My Prediction: 8-4 Regular Season for '08

I know this is a tough schedule this year but here is my prediction for the season:

CSU = W

Eastern Washington = W

Florida State = W

West Virginia = L

Texas = L

Kansas = W

Kansas State = W

Missouri = L

Texas A&M = L

Iowa State = W

Oklahoma State = L

Nebraska = W

If you think about it this is not only not out of the realm of possibility but very plausible. And if you want to go even further and think of how some of these other teams performed last year and a coaching change or two the you could possibly change either/or both oklahoma state and A&M to wins which would give you a 10-2 season. I know that there are plenty who agree and plenty who disagree so let me know what you think. Go Buffs!!!!

Here's how I see us doing:

CSU = W

Eastern Washington = W

Florida State = W

West Virginia = L

Texas = L

Kansas = L

Kansas State = W

Missouri = L

Texas A&M = W

Iowa State = W

Oklahoma State = W

Nebraska = W

A nice solid 8-4 season, we still have a young team and they will progress... We are going to dominate the Big 12 real soon though, i can feel it.

A nebraska fan who lives in Colorado. Here is my thoughts

CSU-  W- Extremly good and fun game to watch

EW-W BLOW OUT

FSU- W They have been declining and CU will want the W

WVU- W The big upset is here. WIth a new coach everything changes

Texas- W- Nebraska came close even with a horrible D. Texas also loses Sweed and Charles.

KSU- L CU goes in a little overconfiedent and blows a 4th quarter lead

Mizzou- W After the pounding CU took payback is a B

A&M- Loss if its on the road W if its at home.

Iowa State- W the band could beat them

OKlahoma State- L good underrated team

Nebraska L- Lincoln will be rocking and neither team will give up more than 30.

SO that puts you guys at 7-5 or 8-4. Not to bad. Good Luck!

Well first of all you really need to check your math.  Although saying you were predicting an 8-4 season you predicted 5 losses equaling a 7-5 season.  Anyways here are my honest thoughts.

• Csu- W
• E Wash- W
• Florida St.- W
• West Virginia- L
• Texas- L
• Kansas- L
• K-state- W
• Mizzou- L
• A&M- L
• Iowa St- W
• Okie St- W
• Nebraska- L

That makes a 6-6 season and a bowl game.  You guys had a very good recruiting class but rarely do true freshman provide a lot of impact on a team unless they are a truly special player (see Adrian Peterson).  I'm still not impressed at all with Dan Hawkins he's 8-17 in two years..both being losing seasons counting the bowl game.  I see you guys being pretty solid at home giving Texas all they can handle but losing a tight one.  I just don't see you guys being able to go on the road in the big 12 and come out with a victory...sorry just don't see it happening.

mania,

Cy Fan you are right you beat us but your football program outside of one year with Seneca Wallace has been awful and chances are it will remain that way but I agree with you on the band comment thats an insult. Schlinny your back again with your assesment of our schedule. Why do you feel the need to express your opionion on our schedule? No Colorado fans gives a s--- what you think about our future results. I laugh when you say your not impressed with Hawkins. That is pure jealousy bro because you see where we are headed. Freshman dont make an impact other then Adrian Peterson( See Darrel Scott ). You guys are entitled to your opinion but leave it amongst yourselves, especially when it pertains to scheduling and results. The next 3 years you people play VA Tech twice( home and away), which is good team and below mediocre Washington in Wa out of Conference. Every other team is bad and at home. That is pathetic. You guys continually play a p---- schedule and your supposed to be big bad Nebraska LOL. No comment on Pelini because he hasnt been on a big stage yet at the helm. He takes over a team free of probation and has talent unlike Hawkins but i forgot your not impressed.

Come talk to us when you play WVU, Georgia, FSU, Hawaii, LSU and Cal like we do in the next 4 years.

Man...a lot of hostility there "bro".  I was just making an honest prediction and really wasn't trying to put CU down in any way.  I value other fans opinions just as much as I do other Huskers as long as they are in good taste and honest opinions such as what Cyfan generally brings to the table.  I may not agree with it, but that's neither here nor there.

As for hawkins...am i missing something here?  Am I really supposed to be impressed with an 8-17 record through 2 years?...Seriously?

And as for the scheduling, we played USC the last two years, Wake the last 2 out of 3.  We play Va Tech the next two.  In 2010 and 2011 we have a home and away with Washington.  In 2012 and 2013 we have a home and away with UCLA.  Haven't filled our schedule yet for 2014 and 15, and in 2016 and 17 we have a home and away with Tennessee.  I mean really...what more do you want?

