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The P4 opponents this year and their QB rushing numbers to date:

Cincy (Sorsby) 58 ypg
Michigan (Underwood) 36
MSU (Chiles) 35
Maryland (Washington) 4
Minn (Lindsay) -6
NW (Stone) 3
USC (Maiava) 11
UCLA (Iamaleava) 66
PSU (Allar) 29
Iowa (Gronoski) 30

Next 3, maybe 4 games, QB running will not be much of a threat. Teams we face in November games it's going to be a problem.
 
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Harry Husker said:
The P5 opponents this year and their QB rushing numbers to date:

Cincy (Sorsby) 58 ypg
Michigan (Underwood) 36
MSU (Chiles) 35
Maryland (Washington) 4
Minn (Lindsay) -6
NW (Stone) 3
USC (Maiava) 11
UCLA (Iamaleava) 66
PSU (Allar) 29
Iowa (Gronoski) 30

Next 3, maybe 4 games, QB running will not be much of a threat. Teams we face in November games it's going to be a problem.
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Gronowski is a bigger threat than his current number would suggest. Big kid who is very good at running read options.
 
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Maryland def has a qb who can run but I think he likes to buy time to throw. Watch his legs. If the Iowa QB is healthy he's like a poor man's Tebow. Can't throw but freaking watch out for the QB power, sweep, zone read. He also is one of those guys who looks super slow but always is picking up yards.
 
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Harry Husker said:
The P4 opponents this year and their QB rushing numbers to date:

Cincy (Sorsby) 58 ypg
Michigan (Underwood) 36
MSU (Chiles) 35
Maryland (Washington) 4
Minn (Lindsay) -6
NW (Stone) 3
USC (Maiava) 11
UCLA (Iamaleava) 66
PSU (Allar) 29
Iowa (Gronoski) 30

Next 3, maybe 4 games, QB running will not be much of a threat. Teams we face in November games it's going to be a problem.
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Those averages for future games are lower because they haven't played us yet.
 
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Harry Husker said:
The P4 opponents this year and their QB rushing numbers to date:

Cincy (Sorsby) 58 ypg
Michigan (Underwood) 36
MSU (Chiles) 35
Maryland (Washington) 4
Minn (Lindsay) -6
NW (Stone) 3
USC (Maiava) 11
UCLA (Iamaleava) 66
PSU (Allar) 29
Iowa (Gronoski) 30

Next 3, maybe 4 games, QB running will not be much of a threat. Teams we face in November games it's going to be a problem.
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Interesting post! Man, if we can take care of business the next 3 weeks things will start to get fun around here! That damn Minny game is circled on my calendar. They are the poster child for "program we can't beat that makes me want to vomit."
 
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mgbreeze said:
Interesting post! Man, if we can take care of business the next 3 weeks things will start to get fun around here! That damn Minny game is circled on my calendar. They are the poster child for "program we can't beat that makes me want to vomit."
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Huskers are starting to check off some of the "prove it" points I made before the season began. NU was able to hold on against, what we now know, is a good Cincy team. NU blew out two teams that we should have blown out.

We were beaten at home by a physically superior football team, and that was expected. Now, NU and MSU were subjected to an abysmal weather game that we had the lead, had all the momentum, lost the lead, yet came back and found a way to win with breathing room.

Next thing beat Maryland on the road. The Terps avg @ 100 ypg rushing and @ 250 ypg passing, so almost a strength v. strength matchup on the road against a good football team. Do we pass or fail?

If the Huskers can beat Maryland, then we get a litmus test in trying to beat a MN team we haven't beaten in 6 years. One of those unexplainable matchups that always seem to go to the same team. Such as GA can't beat Bama, Tenn can't beat GA, OSU can't beat MICH, and the Huskers can't beat MINNY. Its time to change that this year. We need that monkey off our back in order to move forward.
 
