Ohio State Football: Husking Nebraska, in depth analysis

Ohio State’s first real test comes this Saturday against a Nebraska team that hopes to join Iowa and Purdue and beat the Buckeyes in an unanticipated upset.

For Nebraska, this match-up against Ohio State is their marquee game of the year. College GameDay will be there and it’s prime-time on a Saturday night, and hype hasn’t been at this level for 20 years.

On offense, the Cornhuskers (3-1, 1-0 Big Ten) are led by second-year starter Adrian Martinez, who has already passed for 1,052 yards and ran for another 234, accounting for 10 total TDs (7 passing, 3 rushing) as well.

On the ground, the Buckeyes (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) won’t be able to focus on one back. In addition to the threat of Martinez,…