Nebraska -9.5 vs Illini
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Early lines tend to be "odd" in terms of the number (the OU line is -18, which you almost never see) but man this looks like a big number on the road.
I'd take Illinois and the points. BB loves to hang points on the Huskers and has had success in doing so.
They certainly suck at covering spreads (7-13 ATS since 2019).
Backers gave back what little they won in ‘18, when they were 6-5-1 ATS.
Just don’t take them outright lol
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I haven't bet in many years, but Illinois and the points seem like a lock. We lost last year because Illinois was a much more physical team (go watch the game again). NU players = IL players, IL HC in B1G > NU HC in B1G. ... But hey, there is a reason I quit betting.
Was the reason that you were so good at it that you started to feel bad for your bookie???
You won because Nebraska started a glorified WR at QB. AM shredded Illini the two previous seasons and he will again. And Bert is not a better coach than anyone. Can’t wait to watch Illini fans turn on that slob.
We also gave up 400+ rushing yards to a team that didn’t run for 300 in any other game all season.
Why don’t you add that because of turnovers they also controlled the clock for over 36 minutes too.. Winking
After the first turnover, it was 7-7. From there, we turned it over 4 more times and never got a stop.
Football is a team game, after all.
It was 285 yards rushing, and 23% of the total rushing total given up by Nebraska in 2020.
Nebraska did a poor job of stopping the RPO last season.
Illinois has completely scrapped the RPO now and will be running the Pistol like Appalachian State.
They won't have much success in week one.
His career numbers vs Illinois are insane.
Of course, Every Big Ten QB has insane numbers vs Illinois.
Unless you're Luke McCaffrey.
Thank God Louisville's JV doesn't play Illinois this season.
Lovie Smith noted Martinez's dominance against his defense earlier in the week after being asked about McCaffrey playing significant snaps (roughly 4 minutes in):
It's unfortunate the way McCaffrey played because he's better than that, but not playing 2AM in this game was a huge mistake and I think Frost would acknowledge that.
As for 2021, Brandon Peters being a 9th-year senior or something like that scares me going into the game. Bielema can coach. Peters can manage a game. Both teams will likely play less than sharp and have some jitters. As a result I can't pick Nebraska by multiple scores in this one, unfortunately.
I'm more concerned with the fact that, for whatever the reason may be, every time he's been on a team that's touched the field against the Huskers it's been part of a beat down in his team's favor.
It fits his skill set the most. Really stupid to change schemes again for the kid.
Have to feel bad for him.