September 21, AT Illinois

[Red_Alert]

Huskers on road won't cover that high of a spread.

They just need to win a game away from home. It something that hasn't happen for a little while. Don't care about the spread.

Yep

0-8 on the road since winning @ Purdue on Oct 28, 2017
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[FNG]

Line open at 7.5 point Huskers favorite and now it up to 10.5.

Weather looking ok for the game as of now. Low 70's and 40% chance of rain

 

[Tomhusker]

Me too.

On the plus side, at (2-1) they are farther along than they were last season at (0-3).

They only lost to Colorado by 3 points in OT. Would there be the same criticisms if they'd won and were now sitting (3-0)? I doubt it. The kool-aid would likely be flowing even though they are literally the same team with the same troubles.

My rose colored glasses tell me that Walters and Frost knew they had to work on the run game, so they used S. Alabama, the Colorado game, and the N. Illinois game like scrimmages. At 17-0 they got complacent and the Colorado game cost them. I expect more of the same determination to work on the run @ Illinois.
They could have come out against those teams and aired it out, but that wouldn't have gotten them anywhere when they're really going to need to run it later on.

They know if they can't run the ball and protect AM in the Ohio St game, they'll get blown out. So best to continue working on it now, while they can, no matter how ugly.

Going (5-1) in the next 6 games is realistic if that determination to run pays off. At the very minimum Illinois, Northwestern, Minnesota, Indiana, and Purdue are coin flips.

I think pretty much everybody would take (7-2) overall from the next 6 game stretch.
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They NEED to win one of the home games against tOSU, Wisconsin, Iowa. I think it will be iowa, tho I have no tangible reason.

 

[Red_Alert]

They NEED to win one of the home games against tOSU, Wisconsin, Iowa. I think it will be iowa, tho I have no tangible reason.

I need 9 to cash my futures ticket. I was counting Colorado though.

Like you said..... Now they need to win all the winnables and steal one from tOSU, Wiscy, or Iowa.

 

[Red_Alert]

Line open at 7.5 point Huskers favorite and now it up to 10.5.

Weather looking ok for the game as of now. Low 70's and 40% chance of rain

-12.5 and -13 now.

 

[Tomhusker]

-12.5 and -13 now.

Lots of kool-aid drinkers out there.

 

[corn train]

Team Stats - Through games 09/14/2019 Nebraska
Stat Rank Value
Total Offense 62 423.3
Rushing Offense 68 171.7
Passing Offense 59 251.7
Team Passing Efficiency 48 150.78
Scoring Offense 37 36.7
Total Defense 69 376.0
Rushing Defense 20 82.0
Passing Yards Allowed 116 294.0
Team Passing Efficiency Defense 47 121.83
Scoring Defense T-51 21.0
Turnover Margin T-32 0.67
3rd Down Conversion Pct 73 0.395
4th Down Conversion Pct T-33 0.750
3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense 44 0.333
4th Down Conversion Pct Defense T-59 0.444
Red Zone Offense 117 0.667
Red Zone Defense T-57 0.800
Net Punting 17 43.64
Punt Returns 24 14.29
Kickoff Returns 36 23.75
First Downs Offense T-85 56
First Downs Defense T-77 61
Fewest Penalties Per Game T-31 5.33
Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game T-44 48.00
Time of Possession 122 25:44
View Complete Ranking Summary

Team Stats - Through games 09/14/2019 Illinois
Stat Rank Value
Total Offense 72 407.3
Rushing Offense 72 168.0
Passing Offense 69 239.3
Team Passing Efficiency 47 151.56
Scoring Offense T-44 34.7
Total Defense 44 319.0
Rushing Defense 17 79.3
Passing Yards Allowed 89 239.7
Team Passing Efficiency Defense 67 126.63
Scoring Defense 47 20.0
Turnover Margin T-44 0.33
3rd Down Conversion Pct 21 0.512
4th Down Conversion Pct T-90 0.333
3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense 29 0.293
4th Down Conversion Pct Defense T-119 1.000
Red Zone Offense T-63 0.846
Red Zone Defense T-106 1.000
Net Punting T-23 42.40
Punt Returns 75 6.17
Kickoff Returns 13 28.83
First Downs Offense T-44 67
First Downs Defense 60 55
Fewest Penalties Per Game 111 8.33
Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 125 84.33
Time of Possession T-91 28:37
View Complete Ranking Summary

 

[Red_Alert]

Illinois gotta give away free tickets for Nebraska?

Free Student Tickets for Illini Football vs. Nebraska

 

[FNG]

-12.5 and -13 now.

WOW! Crazy!!

 

[Red_Alert]

WOW! Crazy!!

-14 just hit the board at Stations Casino.

 

[HuskerinBig10]

Line open at 7.5 point Huskers favorite and now it up to 10.5.

Weather looking ok for the game as of now. Low 70's and 40% chance of rain

-12.5 and -13 now.

-14 just hit the board at Stations Casino.

Are these lines the local casinos in Council Bluffs or Vegas?

Either way, there have always been a lot of bettors on Nebraska in Las Vegas, The casinos know that they can set the spread more in their favor, as in, Nebraska give more points.

 

[Red_Alert]

Are these lines the local casinos in Council Bluffs or Vegas?

Either way, there have always been a lot of bettors on Nebraska in Las Vegas, The casinos know that they can set the spread more in their favor, as in, Nebraska give more points.

I'm watching Vegas.

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The local Bluffs casino's don't offer CFB odds until appx 4:00pm on Mondays.
At least the Horseshoe doesn't. Not sure about the others.

 

[Red_Alert]

Station back down to -13.5

 

[Tomhusker]

Illinois gotta give away free tickets for Nebraska?

Free Student Tickets for Illini Football vs. Nebraska

I read somewhere earlier that some old husker fan enrolled in an online course from Illinois just to get the tickets.

 

[Red_Alert]

I read somewhere earlier that some old husker fan enrolled in an online course from Illinois just to get the tickets.

I would get some Husker student tickets on the street back in the 90's.

It was a foul smelling place to be and you just new those kids tighty whities were yellow from a lack of bleach. Dodging puddles of puke on the way out of the section wasn't uncommon.

Last I heard, Nebraska put an end to students selling their tickets out front. They check student ID's at the gate now.
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[Red_Alert]

Back to -13 in a couple spots. Looks like they found the sweet spot.

 

[HuskerinBig10]

I read somewhere earlier that some old husker fan enrolled in an online course from Illinois just to get the tickets.

LOL, for the free ticket. Funny.

I can get 30 yard line on the illinois side for $65 bucks, row 11.

I can get row 7 on the 30 yard line for $68 bucks.

If I plan on going to a game, I buy my tickets on Wednesday usually and I use vivid seats. I know when i took my son to Nebraska at Purdue I bought his three tickets on Thursday at $1.25 each, they went down on Friday to something like 0.85 and Saturday they were higher, around $1,.00. I paid $18 each for mine, front row, if I remember correctly.

 

[AHFox]

I read somewhere earlier that some old husker fan enrolled in an online course from Illinois just to get the tickets.

What ever it takes If they got the time. Mother nature better not fuck me this weekend as well. I'll be working my ass off again this weekend. But later in next week I'll be out in the prairie chasing prairie chickens and sharp tails. God I love the brown birds nothing better in world.

 

[HuskerPower52]

63-17 Good Guys

 

[FNG]

Are these lines the local casinos in Council Bluffs or Vegas?

Either way, there have always been a lot of bettors on Nebraska in Las Vegas, The casinos know that they can set the spread more in their favor, as in, Nebraska give more points.

I look at this site in vegas and it will show 5 to 7 books.

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