BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 ESPN 21. Nebraska No. 29 pro | No. 9 college | No. 19 high school: The Cornhusker State has one DI team, three Heismans, five national titles and two NFL Hall of Famers. With only the one D1 team being number 9 for college isn't bad. Kind of strange Nebraska is so high for pro but may be based on having two NFL hall of famers. I wouldn't think they'd count the Omaha Beef. Quote Link to comment
Nicole Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 16. New York No. 6 pro | No. 35 college | No. 24 high school: The Empire State has three DI teams, four Heismans, three national titles, four NFL titles, two AFL titles, three Super Bowl wins and nine NFL Hall of Famers. thats my home!! woo..hoo..don't we rock.... Quote Link to comment
husker_blitz Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Wow....#19 for high school. That is a surprise considering we have so many 8-man schools in the state and only 32 which are the big schools. Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 It said we had over 300 high school football teams. If you look down on alot of the states under us in the high school group, they have less than half of that. Per capita we put a good amount of D-1 players out there. Less than 2 million people, and 11 D-1 players signed last year. Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 If I'm not mistaken (and somebody please correct me if I'm wrong) there have been a least 1 Omaha School nationally ranked the last few years......so I'm sure that helps. Nevertheless.....I am quite surprised at being #19 for high school. Quote Link to comment
Touchdown Tommie Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 I am surprised to see my home state, Minnesota at #24....the Vikings are one the worst teams in the NFL and disappoint their fans year after year. The Gophers are about the same as the Vikings. There are in all honesty a few teams that are dominant....Cretin-Derham Hall and Eden Prairie. That is nice to see that Nebraska is ranked as high as they are. I can't believe they still have 8 man football....I played with a kid in college that played 8 man and we couldn't believe it until he showed us some film...and I thought that 9 man football was strange to watch. Quote Link to comment
Oklahoma Husker Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Texas has 6 man football Quote Link to comment
husker_blitz Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 That is nice to see that Nebraska is ranked as high as they are. I can't believe they still have 8 man football....I played with a kid in college that played 8 man and we couldn't believe it until he showed us some film...and I thought that 9 man football was strange to watch. There are a ton of schools that still play 8-man football and still a fair amount of 6-man schools in Nebraska and surrounding states. I played 8-man in high school and honestly there isn't that much difference in the "feel" of the game if you have 8 or 11. Quote Link to comment
Drowning_in_the_Sea_of_Red Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Texas has 6 man football So does Nebraska....and I think there might be 10 teams...if that....that play 6 man. And I think the NSAA is working on getting an "Official" State Championship Game for that, because right now it is more or less "self proclaimed". Quote Link to comment
VA Husker Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Stupid article--made even stupider by the fact that ESPN did it. Quote Link to comment
HuskerJosh82 Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 ESPN sucks. Quote Link to comment
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