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Harry Husker said:
The P4 opponents this year and their QB rushing numbers to date:

Cincy (Sorsby) 58 ypg
Michigan (Underwood) 36
MSU (Chiles) 35
Maryland (Washington) 4
Minn (Lindsay) -6
NW (Stone) 3
USC (Maiava) 11
UCLA (Iamaleava) 66
PSU (Allar) 29
Iowa (Gronoski) 30

Next 3, maybe 4 games, QB running will not be much of a threat. Teams we face in November games it's going to be a problem.
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NU is giving up around 3x the season average if you remove NU from the average, which is horrible. That means the guy from UCLA will probably run for 200, and we have no chance in the last 3 games. Need to go 2-2 in the next 4 to make a bowl game. Michigan state was so dumb for running with their backs. They could have run wildcat with their qb, controlled the clock and beat us...especially in the 4th quarter. I don't think we tackled their qb straight up without missing him a bunch in 2nd half.
 
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Nebraska definitely matches up better v Penn St than UCLA.
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As we know, UCLA canned their coach and the new folks found some new life in the Bruins. Penn State was coming off a loss to Oregon, headed 3 time zones west and spent 3/4 of the football game with their head up their a**es. By the time they got their wake-up call, it was too late. If PSU struggles with NW this Saturday, they are probably in real trouble this year.

If they play 10 times, PSU wins 9 times, unless there are other factors in play here. PSU is a gonna be a much bigger challenge that UCLA, but by that point maybe we can stick a fork in PSU. The difference being in two weeks PSU plays in 3 consecutive weeks, IA in Iowa City, Ohio State in Columbus, then they host Indiana. By then, the wheels may have completely fallen off the Nittany Lions. It looks like Franklin's seat is gonna get real hot. Lets hope so.

IF, the Huskers stay healthy, and catch fire, finishing the regular season with potential wins against Cincy, Maryland, Minnesota, USC, UCLA, PSU and Iowa, that's would be a damn good looking resume'. Obviously, this is a cart before the horse scenario because that means NU would not have our last half of the season collapse as we have in Years 1 and 2. .
 
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orclover11 said:
NU is giving up around 3x the season average if you remove NU from the average, which is horrible. That means the guy from UCLA will probably run for 200, and we have no chance in the last 3 games. Need to go 2-2 in the next 4 to make a bowl game. Michigan state was so dumb for running with their backs. They could have run wildcat with their qb, controlled the clock and beat us...especially in the 4th quarter. I don't think we tackled their qb straight up without missing him a bunch in 2nd half.
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I’m sorry Nebraska won. I know that’s not the outcome you wanted.
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orclover11 said:
NU is giving up around 3x the season average if you remove NU from the average, which is horrible. That means the guy from UCLA will probably run for 200, and we have no chance in the last 3 games. Need to go 2-2 in the next 4 to make a bowl game. Michigan state was so dumb for running with their backs. They could have run wildcat with their qb, controlled the clock and beat us...especially in the 4th quarter. I don't think we tackled their qb straight up without missing him a bunch in 2nd half.
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I know you need to lie to for your narrative. But Chilles averaged 1.8 ypc. But I’m sure you new that already
 
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Walleye 1 said:
I know you need to lie to for your narrative. But Chilles averaged 1.8 ypc. But I’m sure you new that already
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He had -42 yards in sack yardage...he was their only offense until the last drive with the game out of reach. He was nearly as effective in the running game as Sorsby, who "torched" us, except Sorsby wasn't sacked. The four sacks are a really good sign but our rush defense has been trash, especially against qbs. Maybe defending the run doesn't matter. What do you think?
 
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orclover11 said:
He had -42 yards in sack yardage...he was their only offense until the last drive with the game out of reach. He was nearly as effective in the running game as Sorsby, who "torched" us, except Sorsby wasn't sacked. The four sacks are a really good sign but our rush defense has been trash, especially against qbs. Maybe defending the run doesn't matter. What do you think?
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Correct 4 sacks and countless pressure on Chilles that let to “unforced turnover” you like to claim in another thread all led to 1.8 ypc and 2 turnovers. Good stuff by the D
 
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It’s amazing certain so called fans have such a discontent with Rhule they would prefer the team to fail than Rhule succeed.
 
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mgbreeze said:
Interesting post! Man, if we can take care of business the next 3 weeks things will start to get fun around here! That damn Minny game is circled on my calendar. They are the poster child for "program we can't beat that makes me want to vomit."
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Rhule would win over a lot of people if he beat Minny and Iowa.
 
