In the Deed the Glory Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Actually - it looks like he picked 8 games from 17 years where nebraska was ranked in the top ten and lost to unranked teams. There were others, 1976 #9 NU vs ISU comes to mind. 1972 opener- #1 NU lost to unranked UCLA. 1973 #10 NU tied unranked OK St- even a blowout loss that year 27-0 to OU. 1974 #4 NU lost to unranked Wisky also #5 NU lost to unranked Mizzou 1975- #2 NU blownout 35-10 by OU 1976- #1 NU tied unranked La Tech - #3 NU lost by 10 to Mizzou at home and lost to unranked ISU More examples if you look. With Bob Devaney as head coach...not Osborne. Quote Link to comment
In the Deed the Glory Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Yup. Definitely an apples to oranges comparison. TO inherited a National Championship team in the Big2 conference and still had some rocky results. Pelini inherited Cally's sub-par teams and had to manage the conversion from the Big12 to the Big10. Different eras for sure. Just pointing out that the TO era wasn't pure football dominance. He went through the "can't win the big game" crap too... a string of bowl losses and getting owned by Switzer and OU. Technically, he did not. He inherited a one year removed from a National Championship team. Quote Link to comment
clone Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Yup. Definitely an apples to oranges comparison. TO inherited a National Championship team in the Big2 conference and still had some rocky results. Pelini inherited Cally's sub-par teams and had to manage the conversion from the Big12 to the Big10. Different eras for sure. Just pointing out that the TO era wasn't pure football dominance. He went through the "can't win the big game" crap too... a string of bowl losses and getting owned by Switzer and OU. Technically, he did not. He inherited a one year removed from a National Championship team. Thanks. I stand corrected. I'll try to be more concise here. TO inherited the leftovers from a 9-2-1 team, one year removed from a National Championship and went 9-2-1 in his first year.. Pelini inherited the leftovers from a 5-7 team, 11 years removed from a National Championship and went 9-4 in his first year. Although every subsequent coach has been compared to TO, Their eras are very very different. Quote Link to comment
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