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Topic: Nebraska (0-1, 0-1) at Illinois (1-0, 1-0) Postgame

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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2021, 10:02:27 AM »
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #15 on: August 22, 2021, 10:22:45 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on August 22, 2021, 09:51:29 AM
I'm looking forward to waking up Saturday AM to a Max-created Stream thread. I think he sets his alarm.
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #16 on: August 22, 2021, 11:10:07 AM »
If a single play could sum up the one-step-forward, one-step-back frustration of Nebraska’s 2020 football season, it might just be the Huskers’ first snap from scrimmage against Illinois in mid-November.

The Huskers started with the ball, but gave away 8 yards of field position before the offense even trotted onto the field by needlessly running the opening kickoff out of the end zone and getting tackled at the 17-yard line.

Then redshirt freshman Luke McCaffrey, making his second start at quarterback, inexplicably pulled the ball on an outside zone run to the right, dashed to his left and threw a pass deemed live and, somewhat surprisingly upheld upon review, to be a lateral to Wan’Dale Robinson, who was draped by a defender.

Illinois pounced on the ball, scored three plays later and never trailed in an emphatic 41-23 victory.


Three factors that have been problematic for each of Scott Frost’s three seasons at Nebraska, though — turnovers, penalties and field position — all came to the forefront against the Illini on that day.

They did in 2019, too, when Nebraska came from behind to eek out a 42-38 win in Champaign despite an overwhelming 674-299 advantage in yardage and 37 minutes time of possession.

In those two games, one win and one loss, Nebraska turned the ball over nine times and took it away just once, committed 17 penalties for 136 yards (75 more yards than Illinois) and started with worse field position by an average of 7 yards last year and 15 in 2019.

So, how much progress have the Huskers made in areas that have cost them several games the past three years and that have been particularly exploited by the Illini?

The answers are coming very quickly.
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #17 on: August 22, 2021, 12:47:47 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 22, 2021, 11:10:07 AM
If a single play could sum up the one-step-forward, one-step-back frustration of Nebraska’s 2020 football season, it might just be the Huskers’ first snap from scrimmage against Illinois in mid-November.

The Huskers started with the ball, but gave away 8 yards of field position before the offense even trotted onto the field by needlessly running the opening kickoff out of the end zone and getting tackled at the 17-yard line.

Then redshirt freshman Luke McCaffrey, making his second start at quarterback, inexplicably pulled the ball on an outside zone run to the right, dashed to his left and threw a pass deemed live and, somewhat surprisingly upheld upon review, to be a lateral to Wan’Dale Robinson, who was draped by a defender.

Illinois pounced on the ball, scored three plays later and never trailed in an emphatic 41-23 victory.


Three factors that have been problematic for each of Scott Frost’s three seasons at Nebraska, though — turnovers, penalties and field position — all came to the forefront against the Illini on that day.

They did in 2019, too, when Nebraska came from behind to eek out a 42-38 win in Champaign despite an overwhelming 674-299 advantage in yardage and 37 minutes time of possession.

In those two games, one win and one loss, Nebraska turned the ball over nine times and took it away just once, committed 17 penalties for 136 yards (75 more yards than Illinois) and started with worse field position by an average of 7 yards last year and 15 in 2019.

So, how much progress have the Huskers made in areas that have cost them several games the past three years and that have been particularly exploited by the Illini?

The answers are coming very quickly.
That's bizarre!
The Huskers may or may not have a talent deficit, but there should be no reason that they can't play fundamentally sound football.
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #18 on: August 22, 2021, 12:51:26 PM »
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2021, 01:31:59 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on August 22, 2021, 09:56:46 AM
 and Bert has already proven that he can succeed in the Big Ten.

Illinois rolls.
Bert demonstrated he's a bit of a knob and was successful because of a solid program in Madison. In Fayetteville he shot his mouth off alot stuck his foot in his mouth. He'll win if they have more talent or get a lucky break.He has a long way to go to claw back to average IMHO
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2021, 01:33:40 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on August 22, 2021, 09:51:29 AM
I'm looking forward to waking up Saturday AM to a Max-created Stream thread. I think he sets his alarm.
Kids wake him up for breakfast
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #21 on: August 22, 2021, 03:40:28 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on August 22, 2021, 01:33:40 PM
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It's the opposite - I gotta get up early if I want to enjoy any peace and quiet for a minute
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2021, 05:36:25 PM »
So you come here and get into arguments discussions
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #23 on: August 22, 2021, 07:50:17 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on August 22, 2021, 12:47:47 PM
That's bizarre!
The Huskers may or may not have a talent deficit, but there should be no reason that they can't play fundamentally sound football.
it's called coaching, and the fan base is on to it.
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #24 on: August 22, 2021, 09:43:37 PM »
I don't care what anyone says, this is a great week 0 slate. 
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2021, 09:43:47 AM »
I'm pumped!
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #26 on: August 23, 2021, 10:01:12 AM »
According to the line histories at VegasInsider.com, most of the Las Vegas sportsbooks had Nebraska -6.5 or -7 at the end of last week. DraftKings listed the Huskers at -7 (-105) and -255 on the moneyline on the morning of Aug. 22.

It was -115 to take the Illini at +7 and +205 on the moneyline. The over/under was 55, -115 on the over and -105 on the under.

What’s that tell us about the game?

The DraftKings moneyline odds imply a 72% straight-up win probability for Nebraska, 33% for Illinois.
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Re: Game Week: Nebraska at Illinois
« Reply #27 on: August 23, 2021, 12:20:19 PM »
Nebraska leads the all-time series with Illinois, 13-4-1. The Huskers are 6-2 against the Illini since
joining the Big Ten Conference in 2011.
• Nebraska had won the past four meetings with Illinois before the Illini won in Lincoln last season.
The four-game win streak was the longest for Nebraska against any Big Ten opponent since joining
the conference in 2011.
• Nebraska posted a 54-35 victory over Illinois in 2018. The 54 points tied for the most Nebraska
scored in a conference game in its first 10 years in the Big Ten.
•Nebraska and Illinois are also scheduled to open the season against each other in Champaign in 2025.
• Before joining the Big Ten, Nebraska and Illinois last met in a home-and-home series in 1985 and
1986, with the Huskers winning both of those matchups.
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