LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska hasn’t played a down of football in the Big Ten, yet the Cornhuskers are favored by some to win the championship in their first year in the conference.
They will need to do it against one of the toughest schedules in the nation. Conference play begins with a night game at defending co-champion Wisconsin on Oct. 1 and a home date with Ohio State the next week.
Fourth-year coach Bo Pelini has encouraged his players to embrace the challenge of taking on eight new conference opponents.
Nebraska has posted back-to-back 10-win seasons and made it to the Big 12 championship game the last two years, losing both.
The Huskers lost three of four games to end last season, including an embarrassing Holiday Bowl loss to Washington.
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