2018 @ Michigan Game Week Thread

[Red_Alert]

With no line to post yet, I guess Vegas doesn't even know what to think.

So have at it.............

 

[Tomhusker]

Huskers by 10.

 

[iruletheskool]

Beat Michigan.

 

[it'sHuskers4me]

Beat those Southern Canucks!

 

[HuskerInSecLand]

Okay, preseason is over! Our journey to Indianapolis starts Saturday!

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Not that scary of a team.

I would say final score is sometime like 31-17 Michigan.

Nebraska probably covers the spread.

 

[Red_Alert]

Not that scary of a team.

I would say final score is sometime like 31-17 Michigan.

Nebraska probably covers the spread.

What spread?

 

[corn train]

NU
Team Stats - Through games 09/15/2018
Stat Rank Value
Total Offense 42 464.5
Rushing Offense 18 258.0
Passing Offense 83 206.5
Team Passing Efficiency 71 136.77
Scoring Offense 102 23.5
Total Defense T-39 324.0
Rushing Defense 21 93.5
Passing Yards Allowed 78 230.5
Team Passing Efficiency Defense 78 131.86
Scoring Defense 89 28.5
Turnover Margin 126 -2.00
3rd Down Conversion Pct T-93 0.357
4th Down Conversion Pct T-106 0.250
3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense T-41 0.333
4th Down Conversion Pct Defense T-58 0.500
Red Zone Offense T-103 0.750
Red Zone Defense T-69 0.857
Net Punting 111 32.63
Punt Returns 124 -0.67
Kickoff Returns 83 19.17
First Downs Offense T-112 47
First Downs Defense 9 38
Fewest Penalties Per Game 126 10.50
Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 121 86.00
Time of Possession 46 31:19
View Complete Ranking Summary

um
Team Stats - Through games 09/15/2018
Stat Rank Value
Total Offense 84 397.3
Rushing Offense 60 187.7
Passing Offense 81 209.7
Team Passing Efficiency 17 170.74
Scoring Offense 46 37.0
Total Defense 12 276.3
Rushing Defense 38 121.7
Passing Yards Allowed 16 154.7
Team Passing Efficiency Defense 24 103.53
Scoring Defense T-25 15.7
Turnover Margin T-63 0.00
3rd Down Conversion Pct 35 0.459
4th Down Conversion Pct T-63 0.571
3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense T-56 0.348
4th Down Conversion Pct Defense T-79 0.600
Red Zone Offense 82 0.818
Red Zone Defense T-62 0.833
Net Punting 27 40.75
Punt Returns T-84 6.00
Kickoff Returns 11 31.20
First Downs Offense T-71 61
First Downs Defense T-80 60
Fewest Penalties Per Game T-114 9.00
Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 116 81.33
Time of Possession 70 30:10
View Complete Ranking Summary

 

[Smotis]

If we have Martinez and play mistake free I can see a win. If we keep playing the same way and spotting the other team 2-3 scores we have no chance. I"m going to say our O-Line doesn't improve much so I'm going with a 21-31 loss. But maybe they'll surprise me and put things together this week.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

What spread?

I’m saying when it comes out. I think it will come out between 15-17 or so.

They’re having a hell of a time figuring it out right now.

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

If we have Martinez and play mistake free I can see a win. If we keep playing the same way and spotting the other team 2-3 scores we have no chance. I"m going to say our O-Line doesn't improve much so I'm going with a 21-31 loss. But maybe they'll surprise me and put things together this week.

A win at Michigan would be considered one of the biggest surprises in all of College Football with where Nebraska is currently at.

 

[Big_Red_Marine]

A win at Michigan would be considered one of the biggest surprises in all of College Football with where Nebraska is currently at.

Not disagreeing completely, but I think Nebraska is extremely close to overcoming this gap. This is where the coaches earn their money, fixing the things that are well within their control to fix on short notice. IMO, penalties and turnovers have been our poison, even worse than special teams and our secondary.

If we stay healthy (especially AM), we're going to have a big win at some point. Michigan, MSU, and Wisconsin all look beatable. To be honest, I'd bet Iowa will be the team to beat in the west. Their D looks disgustingly good. I think we're close, but the coaches need to keep them motivated. This group of players, they've been bred by Riley to quit when they get down.

 

[Wamu]

Go Huskers!

 

[Jack_John_Mark]

Not disagreeing completely, but I think Nebraska is extremely close to overcoming this gap. This is where the coaches earn their money, fixing the things that are well within their control to fix on short notice. IMO, penalties and turnovers have been our poison, even worse than special teams and our secondary.

If we stay healthy (especially AM), we're going to have a big win at some point. Michigan, MSU, and Wisconsin all look beatable. To be honest, I'd bet Iowa will be the team to beat in the west. Their D looks disgustingly good. I think we're close, but the coaches need to keep them motivated. This group of players, they've been bred by Riley to quit when they get down.

I definitely don’t think it’s as bad as people are probably thinking it is.

Troy isn’t a terrible team, but they’re not very good. Very very ordinary team this year and they were missing 2 of their best players.

With that said, Colorado is probably 2 TDs better than Troy and we should have easily won that game. So, to me it was quite clear that we took a step back this past week.

Many of the things we did can be corrected.....mostly penalties. But then there are the other things like giving up a punt return for a TD for instance. There was a plethora of shit that went wrong on that return, looked like a damn circus orchestrated by Mike Riley.

I don’t place the blame on Andrew Bunch for this loss because the team just wasn’t prepared to win that game. However, I do believe that not having Martinez in there just exposed so many things that we need to fix. He made a lot of big plays with his feet last week against Colorado that I’m not sure the untrained eye was able to see.

Bunch got flushed out of the pocket time and time again against Troy’s average DL. What happens this week against Michigan’s NFL caliber DL? I think Martinez will make a difference but I don’t think it will be enough to overcome the fact that Michigan just has more talent and more time playing together under the same staff.

Win the turnover battle and we should be somewhere in the mix. Lose it by 2 or more turnovers and we’re gonna be at least 2-3 scores down going into the 4th quarter.

 

[Skerpokes]

Ann Arbor is a whore

 

[FNG]

Still No line. On the game.

This is listed under the game.

NEB-QB-Adrian Martinez-?

MIC-RB-Karan Higdon-?

 

[corn train]

UM has some pretty good return guys, one of them Peoples, we're going to tighten up on special teams, specially since we don't have a field goal kicker with any range

 

[FNG]

Michigan is 18 favorite. Now moved up to 18.5

 

[it'sHuskers4me]

Jisney Classic showing the 2005 Alamo Bowl vs Michigan. TBH I dumped many of those Husker players from my memory.

But then there are the other things like giving up a punt return for a TD for instance. There was a plethora of shit that went wrong on that return, looked like a damn circus orchestrated by Mike Riley.

The punt team looked really slow.

Bunch got flushed out of the pocket time and time again against Troy’s average DL. What happens this week against Michigan’s NFL caliber DL? I think Martinez will make a difference but I don’t think it will be enough to overcome the fact that Michigan just has more talent and more time playing together under the same staff.

Michigan will come at whoever is QB early and often.

 

[corn train]

2005- Bullocks, Carriker, Incognito, Sam Koch, Barrett Rudd, Brandon Jackson, Fabian Worshington
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