Game-by-Game W-L Predictions

[Kiyoat Husker]

Final Summary of votes:

23 Votes cast

8W, 3T, 1L

prediction of 8-4 to 11-1 season (average 9.5 wins)

 

not a great sample size, but I think this was a decent representation of the board's optimism in general.

 

Here's a different way to represent confidence in winning with a percent. (Kind of like Alwayshusking's picks that we made fun of) I gave half of the "toss-up" votes to the win total and divided by 23.

 

Fresno State: 100% confidence (W)

Wyoming: 100% confidence (W)

Oregon: 48% confidence (T)

Northwestern: 63% confidence (W)

Illinois: 100% confidence (W)

Indiana: 89% confidence (W)

Purdue: 100% confidence (W)

Wisconsin 50% confidence (T)

Ohio State: 13% confidence (L)

Minnesota 87% confidence (W)

Maryland: 100% confidence (W)

Iowa: 59% confidence (T)

 

I would say the average from all the voters was pretty gal-dern accurate. I guess you could say the average poster is a pretty smart dude (yes, the average poster is 99% male, lives in Grand Island, has 1.5 children and a drinking problem.) just an estimate.

[Moiraine]

 

Fresno - Win by a score of roughly 49-22

Wyoming - Win but they make a late push

Oregon - Win on the final drive 28-26

@NW - Win, and big. Like 52-13 big

Illinois - Win a lazy game by 20 unimpressively

@IU - Our defense comes out lazy and we have to explode in the 4th to win an early shootout

Purdue - Shutout, 40-0

@Wisconsin - Win, they come out beaten up and we take an early lead and win 38-20

@Ohio State - Loss, but it's only by 9 points

Minnesota - Win, an early scare gets stuffed by the D

Maryland - Win an easy game, 39-10

@Iowa - Win, like we did the first couple times we played em

 

*note: ^ that is best case scenario. I think we go 9-3 on the year.

I honestly laughed out loud. Why do people think we do anything better than .500?

 

I wasn't too confident about this year but at least I didn't think 6-6 was our best case scenario.

[GBRHouston]

 

Fresno - Win (Should be comfortably, but wouldn't be surprised it the first game of the year is a little shaky)

Wyoming - Win

Oregon - Toss-up (I think the Huskers lose, but there is a real chance they don't. The hype and home stadium make it a toss up)

@NW - Toss-up

Illinois - Win

@IU - Toss-up

Purdue - Win

@Wisconsin - Toss-up

@Ohio State - Loss

Minnesota - Win

Maryland - Win

@Iowa - Loss

 

6 "wins"

2 "losses"

4 "toss-ups" (Oregon is likely loss, Wisconsin is likely loss, I"m not even very comfortable with NW as a toss-up)

 

If I put a number out, I'd say 7-5 is likely. 8-4 best case, 5-7 worst case.

I was also wrong about my Cowboys. I like being wrong....

 

I wish you were wrong about the Cowboys.

 

I think this season has exceeded everyone's expectations. We've won everything we should have won. Now we just have a tough Iowa team and bowl game left.