2025 Season Prediction POLL Thread

[TGHusker]

I did go back andf watch a little of the U of Cinncy game. We seemed to be pretty vanilla on D.

I wonder how much we aren't showing on both D and O and won't reveal it until Michigan ? I hope there is some stuff in the bag!

 

[Hilltop]

I wonder how much we aren't showing on both D and O and won't reveal it until Michigan ? I hope there is some stuff in the bag!

I think most teams start off fairly conservative- even the proven good teams. Look at Texas and Ohio State - very vanilla on both sides of the ball. First game of the year is tough to make judgements on. I think we will see quite a bit more from both sides of the ball going forward but I wouldn't expect Nebraska to expose too much prior to the Michigan game.

 

[hskrpwr13]

I think the size of our interior D-line is a problem. That won't be solved with better technique and experience.

 

[Hilltop]

I think the size of our interior D-line is a problem. That won't be solved with better technique and experience.

I thought so too after losing Ty and Nash but we aren't small this year- actually fairly average for the B1G. We were just bigger than average last year. Add in our D end size and we actually average about the same as last year overall.

It was game 1- I'm going to take a wait and see approach. I'm hopeful that they look better with a few more games under their belt.

 

[Mavric]

I wonder how much we aren't showing on both D and O and won't reveal it until Michigan ? I hope there is some stuff in the bag!

It seems like this has been the story (hope?) almost every year since I can remember. I don't know that there's ever been much truth to it. At least as far as actively hiding things. You're always going add things as the year goes along and have a new wrinkle for opponents. But if we were saving much - especially on offense - and almost lost, that's some poor decision-making.