The Most Heartbreaking Season in College Football History

[@goingforgold_8536]

Please, don’t make me relive this season again with your fancy production values, smooth voice, and well written script. ….ahhh damnit, here I go again, drowning in the pain of a well crafted video of our tragedy

[@jasonshaneyfelt1039]

As a Nebraska fan, it's impossible to overstate how maddening this season was. I still haven't psychologically recovered from it.

[@Huckleberry52]

Literally makes me sick to my stomach to think about it

[@jmftsukka]

Same

[@Adamcon44]

I just remember eventually expecting to blow the game every week. So I was never that pissed. I was almost excited to see what crazy way we could somehow lose the game. It was different every week.

[@benkleinschmit1699]

Mike Riley also passed up on Joe Burrow when he was a freshmen. He wanted to go to Nebraska at first, but Mike Riley denied him.

[@SteveW-uz2tk]

Pretty sure it was Pelini who passed on Burrow, wasn’t it?

[@benkleinschmit1699]

@@SteveW-uz2tk Idk. I need to go look at the recruiting classes now 🤣

[@benkleinschmit1699]

@@SteveW-uz2tk It would have been between Pelini and Riley.

[@n1ghteng4le]

If Joe burrow played for Nebraska he would’ve been a nobody. Adrian Martinez is currently an example of that and his nfl career will never ever be what I could’ve

[@SteveW-uz2tk]

@@n1ghteng4le as a husker fan, I agree. They couldn’t develop a quarterback for sh*t. Look how much improvement Martinez made at K State

[@S-mores]

Illinois Football Fan here (Great game the other night, meant with all due respect): From everything I have seen, Nebraska has faced the essential inverse timeline of Alabama since the turn of the century, an irony only furthered by the fact they're the states with the 2 highest college football fan densities. In one case, a program facing an uncharacteristic lull finds and hires a new head coach who revitalizes the program and turns them into one of the greatest dynasties in college football history. On the other: a program used to success and vitality finds itself falling pack into the pack, yet still willing and trying to do everything in its power to get back to a state of true glory, only to find seemingly endless amounts of pain and torment despite an unwillingness to give up. 2021 seemed to be the awful cherry on top of that plot point. Truly, best wishes to y'alls program. As someone who similarly has hope in a football team that feels as though is making me hold my breath waiting for the next disaster, I understand your torment. Here's to the Big 10, especially those schools whose fans have been lying in wait for decades now for the season that seriously goes down in history!!! (For the right reasons this time)

[@snakyYT]

Respect tough game but you won. Nebraska will go bowling I can feel it

[@caseywilson3821]

As a Nebraska fan this season was one of the most fun yet sad seasons ive seen thank you for this video this was a great video!

[@CrazyAnimeGamer3]

When I think of football in Nebraska I think of Tom Osborne. I think of watching a replay of the 1996 national championship seeing the Cornhuskers destroy my Gators. Keep going Nebraska fans. Florida fans know how you feel. At least this season looks decent for you so far.

[@Bruski76159]

This channel has a bright future. Im proud to say im a subscriber after his first video! Keep up the good work StatRat

[@ascend2774]

I’m a student at Nebraska and was for our 2021 season. I thought this was common knowledge but the reason we wanted Frost out so bad was because on top of the way he admitted to treating the players and losing, he reportedly would also show up to practice drunk or be so drunk he wouldn’t make it to practice at all. He was also known to cheat on his wife with female students at Nebraska and in general be a scumbag. I hated reliving that god awful season but you made it bearable, good job 👍

[@thejoshpresle]

He was a scumbag in college too. Lawrence Phillips beat up his girlfriend while Frost hid in a closet because she was fuckin Scott. Phillips is obviously responsible for his own actions, but you don't fuck your teammates woman.

[@Huckleberry52]

I’ve always heard this but never seen anyone show any proof at all. Like have any players that have played for him talked about this? Have the female students come out about it? Was he ever arrested for alcohol abuse in any way shape or form? I’m not saying it’s not true… but how come there’s absolutely no evidence? (I’d gladly accept it and would believe it if there was some)

[@Adamcon44]

I mean we’ve all heard these stories but there’s never been any proof so I think most people take it with a grain of salt.

[@jakeguy33]

The butterfly effect of ONE SECOND in the big 12 championship game against Texas…Iykyk :/

[@mwa3476]

@jakeguy33 some of us will never, EVER forget that one second. I still hate Texas and Colt to this day. Listening to him squirm in the booth as we handily beat CO this year was just the cherry on top of that game.

