Colandrea Throws Four First-half Touchdowns as Nebraska Routs Bowling Green
Anthony Colandrea had all four of his touchdown passes done before halftime. Nebraska led 35-0 at the break, and that was the ballgame, 56-7 when it ended.
The first-half menu was Jacory Barney Jr. from 35 yards, Kwazi Gilmer from 12, Gilmer again from 4 and Barney again from 32. In between, Jamal Rule broke a 59-yard run. Colandrea finished 20 of 24 for 222 yards with four touchdowns and one interception, plus 33 yards on 4 carries. Barney finished with 8 catches for 115 yards and Gilmer with 6 for 39. The third quarter had no scoring at all, which tells you how the second half went.
Bowling Green's only points came at 14:53 of the fourth quarter, a 19-yard pass from Jay Kastantin to Leo Kemp that made it 7-35. Nebraska answered with Isaiah Mozee's 7-yard run, then a 25-yard fumble recovery touchdown for Derek Wacker, and then backup TJ Lateef hit Kwinten Ives from 6 yards with 1:18 left for the final margin.
The yardage was lopsided in the same direction. Nebraska had 546 total yards (282 passing, 264 rushing) and Bowling Green had 169 (84 passing, 85 rushing). Bowling Green threw one interception and lost one fumble, and Nebraska's defense recorded two sacks.
Nebraska is 2-0, and Colandrea already has seven touchdown passes in two games. Bowling Green is 0-2.
For fantasy, Colandrea's 36.2 points were the best in the game by miles, and the three top scorers were all Cornhuskers: Barney at 31.5 and Gilmer at 21.9 were riding that one quarterback.