Year in Perspective: Nebraska

Let me start by saying I was a little disappointed with the Huskers this year. Never before has an 8-4 season been so misleading to me. Looking at the games played Nebraska started off hot and Bo was deemed the savior of Husker football, yet with a nonconference schedule of nobodies I was a little skeptical. Virgina Tech was going to be the game that put Nebraska back in the top 25 but what soon happened was a loss on home field. Seemed like Nebraska was in for another long season. After all was said and done the season was highlighted by a blowout loss to Missouri and Oklahoma with wins over Iowa St, Kansas, Baylor, Kansas St and Colorado. The best win was against an overrated Kansas team and Colorado and Baylor took Nebraska down to the wire in Lincoln so you can see why I think the 8-4 record is misleading. This does not mean that I think Bo was a bad hire, by no means. The Husker defense was supposed to be a weakness this year but that was quickly turned around and will only improve. The NT Suh became a sack machine under Pelini and if he decides not to go to the League the Huskers should be pretty dominate up front next season. The offense will be interesting because when Bo came in it was thought that he would go back to the old Husker offense by pounding the football. Looking at the recruits coming in it looks like he is slowly taking the program in that direction. RB Helu burst onto the scene and will be Nebraska's main guy next season. He has explosive speed but needs to work on his patience. What to watch for in the Gator Bowl will be Neb offense vs. the Clemson defense. My prediction is Huskers by 10 with a dominating run game.