DallasHusker;1754398; said:
Yes, there was a wider context - conference realignment. As you point out, this thread has been split off and the context HERE is "Nebraska-TSUN comparison" just read the title. To post HERE that "it has nothing to do with Nebraska" when the context HERE is "Nebraska-TSUN comparison" is laughable, to be charitable about it.
I'll post it one more time. Nebraska has a better win loss record then TSUN, whether you're talking the last 10 years (including the Callahan debacle at Nebraska), 20 years, 25 years, 30 years, 40 years, 50 years and 60 years. You have to go back to prior to World War II before Michigan pulls slightly ahead. Additionally, although Muck says it is meaningless, Nebraska has 5 National Championships in the last 40 years to Michigan's 1. Therefore, to say that its more likely that Michigan will be one of the Top 2 in the Big Ten in the next few years than Nebraska, is sheer and utter foolishness - ESPECIALLY since they're in the middle of their RichRod debacle at present. The past is a pretty good predictor of the future, and the past 60 years speak for themselves.
Husker, I don't disagree with you on the history of your program, or it's excellence. However, as was pointed out in the conference expansion thread. Nebraska football today is completely different from 10 years ago, due to several factors, but primarily due to the changes instituted by Callahan - elimination of the walk on program, and dumping the option as the primary offensive scheme. Pelini has you guys back on track, but for all intents and purposes, you are running a more traditional offense, and the things that really made your program unique in the eyes of recruits, at least offensively, are no more. Compound this with the supposition that Texas will be a lesser source of recruiting in the future, and you will be competing for more recruits from Ohio, Illinois, and Pennsylvania, with teams from those areas, and you can see why we might withhold judgment that Nebraska will emerge as no lower than the #2 team in the league for the forseeable future. scUM sucks a bag of dicks right now, but they have a long, long tradition and an established recruiting network within the league that will still be in place once dickrod is sent packing. Also, don't forget that Nebraska's presence in the league will enhance the conference as a whole, and will actually benefit scUM when it comes to out of state recruiting, since they can now say to recruits, "come to Michigan and you can play Nebraska, Ohio State and Penn State every year"
In short, the stats are just not a good indicator of how teams will perform in the future, with such fundamental changes going on in the college football world.
I say this to you, but I also direct it to those who think Michigan will automatically be the #2 program. At this point, we won't know anything until we start seeing the games being played, and probably even then, we will not know the conference heirarchy until about 5 or 10 years down the road.
By the way, not sure what perspective that was but thanks for that memory.
