5 interesting observations from Nebraska's bowl clinching win over Northwestern

Steven Branscombe/GettyImagesThe Nebraska football team is going bowling. For the second straight year, Matt Rhule has the Huskers looking at the postseason. While the team probably took itself out of playoff contention with last week's loss to Minnesota, it's been a long time since NU was preparing for a bowl game this early in the season.

There are still some things this team needs to fix. As Matt Rhule said after the game, the Huskers are far from perfect. But for the second time in three weeks, they didn't allow some mid-game stumbles to sink them. Here are the top takeaways from Saturday afternoon.

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