[Husker] Sigh

[Steve Reichenbach]

Of course, these number don't account for such variables as Persa.
Purely from a numbers point-of-view, Northwestern's loss to Army
looks pretty bad.  Army is 1-3 with losses to N Illinois, San Diego
St, and Ball St.  Northwestern's best win is was 24-17 over Boston
College (which is 1-3, with loses to UCF and Duke and a win over
Massachusetts, and which Massey ranks #102).  Northwestern's other
win was E Illinois, which has losses to Jacksonville St and Tennessee
Tech.  It's early and some teams haven't played much of a schedule.
As a point of reference, Massey has three teams NU has beaten ranked
ahead of Northwestern.  Sorry Mike :-(.  On the bright side, Massey
expects Northwestern to beat Indiana, Rice, and Minnesota ;-).

> I'm skeptical of those numbers, since it suggests that Northwestern is less
> likely to beat Nebraska than Minnesota.  I'm assuming that Nebraska gets
> a slight bump as the home team against Northwestern and Minnesota gets one 
> against Nebraska.  
> 
> It may all depend on whether Dan Persa is fully recovered from his ruptured 
> Achilles heel and whether Martinez can stay healthy.  
> 
> Northwestern has done very well against Iowa in recent years, and I 
> think they're the only Big Ten team with a three game winning streak 
> against Iowa in Iowa City.