Matt Rhule after Indiana loss: 'Everything should be pointed right at me'

Nebraska coach Matt Rhule takes full responsibility for an embarrassing 56-7 loss to Indiana on Saturday. The Cornhuskers were outplayed in every facet as they played extremely sloppy, committing five turnovers and never giving themselves a chance.

In a loss such as this, there’s usually more than one person to blame, but Rhule is willing to accept the majority of it. Still struggling to make sense of what happened in the moments after the game, he owned up to his failure to have the team prepared.

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“I thought they had our number today,” Rhule said in his postgame presser. “That’s the part that really infuriates me as the head coach. People are gonna point at this person, point at that person. Everything should be pointed right at me.

“I usually can see things coming, and I’ll tell you right now, I did not see this coming. Credit to them. I don’t want to take anything away from them. They’re an excellent football team. But yeah, I did not see this coming.”

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Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola had his worst game of the season, matching his season total with three interceptions and four total turnovers. Indiana jumped out to a 28-7 advantage by halftime and didn’t let off the gas at all to start the second half.

The loss dropped the Cornhuskers to 5-2 (2-2 Big Ten) on the season. A conference title is likely off the table at this point in the season, but this still has a chance to be one of the program’s better years in recent memory. Nebraska has not made a bowl game since 2016 but is just one win away from punching its ticket.

As embarrassing as the loss was, it’s merely one game that the Cornhuskers will have to quickly forget. Things don’t get any easier next week as Matt Rhule and Nebraska are set to face No. 4 Ohio State at noon ET on Saturday in Columbus.