Nebraska, really lightened up schedule!!

[MrReality]

If they could play the Sisters of the Poor, they would schedule them. Big Red dropped several decent teams for this season to schedule:

Western Kentucky- they were 0-12 last season
Idaho-picked last in the Big Sky conference
SDSU-what can I say, they are moving up, but no match
Washington-5-7 last year, 0-12 the previous season

The Cornhuskers are taking no chances with their non conference schedule. I'd take that schedule for Iowa State in a minute.

This is one of the reasons, overlooked by the national media and fans outside of Nebraska, that Nebraska fans were so sick and tired of the Steve Pederson/Bill Callahan era. Pederson, on Callahan's request, built Nebraskas schedule to be one tough team (Washington was scheduled years ago) and 3 absolute cupcakes. Fans hate this crap.
One nice thing Osborne has done is beef up the schedule a bit. There is at least one marquee game a year, but going forward, starting in 2011, instead of WKU and Idaho Nebraska has Fresno St, Southern Miss, Wyoming etc...as their 2nd and 3rd non-conference games.

 

[MrReality]

Yea but its not like we schedule like this intentionally or consistently. Schedules are made years in advance, when these games were scheduled UCONN was an upstart independant and Utah was just another team from the MWC. Neither of those games was scheduled with the thinking that we're going to really beef up the competition in 2010/2011, it just happen to work out that both of those programs have made really big strides.On the other hand, when Nebraska scheduled Washington they were a top 10 program. Which basically means Nebby signed up knowing they'd get a shot at a big program, our schedule just fell together that way. I really hate defending Nebraska here but they also just played USC and Va Tech, and they play Tennessee after their home and home with UW, they have shown they'll answer the call when the big boys are looking for a game. There are plenty of big time programs that play a much softer schedule. Okay now I have to go puke for sticking up for the big red.

They actually play UCLA (2012 and 2013) after the UW seriers, then Miami in 2014 and 15, and Tennessee in 2016 and 17.

 

[singsing]

to the OP, you do realize that schedules are made years in advance right??? most teams schedule 1 marquee team each season. look at texas schedule.

to everyone else, wanna make a friendly wager?? i will gladly take your money if ya wanna hand it over like that!!!

Yeah because we all know it's just a fluke Idaho, SDSU, and Western Kentucky may not be good this season???????? I'll bet in a couple years these teams wil be in the national spot light.:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

I'd take those teams 5-10-20 years from now and it still won't matter. They'll all suck.

I'd also take the wager on the Washington game. Lived on the West Coast last season and watched them play quite a bit. If they get their secondary up to par with the rest of the team they'll be a top ten team.

 

[heitclone]

They actually play UCLA (2012 and 2013) after the UW seriers, then Miami in 2014 and 15, and Tennessee in 2016 and 17.

Ahh good catch...nothing wrong with any of those teams either.

 

[CarolinaCy]

Before this love-fest for Nebbie gets out of control, TONS of teams play other high-level BCS schools in the non-conference. Off the top of my head in the last few years:

USC, Michigan, Mich St, Purdue, Boston College play Notre Dame almost every year

Colorado v. Florida State

OU v. Miami

ISU v. Iowa every year (duh)

Ohio State v. Texas

And for this year, here are some good matchups:

Boise State v. V-Tech

Ohio St. v. Miami

Penn St. v. Alabama

Utah v. Pitt

LSU v. W Virginia

OU v. Cincy

 

[huskerman]

Wrong on Nebraska...with the money they have, they change non conf schedules year to year. Money talks, and they buy wins. K State has done that in the past to get with W's.

um yeah......er no. nebraska actually does not switch non conference schedules year to year. our schedule is done about 5 years in advance sometimes even more. we currently already have games scheduled for 2018 and we are looking at a few for 2019-2020

 

[huskerman]

Yeah because we all know it's just a fluke Idaho, SDSU, and Western Kentucky may not be good this season???????? I'll bet in a couple years these teams wil be in the national spot light.:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

I'd take those teams 5-10-20 years from now and it still won't matter. They'll all suck.

