NU depth chart

Offense

H-back: J.B. Phillips, Josh Mueller, Dreu Young, Sean Hill-MIke McNeill.
Left tackle: Carl Nicks, Mike Smith.
Left guard: Andy Christensen, Jordan Picou.
Center: Brett Byford, Jacob Hickman.
Right guard: Mike Huff, Keith Williams.
Right tackle: Lydon Murtha, D.J. Jones.
Wide receiver (x): Nate Swift, Todd Peterson, Menelik Holt.
Wide receiver (z): Terrence Nunn, Frantz Hardy, Dan Erickson, Niles Paul.
Fullback: Andy Sand, Thomas Lawson.
I-back: Marlon Lucky, Quentin Castille, Roy Helu, Major Culbert.
Quarterback: Sam Keller, Joe Ganz, Patrick Witt.

Defense

O end: Barry Turner, Clayton Sievers, Tony Sullivan.
D tackle: Ty Steinkuhler, Kevin Dixon, Bob Martin.
N tackle: Ndamukong Suh, Shukree Barfield-Brandon Johnson.
End: Zach Potter, Pierre Allen.
Strongside linebacker: Bo Ruud-Lance Brandenburgh, Blake Lawrence-Tyler Wortman.
Middle linebacker: Corey McKeon, Phillip Dillard.
Weakside linebacker: Steve Octavien-Lance Brandenburgh, Thomas Grove.
L Cornerback: Armando Murillo, Andre Jones.
Strong safety: Larry Asante, Bryan Wilson, Matt O'Hanlon.
Free safety: Tierre Green, Rickey Thenarse, Ben Eisenhart.
R Cornerback: Cortney Grixby, Zack Bowman, Anthony West.

Specialists

Kicker: Ali Kunalic-Alex Henery.
Punter: Dan Titchener, Jake Wesch.
Long snapper: T.J. O'Leary, Justin Baumgartner.
Holder: Jake Wesch, Nate Swift.
Kickoff returns: Andre Jones-Cortney Grixby, Terrence Nunn-Rickey Thenarse, Frantz Hardy-Marlon Lucky, Niles Paul.
Punt return: Cortney Grixby, Terrence Nunn, Andre Jones, Nate Swift, Niles Paul.

A week from today on September 1st the Huskers play Nevada-Reno at 2:30 PM in Lincoln. The game will be on ABC television as a regional broadcast.

As you may recall I have predicted that the Huskers will be 11-1 during the season. Since then many other ratings and rankings and predictions have been published that make me feel like I am really out to the end of the limb.

The latest of the naysayers is the Omaha World Herald who has picked the Huskers to finish 4th in the Big 12. You would think that the home state newspaper would be more optimistic than that.......

I am.......

Two weeks from today we will have seen what the 2007 Huskers can do on the field.

They ought to be in really good physical shape with all the scorching heat they have been practicing in.

The two top running backs have both been hurt and out of practice. One has just returned. That moved my seasons prediction even further out on the limb.

Sports Illistrated  ranks the Huskers #18

USA Today ranks them #19

AP ranks them #20...........

Today is the first day of scheduled practice for the Cornhuskers football team. Of course most of the players have been practicing all summer, just no coaches allowed ....

NU is picked to end up 2nd in the Big 12 North and 19th in the nation by the USA experts.

Three opponents, USC, Texas, and Oklahoma are picked to finish ahead of them in that USA Coaches Poll.

The Huskers have a new kicking whiz on board to fill in a gap that was pretty wide last year. They also could have a good defensive backfield. The defensive line is a big untested unit that may be their biggest weakness.

So they may need an offense that can put up a lot points on the board.

Bolstered by a strong offensive line, great running backs, good receivers, and a transfer from Arizona State, Quarterback Keller who is 6'4" and 230 pounds with a tested arm; I am going to predict that the Huskers will only lose to one of those three picked ahead of them in the poll.

Wow, that is really out on a limb isn't it ?  11-1 for the year.

Butyou have to be a Big Red Fan all the way don't you????