JD PicKell: Predicting every game on Nebraska's 2022 schedule

There’s no hotter seat in the country than the one Scott Frost occupies in Lincoln, Nebraska after a 3-win finish in 2021. Luckily, the Cornhuskers’ 2022 schedule opens up with several opportunities for decisive wins, which could snowball into more success later in the year.

On3’s JD PicKell breaks down how the Nebraska Cornhuskers’ 2022 season will play out and how Scott Frost can hold on to his job on The Hard Count.

Here are PicKell’s full predictions for the Cornhuskers’ 2022 schedule:

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Week 0 vs. Northwestern: Win
Week 1 vs. North Dakota: Win
Week 2 vs. Georgia Southern: Win
Week 3 vs. Oklahoma: Loss
Bye Week
Week 5 vs. Indiana: Win
Week 6 at Rutgers: Win
Week 7 at Purdue: Loss
Bye Week
Week 9 vs. Illinois: Win
Week 10 vs. Minnesota: Loss
Week 11 at Michigan: Loss
Week 12 vs. Wisconsin: Loss
Week 13 at Iowa: Win

PicKell: Nebraska will have improved quarterback play

For the first time in five seasons under Scott Frost, Nebraska will have a new quarterback in 2022. With longtime starter Adrian Martinez transferring to Kansas State this offseason, the Cornhuskers brought in two transfers of their own in Casey Thompson and Chubba Purdy.

PicKell believes Nebraska will be better for it this upcoming season.

“First and foremost, you’re gonna see improved quarterback play,” PicKell said in a recent video. “That should be a given. No knock on Adrian Martinez. He does a lot of things really well and I think he’s gonna be phenomenal at Kansas State. I root for the guy. However, down the field a year ago, we talked about his ratio on here multiple times. Fourteen touchdowns, 10 interceptions, three fumbles.

“I understand he added a lot on the ground (with) 13 rushing touchdowns. But just throwing the ball if your offense is built to throw the ball, any time you’re throwing the ball to the other team about as much as you’re putting it in the end zone, that’s tough. It’s tough to win, tough to get the game going. It’s tough to have any sort of continuity when it comes to drives and all this, that and the other.”