[Husker] Husker Football Predictions for Next Season

[jon johnston]

Well, if you're really going to put things in perspective you have to  
include '67 and '68 when Devaney went 6-4.  The beat downs at the  
hands of Bear Bryant and Alabama. Then the 47-0 ass-kicking by Oklahoma.

This year, no linebackers, not much experience in the secondary. Next  
year, we'll lose seven of eight experienced defensive linemen. When  
combined with the fact that we only picked up one DT in this year's  
recruiting class, it's going to take some time to build this team back  
into a regular contender. Those are the facts. It's hard to believe  
that we're going to consistently win nine games a year. If that's the  
standard, it's as if it's a set up to failure. Missouri, Colorado,  
they're not going to stand still, especially that Hawkins guy at  
Colorado.

Be honest....  Would Pelini survive that now? I would hope so. But the  
bar is too high. Don't you think it's unrealistic?

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

On Apr 8, 2008, at 3:38 PM, Duane Feldman wrote:
> To put things in perspective, in '61 the Huskers went 3-5 (or  
> something close) when a new coach came to town.  Devaney took that  
> team to 9-2 and a bowl game his first year.  Devaney and Osborne  
> made legends of themselves by winning the games they were supposed  
> to and making an occasional upset.  I expect the same of Pelini.
>
> Nine wins is the minimum acceptable goal IMHO.  Next year, we need  
> to beat one of:  Virginia Tech, Missouri, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and  
> the bowl game and beat all the rest.  Now I'm aware "the rest"  
> includes Kansas, but watch a meltdown south of the Nebraska border  
> next year so I don't think that will be a problem.  Easy?  Of course  
> not.  But expected nonetheless.
>
> Getting to the BCS puts Pelini is the Devaney/Osborne category.
>
> There is additional logic to getting there.  IF last year's team had  
> played to potential, we would have won the North, but Coz's defense  
> prevented that.  Same offense with a strong D should also put us in  
> position to win the North (with strong competition from Missouri).   
> I could see a 10-2 regular season with losses only to Missouri and  
> Oklahoma, but that won't get us to a BCS bowl.  10-3 with a loss to  
> VT and two to Oklahoma won't do it either.  It would take 11-2 or  
> better with one loss to VT and splitting the games with OU to get us  
> to the BCS.  Now THAT is Devaney like.
>
> Go Bo,
> Duane Feldman
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
> To: Jeff Volk <jeffv at alphavideo.com>; husker at tssi.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 4:08:58 PM
> Subject: RE: [Husker] Husker Football Predictions for Next Season
>
> That's not "HIGHLY optimistic".  Here's a prediction
> that's "HIGHLY optimistic".  Not mine, mind you...
>
> Former Husker walk-on Matt Vrzal (who apparently
> predicted 7 wins in 2007) is predicting more than
> that.  He doesn't put numbers on it, but he's thinking
> BCS Bowl game. Not the national championship game, but
> one of the big bowls... which would indicate 10-2
> (10-3?) or 11-1 (11-2?) to me.  I throw the extra game
> in because if you are thinking BCS bowl, a Big XII
> championship game certainly is within reason.
>
> He's not only buying into the coaching abilities of
> this staff, he's also buying into the recruiting
> abilities of the previous staff, saying that the
> talent level in Lincoln is unbelievable.
> http://heavysoul.blogspot.com/2008/04/former-player-dont-be-surprised-to-see.html
>
>
> --- Jeff Volk <jeffv at alphavideo.com> wrote:
>
>> To call 9 wins conservative might be a bit of a
>> stretch. I would tend to
>> put 9 wins in the "HIGHLY optimistic" camp.
>
>
> Mike Jaixen
> Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com
>
>
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