Nebraska Football 2014

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:12 am

Wowt's big red extra facebook page posted a video with three of the instances. Looked really convincing, the timing of the MSIU defender's clap was right before Mark Pelini snapped the ball.

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:40 am

MSU Student section:

mrsticka · Post by **mrsticka** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:27 pm

What ticked me off was that early in the game we had a chance to score a field goal, but we punted instead. Not a smart move. Then we finally get a touchdown and instead of kicking for the extra point, we go for a 2-point conversion that failed. Then we get another touchdown from a punt return and again we go for 2. It failed again. Apparently we hadn't learned from before.

If we had kicked for the field goal instead of punting, then kicked the extra point on both touchdowns instead of trying for 2-point conversions, we could've tied the game up and had a chance to send the game into overtime and possibly win it.

mrsticka · Post by **mrsticka** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 12:55 am

Last year, we needed a Hail Mary to beat Northwestern, but not this year. Final score: 38-17.

The offense wasn't doing so good in the first half, but in the second, it woke up. The defense sure stepped up.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 2:46 pm

SEC getting too much love:

AP Top 25
1. Mississippi St. (43)
2. Florida St. (14)
3. Mississippi (3)
4. Alabama
5. Auburn
6. Oregon
7. Notre Dame
8. Michigan St.
9. Georgia
10. TCU
11. Kansas St.
12. Baylor
13. Ohio St.
14. Arizona St.
15. Arizona
16. Nebraska
17. Oklahoma
18. East Carolina
19. Utah
20. USC
21. Clemson
22. West Virginia
23. Marshall
24. LSU
25. UCLA

USA Today
1. Mississippi St. (36)
2. Florida St. (22)
3. Mississippi (4)
4. Alabama
5. Michigan St.
6. Auburn
7. Oregon
8. Notre Dame
9. Georgia
10. TCU
11. Kansas St.
12. Ohio St.
13. Baylor
14. Arizona St.
15. Arizona
16. Nebraska
17. East Carolina
18. Oklahoma
19. Utah
20. Clemson
21. USC
22. Marshall
23. LSU
24. Minnesota
25. West Virginia

mrsticka · Post by **mrsticka** » Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:08 pm

Why does that not surprise me? Maybe if we beat Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, we'll be in the Top 10.

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:18 pm

Latest BTN predictions (B1G vs SEC?):

Rose: Michigan State vs. Mississippi
Fiesta: Ohio State vs. Mississippi State
Capital One: Nebraska vs. Auburn
Outback: Minnesota vs. Missouri
Holiday: Wisconsin vs. Arizona State
TaxSlayer: Maryland vs. South Carolina
SanFrancisco: Iowa vs. UCLA
Pinstripe: Penn State vs. Louisville
Quick Lane: Northwestern vs. BC
Heart of Dallas: Rutgers vs. UAB

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:04 am

Coyote wrote:Latest BTN predictions (B1G vs SEC?):

Rose: Michigan State vs. Mississippi
Fiesta: Ohio State vs. Mississippi State
Capital One: Nebraska vs. Auburn
Outback: Minnesota vs. Missouri
Holiday: Wisconsin vs. Arizona State
TaxSlayer: Maryland vs. South Carolina
SanFrancisco: Iowa vs. UCLA
Pinstripe: Penn State vs. Louisville
Quick Lane: Northwestern vs. BC
Heart of Dallas: Rutgers vs. UAB

Aren't the Huskers required to play Georgia in a Bowl?

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 12:22 pm

mrsticka wrote:Why does that not surprise me? Maybe if we beat Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, we'll be in the Top 10.

Depends on what other teams do, but most likely.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:29 am

I'd hate to see NU end up in central Florida again.

Greg

mrsticka · Post by **mrsticka** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 3:04 pm

Nebraska beat Rutgers 42-24. That makes us 7-1 now. Minnesota lost to Illinois 28-24 so they fall 6-2.

Post by **nebugeater** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 8:52 pm

mrsticka wrote:Nebraska beat Rutgers 42-24. That makes us 7-1 now. Minnesota lost to Illinois 28-24 so they fall 6-2.

Would have emu u rather seen Minn win. If the Huskers can keep,winning we would have probably been playing a ranked team when we play the Gophers. Now, not likely

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:26 am

To put another spin on that... If NU would have beaten MSU, they would have 2 losses and likely out of the top 25. So even if the skers were undefeated, they would not have a win against a ranked team. How many one loss (SEC) teams would have been ranked ahead of an undefeated NU team?

