Nebraska-Missouri: Huskers’ Explosive First Quarter Fuels 31-17 Win

Posted by Kraig Lundberg on October-31-2010 Add Comments

Ramblin' Roy got the ball.

Then he was gone.

What?  Where the heck did "Ramblin' Roy" come from?  I have no idea, I think I just made it up, but that's not the point.

Senior Nebraska running back Roy Helu Jr. got a rare 28-carry game (he had 12 carries or less in each of the Huskers' previous six games), and turned it into a 307 yard, 3 touchdown performance, a breathtaking display of Helu's explosiveness when he is healthy.

Each one of his three touchdown runs was 53 yards or longer.  We saw flashes of this explosiveness in 2008, but it was largely absent, with the exception of games against Virginia Tech,...

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