Nebraska 2018 Season Thread

[FearlessF]

NEBRASKA vs. COLORADO
SEPT. 8, 2018 | MEMORIAL STADIUM
LINCOLN, NEB. | 2:30 P.M. (CT)

BROADCAST INFO
TV - ABC (Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams)

BUFFALOES
Last Game: def. Colorado State, 45-13
Coach: Mike MacIntyre
Career/Colorado Record: 42-59 (9th Year)/26-38 (6th Year) vs. Nebraska: 3-5

Nebraska-Colorado Series
Nebraska and Colorado are familiar foes with Saturday's meeting the 70th all-time between the schools, but the first since 2010. Nebraska holds a 49-18-2 all-time edge in the series, including a 26-8 mark in Lincoln.

• Nebraska and Colorado met each season from 1948 to 2010, as members of the Big Seven, Big Eight and Big 12 Conferences.

• From 1996 to 2010, the Huskers and Buffs concluded the regular season against each other on Black Friday. Nebraska held an 11-4 edge in the series during that time period.

• Nebraska and Colorado combined to win the final eight Big Eight championships from 1988 to 1995.

• Nebraska and Colorado will play in Boulder in 2019 (Sept. 7) and the teams will also have a home-and-home in 2023 (Boulder) and 2024 (Lincoln).

Nebraska has Long History of Battling Pac-12 Foes
Nebraska’s meeting with Colorado continues a tradition of playing marquee non-conference games against Pac-12 opponents. Since 1983, Nebraska has played 32 regular-season non-conference games against teams that were in the Pac-12 at game time.

• Nebraska is 23-9 against the Pac-12 in regular season games since 1983. In that stretch, NU is 6-1 vs. Arizona State, 5-3 vs. UCLA, 3-1 vs. Oregon, 2-0 vs. California, 4-2 vs. Washington, 2-0 vs. Oregon State, 1-0 vs. Washington State and 0-2 vs. USC. The record against Pac-12 foes does not include conference games against Colorado in that time frame.

• Nebraska has also played five bowl games against Pac-12 teams in that time period, going 2-3 in those games.

• Nebraska played at least one non-conference game against a Pac-12 foe for 17 straight seasons from 1983 to 1999.

Youth Dominates NU Roster
Nebraska's 135-player roster features 50 newcomers who were not on last year's roster, including 38 true freshmen and 12 transfers (6 junior college transfers, 4 FBS transfers and 2 FCS transfers).

• Nearly two-thirds of the squad is comprised of underclassmen, as 89 of the Huskers’ 135 players are either freshmen or sophomores.

• Of the 25 players on the offensive depth chart, 16 are underclassmen and seven are newcomers.

• Of the 27 players on the defensive depth chart, 11 are underclassmen and six are newcomers.

COACHING CONNECTIONS: Both Colorado and Nebraska have an assistant coach on their current staffs who once worked at the other school.

CU outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator Ross Els worked at NU from 2011-14 under Bo Pelini. Meanwhile, current Nebraska offensive coordinator Troy Walters worked at Colorado as MacIntyre's receivers coach from 2013-15.

[Hoss]

Ross Els is at Colorado? Somebody get a memo to Scott and make sure the Jet Sweep is featured this week!

On a similar note, Bo Pelini's YSU team was upset at home this week by Butler...a 37-pt dog that offers no football scholarships. 

[847badgerfan]

UNL and UC should have demanded that this game be played on Friday. Just because.

[FearlessF]

if this were BLACK Friday, it would have happened

[Brutus Buckeye]

[Entropy]

Solich has lasted in the MAC, but never won the conference...
BC seems best suited for coaching OL....
Bo is on the hot seat in Youngstown...
Riley is riding his bike with a basket...

[847badgerfan]

Pretty sure Riley is working at OrSU as an assistant now.

[Entropy]

yes.. that's what I said..

[847badgerfan]

It is? Does he ride his basket bike on campus? Weird if so. Really weird.

[ELA]

Bo is on the hot seat at Youngstown?  Didn't he just make them good again for the first time since Tressell?

[ELA]

Bo is on the hot seat at Youngstown?  Didn't he just make them good again for the first time since Tressell?

Yeah, he had them in the FCS Championship Game two years ago.  They hadn't even made the tournament since 2006, and that was their lone appearance since 2000.  If he's already on the hot seat, Youngstown may need to re-evaluate some things.

[MrNubbz]

Yeah, he had them in the FCS Championship Game two years ago.  They hadn't even made the tournament since 2006, and that was their lone appearance since 2000.  If he's already on the hot seat, Youngstown may need to re-evaluate some things.

Ed Zachery,unless he's popping off behind the scenes.Hard to imagine he would want to be disagreeable after a second chance in an area he grew up in.Tressell is prolly easy enough to get along with

[Entropy]

It is? Does he ride his basket bike on campus? Weird if so. Really weird.

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--mike-riley-s-wild-coaching-ride-has-orgeon-state-cruising-up-the-bcs-standings-19420509.html

[Entropy]

Bo is on the hot seat at Youngstown?  Didn't he just make them good again for the first time since Tressell?

They lost to Butler... a team that has zero football scholarships.   It appears the locals feel his run 2 yrs ago was more about Husker transfers than bo..

SI even ran an article about the upset:   https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/09/06/butler-youngstown-state-upset-fcs-pioneer-league    They called it the biggest upset ever