And so it begins...(tracking Coach Prime decommits/transfers)

[2010sarenevercomingback]

BUT...do CU's players really have the thought that it's a rivalry (deep down)?

There are so many transfers and new faces that I cannot see that everyone has a vested, blood & guts interest in beating Nebraska. BTW, this is where I see culture being important. I'm sure it'll be made very clear to any of our transfers that preparation for CU will be taken to a different level.

I don't know that this has been discussed, but definitely something I've thought about since Saturday.

I don't think CU will have the traditional rivalry hatred, or any sense of playing for the black & gold for its own sake. But in the sense that Nebraska under Rhule is a hard work, do it the right way, team-first mentality, and CU is largely a collection of embittered mercenaries playing for themselves individually over all else (and at a lower intensity, those are somewhat analogous of the cultures of the two states in general), there is seething resentment and a mind toward destruction. Much like you see when a criminal underclass from another country is imported into another nation with an orderly culture that runs on civic values.

Nebraska will be playing for those ideals, Colorado is the horde of individuals trying to overrun it.

 

[David Webb]

People are really buying too much into the Colorado offenses hype. Their offense isn't peak Oregon here. They have two great players, and a few other decent WRs. But all they got is the homerun threat. They were figured out last year.

2023 Reality Check:

6 pts vs Oregon - 159 passing yards, 199 Total yards

24 pts vs ASU - 239 passing yards, 295 Total yards

16 pts vs UCLA - 217 passing yards, 247 total yards

19 pts vs Oregon St - 223 passing yards, 418 total yards

14 pts vs WSU - 164 passing yards, 255 total yards

17 pts vs Utah - 225 passing yards, 262 total yards


Forgot about Prime and all the flash. They had under 300 total yards in 6 of their last 9 games and went 1-8 in the Pac 12. I know Nebraska fans are browbeaten over the past 7 years and we can never have nice things, but CU fucking sucks. They arent good. Change their name to Cal with a regular coach and no one is afraid of this team. As long as Nebraska's offense doesn't put them into bad positions. The Blackshirts should dominate. This should be a 2010 Washington type game IMO. 56-21 type game.

Should be, but when is the last time Nebraska didn’t step on their own dicks in a high profile game? That’s where my cautious approach comes from.

 

[Ripping Lips]

Should be, but when is the last time Nebraska didn’t step on their own dicks in a high profile game? That’s where my cautious approach comes from.

Prob when Mike Riley beat then #10 ranked MSU at home.

 

[Chi7397]

Prob when Mike Riley beat then #10 ranked MSU at home.

2022 Cockeye maybe? Neither team was ranked but neither team is here either

 

[David Webb]

I’m talking a high profile game, not just playing a ranked team, although that hasn’t been good either. If it weren’t for Michigan/Texas, Nebraska/Colorado would probably be the marquee game of the day. The Sanders/Colorado draw against an old rivalry in former powerhouse Nebraska on NBC in prime time - plus add in the Raiola factor.

Prob when Mike Riley beat then #10 ranked MSU at home.

2022 Cockeye maybe? Neither team was ranked but neither team is here either

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Should be, but when is the last time Nebraska didn’t step on their own dicks in a high profile game? That’s where my cautious approach comes from.

Oregon 2016?

 

[kchusker1423]

Prob when Mike Riley beat then #10 ranked MSU at home.

no. 6 ranked MSU.

 

[NorthWillRiseAgain]

 

[Stan Raymond]

LOL, favorite quote. "Colorado is just to shitty in the trenches", "So bad" "and just to shitty defensively, and don't know how they overcome the size and strength advantages that Nebraska will have on the lines of scrimmage"

I agree with them.

 

[HerbRedman]

LOL, favorite quote. "Colorado is just to shitty in the trenches", "So bad" "and just to shitty defensively, and don't know how they overcome the size and strength advantages that Nebraska will have on the lines of scrimmage"

I agree with them.

The odd thing is I listened to like 3-4 of these yesterday and they all said the same things. And then at the end they go "but we think it's gonna be close down to the final minute ".... Like what??? How is that a close game?

Methinks there's gonna be a bunch of revisionist history after this game saying "everyone knew Nebraska would blow them out"

 

[Stan Raymond]

The odd thing is I listened to like 3-4 of these yesterday and they all said the same things. And then at the end they go "but we think it's gonna be close down to the final minute ".... Like what??? How is that a close game?

