I think there is an even simpler anwser to the difference in Bo's 5 years against Alabama's 3 title run & Nebraska's 3 title run. It comes down to line play. Until Bo figures out how to get solid play from the offensive & defensive line the Huskers will be a 9-10 win team. Alabama's offensive line distroyed the Notre Dame front in the title game. The '94 Huskers did the same to a Miami team that had a front 7 full of NFL talent.
This was my favorate poster growing up. It really shows how dominate the offensive line was to send future NFL stars to the sidelines to get oxygen.
I really feel Nebraska has the talent to be elite except on the offensive & defensive line. The only other factor I see is the turnovers & some of that will clean its self up with a dominant line.
NVM I read it wrong lol
Our O-line is fine. We can improve on pass protection, but all in all, we are fine. We lacked most talent on the D-line this year and previous years. One good kid, doesn't make you good, like we have had. Suh was successful because of Crick, Both demanding a double team and Suh just being a beast. Crick was one of the only good Dlineman we had when Suh left. Due to an injury and no depth, we lost a lot of our rush defense. This year, we had Steinkuhler, our biggest contributor, and couldn't do anything besides create a double team. If we had one more player who could have done the same thing, you would have seen more action from Ankrah, Meredith or Martin and creating more yards being lost or even sacks.
A&M's Oline was great in pass protection, but was slightly weaker in the rush protection. Not anywhere near bad, but the pass protection was their strong suit IMO.