Gameday and Prediction!

We are here!! The Frost era begins tomorrow at 7 pm in Lincoln vs Akron,

Terry Bowden is the coach for Akron. He is Bobby Bowden's son and coached at Auburn at one time for six years, His lifetime record is 171-106-2.  Last year Akron finished 7-7 but played for the MAC championship when they finished first in the Eastern Division of the MAC. Losses last year included 50-3 by Penn St. and 41-14 by Iowa St.

As the season is getting closer I have listened to hours of podcasts. A person has to filter most of it. A few months ago everybody was predicting a 6-6 or 7-5 record. Lately you are hearing broadcasters predicting 9-10 victories for the Huskers. The optimism is growing rapidly. Let's hope they are accurate and not just "drinking the kool-aid."

Part of the anticipation is to see how the team looks different in strength and quickness. How much have we improved just because of conditioning.

Let's start with the defense. We are very deep in the defensive line and we have some studs at linebacker. The safeties look very good and if there is a weakness and I am not sure there is but it would be at cornerback and some depth there, Two true freshmen are backups which in a way is a positive and shows the talent they have brought in.

The defense will be different as I think they plan to put lots of pressure up front. No more standing up in the defensive line and maintaining. The linebackers should get some nice sacks and with that pressure we will increase our turnovers. NU needs to average three a game this year. I think we will.

We await to see the offense work. It should be pretty cool to watch a team running quick plays. Frost says we will be fast. That's exciting! They key to our new young quarterback is the offensive line. I expect them to be much improved. Much Improved! If that is true this will give the youngster Martinez quickly and he will excel after he gets through the jitters.

Who will star at running back? I am excited to see Ozigbo and Maurice Washington the most. Of course we will also see how Greg Bell does. The receivers are pretty talented with Stanley Morgan, Mike Williams, JD Spielman, and T. Lindsey,

I think the tight ends will do great with and they will score at least two TD's. They are critical.

So early on I thought this would be a 38-24 type of game but looking at Akron I think the spread may be larger even if they have nine back on defense.

Prediction Nebraska 42 Akron 21!!

Go Big Red!