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knapplc said:
Just for giggles, I thought I'd throw this out here and see what you guys think. Being a Nebraska fan, I posited a way that Nebraska could win the West over on HuskerBoard.

Give me your feedback. How far off from reality is this?

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After the Ohio State debacle it's not a lot of fun to think about the rest of the schedule, but there's reason for optimism.

There's a clear path to Nebraska winning the West. And it basically boils down to holding serve against weaker opponents.

As of right now, I'd rank the West:

Tier One
Wisconsin
Iowa

Tier Two
Nebraska

Tier Three
Northwestern
Minnesota

Tier Four
Illinois
Purdue

Wisconsin and Iowa are the top two teams in the West. Wisconsin looks to be as good as ever, and Iowa just keeps doing Iowa things - not really flashy, but solid & consistent.

Nebraska shows flashes of brilliance and garbage. We have talent but we make too many mistakes and we don't play consistent football. This prediction is predicated on Nebraska playing (mostly) error-free ball the rest of the regular season.

Minnesota looked good enough against Purdue, but Purdue is a dumpster fire without Rondale Moore, and he's dinged up. Northwestern doesn't seem to have that magic like they did last year, and they already have two conference losses, plus at least two more with Wisconsin & Iowa on the schedule - and should have another after this weekend against Nebraska.

Illinois & Purdue look bad. Neither should pose much of a problem to their opponents the rest of the season, especially without a healthy Moore.

Current West standings look like this, looking only at conference records:

Wisconsin: 2-0
Iowa: 1-0
Minnesota: 1-0
Nebraska: 1-1
Northwestern: 0-2
Purdue: 0-1
Illinois: 0-1

For Nebraska to win the West, we have to leapfrog Iowa, Minnesota & Wisconsin.

I think we beat Minnesota straight up. I think Minnesota loses three of their final four games against Penn State, Iowa, & Wisconsin. That puts them with at least four conference losses, and out of the picture.

I think Iowa loses their next two games against Michigan and Penn State. That gives them two conference losses, and I think they lose to Wisconsin for three. If we get our errors figured out, at home on Black Friday, I think we can beat the Hawkeyes. That's at least three conference losses (Michigan, Penn State & Wisconsin) and possibly a fourth to Nebraska.

I think Wisconsin is the team to beat. And to do that, we may not even have to beat them straight up. If - and this is a big if - they lose to Michigan State in two weeks, that's one conference loss, and they will definitely lose to Ohio State for their second. They only have to lose to one of Nebraska or Iowa for a third loss. But even then, a third loss for Wisconsin may not be necessary.

Nebraska finishes the Big Ten slate against:

Northwestern
Minnesota
Indiana
Purdue
Wisconsin
Maryland
Iowa

We should (should) beat: Northwestern, Minnesota, Indiana, Purdue & Maryland. That's six conference wins. Even if we lose to Wisconsin, but we beat Iowa, that's a 7-2 conference record.

All we have to do is hold serve against the weaker teams (Northwestern, Minnesota, Indiana, Purdue & Maryland), then beat one of Wisconsin or Iowa, and we have a great shot at the West.

Here's a possible final standings this year:

Nebraska 7-2
Wisconsin 6-3
Iowa 6-3
Minnesota 3-6
Northwestern 2-7
Purdue 1-8
Illinois 1-8

Again, the huge caveat to this is we have to fix our errors. We make too many unforced errors giving away points and putting ourselves in a hole.

But there's your scenario. There's a realistic shot at winning the division, even after that awful game vs. Ohio State.
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Before making any predictions, you better wait until Saturday to see how your guys respond. Putting that one behind them won't be easy.
 
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alexhortdog95 said:
If this team wins 8 games this year, I'd be pleased. If they go 7-2 in the conference, they'd be 10-3 this year, and THAT would be a miracle.
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I think you guys have the right guy, some poeple just need to be patient and understand he was left something of a pile of dung to work with. It's goona take a couple of years to rebuid the talent and depth needed to really be competitive. I already have been seeing some doofuses calling for his head in the good ol' facebook comment feeds for the local news stations. Not that that's exclusive to nebraska, every fanbase has idiots that think they should win every game.
 
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NFBuck said:
I think you guys have the right guy, some poeple just need to be patient and understand he was left something of a pile of dung to work with. It's goona take a couple of years to rebuid the talent and depth needed to really be competitive. I already have been seeing some doofuses calling for his head in the good ol' facebook comment feeds for the local news stations. Not that that's exclusive to nebraska, every fanbase has idiots that think they should win every game.
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Yeah - people who thought there was a chance this past Saturday aren't true college football fans.
I was just talking to a younger cat and he was like, "I haven't seen Ohio State play at all this year."
Needed to educate the young man about what I saw the last three weeks, and informed him that if he wants to make a knowledgeable pick, watch teams NOT named Nebraska as well.

I dislike people that turn the game off after their team is done playing, then think their team is gang busters. Told this youngster, "I watched the Buckeyes a couple weeks ago go down 5-0, then come back and score the next 70 plus points unanswered."

He's like, "Whaaaaaaaaaaat?"

Me: "Yeah, there was a reason why the line was where it was at. That's what happens if you don't watch FOOTBALL."

I heard a stat - Frost has 16 seniors on the two deep. Hell, at least Riley drafted Drew Brees when he left San Diego. When he left the Huskers, the guy took all the keys off the keyboard, put clay in the keyholes, and stripped the place bare.
 
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Here's another bit of "slow your roll."

Clemson is undefeated after struggling last week.
Nebraska is 3-2 after giving one away in OT where they led, and the plunging that happened last week.

Two teams, and it's fairly obvious that the QBs are night and day differences from each other.....or are they....?