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As we know, UCLA canned their coach and the new folks found some new life in the Bruins. Penn State was coming off a loss to Oregon, headed 3 time zones west and spent 3/4 of the football game with their head up their a**es. By the time they got their wake-up call, it was too late. If PSU struggles with NW this Saturday, they are probably in real trouble this year.

If they play 10 times, PSU wins 9 times, unless there are other factors in play here. PSU is a gonna be a much bigger challenge that UCLA, but by that point maybe we can stick a fork in PSU. The difference being in two weeks PSU plays in 3 consecutive weeks, IA in Iowa City, Ohio State in Columbus, then they host Indiana. By then, the wheels may have completely fallen off the Nittany Lions. It looks like Franklin's seat is gonna get real hot. Lets hope so.

IF, the Huskers stay healthy, and catch fire, finishing the regular season with potential wins against Cincy, Maryland, Minnesota, USC, UCLA, PSU and Iowa, that's would be a damn good looking resume'. Obviously, this is a cart before the horse scenario because that means NU would not have our last half of the season collapse as we have in Years 1 and 2. .
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I don’t expect UCLA to be able to sustain that type of play the rest of the season. They got a surge, the pressure and weight was all gone
 
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Truewooper said:
Maryland def has a qb who can run but I think he likes to buy time to throw. Watch his legs. If the Iowa QB is healthy he's like a poor man's Tebow. Can't throw but freaking watch out for the QB power, sweep, zone read. He also is one of those guys who looks super slow but always is picking up yards.
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You haven’t watched enough of Gronowski. Yeah he had a rough start to the season but he can definitely sling it. I didn’t see their game this weekend but last weekend he looked great. I received SDSU replays in my cable package last year and he’s a much better passer than you’re giving him credit for. I’m not sure how good Iowa’s WRs are though. I saw multiple drops earlier this year when I watched them.
 
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itseasyas1-2-3 said:
As we know, UCLA canned their coach and the new folks found some new life in the Bruins. Penn State was coming off a loss to Oregon, headed 3 time zones west and spent 3/4 of the football game with their head up their a**es. By the time they got their wake-up call, it was too late. If PSU struggles with NW this Saturday, they are probably in real trouble this year.

If they play 10 times, PSU wins 9 times, unless there are other factors in play here. PSU is a gonna be a much bigger challenge that UCLA, but by that point maybe we can stick a fork in PSU. The difference being in two weeks PSU plays in 3 consecutive weeks, IA in Iowa City, Ohio State in Columbus, then they host Indiana. By then, the wheels may have completely fallen off the Nittany Lions. It looks like Franklin's seat is gonna get real hot. Lets hope so.

IF, the Huskers stay healthy, and catch fire, finishing the regular season with potential wins against Cincy, Maryland, Minnesota, USC, UCLA, PSU and Iowa, that's would be a damn good looking resume'. Obviously, this is a cart before the horse scenario because that means NU would not have our last half of the season collapse as we have in Years 1 and 2. .
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Michigan was probably superior in the trenches BUT IF we had scored TDs on those first two possessions like we should have, we would have won that game. We choked in the redzone.
 
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mgbreeze said:
Interesting post! Man, if we can take care of business the next 3 weeks things will start to get fun around here! That damn Minny game is circled on my calendar. They are the poster child for "program we can't beat that makes me want to vomit."
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mgbreeze said:
Interesting post! Man, if we can take care of business the next 3 weeks things will start to get fun around here! That damn Minny game is circled on my calendar. They are the poster child for "program we can't beat that makes me want to vomit."
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Wish I could think that far ahead. I'm too busy worrying about how we are gonna cover Maryland WRs if we can't get pressure. So far our DBs are making me look like the biggest idiot on this board. I thought they would struggle all year playing man. But I gotta give Butler and company credit they have proved me wrong. This will be a huge Holla Saturday. I think Marylands QB /WR combo will be the best we have seen and .may be the top 2-3 we see this year.



