CORN NATION REACTS POLL Results: The Indiana Guesses Weren’t Too Bad!
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Leading up to the game, many people expressed the opinion that while they really wanted a win, they could be happy with a competitive outcome.
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I should’ve asked how important the manner in which they earned a close win was.
Because after the game, both in person and online, the fact that they had lost another one-score affair, but this time to the #5 and #7 defending national champs, seemed not to matter much as here-we-go-again-ism rang throughout real and virtual Nebraska. The reason was most likely just how immediately and awfully things turned in just a few seconds of game clock time after Anthony Colandrea scored to give Nebraska a 17-6 lead.
But there will opinions on that breakdown written all week.
Here at CN Reacts, my job is just to find questions to ask and deal with those resulting polling numbers. And this week it was simple and direct. Who will win and by how much?
Here’s the results and, as always a few other results from last week’s polling around the country:
- Most agreed there would be no repeat of 2024’s 56-7 debacle, but 31% still had the Hoosiers winning a little more convincingly by 8-14 points.
- Many Husker fans (28%) had Nebraska squeaking one out by a score or less, and if we had just covered Nick Marsh only one of those two times, these may have been our winners.
- 20% went for the Indiana blowout which never even threatened to materialize. I thought the Northwestern score would scare more folks off this line.
- 13% nailed the 20-17 finish. If some are still more angry than satisfied with the improvement a near-loss earned, be confident the players are in the same mood.
- A total of 8% picked the Huskers to win by 8 or more – including one hearty or drunken soul, the lone voter who took Nebraska by 15+. And the 7% were looking good – for about 13 seconds.
- Indiana voters might be ready to flip these results if a re-vote were done today.
- And if we’re doing revotes, may I slide Georgia over Alabama in Tuscaloosa in there for the nation’s consideration?
- And 81% of LSU’s would be wrong after Kentucky 1) decided to go for two for the win in OT on their first attempt, and 2) ran it untouched right up the middle for the 35-34 upset.
- Points have been very tough for Michigan offensively and the troubles seemed to start immediately after their national championship* and the departures of Jim Harbaugh and Connor Stalions. I’ll just leave that here,
- But whatever the reason, Weasels’ fans appear more than ready to move on from Bryce Underwood.
Thanks to all who voted and keep an eye out for next week’s poll coming out sometime tomorrow!
