[NU Sports] 'Cats-Huskers

[Tom Maycock]

> key is continuing to play the way we did in 

> Bloomington.

If our offense plays like they did against Indiana, we might have a chance. The problem is that if our defense plays the way the did against Indiana, Nebraska will score 70 by the end of the 3rd quarter. 

The good news is that Nebraska's offense is not good at long drives, or at converting 3rd downs. So a decent defense has a chance to force a lot of punts. 

But Nebraska is really good at popping big plays, both in the passing game and in the running game, and big plays have been the Cats' weakness all season long. That's scary. 

Special teams scare me as well. Our kickoffs seem to have been getting shorter and shorter as the year goes on, which is not a good thing given we'll be kicking off to Abdullah. And it's usually Burkhead fielding punts--that's scary too. 


We'll need a better outing by far than we've seen from the D and special teams all year. I'm actually somewhat optimistic that it might happen, but the Indiana game sure doesn't give me much confidence along those lines. 

I wonder if NU will run its usual tempo on offense, or try to shorten the game by burning a lot of clock? The latter might be a smart approach. 

Nebraska actually runs up-tempo a lot of the time as well, so it could get pretty crazy if both teams stick to that pace. 

Tom