Northwestern was a statement win for Nebraska
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The only statement it made was showing the possibilities if we do not beat ourselves. NW is not a great team by any stretch.
Michigan would be a great win and I guess a statement win as you say. The MI D is for real.
Michigan would be a great win and I guess a statement win as you say. The MI D is for real.
Yes, it was a good win. Now the test will be IF Nebraska can keep that momentum and play error-free football without penalties in the rest of the upcoming games. If they are mentally disciplined, they have a chance of knocking off some ranked teams. If, however, they revert back to their old ways, they will get blown out by some tough competition. We'll see.
I thought the same thing about NW being the BIG-10 version of KSU. Ironic they both have the ‘Wildcats’ mascot.
I remember when we were first joining the conference, OWH had a write up of each team in the BIG-10 and the team most like them from the Big 12. I wish I could find that as it was well done!
We beat a bad team the way you should beat a bad team if you are any good. Now comes the true test if we have indeed turned a corner. And I won't be content either with a close loss. We have had enough of those already. We need to win or else the narrative flips back to what it was before: good but never quite good enough.
I'll be content with a CLOSE loss so long as it's not due to stupid mistakes. If they legitimately beat us and not us ourselves, I'll accept it.
A good qualifier. I agree with what you say. Still... the time is now for us to finally rise up and upset a highly ranked team. Because until we do the narrative of "good but not good enough" will go on. I guess that is my main point here. We REALLY need to finally flip the script. Can we do it? It is possible, but I think Michigan's defense will be too much for our offense, which will leave our defense on the field too much, and we will wear down against Michigan's strong running game behind a big offensive line. So if we lose a close one straight up and legit then fine. It is what I expect to happen. But damn oh damn it would be sweet to beat them and to finally flip the script. Which is why I think the OP is making a good point about how wonderful it was to beat down a lesser team, but it was not a statement game. This one against Michigan is, should we win.
Fitz is indeed a good coach. But he is saddled this year with a talent deficit at some key positions, including QB. Therefore, I do not think Frost outcoached him. I think Frost had at his disposal much better players. AMart was a man among boys out there Saturday night. I think it is better to say that Frost coached well in this game, called some offensive plays that maximized our advantages in the match-ups, and did not get outcoached. The good sign for me in this game was our overall lack of mental mistakes which shows that Frost had the team ready to play. It was not a statement game, but it was a darn good sign that Frost has got things moving in the right direction.
Some of the biggest statement games in my memory are below:
- '94 Orange Bowl against FSU - a loss that should been a win and a MNC to a highly favored FSU team, but you could see what was coming
- '94 CU-NU game. Probably the best team CU ever had and ranked #2, and NU dominated them in what was technically an upset win, and set the stage for the MNC that year
- '97 upset road win against #2 Washington with Frost leading the way. Set the stage for the '97 MNC
The NWU game was nice and promising, but like others, I wouldn't put it in the statement win category
- '94 Orange Bowl against FSU - a loss that should been a win and a MNC to a highly favored FSU team, but you could see what was coming
- '94 CU-NU game. Probably the best team CU ever had and ranked #2, and NU dominated them in what was technically an upset win, and set the stage for the MNC that year
- '97 upset road win against #2 Washington with Frost leading the way. Set the stage for the '97 MNC
The NWU game was nice and promising, but like others, I wouldn't put it in the statement win category
Nebraska played really well but that Northwestern team stinks and they played even worse last week. Theyre ranked 95 and 93 in Massey Composite and Sagarin. Was it a signature win when Nebraska beat Buffalo? Buffalo is ranked above them.
I will humor you, iowa fan
The Buffalo win was the best game we’d played under Frost. That trend has carried over for a month now.
I personally attribute it to the tunnel walk that day (9/11), which was f’ing AWESOME
Beating the #9 Michigan Wolverines would be a statement win. When is the last time the Nebraska Cornhuskers beat the #9 or higher?
If Nebraska runs the table from here until the end of the season then you could say Northwestern was a statement win that ushered in a new arrival.
If Nebraska runs the table from here until the end of the season then you could say Northwestern was a statement win that ushered in a new arrival.
What happened to Illinois-and Michigan State being “must win” games? Just as we shouldn’t read to much into that, the NW win shouldn’t be over dramatized. We beat a pretty poor team handily. That’s as it should be, hardly a “signature win.”. Let’s pull it off this week. THAT would be a signature win!
If Northwestern is like K-State, then Ohio State and Wisconsin must be like Texas, since we can't seem to ever beat them.
I wouldn't consider Buffalo to be our best win. We still made plenty of mistakes but lucky for Nebraska, they are an inferior team and we were able to get away with it and still win.
At this point in the year, Northwestern is a trash fire. Purdue might beat them by 40.
IMO Nebraska's best game was vs Oklahoma. I don't think OU is playoff quality this year, but they still may win the B12. That game best displayed the Huskers' potential.
IMO Nebraska's best game was vs Oklahoma. I don't think OU is playoff quality this year, but they still may win the B12. That game best displayed the Huskers' potential.
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I thought it was frosts best game at the time.. they’ve kept playing well after, too
This shouldn't be the case in Year 4. This is a 2018 mindset. In 2021, we should be winning games like the one on Saturday. Michigan is good, but they aren't that good. They aren't as good as Oklahoma and they aren't as good as Ohio State or Iowa. They might not even be as good as Michigan State. This is a game if Scott Frost is going to continue to be the coach at Nebraska he needs to win. If we lose this game, we are a 6-6 football team at best and that is if we win at Wisconsin.
Yep. It was a good win in how Nebraska absolutely dominated a conference opponent, but it isn't anything special beyond that. A loss to Michigan and nobody will care about a blowout win against Northwestern. In 2019 nobody thought the blowout win over Maryland was some big statement because the rest of the season was crap.
This game against Northwestern is a unique one as of late. They dominated right out of the gate and didn't up. I can't remember the last time we played a complete game like this. It's no statement win by any means if you ask me. It is however how I'd like to see Nebraska play against the teams we're "supposed" to be beating up on.At this point in the year, Northwestern is a trash fire. Purdue might beat them by 40.
IMO Nebraska's best game was vs Oklahoma. I don't think OU is playoff quality this year, but they still may win the B12. That game best displayed the Huskers' potential.
That makes a lot of sense! Ohio State has the tradition and Blue Blood status like Texas. In the case of Wisconsin we’ve had our chances but could never close the deal. I remember many games we lost to Texas the same way - even when we had the better team.
If I recall the OWH write up correctly, they had Ohio State as similar to Oklahoma and Michigan similar to Texas.
The difference between Michigan and Texas is that our all time record against Michigan is better. Also our all time record against Oklahoma is much better than our all time record against Ohio State.
I think the article was just portraying which schools were the most like each Big-12 school. Didn’t really take our record against each team into account since we were just coming into the conference and may or may not have played each school.
Northwestern was a statement win for Nebraska
- Thread starterpharvey0829
- Start dateOct 5, 2021
This aged like milk.