HuskerTrucker Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Definitely take Huskers on that line, no matter how bad the defense can be, the offense will light it up against WM. Quote Link to comment
HUSKER 37 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Iowa State (No line) vs. South Dakota State They're playing a football game with NO yard LINES? How will Cy know where to stick his pole? Pole Dancing Sticking for Dummies <---(Watch the Video) (Wish I could find one for polesticking) Quote Link to comment
Ohio Pete Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 There's no reason Tim Hiller and the passing attack can't put up 300 yards or more on anyone other than the top secondaries ... 2007 Schedule CFN Prediction: 6-6 2007 Record: 5-7 Sept. 1 at W Virginia L 62-24 Sept. 8 Indiana L 37-27 Sept. 15 at Missouri L 52-24 Sept. 22 Cent Conn. St W 51-14 Sept. 29 at Toledo W 42-28 Oct. 6 Akron L 39-38 Oct. 13 at No Illinois W 17-13 Oct. 20 Ball State L 27-23 Oct. 27 at Eastern Mich L 19-2 Nov. 6 Central Mich L 34-31 Nov. 17 at Iowa W 28-19 Nov. 24 Temple W 16-3 Who knew Eastern Michigan had one of the top secondaries in the country last year? The run defense needs to be a little bit more stout, and it should be. They can start by not giving up 200-300 yards rushing in each of their first 5 games. I get West Virginia, but Indiana? Lucky goes for 150 yards in this game. Quote Link to comment
caveman99 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 There's no reason Tim Hiller and the passing attack can't put up 300 yards or more on anyone other than the top secondaries ... 2007 Schedule CFN Prediction: 6-6 2007 Record: 5-7 Sept. 1 at W Virginia L 62-24 Sept. 8 Indiana L 37-27 Sept. 15 at Missouri L 52-24 Sept. 22 Cent Conn. St W 51-14 Sept. 29 at Toledo W 42-28 Oct. 6 Akron L 39-38 Oct. 13 at No Illinois W 17-13 Oct. 20 Ball State L 27-23 Oct. 27 at Eastern Mich L 19-2 Nov. 6 Central Mich L 34-31 Nov. 17 at Iowa W 28-19 Nov. 24 Temple W 16-3 Who knew Eastern Michigan had one of the top secondaries in the country last year? The run defense needs to be a little bit more stout, and it should be. They can start by not giving up 200-300 yards rushing in each of their first 5 games. I get West Virginia, but Indiana? Lucky goes for 150 yards in this game. Not sure how many people noticed, but Indiana did finish 7-6 after losing to OK ST in the Insight Dot Com Bowl. I think the 14 point spread is more accurate than most people want to believe at this stage. Now if Bo can get the defense to improve by a larger margin, let's say top 20-30 vs. top 50-60, then this will be a blow out. Right now WMU looks like they will put up a good fight. Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I think this game can go either way right now. I do not think for a minute that WMU will be intimidated, I think if we can get some 4 & outs early and have the offense put the points up early we can put them away early, if we struggle to contain them early we will have a fight on our hands as they will gain confidence in that they can play with us. NO BALL STATE we win big Quote Link to comment
Shadow_Husker Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I say 35-7 NU, And WM Score's first. I think it will take abotu a quater- a quarter and A half to get the offense clicking, then the flood gates Open. Quote Link to comment
real'97champs Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Last year, Mizzou and WV whipped these guys, and were good teams. Indiana and Iowa beat them by a little, and they were only mediocre teams. (7-5/7-6) We got whipped by Mizzou also. W. Michigan beat Iowa last year (28-19). LINK Western Michigan is returning 7 starters on the offense*, 10 starters on defense, and no K/P. Nebraska is returning 5 starters on offense, 6 starters on defense, and 2 K/P. (* Denotes starting QB returning) Last year there were 9 teams in the NCAA that had 18 or more returning starters and 7 of the 9 improved their record from 2006. Making the list were teams like Virginia which went from 5-7 to 9-3 and Florida Atlantic which went from 5-7 to Sun Belt Champs. Teams with 17 returning starters included Central Florida which went from 4-8 to CUSA Champs and Illinois which went from 2-10 to the Rose Bowl. There were 33 teams last year that had 12 or fewer returning starters and of the 33 only 8 managed to improve their record. Some of the less experienced teams that really dropped last year included Notre Dame which had just 9 returning