Just perusing through stats through 3 games and found some fun trivia:

1. Three QBs have thrown a pass - Raiola, Haarberg, Gramstad. Who has the highest completion percentage?

2. What's Nebraskas current QB completion percentage?

3. The O-Line has given up how many sacks?

4. Who leads the Huskers in rush yards? How about yards per carry?

5. Who leads in receptions? Yards per catch?

6. 3 players currently have more than 15 yards per catch. Name them.

7. How many players have recorded a sack? Who has the most?

8. How many takeaways does the defense have?

I have a feeling for some reason we play flat this week. I don't think we lose by any means but if I was a betting man I think Northern Iowa covers (30.5)...just a gut feeling.

A) Huge emotional game last week
B) No one is talking about this game. Everyone is still talking about the CU win
C) Ranked for the first time since the Johnson administration
D) They'll run right at us and eat up clock
E) Locally and nationally everyone is talking NU being 7-0 going into Ohio State (kiss of death)
F) All sets up for looking past a gimmie like Northern Iowa

I predict 34-14..what say you?

42-0 halftime vs a mid ND team.

Bama isn't the same.
Michigan won't be as good.
LSU is struggling quite a bit.
Norvell @ FSU may not make it through the week.
Notre Dame stinks.
Clemson isn't very good.
Tennessee looks great and they don't seem to be slowing down.
Nebraska is 2-0.

I know Coach said there was a positive update a week or so ago but didn't really hear anything more than that. Is there a chance he could be back this year or is his career pretty much over?

It's really interesting, but I have had a lot of people I know here in Georgia and even clients nationwide comment to me this past week on how well Nebraska is doing, how good a defense we have, and how good DR is. They're bringing it up on most of our weekly conversations. These are people who may have their favorite team or school not Nebraska.

Something occurred to me after many of these conversations in that one of the reasons why Nebraska Football was and is so popular around the country is because of what we represent in the bigger picture, that being the image of really hard working, decent, and loyal people who win and even dominate in something that by all modern metrics there is no reason why we shouldn't be any better than any Mountain West team. Winning without all of the built in advantages many schools have, winning for reasons that defy media hype, winning because we will ourselves to win.

People like it when someone can buck the system and win despite not having many of the advantages others have (now we do have a lot of resources no doubt, but that's a testimony to a program in an environment where players are not plentiful locally). It gives them hope that they can overcome their built in disadvantages. This is why I believe I'm getting so many nice comments, comments I didn't receive when my current home state team, Georgia, was winning national championships. I think it's larger than just rooting for an underdog, but rather a hope people have that they can win too.

There was a quote by an philosopher many years ago "the best thing you can learn from winning is that you can". I think people yearn for that in their lives and I'm starting to believe that Nebraska Football in a way represents that to people around the country.

Talked the talk. Walked the walk. I know some on here were whining about upsetting the almighty Puffs and that explosive offense.
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Nebraska hasn't beaten a ranked team since 2016 Oregon...I think 23 straight L's

• Illinois will be ranked this upcoming Friday - should win this game.
• Rutgers will have a chance to be 4-0 when they come to Lincoln and possibly ranked.
• Indiana might be 6-0 when we play them in Bloomington.
• Ohio St will obviously be a chance on the road but would take something special to win that game
• USC towards the end of the season more than likely is ranked as well
• Iowa with their schedule could be ranked to end the year

Time to stack some ranked wins!

According to Matt Rhule our back up QB will play this season and it won't necessarily be as a QB. If you want our Huskers to achieve it's ultimate goals as a team Haarberg will be a big part of this going forward. It is in Haarbergs the best interest's that he play not only as a QB but as the Nebraska wild card and this would help him if he has pro asperations. This is going to be fun watching Haarberg this season in certain moments of games where he can be utilized to help defeat teams on the field of play. jmo

He has the best ball skills of our DB's including Tommi. Was it an easy pick, yes. But NU's leader in INT's is 14. He has 5 now with basically 2 seasons left. He'll easily have 10 before he's done.

- The Huskers are 3-0 without having to win a one score game. Being in so many games that didn’t need to be one score games bothered me as much as losing them. Put teams away.

- The Huskers have been able to stay pretty vanilla except for one half of football.

- Rhule has been able to get a lot of guys snaps. Build’s experience and culture

- We actually are a threat with the forward pass. This opens sooo many things up.

- The Huskers win by 30, hold a team to 3 points, and we can all probably still having something to bitch about. Instead of having to lose a game to do it..

… have DR run the ball, and when he does, he needs to slide or run out of bounds unless the game is on the line.

The health of his knees are essential to this program right now.

