Posts from Illini Fans

[BTF69]

So, I already posted one post about how a few (not all, most understand the logistics of things) acted all academic high and mighty because NU is doing remote classes tomorrow, which clearly makes sense because 90,000+ people will be in lincoln between today and tomorrow by 1pm.

But then stupid posts like this, I mean, this dork seems almost upset that husker fans posting on a husker site are predicting the Huskers to win a home game against Illinois. And this weird idea that NU has been bad for 25 years is insane. 10 years, sure! It is not even a bad post it is just weird, weird that husker fans would not be positive.

Here is the lame post


I find their enthusiasm and frankly cockiness to be so odd and amusing, haha. Like, our basketball fans were rightfully cocky circa 2006 ... coming off of a National Championship appearance, 4 out of 5 Big Ten championships, 2 Elite Eights and 4 Sweet Sixteens in 5 years, etc. However, when we fell on hard times, it actually took a VERY long time for our fans to drop the chicken little nonsense even once we got good again. Pretty much before we made the Elite Eight this year, there was still a large voice within our fan base that made it sound like we were still long suffering.

Compare that to Nebraska right now. They have not been, in any real sense, an elite football program in almost 25 years. A new coach and a 3-0 start that is not any more impressive than ours on paper, and they're literally ALL hyper-confident in at least a two-score victory, lol. It's not like 60%+ are predicting a blowout, and there is a more pessimistic group saying it might be a close game ... it literally seems like over 90% are predicting an easy win. Was Nebraska football in its heyday more elite than Illini basketball? I mean, sure, of course. However, first of all, that is very much an apples-to-oranges comparison beating up on the Big Eight and being placed in a bowl that could crown you "National Champion" right away if that's how the AP voters feel like voting the next week ... not exactly comparable to a one-and-done basketball tournament where you have to win six straight to cut down the nets. Place the AP-ranked #2 Fighting Illini in the 2021 NCAA Tournament Championship Game right after the BTT, and we might very well have a "National Championship." Second of all, even if their heights were INFINITELY higher, any Husker fan old enough to have lived through that is honestly in his 50s right now and has watched a quarter century of football that should have humbled their fans a bit, lol.

I must admit, I admire the passion, and I frankly wish our fans had a more naturally optimistic outlook that promoted Illinois as the greatest thing since sliced bread even when we were down ... it would go a long way toward filling our stands more consistently and teaching young Illinoisans to be proud Illini fans. However, there is a line that any rational human being should draw, too, and I expected a bit more humility from a fan base that everyone is always slobbering all over about how polite and welcoming and nice they are. I do not doubt there will be many 70-year old gentleman dressed like Mr. Rogers tomorrow night in Lincoln who will graciously welcome Illini fans to come have an appetizer at their tailgate and ask them how they are enjoying Lincoln so far, lol ... but their online fan base is at least as nasty and combative and undeservedly arrogant as any out there that I have seen, personally.

 

[king_kong_]

illini have sucked ass since Red Grange went to the Bears

 

[Enrozes]

Maybe don’t go to other teams’ boards hoping for validation? I understand the interest, though.

 

[BTF69]

Maybe don’t go to other teams’ boards hoping for validation? I understand the interest, though.

I was not looking for validation, okay, maybe I was, BUT I was just killing time.

Time to finish up reading my book. It is about how I am good enough, just the way I am. Hopefully I can get it done before my therapy session about my self esteem.

 

[BTF69]

illini have sucked ass since Red Grange went to the Bears

NU might have more 10 wins seasons in the last 20 years than Illinois has ever???

 

[Spectrumalaska]

illini have sucked ass since Red Grange went to the Bears

Did the Bears end up ruining him too?

 

[Enrozes]

I was not looking for validation, okay, maybe I was, BUT I was just killing time.

Time to finish up reading my book. It is about how I am good enough, just the way I am. Hopefully I can get it done before my therapy session about my self esteem.

Good for you. I wish you success and happiness in your journey of personal growth. And if you’re being facetious, I wish it to you all the same 😉

 

[TruHusker]

But yet he admires the Husker Nation’s passion.

I guess, tell us all what is not truth in the post? People can post what they want, I just tend to like truth, I know it’s just me.

 

[Spectrumalaska]

So, I already posted one post about how a few (not all, most understand the logistics of things) acted all academic high and mighty because NU is doing remote classes tomorrow, which clearly makes sense because 90,000+ people will be in lincoln between today and tomorrow by 1pm.

