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Nebraska gets ahead of itself with typo
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Nebraska’s media relations staff might’ve counted its chickens before they hatched.
The Huskers suffered a crushing Hail Mary loss to BYU to kick off the Mike Riley era. Mitch Mathews hauled in a 42-yard prayer as time expired to stun Nebraska.
And perhaps, the media relations staff did not hit “delete” in enough times.
In a postgame release, the notes had this nugget at the top:
“30 –– (if we win)…Nebraska won its season opener for the 30th straight season dating back to a loss to Florida State in 1985. The 30 straight season-opening victories leads the nation.”
Here’s proof:
The longest streak in the country ended in the worst possible fashion. That wasn’t an association Riley wanted before he got his first Nebraska win.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.