[Husker] CapitalOne Bowl: Huskers vs. South Carolina

[David Strong]

I agree.  We've faced highly rated defenses before and won.  I've watched
SoCar play some pretty mediocre football this year.  Should be a good
game.  I went to the game when Neb traveled to Columbia, SC in 1987.  We
won, but didn't look great doing it.  South Carolina has tremendous fan
support.  They will be at the bowl game in droves.  Don't look for a Big
Red takeover.

Dave

On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:51 AM, David Elfering <aroundomaha at gmail.com>wrote:

> I think their defense is similar in some ways to Michigan State. Their
> strength of schedule overall isn't as strong as Nebraska's (NCAA rates us
> as the #4, theirs as #30).
>
> They came back from a lot of adversity at mid-season and closed on a high
> note by spanking Clemson, so I find this intriguing.
>
> Here is a link to their NCAA statistics page:
> http://web1.ncaa.org/football/exec/rankingSummary?org=648&year=2011&week=14
>
> They've only face a few physical rushing offenses in my opinion, and Auburn
> rang them up for nearly 300 yards. Ditto for Navy. Hopefully the NU defense
> can keep the SC ground attack limited and allow the secondary to blanket WR
> Alshon Jeffrey.
>
>