Nebraska in a close one!

The excitement of the fall weather, hunting coming up and Nebraska football is upon us. This is the best time of the year. State Fair. Deer hunting. High school football. The end of mowing coming up soon. New shows on TV. Harvest. Baseball playoffs. Pheasant and duck hunting. Lots to look forward to.

This weekend Nebraska plays a tough opponent and will try to keep the opening game winning streak going of 29 games.

It won't be easy. BYU comes to town and they have a mobile quarterback who can throw. He's really good. Taysom Hill leads BYU as captain and quarterback. They are coached by Bronco Medenhall. Cool names.

Hill was hurt last year but before that he had a 141.7 quarterback rating. Amazing. In 2013 he threw for almost 3000 yards. He can also run. Nebraska has had trouble with this in the past.

Nebraska has a new staff and a new system. Coach Mike Riley is a nice coach and informative when he speaks. You feel like you can learn from him. He seems younger than his age.

The new system causes a rough transition for most teams but Riley is adapting to the team's strengths and working around that. That will help. Many criticized Callahan when he came because he changed the system more than adapting. Most people forget that Callahan had a high powered defense before he left it was just that the defense was awful.

So on offense we will see more huddling than in the past but we will see some of the same plays with Tommy Armstrong leading the way. He will direct the offense. We will see more passing than in the past.

On defense its less thinking and just go after the ball. The secondary will have more pressure on them as they will be one on one a lot of the time. They will get beat at times so be ready for that. The other team will get some big pass plays I believe.

There are suspensions on both teams. Michael Rose-Ivey may be one player not on the field on Saturday. We will see. We are thin at linebacker so this could be a factor. The biggest factor is losing De'Mornay Pierson-El. Huge loss early in the season.

Ok so what happens this Saturday. Hill has two receivers that are 6'6" and they will cause NU so major problems. Watch for Mitch Matthews and Nick Kurtz. Matthrews gets the headlines but Kurtz will probably hurt NU the most.

Beware this will be a close one. BYU has some weapons. They are capable of an upset.

Nebraska 31 BYU 28