GAME tOFFICIAL Northwestern @ Nebraska on BTN at 6:30 CTS

Blackshirts BLVD said:
Big proving ground next week!!!
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Vegas must have been thinking the same thing I was -- that Nebraska could give UM fits with their mobile QB, like Rutgers did in the 2nd half, because the line opened as UM -1 and it is UM -3 now.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Vegas must have been thinking the same thing I was -- that Nebraska could give UM fits with their mobile QB, like Rutgers did in the 2nd half, because the line opened as UM -1 and it is UM -3 now.
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It opened Michigan -4.5

Now -3 or -3.5

First column is the opener...

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I'm thinking Nebraska beats Michigan next week
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Weird -- it was MLive that reported it as -1. -4.5 seems a little more right.

I think Nebraska gives UM fits though if they have the right game plan.
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I won't bet it, but if I had a gun to my head I'd take Michigan.

I was expecting a -8 opener. Peeps be overreacting to ONE good game out of 6 played by the Huskers.

Odds are better than not they'll spend all week celebrating and revert back to the undisciplined, penalty, and turnover ridden team they've been for 4 years now.
 
Oh my goodness I just saw the score of this one.

Northwestern must be horrible.
 
Red_Alert said:
I won't bet it, but if I had a gun to my head I'd take Michigan.

I was expecting a -8 opener. Peeps be overreacting to ONE good game out of 6 played by the Huskers.

Odds are better than not they'll spend all week celebrating and revert back to the undisciplined, penalty, and turnover ridden team they've been for 4 years now.
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Yeah -- I was thinking 7.5 or 8, but then saw it was a night game, coupled with the fact Nebraska looked good, even though it was only Northwestern -- I figured the line would be down a bit. I was shocked when I saw -1, but -4.5 isn't too surprising. UM is still a mystery.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Yeah -- I was thinking 7.5 or 8, but then saw it was a night game, coupled with the fact Nebraska looked good, even though it was only Northwestern -- I figured the line would be down a bit. I was shocked when I saw -1, but -4.5 isn't too surprising. UM is still a mystery.
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Just my take, but Nebraska's defense is improved in 2021. Mostly 40's in individual categories, but #13 in Scoring defense.

It's their mistakes on offense and special teams that's led to the 3 losses.
Martinez also tends to overthrow a lot of passes > 10 yds

If Michigan can take Nebraska's running game away and make their offense rely on Martinez he will make mistakes.

Keys to beating Nebraska

1) Let them beat themselves
2) Make Martinez beat you
 
Red_Alert said:
Just my take, but Nebraska's defense is improved in 2021. Mostly 40's in individual categories, but #13 in Scoring defense.

It's their mistakes on offense and special teams that's led to the 3 losses.
Martinez also tends to overthrow a lot of passes > 10 yds

If Michigan can take Nebraska's running game away and make their offense rely on Martinez he will make mistakes.

Keys to beating Nebraska

1) Let them beat themselves
2) Make Martinez beat you
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IMO, It will come down to how each team is stopping the run. If Nebraska has a hard time stopping the run against UM -- it will be a long game, because they will just continue pounding the ball.

And Nebraska can't try to be too cute on offense -- don't have Martinez winging the ball around the field -- use the RPO and use Martinez's legs as UM struggled with that against Rutgers.
 
Red_Alert said:
Just my take, but Nebraska's defense is improved in 2021. Mostly 40's in individual categories, but #13 in Scoring defense.

It's their mistakes on offense and special teams that's led to the 3 losses.
Martinez also tends to overthrow a lot of passes > 10 yds

If Michigan can take Nebraska's running game away and make their offense rely on Martinez he will make mistakes.

Keys to beating Nebraska

1) Let them beat themselves
2) Make Martinez beat you
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The one thing UM has going for them -- it will be a completely different defense than Martinez has seen. They look completely different than year's past and play a bunch of different defensive fronts
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
The one thing UM has going for them -- it will be a completely different defense than Martinez has seen. They look completely different than year's past and play a bunch of different defensive fronts
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Nebraska been sucking so that's actually two things UM has going for them....which is nice.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
IMO, It will come down to how each team is stopping the run. If Nebraska has a hard time stopping the run against UM -- it will be a long game, because they will just continue pounding the ball.

And Nebraska can't try to be too cute on offense -- don't have Martinez winging the ball around the field -- use the RPO and use Martinez's legs as UM struggled with that against Rutgers.
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NewPhoneWhoDis said:
The one thing UM has going for them -- it will be a completely different defense than Martinez has seen. They look completely different than year's past and play a bunch of different defensive fronts
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Again... JMO, but Michigan wins and covers. No need to break down the 'if this' and 'if that'.

Nebraska got hyped (locally) through the off season. The critics drank the Kool Aid.
They promptly laid an egg in the opener with Illinois. The score didn't look bad, but at one point in that game they trailed (30-9).
They followed by beating Fordham and Buffalo and the critics went relatively silent. Success right?
They followed that by laying eggs against Oklahoma and Michigan St. i.e. Beating themselves.
The critics got loud again for the shit, mistake filled play, hence the drubbing of Northwestern.
The critics will be silent over the local airwaves again this week. To the team... Instead of building on that success, it's time to celebrate nobody yelling at us.
This team only plays decent (motivated) when they're being yelled at by media and fans. Jekyll and Hyde
They squander success like no other.

Michigan is a good bet simply on trend alone..
 
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