2025 Prediction thread

[RealTucoSalamanca]

What say you?

There are enough of the "I am going to wait and see", "show me" and "Kool-Aid" posts on the forum. Time to put up some actual numbers and, if you want, state which games are wins and losses. I will go first.

Cincinnati - W
Akron - W
Houston Christian - W
Michigan - L - wouldn't be surprised with a W
Michigan St - W
Maryland - W
Minnesota - W
Northwestern - W
USC - L - don't necessarily like the matchup with their offense
UCLA - W
Penn St - L - I just think they are too good this season
Iowa - W

9-3 and a decent bowl in decent weather, a lot of fans make the trip.

 

[Huskers+123]

I will say 9 wins as well.

 

[big red23]

What say you?

There are enough of the "I am going to wait and see", "show me" and "Kool-Aid" posts on the forum. Time to put up some actual numbers and, if you want, state which games are wins and losses. I will go first.

Cincinnati - W
Akron - W
Houston Christian - W
Michigan - L - wouldn't be surprised with a W
Michigan St - W
Maryland - W
Minnesota - W
Northwestern - W
USC - L - don't necessarily like the matchup with their offense
UCLA - W
Penn St - L - I just think they are too good this season
Iowa - W

9-3 and a decent bowl in decent weather, a lot of fans make the trip.

Can I make my prediction after the Cincinnati game? It is impossible to know what we are going to look like with two new coordinators and multiple transfers. I feel like we should win 9 of the games we play...10 after the bowl with the new personal

 

[ZJSARENOTFREE]

Cincinnati - W - Makes me nervous because they have a mobile QB. I think if we can weather the storm of it being close for the first half, we will outlast them and win by 14+. If it is close for 3 quarters we could crumble. - Unranked
Akron - W - Easy - Debut at #25
Houston Christian - W - Easy - Move up to #23
Michigan - W - They lost too much on D to the draft. I'm not impressed with Moore either. - Jump to #17 after a 16 point victory.
Michigan St - W - Could be one of the stupid losses of the year, but I'll be optimistic because I think they suck. #14 even after looking shaky.
Maryland - W - Locksley might be gone by this time already - #10 after blowing them out.
Minnesota - L - We should beat them, but Fleck seems to have our number. Lot's of talk about cracking the Top 10 again. Fall to #18 after a bad loss.
Northwestern - W - Closer than anticipated just because of history #16 after some movement below us.
USC - W - I think we get it done. They travel and come into a hostile environment. #11 - Feeling good again after a good victory.
UCLA - W - Not pretty, but get it done. #9 going into a highly touted matchup with PSU.
Penn St - L - Their running backs eat us up and we fold on the road. #15
Iowa - L - Same ole, choke the game away. Finish #20 for the regular season and people are pissed because we won 9 games. Will talk about how the only loss should have been to PSU, but we choked against Iowa and Minny when it mattered.

 

[OxfordComma]

I am sticking with 8 wins. That alone will require a winning conference record. I don’t believe we are ready to win all the tossup games. Losses to Mich, Minn, USC and PSU. Start off 5-1, then win/lose every other game to stumble to 8-4.

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

What say you?

There are enough of the "I am going to wait and see", "show me" and "Kool-Aid" posts on the forum. Time to put up some actual numbers and, if you want, state which games are wins and losses. I will go first.

Cincinnati - W
Akron - W
Houston Christian - W
Michigan - L - wouldn't be surprised with a W
Michigan St - W
Maryland - W
Minnesota - W
Northwestern - W
USC - L - don't necessarily like the matchup with their offense
UCLA - W
Penn St - L - I just think they are too good this season
Iowa - W

9-3 and a decent bowl in decent weather, a lot of fans make the trip.

Our one home game a year my buddy and I go to we have won the last 5. We are going to Michigan this year. W. GBR!!

 

[HBK4life_rivals100467]

 

[konaki]

I think all games are winnable with the exception of the PSU game.

 

[Pennsyhuskers]

What say you?

There are enough of the "I am going to wait and see", "show me" and "Kool-Aid" posts on the forum. Time to put up some actual numbers and, if you want, state which games are wins and losses. I will go first.

Cincinnati - W
Akron - W
Houston Christian - W
Michigan - L - wouldn't be surprised with a W
Michigan St - W
Maryland - W
Minnesota - W
Northwestern - W
USC - L - don't necessarily like the matchup with their offense
UCLA - W
Penn St - L - I just think they are too good this season
Iowa - W

9-3 and a decent bowl in decent weather, a lot of fans make the trip.

What say you?

There are enough of the "I am going to wait and see", "show me" and "Kool-Aid" posts on the forum. Time to put up some actual numbers and, if you want, state which games are wins and losses. I will go first.

Cincinnati - W
Akron - W
Houston Christian - W
Michigan - L - wouldn't be surprised with a W
Michigan St - W
Maryland - W
Minnesota - W
Northwestern - W
USC - L - don't necessarily like the matchup with their offense
UCLA - W
Penn St - L - I just think they are too good this season
Iowa - W

9-3 and a decent bowl in decent weather, a lot of fans make the trip.

Despite our recent argument, I have to say that I think your prediction here is mine as well. Our only losses are to Michigan, USC and PSU. Sadly, I think we will be annihilated and embarrassed at PSU. Our only non competitive game of the year.

