ESPN State Of The Program: Nebraska

Neither opponent is of a good quality though. Purdue's ceiling was 55 points, Wisconsin's was probably 100+ points.

Would 2012 Wiscy beat 2015 Purdue? Yes they would.

I still say that game was worse though due to the stage it was on, the fact we had beaten them, and the fact they scored 70 effortlessly and we struggled to get 31 on them when really we should have scored 14 tops.

If Purdue tries it's hardest and we try our hardest in that game the score is probably: NU 62 UP 20

If Wisconsin tries it's hardest and we try our hardest in THAT game the score is probably: NU 31 UW 117

 
1995 Redux said:
Neither opponent is of a good quality though. Purdue's ceiling was 55 points, Wisconsin's was probably 100+ points.

Would 2012 Wiscy beat 2015 Purdue? Yes they would.

I still say that game was worse though due to the stage it was on, the fact we had beaten them, and the fact they scored 70 effortlessly and we struggled to get 31 on them when really we should have scored 14 tops.

If Purdue tries it's hardest and we try our hardest in that game the score is probably: NU 62 UP 20

If Wisconsin tries it's hardest and we try our hardest in THAT game the score is probably: NU 31 UW 117
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So NU lost to a team that it should have beat by 42...

Again...that sounds like the Purdue game is the worse of the two losses. Because in the other version NU held UW 47 points from what it should have scored.

 
I guess it depends how you want to look at it and what you prefer when letting a loss personally piss you off. Me, I was already so MEH on the season by the time we lost to Purdue that it didn't bring me down too much.

In 2012 when we were 1 win away from our first title since '99 I was pretty excited. Then I watched us get fundamentally waxed by stupidly simple plays by a team we had already beaten.

If I had to rank the top 5 worst losses of the last 8 years:

1-'12 Wiscy

2-'14 Wiscy

3-'15 Purdue

4-'10 Texas

5-'10 Washington Bowl

 
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1995 Redux said:
I guess it depends how you want to look at it and what you prefer when letting a loss personally piss you off. Me, I was already so MEH on the season by the time we lost to Purdue that it didn't bring me down too much.

In 2012 when we were 1 win away from our first title since '99 I was pretty excited. Then I watched us get fundamentally waxed by stupidly simple plays by a team we had already beaten.

If I had to rank the top 5 worst losses of the last 8 years:

1-'12 Wiscy

2-'14 Wiscy

3-'15 Purdue

4-'10 Texas

5-'10 Washington Bowl
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Ahhh, I get what you are saying now. If that is the case...that Texas loss in the champion game is the "worst"

I am looking at it as losing to the very worst team I could imagine...

 
The 5 worst teams we have lost to are '09 ISU, '10 Texas, '11 NW, '12 Wiscy, '15 Purdue. IMO

 
There were a couple talent loaded Tom Osborne teams that had inexplicably awful games against lousy opponents.

Huskers were ranked #1 in 1984 when they lost 17-9 to an unranked Syracuse that had just been shutout the week before by an even worse Rutgers team.

1992 Nebraska team was still in the National Championship picture when they lost 19-10 to a 4-7 Iowa State team in a game that wasn't even that close. That team had Tommy Frazier, Derek Brown and Calvin Jones in the backfield.

 
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There were a couple talent loaded Tom Osborne teams that had inexplicably awful games against lousy opponents.

Huskers were ranked #1 in 1984 when they lost 17-9 to an unranked Syracuse that had just been shutout the week before by an even worse Rutgers team.

1992 Nebraska team was still in the National Championship picture when they lost 19-10 to a 4-7 Iowa State team in a game that wasn't even that close. That team had Tommy Frazier, Derek Brown and Calvin Jones in the backfield.
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Yes, Tom had a few crummy losses over the years as well. But, there were only maybe a couple where we really looked out classed. I seem to recall a Miami loss and maybe one other "away" Florida bowl game where we were not all that competitive. We got snuffed about three times by those damned Sooner when Switzer 'had the best teams money could buy". But we were always nationally relevant and respected and had a chance in every game at the opening kick off.

There is no way one can reasonably argue the Huskers did not have a chance in any of its games last year. That one simple fact (my view it is a fact anyway) is what gives me hope and faith in the future. We played some poor teams and played down at their level. This is NOT good. We played some good teams and played at their level. That is good. We did not play a great team. Whether Purdue is a horrible team is debatable certainly but they cannot be called anything but poor really. I don't think we lose to Purdue with Tommy at QB. I think if we played Purdue five more times with last year's teams, we would win all five. Average point margin of victory 17. Again, all my opinions but that is why I feel we should be hopeful that this fall will be significantly better and the trend will be headed upward again. If these guys play with heart and use their intelligence (they were admitted to college so presumably they are all reasonably intelligent), I believe we win 9 and probably 10 games. More is possible.

 
This is bumming me out, lets talk wins.

My personal faves:

-94 Bowl win over Miami

-EVERY GAME BETWEEN ^ AND THE '97 TITLE

-00 South Bend Invasion

-05 Bowl over Michigan

-07 Throttling of KSU

-08 Colorado Kick 6

-08 Bowl win over Clemson

-09 55-0 over ULL for 300th sellout

-09 Oklahoma stalemate

-09 Bowl win over Zona

-10 ISU goes for 2 and we pick it off

-10 Helu hangs 307 on Mizzou

-11 Ohio State comeback

-11 Michigan State upset

-12 Michigan State comeback

-12 Home game vs Michigan I went to and we WON

-13 RK3 to Westerkamp over NW

-13 Beating Michigan in the Big House

-13 Bowl win over Georgia

-14 Miami comes to Lincoln

-15 Michigan State upset

 
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-08 Colorado Kick 6
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This is a great argument for ignoring expectations and enjoying the game.

Nebraska was about to lose at home to a middling Colorado team in a game that meant little in the scheme of things.

But damn, those were two of the funnest minutes in Nebraska football.

 
The NW hail mary is right there for me too. Losing the game to an "inferior" opponent at home only to pull the win out of nowhere. My wife had given up and went to get ready to go out. I spent the final 5 minutes of the game speaking out loud to myself at everything being done wrong.

Then I completely lost my sh#t in spastic celebration. My wife came running downstairs to see what she missed. The win meant nothing, NW wasn't even good. But damn that was a fun moment.

 
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