The reason Nebraska fans defend their 1995 team so strongly is they haven't done a lot since then. If the Huskers had won a few more National Championships since then they'd be saying things like "the '95 team was damn good but I think our 2006 team would have beaten them and maybe the 2013 team". I still hear Oklahoma people talking about how good the 2000 OU National Championship team was when they probably were not the best team OU has had in the past 20 years. We all instinctively defend our "greatest teams".