"Everyone in Fresno thinks they’re going to win”

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I ask Nebraska’s All-America quarterback what the odds might be for an 0-2 team (which has lost to USC and Utah) to beat a 2-0 Husker team. “As a native of Fresno, you can’t help but be a little leery after our performance last week,” Taylor said. “I think we absolutely have more talent and are a better team, but I know Fresno. Those guys and their fans are going to be sky-high for this game. There’s a lot of pride, even though they don’t have what we’re used to having at Nebraska. It’s a different day and age now. Everyone in Fresno thinks they’re going to win.”

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I guess Steve Taylor lived in Fresno growing up. And still has a bunch of relatives there.

 
McNeese State came into Memorial Stadium thinking they were going to win, and nearly did.

Fresno St. came into Memorial Stadium a couple years ago thinking they were going to win, and nearly did.

Why wouldn't Fresno St. think they're going to win this week? I'd be stunned if their fans didn't.

 
FAU came into Memorial Stadium thinking they were going to win, and got blown out.

What counts is the score after the game, not what teams and fans think going in.

 
Overall, teams with above-expected levels of confidence before playing us don't end up doing so well, but there are enough ugly performances over the last several years to give them good enough reason to embrace it.

 
TheSker said:
And Fresno State has a home winning streak currently going.......13 games if memory serves.
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Opponents of said streak just for being informed:

Weber State

Colorado

San Diego State

Wyoming

Hawaii

Air Force

Rutgers

Cal Poly

Boise State

UNLV

Nevada

New Mexico

Utah State

 
Nebraska used to be like Mike Tyson.

Teams came to Lincoln looking for somewhere to fall down. At the earliest signs of trouble they folded their tents.

And just like Mike Tyson, once vulnerability was apparent... things changed.

No one is scared of Nebraska. And there is no reason they should be.

If we are talking Alabama or USC or Oregon... I can see where some pretty darn good teams would self destruct because they were just waiting for the other shoe to fall and the blow out to begin.

 
Landlord of Memorial Stadium said:
TheSker said:
And Fresno State has a home winning streak currently going.......13 games if memory serves.
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Opponents of said streak just for being informed:

Weber State

Colorado

San Diego State

Wyoming

Hawaii

Air Force

Rutgers

Cal Poly

Boise State

UNLV

Nevada

New Mexico

Utah State
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VA Husker Fan said:
FAU came into Memorial Stadium thinking they were going to win, and got blown out.

What counts is the score after the game, not what teams and fans think going in.
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But belief can, in some cases, beget performance.

FAU showed no fear marching down the field to score on their opening drive. They only stopped believing when we stopped them and scored.

McNeese came into the game believing they could win. Their belief was bolstered by stopping us and scoring. We never did anything to destroy that belief, and it almost destroyed us.

Now here's Fresno State, fresh off two losses where they have combined for fewer points than Nebraska scored against FAU, believing they can take it to the Huskers. We best not feed their belief or we could have a similar situation in store.

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I think the talent level of the McNeese State players was vastly understated by most of us. The Cowboys had a zillion FBS transfers on their team who were eligible to play their first year. Combine that with the increased football talent of the South and you have a potent team.

Still, the gulf in talent between Nebraska and McNeese was [or should be] enormous. But we didn't impose our superior talent on them. We gave them every reason to believe they were just as good if not better than us. And they played like it.

It took one guy to say, "this isn't going to happen this way" to win the game for us. Think how good we could be if we had 45 guys who thought the same.

 
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I don't doubt that every team on our schedule thinks that they can beat us. They can think it all they want. All we need to worry about is how badly we want to piss pound them, then go out and do just that. We need to go into every game thinking we need to play like gods.

 
Uh, I'm not sure you could find one Fresno State fan that thinks the 'Dogs are going to win. Maybe the players and coaches do, maybe, but us fans have lost a lot of hope for this season.

 
When I was a kid, my friends and I planted a pack of hot dogs, planning on getting a hot dog tree that we could pick hot dogs from. We had a meeting and where sure it would work. We are still waiting on that hot dog tree.

 
KazLong said:
When I was a kid, my friends and I planted a pack of hot dogs, planning on getting a hot dog tree that we could pick hot dogs from. We had a meeting and where sure it would work. We are still waiting on that hot dog tree.
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Belief can't overcome anything that is not human controlled.

 
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