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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Nebraska has key game today!

Nebraska has played Miami in four national championship games over the last several years but this year both are unranked.

This game may be affected by the weather as there is a chance of rain and lightning.

The keys to this game are:

1. Tommy Armstrong! As goes Armstrong so goes Nebraska ie the second quarter vs. BYU. Armstrong has to play well for Nebraska to win. Armstrong is strong and improved as a player. He was recruited out high school as a linebacker by Texas and Oklahoma St. wanted him as a safety. Nebraska liked him as a quarterback and that is one of the main reasons he ended up here. He's tough shown by a couple blocks he has put on this year. He's the guy.
2. Our pass defense has to be improved. We showed weaknesses against BYU and even last week vs. South Alabama. I think the coaches will have worked with them to finish the play this week. Banker said this is getting turned around to make an interception and also ripping at the ball if they catch it. The secondary will give up some yards and a couple of touchdowns but will be improved.
3. Nebraska has to run the ball today. They have to average five yards a carry for NU to win. They should be able to do so against the Miami defense.
4. I believe Nebraska has the better coaches as Al Golden is on the hot seat at Miami. Others on the hot seat are Mike London of Virginia, Norm Chow of Hawaii, Kirk Ferentz of Iowa, Kyle Flood of Rutgers, and Mike Macintyre of Colorado.
5. A big plus will be that Miami has the home field. Always a huge plus in this series.

Prediction time:

Nebraska will go for two with less than a minute to play and Andy Janovich catches the two pointer for Nebraska to win: Nebraska 32 Miami 31.

Holdrege goes to 4-0- last night with a win over Milford 21-7. Holdrege continues to play well this year. 

I heard one talk show this week say that statistics show there are more quarterbacks that get hurt while passing in the pocket than running. The point was that its ok if Armstrong runs and not hold him back.

The second interesting point was that 40% of the four and five star quarterbacks and running backs recruited end up transferring to another college.
GO BIG RED!


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