Huge Ten soccer media days are upon us, people. As if the enormous inflatable Oregon Duck floating down the White River in Indianapolis didn’t make extraordinarily clear.
Which implies it’s time for each coach to take the mic in entrance of the nationwide media and lay out their imaginative and prescient and expectations for the season. Some do that significantly better than others.
Second-year Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule is likely one of the higher ones, nevertheless. Which is why when he dropped a line concerning the Huskers making a bowl sport right into a remark about scholar teachers, it felt manner too understated.
Nebraska’s Matt Rhule w/a refined prediction whereas speaking about teachers: “Once we go to our bowl sport, we’ll have 30 graduates on our group.”NU’s final bowl journey was in 2016
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Matt, dude, it’s alright to venture a bit extra confidence. Positive, Nebraska hasn’t gained a bowl sport for the reason that Obama Administration, however there’s professional motive for optimism this 12 months!
For starters, the Huskers made some critical strides in the direction of the top of final season’s 5-7 marketing campaign. Regardless of shedding its final 4 video games of the 12 months, three of these losses got here by a mixed 9 factors (at Michigan State, vs. Maryland, vs. Iowa) whereas the opposite was settled in additional time (at Wisconsin).
The group even have a stud freshman quarterback in Dylan Raiola — the No. 2 QB prospect within the nation in his class per 247 Sports activities. In reality, oddsmakers expect a bowl sport look out of Nebraska at a minimal.
At BetMGM, the Huskers win complete is about at 7.5 this 12 months after Nebraska failed to succeed in greater than 5 wins in any season since 2016. With a schedule that includes UTEP, Northern Iowa, Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers, Indiana, Wisconsin and Colorado, getting bowl eligible needs to be the expectation this 12 months.
Nebraska followers have been ready practically a decade to get again so far, Matt. You may hype it up a bit extra.
The Huskers aren’t fairly again but, however there’s no motive to not faux the street hasn’t been paved for his or her return.
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