Nebraska bowled right past the Falcons of Bowling Green 56-7. The game was clearly over by halftime with a score of 35-0. The Cornhuskers looked as they should against a team with the overall talent of Bowling Green and certainly made a jump from week 1 to week 2. Now, like any true Husker fan, let's break things down and overreact.

Offense

The offense was sharp for nearly the entire night, so sharp that Nebraska never had to punt. Against Bowling Green, that’s what should happen. The play-calling was balanced, about a 50-50 split between run and pass, which was more interesting than expected. Given that Bowling Green had just given up more than 250 rushing yards to an FCS team, it would have been easy to lean on the ground game. Instead, Nebraska mixed it up and threw the ball downfield. That’s the biggest difference from this year and last year's offense: Colandrea isn’t afraid to push the ball past 10 yards. Through two games, Nebraska looks like it may have finally found its quarterback. The running backs and receivers have looked the part too. The caveat is the same for all of them: this has to show up when Big Ten play starts.

Defense

Overall, the defense was good. The third quarter still had some ugly snaps. The defensive line is the lingering question still. The Blackshirts didn’t get home often against a clearly lesser offensive line. Was that vanilla play-calling and scheme, or a talent issue? Right now, it looks more like play-calling. PFF still graded the unit well: 87.5 in pass rush, 76.1 against the run, and 79.7 overall. Again, those numbers should look like that against Bowling Green.

Special Teams

PFF didn’t grade special teams because there wasn’t much to grade. Nebraska never punted, didn’t give up a big kickoff return, and didn’t generate much on its own returns. There was a hand on one punt, but not a clean block. The problem was the same one that’s been showing up all year: sloppy special-teams penalties. At this point, Nebraska might have the most penalized special-teams unit in the country. If they don’t clean that up before Big Ten play, it could cost them a game.