Remember When Nebraska was Good at Football?

One of the greatest coaches of all time, Tom Osborne, once said, “The best team doesn’t always win. The team with the best preparation and effort usually does.” While the days of winning back-to-back conference titles might seem like a distant dream, with the right preparation and mindset, Nebraska just like any team can still achieve greatness.

[@curtiswaynestilwell6501]

Well for one he starts off by saying they once used to dominate the big 10........u mean the big 8 .

[@brandonm6052]

Ya 8/12 never the 10

[@smedleybutler5276]

@@brandonm6052Go back and look at the ranking of Big 8 teams in the 90’s.

[@fufulame31]

Low effort vid just for the Nebraska clicks

[@user-xs2rw3dk5w]

I mean the first three years they kinda did dominate the big ten

[@WolverineIncognito]

I’m sick of people not knowing what they’re talking about

[@kurtramaekers796]

This year nebraska has a wining season

[@cloud-2t1]

With all this recent failure, this HAS to mean something good is in store for Nebraska in the future. GO BIG RED!!

[@jbar402]

5:57 the AD, along with his Associate AD’s killed the winning atmosphere at Nebraska. Period.

[@brianwashington2228]

RIGHT ON BROTHER!.... THAT IS WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN!💯%

[@Eliyah-EliyahuYahudah]

Nebraska was once upon a time a beast of a football program.

[@MikeSeager]

Vol fan here! 97 Nebraska is the best College Football team I ever saw! Not even close

[@chriscolebank]

Even better then 2019 LSU? Truthfully, I didn't realize how dominate Nebraska was before making this video...

[@robertmartin5308]

The 94 and 95 teams were awesome.

[@seandurham4864]

Appreciate that! I’d say the 95 team being a Nebraska fan

[@robertmartin5308]

@@MikeSeager well I since I was on the 71 team I would have to say the 95 team might play us close…..lol

[@stealthbomber2127]

@@chriscolebank The Huskers would have beat Burrow to a pulp. The Pipeline would have blown LSU's defense off the ball. And after about a quarter and a half the Tigers would be ready for the bus. The 95 team is the greatest team of all time. Ten games were over before or at halftime, including the great fun n gun Gators which featured four of five starting O Linemen that started and had long careers in the nfl. There is no substitute for execution with brutality, and Coach Osborne knew it was his way to success. He modernized the defense in 92 and the domination began.

[@SteveW-uz2tk]

It was odd growing up in the 90’s only knowing that, at any given year, they’d likely be playing in the national championship game. That wasn’t the odd part though, the odd part was realizing how lucky I was to witness that run then realizing I’ll likely never see it again 🤷‍♂️

[@jacobkrause4094]

I agree and second on that experience, ecspecially when your a kid you just think that's how things are allways going to be ecspecially since that's its one of the pinncacles of Nebraskas representation in the USA it's college football team.

[@rrrobart9]

It’s a new world, but Husker love will never die. We will claw our way back to excellence.

[@brandonhinshaw7775]

The reason for Nebraska’s downfall is former chancellor Harvey Perlman who believed the football team had too much power over the university and he then set out to change it.

[@quick5387]

fired a good coach after osborne because 9-3 wasn’t good enough standard for our program, things kinda spiraled from there.

[@lastnamefirstname7950]

Should have toss Peterson and Perlman into a running Combine Head ………..

[@moriartysdemise]

This is the thing that most people outside Nebraska (and many Nebraska fans to be fair) miss. Nebraska's downfall had much more to do with a long string of horrible program killing decisions, made by the arrogant Perlman, than it did any system they were running or the inability to recruit talent. Nebraska is poised to do very well in the new college football landscape as it has nation leading facilities, a large, loyal fan base, a glorious history few programs can match, and a lot of money to play with.

[@stealthbomber2127]

he changed it.

