Play smart and take what's there, they will make mistakes. Guaranteed.
I didn't realize Nebraska is 10th in the nation in rushing defense. This game scares me, I think CJ will have to have a career day to get a win. I expect crazy blitzing and CJ has a tendency to hold the ball too long and take sacks. That being said the screen game should be huge. What does everyone think?
Also, stay alert. Little red feasts on sleepy defenses late when they go bombs away. This could come down to how well Mabin plays.
Although Neb did sneak in a victory over MSU, this is still the team that lost to Purdue, NW, Wisc, ILL, BYU and Miami.
Even if you write a couple of those off as bad luck, good teams do not leave themsevles vulnerable to losing on a fluke play. Good teams have the game won before the last series. Neb is not a good team.
with the exception of Wisc, Iowa has played no team that had the ball with a chance to win in the last 2 minutes. well I guess Pitt could have went for 2 after their last TD, but they were playing for OT so Pitt does not count.
I just don't buy the whole "Nebby's looking to play the roll of spoiler and looking to become bowl eligible so they'll be ready to go and we need to be sure to match their intensity" mindset. While mentally they (Nebby) may be locked in I don't see how that mentality puts us at a disadvantage. Sure they want this game so they can play spoiler and go to a ***** bowl game, but based on that mindset I think they're at a disadvantage.
We're two wins away from the playoffs, and were worried about Nebby being fired up? My opinion is they need to worry about matching our intensity. Let them want to play spoiler all they want were looking at them as the last obstacle standing between us and an undefeated regular season, in addition to redemption from last years epic collapse.
If both teams come out ready to play I don't see any possible way that their intensity could match ours when comparing who wants it more.
Scary thought. Much like Koehn, Mabin has regressed. Based on the last 6 games or so I'd be terrified if the game came down to either of the two.