Duck Dive: Big Ten Football 2025 Preview Projection Compilation

Special thanks to TJ Birkel of The Common Fan for joining me to discuss Nebraska’s roster on this week’s podcast:

Nebraska’s offense, not just on the scoreboard but in each of the metrics of fundamental strength I track from charting, has significantly underperformed their talent ratings all four years I’ve been watching this team. That includes former head coach Scott Frost’s last full year in 2021, the first few games in 2022 before he was fired and the interim coach Mickey Joseph finished the season, current coach Rhule’s first year with offensive coordinator Satterfield in 2023, then Satterfield calling plays for the first eight FBS games in 2024 followed by his demotion to TE coach and the promotion of current OC Holgorsen to playcaller for the final four games. Much of the growth in the 2024 stats was long overdue and probably better understood as a return to baseline for where the Cornhuskers should be given their talent level, but certain obstacles had been blocking that return in recent seasons – the chaos of the staff turnover, a bizarre long-running ball security problem, and both severe running back injury and quarterback ineffectiveness issues in 2023.

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