True we do play in the Big 10 but you don't duck opponents. Believe me other schools recruiting a player will use anything against a rival school if they think it may potentially sway a player.
2026 Schedule
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Agreed to disagree. Honestly ask the fan base how ecstatic they are about the 3 non-conference games? Yeah not very. I was at the 2 Non-conference games at home last year. The energy was low. It shouldn't be like that. People selling tickets couldn't get anywhere near what they paid for them. At least TO understood the importance of playing one good non-conference game every year. Same with Solich. Rhule...actively wanted out of the Tennessee game and Frost lobbied to get out of the OU series. He lost out on that and good he should've lost out on that.
Agree to disagree. I've attended bunches of home games every decade since 1969. If you think all of Nebraska's home games 'back in the day' (non-con or conf) were high energy, spine-tingling environments, think again.
One of the side effects of consistently having a Top Ten team year after year with our weak schedules was home game fan apathy--especially when you know the game's already won going into the game. There's a reason why Nebraska welcomed the Weinerschlinger and was one of the first fanbases to introduce 'The Wave.'
Sorry, but ROTFLMAO. We used to play in the Big Eight Conference which we DOMINATED for decades. Year after year, it came down to us vs OU. We went into every season knowing that we were huge favorites in six of our seven conference games---but yeah, HATS OFF to TO if we played UCLA or Minny in a non-con game!!!!
Listen, I'm not here to bash the Old Days, but I grow tired of the silly, self-bashing over the Tennessee thing. Since the home-and-home was originally scheduled, they came to us first and asked to reschedule--and we agreed. A few years later, we made the same request of them. WHY? To get an eighth game to help pay for our stadium rebuild. Their AD (note: former UCF AD) said no and made a big stink about it. Oookay, I guess he got back at us. End of Story.
It's not just Nebraska. Indiana's non-conference teams last year were Old Dominion, Kennesaw State, and Indiana State.Agree to disagree. I've attended bunches of home games every decade since 1969. If you think all of Nebraska's home games 'back in the day' (non-con or conf) were high energy, spine-tingling environments, think again.
One of the side effects of consistently having a Top Ten team year after year with our weak schedules was home game fan apathy--especially when you know the game's already won going into the game. There's a reason why Nebraska welcomed the Weinerschlinger and was one of the first fanbases to introduce 'The Wave.'
Sorry, but ROTFLMAO. We used to play in the Big Eight Conference which we DOMINATED for decades. Year after year, it came down to us vs OU. We went into every season knowing that we were huge favorites in six of our seven conference games---but yeah, HATS OFF to TO if we played UCLA or Minny in a non-con game!!!!
Listen, I'm not here to bash the Old Days, but I grow tired of the silly, self-bashing over the Tennessee thing. Since the home-and-home was originally scheduled, they came to us first and asked to reschedule--and we agreed. A few years later, we made the same request of them. WHY? To get an eighth game to help pay for our stadium rebuild. Their AD (note: former UCF AD) said no and made a big stink about it. Oookay, I guess he got back at us. End of Story.
Cignetti has been taking a page from Bill Snyder's book. Snyder realized that to put sadsack Kitty State on the map, you have to crawl before you walk before you run. If you want to attract top-notch JUCOs to your school (that was Snyder's nitch back then), you first have to field a winning football team. A 4-0 non-con record against patsies made it easier to win enough games in conference to go bowling. Then he used that success to field teams that began competing for conference championships.
Folks, we're just NOW back to the "bowling days" again. Since Riley blew up, Frost--and now Rhule are trying to bring Nebraska back to relevance. Trouble is, we have fans with their heads still stuck in the 1990s.
Hey, if some of you are pissed off with our non-con schedule, I get it. I understand. But that said, I swear, if Nebraska makes a conference run and goes 7-2 or 8-1, who here would grouse about not making the playoffs because we started the season off by losing a marque non-con game? You'd all be okay with that, riiiiiiiiiiiight?
