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LINCOLN - Each Sunday, the Nebraska football team reports to the Osborne Athletic Complex to wrap up the game played the day before.
By Tuesday, the Huskers' plan is to have moved on to the next opponent, and senior fullback Dane Todd said that will be no different this week after the win at Texas A&M.
"We always try to get the last week's game out of our system, and we do a good job of it," Todd said. "We can't live in the past in this game. We always have to be moving forward."
Fortunes change week to week in college football, something proven by what's happened recently in the Big 12.
Nebraska two weeks ago appeared to be in trouble after back-to-back losses. Now the Huskers are 8-3 and headed for the Big 12 championship game, with a chance to be the first North Division team since Kansas State in 2003 to post a 6-2 league mark.
Texas is no longer a cinch to win the South Division after its loss to Kansas State. Oklahoma is alive and well with five straight wins. Missouri has lost three of its past four.
Understanding what difference a week or two can make, NU quarterback Zac Taylor said, is why the Huskers' mood and mentality on Tuesday was about the same as it might have been a few games back.
"Anything can happen," Taylor said. "You're going to have some down weeks, and that's something we've experienced the last two years. But we've showed we can bounce back and keep playing. It's just kind of about keeping your head in the game.
"No matter if you go on a two-game slide or a three-game slide, you've got to realize that there are better times ahead and keep pushing hard. Luckily, we get a chance to see those better times."
The Huskers practiced Tuesday for the first time since beating Texas A&M 28-27 on Saturday. Other than NU going through a shortened workout - because the Colorado game isn't until Nov. 24 - several players called it business as usual inside the Hawks Center.
To the untrained eye, offensive coordinator Jay Norvell said it might not have looked all that different than a practice two weeks ago or three weeks ago when Nebraska was coming off the losses to Oklahoma State and Texas. It shouldn't be any different today or Thursday, either.
"The most important thing is just staying consistent, staying in an even keel, and going about your work every week," Norvell said. "You just can't allow yourself to ever get distracted.
"It's a long season. If you're playing a 12-game season plus a championship game and then a bowl game, there's ups and downs in that. You can see that with Kansas State (beating Texas) last week. So you've got to be ready to go every week."
Practice and practice habits aside, much has changed for the Huskers.
Nebraska has better positioned itself for the Cotton Bowl or the Holiday Bowl, instead of the Alamo or Sun or Insight. The Huskers also wouldn't be considered as much of a long shot to win the Big 12 title game Dec. 2 - and claim a Fiesta Bowl berth - as they might have been two weeks ago.
Again, Todd said, that isn't stuff NU will be thinking about as it occupies the practice field.
"We can only control what we do," he said. "We can't control what anybody else does. We just know that all of our goals are on us, and if we don't do everything we can to accomplish those goals then we'll come up short."
Norvell said there was an energy Tuesday. The Huskers were out of pads as head coach Bill Callahan wanted a low-repetition, high-intensity practice.
Junior receiver Maurice Purify, who made the winning catch against Texas A&M, said the message was sent Sunday that it would be time to go on Tuesday.
"They just told us to move on, and the next game is the next game," Purify said. "Colorado is a big game, even though people probably say it isn't because we're already in the Big 12 championship. But it means a lot. We need to go five for five with the Big 12 North, and that would be great to do."
LINCOLN - Each Sunday, the Nebraska football team reports to the Osborne Athletic Complex to wrap up the game played the day before.
By Tuesday, the Huskers' plan is to have moved on to the next opponent, and senior fullback Dane Todd said that will be no different this week after the win at Texas A&M.
"We always try to get the last week's game out of our system, and we do a good job of it," Todd said. "We can't live in the past in this game. We always have to be moving forward."
Fortunes change week to week in college football, something proven by what's happened recently in the Big 12.
Nebraska two weeks ago appeared to be in trouble after back-to-back losses. Now the Huskers are 8-3 and headed for the Big 12 championship game, with a chance to be the first North Division team since Kansas State in 2003 to post a 6-2 league mark.
Texas is no longer a cinch to win the South Division after its loss to Kansas State. Oklahoma is alive and well with five straight wins. Missouri has lost three of its past four.
Understanding what difference a week or two can make, NU quarterback Zac Taylor said, is why the Huskers' mood and mentality on Tuesday was about the same as it might have been a few games back.
"Anything can happen," Taylor said. "You're going to have some down weeks, and that's something we've experienced the last two years. But we've showed we can bounce back and keep playing. It's just kind of about keeping your head in the game.
"No matter if you go on a two-game slide or a three-game slide, you've got to realize that there are better times ahead and keep pushing hard. Luckily, we get a chance to see those better times."
The Huskers practiced Tuesday for the first time since beating Texas A&M 28-27 on Saturday. Other than NU going through a shortened workout - because the Colorado game isn't until Nov. 24 - several players called it business as usual inside the Hawks Center.
To the untrained eye, offensive coordinator Jay Norvell said it might not have looked all that different than a practice two weeks ago or three weeks ago when Nebraska was coming off the losses to Oklahoma State and Texas. It shouldn't be any different today or Thursday, either.
"The most important thing is just staying consistent, staying in an even keel, and going about your work every week," Norvell said. "You just can't allow yourself to ever get distracted.
"It's a long season. If you're playing a 12-game season plus a championship game and then a bowl game, there's ups and downs in that. You can see that with Kansas State (beating Texas) last week. So you've got to be ready to go every week."
Practice and practice habits aside, much has changed for the Huskers.
Nebraska has better positioned itself for the Cotton Bowl or the Holiday Bowl, instead of the Alamo or Sun or Insight. The Huskers also wouldn't be considered as much of a long shot to win the Big 12 title game Dec. 2 - and claim a Fiesta Bowl berth - as they might have been two weeks ago.
Again, Todd said, that isn't stuff NU will be thinking about as it occupies the practice field.
"We can only control what we do," he said. "We can't control what anybody else does. We just know that all of our goals are on us, and if we don't do everything we can to accomplish those goals then we'll come up short."
Norvell said there was an energy Tuesday. The Huskers were out of pads as head coach Bill Callahan wanted a low-repetition, high-intensity practice.
Junior receiver Maurice Purify, who made the winning catch against Texas A&M, said the message was sent Sunday that it would be time to go on Tuesday.
"They just told us to move on, and the next game is the next game," Purify said. "Colorado is a big game, even though people probably say it isn't because we're already in the Big 12 championship. But it means a lot. We need to go five for five with the Big 12 North, and that would be great to do."
