College Football Odds: Texas Tech at No. 15 Nebraska

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are favored to win this one by 10 points over Texas Tech. (Wikimedia Image)"]

It appears that Steven Sheffield will be the starting quarterback for Texas Tech when the Red Raiders visit Nebraska on Saturday. TTU QB Taylor Potts was leading the nation in passing through four games before he got hurt in the fifth game, and usually a starter doesn't lose his job when back healthy, as Potts now is. But Sheffield stepped in that day against New Mexico and hasn't looked back, completing nearly 76 percent of his passes for 10 touchdowns, including seven last week against Kansas State in which he set a school record with 376 first-half passing yards.

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Red Raiders coach Mike Leach said he wouldn't say who was starting until Saturday, but Sheffield is listed atop the depth chart --   the Red Raiders have scored touchdowns on 14 of 19 drives under Sheffield. The Red Raiders, who are +10 on Bodog's college football odds, are second in the country in passing and scoring.

The best player on the field Saturday won't be on either offense. Check out Huskers DT Ndamukong Suh. In NU's rally last Thursday against Missouri, he had six tackles, a pass breakup, a sack, a forced fumble and an interception. He has seven pass breakups and a team-leading 32 tackles. Those numbers are obscene for the position he plays, and Suh should dominate against a suspect TTU offensive line. The Huskers rank second nationally in scoring defense, third in pass efficiency defense and 13th in total defense.

Texas Tech has won three in a row in the series. Nebraska has lost just twice since last year's overtime defeat to the Red Raiders, both on the road to top-10 teams. NU usually rolls in home openers in the Big 12, going 12-1 with the average score being 34-17.

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