A nice write up on the BIG by Paul Myerberg. Some people aren't a fan, but I think he's got a good sense of our history and pays us high compliments often. He's a big fan of Mike Riley, picks us to win the West and had this nugget to share about 9-win seasons.
"Nebraska has won at least nine games in every season since 1962 but six: 1967-68, 2002, 2004-5 and 2007. Just as a comparison, let's hold the rest of college football's historical elite to the same standard.Alabama has 33 nine-win seasons, if you include 1993, over that same span; Georgia has 25; LSU 23; Michigan 30; Notre Dame 23; Ohio State 33, if we count the wins vacated in 2010; Oklahoma and Penn State 30; Southern California 26, if you include 2005; Tennessee 23; and Texas 29. Over the past 52 years, Nebraska's six West Division brethren — Iowa, Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Northwestern — have combined for 40 nine-win seasons; the Cornhuskers have 47 alone.
The Big Ten houses four of the eight winningest programs in college football history: Michigan (915 wins) is first, Nebraska (881) is fourth, Ohio State (863) is fifth and Penn State (849) is eighth."
"Nebraska has won at least nine games in every season since 1962 but six: 1967-68, 2002, 2004-5 and 2007. Just as a comparison, let's hold the rest of college football's historical elite to the same standard.Alabama has 33 nine-win seasons, if you include 1993, over that same span; Georgia has 25; LSU 23; Michigan 30; Notre Dame 23; Ohio State 33, if we count the wins vacated in 2010; Oklahoma and Penn State 30; Southern California 26, if you include 2005; Tennessee 23; and Texas 29. Over the past 52 years, Nebraska's six West Division brethren — Iowa, Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Northwestern — have combined for 40 nine-win seasons; the Cornhuskers have 47 alone.
The Big Ten houses four of the eight winningest programs in college football history: Michigan (915 wins) is first, Nebraska (881) is fourth, Ohio State (863) is fifth and Penn State (849) is eighth."
