ladyhawke Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I would love to see this happen but my fear is this: beat MSU then go to Happy Valley and crap the bed. We have done it before. Give some reasons why we can win out >Current positive momentum >Some injured players will be back >These young kids have heart/passion for the game What else? Quote Link to comment
southernoregonhusker Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I want to say we can win this weekend, but I'm trying to temper my expectations. I don't think this O can score enough against MSU. Hopefully DONU can get a few special teams plays to go their way. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 It'll be some tough battles, but I don't see any reason why we can't. Quote Link to comment
TheSker Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 One game at a time. This defense is becoming fun to watch. We are starting to make some noise in the opponents' backfield. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 This question will be much easier to answer after the MSU game. If the defense plays like the last two weeks and keeps improving..... If the offense can keep the sticks moving and Beck doesn't go full Watson...... Why we can win out- We really only have to figure a way to move the ball and score on MSU's defense. Their offense should not cause us too much concern. We should be able to win both sides of the ball vs PSU and Iowa. Quote Link to comment
Dr. Mantis Toboggan Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 At this point I would be very proud and extremely hopeful for the next few years if our very young team can win out. But, if we lose another game or two then it is going to be how we lose and how we react after a loss that should matter to everyone. Really, I just hope our team can get healthy down the road and we win a big bowl game against a great team. Quote Link to comment
In the Deed the Glory Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I am hopeful we can. Pelini has a history of completely shutting down offenses like Michigan State. What worries me is the injuries on the offense. I hope we can move the ball well enough to score some points on that defense. Ameer Abdullah has to have an amazing game to take pressure off of Armstrong and give him time to throw the ball. Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I am hopeful we can. Pelini has a history of completely shutting down offenses like Michigan State. What worries me is the injuries on the offense. I hope we can move the ball well enough to score some points on that defense. Ameer Abdullah has to have an amazing game to take pressure off of Armstrong and give him time to throw the ball. I'm wondering if we might score defensively to beat MSU. How many pick-sixes do we have? 4? 6? I'm not sure. But it would be awesome if we got karma on MSU for all the games they've won when their defense scored. Quote Link to comment
commando Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 winning out in the regular season is possible. the CCG and Rose Bowl would be huge upsets if we win those Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I am afraid of what the OP stated as well. Regardless one game at a time. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 I said before NW that we could win any of the five remaining games or we could lose any of the five and I really wouldn't be too surprised with any combination. Now I think we should have every chance to win the last three but that's still going to take some doing. Who would have thought our defense would be carrying us for the last seven quarters? I didn't think MSU would score a lot of points on us even when our defense was far from great. Now, if we can keep up the recent pace, we should have every chance to shut them down. Just hope the offense doesn't hand them anything easy. On the flip side, I we've been able to score in the 20s on their defense the last couple years but now our offense seems to be in neutral. I think another game under TA's belt - and a huge boost of confidence from the last scoring drive - will help get us going. Also, the receivers are bound to make a play or two sometime, right? Quote Link to comment
RedDenver Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Also, the receivers are bound to make a play or two sometime, right? Like a Hail Mary catch or 20+ yards on 4th and short? Hopefully they'll come up with something like that. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Also, the receivers are bound to make a play or two sometime, right? Like a Hail Mary catch or 20+ yards on 4th and short? Hopefully they'll come up with something like that. I know. They haven't been terrible. But they've missed more routine plays that I expected over the last three games. Quote Link to comment
tschu Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 It's gonna be tough. We're probably 30% to win against MSU, 50% to beat Penn State, and 50% to beat Iowa. So we have about an 8% chance of winning out 2 Quote Link to comment
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