Daily Nebraskan: Nebraska vs. Minnesota is a must-win game for the Huskers

[BleedGopher]

per the Daily Nebraskan:

NU is not favored to win any of its remaining games and after the disappointing loss to Northwestern last week, it needs to win two of the last three to become bowl eligible. This weekend’s contest against Minnesota is the most-winnable game the Huskers have the rest of the season with a ranked Penn State and Iowa looming in the distance. This is not a game Nebraska wants to win — it is one it needs to win.

http://www.dailynebraskan.com/sport...cle_d92195d0-c4e1-11e7-8df4-bf92d336c1fa.html

Go Gophers!!

 

[MplsGopher]

Nebraska is way down in the APR rankings. They have zero chance to go to a bowl game at 5-7.

They have to beat the Gophers and then hope against all hope they can pull it off against Iowa.


I hope we slam the door right in their damn faces.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

How is it a must win?

I'm fairly convinced Mike is out this year anyway... win vs MN and the consequences for the staff are just the same.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Nebraska is way down in the APR rankings. They have zero chance to go to a bowl game at 5-7.

They have to beat the Gophers and then hope against all hope they can pull it off against Iowa.


I hope we slam the door right in their damn faces.

Did Nebraska's APR drop suddenly or something?

They were ahead of us when we and Neb went to bowl games with 5 wins....

 

[MplsGopher]

Don't know what to tell you about how and why it happened, but it did happen.

The Gophers are tied with Duke and Vanderbilt at 992, which is currently second place of teams that have not yet reached six wins, behind Air Force at 995 and ahead of Navy at 991 and Louisville at 988. The latter two are likely to get to six wins anyway ... but the first four I mentioned (including the Gophs) are at 4-5 and are anything but certain to get to six wins.

Nebraska is way down the list, tied with U of Buffalo at 977 which looks to put them around 18th or so.


And the "must win" is in the sense of going to a bowl game this year ... but I agree with you that Riley and his staff are out, even if they do get to six wins AND win a lower bowl game. They'll find a way to fire him and hire Scott Frost or someone else. More than likely, they don't get to six wins and get no bowl invite ... then it's an easy firing.

 

[MplsGopher]

The interesting question is this: what if there end up being 76 teams with six or more wins, and so there are two bowl slots that need 5-7 teams, and all four of Air Force, Minnesota, Duke, and Vanderbilt end up at 5-7?

Air Force automatically gets the first slot. But the last bowl game I believe would then get to pick between Minnesota, Duke, and Vandy.

Would probably depend on where the bowl is located ... but would like to think that Minnesota fan base has enough recognition of traveling well enough to beat out Duke and Vandy. Guess we'll see!

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Don't know what to tell you about how and why it happened, but it did happen.

The Gophers are tied with Duke and Vanderbilt at 992, which is currently second place of teams that have not yet reached six wins, behind Air Force at 995 and ahead of Navy at 991 and Louisville at 988. The latter two are likely to get to six wins anyway ... but the first four I mentioned (including the Gophs) are at 4-5 and are anything but certain to get to six wins.

Nebraska is way down the list, tied with U of Buffalo at 977 which looks to put them around 18th or so.


And the "must win" is in the sense of going to a bowl game this year ... but I agree with you that Riley and his staff are out, even if they do get to six wins AND win a lower bowl game. They'll find a way to fire him and hire Scott Frost or someone else. More than likely, they don't get to six wins and get no bowl invite ... then it's an easy firing.

Man that's a huge drop for Neb academically....

 

[MplsGopher]

Don't know if that's more to do with Pelini, Riley, or both.

But it means that guys aren't finishing their degrees out, and/or that guys aren't passing enough classes in the spring to meet the percentage of degree progress that the NCAA mandates for each academic year.

 

[e.bigelow]

Don't know if that's more to do with Pelini, Riley, or both.

But it means that guys aren't finishing their degrees out, and/or that guys aren't passing enough classes in the spring to meet the percentage of degree progress that the NCAA mandates for each academic year.

Isn't the APR calculation like two years behind? So our 2017 APR technically reflects 2015? Thought I read that somewhere. I could be crazy too.