Putting the 9 wins debate to bed

Hedley Lamarr

Hedley Lamarr

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You often hear people mention how we are one of 4 teams to win 9+ games the last 5 seasons. They mention our company of Alabama, Oregon and Boise St. I figured we would take a closer look at these numbers and see if they still stack up

Alabama

3 National Championships

2 Conference Titles

4 BCS bowl appearances

Final Rank 6,1,10,1,1

Oregon

1 National Title Appearance

3 Conference Titles

4 BCS bowl appearances

Final Rank 10,11,3,4,2

Boise State

1 BCS bowl appearance

4 Conference Titles

1 undefeated season

Final Rank 11,4,9,8,18

Nebraska

0 BCS appearances

0 Conference Titles

Final Rank UR,14,20,24,25

To take it another step

W/L and %

Alabama 61-7 89.7%

Oregon 56-10 84.8%

Boise St 61-5 92%

Nebraska 48-20 70.5%

 
There were only 35 teams out of 125 last year to win 9+ games. It isn't as easy as people perceive it to be.

 
Stumpy1 said:
There were only 35 teams out of 125 last year to win 9+ games. It isn't as easy as people perceive it to be.
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Every year we have 5-6 pud games that we essentially just have to show up for to win. Was it always this way? Not quite. But we are in the Big 10 now. Losing less than 9 games this year would be an utter flop.

 
beanman said:
Stumpy1 said:
There were only 35 teams out of 125 last year to win 9+ games. It isn't as easy as people perceive it to be.
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Every year we have 5-6 pud games that we essentially just have to show up for to win. Was it always this way? Not quite. But we are in the Big 10 now. Losing less than 9 games this year would be an utter flop.
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I would say anything less than 10-2 to 11-1 regular season is a flop considering the epic suckness of the B1G this season. We also do not play the two best teams in the B1G this season.

 
There's nothing wrong with winning at least 9 games every year. When people talked about Osborne's streak, they didn't say, "He wins 9 games every year." They said, "He wins at least 9 games every year." 9 win seasons were bad seasons, not the norm. Imagine the meltdown at Oregon or Alabama the next time they only win 9 games….

 
Hercules said:
There's nothing wrong with winning at least 9 games every year. When people talked about Osborne's streak, they didn't say, "He wins 9 games every year." They said, "He wins at least 9 games every year." 9 win seasons were bad seasons, not the norm. Imagine the meltdown at Oregon or Alabama the next time they only win 9 games….
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and get blown out yearly on national TV

 
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This whole debate is stupid. Don't compare Osborne to Pelini in terms of 9 wins. How about rankings instead?

TO:

1972 - 1979 rankings - 4th, 7th, 9th, 9th, 9th, 12th, 8th, 9th

1980 - 1989 rankings - 7th, 11th, 3rd, 2nd, 4th,11th, 5th, 6th,10th,11th

1990 - 1997 rankings - 24th,15th, 14th, 3rd, 1st, 1st, 6th, 2nd

Bo:

2008 - 2012 rankings - unranked, 14th, 20th, 24th, 25th, likely unranked

So, TO finished outside of the top 15 one time in his entire career with 18 top 10 finishes and Bo's trend is going the wrong direction.

Hell, I'm even okay with being ranked 15-20. I'd just like the sloppy bullsh#t to stop.

 
Hedley Lamarr said:
beanman said:
Stumpy1 said:
There were only 35 teams out of 125 last year to win 9+ games. It isn't as easy as people perceive it to be.
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Every year we have 5-6 pud games that we essentially just have to show up for to win. Was it always this way? Not quite. But we are in the Big 10 now. Losing less than 9 games this year would be an utter flop.
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I would say anything less than 10-2 to 11-1 regular season is a flop considering the epic suckness of the B1G this season. We also do not play the two best teams in the B1G this season.
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Name the realistic candidate that would be better than Bo.

 
So of the four teams that have accomplished this impressive feat, we might be the least impressive?

You are gone for weeks and this is all you can come up with? Your trolling skills are slipping.

 
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