This looks like a 3 win team
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I’ll take the over with the caveat about injuries. We need guys like Marty, Gerak and Clair to come back quick.
The change at QB is an apparent positive. The defense is the drag now that offense used to be. I do not get one step forward and one step back.
Me too.
NU always gets better. They’ll probably wind up with 6 or 7 wins, and one totally unexpected win (Io_a) and, if that happens, it’ll be a huge step for the program to not backslide.
Geez, that first half was bad, tho.
3 wins is probably too bearish (unless Marty is injured, then yeah 3 wins is on the table).
5-6 feels most reasonable right now based on how we've played but the rubber meets the road quickly in the next 3 games.
If we want to go bowling this year, Nebraska and Rutgers are probably 2 of the worst Big Ten teams on the schedule other than Illinois.
I'll feel confident we can go bowling if we win the next 3 games.
5-6 feels most reasonable right now based on how we've played but the rubber meets the road quickly in the next 3 games.
If we want to go bowling this year, Nebraska and Rutgers are probably 2 of the worst Big Ten teams on the schedule other than Illinois.
I'll feel confident we can go bowling if we win the next 3 games.
It's all on the QB. The D might get a little better. The OL is about where it's going to be. Acceptable backs and WR/TE. Must get QB production. Marty is best bet because he's a tank and can get out of pressure. I've seen enough if Hunter
Purdue is up there with them. Rutgers is better than you think. They are the best of that group.
Toledo and FSU (blown out by Wake) gave ND much better games than Purdue did. I hope we can make fun of Brohm’s son this year. How many years without a promotion from get-back coach? Pathetic.
That's fair, just hard to know with those teams given they haven't really played all that many good teams (Purdue played ND, but hard to tell how good ND is).
Rutgers' defense looks very good, offensively they can be up and down. I think we have to have Marty for that game.
If NU beats Iowa with good defense and good offense, I'll take back everything I've said, but at this time, I do not see it. If NU beats Ohio and Nebraska that will be a big step to beating Iowa. But there's Michigan and Minnesota in between, ugh!
Based on the current evidence I do not see NU beating anyone other than Ohio and possibly Rutgers.
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Also not sure I'm gonna agree with your first line.
Most of the Big Ten looks a lot better than it has in recent years (Ohio State isn't quite as dominant as other years, but Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State, Iowa, Rutgers, Maryland all look much better than recent past).
We're fortunate that most of the improvement appears to be in the other division other than Iowa.
The West seems bad, except Iowa. Purdue and Minnesota seem to have take a step back, and Illinois and Nebraska haven’t gotten better.
OSU seems down.
Michigan and MSU and PSU seem improved.
NU’s schedule is definitely favorable.
6 wins? We might lose the rest of them! One win unless marty or ryan start at qb. Then maybe eek out 6 to make the motor city bowl vs the mac
You can tell if you watch closely regardless of. Competition. Good teams have good habits, are physical, don’t make unforced errors regardless of who they are playing. Nebraska is talented but they are not a good team. Rutgers is less talented but they are a good team.illinos will be a good team in a couple of years under Bielema. Purdue is and always will be mediocre under Brohm.
Yeah. Get a couple of lucky breaks, do Ok on the injury front, and maybe we sneak into a bowl with 5 wins on the APR loophole.
Is that where this program should be at this point? I do not think so.
We are capable. Capable of losing out but also capable of winning our division.
Marty gives me some hope along with our second half play.
Right now we come to play 20 minutes. Maybe 30. If we come to play 60 minutes then we win.
NW had spring ball in 2020.. everybody had spring ball this year. I see you guys winning one or two. Bottom 2 roster in BIG.
LOL, here come the trolls. Which team do you root for? I want to know so we can trash you when Andrew Marty led Nu beats your team.
Two plays that really said "we don't know what we're doing here" - the delay of game penalty to open the f'g game and Duke's first play from scrimmage, a 50+/- yd pass completion. FIVE TOs. Nobody can discourage fans like NU. Good thing we've seen it all before or it would be really discouraging.
Should be a new starter at QB. We've seen what that means to the O - the margin of victory yesterday might have been Kirtz' inability to hang onto a 4th down pass. Marty is supposed to be mostly a runner, but his passing yesterday was excellent.
On D, NU is just getting beaten up. Yeah they played well the second half, but that is a very late arrival. Duke was already running out the clock. The Duke QB set personal best records for passing completion and passing yardage. Here's hoping they somehow improve. Might take a new DC.
Should be a new starter at QB. We've seen what that means to the O - the margin of victory yesterday might have been Kirtz' inability to hang onto a 4th down pass. Marty is supposed to be mostly a runner, but his passing yesterday was excellent.
On D, NU is just getting beaten up. Yeah they played well the second half, but that is a very late arrival. Duke was already running out the clock. The Duke QB set personal best records for passing completion and passing yardage. Here's hoping they somehow improve. Might take a new DC.
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As a nihilist, do you think football should have rules? My favorite quote in The Big Lebowski: “Nihilists! F*** me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.”
Nebraska is going to beat you guys. they are much better than their record indicates.....
I bet they are, hell they beat IL.....oh wait.
Well, RedFlame, let me welcome you to Rivals with these words: you have a firm grasp of the obvious.
Pick any B1G team on our schedule. Would we have beaten any of them this weekend? Maybe ILL. Maybe. Even moribund Nebraska played with talent and passion. We might get better. THEY might bet better. Doesn't look good
LOL. Nebraska lost to Illinois with Sitkowski at QB. You two clowns need to hit the road.
Well, amigo, I have already over predicted ILL's success, but tell me if you think losing a close game to ILL in week zero is more humiliating than losing to Puke in week 3.
Since the ILL game, Nebraska kicked the crap out of a team at ISU's level, beat a decent MAC team by 4 scores, and went toe to toe with Oklahoma.
Watching Nebraska and Oklahoma and THEN our game, looked like Nebraska would beat us like a giant Purdue drum. Even hapless ILL looked ok against MD. I didn't see a single B1G team, that, had we played yesterday, we would have beaten. Did you? After 3 listless games, I see virtually no improvement. One half game of decent defense yesterday, and ~ one half of pre-injury QB play , both against a likely 4-8 team. I do believe our team will get better, but not sure it will be enough to beat any B1G teams. Right now, we are the worst in the conference. If we can't stop Gustav Oppenheimer running, or whatever Duke's QB name is, I am not confident we will contain Martinez. Embrace the suck
NU with Marty at QB beats Nebraska and a lot of other teams on our schedule. . Nebraska has individual talent but is a horrible team. Undisciplined, error prone and with a a Tremendously inconsistent QB.
