OSU Notebook

OSU didn't punt until the third quarter, and when Matt Fodge came out his punt was partially blocked. Even with the interruption, the punt went 45 yards to the 11-yard line.

OSU punted only one other time.

•Jenks grad starts for 'Huskers: Nebraska sophomore and Jenks graduate Phillip Dillard earned his first start at middle linebacker in last week's loss to Missouri. Dillard led the 'Huskers onto the field on Saturday, and started again in the middle.

Dillard replaced fifth-year senior Corey McKeon in the starting lineup. Dillard and McKeon rotated Saturday.

•Linebacker alignment: Chris Collins did not play Saturday. Collins, who has been out with turf toe, did not make the trip for the second week in a row. Defensive lineman Marque Fountain, who injured his hamstring last week but played the whole game at Texas A&M, also did not play. Martel Van Zant (turf toe) played but was limited.

•Ready Rod: OSU defensive lineman Rodrick Johnson moved to linebacker last week because of Collins' injury. In the middle of this week, after learning that Fountain wouldn't play, the Cowboys moved Johnson back to the line.

Johnson had a solid game back at his old spot, defensive coordinator Tim Beckman said, including a diving interception deflected off Jeremy Nethon's hands.

"That just credits a senior that's very unselfish, to move from linebacker, because that's all he'd been practicing the last two weeks, back down to defensive end,” Beckman said. "He probably got 40 snaps today and got an interception and did a great job for us.”

•Grand finale: In his postgame press conference Gundy said he was especially proud of two things: Zac Robinson's block on a long Dantrell Savage run and the last two plays of the game.

"I was very excited about them running the power and Martel (Van Zant) coming up and really putting it on their back and then the last play, where they scored their touchdown, and (safety Andre) Sexton came over and put a good hit on them,” Gundy said. "The easy thing is to say it's 45-7 and just let ‘em score. That's not a knock on Nebraska, that's just I'm proud of our guys for competing all the time.”

•Going basic: When asked if Nebraska's defense was the same as it looked on film, OSU offensive coordinator Larry Fedora said the 'Huskers had simplified the defense significantly since last week.

It didn't seem to help much as Nebraska gave up 551 yards.

•Favorable on film: Officials reviewed two significant Oklahoma State offensive plays in Saturday's game and both times the calls on the field were upheld in favor of OSU.

In one, Robinson completed a 41-yard touchdown pass to Seth Newton late in the first quarter that was reviewed to see if Robinson was behind the line of scrimmage when he threw the ball. In television replays, Robinson appeared to be about a half a yard behind the line of scrimmage.

On Nebraska's previous offensive drive, Sam Keller completed a pass to Terrence Nunn but Nunn did not get a foot inbounds, officials said.

•Celebrity sightings: Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry and his family attended the game … Nebraska's 1997 national championship team was honored before Saturday's game … Nebraska honored famous alum Johnny Carson, showing video of the late-night talk-show host. Carson's family was brought onto the field and recognized at halftime.

By Andrea Cohen