Nebraska tops this weeks Misery Index (USA Today)

[speedtoburn]

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An old friend has returned to us this week. For the last couple years, Nebraska had left the Misery Index behind, bound for greatness under Mike Riley, no longer weighed down by Bo Pelini’s boiling rage and mediocre results.

 

That was what Nebraska fans had talked themselves into, anyway. And it would have been such a sweet story, with the nicest man in college football unifying a state where “Nebraska Nice” is both a slogan and a lifestyle.

 

But now reality has set in. And nice has nothing to do with it.

 

College football is always about looking forward, and Nebraska hiring Riley following the 2014 season was a reach into the past. His best work as a head coach was in 2006-08 at Oregon State, but three of the five seasons before he was offered the Nebraska job were of the...

 

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[gobiggergoredder]

Back on top of the USA Today poll baby!

[krc1995]

[Michiganball]

"athletics director who prefers to be seen in public only slightly more often than Bigfoot" 

[ebohnart]

Ouch. The truth hurts my pride.

[chamrocck]

Don't sleep on Rutgers.  It could be over that fast.  

[teachercd]

And...there it is.  I read this a few minutes ago.  Thanks for posting it.

 

So sad that we are "this" team.  

[Saunders]

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FIVE MOST MISERABLE 

 

1. Nebraska: Toward the end of the Pelini era, there were a lot of thinkpieces floating out in the national media about whether Nebraska fans realized they were no longer a national power like they once were under Tom Osborne and whether those years had created unrealistic expectations for what the program could be today. While it’s a fun discussion because it ties into how television has changed the entire landscape of the sport, it’s kind of a straw man. Nobody in Nebraska believes they’re going to return to the 1980s or early 1990s. But is being as good as Wisconsin really too much to ask? The idea that Nebraska can't win a national title is ridiculous. Obviously, it would take the right coach with the right philosophy and some luck in recruiting. But can it happen? Of course it can. If Wisconsin can put itself on the periphery of the playoff discussion every year, there’s no reason why Nebraska can’t be as good or better. But Pelini couldn’t do it, and now it appears increasingly unlikely Riley will be able to either. At 16-13 overall and 9-8 in the Big Ten under Riley, Nebraska is just another program. Regardless of where you think Nebraska fits in 2017, it certainly should be better than that. 

 

Nailed it.

[Toe]

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Mississippi State dominated LSU physically -- which itself is enough of an indictment given the vast difference in how well the two programs fare on signing day

 

He might as well have said the same thing about NIU and Nebraska.

[Stumpy1]

I cant to see if we made Rolltideroll honor roll

[Sker fer life]

2 hours ago, saunders45 said:

Nailed it.

Sure did