*** Poll: Halfway through, how do we finish the year? ***

What's NU's record the last 6 games

  • 6-0 (Finish 9-3)

    Votes: 2 1.5%

  • 5-1 (Finish 8-4)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 4-2 (Finish 7-5)

    Votes: 6 4.5%

  • 3-3 (Finish 6-6)

    Votes: 37 28.0%

  • 2-4 (Finish 5-7)

    Votes: 60 45.5%

  • 1-5 (Finish 4-8)

    Votes: 23 17.4%

  • 0-6 (Finish 3-9)

    Votes: 4 3.0%
  • Total voters
    132
  • Poll closed .
Saunders

Saunders

Heisman Trophy Winner
It's pretty simple. What do you think happens the rest of the season?

SBNation's numbers say...

https://www.footballstudyhall.com/pages/2017-nebraska-advanced-statistical-profile


Date


Opponent


Opp. S&P+ Rk


Win
Probability


Proj.
W-L


Proj.
Margin


Proj.
Score


Cumulative
Proj. Wins


14-Oct


Ohio State


1


10%


L


-21.7


16.5 - 38.2


3.10


28-Oct


at Purdue


52


45%


L


-2.3


26.1 - 28.4


3.55


4-Nov


Northwestern


73


66%


W


7.0


30.2 - 23.2


4.21


11-Nov


at Minnesota


54


46%


L


-1.9


23.7 - 25.6


4.67


18-Nov


at Penn State


4


13%


L


-19.1


17.0 - 36.1


4.80


24-Nov


Iowa


42


52%


W


1.0


25.8 - 24.8


5.32



ESPN Says...

http://www.espn.com/college-football/team/fpi?id=158&year=2017

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So, what say you?

 
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We have no chance vs tOUS  and Sandusky State

Iowa will beat us again, Purdue is better than we are. 

We should beat Northwestern, but they have played us as tough as any team in Lincoln.  We should also beat "row your boat" U, but playing up there will be tough and the most recent history in that series does not bode well for NU either. 

I said we will end up with 5 wins (total for the season), but that is if everything falls into place, just as easily could see it be only 4.

 
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I feel good about us winning one more game (NW) - all others (not named Ohio State and PSU) are toss ups.   With zero confidence on those - I stuck with one more win. Maybe Riley pulls his yearly upset and beats.............Purdue :facepalm:

 
Lose to Ohio State, beat Purdue and Noethwestern, lose at Minnesota, beat Penn State because #Riley, and lose to Iowa because #Riley.

Diaco coahces bowl game against a terrible SEC East team and wins, Diaco strongly considered for petmanent head coach.

 
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2-4. Iowa is going to run all over us, Penn St and Ohio St are going to put up ridiculous numbers. Purdue, Minnesota and Northwestern are toss ups. What's sad is we can easily lose out a lot like Florida's 2013 season under Muschamp where they lost their last 7 games including a loss to Georgia Southern

 
I believe in 3-3 and could even see 4-2.

Unfortunately, it’s going to take some guts to pull off. Maybe we keep the Ohio State game close and use it to finish the season in a positive way. But I could also see us losing that one miserably and allowing it to become a chain reaction where we lose several more because the team checks out. This Wisconsin game felt identical to last years, the score wasn’t the same but we played with a ton of emotion and energy. Hopefully, the team is mentally tough enough to take (likely) another beating and then come out and finish the season strong but I could also see us losing every game the rest of the way.

 
I was going to say 3-3, but then I settled for 2-4.  Ohio State and Penn State are going to roll NU, and I think NU is basically at the same level as the rest of the teams on the schedule, so NU probably goes 2-2 against the other 4.  In all honestly, Riley's teams find ways to lose, rather than finding ways to win.

 
I went with 2-4 but only because I really thought 1-5 and allowed for one of Riley's surprises. I could easily see this crew going 0-6. Northwestern seems like an obvious win but they seem to take us to the wire every time. Hopefully it's not that ugly.

 
2-4

We can beat teams with hideous offenses.  That sums up both NW (98th in yards/play) and Minnesota (101st in yards/play).

 
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