[@CalebBukacek13]

It really should’ve been 2 seconds instead of 1 😂😂

[@_alleycat_]

game was over. fuckers reset the clock when they shouldnt have. b.s. call so Texas could win. that was the biggest letdown. man that team deserved to win.

[@brianreimers8112]

awe yes JD Sielman, we almost went into the next season with him wondale maurice washington and tyjan lindsay

[@dankcoyote]

Good teams find ways to win. It’s beyond stats. What’s tragic is the 20+ years we’ve been waiting to be competitive.

[@its-remiiii]

STATRAT!! GREAT!!! vid. as a longtime husker fan who goes to every game, this video really puts into a way of visualization of how all husker fans felt during that season and the years before. i think the ending to this video is PERFECT and gave me a big smile. GBR!!!

[@No1Important-r6z]

As a Nebraska fan we love football so much because aside from the college world series, that's the only thing that happens in Nebraska.

[@WilliamBoofer]

Husker fan here. Great video brother, thank you for the positive energy at the end, made me tear up not gonna lie

[@CountryLiving5]

Matt Rhule, Tony White, and Dylan Raiola are single handedly saving Nebraska football. Dylan has brought so many good recruits we are also getting Dylan’s little brother next year who is also a QB, best recruit out of Nebraska TE, and the best recruit in Hawaii Center. We got them over Georgia, Alabama, and Auburn. They are clearly doing something right. I never got to see Nebraska National Championship good as I was born in 2001 but my dad uncles and grandpa went to all of those games and remind me of that era almost weekly. There is no reason we can’t get back to that we have some of the greatest facilities in the nation and the greatest fan base in the nation.

[@Wonton_Don]

I love these documentary style vids and the 2 you’ve done so far have been perfection. Good work Mr. Rat keep it up 🐀

[@alexanderthegreatandterrib4589]

So glad Frost is gone but his ghost is still haunting us until we finally find a way to win the close ones.

[@qhillis]

This season pushed me to the fucking brink. I try and tell people there is no other season like it. And yet we still keep finding ways to lose. As of losing to Illinois in 2024, Nebraska has done the following: -Lost 25 straight ranked games -lost 22 straight games where they were down 1 score or tied with 8 or less minutes left in the 4th quarter -are 3-22 in their last 25 1 score games -have lost 8 straight overtime games where they have failed to score OR PICK UP A FIRST DOWN in any of them. 27 total offensive plays, -20 total yards, 0 first downs, 0 points, 4 interceptions. A legendary streak of futility. Being a fan of this team is genuine torture.

[@RushGamma]

Yeah... 😢

[@HashtagBirdyy]

I try to explain the heart ache it causes to my buddies from out of state who don't follow Nebraska and they just don't get it. "Nebraska is just bad, my teams have been bad before too" bruh, but all the signs were there youre team was bad, you didn't have expectations shot down week after week in agonizing ways. Nebraska has sign after sign we will be better. We play better and still lose. It's insane. The Illinois loss under Rhule really just showed the culture of losing is still here.

[@themike97_58]

rhule is on the right track. his whole philsophy of winning in the trenches is the right way. Illinois is a good team, much better than last season. We're still learning how to win again. We'll have a couple great years with Dylan and the way Rhule recruits, we should be getting better and better every season. I'm optimistic from what I've seen so far. and tbh, losing the Illinois this early was probably a good thing. Give us a lot of tape to learn from and get better as the season continues.

[@qhillis]

@@themike97_58 I do believe in Rhule, don’t get me wrong. But he still has to prove he can make the coaching decisions to win close games and win big games. And he hasn’t done that yet. Illinois was his best chance so far and we continued to find ways to lose.

[@themike97_58]

@@qhillis no doubt we got outcoached

[@Adamcon44]

Great video man! Very well done. GBR

[@KelpyJee]

Your content is exceptional. I’ve watched both of your videos and am craving more. You just got another subscriber. Love the videos man ❤️

[@hwclinton]

Another banger video. Good stuff!

[@PhysicalAustinology]

Nah man this needs 1.2 million views not 12k. Keep this up man. Phenomenal piece.