But then stupid posts like this, I mean, this dork seems almost upset that husker fans posting on a husker site are predicting the Huskers to win a home game against Illinois. And this weird idea that NU has been bad for 25 years is insane. 10 years, sure! Here is the lame post


I find their enthusiasm and frankly cockiness to be so odd and amusing, haha. Like, our basketball fans were rightfully cocky circa 2006 ... coming off of a National Championship appearance, 4 out of 5 Big Ten championships, 2 Elite Eights and 4 Sweet Sixteens in 5 years, etc. However, when we fell on hard times, it actually took a VERY long time for our fans to drop the chicken little nonsense even once we got good again. Pretty much before we made the Elite Eight this year, there was still a large voice within our fan base that made it sound like we were still long suffering.

Compare that to Nebraska right now. They have not been, in any real sense, an elite football program in almost 25 years. A new coach and a 3-0 start that is not any more impressive than ours on paper, and they're literally ALL hyper-confident in at least a two-score victory, lol. It's not like 60%+ are predicting a blowout, and there is a more pessimistic group saying it might be a close game ... it literally seems like over 90% are predicting an easy win. Was Nebraska football in its heyday more elite than Illini basketball? I mean, sure, of course. However, first of all, that is very much an apples-to-oranges comparison beating up on the Big Eight and being placed in a bowl that could crown you "National Champion" right away if that's how the AP voters feel like voting the next week ... not exactly comparable to a one-and-done basketball tournament where you have to win six straight to cut down the nets. Place the AP-ranked #2 Fighting Illini in the 2021 NCAA Tournament Championship Game right after the BTT, and we might very well have a "National Championship." Second of all, even if their heights were INFINITELY higher, any Husker fan old enough to have lived through that is honestly in his 50s right now and has watched a quarter century of football that should have humbled their fans a bit, lol.

I must admit, I admire the passion, and I frankly wish our fans had a more naturally optimistic outlook that promoted Illinois as the greatest thing since sliced bread even when we were down ... it would go a long way toward filling our stands more consistently and teaching young Illinoisans to be proud Illini fans. However, there is a line that any rational human being should draw, too, and I expected a bit more humility from a fan base that everyone is always slobbering all over about how polite and welcoming and nice they are. I do not doubt there will be many 70-year old gentleman dressed like Mr. Rogers tomorrow night in Lincoln who will graciously welcome Illini fans to come have an appetizer at their tailgate and ask them how they are enjoying Lincoln so far, lol ... but their online fan base is at least as nasty and combative and undeservedly arrogant as any out there that I have seen, personally.

Other than the last couple sentences, I did not find it all that bad, complimentary in some points.

I already think we beat then soundly, and said so.

I am a 90% er he is referring to also!

 

[BTF69]

But yet he admires the Husker Nation’s passion.

I guess, tell us all what is not truth in the post? People can post what they want, I just tend to like truth, I know it’s just me.

Right?

I don't expect them to kiss our ass. I expect them to think they can win the game.

So, why be shocked that we also think that WE can win the game?

 

[mgbreis]

Yeah, I didn't read that. Who cares what some random dipshit Illinois fan thinks?

 

[BTF69]

Other than the last couple sentences, I did not find it all that bad, complimentary in some points.

I already think we beat then soundly, and said so.

I am a 90% er he is referring to also!

Not bad, just this weird idea that we are not supposed to think the team we cheer for will win and that it is just insane to think that NU might win big.

That is what fans do!

 

[RBigredMax]

Sad thing is that he spent all that time typing it out and 8 people saw it. Including our very own BTF69.

No one cares about Illini football and the fact that we were competitive with them the past several years when we knew we were a poor football team is enough to drive all of us crazy. dude acts like Husker fans don’t know what good football looks like.

We aren’t playing championship football (yet) but never in the history of all football has that been needed to beat Illinois.

At least he acknowledged that their basketball program is no where near what our football program has been.

And I see a lot of close scores and do not believe 90% of our fans are predicting blowouts. But I don’t consider score differences in the teens to be a blowout.

 

[BTF69]

Yeah, I didn't read that. Who cares what some random dipshit Illinois fan thinks?

You posted to tell us you didn't read it?

That is either badass or not totally honest.

 

[BTF69]

Sad thing is that he spent all that time typing it out and 8 people saw it. Including our very own BTF69.

No one cares about Illini football and the fact that we were competitive with them the past several years when we knew we were a poor football team is enough to drive all of us crazy. dude acts like Husker fans don’t know what good football looks like.