Post by **nebugeater** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 8:34 am

Coyote wrote:To put another spin on that... If NU would have beaten MSU, they would have 2 losses and likely out of the top 25. So even if the skers were undefeated, they would not have a win against a ranked team. How many one loss (SEC) teams would have been ranked ahead of an undefeated NU team?

For almost all the record keeping i the fact that you beat a rank team matters when you play them not a number of weeks later.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 8:58 am

nebugeater wrote:
Coyote wrote:To put another spin on that... If NU would have beaten MSU, they would have 2 losses and likely out of the top 25. So even if the skers were undefeated, they would not have a win against a ranked team. How many one loss (SEC) teams would have been ranked ahead of an undefeated NU team?
For almost all the record keeping i the fact that you beat a rank team matters when you play them not a number of weeks later.

Which also inflates the SEC because they get to count a top ten win over USCe because they were ranked in a preseason poll.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:36 pm

Which is why there should not be a poll until week 7, like this new committee is going to figure into their Championship series poll...

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:50 pm

NU remains #16 in coaches poll, MSU stays at #5, OSU drops a spot.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 1:30 pm

And the move down to #17 in the AP to make room for 2-loss LSU, MSU stays at #8, OSU at #13.

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 8:51 pm

BTN Bowl Projections:

Rose: Michigan State vs. Alabama
Fiesta: Ohio State vs. Ole Miss
Citrus: Nebraska vs. Auburn
Outback: Wisconsin vs. Missouri
Holiday: Minnesota vs. Arizona
TaxSlayer: Iowa vs. South Carolina
San Francisco: Maryland vs. Stanford
New Era Pinstripe: Penn State vs. Miami (FL)
Quick Lane: Northwestern vs. BC
Heart of Dallas: Rutgers vs. UTEP

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:04 pm

Coyote wrote:BTN Bowl Projections:

Rose: Michigan State vs. Alabama
Fiesta: Ohio State vs. Ole Miss
Citrus: Nebraska vs. Auburn
Outback: Wisconsin vs. Missouri
Holiday: Minnesota vs. Arizona
TaxSlayer: Iowa vs. South Carolina
San Francisco: Maryland vs. Stanford
New Era Pinstripe: Penn State vs. Miami (FL)
Quick Lane: Northwestern vs. BC
Heart of Dallas: Rutgers vs. UTEP

Not sure how they have Ohio State and Michigan State in the Rose and Fiesta. They face each other, so by function one of them would have 2 losses (at least). I would venture to say that would knock one of them off the big bowl ladder.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 10:42 pm

Michigan State #8, Nebraska #15, Ohio State #16 in Playoff Rankings.

mrsticka · Post by **mrsticka** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:28 pm

Nebraska beat Purdue 35-14. We're now 8-1. The offense wasn't very good today. Losing Ameer Abdullah sort of hurt us. Luckily, next week is a bye so that'll give him time to heal. We're going to need him for Wisconsin. We can't play as sloppy as we did today or they'll kill us badly.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 2:05 pm

NU #14 in the USAToday poll, the lowest ranked one loss team (besides Duke and Marshall) and behind 2 loss (SEC) Ole Miss. #15 in the AP behind 2 loss (SEC) LSU.

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:39 pm

Coyote wrote:BTN Bowl Projections:

Rose: Michigan State vs. Alabama
Fiesta: Ohio State vs. Ole Miss
Citrus: Nebraska vs. Auburn
Outback: Wisconsin vs. Missouri
Holiday: Minnesota vs. Arizona
TaxSlayer: Iowa vs. South Carolina
San Francisco: Maryland vs. Stanford
New Era Pinstripe: Penn State vs. Miami (FL)
Quick Lane: Northwestern vs. BC
Heart of Dallas: Rutgers vs. UTEP

Rose: Michigan State vs. Alabama
Fiesta: Ohio State vs. Marshall
Citrus: Wisconsin vs. Auburn
Outback: Nebraska vs. Missouri
National University Holiday: Iowa vs. Arizona
TaxSlayer: Maryland vs. Florida
San Francisco: Minnesota vs. Utah
New Era Pinstripe: Penn State vs. Louisville
Quick Lane: Rutgers vs. Virginia

Are they predicting NU loses to Wisconsin next week?

mrsticka · Post by **mrsticka** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:50 pm

Coyote wrote:Are they predicting NU loses to Wisconsin next week?

Wouldn't surprise me one bit. Wisconsin steamrolled Maryland and Rutgers. Maybe they just got lucky against weak teams? I don't know.

