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GH has a weird obsession with Nebraska IMO. Wouldn't shock me if they have a pretty good year.
 

Gophers1992 said:
GH has a weird obsession with Nebraska IMO. Wouldn't shock me if they have a pretty good year.
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I think part of it is every year we hear this is the year for Nebraska and of course, every year it is not and it's funny for us

Gophers have built up a mini rivalry vs Nebraska and they're fun to beat because Nebraska fans think MN is so far beneath them........

I was there when MN beat Nebraska for first time with Jerry Kill and Phillip Nelson leading the way. Nebraska was ranked 23, I think and Nebraska fans there were nice, but haughty and acting like we'd be telling stories to our grand kids of the one time we beat Nebraska
 

salzie said:
I think part of it is every year we hear this is the year for Nebraska and of course, every year it is not and it's funny for us

Gophers have built up a mini rivalry vs Nebraska and they're fun to beat because Nebraska fans think MN is so far beneath them........

I was there when MN beat Nebraska for first time with Jerry Kill and Phillip Nelson leading the way. Nebraska was ranked 23, I think and Nebraska fans there were nice, but haughty and acting like we'd be telling stories to our grand kids of the one time we beat Nebraska
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well, the six times we beat Nebraska
 



Because they have a five star qb that showed promise and a decent but not great coach. Something they have not had for recently. This year I believe warrants it the others not even close to the hype.
 





Safe to say if you experienced either of the Nebraska beat-downs in the 80s that yes, there is a special place in Football Hell reserved for Nebbie as far as Gophers are concerned.

The Billds were there in the Dome for the 1989 game. That was our first and last Gopher game for about 10 years. Obviously we got over it.

We were in Lincoln for the W in in 2014. Just looked it up and had forgotten they were ranked 23 at the time. Arguably Coach Pelini's firing clock started that wonderful afternoon if not before.
 

BilldGopher said:
Safe to say if you experienced either of the Nebraska beat-downs in the 80s that yes, there is a special place in Football Hell reserved for Nebbie as far as Gophers are concerned.

The Billds were there in the Dome for the 1989 game. That was our first and last Gopher game for about 10 years. Obviously we got over it.

We were in Lincoln for the W in in 2014. Just looked it up and had forgotten they were ranked 23 at the time. Arguably Coach Pelini's firing clock started that wonderful afternoon if not before.
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His clock started or sped up with every 4 year old tantrum he threw while there. Losing to us was the death knell for his tenure at Nebbie.

I'd like to go back to their AD at the time Shawn Eichorst and ask him if the he knew now what the next 11 years would have looked like if he'd make the same decision to fire Pelini, following 7 straight 9 win seasons. I'd argue it was the right call (Pelini had become unhinged at that point), but the hires - not so much.

Nebraska is a top five "most arrogant" program west of MeatChicken, with nothing to hang their hats on since Tom Osborne left (yes the absolute beatdowns of the Gophers in the 80's still stings).
 

Gophers1992 said:
GH has a weird obsession with Nebraska IMO. Wouldn't shock me if they have a pretty good year.
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Their schedule doesn't have a gauntlet of top teams, but assuming the 2 predicted losses are Michigan and @Penn State, this implies they win every other game, including beating us, which they haven't done recently. 4-0 against us, the two LA schools, and Iowa doesn't seem likely to me.
 

Pretty easy schedule for Nebraska this year. 10 wins wouldn't be a huge surprise IMO. I mean at some point they'll stop tripping over their own feet.
 



Gophers1992 said:
GH has a weird obsession with Nebraska IMO. Wouldn't shock me if they have a pretty good year.
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I don't think it's weird at all. It feels like this is a rivalry that's grown pretty strong pretty quickly. I wouldn't doubt it if a large majority of Gopher fans consider Nebraska our biggest rival behind Wisconsin and Iowa.
 

Talent level most likely. They underachieved the past 6-8 years. Eventually the predictions will be true I guess.
 


caliGopher said:
His clock started or sped up with every 4 year old tantrum he threw while there. Losing to us was the death knell for his tenure at Nebbie.

I'd like to go back to their AD at the time Shawn Eichorst and ask him if the he knew now what the next 11 years would have looked like if he'd make the same decision to fire Pelini, following 7 straight 9 win seasons. I'd argue it was the right call (Pelini had become unhinged at that point), but the hires - not so much.

Nebraska is a top five "most arrogant" program west of MeatChicken, with nothing to hang their hats on since Tom Osborne left (yes the absolute beatdowns of the Gophers in the 80's still stings).
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99-01 under Solich they were good. Probably mostly TO’s recruiting though…
 

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