[@stealthbomber2127]

@@moriartysdemise I wished that to be the case, but the Osborne Huskers were a different breed of animal. Very few teams could take the pounding and would just try to survive. The defense relied heavily on the four man rush with man coverage featuring great open field tackling. It was not as crisp with Solich, and I was a supporter of him, he should not have been fired. His offense did not utilize the fullback keeping the mlb and safeties protecting the middle of the field and hence his option became inconsistent at times. I believe if given more time they would gotten much better.

[@Hutch76k]

Nebraska was a power because they were able to do things other schools weren’t or wouldn’t. They pioneered the strength program when no one else was doing it. People overlook that Nebraska was very inexpensive and kids they didn’t recruit would walk on. Nebraska had one of the largest wall on program in the country. Kids would get in that weight program 180 pound linebackers were now 230 and the Huskers would get kids they didn’t even use a scholarship on. Nebraska also used to live on partial qualifiers. Meaning they met either GPA or test score, but not both. Part of why Nebraska hates Texas is that when Texas joined the Big 12 they were one of the catalysts that ended partial qualifiers. The state doesn’t produce a lot of talent and the pipelines to New Jersey and Texas for talent dried up. Nebraska won by doing things other weren’t and then everyone else caught up

[@KALICOE]

Nebraska was a powerhouse because they had a powerhouse coach, and recruiting had them 10+ wins these past 10+ years

[@tylerjirkovsky482]

Also Nebraska had really good coaches. This was so overstated in the video. Tom and Charlie Mcbride always drew up the right plays and took the right risks at the right time.

[@chriscolebank]

That's a good point. Thanks for sharing

[@stealthbomber2127]

@@KALICOE Osbourne had built a system on both sides of the ball that very difficult to prepare for and had many counter plays to slow the other teams strengths His recruiting definitely got better, but his winning formula was there from the beginning..

[@KALICOE]

@stealthbomber2127 has nothing to do with what we are talking about

[@ynp1978]

Osborne was unbelievable.....he went 25 seasons and never failed to win at least 9 games in a season....and that was with an 11 game schedule!

[@DjPyro2010]

Then after he retired they fired 2 coaches that had a better win percentage than tom osborne did at the same amount of games coached

[@jimschnase]

Tom Osborne was the best college football coach in history.

[@metalman3274]

Agreed GBR!🎈🌽☠️🤘🏻

[@mm-xe9oh]

I remember Osborn 1st took over HC there many doubts and nay sayers

[@c2protect]

We still BELIEVE IN NEBRASKA!

[@kimwiseman6506]

GO BIG RED

[@metalman3274]

Your damn right we do! GBR!🎈🌽☠️🤘🏻

[@bigwats1250]

They recruited the north east hard for its athletes especially in New Jersey

[@burlingtonbill1]

Christian Peter !

[@lylelott4637]

Tommy Frazier was fun to watch back in the day.

[@111jimi]

......N has never ever been a force in the BIG.........before that....heck yeah!!!!!.......but never will b again.........:-(.........

[@austin_l]

Nebraska, Miami, Notre Dame, and Florida State use to run college football. SEC was nothing when I was growing up

[@rpalmerbyers1]

Nebraska has done extremely well in the portal. They should have a very competitive team and a schedule that allows for 8-9 wins next year. Their schedule is not too bad either in 2025.

[@KALICOE]

8-9 wins they underachieved this the easiest schedule since joining big10

[@chriscolebank]

I would enjoy seeing Nebraska make a run next year. Anything is possible

[@stealthbomber2127]

They need clemson's schedule, losers in their conference and southern conference teams out of conference. Limped into the playoff after losing to the three best teams on their schedule.

[@lindseysummers5351]

I am not big on Bo Pelini. I was excited about him and thought he would lead them back to glory, but he was a fraud. He beat up on weaker competition and could never beat anyone worth talking about. That and him being a complete jackass of a human being. He was brought in to win conference championships and compete for the national championship. Not flaunt 9-win seasons and trophys from tertiary bowls.

[@goingforgold_8536]

I choose to believe…even if it makes no sense. GBR!

