Plus Baylor and Colorado were conference opponents and one of them was a major rival at the time. Plus they played Nebraska more.
Also common opponent theory is nice in football but rarely matters. Matchups matter far more than common opponents.
Let’s compare common opponents in 1997 between Michigan & Nebraska
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Also common opponent theory is nice in football but rarely matters. Matchups matter far more than common opponents.
Nebraska by 30, and I'm being serious.....
Got to read the fine print rodent. Kong is meticulous. 1 team.
Would Brian Griese be able to walk after he played the Blackshirts? No question he wouldn't. It was dangerous for slow qbs to play NU.
...And Washington State lost to Nebraska 35-21 in 1995 does that make them better than Florida?
The problem with Trolls like you is that you think you are funny. In reality the only person that thinks you are funny is yourself, or you and the group of idiots you brought with you to help with the trolling (yes I am looking at you IHATEIOWA.)
The thing that is the most sad is You are IOWA fans talking shit about Nebraska. You know what makes you the most pathetic? You can't even use your own team to talk shit. You have to use another team's glory years, to even make a reference. So remember this next time you try to be "Cool", because this is what we actually think.
Since OP is a HUGE fan of transitive properties in college football.. then he must believe that App State goes 10-3 in 2007 with the x-men’s schedule
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Nebraska clearly took on the tougher team and laid the wood to Tennessee. Meanwhile #1 Michigan hid in the Rose Bowl playing a sub par #8 WSU believing that's a show of dominance but had trouble beat WSU , that is till the refs helped them out in the waning seconds. WSU was ranked as high as 19th in the nation during the season while Tennessee never broke out of the Top 9.
- Tennessee entered the bowl game ranked #3 in the nation beating #11 Auburn, #13 Georgia, and #24 Southern Mississippi, their one loss was to #3 Florida.
- WSU was ranked 8th in the nation going into the bowl game and only beat two ranked teams and a loss to one ranked team. They beat #17 Washington, and #23 USC with a loss to #20 ASU.
If you want the big boy trophy, play in the big boy games
The Sagarin ratings from 1997 are out there, however, and those are built to provide a projected margin between any two teams. Nebraska finished the 1997 season No. 1 in those rankings with a rating of 104.99. Michigan finished fourth, behind Florida State and Florida, with a rating of 99.20
Word of warning, this breakdown may hurt the Big 10 of the 90's ego.
Last but not least, read this, hell of a breakdown to settle this argument. Clearly states nebraska was #1 and why. takes all arguments into account. Sorry Michigan but you were #2 in 1997.
surprise surprise a season in which the B1G wasn't even in the top 3 P5 conferences
this, of course, is the case more often than not
it is extraordinarily rare for the B1G to perform on the field as well as it performs with blowhard dweeb never played the game pencil necked media members' feeble minds