Our fans are the program's biggest strength--and frankly, psychological weakness as well. Our players are forever compared to Husker players and teams that played before they were born.
And our head coach and his staff are forever told by yahoos who never played football that they should coach more like our Hall of Fame coaches used to do it. I'm sure they love that.
Given the lack of hype this year, this may well be just what Doctor Rhule ordered.
Yes, fan apathy at the weak non-conference games. When they are over by halftime its like oh okay. Or if the team is struggling against a team like Akron the crowd tries to get into the game to provide support for the team but when they should be destroying that team and you are working that hard as a fan to get the team back into the game the Wiener Schlinger ain't getting the crowd back into the game. Believe me I went to every game last year except the Michigan State game. Akron and HCU the crowd was into the game for about 2 quarters then after that is was ho hum. Some watched and cheered but others left. The team didn't need the crowd to win those games.Agree to disagree. I've attended bunches of home games every decade since 1969. If you think all of Nebraska's home games 'back in the day' (non-con or conf) were high energy, spine-tingling environments, think again.
One of the side effects of consistently having a Top Ten team year after year with our weak schedules was home game fan apathy--especially when you know the game's already won going into the game. There's a reason why Nebraska welcomed the Weinerschlinger and was one of the first fanbases to introduce 'The Wave.'
Sorry, but ROTFLMAO. We used to play in the Big Eight Conference which we DOMINATED for decades. Year after year, it came down to us vs OU. We went into every season knowing that we were huge favorites in six of our seven conference games---but yeah, HATS OFF to TO if we played UCLA or Minny in a non-con game!!!!
Listen, I'm not here to bash the Old Days, but I grow tired of the silly, self-bashing over the Tennessee thing. Since the home-and-home was originally scheduled, they came to us first and asked to reschedule--and we agreed. A few years later, we made the same request of them. WHY? To get an eighth game to help pay for our stadium rebuild. Their AD (note: former UCF AD) said no and made a big stink about it. Oookay, I guess he got back at us. End of Story.
As for ducking Tennessee, yes they rescheduled our series the 1st time to 10 years later but we outright canceled the game. Not reschedule it, canceled it. Had the stadium project been a concern they could've reached out the Tennessee as said, "Hey we are planning this stadium renovation would it be ok to r/s this series for a few more year's down the road. That's not what happened. Tennessee was open to R/S the game but we called and said we are canceling here is your money for breaking the contract. Had we asked if they were willing to R/S and they agreed then no big deal we still will play them just not next year and the year after. We didn't even ask them. We straight up told them we are canceling. That's a bunch of chicken doo doo.
Ohio state is playing Bama this year. They didn't try and duck them last year. They know the importance of playing a tougher non-conference schedule.
SOS is going to hold more weight this year and going forward than it was previously. So if you lose a marquee nonconf game and say end up 10-2, you stand a greater chance getting in over an 11-1 team who played a weaker schedule overall with a patsy non-conference schedule.Cignetti has been taking a page from Bill Snyder's book. Snyder realized that to put sadsack Kitty State on the map, you have to crawl before you walk before you run. If you want to attract top-notch JUCOs to your school (that was Snyder's nitch back then), you first have to field a winning football team. A 4-0 non-con record against patsies made it easier to win enough games in conference to go bowling. Then he used that success to field teams that began competing for conference championships.
Folks, we're just NOW back to the "bowling days" again. Since Riley blew up, Frost--and now Rhule are trying to bring Nebraska back to relevance. Trouble is, we have fans with their heads still stuck in the 1990s.
Hey, if some of you are pissed off with our non-con schedule, I get it. I understand. But that said, I swear, if Nebraska makes a conference run and goes 7-2 or 8-1, who here would grouse about not making the playoffs because we started the season off by losing a marque non-con game? You'd all be okay with that, riiiiiiiiiiiight?
