11. I predict that Nebraska's defense will be drastically improved -- to the point where it achieves actual mediocrity. (It cannot help but be dramatically better than last year's semi-permeable unit, which gave up, to various opponents, 49, 40, 41, 45, 36, 76, 31 and 65 points.)
12. I predict that Bo Pelini's honeymoon in Lincoln, and the good will generated by his savvy vow to revive the Big Red's once-potent walk-on program, will last for up to seven weeks, at which point the 'Huskers will have lost three straight, and be staring down the barrel of a second-straight losing season
