I can kind of understand national hacks assuming road loses to MSU, PSU and WIS, but Nebraska....come on.
Nevermind the fact that we have been a really good road team under Fleck, have beaten Wisconsin in 2 of the last 4 matchups, beaten Penn State recently and MSU is far from the sure thing that some want to make them out to be.
It is what it is though. Until we win the West outright (probably the last chance to do it) the easy assumption to make is the Minnesota has no shot against top teams in the East or the former top dog in the West.
Still shocking that there are National people buying into Nebraska every year though. Team has done nothing under Frost to even come close to justifying any of the love they get in the preseason. Funny that we can have a decent run of success and be stuck in prove it mode while Nebraska can suck year in and year out yet somehow those same people that think we need to prove it will make the assumption that Nebraska is on the verge of breaking out.
Oh well, only way to change the perception is to keep on winning until they have no choice but to take you seriously.