has your team ever beat "the greatest team of all time" for a nc?

[Brasky]

This thread was a good read.

Loved the '71 Nebraska reference.

I don't see a loss here though:

 

[KansasSooner]

I have posted facts about the increased size of players in almost 20 years. Others have merely countered with opinions.

You act as though the increases are astronomical and ungodly when in fact they're not. A few pounds here and there, a couple hundredths of second in speed doesn't make that much difference. And don't act like it is more because it is not or athletes would be 400# and running sub 3 second 40's.

 

[Red_Alert]

They wouldn't be moving today's dLines off the ball in the same manner. Today's dLines are 30 to 50#s bigger than the teams they faced in '95.

CFB is cyclical. Nebraska intentionally moved everybody up on defense in 1993 and that put smaller faster players on the field. They had to do it to beat the fast Florida passing teams. Before that they were built to stop the Big 8 power running game. Big LB's were too slow to cover the Florida teams rcvrs.

Nebraska's O-lines were pretty quick as well. It wasn't uncommon to see a couple of their O-lineman 20 yds down field throwing a block on an option play.

With these fast paced offenses we could be in a cycle change defensively soon. Right now the big guys that can stuff the run are in control against those.

 

[theSabanator20]

You should read the title again or are you still traumatized from losing Meyer and to Georgia Southern?

Urban Meyer (24-2 at blOwSU) has accomplished literally nothing of nationally recognized value

0 B1G titles
0 Bowl wins
0 nattys



Have fun with that scumbag

 

[TexasExes98]

Yes, Texas beat the greatest CFB team of all time for the '05 BCS title. ESPN said so.....

 

[charlie42s]

You act as though the increases are astronomical and ungodly when in fact they're not. A few pounds here and there, a couple hundredths of second in speed doesn't make that much difference. And don't act like it is more because it is not or athletes would be 400# and running sub 3 second 40's.

It's more like tenths of seconds and today's teams have a lot more speed burners than in '95.
It's not just the better players, but the schemes. Few teams run the Power I today, because the defenses are better at stopping it.
VY running the Zone Read would torch the Blackshirts. Cam Newton would have the done the same thing. Hell, Manziel would have given the Blackshirts fits and probably led his 2012 team to victory.
2009 Bama would also beat the '95 Huskers, badly.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

 

[Brasky]

It's more like tenths of seconds and today's teams have a lot more speed burners than in '95.
It's not just the better players, but the schemes. Few teams run the Power I today, because the defenses are better at stopping it.
VY running the Zone Read would torch the Blackshirts. Cam Newton would have the done the same thing. Hell, Manziel would have given the Blackshirts fits and probably led his 2012 team to victory.
2009 Bama would also beat the '95 Huskers, badly.

 

[Brasky]

'95 Nebraska was the baddest college football team to ever grace this planet. Period.

 

[charlie42s]

'95 Nebraska was the baddest college football team to ever grace this planet. Period.

 

[Brasky]

'95 Huskers Remain in a League of Their Own - Huskers.com - Nebraska Athletics Official Web Site

1) Nebraska’s smallest margin of victory in 1995 was 14 points in a 35-21 win over Washington State. It was the only game in which Nebraska trailed all season before taking a 28-7 lead into the fourth quarter and letting its subs get meaningful snaps. Reserve freshman I-back Ahman Green, who would go on to become the Green Bay Packers’ all-time leading rusher, finished the Washington State game with 176 yards rushing and one touchdown on 13 carries. The Huskers out-rushed the Cougars, 428-72. And get this: In the fifth game of the season, Washington State came into Lincoln with the nation’s fourth-ranked rushing defense, giving up only 69.7 yards per game.

2) In 1995, Nebraska averaged 400 yards rushing per game while allowing only 78 yards rushing per game to its opponents. The Huskers scored 51 rushing touchdowns in ’95 and gave up only six rushing TDs. Nebraska averaged a Division I-A record 7.0 yards per rushing attempt for the entire season, including the bowl game shellacking of Florida.

3) Question: With an offensive line anchored by 1995 All-America center Graham, guess how many quarterback sacks Nebraska gave up in that remarkable 12-0 season? Answer: If you said zero, you would be right.

4) Want to talk special teams? Kris Brown, one of college football’s and one of the NFL’s best kickers ever, connected on 13 of 16 field goal attempts whenever Nebraska’s offensive juggernaut hit a skid mark. And get this, the Huskers tied an NCAA record in ’95 by allowing only five punt returns all season for a grand net total of 12 yards. Yikes!

5) Nebraska’s average margin of victory in 1995 was more than 38 points, the largest average of any Division I-A team since World War II. The margin exceeded a six-touchdown average despite Nebraska resting its starters in the second halves of most games.

6) Here’s something to chew on: Nebraska averaged 29.8 points per first half in 1995. That’s a higher scoring average in one half than at least three national championship teams averaged in a whole game – Alabama (1992), Ohio State (2002) and Florida (2006).

7) For the 1995 season, Nebraska averaged 53.2 points per game and allowed only 14.5 points per game. When you think about making a big deal out of Florida State’s 2013 team having the possibility to win every game by at least 14 points like Nebraska did, this particular stat screams rather loudly that the Huskers should stand alone in this spotlight.

8) I saved my best stat for last. In the final rankings from the 1995 season, Nebraska beat four teams that finished in the final AP Top Ten rankings – national runner-up Florida (62-24), No. 5 Colorado (44-21), No. 7 Kansas State (49-25) and No. 9 Kansas (41-3).

There they are – eight crystal-clear facts that frame a Big Eight powerhouse as the most dominant college football team of all-time. The Huskers did, after all, beat four schools in the ‘95 final Top Ten by an average of more than 30 points a game. If that’s not living in a league of your own, what is? Yes, I know what you’re thinking. Someday, someone will make another serious run at Nebraska’s lofty status, but let’s hope that doesn’t happen in the next seven years. Why? Because we think this ’95 team deserves a Silver Anniversary celebration in 2020 – a vision that seems not only realistic, but highly probable.

 

[Brasky]

This is me dropping the mic and walking away.

 

[outofyourmind]

'95 Huskers Remain in a League of Their Own - Huskers.com - Nebraska Athletics Official Web Site



5) Nebraska’s average margin of victory in 1995 was more than 38 points, the largest average of any Division I-A team since World War II. The margin exceeded a six-touchdown average despite Nebraska resting its starters in the second halves of most games.

You might want to revisit that one.
Coaching Records Game by Game

 

[Red_Alert]

You might want to revisit that one.
Coaching Records Game by Game

Edited: Oops I must have missed one. It was 41.5

 

[Brasky]

You might want to revisit that one.
Coaching Records Game by Game

Visited.

I calculate 32.5 for OU in 1956.

They also only beat Colorado by 8.

 

[Red_Alert]

Naw, I was wrong. OU ave margin of victory was 41.5. They drilled everybody but Colorado where they only won by 8.

 

[Brasky]

GOD DAMNIT RA I HAD BEEN SAVING THAT GIF FOR LIKE 3 DAYS

 

[Red_Alert]

Soz

 

[UNA Lion]

I recall USA Today asking if any college football team could beat Miami, and Bama went into the 93 Sugar Bowl as heavy underdogs.

That was a very nice win for the Tide.

"The Strip"

 

[Brasky]

I recall USA Today asking if any college football team could beat Miami, and Bama went into the 93 Sugar Bowl as heavy underdogs.

That was a very nice win for the Tide.

"The Strip"

Nice