2016 Season Predictions Thread

[Elf]

I'm the only one who voted 12-0. This will be the teams ultimate tribute to Sam.

You are supposed to be serious about this, not just be a homer.

Remember Colorado's run to commemorate Sal Aunese? I do. Sal was their star quarterback and he died from stomach cancer. Colorado dedicated their season to Sal and went 11-1 that year their only loss was to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.

Maybe the Huskers are serious about remembering Sam on the field. But...I'm just a Homer, what the hell do I know?

 

[cm husker]

I find it extraordinarily morbid and inappropriate to try to tie onfield performance to a tragedy.

I get a "give effort in remembrance of..." but I don't get "winning is a tribute to ...."

Anyway, CU's record that year was more a result of McCartney building a program than a tribute to a player. After all, CU went 47-10-4 during the next 5 years with an NC.

 

[Redux]

I said 9-3 with losses to Ohio State because duh, Iowa because eventually the home team is gonna win one again, and Indiana because....hell Idk, maybe Tommy is injured and we are forced to trot Fyfe out there on the road again.

This season is a mystery to me.

 

[BigRedBuster]

11-1 baby!!!!!!!

OSU only loss in the last minute of the game with OSU field goal.

 

[famoustitles]

There are still lots of uncertainty especially with the lines and how they game plan. im going with 9-3 right now. The Oregon game I think will be very telling this year. If we can slow down their offense and win that game it will give a good indication of how the season will go. Kind of like the Miami game last year we got hit hard early in that game then couldn't finish. But as of now I'll go 9-3 with losses to Wisconsin, Ohio state, and Iowa

 

[OH HSKR FAN]

I see a lot of folks predicting a loss to Northwestern. For some reason I think the Huskers play the Cats better in their place.

 

[Elf]

At least no one has picked 6-6 or 5-7 yet.

If it wasn't for Sam, I'd say 2 losses to Ohio St. And we win our bowl game for a 12-2 season. This type of success hinges on Mr. Armstrong making good decisions with the ball. He's gotta a bit better each year, hopefully his annual improvement is enough.

With Sam gone, this could change everything. The dedication and focus of the entire team could reach new levels.

 

[hskrfan4life]

12-0 because why not us? This season seems just as good as any to do so. Teams take big jumps in secon year of head coach. Nebraska goes undefeated as above the loss changes everything.

 

[marko polo]

I'm the only one who voted 12-0. This will be the teams ultimate tribute to Sam.

You are supposed to be serious about this, not just be a homer.

Remember Colorado's run to commemorate Sal Aunese? I do. Sal was their star quarterback and he died from stomach cancer. Colorado dedicated their season to Sal and went 11-1 that year their only loss was to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.

Maybe the Huskers are serious about remembering Sam on the field. But...I'm just a Homer, what the hell do I know?

So all we had to do was give more "effort more drive " all these years hmmm who would a thunk it.

 

[cm husker]

At least no one has picked 6-6 or 5-7 yet.

If it wasn't for Sam, I'd say 2 losses to Ohio St. And we win our bowl game for a 12-2 season. This type of success hinges on Mr. Armstrong making good decisions with the ball. He's gotta a bit better each year, hopefully his annual improvement is enough.

With Sam gone, this could change everything. The dedication and focus of the entire team could reach new levels.

I think there's a better chance of 4-8 than 5-7 or 6-6, because if the wheels come off that bad, they will come all the way off.

I just don't see how this amount of talent could be that badly squandered.

 

[GBRFAN]

it wont

 

[RunMickeyRun02]

8-4, with losses to Northwestern, Ohio St., Maryland and Iowa. Maryland is going to be that one game a year we scratch our heads and wonder how we lost. They have a good group of coaches though, and have some decent talent on that roster.

Yep, them or Indiana

 

[Mavric]

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[Mavric]

So one week out the consensus is:

9 wins +/- 1 (received almost 70% of the vote).

All-but-unanimous wins (6): Fresno State, Wyoming, Illinois, Purdue, Minnesota, Maryland

Largely-expected wins (>60%, 2): Northwestern, Indiana

Coin flips (3):Oregon, Wisconsin, Iowa

Expected Loss (1): Ohio State

So at least we're consistent in our voting as the non-Coin-Flip games would put us at 8-1 so the range on the Coin Flips would be 8-4 to 11-1 depending on how things go there.

 

[Redux]

I think right now I feel like we should win 11 games but I don't think Tommy can carry us to more than 9 regular season wins. That's not an intentional knock against him, it's just what I'm expecting.