I think we broke Wisconsin. They were up on #1 Oregon 13-6 in the fourth quarter less than two weeks ago.
Let's all watch the Wisky-Minny game
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They are going to end up losing their last 5 at trying to be bowl eligible
The only difference I can see between last week and this week is that Nebraska has an absolutely wretched defensive secondary and Minnesota has a good one. Fortunately, Iowa can’t pass.
I think so! They were chalking us up as an automatic Win. I’m glad we ruined their plans!
Or did Penn State break them when they lost 28-13 or did Iowa break them when they lost 42-10?
The real answer is Alabama broke them when they injured Van Dyke.
Think you have to get Minnesota early in the season, last year we gave it awayNebraska lucked out missing Minnesota on the schedule this year.
You're right JRich from the 1990's. Unless we are beating a top 10 team, we should handle all other successes with the same amount of emotions as Lutherans in church. Shame on us!
That's why they play the games. Northern Illinois had no chance against Notre Dame in South Bend, Vandy had no chance at home against Bama, Oklahoma had no chance at home against Bama but drilled the Tide by 3 touchdowns.
Oregon barely scraped by a shitty Wisconsin team 2 weeks ago, Ohio State barely beat a 6-5 NU team at home a few weeks ago. The season has been full of teams that have had tight fits against overmatched opponents.
Thats's what makes college football so much fun. When we get in a playoff scenario, reputations are put in the rear view mirror and the better teams are forced to actually win it on the field, not in the polls. Generally the class of the top programs win and the pretenders, Boise, Indiana, maybe the Big 12 champ get it handed to them.
Who wants to play a 2 loss Georgia team when they put it together? Both Carson Beck and Quinn Ewers of Texas have had subpar games, but it they suddenly get hot they can make it really tough on anybody. Oregon has had a great season, but they can be had by a couple teams. The Buckeyes are great on defense, but their offense is still suspect. All it takes is one bad day.
Every single team in the playoffs has weaknesses, where if they have a bad matchup, they can be beaten.
I think there are 6 teams that can win it all. Some of these top teams happen to have QB's with a history of turning it over, and that usually remains a constant. But when they don't turn it over, you got problems.
At no point did I say Boise was a threat to win it, or even win a first round game. But just assuming a higher ranked team is gonna win is not always a winning proposition.
It'll be fun when the matchups are finally announced and we can get into some game discussions. Obviously, the teams with the byes and those with home field advantage start with a leg up. It won't happen but can you imagine a Miami (Fla) matchup with Ohio State in Columbus on a 15 degree day? That would be fun to see.
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I understand the celebration of finally making a bowl game, but this Wisconsin team is not the same Wisconsin of old. I am talking about those that are justifying the defeat of THIS Wisconsin team as a quality win for Nebraska by trying to defend Wisconsin's poor performance it by saying things like we're said in this very thread, such as :
"I think we broke Wisconsin"
"Wisconsin did score 42 on Rutgers, which is pretty much an NFL team. They just haven’t physically or mentally recovered from the a$$kicking that we gave them last week."
"Wisconsin is feeling the pressure of being in a Rivalry Game"
Wisconsin is a bad team. Nebraska should have beat them and they did.
Oregon was still figuring themselves out 6 games into the season when Ohio State scored 30+ on them in Eugene.
The issue is not celebrating the win.
It is denying Wisconsin's horrible performance all season just to prop up Nebraska's win to look better
And got dominated at home by Iowa, but yeah, they're better.
Are you new here?
Well shoot. It was a different troll then. My bad.
Was hoping the game would end up in a tie, can’t stand fleck and Wisconsin sucks
Iowa's play action passing game is dangerous regardless of what chump is playing QB.
You mean like where Wisconsin took the #1 team in the country to the wire the week before Nebraska kicked their butt? Does that performance count the "all season" column?
They still have an outside shot at making a bowl because they have a high APR ranking. But as of now, it doesn't look good for them because there likely will be enough teams with at least 6 wins to fill all the bowl slots.
Yes, it counts. They lost. Game was at Wisconsin and Oregon struggled. That one close loss does not change the fact that Wisconsin is BAD. It is just 1 game, and your post is just another example of what I was talking about by trying to make Nebraska's Wisconsin win look more impressive because Wisconsin had a moral victory against Oregon.
If Wisconsin hadn't been destroyed multiple times already this season, you may have some argument with that close loss, but that is just not the case. Today's game is more evidence of this. Or do you honestly think Minnesota is a really good team too?
It's surprising that several new "walk on" posters who seem to have all the answers have shown up in the weeks leading up to the Iowa game....not.
Every time Wisconsin (and Iowa) beats Nebraska they think they’re beating 1995 Nebraska lol
