Early expectations for this year.

[kchusker_chris]

You were wrong last year, and more than likely, will be wrong again this year. I'll leave you with this.

And where is this coming from? I can't seem to find any doom & gloom posts last year by skers. What I can find ended up being pretty much on the money - even a little on the optimistic side.

We have a team with a history of not showing for certain games. All this positive pub, plus the coaches seeming to be more vocal than in the past makes we worry about this year. The kids start to believe the press and we could have problems. I see us losing several games this year, I am worried about us stopping the run, and I am worried about Wisconsin just flat running over us in the ground game.

The Wisconsin game will tell us where we are and how far we will go.

I never go into a season thinking we are going to win everything, but this year I have more reservations than ever before.

Bo always has a game where we are not prepared, I do not see this year being different.

I think we win the conference, but not the MNC, I doubt we get to it, let alone win. A BCS game I think is in the offering, but we could lose 4 games just as easily.

Going to be very interesting for sure.

 

[Saunders]

You were wrong last year, and more than likely, will be wrong than this year. I'll leave you with this.

And while Nebraska fans wanted more last season, Pelini is still only the 6th BCS head football coach to win nine or more games his first four years.

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Man he sucks....

haha - there it is. really surprised it took everyone so long. yup, Pelini joined what...about 25 of his BCS peers and won 9 games, yet again? /golf clap

By 25, you mean 6? Read the quote.

 

[kchusker_chris]

Here's a good one....hahahahaha

You are predicting that a team that was owned in its last game by Washington will get past Washington, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Northwestern (who is as good as Washington, I'd think... or, at least close),Michigan State, Penn State and Ohio State with but a single loss? That is 7-1 versus teams that are at least as good, and in most cases better than, the team that just spanked us in our last game. Hmnn... seems overly optimistic to me. We closed last season very, very poorly. We lost more guys to graduation than normal. We have many, many questions to answer... seems to me that splitting the 8 games mentioned above would be about right and about as good as we can reasonably expect. Not 7-1 against that crew. But... I applaud the enthusiasm and appreciate the cheery outlook... still.... very, very unlikely.

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...and we got pretty dang lucky against tOSU.

 

[kchusker_chris]

And some more...

I think the Big 10 is due for a down year compared to last. tOSU will probably implode, Wisky will drop (they lost alot of talent on both sides), as will MSU. They won a ridiculous amount of close games, ala Iowa '09. Michigan is changing their entire team (O & D), and Minnesota is.... minnesota. PSU doesn't have a quarterback, and Northwestern can give you a headache if you can't defend the spread (IOWA). I think we go 10-2 regular season.

MSU got every bounce last year, and won all their close games. Their losses? Complete blowouts (outscored 86-13) by 5 & 3 loss teams. They only beat one ranked team. They'll be hard pressed to get back to double digits.

...having Russell Wilson won't mean squat. He's played in an entirely different offense, and put up good stats in arguably the second worst BCS league.

 

[Saunders]

You were wrong last year, and more than likely, will be wrong again this year. I'll leave you with this.

And where is this coming from? I can't seem to find any doom & gloom posts last year by skers. What I can find ended up being pretty much on the money - even a little on the optimistic side.

We have a team with a history of not showing for certain games. All this positive pub, plus the coaches seeming to be more vocal than in the past makes we worry about this year. The kids start to believe the press and we could have problems. I see us losing several games this year, I am worried about us stopping the run, and I am worried about Wisconsin just flat running over us in the ground game.

The Wisconsin game will tell us where we are and how far we will go.

I never go into a season thinking we are going to win everything, but this year I have more reservations than ever before.

Bo always has a game where we are not prepared, I do not see this year being different.

I think we win the conference, but not the MNC, I doubt we get to it, let alone win. A BCS game I think is in the offering, but we could lose 4 games just as easily.

Going to be very interesting for sure.

Eh, I got him and the other 2 amigos mixed up. His "prediction" is about as wide ranging as it gets though. That said, he's been posting a bunch of doom and gloom without any sort of decent analysis or evidence to back it up.

 

[kchusker_chris]

Eh, I got him and the other 2 amigos mixed up. His "prediction" is about as wide ranging as it gets though. That said, he's been posting a bunch of doom and gloom without any sort of decent analysis or evidence to back it up.

Won't argue with you there.

 

[Saunders]

And some more...

I think the Big 10 is due for a down year compared to last. tOSU will probably implode, Wisky will drop (they lost alot of talent on both sides), as will MSU. They won a ridiculous amount of close games, ala Iowa '09. Michigan is changing their entire team (O & D), and Minnesota is.... minnesota. PSU doesn't have a quarterback, and Northwestern can give you a headache if you can't defend the spread (IOWA). I think we go 10-2 regular season.

MSU got every bounce last year, and won all their close games. Their losses? Complete blowouts (outscored 86-13) by 5 & 3 loss teams. They only beat one ranked team. They'll be hard pressed to get back to double digits.

