Cane305

Nah perfect isn't necessary. The Pelini regime (still like him just being honest) is capable of handing a football game to almost any team. 8 turnovers in one game...I'd like to say we've seen it all but you never know. I'm not sure why the Miami fans are so down on their chances. So far we've shown to be a decent football team. No signature wins and one WTH game... 1-15 the last 16 games against road ranked teams will do that to you.

Miami has to play a perfect game or close to it to pull of the upset. I'm hoping this is the case but I just don't see it. Not with a true freshman at QB.

I must say, I really have no idea what to expect tomorrow night. I tried staying up to watch a little of the NU/Fresno game last week but I have a two week old at my house so needless to say when she sleeps, I sleep. Not knowing the overall team speed of the Big Ten teams I'm still going to assume Miami is at the top or near the top of those teams Nebraksa is going to face regarding speed. Just don't think it's enough to win up there. Agree with Notsince1985 regarding our O-Line. I thought they were going to be decent this year and they may end up being okay as the year goes on but geez are they God awful at run blocking. They are the 2nd largest O-line in the ACC which will probably be 9th best in the Big Ten yet it doesn't seem like they can push people around. They are decent at past protection. I would blame the sacks more on Kaaya holding on to the ball too long and the running backs not being able to pick up blitzes. Anyways, my little one is sleeping so I'm off to bed.

'Fast' receivers don't really cause a disadvantage for our defensive schemes, especially when we go to nickel which is pretty common against any team that doesn't have a power run identity. We've faced a good amount of good receivers over the last six seasons since Bo took over and the only one I can think of that really had a ton of success against our defense was Justin Blackmon, and 80 of his yards were on a flea flicker. Landlord- I suspect that Cane305 is Al Golden and you are giving him too much useful information LOL, you can give Golden all the info in the world. Still don't think he will know what to do with it. Great recruiter!!!.. Coach?.. Meh..

The one thing this kid does well is find his receivers running intermediate routes which the two previous QB's had no clue how to do (Morris,Harris) Again, there's a reason why you guys are a Touchdown favorite. I would agree with Canesfan01. The receivers on the outside (Dorsett,Coley) are crazy fast. They have a Tight End (Walford) who doesn't have brick hands and they have a true freshman (Berrios) who plays the slot that's a mini Welker. If (BIG,HUGE IF) the o-line can give Kaaya time and if AA doesn't go all Barry Sanders on the D it will be a very good game.

Anyone got Bo Pelini's address. Nevin Shapiro wants to send him a care package

Kaaya is not a dual threat QB like Armstrong. He is a prototypical drop back quarterback and one of the biggest concerns is that he is holding on to the ball too long. If the Canes o-line can't give him time, it will be a long night.

No doubt the Cornhuskers have the better looking offensive stats right now but at the same time the Canes started a 'true' freshman at a road venue to start the season... Now he has improved and as he improves throughout the season so will Duke's numbers. Louisville consistently stacked the box with 8-9 players Labor Day night and truthfully the numbers for the offense were horrible that night. As the offense opens up for Miami vertically it will force teams to no longer stack the box. Now if I'm Nebraska, I stack the box on Kaaya and force him to throw downfield. Regarding AA and Duke.. If you look at yards per carry... AA: 6.9 Duke: 6.4. These numbers are more comparable in Duke's case. Duke has run the ball 14 less times than AA. I honestly have no idea which one of the two are better but I'm sure by the end of year we will definitely know. We also have to look at level of competition NU has played FAU, McNeese St and Fresno St Miami has played L-Ville, FAMU and Arkansas St Again, not really certain who has had the tougher road. All this being said.. Nebraska has the better team at this point and in my opinion it's due to the lack of experience at QB. Kaaya may have the goods to be a 'good' college quarterback but he needs the reps to get there.