We aren’t playing championship football (yet) but never in the history of all football has that been needed to beat Illinois.

At least he acknowledged that their basketball program is no where near what our football program has been.

And I see a lot of close scores and do not believe 90% of our fans are predicting blowouts. But I don’t consider score differences in the teens to be a blowout.

Not even sure it was 8 people! Ha

 

[HuskersNC]

No mention of how Nebraska went to their house and beat them by 2 scores last year and should have been even worse. Whatever gains they think they made last year, Nebraska has also improved. It's pretty logical to expect Nebraska to beat them by double digits, actually.

 

[HuskerMania257460]

Overhyping our football team and placing unrealistic expectations is what we do around here. It’s a way of life.

I do think the Nebraska hype nationally is probably a bit premature (the playoff contender talk). But we can all see this team is different than past from a talent standpoint and are excited.

Illinois beat a bad KS team so no one is shaking in their boots. They look suspect on the DL especially. I don’t think the confidence for this game is unwarranted. We win by 2 scores IMO.

 

[BTF69]

No mention of how Nebraska went to their house and beat them by 2 scores last year and should have been even worse. Whatever gains they think they made last year, Nebraska has also improved. It's pretty logical to expect Nebraska to beat them by double digits, actually.

I can't remember the line last year, anyone know?

Last year NU totally shut them down, didn't they only have like 40 yards rushing?

 

[BTF69]

Overhyping our football team and placing unrealistic expectations is what we do around here. It’s a way of life.

Ido think the Nebraska hype nationally is probably a bit premature (the playoff contender talk). But we can all see this team is different than past from a talent standpoint and are excited.

Illinois beat a bad KS team so no one is shaking in their boots. They look suspect on the DL especially. I don’t think the confidence for this game is unwarranted. We win by 2 scores IMO.

I guess according to them the "smart posters" over here, predicted a close game.

Oh well, at least the fans that visit will have a great time and post later on about how great it was and how all the Husker fans were amazing and how they wished they could sellout their home games.

 

[RBigredMax]

No mention of how Nebraska went to their house and beat them by 2 scores last year and should have been even worse. Whatever gains they think they made last year, Nebraska has also improved. It's pretty logical to expect Nebraska to beat them by double digits, actually.

Exactly - most of our competition this year I have to think “who improved more (compared to Nebraska) since last year?”.

Ohio St. - incremental (but not able to make big gains due to already being the cream of the crop)
Illinois - nope
Iowa - nope
Purdue - nope
Rutgers - maybe (but starting from further back)
Indiana - maybe (but starting from further back)

 

[BTF69]

Exactly - most of our competition this year I have to think “who improved more since last year?”.

Ohio St. - incremental (but not able to make big gains due to already being the cream of the crop)
Illinois - nope
Iowa - nope
Purdue - nope
Rutgers - maybe (but starting from further back)
Indiana - maybe (but starting from further back)

This seems pretty accurate!

 

[dragonraider1]

I am a 70-year-old gentleman, but I do not dress like Mr. Rodgers. I have long, curly, grey hair and a beard between bristles and trimmed.
I will not be at the game but I hope that Illini will be there. He will get get an awakening like Marty with the Mega Blasters on Back to the Future.

 

[RBigredMax]

I am a 70-year-old gentleman, but I do not dress like Mr. Rodgers. I have long, curly, grey hair and a beard between bristles and trimmed.
I will not be at the game but I hope that Illini will be there. He will get get an awakening like Marty with the Mega Blasters on Back to the future.

 

[Spectrumalaska]

Translate did not help either, even right click translate.

Is a mystery

 

[BTF69]

Preview & Picks: No. 24 Illinois at No. 22 Nebraska

Previewing No. 24 Illinois football's Week Four Big Ten opener at No. 22 Nebraska with players to watch, keys to the game and Illini Inquirer score predictions

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Illini writers predictions

 

[HuskerMania257460]

Exactly - most of our competition this year I have to think “who improved more since last year?”.

Ohio St. - incremental (but not able to make big gains due to already being the cream of the crop)
Illinois - nope
Iowa - nope
Purdue - nope
Rutgers - maybe (but starting from further back)
Indiana - maybe (but starting from further back)

Disagree on a couple. I think Indiana and Rutgers are both better this year and will be competitive.

I also think Iowa comes back and surprises some people. Their schedule is so soft, I think they are an 8-9 win team when we face them.

Illinois seems about the same.

Purdue worse.