I'd also take the wager on the Washington game. Lived on the West Coast last season and watched them play quite a bit. If they get their secondary up to par with the rest of the team they'll be a top ten team.

like i said, most teams schedule 1 (ONE) marquee game for the non con each season and NU is no different. like someone else said, washington was a top 10 team when we scheduled them and of course noone expected the other teams on our non con to be world beaters, Washington was our 1 marquee matchup and the rest are cupcakes.

lets do this wager then. say if NU wins then you buy and wear a Nebraska hat or shirt to work 1 day the following week and if washington wins then i will wear an ISU hat or shirt to work 1 day the following week?? must post a pic on cyclonefanatic.com

 

[Wesley]

Nebby could have replaced Washington with Wyoming...

 

[Cyclonestate78]

Nebraska's plan has not included a lot of non-conference powers in any one year, as they need to cash in on their sellout streak at home. Those cupcakes are as much about money as about W's. The Husker coach that gets beat by one of those teams at home had better know where his suitcases are, that's for sure. Not stupid to make a lot of money on hosting a full stadium on a team you're almost 100% sure to beat. I'd rather watch anything else than mismatches like those...which is why they're on PPV not cable tv.

Nebraska nearly made that mistake a few years back when they hosted Louisiana Tech. Tim Rattay was the qb and he threw for about 570 yards with a little over 400 of those going to Troy Edwards if I remember correctly. It was a high scoring game on both sides. Even with that win it was a major embarrassment for the Fuskers.

Rattay threw for 590 yards. Edwards had 21 catches for 405 yards.

 

[CPRsavedMYlife]

If they could play the Sisters of the Poor, they would schedule them. Big Red dropped several decent teams for this season to schedule:

Western Kentucky- they were 0-12 last season
Idaho-picked last in the Big Sky conference
SDSU-what can I say, they are moving up, but no match
Washington-5-7 last year, 0-12 the previous season

The Cornhuskers are taking no chances with their non conference schedule. I'd take that schedule for Iowa State in a minute.

Who did NU drop?

 

[singsing]

like i said, most teams schedule 1 (ONE) marquee game for the non con each season and NU is no different. like someone else said, washington was a top 10 team when we scheduled them and of course noone expected the other teams on our non con to be world beaters, Washington was our 1 marquee matchup and the rest are cupcakes.

lets do this wager then. say if NU wins then you buy and wear a Nebraska hat or shirt to work 1 day the following week and if washington wins then i will wear an ISU hat or shirt to work 1 day the following week?? must post a pic on cyclonefanatic.com

I won't wager that game, but I'll do that wager for the Iowa State/kNU game. I also think you're wrong about most teams scheduling one big non conference game. You can't do that anymore with RPI being so important at the end of season for some of the big players. Haven't looked at the schedules for next season, but am heading that way. I'll bet teams like Ohio State and Florida have at least two big non con games.

 

[CarolinaCy]

I won't wager that game, but I'll do that wager for the Iowa State/kNU game. I also think you're wrong about most teams scheduling one big non conference game. You can't do that anymore with RPI being so important at the end of season for some of the big players. Haven't looked at the schedules for next season, but am heading that way. I'll bet teams like Ohio State and Florida have at least two big non con games.

Here's what I've come up with so far (some may not be "big" games, but are BCS teams and/or ranked teams):

Oklahoma: Penn St, @Cincy
Georgia: @Colorado, Ga Tech
Florida St: @Oklahoma, Florida, BYU
USC: Notre Dame, Virginia, Minnesota
Pitt: @Utah, @Notre Dame, Miami (FL)
Utah: Pitt, @ISU, @Notre Dame
BYU: Washington, @Florida State
Washington: @BYU, Nebraska, Syracuse
Miami(FL): @Ohio State, @Pitt
Iowa: Iowa State, @Arizona
LSU: @UNC, West Virginia
Ga Tech: @Kansas, @Georgia
Michigan: UCONN, @Notre Dame
Iowa State: @Iowa, Utah

 

[ISUFan22]

Who did NU drop?

