Game 2 “Expert” Picks: McNeese State @ Nebraska

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Game 2 “Expert” Picks: McNeese State @ Nebraska

CollegeFootballNews.com

http://cfn.scout.com/2/1441287.html

McNeese State (0-0) at Nebraska (0-0) Sept. 6, 12:00, ESPNU

Here's The Deal: It’s still an FCS team playing at Nebraska, but McNeese State isn’t just any ordinary team. Considered one of the best teams in the FCS and a legitimate threat for the national championship, 16 starters are back for a team with excellent talent and plenty offensive firepower. But Nebraska is coming off a 55-7 pasting of Florida Atlantic and has a trip to Fresno State up next. This might not be a light scrimmage, but it should be another good show for a Husker team that came out roaring.

Why McNeese State Might Win: What will Nebraska’s mindset be? Last week was personal, with head coach Bo Pelini making a point against a Florida Atlantic program that canned his brother, Carl. This is supposed to be a relaxing game to work out the kinks, but McNeese State is coming in fresh and has a terrific defensive front that should be the best in the Southland by far. Nebraska is going to have to try.

Why Nebraska Might Win: The Husker offensive line was destructive last week. As good as the McNeese State defensive line is and will be, it’s going to be in for a long day against a Nebraska running game that cranked out close to 500 yards against FAU and could’ve gone for far more had it kept pushing in the fourth. The Huskers averaged 8.7 yards per carry with explosion and pop on almost every play. McNeese State won’t see anything like this against Incarnate Word and Prairie View.

Who To Watch Out For: This is the week you rest your stars as much as possible, and for Nebraska DE Randy Gregory, he needs to get healthy after suffering a knee injury last week. The offense should take care of any defensive concerns with the hope to give Ameer Abdullah a short day after running for 232 yards and a score on 21 carries. This is when the backups need to shine – Terrell Newby and Imani Cross need to give the star a break.

What’s Going To Happen: McNeese State will keep it interesting for a quarter, and then the Nebraska offense will explode in the second to make it an easy day.

Prediction: Nebraska 45 - McNeese State 13

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CBS Sports

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/features/writers/expert/picks/against-the-spread/2btn

Dennis Dodd - N

Jeremy Fowler - N

Jon Solomon - N

Jerry Palm - N

Tom Fornelli - N

Jerry Jinnen - N*

Chip Patterson - N*

(* indicates win, not covering 40.5 point spread)

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Yahoo! Sports

https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/picks

Pat Forde - N

Graham Watson - N

Yahoo Users - N

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BTN.com

http://btn.com/2014/09/03/hold-week-2-btn-com-predicts-all-13-big-ten-football-games/

Sean Merriman: Nebraska 45 - McNeese State 7

Brent Yarina: Nebraska 55 - McNeese State17

Tom Dienhart: Nebraska 54 - McNeese State 9

Mar Morehouse: Nebraska 64 - McNeese State 7

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ESPN Big Ten Blog

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/106685/106685

McNeese State is a quality FCS program, but the Cornhuskers simply have too much firepower with Ameer Abdullah leading the way.

Nebraska 38 - McNeese State 17

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Big Red Wrap-Up

http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/sports/big-red-wrap-mcneese-state-prediction

Kevin Kugler: Nebraska 41 - McNeese State 13

Blake Lawrence: Nebraska 56 - McNeese State 16

Adrian Fiala: Nebraska 48 - McNeese State 3

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247 Sports

http://247sports.com/Article/Predictions-for-each-Big-Ten-football-game-in-Week-2-30848758

Setting the Scene: Nebraska racked up 784 yards of total offense to set a Big Ten modern era record and the most total offensive yards by a Husker team since 1991. Ameer Abdullahled the way with a career-high 232 yards on 21 carries. Saturday’s matchup will mark McNeese State’s season opener. The Cowboys posted a 10-3 record last season and advanced to the FCS playoffs. McNeese State returns 16 starters from that team and was ranked ninth in the FCS preseason coaches poll.

Prediction: Nebraska 45 - McNeese State 10

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They brought up the "revenge for Carl" thing too. Jeebus. I guarantee you that that was item # 113 on a 25 item list of things to accomplish last week. Jeebus. Carl aint been here since 2011. 75% of the players on this team dont even know what he looks like.

 
Count 'Bility said:
They brought up the "revenge for Carl" thing too. Jeebus. I guarantee you that that was item # 113 on a 25 item list of things to accomplish last week. Jeebus. Carl aint been here since 2011. 75% of the players on this team dont even know what he looks like.
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Im pretty sure most of our players have seen those Dos Equis commercials. How could they not know what the most interesting man in the world looks like?
 
i always got the impression that fau was much better than mcneese state. is this accurate? seems like mcneese could probably give fau a good run.

 
I'd take McNeese over FAU. Sagarin has them at 106 and FAU at 125, and McNeese is #6 in the FCS rankings. They beat South Florida 53-21 (!) last season and got a first round playoff bye (though they lost to Jacksonville State).

 
papersun87 said:
I'd take McNeese over FAU. Sagarin has them at 106 and FAU at 125, and McNeese is #6 in the FCS rankings. They beat South Florida 53-21 (!) last season and got a first round playoff bye (though they lost to Jacksonville State).
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Sagarin also has Florida at 17...

 
oh well then we'll win by 80
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sd'sker said:
i always got the impression that fau was much better than mcneese state. is this accurate? seems like mcneese could probably give fau a good run.
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Last night on KETV Sean Callahan said that he thought that McNeese is better than FAU. Not that it means anything.

And the whole revenge for Carl thing? Really? I thought that last year Bo said he really hadn't talked to Carl in like 2 years or something. I thought they had a little bit of a falling out.

 
I think it wouldn't be unfair to say McNeese State is better than FAU. They lost a lot of guys from last year's team, but they're definitely a talented bunch.

 
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