2008 Nebraska Football Preview - State of the Union

“Corner Armando Murillo is used to playing on an island, but he didn’t much like it. He defected from Cuba as a child. He is susceptible to double moves though, still not fully understanding that Yanquis have choices.”

Well played, sir.

Well done, sir. I think they’re going to be one of the more interesting teams this year. They have some players, but no one has a clue if any of them know how to play football.

Finally, a team with some history.

Best Team Year Record Season Rank All-Time Rank 1971 13-0 1 (1%) 1 (0%) Finishes #1 Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 4 20 37 68 Average Season Ranking Last 4 Last 10 Last 25 All-Time 44.0 (37%) 27.4 (23%) 14.9 (13%) 26.3 (26%) Worst Team Year Record Season Rank All-Time Rank 1899 0-3 53 (96%) 11774 (97%) Worst Team (Last 25 Years) Year Record Season Rank All-Time Rank 2004 4-6 57 (49%) 5693 (47%)

If I understand this right, Huck, the 1971 Nebraska team is considered the best team of all time. Correct?

Aye.

Where, in the list of all time teams, does their ’95 team rank?

#2

I know you’ve posted this before, but do you mind reposting the all-time rankings? I always assumed 95 would be tops.

The ’95 team was a juggernaut. They absolutely destroyed us in the Big XII title game that year.It was refreshing to go to Lincoln last year and watch us run the option with impunity. Their fans lose a little civility when they get their ass handed to them at home(as do most of us).

I may be wrong here, but I think in 95 they were still in the Big 8. You may be thinking of the 96 team.

The ‘95 team was a juggernaut. They absolutely destroyed us in the Big XII title game that year.

No they didn’t.

Correction noted my bad. Whoever those guys were in San Antonio in 1997 they were a pretty damn good team.

The ‘96 NU team didn’t destroy anyone in the Big XII Title game. Since his handle is “Aggie Lurking”, I’m guessing he’s thinking of ’97, when Nebraska beat A&M 54-15.

Top 10 as I’m too lazy to put up the Top 25.

All Time College Football Teams Rank Year/Team Rating PF PA Record 1 1971 Nebraska 116.54 507 104 13-0 2 1995 Nebraska 116.06 638 174 12-0 3 1945 Army 107.82 325 33 7-0 4 1902 Michigan 107.14 240 6 6-0 5 1971 Oklahoma 106.53 534 217 11-1 6 1934 Minnesota 104.98 214 26 7-0 7 1912 Wisconsin 104.89 233 29 6-0 8 1991 Washington 104.60 495 115 12-0 9 2005 Texas 104.28 652 213 13-0 10 1987 Miami (FL) 103.10 412 125 12-0

This preview is a sobering reminder of how far we’ve fallen… depressing. The average season ranking of 27.4 in the last 10 years shocks me; has it really been that bad? (I guess so). The last vintage Nebraska team was probably the 12-1 1999 squad that split with UT.

I could beat all 10 of those teams put together by four touchdowns.

What is it with Fuskers and backward spellings, Ojnab? You, Ak-sar-ben Dog track? gimme a break!

Let’s not forget Bo’s alleged NC(?!?)defense allowed an average of over 27 pts per game in the stodgy(Read: No Spread O)SEC, despite having All-Universe players like K Dorsey!

Bo’s DC is his brother who moved over from the MAC —-or was that HS foo’bah? Yeah, he’s contain the likes of the Land Thieves and Leach’s band of merry Pirates alright! Not mention that goombah at MU!

As for Shawn Watson? He was half of Cally’s problem! His playbook at CU was even bigger than Callahan’s 600+ pages and the annual refrain fom SW while in Boulder was always “We’re gonna simplify things”.

In ’01 he was forced to when starting QB Ochs went down and JUCO Pesavento learned just enough to hand off to Chris Brown and throw to Dan Graham!

No, let’s see if Shawn has learned anything and whether a MAC transfer at DC can cope in the bigs, before we call the Fuskers “interesting”

The Defensive Tackle paragraph was brilliant.

What’s wrong Earl? Did we fuck your mother? again?

Pelini was tremendous in his first go-round with NU, and had they hired him instead of Callahan, and lord knows why they didn’t, they’d be in a lot better place right now.