 

[Bigred2467]

A lot of Nebraska fans travelled to Ireland to see a blowout against Northwestern.

 

[RealTucoSalamanca]

A lot of Nebraska fans travelled to Ireland to see a blowout against Northwestern.

I guess a conference opponent with a recent history of playing in the conference title game is the same as a MAC team coming off 3 straight losing seasons. If Nebraska played Akron or Kent St in Ireland, maybe a comparison or if Michigan was playing Purdue or Rutgers, then maybe the same.

 

[William Munny]

I csn't believe I'm sayung this, but I think 10 wins. Losses to USC and Ped St.

 

[Bigred2467]

NM

 

[cestrup]

I sense a little more optimism this year. The schedule is favorable. I won’t say easy because you don’t know what teams are going to be like. But we have a lot of home games.
I’ll say 9 wins. I think we purged bad coaching on offense. We can’t be worse in special teams

 

[skin-tight]

8-4

terrible 3 game losing streak at the end

Cincinnati - W
Akron - W
Houston Christian - W
Michigan - L -
Michigan St - W
Maryland - W
Minnesota - W
Northwestern - W
USC - L -
UCLA - L
Penn St - L
Iowa - W

 

[Cruel Halo]

Cincinnati - W
Akron - W
Houston Christian - W
Michigan - L
Michigan St - W
Maryland - W
Minnesota - L
Northwestern - W
USC - L
UCLA - L
Penn St - L
Iowa - L

 

[cestrup]

Cincinnati - W
Akron - W
Houston Christian - W
Michigan - L
Michigan St - W
Maryland - W
Minnesota - L
Northwestern - W
USC - L
UCLA - L
Penn St - L
Iowa - L

That would break the fan base

 

[Hugo_Stiglitz7]

7 wins, possibly 8.

I don't like how November sets up and there's probably a loss or two in that whole "easy early schedule with games they should win".

Stay off my lawn.

 

[konaki]

I say this every year these type questions are asked and it's the main factor, it's all about staying healthy with key players.

 

[Redscarlet]

Cincy -W
Akron -W
Houston Christian -W
Michigan -L
Sparty - W
Maryland -W
Minnesota -L
NW -W
USC -L
UCLA -W
Penn St -L
Clarkeyes -W

I do think we could win either one of the Michigan, USC or Minnesota games.

 

[NikkiSixx]

Cincy -W
Akron -W
Houston Christian -W
Michigan -L
Sparty - W
Maryland -W
Minnesota -L
NW -W
USC -L
UCLA -W
Penn St -L
Clarkeyes -W

I do think we could win either one of the Michigan, USC or Minnesota games.

very similar to what I am thinking.. but the Iowa game could be a L as could Maryland or even Cincy

 

[OxfordComma]

I have noticed over the last ten years that this team has ability to lose to anybody at anytime. Even a game against 1-11 Northwestern isn’t safe.

Can we stop losing to teams that finish in the bottom half of the B1G? That’s basically all that Iowa does. Doesn’t seem like a huge ask.

 

[Redscarlet]

very similar to what I am thinking.. but the Iowa game could be a L as could Maryland or even Cincy

Were more likely to lose to Minnesota than Maryland because of a short week and the Terps will be starting a true freshman..

I expect the atmosphere in KC will be like the Colorado game in Lincoln last year and Dylan getting off to fast start.

 

[Champs 70-71-94-95-97]

8-4

terrible 3 game losing streak at the end

Cincinnati - W
Akron - W
Houston Christian - W
Michigan - L -
Michigan St - W
Maryland - W
Minnesota - W
Northwestern - W
USC - L -
UCLA - L
Penn St - L
Iowa - W

This is exactly my thought as well.
Winning the games that we are supposed to win is not a thing yet.

 

[tmcats]

1. cincy brings heartburn to camerohead
2. N goes minor bowling
3. penn state wins the ten
4. indiana plunges
5. texas beats ohio state

 

[Cruel Halo]

I have noticed over the last ten years that this team has ability to lose to anybody at anytime. Even a game against 1-11 Northwestern isn’t safe.

Can we stop losing to teams that finish in the bottom half of the B1G? That’s basically all that Iowa does. Doesn’t seem like a huge ask.

When they start beating the teams they should beat, I will change my prediction from 6-6 to 8-4 or possibly 9-3.

 

[ADV88]

Told myself I wasn't gonna drink the Koolaid again... just too hard to ignore

Cincinnati - W
Akron - W
Houston Christian - W
Michigan - W -Someone spiked my Koolaid! - I believe this will be the game that gets the talking heads spewing hopium
Michigan St - W - Will be closer than we'd all like as the fellas will be tested after a high stakes win against the boys in blue
Maryland - W
Minnesota - W - Gonna be a black & blue slugfest
Northwestern - W
USC - W - Tough game but at home and the crowd should be rocking!
UCLA - W - Am I the only one surprised by how many are calling for UCLA to win this one? lots of lessons learned from last year not to be repeated
Penn St - L - Measuring Stick on where this team really is - That's the test of all tests
Iowa - W - Huskers bring the pain for what happened last year!

So, that's 11-1... I do think it's more likely that we'll have a loss against someone we shouldn't along the way that will get the men refocused... in the end I'm saying 10-2...