starters and went from the Sugar Bowl to 3-9! Nebraska went from 9-4 to 5-7 with just 11 returning starters and Northern Illinois with 12 returning starters went from 7-6 to 2-10. LINK Best Offensive Player: Senior WR Jamarko Simmons. If he's not the biggest wide receiver in the country, then someone else is calling a tight end a wideout. The 6-2, 234-pound Simmons might be built a bit like a fullback, but he has good speed, nice hands, and a nasty competitive streak, for good and bad. He started out last season as the nation's hottest receiver with 38 catches in his first three games and finished with 84 grabs for 980 yards and six touchdowns. He'll be an All-MAC star and Hiller's favorite target once again Best Defensive Player: Senior CB Londen Fryar. The son of former NFL star Irving Fryar has developed into a premier MAC cover-corner and top pro prospect. A good tackler with excellent speed, the 5-11, 192-pound senior got better in coverage last year with 16 broken up passes. (Another 2nd generation Husker alumn. Did we recruit this guy?) The defense should be a killer. Even though it wasn't the jailbreak pass rushing group of 2006, when Ameer Ismail was hitting every quarterback that moved, the D still put up decent numbers in the backfield and did a good job against the pass. The run defense needs to be a little bit more stout, and it should be. The offense will keep pace with everyone through the air, and it has a good back in Brandon West to work with. There's no reason Tim Hiller and the passing attack can't put up 300 yards or more on anyone other than the top secondaries with Jamarko Simmons, Schneider Julien, and TE Branden Ledbetter as dangerous as any trio in the MAC. 2007 Schedule CFN Prediction: 6-6 2007 Record: 5-7 Sept. 1 at W Virginia L 62-24 Sept. 8 Indiana L 37-27 Sept. 15 at Missouri L 52-24 Sept. 22 Cent Conn. St W 51-14 Sept. 29 at Toledo W 42-28 Oct. 6 Akron L 39-38 Oct. 13 at No Illinois W 17-13 Oct. 20 Ball State L 27-23 Oct. 27 at Eastern Mich L 19-2 Nov. 6 Central Mich L 34-31 Nov. 17 at Iowa W 28-19 Nov. 24 Temple W 16-3 This game could be tougher than at first glance.... I dont see how this schedule helps your argument of a tough game. Number of returning starters doesn't matter either. Duke returned 22 starters a couple of years ago and went 1-10. They are a middle of the pack MAC team and their two "good" games were against middle of the pack Big 10 teams. Quote Link to comment
Ohio Pete Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Number of returning starters doesn't matter either. Duke returned 22 starters a couple of years ago and went 1-10. The ESPN Big 12 blog took issue with that as well. FYI Nebraska is actually tied for 33rd Nationally in Phil Steele's experience rating and 3rd in the conference. Quote Link to comment
real'97champs Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Number of returning starters doesn't matter either. Duke returned 22 starters a couple of years ago and went 1-10. The ESPN Big 12 blog took issue with that as well. FYI Nebraska is actually tied for 33rd Nationally in Phil Steele's experience rating and 3rd in the conference. Holy Sh**, I actually knew what I was talking about for a change. Quote Link to comment
Danimal Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Phil Steele has West Mich atop his most-improved rankings. They'll give us a tussle. They key for them will be a quick start. The team and the crowd will be AMPED. WM will need to take the crowd out of it and crack the team's still-fragile confidence. I can see this one being a push Neb 31 WM 17 Quote Link to comment
chamrocck Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Phil Steele has West Mich atop his most-improved rankings. They'll give us a tussle. They key for them will be a quick start. The team and the crowd will be AMPED. WM will need to take the crowd out of it and crack the team's still-fragile confidence. I can see this one being a push Neb 31 WM 17 I tend to agree with your assessment, Danimal. We need to get on top of these guys early or we will be in for a tough game. Crowd is going to be amped up and so are both teams. That first quarter is going to fly by and I don't want us to be in situation where we are down 7 or 10 and then the second quarter is nearly over. They are going to run some stuff at our defense, no doubt. Our offense needs to be putting points on these guys early and take over this game. Quote Link to comment
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