Jeepy

The hypothetical is that Martinez will remain healthy for the rest of this season.

Nebraska 17 Northwestern 42 Running 212 Passing 178

L.M.A.O.

The refs wouldn't be able to make us win a game if they tried, and they certainly are not making us lose games. I get pissed at them too.. but officiating is being vilified in all sports world wide from the NBA to soccer to tennis to the NCAA etc and always has been. We need sound reasoning as to our plight of having become the joke of the Big 10, and perhaps of NCAA football in general. Even people on the Missouri Tiger board are expressing shock (along with a bit of glee) at what's happened to our program up here. i keep trying to come up with this or that real reason, and I keep reading around for insight. The ref thing has to be about the thinnest of all as to reasons.

Wisconsin was 7.7 yards per rush. We did our usual non-defense and they took what they needed at will, generally. Our 3 for 10 on third down conversions was sick.. although we seemed to do better on other downs thanks to Martinez. The damned defense is losing our games. All of them.

Crappy team syndrome has set in.

Penalties. Poor tackling. No O-line. = 0-5.

Signs of life in the defense?

I'd like to see it be a big day for Scott Frost, as Wisconsin finds it difficult to outscore us. Back to reality, maybe Martinez.

Ray of sunshine, you are.

I don't think many people feel that way. I HOPE not many people feel that way. Please people, don't feel that way.

I'm finding some outdated entries for other states, too.

Yep.

Predictions with this foundation for those experts: https://apnews.com/ff76b2c707804495819d0ce013e94e4f ap article reprinted in the Journal Star today. Very, very sad. Probably the saddest article I've read about this losing problem here.

California doesn't count. You know that.

1. Martinez doesn't throw more than one interception 2. The defense has fewer than three penalties 3. The penalties the defense does get are not at important times in the game 4. Special teams has practiced long and hard and will actually behave like football players 5. The entire team wants to shock the s#!t out of us all

Bill Jennings and Biff Jones stopped rolling in their graves.

Yeah, it's a rapids. Lots of girls. https://www.wirapids.org/

Site for Husker friendly bars across the U.S. Here's the Wisconsin page there: https://www.huskerbar.com/city/wisconsin

So far the Badgers have beaten their opponents 32 - 14.5. Not bad. If we don't collapse after a penalty or two on us, we could outdo that 14.5 by quite a bit. I'll say: Huskers 24 Badgers 36 Huskers rushing 212 Huskers passing 265

Wealth of real info and logic for a short post. Thanks for that.

And we win for sure. Right?

Speaking of the PA (and the big screen and the fireworks and the ads). It's.Never.Going.To.Stop. The place is like an event that attempts to make the game about the third thing down the line in attention and importance. New guy from Scottsbluff behind me two years ago: "What's all this for?" How do you tell a guy to ignore something that is too loud to even let you say something without shouting? How precious the few quiet times between the blaring announcements and strange presentations of people (like me) who did their military service and were done with it (yes proudly, but just like any other job: why brag about it let alone have an announcer brag about you to 90 thousand people at a sports event? Let it go, guys). And the "music." Let the band play music. All of it. Not going to happen. I know.

I'm with the OP on the hope. Especially after the article and sayings by some team members about different starters that coach "can rely on." Etc. I want a good game along with great effort BY THE DEFENSE. We know the offense clicks, especially in the second half. DEFENSE LIKE REAL BLACKSHIRTS, please?

Don't sober up. I like those drunky predictions.