One of the big takeaways from the Nebraska football win over Cincinnati on Thursday night was that while the game was technically a home game for the Bearcats, Husker fans "took over" Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City in a big way. That was just one of the things that UC head coach Scott Satterfield pointed out after the game, as he was clearly a bit annoyed this wasn't a game played in his actual home stadium.
"Certainly Cincinnati's home game, it sure didn't feel like it for sure," Satterfield said postgame. "It sure didn't feel like it for sure. That was one of the louder stadiums that I've been a part to play a game in. Certainly affected us offensively. I think we had four false start penalties, having to go south of cadence."
What Scott Satterfield said about Husker fans and Nebraska football’s DBs
He went on to cite one situation where Nebraska fans got into Cincy's head and changed the outcome of a drive. "One early in the first half, we complete a pass to Cyrus (Allen) and get a first down. That comes back, we end up having to punt. So, it definitely affected the game. Their crowd was good here tonight."
It wasn't all the fans that beat the Bearcats, though. Sattefield was also quick to point out that Nebraska's secondary was excellent. While the NU front had some problems, Ceyair Wright and company shut down the passing attack.
"I think probably more so the secondary with some of the tight coverage they had," Satterfield said. "I think that's probably their most experienced part of their defense. "(Ceyair Wright), (DeShon Singleton), (Malcolm Hartzog), they were all returning starters ... those guys were pretty solid. A couple of the new guys that were back there, we felt like we could have made some plays on some of those guys. We didn't really get much to it, but (Andrew Marshall), (Donovan Jones), I think, was the slot guy. But I thought our guys up front blocked well."
While Satterfield felt like his team was close to winning the game, the Nebraska football team did just enough to limit Brendan Sorsby to 69 yards on 13-of-25 passing to win the game and start the year 1-0.