Can we talk about Nebraska?...

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Huskers down 14-0 to Northern Illinois. 2 pick 6's from Tanner Lee.

 

[Thefullmonte]

Huskers down 14-0 to Northern Illinois. 2 pick 6's from Tanner Lee.

Tanner Lee trying to challenge Armstrong as my favorite Husker QB.

 

[19clone91]

Glorius

 

[3GenClone]

21-17 Northern Illinois wins in Lincoln

Edit: Northern Illinois won with their backup QB

 

[Gorm]

Oh Man...I'm loving this day so far.

 

[TykeClone]

21-17 Northern Illinois wins in Lincoln

Edit: Northern Illinois won with their backup QB

That's karma

 

[CycloneErik]

Love Northern Illinois.

 

[CyArob]

@JStanz51, is Nebraska supposed to be this bad this year?

 

[cycloner29]

Welcome Wyoming as a new border state as the state of Nebraska just fell off the map!!

 

[KnappShack]

Somewhere the ghost of Tom Osborne cries.....nah. He just cashes the checks

**** Nebraska

 

[cygrads]

The slow steady demise of Nebraska football continues.

 

[CyCrazy]

Couldn't happen to a better fan base. My god Nebby is a has been.

 

[inCyteful]

The accelerating demise of Nebraska football continues.

FIFY

It is a glorious thing.

 

[FerShizzle]

 

[FerShizzle]

Mike Riley signed a 1 year contract extension on.......Tuesday. LOLOLOL

 

[88clone]

Somewhere the ghost of Tom Osborne cries.....

....and hides guns.

 

[KneeGusto]

Tom Osborne must be rolling over in his grave.

(yes, I know.)

 

[scyclonekid]

I love it hahaha.

 

[nfrine]

Maybe we can play the Huskers after they move to the MAC.

Edit: I forgot they were already in the B1G West. About the same...sorry.

 

[Omaha Cy]

The key for Nebraska through the years was their program coming into relevance in the 60's. Every other D-1 program at that time in this area of the midwest was bad to mediocre. KU, KSU, ISU, Iowa, Minnesota, and even CU were bad in the 60's. That was the spring board to get them installed as a power in this region during the 70's. That got them the notoriety and the every important TV exposure(back in those days) needed to continue to dominate that decade, and the 80's.

Eventually the scholarship limit came and hurt NU. The CFB TV structure changed in the late 90s, as middle tier teams received good exposure. By the early/mid 2000's, even the bad programs had 6-7 games a year on TV. NU couldn't stock pile walkons that eventually got a scholarship, and they weren't the only team on TV by the time Solich was coach.

It's been close to 15 years since NU lost a lot of their primary advantages in this region. I'm sure with the right coach, and the alumni/fan support, they can return for a few powerful years here and there. I don't see a sustained decade+ long run of excellence though.