[Husker] Winning the North

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Unless of course there are more then two teams tied. I was only thinking of MU and NU ending up tied this year.



Bob Beach <rbeach at neb.rr.com> wrote: 

HuskerGuy9495 at aol.com wrote:
>  
> Winning the North Division means a lot:
> Winner of the North plays in the Big 12 Championship game, and makes a  
> statement (no matter how down the North appears---nobody will remember that, but  
> they will remember played for and won the Big 12 Title Game).
> And Winner of the Championship game plays in a BCS Bowl game.
>  
> Our record doesn't matter as much at this point, as does getting to that  
> game for a chance to play in a BCS bowl game---Exposure, recruiting, $$,  etc.
>  
> The teams stated goal is to Win the North!!
> Reaching pre-set goals are important when re-building your program.
>   

     I agree with what you say above.  While winning the North may not 
be vital it is very important.  That goal is still within reach.  Just 
the fact we are challenging this late in the season shows me improvement 
has been made.  It is a hard thing to do but I think we Husker fans, and 
I include myself, need to adjust our thinking to make the main goal the 
Big 12 North every year.  The days of NU being a perennial player in the 
top 10 are probably over.  I think we can be there at times but not just 
year after year like we used to be.  We haven't outright won the North 
Division since 1999. 


>  
> Win the next 3 we're 9-3
> Win 2 of the next 3 (including Mizzou) we're 8-4 and Big Twelve North  
> Champions.
>  
> Yesterday's loss does NOT spell doom and gloom for the program, and the sun  
> did come up this morning.
>   

     That's a good bit of perspective.  This Husker football thing is 
not life and death. :-)  Beating Mizzou is pretty important for a couple 
of reasons.  One is, of course, getting the win.  The other is if the 
North would end in a tie the first tiebreaker is head to head competition.


Bob Beach

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