[@tysonkrehnke2835]

On the plus side looks like Nebraska basketball is on the up and up. Very solid chance at making the Tournament for the second consecutive year.

[@raleighsanford5111]

What people don't realize about Osborn is the depth of his nationwide recruiting network. He had people, with no ties to NU, all over the USA working with HS coaches and getting film on players. I don't know if there was another college out there with that depth of a network, ever. The best example is a west Texas HS OL who was only offered by Texas Tech and Nebraska. The kid was in Tech's back yard and the kind of recruit Spike Dykes thrived on but Osborn's network found him, 5 years later the kid won the Outland trophy while playing for NU. They also had a great OL program where you came in, put your time in the weight room and worked your way up to start as a RS JR, so they always had a strong, experienced OL, which is the foundation of football.

[@manewalj]

The 90's were great. :)

[@jamesb7651]

Fans and observers need to remember that Nebraska didn't get anything the easy way between their 70s and 90s streaks. Tom Osborne was persistent during many years of "almost", adapted to the Grassketball trends of the 90s and did it all with supposedly outdated option game. See e.g. 1996 Fiesta Bowl. Whippersnapper NU fans weren't born, want immediate success, and need to give great patience to Matt Rhule time. . ..

[@matthewwolff3729]

Well, Nebraska did just win a bowl game and now has a winning record.

[@marshalmagooo3899]

They beat a mediocre BC team that could have won

[@robertwestling5479]

I sure do remember when they were the gold standard of college football

[@stealthbomber2127]

Those days are surely missed.

[@matthewsmith1779]

Their move to the BIG 10 was a recent move.

[@wdurazo22]

Yes, once upon a time in a far away land.

[@Methodizations]

Hell yeah that was a crazy 2 years for them

[@redmustangredmustang]

Just remember from 1993 to 1997 they were competing for a national championship. Other than 1996 where they lost the Big 12 Championship, Nebraska was competing for a national championship 4 out of the 5 years.

[@chriscolebank]

I wish I was there in person to watch Nebraska in their glory days!

[@randomnerd2332]

I think Nebraska's fall off is due to 3 main reasons 1. Leaving the Big 12 for the B1G- Nebraska year in year out dominated the conference & when they jump to 12 teams Nebraska faced very little resistance in the Big 12 North division outside of Snyder's K State & those Colorado teams of the 90s. Leaving the Big 12 also effectively killed off their Texas pipeline as they didn't get games against those Texas schools anymore. 2. Firing Bo Pelini- the worst thing Nebrask did was firing Pelini who year in & year out kept them as a respectable school winning 9 games only to replace him with a Mike Riley who was average at best at Oregon State. Riley spent most of his life in the Northwest & had no connections to the midwest nor to the great plains & was a terrible fit. 3. Their advantages in strength & conditioning went away- Nebraska back in the day had a state of the art strength & conditioning program, they completly revolutionized S&C for the entire sport. Nowadays every competent P4 program has as good if not better strength & conditioning facilities at their disposal especially top tier schools like Ohio State & most of the SEC being on another level.

[@mitycoogs]

They should have stayed in the big 12

[@vincentphillips4421]

It all started to fall apart when all schools could sign unlimited out of state recruits. That was the nail in the coffin

[@quick5387]

nebraskas on its way back just trust the process.

[@chriscolebank]

I think so too! I love a good comeback story

[@Jeff-pj4ed]

Never realized how much Mike Rozier looks like George Rogers.😂

[@smithn.wesson495]

Remember when Nebraska was good at football? You mean almost 35 years ago before 70% of today's population was even born?!?! That would be a big fuck no for most people.

