Nebraska Washington preview

       The Washington Huskies will play another program building game today when the Nebraska Cornhuskers march in to rainy Washington looking to get their first road win of the season.

        Last week there were a lot of great historical games. There was Ohio St. versus Miami, Michigan and ND and lastly the Penn St. travelled to Alabama.

        Today there is a game similar when 8th ranked Nebraska takes on Washington which should be a game filled with emotion. These two teams were rivals in the 90's as they played four times with the teams each winning twice. In addition the loudest crowed ever recorded for a college football game was between these two rich programs as in 1992 Washington defeated the Cornhuskers 29-14.

      Forget about the meetings in the 90's. It is a new era in Huskies football as Coach Sark is trying to get this team back to the top as that's where it was in the early 90's.

     The New era also brings some confusion with the UW program. With the Pac-10 moving to 12 teams next year and Jake Locker won't be with us next year is the future now?

      Before you answer that ask your self a few questions:

• How comfortable will I feel with Montana at QB next year?
• What is my timeline for this team to get back to the Rose Bowl?
• Is this team ready for the big stage week in and week out?

     The bottom line is there are more questions then answers about this Husky team right now and after the game we might have some of those questions answered.

      To the game though Washington has a chance to win this game if they make very few mistakes. This includes penalties, and turnovers. If Washington can win those two categories Washington should have a chance to upset one of College Football elite teams.

      Also Nebraska is starting a Freshman QB with Taylor Martinez. He is making his first road start of his collegiate career and the Huskies fans will try to make it worse for him as the fans will be as loud as possible.  Martinez is also a runner like Locker is so you gotta be ready for those misdirections and option plays sort of like what they do at Oregon.

     In the end though I think Nebraska has more play makers on the field and that will be the difference and Nebraska will win the game my prediction is  26-17 thou Washington will play really hard.

     The game will kickoff at 12:30pm and is a ABC telecast.