Northern Illinois upsets Nebraska 21-17!!!

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husker70 said:
What are the odds Mike Riley makes it to the end of season? I realize the AD gave him a 1 year extension last year. He was a questionable hire 4 years ago. And the wait till he gets his players in here, shows you its an excuse. He is at best a 55% win rate. They have broken what they had, and now have no where to go. And all the hype that they would challenge Wisconsin in the West. Those with those stories can throw them away. And BTN you should stop it as well.

Nebraska at it best was The Blackshirt Defense and Pound the Rock offense. They are now a middling defense and 47 throws and 3 interception a game. Its a losing premise. See Joe Salem.
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Scott Frost will be the next head coach at Nebraska. It'll either happen next year or the following year.
 

Face The Facts said:
Any opinion on what the difference is for Nebraska compared to what they were like in the glory days?

Some people had hinted that in the 90's (and 80's / 70's) they did a far better job than other schools at weight training (and whatever else might go with that).

Teams would go play Nebraska, and they were simply larger, stronger, players.
Where now that playing field has been leveled with all teams doing similar things to get the right size athletes.

Anyone else think there is a fundamental change anywhere?

The spread offense has changed football, but is there a reason Nebraska has seemed to suffer worse than others?
Is it because unlike USC, Florida St, Alabama, etc., they just aren't as an appealing location to be recruited to?

Ever since they've been in the Big Ten, they haven't been anywhere close to a Top 5 national team.
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It started long before they joined the big 10
 



dlw4gophers said:
It started long before they joined the big 10
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Yes. Thanks for pointing that out.

But my point was they hadn't even touched the top 5 since joining the Big Ten.
Won their last national title in 1997.
1998-2001 they had rankings in the top 5.
2002 they peaked at 8.
2010 they got back to #5 AP while in the Big 12.
Highest ranking since was last year when they crawled up to #7.
 


Face The Facts said:
Any opinion on what the difference is for Nebraska compared to what they were like in the glory days?

Some people had hinted that in the 90's (and 80's / 70's) they did a far better job than other schools at weight training (and whatever else might go with that).

Teams would go play Nebraska, and they were simply larger, stronger, players.
Where now that playing field has been leveled with all teams doing similar things to get the right size athletes.

Anyone else think there is a fundamental change anywhere?

The spread offense has changed football, but is there a reason Nebraska has seemed to suffer worse than others?
Is it because unlike USC, Florida St, Alabama, etc., they just aren't as an appealing location to be recruited to?

Ever since they've been in the Big Ten, they haven't been anywhere close to a Top 5 national team.
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I'm not going to go and dig up all the names, but today, even Nebraska would not be admitting players like Lawrence Phillips, Riley Washington, Christian Peter, et al. Osborne had a reputation as a squeaky-clean guy, but he had human garbage on every team, and covered for them.
 

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