[@troyhallett9856]

I think you mean 30 years ago, but your point is valid

[@t47351]

Crouch won the Heisman in 2001 and we went 11-2 including playing in the national championship game. 2002 was the beginning of a 22 year slow decline to the celler of CFB. Let's not be going crazy with the 30-35 year talk😂

[@Brofessor17]

This hurts my soul as a grad student

[@dave-loves_sports]

If Pelini could've just kept his temper down, I think Nebraska would've been a really consistent team with a couple of confrence championships, cfp appearances, and Heisman finalist. Everyone saw what they did in 2009. Bo had it all

[@MbisonBalrog]

The two last Option QBs (running QBs) NEB had in the early 2000s were Jamal Lord, and Joe Dailey. Both NJ Prep QBs. Jamal Lord was especially elusive. His HL reel is still up on YT. That guy could make cuts.

[@chriscolebank]

I'll have to give it a watch! Thanks for sharing

[@CornHuskerFoevr]

I’m 30 I remember being 3 and my dad was jumping on the bed when we beat Tennessee in 1997 and when I was 7 watching #1 Nebraska beat #2 Oklahoma in 2001 everything was right in the world. It’s sad these kids in Nebraska today don’t know what it was like. It’s been a rough 10 years since we fired Bo Pelini. At least he won 9 or 10 games a year and we were respected.

[@chriscolebank]

I am a little younger so I don't remember that much about Nebraskas glory days. I can only imagine how great it was to be a fan during that time though!

[@jeremiahrose4681]

I'm not a Nebraska fan, not even from there. However, bow those teams were fun to watch back in the day. Crazy great D and amazing running. It was really impressive. Can that style of offense work today, who knows. Geesh they could adapt for some reason.

[@GotyouB]

Great video ❤

[@ChrisDutton-s5t]

NIL money effects most programs. This kids come out of high school saying what can you give me and the NCAA w/ the judicial courts saying pay them even the kids did not invest in the sport. Soon, collegiate sports wii be the farm system to the pros.

[@chriscolebank]

That’s a great point and something I think about a lot.

[@abelaldrich7831]

Im a Husker fan glad they are going to a Bowl game this year snap that bowless streak

[@marine76a]

They grew fat off of bullying Kansas schools lmao

[@williamdiemert9866]

Nebraska now is 7-6 after the victory over Boston College in the 2024 Bad Boy Mower Pinstripe Bowl

[@jeffreekoch9298]

Huskers never dominated in the Big 10. Teams like Minnesota, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa continue to beat up on Nebraska on an annual basis.

[@pp3k3jamail]

💥💥When did Nebraska ever dominate The Big Ten dude🤦🏿‍♂️

[@Corey-dy2cq]

Frazier was so clutch. Top it off with LP as a running back? Defensive coordinator's worst nightmare.

[@burlingtonbill1]

LP was the best NU ever had -- and they had a BUNCH, over the years.

[@stevemeloccaro891]

Nebraska hasn't been a blue blood top tier team since Tom Osborne was coach, we have had a few okay teams but NOT ONE dominating team

[@A_SingleSpeeder]

They didnt want to play Penn State in 1994. I think PSU would have beat them.

[@vontazebuckshanks6356]

19-0. Go Devils🔱

[@9873101]

It's shocking how little this Chris Colebank actually knows about a team he made a video on. What a moron.

[@DMS-pq8]

Nebraska greatly benefited from playing in the old Big 8 which most years meant 5-6 guaranteed wins against at the time moribond programs like Kansas, and Kansas St

[@chriscolebank]

I've read that their strength in schedule was never the hardest. Maybe they weren't as good as people thought...

[@pp3k3jamail]

​@@chriscolebankI mean Nebraska did used to play teams out of conference like Penn State Alabama etc not to mention they had powerhouses Colorado Oklahoma and then when Kansas State then with Texas and Texas A&M in the Big 12 So I wouldn't say they had a totally easy schedule Florida state had an easier time in the ACC.

[@pp3k3jamail]

I mean Nebraska did used to play teams out of conference like Penn State Alabama etc not to mention they had powerhouses Colorado Oklahoma and then when Kansas State then with Texas and Texas A&M in the Big 12 So I wouldn't say they had a totally easy schedule Florida state had an easier time in the ACC.

[@donkleine5618]

Um…..we just won a bowl game against Boston College. And according to MMG we are the best worst team.