OSU agree

 

[BugsAreQualityProtein]

Preview & Picks: No. 24 Illinois at No. 22 Nebraska

Previewing No. 24 Illinois football's Week Four Big Ten opener at No. 22 Nebraska with players to watch, keys to the game and Illini Inquirer score predictions

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Illini writers predictions

All of them picked Nebraska. What does that tell you?

 

[Husker.Wed.]

illini have sucked ass since Red Grange went to the Bears

Got their asses kicked by NU in 1925, a 14-0 Illini loss in Champaign. The precursors to the Blackshirts piled on Grange.

The Associated Press reported: “Grange, unable to pierce the magnificent Nebraska defense and thwarted in his efforts to circle the ends, was taken out of the game a few seconds after the start of the fourth period broken and crushed. As the noted player, covered with mud from head to foot, walked to the sidelines, tears gathered in his eyes and he fell into the waiting arms of his comrades.”

 

[BTF69]

All of them picked Nebraska. What does that tell you?

Right, that was exactly why I posted it!

 

[HuskersNC]

I can't remember the line last year, anyone know?

Last year NU totally shut them down, didn't they only have like 40 yards rushing?

Looks like it closed at -3 for Illinois last year. Illinois ran 19 times for 21 yards, they gave up on it pretty quick. Getting stuffed at the goal line probably discouraged them. Nebraska did catch an early break with a fumbled kick but Nebraska handed them three turnovers in Illinois territory that likely took points off the board.

 

[V-Doub]

Whoever wrote that is a fvcking idiot.

 

[leodisflowers]

Some more good stuff:

"
Just watched the full game highlights of the Nebraska vs Colorado game. A few takeaways:

1: Nebraska’s running game is very good. If we can’t stop it, they might not even need to throw to win.

2: Raiola is very good. A true playmaker. A great arm. Good on his feet. The full package.

But—he’s just begging for a multiple interception game this year. Against Colorado, he had one ball he just floated up in the air for a 40 yard gain. A better defense picks that off every time. He had another pass that bounced off the chest plate of a Colorado defender and back into the arms of a Nebraska receiver for a touchdown.

3: Nebraska’s defensive line is scary. Luke’s gonna take a few hits in this game. Our offensive line has to play much better.

4: Nebraska’s defense plays very sound. Not very many missed tackles. When they hit, they hit hard, they wrap up, and they take their guy to the ground.

All that said, the Nebraska / Colorado game was much closer than the score would indicate.

It was one of those games where nothing went right for Colorado and everything went right for Nebraska.

A list:

- 2 “should-have-been” interceptions by Colorado which lead to touchdowns for Nebraska. Take those two off the board and it’s a different game.

- When the score was 7-0, Colorado threw a pick six that was just a terrible read by Sanders and never should have been thrown.

- Nebraska blocked a field goal on the 10 yard line.

- Nebraska stuffed Colorado on 4th and inches twice.

- Targeting called against Colorado with less than a minute to go before halftime that lead to a Nebraska touchdown to go up 28-0 at half.

Nebraska was clearly the better, more talented team, but this game was closer than it appeared.

More evidence of that:

This is the net success rate from the game, which captures which team had more successful plays (it doesn’t take into account turnovers, penalties, and other important parts of football, but typically the teams with the best net success rate over the span of a season win the most games).

Colorado had a better net success rate than Nebraska""

 

[RBigredMax]

Disagree on a couple. I think Indiana and Rutgers are both better this year and will be competitive.

I also think Iowa comes back and surprises some people. Their schedule is so soft, I think they are an 8-9 win team when we face them.

Illinois seems about the same.

Purdue worse.

OSU agree

Agreed that Rutgers and Indiana improved. I was saying I’m not sure if they have improved as much as we have.

 

[wkato]

Sad thing is that he spent all that time typing it out and 8 people saw it. Including our very own BTF69.

No one cares about Illini football and the fact that we were competitive with them the past several years when we knew we were a poor football team is enough to drive all of us crazy. dude acts like Husker fans don’t know what good football looks like.

We aren’t playing championship football (yet) but never in the history of all football has that been needed to beat Illinois.

At least he acknowledged that their basketball program is no where near what our football program has been.

And I see a lot of close scores and do not believe 90% of our fans are predicting blowouts. But I don’t consider score differences in the teens to be a blowout.

No, he negates the legitimacy of it because we were just beating up on little Big 8 teams and not Big 10 teams. I find the whole thing condescending in a Biff sort of way.

