BLACK FRIDAY!

Its Black Friday! The Heroes Game is upon us, and I have been anticipating this game since I first heard Nebraska was joining the Big Ten. It is on!!! This game may not be a huge rivalry yet, but in my opinion, it's well on its way. Apparently the Big Ten thinks so too, considering they immediately made this a trophy game and scheduled it for a national tv slot on Black Friday.


Anyways, to the game. Nebraska's offense WILL give Iowa headaches all day. Mobile quarterback in Taylor Martinez, and Rex Burkhead will make it even tougher to stop the offense. The Huskers generally cannot pass well, but their rushing attack is what has been and will always be their forte. To put it in perspective, Marcus Coker averages 117.9 yards per game, second in the Big Ten only to Montee Ball of Wisconsin. However, even with Coker, Nebraska's offense as a whole averages 76 more rushing yards than Iowa per game. That means Burkhead and Martinez, who work as a rushing tandem, can really control a game on the ground

Iowa's offense will focus solely around Marcus Coker today, since Mikail McCall and Jordan Canzeri have not made the trip to Lincoln. James Vandenberg will probably need to pass quite a bit today, and Marvin McNutt will probably be hard for the Blackshirt defense to handle. Vandenberg leads the conference in passing, so Nebraska will be challenged.

Just on  a sidenote, Nebraska has always been a team that inspires hatred, so Hawk fans should prepare for not only this game, but this whole future series. Prepare for a new rival. This will, I repeat, WILL be the most hated team by Hawkeye fans in a few years.

PREDICTION:

I am really on the fence for this one, but I gotta keep my pattern of picking Iowa in every game this year! Iowa pulls off the road win, 28-24! GO HAWKS!! BEAT NEBRASKA!!