[@johnhamilton7797]

Nebraska needs to find their next Bob Devaney. They have spent the last 27 years, off and on, trying to recreate some quasi Osborne feel in Lincoln (Solich, Pelini and Frost). That has been a fruitless endeavor. It really has been a tug of war over modus operandi.

[@stealthbomber2127]

After firing Coach Solich, the Huskers went to the short dinky pass finesse offense like everyone else. Under Devaney, Osborne, and Solich they were a tough physical team. This allowed them to run the program on powerful in state linemen mixed with the gym rat type guys that were happy to block for their teammates. Today's game is soft in comparison and requires primma donna types, which will not come Nebraska. It's too late now to go back to the power offense and defense, the greatest era in college football is over. Coach Osborne's teams from 92 on would destroy todays teams. They would be terrified after a few minutes, especially the 95 team.

[@johnhamilton7797]

@ stealthbomber2127 You do realize Osborne ran a balanced offense at Nebraska from 1973-1980. I don’t think you have to hold yourself hostage to a particular playstyle. The problem with the offense, particularly when Solich took over, was the declination in talent level with each passing year. Not to mention that Frank Solich was 1/10th of the play caller Tom Osborne was. Lastly, let’s not forget Nebraska had a generational player in Eric Crouch. He was able to cover a lot of blemishes.

[@Macabre215]

"No program has won a national championship without signing at least one top 10 recruiting class in the four years leading up to and including their appearance in the national championship." Michigan won a national championship in 2023 without a top 10 recruiting class within four seasons of their appearance. Here's their rankings from 2020-2023: 2020: 13th 2021: 13th (Class had JJ McCarthy & Donovan Edwards along with some other key pieces. This is why they won a natty.) 2022: 12th (Class had Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant. Two first round NFL DTs.) 2023: 20th They consistently get classes in the top 15 but not top 10 and went to the CFP three years in a row with one national championship. I think the portal era has thrown that old adage out the window.

[@No1Important-r6z]

Love seeing peak Nebraska, but it just hurts to watch how we got rid of it all because we fired a couple winning head coaches.

[@dapigbear312]

0:03 does he know….

[@scoobee4921]

Kids!

[@lindsaymeister8642]

I am from Nebraska

[@marshalmagooo3899]

Nebraska fans are some of the best in the country but they also are delusional. The glory days will nevwr return. Unless Warren Buffet funds NIL, only legacy players will go there. You have abetter shot at being drafted from NDSU then Nebraska. Middle of the Big 10 should be the goal.

[@anthonyrowland9072]

The other teams take steroids now too...

[@didierlabossiere4726]

Nebraska never dominated the Big Ten. They DID, however, Dominate the now defunct Big Eight, and then the Big 12, but they have never dominated the Big Ten

[@chriscolebank]

That's what I am gathering from the comments... Thanks for sharing

[@TeddyGant-f7i]

Nebraska dominated everybody from about 93 till 98.They hammered some really good football teams.Nobody and I mean nobody would have done that 95 florida team that way but Nebraska.

[@brianwashington2228]

AS A NEBRASKA FAN.....I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD GO BACK TO THE "BIG 12 CONFERENCE"

[@seandurham4864]

Going back to a lesser conference would be stupid….

[@alanhajek8453]

Big 8, not Big 10 to start. Second, you don't know what you're talking about. The problem wasn't recruiting. The problem was administration. The AD in 2003, Steve Pederson fired a consistent 9 win coach two years removed from a national championship appearance (Frank Solich) to hire an unproven NFL guy that failed miserably. Then the AD fired another consistent 9-win coach in Bo Pelini to replace him with a joke of a coach in Mike Reilly. Mike Reilley was replaced with Scott Frost, who wasn't able to recover from the disaster that Nebraska had become. As far as adjusting to the faster paced game, Nebraska ran the read-option spread offense pretty well during Pelini era. You should learn the history before you post bullshit videos like this.