...having Russell Wilson won't mean squat. He's played in an entirely different offense, and put up good stats in arguably the second worst BCS league.

1. I was off by one game!

2. MSU got trounced twice by inferior teams (NU & ND). They won 4 games by 1 score or less, 2 on the last play of the game. Again, got lucky. Defense will be good this year (maybe not 2011 good) and the offense will be the sore spot.

3. RW was much better than I thought, simply because I didn't think he'd be able to absorb the PB that fast. It also helped that he didn't have to press with Ball toting the rock.

 

[skersfan]

I said, it is what I expec this year. Too many new people, to little time to train, what I feel are unqualified coaches, depending on too many that really have not seen the field, depending on a single running back, and a quarterback, who most feel is terrible (I am not included in that group).

Wisconsin will be every bit as tough, Michigan state has been on the rise for the last few years, would imagine it will continue, we beat a Penn State team that was in shambles, should be much better this year, kids bounce back no question. Ohio State will be ready for Nebraska this year, not likley the Qb goes down again. Northwestern better be different, Iowa at home is a tough nut to crack for most going there. UCLA is an unknown, but they have a lot of talent, can they make it work is the real question. Arkansas state is a very good team, with a great coach and I think they still have a chance of their transfer running back playing. Michigan who all counted out last year, came on did what Pelini was supposed to do. He won games that mattered.

We lose to UCLA, scrape by Southern Miss or Arky and we will have kids with out a past looking in the mirror wondering. This is not he cake walk some seem to think it is. And we normally find a way to play down to the competition.

I really have no facts or statistics to back up my thoughts, just a very bad feeling about this year.

And as stated last year, Wisconsin showed us what we had, quite obvious, we were in for a tough run through what most predicted as an easy Big Ten. Every team improves as time goes by or at least they are supposed to. Nebraska is not alone in this happening.

My expectations are low this year, not enough improvement in the Oline or Dline to see a CC team. With some luck we could be a good team, but it can go just as easily the other way this year. And as to winning 9 games a year, that was a major deal when you only played 11, but now we play 13, makes a big difference.

Still hope you guys are right, but there really isn't any proof either way.

 

[Saunders]

And as to winning 9 games a year, that was a major deal when you only played 11, but now we play 13, makes a big difference.

We haven't played 11 games in 43 years. We also play much tougher competition, and don't have enormous advantages.

 

[Saunders]

I said, it is what I expec this year. Too many new people, to little time to train, what I feel are unqualified coaches, depending on too many that really have not seen the field, depending on a single running back, and a quarterback, who most feel is terrible (I am not included in that group).

Wisconsin will be every bit as tough, Michigan state has been on the rise for the last few years, would imagine it will continue, we beat a Penn State team that was in shambles, should be much better this year, kids bounce back no question. Ohio State will be ready for Nebraska this year, not likley the Qb goes down again. Northwestern better be different, Iowa at home is a tough nut to crack for most going there. UCLA is an unknown, but they have a lot of talent, can they make it work is the real question. Arkansas state is a very good team, with a great coach and I think they still have a chance of their transfer running back playing. Michigan who all counted out last year, came on did what Pelini was supposed to do. He won games that mattered.

We lose to UCLA, scrape by Southern Miss or Arky and we will have kids with out a past looking in the mirror wondering. This is not he cake walk some seem to think it is. And we normally find a way to play down to the competition.

I really have no facts or statistics to back up my thoughts, just a very bad feeling about this year.

And as stated last year, Wisconsin showed us what we had, quite obvious, we were in for a tough run through what most predicted as an easy Big Ten. Every team improves as time goes by or at least they are supposed to. Nebraska is not alone in this happening.

My expectations are low this year, not enough improvement in the Oline or Dline to see a CC team. With some luck we could be a good team, but it can go just as easily the other way this year. And as to winning 9 games a year, that was a major deal when you only played 11, but now we play 13, makes a big difference.

Still hope you guys are right, but there really isn't any proof either way.

The only "proof" we have is the trend that Pelini seems to win at least 9 games, lose to a team we we're favored over, beat a team we're underdogs too, and make dumb mistakes.

Based on our trends, saying we're going to only win 5 games is as illogical as saying we're going 14-0 and TM is winning the Heisman.

 

[RedDenver]

Wow, where to start...

I said, it is what I expec this year. Too many new people,

NU has 14 starters returning and many others with starting experience. That's actually a good amount of returning players.

to little time to train,

NU has the same amount of time as every other team.

what I feel are unqualified coaches,

You can feel anything you want, but that isn't a good reason for your position. I feel our coaches are perfectly qualified with a good mix of personalities.

depending on too many that really have not seen the field,

I repeat: NU has 14 starters returning and many others with starting experience. That's actually a good amount of returning players.

depending on a single running back, and a quarterback,

What teams aren't? Wisky has 2 excellent RB's, but I can't think of another team that depends on 2 at either position.

 

[RedDenver]

Continuing...

who most feel is terrible (I am not included in that group).

