[Husker] Re: North (fwd)

[dlfeldman]

Dick, I'm surprised you don't put the '62 Michigan game up there as the
greatest NU upset win.  True, UM wasn't ranked but that was because they
only ranked ten teams back then.  Similarly, this win put up notice that NU
WASN'T just another South Dakota competitor (the game the previous week).
Without question, the UM win was the most significant win (IMHO) in the
post-Devaney era because we PROVED we could play with the "big boys" again..

Which is the most significant of NU history in general?  Certainly the OU
win mentioned was important, but unlike the UM win wasn't a signal of a
larger trend.  We just got lucky on a given day.  Alabama, OK, but we were
already established as a nationally competitive team.  Perhaps the two wins
over the Notre Dame Four Horsemen proved that the farmers from the middle of
the country were competitive during that era.

I'll stand with the Michigan win.

Duane Feldman


> That's an interesting topic for discussion.  Beginning with the Devaney
> era, what are the biggest upset wins and losses for the Huskers?

Win: Alabama, 1977
Loss: Iowa State, 1992

Dick Karre

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