We're back for another week of "Guess The Score!" Last week, Mark_From_Aurora nailed the 31-17 score of the Nebraska-Kansas game and won Tom Osborne's book "Beyond The Final Score." Congrats Mark!

Who will win this week? Put your score below, along with the offensive MVP and the defensive MVP.

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We're back again with another installment of guess the score! We've yet to have anyone hit the nail on the head, but when someone does - they'll win a copy of Tom Osborne's book "Beyond The Final Score!"

Give us your predictions for this week! A score, an offensive MVP and a Defensive MVP.

Fire away!

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We're back again with another installment of guess the score! We've yet to have anyone hit the nail on the head, but when someone does - they'll win a Husker Throwback Poster!

Give us your predictions for this week! A score, an offensive MVP and a Defensive MVP.

Fire away!

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One of the coolest things about Husker Locker is that we deliver contests that let you win prizes! Just in the last week alone, we've crowned four winners who will all get awesome rewards!

In our Huskers & Hunting free giveaway last week, we selected two winners. The first victor was donsummer, who provided the following hunting memory...what a story! He'll win a set of 300th sellout glasses!

Growing up in South Dakota, I remember Saturday afternoon football games on the car radio as far back as the late 1940s. As a 9- and 10-year-old, I joined my father on pheasant and duck hunts. My last hunting trip with him was in the fall of 2001 near Pierre, S.D. He was 91 and almost certainly was the only man alive to have taken part in every South Dakota pheasant season since the first the very first one in 1919. Because of problems with his legs, this was to be our last pheasant hunt together. As we listened to Nebraska demolish Baylor in Waco on that October afternoon, we shared a lifetime of hunting and football memories.

Our second winner was @HDFLSTF, who retweeted our giveaway message. Congrats! This retweeter will win Tom Osborne's "Beyond The Final Score."

Next, we had our October trivia winner, carlfense, who narrowly captured the monthly victory by just three points. He wins a Husker throwback poster of his choice. If you'd like to join the Trivia Club for November...click here! November is just starting...so you've got as good a chance as anyone!

Finally - we had our first Guess The Score winner of the year! It's HuskerBoPower, who nailed the 20-10 win for Nebraska over the Bears. He, too, will win a Husker throwback poster.

This is just an example of why it's fun - and free! - to play with Husker Locker! Awesome!

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We're back again with another installment of guess the score! We've yet to have anyone hit the nail on the head, but when someone does - they'll win a Husker Throwback Poster!

Give us your predictions for this week! A score, an offensive MVP and a Defensive MVP.

Fire away!

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We're back again with another installment of guess the score! We've yet to have anyone hit the nail on the head, but when someone does - they'll win a Husker Throwback Poster!

Last week, only Bootlegger predicted a Texas Tech victory, so he gets the nod. No one had Nebraska scoring less than 21 points, by the way.

Give us your predictions for this week! A score, an offensive MVP and a Defensive MVP.

Fire away!

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We're back again - and remember - anybody who guesses score right on the button wins a throwback poster - offense or defense - your choice.

Last week, Gassman came quite close to Nebraska's odd-looking 27-12 victory with a 25-13 prediction. Who makes the grade this week? Post and let's find out!

Also: Give us your offensive and defensive MVPs for the game!

Have at it Husker fans and check out our prediction podcast for our take right before the game! We have a...surprising prediction. Is it in favor of NU? Find out!

See also: Inside The Air Raid Offense!

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It's that time again!

Guess the exact score of the Nebraska-Louisiana-Lafayette game and win a throwback poster. Your choice - offense or defense!

Last week, Smokin was the only one of 17 commenters to predict a Virginia Tech win, so he was closest. Roy Helu was easily the offensive MVP, while Ndamukong Suh pretty much stole the defensive MVP honors.

Who will it be this week? Remember to give us your:

1. Score
2. Offensive MVP
3. Defensive MVP

We'll post our prediction in this spot on Saturday!

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It's that time of the week again!

1. Guess the score of the game
2. Offensive MVP
3. Defensive MVP.

Last week, huskersfosho came so close to nailing the score with his prediction of 38-10. Remember...if you hit on the dot, you win a Husker Throwback poster. Your choice of offense or defense!

Our take:

We're not sure Nebraska has the speed or the offensive line to stay with the Hokies for four quarters. We like Tech to stake an early lead, and hold on to it. Virginia Tech 23 Nebraska 14

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It's that time of the week again!

1. Guess the score of the game
2. Offensive MVP
3. Defensive MVP.

In our first contest, huskerinaz emerged the winner,picking NU to win 45-7.

Check back later this week ti explore our picks. Last week, we had NU winning 34-7. We had Roy Helu and Barry Turner are out MVPs. Helu certainly was the ofensive MVP.

Who will win this week?

Our prediction for Saturday's game: Nebraska struggles out of the gate on offense, but causes at least two turnovers in a 35-16 victory. Arkansas State adds a late touchdown.
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Our weekly guess-the-score feature returns for the football season! Yah!

