BleedGopher
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The number of close games they have lost in recent years is off the charts. Still though, it really is shocking that a power 4 program like Nebraska has been unable to clear the extremely low bar of making a bowl game over the past 7 seasons.Nebraska has an easy nonconference schedule this year with UTEP, Colorado, and Northern Iowa. It also has a favorable start to its B1G schedule with Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers, and Indiana.
It gets pretty tough after that though finishing out with Ohio State, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin and lastly Iowa.
This could be the year Nebraska gets a bowl game, but the last 7 years they have been their own worse enemy with turnovers and about any other possible way to lose a game.
Of those bottom 8 teams, the corn holes are probably the only one with a good chance to move up this season.
Yeah they're pretty much setup to go bowling this year. Never know, but the schedule is favorable to a team rebuilding.Nebraska has an easy nonconference schedule this year with UTEP, Colorado, and Northern Iowa. It also has a favorable start to its B1G schedule with Illinois, Purdue, Rutgers, and Indiana.
It gets pretty tough after that though finishing out with Ohio State, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin and lastly Iowa.
This could be the year Nebraska gets a bowl game, but the last 7 years they have been their own worse enemy with turnovers and about any other possible way to lose a game.
Agree. I think Nebraska for sure goes bowling this year.Yeah they're pretty much setup to go bowling this year. Never know, but the schedule is favorable to a team rebuilding.
Aww shucks
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I agree that Nebraska isn't going to be terrible forever. The real question though is will they ever be an elite football program again or will they just settle into that second tier with teams like Minnesaota, Wisconsin, Iowa.....good but rarely if ever great.Yes, Nebraska isn't going to be terrible forever. They care too much about the sport for that. I'd guess that the dumber Iowa and Wisconsin fans thought we'd never beat them again after the streaks they accumulated. We shouldn't fall into the same type of thinking about Nebraska.
If they hit the jackpot on an elite coach maybe...but I don't think Rhule is that guy.There are still Nebraska fans that believe a return to the glory days is possible for them....I'm not so sure.
I'd argue that Nebraska is closer to MN than MN is to Iowa or Wisconsin over the past 10-20 years.I agree that Nebraska isn't going to be terrible forever. The real question though is will they ever be an elite football program again or will they just settle into that second tier with teams like Minnesaota, Wisconsin, Iowa.....good but rarely if ever great.
There are still Nebraska fans that believe a return to the glory days is possible for them....I'm not so sure.
20 year sure.....but in recent years MN has significantly closed the gap between itself and Wisconsin and Iowa. There is very little separation between the 3 programs now and that is unlikely to change much in this current college football landscape.I'd argue that Nebraska is closer to MN than MN is to Iowa or Wisconsin over the past 10-20 years.
Since PJ took over:20 year sure.....but in recent years MN has significantly closed the gap between itself and Wisconsin and Iowa. There is very little separation between the 3 programs now and that is unlikely to change much in this current college football landscape.
It was really interesting TV trying to predict the manner in which they would shoot themselves in the foot. I'm not even ripping on Nebraska, it was so insane.I miss me some Scott Frost. Entertainment at it's best.
Last 5 years conference recordsSince PJ took over:
Iowa 40-23
Wisc 39-21
MN 29-32
Nebraska 19-43
B10 records…
MN is the midpoint between Nebraska and Iowa/Wisconsin
Pick any time frame you want too. I first said 10-20 years. You said maybe 20. I went back to when fleck started.Last 5 years conference records
Iowa - 31-14
Wisc - 25-17
MN - 24-19
Neb - 13-31
But yeah....please keep pretending there is some massive gap between MN and Iowa/Wisconsin. I suppose you could argue that Iowa still has a little separation from MN and Wisconsin but at the moment there is little to no separation between Minnesota and Wisconsin and Iowa is not far ahead at all.
As for Nebraska, they probably are not as far behind as those records would indicate but the bottom line is the fairly significant gap that used to exist between Minnesota and our main two rivals has been closed to almost nothing.
And all 4 programs are unlikely to crack into the upper tier with teams like Ohio State, at least on any sort of regular basis.
Go Gophers!!
The gift to the Big Ten was them not being Satisfied with Pelini's level of success and thinking they could do better.Scott Frost was quite a gift to the Big Ten West
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Notwithstanding that Riley's last year was a crash and burn and that Rhule's first year was, well, a first year. We'll see