Our fans are the program's biggest strength--and frankly, psychological weakness as well. Our players are forever compared to Husker players and teams that played before they were born.
And our head coach and his staff are forever told by yahoos who never played football that they should coach more like our Hall of Fame coaches used to do it. I'm sure they love that.
Given the lack of hype this year, this may well be just what Doctor Rhule ordered.
I would say 9-3 teams who are battling to get in, the one with the tougher SOS will be the one to get in. Any 10-2 or 11-1 team from the B1G or SEC will be in the playoffs.
The pro draft just showed that NU is not ready for the big time as yet. Some on this board think NU is still on the level with Oklahoma and Tennessee and would give them a game. The sad truth is that NU is slowly making its way off the patsy train. I think they are trending in the right direction. However, when your only draft pick is in the 6th round, it shows the talent gap is not imaginary. To attract better talent, NU needs wins and bowl games. Considering how tough the Big 10 is, it only makes sense to schedule teams that you can beat when possible.Cignetti has been taking a page from Bill Snyder's book. Snyder realized that to put sadsack Kitty State on the map, you have to crawl before you walk before you run. If you want to attract top-notch JUCOs to your school (that was Snyder's nitch back then), you first have to field a winning football team. A 4-0 non-con record against patsies made it easier to win enough games in conference to go bowling. Then he used that success to field teams that began competing for conference championships.
Folks, we're just NOW back to the "bowling days" again. Since Riley blew up, Frost--and now Rhule are trying to bring Nebraska back to relevance. Trouble is, we have fans with their heads still stuck in the 1990s.
Hey, if some of you are pissed off with our non-con schedule, I get it. I understand. But that said, I swear, if Nebraska makes a conference run and goes 7-2 or 8-1, who here would grouse about not making the playoffs because we started the season off by losing a marque non-con game? You'd all be okay with that, riiiiiiiiiiiight?
Our fans are the program's biggest strength--and frankly, psychological weakness as well. Our players are forever compared to Husker players and teams that played before they were born.
And our head coach and his staff are forever told by yahoos who never played football that they should coach more like our Hall of Fame coaches used to do it. I'm sure they love that.
Given the lack of hype this year, this may well be just what Doctor Rhule ordered.
The old NU needed a tough game in the out of conference game because it got few challenges in conference games. NU is no longer in a conference stocked with patsies. To build momentum they need to schedule weak out of conference foes.
Tradition implies embracing past success. I will never be ashamed of Husker traditions from the 70s through 90s. Hell, even Frank, Bill, and Bo did us mostly right. Sometime in the past decade we got chicken doo doo scared of tradition. Screw that. This is the mighty mighty Huskers.
No one here -- certainly not me -- is saying you should. I love me some Husker tradition. It kept me going through the Frost years.
Hmmm...I wonder when that was?
Was it 2017? 2018? 2019? 2020? 2021? Maybe 2022? Or was it 2023?
Yeah, baby!!! Forget we haven't been relevant for decades now. We fans of the most recent 'Northwestern' of the B1G can simply cling to our tradition, snap our fingers and say "Screw that" and -- BOOOM!!! -- we're back!!!
Fire Rhule! The bum has been a huge disappointment--he's only gotten our sadsack program to back-to-back bowls. Doesn't he know we're a TRADITIONAL power??!?!? We deserve BETTER!!!
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Snark may be the intent, but not totally. In life you are either a winner or loser depending on what happens after being punched in the face. You will never have a perfect plan. We have to work on Jimmies and Joes and Rhule needs to recruit for the B1G not the MAC.
Very possible but the SOS would have to be very strong. Like Top 5 strong for a 9-3 team to get in.
Unless you are Notre Dame , Michigan, or OSU,,,oh sorry left out Georgia and Alibama
That's good, I guess. I'd say the $$$'s are on THE OSU mopping the field with the Huskers so no need to have it brought into every home in America (night game and all). Less eyeballs watching during day games.
