Nebraska Football: Five things to watch vs Minnesota Golden Gophers

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - NOVEMBER 11: Nebraska Cornhuskers running back Devine Ozigbo (22) is tackled in the 4th quarter during the Big Ten Conference game between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Minnesota Golden Gophers on November 11, 2017 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Gophers defeated the Cornhuskers 54-21. (Photo by David Berding/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

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Devine Ozigbo #22 of the Nebraska Cornhuskers (Photo by David Banks/Getty Images) /

FIVE THINGS TO WATCH VS MINNESOTA

NUMBER 3 – GIVE THE BALL TO OZIGBO

Maybe I’m “aging” myself here, but when I was a kid, there was a popular kid’s show called “Hey, Arnold!”. In one of those episodes, Arnold played on a basketball team where the head coach constantly wanted everyone to give the ball to his son Tucker. “Give the ball to Tucker” was uttered frequently throughout the episode.

Well, I’m starting the “Give the ball to Ozigbo” slogan if it hasn’t been started already. This guy has been on fire for the Cornhuskers and gashed the Wildcats on the ground last week to the tune of 159 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries.

Nebraska made the decision to elevate Devine Ozigbo as the only starting running back and now they need to keep feeding him. Minnesota did a nice job at limiting Ohio State’s run game a week ago, but the Buckeyes are more of a passing team anyway and they saw they could do more damage through the air, so they stuck with that.

Ozigbo is Nebraska’s toughest weapon on offense (might be in a close battle with JD Spielman) and they need to take advantage of having him on board. Feed Ozigbo!

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