What historical team would beat the '95 Huskers?

[ForkEmBucky]

Sup Forkem!

Wow haven't seen you in forever. Livin the dream man, livin the dream!

 

[corn train]

Wow haven't seen you in forever. Livin the dream man, livin the dream!

Keep it up bro. Good luck to yalls this year, I'm glad we won't get the opportunity to get fucked, proper fucked like, by the W's this year

 

[ForkEmBucky]

Keep it up bro. Good luck to yalls this year, I'm glad we won't get the opportunity to get fucked, proper fucked like, by the W's this year

Looks like we'll have plenty of years to hate each other. Hope it lasts.

 

[rolltide14_0]

I also love how people just rattle off a list of teams with no justification to back it up.

Agreed. I thought about it, but decided nah. I'll do it here..

I said '61 Bama, partly because I'm bias, but also believe they could at least challenge them.

They only had 11 game seasons, and that team had 6 shutouts, that's 6 games where the opponent scores nada. They gave up 25 points the entire year, 2.2 points per game.

Also, they were coached by The Bear.

 

[Team Mookie]

Actually I contributed the analysis of your intellect after reading a couple of your posts, you just didn't like the outcome. If you wanted to make a debate your best bet would've been 71 Huskers, 01 Miami Fl, 04 USC. Instead you picked the dying horse with three legs for the race.

You would be much better served attempting some creative self-analysis of your own limited cognitive abilities. Even suggesting the 71 Huskers shows a lack of rational, formal thought, it’s humorous that you believe a team from the 70’s would complete with a top tier program from the 90’s. This is just nonsense and provides a wonderful insight on the distorted opinion of an overly critical Husker fan.

In the 90’s we saw some of the biggest gains in weight training, specialized dieting and workouts, the average player became bigger, stronger and faster during this time. No way, should the 71 Husker team even be in this discussion.

Every other team you have mentioned was posted by me and many other posters. Nothing new... If I'm stupid then pot meets kettle because you have yet to add anything except to show how a fool can be quick to judge.

Besides, I'm not entering my mule of a horse in this race to win; I just though the company would do him good.

 

[Pariah]

1997 Michigan








j/k

 

[Blackshirt]

You would be much better served attempting some creative self-analysis of your own limited cognitive abilities. Even suggesting the 71 Huskers shows a lack of rational, formal thought, it’s humorous that you believe a team from the 70’s would complete with a top tier program from the 90’s. This is just nonsense and provides a wonderful insight on the distorted opinion of an overly critical Husker fan.

In the 90’s we saw some of the biggest gains in weight training, specialized dieting and workouts, the average player became bigger, stronger and faster during this time. No way, should the 71 Husker team even be in this discussion.

Every other team you have mentioned was posted by me and many other posters. Nothing new... If I'm stupid then pot meets kettle because you have yet to add anything except to show how a fool can be quick to judge.

Besides, I'm not entering my mule of a horse in this race to win; I just though the company would do him good.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this post, well played.

 

[ElTexan]

So, let's take up the case of the 2005 UTexas team.
NU liked to run run run.
So, the weakest corps on the 05 Longhorn team was the LB corps [it wasn't that weak, though].
To buttress them, we had 2 hard-core DEs in Robison and Crowder and 5 DBs who were STARTING in the NFL in the next couple of years.

Then we have VY and that OLine on offense. I like our chances.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

05 Texas had two thorpe award winnners in the secondary, and yes 5 of them started in the NFL. A backfield of VY and Jamaal Charles would be tough for nebraska to stop.

01 Miami is loaded with talent, looking at that team's roster is crazy.

 

[PIBuckeye]

2002 TOSU team loaded with insane NFL talent. Homer pick...

1994 Penn State (This was one of the greatest college teams to never win a Natty.)

1999 FSU team

2001 Miami

Recent 2000's USC, Texas, Auburn and last years Bama team.

first one that came to mind was '94 PSU NC team.

 

[PIBuckeye]

You would be much better served attempting some creative self-analysis of your own limited cognitive abilities. Even suggesting the 71 Huskers shows a lack of rational, formal thought, it’s humorous that you believe a team from the 70’s would complete with a top tier program from the 90’s. This is just nonsense and provides a wonderful insight on the distorted opinion of an overly critical Husker fan.

In the 90’s we saw some of the biggest gains in weight training, specialized dieting and workouts, the average player became bigger, stronger and faster during this time. No way, should the 71 Husker team even be in this discussion.
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THis!!!!! beat me to it, I was going to say the same thing........

I think OSU had an incredible '68 team, but in no way could they beat the '02,'07, or '13 Buckeyes.......

 

[Doctor Krieger]

I see people are are debating about comparing athletes now and back in the 80s or 90s....another argument could be schemes. How much would the modern day preparation and more specific schemes impact a potential matchup?