 

[IM4NUalways]

Some more good stuff:

"
Just watched the full game highlights of the Nebraska vs Colorado game. A few takeaways:

1: Nebraska’s running game is very good. If we can’t stop it, they might not even need to throw to win.

2: Raiola is very good. A true playmaker. A great arm. Good on his feet. The full package.

But—he’s just begging for a multiple interception game this year. Against Colorado, he had one ball he just floated up in the air for a 40 yard gain. A better defense picks that off every time. He had another pass that bounced off the chest plate of a Colorado defender and back into the arms of a Nebraska receiver for a touchdown.

3: Nebraska’s defensive line is scary. Luke’s gonna take a few hits in this game. Our offensive line has to play much better.

4: Nebraska’s defense plays very sound. Not very many missed tackles. When they hit, they hit hard, they wrap up, and they take their guy to the ground.

All that said, the Nebraska / Colorado game was much closer than the score would indicate.

It was one of those games where nothing went right for Colorado and everything went right for Nebraska.

A list:

- 2 “should-have-been” interceptions by Colorado which lead to touchdowns for Nebraska. Take those two off the board and it’s a different game.

- When the score was 7-0, Colorado threw a pick six that was just a terrible read by Sanders and never should have been thrown.

- Nebraska blocked a field goal on the 10 yard line.

- Nebraska stuffed Colorado on 4th and inches twice.

- Targeting called against Colorado with less than a minute to go before halftime that lead to a Nebraska touchdown to go up 28-0 at half.

Nebraska was clearly the better, more talented team, but this game was closer than it appeared.

More evidence of that:

This is the net success rate from the game, which captures which team had more successful plays (it doesn’t take into account turnovers, penalties, and other important parts of football, but typically the teams with the best net success rate over the span of a season win the most games).

Colorado had a better net success rate than Nebraska""

It was closer than appeared against CU? Geezus he is dumb. WTF is net success rate?

All we can do is laugh and then go beat their ass by double digits.

 

[beaglehusker]

TLDR

 

[huskerfan66]

Some more good stuff:

"
Just watched the full game highlights of the Nebraska vs Colorado game. A few takeaways:

1: Nebraska’s running game is very good. If we can’t stop it, they might not even need to throw to win.

2: Raiola is very good. A true playmaker. A great arm. Good on his feet. The full package.

But—he’s just begging for a multiple interception game this year. Against Colorado, he had one ball he just floated up in the air for a 40 yard gain. A better defense picks that off every time. He had another pass that bounced off the chest plate of a Colorado defender and back into the arms of a Nebraska receiver for a touchdown.

3: Nebraska’s defensive line is scary. Luke’s gonna take a few hits in this game. Our offensive line has to play much better.

4: Nebraska’s defense plays very sound. Not very many missed tackles. When they hit, they hit hard, they wrap up, and they take their guy to the ground.

All that said, the Nebraska / Colorado game was much closer than the score would indicate.

It was one of those games where nothing went right for Colorado and everything went right for Nebraska.

A list:

- 2 “should-have-been” interceptions by Colorado which lead to touchdowns for Nebraska. Take those two off the board and it’s a different game.

- When the score was 7-0, Colorado threw a pick six that was just a terrible read by Sanders and never should have been thrown.

- Nebraska blocked a field goal on the 10 yard line.

- Nebraska stuffed Colorado on 4th and inches twice.

- Targeting called against Colorado with less than a minute to go before halftime that lead to a Nebraska touchdown to go up 28-0 at half.

Nebraska was clearly the better, more talented team, but this game was closer than it appeared.

More evidence of that:

This is the net success rate from the game, which captures which team had more successful plays (it doesn’t take into account turnovers, penalties, and other important parts of football, but typically the teams with the best net success rate over the span of a season win the most games).

Colorado had a better net success rate than Nebraska""

The flip side is NU could have won by another 24 points easily

 

[frostonthegrass]

More evidence of that:

This is the net success rate from the game, which captures which team had more successful plays (it doesn’t take into account turnovers, penalties, and other important parts of football, but typically the teams with the best net success rate over the span of a season win the most games).

Colorado had a better net success rate than Nebraska""

 

[rgrachek]

So, I already posted one post about how a few (not all, most understand the logistics of things) acted all academic high and mighty because NU is doing remote classes tomorrow, which clearly makes sense because 90,000+ people will be in lincoln between today and tomorrow by 1pm.

But then stupid posts like this, I mean, this dork seems almost upset that husker fans posting on a husker site are predicting the Huskers to win a home game against Illinois. And this weird idea that NU has been bad for 25 years is insane. 10 years, sure! It is not even a bad post it is just weird, weird that husker fans would not be positive.