No hostility at you just tired of the ignorance of the myopic responses of most of your fans and your last one. Not arguing your predictions but when you say your not impressed with Hawkins thats just being a Nebraska fan and shutting your eyes to the world. Everybody in the media is lauding this guy for pulling the number one RB in the country and taking 3 of your prized recruits. His players love him and his former players and Boise fans talk highly about him even when he is gone. He set that program on the track and moved onto a big time conference and school that was at Rock Bottom. Do you realize where our football program truly was? Honestly? No , you dont just like the rest of your fans. It wasn't walking into a half empty cupboard like Solich, Callahan and Pelini will and did.

Barnett built it back up then buried it. We had no regarded recruits since 2002. We lost our best players to transfer. We had the smallest recruiting budget you can think of. We had tons of recruiting restrictions. We had the sex scandal and were on ESPN behind the lines and a female player was put down verbally by the coach. The Coach was let go then the AD and then the President resigned.  Two years after taking the job with zero talent and starting with a 3rd string QB in his first year he upset Oklahoma, hung in every game tight that he lost except Missouri in his second year. He then rolled 65 points on you and made a bowl and barely lost after a bad start. Then he gets a great recruting class including the number one running back in the nation. Not impressed with that after what he had to walk into. That is blind my friend. 

Then the schedule you guys play. I'll give you USC although you were abused twice and  Va Tech but dont talk about 2014-17 when I said 4 years. Also, can you please address the other 3 teams you play out of conference each year. Its the biggest joke I have seen for supposedly such a storied program. We played at Georgia in our 2-10 year and lost by 4 on a last minute play. We play at FSU and WVU at home this year. Wake Forest? Cmon man they are ok and won the ACC when that conference was pitiful. I know your a good fan and know your stuff Schlinny but open your eyes outside of Lincoln and give respect otherwise you wont get any back.

Sorry about the math. I had been at work since 5:30 am and I meant to put OKST as W/L. To tell all of you others the truth I really don't care what you think about The Hawk. It sounds like a little jealousy issue to me. I can't say i blame you since Callahan was supposed to be a world beater and turned out to be a flop and then you replace him with a guy who has never been in the center of it all. Pelini is a great defensive guy and a good recruiter, but we had someone very similar to that with Neuheisel and look at what he did to our program. Things change drastically when you are in the lime-light.

Baker will be an animal for you guys, but other than that Pelini has a lot of work to do to bring back the "Black Shirt" mentality to a defense that got it handed to them last year week in and week out.

I say the more Fusker fans on here the better. It makes me even more pleased with where we are as apposed to them. I regards to the pre season schedule for Nebrasska, they have always played a week non conference schedule to try and boost their rankings. I am glad to see that you guys arent playing Southern Missouri Nuns of the East anymore.

Go Buffs!!!!

Well just off the top of my head :)...Barnett's last two seasons produced 8 and 7 wins respectively and both produced trips to the Big12 Championship game.  Honestly?...I wouldn't call that "rock bottom"...I'd say rock bottom was a 2-10 year with a loss to Div II or III or whatever they were Montana St (at home).  I don't care what shape the program is in, if you can coach you don't lose to a team like that.

I will say he pulled in a pretty impressive recruiting class.  Scott should bode very well for you guys (and could be that "special" frosh talent), but considering our situation at the time it prob. didn't take much to sway 3 recruits away from us.

Yeah yeah...what team didn't?  What you fail to mention here is the fact that he also let his own team get half a hundred hung on them by the skers.

Okay so you praise FSU as a "tough" game yet dogg us for Wake Forest?...Do you realize Wake has stuck it to FSU the last two years?  Bottom line on scheduling...I respect the fact you guys are going out and getting touch matchups, however I don't see any reason to schedule more than one tough OOC opponent per/year.  I mean really what's the point other than trying to gain respect?  Pretty much 95% of BCS schools schedule a pretty weak OOC schedule and throw one game in with another power BCS program school.  The reason?...it's obvious...so they don't get beat down before conference play and so they have a better chance at a NC.  If you wanna dogg someone dogg Mizzou or KU who didn't even have that one "marquee" OOC game.  You may not like it, but that's the way it is, and as long as NU continues to schedule at least one power school from a BCS conference they'll be in line with the trend of the mass majority of other BCS programs.

My final thoughts on Hawkins.  Yeah he took over a program depleted of talent...doesn't mean i have to be impressed with 8-17 after two years...Hell Callacan't walked into the same boat and managed 13-10 after two years and look how he turned out.  Hawkins seems to be a good recruiter but until he proves it translating to on-field consistent winning I'll fail to be impressed...sorry.

Here's what I think

• CSU - W
• E Wash - W
• FSU - L ?
• WVU - L ?
• UT - L
• KU - L
• KSU - W
• Mizzou - L
• A&M - W ?
• ISU - W
• OSU - W
• UNL - W ?

Having both FSU and WVU on your OOC schedule as well as the rivalry CSU game is tough!   The team just needs to hang in there and hopefuilly finish strong.  Could be anywhere from 9-3 to 5-7.  I predict 7-5.  Hawkins is doing a great job turning that program around.

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