Only 4 Teams With 9+ Wins Each Season Since 2008

[Landlord]

I really wish we would quit with this comparison. The others have won something, anything and are far above us. It is embarassing to so proud of this. Great we won 9 games, have we won anything that means anything. We need to set our goals higher than being one of four to win 9 games since. Not a single person in the country cares but us.

Sorry to be a d!(k about it, but we continue to lower what is acceptable. Throw in a conference championship and it sounds good, but throw in a few blow outs, embarassing losses on the National scene and it really means little.

Glad we won the games, but would much prefere we win some that were not supposed to. That would be a step up.

Everyone knows all this - but the statistic still has merit. Why? Because how many other teams have done what we've done? How many? Oh, only three? And they're all perennial BCS and Championship contenders or winners?

Well, we aren't, but we're in the same company, which means we are, at the very least, close.

How many losses do those other three teams have in the same span? How many other schools have the same/better record as we do in that span? These are also telling statistics. Just because someone went 8-5 amid three 11-1 seasons doesn't mean Nebraska is a better program than they are (not that this team exists, just an example). Not by a long shot.

I don't know how to find those statistics, but I would if I could - I would imagine the number of teams is still very, very few.

 

[Junior]

In the same span:

Alabama - 6 losses

Boise State - 5 losses

Oregon - 10 losses

Nebraska - 20 losses

 

[I am I]

No I am looking at reality, you live in a dream world. We have steadily gotten worse the last three years. Poor coaching, lack of experience, coaches that actually state they have no idea. Every single team I listed was better than Nebraska this year and would most likely have stomped them in a game, some did.

Now can we get better is the question. But saying we won 9 games the last 5 years means we are better is buying a load of crap. It just means we won the games nothing more. Trust me I would much rather be in most teams place on that list. Some exceptions, but I will take LSU, Georgia, South Carolina, Clemson, Stanford, Ohio State and a host of others as far as possible growth and development so far.

We are lowering out expectations, not of the players but of the coaching as far as I am concerned. I will give them credit for getting the team ready to play Georgia, and I think Beck is making improvement. Will we be a top program next year because we actually went out and won games or were they give me games due to the schedule. Then get killed in the Bowl game. But we won 9 games so we will almost be there will be the claim just like has been for the last 5 years. A large number on this board had us in the MNC hunt every year that Bo has been here. I really do not think it will ever happen with Bo as our head coach, I am not sure any coach can get us to the level of the SEC and that is what it is going to take.

Love the team, the program, the University and the state, just do not feel we are anywhere near where some think we are swallowing that we are on the same level as the other three because we won 9 games is beyond belief for me.

New Weasel had said all year long it was mirrors, but after actually attending the MNC game he said he has never seen such an intimidating team, the speed, the size, the committment was more than he had ever seen. I remember going to the Miami/Nebraska game and saying during warm ups that it was going to be a rout, we did not belong on the same field with them. He said the size in person was astounding, I thought the speed of Miami was beyond belief. But did mention 2008 USC as close.

I never bought the Notre Dame story, I felt they won some games that they should not have and were not very impressive in the way they won, luck of the Irish so to speak. I would much rather have seen them play Oregon, but I think Bama is too physical for them.

You're in reality, and everyone who thinks 9+ wins (one of only FOUR teams to do so) is living in a dream?

HA. Then, you list off 20 some odd teams and say "every team was better than us". Really. So I guess whatever is on paper or written in rankings stands and we shouldn't even play the game? That's reality?

So of all those teams, when all but 3 of them only won 8 games or less, were we better then them then?

Or when Oregon gets slapped w sanctions, is that what u want? Or when Klein graduates, or lane Kiffin craps the bed again?

Don't act like cuz you "call it as you see it" means that the rest of us who take pride in the maybe four things we have going for us right now (9+ wins, sellout streak, high GPA, and 0 sanctions) don't see all the fumbles and piss poor special teams play and tirades and on and on.

Despite all that, with a 1st time head coach who had to kick a nest of rats off a sinking ship his first 2 years, we are one of 4 teams in all of college ball who have won 9+ 5 yrs straight.

I'm not questioning your fandom, I just question what would EVER be good enough for you? Cuz we all want championships. But so does WI, PSU, tOSU, ala, Fl, etc...

