History is being rewritten right before our eyes. Those off the field problems of the 90's were not that big of a deal at the time and certainly were not out of place for that era of cfb. Only in hindsight and when looked at by current standards do they seem so bad. What disappoints me more than anything is the Nebraska fans who have bought into the negativity of it all and join in the trashing of our greatest era.
That isn't really history being re-written. The events happened. I agree about he time period element, but the fact our standards are better doesn't make it ok things happened in the past. I don't see it as trashing- but ultimately we are talking about a show we haven't seen who knows what it would have been like.History is being rewritten right before our eyes. Those off the field problems of the 90's were not that big of a deal at the time and certainly were not out of place for that era of cfb. Only in hindsight and when looked at by current standards do they seem so bad. What disappoints me more than anything is the Nebraska fans who have bought into the negativity of it all and join in the trashing of our greatest era.
The perception of that era most certainly is being rewritten. I agree those events happened and we do have better standards now. But it is somewhat revisionist to now, today, look at those 20 year old acts and judge them by current standards. I have no idea what approach the producers would take on a 30 for 30 but I do know how some fans do it here on HB and I don't care for it.That isn't really history being re-written. The events happened. I agree about he time period element, but the fact our standards are better doesn't make it ok things happened in the past. I don't see it as trashing- but ultimately we are talking about a show we haven't seen who knows what it would have been like.
Those off the field problems of the 90's were not that big of a deal at the time
And lets' be honest ... Scotty Baldwin's incidents, and eventual paralysis/cop incident, the guns hidden by coaches in the FB offices, all of Lawrence's baggage, Peters' assault - those are just some of the big ones, and all of those would be all be considered big now.That isn't really history being re-written. The events happened. I agree about he time period element, but the fact our standards are better doesn't make it ok things happened in the past. I don't see it as trashing- but ultimately we are talking about a show we haven't seen who knows what it would have been like.
IDK, I don't think the greatness of those teams is clouding my judgement at all. IMO the off field problems and the on field dominance are completely unrelated. The difference is that back in the day these events trickled in and were looked at individually. However now, twenty years later, all the bad stuff is lumped into one big pile and it skews the perception of that era. Maybe it is proper to do it that way in retrospect but it is not how those events were perceived at the time and it wasn't glossed over just because we were winning. It just never was considered in the aggregate at the time.And lets' be honest ... Scotty Baldwin's incidents, and eventual paralysis/cop incident, the guns hidden by coaches in the FB offices, all of Lawrence's baggage, Peters' assault - those are just some of the big ones, and all of those would be all be considered big now.
We (speaking generally here) seem to remember the Tommy runs and the Blackshirts from that time, and of course the wins fondly, and we should - but the problems on those teams were significant.