WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – It looked bad, and then it looked worse and then it looked really good. Nebraska fell behind 24-12 to a 3-4 Purdue team on the road but a touchdown pass from quarterback Tanner Lee to wideout Stanley Morgan Jr. with 14 seconds left in the game sealed a 25-24 win.
In keeping with the "bad, bad, good" theme, here are the top tweets from a strange night in Indiana.
Nebraska opened with a field goal, so we’ll open with this gem.
Points. #Huskers pic.twitter.com/8At2pXusVj
— Derrick Arthur (@DerrickArthur) October 28, 2017
Didn’t we hear Nebraska wanted to run the ball more?
Well on the way to 40 plus passing attempts….. pic.twitter.com/WfT0qiSfQb
— Jay Moore (@jaymoore44) October 29, 2017
Our own Mark Kraynak, ever the optimist.
Those .5 yard runs will become 1.2 yd runs in the 2nd half
— Mark Kraynak (@MarkSkers) October 29, 2017
If you tweet an Office gif, I will enjoy it. That’s a rule.
Me watching #Huskers football pic.twitter.com/LA1uqSlfk7
— Matt (@BigRedMatt6) October 29, 2017
We have another two-for this week because Derrick was on his game.
#Huskers pic.twitter.com/4cGWyYbftQ
— Derrick Arthur (@DerrickArthur) October 29, 2017
After kicker Drew Brown’s second touchdown-saving tackle in as many games, his holder chimed in.
I’m warning you…. DO NOT CROSS @Drewdbrown34 ….. he will up end you…. 💀 💀
— Zeus (@DarlingtonZack) October 29, 2017
Tailback Tre Bryant was watching from home after season-ending surgery. He did not like what saw.
https://twitter.com/TreBryant_8/status/924458316650164229
Finally, after so much negative, the positive came. Stanley Morgan Jr. with the walk-off (sort of).
Stan the Man. #Huskers pic.twitter.com/TjwD5hODRa
— Jacob Padilla (@JacobPadilla_) October 29, 2017
The Huskers’ wide receiver commit on his future teammate.
https://twitter.com/_TheJoshuaMoore/status/924471670680817664
Post-game video from the Huskers’ locker room after the win.
Never, never, never, never quit.
Never.#GBR pic.twitter.com/DpxLx1xDPl
— Nebraska Football (@HuskerFBNation) October 29, 2017
Derek is a newbie on the Hail Varsity staff covering Husker athletics. In college, he was best known as ‘that guy from Twitter.’ He has covered a Sugar Bowl, a tennis national championship and almost everything in between (except an NCAA men’s basketball tournament game… *tears*). In his spare time, he can be found arguing with literally anyone about sports.