Ameer Abdullah rushes for 208 yards as No. 21 Huskers run by Illini

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska's marching band spelled out "Fear Ameer" at midfield to highlight its halftime show. That warning came a little late for Illinois on Saturday night. By then, Ameer Abdullah already had run for 196 of his 208 yards in the 21st-ranked Cornhuskers' 45-14 victory. "I like everything I see from Ameer. He's a special player," Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said. "He got hit in the knee and had a little bruise. We felt the game was in hand, we have a lot of good running backs, so we got him out in the third quarter and thought that was the right thing to do." No problem. Imani Cross added a career-high 109 yards and a TD to help the Cornhuskers (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten) to their best start since 2010 heading into next week's game at No. 9 Michigan State. Wearing all-red alternate uniforms on homecoming, the Huskers rushed for 458 of their 624 total yards.