It's Tuesday, which means...

[StPaulHusker]

Just confirming: our dream scenario is to replicate Mike Riley's first season.

(don't hurt me! but it's true.)

Based on this hypothetical, we would be 7-6 at the end of the year.  Not 6-7 like Riley.

 

[Head Coach Scott Frost]

I can't believe Minnesota ended our perfect season.

 

[cheekygeek]

Hypothetically, I see a Bowl Game (meaning some city's Chamber of Commerce) needing a 5-win team (particularly one that just happens to have some great Story Lines and a fan base that travels extraordinarily well) to get an invite. (You heard it here first). Nebraska made a bowl game under this criteria just fairly recently, didn't they?

If there are not enough eligible teams to fill all the bowl slots, additional teams may be selected, according to the following priorities, which must be applied in descending order:[2]

1. Teams which would have met the eligibility criteria if not for the fact that they had one win against an FCS team that didn't meet the scholarship requirement and no waiver was granted.[3]
   
2. Teams which played 13 games during the regular season and finished with a 6-7 record.[3] (This criterion normally applies only to Hawaii and some of its home opponents.)
   
3. Teams in their second year of reclassification from FCS to FBS football.[3]
   
4. Teams with at least 5 wins and no more than 7 losses, in order of their Academic Progress Rates. <<DING DING DING!!!>>
   

 

[StPaulHusker]

Based on this hypothetical, I still don't see us beating Iowa this year. 

 

[ScottyIce]

Based on this hypothetical, I still don't see us beating Iowa this year. 

5-7 then?

Hypothetically, I see a Bowl Game (meaning some city's Chamber of Commerce) needing a 5-win team (particularly one that just happens to have some great Story Lines and a fan base that travels extraordinarily well) to get an invite. (You heard it here first). Nebraska made a bowl game under this criteria just fairly recently, didn't they?

Right, but we have to be tops in APR or near tops...or have teams in front of us decline. or have it be a PAC12 school, which apparently said no more 5 win teams get to go.

 

[ScottyIce]

We. Aren’t. On. The. Mother. Trucking. Team.

It doesn’t change one effing thing if we talk about the 5 national championships in a row Nebraska is going to win from 2019-2023.

To make matters worse (RE: your post), this topic is specifically for talking about crazy s#!t.

shhh...he's not worthy.

 

[StPaulHusker]

5-7 then?

I think it's possible.  Our defense needs to play way better for it to happen

 

[cheekygeek]

Regarding the APR, Nebraska is currently tied for 28th (and was Tied for 34th the season before).

We are tied with: 


T28 Penn State 980


Last Season APR: T61


T28 Nebraska 980


Last Season APR: T34


T28 Kent State 980


Last Season APR: T30


T28 Georgia Tech 980


Last Season APR: T16


T28 Connecticut 980


Last Season APR: T40


T28 Auburn 980




The 25 teams ahead of Nebraska (and those other schools, above):
 


T25 Maryland 981


Last Season APR: T11


T25 Louisville 981


Last Season APR: 9


T25 Central Michigan 981


Last Season APR: T44


T21 Temple 982


Last Season APR: T52


T21 Ohio State 982


Last Season APR: T40


T21 Cincinnati 982


Last Season APR: T36


T21 Army 982


Last Season APR: T19


T19 Utah 983


Last Season APR: T16


T19 Minnesota 983


Last Season APR: T4


T14 UCF 984


Last Season APR: T11


T14 Pitt 984


Last Season APR: T40


T14 Middle Tennessee 984


Last Season APR: T16


T14 Kansas State 984


Last Season APR: T40


T14 Alabama 984


Last Season APR: T22


T12 Stanford 985


Last Season APR: 10


T12 Boston College 985


Last Season APR: T30


T8 Wisconsin 986


Last Season APR: 8


T8 Washington 986


Last Season APR: T11


T8 Nevada 986


Last Season APR: T61


T8 Illinois 986


Last Season APR: T11


7 Clemson 987


Last Season APR: T22


6 Michigan 990


Last Season APR: 3


T4 Navy 992


Last Season APR: 7


4 Duke 992


Last Season APR: T4


T2 Vanderbilt 993


Last Season APR: T4


T2 Air Force 993


Last Season APR: T1


1 Northwestern 997


Last Season APR: T1

-- source

 

[ScottyIce]

Regarding the APR, Nebraska is currently tied for 28th (and was Tied for 34th the season before).

We are tied with: 


 



T28 Nebraska 980 (1-6)



T28 Kent State 980 (1-7)



T28 Georgia Tech 980 - currently 3-4 record.



T28 Connecticut 980 (1-6)




The 25 teams ahead of Nebraska (and those other schools, above):
 


T25 Maryland 981 (4-3)



T25 Louisville 981 - not gonna make it probably (2-5)



T25 Central Michigan 981(1-7)



T21 Temple 982 (5-3)



T21 Army 982 (5-2)



T19 Minnesota 983 (3-4)



T14 Pitt 984 (3-4)



T14 Middle Tennessee 984 (4-3)



T14 Kansas State 984 (3-4) 



T12 Boston College 985 (5-2)



T8 Nevada 986 (4-4) 



T8 Illinois 986 (3-4)



T4 Navy 992 (2-5)



4 Duke 992 (5-2)



T2 Vanderbilt 993 (3-5)



T2 Air Force 993 (3-4) chance to get to 6-6



1 Northwestern 997 (4-3) they are gonna get eligible

I erased all teams that are bowl eligible already and PAC12 teams.

 

[cheekygeek]

I erased all teams that are bowl eligible already and PAC12 teams.

Nice work!

Anybody know how many teams are needed to fill all the bowls this year? (Hypothetically?)

 

[ScottyIce]

78?

 

[Mierin]

78?

Yes.

There are 52 teams with 5+ wins. 4 of them are smarter than us. 

There are 75 teams with 4+ wins. 8 of them are smarter than us.

 

[Redux]

We will finish 4-8 on the year.  Ohio State will not be one of the 4.  Sorry everyone.

 

[4skers89]

We will finish 4-8 on the year.  Ohio State will not be one of the 4.  Sorry everyone.

MSU or Iowa for 4th?

 

[Redux]

MSU or Iowa for 4th?

Idk why, I've liked us to beat MSU since before the season started.  Hopefully if we lose to Iowa it's a nail biter.