[Husker] Texas Tech

[scott71law at verizon.net]

Nebraska opened this week as a 3.5 point favorite versus Texas Tech according to Vegas. I know these spreads are just set to even the betting action, but I am very surprised the Huskers are considered the favorite in this game, home field advantage or not. Perhaps the bookies know more than we think- as we all know, the Huskers were a 3.5-4 point favorite all week in the ISU game as well.

A win against Tech, and Nebraska will be the flavor of the week with much of the media, and we will all be suddenly hearing about how the team "is back", you can bet on it. In fact, if the Huskers can pull it out this week, I'd bet they would be ranked in the top 20 at worst.

Looking at some of the teams below the Huskers in the polls, do a lot of folks really think Nebraska is better right now than Colorado, Oklahoma, Minnesota and A&M? Based on the games I have seen so far, I would say no, but that is one of the reasons I never bet on football! Having the gameplan package this year at my house has been great, and from what I've seen of OU I wouldn't count the Sooners out just yet. I didn't get a chance to see any of the A&M game versus Baylor, but I suspect Baylor is better than people think.

Scott in NY