ZRod Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Other things to mention: We played 1 additional game. Our average margin of victory was 30.23 points. Michigan's was 17.33. *honorable mention* The catch happened on 3rd down. Even if it was flagged we still would have had a 4th down attempt, albeit much longer. Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Best way too decide this, since it can't actually be decided: Nebraska------>Peyton Manning------>42-17 Michigan------>Ryan Leaf-------------->21-16 Peyton "Greatest Ever" Manning ---- or ----- Ryan "failure" Leaf End of debate.... Quote Link to comment
kornhusker Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 We did have a "close" game at Colorado too. CU was fighting for bowl eligibility, and the game really never was as close as the score. They did get the ball back with seconds left down only 3. Of course we all know about the Missouri game and what happened there. Central Florida had Daunte Culpepper as qb, and we trailed 17-14 at half, but dominated the second half. That game never felt in question. The game at Washington we pretty much dominated. IIRC, Wash got it to 21-14 at one time, but a couple 4th quarter field goal sealed the deal. Washington also got lucky on a couple deep TD's anyway. It was Scott Frost's coming out party. Other than that, we pretty much manhandled everyone. Winning 5 games by a touchdown or less isn't considered manhandling. Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 We did have a "close" game at Colorado too. CU was fighting for bowl eligibility, and the game really never was as close as the score. They did get the ball back with seconds left down only 3. Of course we all know about the Missouri game and what happened there. Central Florida had Daunte Culpepper as qb, and we trailed 17-14 at half, but dominated the second half. That game never felt in question. The game at Washington we pretty much dominated. IIRC, Wash got it to 21-14 at one time, but a couple 4th quarter field goal sealed the deal. Washington also got lucky on a couple deep TD's anyway. It was Scott Frost's coming out party. Other than that, we pretty much manhandled everyone. Winning 5 games by a touchdown or less isn't considered manhandling. ?? Beanman confused. Quote Link to comment
kornhusker Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 We did have a "close" game at Colorado too. CU was fighting for bowl eligibility, and the game really never was as close as the score. They did get the ball back with seconds left down only 3. Of course we all know about the Missouri game and what happened there. Central Florida had Daunte Culpepper as qb, and we trailed 17-14 at half, but dominated the second half. That game never felt in question. The game at Washington we pretty much dominated. IIRC, Wash got it to 21-14 at one time, but a couple 4th quarter field goal sealed the deal. Washington also got lucky on a couple deep TD's anyway. It was Scott Frost's coming out party. Other than that, we pretty much manhandled everyone. Winning 5 games by a touchdown or less isn't considered manhandling. ?? Beanman confused Sorry I'm being a dumbass, to many drinks already Quote Link to comment
southernoregonhusker Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Nobody has touched on the most important part....there are still 8 seconds left in that Rose Bowl game. Quote Link to comment
NUpolo8 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 It's also a Deadspin article. Pretty important not to take anything from there too seriously. Quote Link to comment
Notre Dame Joe Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I recall Michigan hanging on for dear life against Bob Davie's first team that went 8-5. Specifically we thought we should have got a measurement when the clock ran out. Quote Link to comment
ShawnWatson Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 It's pretty simple. Nebraska played the #3 team in the country, Tennessee, with Peyton Manning, Peerless Price, and a host of future NFL stars on their roster. We destroyed them. Michigan ducked out of the national championship game - not entirely their fault, but they contributed to the decision - because the Big Ten and Pac-10 felt the Rose Bowl was more important than joining the Bowl Alliance. In their little Rose Bowl game with everything on the line, they barely beat Ryan Leaf and.... nobody else. No other star or even decent player was on that Wash. State roster. And they eked out a win, and they claim their title was "better?" They can keep their little 11th-grade shop class wooden plaque that says "National Champions" on it. It's a bone we can throw a team that hasn't won anything of significance in 70 years. We'll take the giant crystal trophy, though. That's the real trophy, the trophy the real champ gets, and it's sitting in our trophy case as I type this. I'll go down to the stadium and take a picture of it if this writer wants to see what a real trophy looks like. /thread Quote Link to comment
walksalone Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 That was painful to go through.. I was stationed at West Point with a bunch of those wolverine loving douchebags... Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 To paraphrase Scott Frost after the game. "if the national championship is on the line, who would you rather play? Us or them? If the answer in Michigan, then vote for NU as the NC." Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 He's got a point. Michigan rolled through their schedule and never had to squeak by anyone. We've been living a 15 year myth folks. Show's over http://michigansport...otball-schedule Looks to me like Michigan had a couple squeakers that year. They barely beat Washintgon St. definitely a weaker team than Tennessee. Nebraska beat them handily. Don't be discouraged by this accountability. The rest of us enjoy your style. I'm not. He spends more time here, he'll quickly understand that I dont use these I like to leave people to wonder "what the hell's wrong with that guy?". Quote Link to comment
KJ. Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 It's pretty simple. Nebraska played the #3 team in the country, Tennessee, with Peyton Manning, Peerless Price, and a host of future NFL stars on their roster. We destroyed them. Michigan ducked out of the national championship game - not entirely their fault, but they contributed to the decision - because the Big Ten and Pac-10 felt the Rose Bowl was more important than joining the Bowl Alliance. In their little Rose Bowl game with everything on the line, they barely beat Ryan Leaf and.... nobody else. No other star or even decent player was on that Wash. State roster. And they eked out a win, and they claim their title was "better?" They can keep their little 11th-grade shop class wooden plaque that says "National Champions" on it. It's a bone we can throw a team that hasn't won anything of significance in 70 years. We'll take the giant crystal trophy, though. That's the real trophy, the trophy the real champ gets, and it's sitting in our trophy case as I type this. I'll go down to the stadium and take a picture of it if this writer wants to see what a real trophy looks like. Yeah do it! That'll show 'em! Quote Link to comment
mbhusker13 Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 They almost lost to a team led by Ryan Leaf.....enough said. Quote Link to comment
mnhusker Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 It's pretty simple. Nebraska played the #3 team in the country, Tennessee, with Peyton Manning, Peerless Price, and a host of future NFL stars on their roster. We destroyed them. Michigan ducked out of the national championship game - not entirely their fault, but they contributed to the decision - because the Big Ten and Pac-10 felt the Rose Bowl was more important than joining the Bowl Alliance. In their little Rose Bowl game with everything on the line, they barely beat Ryan Leaf and.... nobody else. No other star or even decent player was on that Wash. State roster. And they eked out a win, and they claim their title was "better?" They can keep their little 11th-grade shop class wooden plaque that says "National Champions" on it. It's a bone we can throw a team that hasn't won anything of significance in 70 years. We'll take the giant crystal trophy, though. That's the real trophy, the trophy the real champ gets, and it's sitting in our trophy case as I type this. I'll go down to the stadium and take a picture of it if this writer wants to see what a real trophy looks like. Well said, I still remember that game and when it was over it was clear who the #1 team in the country was at the end of the season. Quote Link to comment
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