97 Nebraska vs 97 Michigan (ESPN Poll)

HuskerInLostWages said:
aspeedlin4589 said:
We would have smoked that Michigan team, no doubt about it.
Click to expand...
NU would have smoked them easily. Michigan fans have this strange notion they'd have beaten us though. I guess when you live in Michigan the cold does tend to mess with reasonable thought processes.
Click to expand...
Well Brian Greise wouldnt have done a damn thing against the blackshirts, and Charles Woodson wouldve been a non factor the entire game. I have never understood either why they thought they wouldve beat us soundily.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
thunder Bots lets ROLL AND GET BOTH TEAMS DISQUALIFIED AGAIN. I want 10 nmillion votes combined this time.

 
Did my part. Wrote a new bot this morning in preparation for the arms race. Hooray for multi-threading!

Edit: And I actually voted too!

 
Last edited by a moderator:
aspeedlin4589 said:
HuskerInLostWages said:
aspeedlin4589 said:
We would have smoked that Michigan team, no doubt about it.
Click to expand...
NU would have smoked them easily. Michigan fans have this strange notion they'd have beaten us though. I guess when you live in Michigan the cold does tend to mess with reasonable thought processes.
Click to expand...
Well Brian Greise wouldnt have done a damn thing against the blackshirts, and Charles Woodson wouldve been a non factor the entire game. I have never understood either why they thought they wouldve beat us soundily.
Click to expand...
Yes. I also feel the D was just as good as Michigan's and, like you posted, Woodson wouldn't have been an issue due to our run game and ball control.

 
Peyton Manning says the Blackshirts were pretty damned good that day.

Fred White, UT Safety, thought so, too:

"We always thought of ourselves as a physical team," White said. "We could fight and play with anybody. Bring it on. We're ready."

But they weren't ready for Nebraska.

White remembers being knocked down on kickoff coverage for the first time in high school or college. Taken aback, he conferred with fellow cover man, Eric Westmoreland.

"What's happening on your side?" White asked.

"I was on the ground," Westmoreland replied.

Nebraska began to take charge in the second quarter. As the teams prepared to return to the field for the second half, the Cornhuskers made it clear they were just getting started.

"We're about to wear you out," they told White.

"It wasn't really trash talk, the way they said it," White said. "They just said it (matter-of-factly), 'We're about to wear you out.' And they wore us out."
Click to expand...
LINK

I have no doubt that 1997 Michigan had great players. But 1997 Nebraska was a great team. And they more than deserved that national championship. And there is zero doubt in my mind that we would have wiped the field with that Michigan squad. Would've made the Tennessee beating look mild.

 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top