Here is the lame post


I find their enthusiasm and frankly cockiness to be so odd and amusing, haha. Like, our basketball fans were rightfully cocky circa 2006 ... coming off of a National Championship appearance, 4 out of 5 Big Ten championships, 2 Elite Eights and 4 Sweet Sixteens in 5 years, etc. However, when we fell on hard times, it actually took a VERY long time for our fans to drop the chicken little nonsense even once we got good again. Pretty much before we made the Elite Eight this year, there was still a large voice within our fan base that made it sound like we were still long suffering.

Compare that to Nebraska right now. They have not been, in any real sense, an elite football program in almost 25 years. A new coach and a 3-0 start that is not any more impressive than ours on paper, and they're literally ALL hyper-confident in at least a two-score victory, lol. It's not like 60%+ are predicting a blowout, and there is a more pessimistic group saying it might be a close game ... it literally seems like over 90% are predicting an easy win. Was Nebraska football in its heyday more elite than Illini basketball? I mean, sure, of course. However, first of all, that is very much an apples-to-oranges comparison beating up on the Big Eight and being placed in a bowl that could crown you "National Champion" right away if that's how the AP voters feel like voting the next week ... not exactly comparable to a one-and-done basketball tournament where you have to win six straight to cut down the nets. Place the AP-ranked #2 Fighting Illini in the 2021 NCAA Tournament Championship Game right after the BTT, and we might very well have a "National Championship." Second of all, even if their heights were INFINITELY higher, any Husker fan old enough to have lived through that is honestly in his 50s right now and has watched a quarter century of football that should have humbled their fans a bit, lol.

I must admit, I admire the passion, and I frankly wish our fans had a more naturally optimistic outlook that promoted Illinois as the greatest thing since sliced bread even when we were down ... it would go a long way toward filling our stands more consistently and teaching young Illinoisans to be proud Illini fans. However, there is a line that any rational human being should draw, too, and I expected a bit more humility from a fan base that everyone is always slobbering all over about how polite and welcoming and nice they are. I do not doubt there will be many 70-year old gentleman dressed like Mr. Rogers tomorrow night in Lincoln who will graciously welcome Illini fans to come have an appetizer at their tailgate and ask them how they are enjoying Lincoln so far, lol ... but their online fan base is at least as nasty and combative and undeservedly arrogant as any out there that I have seen, personally.

Since none of us know this person, why do we care what they say? Nebraska 38 - Illinois 10. We have a good QB.

BTW, at least there was a time when we were relevant.

 

[BTF69]

Some more good stuff:

"
Just watched the full game highlights of the Nebraska vs Colorado game. A few takeaways:

1: Nebraska’s running game is very good. If we can’t stop it, they might not even need to throw to win.

2: Raiola is very good. A true playmaker. A great arm. Good on his feet. The full package.

But—he’s just begging for a multiple interception game this year. Against Colorado, he had one ball he just floated up in the air for a 40 yard gain. A better defense picks that off every time. He had another pass that bounced off the chest plate of a Colorado defender and back into the arms of a Nebraska receiver for a touchdown.

3: Nebraska’s defensive line is scary. Luke’s gonna take a few hits in this game. Our offensive line has to play much better.

4: Nebraska’s defense plays very sound. Not very many missed tackles. When they hit, they hit hard, they wrap up, and they take their guy to the ground.

All that said, the Nebraska / Colorado game was much closer than the score would indicate.

It was one of those games where nothing went right for Colorado and everything went right for Nebraska.

A list:

- 2 “should-have-been” interceptions by Colorado which lead to touchdowns for Nebraska. Take those two off the board and it’s a different game.

- When the score was 7-0, Colorado threw a pick six that was just a terrible read by Sanders and never should have been thrown.

- Nebraska blocked a field goal on the 10 yard line.

- Nebraska stuffed Colorado on 4th and inches twice.

- Targeting called against Colorado with less than a minute to go before halftime that lead to a Nebraska touchdown to go up 28-0 at half.

Nebraska was clearly the better, more talented team, but this game was closer than it appeared.

More evidence of that:

This is the net success rate from the game, which captures which team had more successful plays (it doesn’t take into account turnovers, penalties, and other important parts of football, but typically the teams with the best net success rate over the span of a season win the most games).

Colorado had a better net success rate than Nebraska""

Ha. yeah that dude had CU winning by 17! Hah