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Topic: Nebraska (2-2, 3-4) at Purdue (3-1, 5-2) Post Game

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ELA

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Nebraska (2-2, 3-4) at Purdue (3-1, 5-2) Post Game
« on: October 14, 2022, 06:35:19 PM »
Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-1, 3-3) at Purdue Boilermakers (2-1, 4-2)
7:30 - West Lafayette, IN - BTN
Nebraska handles the basement of the Big Ten East, and have put themselves back in contention for a bowl bid.  Yet...that loss to Northwestern looks worse by the week.  The Massey composite scores go back to 2002, and Northwestern is the lowest rated Big Ten team in that 20 year period.  Georgia Southern is a 3-3 Sun Belt team.  And that Oklahoma defense that held Nebraska to 7 points hasn't stopped anyone since.  It's tough to say if Nebraska has actually turned a corner, or if they are a product of their schedule, because the three losses to open the year actually look FAR WORSE than they did at the time.  Purdue appears to be the polar opposite.  Those late game chokes certainly hurt, but Penn State might be the second best team in the Big Ten, and Syracuse is having a nice bounceback season, finding themselves ranked.  This is certainly a test of whether Nebraska's defense has figured things out.  After rocky starts, they shut out both Indiana and Rutgers after halftime.  Indiana fired their OL coach, and Rutgers fired their OC.  If Nebraska makes it a third week in a row with the defense looking solid, I'm ready to buy in.  The more concerning side of the ball is the offense.  They looked ok against Indiana, but the fact hat they scored just 7 points on Oklahoma, coming on their opening drive, looks worse and worse by the week.  They beat Rutgers by scoring 14 points.  Purdue is surprisingly stout against the run, and Nebraska hasn't been running the ball at all, even while winning.  The Boilermakers beat a better Minnesota team, on the road, by double digits, by controlling the run game without extra defenders, and using those extra defenders to trick Tanner Morgan.  This is a much easier assignment.  I think Nebraska's defense is for real.  But Purdue's offense looks more balances than it ever has been under Brohm, and apparently you just need to be an active Power 5 defense to stop the Cornhusker offense.
PURDUE 37, NEBRASKA 14

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Re: Nebraska (2-1, 3-3) at Purdue (2-1, 4-2) Game Week
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2022, 11:10:59 PM »
Winnable game? 
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Re: Nebraska (2-1, 3-3) at Purdue (2-1, 4-2) Game Week
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2022, 11:15:13 PM »
Crazy that this game is for the B1G-W lead!
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Re: Nebraska (2-1, 3-3) at Purdue (2-1, 4-2) Game Week
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2022, 11:50:29 AM »
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