[Husker] Just what did the Kansas game tell us?

[Steve Stone]

>--- Travis Stephens <stephenstravis1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>    If you are another of the "beaten down" fans who
>>  have lowered expectations then it's a wwin and
>>  you'll take it.  But struggling to beat Kansas at
>>  HOME and in OT .... Not long ago that would have
>  > been unthinkable.

Bob Fancher wrote:

>Those days are long gone, even if Tom Osborne had not
>retired. There is MUCH more parity in college football
>than in the past. Do you miss the days when NU beat up
>every team on the schedule by 50 points, except one,
>and that was a loss to OU? I find parity much more
>interesting.

Perhaps my premature senility beginning to take hold, but I seem to 
recall that one of the great Husker teams of the mid-eighties just 
managed to squeak out a one or two point win as the clock ran out on 
the Jayhawks' offense. Perhaps someone on the list can clarify this.

>
>>    Just what did the game tell Husker fans.  That
>>  Nebraska can wallop the LA Techs and Troys of the
>>  world.  Conference teams are an entirely different
>>  matter.  The cakewalk to the Big XII North title,
>>  that so many fans had already placed in the bag,
>>  won't be a cakewalk.  We'll see Saturday night and
>>  so will the nation.
>
>Yes, we could actually lose on the road at Iowa State.
>But then a Tom Osborne coached team did that.
>But that is only one game. I think none of the
>remaining games are gimmes, even CU. Everyone seems to
>be able get excited about playing NU.

ISU almost always plays NU tough in Ames. If memory serves, the 1970 
National Champion Huskers just about got bushwhacked in Ames.

It's a mistake for any team to take any other team for granted.

Steve Stone