The Nebraska Cornhuskers had the best team they’ve had in years in 2009-10, the Cornhuskers came one play away from spoiling the Texas Longhorns’ season in the Big 12 title game, Texas made a field goal with no time remaining on the clock for 13-12 wins. Nebraska will have to replace the best defensive lineman this sports handicap has ever seen in Ndamukong Suh, Suh won just about every award a defensive lineman could have won in the College Football Picks landscape. He even ranked high in the Heisman Trophy voting and was the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft by the Detroit Lions.
Coach Bo Pelini knows replacing Suh may be impossible, but the team is loaded, the Huskers had the best defense in the nation in points allowed averaging 10.4 per game, ninth in rushing giving up just 93 per game and they ranked seventh overall. yards giving just over 271 yards per game. The offense was a different story, as good as the defense was the offense was just as bad. The team ranked near the bottom of almost every category in college football and that is cause for concern. Bo Pelini knows that if his team has a chance to compete in a BCS game, the offense has to improve in 2010-11.
Niles Paul, Roy Helu Jr and Mike McNeil will provide Nebraska with the best group of skill players the program has had in years. The offensive line returns with 4 starters from last year, quarterback Zac Lee returns as the signal caller for the team, he started 12 of 14 games last year and a year of experience will help. Lee missed spring training, allowing Cody Green and Taylor Martinez to gain valuable experience that could help the team. Roy Helu rushed for 1,147 yards last year as a junior, but Rex Burkhead will challenge him again. Wide receiver Niles Paul caught 40 passes for 796 yards in 2009 and will provide Nebraska with a huge game threat.
The defense will be led by tackle Jared Crick, Crick received first-team all-big 12 honors last year with sacks of 9′ and 15 tackles for loss. Sophomore Baker Steinkuhler was Suh’s backup last year and will play alongside Crick this year. The linebackers will be solid with Will Compton as the best player at the position. Nebraska will have the best tandem of cornerbacks they’ve had in a long time and Prince Amukamara, the best the school has had since Fabian Washington, who was a first-round pick in the NFL draft, Amukamara will also be a first-round pick. Cornhusker safeties will also be ready to play. I think Nebraska surprised a lot of people across the country in 2009, but the Huskers are back, I expect them to win the Big 12 North again this year and they’ll be 11-1 in the regular season. Everyone has bought Bo Pelini and so have I.
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