ADS Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 The 2009-2012 Nebraska football teams were better than 2003 imo Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Ok, so what are Minnesota;s and Iowa State's and Washington State's and Virginia's and all of the other crappy teams' curses? Are they supposed to be elite? That's why we're cursed. Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Ok, so what are Minnesota;s and Iowa State's and Washington State's and Virginia's and all of the other crappy teams' curses? Are they supposed to be elite? That's why we're cursed. Minnesota was 'elite' back before the invention of Rock n'Roll.... 1 Quote Link to comment
Creighton Duke Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Ok, so what are Minnesota;s and Iowa State's and Washington State's and Virginia's and all of the other crappy teams' curses? Are they supposed to be elite? That's why we're cursed. Minnesota was 'elite' back before the invention of Rock n'Roll.... So you can only be cursed if you were "elite" at some point? I admittedly don't know much when it comes to births and babies and curses. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Are you honestly saying that right now Nebraska is at the same level of Minnesota and ISU? Quote Link to comment
Creighton Duke Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Are you honestly saying that right now Nebraska is at the same level of Minnesota and ISU? 1 Quote Link to comment
Kiyoat Husker Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 The way I understand it is that the teams labelled "cursed" are teams for which it just doesn't make sense why they can't get over the hump and win that championship. The Cubs and Red Sox are some of the most popular and supported teams in the country. They have huge fan bases, financial support, etc. and yet for some reason they couldn't cash it in. For a long time. I think that only Husker fans at this point would say we are cursed because some of us just don't understand why the 90's don't keep happening every decade. For Iowa State, it actually does make sense why they are not elite. For Minnesota, I would actually call them cursed. For decades they were the sh@t, but have had a drought that has lasted since the 1960's. Minneapolis is a large metropolis with football-crazed people. The University is one of the largest in the country with a huge number of alumni. The Gophers curse is, I believe, the Vikings. The NFL started eclipsing college football in the 60's and 70's at the national level (but not everywhere). Quote Link to comment
Count 'Bility Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I think that only Husker fans at this point would say we are cursed because some of us just don't understand why the 90's don't keep happening every decade. Because we're entitled. We deserve better. (Oh sh#t. I went there) Quote Link to comment
MichiganDad3 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Iowa St. 2009. Niles Paul simply dropping the ball while walking into the endzone. If that's not curseworth, I just dont know what is. I forgot about that one. That ranks up there with Buckner letting the ball go between his legs. Quote Link to comment
MichiganDad3 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 I am having a t-shirt with this image on front https://www.google.c...tml%3B538%3B378 and this image on back https://www.google.c...52F%3B698%3B394 and I will wear it all day for every husker game. I don't think this is strong enough to break the curse, but at least I am doing my part. Quote Link to comment
MichiganDad3 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 The 2009-2012 Nebraska football teams were better than 2003 imo But none of the teams from 2009-2012 had a better record than the 2003 team ... because of the curse Quote Link to comment
VA Husker Fan Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Billy Sianis was asked to leave a Cubs World Series game because his goat (that he brought to the game) smelled. He placed a curse on the Cubs, and now it has over 100 years since the Cubs have won a World Series. The Red Sox had won five world series prior to 1920 when they sold Babe Ruth. The Red Sox didn’t win another World Series for 86 years after one of Ruth’s bats was purchased by a Red Sox fan and burned. It has now been 10 years since Frank Solich was fired for letting the team “gravitate into mediocrity”. When Solich was fired in 2003 the Husker’s record was 10 and 3 (0.769). The best record since has been 10 and 4 (0.714). I have a theory that there is a Solich curse. The Huskers will never have a season as good as the 2003 season until the curse is broken. What will it take to break the curse? I'm not so sure about this curse. Did Solich have a goat? Wait, was that the rumor of why he was let go? Because he "had" a goat? Quote Link to comment
Hoosker Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 2008 - Great offense, poor defense 2009 - Poor offense, great defense 2010 - Injuries + penalties 2011 - Decent offense, decent defense 2012 - Great offense, poor defense I wouldn't say we're cursed, I'd just say we haven't put together a complete team, other than 2010 when we had injuries and an onslaught of penalties due to leaving the Big XII. 1 Quote Link to comment
MichiganDad3 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Billy Sianis was asked to leave a Cubs World Series game because his goat (that he brought to the game) smelled. He placed a curse on the Cubs, and now it has over 100 years since the Cubs have won a World Series. The Red Sox had won five world series prior to 1920 when they sold Babe Ruth. The Red Sox didn’t win another World Series for 86 years after one of Ruth’s bats was purchased by a Red Sox fan and burned. It has now been 10 years since Frank Solich was fired for letting the team “gravitate into mediocrity”. When Solich was fired in 2003 the Husker’s record was 10 and 3 (0.769). The best record since has been 10 and 4 (0.714). I have a theory that there is a Solich curse. The Huskers will never have a season as good as the 2003 season until the curse is broken. What will it take to break the curse? I'm not so sure about this curse. Did Solich have a goat? Wait, was that the rumor of why he was let go? Because he "had" a goat? I think is was a goat that let him go. Quote Link to comment
huskered17 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 There is a big difference between the Curse of the Billygoat and what has happened at Nebraska. I happen to be a fan of both teams. The Cubs have gone through periods in their existence since the Goat was kicked out of the game where they honestly tried like hell to win it all. Something always happened to prevent it. Nebraska simply was torn completely apart as any semblance of what they were before by Peddy and Cally. It has taken a number of years to get back to that. Some people don't want to see it but we have come a long ways since Cally was fired and our program has gone through one hell of a lot of turmoil with the conference change in that time also. What we need now is stability with a coach that recruits and coaches and motivates the team. I believe we have all of that. GBR!!! Quote Link to comment
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