Bye weeks suck, Hurricanes blow, and the Huskers are...

UNDERRATED. That's right we're underrated. But for once it's us (well actually you) who are the egregious underraters. The media is in love with Mizzou, Kansas, TT, and OU (with good reason), and sure, to the naked eye Nebraska does not appear to be in that class. But you? You have insight, intel, and season tickets. So why am I the only one who recognizes that Nebraska is going to smash expectations? Now I ain't no masterrater and it's possible I've been guilty a time or two of overrating...but that's neither here nor there.

Why I like what I see:
1) The offense takes what opposing defenses gives them. THIS IS HUGE. It's definitely reason numero uno why you are wrong and I am right. I'm sure we all remember the days of Callahan spewing propaganda about establishing the run. But the only thing Billy successfully established was that he was horse-shit at play-calling. Even my shi-tzu Wrigley (GO CUBS GO) recognized we couldn't run against USC in the Coliseum, but did we adjust the game plan? Rhetorical. That's why it was freaking sweet to see us pass, pass, pass in games 1 and 2 when opponents would stack the box (of course seeing our ground game clicking in game 3 was very comforting).

2) The Defense will get better every game. And we are already light years ahead of last....eehhhh oowwlwaaa huulll yhoouw wlwwaa...sorry I just pictured Cosgrove's retarded ass and threw up in my mouth. So, yeah...we're already ahead of last year. How sweet is it to have a competent defensive coordinator? Yeah it's sweet.

3) The option game. Honestly this has the potential to become a huge threat. I truly think it could be more than just a novelty wrinkle and could evolve into a game changing element that makes defenses have to prepare to defend everything (especially next year with our hotshot QB recruit). I just know T.O. is going to have a hand in developing it. Sure, Ron Brown knows what's up, but Dr. Tom is the Bill Brasky of the option attack. I'm sorry...my nipples are getting hard just thinking about this.

In summation, most of you think we win 7 or 8 or 9 games. You are wrong. We beat VT, ISU, Baylor, KU, KSU and CU. And at least 1 more (my guess is TT). That's 10 wins. And we can beat Mizzou and OU. Not saying we will win or even keep them close...but winning is a possibility. The Big 12 North may even be in play. Mizzou and OU are better than us and should beat us. But we won't be pushovers and won't be under the radar much longer.

VT prediction:
Our coming out party - NU 30 VT 10