[Husker] Game worries

[dmennenga at kc.rr.com]

You've conveniently forgotten that Nebraska was favored by at least three touchdowns over the Longhorns in the 1996 Big XII Championship game...  I had the opportunity to watch that debacle in St. Louis in person.

Or were you looking for reasons NOT to worry about next week's game??


---- Scott Lawson <scott71lawson at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> I've seen the spreads posted for this game and the early line is Nebraska giving 10 points on some sites. I do not remember Nebraska ever being favored by 10 against the Horns, but I could be wrong. I realize the line is for betting reasons, but 10 is still pretty high.
> 
> I am not as worried as I was three weeks ago.
> 
> Scott in NY
> (horns DOWN)
> 
> --- On Sun, 10/10/10, Andrew Smith <arossman at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> From: Andrew Smith <arossman at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Husker] Game worries
> To: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
> Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 9:56 PM
> 
>  While there are many reasons to optimistic about the game against Texas (see the below)
> 
>            ---- Sagarin -----  ----------------------- NCAA Stats -----------------------
>            Sched Rank  Rating  Pass Off  Rush Off  Scor Off  Pass Def  Rush Def  Scor Def
>  Nebraska      76       86.01     106       2           9        1        57         4
>  Texas         32       71.70      53      82          80        8        19        36
> 
> there are reasons not to be over confident.
> 
> Nebraska's schedule rank is 76 vs Texas' 32.  Therefore the dominating offensive/defensive rankings are misleading.
> 
> Nebraska's 57th ranked rushing defense is very worrisome.
> 
> Texas' rushing defense is even better than #19 if you look at average yards/rush. I will not be surprised if Texas is able to force Nebraska to pass. I believe that when a top offense meets a top defense, the defense usually wins and the offense makes mistakes since it's hard for offenses to be patient.  Add in a freshman QB and patience may be even more of an issue.  With a #106 passing offense against a #8 pass defense, too many interceptions by Martinez are quite possible.
> 
> Nebraska performance against South Dakota State shows they are capable of playing well below their potential. SDS is a bad (1-4) AA team and the closer than expected game cannot be written off to turnovers (Nebraska had only 1 more than SDS).  Texas' worst performance was against UCLA and turnovers (3 more than UCLA) was a big factor.  IMHO, Nebraska's worst performance is well below Texas'.
> 
> Texas' seems to save its best for Nebraska, often upsetting the Huskers when the underdog.
> 
> I hope all of my concerns are proven wrong.
> 
> GO BIG RED!
> Andy
> 
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