[personal] [Husker] Buffs and 'Cats

[Mike Jaixen]

--- Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:


> KSU over UT wasn't 1/10th as impressive, IMO.  UT
> has played worse teams
> than Ball St and still barely came out with the W. 
> I spoke with some UT
> fans last week and they said they expect to be .500
> or less in Big XII play.

Anytime you go into Austin and beat the Bovines by 20
points, that's impressive.  Not as much as defeating a
Sooner team that previously looked to be one of three
elite teams in college football, but still impressive.

> I don't think the Big XII South is nearly as
> dominant this year and I don't
> think the Big XII as a whole is as good this year. 
> The north should really
> be interesting this year, a lot of teams could be in
> the race late in the
> year.

A&M and Oklahoma State both have had some bad losses
on the road out of conference.  The North served
notice on the South that "the times, they may be
changing again"...
> 
> I like our chances against Missouri if it were in
> Lincoln (there defense is
> clearly worse than ours and because of their awful
> OOC schedule, I'm not
> convinced their offense, while good, is as
> advertised a.k.a. Top 10
> nationally).  The thing that scares me most is the
> 8:05 start in Columbia.
> We don't play night road games all that well, at
> least not recently.

I really don't know how anyone can say that Missouri's
defense is "clearly worse than ours".  The Tigers may
have played a less-than-desirable OOC schedule, but
still beat a middle-of-the-road Big 10 school
(probably comparable to Wake Forest) and a bottom
feeder SEC team on the road (possibly comparable to
Ball State if you are feeling generous to the
Huskers).  Last week we gave up 400+ yards to one of
the worse offenses in college football.  The only
thing "clear" is that both schools are struggling on
defense.

> NU 47
> MU 45
> 
> Take the overs :)

I'd be curious where Vegas sets the over/under on this
one.  Last week, I thought it could possibly be 110...
With the late kickoff, this game could remind folks of
those late-night WAC games from about 15 years ago.

Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com


       
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