RonzNotes Husker Ramblings

OU Game Prediction

Boy, I wish I had strong optimism about this weekend.  Admittedly the 21 point spread seems a bit extreme, but I do understand how the nation might see a blow out of that magnitude.

 

One of the reasons for the lack of optimism comes from the strength vs weaknesses of the two teams.

NU has had success playing ball control.  OU is not giving up drives - their defense struggles against play makers making big plays.  Not our specialty!

OU has plenty of talent, we have talent and experience in a few spots.

NU has an inspired team - OU certainly is not lacking in the emotion element.  Stoops and Bo only spent one year together at OU -- I don't think it was an accident that Bo left Norman in one year to take an only slightly better job at LSU.

I don't see a lot of opportunity to knock off OU this weekend.

Therefore, here is the score prediction.

OU 24 NU 20

Oh, but at the end of game NU 38 OU 37.

 

 

ISU Prediction

This is the week we put it all together.  Pelini, the Carl version, was talking about having the best practice week of the season.  Not a good thing for the Cyclones.

We will rush the ball hard and see Lucky over 100 yards rushing.

We will record 3+ sacks, as ISU will go one-dimensional due to falling behind early and lacking the power to create a rushing game.

We will still have some mental lapses and avoid a total blow-out, but we'll see some backups get playing time.

This is the first week of a very good second half of the season.

NU 28-6 at halftime

NU 45-20