1. Texas
2. Georgia
3. Ohio State
4. Alabama
5. Ole Miss
6. Tennessee
7. Missouri
8. Miami
9. Oregon
10. Penn State
11. Southern Cal
12. Utah
13. Kansas State
14. Oklahoma State
15. Oklahoma
16. LSU
17. Notre Dame
18. Michigan
19. Louisville
20. Iowa State
21. Clemson
22. Nebraska
23. Northern Illinois
24. Illinois
25. Texas A&M

Others receiving votes:​

Memphis 77, Boise St. 62, Syracuse 62, UNLV 54, Boston College 47, Washington St. 30, Arizona 15, Iowa 15, Indiana 13, California 11, Liberty 10, Toledo 9, UCF 6, South Carolina 3, North Carolina 3, Arizona St. 3, BYU 2, Pittsburgh 1.

Coaches Top 25 (9/15)
1. Georgia (42) (3-0)
2. Texas (10) (3-0)
3. Ohio State (3) (2-0)
4. Alabama (3-0)
5. Mississippi (3-0)
6. Oregon (3-0)
7. Tennessee (3-0)
8t. Penn State (2-0)
8t. Missouri (3-0)
10. Utah (3-0)
11. Miami (FL) (3-0)
12. USC (2-0)
13. Oklahoma (3-0)
14. Kansas State (3-0)
15. Oklahoma State (3-0)
16. LSU (2-1)
17. Michigan (2-1)
18. Notre Dame (2-1)
19. Clemson (1-1)
20. Louisville (2-0)
21. Iowa State (2-0)
22. Nebraska (3-0)
23. Memphis (3-0)
24. Texas A&M (2-1)
25. UNLV (3-0)

Others Receiving Votes
Illinois, Washington State, Arizona, Northern Illinois, Syracuse, Central Florida, Pittsburgh, Iowa, Boise State, Arizona State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, California, Indiana, Michigan State, Liberty, Boston College, BYU, Washington,Toledo, South Florida, San Jose State, James Madison

Dropped Out
Arizona (#18), Washington (#22)

soccer for 4 hours yesterday in between walking the dogs & Husker game(s)

back out for soccer this AM ... son is getting very passionate about playing goalie so who am I to deny that kind of love

(but man is my back sore lol )

Coaches Poll -- after Week 3
1 Georgia
2 Texas
3 Ohio St
4 Alabama
5 Ole Miss
6 Oregon
7 Tennessee
8 Penn St
8 Missouri
10 Utah
11 Miami
12 USC
13 OU
14 Kansas St
15 Oklahoma St
16 LSU
17 Michigan
18 ND
19 Clemson
20 Louisville
21 Iowa St
22 Nebraska
23 Memphis
24 A&M
25 UNLV

Others receiving votes: Illinois 75; Washington State 38; Arizona 37; Northern Illinois 34; Syracuse 32; UCF 27; Pitt 17; Iowa 17; Boise State 17; Arizona State 15; North Carolina 14; North Carolina State 12; Cal 10; Indiana 7; Michigan State 6; Liberty 6; Boston College 6; BYU 3; Washington 2; Toledo 1; South Florida 1; San Jose State 1; James Madison 1

"As excitement brews around the Husker football season, affordable tickets are becoming harder to find.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department said scammers are working hard to score on unsuspecting fans."
---from the article

I thought it would be interesting to dive a bit deeper into Nebraska's next 4 opponents prior to the Ohio State game, and look at their season to date along with what each team faces prior to playing us.

September 20
vs Illinois
Illinois' schedule prior to playing Nebraska:
vs Eastern Illinois: WIN (45-0)
vs #19 Kansas: WIN (23-17)
vs Central Michigan: WIN (30-9)
Illinois comes to Lincoln undefeated and likely ranked... we'll know on Sunday.

It’s a short week with the Friday night game, marking Nebraska's 400th consecutive sell-out!

September 28
@ Purdue
Purdue's schedule prior to playing Nebraska:
vs Indiana State: WIN (49-0)
vs #18 Notre Dame LOSS (7-66)
@ Oregon State
Purdue did not do well against Notre Dame. This is looking like a good first game for Nebraska to play on the road.

October 5
vs Rutgers
Rutger's schedule prior to playing Nebraska:
vs Howard: WIN (44-7)
vs Akron: WIN (49-17)
@ Virginia Tech
vs Washington
There's been a lot of talk of how improved Rutgers is this season. Could they be an undefeated, ranked team Nebraska faces when gametime rolls around in Lincoln?

October 19
@ Indiana
Indiana's schedule prior to playing Nebraska:
vs Florida International: WIN (31-7)
vs Western Illinois: WIN (77-3)
@ UCLA: WIN (42-13)
vs Charlotte
vs Maryland
@ Northwestern
Indiana should get more votes this week in the polls following their nice win on the road against UCLA. Their schedule doesn't appear to be too bad for them prior to their game against Nebraska. Could this yet again be another undefeated, ranked team that Nebraska faces?

They might lose the rest of the games on their schedule!

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