Saunders Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Quote CollegeFootballNews: Nebraska Cornhuskers 2021 Preview It could be worse. Before going on an epic tear of success, Nebraska failed to come up with a winning season between 1955 and 1962. Even worse, the program followed up a trip to the Rose Bowl in 1940 with nine straight losing seasons. It’s been four years since Nebraska last had a winning campaign, and that’s not what the place signed up for when Scott Frost left UCF for what seemed like the perfect gig. So what’s been the problem over the last three years? For all of the various talking points about recruiting, and losing part of the pipeline to Texas, and a few other concerns, they all fall flat considering Northwestern went to two Big Ten championships in the last three seasons. Minnesota has been solid, and even freakin’ Illinois has made it to a bowl game since Frost took over. That leaves Maryland and Rutgers. Those are the only other Big Ten programs to not get to a bowl game over the last three years. It’s not necessarily Frost’s fault, but how many Nebraska players have been selected over the last two drafts? Four – and they were all late round fliers. Of course there have been some excellent Huskers in the NFL over the last several years – Lavonte David and Ndamukong Suh among the best of the bunch – but there hasn’t been a top 50 pick since Prince Amukamara went to the Giants in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. There’s a talent problem. However, there’s a strange positive to not having a ton of elite-level stars. You get back a team loaded with experience. SET THE NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS REGULAR SEASON WIN TOTAL AT … 5.5 Offense | Defense | Top Players | Keys To The Season | Season Prediction 3 Quote Link to comment
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