Come to terms with my Nebraska hate...

I don't harbor hate for Nebraska football. Analytically the "greatness" they proclaim is based on a set of circumstances that would not be possible today. Out their 900+ wins 292 came against three dregs of college football history, IA State, KS State, Kansas and OK State. The scholarship levels the Big Eight operated under was the maximum permitted by the NCAA, 45/Yr vs 30/yr in the Big Ten, which kept a lot of talented players from other schools.

Now that they are a member of the Big Ten and with changed circumstances they are slowly learning that championships go through Columbus OH. If Nebraska fans do not want to consider Iowa a rival then don't talk about it not being a rivalry, manufactured or otherwise. Nebraska needs to make Ohio State their RIVAL because, by comparison, tOSU is the closest thing to Oklahoma their old rival.

Something to think about this Friday's game. It is now been moved to the Big Ten Network because it isn't really a significant game on a national basis. For years Nebraska's Thanksgivng game has been televised by a major network. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
 
WinOneThisCentury said:
You know...I really don't want to hate anyone or anything. I think it's negative energy and is a waste of time/effort. I don't like to give such things any power over my thoughts or mood. In other words, I want Nebraska Football to own no real estate in my brain. Black Friday makes this an impossibility.

As a kid growing up and watching Tom Osborn's version of Nebraska Football, I didn't really give them much thought. I respected the program, enjoyed watching the rivalry with Oklahoma. and truly didn't think or care about their place in college football history. I felt no jealousy nor any thoughts of ill will. They weren't a team Iowa competed against regularly, even when we were playing them. :)

Then 1981 happened and Iowa's upset of Nebraska opened a window or view into the Nebraska fan base and psyche. The way they disrespected that 1981 team by not giving them any credit for the victory...planted the seed that would blossom into a strong hate for anything Nebraska.

When they joined the Big Ten, the sheer audacity of the predictions of dominance and the inevitable discussion of THE BIG THREE (OSU, Michigan, & Nebraska) was almost too much to bear. Once again, the arrogance that the Big Ten wasn't a daunting conference and Nebraska's speed and athletes would dominate...was shocking to the knowledgeable fan. In the B10, you had a play your A game almost every week, not just a few times a season...and you had to be physical. The Nebraska fan base delusion was introduced to me like a blind date with a great personality...you survive it, but want it to end as quickly as possible.

The fact that the B10 Network pundits stoked the fire of the Nebraska of yesteryear during their preseason coverage only fuels how much I hate them. They all bought in hook, line, and sinker. Scott Frost has proven to be more PT Barnum than Tom Osborne at this point. Deep down, you know they don't respect Iowa, even after losing 5 of the last 6 to the lowly Hawkeyes.

Winning the last four in a row has been great...but it's not enough. It's not enough to cherish the fact that they are fighting for bowl eligibility. It's imperative to keep them from it.
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Nice read! You win the internet.
 
There is NOT another team I honestly like watching SUCK more than Nebraska. ..........and that's no shit.............simply because their fans never seem to get humbled. They just keep coming back for more and are delusional. It's the gift that just keeps on giving, IMO!
 
I've never hated Nebraska, but I don't think they belong in the Big 10. They should go back to the Big 12. While we're at it, get rid of Rutgers and Maryland as well. The one thing about Osborne that irked me once is when he coached there, he really ran the score up on some teams over the years including Iowa twice in the 80's. The first year Nebraska joined the BIG, they got their butts kicked pretty bad at Wisconsin and then the next day Osborne was complaining how Wisky ran the score up on them. I thought he was such a hypocrite when he said that.
 
EstronHawkKing said:
I've never hated Nebraska, but I don't think they belong in the Big 10. They should go back to the Big 12. While we're at it, get rid of Rutgers and Maryland as well. The one thing about Osborne that irked me once is when he coached there, he really ran the score up on some teams over the years including Iowa twice in the 80's. The first year Nebraska joined the BIG, they got their butts kicked pretty bad at Wisconsin and then the next day Osborne was complaining how Wisky ran the score up on them. I thought he was such a hypocrite when he said that.
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Yea, what do you think is going to happen when you come into a conference bloating about how you are going to dominate it and be part of a top 3 in the conference. Yea, teams are gunna make a point and run up the score.
 
Posted by Kaorigaoka on Nov 26, 2019 | 1:42 PM

Tom Osbourne retired.

That’s the bottom freaking line of why Nebraska declined, and don’t you forget it. He would have dominated the Big Ten just like the Big 12/Big 8 or any other conference in college football. Had Nebraska ranked number 1 alllllll the darn time and proved it year in and year out on the field regardless of if that year’s specific team won a national championship or not.


