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Nebraska Big Ten Tour ends with Iowa at Home for the Heroes Trophy
As the Husker Football season winds down, there is one game that people are looking forward to a little bit more than most. Nebraska's first trophy game in the new Big Ten conference certainly comes to mind. Husker home games in Lincoln result in an environment and atmosphere that rival any other in the country. Without a doubt this day after Thanksgiving battle will end the regular season on a high note.
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BIG RED TAKES ON THE Hawkeyes
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Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
November 26, 2011 Lincoln, NE
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Nebraska Big Ten Tour heads to Ann Arbor, Michigan
Every football season brings about new changes, new venues, and new teams. However for the last century those changes have been minimal for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, but the 2011 season is drastically different. This year the Nebraska Cornhuskers have joined the Big Ten, one of the nation’s most historic and prestigious conferences. Along with switching conferences Nebraska is faced with 11 new opponents that it must learn, and above all else travel to.
Nebraska fans love their football and travel as well as any of the other top tier programs in the county but this year it is truly something special to be a part of. No more short horribly boring drives to visit Lawrence or Manhatten Kansas ikn the middle of no where, no more dealing with the rude and crude fans of Mizzou and Colorado. The 2011 season ushers in a new era of football and a new era of football venues. Now as part of the B1G Nebraska travels to some of the best college football stadiums around like Ann Arbor, Michigan and Happy Valley. Stadiums and fan bases that are built on the same traditions just like the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Husker fans are known not only for their ability to travel well but for the hospitality when opposing teams travel here. That is exactly what makes the Huskers and the Husker Nation so drastically different than any other team out there. Just ask Notre Dame from the early 2000s and find out what it felt like to have their stadium taken over by the Sea of Red. Granted there are very few away games left this season but none bigger than the inaugural trip up North to visit Michigan in the Big House.
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BIG RED TAKES ON THE WOLVERINES
. . . for Legends Division Dominance
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Detroit–Ann Arbor: 11-18 to 11-20-11
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Howdy folks it has been a long productive offseason for your Nebraska Cornhuskers. So where do we start in terms of leading up to the first game of the season. By now all of you know that the Huskers have finally moved on from Big XII to join the now 12 team B1G Ten. This move could not have come at a better time for the Huskers with the Big XII looking like it will be losing a few more members, most notably Texas A&M and Oklahoma. This situation has given rise to a new nickname for the Longhorns, “Conference Killers,” first the SouthWest Conference and now the Big XII. I will highlight more on the move to the B1G as conference play gets closer but let us take a look at the upcoming game this Saturday.
This Saturday’s game against UT-Chattanooga is going to be a little bit lopsided but will give Husker Nation a good taste of what to expect this year. UTC is a FCS opponent that does boast a lot of talent and should not be taken lightly, especially with what happened last year against South Dakota State. Although I want to say SDST was a little bit of a fluke and a trap game last season, but unfortunately that game gave other teams the base to stop the T-Magic Show.
Chattanooga is a formidable opponent with good skill positions, they have 7 pre-season all conference candidates. However, I highly doubt that they will be able to match up very well with the Huskers speed and strength.
Nebraska’s offenses, has been kept under wraps all season, even with what we saw in the Spring Game, (which was a very vanilla version)all we know is it will be up-temp, fast, attacking, and simple. It will most likely resemble a form of Oregon, Oklahoma, and Kansas circa 2007 style. Outside the Husker football program no one truly knows what to expect and I doubt this weekend will show us any more than a little bit of variance from the Spring Game. I would expect a little bit faster pace than the spring game with a little bit more formations but other than that it is anyone’s guess. I would expect to see our base shotgun set, I and Power I formations, as well as wildcat, and pistol formation. What the offense will look like and how it will be executed are two different things, no matter what it looks like Saturday it will be executed with SPEED. The Huskers have just about as much speed as they ever have at the skill positions on offense. Jamal Turner, Aaron Green, Braylon Heard, Ameer Abudallah, Kenny Bell, and Tim Marlowe not to mention Taylor Martinez all have explosive speed and game breaking ability. Couple that with reliability of Rex Burkhead, Brandon Kinnie, and Kyler Reed this Husker offense has big play threats at every offensive skill position. How that speed translates quality of plays is another story, but too much speed means a lot of quick scoring drives for the Huskers on Saturday.
I will say it right now, the Blackshirts will be absolutely destructive this year. The Husker Defense is the furthest along it has been at this point of the season since the Pelini Bros took over. What does that say about how they will play on Saturday, “Watch out Mocs, it won’t a good day in Lincoln for you.” The Blackshirts have three All-American Candidates at each level of the defense, Jared Crick, Lavonte David, and Alfonzo Dennard. Crick will most likely see double teams all day but that leaves t he door open for Meredith, Steinkuhler, and either Martin or Ankrah to have a huge day. With the return of a three man linebacker core expect the defense to be extremely stout against the run. Although Dennard is out with a leg muscle injury, Evans and Andrew Green will step up and have big days. With the amount of pressure that will be put on the UTC’s quarterback the secondary will have an easy day with at least 2 picks and several pass break ups.
Replacing the NCAA’s most accurate place kicker in history won’t be easy but I am not seeing the need for several 40+ yard field goals in this game. The biggest threat of special teams this week will be on the kick return side. Odds are Jamal Turner and Tim Marlowe will be back deep on kickoff return, I wouldn’t be surprised to see one taken back to at least the Moc’s side of the field. Punt returns are where this game is going to get out of hand quickly, Jamal Turner should handle that responsibility with ease in this game. We may even see a glimpse of the past with him to bring us back to the days of Johnny Rodgers and Bobby Newcombe.
Although Chattanooga will be severely out matched in this game, the Huskers cannot take them lightly. I doubt that they will do that, but it just needs to be reiterated. The second and third string offenses and defenses will see a lot of playing time in this game.
Final score prediction 63-3 Nebraska gets its first victory of the season.
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