Herbstreit and Corsu Pick OU-NU Big XII Championship game

[RockyMountainOySker]

Channeling my inner Nexus....

 

 

Herbstreit, Corso agree on Big 12 pick: OU, Nebraska will play for championship

Posted by Mel Bracht on August 19, 2010M at 4:39 pm

 

ESPN “College GameDay” analysts Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso often disagree on their predictions on the popular show, but they both are predicting that Oklahoma and Nebraska will meet in the Big 12 football championship game.

And Herbstreit thinks the winner of that game will play for the BCS championship.

 

Corso, in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, said he thought OU would face Nebraska for the championship after going undefeated through the regular season. “They are loaded,” Corso said. “Landry Jones is going to be a Heisman candidate.”

In a conference call Thursday afternoon, Herbstreit agreed with his broadcast partner.

 

“I definitely like Oklahoma to win the South. I think Landry Jones is going to have a great year. I think it’s pivotal if you think about their schedule. Four of those first five games, if you exclude Utah State, will be challenging. You have Florida State, Air Force, at Cincinnati and then Texas in Dallas. If they are able to get through those five games, then take their bye week, this team should be unbeaten going into the Big 12 championship game. I don’t see another team on paper that can play with them. They go to A&M with Jerrod Johnson, who can score points. I think those first five are going to tell you everything you want to know about Oklahoma.

 

“And I think Nebraska is the real deal. I think we want to find out who emerges to be their quarterback. A lot of people nationally think their defense can’t be as good without (Ndamukong) Suh. I beg to differ. I think this defense is still going to be dominant. I think they have an outstanding secondary. Right now, Bo Pelini and his brother Carl are kind of on the cutting edge on the way they are utilizing seven defensive backs, then six and five. They are kind of using safeties as slash linebackers, kind of a hybrid guy. It creates a ton of confusion for an offensive line as we witnessed against Texas. Suh got most of the attention from that, but if you went back and watched the film, it had as much to do with confusion of Colt McCoy and not being able to get rid of the football, which allowed Suh and company to get to him. And they do that by mixing up their looks in the secondary with five, six and seven defensive backs constantly evolving and moving.

 

“I think Nebraska is real, and I think Oklahoma is real. I think they will eventually end up meeting in the Big 12 championship game. One day I think Nebraska is going to win that game, the next day I think Oklahoma is going to win that game. I will say this, whoever wins that game will go on to play in the national championship.”

 

Herbstreit said he the Big 12 will be hurt when it drops its conference championship game in 2011.

 

“Very different from the SEC, I think a lot of times it really matters who the matchup is and how much buzz is created in that region for the game. I have enjoyed watching those games. I have enjoyed calling them and being a small part of it. I think it hurts the conference because it’s fun to be able to play in a prime-time game on the last Saturday, for everybody to kind of watch your two best teams compete against each other. So I think you lose that. I’ve heard a lot of talk from (commissioner) Dan Beebe and others that they may be they are going to move some of the regular-season games around and still try to take advantage of that window late in the year. Maybe they can still be out there and be recognized late in the year. I think that’s important when you’re trying to sway votes and be part of the BCS standings.”

[ESPY]

Obviously facing OU in the title game would be an ideal finish to one of college football's greatest rivalries. Hope this comes true.

[GMoose]

Speaking of which, where has Nexus been?

[Foppa]

Speaking of which, where has Nexus been?

 

Who's Nexus?

 

Just kidding, he probably has a life or something.

[Billyball]

It truly doesn't matter because it has not much bearing on what happens on the field, but I'd actually feel a little.better for this team to be rated in the 10 to 15 area to begin the season. If we win, we'll get to the big game, but if we lose a couple games in the first half of the season I think we will be seen as overrated and fall farther than we would from the low teens.

 

I am not convinced we are that much improved, though the schedule is favorable. I am more concerned about winning the North and leaving on an up note,than getting caught up in the NCG hype. We have not beaten a top 20 team in several years even with Suh. I am not sure we will likely beat two or three highly ranked teams to fulfill the espn hype. If we stub our toe after such predictions we will fall like a stone, I fear. The good news, the players control the destiny of this last big 12 adventure!!

[Husker66]

It truly doesn't matter because it has not much bearing on what happens on the field, but I'd actually feel a little.better for this team to be rated in the 10 to 15 area to begin the season. If we win, we'll get to the big game, but if we lose a couple games in the first half of the season I think we will be seen as overrated and fall farther than we would from the low teens.

 

I am not convinced we are that much improved, though the schedule is favorable. I am more concerned about winning the North and leaving on an up note,than getting caught up in the NCG hype. We have not beaten a top 20 team in several years even with Suh. I am not sure we will likely beat two or three highly ranked teams to fulfill the espn hype. If we stub our toe after such predictions we will fall like a stone, I fear. The good news, the players control the destiny of this last big 12 adventure!!

 

100% agree.

[bleedNUred]

Obviously facing OU in the title game would be an ideal finish to one of college football's greatest rivalries. Hope this comes true.

I do too.

[n.e.husker]

Speaking of which, where has Nexus been?

 

Who's Nexus?

 

Just kidding, he probably has a life or something.

I have no life....

 

NU vs. OU. Cant beat that matchup to close out the big 12.

[Landlord]

I'm surprised nobody has chimed in with the oh-so-typical and equally naive "HERBSTREIT SAID SOMETHING NICE ABOUT US OMG WETF BBQ!1!#!1"

[HuskersNow]

I'm surprised nobody has chimed in with the oh-so-typical and equally naive "HERBSTREIT SAID SOMETHING NICE ABOUT US OMG WETF BBQ!1!#!1"

Given that Herbstreit and Pelini played together at Ohio State, I didn't expect anything less from Herbstreit when speaking about the Huskers.

[Landlord]

I'm surprised nobody has chimed in with the oh-so-typical and equally naive "HERBSTREIT SAID SOMETHING NICE ABOUT US OMG WETF BBQ!1!#!1"

Given that Herbstreit and Pelini played together at Ohio State, I didn't expect anything less from Herbstreit when speaking about the Huskers.

 

 

In my experience, he's pretty much always called it like it is, to the best of his knowledge and opinion (as far as Nebraska). I remember him being really excited and raving about our program after the Alamo Bowl in '05, and he gets slightly carried away one time and the general consensus turns into him hating us, and the only reason he says good things now is because of Bo. I don't buy it, personally. The guy knows his stuff if you ask me.

[kansas husker]

either way I love the idea of one more OU VS NU winner plays for the National Title game. Just as a send off to the big 12 8.

[bshirt]

The Big8 football Gods demand it and it will be delivered.

[AmukaFan]

Phil Steele (the magazine guy) is predicting Oklahoma to win the national championship, citing how Alabama went undefeated in the regular season after a down year.

[WCHusker]

This is the way things should end, OU vs. NU-the same way it was before we let the trash crawl in the back door.