Nebraska will play Virginia Tech this Saturday at 2:30. Everybody, open your desk and get out your ruler. This is a 'measuring stick' game.
Preseason is over. The disaster was averted. Nebraska beat Flordia Atlantic and Arkansas State pretty easily at home. Those games meant nothing since they won. If they would have lost those games, that would've been a different story. But they didn't, so now lets get to the games that count.
The Big 12 is confusing this year. In the first two weeks there have been some nice wins (Baylor beat Wake Forest, Missouri killed Illinois, Oklahoma State beat Georgia) and they're have been some BAD losses (obviously Oklahoma's loss to BYU, Oklahoma State's loss to Houston, and then there's Colorado). This weekend is Nebraska's chance to get into the 'nice win' catagory and establish itself as a true contender for not just the Big 12 north, but for the Big 12 as a whole. A win this weekend would get Nebraska to be talked about more on Lee and Kurt on Game Day. A win this weekend will give the team a nice little push going into the Big 12 season (there is no chance in hell that Louisiana-Lafayette will beat Nebraska on such and emotional and hyped game with the 300th consecutive sell out). A win on Saturday will give the Huskers a good looking win against a BCS school that is ranked 13/14 in the country.
Last year, the Huskers had a chance to beat the Hokies at home, but lost a close game 35-30. Probably the most costly event of the game was a personal foul on Bo Pelini that continued a drive for Virginia Tech that lead to a touchdown. I think that Coach Pelini learned a lesson after that game (maybe with a little help from TO).
So, get out the rulers, because on Saturday we're going to compare where this Husker team is to other teams in the Big 12, to other teams in the country and other conference AND to the 2008 Nebraska team.
Preseason is over. The disaster was averted. Nebraska beat Flordia Atlantic and Arkansas State pretty easily at home. Those games meant nothing since they won. If they would have lost those games, that would've been a different story. But they didn't, so now lets get to the games that count.
The Big 12 is confusing this year. In the first two weeks there have been some nice wins (Baylor beat Wake Forest, Missouri killed Illinois, Oklahoma State beat Georgia) and they're have been some BAD losses (obviously Oklahoma's loss to BYU, Oklahoma State's loss to Houston, and then there's Colorado). This weekend is Nebraska's chance to get into the 'nice win' catagory and establish itself as a true contender for not just the Big 12 north, but for the Big 12 as a whole. A win this weekend would get Nebraska to be talked about more on Lee and Kurt on Game Day. A win this weekend will give the team a nice little push going into the Big 12 season (there is no chance in hell that Louisiana-Lafayette will beat Nebraska on such and emotional and hyped game with the 300th consecutive sell out). A win on Saturday will give the Huskers a good looking win against a BCS school that is ranked 13/14 in the country.
Last year, the Huskers had a chance to beat the Hokies at home, but lost a close game 35-30. Probably the most costly event of the game was a personal foul on Bo Pelini that continued a drive for Virginia Tech that lead to a touchdown. I think that Coach Pelini learned a lesson after that game (maybe with a little help from TO).
So, get out the rulers, because on Saturday we're going to compare where this Husker team is to other teams in the Big 12, to other teams in the country and other conference AND to the 2008 Nebraska team.
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