Originally Posted by
Serbone
Trends are something to look at, but should not be the sole determinant of your wager.
I would think that Nebraska would be disinterested and barely win by 3 pts.
Consolation game, they had their sights on a BCS Bowl, even The BCS Championship.
Injuries hurt, especially to QB Sanchez, and they got screwed, too (A&M game).
The reason that Nebraska might win by 40 even though they have nothing to prove (already beat UW) is that the Nebraska coach is the kind of PRICK who will drive the team relentlessly for the entire game. This is very significant
AND Washington had trouble scoring against quality opponents.
AND Washington "D" is porous.
AND Nebraska is loaded with future NFL beef on both sides of the ball.
AND Sanchez is healthy... when he was banged up, Nebraska was not the same.
Those trends going back 20 yrs... these teams are TODAY.
So I am going with Nebraska -13.5.