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Question about Nebraska's History....
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:box It was unique....personally, I think it was a mistake to ever change the name...and if they were going to change it...should have changed it to "Sand Hillbillies" when Callahan was HC....but I am sure that the politically correct left came along and said we was offending people that ate bugs in South America or something...
I think it was the Pesticide Bowl that we got wiped out in....a little before my time, but think that probably led to us changing to Cornhuskers... :sarcasm
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1902: 10-2 186 points for - 0 against (Independent)
1903: 11-0 291 points for - 17 against (Independent)
1913: 8-0 138 points for - 28 against (MVIAA)
1914: 7-0-1 174 points for - 28 against (MVIAA)
1915: 8-0 282 points for - 39 against (MVIAA)
I believe the head coach back then was Tom Osborne.... <_<
Still...other than league championships, I don't think they had actual National Champions declared...hell, back then, I don't even know if Nebraska was officially a state or still a territory!
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Here is a link to the 2008 NCAA record book, it shows most of the past years NC picks by various selectors. There is no official NCAA D1A(FBS) NC, (click on National Poll Ranking on the left) so some schools show NCs for years other than the AP or Coaches polls.
The AP did not start picking their NC until after the bowls games until 1970, and the Coaches not until 1974. Had the AP not changed NU would not have been NC in 1970. The AP also had their NC after the bowls for the 1965 season, so if NU had beaten Bama they would have been NC that year. In 1949 the AP also did a post bowl poll but it was not official, so Notre Dame is listed as NC for that year, but Michigan also claims it since they won the post bowl poll that was not official.
Some selectors do predated polls. For example Billingsly use to have NU as his NC for 1915, but when the BCS changed its formula a few years ago, he redid his and now Oklahoma is his NC for that year.
NCAA Record Book
The AP did not start picking their NC until after the bowls games until 1970, and the Coaches not until 1974. Had the AP not changed NU would not have been NC in 1970. The AP also had their NC after the bowls for the 1965 season, so if NU had beaten Bama they would have been NC that year. In 1949 the AP also did a post bowl poll but it was not official, so Notre Dame is listed as NC for that year, but Michigan also claims it since they won the post bowl poll that was not official.
Some selectors do predated polls. For example Billingsly use to have NU as his NC for 1915, but when the BCS changed its formula a few years ago, he redid his and now Oklahoma is his NC for that year.
NCAA Record Book
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2 HuskerTrucker: well, way back then, as I understand it, the Pesticides wiped out all the bugs hence there were none left to be eaten by Nebraskans(which I think was a totally SICK and backward cultural practice anyway!). So it was in the name of progress that we were forced to abandon the beloved 'Bugeaters' tag. :blink: