Gotta stand up and clap for good football

We should just go independent and play FCS schools so we can go undefeated. All that matters is the record, not who that record is against amirite?

Cdog923 said:
Is the Big 10 ever going to actually be that, or are you going to listen to what ESPN is going to spoon feed you based on bowl games? Because Nebraska doesn't look any better today since Iowa trashed an awful USC team today, and they aren't going to look any better if Penn St. beats Memphis, or if Ohio State beats Clemson. 
Click to expand...
Playing in the best conference benefits Nebraska regardless of how we do.

I don't watch ESPN or visit their website. I prefer fox sports website. It has nothing to do with the media. A better schedule is better in my opinion.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Yes, a good/tough conference is something that reflects well on all teams in that sphere.

Even more tangible than above is that great QB play matters.   The game was still competitive when Slovis was in (man, what a talent!).    But the whole team lost their competitive spirit when he was out.    Further, . . . . Stanley had one of, if not the best game of his entire career.   

 
Nebfanatic said:
5-7 in the Big isn't the same as 5-7 in the PAC. Nothing you will say will convince me otherwise. If you play better opponents then you are better than someone with the same record against a worse schedule plain and simple.
Click to expand...


The top of the PAC 12 may not be as good as the top of the Big 10, but if you look at the Pac top to bottom, it's hard to imagine Nebraska would have fared better than 5-7 in the Pac.

The only Pac team we faced was conference bottom-dweller Colorado, and we lost. 

 
man eating mastodon said:
UCF went  undefeated in a weaker conference and didn't get a title shot
Click to expand...
Apples to Oranges comparison. With NU in the Big Ten will always get a shot as long as NU is undefeated (see Clemson this year).

My main point is that it seems like NU fans have started to “root for the conference” more when NU has given the fans less to root for when it comes to NU’s performance. The rooting for the conference is a mantra for losers, as a way to prop up their losing program. I only want to worry about how my team is performing.  Ohio State fans aren’t going around using their opponents to prop up their own performance. I want NU and our fans to get back to that feeling. 

 
Last edited by a moderator:
BigRedBuster said:
And then the playoff committee looks at us as having a weak schedule and leaves us out. 
Click to expand...
The Big Ten made their conference tougher for its teams by forcing them play 9 conference games. That has only hurt the Big Ten teams in the eyes of the committee.  The weak schedule didn’t hurt Clemson as they went undefeated. 

 
ColoradoHusk said:
The Big Ten made their conference tougher for its teams by forcing them play 9 conference games. That has only hurt the Big Ten teams in the eyes of the committee.  The weak schedule didn’t hurt Clemson as they went undefeated. 
Click to expand...
And the SEC gets the benefit of the doubt every year because of the perception that it’s such a tough conference. They are higher ranked to start and everyone speculates all year if they are going to get two in the playoffs because it’s so tough. The PAC 12 is viewed as a weak conference and they struggle to be taken serious at the end of the season and get in the playoffs. 

 
BigRedBuster said:
And the SEC gets the benefit of the doubt every year because of the perception that it’s such a tough conference. They are higher ranked to start and everyone speculates all year if they are going to get two in the playoffs because it’s so tough. The PAC 12 is viewed as a weak conference and they struggle to be taken serious at the end of the season and get in the playoffs. 
Click to expand...
And if I heard correctly, the "weak" ACC has the most teams going bowling this year with 10.....

 
lo country said:
And if I heard correctly, the "weak" ACC has the most teams going bowling this year with 10.....
Click to expand...
Because they only have to play 8 conference games (like the SEC) so they can get an “extra win” in the non-conference.  Number of eligible bowl teams is more of a result of the non-conference schedule instead of in-conference schedule. 

 
ColoradoHusk said:
Honestly, I don’t think Ohio State fans are too worried about how the rest of the Big Ten is doing this year in their bowl games. Their too busy relishing in the fact they are undefeated and in the CFP. 
Click to expand...


This year?  No.  They're undefeated.

The previous two years when they were left out despite winning the conference?  I think they would have loved for the perception of the conference to be tougher so they might have gotten an invite.

 
Mavric said:
This year?  No.  They're undefeated.

The previous two years when they were left out despite winning the conference?  I think they would have loved for the perception of the conference to be tougher so they might have gotten an invite.
Click to expand...
2017, Ohio State had 2 losses. No team has made the playoffs with 2 losses. 

2018, there were 3 undefeated teams and Oklahoma was taken over Ohio State mainly due to Ohio State getting smoked by Purdue. Yes, the Big Ten was considered “down” in 2018, but Michigan probably would have made the playoff if they had beaten Ohio State and then won the conference title game.

The biggest thing that has hurt the Big Ten and making the playoff isn’t the perception of the conference, it’s the fact the conference forces teams to play 9 conference games.

Only one team (Ohio State this year) has gone through a 9 game conference schedule and conference championship game season undefeated.  It cost Oregon this year, and it probably cost Ohio State in 2017 and 2018. 

 
Back
Top