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Games Against The South: Texas, at Oklahoma State, at Texas A&M
Realistic Best Case Record: 11-1
Worst Case Record: 6-6
Likely Finish: 9-3
Summary: There’s a reason Husker fans are all fired up. The defense should be fine, the offense can’t be worse, and the schedule is national-title good. That might be putting the program’s head over its skis, this isn’t going to be one of the three best teams in the country, but to get to the BCS Championship a great team needs a mix of winnable layups with one or two signature games. Winning at Washington won’t be anything to get to jacked up over, but it would still make a national splash, and the rest of the non-conference slate is a joke. While road games at Oklahoma State and Texas A&M will be tough, any team thinking big has to win those games. Getting Missouri and Kansas at home should all but sew up the North title, and then comes the big one: Texas. It might be a Big 12 Championship preview, and if the Huskers can win the showdown in mid-October, the hype and high expectations will follow.
Sept. 4 Western Kentucky
Sept. 11 Idaho
Sept. 18 at Washington
Sept. 25 South Dakota St
Oct. 2 OPEN DATE
Oct. 7 at Kansas State
Oct. 16 Texas
Oct. 23 at Oklahoma St
Oct. 30 Missouri
Nov. 6 at Iowa State
Nov. 13 Kansas
Nov. 20 at Texas A&M
Nov. 26 Colorado
While I agree with their "realistic best-case scenario," do they honestly think we won't have a better record than last year? The schedule is easier, and like they said, the D will still be damn good and the offense can (and should) only be better. Doesn't that account for maybe another win or two?