First game

[King Kong]

South Alabama runs a 4-3. Three of their defensive linemen have never started a game. Their linebackers and safeties combine to average 6'0 207 lbs. I'm bet Nebraska runs for 350+ yards in that game.

Offensively, USA was terrible last season, but they do return 10 starters with a second year coaching staff. I think they will take some shots and probably find the end zone a few times at least early.

Sounds like this should be a good old fashioned Blowout!
Everybody finishes healthy, play 75+ players, 600 yards, give up 17 or less!

 

[bshirt73]

excited to see us impose our will on an opponent for the first time in what seems like an eternity

run for 250+ yds, score 50+, cover the 5 TD spread, dominate the line of scrimmage on offense and defense

Lol! So very, very true!

 

[HuskerLove]

For me, the most important defensive stat this year is going to be 3rd Down Percentage.

We could NOT get off the field last year when getting teams to 3rd down!

 

[Shoxsker]

Probably the fastest and certainly the most reliable way to get the ball back to your offense is forcing 3 and outs. Even if your defense is designed to get turnovers, they are still a rare occurrence. Can you rely on your defense to get a stop when it needs to? I think that's a much more reliable way to get the ball back to your offense than hoping you force a turnover.

If you have a defense that's able to stop the ball control game and not just get run over every play, that will quickly get them out of their comfort zone. Combined with our high scoring offense, that other team should have a very bad day.

^^^hes right you know