Saunders Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 2019 Game 6 “Expert” Picks: Northwestern @ Nebraska ————— CollegeFootballNews.com https://collegefootballnews.com/2019/10/nebraska-vs-northwestern-fearless-prediction-game-preview-2019 Why Northwestern Will Win Remember when Nebraska couldn’t stop giving the ball away early last season? It’s even worse this time around. The Huskers gave it up two times or more in seven games last year, including three times in the collapse against the Wildcats. After losing 22 turnovers, how is the offense doing this year? It’s given it up 14 times with three or more in four of the five games. Northwestern needs those mistakes to happen early and often. The defense hasn’t been all that bad overall, but the offense isn’t working even a little bit. The more easy drives, the better. The Nebraska offensive line isn’t doing enough to keep defenses out of the backfield, the offense has been hit-or-miss in terms of consistency, and … Why Nebraska Will Win Northwestern’s offense is AWFUL. Yeah, the Huskers might not have the team many were hoping for, and the offense hasn’t been quite as amazing as expected, but before the Ohio State loss, the O was still able to score. Northwestern? It scored 30 on a miserable UNLV team, and hasn’t done anything against anyone else. Eventually, once he’s able to settle down and relax a bit, QB Hunter Johnson will be terrific. But for right now, he’s not able to do much of anything – failing to connect on half of his passes so far with one touchdown pass and four picks. As always, this is a plucky team that finds ways to drag opponents down to its level – witness the way-too-tough-to-put-away fight for Wisconsin last week – but it shouldn’t take more than a few early Husker scores to apply the knockout punch. What’s Going To Happen This will be a far cry from the amazing 34-31 thriller Northwestern pulled off to get by Nebraska last year. The Huskers won’t explode, but they’ll do what they need to early on, and the nation’s least-efficient passing game from Northwestern won’t be able to answer. The Wildcats won’t let this get out of hand – and they’ll battle back to make it interesting in the second half after coming up with two takeaways – but they simply won’t have the scoring punch to finish the drill. Nebraska 30 - Northwestern 20 ————— ESPN FPI https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401112242 Nebraska - 68% Win ————— DRatings https://www.dratings.com/predictor/ncaa-football-predictions/ Nebraska 29 - Northwestern 23 Nebraska - 68% Win ————— FOX Sports https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/predictions?season=2019&seasonType=1&week=6 Nebraska 31 - Northwestern 30 Nebraska - 56% Win ————— Bill Connelly SP+ https://twitter.com/ESPN_BillC/status/1179371225396723713 Nebraska - 72% Win Nebraska 27 - Northwestern 17 ————— Big Red Wrap-Up http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/sports/big-red-wrap-northwestern-prediction-6 Mike’l Severe: Nebraska 26 - Northwestern 24 Jay Moore: Nebraska 31 - Northwestern 21 Sean Callahan: Nebraska 27 - Northwestern 23 ————— More to come... 1 Quote Link to comment
Undone Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Not that this really matters that much, but of the picks up so far nobody has us scoring 35 points or more in this game. We really, really need to score at least 35 points in this one. Gotta shake off the sloppy play and strike. 4 Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Why Ohio State Will Win Northwestern’s offense is AWFUL. Yeah, the Huskers might not have the team many were hoping for, and the offense hasn’t been quite as amazing as expected, but before the Ohio State loss, the O was still able to score. Northwestern? It scored 30 on a miserable UNLV team, and hasn’t done anything against anyone else. Eventually, once he’s able to settle down and relax a bit, QB Hunter Johnson will be terrific. But for right now, he’s not able to do much of anything – failing to connect on half of his passes so far with one touchdown pass and four picks. As always, this is a plucky team that finds ways to drag opponents down to its level – witness the way-too-tough-to-put-away fight for Wisconsin last week – but it shouldn’t take more than a few early Husker scores to apply the knockout punch. Didn't realize Ohio State was playing. 3 Quote Link to comment
CapoValley Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 If they can’t win this game there probably isn’t a bowl in Nebraska’s future 1 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Our defense is gonna look great against this team. We were built to terrorize offenses like this. If our offense takes care of business we should win by 2 scores at least. 3 Quote Link to comment
VectorVictor Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 22 minutes ago, hskrfan4life said: Didn't realize Ohio State was playing. It's Pete Fiutak. Wouldn't be shocked if he did that as a dig at us, the dude *hates* Nebraska. 1 Quote Link to comment
Bigred_inSD Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Northwestern is always really solid on defense look at what they did to Wisconsin. Hopefully Nebraska wins but this will probably be much closer than most fans want to believe 1 1 Quote Link to comment
lincoln84 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 45 minutes ago, CapoValley said: If they can’t win this game there probably isn’t a bowl in Nebraska’s future Yes, just like this game last year---must win for a bowl. Quote Link to comment
BIG ERN Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 NW actually outgained Wisconsin last week in yards and had 8 more 1st downs Quote Link to comment
Hayseed Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I thought the first review was a weak analysis. Nothing about NWs ability to pressure Martinez or stop our runners. I haven’t seen NW at all but I’m guessing we’ll win handily at this point. I think it has more to do with what our guys want than any previous stats or expert evaluations. Ill check them out when I get time and see if anything about NW changes my mind. 1 Quote Link to comment
Undone Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 10 minutes ago, BIG ERN said: NW actually outgained Wisconsin last week in yards and had 8 more 1st downs Yep. A stat that I haven't really heard anybody talking about. NW stood there in run fit and just moved towards Taylor, instead of just mindlessly pounding into the line with their linebackers like Michigan did. Quote Link to comment
Minnesota_husker Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Little surprised that given our struggles with Northwestern and the game against OSU that everyone is on the Huskers. I think Nebraska will be motivated but things always get weird there. 1 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Minnesota_husker said: Little surprised that given our struggles with Northwestern and the game against OSU that everyone is on the Huskers. I think Nebraska will be motivated but things always get weird there. I like the matchup but the history definitely complicates things. Fitz has a way of making games close, not just with us. Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Northwestern games are always nuts. Take the Huskers, bet the Wildcats and the under. Quote Link to comment
Igetbored216 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 I wouldn't be surprised if Northwestern's offense comes alive in this game. Huskers seem to always bring out the best in opponents. (Probably more of a knock against the Huskers than anything). I expect the Huskers to turn it over two or three times to make it close. Honestly, I'm not sure which team I am picking yet. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
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