84HuskerLaw
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Yes. Some said Adrian played as well as Rattler did in our game. Our defense played well. The criticism of Rattler came from OU fans whose group think spawned and reinforced by all the preseason hype that OU was the prohibitive favorite to win the natty, heisman and all the others stuff. Best OU team ever maybe. Gonna blow out the lowly “little red” Neb boys.Rattler may be the mos polarizing QB in the portal. So much raw talent, so much drama and off the field issues. Sounds as if HB is split with strong opinions both ways.............so................ Makes perfect sense for Nebraska. LOL
Then when it didn’t happen, of course Riley was an idiot, team was lazy, sloppy, Rattler sucked, etc. Nobody gave NU any credit. Of course, the debate rages to this day. Is Neb terrible? Or are the Huskers really “close” to being back to relevancy? OU struggled during the year as did nearly every team, Bama included.
Maybe the ‘bad’ teams are quite so bad and the good ones not quite so good. Reality is that nearly all program are infected with that ugly football virus Parity-2021. NCAA rules, scholarship limits, practice restrictions, covid cut backs, transfer rules, unlimited media access making TV for all teams, etc.
Talent is diluted and spread. Offenses are nearly all similar. Younger guys go pro. Etc etc.
Most programs are being pulled toward the middle (gravitation to mediocrity).