B1G Ten simulation if Nebraska would have joined in 1996

[HuskerMack]

They will be doing a year a day on the there web site wondering how the 1997 and 2001 teams will fair.

 

My link

[Husker NoNo]

This was an interesting simulation and all, but the real Huskers beat the real Spartans 55-14 in 1996...not a 22-20 dogfight that ended with a Kris Brown kick. NU would have had close games, but likely swept Ohio State en-route to a date with Arizona State in the Rose Bowl...where NU would not have been caught flat twice. In the end, my revisionist history thinks we would have had yet another split national title, or would be complaining about how we WOULD have destroyed Florida again if we had played them in the Sugar Bowl.

[BIG ERN]

Simulation is stupid. Means nothing

[GBRsal]

LOLz we would have beaten tosu so bad that year it wouldn't have even been funny

[knapplc]

LOLz we would have beaten tosu so bad that year it wouldn't have even been funny

 

We may have beaten them, but it wouldn't have been a beat-down. They finished ranked ahead of us in SOS and W/L. 1996 OSU was a good team.

[Moiraine]

it's not awful, but the same teaming beating us twice in a year is very unlikely.

[huskersrule95]

In 1997 they had us only going 5-3 in Big10 Play with losses to Michigan, Ohio State and Iowa. WTF?

[okaive]

They have to let Iowa think they are good at times.

[HuskerMack]

I was not expecting 5-3 that is just plain stupid. I could see us losing one game and one game only to Michigan that year. HMM wonder why they picked 96 and not 93 to start this simulation? Starting to not think some nerd at Bigtennetwork doesnt like Nebraska

[HuskerBacon]

There's no way we lose twice to Ohio state in the 1996 Season >_<

[melscott62]

lol at our 97 season.

[74Hunter]

Simple and real answer would be that meatchicken would not have had a claim to the MNC in 97. They would have suffered a three touchdown beatdown to DoNU.

[Moiraine]

this is officially a complete joke.

[knapplc]

this is officially a complete joke.

 

Amen. Sagarin's 1997 ratings have Nebraska as an easy #1, with a 104.99 rating, three points higher than #2 Florida State (101.96). "Co-Champion" (and I use that term loosely) Michigan's rating was 98.2, good for fourth behind NU, FSU and Florida (99.76).

 

BTN's replay has us losing to Ohio State that year. This was a 10-3 Buckeye squad that rated out at #13 (90.35). The difference between a 104.99 and a 90.35 is huge. HUGE.

 

They also have us losing to Michigan, 19-11. Baffling. We would have murdered that team, and most college fans agree. The Blackshirts would have made mincemeat out of Griese.

 

Finally, we "lose" to Iowa. Freaking Iowa? Are you joking? This was a 7-5 Hawkeyes team with an 80.44 rating against the 61st-ranked SOS. It's highly unlikely that we lose to them, unless they're talking about having some kind of fluke 9-turnover game again. Of course, they don't explain why they came up with that decision, which in itself is suspect.

[huKSer]

Next thing you know, some one is going to come up with a simulation that will show that excess carbon dioxide will cause global warming.