Kirk Herbstreit, one of the more popular and well-known college football analysts for ESPN, picked Nebraska as his sleeper team for the upcoming season. I was watching one of the many pre-season football shows ESPN has been running over the weekend when I heard Kirk make this prediction for the Cornhuskers.
Predictions should normally be taking with a grain of salt, but with Nebraska coming off only its second losing season since 1961 there are a lot of fans who will take any good news they can get. Prediction or otherwise.