2023 College Football odds: Matt Rhule believes Nebraska on cusp of achievement
Lincoln, Nebraska, hasn’t visible its liked Cornhuskers play winning football on the grounds that 2016.
Can bettors financial institution on that trend changing in 2023? With new head train Matt Rhule at the helm, that answer may be sure.
Rhule is renowned in the university football ranks for bringing applications returned to relevance. He so did with
both Temple and Baylor and now, enthusiasts, bettors and Nebraska’s athletic department depend upon him to do the same for the Cornhuskers.
As it seems, sportsbooks expect this 12 months’s Nebraska squad to have more achievement than it has currently.
At FanDuel Sportsbook, the group’s Over/Under win overall sits at 6.5 after winning just seven games blended inside the beyond two seasons.
Let’s test a number of the odds for Nebraska’s 2023 season.
Big Ten Conference championship winner: +7500 (9th-longest)
Odds to win Big Ten West: +1400 (2nd-longest)
Odds to beat Michigan: +15000
Odds to conquer Michigan State: +50000
Odds to overcome Ohio State: +12000
Odds to beat Penn State: +16000
— odds as of 8/28/2023
Rhule joined Colin Cowherd on Thursday’s version of “The Herd” to discuss his expectancies for his first season in Lincoln, announcing that the team’s fulfillment will largely rely upon the management of his upperclassmen.
“I assume [we’ll be viable this year],” Rhule stated. “I told our guys the other day it typically takes me three years, and I desire I could do it quicker; I’m just no longer clever enough in an effort to do it in 365 days. But there may be a group of men in this roster which can be seniors.
… If guys like Jeff Sims, if guys like all the exquisite juniors and seniors that we have, make it their team, then I think we’ll be a group that people ought to deal with, week in and week out.”
Rhule additionally suggested fans no longer to place too much inventory into him this early in his tenure.
“If it’s me, then higher wait till Year 2 or Year three. Our guys have truely taken the bull via the horns.
One thing about being in Nebraska is those men love the University of Nebraska, they love being Cornhuskers, and they want to be the group that receives us lower back heading in the right direction. … I suppose [fans] are just hungry for a step inside the right path.
… Yes, there are expectancies, and those need us to win, but we also need to move back to gambling in a way that Nebraska’s used to.
“We want to be a bodily group. We want to be a tough-nosed team.”
Are you betting on Nebraska to turn it around this season? Stay tuned to FOX Sports because the university football season unfolds!