It’s time for kick off. Time to answer the question, “Where are the Blackshirts?”

Today is consecutive sell out number 286.

It’s blustery and warm, a perfect day for football.

Coin toss: Iowa State calls heads. Heads it is. Iowa State takes the football into the breeze.

[1st Quarter Action]

Twice we tee it up and the wind blows the ball off the tee. Booming kick. Touchback. Iowa State starts at the 20. The “D” has intensity. They’re on their toes. But Iowa State passes for a first. Pass for 11 yard pick up. ISU in I-formation. McKeon breaks up pass attempt with nice hit. McKeon trips up Bret Meyer on QB draw. Third and long out of the shotgun. ISU is short of the first. They punt. Ball put down at one yard line. Hold it. Roughing the kicker. Ouch! Iowa State keeps the ball. Meyer to tight end. ISU is at Nebraska’s 18. Fumble! Cyclone’s get it back. Second and 16 form the 21. Fumble. Husker ball on our 29!

Keller throws strike to Frantz Hardy. 60 yard gain! Big play. Lucky runs toward the end zone. He loses the ball! Iowa State recovers fumble and runs it to the 35. I can’t believe it. Play under review. Call on the field is upheld.

First play from scrimmage, Meyer is sacked. 7:31 left in the quarter. Iowa State has to punt again. Husker’s ball on the 34. No! Another killer penalty. Iowa State keeps the ball and completes a pass. Second and three. Scales runs for first down. Meyer runs to the 22. Scales dives for the first at the Husker 18 yard line. Come on D! 4:19 in the quarter. Ninth play of this drive for ISU. We need a stop. Big time. Hand off to Scales. Ball on the 13. Third down and five. Pass is incomplete. 30-yard field goal attempt coming. Iowa State 3 - Nebraska 0.

Worm-burner kick. We have the ball at our own 47. Great field position. Keller throws deep. Intercepted! Iowa State ball. We’ve given up the ball twice already. And Iowa State has had the ball for over ten minutes in the quarter. Ridiculous. Time out taken by the Cyclones. Second and nine. 4-3-4 for the Blackshirts. Pitch to Scales. No gain. Third and nine. Short gain. D-line taking care of business. ISU punts. Nate Swift calls for a fair catch. :27 remain in quarter.

[2nd Quarter Action]

Nebraska ball. Quick pitch to Lucky for a seven yard pick up. Third and one. Cody Glenn fumbles. Iowa State ball. Unbelievable.

Pass good for eight. Run for a loss. Third down. Scales runs for the first. Option play to the left. Suh tackles runner for a loss. Second and 14. Huge rush by Turner. Meyer nearly intercepted. Meyer throws. Intercepted by Grixby, “the little hero from Omaha Central.”

12:30 left in the half. Important drive for the offense. Second and five. Pass dropped by Hill, our tight end. Gotta make that catch. Throw to Purify for the first down! First grab of the day for Purify. End around to Nunn. Nunn wrapped up. Big loss on play. Second and 20. Middle screen for no gain. Third and 20 into the wind. Keller out of shotgun. He runs. Dances out of bounds for one yard. We punt. Knuckle ball. Iowa State runs it out across mid-field. 10:19 to play in the half.

Scales runs to the 45. Ben Martin, the redshirt freshman from Lincoln Southwest is in there. Iowa State pass for first down. Scales runs but McKeon yanks him down. Pass to Todd Blythe. Good for a big gain inside our ten yard line. Scales runs counter but he’s met by Octavien. Time out, Iowa State. Second and goal at the Nebraska three. Scales slips a tackle for the touchdown. Point after good. Iowa State 10 - Nebraska 0.

It’s awfully quiet in Memorial Stadium. Kick to Grixby. He runs for a big gain (51 yards) across mid-field. “Shades of Johnny Rogers.” Go Big Red! Keller to Nunn for the first down. We’re on the Cyclone 34. Lucky plows for a coule tough yards. 6:18 left in the half. Second and seven. Two tight end on the field, handoff to Lucky for three. Third and four. We need to convert this. Two-down territory? Lucky runs for the first. Breathe…Cody Glenn gets the handoff. Gains two. Clock moving. Under five minutes left in the half. Keller pitches to Lucky, who throws to Hill for touchdown. Insane. Iowa State 10 - Nebraska 7.

House is loud now. Iowa State throws to Blythe for a first. Scales finds a gaping hole on the weak side. Runs for 24 yards. Not good. Meyer runs to the left. Stopped by McKeon. Punt team on. They fake. Kicker runs, but he’s short of the first. Personal foul on Huskers for hitting him after he runs out of bounds. Nebraska ball, because foul was after the play. 15 yard penalty. 2:43 in the half. Pass. Good. We’re in the two-minute drill. Pass to Swift good for 11 yards. ISU showing blitz. Hardy has the catch for 14. Keller is four-for-four on this drive. Pass is dropped by Peterson. Second and 10 at the 24. It would be nice to take the lead here. Lucky pile drives for the first. A pick up of 11. Well done. Time out, Nebraksa. Keller to Nunn in the end zone. Dropped. Second and ten at the 13. Cody Glenn rumbles forward. Third and three. Time out, Nebraksa. 1:13 left to play in the half. We can run it twice if we need to for the first. Let’s hold the ball, whatever we do. Keller passes to fullback Thomas Lawson, the walk-on from Parker, Colorado, for the TD. Nebraska 14 - Iowa State 10.

Kick. Iowa State takes a knee. Meyer to Blythe. He’s hit hard and drops the ball. Third and 10. Meyer is tripped up in the backfield. :51 to play. Nebraska takes time out. Punt team for ISU is on the field. Kick to Grixby. He takes a big hit. Ball at mid-field. :38 to play. Keller to Nunn, dropped. Lucky runs for 13 across the 40. They move the sticks. Keller to Lucky for a short gain. We need another ten yards to be in field goal range. Keller to Swift. Good for a big gain. Keller runs. He doesn’t get rid of the football. Time expires. We get no points.

[HALF TIME]

Pizza time.