 

[Junior]

LSU:

2008: 8-5 Won Chick-fil-a Bowl

2009: 9-4 Lost Capitol One Bowl

2010: 11-2 Won Cotton Bowl

2011: 13-1 Lost National Championship

2012: 10-3 Lost Chick-fil-a Bowl

Total losses in span: 15

Oklahoma:

2008: 12-2 Lost National Championship

2009: 8-5 Won Sun Bowl

2010: 12-2 Won Fiesta Bowl

2011: 10-3 Won Insight Bowl

2012: 10-3 Lost Cotton Bowl

Total losses in span: 15

Florida:

2008: 13-1 Won National Championship

2009: 13-1 Won Sugar Bowl

2010: 8-5 Won Outback Bowl

2011: 7-6 Won Gator Bowl

2012: 11-2 Lost Sugar Bowl

Total losses in span: 15

Texas:

2008: 12-1 Won Fiesta Bowl

2009: 13-1 Lost National Championship

2010: 5-7 No Bowl

2011: 8-5 Won Holiday Bowl

2012: 9-4 Won Alamo Bowl

Total losses in span: 18

Viriginia Tech:

2008: 10-4 Won Orange Bowl

2009: 10-3 Won Chick-fil-a Bowl

2010: 11-3 Lost Orange Bowl

2011: 11-3 Lost Sugar Bowl

2012: 7-6 Won Russell Athletic Bowl

Total losses in span: 19

Ohio State:

2008: 10-3 Lost Fiesta Bowl

2009: 11-2 Won Rose Bowl

2010: 12-1 Won Sugar Bowl

2011: 6-7 Lost Gator Bowl

2012: 12-0 No Bowl

Losses in span: 13

USC:

2008: 12-1 Won Rose Bowl

2009: 9-4 Won Emerald Bowl

2010: 8-5 No Bowl

2011: 10-2 No Bowl

2012: 7-6 Lost Sun Bowl

Total losses: 18

Nebraska's total losses: 20

These are just the teams I checked off the top of my head. There could be more. Teams that had one or more season where they didn't get that magical 9th win, yet still have fewer losses than Nebraska in the same span. What do these teams all have in common? BCS Bowl games and conference championships. About the only one you could argue that we are better off than is Virginia Tech. Certainly there is something to be said for consistency, however, I would happily take one 7-6 season for a 13-1 season.

 

[HuskerNationNick]

These are just the teams I checked off the top of my head. There could be more. Teams that had one or more season where they didn't get that magical 9th win, yet still have fewer losses than Nebraska in the same span. What do these teams all have in common? BCS Bowl games and conference championships. About the only one you could argue that we are better off than is Virginia Tech. Certainly there is something to be said for consistency, however, I would happily take one 7-6 season for a 13-1 season.

Are you crazy?! You have a 7-6 season, there is more issues than were ever there to begin with. Bo has a 7-6 season, kiss his a$$ goodbye and a new coaching staff & starting back at ground zero. Oh and good luck finding a good coach, or even a better one to replace him with. No one wants to coach at this school. Its been stated more than once, in the coaching profession, this school has a tarnished reputation. Your also looking at schools who haven't had to start from ground 0. Many of those schools have had the same coaching staff for almost a decade, if not longer.

 

[Count 'Bility]

It's a sign of consistency. Nothing more. Nothing less. You cant use it to judge our program against others, but you can use it to judge against ourselves, and regardless, 9+ each of 5 years isnt nearly enough to justify changing things up. Stick with the direction.

 

[Chaddyboxer]

It's a sign of consistency. Nothing more. Nothing less. You cant use it to judge our program against others, but you can use it to judge against ourselves, and regardless, 9+ each of 5 years isnt nearly enough to justify changing things up. Stick with the direction.

I believe the coaching is right there....

NEB just needs more talent...especially on D right now in order to get over that 4-loss hump. Perhaps next year is the year....

 

[Junior]

It's a sign of consistency. Nothing more. Nothing less. You cant use it to judge our program against others, but you can use it to judge against ourselves, and regardless, 9+ each of 5 years isnt nearly enough to justify changing things up. Stick with the direction.

I believe the coaching is right there....

NEB just needs more talent...especially on D right now in order to get over that 4-loss hump. Perhaps next year is the year....

