from shedding the final 4 video games of the 2023 season following a 5-3 begin in Yr 1 of the Matt Rhule period.
The postseason drought has prolonged throughout three coaches, relationship again to Mike Riley’s final season in 2017. Nebraska began this season 3-0 with wins over UTEP, Colorado and Northern Iowa earlier than falling to Illinois 31-24 in time beyond regulation. The Cornhuskers responded by successful their subsequent two video games over Purdue and Rutgers earlier than shedding their final 4 to Indiana, Ohio State, UCLA and now USC.
The Cornhuskers got here agonizingly near breaking that streak on Saturday. After USC prolonged its result in eight with 2:45 remaining, Nebraska had an opportunity to tie the sport on the ultimate possession. However quarterback Dylan Raiola threw an interception on the ultimate play of the day in the long run zone to seal the win for the Trojans (regardless of an obvious missed defensive penalty).
Nebraska closes out the common season towards Wisconsin at house subsequent Saturday earlier than going through Iowa on Nov. 29. The Cornhuskers might want to win a type of video games to keep away from one other disastrous late-season collapse.
