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Nebraska Football: 3 reasons Huskers are a playoff dark horse

It has been an interesting week for Nebraska football. Not only did the Huskers honor former head coach Frank Solich, but they also got swept up in a bunch of preseason hype.

Of course, with the national championship game concluding Monday, the first thing just about every major college football media outlet did was release the way-too-early rankings for next season, while others started releasing favorites to win the College Football Playoff next season.

These things are always fun to talk about and debate, but really, they are meaningless. Anyone who watched the championship game realizes that Clemson is going to be the favorite as long as Trevor Lawrence in the quarterback and Dabo Swinney is the head coach.