LINCOLN, NEB. ? Nebraska insists revenge is not motivation for its game against 15th-ranked Texas Tech.

“All the Knute Rockne pep talks before a game go out the window when that ball is kicked,” coach Bill Callahan said. “We’re not going to jump up and down and get mad about something. It’s a different year, a different team, a whole different dynamic than a year ago.”

That’s a good thing because last year’s 70-10 loss in Lubbock, Texas, was the most lopsided in program history – and was the low point of the Huskers’ 5-6 season. Nebraska committed seven turnovers and gave up 49 points in a 12-minute span of the second half.

“It might as well have been 70,000 to 10,” Corey McKeon said. “That performance isn’t going to be repeated.”

Cornerback Tierre Green said he wants to forget not just the Texas Tech game last year, but the entire 2004 season.

“We don’t want to go back to that level of play where we’re going into the tank when we get behind,” he said.

Linebacker Bo Ruud said the Huskers (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) are preparing the same way they always do. They aren’t concerned with last year’s result, he said, and they’re not worrying about Tech’s gaudy offensive numbers.

“Nobody intimidates us,” he said. “You can sit there and work yourself into a frenzy. Right now we’re doing what we’ve done every game. That means we’re not going to talk trash in the media. We’re trying to keep it on the level.”

Texas Tech (4-0, 1-0) brings the same style of wide-open, spread-the-field offense to Lincoln. Cody Hodges leads the nation in passing and total offense, completing 72.2 percent of his passes for 1,450 yards. He has 13 touchdown passes and just two interceptions.

The Red Raiders are averaging a nation-leading 57.2 points, but scored a season low in a 30-17 win over Kansas last week.

Asked about Hodges, McKeon said: “Who’s Hodges?”

McKeon said he only knows the Tech quarterback by his jersey number (No. 10).

“Our D-linemen are going to be licking their lips coming after him. He’s got to think about that,” McKeon said. “He’s got to watch film and see how many times we’ve been sacking the quarterback (26). I hope he’s watching that because he’s going to have to dig in and look at our front four all game. Hopefully he’ll come out of there alive, for his sake.”

Ruud said he doubts many people felt sorry for Nebraska after last year’s Texas Tech game. For years, the Huskers routinely put up big scores.

“Everybody wants to see Nebraska get beat,” Ruud said. “There are a lot of die-hard Husker fans around the nation, but there are a ton of die-hard Nebraska haters, too.

“People love to see us get beat.”