Husker FB Preseason Magazine Ratings

via OWH, the pre-season College FB magazines are out, and the analyst's prognostications appear to jibe with my own, finishing 9-3, winning the Big 12 North and a finish in the top 25.
LB Bo Ruud is on two covers, Lindy's and Phil Steele's.

ATHLON'S• NU in Top 25: No. 18• NU in the Big 12: Third• Big 12 North: First• All-Big 12: First team - Bo Ruud, LB; Matt Slauson, OG. Second - Ndamukong Suh, DT. Third - Corey McKeon, LB; Maurice Purify, WR.• Oops: Magazines already were sitting on newsstands with Maurice Purify on regional Big 12 covers when the receiver was suspended indefinitely.• Notable: Ranks the Huskers' receivers and tight ends No. 1 in the Big 12. Ever think you'd see the day?• Big words: "(Sam) Keller should be just as - if not more - productive than predecessor Zac Taylor."

LINDY'S• NU in Top 25: No. 25• NU in the Big 12: Fourth• Big 12 North: First• All-Big 12: First team - Bo Ruud, LB; Matt Slauson, OG. Second - Ndamukong Suh, DT; Maurice Purify, WR.• Notable: Plugs Sam Keller as both Big 12 newcomer of the year and "strongest arm" among QBs but doesn't list the senior among its Top 25 nationally at the position. Who is ranked?• Big words: Of Sept. 15 USC-NU game, "Something tells us USC won't win as easily as it did last season in the Coliseum."

SPORTING NEWS• NU in Top 25: No. 23• NU in the Big 12: Third• Big 12 North: First• All-Big 12: First team - Bo Ruud, LB; Matt Slauson, OG. Second - Ndamukong Suh, DT; Maurice Purify, WR.• Notable: Places Bill Callahan at No. 21 among head coaches in BCS conferences (one spot behind Houston Nutt, by the way). Calls for NU over Texas on its "calendar of upsets."• Big words: "Nix those national title dreams and focus on winning the Big 12. That means going 4-0 in league play at home and splitting on the road. It's possible, and should be enough to win the North."

PHIL STEELE'S PREVIEW• NU in Top 25: No. 22• NU in the Big 12: Fourth• Big 12 North: Second• All-Big 12: First team - Bo Ruud, LB. Second - Corey McKeon, LB; Andre Jones, CB; Maurice Purify, WR; Matt Slauson, OG; Lydon Murtha, OT; Dan Titchener, P; Terrence Nunn, PR. Third - Ndamukong Suh, DT; Cortney Grixby, CB; Tierre Green, FS; Marlon Lucky, IB.• Notable: Calls Huskers' schedule No. 17 toughest in Division I-A.• Big words: "Even with USC and Texas on the schedule, I give the Huskers a great shot at topping last year's nine wins."