[@jimmyk6336]

With all the hype surrounding the team this year you'd think they're playing for the National Title. Oh well maybe next year...

[@scizorbullet8185]

*Big 8

[@BEAT_Texas]

How does this ONLY have 134 views

[@johnhamilton7797]

It’s only 4 days old.

[@BEAT_Texas]

@ yeah still though

[@AlHusker]

Solich got screwed!

[@zachschendt7201]

Im believing in Raiola. He said we'd go bowling by winning the wisconsin game and he lived up to his word. Playoffs next year boys

[@colemangoertzen1535]

Prop 48

[@gtavguru1145]

We coming back baby!! GO BIG RED!!!

[@sorney98]

The patience shows of the fans, boosters, and the course administration of the school. When Osborne retired in 1997-98, he made the decision to pick Frank Solich as head coach. As much people say we could of picked anyone, the reason Solich was the right pick because of the style Nebraska ran on offense. I guarantee no one coming in would have a winning season right away, sorry but thats a fact. Callahan could recruit, but correct fact they were bad against quality teams. Bo won 9-10 games, part of the problem was Pearlman, Eichorst wasn't willing to help him get better results. The Riley hire was so bad even ESPN, other sports shows were questioning it. It didnt make since to hire him, was never the long term answer. Frost unfortunately just couldnt get it done. I do hope Rhule improves, with change of coaches especially offense i think will help. But i start with this again the low patience of fans, boosters along with dumb AD hires of Harvey Pearlman lead to collapse of Nebraska football.

[@chriscolebank]

Thanks for commenting! I agree, that you need to make great hired to grow a program

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Awe Bill Callahan, I know first-hand about him, since I'm a Raiders fan...how he sabotaged a Super Bowl for the Raiders. Don't believe me ask the players, changing the game plan just before the game. The result spoke for itself. What a sham artist. He and AL Davis started the decline of the Raiders still declining today. I don't understand why they fired Solich. What? I don't get it and what happened from that point on? Yikes.

[@chadwenzl9534]

I don't think that's Mike Rozier getting the Heisman at the 4:22 mark.

[@ThunderPants13]

It isn't. It's George Rogers receiving the 1980 Heisman.

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Well, any team can turn it around in one season thanks to the transfer portal, just have to get the right players to transfer in.

[@RiVer-Parish]

Nebraska is dead dogg. Sorry to tell ya.

[@BrianB-s5t]

Give it up Nebraska. Get a life. It’s over.

[@lindsaymeister8642]

Your tripping they were good until Scott Frost was the coach and they are getting better with Matt Rule

[@hehateme6791]

You lost me at big ten .... 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️... say youre an idiot, without saying it. 💀💀

[@ryanjames4028]

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[@user-ok4mj5pn6i]

They were pretty good under Bo. You should've put Mike Riley's pic instead

[@MattB-84]

Don’t show Pelini on these videos. Pelini checked the boxes besides championships but he was winning at a good clip

[@MichaelSmith-pn8bu]

That's George Roger's from South Carolina at 4:21...NOT Mike Rozier.

[@loganbopp2462]

lmfao you mean big8/12?

[@chriscolebank]

What was I thinking!

[@Drizzlestick1]

Pepperage farms remembers 😢

[@johnsanford-rb5cw]

Nebraska was NEVER A "powerhouse" int he BIG10 - maybe the Big8/12, but all you need to know is that their "greatness" ended precisely when they joined the BIG10. Why? Not really all that complicated. In the BIG10, there are almost always multiple very difficult games to play against legitimately tough opponents (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan State, some years Illinois, Purdue - hell, even Indiana and Minnesota). The "great" Nebraska teams had to play exactly ONE tough game in conference - Oklahoma. So, gearing up to beat 1, maybe 2 legitimately tough opponents over an 11/12 game regular season is not that big a deal - both Nebraska and Oklahoma were pretty much guaranteed to have a minimum of 9/10 wins before Bowl games, and whichever one beat the other in any given year, stood a very good chance at playing for the mythical, poll-based national championship. So, really, their record over the 20 or so years they have played in the BIG 10 is more indicative of their true strength as a program - mediocre, at best. They were NEVER all that great - they just looked much better than they really were, because they only had to play a few tough games in any given year. They haven't even sniffed at a West division championship in the BIG10, and that is by far the weaker division (or was, until BIG10 realignment removes the East/West divisions). The BIG10 and SEC stand alone as having perennially tough regular season gauntlets to be run - Nebraska was always over-rated.

