Nebraska vs UTEP FINAL PREDICTION & HOT TAKES | UPSET OR BLOWOUT? | Husker Football Reaction

we are officially one day away before Nebraska football season opener the Corn Huskers will be kicking off versus UTEP tomorrow at 2:30 Central so in today's video I'm going to give you my official predictions for that matchup does Nebraska win by how much what do the statistics look like and who are some of the players of the game so really quick we have a lot to talk about I'm super excited if you are too make sure to hit that like button and hey if you're new to the channel or just a returning viewer make sure to subscribe I post daily Nebraska football content and if you weren't watching this summer you're absolutely going to want to watch this fall so please join the best family her on Nebraska YouTube and hit that subscribe button but on that note let's dive right into it going over my official predictions for this game so here's what we're going to do I'm to talk about how I think the game is going to go and then I will give you my score prediction and some of the players of the game so here's my first prediction I'll say and this is a little bit of a hot take I think UTEP keeps it a close game at least for the first half now Matt Ru with Nebraska so far has started off a lot of his game slow versus Northern Illinois last year we were only up 14 to3 at halftime versus Louis Iana Tech last year we were only uh it was only a 77 ball game at Halftime so we've struggled a little bit out of the gates now here's a big statistic over the last nine Seasons we have only been up by more than three touchdowns against a group of five opponent one time only once have we been up by three or more touchdowns against a bad team and we played some bad teams right North Dakota forom again Louisiana Tech Georgia Southern Southern Alabama Fresno State Wyoming every single one of those schools I just mentioned we were not up by more than three touchdowns at halftime so we might struggle a little bit from the gates that's expected let's not overreact an explosion will be coming in the second half that's my first prediction let's get to my second one Dylan RI throws for over 300 yards and three touchdowns now UTEP secondary is the worst unit on their team besides perhaps their offensive line it's it's old yet it's inexperienced Dylan Roy is going to have a field day and he's going to get some of the Jitters out now he might throw a pick that that may as well happen he might overthrow a couple passes but with that being said he's going to have a very good performance he's going to show you his arm Talent how much of a smart quarterback he is and he's going to have a very good day throwing the football he's going to show you why he was the number one quarterback in America out of the 2024 class my third prediction we force at least two turn turnovers this has been the big storyline all offseason Tony white even said it yes we have a good defense but how do we become great how do we become Elite you do that by forcing turnovers not just getting sacks but getting forced fumbles interceptions and perhaps you even bring a couple of those back to the end zone so we have to have a couple interceptions we have to c a couple Force fumbles I think that happens so I think we have two turnovers that recover uh one pick and one force fumble maybe a guy like Jamari Butler gets the quarterback strips the ball loose uh we get on top of that so I'm really excited about watching this defense play I'm excited about Force couple turnovers it's going to be super fun um and honestly I think that interception is going to be important too I hope a guy like mares Buford gets it get get him some confidence at a new position um and get some um just Good Vibes flowing before Colorado my fourth prediction this is my fourth and final before we get into my game prediction and this is the defensive line shows out they're going to show you why they're Elite why they're one of the best in the country why they're perhaps even top 10 top five not only is Ty Robinson Nash Jamari Butler they're all going to have good games but the dep's going to get involved a guy like Elijah Judy Su Lodo James Williams cam Lenard a I mean it's going to be a phenomenal performance from the defensive line we're going to to get to the quarterback at a a rate we've never seen before we're probably going to bring him down at 10 or more times and that might sound ridiculous but that's how good this dline and that's how bad utep's o line is so I think this D line is going to have a heck of a performance they're going to play very well um and honestly I'm hoping that this game gets out of hand in you know by the third quarter you know maybe even late third quarter where we can get a lot of these depth pieces and a guy like Kiona Davis can get some reps a true freshman so very excited to watch this defense line play I think they have a field day and they're going to show you why they should be one of the best in all of college football so those are my four ingame predictions let's talk about my score prediction utep's not a bad team they really are not they have an energetic head coach they have talent they have a bunch of transfers but with that being said it's going to be hard for them to acclimate all of that in their first game especially against a team as talented as Nebraska now if we play them later in the year you know week 10 week 11 like a lot of these SEC SEC schools do maybe I'd be a little bit more concerned I'm not concerned in the slightest Nebraska will take care of business and Matt R is such a great game planner we have such a good positional staff where it will not be a close ball game at least not after halftime so I'm going to stay true to my prediction I think halftime will be only 13- three okay we might have two field goals in a touchdown the offense maybe struggles just a little bit but the defense does their job and then my final score prediction is that this we explode in the second half we get a couple touchdowns Z roa's arm starts to pop off we get him out of the ball game we get harberg in there a little bit as well and we win 41-1 really quick I know there's going to be one or two comments they say Wilson we give up 10 points I thought you said this defense would be elite we'll give up a touchdown in garbage time it almost always happens right we'll we'll have you know the third strings in at the end of the fourth quarter and UT will drive down and maybe score a touchdown and yeah perhaps we'll give up a field goal too I mean that we'll just throw that out there I'm not going to sit here and say we shut out UTEP that's just not been Nebraska football over the last decade uh to see to believe it but this is a darn good score 4110 and the thing I'm excited about I'm excited to see some of our depth pieces in the game that is awesome I want to see Danny Kalin play I want to see Dante D play I want to see you know perhaps even true freshman um on that offensive line play so that's going to be very important to me um and I think that's what happens with this score prediction so 41 to10 is what I predict now let's talk about my players of the game so this will be a weekly segment I will do this before and after every game so I'll give you my predictions who I believe will be the players of the game and after the game I'll actually tell you who was so starting off with my offensive player of the game it will not be Dylan riola it will be Jaylen Lloyd now Jaylen Lloyd is not starting according to the depth chart he's still going to get a bunch of reps he'll be in the game a lot we rotate that wide receiver position um very a lot I mean he's he will be in the game let's just put that out of the way Jay Lloyd is super naturally gifted he will take the top off of this defense we saw him make plays last year we saw him make plays in the spring game this secondary for youp cannot control him Jay and Lloyd I would not be surprised if we see him take back maybe like a 75 um yard receiving touchdown that's how gifted he is I think he'll have a very big performance on defense my player of the game for the black shirts will be Ty Robinson I hopefully I want to speak this into existence because I've been a little bit down on Ty Robinson at least compared to a lot of Nebraska fans because he's so good in the Run game and he's so good at getting pressure in the pass rush he just can't bring the quarterback down because he's not fast he's not Twitchy I hope that changes this this year I think it will and for that reason I think Ty romson gets the quarterback a couple times maybe one or two maybe forces a fumble that we were talking about earlier um and I think he will really be a stap onless d along with Nash and you know what's good about this defensive line you when you have guys like Ty Robinson who are just eating when you have guys like Nash who are know blitting ball games it opens up opportunities for other defensive lineman to have uh one-on ones and they'll get to the quarterback as well so I think Ty Robins still still have a big game and he is my prediction for the player of the game for defense so all right guys 41- 10 is my score prediction let me know down below what is your score prediction for Nebraska I will be going live tonight at 8:30 Central to discuss this game some more predictions and everything else so make sure to join me and hey I will be at the game tomorrow if you are too let me know down below might got a link up we'll see what happens I'm excited uh to be around Nebraska Nation once again but all right guys make sure to comment that if you made this far in the video make sure you hit that like button and subscribe and as always folks go Big Red go R and see you in the next one