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I think we'll see an emotional letdown this week from Colorado and Nebraska cleans up the turnovers to pull a minor upset, 28-21.

if Nebraska goes on the road and beats Colorado I'd actually consider that a major upset. 

They can't just "clean up the turnovers" either. What you saw vs Minnesota....that is who Jeff Sims is and has always been. He's a career 57% completion guy who basically throws just as many INT's as he does TD's- 31 TDs vs 26 INTs. He's not good. 

In 2020 he started in 10 games. He threw an interception in 8 of those games. In 2021 he started in 7 games. He threw an interception in 5 of those games. In 2022 he started in 6 games, he threw an interception in 3 of those games. He's started one game in 2023 and he's already thrown 3 interceptions. 70% of the games he's started in- he's thrown interceptions. It's just what he does. There is no "cleaning" that up. Only way to clean that up is to not let him throw the ball. And as bad as Colorado's defense is, Sims will give them plentiful opportunities for INTs, and any offense that is one dimensional becomes so much easier to defend.

favored by 3 points would be a minor vegas upset

this from the leader..........

I hear ya. I'll probably be wrong about this game, so doesn't matter.

As far as the worldwide leader goes....ESPN's match-up predictors, play-off predictors, FPI are absolutely and completely utterly worthless. and not only are they that- but how ESPN comes up with all that is secret. they won't tell you how they came to those conclusions. and they are secret because if ESPN explained how they came up with that bullshit they pull straight out of their asshole- the very few people who follow sports who still actually watch/listen take ESPN seriously- would stop. 

Let's see how Rhule plays this.  From the looks of things, Colorado's weakness is their front 7.  They gave up 262 rushing yards to TCU, and Nebraska just ran for 181 against a much better Minnesota front.  I think Nebraska can take advantage of the new clock rules to bleed the clock and win the time of possession here.  Sims doesn't have to pass a lot, just needs to limit the turnovers.  Nebraska really killed themselves with 4 turnovers against Minnesota, and we'd probably view them a lot differently if they had managed to win that game.

On the other side of the ball, I think Colorado will move the ball, but I think they'll be less focused this week and be a little sloppy.  Emotional highs like this are hard for college kids to handle.  They'll probably outgain Nebraska, but I think they'll also turn it over a few times.

I think Rhule plays Big Ten West football here

runs the ball, runs the clock, limits CU possessions

might get beat, but doesn't want 500 yards of passing defense and 50 CU points on the board

You into the schooners already? 

Soul of a Nation,Huh?  Early action for the books perhaps