Saunders Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 2016 Game 10 “Expert” Picks: Minnesota at #20 Nebraska ————— CollegeFootballNews.com http://collegefootballnews.com/2016/minnesota-vs-nebraska-prediction-game-preview One team is 7-2 and has the world there for the taking. The other team is 7-2, and it’s limping through the late part of the season. The world isn’t over for Nebraska. If Wisconsin can lose once more along the way – although it might be tough to hope for a loss against Illinois, at Purdue and Minnesota – then the Huskers control their world if they can win out. Get through Minnesota, Maryland and at Iowa, and get that Wisconsin loss, and it’s off to the Big Ten championship with a shot at getting into the College Football Playoff – and no, that’s not crazy if the Huskers can avenge their loss to Ohio State. And that’s a problem. That wasn’t just a loss to Ohio State last week; the Huskers were destroyed 62-3 as the team was totally and completely dominated, QB Tommy Armstrong was lost a concussion, and combined with the overtime loss to Wisconsin, ruined a 7-0 start with a two-game losing streak. They’ve got a solid team with a good run defense, an effective offense, and now, no pressure. They’re not supposed to be a factor anymore, but they’re still unbeaten at home, they still have a solid ground game, and they don’t screw up. Minnesota, unlike Nebraska, has its fate in its own hands. If it beats Nebraska and Wisconsin on the road, and takes care of business against Northwestern, it’ll be in the Big Ten championship with a likely shot at the College Football Playoff – even if it’s unranked at the moment. With over 200 yards on the ground in every game but three, Minnesota is methodical and effective and controlling games, but it can throw just a little bit here and there. The big key, though, is the team’s ability to always, always win the turnover margin. It didn’t win it against Penn State – going -1 – and lost, and it was even against Iowa, and lost. In all seven wins, the Gophers were on the plus side. Can Nebraska keep from messing up? It’s a +4 on the year in turnover margin, only losing it three times, but it has turned the ball over two times in five of the last six games, and will give away two more to the Gophers. After allowing 561 rushing yards in the last two games and four scores, the Huskers are about to get run over in a close, tough game – because Minnesota always plays close, tough games – that’ll come down to the final drive. Nebraska will have the ball with a chance to win, and the final drive will stall. Minnesota 26 - Nebraska 23 ————— BTN.com http://btn.com/2016/11/08/polls-its-time-to-pick-your-week-11-big-ten-football-winners-2/ Tom Dienhart: Nebraska 17 - Minnesota 14 Brent Yarina: Minnesota 24 - Nebraska 17 ————— Big Red Wrap-Up http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/sports/big-red-wrap-minnesota-prediction-3 Kevin Kugler: Nebraska 21 - Minnesota 20 Damon Benning: Nebraska 28 - Minnesota 20 Sean Callahan: Nebraska 27 - Minnesota 23 ————— Daily Nebraskan http://www.dailynebraskan.com/sports/football-score-predictions-nebraska-vs-minnesota/article_f67a642e-a573-11e6-8508-a3a6e1efba17.html Riley Bowden: Minnesota 17 - Nebraska 14 Bret Nierengarten: Minnesota 23 - Nebraska 16 Michael Dixon: Minnesota 27 - Nebraska 20 ————— Associated Press Picks http://collegefootball.ap.org/article/ap-college-football-picks-another-milestone-saban The Cornhuskers are hoping to get QB Tommy Armstrong (concussion) back for what amounts to an elimination game in the Big Ten West. UPSET SPECIAL Minnesota 27 - Nebraska 23 ————— Athlon Sports http://athlonsports.com/college-football/predictions-every-college-football-game-week-11-2016 Steven Lassan: N Mitch Light: N Bryan Fischer: N Jim Weber: N ————— ESPN FPI http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400869691 Nebraska 68.2% Win ————— ESPN Big Ten Blog http://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/138563/week-11-b1g-game-picks-huskers-sparty-on-upset-alert Brian Bennet: Minnesota 23 - Nebraska 21 Josh Moyer: Nebraska 27 - Minnesota 20 Dan Murphy: Nebraska 24 - Minnesota 17 Jesse Temple: Nebraska 31 - Minnesota 28 Austin Ward: Minnesota 28 - Nebraska 21 ————— FEI Projections http://www.bcftoys.com/2016-game-projections/ Nebraska 26 - Minnesota 22 ————— 2 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Bounce back in a big way. 31-7 Huskers Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Gonna be a lot of "experts" with red ink on their pool sheets this week. The spread is NU -7.5. And they're taking Minny straight up? In OUR house? A night game? No way that is happening. 1 Quote Link to comment
RunMickeyRun02 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 I can't pick without knowing for 100% sure if Tommy is going to play. The pick'em site I use has the spread as blank (indicative of a toss up game) the 7.5 is the first spread I've seen. Quote Link to comment
admo Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Gonna be a tough game. They've been that way against the Gophers lately. Really hope we have a healthy Tommy back. If so I like our chances. Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Fixed the color problems, and also added a line because I couldn't find one last night. Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Who the hell picked Minny to win by 2+ scores lol. Actually, nevermind... Quote Link to comment
shyndy Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Gonna be a tough game. They've been that way against the Gophers lately. Really hope we have a healthy Tommy back. If so I like our chances.it wasn't close last year iirc Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 With a healthy OL (much better than we had last week for sure) and if tommy can play, I think we can win this by 10-14. Minnesota has played a cupcake schedule so far. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Tommy is playing, I sent that out last night to a few people from the source I have, so unless something changed he is playing. Minny is run heavy, big time. Banker is pretty good at stopping that, most of the time. If you have a chance I want you to stop at Wal-Mart or Target and pick up the biggest package of toilet paper that you can find because when you hear this lock you are going to sh#t. Huskers 32 Gophers 20 Enjoy the -6.5 Quote Link to comment
Sea of Red Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I do not think Calvin Jones has picked us win one game this season, man... He does bring up a good point however in regards to Tommy. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I do not think Calvin Jones has picked us win one game this season, man... He does bring up a good point however in regards to Tommy. Assuming he picked us to beat Wyoming (can't find that one), he's picked us to be 5-4 - losing to Oregon and Indiana in addition to the two games we actually lost. Quote Link to comment
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