However, Pelini’s days were before the spread took root here, so we’ll have to see how he does. The offenses are better than Arkansas’, and his defense won’t be as good as LSU’s.

His brother should have some experience with the spread coming from the MAC.

It’s amazing that NU had the run it did. The state does not produce enough talent to stock an elite D-1A team, yet Devaney and Osborne developed a formula to acquire that much talent. Getting every decent player in state to walk on, having the best strength and conditioning program in the country, and running an option offense that needed skill talent that was not valued by rival programs (option QBs, etc.).

It couldn’t last. The S&C was copied by rivals, and the spread teams started grabbing the backfield talent the Huskers needed. The Callahan hire was a hail mary to jump ahead of the D-1A world, and it was underthrown.

Nebraska still has things going for it. For one, it is Nebraska, with great support from fans and the school. They can be a perennially ranked team, and occasionally make a BCS run. They just won’t be able to do it every year again.

HJ missed the obvious Buster Keaton/Frank Solich analogy.

I would like my money back please.

Carl Pelini’s defensive coordinator title means about as much as when Rebecca named Woody Assistant Head Bartender.

Woooowee! coach Callahan! Brilliant insight and repartee worthy of Fusker devotees everywhere! So, mr WCO genius, Sir: ‘splain jes’ where I mistated any facts associated with Bo Peep?

You must be one of those people that think CU is Nebraskas rival because you win 28% of the time. Things aren’t the same in Lincoln as they were the last four years. Unfortunately for CU things are exactly the same in the Peoples Republic of Boulder. Had and linebackers hit anyone with an unlicensed rock this week? I suppose we should be happy your football players at least use environmentally freindly weapons. How is Scotts momma liking her new job?

Huck, where does the 2005 USC team rank?

Hey Taylor, re-read the note on Steinkuhler in the SOTU above and read J. Peter’s book. Then get back to us on the S&C program at NU in their glory years.

#70, BRAGG.

Well Earl, where should we start?

- Bo actually gave up 24.5ppg in SEC competition, and 19.9ppg overall. You may also want to add that his defense played 6 overtimes, inflating the points per game.

- He had no player named K Dorsey you tool. I think you meant Glenn Dorsey, but then again, from your comments, no one would ever accuse you of actually watching a game.

- Kentucky and Florida actually run variations of the spread offense. Spurrier has incorporated some spread into his Fun N’ Gun, and Arkansas’ wildcat formation was spread based. Pelini has seen the spread in the SEC.

What other facts would you care to make up Earl?

Earl T=disgruntled buff fan/drunken mountain dwarf.
Bow down, little earl t. Take your place.

Linked to this off Big Red Network.

Hilarious and very well written. I’ll come back.

Cheers!

That was extremely funny. Husker fans are very (overly?) optimistic this year. And it should only get better. We’ll finally be smacking people in the mouth again.

That was awesome. The Cody Glenn thing was fab.

“He was born out of a kitchen mishap when his father accidentally dropped a syringe full of dianabol into an electric toaster”

I was brushing my teeth and spit my toothpaste out in laughter. Damn you HenryJames.

I didn’t laugh cause that coulda happened.

The Big XII needs to have a strong Nebraska. The conference looks so much better when all of your “Cathedral” schools are at the top of the standing. The Huskers did get rid of their “Mackovic” though so that cannot hurt.

Husker fans were optimistic last year. And the year before. Husker fans would be optimistic if the Tunguska Event was 2 minutes from arriving in Lincoln. Husker fans are optimistic about democracy in Iraq, Russian withdrawal from Georgia and the chances of seeing Jessica Alba fellating Scott Frost. Husker fan optimism is not predictive of future events.

“It couldn’t last. The S&C was copied by rivals, and the spread teams started grabbing the backfield talent the Huskers needed.”

I don’t think the old Nebraska strength and conditioning program was copied by others. I do think it was outlawed by the Food and Drug Administration.

Dianabol is a pill, silly. I think you meant winstrol.

“…….and that their head coach was wearing ladies glasses.”

Hey!
I was just trying to look intelligent but that damn blank stare just kept coming through.

I hope all you hicks are happy now that you have a coach who has to sneak up on a glass of water to get a drink.