BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
Routed...Really????
They beat us by 14 points in the fourth quarter. It was tied going into that final quarter. That is hardly a rout.
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They beat us by 14 points in the fourth quarter. It was tied going into that final quarter. That is hardly a rout.
HANC
All-Conference
I have never put a lot of thought into the writers.... a lot of guys, who couldn't play the sport, so they write or talk about it. A lot of bias involved here too. I am not worried about all of those teams ahead of NU. Sure, I want to be #1 and if not, the highest possible, but don't think that having all of those teams ahead of us is a poor reflection of Bo. Give Bo all of their schedules, including Vandy ("Mr. Johnny come lately) and watch out. I don't think it is a reflection on Bo, but rather a reflection on how dumb the AP really is.
Joe_5700
Starter
Did you watch those teams play? Did you see their records? Have you seen the players on their rosters? They deserve to be where they are at today. Our team has still not quite turned the corner... We have had several oportunities to (2 big12 CC lossses, 1 big10 CC loss), but so far have failed in each one of them. I am however optimistic that the corner will be turned next season.
Count 'Bility
Banned
Watch the sportscenter for that day. They said "Georgia routed Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl". Pretty much exact words. Now, if I'm an AP voter and did not have a chance to watch either the Outback or CapOne Bowl, and I watch Sportcenter so I can get my vote put it, and I see Michigan take South Car to the wire, and that Nebraska got "routed" as they said, since Georgia must've lead 45-0 at one point obviously, my higher vote is going to Michigan. I know we shouldnt worry about what ESPN says, but they pretty much are king sh#t of college football right now, and the thing is is that everyone does watch them, and what they say really does have a huge bearing on the perceptions of the sport and what goes on. I know I'm a looney bin on this subject, but seriously, if it's Ohio St or Oklahoma or Texas or Florida St who had our 90's run instead of us, do you think they just pretty much ignore that it happened like they are now-or putting asterisks next to it-or is the hot topic today, all day, comparing the current Bama to that other team? I listen to ESPN radio all day every, and havent heard a word about any sort of comparison, and it's because they do not want to go down that road, because the logical answer is that it would not support the current agenda.
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knapplc
International Man of Mystery
Really? Northern Illinois and Louisville deserve to be ranked ahead of Nebraska?
Louisville, 11-2 vs. the #70 SOS, who fought through that rugged Big East schedule, they're deserving of being ranked ahead of Nebraska?
Northern Illinois, 12-2 vs. the #120 SOS, who ground their way through a super-tough MAC schedule, losing to Iowa for crying out loud... they're deserving of being ranked ahead of Nebraska?
I'm gonna go ahead and disagree with that. Give either of those teams our schedule, and if you think they'd be 10-4, I've got a bridge to sell you.
HuskerNationNick
All-Conference
You named off two teams who don't have a schedule like ours. Record wise, they deserve to be higher than us. For a more guaranteed win I would have rather played Florida, but I would rather play SEC's best. Yes I still think Georgia is the best team in the SEC. One play away and a mental mistake from a rookie WR.
If we played their schedules, we would be ranked higher. Just saying.
EDIT: Dammit knapp, you had to beat me to the punch lol
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The King
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I bet if Vandy plays in the CCG and then loses their bowl game they end lower than us. Final polls don't mean all that much really. It would mean more if 1/2 3/4 5/6 and so on played. But our game, for instance was Georgia (top 5 team, arguably) against a Nebraska team no one thought had a chance. So we inevitably drop really far, and they hardly move up.
Joe_5700
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Northern Illinois had a 1 point loss to Iowa as their only loss prior to their 21 point loss to FSU. They also have a mobile QB.
Louisville actually had an impressive win to cap their season.
Nebraska on the other hand had 4 losses which equals the combined losses for both NIU and Louisville. Factor in the 2 blowouts against Wisconsin and Ohio State where we surrendered 63 and 70 points. How can you objectively say that we could beat those teams? I stand firmly behind where we are in the polls. Our 2012 defense was simply atrocious. Our pass defense high rating was mostly due in part to our league. Georgia was kind enough to expose this for us.
jsneb83
All-American
HuskerNationNick
All-Conference
I don't think Georgia exposed anything. Wasn't Murray still around a 52% completion rating? We were never #1 in ypg allowed. Let alone top 10. Murray threw some VERY good passes that were completely undependable. Only thing we could have done was a PI to prevent it. Georgia didn't expose anything. He found 2 plays where we had broken coverage and he took advantage of it. It was a good read by Murray more than it was a poor secondary.
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knapplc
International Man of Mystery
I presume you didn't read the part about their strengths of schedule compared to ours? They didn't play anybody all season. At all.
kchusker_chris
All-American
if rankings were based solely on who would beat who head-to-head then the top 25 would look every differently.
QMany
All-American
Andy Staples @Andy_Staples (Sports Illustrated)
To the Nebraska fans, in my haste to file my AP ballot last night while writing stories, I inadvertently left off the Huskers.
Andy Staples @Andy_Staples
I apologize for the mistake. Nebraska should have been in the second half of the teens.
To the Nebraska fans, in my haste to file my AP ballot last night while writing stories, I inadvertently left off the Huskers.
Andy Staples @Andy_Staples
I apologize for the mistake. Nebraska should have been in the second half of the teens.
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It'sNotAFakeID
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It's easy to go undefeated or with a one loss season when you don't play anybody worth their weight in salt. Then when you have the media, who probably doesn't have the time to watch every game or do the deeper research (aka looking at strength of schedule); so they look at the records and 12-2 is better than 10-4, despite us losing to teams who: played in the Pac-12 championship, played in the Rose Bowl, had an undefeated season, and was :05 away from playing against Notre Dame last night.
Same thing goes with the coaches.
There is absolutely no validity in the rankings. They don't really accurately rank the teams, because it is too difficult to do so accounting for all the variables that make up the quality of a team.
But a ranking is better than no rankings at all. I personally prefer to evaluate the team based on what I see from them, rather than where we are ranked.
Same thing goes with the coaches.
There is absolutely no validity in the rankings. They don't really accurately rank the teams, because it is too difficult to do so accounting for all the variables that make up the quality of a team.
But a ranking is better than no rankings at all. I personally prefer to evaluate the team based on what I see from them, rather than where we are ranked.