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Husker hero
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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?
AR Husker Fan
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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.
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.
Blackshirt
Team HuskerBoard
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.
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.
Blackshirt
Team HuskerBoard
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
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
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RockyMtnSooner
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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 a$$ with it.
BTW, OU vs. NU 1971 is on ESPN classic next week (thursday I believe)
BTW, OU vs. NU 1971 is on ESPN classic next week (thursday I believe)
Blackshirt
Team HuskerBoard
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.
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.
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