Totally shocked that you forgot to mention Miami, Michigan, Syracuse, Florida, West Virginia, Penn State, Colorado, Utah, Tennessee, Northwestern, Kansas, BYU, North Carolina, Washington State, Tulane, Georgia Tech, and Marshall.
I thought this was about being being elite, not looking for reasons why we aren't.
I cant believe i'm doing this
*sighs*
*takes shot of whisky*
I agree with Polo. Listing teams who were elite but are now struggling is counterproductive. I'd rather look at the teams he is in order to hold onto the expectations that we still can as opposed to looking for reasons/excuses why we arent/cant.
*ducks under table*
No, that's not was he was doing and he knows it. It has nothing to do with what our current expectations are. It's just another way to take a jab.
How was Florida State from 2001-2011 better than where we are now? How about Oregon from 2002-2008? Or Auburn from 1995-2003? Or Texas A&M from 1999-2011? Or Arizona from 1999-2013? Or USC from 1996-2001? Really, to even include Oregon, Texas A&M and Arizona on that list is laughable but I guess you have to lower your expectations of who was elite 20 years ago to be able to try to make a better point.
Yes, if you want to cherry pick a few of the best teams now, find one good year they had 20 years ago and basically say "see all these teams can do it, why can't Nebraska", it's not hard to find a few teams that fit that description. But you have to ignore a bunch of other teams that couldn't keep up that level of success and are currently much worse than Nebraska.
Noting I said was about expectations.