Cornhuskers vs Buckeyes Week

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Deep ball scares me. Only takes one break down and they will burn ya. Zone read scares the livin daylights out of me... For obvious reasons.

Me too.

Ohio St had 204 yds rushing against a stout (17th) Mich St defense.

Miller 23 for 136 yds (long 20 yds)
Hyde 11 for 49 yds
Hall 6 for 26 yds 1 TD

Mich St only had 34 rushing yds, but it's easy to shut them down when all you have to key on is Bell.

NU can't stack the box Saturday night and risk getting burned.

 

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BTW

Braxton Miller fumbled twice (lost both) against Mich St..

 

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Spread went down to tOSU -3 (was -5) I had a feeling that spread would drop. NU would be favored on a neutral field.

O/U is 57.7

Right now I like the overs. (63 range)

Not sure about score yet...Still leaning Nebraska

 

[Blackshirt]

so that means the other 50% were loses right ??


am I right ??

We are 5-10 in big road games under Pelini.

33% pops

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Spread went down to tOSU -3 (was -5) I had a feeling that spread would drop. NU would be favored on a neutral field.

O/U is 57.7

Right now I like the overs. (63 range)

Not sure about score yet...Still leaning Nebraska

That means we would have to overcome thee 17 points ye said ye would spot Ohio State

 

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That means we would have to overcome thee 17 points ye said ye would spot Ohio State

Yes. I am spotting them 14 actually.

 

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I'm at 33-31 Nebraska right now.

 

[Brasky]

sounds about right

 

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sounds about right

If it changes it will be in Ohio St's favor.

34-33 or 37-33

Obviously overs..

 

[Brasky]

We are 5-10 in big road games under Pelini.

33% pops

I'd like to know what the turnover margin is in those losses and then the wins.

I know sound like I'm getting repetitive, but it's the honest truth that turnovers is the difference between BCS bowls and gator bowls for us.

 

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Maher having a solid punting game like last week is a big factor.

NU needs to make Braxton Miller go the length of the field. Don't give up the big play TD. Hold them to FG's.

 

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Nebraska's defensive numbers are improving rapidly (across the board) the last 3 weeks.

Even if I remove the Idaho St game.

 

[Brasky]

Shit. That 2nd half was the way I expect us to play year in year out, game in game out.

That should be the standard. Unfortunately we turn into a bunch of bums as soon as you get a qb with wheels.

Go back and watch Stave and in your head, substitute Braxton Miller. A lot of those roll outs and hits and sacks would have been 20 yard runs.

 

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Shit. That 2nd half was the way I expect us to play year in year out, game in game out.

That should be the standard.

Take away UCLA and NU's got a top 15 defense.

I was pretty shocked.

 

[oaknightshockey1]

Shit. That 2nd half was the way I expect us to play year in year out, game in game out.

That should be the standard. Unfortunately we turn into a bunch of bums as soon as you get a qb with wheels.

Go back and watch Stave and in your head, substitute Braxton Miller. A lot of those roll outs and hits and sacks would have been 20 yard runs.

i hope not, but you are probably right

 

[Brasky]

I'm just sayin... If we can contain Braxton I will be shocked. Solely because we have not contained a legit dual threat QB since Bo has been here.

 

[Red_Alert]

Shit. That 2nd half was the way I expect us to play year in year out, game in game out.

That should be the standard. Unfortunately we turn into a bunch of bums as soon as you get a qb with wheels.

Go back and watch Stave and in your head, substitute Braxton Miller. A lot of those roll outs and hits and sacks would have been 20 yard runs.

The bend but don't break rule will be in effect Saturday night. It's probably going to be pretty frustrating at times. I figure NU can limit tOSU's long drives to 1 TD and 3 FG's or 2 TD's and 1 FG

The difference is NU's got an offense that can play too. That will limit the time Miller has the ball.
tOSU's defense is good but not Mich St quality. Mich St just has no offense.

Should be a helluva game.

 

[HawkeyeHater]

I'm just sayin... If we can contain Braxton I will be shocked. Solely because we have not contained a legit dual threat QB since Bo has been here.

McCoy??????????

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Colt McCoy wasn't ever a QB who was going to get out on the edge and run by a bunch of people though........

Seriously, you can go all the way back to 2008 and look at the stats season by season.......I just did it.

We have never stopped a QB who can seriously run.

 

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NU's not going to stop Braxton Miller, they do have the ability to out-score him tho.

Bo's never had that benefit either.