17 years and counting

[HuskerNation1]

Unless I am missing something, we are at 17 years and counting since our last conference championship. That is the same age many of our current recruits. At some point we have to beat the big boys.

[klb835]

csb

[Redux]

Yup, a trophy would be nice.

[HuskerNation1]

Haha...and not the one we get when we beat Minnesota or Iowa

[BoNeyard]

and 19 years since we beat a top 10 team on the road.

[HuskermanMike]

It seems the George W Bush and Obama presidencies have rigged Nebraska football long enough! Hopefully with the next president we start winning.

 

Today was one of those odd games that we lost our qb, defense didn't play well and we were outmatched. I really am proud of Tommy for being a fighter I was worried about him. For all the criticism he gets one thing is for sure is that Tommy will fight and him coming back and walking proves he is tough. Good recruiting and better gameplans will help us, why we didn't run the ball all the time with Ryker at qb is baffling, if we do that, they don't hang 62 on us. Regroup, refocus and lets get better, as fans we can pout and wine all we want, but for the players, they need to show they can bounce back. Good teams lose games, but the great teams prove they can come back and win even after a giant blowout loss.

[HuskerMan]

I have a nice aged bottle I got as a house warming gift 8 years ago. Told myself I wasn't going to open it until Nebraska wins a conference championship. At this rate I will be gifting it to my two year old son as his house warming gift.

[BoNeyard]

If the Cubs can end 108 years, Nebraska can too!

[alwayshusking]

Didn't think this would be the year. 62-3 sucked though just the same

[EmeraldIngot]

If the Cubs can end 108 years, Nebraska can too!

Pray to whatever gods you hold dear that we don't go that long before we win one.

[cm husker]

What happens when firing good coaches for mediocre ones becomes a habit.

[I AM FOOT FOOT]

Callahan wasn't a good coach.

[neepster]

Callahan wasn't a good coach.

 

Solich was though... firing him at the stage he was at never made any sense.

 

Of course hiring a perennial breakeven coach made even less sense...

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

And neither was Pelini

[84HuskerLaw]

Seriously, now, how many, on this board or anywhere for that matter, honestly thought we'd win all our games this year? I doubt there were more than about 5% of Husker fans (the dreamers) and far less of the non Husker fans out there.

 

Assuming this team can recover from the shock and PTSD that will follow from taking this kind of trouncing, there remains every reason to believe we have a fighting chance to win our next three games and play in a pretty decent bowl against a very tough opponent. Nobody can say we didn't deserve the bowl and assuming we play well (we should be healthy as a team by then), we have chance to finish in the top twenty and possibly the top 15. This drubbing (or seal clubbing as some might put it ) was incredibly bad and the most alarming part is the 'quit' aspect of it because Ohio State is NOT 59 points better than Nebraska on a 'normal' day.

 

Riley and his staff have to earn their money this month as a complete collapse to finish out the season is NOT acceptable (with or without Tommy Armstrong out there). This team better show up and play hard and not get embarrassed by Minne, Mary and Iowa. None of those teams is MORE talented or better coached or otherwise should be expected to beat Nebraska, even without our Mr. "Hot and Cold" QB.

 

I believe a post game report suggested this loss was our 'second worst' in history but I just can't recall when we lost by 60 or more and certainly not since Devaney came to Lincoln ?

 

62-3 is just plain mindblowingly bad! Whew! Ohio State is loaded but isnt stocked with 'superheros' or something.