I noticed that, in your entire reply, you didn't actually answer my question on "discrediting"...but oh well.
Look....you and I just see things differently, and, as far as I know, there is no official definition on how to define "greatest team ever". I get the whole "ass whipping" stuff, and that's fine and dandy. But I also consider who would win in a head-to-head match up of both teams in their prime...and the teams against which they played. To me, looking at the talent that all of the teams involved is important, and a big indicator of that is the number of guys that get selected in the NFL draft. To me, there's no comparison between the Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Clemson teams of 2019, and the 1995 versions of Florida, Colorado, KU and K-State. All of those recent aforementioned 2019 teams would kick the crap out of the latter-mentioned 1995 teams.
To me, a 4-point win at #3 Alabama is much more impressive than a 38-point win at Lawrence. Pretty sure that 2019 Alabama beats 1995 KU by at least 50. No doubt in my mind that Bryant-Denny is a tougher place to play than Lawrence, even in KU's best seasons.
To me, a 2-point win by LSU at home against #9 Auburn is much more impressive than a 14-point home win against a 3-8 Washington State team.
Yeah...I know LSU gave up 402 on the ground to Ole Miss (in Oxford....right after back to back games against Alabama and Auburn...still beat Ole Miss by 21). I also know they held Alabama and Auburn each to under 150 on the ground, and held Georgia to 67 in the SEC title game. That tells me that the 402 was a fluke, not the norm. And yes, I am aware that Nebraska average was in the 70s for rush defense that year....but, again, I am comparing opponents, not just win-loss margins. 2019 Georgia, Alabama, Clemson and Auburn are far superior than any of the 1995 ranked Nebraska opponents. Sorry.
Regarding Florida not having any close games in 1995....an article came out several months afterwards in which a few of the Husker players said that, heading into the Fiesta Bowl, they felt that Colorado was actually better than Florida. 1995 SEC wasn't like 2019 SEC....
Look...I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree on this. We can spend all day going back and forth, and neither of us are going to convince the other. I do appreciate the civility. See you on another thread!
Unfortunately, I can’t acknowledge every little detail of what you type since that would take “the world’s longest novel” in regard to how I type. But in regard to “discrediting”, well you are “discrediting” Nebraska in what you say in your post. You “discredit” their wins, their season, who they beat, and hell you’re pretty much “discrediting” every single football team in 1995 it sounds like.
You seem to try your very best at it even bringing in stuff that isn’t even practical such as all your “to me….” Statements. I’m not mad at it though. And I do respect your opinion and where you stand on this matter.
By the way, you also say you like to talk about who would win in the “head to head” matchup relative to given eras. Well I put it like this, if the 1995 Huskers, by your account, made *every single team* in their era “look” irrelevant, then that tells you they were a much more dominating force than the team of today that struggled heavily against multiple teams not even in the top 10 ….I repeat….
Not even in the top 10. You can’t just sweep that point under the rug if you’re talking about who’d win in a head to head relative to their given era. And I know this doesn’t matter to you, but literally
nobody believes that the entire 1995 football season took a break from college football to make Nebraska look absolutely unstoppable. It’s been written on multiple articles as well with writers saying things such as “I refuse to believe that the entire 1995 football season just took a break so Nebraska could have the best season ever”. How on earth could that logically even make sense? Do you think Floyd “Money” Mayweather is not great and that every single opponent he faced just so happened to “take a break” on him when they faced him? No. The guys he beat would still rule today. And by the way, that “Nebraska saying Colorado was better than Florida” argument is bullsh*t seeing as that same Florida team literally just won the national championship the very next year in dominating fashion. So you missed me with that one.
You are say you like to “compare opponents” but how did that pare out for Clemson vs. Ohio State? Didn’t matter. OSU clearly beat the better teams but when they faced an elite in Clemson it didn’t matter. I’ll let you know that the main opponent you need to compare when
both teams already beat a handful of good top 10 teams already are the ones they played in that given year’s national championship game. And like I said before LSU didn’t even have the “dance partner” to beat to even be the “best team ever” nor did they beat Clemson by as much as Nebraska beat the much better Florida team in 95. Remember Florida also equally did the unprecedented “
zero close games” feet in the year they met Nebraska for that year’s national championship while Nebraska did the unprecedented “largest national championship blowout in college football history” on them as well.
Also I have got to ask, why are you not
looking for ways to “discredit” LSU like you’re obviously
looking for ways to do it for the Huskers? Seriously, at least
try to look for some “discrediting” info on them in just the slightest bit to prove that you’re in fact a real Husker fan because everything you say against Nebraska and for another team you must understand makes it literally impossible to see you as a fan of this Husker team. Now I’ll talk sh*t about our team all day when they perform poorly. I’ll do that better than you or anybody else you’ll see on this entire forum I can guarantee it. But f*ck me if I ever discredit our best teams ever. Why the hell for? I mean do you see ANY LSU fan or fan of whoever doing that type of sh*t no matter how objective they are? Show me one. It doesn’t happen. It doesn’t happen when you’re a fan of a certain team. Not to the extent that you’re arguing – looking up evidence to discredit your team, going out of your way to pump up another teams accomplishments, standing strong on your argument for
another team even, rebelling against all your own teams fans, etc. I mean hell do you do that with your own wife or kids? Do you tell people that your kid or wife’s performance isn’t sh*t or try to discredit them as much as you can when
most people already were telling you their performance was the greatest ever? Nobody goes thaaat far and argues thaaaat hard in favor of something else and against their own team especially when that team was widely considered by many the “greatest of all time”. I mean what’s there to argue about when you’re a fan of
that caliber of team? Are you not impressed by their accomplishments and expect more? What more could they have done to impress you in
your eyes?
Lastly, I’ll end off with this. I do get it. I do get that we’ll never convince one another of our own views and argument. We’ll have to agree to disagree and I can’t even believe I’m saying that in regard to our best team ever that’s already widely considered by most as the greatest team ever anyway. But you must
understand that you sound like a “hater” (I know you aren’t obviously) when you go
fuuullll force with all your heart and intent against the very best Nebraska team ever (which if you are a fan of you shouldn’t have anything negative to say about them but you do apparently) and then turn around and go
fuuuullllll force in favor of another team having that argument as well.
I appreciate the scintillating conversation we’ve had about the topic. And you seem like a wise man who has many good interesting things to say in all these discussions. I’ll catch you on
another thread as well bud.