Methinks there's gonna be a bunch of revisionist history after this game saying "everyone knew Nebraska would blow them out"

Same here. When you start adding thing up. It should be a comfortable Nebraska win.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

The odd thing is I listened to like 3-4 of these yesterday and they all said the same things. And then at the end they go "but we think it's gonna be close down to the final minute ".... Like what??? How is that a close game?

Methinks there's gonna be a bunch of revisionist history after this game saying "everyone knew Nebraska would blow them out"

Must’ve watched Nebraska football before

 

[HerbRedman]

Must’ve watched Nebraska football before

I guess....but if you think NU football still has the curse, you're better off picking NU to lose (bc that's what we do).

It's kind of dumb to go through all the NU advantages, OL/DL advantages, running game advantage, plus home field advantage, plus the revenge factor....and then go "I like Nebraska to win by 3 on a last second FG."

I tend to think we'll win by 14+ pts OR we'll fuck it up completely and lose. But a ton of pundits say it's gonna be a 38-35 shoot out w/ Raiola outdueling Shedildo in the last minute for NU to win by 3. If you think that's gonna happen you're better off picking Colorado (19 yr old TR FR vs #1 NFL QB in the next draft is a tough ask for Dylan).

 

[Stan Raymond]

I guess....but if you think NU football still has the curse, you're better off picking NU to lose (bc that's what we do).

It's kind of dumb to go through all the NU advantages, OL/DL advantages, running game advantage, plus home field advantage, plus the revenge factor....and then go "I like Nebraska to win by 3 on a last second FG."

I tend to think we'll win by 14+ pts OR we'll fuck it up completely and lose. But a ton of pundits say it's gonna be a 38-35 shoot out w/ Raiola outdueling Shedildo in the last minute for NU to win by 3. If you think that's gonna happen you're better off picking Colorado (19 yr old TR FR vs #1 NFL QB in the next draft is a tough ask for Dylan).

I don't get how some folks can brag up our defense, then predict that Colorado will score more than they did against NDSU. It's not like our offense is some hurry up variant, we will be favored in time of possession.

 

[HerbRedman]

I don't get how some folks can brag up our defense, then predict that Colorado will score more than they did against NDSU. It's not like our offense is some hurry up variant, we will be favored in time of possession.

I think it's pretty clear that a lot of these show hosts did not watch a lot of NU football last yr (who could blame them) and only saw the highlights of the UTEP game so they're kind of faking their way through the book report so to speak.

JD Pickell at On 3 was talking about how UTEP had a dangerous level of success in the passing game and hit on "way too many deep balls" vs NU and that scares him for the CU matchup. IIRC UTEP only hit on 1 deep ball (which Rhule said was a busted coverage). UTEP basically had about 3:00 min of actual game time success vs our D and after that they were completely shut down for the rest of the game.

That was odd coming from Pickell bc he's been a huge Rhule supporter.

 

[lee_carvallo_12]

I’m playing golf with a bunch of CU guys at Cherry Hills in Denver tomorrow. Kinda got to tread lightly, but I’m curious to see how realistic they are. They’re all intelligent, well connected dudes. Will circle back with updates.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

I’m playing golf with a bunch of CU guys at Cherry Hills in Denver tomorrow. Kinda got to tread lightly, but I’m curious to see how realistic they are. They’re all intelligent, well connected dudes. Will circle back with updates.

 

[HerbRedman]

This is a decent preview. These guys are bettors so they are pretty objective.


The one common thing I've seen is that these pundits keep saying "Nebraska has no talent on the outside". Hopefully Neyor, Banks and Barney prove them wrong.

I do think it's just a case of these national guys not doing their research into our players (and why should they, we were a 5-7 team last year)

Yet again every podcast has Nebraska winning and every podcast has Colorado covering. The only guy I've seen so far brave enough to pick Nebraska to cover -7.5 is Ari Wasserman. Everyone else talks about how shitty Colorado is/How improved Nebraska is and then they say, "this will be a 3 pt close game" 🥸

 

[HuskerGarrett]

I’m playing golf with a bunch of CU guys at Cherry Hills in Denver tomorrow. Kinda got to tread lightly, but I’m curious to see how realistic they are. They’re all intelligent, well connected dudes. Will circle back with updates.

What are you going to do when they inevitably try to suck your weiner

 

[LoudHogRider]

What are you going to do when they inevitably try to suck your weiner

Prolly rub a little granola on it and tell them to get busy. It’s Brother Lee, after all. He’s a recovering hoor.