[personal] Re: [Husker] Boise's Chris Peterson is a GENIUS!!! (fwd)

[Skylar Dodds]

Hello Husker Fans,

The only thing I'm not so crazy about this argument.  I think it's
safe to say Oz inherited a much better team.  Also, he had been the
o-coordinater of that team for a while so he had the right players in
place for what he wanted to do.

In my mind, even if we throw out the talent issue, at least Oz had
talent that fit his system.  Let's not underestimate that.   Tom
essentially inherited a system that he built, thus a big advantage.

This is meant to be no disrespect to Tom by any stretch, I'm just
trying to point out that we may be dealing with apples and oranges if
you know what I mean.

-- 
Go Skers,
 Skylar                            mailto:Sklarbodds at cox.net

SR> Against ranked teams other than OU: 13-3.  Against ranked teams
SR> other than OU and Missouri: 12-1.

SR> Still, most everyone (including Osborne, I'm sure) were more than
SR> a little frustrated by "Sooner magic".

SR> Someone referred to a "well of patience" during those years.  Some
SR> were patient, but for others this wasn't good enough and the well
SR> was dry by 1978.


>> Bill Smith asked about Oz's quality wins in first 5 years. As a crude
>> heuristic, let's define a quality win/loss as a game against another
>> ranked team. That's debatable, but it is an easy metric.
>> >From Huskerpedia, here are the games vs. ranked opponents (note that
>> only 20 teams were ranked back then).  Record = 13-8. You can debate how
>> many 'big wins' are on this five year list.
>> 1977 
>>  09/17   Alabama         Lincoln    W 31-24     /4    75,899
>>  10/22  #Colorado-HC     Lincoln    W 33-15   18/7    76,486
>>  11/25  #Oklahoma        Norman     L 7-38    11/3    71,184
>>  12/19   N. Carolina
>> <http://www.huskersnside.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_MENU_ID=325&SPSID=8&SPI
>> D=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=146> *    Memphis    W 21-17   12/14   49,456
>> ________________________________
>> 1976
>>  10/23  #Missouri        Lincoln     L 24-34   3/17   76,051
>>  11/06  #Oklahoma St.    Lincoln     W 14-10   9/13   76,272
>>  11/26  #Oklahoma        Lincoln     L 17-20   10/8   76,247
>>  12/31  +Texas Tech
>> <http://www.huskersnside.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_MENU_ID=325&SPSID=8&SPI
>> D=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=145> *     Houston     W 27-24   13/9   48,618
>>  
>> ________________________________
>> 1975
>>  11/01  #Missouri        Columbia   W 30-7    3/12   68,195
>>  11/22  #Oklahoma        Norman     L 10-35   2/7    70,286
>>  12/26   Arizona State
>> <http://www.huskersnside.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_MENU_ID=325&SPSID=8&SPI
>> D=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=144> *  Tempe      L 14-17   6/7    51,396
>> ________________________________
>> 1974
>>  10/19  #Kansas          Lawrence    W 56-0   12/13   52,300
>>  11/23  #Oklahoma        Lincoln     L 14-28   6/1    76,636
>>  12/31   Florida
>> <http://www.huskersnside.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_MENU_ID=325&SPSID=8&SPI
>> D=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=143> *        New Orleans W 13-10   8/18
>> 67,850
>>  
>> ________________________________
>>  1973
>>                                               AP Rank  Att.
>>                                                  NU/Opp
>>  09/08   UCLA             Lincoln      W 40-13    4/10   74,966
>>  09/22   N. Carolina St.  Lincoln      W 31-14    2/14   75,925
>>  10/13  #Missouri         Columbia     L 12-13    2/12   68,720
>>  10/20  #Kansas-HC        Lincoln      W 10-9    11/18   76,498
>>  11/03  #Colorado         Lincoln      W 28-16   13/17   76,555
>>  11/23  #Oklahoma         Norman       L 0-27    10/3    61,826
>>  01/01   Texas
>> <http://www.huskersnside.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_MENU_ID=325&SPSID=8&SPI
>> D=22&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=142> *           Dallas       W 19-3    12/8
>> 67,500

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