***** What did we learn - Boilermaker Edition *****

[The Dude]

I guess we learned Tom Osborne wasn't very good.

 

[WhatDoIKnow]

I guess we learned Tom Osborne wasn't very good.

Huh? Not sure how you came up with that from the previous posts.

 

[The Dude]

I guess we learned Tom Osborne wasn't very good.

Huh? Not sure how you came up with that from the previous posts.

You must have missed every single one of TheSker's posts ever.

 

[NUpolo8]

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Huh? Not sure how you came up with that from the previous posts.

He is referring to this.....

Decent numbers without context against 7 bad teams isn't all that impressive.

Sounds like the Big 8 days in the 80s.

Except back then it was elite numbers and conference championships.

Super conferences have changed things. Back then, we were first or second in an 8 team league......similar to a division now.

Decent numbers without context against 7 bad teams isn't all that impressive.

Sounds like the Big 8 days in the 80s.

Except back then it was elite numbers and conference championships.

Super conferences have changed things. Back then, we were first or second in an 8 team league......similar to a division now.

Oh my good god no. I mean, absolutely not.

Wait, you think it's easier to win the B1G than the Big 8?

He was comparing a division championship to an old big 8 championship. Which isn't even remotely close.And winning the Big ten this year would be easier than some old big 8 championships, yes.

"Amazingly", during the greatest 5 year span in Nebraska football history, Osborne did not win the conference championship in the very first year of going from an 8 team conference to a 12 team conference.

 

[The Dude]

Tangent!

 

[Saunders]

He was comparing a division championship to an old big 8 championship. Which isn't even remotely close.

And winning the Big ten this year would be easier than some old big 8 championships, yes.

Huh? He was comparing the difficulty of winning the Big 8 and a conference division where you only have 1 maybe 2 tough games, and no conference championship.

It's a valid comparison.

 

[True2tRA]

Big 8 games were pretty damn tough, regardless of what some of you may think. They weren't exactly playing patty cake out there like teams seem to do now. Guys used to actually try to kick your a$$ every play. I can watch every snap for Nebraska right now and watch a guy avoid contact, give half effort, or not finish or follow through on his assignment. In the Big 8 at least you were exposed for being soft.

The Big Ten has maybe 3 or 4 solid teams right now, but week to week when they decide to put out or not, that number could be trimmed to 2.

 

[NUpolo8]

He was comparing a division championship to an old big 8 championship. Which isn't even remotely close.

And winning the Big ten this year would be easier than some old big 8 championships, yes.

Huh? He was comparing the difficulty of winning the Big 8 and a conference division where you only have 1 maybe 2 tough games, and no conference championship.
It's a valid comparison.

It really isn't. No one is going to consider winning the big ten west as an equal to a big 8 championship. And with good reason.

To say nothing of the fact that there were more than two tough games a year.

 

[TheSker]

I guess we learned Tom Osborne wasn't very good.

Huh? Not sure how you came up with that from the previous posts.

You must have missed every single one of TheSker's posts ever.

I'm a big Osborne fan, who like many Husker fans 45 or older remembers well the "struggles" prior to his last 5 seasons. But yes, my posts in this thread are more about winning conference titles post expansion.

 

[TheSker]

Big 8 games were pretty damn tough, regardless of what some of you may think. They weren't exactly playing patty cake out there like teams seem to do now. Guys used to actually try to kick your a$$ every play. I can watch every snap for Nebraska right now and watch a guy avoid contact, give half effort, or not finish or follow through on his assignment. In the Big 8 at least you were exposed for being soft.

The Big Ten has maybe 3 or 4 solid teams right now, but week to week when they decide to put out or not, that number could be trimmed to 2.

Look up the record of Kansas State University football from 1985-1989. Report back with their total wins during those 5 seasons. Hint: It's less than 5, including 2 full seasons at 0 fer.

 

[TheSker]

To say nothing of the fact that there were more than two tough games a year.

In conference. Rarely.

 

[The Dude]

I guess we learned Tom Osborne wasn't very good.

Huh? Not sure how you came up with that from the previous posts.

You must have missed every single one of TheSker's posts ever.

I'm a big Osborne fan, who like many Husker fans 45 or older remembers well the "struggles" prior to his last 5 seasons. But yes, my posts in this thread are more about winning conference titles post expansion.

If you remember the "struggles" why all the mental gymnastics trying to convince people they were the same as Pelini's actual struggles? No one of at least moderate intelligence is going to believe that.

 

[TheSker]

I guess we learned Tom Osborne wasn't very good.

Huh? Not sure how you came up with that from the previous posts.

You must have missed every single one of TheSker's posts ever.

I'm a big Osborne fan, who like many Husker fans 45 or older remembers well the "struggles" prior to his last 5 seasons. But yes, my posts in this thread are more about winning conference titles post expansion.

If you remember the "struggles" why all the mental gymnastics trying to convince people they were the same as Pelini's actual struggles? No one of at least moderate intelligence is going to believe that.

No mental gymnastics here. The emphasis on recruiting from Pelini is paying dividends.

 

[The Dude]

No mental gymnastics here. The emphasis on recruiting from Pelini is paying dividends.

Perhaps. With a conference title, I'll be convinced. Couldn't ask for an easier road to a championship.

 

[NUpolo8]

No mental gymnastics here. The emphasis on recruiting from Pelini is paying dividends.

Perhaps. With a conference title, I'll be convinced. Couldn't ask for an easier road to a championship.

Except for the Big 8, according to him.