Michael Crabtree vs. Nebraska

After just getting their asses handed to them by Missouri, the Nebraska Cornhuskers are off to Texas Tech to face the nation’s No. 1 offense.  “You want to play against good competition. Texas Tech is obviously good competition,” Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said. “That’s who you’ve got to measure yourself against defensively  –  the best out there.”

It won’t be a fun day for Nebraska defensive backs when they have to line up across a man by the name of Michael Crabtree. They’ll be shaking in their cleats. Crabtree has never played against Nebraska, so I can’t tell you how he did against them last year. But with Michael going over 100 yards in 3 of the 5 games this year, I would say he’s scheduled to do it again tomorrow.

I predict we’ll see something like 8 catches for 140 yards and 2 touchdowns. And Nebraska is probably thinking the same thing. “You’ve got to pay attention to (Crabtree), but they have a lot of other guys that can hurt you, so you can’t just spend all of your time trying to stop him,” Pelini said. “You’ve got to be well-balanced, but you’ve got to pay (Crabtree) the necessary attention and give the guy respect because he’s a good player.”

Go Red Raiders!