“It was just an absolute downpour the whole game,” he said. “You just cannot believe the rain. They had like five inches in a little over 24 hours.”

Mizzou dominated the first three quarters of the game, before fall aparting at the seams. However, their offense did not look impressive.

“Missouri got Blaine Gabbert hurt, their quarterback,” James said. “But they’re a team with five receivers out and no backs. And when they had one back out there, there’s no deception when Gabbert’s hurt. So, their running game was just shot.”

Gabbert did have one rushing touchdown late in the first half, as Mizzou went into the locker room with a 9-0 lead.

“For three quarters, it looked like Nebraska would never score,” James said. “Missouri had it won, then Gabbert started throwing it to Nebraska. And Zac Lee for Nebraska really started to play. And their defensive kids made some good plays. The defense should have five interceptions where the ball was thrown right to them. They caught two.”

Nebraska’s Lee finished 14-for-33 passing with three touchdowns — all three coming in the fourth quarter. Gabbert’s two interceptions were the first of his career. Defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh — a Lott Trophy candidate — made one of the interceptions. His pick led to the go-ahead touchdown for Nebraska.

“They hit a post route and that was the ball game,” said James. “It was a miserable, miserable night to play.”

James joked that he was fortunate to be inside for the game out of the elements. The loss marked the first time Mizzou has fallen to Nebraska at home since 2001.

The Bulldogs have had two wild games in a row, defeating South Carolina 41-37 in Athens, and then going on the road and beating Arkansas 52-41.

What is your impression of Georgia after the last two weeks?

Dooley: “Well, I think those were the two wildest games I’ve ever seen Georgia play back-to-back. They scored 93 points in two games. Arkansas has a quarterback (Ryan Mallett), everyone knows, that can throw the football. They had one easy game and an off week, which might have helped them with preparation. But I think it might have hurt them in the long run, because in the fourth quarter, they were not, in my estimation, tournament tough.”

What is going on with the SEC defenses that are usually so good?

Dooley: “I think Arkansas has some serious defensive problems. Joe Cox, Georgia’s quarterback, threw five touchdown passes, which is amazing. I think he’s a much better quarterback than people realize, and he’s capable. But Georgia has a lot of problems on defense as well. One thing that’s obvious is that they have good intangibles, they have good leadership, they’re spirited and they’ll fight like hell to hang with you. In both cases, (against Arkansas and South Carolina), they came back to win. And in the Arkansas game, they dominated the fourth quarter and were able to sack Mallett a couple of times. “

Georgia seemed to incur an awful lot of penalties. What gives?

Dooley: “Well, they’re very undisciplined. They were the most penalized team in the conference last year. Coach Richt had really been emphasizing that discipline. But he’s gotten a little loosey-goosey with it, in fear of taking away that aggressiveness on the defensive side. I didn’t agree with him on that, but nevertheless, he got much tougher on it coming into this year. It looked like they were going to start out and not be as guilty, but right now, they’re probably leading the conference again in penalties.”

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