Virginia Tech will be a test on their home field. Has Nebraska moved up to that level? Yes. We are improved and this game will be a good one.
Zac Lee has played brilliantly in the first two games. But this team will be up two or three notches in talent so the end results may be different. Lee will need to be more careful in some of his throws or we will be looking at a couple of interceptions. For us to win, he will need to use his speed to run more often. This will keep Virginia Tech honest. Lee may be our rushing leader on Saturday. If he is, we will win.
The rushing offense will have a tougher time of making yards. Look for the NU rushing backs to be below four yards a carry. It just won't be as easy.
On defense, we can't play like we did against Arkansas State on nine or ten plays. On these plays there were defensive linemen getting knocked back at times and the linebackers were also going backwards. In addition we were missing tackles. Saturday that could result in 14-17 points.
So to win. we have to be careful with the ball. Play it a little safer. Zac Lee needs to run more. Our rushing attack has to be consistently good with positive yards on all plays. The defense has to attack. Larry Asante had his best game as a Cornhusker last Saturday. We will need to play the nickel and dime defense more even if they are running the ball. Hagg and Thorell have been more consistent on the field on all plays than when our base defense has been.
Look for Zac Lee, Roy Helu, Menelik Holt, and Dreu Young to have great games on offense. On defense, look for Eric Hagg, N. Suh, Barry Turner, and Larry Asante to star in the game.
In a close one, as hard as it is to write, Virginia Tech 28, Nebraska 27. Boy do I hope we can win this one though. It would be a huge boost to the program.
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You doomed us John. Just kidding. To describe how this game went I will convert it to baseball terminology. I can think of at least 4 time were if we made a different result we would have won. We didn't need all 4, just 1 out of the 4. So, with runners in scoring position we were 0 for 4. We were still winning though. The Matt O'Hanlon came in and blew the save. Tough loss and hope Matt can bounce back.
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