I looked at the stats for Lawrence and Martinez, respectively. Both played for their teams as freshmen, both had outstanding rookie seasons.
The uninformed fan would see Clemson's ranking and say, "Man Martinez SUCKS." But look at the stats for both.

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The stats are so much alike, it's ridiculous. Both seem to be having sophomore slumps right now. The difference? Depth and talent.
If you switched the two stats, you wouldn't know which QB played for which team...
 
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alexhortdog95 said:
Here's another bit of "slow your roll."

Clemson is undefeated after struggling last week.
Nebraska is 3-2 after giving one away in OT where they led, and the plunging that happened last week.

Two teams, and it's fairly obvious that the QBs are night and day differences from each other.....or are they....?

I looked at the stats for Lawrence and Martinez, respectively. Both played for their teams as freshmen, both had outstanding rookie seasons.
The uninformed fan would see Clemson's ranking and say, "Man Martinez SUCKS." But look at the stats for both.

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The stats are so much alike, it's ridiculous. Both seem to be having sophomore slumps right now. The difference? Depth and talent.
If you switched the two stats, you wouldn't know which QB played for which team...
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Well and Clemson played UNC last week and not a top 5 team... If the Clemson that showed up last week plays a top 5 team they get housed too. probably not by 40 but 20 would not unexpected.
 
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dragurd said:
Well and Clemson played UNC last week and not a top 5 team... If the Clemson that showed up last week plays a top 5 team they get housed too. probably not by 40 but 20 would not unexpected.
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If we were to meet up with Clemson in the playoffs and the Clemson that showed up at UNC shows up in the playoffs, then we'd win by more than 20...considerably more.
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
Unflagged incident that occurred off-camera either near the end of the punt play that followed the 3-and-out that was Nebraska’s 2nd possession, or immediately after it.
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From Cleveland.com:

The play in question appears to come on the first play of an Ohio State possession following a Nebraska punt. Buckeyes center Josh Myers knocks down Nebraska lineman Mohamed Barry with what appears to be a legal block, then continues forward to knock Barry down again, landing on top of him. Davis, trailing the play, then landed on top of Myers.

The ABC television broadcast cuts away from that area of the field without showing if there was any additional contact between the players.
 
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knapplc said:
Just for giggles, I thought I'd throw this out here and see what you guys think. Being a Nebraska fan, I posited a way that Nebraska could win the West over on HuskerBoard.

Give me your feedback. How far off from reality is this?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

After the Ohio State debacle it's not a lot of fun to think about the rest of the schedule, but there's reason for optimism.

There's a clear path to Nebraska winning the West. And it basically boils down to holding serve against weaker opponents.

As of right now, I'd rank the West:

Tier One
Wisconsin
Iowa

Tier Two
Nebraska

Tier Three
Northwestern
Minnesota

Tier Four
Illinois
Purdue

Wisconsin and Iowa are the top two teams in the West. Wisconsin looks to be as good as ever, and Iowa just keeps doing Iowa things - not really flashy, but solid & consistent.

Nebraska shows flashes of brilliance and garbage. We have talent but we make too many mistakes and we don't play consistent football. This prediction is predicated on Nebraska playing (mostly) error-free ball the rest of the regular season.

Minnesota looked good enough against Purdue, but Purdue is a dumpster fire without Rondale Moore, and he's dinged up. Northwestern doesn't seem to have that magic like they did last year, and they already have two conference losses, plus at least two more with Wisconsin & Iowa on the schedule - and should have another after this weekend against Nebraska.

Illinois & Purdue look bad. Neither should pose much of a problem to their opponents the rest of the season, especially without a healthy Moore.

Current West standings look like this, looking only at conference records:

Wisconsin: 2-0
Iowa: 1-0
Minnesota: 1-0
Nebraska: 1-1
Northwestern: 0-2
Purdue: 0-1
Illinois: 0-1

For Nebraska to win the West, we have to leapfrog Iowa, Minnesota & Wisconsin.

I think we beat Minnesota straight up. I think Minnesota loses three of their final four games against Penn State, Iowa, & Wisconsin. That puts them with at least four conference losses, and out of the picture.

I think Iowa loses their next two games against Michigan and Penn State. That gives them two conference losses, and I think they lose to Wisconsin for three. If we get our errors figured out, at home on Black Friday, I think we can beat the Hawkeyes. That's at least three conference losses (Michigan, Penn State & Wisconsin) and possibly a fourth to Nebraska.

I think Wisconsin is the team to beat. And to do that, we may not even have to beat them straight up. If - and this is a big if - they lose to Michigan State in two weeks, that's one conference loss, and they will definitely lose to Ohio State for their second. They only have to lose to one of Nebraska or Iowa for a third loss. But even then, a third loss for Wisconsin may not be necessary.

Nebraska finishes the Big Ten slate against:

Northwestern
Minnesota
Indiana
Purdue
Wisconsin
Maryland
Iowa

We should (should) beat: Northwestern, Minnesota, Indiana, Purdue & Maryland. That's six conference wins. Even if we lose to Wisconsin, but we beat Iowa, that's a 7-2 conference record.

All we have to do is hold serve against the weaker teams (Northwestern, Minnesota, Indiana, Purdue & Maryland), then beat one of Wisconsin or Iowa, and we have a great shot at the West.

Here's a possible final standings this year:

Nebraska 7-2
Wisconsin 6-3
Iowa 6-3
Minnesota 3-6
Northwestern 2-7
Purdue 1-8
Illinois 1-8

Again, the huge caveat to this is we have to fix our errors. We make too many unforced errors giving away points and putting ourselves in a hole.

But there's your scenario. There's a realistic shot at winning the division, even after that awful game vs. Ohio State.
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I won't even consider the last game.
Your season, leading into last week, suggests Nebraska is Tier 4. Just focus on beating QB-less Northwestern this week.
 
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