B1G Championship: Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31

Before the AP recap, let me start off with my thoughts on Nebraska’s humiliating defeat in the B1G Championship. 1. I saw this coming. No really, I did. Everybody was talking too much about Pasadena, as if the Huskers were already crowned B1G Champions and were only attending the game as a formality. Wisconsin, obviously, …

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Nebraska 13, Iowa 7

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Winning five straight games mostly without him, didn’t mean Nebraska doesn’t need Rex Burkhead. On a cold and blustery afternoon with a spot in the Big Ten title game on the line, Burkhead proved why he’s so valuable to the Huskers. Burkhead scored the go-ahead touchdown in his return from …

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Nebraska 38, Minnesota 14

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Taylor Martinez threw for 308 yards and two touchdowns to Kenny Bell while becoming No. 16 Nebraska’s all-time passing leader in a 38-14 victory over Minnesota on Saturday. The Cornhuskers (9-2, 6-1), who had to come from behind in the second half in four of its first five Big Ten wins, …

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Nebraska 32, Penn State 23

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska did it again. For the second straight week and fourth time this season, the 18th-ranked Cornhuskers overcame a double-digit, second-half deficit to win a football game. This time they came from 14 points down to beat Penn State 32-23 Saturday, with Taylor Martinez throwing a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jamal …

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