Of course you’d say that, you have vested interest. They are probably both worthy of top 25 rankings, but that’s the thing with college football. There are so many teams and so much hinges on perception and subjectivity like prestige, recruiting, etc… Nebraska and Northwestern would probably be ranked if they were an above average program the last 2 decades, but they haven’t been, so they don’t get the benefit of the doubt.
Didn't realize how good teams were ten years ago matters to football being played today. Indiana shouldn't be ranked either then. The tapes the tapes, ap needs better voters and accountability then.
Do you remember how long it took Indiana to move up the rankings a couple of years ago before they won the championship? I remember. OT was all Reddit would talk about.
You know what, you’re right. We should just go back to being a proud program like we were 30 years ago. Wonder if any of the several coaching staffs we’ve had since then have considered that.
Based on the last decade, a 3 point loss against the #7 team in the country and defending champs is a win. Go ahead and keep up the pity party. I’m bummed that we lost, and encouraged that we can hang with some of the best.
No, I'm saying you have so much fake pride that's thoroughly wrapped up in a sporting team that you're unable to objectively look at the football team that you allegedly are a fan of.
Frankly, you just sound like the kind of asshat that can't handle the thing they've made their personality not being the absolute best in the world. It's embarrassing for you.
I don’t have any pride in them anymore. I never played for them. I was a student there a long time ago. I think the program has been run poorly and they do break our hearts regularly.
Nebraska fans who think that because we spend a bunch of money on the program, that we should just beat teams like Indiana are completely delusional. We haven’t earned the right to be the “proud program we once were”
Playing Indiana as close as we did today is a great step in the right direction based on the last year We lost to this team by 49 2 years ago.
Perhaps. I didn’t say we should be expecting wins like this. I said I’m over moral victories. We do invest a lot to be dog shit, historically. We recruit well and spend well to underperform. I expect to lose the games we should and be in the 8-9 win mark consistently.
We piss away leads in the 4th enough that I’m just done with moral victories and that’s not delusional. Them being Indiana doesn’t make blowing that lead acceptable.
Nebraska doesn't deserve to be. Voters assume Nebraska will simply implode on itself because that's what they do.
And for the love of God, I hope they don't pity rank Nebraska because they almost became relevant and almost won a meaningful game for the first time in over a decade.
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u/HoosierFanatic97 Indiana Hoosiers 7d ago
I will say this as an Indiana fan and having looked at the metrics before the game, how the absolute hell is Nebraska not ranked?