Nebraska has had some memorable football games with the Northwestern Wildcats over the years. What impact will that history have, if any, on the impact of this weekend’s game?
Head coach Matt Rhule told the media earlier in the week that while reviewing the tape for the last couple of meetings is essential, the change in personnel, coaches, and scheme doesn’t allow for much input in creating a game plan for Saturday.
“Yeah I watched the 2021 game and I watched last year’s game a lot. I thought what Coach (Scott) Frost and the offensive staff did two years ago was phenomenal, (Adrian) Martinez was amazing, a lot of great things happened. They played great defense. Obviously last year was a hard fought battle back and forth, but you know they have a new defensive coordinator, so there’s not a lot of things that translate, so it’s all kind of new.
He also told the media that he believes there are some similarities between the Wildcats and the Cornhuskers.
I get into game week, I usually try to go back and watch personnel, you know Coach (D.J.) Vokolek is there who was here, so obviously he’ll know our personnel, so I try to go back and watch their players versus our guys a little bit, but for the most part now I have six games on them versus really good competition, two top-25 teams that they’ve played, they’re just a lot like us.”
Nebraska will face off against the Northwestern Wildcats this Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Kick-off is set for 2:30 p.m. Find a photo gallery of Nebraska and Northwestern on the football field.