Why we win

[AF Husker Fan]

OU can be brilliant or horrible this season. They nearly lost to some pretty mediocre teams early on yet had flashes of brilliance. Which team did MU face? I don't think anybody quite knows yet. It will be a bit clearer in 24 hours.

 

You could argue the same for us - we nearly lost to SDSU AND lost to a mediocre Texas squad. Which Husker team shows up Saturday - interestingly enough, both of those subpar performances were at home...

[Haspula]

That was prior to the Dominique Hamilton injury, too. It'll be interesting to see how they fill his position. They still have Terrell Resonno, who has been playing quite well by all accounts, and they fill with Jimmy Burge, who has one of the best afros of all time:

 

 

That goatee could blind someone

[MCAT800]

I guess stopping OU and their rushing offense doesn't count. All OU did all day was run bubble screens left and right in the passing game(which for a spread offense is a running game) and then run Demarco Murray the other 50% of the time. Demarco will be playing on Sundays so he isn't to shabby. Don't be too quick to discount our defense... this isn't the same Missouri D. Your quarterback is the only one that scares me... so fast.

 

Yea we just bubble screened OSU for 323 yds passing.

[NebraskaShellback]

I guess stopping OU and their rushing offense doesn't count. All OU did all day was run bubble screens left and right in the passing game(which for a spread offense is a running game) and then run Demarco Murray the other 50% of the time. Demarco will be playing on Sundays so he isn't to shabby. Don't be too quick to discount our defense... this isn't the same Missouri D. Your quarterback is the only one that scares me... so fast.

 

Good luck

[irafreak]

OU can be brilliant or horrible this season. They nearly lost to some pretty mediocre teams early on yet had flashes of brilliance. Which team did MU face? I don't think anybody quite knows yet. It will be a bit clearer in 24 hours.

 

You could argue the same for us - we nearly lost to SDSU AND lost to a mediocre Texas squad. Which Husker team shows up Saturday - interestingly enough, both of those subpar performances were at home...

Personally I hope both teams bring their A game and we don't have to wonder who the better team is a day from now. We still don't know if the Texas loss exposed us or the OU loss(to missouri) exposed them.

[Hunter94]

OU can be brilliant or horrible this season. They nearly lost to some pretty mediocre teams early on yet had flashes of brilliance. Which team did MU face? I don't think anybody quite knows yet. It will be a bit clearer in 24 hours.

 

You could argue the same for us - we nearly lost to SDSU AND lost to a mediocre Texas squad. Which Husker team shows up Saturday - interestingly enough, both of those subpar performances were at home...

Personally I hope both teams bring their A game and we don't have to wonder who the better team is a day from now. We still don't know if the Texas loss exposed us or the OU loss(to missouri) exposed them.

 

 

tomorrow, we find out who we really are and just how far the program has really progressed......good luck Huskers.

[HuskerBruin]

Missouri's run defense vs. Nebraska run offense is going to be a huge mismatch in the Husker's favor. missouri has the number 23 run defense vs. Nebraska's number 5 run offense. That doesn't sound like that much of a mismatch until you look further. Missouri hasn't really played anyone that runs the ball effectively. The two best run teams Missouri has played are Illinois (number 27 run offense) and San Diego St. (number 37 run offense). Against Illinois, Missouri gave up 200 yards rushing at an average of 5 yards a rush. That was the first game, so it wouldn't mean much as an isolated incident. But against San Diego St., Missouri gave up 250 yards rushing at an average of 7.5 yards per rush. The numbers bear out that Nebraska has a significantly better rushing game than either of those two teams.

 

Missouri's defensive strength is pass defense. While Nebraska showed last week that they can be effective in the pass game, I think it is clear that their offense of choice is rushing. Given the performances of both teams this year, I just don't see how Missouri is going to stop Nebraska's running game. And Nebraska's defense is like Missouri's, but better. a very good pass defense and an average rush defense; the difference being is that Missouri does not have a serious rushing offense, ranking 79th in the nation.

 

We win, and we cover the spread...

 

I really hope you're right about the outcome of the game, but I don't think we can draw that much confidence from those numbers.

 

As for the Illinois game, you have to admit that Mizzou's D adjusted at the half and shut down Illinois's run game for the most part in the second half.

