Unbeaten Texas and north division champion Nebraska face off Saturday night for the Big 12 Championship. As game time draws closer prognosticators keep wanting to make this a close game between these two teams. Personally, I don’t think so.
Yes, the Longhorns showed some vulnerability with their defense against Texas A&M last week, but the Cornhuskers offense doesn’t come close to comparing to the Aggies and Zack Lee is no Jerrod Johnson at quarterback.
The Huskers want to control the ball with their running game and not turn over the ball, but they don’t have a passing attack to help open up things for the run against Texas and even after getting gashed on the ground for 227 yards, 126 from Johnson, the Longhorns are still ranked number one in the country allowing just 61 yards per game.
Nebraska will need a superhuman performance from the black shirts defense to stay in this one. Ndamukong Suh will be doing everything in his power to disrupt the line, and pressure Colt McCoy, but McCoy proved last week he can run nearly as well as he can pass and he has just too many weapons to go to.
Special teams tend to play a role in these games as well and Jordan Shipley and Marquise Goodwin are two of the best return men in the country for Texas. While these championship games sometimes tend to be filled with nerves and mistakes early on helping to keep the score down, In front of a Texas crowd in the Cowboys football palace, the Longhorns will roll by at least 20 in my book.
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