My expectation was 6-6 this year. Rationale was that last year's shit show/chaotic situation was able to go 4-8 (w 2 B1G road wins). Rationale was that Rhule's superior coaching + easier schedule SHOULD yield a +2 in the W/L category.
In the end, two preseason predictions were WILDLY off:
1. Schedule turned out to be easier than even we predicted (plus)
2. Jeff Sims was way worse than anyone could have imagined** (minus)
There is a lot of 'I told you so's' going on now RE: preseason W/L predictions but you can't acknowledge one without the other (they kind of cancel each other out). Another two that cancel each other out:
3. Husker defense has way better players than we realized under Chin (plus)
4. Husker offense has worse skill position players than we thought + 7 key guys in offensive 2-deep got seriously injured (minus)
Again, my point is it's really hard to make an accurate W/L prediction when you have 4 things like this that we're so unexpected.
**He's even worse than
@Cornicator said he'd be - Cornicator didn't say 33% of his drives would end in turnovers