We've seen 25% of the regular season. How many regular season wins will NU have?
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teachercd
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Dream schedule for a crazy type A micromanager coach.
Had they had a hard first 4 games, that team would be lost, filled with drama and quitting. But now they have Uncle Mo on their side along with a bunch of lame games still. They are not good, but, most of the teams they play suck too.
runningblind
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True, but their strength right now lines up with our defensive weakness (lack of pass rush and suspect secondary). Throw in being at their place and I would say Indiana will definitely be favored in that game by 5-7.
BigRedBuster
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I'm holding out judgement on this until the next game or two. Yes, there is a chance we are a bad football team. There's also a chance we had a bad game and they will bounce back. I was really questioning the volleyball team after looking horrible against SMU. Now they look like world beaters.
No, I don't expect the football team to look like world beaters the rest of the way. But, they have a chance to bounce back and still have a season showing improvement over last year.
No, I don't expect the football team to look like world beaters the rest of the way. But, they have a chance to bounce back and still have a season showing improvement over last year.
presidentjlh
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I'd move us to 7-5 right now after having time to think it over and let the emotions cool. I was at 8-4 before the Illinois game, which I thought we'd win, so this stands to reason. I'd say the losses would be to Indiana, Ohio State, USC, and Iowa.
Purdue might be one of the worst FBS teams in the country. W
Rutgers was looking impressive at first against a bad VT team, but they let them back in. Not saying that game is a lock for us. But I still favor us with it at home. W
Indiana is better than us and its away, so I feel comfortable about it being a loss. It's not on the level of Ohio State or USC, but I do not see us winning. L
Ohio State we knew would be a loss since they were placed on our schedule. L
UCLA showed some fight against LSU. That said, I think it was more LSU resting on its laurels. Coupled with that we have UCLA at home, I feel we win. W
USC has more weaknesses than Ohio State. But they still far outclass us. L
Wisconsin looks like a shell of itself. Coupled with the fact its at home, I'd even say I feel highly confident on it if it wasn't for our abysmal history against them. W
Iowa you never know. The game will be close. But whereas we struggle with discipline, they are a team that knows how to put games away. Until we figure that out, I have to think we lose this one. L
Our ceiling would be 9-3: Losses to Ohio State and USC, win the rest. I think we'd all be very impressed if that was our final record. But this feels like a reach with Indiana.
I think 8-4 is still plausible, winning one of Indiana or Iowa. 8-4 would still be great I'd think.
7-5 as I said is my bet.
6-6 would not surprise me. Would still be a step in the right direction. But obviously feels like the bowl game would need to be a must win.
5-7 and below would be a severe disappointment.
Purdue might be one of the worst FBS teams in the country. W
Rutgers was looking impressive at first against a bad VT team, but they let them back in. Not saying that game is a lock for us. But I still favor us with it at home. W
Indiana is better than us and its away, so I feel comfortable about it being a loss. It's not on the level of Ohio State or USC, but I do not see us winning. L
Ohio State we knew would be a loss since they were placed on our schedule. L
UCLA showed some fight against LSU. That said, I think it was more LSU resting on its laurels. Coupled with that we have UCLA at home, I feel we win. W
USC has more weaknesses than Ohio State. But they still far outclass us. L
Wisconsin looks like a shell of itself. Coupled with the fact its at home, I'd even say I feel highly confident on it if it wasn't for our abysmal history against them. W
Iowa you never know. The game will be close. But whereas we struggle with discipline, they are a team that knows how to put games away. Until we figure that out, I have to think we lose this one. L
Our ceiling would be 9-3: Losses to Ohio State and USC, win the rest. I think we'd all be very impressed if that was our final record. But this feels like a reach with Indiana.
I think 8-4 is still plausible, winning one of Indiana or Iowa. 8-4 would still be great I'd think.
7-5 as I said is my bet.
6-6 would not surprise me. Would still be a step in the right direction. But obviously feels like the bowl game would need to be a must win.
5-7 and below would be a severe disappointment.
Undone
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If we hit Lindenmeyer in the end zone and then they drive down with 3:00 left and get all the way to our 15, take a shot in the end zone on a 4th down, and we tip the pass and win, do you feel like we're a team that could go 10-2?
That ball was like 3 feet overthrown, we were probably that close to winning. But some people were predicting a 3 touchdown win, and we were neck and neck with them to the wire.
I think the game exposed that our defense has some issues and our blockers struggle to really create holes. We also maybe need to try Rahmir as our primary RB from here on out also, just to try something different.
That ball was like 3 feet overthrown, we were probably that close to winning. But some people were predicting a 3 touchdown win, and we were neck and neck with them to the wire.
I think the game exposed that our defense has some issues and our blockers struggle to really create holes. We also maybe need to try Rahmir as our primary RB from here on out also, just to try something different.
BigRedBuster
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What if we end with a decent record, go to a bowl game and Illinois ends with a 10-2 record?
soup
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That would be awesome. Historically speaking though, that tends not to happen. We get beat by middle of the road teams, because that's exactly what we are.
Stone Cold
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Illinois typically has a tough defense, do you really think Indiana has the same type of defense as Illinois, or Iowa. I think north of 6 wins is very possible.
junior4949
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I don't know how many games we will win this year. However, if the OL keeps the QB upright we stand a punchers chance against everyone with the exception of Ohio State.
presidentjlh
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Eh, I think USC outclasses us a bit. Less than Ohio State, but that's one I just can't see a W with. Maybe, mayyyyybe if it was at home I'd say we have a puncher's chance, but not away.
JoeHuskers!
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I'm revising my guess to 8-4
Husker in WI
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Depends on which defense shows up, the decent one we saw against UNI/Illinois or the great one we saw for a lot of last year and most of the Colorado/UTEP games. I also think USC is a likely L and they appear to be the better team by a decent bit, but I don't hate how we match up.
DefenderAO
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Illinois was 3-0 with wins against bad teams.
They came into Lincoln, at night, for our 400th sellout, and manhandled our lines while out coaching our Staff.
Indiana shouldn’t be overwhelmed by Nebraska this year.
DefenderAO
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The Volleyball team has championship pedigree. Our football team holds the record for most one score losses over an 11 year stretch in the history of college football.