No.19 Nebraska at No.13 Virginia Tech
Where : Lane Stadium (cap. 66,233), BlacksburgWhen : 3:30 p.m.
On the air: TV - ABC; radio - WRNL (910), 2
Records: Nebraska 2-0; Virginia Tech 1-1
Players to watch: Tech - QB Tyrod Taylor, Jr., 18-36-1, 252 yards, 2 TDs; TB Ryan Williams, r-Fr., 29 carries, 235 yards, 5 TDs, three catches, 78 yards, averaging 9.8 yards per touch; CB Stephan Virgil, Sr., missed last week's win over Marshall with a left knee injury and is listed as questionable for today. Nebraska - QB Zac Lee, Jr., 42-57-1, 553, 6 TDs (new starter); TB Roy Helu Jr., Jr., 30 carries, 212 yards, 3 TDs; DT Ndamukong Suh, Sr., 12 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, 1 pass break-up.
Notable : After losing its much-anticipated season opener to Alabama, Tech played one of its best offensive games, at least stats-wise, in school history last week, gaining 605 yards, including 444 rushing, in a 52-10 win over Marshall. . . . Nebraska remains unproven this season, but one thing is certain: The Cornhuskers' defense is better than Marshall's. The Huskers opened the season by blowing out two Sun Belt Conference teams at home: 49-3 over Florida Atlantic and 38-9 over Arkansas State. Hard to draw any conclusions against those opponents. . . . Today is the second half of a home-and-home series. Tech beat Nebraska 35-30 last season in Lincoln, as Hokies quarterback Tyrod Taylor played one of his best games of the season: 9 of 15 passing for 171 yards and 13 rushes, not counting sacks, for 91 yards and a touchdown. Taylor had runs of 18, 20 and 30 yards. The Huskers must contain Taylor better today.
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