Is this attitude why you're the best fans in college football? Must be it. You act like Mizzou doesn't know that Nebraska is good. Listen, we know you're Nebraska. Colorado, Kansas State, Kansas and Mizzou will rise and fall by their coaches, their fortunes, etc. Nebraska will rise and fall too, but when they fall, they're still pretty good. Heck you "tied" for the North title last year, with only a...okay I won't go there. These "ties" crack me up. When did Nebraska fall so far to claim such a thing? Anyway, I digress. My point is that you'll always be good, while other programs will rise and fall. But the very nature of their programs, Mizzou and Colorado are poised to challenge you more consistently in the long run, especially Mizzou, but we know there will be bad years.
As with any good team, program, etc, there has to be an element of "swagger", "attitude", or what ever you want to call it. Without it, you're program is going to be mediocre. The prior to last year the past 4 years had been brutal to be a Husker fan. We had streaks broken that the Mizzou fan base, can barely comprehend.
Now let me give you some hard truths as the rest of the college football world, and particularly the Big 12 North sees it. Nebraska thinks it's chasing USC, Florida, Texas and Oklahoma. Sorry, you're chasing Mizzou right now. You think you're chasing those other programs, but they're on another level. And don't point to VT as being a top team. It was either Pat Forde or Stewart Mandel that wrote this week that the Hokies would get absolutely smoked by one of the real contenders. NU has a lot of good things going for it, but you've got way too far to make up in recruiting to get up with that company.
We're chasing Mizzou? Hold on a second...
*gag, cough*
Ok, if we're "chasing" you, because of the past few years of moderate success you've had, then wow, we might be more hosed than originally thought. :sarcasm
If anything, the North division is chasing the south.
Can you get back there at all? Anything's possible, but I don't see it happening. The best thing you've got going for you is that perception is reality in college football, and you've got a big name that gets the benefit of the doubt in the polls. You'll have championship games, top 10 rankings, maybe even number 1 rankings like Mizzou a couple years ago. But the 90s are never coming back without returning to your roots that allowed you to compete as much on system as athletes.
Benefit of doubt in the polls? Wow, the more I read this, the more delusional you look. We have to win games, North Titles, Big XII titles, and so on. That's one way to improve recruiting. But you should know this as well, we're in one of the toughest conferences in the FBS. Nebraska, much like Mizzou, has to battle KSU, KU, UT, OU, and etc for recruits. And the fact that you're touting the #1 ranking that you had a couple years ago? Who was president last time you were ranked #1???
In the meantime, focusing on that lofty goal is actually hurting you. You ran a perfectly good coach out of town because you didn't want to surrender the Big 12 to OU and UT, and instead surrendered the North to Mizzou and even KU. You're clawing to get it back, and maybe you will. Now, I'm not an expert on your team, but based on what I saw on the field the last few years with the little I've watched you play this year, I'd put you on par, talent wise, with KU. Your talent is in different places, and good coaching can possibly get a North division out of it, but it's a long haul to USC and Florida.
Perfectly good coach? I hope you don't mean Clownahan? If you do, this whole long winded post of you adds up to dinky doo.
Surrendering the North? I'm pretty sure outside of the "dark ages" for Husker football, the goal was to win as many conference games as possible to get to the Big XII title game, and go from there.
So we're KU, only with a Defense? Any other gems copernicus?
If I'm wrong, we'll see it on the field on the 8th. You're welcome to try and convince me otherwise, but I might need some good evidence, since I've seen too many posts over the last few years about how you were more talented than Mizzou then, when obviously it was not the case.
I'm going to wait to the 8th, then we'll see, just what is what.
