presidentjlh

Yeah, I don't fear anyone remaining on our schedule.

Slow clap for Michigan St., that was a dominant 14-0 win.

Oregon's going to roll Bama if they can stay undefeated. Bama couldn't defend against the Aggies very well, Oregon will stomp them, and I will love it. And, yes, we most certainly are the favorites right now.

Considering how bad our division foes have looked this week, it almost feels like a Husker win.

Safe to say we no longer have to fear the RENEWED AND IMPROVED MICHIGAN STATE OFFENSE

The rest of our division is pure garbage. If it wasn't for the fact that they all get to play each other, I almost doubt even a couple would be bowl eligible at the end of the season.

Don't remind me such things. I hate Nick Saban with a passion.

I suppose I could see Clemson. FSU's problem you nailed on the dot. I just think that, considering how A&M ran roughshod on Bama's defense that Oregon would freaking torch Bama. And I would greatly enjoy such.

The only thing I dislike are the early starts. The first bye has helped this team, and I do believe the second will as well.

They do not bode well for Ohio State, but honestly, screw 'em, the only team I care about in this conference is Nebraska. Besides, I'd rather Oregon get the shot to stop the Saban Menace than Ohio State. Oregon's our best bet at freedom from the SEC right now.

We definitely aren't going the "Poor Sisters of Mercy" route

As to tOSU and bowl opponent, I am much, much more hesitant to see us pulling out Ws there, but hey, we gotta get there first. We aren't even technically bowl-eligible yet.

At this point, overall, I'm cautiously optimistic. I think we could very well win out, at least up to the B1G championship. It's certainly doable, and possibly even more likely than not. Minnesota, while not a complete pushover, isn't at Nebraska's level as of yet. As long as we don't sleepwalk through it, we win easily. Northwestern just can't figure out the run, which is our weapon of choice. I think it'll be a good game, but this won't be 2011, we're not going to sleep on them, and we'll give them a great effort, which gives us the W. Michigan is a question mark. What is this team? Are they the team we saw beat Notre Dame, or the team that nearly lost to Akron? I lean towards the latter, as that seems to be the trend. This will be the toughest game, but I feel that if we handle ourselves well, we can beat these guys and deliver Mr. Hoke his first home loss. Michigan State's defense is excellent, that is certain. But contrary to many, I don't see their offense as being much better than it was. The defenses it trounced weren't worldbeaters. Our defense isn't yet either, but I'd posit that the Blackshirts are better than Indiana or Iowa's defense. Especially considering it's at home. I see a win similar to 2011's. Penn State is also a strange team, and it's a road game. This will be the second toughest game I feel. Still, I think the lack of depth for Penn State will be crushing late in the season, and we'll win in a close fight. Iowa...well...it's Iowa. 11-1, top 15. I can see it. Of course, I can see the flip side. While I feel we can certainly handle Minnesota and Iowa, the other 4 could certainly deliver us losses, which would take us to the nightmare 7-5 scenario. But I feel it is more likely that we go 11-1 than 7-5. Most likely scenario? Reasonably, I'd say 10-2, but I think we have an excellent chance of finally getting over that damn 4 game loss barrier and we go 11-1 in the regular season.

Stupid Miami.

Remember when right after the UCLA game everyone was freaking out and saying we were gonna lose 5 games? Just. Like. Every. Year.

I'm freaking sick of 11 am games.

If we take wins against Michigan and Michigan State, that should put us in the driver's seat. But, you know what, I think we should take the advice from Major League:

Nebraska 42 Minnesota 10 Rushing 230 Passing 290

Don't forget we got DA U next season and the season after. Good scheduling by the athletic department.

Considering most of our current defense will be seniors then, and that we'll still have Armstrong, Stanton, and Newby, I'd imagine we could probably be in such a position for that game.

We should start looking at tapes now

https://twitter.com/Huskers/status/389768374902722561

Apparently the media still thinks that Florida is deserving of ranking but we are not.

I agree, it was upsetting to see them lose that shutout, mostly for their sake. They deserved the SO.

Thoughts: 1) Our defense has improved incredibly. 2) Admittedly, however, this was Purdue. Not an offensive powerhouse. 3) Gregory is a bad, bad man, and is definitely going to be the anchor of this defense. He wears the #44 well. 4) Armstrong is a freshman that had a freshman-like game, which is okay. He has plenty to learn. 5) That being said, Martinez shall be the starter once he returns.