If you're arguing just about the overall results when comparing teams, then ignore this post. Now that reread it, the answer to my question is pretty obvious....and now I'm just rambling.

 

[Uman5]

Every NFL team in the Superbowl Era.

 

[Codaxx]

I see people are are debating about comparing athletes now and back in the 80s or 90s....another argument could be schemes. How much would the modern day preparation and more specific schemes impact a potential matchup?

If you're arguing just about the overall results when comparing teams, then ignore this post. Now that reread it, the answer to my question is pretty obvious....and now I'm just rambling.

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Imagine what Oregon or Baylor would do to that defense. Imagine Trev Alberts trying to cover guys in space.

 

[Doctor Krieger]

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Imagine what Oregon or Baylor would do to that defense. Imagine Trev Alberts trying to cover guys in space.

Exactly

 

[ericd7633]

Allow me to throw my homer hat into the ring.

1988 Notre Dame. Beat #2 Miami, #4 Michigan, #5 WVU, and #7 USC. All those teams either went undefeated in the regular season or would have if they would have beaten ND. All were one loss teams except for USC who lost to Michigan in the Rose Bowl. Nobody has a resume as impressive as that. And those were all end of year rankings.

 

[podsox]

The MID NINETIES???? We're talking about dome of the biggest, fastest monsters to ever play football. The NFL greats you knew and loved in the late nineties through to tday... Ray Lewis anyone? Tony Gonzales? TO?? Randy Moss? Jeeze man...

Yes there were players in the mid 90s that would've dominated today. Overall the teams as a whole wouldn't. Too much speed in today's game imo

 

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

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last 3-4 and probably this yrs top 5.

 

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

2001 The U

 

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

You can't be serious...

That team beat more ranked teams than Nebraska and totally destroyed a damn good TOSU and Michigan team. I hate PSU, but they would have taken everything the Huskers could have thrown at them in 1994 and 1995. The 1994 PSU team was one of the best Pro set teams I have ever seen play to date.

Penn State fans love to talk offense when referencing 1994, almost as if the game has changed somehow and that not so very good, pretty average Penn State defense never has to come on the field with the 1994 Nebraska offense on the other side of the line of scrimmage. No question the Nittany Lions were very good on offense in 1994 but that team had a serious Achilles heel; the defense.

That 70th ranked defense of 94' Penn State has to come on the field at some point. Frankly, that Lion's defense wouldn't be ready for what awaits them. Behind that nasty physical offensive line, Frazier , Phillips and Co. would run circles around, run over, and through that defense. It's hard to tackle guys like Frazier and Phillips anyway, let alone after getting trucked and dominated by a great offensive line.

Behind that offensive line, running interference for Frazier and Phillips, Nebraska has a 10-12 year NFL starter at fullback in Cory Schlesinger. The Penn State defense just isn't likely to hold up to the physical pounding that they will get from the Nebraska offensive line. After getting manhandled by that offensive line, that defense has to try to tackle exceptionally talented athletes like Frazier and Phillips. Good luck. Penn State gets absolutely dominated on defense by the Nebraska offense, especially in the second half.

Any football fan knows what happens when the 70th rated 1994 Penn State defense is getting gashed by the Frazier and Phillips running game. Penn State is forced to start playing safeties closer to the line of scrimmage, and sooner or later, Nebraska runs play action off a straight run play or option. With that, there goes a Nebraska tight end or wingback down the seam behind the safeties and Frazier hits them with a long pass! More than once likely.

Since the 1994 Penn State defense can't get Frazier and Co off the field, that Penn State offense is standing on the sidelines watching! Long drive after long drive with many big chunk runs probably mixed in with some long touchdown runs of the 40+ yard variety!

Penn State fans like to bring up the names of Collins, Carter, Brady, Engram, and Hartings.

As if the 1994 Cornhuskers never saw an offense with a bunch of future NFL players.

Enter the 1994 Colorado Buffaloes.

Well, the 1994 Colorado Buffaloes came to Lincoln with an offense filled with future NFL talent. QB K. Stewart, RB and 94' Heisman winner R. Salaam, TE C. Fauria, WR's Westbrook and Carruth, G. H. Irwin and other future NFL lineman.

How did this group of talented Buffalos fair against the Nebraska defense?

7 points!


The Nebraska offense and really the offensive line just wears out the Nittany Lions on defense, especially in the second half. Frazier and Phillips bust off numerous big chunk runs and dominate the Nittany Lions.

The Nebraska offense dominates time of possession leaving the Lions offense standing and watching.

And when the Penn State offense does get on the field, they would have been facing what is by far the best defense they would have played against in 1994.