Simple Metric for Nebraska Fan Satisfaction

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Not sure why, but everyone enjoys looking at that little number next to their teams name on the scoreboard. Something about it just makes you enjoy watching that team more. When trying to find a game, the average person will settle for the first game containing a ranked opponent.


Coach


Seasons


AP Ranked Finishes


Notes


Bob Devaney


    11


    8


Only top 10 teams ranked until 1968. Top 20 after that


Tom Osborne


    25


    25


AP rankings expanded to 25 in 1989.


Frank Solich


    6


    5


 


Bill Callahan


    4


    1


 


Bo Pelini


    7


    4


Bo Pelini's real name is Mark Anthony


Mike Riley


    3


    0


 





Feel free to share other statistics of interest. I'll add them to the OP.

 
I think now it's the playoff rankings more so than the AP poll.  I know I'm splitting hairs, but that's the most important measure now.

 
darkhorse85 said:
Coach


Seasons 


Times I yelled "God Damnit, Mike Riley"


Notes


Bob Devaney


    11


    N/A


 


Tom Osborne


    25


    N/A


 


Frank Solich


    6


    N/A


 


Bill Callahan


    4


    N/A


 


Bo Pelini


    7


    N/A


 


Mike Riley


    3


    382 and counting


 
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Change that Mike Riley to <Current Coaches Name> and you have a  pretty high count with any coach. 

 
Since Black Friday (the beginning of the Curse of Black Friday), we've played 53 games against ranked opponents. We've won 15 of them. Penn State will be the last ranked team we'll play, so that record will end up this year being 15-39.

Depending on how things go with the new coach, etc, I don't know when that 16th win will come, or when the next conference title will be. 

 
Warrior said:
I think now it's the playoff rankings more so than the AP poll.  I know I'm splitting hairs, but that's the most important measure now.
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I know that the playoff rankings are the most meaningful during the season (although they still aren't perfect), do they even do playoff rankings after the end of the regular season?  If not, the AP does have their poll after all the bowl games are complete.

 
I see what this stat says but I think the true litmus test is how we,  feel about the play...  If the kids are coached up and we win the games we are suppose to win and we COMPETE against superior teams, we don't have these discussions as often as we do. 

 
ColoradoHusk said:
I know that the playoff rankings are the most meaningful during the season (although they still aren't perfect), do they even do playoff rankings after the end of the regular season?  If not, the AP does have their poll after all the bowl games are complete.
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They don't have one after the bowl games so the AP is still the final poll,  but prior to the playoffs the AP means less so I guess both carry significant weight.

 
This really brings into perspective how far we have fallen.  

Jeremy said:
Since Black Friday (the beginning of the Curse of Black Friday), we've played 53 games against ranked opponents. We've won 15 of them. Penn State will be the last ranked team we'll play, so that record will end up this year being 15-39.

Depending on how things go with the new coach, etc, I don't know when that 16th win will come, or when the next conference title will be. 
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GA Husker said:
This really brings into perspective how far we have fallen.  
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I think it's really telling that our last three coaches have coached 14 seasons, we only finished ranked 5 times in that time frame, and 4 of those 5 times was 20+.

I realize times have changed. But it's just fascinating that Tom Osborne was able to go 25 straight seasons ranked, the vast majority top 10 and many-many top 5.

It'd be interesting to know that stat for schools like Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Michigan, Florida, Miami, etc. Get an idea of how it compares to other "down" schools, as well as compare it to schools we consider successful over the last decade or so.

 
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darkhorse85 said:
Coach


Seasons 


Times I yelled "God Damnit, Mike Riley"


Notes


Bob Devaney


    11


    N/A


 


Tom Osborne


    25


    N/A


 


Frank Solich


    6


    N/A


 


Bill Callahan


    4


    N/A


 


Bo Pelini


    7


    N/A


 


Mike Riley


    3


    382 and counting


 
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Posts like this are why the internet must live forever!

 
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