In the New York / New Jersey market we have 17 different Professional Sports teams. A little more options than the Omaha market. BTW 54,000 attended the Rutgers game on Friday night.
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I looked it up, and it’s actually 0-5, showing a progression:
2014
Nebraska 42 Rutgers 24
2015
Nebraska 28 Rutgers 14
2017
Nebraska 27 Rutgers 17
2020
Nebraska 28 Rutgers 21
2022
Nebraska 14 Rutgers 13
If we beat Rutgers then my assessment of how good we are will change. But as it stands now I do not think we are a very good football team. Our special teams are atrocious, our offense prone to self inflicted wounds and a defense that is up and down. I see us beating UCLA but probably losing all the rest. But if we beat Rutgers and play a really good game then I will have to change my assessment.
I’d disagree somewhat with this, first when we entered the B1G Nebraska played more games against Minnesota than any other team in fact more than Ohio St has played the Gophers, in fact Ohio St has played them 55 times and Nebraska has played them 64 times and we haven’t been the same conference till
2011.
Playing the Clarkeyes makes too much sense being neighboring states when both fan bases either work with one another or friends of the other team, which explains the hate between one another…
And Wisconsin just because of Barry Alvarez playing for Devaney..
And by the way Nebraska is 6-0 against Rutgers..
54,000 out of 20 million+ people? Good job guys! Btw, I always love the whole we have more stuff to do argument. As if the rest of the country is sitting around all weekend bored.
Fair - I know you are hoping for a husker a win. While we still have some unfortunate penalties the offense is much more consistent than last year, DR effect and no turnovers are a leading reason why. I wish we were not so streaky which I think we will see a more complete game against Rutgers. Hopefully the D brings the intensity on Saturday we need them to have some short drives and hopefully a couple of TO’s.
Congratulations. In 2020 and 2022 you kept it close at home against two of Nebraska’s worst teams.
Progression? You played 4 of the worst Nebraska teams ever during that span.
Nebraska will have to capitalize on their drives. Washington lost the same way Nebraska let Purdue hang around for a half. If we cannot kick field goals we need to be more efficient on 3rd down.
This guy is either a nut job or a troll. Just like the Purdue fan last week.
What I wean is penalties by the “D” helped Illinois and Altmyer drive the field. When there’s a hold or PI on a defensive player is that throw and completion not added to the stats for the quarterback? Or am I wrong here? Yes, Altmeyer did drive the field some on his own d/t our defense not being ready or adjusting, but some of his stats are marred from penalties by Nebraska.
This is the type of offense TW has always struggled with, RPO. Rutgers runs a similar offense. UNI exposed TW the game before and Illinois had the athletes to expose it completely. The QB for Rutgers will not light the stadium on fire but throws it just good enough with quick passes. I do not see a good game for the good guys.
Teams are going to try and take advantage of quick passes to the TE's like Illinois did. Never reacted all game to TE's or tight sets. We looked lost most times.
Yeah, I’m not convinced we win this game going forward, but if the defense makes stupid penalties like they did against Illinois, we will definitely lose to Rutgers. Hopefully TW does his homework and truly rotates along the Dline wearing out their O-line. I also hope our D remembers last year in MN and Kalickmickmanous..
Impossible to wear out offensive lineman! Only defensive players ever get tired.
I suppose this is true since the o-lineman dictates the flow of the play, but if Ty and Nash keep beating on certain linemen and then we swap in a faster lighter D-lineman, it could cause Rutgers offense lineman to get “twitchy” and second guess themselves? 😂
Kaliakmanis was 24/44 for 196 yds against NU last year. White's first outing as NU's DC stuffed the Gopher's run game. NU lost that game in Minneapolis because of a late fumble by Grant. Kaliakmanis was 6/12 the prior season in Lincoln. Mo Ibrahim won that game on the ground for the Gophers.
That was John Butler’s cover 4 scheme, not TW aggressive man blitzing scheme. I hope to god Rhule isn’t serious about making Butler are DC next year. Butler can stick his playbook where the sun don’t shine.
My concern is he's on a different team with much more confidence. He won't kill you deep and rarely does so, but his quick short to medium passes are what concerns me. He will never set the world on fire, but it will not end well if he is unchecked with this new scheme.
Rhule turned down the Rutgers job some years ago. Is Schiano the better coach? We shall see.
You all talking like you started college football or something.
Ha ha. Touché. This Saturday he will have a strong cast supporting him, just like before.
No worries. We’ll do our best to ensure Saturday’s game isn’t close, but no guarantees.
Progression or regression. It all depend on which row of scores you're looking at.
Yep. They lost to 2 horrible Nebraska teams, but are acting like there is progress. That chick doesn't venture out much.
Hopefully for your sake we'll trot out Jeff Sims or Scott Frost.
Or maybe Purdy will come back in time for this game.
That’s not true. Huskers basketball made the NCAA tournament this year, our track and field teams were B1G champions two straight years with a blowout wins. Our baseball team also made to the playoff, gymnastics were ranked pretty high too and made the NCAA tournament. Huskers were ranked 17 in the nation in all sports last year.
Husker will cover the spread in this game. Vegas started at -7 for Nebraska
Despite Rutgers reputation for limiting explosive plays, I think Nebraska does just that. I don’t believe Rutgers has the athleticism to handle all the speed of our WR corp. That said I do believe Rutgers will be stout against the run, which we’ve been inconsistent with in conference play.
rutgersal is without doubt the most irrational advocate of Rutgers football there is. That being said, his knowledge of the program - from players, to coaches to history is encyclopedic. Rutgers has been picked to have the most single score finals in the BIG. If we play the way we did against UW, which was mistake free and simple game management, then we have a good chance to win. If we don't, then we don't. I can say that RU fans are looking forward to this game as one we can possibly steal on the road.
There’s a clear linear progression in terms of point differential
1920 - 28 pts
2014 - 18 pts
2015 - 14 pts
2017 - 10 pts
2020 - 7 pts
2022 - 1 pt