Again with feelings (even if they're not yours), and I doubt that the majority feel that way. I could be wrong, but it doesn't matter either way.

Wisconsin will be every bit as tough,

Why is that? Their All-American QB and perhaps best WR in the B1G leaving? They lost a couple really good OL as well. Wisky will be tough, but I don't think they'll be as tough as last year.

Michigan state has been on the rise for the last few years, would imagine it will continue,

Why is that? Their best player in years left (Worthy) or the best QB-WR combo they've ever had leaving? I think Dantonio is a good coach, and the game is in East Lancing, but rising the last few years isn't likely to help them.

we beat a Penn State team that was in shambles, should be much better this year, kids bounce back no question.

Why is that? PSU played lights-out and with fire last year winning many close games simply by effort. They're talent level is questionable and they've got a whole new staff for the first time in almost 50 years. What about that says " much better this year" exactly?

Ohio State will be ready for Nebraska this year, not likley the Qb goes down again.

True. But we also might not be down 28-0 in the 3rd quarter this year either. Or we might play like we did the last quarter and a half the whole game this year. And our star DT might not leave the game with an injury.

 

[RedDenver]

Continuing again... (limited number of quotes allowed per post apparently)

Northwestern better be different,

Ok.

Iowa at home is a tough nut to crack for most going there.

Not sure if that's true, but you could be right.

UCLA is an unknown, but they have a lot of talent, can they make it work is the real question.

Agree.

Arkansas state is a very good team, with a great coach and I think they still have a chance of their transfer running back playing.

Arky St is not a very good team. They're very good for the Sun Belt. And the new HC has never been a HC before, so the jury is still out there.

Michigan who all counted out last year, came on did what Pelini was supposed to do. He won games that mattered.

Agree that Hoke had a great season at UM last year. That doesn't mean he can do it again, but I'll give the Wolverines the benefit of the doubt right now. However, the game is in Lincoln this time.

 

[RedDenver]

Last continue...

We lose to UCLA, scrape by Southern Miss or Arky and we will have kids with out a past looking in the mirror wondering. This is not he cake walk some seem to think it is. And we normally find a way to play down to the competition.

You're entitled to your prediction, but I'm guessing we struggle with one of those three opponents, blow the other two out, and win all three games.

I really have no facts or statistics to back up my thoughts,

Agree.

just a very bad feeling about this year.

Ok.

And as stated last year, Wisconsin showed us what we had, quite obvious, we were in for a tough run through what most predicted as an easy Big Ten. Every team improves as time goes by or at least they are supposed to. Nebraska is not alone in this happening.
My expectations are low this year, not enough improvement in the Oline or Dline to see a CC team. With some luck we could be a good team, but it can go just as easily the other way this year. And as to winning 9 games a year, that was a major deal when you only played 11, but now we play 13, makes a big difference.

Still hope you guys are right, but there really isn't any proof either way.

This all seems reasonable to me, if a little pessimistic.

 

[Hunter94]

I said, it is what I expec this year. Too many new people, to little time to train, what I feel are unqualified coaches, depending on too many that really have not seen the field, depending on a single running back, and a quarterback, who most feel is terrible (I am not included in that group).

Wisconsin will be every bit as tough, Michigan state has been on the rise for the last few years, would imagine it will continue, we beat a Penn State team that was in shambles, should be much better this year, kids bounce back no question. Ohio State will be ready for Nebraska this year, not likley the Qb goes down again. Northwestern better be different, Iowa at home is a tough nut to crack for most going there. UCLA is an unknown, but they have a lot of talent, can they make it work is the real question. Arkansas state is a very good team, with a great coach and I think they still have a chance of their transfer running back playing. Michigan who all counted out last year, came on did what Pelini was supposed to do. He won games that mattered.

We lose to UCLA, scrape by Southern Miss or Arky and we will have kids with out a past looking in the mirror wondering. This is not he cake walk some seem to think it is. And we normally find a way to play down to the competition.

I really have no facts or statistics to back up my thoughts, just a very bad feeling about this year.

And as stated last year, Wisconsin showed us what we had, quite obvious, we were in for a tough run through what most predicted as an easy Big Ten. Every team improves as time goes by or at least they are supposed to. Nebraska is not alone in this happening.

My expectations are low this year, not enough improvement in the Oline or Dline to see a CC team. With some luck we could be a good team, but it can go just as easily the other way this year. And as to winning 9 games a year, that was a major deal when you only played 11, but now we play 13, makes a big difference.

Still hope you guys are right, but there really isn't any proof either way.

The only "proof" we have is the trend that Pelini seems to win at least 9 games, lose to a team we we're favored over, beat a team we're underdogs too, and make dumb mistakes.

Based on our trends, saying we're going to only win 5 games is as illogical as saying we're going 14-0 and TM is winning the Heisman.

have to agree here, although i am not optimistic, it would be a disaster to win only 5 games.........we may lose 5 games., but we will most definitely win more than 5 games too.