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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: nuwildcat on October 30, 2017, 09:53:11 PM
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Nebraska an early 1.5 point favorite
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After a tumultuous start, NU has set itself up to make this season a successful one
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/10/29/16565372/northwestern-football-2017-season-adversity-michigan-state-win-streak-successful
10/30/17 NU Press Conference
NOTES
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/10/30/16572072/northwestern-press-conference-notes-michigan-state-pat-fitzgerald-paddy-fisher
VIDEO (Fitz)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e75hJ-etos
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Incredibly, another Nebraska game I will not be able to watch live this season. I'm going to the Breeder's Cup this weekend, but am hoping to catch some of it. No idea what to expect with this club.
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I haven't decided if I will drive to Lincoln Saturday or not
I'll watch the weather
probably a Friday night decision
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GAME 9: NEBRASKA vs. NORTHWESTERN
NOV. 4, 2017 | MEMORIALS STADIUM
LINCOLN, NEB. | 2:30 p.m. (CT)
BROADCAST INFO
TV - BTN
RADIO - Husker Sports Network
SATELLITE RADIO - Sirius Channel 135, XM 195
INTERNET RADIO - Huskers.com
HUSKERS
Record: 4-4, 3-2 Big Ten
Last Game: def. Purdue, 25-24
Rankings: NR
Coach: Mike Riley
Career/NU Record: 112-95 (17th Year)/19-15 (3rd Year)
vs. Northwestern: 1-1
WILDCATS
Record: 5-3, 3-2 Big Ten
Last Game: def. Michigan State, 39-31 (3OT)
Rankings: NR
Coach: Pat Fitzgerald
Career/NU Record: 82-64 (11th Year)/Same
vs. Nebraska: 2-4
The Matchup
Nebraska returns to Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers take on Northwestern in a Big Ten West Division matchup. Game time for the Huskers-Wildcats matchup is set for shortly after 2:30 p.m. CT, with television coverage provided by BTN and radio coverage on the IMG Husker Sports Network.
The Huskers and Wildcats are tied for second place in the Big Ten West Division with 3-2 conference records. Both teams are coming into Saturday's game after thrilling victories last weekend.
The Huskers improved to 4-4 overall with a 25-24 come-from-behind win at Purdue. Nebraska tied its largest fourth-quarter comeback in school history, rallying from a 12-point deficit to win on a touchdown with 14 seconds remaining.
Northwestern will come to Lincoln with a three-game win streak following a 39-31 triple-overtime win over No. 16 Michigan State on Saturday in Evanston. It marked the second straight overtime victory for Northwestern, following a 17-10 win over Iowa a week earlier.
Nebraska and Northwestern have a history of close games in Lincoln since the Huskers joined the Big Ten. Northwestern won in Lincoln in 2015, 30-28, and the Wildcats have won two of three meetings at Memorial Stadium since 2011. Overall, the road team has won five of six games in the series since Nebraska joined the conference.
Nebraska-Northwestern Series
• Nebraska holds a 4-2 edge in the series since joining the Big Ten Conference in 2012.
• The road team has dominated the series, winning five of six games since 2011. Northwestern has won two of three meetings at Memorial Stadium since 2011, while the Huskers have won all three games in Evanston since joining the Big Ten.
• All three meetings in Lincoln since 2011 have been decided by three or fewer points. Nebraska's lone win in those three contests came on a Hail Mary touchdown pass on the final play in 2013, giving the Huskers a 27-24 victory.
• Before Nebraska joined the Big Ten, the previous meeting between the schools was a 66-17 Husker win in the 2000 Alamo Bowl. The 66 points are Nebraska's most in 53 bowl games in school history. .
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I suspect that the Wildcats will pull off the road win.
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I'm afraid you may be correct
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you will be correct
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dern it!
Need to visit my daughter, so Saturday I'll be in Lincoln
$20 is my limit for a good ticket, not nosebleed in the north or south stadium
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Pat Fitzgerald is doing it again, erasing a sloppy start by gaining traction through October. The Wildcats pulled out back to back home overtime wins, and suddenly look like a tough out again. What Wildcat fans have to be most pleased by is how the offense finally showed up last week. Yes, they only had 17 regulation points, but they gained 350 yards in regulation against what had been a stout Michigan State defense. Justin Jackson was still a no show, but Clayton Thorson executed the west coast offense perfectly, killing Michigan State all afternoon on slats and crosses. The concern now might be the secondary, after a moribund Michigan State passing game lit them up for 445 yards through the air. Now they have to deal with Tanner Lee, who has erased a lot of his early turnover problems, and is second in the Big Ten in both passing yardage and passing efficiency in Big Ten play. Some of that is out of necessity with Tre Bryant out for the year and the Huskers playing from behind extensively the past few weeks, but some of it is real progress. The key for the Huskers is finishing drives in the end zone. If Nebraska hadn't come back last week, the story would have been four trips inside the 25 and four field goals through three quarters last week. Even with the two late touchdowns, Nebraska's red zone touchdown rate of 36.8% is worst in the Big Ten. Defensively, Northwestern has forced the most empty red zone trips (6) of any Big Ten team, but a big part of that is their opponents can't make chip shot field goals, going 2-5 on field goals inside the red zone on the year. No other Big Ten team has had opponents miss 3 such field goals, and only three others have had opponents miss two. The Northwestern defensive red zone touchdown rate of 61.9% is far less impressive. The Northwestern Achilles' heel all year has been an offensive line that can't do anything. The Wildcat offense wants to get the ball out quick, and the line wasn't even allowing that. Somehow last week, against what had been a good Michigan State pass rush, that changed, and Thorson was barely touched. Granted Dantonio continued his decade long tradition of sitting back in a passive zone against that offense, and letting Northwestern pick him apart, but still. Nebraska hasn't had much of a pass rush all year, and Thorson showed what he can do with the time that I think he'll get again.
NORTHWESTERN 27, NEBRASKA 24
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if it's a 3 point game it will easily be worth the $20 ticket
I'll put the Husker's Oline up against UN's Oline in the "can't do anything" category
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I've got a feeling this is Riley's last game.
When the Huskers lose this one he will be sent packing and we will have a match up of who gets the next hot coach first UN or UF. :34:
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3 things to know about Nebraska
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/11/1/16592268/northwestern-nebraska-three-things-to-know-tanner-lee-2017
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if I'm a NW fan, this trip to Lincoln would be one I'd take.. tickets the day of the game for good seats will be cheap
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I'm only going because tickets will be cheap
any Cats that will be in town, look me up
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heck, you can probably get a hotel room downtown - not cheap, but there may be a vacancy
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As per the Stupid Upset Pick thread, Northwestern now a 1-point favorite
Opponent Q&A with Nebraska's SB Nation blog, Corn Nation
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/11/3/16599886/nebraska-northwestern-opponent-q-and-a-wildcats-huskers-tanner-lee-mike-riley
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leaving for Lincoln, be there in a little over 2 hours
GO BIG RED!!!!
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NU post-game press conference
NOTES
https://www.insidenu.com/2017/11/4/16607622/northwestern-pat-fitzgerald-wildcats-clayton-thorson-kyle-queiro
VIDEO (Fitz)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGwofmlG_Q4
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Three OT wins in a row for Northwestern. Ya'll are living up to your reputation.