Guest Husker hero Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Hey guys, I'm doing a persuasive speech that the '95-96' team that beat Florida is the greatest of all-time. What facts do you think I should use? Any ideas? Quote Link to comment
AR Husker Fan Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Without having researced it, I can't say what facts exist. But if I were doing it I would research the Strength of Schedule (what were the rankings of the teams Nebraska defeated at the time they were defeated), the opponents' Stength of Schedule, average margin of victory, and such. I don't know where that information is kept - I would think the NCAA would have it somewhere. The trouble with that is you have to do the same for the other so-called "greatest teams of all time" - which means identifying which those are. You might want to start, therefore, with an Internet search of lists of the top 10 teams of all time. Take those 10, and apply the same criteria as you do to Nebraska, and then compare them. If, by some quirk, Nebraska comes up short in a statistical measure, don't let that dissuade you. If a team "ranks" higher in some category, see if there aren't factors that off-set that. For example, teams from older eras played fewer games - which made their chances of being undefeated better, and therefore their "ranking" on this would not be as high as Nebraska's in the "modern" era. Just some thoughts. Quote Link to comment
Blackshirt Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Hey HH, these should help.. http://www.huskerboard.com/forums/index.ph...p?showtopic=212 http://www.huskerboard.com/forums/index.ph...p?showtopic=709 Good luck with your speech, you picked a great topic, and unless this is taking place out of state, you should be pretty persuasive! Im sold. Quote Link to comment
Blackshirt Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 These should also help. Pretty interesting studies from some Wisconsin students. Has the '95 skers slotted as the best team ever.. so they must be pretty smart. http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/rate...e/berryman2.txt http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/hist...y/stevenson.txt http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/hist.../stevenson2.txt Quote Link to comment
Guest RockyMtnSooner Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 Not saying NU didn't have the best team of all time, but remember when that poll came out and none of the teams from OU's 47 game win streak made it? that was nuts. Anyway, I'd vote for NU's 95 team because they ran the best offense (my opinion) and kicked everyone's ass with it. BTW, OU vs. NU 1971 is on ESPN classic next week (thursday I believe) Quote Link to comment
horne411 Posted May 9, 2004 Share Posted May 9, 2004 point out the fact that the line didnt give up 1 sack the whole season Quote Link to comment
Blackshirt Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 Agreed Rock, that was bogus. Thnx for the info about the game. Any takers? Leave your score predictions here.. anyone who doesnt get it exactly right gets a free membership to the Purple powerpuffer board. No doubt horne, IMO that will stand as one of the most impressive stats EVER. Quote Link to comment
DaveH Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 point out the fact that the line didnt give up 1 sack the whole season The fact that the QB was EXTREMELY mobile helped also..... Quote Link to comment
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