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A big 10 schedule will not be very tough this year. Not saying the Big 12 was any good last year, but the Big 10 isn't going to be nearly as good as they were last year.
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A big 10 schedule will not be very tough this year. Not saying the Big 12 was any good last year, but the Big 10 isn't going to be nearly as good as they were last year.
JonDMiller
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I think the biggest difference Nebraska is going to find is the level of defense played against them from week to week. They did not see that in the Big 12 in recent years and they will see that in the Big Ten.
That being said, Iowa, MSU and Michigan don't appear to be defensive juggernauts this year...NW rarely is and MN is not.
I think teams are going to put up some points in this league this year.
That being said, Iowa, MSU and Michigan don't appear to be defensive juggernauts this year...NW rarely is and MN is not.
I think teams are going to put up some points in this league this year.
MoseSchrute
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Oh sure, throwing away 100 yrs. of tradition for some extra money certainly did the trick, and getting continually owned by Texas made it that much easier to jump ship.
If you don't think money is the driving force in all of this, just ask a university admin.
EVERY state in the country has SLASHED funding to public universities.
Universities have two primary ways of generating "revenue"; #1 is tuition, which they can't raise much more and actually expect ANYONE to go to college, the other is athletics.
So that's what they're doing, reversing the history of academia funding athletics, its now becoming athletics helping fund academia.
Nebraska depends maybe more on their football program than any university in the world.
They simply weren't willing to roll the dice on a misfit group, a confederation of schools, whose only interest was what is best for number one. The B1G provided the stability they NEED. Nebraska wouldn't have only jeopardized its football program by remaining in that dysfunctional group, they would have jeopardized the ENTIRE university.
lightning1
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I agree about the level of defense in the Big Ten. I think that will test the health of Martinez and if he ends up hurt, again, it could be a struggle for them. Martinez is not big enough to run all over Big Ten defenses. Just like Robinson.
If I was a betting man, I would say Nebby, qwickly decides to go back to trying to spread the D's out. Infact I bet by the second half of thier first conf game, you will see them reverting back. You cant just wake up one day a decide your a power running team. When you know alot rides on your QB, thats what you do,(spread the D) . Thats why I was excited to hear Iowa might be changing it up a little on D, to deal with the NU's out there. In reality, both Nebraska and Northwestern are the same team and play the same ball (except I would take Persa over Tmart anyday), it's just that Nebraska has more talent and executes better. I am not saying Nebraska is bad or will do badly, I am just pointing out the obvious.
74Hunter
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Lol, I love the argument about how great the defenses are in the B1G as opposed to the Big 12. The Big 12 had 7 teams finish in the top 44 in total offense in 2010, while the B1G had 3 teams. So are the defensive numbers in the B1G due to great defense, or putrid B1G offenses? Thankfully, as poor as B1G offenses are, it looks like DoNU will only have to score about 10 points per game on the average to win. As I’ve posted before, the Big 12 had 5 teams finish in the top 20 last year, while the B1G had 3. Many of the top B1G teams lost a lot of talent, so with the exception of the B1G stacking DoNU’s schedule to make as many marquee games as they could, I don’t see how it will be particularly daunting.
The biggest obstacles facing DoNU are
1) a rebuilt offense that no one really knows much about (which will probably be an above average B1G offense)
2) familiarizing ourselves with a new opponent every week, and
3) replacing 3 draft picks out from a standout secondary.
The biggest obstacles facing DoNU are
1) a rebuilt offense that no one really knows much about (which will probably be an above average B1G offense)
2) familiarizing ourselves with a new opponent every week, and
3) replacing 3 draft picks out from a standout secondary.
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Like I said, keeping healthy is key. So if tmart goes down and Rex goes down, hows your offense going to hold up? Alot of pressure on two main players there. I think when Tmart takes his first really good hit, he will realize he aint playing Kansas anymore. The only logical thing for Bo to do, will to try and keep him healthy and to do that he has to eliminate the pressure he is under, hows he going to do that? I dont think I have once heard about "how awe inspiring Nebraskas O line is". I say he spreads it out because thats what you all are used to doing and just to for the sake of survival.
I shouldnt even comment on the 10 points thing, but will instead ask you to look at Whiskeys scoring last year, then come back and tell me 10 points is going to get it done.
OH St, Mich, Northwestern, Missery and even Tcu to some extent know better than to line up and bang heads against teams like Wiskey and Iowa. What on gods green earth makes you think Bo will want to? Nope I am convinced Nebraska goes the same way as Mich and Northwestern, mabey with a little more sucess, but will find out, just like Missery did you cant play that game consistantly in this conf.
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74Hunter
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Honestly, Husker Nation has no idea about how the offense will perform this year. We're hoping that its addition by subtraction (Watson and Gilmore), and that the offense has some sort of flow and continuity.
FWIW, T Mart didn't look to be 100% at the Spring game, honestly, he looked bad. The kid that many assume to be the No. 2 guy when the season starts, Brion Carnes, looks to be a pretty decent qb, good poise, throws well on the run, good wheels, but not a fast as T-Mart. If Rex goes down, we are in big time trouble IMO. We hopefully have 3 pretty good true freshman rb's coming in the fall (still not sure if Heard will make it), but they are smallish and unproven. The OLine certainly is a wild card, they looked decent to very good early last year, but looked like crap at the end of the season. With the addition of a couple of new OL coaches to help Barney and different blocking schemes by Tim Beck, we are hoping that they will improve. There is a lot of young talent on the OL, to work with however.
The whole offense will be a question, no doubt about it.
It was more tongue-in-cheek, combating the "no defense in the Big 12" comment.
JonDMiller
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Having watched a lot of B12 FB last year, and a lot of B10 football last year, yeah, there is better defense in the B10.
MoseSchrute
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That's what I said, extra money; and Texas owning them on the field and in conference politics. The extraordinary occurrence of losing a football team should not jeopardize an entire university. If so, your school is pretty sad. Didn't they just cut some engineering program there, and are planning an expensive stadium expansion? But everyone with an eye on that school knows what its top priority is.
smhawk
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Were not talking about Northern Iowa football here, do you realize how much revenue their team brings in for the university? They have to invest in it to keep their return growing.
74Hunter
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I keep hearing this, how so?
They are recruiting to get back to a run first team. They have tried the spread and could not get it done. They have realized that if you cant establish the run in the big ten, you cant win. It will take them a few years to get the talent built back up, but they recruit well.
Get ready boys, Mich is going back to run first, Wiskey always has been, Iowa always has been, I truely beleive Bo and the Huskers will remember what it takes to be the power house they were. If the stars line up just right, this will make for some good ball in the next few years. Kinda like having Wiskey twice a year. Yes two good ole line em up and play smash mouth football games a year.
Iowa will get Wiskey back as another protected cross over when they change the number of conf games. SOOOOOOO
Iowa would get Wiskey and Nebraska.
Wiskey would get Iowa and Mich
Mich will have Wisky.
Nebraska will have Iowa
What we need here is for Mich and Nebraska to have thier other protected cross over to be with each other, when they add another div game. How fitting would that be. I do beleive there is bad blood there anyway.
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MoseSchrute
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Well, the AAU must not think they're putting enough back into the school!
