VectorVictor
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...of the capital building or Oldfather Hall...because frankly, there aren't any other buildings in Lincoln tall enough.
1. With apologies to 1970, 1994, and 1997, the 1995 and 1971 teams are/were special for a reason--they only happen once every 30-40 years. By all rights, this gives Bo until 2035 to produce a team that can beat Sister Mary Immaculate of the Blind *and* the whole of the SEC by 50+ points. Until then, we will continue to have close calls, just like the 1970, 1994, and 1997 squads had.
2. Even Dr. Tom had down games where our superior lines and talent just didn't materialize--1992 Iowa State and the infamous 1997 Missouri come to mind. Sometimes we can overcome with sound coaching, and sometimes even God's own Dr. Tom couldn't even change how things are going.
3. We need to remember that these players are kids learning how to become men. Many of them, including some on our O-Line and backfield, couldn't smoke up or play Powerball (the lottery kind--not the A&M kind) until just a few months ago.
4. Bo is in his fourth year of coaching. Again, using the anointed St. Osborne the Pure as someone to measure against, Dr. Tom's 1976 results were as follows (with thanks to HuskerMax):
Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att.
NU/Opp
09/11 Louisiana St. Baton Rouge T 6-6 1/ 70,746
09/18 Indiana Bloomington W 45-13 8/ 41,289
09/25 Texas Christian Lincoln W 64-10 6/ 74,981
10/02 Miami Lincoln W 17-9 5/ 76,155
10/09 #Colorado Boulder W 24-12 6/ 53,538
10/16 #Kansas State-HC Lincoln W 51-0 3/ 76,150
10/23 #Missouri Lincoln L 24-34 3/17 76,051
10/30 #Kansas Lawrence W 31-3 9/ 58,050
11/06 #Oklahoma St. Lincoln W 14-10 9/13 76,272
11/13 #Iowa State Ames L 28-37 9/ 51,500
11/26 #Oklahoma Lincoln L 17-20 10/8 76,247
12/04 Hawaii Honolulu W 68-3 13/ 33,737
12/31 +Texas Tech* Houston W 27-24 13/9 48,618
In hindsight, it's no wonder Nebraska fans were ready to run Dr. Tom out on a rail to Boulder--he was horrible against unranked LSU, Miami, and of all things holy, Iowa State. (Note--flubbed this up originally and said La. Tech. Apologies to all 10 La Tech fans in existence.)
Were we to have the visionaries on this board back in 1976, we could have simply discarded with this dead weight Osborne and hired someone with a prolific offensive mind. [/sarcasm]
5. Pat Hill is a respected coach and tactician, folks. His Fresno State teams have beat better schools on their home turf. The man is building a legacy there, and in his 13 years, he's only had one (IIRC) losing season. And that's in spite of having to schedule the upper-crust BCS schools as non-cons to do it.
Give the man some credit--he's been doing this longer than Bo and Carl have, and yet Bo/Carl were able to overcome.
6. Rome wasn't built in a day, and after Nero's reign, it took about four to six years (some say more) to right the ship known as the Roman Empire. Like Rome and their efforts to wipe Nero's existence away from the annals of history, we're still feeling the effects of our Nero to this day--our fragility as a fanbase still exhibits this, not unlike the political fragility of Rome that followed Nero's ouster.
7. If you've ever been in the bottom of a dogpile, it's very hard to breathe. Let's not dogpile on Bo, Beck, Carl, et al--no one has fumbled the ball just yet.
Just some thoughts. Hope it takes someone off the proverbial ledge, if for but a moment.
1. With apologies to 1970, 1994, and 1997, the 1995 and 1971 teams are/were special for a reason--they only happen once every 30-40 years. By all rights, this gives Bo until 2035 to produce a team that can beat Sister Mary Immaculate of the Blind *and* the whole of the SEC by 50+ points. Until then, we will continue to have close calls, just like the 1970, 1994, and 1997 squads had.
2. Even Dr. Tom had down games where our superior lines and talent just didn't materialize--1992 Iowa State and the infamous 1997 Missouri come to mind. Sometimes we can overcome with sound coaching, and sometimes even God's own Dr. Tom couldn't even change how things are going.
3. We need to remember that these players are kids learning how to become men. Many of them, including some on our O-Line and backfield, couldn't smoke up or play Powerball (the lottery kind--not the A&M kind) until just a few months ago.
4. Bo is in his fourth year of coaching. Again, using the anointed St. Osborne the Pure as someone to measure against, Dr. Tom's 1976 results were as follows (with thanks to HuskerMax):
Date Opponent Site Result AP Rank Att.
NU/Opp
09/11 Louisiana St. Baton Rouge T 6-6 1/ 70,746
09/18 Indiana Bloomington W 45-13 8/ 41,289
09/25 Texas Christian Lincoln W 64-10 6/ 74,981
10/02 Miami Lincoln W 17-9 5/ 76,155
10/09 #Colorado Boulder W 24-12 6/ 53,538
10/16 #Kansas State-HC Lincoln W 51-0 3/ 76,150
10/23 #Missouri Lincoln L 24-34 3/17 76,051
10/30 #Kansas Lawrence W 31-3 9/ 58,050
11/06 #Oklahoma St. Lincoln W 14-10 9/13 76,272
11/13 #Iowa State Ames L 28-37 9/ 51,500
11/26 #Oklahoma Lincoln L 17-20 10/8 76,247
12/04 Hawaii Honolulu W 68-3 13/ 33,737
12/31 +Texas Tech* Houston W 27-24 13/9 48,618
In hindsight, it's no wonder Nebraska fans were ready to run Dr. Tom out on a rail to Boulder--he was horrible against unranked LSU, Miami, and of all things holy, Iowa State. (Note--flubbed this up originally and said La. Tech. Apologies to all 10 La Tech fans in existence.)
Were we to have the visionaries on this board back in 1976, we could have simply discarded with this dead weight Osborne and hired someone with a prolific offensive mind. [/sarcasm]
5. Pat Hill is a respected coach and tactician, folks. His Fresno State teams have beat better schools on their home turf. The man is building a legacy there, and in his 13 years, he's only had one (IIRC) losing season. And that's in spite of having to schedule the upper-crust BCS schools as non-cons to do it.
Give the man some credit--he's been doing this longer than Bo and Carl have, and yet Bo/Carl were able to overcome.
6. Rome wasn't built in a day, and after Nero's reign, it took about four to six years (some say more) to right the ship known as the Roman Empire. Like Rome and their efforts to wipe Nero's existence away from the annals of history, we're still feeling the effects of our Nero to this day--our fragility as a fanbase still exhibits this, not unlike the political fragility of Rome that followed Nero's ouster.
7. If you've ever been in the bottom of a dogpile, it's very hard to breathe. Let's not dogpile on Bo, Beck, Carl, et al--no one has fumbled the ball just yet.
Just some thoughts. Hope it takes someone off the proverbial ledge, if for but a moment.
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