BYU Cougars

BYU Cougars excited to prepare for new-look Nebraska

Published Aug. 31, 2015 10:13 a.m. ET

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For months, BYU players and coaches have been looking forward to the season opener at Nebraska on Sept. 5.

Fall camp is over, and the Cougars and Cornhuskers collide in just seven days.

“I can’t wait. It’s a week away. You can see it in the guys. We’re getting antsy,” said Cougar wide receiver Colby Pearson. “It helps increase our intensity a little bit out there. We’re all excited.”

It will mark the first meeting between BYU and Nebraska. It's the Cougars’ first game at historic 87,000-seat Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, where Husker fans have sold out every contest since 1962. That’s 340 straight sellouts.

Since concluding fall camp Wednesday night, BYU has been focusing on getting ready for the Big Ten Conference opponent.

The Cornhuskers, who finished 9-4 last year, have a new coaching staff, led by Mike Riley, formerly of Oregon State.

“They’re going to be big, physical,” said quarterback Taysom Hill. “It’s tough to beat a team like that on the road. But what we’ve seen from us as a team, BYU, I think we’re capable of it and we know what we have ahead of us and we’ve been preparing for it.”

(h/t Deseret Morning News)