Northwestern should cover against Nebraska, but that's about it. The Huskers are going to beat Northwestern by two touchdowns.
Well, we'll see. But I wouldn't underestimate Northwestern.
Northwestern's been known to pull some upsets.
In other news on the Nebraska football front, newspapers "poll" readers on how they feel about the Big 10, just about every week, just about after every game. It's all new to us, and we're all each other curious how everybody else feels.
Thus far in this, halfway through our first season, when it comes to class fans, Wisconsin wins hands down. Not that fans of Ohio State, Minnesota, and Michigan State have been found wanting--in fact, they've all been found to be some of the nicest people one can hope to meet--but apparently there's something about Wisconsin fans that reminds Nebraska of Oklahoma fans, a little extra touch in the "friendly" and "mutually respectful" departments.
And remember, we lost that game, the one with Wisconsin.
Also, as all the newspapers in the state reported all week long, of all 12 members of the Big 10, Nebraska is the
only one still utterly in control of its own destiny, when it comes to the conference championship game.
All other 11 teams, in addition to what they do, are dependent to one degree or another on what happens to other teams. At this point, only for Nebraska, it doesn't matter the outcome of games not ours.
All we have to do is win all the way through, win our remaining four games, and we're in.
This was certainly unexpected.
That's a pretty tall order, though, because we got four tough opponents; Northwestern, an obscure state college in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Iowa. The road ahead is full of all sorts of perils and hazards.
But at the moment at least, Nebraska's in 100% charge of its own destiny; the only such team in the Big 10.
At the moment, remember.
