[Husker] Fwd: Regular Season

[Mike Nolan]

> Well said.  When I get home tonight I'm going to look into the frequency of
> BCS conf teams rushing for 500+ yards.  My hunch is that is extraordinarily
> rare...maybe once per year?  And my point for doing that is to show that
> whatever was part of the perfect storm hit NU Saturday, the result was far
> worse than NU defensive talent accounts for.

Some stats from the 1996 Fiesta Bowl (Nebraska v Florida);

Rushing yards:  Nebraska 524, Florida MINUS 28

I think those are both still records for ANY bowl game, much less
a national championship game.  (And keep in mind that most of
the 'experts' had predicted Florida to win, with some going so far
as to say that Nebraska couldn't win on a grass field.)  

You could consider last Saturday night karma that was some 17 years in the 
making.  (I know more than a few Northwestern fans who considered it 
karmic payback for the 2000 Alamo Bowl.)

I kind of hope it isn't 17 years before Wisconsin experiences a 
similar karmic event.
--
Mike Nolan