Indiana intercepted PSU just outside the redzone, with 5 minutes left. 24-21 PSU. PSU looks sloppy

Purdue at Nebraska Preview and Prediction
by Pete Fiutak, CollegeFootballNews.com

Purdue (2-5) at Nebraska (4-3)
Saturday, October 28 - 3:30 PM (ET) - FOX Sports 1

Why Purdue Will Win
Is it possible that the real 2023 Purdue has been sort of hiding?

The win at Virginia Tech got totally blown off at the time, but as it turns out, it's a nice victory over a likely bowl team. That 44-19 whomping of Illinois was ignored, too, and why? A loss to a strong Fresno State, a solid Syracuse, and problem against Wisconsin -- who'll probably end up winning the Big Ten West -- Iowa and Ohio State.

Being 2-5 doesn't get you noticed.

But the team that tagged Illinois was effective with the passing game, came up with a decent day defensively, and it only turned the ball over once. It's not a coincidence that the team is 2-0 with three touchdown passes and 0-5 with fewer, but ......

Why Nebraska Will Win
....Nebraska gave up three touchdown passes to Michigan, two to Colorado, and the other four were spread out.

Very, VERY, quietly, Nebraska is now deep in the Big Ten West title hunt. If it wins out and Minnesota loses once more, your Huskers are a 27.5-point dog in Indy in early December -- and the fan base will take that in a heartbeat.

This is hardly a gorgeous brand of football, but 4-1 in the last five games with the lone loss coming to Michigan? Two wins away from going bowling? A defense that's stuffing the run -- only the Wolverines averaged more than 2.2 yards per carry against it -- and an offense that's decent on the ground?

It has been a massive step forward over the last five weeks for the Huskers, and ........

What Will Happen
.....Okay, fine, so the four Nebraska wins weren't exactly against a slew of killers, but who cares? The team is competent and -- for the first time in years -- finding ways to win.

The Huskers are going to have to score in this, though. They can't just win on a war of attrition -- Purdue will throw okay and put a few points on the board. However, it won't run well, Nebraska's D will dominate on third downs, and the pass rush will be solid when it absolutely has to be.

Prediction
Nebraska 23, Purdue 20

Spread
Nebraska is favored at home by 2.5 points. The O/U is set at 39.5 points.

Not sure why this stopped but I love hearing other peoples plays. Lets stick with top 5 plays, in order of confidence if you can. Also notice some big money hammering Purdue just now, my site is down to -1.

Northwestern +14.5
Wisco +14.5
Wake +21.5
Florida +14
Kansas ML

Steve and the boys opened for the Eagles tonight in Indy, due to an illness with Steely Dan. Steve sounded amazing and he can still strum the strings. At the ripe young age of 80. I was pleasantly surprised to be honest. I just want to be walking and talking at 80.

If he’s considered by some the best in the conference color me not impressed….he’s certainly no Russell Wilson.

Perhaps stronger arm and more accurate passer than 2AM without anywhere near the running ability is what I see personally.

After watching Donavon Jones last week with 22 tackles against E. South. He stepped it up more tonight on the road. Circo gets better and better. Terry is a future Husker Captain.

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Check out this stream of Wayne State football! That's some serious snow! LOL

Hit a good chunk on HH last week. Here are the yardage totals for today. You guys over or under on each? Any official word on Emmet starting or how grant has done on ball security in practice?

HH 60.5
Emmet 39.5
Grant 26.5

Colorado recruiting staff kicked a legacy 4-star LB recruit out after the USC game because they "didn't know who he was..." Marco Jones is a 2025 LB prospect and is rated 4 stars by all 4 major recruiting sites... He has offers from Michigan, Texas, Tennessee, OU, Notre Dame, and just about every PAC12 school... His dad is a Colorado alum and says Colorado will not receive a commitment from his son... Interestingly the Buff article cropped out his visitors lanyard while claiming they were unsure if he was there on a visit...


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The Nebraska men's basketball team will host Doane University on Sunday for an exhibition at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Fred Hoiberg met with the media this morning and gave an update on what his roster currently looks like. Along with it were some updates on a few key guys. Rienk Mast, Juwan Gary, Josiah Allick, Blaise Keita and Ramel Lloyd Jr. won't play against Doane.

>> Hoiberg said Mast won't play because he was "the unfortunate victim of a random act of violence that happened last week." Hoiberg said the authorities are still investigating and that's all he would say about it at this time,

>> Gary is out due to a violation of team policies. Hoiberg didn't say if Sunday was going to be the only suspension.

>> Allick tweaked a knee last week in the closed-door scrimmage against Utah. Hoiberg said scans came back negative for any kind of structural damage. They'll be cautious with Allick and won't play him.

>> Keita still isn't ready for action because of his ankle.

>> Lloyd still hasn't recovered from an injury he sustained in practice a while back. Hoiberg said he's progressing.

I'll have much more later today. But that's it for now. I think we'll have Jamarques Lawrence and Boogie Coleman as the players who speak with us.

EDIT: Just finished the story:

Rutgers def. Iowa (25-21, 24-26, 21-25, 25-21, 15-9)
Nebraska def. Maryland (25-19, 25-17, 25-8)
Penn State def. Michigan (25-23, 25-16, 20-25, 25-20)
Wisconsin def. Michigan State (25-23, 25-17, 25-16)

Standings
1. Nebraska (20-0, 11-0)
2. Wisconsin (19-1, 10-1)
3. Penn State (15-5, 9-2)
4. Purdue (14-6, 8-3)
5. Illinois (11-10, 6-5)
5. Indiana (16-8, 6-5)
5. Minnesota (10-9, 6-5)
8. Michigan State (13-9, 5-6)
8. Ohio State (8-12, 5-6)
10. Maryland (14-9, 4-7)
10. Northwestern (10-11, 4-7)
12. Rutgers (10-11, 2-9)
13. Michigan (3-17, 1-10)
14. Iowa (8-15, 0-11)

Matches for Saturday - October 28
Purdue at Illinois
Penn State at Michigan State
Rutgers at Nebraska (7:00 PM - BTN+)
Maryland at Iowa

Matches for Sunday - October 29
Ohio State at Michigan
Indiana at Northwestern
Minnesota at Wisconsin

How many start today? Rhule said something about only 2 upperclassmen starting today on offense.

