Nebraska lovers have witnessed this very scenario previously over the previous 4 seasons.
There had been the Texas and USC games in ’06, USC yet again in ’07, and then Virginia Tech last year in Lincoln, all with the same outcome – the “Nebraska not prepared for big players.”
The latest time the Huskers defeated a ranked team on the road was in November ’06, when Nebraska beat then-ranked number 24 Texas A&M, 28-27, in College Station.
But that was a distinct time, a different coach, and, more or less, different players.
Every person knows that when you face a Frank Beamer team you can expect nice execution on both ends of the field, plus remarkable play by special teams. They demonstrated that again in their 1st game this season vs. Alabama.
Alabama outperformed Virginia Tech by just about a two-to-one margin, however were only ahead by a FG late in the fourth quarter due to a kickoff runback for a score.
The distinct thing that Husker Nation has noticed with this year’s team is that the botched assignments and poorly executed plays have virtually disappeared. There is less thinking on the defensive side of the ball and as a result, more plays are being successfully executed because the athletes are reading and acting on this instead of thinking.
Head coach Bo Pelini now sees a franchise that entirely understands the significance of grinding it out.
This year, the team understands what it requires to be successful. It realizes what its identity is on both offense and defense.
I really do believe that the Huskers have finally turned the corner, and have the ideal athletes in the right positions pull off their first huge road victory in three seasons.
I forecast the Nebraska football team victorious in a low-scoring, tight game in OT by a three point margin.
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