#124 ASA PLAY ON 8* Nebraska +11 over Oklahoma, Saturday at 12 PM ET - Don’t be surprised if Nebraska gives OU all they can handle here. First off, we think the coaching change and the firing of Scott Frost will rally this team that is actually pretty talented. They seem to really like interim head coach Mickey Joseph and he changed things up in practice this week with more physicality and an up tempo more game like situation. We had last year’s OU team power rated higher than this year’s current team and Nebraska gave the Sooners all they could handle on the road last year. The Huskers lost the game 23-16 but played Oklahoma basically dead even in YPP and had a shot at the upset. This year OU, and their entirely new coaching staff, has played 2 home games vs UTEP (112th) and Akron (127th) both power rated near the bottom college football as you can see. Last week they led Akron just 7-3 at half before overpowering a very bad Zips team and winning big in the 2nd half. Those 2 opponents have a combined 1-4 SU record on the season (UTEP beat a bad NM State team 20-13) and have been outscored 177-69. Needless to say, Oklahoma takes a big step up in competition this week and Lincoln is not an easy place to play. Win or lose, the fans come out each Saturday and this one will be a huge home game vs their former Big 12 rival. Nebraska hasn’t had a ton of success as of late but they rarely get blown out. Their last 13 losses have all come by single digits including vs both Ohio State and Michigan last year. Going back further, 21 of their last 26 losses have come by less than 10 points. The Nebraska offense is very potent averaging nearly 500 YPG on 6.8 YPP. We expect them to keep up here and give the OU defense big problems. Too many points here we like the home dog.