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Nick Saban - Lowering expectations

Samuel McKewon ‏@swmckewonOWH 1h1 hour ago Nebraska WR Jordan Westerkamp has been running routes since the third grade. It shows. #huskers Mike Schaefer ‏@mikejschaefer 1h1 hour ago @swmckewonOWH More impressive is that he was filming them and studying it by 5th grade. #jokebutcouldbetrue

Justin Hopkins ‏@JHopkins247 3m3 minutes ago Adidas just doesn't get it RT @Uniformswag: New unis for Slippery Rock #uniswag

Steven M. Sipple ‏@HuskerExtraSip 49m49 minutes ago Courtney Love, a redshirt freshman LB, has been working in some packages. Sounds like we'll see him more going forward. #Huskers

Steven M. Sipple ‏@HuskerExtraSip 56m56 minutes ago Nebraska scrimmaged a lot of "good on good" last week, Pelini said. Hard to do that during regular weeks. #Huskers

Certainly shook things up a couple weeks earlier than I thought. Last year by week 10 we had 6 undefeated teams left (with a couple of other long shots). There were about a dozen in week 8 though. The year before that there were basically 5 at the top in week 8. This year in week 8 we've got 5. Most years it's 5-8ish with other teams like Marshal this year hanging at the bottom with no real shot at the playoff. So I'd say we're about par for the course right now. This stuff plays itself out every year between weeks 8 and 11. It'll get whittled down to 1, maybe 2 undefeated teams and a half dozen or so deserving 1 loss teams. Happens every year. You've got to go back a long ways (I quit after 2009) before you can find any 2 loss team in the AP top 4 after the regular season. There could certainly be a 2-loss team like Stanford that has an argument...but it won't be a team from the B1G arguing with 2 losses that's for sure. I don't think a two-loss team will be in but it's a definite possibility. Will not surprise me at all if the Pac-12 champion has two losses. And with all the good SEC teams in the West, it wouldn't be a shock if the SEC champ has two losses either.

This is one big reason but far from the only reason.

How did Oregon's loss affect their future? Same as it would have last year. Every loss hurts your chances to win the national title but one loss definitely doesn't throw you out.

Steven M. Sipple ‏@HuskerExtraSip 48s49 seconds ago Pelini says Kenny Bell, Daniel Davie, Marcus Newby and Brandon Reilly are all ready for Saturday's game. #Huskers

Steven M. Sipple ‏@HuskerExtraSip now4 seconds ago Bo Pelini speaking at presser. Says LB David Santos has a "good chance" of playing Saturday at Northwestern. #Huskers

Alex McCarthy ‏@akmccarthy 16m16 minutes ago Indiana junior quarterback Nate Sudfeld will miss the remainder of the season with shoulder surgery: http://bit.ly/1p6hyVr #bolts #iufb

Dan Hoppen ‏@danhoppen 13m13 minutes ago With 122 yards against Northwestern Ameer Abdullah would become the first Husker with 3 1,000 yard rushing seasons.

Dillman has also been playing TE for Guyer's JV. Splitting time.

We stopped by to check in with him last week.

Greg Ladky ‏@GregLadky 21m21 minutes ago #Nebraska fans check out our feature on DB commit Aaron Williams http://bit.ly/1D7eGA7 Produced by @RivalsKroogCity @HuskerOnline

Or apparently put all the games at the same time: Big Ten Football ‏@B1Gfootball 35m35 minutes ago #B1G games at Noon ET Oct. 25 - #Terrapins at #Badgers on BTN; #Gophers at #Illini & #ScarletKnights at #Huskers on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU Big Ten Football ‏@B1Gfootball 35m35 minutes ago The #B1G 3:30 p.m. ET game on Oct. 25 will be #Wolverines at #Spartans on ABC. Big Ten Football ‏@B1Gfootball 34m34 minutes ago The #B1G prime time game on Oct. 25 will be #Buckeyes at #NittanyLions at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

I've lost track. Has the Playoff killed the regular season yet?

At least two of those undefeated teams are going to lose in the regular season. There will be at least seven losses among those six SEC teams. There will be at least seven losses among those five Big XII teams. There will be at least 12 losses among those six Pac 12 teams. There will be at least nine losses among those six B1G teams. The ACC is terrible save one team.

Undefeated Teams: SEC - 2 - Mississippi, Mississippi St. ACC - 1 - Florida St. Big XII - 1 - Baylor Indep. - 1 - Notre Dame One-Loss Teams: SEC - 4 - Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Auburn Pac-12 - 6 - Oregon, Oregon St., Washington, Arizona, Arizona St., Utah B1G - 6 - Michigan St., Ohio St., Nebraska, Rutgers, Iowa, Minnesota Big XII - 4 - Oklahoma, Oklahom St., Kansas St., TCU ACC - 2 - Georgia Tech, Duke

Irish definitely have the best chance. At Louisville the following week on Thursday night could be a place to catch them napping.

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One of the coaches visited last week - I would guess Fisher as he was in the area.

We did visit him this week (not sure which coach).

Staff visited last week. Either Paps (who visited Neal) or Cotton I would guess.