Nebraska vs. Michigan ..... in 1997
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NU smoked a team with Jamal Lewis, Peerless Price, a slew of other NFL pro bowlers, oh and some guy named Peyton Manning.
UM barely squeaked out a controversial win over a team whose best player was Ryan Leaf.
How this is even a debate is baffling.
UM barely squeaked out a controversial win over a team whose best player was Ryan Leaf.
How this is even a debate is baffling.
Crusader Husker
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I always thought Nebraska would have won by at least 2 touchdowns. Probably 1 late as we wear them down.
MyBloodIsRed16
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Gage County
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I live 15 minutes from the Big House so I keep this handy when discussing 1997
Offense
Defense
Total
Scoring
Rushing
Passing
Total
Scoring
Rushing
Passing
Nebraska
1
1
1
104!
5
12
3
28
Michigan
44
44
28
63
1
1
7
1
Washington State
2
2
48
4
30
59
27
59
Tennessee
4
14
52
6
32
32
8
96
Offense
Defense
Total
Scoring
Rushing
Passing
Total
Scoring
Rushing
Passing
Nebraska
1
1
1
104!
5
12
3
28
Michigan
44
44
28
63
1
1
7
1
Washington State
2
2
48
4
30
59
27
59
Tennessee
4
14
52
6
32
32
8
96
JJ Husker
Assistant Coach
I don’t care what any meatchicken players or fans say, in 1997 Nebraska would’ve taken them behind the woodshed very similarly to how they did Tennessee. I gambled and paid very close attention to CFB that year and really it wouldn’t have been much of a contest. It would’ve been about 38 to 14. Fact :thumbs
MyBloodIsRed16
All-Conference
Michigan if I remember correctly squeaked by in a few games that year.
CheeseHusker
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Everyone uses the Colorado game against us.... if my memory is correct, they scored a junk TD, got an onside kick, and scored another junk TD. It was essentially a nothing game except for a period of maybe 3-4 fluky minutes.
I think the Husker D would have absolutely shut down that Michigan O. That in itself is a very bad sign for Michigan. Yes they had a Really good defense but on the balance I think Nebraska wins that And the more times they play, the more often Nebraska wins. Woodson would not have loved that Steady dose of Frost and PIPELINE 2.0
huskerfan333157
Starter
I think Nebraska would have won but Nebraska fans ignore these facts:
Michigan played the toughest schedule and played 6 top 25 teams.
Michigan beat Colorado 30 to 3 that year, we beat them 27 to 24
We all talk about how we played a far superior team in the bowl game (which we did) yet we ignore that we had a common opponent in which Michigan beat them by 4 scores while we only beat them by 1.
If a Michigan fan were to bring up these points then what would your rebuttal be besides the one bowl game?
Michigan played the toughest schedule and played 6 top 25 teams.
Michigan beat Colorado 30 to 3 that year, we beat them 27 to 24
We all talk about how we played a far superior team in the bowl game (which we did) yet we ignore that we had a common opponent in which Michigan beat them by 4 scores while we only beat them by 1.
If a Michigan fan were to bring up these points then what would your rebuttal be besides the one bowl game?
Well that is pretty easy actually. College football is all about emotion. Has been since it started. Colorado/Nebraska dating back to early days was always a highly contested rivalry. And so was Missouri for that matter. A 14-7 NU victory over Colorado or something similar was common. So Colorado surely had less fear of Nebraska, more familiarity, and more motivation. Rivalries count. And we won it. Now what was the Michigan tOSU score that year? How bad would Nebraska have beat them?
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huskerfan333157
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Besides the bowl game what do we have over Michigan? They beat more ranked teams, whooped a common opponent, tougher conference, etc. The only thing we bring up is the bowl game.