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Why Northwestern will/won’t beat Nebraska

Sitting at 0-2 in conference play and 1-3 overall, the Wildcats travel to Lincoln to take on Nebraska. It should be yet another intriguing contest between two teams fighting to turn their seasons in the right direction. Here are three reasons Northwestern is going to leave Memorial Stadium with its first B1G win, and three reasons it will be unable to:

Nebraska’s sophomore quarterback was a preseason Heisman candidate, but he hasn’t reached that level or anywhere close to it so far in 2019. Though the Huskers have averaged 31 points per game this season, Martinez has been careless with the football and has made some poor decisions.