But if we don't fix our mistakes from Saturday (fumbling snaps, miscommunication, receivers in the wrong places, throwing interceptions) and Ameer doesn't get fully healed, then Wisconsin will beat us and badly. If we make those mistakes, then Wisconsin WILL exploit them. We cannot afford to underestimate them like we did McNeese State. Their offense and defense have stepped up big time recently. They've got quite a talented running back in Melvin Gordon and he can definitely run the ball. If we can't stop him, then we're in big trouble and might as well kiss the Big 10 Championship goodbye.

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:04 pm

We destroyed Rutgers starting QBs knee the week before and Maryland has been a punching bag lately don't think you can take too much from these blowout wins other than Wisconsin is playing really good D.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 9:28 pm

Coyote wrote:Michigan State #8, Nebraska #15, Ohio State #16 in Playoff Rankings.

Michigan State #8, Nebraska #13, Ohio State #14 in Playoff Rankings. (Wisconsin #25)

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 12:59 pm

Coyote wrote:NU #14 in the USAToday poll, the lowest ranked one loss team (besides Duke and Marshall) and behind 2 loss (SEC) Ole Miss. #15 in the AP behind 2 loss (SEC) LSU.

NU #11 in the AP and USAToday poll, the lowest ranked one loss team (besides one loss Duke and CO St. and undefeated Marshall) and behind 2 loss (SEC) Auburn and Ole Miss.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 1:33 pm

SB Nation Bowl Projections:

Rose (2) Alabama vs (3) Oregon
Sugar (1) Florida State vs (4) Baylor

Cotton TCU vs Ohio State (At-large vs At-large)
Fiesta Boise State vs Arizona State (At-large vs At-large)
Orange Duke vs Mississippi State (Big Ten/Notre Dame/SEC)
Peach Michigan State vs Auburn (At-large vs At-large)

Armed Forces Houston vs Rutgers (American vs. Army/Big 12 7/Big Ten)
TaxSlayer Minnesota vs Florida (ACC 3-6/Big Ten 5-7 vs. SEC 3-8)
Citrus Wisconsin vs Ole Miss (Big Ten 2-4 vs. SEC 2)
Outback Maryland vs South Carolina (Big Ten 2-4 vs. SEC 3-8)
San Francisco Iowa vs Arizona (Big Ten 5-7 vs. Pac-12 4)
Holiday Nebraska vs USC (Big Ten 2-4 vs. Pac-12 3)
Pinstripe Georgia Tech vs Penn State (ACC 3-6 vs. Big Ten 5-7)

PobodysNerfect · Post by **PobodysNerfect** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:19 pm

With Nebraska on the bye, I was surprised to see them jump Michigan St after their loss to Ohio St. Because of the head-to-head I think Michigan St still should have sat one over Nebraska, at least until after the Wiscy game this weekend. But oh well, I'll take it. Gotta win the next three to stay relevant

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:21 pm

These polls are pretty meaningless now that the playoff committee has started releasing theirs. I expect MSU stay ahead of Nebraska in that one.

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 10:50 pm

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm expecting Huskers to get crushed at Madison.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 6:55 am

Stargazer wrote:I hope I'm wrong, but I'm expecting Huskers to get crushed at Madison.

Some announcer was remarking that they (Wisconsin) was favored by one score.

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:21 am

Wisc. -6

Post by **nebugeater** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 10:12 am

Omababe wrote:
Stargazer wrote:I hope I'm wrong, but I'm expecting Huskers to get crushed at Madison.
Some announcer was remarking that they (Wisconsin) was favored by one score.

Most lines opened with Wis favored by 4 to 4.5

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:39 pm

8 Ohio St. (14)
12 Mich. St. (8)
16 Nebraska (13)
20 Wisconsin (25)

1. Miss St
2. Oregon
3. Florida St
4. TCU

5. Alabama
6. Arizona St.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:57 pm

Coyote wrote:8 Ohio St. (14)
12 Mich. St. (8)
16 Nebraska (13)
20 Wisconsin (25)

1. Miss St
2. Oregon
3. Florida St
4. TCU

5. Alabama
6. Arizona St.

What are these numbers in reference to?

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:16 pm

Football Playoff Rankings

mrsticka · Post by **mrsticka** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 2:29 am

Wisconsin now apparently has the #1 defense. So it looks like we might be headed for a repeat of Michigan State.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat Nov 15, 2014 5:29 pm

Not sure how many more games like this that Bo can survive. There is a very real reason that Nebraska has zero respect nationwide.