Boy, the whole state was looking forward to the Dave Wannstedt, Bill Callahan game and now the Panthers will come to town fresh off a loss to Frank Solich's rag-tag Ohio bunch. Have mercy if the Huskers lose this one on Saturday.

Thoughts from the Stadium: The Nebraska defense is very, very good. It will keep the Big Red in games, as will the much improved special teams units. This defense, through two games, has been nearly perfect. Maine had one play on them and the field goal by Wake Forest was more a product of the Husker offense not being able to run out the clock inside of two minutes in the first half.

Husker fans can hope that Pitt quarterback Tyler Palko isn't saving up his best performance for Memorial Stadium. He has been, quite frankly, awful in his first two starts for the Panthers and had two interceptions returned for touchdowns against Ohio -- including the game winner in overtime.

The Nebraska offense is suspect at best through two contests. They had two drives against Wake in a third quarter that seemed very productive. The hope in Husker camp is that they can build off a decent second half against the Deacons. It will be interesting to see if this happens.