[@chriscolebank]

I agree. Whenever teams move to better conferences it seems to go down hill for them. I think we are seeing that this season for most teams. Thanks for sharing

[@TeddyGant-f7i]

The Tom Osbourn teams of the nineties would have dominated any conference in any era.you knew what they were gonna do and couldn't stop it.

[@johnsanford-rb5cw]

@@TeddyGant-f7i They had goo dteams under Tom Osbourne, and also before that under Bob Devaney, but they would not have dominated in the SEC or BIG10 the way they dominated in the much weaker Big8/12. Also, I get that Tom Osbourne is semi-sacred in Nebraska, but remember his last season, 1997, when both Nebraska and Michigan went undefeated and won their bowl games. Michigan had been ahead in both the AP and UPI polls during the regular season, mostly due to strength of schedule (my argument above), but the coaches' poll inverted to put Tom Osbourne's Nebraska into # 1 after "somebody" leaked that he was retiring after the season. The final rankings were thus split between Nebraska and Michigan, but that would not have been the case, without manipulation of the coaches poll. Again, the grind of playing the gauntlet schedules that SEC and BIG10 teams have played for decades is MUCH tougher than being a perennial "power" in a very weak conference, where only a few games are actually played against opponents that could legitimately compete. Your mythologizing of Nebraska in the 90's rests heavily on the perception of greatness that was hugely facilitated by not playing many games against legitimate competition, so there is no empirical data to support your "would have" argument.

[@TeddyGant-f7i]

@johnsanford-rb5cw Those Nebraska teams from about 93 till 98 would have dominated anybody at anytime and I'm not in noway a Nebraska fan.Im a Gator fan and Florida walked through the sec with ease in 95.They were no match for Grant winstrom and co.

[@jdchatelain222]

GOAT 🐐 😎🤘😎

[@kurtgrossoehme2691]

We are a relic. Never gonna be relevant again.

[@badstar9670]

Frank got into a relationship with a student. That's why he was fired. It was swept under the rug. You know what, though? She's his wife now! I say no harm, no foul, but whatever

[@mm-xe9oh]

we don’t get level of talent we use to think should encourage linemen play basketball and tennis off season develop maintain quick step

[@RickMclaughlin-my7ny]

The reason they went down hill is because they gave up their identity. They need to vet back to the option I really believe if they do they will be great again.GBR

[@seandurham4864]

The option is not coming back to Nebraska. Look, I miss it just like any other Nebraska fan. But, if we want to get the best talent in recruiting and the portal we need an offensive scheme that will attract those players. The option isn’t going to do that.

[@henrygettler339]

So much has changed in College Football! NIL has made it and more corrupt sport then the current NFL and NBA models!

[@gregdavis19]

Pelini would have remained as our head coach, but his foul mouth and how he treated the media got him escorted out the door.

[@michaeldalton8374]

How did that work out?

[@9873101]

He was the luckiest coach in college football...Nebraka came into the Big 10 when Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State were down. His recuting was subpar, and he would have been horrible in the NIL era. 3 different schools broke their rushing records against his defenses in the Big 10

[@jasonroberts8408]

Daily dose of member berries 🌽

[@RyanBrown-hr7ct]

Nebraska was never a "dominant force in the Big 10"

[@D1iowa]

0:19 Scott frost was worse

[@garygrassler09]

Fail in the first 5 seconds 🥴. They’ve been in the big ten 13 years lol

[@chance-m-holton]

It's pronounced Osburn.....FYI