Rutgers and Illinois could be interesting. USC could be dicey. I see a L to OSU but Wisky and Io_a don't scare me.
One game at a time.Rutgers and Illinois could be interesting. USC could be dicey. I see a L to OSU but Wisky and Io_a don't scare me.
Rhule only lost by more than 8 to Oklahoma 1 of the 3 years. Including losing by 8 when Baylor won 1 game.Illinois should be easy to run on, wasn't Kansas averaging nearly 7 ypc?
Rutgers is actually a scary team, and USC is shaping up to be an automatic loss. Riley had Rhule's number in the Big 12.
I will be pretty disappointed if we lose to Wisconsin or Iowa.
difference is Lincoln Riley looks like he figured out he needed to get a defense together. they were swiss cheese at Oklahoma.Rhule only lost by more than 8 to Oklahoma 1 of the 3 years. Including losing by 8 when Baylor won 1 game.
Not saying Nebraska will win but still...
I'd take Tony White over the Phil Snow Baylor defense. Guess we will see, Riley's teams usually get beat up as the year wears on. Who knows.difference is Lincoln Riley looks like he figured out he needed to get a defense together. they were swiss cheese at Oklahoma.
They were worse last year than ever at OU..difference is Lincoln Riley looks like he figured out he needed to get a defense together. they were swiss cheese at Oklahoma.
I don’t know about trap games, more so matchup problems. We don’t have any glaring weakness on either side of the ball that teams like Purdue can exploit. USC and Ohio State will match or exceeded our skill and athleticism. In games like that, you hope to limit mistakes and still execute your game planI see that 11 AM game at Purdue, coming off three straight night games in Lincoln, as a classic trap game.
OSU and USC, completely agree. Indy at 70% is nuts and Iowa State's Little Brother at 50.2 is a steal.ESPN matchup predictor currently has NU a fairly decisive favorite in all games except OSU, USC, and Indiana(!!). The Hoosiers are a 70% fave. Iowa is 50.2 - 49.8, so basically a toss up.
I’ll be shocked if Indiana doesn’t come back down to earthOSU and USC, completely agree. Indy at 70% is nuts and Iowa State's Little Brother at 50.2 is a steal.
much tougher schedule last year than OU ever faced.They were worse last year than ever at OU..
Nailed it. Good post.I will take the pessimistic side until we make a bowl game. Every game is losable. The offense scored 21 points, 7 off of a tipped pass that should have been an INT. So we basically scored the same amount of points this year as last against Colorado. Most of the penalties were accurate and weren't an act of nature, just bad football. The offense SHOULD get better every week, but if there is a coach that can take a 5 star qb and make him into a mess it is SATT, as evidenced by all of our qbs getting worse the longer they played last year. Something obviously off with how SATT teaches, or prepares the offense...the team just slowly unwinds into a mess repeatedly. Everybody knew the moment he was hired that Rhule would either fired him or go down with him. Defense is good but we don't have a kicking game, special teams are pretty bad...so it would much more sense we win 6 games, lose a ton of close games, get blown out twice.