Were the five National titles legit
- Thread starter TNT
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Imo the only one that might be suspect is 1970, but all of them are more legit than many of the others various schools claim.
Schools like Texas claim Natties that were awarded BEFORE the bowl games (uh, that they subsequently lost.)
Other school like Michigan claim a bunch of non-existent natties from the early days. Those are the 'eyebrow raising' ones.
Without looking at the click-bait video, NONE of Nebraska's were questionable. The only question mark is why AP writers gave half of one to a Michigan team Nebraska would have dominated.
Yeah, no way should we have been splitting the title with MeCHICKEN. That was a travesty.
The writers had Michigan #1 all season - so they were not about to give Nebraska the top ranking and say they had it wrong. Egos WAY too big to allow that among sport writers back then (and today - although to a lesser extent given they are much more sensitive to social media influences now). Coaches sort of took care of T.O. to give him MNC #5. I will agree with Fumble - in a neutral site game - we handle business vs. Michigan. Both defenses were very good - Nebraska had the better offense.
because the argument was "we did everything we were supposed to do."...except play the "other" champion, and suffer a massive defeat.
They got the wood, but WE got the crystal.
Bob Griese's little boy playing for Michigan was the reason the media was all over them all season. They wouldn't have stood a chance head-to-head against the Huskers. The Huskers DOMINATED the Peyton-led Vols, and MeatChicken barely beat Washington State in their bowl. Some thought giving 1/2 of the title to Nebraska was a going away gift to Coach Osborne; in reality giving half the title to Mythigan was a mercy gift to them.
I agree it was just nice hearing it from a outside source he wasn't even a fan of Nebraska coming to his own conclusion. Piecing it all together on unbiased data
Slow off-season sounds about right. But on the bright side, only 160 days until opening game.
