[Husker] What If

[Smith, William]

This is going to be a bit sketchy, but bear with me.  (and it won't be the first semi-sketchy post this year).

Some time last year there was a news item in my local sports page, I don't think it was reposted here but I could be wrong. 

In the previous five years only two schools in the country hadn't beaten a ranked team (and I don't remember if that was ranked when they played or ranked at the end of the season). Go through the usual conference bottom-dwellers (Vanderbilt, Washington State, etc.) and there was always at least one quality victory the program had in the previous five years.  

The two exceptions?  You guessed one of them already, Nebraska.  

the other one was Duke. 

None of our current victories is against a ranked team that is currently ranked.  (OU was 23rd when we played them.  They're just squeaking into bowl eligibility status as of right now).  

No respect?  Maybe there's a reason...

Hopefully we can take care of all that Saturday night.

Bill Smith 
Towson, MD 
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From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Wolfson [awolfson0 at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 4:59 PM
To: Jon Johnston
Cc: Husker List
Subject: Re: [Husker] What If

Yep, and who've been told by the media and the fans that they were going to
the title game since Day 1.

Aaron


On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>wrote:

> It's Texas and we're in the Big 12 North. It wouldn't matter one damned bit
> - there'd still be a lack of respect. We've won nine games this season, but
> not a one of them counts for anything nationally.
>
> And you never know, that lack of respect might come in pretty handy in this
> game. Coaches can talk all they want about not overlooking opponents and
> having their players ready to play, you've still got a bunch of 18-21 year
> old guys who have to perform that way on the field.
>
> Jon Johnston
> http://www.cornnation.com
>
> On Nov 30, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Jerry Meyer wrote:
>
> > Just playing the what if game and assuming that all other games go as
> they did during the year, what if we hold off Va Tech and manage to put up
> one more score against Iowa State?  We're looking at 11-1, winning ugly most
> of the way.  Is there still the lack of respect for Nebraska going into the
> game on Saturday?
> >
> > I kind of compare this to the Nebraska - FSU Orange Bowl in 1994 (after
> the 1993 season) where NU was a double digit underdog even though undefeated
> for the regular season.  Total lack of respect for NU, FSU is going to kill
> us.  Then lightning strikes and we flat outplay them on the field only to
> lose in the last minute or so.  I think this team shows up on both sides of
> the ball and takes it to UT this week.  May not win but they'll know they
> were in a battle.  Bet on Bo & Co. to find a way to stay in it and have a
> chance at the end.
> >
> > Jerry Meyer
> > Murfreesboro, TN
> >
>
>
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