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November 23rd.... something to worry about?


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November 23rd is a bad day for us, historically. Like, REALLY BAD. Like, 9 straight losses bad, including some of the worst and most notorious in school history.

 

2007: Colorado 65-51 LOSS

2001: Colorado 62-36 LOSS

1990: Oklahoma 45-10 LOSS

1985: Oklahoma 27-7 LOSS

1974: Oklahoma 28-14 LOSS

1973: Oklahoma 27-0 LOSS

1972: Oklahoma 17-14 LOSS

1968: Oklahoma 47-0 LOSS

1967: Oklahoma 21-14 LOSS

 

The last win on November 23 was 1963, against Oklahoma.... a game that was controversial because it was 24 hours after the death of JFK and there were many who felt it should not have been played.

 

Wait a minute.... bad karma?

 

In all seriousness.... what happens tomorrow probably has nothing to do with this, but I did find this kind of spooky.

 

Should point out that not all of these fell on Black Friday (obviously it's impossible for it to happen three years in a row, for example)..... but the last three have.

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November 23rd is a bad day for us, historically. Like, REALLY BAD. Like, 9 straight losses bad, including some of the worst and most notorious in school history.

 

2007: Colorado 65-51 LOSS

2001: Colorado 62-36 LOSS

1990: Oklahoma 45-10 LOSS

1985: Oklahoma 27-7 LOSS

1974: Oklahoma 28-14 LOSS

1973: Oklahoma 27-0 LOSS

1972: Oklahoma 17-14 LOSS

1968: Oklahoma 47-0 LOSS

1967: Oklahoma 21-14 LOSS

 

The last win on November 23 was 1963, against Oklahoma.... a game that was controversial because it was 24 hours after the death of JFK and there were many who felt it should not have been played.

 

Wait a minute.... bad karma?

 

In all seriousness.... what happens tomorrow probably has nothing to do with this, but I did find this kind of spooky.

 

Should point out that not all of these fell on Black Friday (obviously it's impossible for it to happen three years in a row, for example)..... but the last three have.

 

I got a challenge for you, find the wins that Nebraska had on November 23rd.

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Here's what I've found so far in games NU has won on November 23rd:

 

 

November 23, 1912 NU 13 OU 9

November 23 1929 NU 10 KState 6

November 23, 1954 NU 20 CU 6

November 23, 1963 NU 29 OU 20

November 23, 1965 NU 23 CU 13

 

Still looking....oh...and this one (I agree with Moiraine!)

 

November 23, 2012 NU 31 CU 13

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Here's what I've found so far in games NU has won on November 23rd:

 

 

November 23, 1912 NU 13 OU 9

November 23 1929 NU 10 KState 6

November 23, 1954 NU 20 CU 6

November 23, 1963 NU 29 OU 20

November 23, 1965 NU 23 CU 13

 

Still looking....oh...and this one (I agree with Moiraine!)

 

November 23, 2012 NU 31 CU 13

I think we could beat CU by 35 this year.

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I see a lot of losses to Oklahoma. Oklahoma is a whole other beast than Iowa. Then the Colorado losses happened with probably the best game planned game ever (with a pretty decent Colorado team, no matter that we were ranked #1) and during one of our worst teams in the last 10 years. You can see a trend in the losses on the date, but how many of those times were we favored?

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