CFB Preview: Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Miami
Hurricanes
Written By David Hess (Follow me on Twitter
@DavidHess311)
When: 3:30 PM ET,
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Where: Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida
Where: Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida
Televised: ABC Or ESPN 2
Odds: Miami opened as 5
points favorites and money has come in on the dog in this one so far and the
Canes now are just 3.5 point favorites. The OU Line opened as 56.5 and has been
bet up to 57.5.
The
Nebraska Cornhuskers have high hopes this year, especially with the hire of
Mike Riley, who inherits a team that has 15 starters back from last year. This
is a good team, but they didn’t start off on the right foot as BYU hit a hail
mary to upset them in game 1. The Huskers lost 33-28 in that game and were
outgained by 66 yards by the Cougars. Nebraska did bounce back in their next
game vs South Alabama, beating the Jaguars by a score 48-9, while outgaining
them by 229 yards in the game. Nebraska is usually a run first offense, but so
far this year they have thrown for 311 ypg, while rushing for 192. This is now
a more diversified offense that will make it tough for teams to stop. Their
defense has 8 starters back and should improve over the 26 ppg they allowed
last year.
Miami
comes in at 2-0 on the year, beating Bethune Cookman 45-0 and Florida Atlantic
44-20. Miami has high hopes of competing for the ACC title, but it may be tough
for them as they have just 10 starters back and must overtake both Virginia
Tech and Georgia Tech, who look like they will be very solid this year,
especially the Yellow Jackets. Miami still will be a good team this year,
especially their defense, which has allowed just 234 ypg through two games.
Offensively Miami has been balanced s far as they have averaged 210 ypg on the
ground and 242 ypg through the air. They did really struggle with FAU in their
last game, before eventually pulling ahead for the big 24 point win. If the
start out slow in this game they could be in trouble.
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[157] Nebraska/ Miami Under 57.5
Going to expect a low scoring game here. Miami is a
solid defensive team and they should find a way to ground the Cornhuskers in
this one. Nebraska is throwing the ball a little bit more this year, but the
Miami pass defense looks very good so far, which means that Nebraska may have
to turn to the run a bit more. The Miami offense is erratic and I see them
struggling vs a very underrated Nebraska defense. This should be a tight game
that is also lower scoring than is expected.
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