Saunders Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 2015 Game 11 “Expert” Picks: Nebraska at Rutgers ————— CollegeFootballNews.com http://collegefootballnews.com/2015/nebraska-vs-rutgers-game-preview-prediction Why You Need To Care. Rutgers appeared to get through all the problems and all of the drama early in the year, but the schedule got nasty and the results have been disastrous losing to Ohio State, Wisconsin and Michigan by a combined score of 146-33. However, if it can somehow get by Nebraska, with Army and a bad Maryland team to close, there’s still a chance. The offense has to figure out how to score, but the season isn’t totally dead yet – it’s just on life support. Nebraska wasn’t able to come up with any positive breaks, and then it got a whopper against Michigan State to give the campaign a new lease on life. All was seemingly lost in the shocker at Purdue, but needing one big scoring drive late against the Spartans – and a dropped interception and a questionable non-call – the Huskers got the win to stop a brutal slide of four losses in five games. Win this, and the Iowa game is for a bowl. Why Nebraska Will Win There’s that whole inability to score thing that’s been a wee bit of a problem for Rutgers. No, Nebraska doesn’t have the defense to stop anyone cold like Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio State, but it’s okay against the run and the Scarlet Knights aren’t able to do anything on the ground. Rutgers can’t score, and it can’t stop anyone from throwing the ball successfully – that’s a bad combination against a Nebraska team that might have found its passing game footing against Michigan State. Why Rutgers Will Win The Nebraska secondary has been a disaster lately, giving up four touchdown passes to Purdue and then allowing four more to Michigan State. On the year, the Huskers have just six interceptions with a mere three of them in the last seven games – this group just doesn’t make plays. No, the Rutgers passing game isn’t working with star WR Leonte Carroo hurting, and the offense has fallen flat over the last few weeks against the great defenses, but Nebraska doesn’t have a great defense. If it was ever time to go bombing away, this would be it. Player Who Matters Nebraska’s Jordan Westerkamp has turned into one of the Big Ten’s most important receivers over the last few weeks. Good over the first part of the season with a touchdown catch in each of the first four games, he disappeared at times for a while, and then had a nice day against Northwestern with 92 yards before coming up huge the last two weeks with nine catches against both Purdue and Michigan State, cranking out 123 yards and a touchdown against Purdue and 143 yards and a touchdown against the Spartans. He’s been outstanding at finding the seams and getting open, and with De’Mornay Pierson-El out, he has to continue to be the team’s best weapon. What’s Going To Happen? Nebraska isn’t going to blow it now. It’s going to be sloppy at times, and Rutgers will play okay at home, but it’ll be a welcomed easy game for the overdramatic Huskers. PREDICTION: Nebraska 38 - Rutgers 17 ————— SBNation/Football Study Hall http://www.footballstudyhall.com/2015/11/12/9716170/college-football-picks-week-11-s-and-p Nebraska 38 - Rutgers 25 ————— ESPN FPI http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/fpi?id=158&year=2015 Nebraska - 74.8% chance of winning ————— BTN.com http://btn.com/2015/11/11/polls-its-time-to-pick-your-week-11-big-ten-football-winners/ Tom Dienhart: Nebraska 44 - Rutgers 27 Sean Merriman: Rutgers 24 - Nebraska 21 Brent Yarina: Nebraska 45 - Rutgers 28 Doug Lesmerises: Nebraska 28 - Rutgers 26 ————— ESPN Big Ten Blog http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/126852/big-ten-week-11-game-picks-all-eyes-on-iowa Brian Bennet: Nebraska Josh Moyer: Nebraska Dan Murphy: Nebraska Mitch Sherman: Nebraska Jesse Temple: Nebraska Austin Ward: Nebraska ————— Big Red Wrap-Up http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/sports/big-red-wrap-rutgers-prediction-0 Kevin Kugler: Nebraska 27- Rutgers 21 Blake Lawrence: Nebraska 37- Rutgers 27 Jay Foreman: Nebraska 35- Rutgers 31 ————— Daily Nebraskan http://www.dailynebraskan.com/sports/dn-sports-desk-nebraska-v-rutgers-score-predictions/article_d4712f2a-8693-11e5-b8ff-fb65250e972a.html Josh Kelly: Nebraska 38 - Rutgers 15 Brett Nierengarten: Nebraska 24 - Rutgers 23 Nick Wilkinson: Nebraska 41 - Rutgers 10 Michael Dixon: Nebraska 31 - Rutgers 17 Vanessa Daves: Nebraska 31 - Rutgers 17 ————— Athlon Sports http://athlonsports.com/college-football/predictions-every-college-football-game-week-11 Steven Lassan: Nebraska Mitch Light: Nebraska David Fox: Nebraska Braden Gall: Nebraska Mark Ross: Nebraska 3 Quote Link to comment
wiuhusker Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 So are we playing MSU or Rutgers? Quote Link to comment
Tomhusker64 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 We have to play Michigan State again? Quote Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Oh sh#t...MSU is going to put a whooping on us after what happened last time! Edit: I got you, saunders. Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted November 12, 2015 Author Share Posted November 12, 2015 Oh sh#t...MSU is going to put a whooping on us after what happened last time! Edit: I got you, saunders. Dammit, where did I screw it up? Quote Link to comment
Creighton Duke Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I look forward to this post every week. Thanks for compiling all of this information in one place! Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Sean Merriman: Rutgers 24 - Nebraska 21 Going back and looking at his picks to see if he picked Nebraska in each respective game MSU - no Purdue - yes Northwestern - yes Minnesota - no Wisconsin - no Illinois - yes Quote Link to comment
skersfan Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 One last week for us, this week one against us. Quote Link to comment
admo Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Calvin finally picks the Huskers, albeit by 6. Love CJ but "TheSker" must have rubbed off of him. He's been picking against the Big Red for many weeks now. Good to see him appreciate the Huskers potential. And kudos the "TheSker" for getting excited about a Husker win (against Sparty) when it was finally over. Yeah I noticed Quote Link to comment
Sparker Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Sean Merriman: Rutgers 24 - Nebraska 21 Going back and looking at his picks to see if he picked Nebraska in each respective game MSU - no Purdue - yes Northwestern - yes Minnesota - no Wisconsin - no Illinois - yes So the guy is 1-5 on those picks, I like our chances. 1 Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Sean Merriman: Rutgers 24 - Nebraska 21 Going back and looking at his picks to see if he picked Nebraska in each respective game MSU - no Purdue - yes Northwestern - yes Minnesota - no Wisconsin - no Illinois - yes So the guy is 1-5 on those picks, I like our chances. Well, nobody's perfect. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Calvin finally picks the Huskers, albeit by 6. Love CJ but "TheSker" must have rubbed off of him. He's been picking against the Big Red for many weeks now. So he's been right most of the time? Quote Link to comment
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