I've refrained because of superstition, but who cares anymore. NU 31 - SC 30. Hohl nails a long extra point with 23 seconds left after we tie it super late and receive a bogus excessive celebration penalty.
I think USC views this as a must win even more than we do. To get bowl eligible they have to win 2/3 with UCLA and ND in the successive weeks. Riley is under a lot of pressure and the QB change is indicative of that. I see this game coming down to 1) Turnovers 2) Penalties 3) Ball-control 4) Field position 5) Psychology.I've refrained because of superstition, but who cares anymore. NU 31 - SC 30. Hohl nails a long extra point with 23 seconds left after we tie it super late and receive a bogus excessive celebration penalty.
USC will whip us in every phase of the game. We will show up as usual unprepared to play a competitive game followed by Rhule's usual post game blatherings about how he "did not see this coming". USC will have a different QB? Well, most likely so will we and one we have seen before. He isn't good. And we have a brand new OC who is probably not even out of his suitcase phase of moving to Lincoln. Our only hope is if the defense that played well shows up rather than the one that doesn't. Because it will take a miracle for us to score more than 10 points.I think USC views this as a must win even more than we do. To get bowl eligible they have to win 2/3 with UCLA and ND in the successive weeks. Riley is under a lot of pressure and the QB change is indicative of that. I see this game coming down to 1) Turnovers 2) Penalties 3) Ball-control 4) Field position 5) Psychology.
I know the WL records in the Big 10 have favored the home teams, but I also think this one being in the Colosseum might actually benefit NU, especially if our fans show up in force.