 

And to be fair, those San Diego St. numbers aren't quite as telling as they look at first sight. Ronnie Hillman got 228 yards on 23 carries for an average of 9.9 YPC. Two of Hillman's runs went for 93 and 75 yards. That means that 168 of his 228 yards came on two carries. Of course those two carries still count and Mizzou gave up those big plays, but it's not as if Hillman was just gashing Mizzou's D all day. In other words, he only averaged 2.8 YPC on those other 21 carries. Again, those yards still count, but they happened on two significant breakdowns instead of repeated breakdowns throughout the game.

[TRIPP]

I feel this is the game when Ne gets over the home field woes. Also Think our defense steps up the the better then last year hype and plays solid causing 1-2 interceptions returned for TDs which turns into the 14 point win I feel. 24-38 Nebraska. Haha that's I think my 3rd prediction so far for this game!!!

[bowersbd]

That was prior to the Dominique Hamilton injury, too. It'll be interesting to see how they fill his position. They still have Terrell Resonno, who has been playing quite well by all accounts, and they fill with Jimmy Burge, who has one of the best afros of all time:

 

 

 

 

WOW!! Is that Cricks halloween costume? If so why did he pick such an ugly jersey?

[Blaze1up]

We cover !

 

You heard it here 1st.

[TRIPP]

ESPN nation poll....72% chose Ne to win....Go BIg Red!!!

[NebraskaShellback]

Game day

Go Huskers

 

[suh_fan93]

I am just praying that if Missouri blantantly plays the run and is halfway successful doing it that we do not continue to just solely run on 1st and 2nd downs. I hope were not PREDICTABLE in other words. Then again maybe we have some success running the ball.

 

Just start the game already!

[jsneb83]

Missouri's run defense vs. Nebraska run offense is going to be a huge mismatch in the Husker's favor. missouri has the number 23 run defense vs. Nebraska's number 5 run offense. That doesn't sound like that much of a mismatch until you look further. Missouri hasn't really played anyone that runs the ball effectively. The two best run teams Missouri has played are Illinois (number 27 run offense) and San Diego St. (number 37 run offense). Against Illinois, Missouri gave up 200 yards rushing at an average of 5 yards a rush. That was the first game, so it wouldn't mean much as an isolated incident. But against San Diego St., Missouri gave up 250 yards rushing at an average of 7.5 yards per rush. The numbers bear out that Nebraska has a significantly better rushing game than either of those two teams.

 

Missouri's defensive strength is pass defense. While Nebraska showed last week that they can be effective in the pass game, I think it is clear that their offense of choice is rushing. Given the performances of both teams this year, I just don't see how Missouri is going to stop Nebraska's running game. And Nebraska's defense is like Missouri's, but better. a very good pass defense and an average rush defense; the difference being is that Missouri does not have a serious rushing offense, ranking 79th in the nation.

 

We win, and we cover the spread...

+1

 

Good call.

[HuskerExpat]

Missouri's run defense vs. Nebraska run offense is going to be a huge mismatch in the Husker's favor. missouri has the number 23 run defense vs. Nebraska's number 5 run offense. That doesn't sound like that much of a mismatch until you look further. Missouri hasn't really played anyone that runs the ball effectively. The two best run teams Missouri has played are Illinois (number 27 run offense) and San Diego St. (number 37 run offense). Against Illinois, Missouri gave up 200 yards rushing at an average of 5 yards a rush. That was the first game, so it wouldn't mean much as an isolated incident. But against San Diego St., Missouri gave up 250 yards rushing at an average of 7.5 yards per rush. The numbers bear out that Nebraska has a significantly better rushing game than either of those two teams.

 

Missouri's defensive strength is pass defense. While Nebraska showed last week that they can be effective in the pass game, I think it is clear that their offense of choice is rushing. Given the performances of both teams this year, I just don't see how Missouri is going to stop Nebraska's running game. And Nebraska's defense is like Missouri's, but better. a very good pass defense and an average rush defense; the difference being is that Missouri does not have a serious rushing offense, ranking 79th in the nation.

 

We win, and we cover the spread...

+1

 

Good call.

 

I'm glad I was right!

 

And fortunately I also placed a proposition bet on Roy Helu rushing for over 72.5 yards. That might have been the best bet I've ever made!