[Husker] Huskers picked 2nd in Big XII North

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Collegefootballpoll.com - a computer ranking system - has NE going 9-3  with 
losses to WF, USC and Texas.  They Have NE (by way of beating  Missouri- also 
9-3)  playing OU in San Antonio and OU the conference  champ.
Interestingly - WF is slated at 11-1 with their only loss coming to  BC- 
their first game of the year right before Nebraska.    
 
 
Steve  Kauf
A Husker fan deep in South Texas
NOT THE VICTORY BUT THE  ACTION
NOT THE GOAL BUT THE GAME
IN THE DEED THE GLORY

 
 
In a message dated 7/19/2007 8:33:25 PM Central Daylight Time,  
MartinDW at stlukes.org writes:

Even in  the glory years, Columbia was a tough place to play.  

Look at the  projected starters for Mizzou on offense.  There are quite a few 
familiar  names   Then compare experience on the defensive line.

I  would vote for Missouri if I was a sportswriter, too.

I have a  physician colleague who staffs an occ med clinic at Wake Forest 
Medical  Center.  He tells me that the Demon Deacon faithful and local media folk 
 have been talking about the Husker game all summer long, seeing it as a 
"pivot  point" of sorts for their program (proving that last year was not a  
fluke).

I don't think I like that sort of focus; but of course it can  backfire, too. 
 

Douglas W. Martin, MD, FAADEP, FACOEM,  FAAFP

Medical Director
St. Luke's Center for Occupational Health  Excellence
4230 War Eagle Drive
Sioux City, IA  51109

UNL  '87
UNMC '91


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From:  husker-bounces at tssi.com on behalf of Steve Reichenbach
Sent: Thu 7/19/2007  6:17 PM
To: andy at knipp.com; husker at tssi.com;  mikejaixen at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] Huskers picked 2nd in Big XII  North



I guess I'm surprised even though MU has won the last two  games in
Columbia and Callahan's conference road record is  5-6.

Doesn't NU have better talent and coaches?  Here are the  Rivals
recruiting rankings for the last four years.

2004   27  29
2005   5  39
2006  20   47
2007  13  33

Pinkel's teams have lost 5 or more games  every year.  Last year, they
lost 5 of their last 7  games.

Missouri does have a week off before the NU game, but last year  they
lost to Iowa State after a week off and the year before they were  blown
out at home by Texas after a week off.

This game is as big for  NU as the USC game, but in the opposite sense.
A win against USC would give  Callahan some serious cred.  A loss
against Missouri probably will put  Callahan on the hot seat.

The start of this season is crunch time for  Callahan.  Assume NU wins
against Nevada, Ball State, and Iowa State,  all at home.  If NU wins at
Wake Forest, beats USC in Lincoln, and  wins in Columbia, NU probably
will be in the top 5.  If NU wins 2 of  the 3, most fans will view that
as a good record against good teams.   Even if NU loses to Wake Forest
and USC, a win in Columbia would put NU in  a good position to win the
Big 12 North.  However, if NU takes its  second or third loss in
Columbia and Perlman hasn't re-upped Peterson, the  heat will be on.


> Not a huge surprise since NU is at MU and NU  has won very few
> important road games. If it was MU at NU I suspect  you would see the
> roles reversed.
>
> >Media votes  2-to-1 Missouri over Nebraska.
> >
>  >http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1200&u_sid=10082419
>  >
> >North order of finish:
> >Mizzou (16 first-place  votes), Nebraska (8 first place
> >votes), Kansas State, Kansas,  Colorado, Iowa State
> >South order of finish:
> >Texas (16  first place votes), Oklahoma (7), Texas A&M
> >(1), Oklahoma  State, Texas Tech,  Baylor

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