*** 2019 Game 7 "Expert" Picks: Nebraska at Minnesota ***

The good news...

Minny has a statue at QB (always like our chances when that is the case) 

The bad news...

I still "feel" like this is a game that the Huskers lose for no reason.

 
teachercd said:
The good news...

Minny has a statue at QB (always like our chances when that is the case) 

The bad news...

I still "feel" like this is a game that the Huskers lose for no reason.
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It's the same qb who gave us a lot of trouble with option runs last year when he came in.. Not a statue. I expect us to be better prepared this year, last year we'd clearly focused on the statue who started that game. 

 
GBRFAN said:
....NU scored more points and Minny sucks.

still have fond memories of the game back around 1980 win every play was a TD for NU

in all seriousness. 

... NU plays fast tempo with 1 of 2 backup QBs and Minny D has no answer in the final 22 minutes of the game due to the pace of play.
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Weather dependent, this might be a great plan. Press the pace and hit them quick and often.  

 
Husker in WI said:
It's the same qb who gave us a lot of trouble with option runs last year when he came in.. Not a statue. I expect us to be better prepared this year, last year we'd clearly focused on the statue who started that game. 
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He is a statue.

He has -41 yards rushing.

Wait...but last year he rushed for 51 yards...on 41 attempts.  

The only guy that things this dude is not a statue is Mike Riley...Riley would classify him as a true "Duel Threat"

 
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teachercd said:
He is a statue.

He has -41 yards rushing.
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Sacks are 2/3rds of his rushing attempts this year. So clearly he is running less this year, but that's not the same as being slow. Probably more a side effect of not having a healthy backup, but he had 4 for 35 and a TD in one half against us last year. I'm not claiming he's Justin Fields, but he ran effectively in the 3rd quarter last year - there were also some read option gives that opened up because he was getting 8-9 a pop. If we treat him like a statue he's more than capable of going all Clayton Thorson and getting 80% of his season rushing total on us.

 
Husker in WI said:
Sacks are 2/3rds of his rushing attempts this year. So clearly he is running less this year, but that's not the same as being slow. Probably more a side effect of not having a healthy backup, but he had 4 for 35 and a TD in one half against us last year. I'm not claiming he's Justin Fields, but he ran effectively in the 3rd quarter last year - there were also some read option gives that opened up because he was getting 8-9 a pop. If we treat him like a statue he's more than capable of going all Clayton Thorson and getting 80% of his season rushing total on us.
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Hmmm

Last year...41 attempts for 51 yards.

Like I said...The only guy that things this dude is not a statue is Mike Riley...Riley would classify him as a true "Duel Threat"

 
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teachercd said:
Hmmm

Last year...41 attempts for 51 yards.
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70% of which came against us. I guess I just have a different definition of "statue" - I'm thinking Dwayne Haskins, where we gave him 20 yards of open field and he ran for 1 and then almost broke his leg sliding down. He's not a dual threat, but he's not Peyton Manning.




 
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