[Husker] Husker Football Predictions for Next Season

Tue Apr 8 21:15:23 CDT 2008

Man...
This entire thread is just too negative.

Here's my take:

Sat, Aug 30  Western Michigan Memorial Stadium     NU 42   West Mich 10
  Sat, Sep 06  San Jose State Memorial Stadium   NU 56   San Jose St 7
  Sat, Sep 13  New Mexico State Memorial Stadium   NU 35   New Mexico St 3
  Sat, Sep 27  Virginia Tech Memorial Stadium   NU 37   Va Tech 17
  Sat, Oct 04  Missouri * Memorial Stadium   NU 35   Mizzou 10
  Sat, Oct 11  Texas Tech * at Lubbock, Texas   NU 34   T Tech 21
  Sat, Oct 18  Iowa State * at Ames, Iowa   NU 48   ISU: 3
  Sat, Oct 25  Baylor * Memorial Stadium   NU 63  Baylor 0
  Sat, Nov 01  Oklahoma * at Norman, Okla.   Okla 10 NU 7
  Sat, Nov 08  Kansas * Memorial Stadium   NU 47   Kansas 14
  Sat, Nov 15  Kansas State * at Manhattan, Kan.   NU 17   KSU 10
  Fri, Nov 28  Colorado * Memorial Stadium   NU 42   Colorado  21

It's comin back year boys....just stay tuned!!!!  BO ball means results

I am THAT confident!  I am serious.....    11-1

Steven J
Class of 83

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jon johnston" <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
To: "Duane Feldman" <dlfeldman at ameritech.net>
Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Husker Football Predictions for Next Season

> 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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