​“Darkness falls across the land / The midnight hour is close at hand / Creatures crawl in search of blood / To terrorize y’all’s neighbourhood / And whosoever shall be found / Without the soul for getting down / Must stand and face the hounds of hell / And rot inside a corpse’s shell. / The foulest stench is in the air / The funk of 40,000 years / And grizzy ghouls from every tomb / Are closing in to seal your doom / And though you fight to stay alive / Your body starts to shiver / For no mere mortal can resist / The evil of the thriller.“ – Vincent Price opening narration – ”Thriller”(Go ahead & press play – you know you want to. Younger folks who’ve never seen this? Definitely press play. It’s the perfect evening for it)The kickers are out there in the Halloween unis and they’re looking pretty sharp from a distance. The gates opened about 30 minutes ago and, while folks are filing in, many are likely getting the last gulps of non-stadium priced witch’s brew in order to operate at full volume. Golfers call it swing oil, maybe Nebraska’s philosophy majors and future bank CEO’s call it scream oil?`The expectation for this evening is noise. Jed Fisch said Nebraska’s is a crowd easily silenced by big plays, so hopefully everyone can get into the spirit of things – the Blackshirts by preventing any of those and the students by rubbing it in every chance they get.The Huskers desperately need a win in this “get right” game and the fans and student sections should provide the home field advantage. Can the boys get it done on the field?The rewards are bowl eligibility, a 6-2 record and refreshed and winning attitude for bigger rewards in the season’s final four contests.Buckle up and do NOT stop yelling – we want that jet landing overhead volume level.Bring it on, folks.And here is your final availability chart: I love me a good chart – respect the model.Nebraska has lost two close games in a row to preseason Top 10 teams. Washington was the preseason #17 team but has struggled this season while dealing with injuries. The model likes the Huskers to bounce back at home pic.twitter.com/X8DQkJcsnN— Arbitrary Anything (@arbitraryany) October 31, 2026Please don’t do this stuff until we actually win a big game!Probably my most controversial Big Ten Tier List ever posted 👀ucla is ballinNebraska highly underrated, favorable schedule.Northwestern and Wisconsin out of nowhereOregon and Washington happily married as bowl gamersMinnesota is under performing.Then the rest… pic.twitter.com/862apIViZu— Trojan Football ✌️ ᶠᵃⁿ (@TrojanFBx) October 12, 2026Do not plant this idea in the heads of Big 10 refs! A referee just broke one of our players legs. You can’t make this up pic.twitter.com/QnqK3e3uEV— No Quarter ECU (@ECU_NoQuarter) October 31, 2026Yo, UCF fans! The Huskers have zero sympathy for you. (Nothing personal.)https://t.co/xaHYLL7octpic.twitter.com/yiocmFdkCI— Big 22-personnel guy 🌽