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dinglefritz said:
You haven’t watched enough of Gronowski. Yeah he had a rough start to the season but he can definitely sling it. I didn’t see their game this weekend but last weekend he looked great. I received SDSU replays in my cable package last year and he’s a much better passer than you’re giving him credit for. I’m not sure how good Iowa’s WRs are though. I saw multiple drops earlier this year when I watched them.
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I've watched all his games except for the Indiana game. I suppose his efficiency has gone up. Not getting to 200 yards is pretty meh. But I guess they are just having him throw cheap checkdowns.
 
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dinglefritz said:
You haven’t watched enough of Gronowski. Yeah he had a rough start to the season but he can definitely sling it. I didn’t see their game this weekend but last weekend he looked great. I received SDSU replays in my cable package last year and he’s a much better passer than you’re giving him credit for. I’m not sure how good Iowa’s WRs are though. I saw multiple drops earlier this year when I watched them.
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He doesn’t have the pieces with him at Iowa to be a really good passer there, plus he is seeing more formidable defenses in FBS. I don’t think he will reach the level he was in FCS
 
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It’s amazing certain so called fans have such a discontent with Rhule they would prefer the team to fail than Rhule succeed.
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I actually am quite ok with the state of the team...but I don't think we are going in the direction of being a good/great football team. Those are two different things...I can be ok having a mediocre team, enjoy watching a quarter or half of good football and then watching them bumble around the rest of the time. But I don't have to admit they are going in the direction of being excellent, they aren't. Excellence is rare and requires some or a lot of luck, and brilliance. We are average relative to all of the other teams that are spending millions and working long hours to barely survive. I can be ok with that, but it means we will likely only win 6 or 7 games, and I don't have to congratulate a guy with an 80 million dollar contract for average.
 
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Kakdawg said:
Wish I could think that far ahead. I'm too busy worrying about how we are gonna cover Maryland WRs if we can't get pressure. So far our DBs are making me look like the biggest idiot on this board. I thought they would struggle all year playing man. But I gotta give Butler and company credit they have proved me wrong. This will be a huge Holla Saturday. I think Marylands QB /WR combo will be the best we have seen and .may be the top 2-3 we see this year.



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The road test is the biggest deal...the team had some really rough patches at home where they seemed to lose poise...the Michigan state game looked like it was falling apart until Michigan State forgot to cover and dropped a kick off, and then went for it on 4th down with 10 minutes left at their own 25. Good to see us score in the red zone but I think we only had one full drive for a TD...I think it is a guarantee we will give up 30+ if Michigan and MSU averaged around 28...probably another 35-30 type of game.
 
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Nico's stat line against PennSt:

passing: 17/24, 166 yards, 2 TD
rushing: 16 car, 126 yards, 3 TD
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Clearly UCLA saw something in Penn St Def they wanted to attack.
Nico can give Neb trouble and I expect UCLA to be a different animal with a new regime. Penn St didnt have film of the New OC and others will prep for Iamleaving's running ability.
Regardless thats a tougher game than most of us thought it would be.
 
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orclover11 said:
The road test is the biggest deal...the team had some really rough patches at home where they seemed to lose poise...the Michigan state game looked like it was falling apart until Michigan State forgot to cover and dropped a kick off, and then went for it on 4th down with 10 minutes left at their own 25. Good to see us score in the red zone but I think we only had one full drive for a TD...I think it is a guarantee we will give up 30+ if Michigan and MSU averaged around 28...probably another 35-30 type of game.
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Well I'm gonna give our guys a little more credit than saying Michigan St. "Forgot to cover them". They didn't forget the corner jumped a route and Barney went the other way. Its being disingenuous to act as though that was just an unforced era. That was a player making a play. As far as the dropped KO it depends on whether it was done on purpose or not. I do agree though normally that's a catch u make. But you add 30+mph wind gusts and it isnt such a routine play.



As far as giving up 30+ it's definitely possible. I think they are more dynamic out wide and their QB is a dude. But if we can stop/slow down the run I actually think we have a good shot. 35-30 wouldn't surprise me but I also like our STs a ton. I think a ST play can decide the game. Big punt return maybe. Should be entertaining and imI'expecting a similar score to the Michigan game.. 30-27ish either way.




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