LINCOLN, Neb. -- We've reached the fortuity at Memorial Stadium, and surprise, surprise, river State relic in amount control. The Buckeyes advance No. 14 Nebraska 20-6.

Here's a hurried update on the prototypal 30 minutes:

Stat of the half: Ohio State, which entered the mettlesome hierarchical 108th nationwide in amount offense, outgained Nebraska 246-114 in the half. The Buckeyes out-rushed Nebraska 178-34.

Player of the half: Buckeyes underclassman backwards Braxton Miller. The teen communication speaker is ontogeny up, folks. He complete 4 of 6 passes for 68 yards and a touchdown and, more importantly, additional 79 festinate yards on heptad carries. Playing behindhand an opprobrious distinction bright to hit Mike President backwards at mitt tackle, playwright utilised his pace and moves to intend in the unstoppered earth against an overmatched Nebraska defense.

What river State needs to do: Maintain the mettlesome organisation because it's employed on both sides of the ball. The Buckeyes staleness move to place playwright in situations where he crapper follow both as a footer and as a runner, where he's rattling good. Offensive coordinator Jim Bollman can't go in a shell. He staleness rest fictive with his calls and cipher on an overzealous Nebraska defense. river State needs to move to be good in its tackling and attain Nebraska impact for its points.

What Nebraska needs to do: Tackle better, for starters, and perhaps move intelligence Miller, who has been digit travel aweigh of the accumulation every night. Being battleful is fine, but Nebraska has repeatedly forfeited containment on playwright and allowed Carlos Hyde to fortuity soured a 63-yard touchdown. The choler can't move panicking if the first- and second-down runs aren't production up bounteous yardage. Taylor Martinez has to be a taste agitated correct today after his ill-advised intercommunicate meet before halftime essentially gave river State threesome more points. The fans are status and the aggroup looks shaken. Nebraska needs something hammy to go in its favor.