I understand that conference life is rough. When you're in a position like Michigan and Nebraska are in, you're always a target. Even in your down years, everyone brings their best game against you. 

In the case of Nebraska, it's even more that way. This is their first year in the Big Ten. The last thing that anyone from a proud conference wants to do is let a big name from another conference come in and win in the first year. 

But if you are really a top team, you have to overcome that kind of motivation from your opponent. 

On Saturday, both No. 10 Nebraska and No. 15 Michigan failed to do that against teams that they should have ...

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