Pat Forde

[n.e.husker]

Heres some things forde had to say about NU in his latest article per espn.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=5675517

 

Mad Cow: Among the other marquee locales Saturday is Lincoln, Neb. Texas-Nebraska (10) is not the game it appeared to be in August, but there is still plenty of intrigue.

 

 

 

One big question: Can the Longhorns match the simmering anger of their opponent? Nebraska has been spoiling for this particular fight ever since one second went back on the clock in the Big 12 championship game and Texas kicked the winning field goal to avoid a massive upset. The resentment only deepened when the Cornhuskers announced during the summer that they were leaving a league the Longhorns had come to control.

 

 

 

Yet there should be no small amount of bile in the belly of the Horns -- some toward Nebraska, but plenty toward themselves. They have made a mess of this season to date, and have had two weeks to stew in their back-to-back losses to UCLA and Oklahoma.

 

 

If we don't see Texas' best performance of the season Saturday, The Dash will be surprised. But if it's good enough to beat a Nebraska team that looked awfully good Thursday at Kansas State, The Dash will be even more surprised.

 

 

 

Predicted score: Nebraska 21, Texas 17.

 

Premature Pronouncement of the Half-Year: That defenses had caught up with the spread offense (22). That was a common preseason conclusion among a portion of the cognoscenti, and it has proved completely false -- at least with the run-centric versions of the offense. Oregon is torching opponents with the spread. Denard Robinson, Taylor Martinez and Cam Newton are zone-reading defenses to death. Just because the spread is on the shelf at Texas and in need of repairs at Florida, don't assume it's dead.

 

Upgrade of the Half-Year: The offense at Nebraska (23). Last year, the Cornhuskers had five games with one or fewer offensive touchdowns -- and most of the TDs they did have came at the end of plodding drives. Now, with the injection of Martinez's big-play ability, Nebraska's offense is a constant home run threat. The Huskers' 21 rushing touchdowns have covered an average of 31.8 yards per run, and their five TD passes have averaged 42.3 yards per pass.

 

The seven potential separation/elimination games (36) to come: Of the 13 remaining unbeaten teams, there is a chance for eight games between them. The list:

 

 

 

LSU at Auburn, Oct. 23. Odds both will still be unbeaten: Decent. The Tigers need only navigate past McNeese State, although Auburn has the much more difficult task of defeating Arkansas.

 

 

 

 

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Can DeMarco Murray and Oklahoma survive the season unscathed?

 

 

Nebraska at Oklahoma State, Oct. 23. Odds that both will still be unbeaten: Dicey. Cornhuskers must overcome Texas and the Cowboys must win at Texas Tech, something they haven't done since … get this … 1944. But this could be a trap-game spot for Nebraska if it invests everything in beating the Longhorns.

 

 

 

Missouri at Nebraska, Oct. 30. Odds both will still be unbeaten: Slim. Nebraska must handle Texas and Oklahoma State. Missouri must win at Texas A&M, then beat Oklahoma in the Tigers' homecoming game.

 

Oklahoma vs. Nebraska in the Big 12 championship game. Odds both will still be unbeaten: Feasible. Both could be favored in every remaining regular-season game -- but there's a lot of fish to fry between now and December.

[I am I]

When he sticks to his Dash, forde isn't half bad. When he writes articles, he gets himself in trouble. I like how he HAS to mention the Cornhuskers this year

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[Ziebol]

When he sticks to his Dash, forde isn't half bad. When he writes articles, he gets himself in trouble. I like how he HAS to mention the Cornhuskers this year

Yeah his articles is the main reason I don't like him. It seems on the Forde yard dash he says something somewhat intelligent, but when he does an article it's full of .