Shatel: A once-considered big game on Nebraska's schedule won't be that at the Big House

Nebraska plays Michigan on Saturday. The game is a big one for the Big House. It's the first time in history that a game with a four-touchdown favorite will be shown on ABC national TV. The fifth-largest crowd in Michigan Stadium history was 113,718 who came to watch Nebraska's first Big Ten game here in 2011. Michigan hired favorite son Jim Harbaugh back in 2015 to lead the Wolverines back to big games. Nebraska hired its favorite boy Scott Frost to take the team to the field. This date was circled in the 2021 and 2022 Big10 schedules. They are two former quarterbacks.

The largest spread that Nebraska has ever looked up is 10 points. Last year Michigan beat Nebraska 32-29 in Lincoln.

Harbaugh was hired by Michigan in 2015. He had been a head coach in 11 seasons and had coached Stanford to an Orange Bowl victory and the San Francisco 49ers in a Super Bowl. Frost had a difficult start at Nebraska. His team didn't finish higher than third in the East his first three years. In his fourth year, he lost to Ohio State 62-39. The next year he went 2-4 and didn’t win a home game. After that, his team went 12-2 in 2021 and made the playoff. Trev Alberts is the new coach at Michigan.