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January 14th, 2010
Early 2010 pre-season polls
Sports Illustrated is out with their early 2010 pre-season college football poll. Cutting to the chase, they have Nebraska pegged at the #15 spot. Curious considering most other polls we've seen have the Huskers closer to the Top 10. What's surprising is that SI thinks Texas is worthy of the #4 position. The loss of Colt McCoy, Jordan Shipley, and Sergio Kindle evidently doesn't phase Texas, according to this writer. Really? If Garrett Gilbert comes to Lincoln next season and walks away a winner, then I'll believe the hype. Texas probably deserves an 11-20 ranking rather than a Top 5.
Also curious, is Oklahoma at the #13 position. Let me be the first to predict that Oklahoma has another down year next season. Landry Jones doesn't strike me as anywhere near the quarterback that Sam Bradford was before he got hurt.
No other Big 12 teams made the SI Top 25. Oklahoma State would have been the next closest, but losing QB Zac Robinson leaves a big void the Cowboys must fill. The Cornhuskers visit Stillwater on October 23rd, a week after their game with Texas.
In other Husker related news, Ndamukong Suh was officially presented with the Outland Trophy tonight in Omaha. Read more about the event and the en-SUH-ing celebration of Ndamukong at these links: ESPN.com's take, the Omaha World Herald, and the Lincoln Journal Star looks at Suh's emotional acceptance speech.
In the team awards department, Phillip Dillard will be presented with the Tom Novak Award and Matt O'Hanlon is the winner of the Cletus Fischer Native Son Award.
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