The question is, what are those chords? Oklahoma came to Lincoln to take care of business and they hammered a Nebraska team that was simply running on steam. Nebraska scored early on scripted plays, but after that series, breakdowns by the line and then missed assignments made the offense predictable. Unable to protect Casey Thompson, the Sooners crashed the line of scrimmage with abandon and the offense stopped working.
Throw in a terrible defense, and you have the fixings of a good ole ass whipping. Nebraska’s defense has so many holes, you might be hard pressed to find an actual defense right now. Firing Erik Chinander was another move that needed to be made. Now Bill Busch takes on a task that he never imagined would be his when he came back to Lincoln.
The Huskers have had two weeks off and although that isn’t enough time to fix everything, you can at least catch your breath. Like it or not, Nebraska has eight more games to play. They can either figure out that they can win a couple or pack it in and take beating after beating. Something tells me they have a little more fight in them than that. (As always you may skip to the end to my prediction.)
ON WITH THE REWIND…
Last game prediction was Oklahoma 41 Nebraska 31. The actual score was Oklahoma 49, Nebraska 14. As we said before, Nebraska was overmatched after the first series. Nebraska looked like a team that had nothing left and OU took them to the cleaners.
Quick Notes:
Turner Corcoran…Corcoran moves back to left tackle. He was playing left guard before Teddy Prochaska went out for the rest of the season with an injury. Corcoran was solid as a guard, but he will need to play at another level for Nebraska to have any success in the passing game. This may be the one move Nebraska can make some lemonade out of some lemons. Corcoran has the pedigree and the size to be all conference. He will need to step up and play like it.
Luke Reimer…Reimer has played like he has to do it all. The problem is, he has unable to do much of anything. Reimer has overplayed the run and had little to do with defending the pass. It may behoove Bill Busch to turn the uber fast linebacker lose in the passing game to rush the passer. He also needs to maintain his gaps and do his job. Reimer has the best chance of any defender to play at a high level moving forward. Hopefully he allows himself to just compete and not get taken out of plays.
Trey Palmer…So far, Palmer has played at an all-conference level. Palmer leads the team in catches and yards. He has the ability to stretch the field and clearly has been able to get open against a better team like Oklahoma. Palmer will have to stay healthy to help Nebraska, but I can see him eclipsing 1,000 yards this season if he does.
Score Prediction: Nebraska 35, Indiana 34
Nebraska needs to come out and set the tone on offense early and the defense has to make a couple stops in the first half. If they are able to do that, I think Nebraska can ride the home crowd to a victory. Fail to stop the Hoosiers and their go, go, go tempo and the game can get out of hand in a hurry. Nebraska will have the nighttime crowd behind them. I believe that this time they will come out with a Big Ten victory. Here is to a good game and GBR!!
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