Opponent Update | Week #9

This Week: Nebraska

Welcome to bizzaro world. Nebraska rides into Lawrence this Saturday with a back-up QB and a four-game losing streak. The Jayhawks are now a 17.5-point favorite (Keller injury probably moved the line) and Kansas fans smell blood in the water. The reality is that Nebraska is going to come into Lawrence and play their guts out. Losing to Kansas is like a line in the sand for that program -- they're desparate and we'll get their best shot, but the game is in Lawrence and the KU football fans have been looking for a big one to celebrate. Plus, despite the fact that we've looked like the better team the last three years, the Hawks still have only one win to show for the efforts.

Prep yourself for the Huskers this Saturday by checking in on huskernetwork.com -- a web page consolidating all of the blog news feeds on Nebraska football. Big12digest.com is good for all of the conference blog feeds.

Nebraska #65 (4-5)
W Nevada 52-10
W @Wake Forest 20-17
L USC 31-49
W Ball State 41-40
W Iowa State 35-17
L @Missouri 6-41
L Oklahoma State 14-45
L Texas A&M 14-36
L @Texas 25-28
Next: Kansas
 

Forget the Non-Con

Since we've now played enough conference games to match the non-con season, perhaps we can just let go of September now. The easy schedule criticism is starting to ring a little hollow. KU got an easy home win against Baylor, but the other three wins came on the road against likely bowl teams. Colorado stepped up and knocked off Tech in Lubbock, which wasn't surprising to KU fans. If KSU could have closed out OSU, they'd be riding a three-game win streak right now. The final story has yet to be written on A&M, but they still stand at 6-3 and clearly play tough at home. Note on the non-cons, CMU did pick up another conference win and they are 4-0 in the MAC.

Central Michigan #69 (5-4)
L @ Kansas 7-52
W Toledo 52-31
L @Purdue 22-45
L N. Dakota St. 14-44
W N. Illinois 35-10
W @Ball State 58-38
W Army 47-23
L @Clemson 14-70
W @Kent St 41-32
Next: @W. Michigan

SE Louisiana #203 (2-6)
L @ New Mexico St. 14-35
L @ Kansas 0-62
W Kentucky Wesleyan 79-7
L @Tulane 27-35
W Stephen F. Austin 21-3
L @Northwestern St 24-27
L Central Arkansas 33-37
L @McNeese St. 17-45
Next: @Texas State

Toledo #124 (4-5)
L Purdue 24-52
L @ Central Michigan 31-52
L @ Kansas 13-45
W Iowa State 36-35
L Western Michigan 28-42
W Liberty 35-34
L  @Buffalo 33-43
W Ohio 43-40
W N. Illinois 70-21
Next: E Michigan

Florida International #170 (0-8)
L @ Penn State 0-59
L Maryland 10-26
L @Miami (Fla) 9-23
L @Kansas 3-55
L @Middle Tennessee 6-47
L Troy 16-34
L @Louisiana-Monroe 14-28
L @Arkansas 10-58
Next: @Arkansas St

Kansas State #15 (5-3)
L @Auburn 13-23
W San Jose St 34-14
W Missouri St 61-10
W @Texas 41-21
L Kansas 24-30
W Colorado 47-20
L @OSU 39-41
W Baylor 51-13
Next: @Iowa State

Baylor #109 (3-6)
L @TCU 0-27
W Rice 42-17
W Texas St 34-27
W @Buffalo 34-21
L @Texas A&M 10-34
L Colorado 23-43
L @Kansas 10-58
L Texas 10-31
L @Kansas State 13-51
Next: Texas Tech

Colorado #30 (5-4)
W Colorado St 31-28
L @Arizona St 14-33
L Florida St 6-16
W Miami (OH) 42-0
W Oklahoma 27-24
W @Baylor 43-23
L @Kansas State 20-47
L Kansas 14-19
W @Texas Tech 31-26
Next: Missouri

Texas A&M #45 (6-3)
W Montana St 38-7
W Fresno St 47-45
W Louisiana-Monroe 54-14
L @Miami 17-34
W Baylor 34-10
W OSU 24-23
L @Texas Tech 7-35
W @Nebraska 36-14
L Kansas 11-19
Next: @Oklahoma

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