It took over 1,000 days for Nebraska to outscore Missouri. Missouri kept a tight grip over the Huskers, starting in 2007 all the way through the third quarter of the rain-bowl at Faurot.

But it took one Zac Lee pass for momentum to shift to "Big Red" Nebraska scored 27 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.

"It's definitely the most frustrating thing in the world right now. But, we had to bounce back better than that," Missouri linebacker Andrew Gackhar said.

Quarterback Blaine Gabbert, stellar through his first four games, was quick to blame himself for some of the struggles.

"It came down to capitalizing on field position, and tonight we didn't do that, and that really boils down to me," said Gabbert.

What Gabbert didn't mention was the tremendous pressure he faced from Ndamakong Suh, reviving images of the "Blackshirt" defenses that terrorized college football for years. Like Suh, Zac Lee resembled Tommy Frazier, and Roy Helu Jr. looked like Lawrence Phillips. Nebraska carried the look of an inspired team.

The song says there's no place like Nebraska, and for the Tigers, that team known as Nebraska appeared firmly back in contention for the Big 12 North.