I’d bet on the under. As long as Nebraska’s offense doesn’t give Illinois great starting field position off turnovers, no way Illinois gets to 30.What about defense? Can the Husker defense hold Illinois under 30?
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I’d bet on the under. As long as Nebraska’s offense doesn’t give Illinois great starting field position off turnovers, no way Illinois gets to 30.What about defense? Can the Husker defense hold Illinois under 30?
It should be interesting. One of my pre-season predictions is that Chase Brown will lead the Big Ten in rushing yards this year. I believe Bielema will go run heavy because OL and RB is is where most of the talent and experience resides for the Illini this year. If healthy, Brown will get around 20 carries per game, I think. Nebraska will need to jump on them early or this contest will turn into a clock eater IMO.I’d bet on the under. As long as Nebraska’s offense doesn’t give Illinois great starting field position off turnovers, no way Illinois gets to 30.
Good luck with Beleima trying to run a jet sweep against this defensive speed period.Shut down the jet sweep and we win by 10-12 points.
I’m putting my money on Ibrahim from Minnesota to lead the Big 10 in rushing… They also will lead the Big 10 in rushing as a team too..It should be interesting. One of my pre-season predictions is that Chase Brown will lead the Big Ten in rushing yards this year. I believe Bielema will go run heavy because OL and RB is is where most of the talent and experience resides for the Illini this year. If healthy, Brown will get around 20 carries per game, I think. Nebraska will need to jump on them early or this contest will turn into a clock eater IMO.
I’m putting my money on Ibrahim from Minnesota to lead the Big 10 in rushing… They also will lead the Big 10 in rushing as a team too..
Your probably correct on leading the Big 10 as a team, Ohio St and Wisconsin would more than likely rush for more but I’d bet they will have more rushing yards than Illinois..I doubt they lead the league in rushing. Their running game is built solely to sell the RPO by keeping the defense honest. Minnesota is more than content giving Mo Ibrahim the football 35 times at 4 yards per carry. That will certainly earn him an All-Big Ten selection and allow him to lead the league in rushing. But that total will likely only be 4th or 5th in the league.
My predictions for rushing in the Big Ten this season:
1. Ohio State
2. Wisconsin
3. Nebraska
4. Illinois
5. Minnesota
6. Northwestern
7. Michigan
8. Penn State
9. Iowa
10. Maryland
11. Rutgers
12. Michigan State
13. Indiana
14. Purdue
Guess I'll take the Under...once they post it.It should be interesting. One of my pre-season predictions is that Chase Brown will lead the Big Ten in rushing yards this year. I believe Bielema will go run heavy because OL and RB is is where most of the talent and experience resides for the Illini this year. If healthy, Brown will get around 20 carries per game, I think. Nebraska will need to jump on them early or this contest will turn into a clock eater IMO.
what is our W-L record in these 6 games? guessing 2-4.Interesting stat I stole from the other site:
Illinois is shifting to the 3-4 from the 4-3. Since 2018, Nebraska has faced the 3-4 defense six times. During those 6 games, Nebraska is averaging 32 points and 490 yards per game.
what is our W-L record in these 6 games? guessing 2-4.
I agree with this. Bielema has more familiarity with the B1G than those examples, but it is too much to overcome in this case. On the flip side, if we were to somehow lose this game, it would be disastrous.