Me too, 6 wins. I hope I’m pleasantly surprised. I also marked Duke down as an L because we lose to them a lot.I picked six wins.
First time seriously looking at the schedule, and the season will obviously be made or broken on the four game stretch after Seattle.
I marked down Duke as a loss, because of course I did.
I think six is the low-end tho. NU makes a bowl again.
Law of averages sez we’re in for a rough season. We rarely win without an established QB, and we lost some studs to graduation last season.
I think this will be a 3-9 team unless one of the QBs plays lights out. It will be a miserable season if neither QB shines (which is true for most P5 programs, but especially NU). I have hopes that Sullivan was the true #3 and Lausch is in for a surprisingly healthy & effective season.
Why would Sullivan not be the “true #3” if that’s basically why he left? He was more of a mobile QB than Bryant and Hilinski so he should’ve been a fit for Lujan’s offense. Aside from the fact that he gets hurt a lot, so maybe he didn’t want to run that much anymore.Law of averages sez we’re in for a rough season. We rarely win without an established QB, and we lost some studs to graduation last season.
I think this will be a 3-9 team unless one of the QBs plays lights out. It will be a miserable season if neither QB shines (which is true for most P5 programs, but especially NU). I have hopes that Sullivan was the true #3 and Lausch is in for a surprisingly healthy & effective season.
Does the university have to reimburse Braun what he donated for the part-time stadium if they fire him? Fans wanna know.#FireBraun ???
Lausch might have surpassed him and made clear Sully was permanently behind him on the depth chart.Why would Sullivan not be the “true #3” if that’s basically why he left? He was more of a mobile QB than Bryant and Hilinski so he should’ve been a fit for Lujan’s offense. Aside from the fact that he gets hurt a lot, so maybe he didn’t want to run that much anymore.
Hmmm well looks like the consensus is around the 6-7 wins range. Not too surprising. That's ahead of the Vegas OU of 4.5 wins, but (i) Vegas usually tends to underestimate us, and (ii) one might expect our fanbase to be slightly optimistic.Alright we are inside a week out. Guess the regular season record. Go Cats!
Yep... hard to find 2 more wins on this scheduleSwitching from 4-5 to 2-3
Shocking. Loss next game and everyone will be saying 2-3, win and it’s 6 minimum.Switching from 4-5 to 2-3
As you say, hard to get to even 4 wins. Maybe Purdue but don't know who else we have a shot against. Hope I am wrongYep... hard to find 2 more wins on this schedule
I have no idea why people have suddenly decided Maryland is anything to be more concerned than usual about. Also I get Indiana looks improved, but let’s all take a chill pill crowning them because they’ve beat up some FCS teams and a completely incompetent and crappy UCLAAs you say, hard to get to even 4 wins. Maybe Purdue but don't know who else we have a shot against. Hope I am wrong
In other words, they don't see us winning another gameFor what its worth, Sagarin has NU and Purdue at the bottom of the Big Ten.
Approximate point spreads, giving 3 points to home team...
Indiana by 7
Maryland by 13
Wisconsin by 5.5
Iowa by 18
Purdue by 2
Ohio State by 23
Michigan by 19
Illinois by 9.5 (neutral site)
It is more about us than it is about them. We have no depth on offense in key areas (OL, RB, WR) and injuries are gonna happen (we have already seen the impact on the O of not having Porter). Plus the game is there. And should we be fortunate enough to win, that still only gets us to 4 (assuming a win against Purdue)I have no idea why people have suddenly decided Maryland is anything to be more concerned than usual about. Also I get Indiana looks improved, but let’s all take a chill pill crowning them because they’ve beat up some FCS teams and a completely incompetent and crappy UCLA
I'd say Sagarin's method suggests (fairly strongly) that we will not be favored to win another game.In other words, they don't see us winning another game
This could get ugly if the offense doesn't improve somehow. Hopefully we don't have any additional losses on the defense. The defensive backs already need to improve based on what we saw at WashingtonI'd say Sagarin's method suggests (fairly strongly) that we will not be favored to win another game.
But there's a lot of football ahead.
If things go our way, we may be favored at Purdue!
However, if you add up the probabilities of NU winning each game on the remaining schedule, Sagarin is telling us to expect something between 1 and 2 more wins...
46% chance at Purdue, 35% chance hosting Wisconsin, 30% chance hosting Indiana, 17% chance at Maryland, 5% chance at Iowa, 25% chance to beat Illinois, 2% chance to beat Michigan, 0.1% chance to beat Ohio State.
You think we're better than UCLA?let’s all take a chill pill crowning them because they’ve beat up some FCS teams and a completely incompetent and crappy UCLA
25% against IL? At Wrigley? Maybe at home but at Wrigley?I'd say Sagarin's method suggests (fairly strongly) that we will not be favored to win another game.
But there's a lot of football ahead.
If things go our way, we may be favored at Purdue!
However, if you add up the probabilities of NU winning each game on the remaining schedule, Sagarin is telling us to expect something between 1 and 2 more wins...
46% chance at Purdue, 35% chance hosting Wisconsin, 30% chance hosting Indiana, 17% chance at Maryland, 5% chance at Iowa, 25% chance to beat Illinois, 2% chance to beat Michigan, 0.1% chance to beat Ohio State.
Not necessarily. If we were assigned a 30% chance of winning each individual remaining game, we wouldn't be favored to win any particular game, but we would be expected to win 2 of them. There would be only a 5.8% chance of winning zero.In other words, they don't see us winning another game