October 28

1636 - The General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College.

1726 - The original edition of “Gulliver’s Travels,” a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift, was first published in London.

1793 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for the cotton gin.

1858 - Rowland Hussey Macy opened his first New York store at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan.

1886 - The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

1919 - Congress passed the Volstead ACt, or the National Prohibition Act, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.

1922 - Benito Mussolini took control of the government of Italy.

1936 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.

1940 - Italy invaded Greece during World War II.

1958 - A new pope was elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church -- Pope John XXIII.

1962 - Nikita Khrushchev told the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba; in return, the U.S. secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles from U.S. installations in Turkey.

1991 - What became known as "The Perfect Storm" began forming hundreds of miles east of Nova Scotia; lost at sea during the storm were the six crew members of the Andrea Gail, a swordfishing boat from Gloucester, Massachusetts.

2001 - The families of people killed in the September 11 terrorist attack gathered in New York for a memorial service filled with prayer and song.

2016 - The FBI dropped what amounted to a political bomb on the Clinton campaign when it announced it was investigating whether emails on a device belonging to disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of one of Clinton’s closest aides, Huma Abedin, might contain classified information.

2021 - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company was rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, while keeping the same name for the social network itself.

2022 - Tesla CEO Elon Musk took control of Twitter for $44 billion after a protracted legal battle and months of uncertainty.

Birthdays
21 - Lola Tung (actress)
25 - Nolan Gould (actor)
26 - Sierra McCormick (actress)
31 - Lexi Ainsworth (actress)
36 - Frank Ocean (singer)
38 - Troian Bellisario (actress)
39 - Finn Wittrock (actor)
41 - Matt Smith (actor)
43 - Charlie Semine (actor)
45 - Gwendoline Christie (actress)
49 - Joaquin Phoenix (actor)
51 - Brad Paisley (singer)
54 - Ben Harper (singer)
54 - Jeremy Davies (actor)
56 - Julia Roberts (actress)
57 - Andy Richter (actor/comedian)
57 - Chris Bauer (actor)
60 - Sheryl Underwood (actress/comedian)
60 - Lauren Holly (actress)
61 - Daphne Zuniga (actress)
63 - Mark Derwin (actor)
68 - Bill Gates (co-founder of Microsoft)
71 - Annie Potts (actress)
74 - Caitlyn Jenner (reality star)
75 - Telma Hopkins (actress)
79 - Dennis Franz (actor)
84 - Jane Alexander (actress)
94 - Joan Plowright (actress)


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Today in Sports History - October 28

1959 - The new American Football League awards the Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph Wilson.

1962 - Y.A. Tittle of the New York Giants throws seven touchdown passes in a game against the Washington Redskins.

1973 - Elmore Smith of the Los Angeles Lakers sets an NBA single game record with 17 blocked shots.

1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees in six games to win the World Series.

1984 - The New York City Marathon was marred by its first fatality when a French runner collapsed and died.

1989 - The Oakland Athletics sweep the San Francisco Giants to win the World Series.

1993 - Ron Francis (Pittsburgh Penguins) became only the 38th player in NHL history to achieve 1,000 career points.

1995 - The Atlanta Braves defeat the Cleveland Indians in six games to win the World Series.

1997 - The NBA announced that they had hired the first women to officiate a major-league all-male sport. The women were Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer.

2007 - The Boston Red Sox sweep the Colorado Rockies to win the World Series.

2011 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Texas Rangers in seven games to win the World Series.

2012 - The San Francisco Giants sweep the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series.

2013 - Penn State University said it would pay $59.7 million to 26 young men over claims of child sexual abuse at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

2018 - The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to win the World Series.

...at KU and the beakers are going nuts watching Leipold walking to the stage, good for them I guess...but Rhule's time will come, soon. GBR

A win today would give us 5 wins for the first time since 2019. Somebody please tell me I’m wrong.

1). Stealing signals is a Nothing Burger to me.

2). What is an Issue and Real Substance Burger, is the fact they Knew it was against NCAA rules, but still Planned and Executed the Cheating for several years. That’s significant and there has to be a real consequence.

2). And it’s a Real Substance Burger because Intentionally Cheating and having no Respect for other Team’s, his Coaches and Players and the University of Michigan is inexcusable. This is the ongoing pattern of regular business for Jim Harbaugh’s program operation.

3). And the University of Michigan has been derelict in their oversight, and needs to take action this time.

4). What’s most disappointing, He is good enough Coach he doesn’t have to Cheat. It appears it’s just Who He Is.

JMO.

Some pretty assertive news from Trev Alberts tonight on helmets in mics, Huskers' move to the west sideline at Memorial Stadium in the near future and, of course, schedule talk!!

A bit disappointed to be honest.

Don’t see a prediction thread so here goes.

Tough game to call. Purdue does not seem that good, but with the exception of Ohio State they have been competitive in every game they have played. And our offense is decimated with injuries. Our defense is excellent but Purdue has a good enough offense to uncork a few big plays here and there to at least set them up for field goals. So our offense had better not turn it over and it needs to generate more than 14 points I think.

Nebraska 17
Purdue 13

Nebraska apparently parked the Football Team's semi truck outside his High School today.
Hopefully we still have a shot, would love to have him.