[@justinniedfelt4448]

The first game of Scott Frosts career at Nebraska got cancelled from a thunderstorm. We should’ve known that was already the end of any chance of a good team under his leadership

[@davidfence6939]

As a South Carolina fan, i have deep respect for Nebraska fans. We haven't had a fraction of the historical success, but completely understand the passion for their team. Certain seasons tear the fandom apart. I was around for 1-10 and 0-11 here in Columbia. Watching Nebraska fans from afar for the past 20+ years has been crazy.

[@daxlappala9831]

Great video. I don’t think non-Husker fans truly understand what we went through in 2021

[@IceKing89]

great video, only 2k subs? man keep at it, your channel will definitely grow this is high quality content. got my sub!

[@JinjaOnHere]

stat rat you changed my life

[@IloveKittenOverlordonCoD]

If everyone is a fan of stat rat than I am one of them, if there is only one fan of stat rat, I am that fan. If the world is against stat rat, I am against the world. If there are no stat rat fans on the world, I am no longer on this world. Stat rat you are my sunshine

[@SportsCenter893]

Make more videos my guy! You got my full attention.

[@TillisIsDone]

I am an Iowa fan and went to the Nebraska vs Iowa game that year. Nebraska dominated that forst half. We were down 21-6. Then Iowa had a punt block touchdown and we just ran away with the momentum after that.

[@carlinjones7507]

This is an amazing, high-quality production

[@thomasdasschaf1117]

Awesome vids man! Looking forward to many more ;)

[@benkleinschmit1699]

I don't want to remember this season. We are 4-1 a back and forth Top 25 team right now. I like where Matt Rhule is bringing us.

[@joshuarolfsmeyer8014]

No, remember that season. Remember it so when Nebraska is back you can look back with pride and say you are a true blood Nebraska fan. That you stuck together through all kinds of weather for dear old Nebraska U. It will make the comeback so much sweeter. I was at the Colorado game this year and seeing us not only beat the buffs but destroy them made all the other losses worth it.

[@DarthStoned420]

We 5-1 baby!!!

[@senorpimps4678]

😂not even close to that

[@rickysoup]

this season is the exact opposite of the 2022 vikings season

[@High5gh0st]

really good vid dude

[@nrhurley117]

Everyone always forgets the screw job by officiating. Google that pic that went around and found its way finally to ESPN about how Nebraska opponents hadn’t been called for a holding call in almost 400 consecutive snaps. After that aired Big 10 refs suddenly started calling holding on Nebraska’s opponents. Hmmmmmmm

[@tyleraverett1137]

Very well made video, good stuff here

[@WillMuny]

Not even close to the most heartbreaking season. Off the top of my head 1990 Tennessee was MUCH more heartbreaking.

[@mattwilliamsmusic5960]

Great video subbed

[@barnes92196]

You did Eric so Dirty. 😢

[@DONUT2858]

You know its bad when you're willing to fork over an extra $7.5m instead of waiting two weeks to fire the guy😂

[@robertmartin5308]

Scott frost was and still is one of the most ever rated kids that ever attended NU. Larry, his father, became infuriated with Nebraska because his whole coaching life revolved around wanting to be on that fb staff, never happened, because Nebraska did not offer his oldest son a scholarship he vowed that Scott would not go to Nebraska, thusly he went to Stanford. The Frosts wanted to prove a point. BUT he did return because of, I think, T.O. Promised to not recruit another QB that would compete for that position, remember Scott followed a legend at QB. All he had to do was hand the ball off to some very talented Arabs and run the option, which he did poorly and couldn’t really throw the ball. That 97 team would have won with a DT at QB, that is how talented that team was. Scott got lots of attention, head git bigger and he came to Lincoln thinking no matter what “they won’t fire me”. The real Scott frost showed his colors. Larry was a very close friend of mine fir a long time so this isn’t just a wild rant, I was close to the situation. It gets deeper than I wrote here but most people don’t know the real story. Not just my opinion but reality folks.

[@monkeyfather27]

I live in Nebraska and I know so many people who don't even watch football but love nebraska football

[@RVN-qo3vf]

My friends dad is a Nebraska fan and all he cares about is Nebraska finally has a good qb for the first time in so long lol

[@simonfriends7444]

I live in Nebraska. I go to almost every other game.

[@CornHuskerFoevr]

@StatRat Scott frost was the town drunk. Everyone in Lincoln slowly learned about this fact. The newspapers ignored it and still do. It was a total lack of accountability by the athletic department and university and Trev Alberts cleaned it up.

