What We Know Now Wisconsin/Anti-hoopla edition

Hoopla. Nebraska ignores it and this game is bound to be filled to the brim with frothy, delicious hoopla like so many steins overflowing with Wisconsin-brewed suds.

If you wanted to break down Nebraska's weekly press conference into one sentence it's this: Keep your hoopla to yourself. Luckily there were some other notes of note.

--Fun fact prelude: Wisconsin is 27-3 in its last 30 night games (winning the last six) and 9-2 in their last 11 night games at Camp Randall Stadium.

--Nebraska opened as a 7-point underdog Sunday and is a 10-point pooch as of this writing, the biggest spread the Huskers have faced since being a 14-point underdog to Texas. Some people say Bo Pelini is better when he can use this mindset. Bo Pelini is not one of those people. "We don’t pay attention to that stuff. We don’t talk about whether we’re underdogs or 30-point favorites. Our approach doesn’t change." My guess is this is only a half-truth. When the underdog card is there it's hard not to play it.

--That said, WR Brandon Kinnie said he "takes it personal" that people aren't giving Nebraska much of a chance and QB Taylor Martinez - channeling Ray Jackson, Jimmy King, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose and Chris Webber - said the Huskers were ready to "shock the world." And this is why it's tough not to play the underdog card. The players are already using it as motivation despite saying they're not.

--Fun fact interlude: Wisconsin hasn't hosted a meeting of two top 10 teams in a long time. So long ago, in fact, that it was when Minnesota was ranked in the top five. In 1962 No. 3 Wisconsin beat No. 5 Minnesota 14-9. That's one thing going for Nebraska in this game. The "prove it" onus is probably more on (highly regarded) Wisconsin than it is on the (perceivably over-ranked) Huskers.

--Two fun ones from everybodys press conference superstar LT Yoshi Hardrick.

1) Yoshi I why he won't be moving to a ranch in Wyoming. "I don’t ever want to go back to Wyoming again,” Hardrick said Monday. “I couldn’t breathe. A lot of us couldn’t. After two plays your mouth goes dry.”

2) On Wisconsin's pillowy non-conference schedule: "I don’t think they’ve played anybody that’s been physical yet. We’ve got a great chance to wake them up." This quote came directly after Yoshi talked about Fresno State giving Nebraska bulletin board material. That's why Yoshi's great. He just talks.

--Martinez on how the no-huddle will run in the noisy environment of Camp Randall Stadium: "I think (no-huddle) will probably make it easier honestly because the WRs and RBs already know the plays and I just have to communicate it to the line. That’s not that hard.” Interesting angle. I typically take my Martinez comments heavily salted but is there a kernel of truth there? I always like quotes that challenge the conventional wisdom.

--Is DT Jared Crick going to be back to practice (and presumably the game) this week? "Uh-huh," said Pelini. No, really. It's in the transcript.

--Not-so-fun fact processional: Nebraska last played in a game featuring two top 10 teams in 2001, beating Oklahoma 20-10. Bo Pelini is 1-5 in four years against top 10 opponents.