OK, so we're expanding the game a little bit this year, and asking for you to predict three things:

1. The Score
2. Offensive MVP
3. Defensive MVP

Our prediction:

We weighed two factors in arriving at a score:

Just how well do Bo Pelini defenses typically fare against straight pro-style offenses? Pretty well, especially if the quarterback is forced to stay in the pocket. Only Oklahoma's Sam Bradford really picked NU apart last year without being mobile or in a classic spread offense, and he did that behind a terrific offensive live, at home, with no huddle, and the benefit of three straight turnovers. Rusty Smith has few, if any, of those advantages.

How conservative will NU keep the gameplan? We think it'll stay pretty vanilla after the first quarter. Nebraska should be able to run right at FAU. That'll eat yards in smaller chunks and the clock in larger ones.

As a result, we think the game will be a little lower scoring than predicted, much like last year's New Mexico State game. The score there was 38-7. We'll take 34-7 Nebraska in this one.

Our offensive MVP: Roy Helu
Our defensive MVP: Barry Turner

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Ah, so we've come to it - the end of the line, as far as Nebraska football season goes.

How optimistic are you about this Gator Bowl? We've gone back and forth on it. For one thing, Nebraska going to be playing one of the fastest, most athletic teams it has played all year. Short of Oklahoma and Virginia Tech, Clemson might have the most raw talent on both sides of the ball.

Beyond that, the Tigers are now motivated by new coach Dabo Swinney. They "believe" again. Coupled with top ten talent, that's a scary proposition.

So we'll see. We think Nebraska's West Coast Offense has grown mightily since that Va Tech game, and thus can stress Clemson in ways that no offense has all year. We think NU's defensive line can beat CU's offensive line, too. BUT, we also think Clemson's defensive line might be as tough for the Huskers' o-line to handle as any this year.

We expect a close, well-played game with more scoring in the first half than the second. It's a even-up contest, frankly - one of the best pure matchups of the bowl season, and we like Nebraska to emerge with a 24-21 win - thanks to an Alex Henery 45-yarder with less than a minute in the game.

What's your take?

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We know you're ready to head out for Black Friday before Nebraska makes it a Red Friday, so we'll make it short and sweet.


CU simply doesn't have the weapons or the home crowd to ruin NU's day. The Buffs stay home for the holidays, and the Huskers cement that Gator Bowl birth.


Nebraska 27 Colorado 10

Let's hear your guesses.

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Who do you love in this game? Are you for sure?





We at Husker Locker like Nebraska, 30-14, for a couple reasons:


1. The Huskers understand that KSU is vulnerable against the run. KSU understands that, too. Nebraska will exploit that mismatch with the playaction pass that takes the Wildcats off guard for big plays at least twice in this game.



2. Bo Pelini actually picked a pretty good time to pull out the Blackshirts, as it help NU's defense to focus against a dangerous Kansas State offense.



3. Kansas State expects to lose. As hard as the Cats might play - and we think they'll play hard - they - and their fans - still expect to lose.


Still, expect this game to be close - very close - for a half. Don't be surprised if Kansas State gets a big play or two. Remember: These two teams don't like each other. They haven't for 15 years. Nothing has changed. It'll be a hard-fought game. Just see.


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Well, folks, I'd love to be optimistic. Love to be. Love to sit here and tell you Nebraska's gonna pull one of the bigger upsets of the year in Norman on Saturday, finding a way to control the ball, muzzle Oklahoma's amazing offense and otherwise just play perfect.



But just about everyone penciled in this game as a certain loss at the beginning of the year, and nothing signifcant has changed for the outcome to be any different.


Yeah, OU's missing its middle linebacker. So is Nebraska. Yeah, OU's defense is vulnerable to the pass. So is Nebraska's.


The real difference, in my book, is Oklahoma offensive line. It's huge, quick and stong. It cab handle Nebraska's front four consistently and swallow NU's linebackers whole. Once that happens, OU's gifted running backs should do a lot of damage. Quarterback Sam Bradford should do his share, too.


Nebraska, of course, would like to limit the Sooners' opportunities but eating big chunks of the clock. Again, I'd like to be optimistic...but it's not likely to happen. OU has a more aggressive defense than Texas Tech or Iowa State and a much better defense, whatever the last three weeks might say, than Baylor.


Almost always, Oklahoma tries to land its knockout punch in the first quarter. OU wants to overwhelm you with speed, aggression and tempo. Thing is, it usually wears off, and if Nebraska can withstand the Sooners' initial push and be within striking distance at halftime, there's a chance.



OU struggles to sustain its play for four quarters. It's just that ir rarely matters.


Nevertheless, we like the Sooners by comfy margin. We forsee the first-quarter surge, the eventual slow down and an Oklahoma victory 37-16.


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Here's our official take: Nebraska's in for a test. Not necessarily a four-quarter test, and not necessarily a test right on the first kickoff. In fact, don't be surprised if NU stakes a quick lead and never gives it up. Just don't expect the Huskers to kick back and relax in the third quarter.

We like Nebraska 37-23. Joe Ganz and the Husker passing game will again have a big day, while Robert Griffin gets his 100 rushing yards before the fourth quarter starts. Bo Pelini will again preach his "work in progress" message.

What's your take?

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