STOP IT with this REVISIONIST HISTORY! I swear some of y'all are fake Husker fans at best always trying degrade our last accomplishments just to placate the silly foolishness you back today. Basically cut your own nose off to spite your own face!
The 1995 Husker football, THE GREATEST TEAM OFF ALL TIME, played and beat 4 teams ranked in the Top 10 at the TIME WE PLAYED THEM! This included Colorado, Florida, K-State and Kansas and each one got beat by 23 points OR BETTER!!
As far as non conference games go they are scheduled sometimes 10-15 years in advance. The same way we perceive Oklahoma to be good next year they could just as easily been BAD. The point is you schedule non-conf games against Power 5 teams like we used to do 2-3 times EVERY year and see where you measure up at that time. Plus if we didn't suck our schedule wouldn't look so daunting!
Is this the insight you get when pay for membership? If that's the case we don't need the reprogramming. Now scurry on back to the pay board with all the other informed geniuses...
What the hell is wrong with you?
Nebraska was the best team in the country in 1995. It can be argued that they might have been the best team of all time. That's totally fair.
Saying that the schedule we have to play in 2021 is likely tougher then the one we played in 1995 has nothing to do with how good the 1995 Husker team was. If the Kansas City Chiefs substituted for Kearney State's football team, they would be playing a weaker schedule than any D-1 team, but they would still be the best team in College Football.
SOS involves the number of ranked teams you play, but it also involves how good the other teams are and how many games you have to play.
In 1995, we played 4 NC games. In 2021, we only play 3. None of the 1995 NC opponents were ranked during the season. In 2021, we have to play OU on the road, a team that is a frequent visitor to the NC playoffs. Buffalo is a solid opponent.
In 1995 we had to play 7 conference games against 3 ranked opponents. In 2021 we have to play 9 conference games (10 to win the championship), and if we make it to the championship game, we'll probably have to play a usual playoff team twice, plus likely 3 other ranked teams (Iowa, Wisconsin, and Northwestern).
If we played a ranked team in a bowl, then that's 7 out of 14 against ranked opponents, with 4 of them being teams that are likely top 7.
Also, It's hard to argue that 1995 Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Missouri are as tough as 2021 Purdue, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan State, and Michigan.
Maybe you should try to understand what people are saying before you spout off.