It’s the coaching. Period. As soon as we get the right guy in here (and we’re hoping it’s Frost) then the sooner we’ll get back to former glory. But just for kicks nobody will probably be like the 90’s Huskers for you have to remember those teams literally hold claim to having the best team ever under Tom Osbourne. So it’s not like those types of teams (or that type of coach for the matter) will just come along again anytime soon. Not only Nebraska, but any other blue-blood program including the likes of Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan or whoever will probably never match those types of teams under Osbourne. Dude was legit the "shit" for very good reason. So good he even had loads of plays get ban by the NCAA just because they were too complicated to figure out. But like I said, we just need to get somebody in here again (hope it’s Frost) that can do something at least similar to get us back to prominence again. It’s not the conference, it’s the coaching. And it’s literally Frost’s job to prove your theory wrong. And to prove my theory right. That’s why
 
I'd rather not have a rival than to desperately claim one of these non-blue blood nobodies as one.
The problem is that when these non blue-blood nobodies beat you it makes you and your program all the sudden seem like you’re "less than" if you forget that fact that you’re the blue-blood who’s program historically dominates theirs in every single category. And I absolutely refuse to believe that our program is "less than" any other program who’s never won a national championship, doesn’t have 46+ conference titles, over 900 program wins, etc. You get the idea. As far as I know they’re just programs taking advantage of our constant coaching changes until we find a championship caliber head coach to bring us back to prominence.

Because hell, if we just wanted to beat teams like Iowa and/or Wisconsin, then keeping Bo Pelini would have been all it would take for that and then at the least you could say "well we beat our rival". But that’s not the damn goal! Beating those teams don’t really mean anything to us. Winning championships is the main goal for us. So if it means that our program constantly goes through ups and downs due to our constant coaching changes which allows these non blue-blood nobodies to get a win in, then so be it. But I don’t want anybody to think for a mere second that that means they are necessarily "better" than us. They’re not even our main focus. They’re just nats while we find our way to the neck of the woods we really want to be at. When Frost gets us to where we need to be as far as competing for championships every year, then we’ll see how much of a "rivalry" we’ll have with those teams year in and year out. Because then it’ll be all fair play seeing as we’ve finally got to where we wanted to get to without willingly "giving" other teams wins just so we can find our right coach.

Posted by GBR4life on Nov 26, 2019 | 7:37 PM
With one exception, Bo's NU teams got annihilated by Wisconsin. Just to clear that up.
I get what you’re saying, but for the majority of the last ten years we have been looking up at both Iowa and Wisconsin. I don’t think we get to look down our noses at them given that recent history.

If the question is who has the better program history, then we win, unquestionably; and with regard to program expectations, we have much higher aspirations, certainly. I don’t know what to make of all this "rival" talk except to say that we’re not in any position to say that teams who have been kicking our ass for several years don’t "deserve" to be called Nebraska’s rivals. How about we just see how things happen? We’ll get back to winning ways consistently, in which case this conversation takes care of itself, or we’ll continue to be somewhere on the mediocre-to-bad scale, in which case this conversation takes care of itself.

Posted by Lincoln Lawyer on Nov 26, 2019 | 7:50 PM
Blue bloods aren't underdogs in the final game of the season they need to be bowl eligible.
And Iowa isn’t Nebraska’s rival because 4 in a row.
 
I hate everything about Nebraska. I hate their shitty state. I hate their fans.

About 10 years ago, I invited my buddy in Chicago over for a BBQ. He asked if he could bring this dude he worked with. No problem. This guy shows up rocking a 'Braska shirt. I toss out a "'Braska has a nice program, but they would have gotten their shit kicked in by Michigan in '97." You'd have thought I told this guy I was banging his wife. The rage. And then as he got drunker, we'd be talking about the Cubs or whatever and this guy would just keep coming up with excuses about why 'Braska was so much better than Michigan. Like hours after the fact. That is 'Braska fan.

I hate their stadium, too. The place is a total piece of shit. And their "best fans" nonsense is just as empty as the shit coming from St. Louis Cardinals fans. They're a bunch of condescending assholes. You can't anoint yourself the best fans, asswipes.

'Braska ain't coming back. You just can't stockpile guys anymore and with social media, you can only keep abusive guys and criminals on the team so long before it bites you. You can't suppress the true nature of the ball club anymore.
 
NCHawker said:
Posted by Kaorigaoka on Nov 26, 2019 | 1:42 PM

Tom Osbourne retired.

That’s the bottom freaking line of why Nebraska declined, and don’t you forget it. He would have dominated the Big Ten just like the Big 12/Big 8 or any other conference in college football. Had Nebraska ranked number 1 alllllll the darn time and proved it year in and year out on the field regardless of if that year’s specific team won a national championship or not.


