Hedley Lamarr Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 You often hear people mention how we are one of 4 teams to win 9+ games the last 5 seasons. They mention our company of Alabama, Oregon and Boise St. I figured we would take a closer look at these numbers and see if they still stack up Alabama 3 National Championships 2 Conference Titles 4 BCS bowl appearances Final Rank 6,1,10,1,1 Oregon 1 National Title Appearance 3 Conference Titles 4 BCS bowl appearances Final Rank 10,11,3,4,2 Boise State 1 BCS bowl appearance 4 Conference Titles 1 undefeated season Final Rank 11,4,9,8,18 Nebraska 0 BCS appearances 0 Conference Titles Final Rank UR,14,20,24,25 To take it another step W/L and % Alabama 61-7 89.7% Oregon 56-10 84.8% Boise St 61-5 92% Nebraska 48-20 70.5% 7 Quote Link to comment
Stumpy1 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 There were only 35 teams out of 125 last year to win 9+ games. It isn't as easy as people perceive it to be. Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 There were only 35 teams out of 125 last year to win 9+ games. It isn't as easy as people perceive it to be. Only 35? #elite 4 Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Alabama 61-7 89.7% Oregon 56-10 84.8% Boise St 61-5 92% Nebraska 48-20 70.5% yep Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 There were only 35 teams out of 125 last year to win 9+ games. It isn't as easy as people perceive it to be. Every year we have 5-6 pud games that we essentially just have to show up for to win. Was it always this way? Not quite. But we are in the Big 10 now. Losing less than 9 games this year would be an utter flop. Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 There were only 35 teams out of 125 last year to win 9+ games. It isn't as easy as people perceive it to be. Every year we have 5-6 pud games that we essentially just have to show up for to win. Was it always this way? Not quite. But we are in the Big 10 now. Losing less than 9 games this year would be an utter flop. I would say anything less than 10-2 to 11-1 regular season is a flop considering the epic suckness of the B1G this season. We also do not play the two best teams in the B1G this season. 1 Quote Link to comment
Stumpy1 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 You guys really are delusional... 4 Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 You guys really are delusional... Are you delusional? What's the record of the team's we beat? Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 but Bo is 3-9 to the last 12 top 25 teams we played! We are ELITE 1 Quote Link to comment
Hercules Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 There's nothing wrong with winning at least 9 games every year. When people talked about Osborne's streak, they didn't say, "He wins 9 games every year." They said, "He wins at least 9 games every year." 9 win seasons were bad seasons, not the norm. Imagine the meltdown at Oregon or Alabama the next time they only win 9 games…. Quote Link to comment
Hedley Lamarr Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 There's nothing wrong with winning at least 9 games every year. When people talked about Osborne's streak, they didn't say, "He wins 9 games every year." They said, "He wins at least 9 games every year." 9 win seasons were bad seasons, not the norm. Imagine the meltdown at Oregon or Alabama the next time they only win 9 games…. and get blown out yearly on national TV 1 Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 This whole debate is stupid. Don't compare Osborne to Pelini in terms of 9 wins. How about rankings instead? TO: 1972 - 1979 rankings - 4th, 7th, 9th, 9th, 9th, 12th, 8th, 9th 1980 - 1989 rankings - 7th, 11th, 3rd, 2nd, 4th,11th, 5th, 6th,10th,11th 1990 - 1997 rankings - 24th,15th, 14th, 3rd, 1st, 1st, 6th, 2nd Bo: 2008 - 2012 rankings - unranked, 14th, 20th, 24th, 25th, likely unranked So, TO finished outside of the top 15 one time in his entire career with 18 top 10 finishes and Bo's trend is going the wrong direction. Hell, I'm even okay with being ranked 15-20. I'd just like the sloppy bullsh#t to stop. 2 Quote Link to comment
Redux Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 We could still go 10-3 this year Quote Link to comment
EZ-E Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 There were only 35 teams out of 125 last year to win 9+ games. It isn't as easy as people perceive it to be. Every year we have 5-6 pud games that we essentially just have to show up for to win. Was it always this way? Not quite. But we are in the Big 10 now. Losing less than 9 games this year would be an utter flop. I would say anything less than 10-2 to 11-1 regular season is a flop considering the epic suckness of the B1G this season. We also do not play the two best teams in the B1G this season. Name the realistic candidate that would be better than Bo. Quote Link to comment
QMany Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 So of the four teams that have accomplished this impressive feat, we might be the least impressive? You are gone for weeks and this is all you can come up with? Your trolling skills are slipping. 1 Quote Link to comment
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