[@CornHuskerFoevr]

Scott Frost had the potential to be an incredible coach. Had all the skills, experience and knowledge. Just personal problems, big ones and the 3-9 record reflected it.

[@ratslapp3r]

A Stat Rat huh 🫱 good vid tho!

[@monkeyfather27]

I started watching nebraska since 2014 and have known nothing but heartbreaking losses

[@marcusa.ragnos1041]

In the first 25 seconds, I already recognized several personal friends of mine. That’s how small we are 😂

[@empireonyt15]

really great watch!

[@StatRatSports]

bro I saw your video while I was working on mine, crazy timing and good stuff on your end too!

[@empireonyt15]

@@StatRatSports no way, thanks for the watch!

[@Huckleberry52]

Bro I’m a Vikings AND Huskers fan. Your content has been so vindicating lol

[@lttv3612]

0:53 roll tide 🤌🏻

[@jdchatelain222]

That season had me so perplexed I felt I never understood football at all when it was all said in done. Non of it made sense. Calling them jus undisciplined didn't seem a good enough explanation. One thing it did highlight was how complex and detail oriented fb truly is.

[@beckserker1662]

I couldn’t even see the thumbnail and knew from the title that the vid was about my good damn team, lmfao

[@brodebrode]

Dont make me experience this season all over again 😂😂❤❤

[@John-qk3qi]

Yea, 0-6 in 2018 was just the start, something like 21 Milestones of Mediocrity (program history or first time in x years), were set under Coach Frost during his tenure.

[@nevhoffman]

I was at Frost's final game against Georgia Southern. It was horrifying to watch. By the end of the game, the few of us left in the stadium were all chanting "FIRE FROST"

[@jonathanhouser8194]

I was there too.

[@TheDogBark27]

0:17 the most diehard and best fans in college sports

[@B1GE2]

I hate this season. “Best 3-9 team of all time” they were 3-9, we fuckin sucked. The team in 2022 was 4-8 and was better than that team. Scott frost didn’t know how to win and just because they lost close games doesn’t matter. They still lost.

[@olrascal5569]

Ngl i bawled my eyes out for 20 minutes after watching this😢 still dont know what a nebraska is

[@TheChrisHartman]

Do a vid on the 2021 Pitt Panthers.

[@catfan5576]

Nice video

[@Kalebkeepsplaying9880]

THATS MY TEAM!!! and it sucks But its getting better

[@RonaldLittlejohn-o7f]

Can't wait for your new video when Rhule the fool is finally fired!!! Scot was not only a GREAT quarterback for Nebraska but he also had a GREAT attitude and ability to Coach at Nebraska!!! The problem is not that Coach Frost was a bad coach but rather the piss poor leadership at the UN who took us out of the B12 and into the B10. Nebraska will never win again in this conference because of the way this conference is managed. Rhule is a fool that if he isn't let go this season then after next season he will most assuredly be gone. Rhule has no idea what he is doing and next season will prove it to be true!!! CFB needs to return to what college football use to be all about, sports NOT money!!!!!😢😢😢🎉

[@Mavon2]

this happened to my buddy Eric

[@StatRatSports]

sorry for your loss

[@Jaackal]

We’re still ass. Got blown out by Indiana 🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽

[@davyb7269]

Lincoln is delusional. We will never return to what we once were. We don’t even recruit much from the state anyone. We did this to ourselves.

[@huskers1278]

Recruiting is actually easier than ever now that NIL is a thing. Lol

[@degenrolls]

What do you mean we don't recruit from the state? We recruit from in state just as much as out of state, but NIL plays a large role in getting good players from other states.

[@Huckleberry52]

Right… so getting the top recruit on the state three years in a row isn’t recruiting in state…

[@zoeledwards6617]

Wow you only had two videos and just two videos; you got people saying “you change my life” and “another banger video.” Talked about starting on a great start in a KZbin career.

[@HOR_of_Superior]

You can't add 1+2 There was no tragic downfall of Coach Frost

[@natedasaint]

Matt Rhule is 2-20 vs Top 25 teams.

[@jonathanhouser8194]

Thats not good

[@gregdavis19]

Coach Verdu ruined Adrian Martinez. Frost didn’t take his job to heart. From what’s been said his extracurricular activities took the top spot.