It’s the coaching. Period. As soon as we get the right guy in here (and we’re hoping it’s Frost) then the sooner we’ll get back to former glory. But just for kicks nobody will probably be like the 90’s Huskers for you have to remember those teams literally hold claim to having the best team ever under Tom Osbourne. So it’s not like those types of teams (or that type of coach for the matter) will just come along again anytime soon. Not only Nebraska, but any other blue-blood program including the likes of Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan or whoever will probably never match those types of teams under Osbourne. Dude was legit the "shit" for very good reason. So good he even had loads of plays get ban by the NCAA just because they were too complicated to figure out. But like I said, we just need to get somebody in here again (hope it’s Frost) that can do something at least similar to get us back to prominence again. It’s not the conference, it’s the coaching. And it’s literally Frost’s job to prove your theory wrong. And to prove my theory right. That’s why
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Yeah, see I hate guys like this. I ain't got a dog in the fight, but Miami and FSU had some ungodly teams in the '90's as well. And Clemson has absolutely surpassed the glory of Nebraska. In a 4 team playoff, Clemson has been insanely good, losing only to Alabama. Back in the Nebraska glory days, you didn't even have to necessarily play a top 4 team to win the title. Now, in the Big Ten or SEC, you have to play a borderline top 10 team followed by 2 top 4 teams to win the title. The bar is so much higher today it isn't funny. And Clemson is clearing it with regularity (assisted by their bad conference, but they put up in late December and January). In all honesty, last year's Clemson team is probably a historically great team far superior to any of Nebraska's and on par with some of those ungodly FSU or Miami teams. They had 5 d-linemen drafted, 3 in the top 20. Their QB is likely the number 1 pick next year. They probably have two first round WRs on the roster. They destroyed #3 Notre Dame and #1 Alabama inside the span of 10 days. I mean, embarrassed the ever living shit out of them.
 
okeefe4prez said:
I hate everything about Nebraska. I hate their shitty state. I hate their fans.

About 10 years ago, I invited my buddy in Chicago over for a BBQ. He asked if he could bring this dude he worked with. No problem. This guy shows up rocking a 'Braska shirt. I toss out a "'Braska has a nice program, but they would have gotten their shit kicked in by Michigan in '97." You'd have thought I told this guy I was banging his wife. The rage. And then as he got drunker, we'd be talking about the Cubs or whatever and this guy would just keep coming up with excuses about why 'Braska was so much better than Michigan. Like hours after the fact. That is 'Braska fan.

I hate their stadium, too. The place is a total piece of shit. And their "best fans" nonsense is just as empty as the shit coming from St. Louis Cardinals fans. They're a bunch of condescending assholes. You can't anoint yourself the best fans, asswipes.

'Braska ain't coming back. You just can't stockpile guys anymore and with social media, you can only keep abusive guys and criminals on the team so long before it bites you. You can't suppress the true nature of the ball club anymore.
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Some of you out there may remember when soda and beer cans came with the detachable pull tabs. Some beer drinkers even deposited the tab back into their can.

Those pull tabs would have made perfect Nebraska class rings. Because they came equipped with a built in nose picker.
 
F nebby and their delusional fanbase and former delusional players that dont realize the situations that made them what they were, and why it's not reasonable to expect that level if success to return for the myriad of facts of reality.

That is all.

Omaha is a pretty solid city though.
 
All year long we've been cheering for anyone who plays Nebraska. Now it's almost here. It's like waiting for Christmas.
 
My only concern is my neighbor.She is a huge Nebraska fan but I have convinced her that they suck. So with that said we can't lose or she will think they should be playing for the national championship. She qualifies as a delusional Nebby fan if they win a game. The Maryland win convinced her they are awesome again. She's blonde so there's that.
 
NEIChawk said:
Nebraska reminds me of every fucking helicoptor parent out there. They are a god damn nuisance who thinks their shit doesn't stink and, " how dare you talk about me or my kid like that". Well, Scott Frost, I am and I really don't care for you, your staff, players, and any fan of the program. You are not good, you don't deserve any special treatment, and most of all you really have no place in the B1G
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I live in western Iowa . What really makes their fans obnoxious is the fact they all have a different favorite college team for basketball
 
NCHawker said:
Posted by Kaorigaoka on Nov 26, 2019 | 1:42 PM

Tom Osbourne retired.

That’s the bottom freaking line of why Nebraska declined, and don’t you forget it. He would have dominated the Big Ten just like the Big 12/Big 8 or any other conference in college football. Had Nebraska ranked number 1 alllllll the darn time and proved it year in and year out on the field regardless of if that year’s specific team won a national championship or not.


It’s the coaching. Period. As soon as we get the right guy in here (and we’re hoping it’s Frost) then the sooner we’ll get back to former glory. But just for kicks nobody will probably be like the 90’s Huskers for you have to remember those teams literally hold claim to having the best team ever under Tom Osbourne. So it’s not like those types of teams (or that type of coach for the matter) will just come along again anytime soon. Not only Nebraska, but any other blue-blood program including the likes of Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan or whoever will probably never match those types of teams under Osbourne. Dude was legit the "shit" for very good reason. So good he even had loads of plays get ban by the NCAA just because they were too complicated to figure out. But like I said, we just need to get somebody in here again (hope it’s Frost) that can do something at least similar to get us back to prominence again. It’s not the conference, it’s the coaching. And it’s literally Frost’s job to prove your theory wrong. And to prove my theory right. That’s why
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No, the limiting of schollies is the reason Nebby came down to earth. Once teams couldn't have a third team better than most team's first team, those players went to other schools, like Iowa, and Nebby lost their biggest advantage.
 
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