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NEBRASKA IS PAYING ARKANSAS STATE ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO COME TO LINCOLN ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS...

IT'S THE HIGHEST AMOUNT EVER GUARANTEED TO AN OPPONENT IN LINCOLN...

ARKANSAS STATE IS LED BY FIRST YEAR HEAD COACH GUS MALZAHN WHO WAS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT AUBURN IN 2010 WHEN CAM NEWTON AND THE TIGERS WON THE NATIONAL TITLE...

THE RED WOLVES BRING IN ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP OFFENSES...

THEY RANK SEVENTH IN THE COUNTRY IN TOTAL OFFENSE AVERAGING AROUND 575 YARDS PER GAME...

QUARTERBACK RYAN APLIN HAS THROWN FOR 606 YARDS AND FOUR TOUCHDOWNS...

RUNNING BACK DAVID OKU HAS 211 YARDS RUSHING THROUGH TWO GAMES...

DEFENSIVELY THE RED WOLVES ARE NOT AS GOOD...

AND MALZAHN KNOWS THEY MUST BE ABLE TO AT LEAST CONTAIN TAYLOR MARTINEZ...

THE RED WOLVES ARE MEMBERS OF THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE AND THEY SPORT A ONE AND ONE RECORD ENTERING SATURDAY...

ARKANSAS STATE LOST TO FIFTH RANKED OREGON 57–34 TO START THE SEASON THEN REBOUNDED WITH A WIN OVER MEMPHIS LAST WEEK...

THESE TWO TEAMS MET IN 2009 IN LINCOLN WITH NEBRASKA WINNING 38–9...

THAT IS THE ONLY MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS...

THE GAME STARTS AT ELEVEN AM ON SATURDAY AND CAN BE SEEN ON ESPN TWO...