Hardest schedule in Nebraska’s History? A different view, and a clear trend.

[BigRedBuster]

Just now, Hilltop said:

The close losses to the top 10 teams is completely understandable.  8-4 or 7-5 would have sure been great this year.

Yes.  The OU, MU and MSU games aren't what's frustrating this year.  It's Illinois, Minnesota and Purdue.

[Hilltop]

3 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

Yes.  The OU, MU and MSU games aren't what's frustrating this year.  It's Illinois, Minnesota and Purdue.

I can even understand Minnesota.  They are playing pretty good football right now and we were a the end of a grueling run of games.  Illinois and Purdue are the real head scratchers for me.  Absolutely no reason we should have lost those games.  I think everyone would feel a lot different sitting at 5-4 right now.

[knapplc]

1 minute ago, Hilltop said:

I can even understand Minnesota.  They are playing pretty good football right now and we were a the end of a grueling run of games.  Illinois and Purdue are the real head scratchers for me.  Absolutely no reason we should have lost those games.  I think everyone would feel a lot different sitting at 5-4 right now.

 

Yep. 

 

I'm sure Trev will take the difficulty of the schedule into his analysis of this season, but no matter what, those two games should have been wins. Frost needs to be able to explain why he couldn't get his team ready to win. 

[Cdog923]

4 hours ago, JJ Husker said:

How is this team supposed to shoot itself in the foot if we hypothetically take that away from them? 

 

...are we taking the gun, or their feet? 

[VectorVictor]

9 minutes ago, Cdog923 said:

 

...are we taking the gun, or their feet? 

 

Yes--fans the gun, coaching staff their feet. 

[TGHusker]

I'm thinking this schedule was harder:

We played the other 3 final top 4 teams.  OU in the game of the century.

We destroyed Colo and Bama when we played them.

1971 Final AP Football Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	< 1	Nebraska (55)	Big 8	13-0	1100	W 38-6 N #2 Alabama (Orange)
2	< 3	Oklahoma	Big 8	11-1	990	W 40-22 N #5 Auburn (Sugar)
3	< 7	Colorado	Big 8	10-2	746
4	< 2	Alabama	SEC	11-1	674	L 38-6 N #1 Nebraska (Orange)

 

This one from 95 is up there as well 

We destroyed Florida, Colorado, KState, Kansas   - all finishing in the top 10

 

1995 Final AP Football Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conf	Rec	Pts	Last Week
1	< 1	Nebraska (62)	Big 8	12-0	1550	W 62-24 N #2 Florida (Fiesta)
2	< 2	Florida	SEC	12-1	1474	L 62-24 N #1 Nebraska (Fiesta)
3	< 4	Tennessee	SEC	11-1	1428
4	< 8	Florida State	ACC	10-2	1311
5	< 7	Colorado	Big 8	10-2	1309
6	< 4	Ohio State	Big Ten	11-2	1161
7	< 10	Kansas State	Big 8	10-2	1147
8	< 3	Northwestern	Big Ten	10-2	1124
9	< 11	Kansas	Big 8	10-2	1029	W 51-30 N UCLA (Aloha)
10	< 13	Virginia Tech	Big

[TGHusker]

35 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

Yep. 

 

I'm sure Trev will take the difficulty of the schedule into his analysis of this season, but no matter what, those two games should have been wins. Frost needs to be able to explain why he couldn't get his team ready to win. 

But also, why he hasn't/can't win those close games even with Mich, OU, MSU.  How do you lose so many of these close games and not get your team over the hump to get that one signature win after 4 years. 

[FrantzHardySwag]

I think we have a fairly tough schedule, but Wisconsin and Minnesota being ranked by the playoff committee is a product of the Iowa AD leading the committee. Minnesota beat one decent team and that's Purdue, they also lost to Bowling Green and almost lost to Miami Ohio. Purdue has beat Iowa and no one else. Wisconsin beat Purdue and Iowa and no one else. B1G West has been hammered by Notre Dame, what is the best OOC win for our division? Iowa St? We have a tough crossover slate for sure, but this is a normal year for the B1G West and the type of teams Frost needs to beat if he wants to keep his job. 

[gobiggergoredder]

1 hour ago, FrantzHardySwag said:

Purdue has beat Iowa and no one else. 

The sooner people realize we have become "no one else" the better.

[Hilltop]

2 minutes ago, gobiggergoredder said:

The sooner people realize we have become "no one else" the better.

On that sir, you are wrong.  If we were "no one else", this forum would cease to exist and few would care.   Nebraska football will be great again and your defeatist attitude is not shared by the majority, thankfully.     

[Packerhuskerfan]

Good teams find a way to win, bad teams don't.  We are making the same stupid mistakes against IL, MN, and Purdue that we are doing against the Top 10 teams. Except for NW, we've played down to the level of the competition. 

[gobiggergoredder]

19 minutes ago, Hilltop said:

On that sir, you are wrong.  If we were "no one else", this forum would cease to exist and few would care.   Nebraska football will be great again and your defeatist attitude is not shared by the majority, thankfully.     

Because we are on a football message board talking about the Huskers doesn’t bring the team out of last place in the West.

 

We are “no one else”.

[Guy Chamberlin]

The fanbase can debate this however we want. The only perception that matters is whether high school recruits and the people who advise them think Scott Frost's Nebraska is a good place for your career. 

[Born N Bled Red]

1 hour ago, gobiggergoredder said:

The sooner people realize we have become "no one else" the better.

 

Agreed on the team- the problem is, we are a "no one else" quality team, with the name of greatness. Nebraska still gets every other team's best shot, even though we don't necessarily deserve it. They get up to play "Nebraska."

[Dogs In A Pile]

4 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

Yes.  The OU, MU and MSU games aren't what's frustrating this year.  It's Illinois, Minnesota and Purdue.

 

Win just 2 out of 3 of those winnable games and we wouldn't be having these endless threads about how good we are even though we've only won 3 games.

 

And the this season isn't a one-off anomaly. It has happened consistently every season since HCSF took over the program. Just a quick look at the tweet of indisputable facts by John M. Bishop from a couple of weeks ago shows how pathetic things have become and with the loss to Purdue things are even worse than that post show.