I'd like to know this as well.

 

[CardinalAndGold]

NU will have an even softer schedule next year when they join the Big 10

Actually I don't think that's right. I went to huskers.com and the 2011 schedule includes Washington, Fresno State, and Wyoming. But whatever, an Appalachian State type game will happen to them eventually and it will be great!

 

[garn91]

Who did NU drop?

Nebraska didn't drop anyone. IIRC Jeff Jamrog (Director of Football Ops who is doing most of the scheduling work) considered dropping South Dakota St, but didn't want to because of the signed contract already in place.

Also, I seem to recall when Jamrog took over the Director of Football Ops, he said something about Nebraska's non-conference scheduling process under Pederson was "all they are doing is scheduling wins". Bo as already said, he'll play anyone, anywere, anytime. I applaud Jamrog for the work he's doing in upgrading the non-con schedule. I cann't wait to have Miami come to Lincoln 2014 :yes:

Edit: Nebraska does have one spot open for 2011 and at this late stage, i'm afraid it's going to be one of the Sun Belt teams or even a FCS team. There were rumors last weekend that Nebraska was going to play in the 2011 Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Classic against an SEC team in Atlanta, but those rumors were shot down.

 

[CarolinaCy]

Nebraska didn't drop anyone. IIRC Jeff Jamrog (Director of Football Ops who is doing most of the scheduling work) considered dropping South Dakota St, but didn't want to because of the signed contract already in place.

Also, I seem to recall when Jamrog took over the Director of Football Ops, he said something about Nebraska's non-conference scheduling process under Pederson was "all they are doing is scheduling wins". Bo as already said, he'll play anyone, anywere, anytime. I applaud Jamrog for the work he's doing in upgrading the non-con schedule. I cann't wait to have Miami come to Lincoln 2014 :yes:

Edit: Nebraska does have one spot open for 2011 and at this late stage, i'm afraid it's going to be one of the Sun Belt teams or even a FCS team. There were rumors last weekend that Nebraska was going to play in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Classic in Atlanta, but those rumors were shot down.

The teams that NU played in the Pederson era don't look that much different from their usual schedules. They played USC, Penn St, Wake Forest, Pitt..... what's wrong with those teams?

As many have said, most teams schedule one other BCS team and 3 easier teams. It appears Pederson was just following suit.

 

[garn91]

The teams that NU played in the Pederson era don't look that much different from their usual schedules. They played USC, Penn St, Wake Forest, Pitt..... what's wrong with those teams?

As many have said, most teams schedule one other BCS team and 3 easier teams. It appears Pederson was just following suit.

Expect for the USC outcomes,There's nothing wrong with those games. Those were good non-conference home and home series.

Except for VA Tech last year and Washington this year, the 2009 and 2010 Nebraska non-conference schedules are an embarrasement and I think that's what Jamrog was referring to.

 

[CarolinaCy]

There's nothing wrong with those games. Except for VA Tech last year and Washington this year, the 2009 and 2010 Nebraska non-conference schedules are an embarrasement and I think that's what Jamrog was referring to.

Didn't NU routinely play Pacific during the Osbourne years, who ended up dropping football altogether? Were Husker fans up in arms about watching 60 point beatings of Pacific?

 

[ISU_Alum_2000]

This year we have Utah and Iowa. The year after that we have UConn, Iowa, and Utah. Nobody schedules three games like that for their non conference..

ISU and Utah will both be moving to 9-game BCS Conference schedules in 2011, and will both need to drop a non-con game from their current 2011 schedule. There is potential for both teams to agree to drop that game next season.

 

[3GenClone]

Have the Huskers added Boise State to their future non-con schedule? I remember reading awhile back that there was talks about having Nebraska host two games and travel to the smurf-turf for one. Or maybe I'm not remembering it right?