Location: Big House
Weather: 39 13% of Rain
TV: ABC (Jones/RG3)
Line: Michigan -31
Nebraska Football is in turmoil. Scott Frost the former Nebraska QB couldn't turn them around and got fired early in the season and the team is just avoid of talent and the direction it needs to compete at a Big Ten level. The program needs a full re-boot and it reportedly looking at 3 candidates to do it: Matt Rhule, Gary Patterson, and Jeff Monken. I'll tell you right now, Jeff Monken scares me.
With all that said, this team does play hard and could easily have more than 3 wins. Don't forget how close last year's game was and it took a really late fumble to avoid a major upset. Fun Fact: Oliver Martin will be back in the Big House, as he follows his quest to play for every Big Ten team.
Dear Jimmy,
I'm a bit worried about this team playing down to the competition. It amazes me that Rutgers was tied beating your talented team at half-time. On the other hand, I'm very impressed with your coach's 2nd half adjustments that clearly tilted the game in the Wolverines favor. Luckily, there were other big games last Saturday night and most folks only caught the highlights from the Rutgers game that masked a close game for 30 minutes.
Michigan needs to crush the Cornhuskers often and early. This game should be over in the 2nd quarter. Get Corum and Edwards their touches and let's complete a deep ball in the passing game. I know you love to run the ball, but after this game, Michigan will only have ranked opponents on the schedule and will need a strong passing game to beat them. I would like to see a balanced offense for the entire game.
I like how Michigan's defense is playing and have a few concerns. We can't lose every 50/50 ball thrown and would like a little bit more pressure on the QB. This game will have two inexperienced QB's playing, they will try to run and let's make sure we are prepared for that, so we don't have a Clifford Penn State situation. The defense line has been very good and I hope they can dominate the Nebraska OLine.
Let's get a WR over 100 yards and keep Corum's Heisman's candidacy alive with a good game. Play solid defense and pull the starters in the 2nd half. There is zero reason for JJ to run the ball in this game. Play Michigan Football.
Michigan 51 Nebraska 10
5 comments:
I remember when Nebraska was a powerhouse, a force to be dealt with. Has any other team fallen down as much and stayed bottom dwellers for so long? I cannot think of any team.
I'll tell you one that was damn close. Ahem...
Ha! Yeah, we were scary close. But not sure that bad.
Was it basically after the ‘97 championship that they began the decline?
It takes years to build a reputable program, then simply hiring the wrong guy can knock that down. Both NE and UM have suffered from a poor coaching choice and the program went down for years. Even Bama suffered after the Bear and until Satan...I mean Saban took over. Jimbo took over a solid program at FL State and then ran it into the ground, which he's duplicating at A&M. It just takes a hiccup hire and then years to rebound from it.
I think it was Angelique Chengelis that said when RR was hired he would set the program back at least 10 years... Just sayin...
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