More Espn Projections

[Abdullah the Butcher]

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Strength of schedule: 64

Projected overall record: 7.61 wins, 4.53 losses

Projected conference record: 4.57 wins, 3.43 losses

Odds of winning the Big Ten: 4.5 percent

Three interesting games: vs. Miami (Fla.) -- 47.7 percent predicted chance to win (lose by 1 point); at Northwestern -- 47.74 percent predicted chance to win (lose by 1 point); at Wisconsin -- 27.6 percent predicted chance to win (lose by 9.2 points)

Synopsis: For one of the experts' favorites to win the division, its Stats & Info odds of winning the conference sure seem low. That being said, these numbers will be updated every week -- so it stands to reason these will change in the Huskers' favor in the future. If they don't? Saddle up for a disappointing season.

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=bigten&id=103618

 

[NUpolo8]

Heh. That strength of schedule......

 

[Saunders]

LOL.... the ESPN FPI is so terrible.

18-17 in picking bowls...

http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/80624/the-bowl-winners-will-be?ex_cid=espnapi_public

Also, 7-5? I'll take that bet.

 

[kchusker_chris]

Heh. That strength of schedule......

won't truely know how strong or weak it is until the end of the season. as of now it's looking pretty lame though.

 

[NUpolo8]

Yep pretty lame, just like the consensus pick of 7/8-4 for Nebraska.

 

[Count 'Bility]

Well sh#t. Since the almighty has spoken, i say its time to transpire this into a "coach search" thread. Who you want?

 

[huKSer]

18-17 in picking bowls...

I got that coin to flip in my pocket right now

 

[kchusker_chris]

Well sh#t. Since the almighty has spoken, i say its time to transpire this into a "coach search" thread. Who you want?

thank you for your contributions...

 

[knapplc]

Well sh#t. Since the almighty has spoken, i say its time to transpire this into a "coach search" thread. Who you want?

Stay on topic.

 

[hskrfan4life]

That is laughable. Also their conference record for us doesn't add up. Why can't they keep it simple.

 

[NUpolo8]

What's odd is that they don't list the Michigan st game as one of the interesting games. Is that to mean they think it won't be a contest?

 

[It'sNotAFakeID]

Nothing much we can do with the schedule we're given other than to win them all.

 

[NUpolo8]

Nothing much we can do with the schedule we're given other than to win them all.

 

[It'sNotAFakeID]

What's odd is that they don't list the Michigan st game as one of the interesting games. Is that to mean they think it won't be a contest?

Perhaps. The game has only produced one epic in the last 3 seasons. In 2011, Nebraska won 24-3. In 2012, Nebraska won 28-24. In 2013, Michigan State won 41-28 (but really 41-21). But I'm thinking ESPN could be overvaluing the Spartans a bit while undervaluing the Huskers a bit. Just a bit though, the FPI has done a pretty solid job in predicting games in the recent years.

 

[NUpolo8]

LOL.... the ESPN FPI is so terrible.

18-17 in picking bowls...

http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/80624/the-bowl-winners-will-be?ex_cid=espnapi_public

Also, 7-5? I'll take that bet.

Overall they have a .645 percentage.