Athlon: 5 Things That Need to Happen for Nebraska to be a Top 25 Team in 2017

[Saunders]

5 Things That Need to Happen for Nebraska to be a Top 25 Team in 2017

With a new QB set to take over, receivers like Stanley Morgan Jr. need to step up this fall

The Southpoint Sportsbook in Las Vegas has set the over/under for Nebraska at seven wins in 2017, which should be a relatively low bar to clear for a program as steeped in history and expectations as the Cornhuskers.

But Mike Riley enters Year 3 in Lincoln looking to finish in the Top 25 for the first time with the Huskers, after coming oh-so close in 2016. (Nebraska went 9-4 last year and received the 28th-most votes in the final AP poll, 26th-most in the coaches’ poll.)

How can Nebraska make its mark this year? Glad you asked...

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[zoogs]

Someday soon, things are hopefully not going to have to fall in place for Nebraska to crack the Top 25

 

[Saunders]

Someday soon, things are hopefully not going to have to fall in place for Nebraska to crack the Top 25

Yeah, no kidding.

 

[SuperBigFan69]

The 5 things:

Not lose to Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa or Rutgers.

 

[NU5XChamps]

The 5 things:

Not lose to Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa or Rutgers.

THIS^^^^

 

[Scratchtown]

The 5 things:

Not lose to Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa or Rutgers.

Northwestern?

 

[ColoradoHusk]

The 5 things:

Not lose to Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa or Rutgers.

Northwestern?

Them too!!!

 

[SuperBigFan69]

The 5 things:

Not lose to Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa or Rutgers.

Northwestern?

Well...we are talking about Riley here...They are going to crap themselves once.

 

[VectorVictor]

The 5 things:

Not lose to Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa or Rutgers.

Northwestern?

Well...we are talking about Riley here...They are going to crap themselves once.

Isn't this what we assumed with Bo as well--one stupid, head-scratching loss a year to someone we had no business losing to?

 

[Landlord]

I'm not sure why we'd assume that about Riley. He had back luck in a lot of close ones in 2015 as a strike against him, but we beat all of the obvious teams we should have easily beaten in 2016.

 

[NoLongerN]

The 5 things:

Not lose to Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa or Rutgers.

Northwestern?

Beating them will get them into the Top 20.

 

[shyndy]

Someday soon, things are hopefully not going to have to fall in place for Nebraska to crack the Top 25

Yeah, no kidding.

20 yrs ago me would be laughing my a$$ off at this article.

 

[Redux]

The 5 things:

Not lose to Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa or Rutgers.

Northwestern?

Well...we are talking about Riley here...They are going to crap themselves once.

 

[Hunter94]

win 10 games.

 

[SuperBigFan69]

The 5 things:

Not lose to Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa or Rutgers.

Northwestern?

Well...we are talking about Riley here...They are going to crap themselves once.

Isn't this what we assumed with Bo as well--one stupid, head-scratching loss a year to someone we had no business losing to?

Pretty much