[Husker] Keepin' it real in the 307

[Tommy Thompson]

Could it just be that the Huskers have been down for a few years, and now 
more teams are willing to play them?  Not to take away from Tom Osborne, but 
I think that may be part of the reason.

Tommy Thompson
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Gaule" <pgaule at cox.net>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Keepin' it real in the 307


> Mark Landin wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Patrick Gaule <pgaule at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I've said it before, but I'll say it again.  Tom Osborne has done an
>>>excellent job of filling Nebraska's schedule for the upcoming years,
>>>especially compared to the former AD.  The 2009 and 2010 schedules are
>>>pretty pathetic
>>>
>>>2009: (Florida Atlantic, Arkansas State, @Virginia Tech,
>>>Louisiana-Lafayette)
>>>
>>>2010: Western Kentucky, Idaho, Washington, South Dakota St.
>>>
>>>But after that, Nebraska plays much more respectable OOC competition:
>>>
>>>2011: Fresno State, Washington, Wyoming
>>>2012 Southern Miss, UCLA
>>>2013: Wyoming, Southern Miss, UCLA
>>>2014: Fresno State, Miami
>>>2015: Southern Miss, Miami
>>>2016: Fresno State, Tennessee, Wyoming
>>
>>
>> Assuming Wyoming, Fresno, So Miss, and even UCLA aren't doormats by
>> then. It's really hard to predict who might be good (or even
>> respectable) that far into the future (although I take your point that
>> Ark State and Western KY were never in any danger of becoming BCS
>> busters!)
>>
>> Think about this: when the 09 and 10 schedules were largely made (in
>> the 02-07 timeframe?) NU was still considered a football power.
>> Perhaps the Fresnos and Miamis of the world were not eager to get us
>> on their schedule. The 11-16 schedules, on the other hand, were
>> beginning to form when NU was perceived to be well on it's way down
>> the slippery slope of mediocrity. Perhaps WE had become the doormats
>> those larger programs were going to feed on. Remember, it takes more
>> than the AD wanting to schedule someone ... that other someone has to
>> want to play too. People's willingness to play us OOC has likely been
>> a bit higher the last few years than we are used to.
>
>
> The more likely reason is that the former AD wanted to pad his coaching 
> hire's resume with as many "automatic wins" as possible in a futile 
> attempt to save face.  Of course, other ADs may also have been unwilling 
> to negotiate schedules with our former AD after the Houston debacle in 
> 2005.  Either way, Osborne is doing a much better job in this regard (as 
> well as pretty much every other regard).
>
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