Nebraska in the eyes of another

kchusker_chris said:
cg_8 said:
Nebraska in the eyes of others...

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...incoming "national perception"

Now, Nebraska is trying to work its way through a world with stronger recruiting on a national scale, and with a brand name that doesn't mean now what it did ten years ago
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...and "offensive identify" thread derail...

especially considering they don't rely on a specific offensive style that requires just a few key parts to work behind the cultivated linemen.
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Uh oh.....

What's your problem with Bo Pelini?

He's always on the hot seat, Nebraska fans are always grouchy about him for one reason or another, and it always seems like he's one bad loss away from getting canned, but this isn't 1985 anymore. The days of relying on a walk-on program, bringing in a few national recruits, and then rolling through an awful schedule before losing to Oklahoma at the end of the year are over. Considering the landscape of college football at the moment, Pelini is doing a fantastic job.

Nebraska is in a tough spot – and I don't mean Lincoln. Actually, I sort of do.
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NUpolo8 said:
As if that's what Nebraska did.

God forbid we hold a high standard, after all, it's hard!
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Yea, I don't like the fact that he is making it seem like it's a good thing that we have #9wins. Don't get me wrong yes its a good streak but I would like the streak of having at least 9 wins reach another year with a season of 11 or more wins!

 
I don't think he's doing a fantastic job. I don't think anyone that is aware of Nebraska's rich football history actually thinks he's doing a "fantastic" job. That would be like saying he's doing a horrible job, which isn't the case either. It's not like he took over the football team of some small prairie school that never managed to win 9 games.

Tom Osborne did a fantastic job. Bob Devaney did a fantastic job. Bill Callahan did a horrible job. Pelini is somewhere in the middle.

Let's reign back the hyperbole a bit.

 
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BlitzFirst said:
The Dude said:
Tom Osborne did a fantastic job.
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People were ready to get rid of him too when he lost 7 bowl games in a row. It's all about perception...how we, as fans, look at the program.
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Until recently Pelini was struggling in bowls too. If it was just the bowls it might not be an issue. He also struggles in the regular season. And most glaring is how he's struggling in the polls. NR is a ranking we are becoming accustomed to - u certainly couldn't say that about those teams of Tom's u'r talking about.

(and he was winning at an 82% clip, with three 2 loss seasons and a 1 loss season. Losing in the bowl when you're sitting at 1 loss, or no losses isn't the end of the world. Sugar, Fiesta, Orange....those are bowls Bo hasn't even sniffed.

 
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BlitzFirst said:
kchusker_chris said:
BlitzFirst said:
The Dude said:
Tom Osborne did a fantastic job.
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People were ready to get rid of him too when he lost 7 bowl games in a row. It's all about perception...how we, as fans, look at the program.
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Until recently Pelini was struggling in bowls too. If it was just the bowls it might not be an issue. He also struggles in the regular season. And most glaring is how he's struggling in the polls. NR is a ranking we are becoming accustomed to - u certainly couldn't say that about those teams of Tom's u'r talking about.

(and he was winning at an 82% clip, with three 2 loss seasons and a 1 loss season. Losing in the bowl when you're sitting at 1 loss, or no losses isn't the end of the world. Sugar, Fiesta, Orange....those are bowls Bo hasn't even sniffed.
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Back in TO's day, there weren't as many D1 programs and no real power conferences. Bowl tie ins weren't as gaudy and money-filled as they are now.

Nebraska was ranked at 9-3 in the top ten many times during TO's career. That wouldn't happen in college football today.

So often, we compare the final 6 years of Tom Osborne's coaching career to the first 6 of Pelini's and to me, that's not only unjustified...it smacks of looking at things the wrong way aka bad perspective.

It all comes back to individual motivation on how we look at things and shrugging off the idea of For or Against.
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Well one of the reasons it doesn't happen is because there are more games played. There are three loss teams rated that high in the polls quite often. Stanford last year, for example.

And the "no real power conferences" in To's day is a little squishy as well. Sure the sec was down, but to presume that there were not any powerhouses around is pretty ludicrous.

 
But the Orange Bowl was beholden to the Big 8

Same with the Rose and the PAC/Big 10.

It wasn't a hard fast rule, but this is pretty nitpicky.

 
I predict something will happen this year, and it will effect our win/loss totals. And through it all, I will be swilling the Big Red koolaid like crazy. Just how I am.

 
Seems more like that preview was written by a disgruntled Husker fan than an outsider, but whatever. Maybe he got his perspective from following the message boards. I can't say I disagree too much with him, but he is a bit harsh.

We were a whisker away- a miracle against Northwestern- from totally imploding last year. If we'd lost there, who knows if we find it within ourselves to win those close games at Michigan and Penn State. Lose those two after losing to NW and we're sitting home for the bowl game.

I hope we have a great year this year, but I've become accustomed to keeping the enthusiasm in check and bracing for a disappointing season.

 
Id prefer the rest of the country not even know we exist until we're 9-0 or 10-0.

Wishful thinking, yes.

 
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