Dwayne McDougle

Um, you know, kind of a break in case of emergency type of situation last week.

Uh, which by the way, again, without that McDougle pick, I wonder how close they were to bringing Jamal Rule in.

Um, but you know, he's an obvious one too where, you know, i- if he can get going, and we talk about the difficulty of getting those yards.

If he could run for over 100, and, and, or, or certainly make a, a dent in the passing game, make some big plays there, he's one of those guys.

So then is this the game that Nebraska went and got Owen Chambliss for a reason, right? Can the defensive line do its job enough to let Owen Chambliss clean up? Is this the, the Vincent Shavers causing havoc game, right? Again, maybe not all game, but wh- when Bebe's breaking into the open field or, or Richard has just Shavers to beat before he's onto a one-on-one with the defensive back, can Shavers go make a play, get hat to ball, get hand to ball, punch it out and, and force a turnover? But I do think that ultimately it's in the defensive backfield.

Whether it's Andrew Marshall in his one-on-ones, whether it's Danny Odom gets tested or Victor Evans gets tested and, you know, they, they hold up better than you might think in coverage, don't allow the big player step up in the big moments, or then either of the safeties, right? Is this the, the Jamir Khan game? Indiana tries to test Nebraska over the top and Khan's always there.

Is this the, the Dwayne McDougle game, where he's been, you know, pretty good coming down in the box for the most part, um, and also decent in coverage.

I, I do think it's the defensive backfield.

So that should open up some more tight end stuff over the middle and things like that.

So, uh, that's who I had for offense, and I had Dwayne McDougle on defense m- because of the 81 yard pick six that radically shifted the momentum in the game.

Um, I didn't look at the rest of his stats, but, uh, those are my guys.

How about you?

Everything's on this dude's shoulders, so I hope that he remains ready for all that as time goes on.

I don't wanna curse anything by making anyth- any sort of crazy, crazy statements, but yeah, Calandrea, man, what a dog.

And then, uh, yep, I got Dwayne McDougle as well, for the same reason that you said it.

I think we were finding our footing, but then Dwayne McDougle essentially set the final tone that Nebraska then took and, no pun intended-

Two slices left, 50% remaining, 20% for literally one play, but it was the most important play in the game.

Dwayne McDougle used the film study, did it up right during the, uh, during the week, knew the tendencies of Malik Washington.

Really fun play to go back and watch again from the, the behind the quarterback 'cause you can see him start his, uh, his running in on that with the pick six.

Flipped the game, really got Nebraska going.

So Dwayne McDougle, 20% there.

And the last slice goes to Anthony Calandrea.

[sighs]

That's right.

Uh, dog of the game for me, I th- I don't think this is gonna come for a shock for anybody, but the most pivotal play in the game that kinda swung things back in our favor and completely changed the trajectory and the momentum of the game, um, was our boy Dwayne McDougle with that, uh, pick six house job he dropped on Maryland.

Uh, I think that was what, like 81 yards? I mean, that was a long, long way, and it was beautiful the entire way.

And Owens you can probably speak from being in there, but the Husk guys posted something on Twitter yesterday saying that was one of the loudest pops they've heard in Memorial Stadium in a long time.

It was one of those, like, how the hell do we have the lead at halftime all of a sudden?

[laughs] Right.

Like, when the, when did this happen? But it really, that turned the game on its head, that play by Dwayne McDougle.

And that's-

Thank God.

Um, so not only has he taken care of the ball, making plays with his legs, leadership, li- I mean, his, his hurdle got, also Dwayne McDougle's pick six, ignited the sidelines.

So you couldn't ask for more out of him so far.

He's played really well.