EZ-E
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I live in Iowa. I know Big Ten Football well enough to say that we will run through our half of the conference with zero problem. We may very well lose a game in the Tiny Ten that baffles all of us. But we will be a lot better than 7-5 and that I would bet a lot of money on.Yes the Big Ten schedule is tougher than last years. If Martinez doesn't get hurt we crush Iowa St, Kansas, beat A&M, beat OU.2010 ScheduleSo EZ-E you are telling me that playing Iowa St, Missouri, Kansas, Kansas St, and Colorado is tougher than the Legends Division? I don't even think so. Ok so we play Minnesota? One team. Penn St was starting a freshman qb. Pryor may be starting the week we play them but to under estimate Ohio St. is a bad idea. Ok sure we beat Iowa St with our non starting qb but it's not like it was his first game or that he hadn't even started before for us. The Big 10 may not be better but the Big 12 South carries for more cache than the North has in the last 10 years. The south would be the sole reason why the Big 12 was better. It seems to me that a lot of people act like we just joined the WAC or C-USA. I'm not saying that we also joined the SEC but division wise we got a major upgrade. We had been beating the Big 12 North teams for so long there was never any competition to it anymore. they may got lucky a year or two but that was it. but let's go through our 2011 schedule:I'll respond to the both of you here:First of all, those 4 games we lost, we might have only lost by 20 points, but in those four games, outside of the Big XII title game, did we look remotely competitive??This is the mentality of husker fans who think we will waltz right into the Big Ten and start owning them. I'm not saying we won't win the division just caution against over optimism. We almost lost to Iowa St, they aren't good at all. So we will with no hesitation beat Ohio St, Penn St, and Wisconsin? can you pass the weed so i can smoke what you are smoking?This is the mantality that we need to purge from Nebraska fans' minds. You mean to tell me that the Big Ten is THAT much better than us? Not a chance. We did not have a single give me game last year either and we won ten games and lost four by a total of 20 points. There is not a single team in the Big Ten next year that is better than us. We win our division because we are the best returning team in that division.Not if we continue to play like the last 4 games we won't. We aren't in the North divison anymore. As long as Watson still calling plays i can't be optimitic. Our new division is much more balanced than we have faced before.We will win or division, the only real competition in our division is Michigan State. Iowa is losing everybody, Michigan will be breaking in a new coaching staff, Minnesota stinks, Northwestern is a decent team that will surprisem some people but IMO we are better.
If we lost 3 games in conference next year, I would not be suprised. Two of those losses will probably be to Ohio St/Wisc/Mich St, and that wouldn't shock me. The third loss will be one of those that just baffles all of us.
Husker_99 - Sure, we almost lost to ISU with our non-starting QB who was playing with a concussion. Let's do a rundown of our Schedule:
Iowa - LOST to a school that employs Kevin Cosgrove. I am very sorry, but that is much worse than ALMOST losing to ISU
Michigan State - beat one team that had more than 7 regular season wins
Wisconsin - They lose a lot. An OC, a good RB, a QB that managed their offense very well.
Ohio State - This will be Pryor's first game back. Anyone who has played knows that your first game in the season isn't always the greatest.
Minnesota - You claim that we are "no longer in the Big 12 North so we don't have any easy games" but yet fail to realize this team is on the schedule.
Northwestern = Kansas MAYBE K-State where you have to play the game, but they will never be closer than arm's length.
Penn State - has not been relevant since Jo Pa turned 70. If you break down their roster as well, they were very senior dominated as well so they can't even use the youth excuse.
Michigan- breaking in a new coaching staff, could be improved, but we will see.
You can't tell me that if you put 2010's schedule down next to this one and say that is was that much inferior. You can't. If you think logically about it I bet that we have more people on this board that are of the same opinion. So I am not smoking anything. The Big Ten was not better than the Big Twelve in 2010.
September 3* Chattanooga W
September 10* Fresno State Toss up they play teams tough no matter what but probably a W
September 17* Washington Toss up will our team be inspired to play Wash for the 3rd time? W
September 24* at Wyoming W
October 1 at Wisconsin L
October 8 Ohio State L
October 22 at Minnesota W
October 29 Michigan State Toss up could be a L as well a W
November 5 Northwestern Toss up same as above
November 12 at Penn State L
November 19 at Michigan Toss up don't know how could the new coach will get Michigan ready
November 26 Iowa Toss up but probably a W
We could have a good record next year or easily a crappy record just depends on what Cornhusker team shows up like last year. I would say a crappy one if Watts is still OC. I have no faith in him whatsoever.
WKU
Idaho
SDSU
Washington
Kansas State
Texas
Okie State
Mizzou
Iowa State
Kansas
aTm
Colorado
OU
Washington
Look at the schedule that we played this past year. This was a tough schedule as well and don't tell me that the Big Ten schedule is that much better than this one. Because it is not. There are at least two teams on that schedule that would have been in the top two or three in the Big Ten if not the top spot in Okie State and OU.
That also means that kids have been in the system and know it so when it's their turn to play there isn't much of a dropoff.I would be willing to bet that I have broken down the Big Ten schedule and what each team has returning more times than you have. Besides the returning freshmen QB that Penn State has, they were very senior dominated. It will be very tough for us to lose that game.
A lot of people don't know how the Big Ten works. The conference has their swings because they don't have too many kids leave early. That is especially true with Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan State. They get a group of seniors one year and they run with them. Wisconsin is graduating one hell of a senior class. Iowa is graduating well... A senior class. There is not a team that has as balanced of a roster in terms of talent as we do. We have out-recruited all but one team on our schedule next year. That I promise you.
No team will be senior dominated in our division. Therefore, it won't be anyone's "turn to play."
Thanks for fixing it for me 