With the schedule we have in 2013, anything more than 2 losses would be a debacle.

 

[kchusker_chris]

Are you crazy?! You have a 7-6 season, there is more issues than were ever there to begin with. Bo has a 7-6 season, kiss his a$$ goodbye and a new coaching staff & starting back at ground zero. Oh and good luck finding a good coach, or even a better one to replace him with. No one wants to coach at this school. Its been stated more than once, in the coaching profession, this school has a tarnished reputation. Your also looking at schools who haven't had to start from ground 0. Many of those schools have had the same coaching staff for almost a decade, if not longer.

No one would come here because we fired a coach for a 7-6 season? You are placing WAY too much value in a single quote by d-bag Urban Meyer regarding an event that happened nearly a decade ago. And we were far from starting at ground zero. We had 1 bad defensive season. Offensively we were almost identical to this years offense that you consider "one of the best in the nation".

 

[Count 'Bility]

It's a sign of consistency. Nothing more. Nothing less. You cant use it to judge our program against others, but you can use it to judge against ourselves, and regardless, 9+ each of 5 years isnt nearly enough to justify changing things up. Stick with the direction.

I believe the coaching is right there....

NEB just needs more talent...especially on D right now in order to get over that 4-loss hump. Perhaps next year is the year....

With the schedule we have in 2013, anything more than 2 losses would be a debacle.

agreed.

 

[Junior]

I really wish we would quit with this comparison. The others have won something, anything and are far above us. It is embarassing to so proud of this. Great we won 9 games, have we won anything that means anything. We need to set our goals higher than being one of four to win 9 games since. Not a single person in the country cares but us.

Sorry to be a d!(k about it, but we continue to lower what is acceptable. Throw in a conference championship and it sounds good, but throw in a few blow outs, embarassing losses on the National scene and it really means little.

Glad we won the games, but would much prefere we win some that were not supposed to. That would be a step up.

Everyone knows all this - but the statistic still has merit. Why? Because how many other teams have done what we've done? How many? Oh, only three? And they're all perennial BCS and Championship contenders or winners?

Well, we aren't, but we're in the same company, which means we are, at the very least, close.

No we are not close. 0 conference championships. 0 bowl wins over higher ranked teams.

Pelini's 2 bowl wins? Over a Clemson team that finished 7-6, and over an Arizona team that finished 8-5.

You are "close" when you win a conference title and compete in BCS games. We've played plenty of BCS worthy teams the last 5 years.... how many times have we won?

2008: Virginia Tech lost 35-30

Oklahoma lost 62-28

2009: Texas lost 13-12

2010: Oklahoma lost 23-20

2011: Wisconsin lost 48-17

Michigan lost 45-17

South Carolina (could easily have been in the BCS at 11-2) lost 30-13

2012: Ohio State lost 63-38

Wisconsin won 30-27 and lost 70-31

Georgia (probably should have been in the BCS) lost 45-31

Our one win against a BCS bowl caliber team came against a team that would not have been in the BCS at all, if not for Ohio State's sanctions. Yea, clearly we are "close".

This 9 win argument is ridiculous. We don't belong in the same sentence as Alabama and Oregon, unless you are talking about the 1990s.

 

[Count 'Bility]

Well fine then. If we're not gonna win National Championships, then I'd rather we go 4-8, so we can put that revolving coach door into full speed until we get someone that wins a title in their 1st 2 years.

 

[Junior]

Well fine then. If we're not gonna win National Championships, then I'd rather we go 4-8, so we can put that revolving coach door into full speed until we get someone that wins a title in their 1st 2 years.

Yes, that's clearly what I said.

 

[The Dude]

Offensively we were almost identical to this years offense that you consider "one of the best in the nation".

wat

6 points against Missouri, 14 against Okie Lite and A&M.

Almost identical is a bit of a stretch. If we were only able to muster scores like that against the likes of Northwestern, Michigan State, and Penn State this season would have been a little different.

I don't think there's any question our offense in 2012 is considerably better than in 2007.

 

[Count 'Bility]

Well fine then. If we're not gonna win National Championships, then I'd rather we go 4-8, so we can put that revolving coach door into full speed until we get someone that wins a title in their 1st 2 years.

Yes, that's clearly what I said.

No. I did.