[Husker] 10 Reasons why Nebraska deserves a top 25 ranking this week (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> I was really impressed with the win today, easily the best of Callahan 
> tenure at Nebraska.  It's not so much the score, but the execution against 
> what appeared to me to be a pretty decent Iowa State team.
> 
> Anywhere between #14 and #25 makes sense.  

My guess is they'll show up at about #21 this week, and about #12 if they
beat TT.  I think it'll take time (and two or three solid offensive 
performances) to make enough believers among voters for the Huskers to 
break into the top 10, even though IMHO there's a shortage of legitimate 
top 10 teams right now.

Hopefully the new Harris poll will get some kinks out of the system
this week.  Idaho??

Michigan, Oklahoma and Nebraska should all be back in the top 25 this week,
along with Penn State, restoring some sense of order to the football world.  

The best part of today's game was that the west coast offense worked pretty
much as it usually does:  lots of yardage but trouble in the red zone.  

In days of old, had the Huskers had 450 yards of rushing offense, they
would probably have put at least 35 points on the board.

But for some dropped passes and one bonehead play (or play call, I'm not
sure which), the game shouldn't have gotten to overtime.  I was impressed 
with how they made what they had to make in the 1st overtime.

Holding ISU to 13 (in regulation) was much more impressive than holding 
Pitt to 6.  

What Nebraska still needs is some breakaway speed receivers, though a pass 
to Ross in the flat is just a pitch play where the ball goes forward instead 
of backwards, and he's as dangerous out there as any Husker running back 
in a decade.  
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Mike Nolan