[@jimbachman3344]

Sorry, but the most heartbreaking season was two seasons, 1982 and 1983. In 1982 we lost th the cheaters. If we had won, we would have won the national championship that year and in 1983 told the Orange Bowl that we would not play their home team.

[@b.d.ericksonii203]

Demonic curse, period.

[@snakyYT]

The curse of.frost 😂😂

[@rund_wie_eckig]

first video - instantly subbed after the first few minutes 🫡 keep them videos coming ❤ notification gang we innnnnnnn this hoe

[@KALICOE]

Bellevue literally got 100k+ people living it😂

[@thejoshpresle]

Bellevue has like 65k max

[@Corn_Stache]

GBR

[@David-lx4yb]

Nebraska’s downfall started July 1, 2010. The day you decide to play with the big boys. Nebraska went from a national powerhouse in the Big XII, to a Big 10 lapdog.

[@teacherjoe7019]

Washington and UCLA will learn the same lesson.

[@snakyYT]

We are big boys brother. We gotta find it

[@Huckleberry52]

Changing conferences has very little to do with how unfathomably unlucky the Huskers program has been. This is a remarkably arrogant opinion 😂

[@jay144k]

As an Iowan I can respect the passion of Nebraska fans, but that doesn't stop me from being excited when they fail.

[@MrGHawaii]

You said "copious." Look up George Orwell's 5 Rules of Writing. You won't ever use that word again after reading it.

[@cornfednebraskaneer]

Frost😒

[@adrianmcmillan9011]

What's worse is they weren't even a good 3-9 team. One of the wins was an FCS school and the others were buffalo and northwestern.

[@WeatherWondersWW]

🐐

[@StonekingCam]

“Randomizing plays/drives” is such a stupid thing.. Nebraska was down by double digits late in all of their losses, but 2.. They were an awful program, and that’s it. Adrian Martinez was a bum.. 11 passing touchdowns to 13 turnovers in all those losses..

[@klanox-uq1lt]

Adrian Martinez made the NFL, and if you were to watch the games you would see he is not really a bum.

[@cornfednebraskaneer]

We had chances to win nearly all of the 9 losses

[@ilikecheeseburger42]

Adrian wasn’t a bum, his coach was, incredible talent wasted on our bum team, Im glad he moved on from us and had success elsewhere

[@thejoshpresle]

​@@ilikecheeseburger42He was the only QB I've ever seen regress from year to year in such a noticable way.

[@ilikecheeseburger42]

@@thejoshpresle And it was probably a coaching issue, he won MVP in the UFL, won a championship with his team in the UFL and got MVP for that game, and he’s signed with the Jets right now. He obviously has talent

[@yukixime6773]

Nebraska needs to go back to the big 12.

[@Clipsb3]

Most heartbreaking season was Oregon 2023. All they had to do was beat UW, have UGA beat Bama, and Lanning & Bo would have the chance to rematch UGA after the 49-3 beating & possibly win en route to a title. But then they just lost by a field goal again, again.

[@Collegefootballproductions]

Uga lost to bama tho

[@ChaseRiver2]

So to be clear, "all" they had to do was beat washington, the #2 team in the country, hope georgia beat bama and then after both of those games, end up as the 2 seed (because in this scenario oregon would be ranked above washington, texas, and alabama at a minimum. making either FSU, Washington, or Texas the 3 seed), have to beat that 3 seed in the first round. and only then have a shot at what wouldve been #1 undefeated georgia in the national championship game. which is somehow the most unlikely thing to actually happen in this post.

[@Clipsb3]

@@Collegefootballproductions I said that already

[@Clipsb3]

@@ChaseRiver2 off yourself

[@StonekingCam]

Stop using the rankings at the time of playing.. OU ended up #10 OSU #6 MSU #9 Ichigan #3 Wisconsin unranked Iowa #23

[@chriscus1474]

All I can say is don't go to Lincoln wearing a different college team sweatshirt. Got jumped filling my car up with gas for having the audacity to wear a Michigan sweatshirt. They are obsessed with college football and there's nothing to do in Nebraska so they drink and fight anyone. Even if they're not saying or doing anything. How many Husker fans does it take to change a light? Doesn't matter they'll all be standing around talking about how great the old light bulb was.

[@chriscobabe5746]

Even when they have a horrible team they still sellout.

[@Huckleberry52]

Bro I’m a Vikings AND Huskers fan. Your content has been so vindicating lol