I can't see the tigers as favorites. We match up very well in this game. We win this game. Might even blow them out.
Hey, tell me if I go to far, but this statement seems a little off to me. I mean, there's hoping for your team, and I even don't mind people saying that they'll win, but a blow out? I mean, losses to USC and Oklahoma aren't that bad, but OK State says something (the Texas game shouldn't have even been a loss so I don't count that). But Auburn's loss to UGA isn't very good either. But even losses aside, I don't know if Nebraskas really beaten any great teams this year. Good ones, yes, aTm, and TT, but I don't know if those teams quite compare to Florida and LSU this year.
I'm not trying to say that Auburn is gonna blow out Nebraska, I'm just saying that if Nebraska does win, it'll most likely be within 14. Hell, I don't think Auburn would blow out Nebraska, although I'd give them 17 since the spread is 3 in Auburn's favor.
Sorry if I seem defensive, but all week before the LSU game we had LSU fans making predictions of the likes of 45-3 and 30-0 in favor of LSU. And then they can't handle the loss. I just want to be able to have resonable discussions on this game.
As for being in the SEC, yeah, its starting to look like that finally helps a team out, since the SEC is getting a good rep, but c'mon, the big XII northin isn't THAT underrated.
In all fairness to myself I never said we
would blow the tigers out. I said we
might blow them out and I think the stats back me up.
NEB----AUB
Avg. Natl. Avg. Natl
Rushing offense-----175.62----25th---155.00----43rd
Passing offense-----253.15----18th--- 177.83----87th
Pass efficiency------154.89----10th----139.15----34th
Total offense--------428.77-----9th-----332.83---68th
Scoring offense------31.85-----13th-----25.42----49th
Rushing defense----120.38-----43rd---125.83----48th
Pass defense--------223.31-----89th---171.67----20th
Pass eff. defense----117.75----42nd---117.18----38th
Total defense--------343.69----70th----297.50----25th
Scoring defense------18.38-----30th-----13.92-----7th
Net punting-----------37.24-----32nd-----38.95-----4th
Punt returns-----------7.74------77th------6.00---100th
Kickoff returns-------17.23-----114th-----25.76----6th
Turnover margin------0.00------61st-----+0.42----32nd
Schedule strength 0.55645161--25th--0.54687500--32nd
Look at the tigers passing game for example. Even with our weak secondary they are not going to put up huge numbers on us through the air.
If you look at our passing defense we have been vulnerable, but only to teams that have both an efficient passing QB and a go to receiver. Their QB, Brandon Cox has a 13 - 9 TD to interception ratio. Not good. Plus the tigers only have one receiver of note, Courtney Taylor, and he barely registers on the national charts. The tigers don't have the horses to beat us in the air. Even with our tender secondary. Our running defense is solid. They won't get much on the ground. So if we
can shut down their running game, and they don't have an efficient enough QB or the receivers to beat us in the air how are they even going to score on us?
The only way we lose this game is if we have a lot of turnovers. And I don't think Taylor will have two bad games in a row. Teams that don't have a passing offense do pass for more yards than they normally do when they play us. But the tigers don't have much of an offense, their strength is their defense. And we are far too balanced on offense for them to stop us. The sooners have a better defense than the tigers do. And we rolled up pretty close to 400 yards on the sooners. Of course the turnovers killed us.
I'm almost addicted. LOL