Northern Illinois beat Iowa and Northwestern in 2014 and 2013...

[jlb321]

Why all the back and forth. Why can't we just all agree that it was a great game between 2 evenly matched teams/programs. I was hoping that being at home would have made the difference but alas we just didn't have the athletes to keep up with the huskies .... (it is the huskies right?)

After reading above perhaps they should have gotten the big ten invite

 

[dinglefritz]

Why all the back and forth. Why can't we just all agree that it was a great game between 2 evenly matched teams/programs. I was hoping that being at home would have made the difference but alas we just didn't have the athletes to keep up with the huskies .... (it is the huskies right?)

After reading above perhaps they should have gotten the big ten invite

 

[Toms Wife]

Northern Illinois last five recruiting classes: 92, 100+, 79, 100+, 100+

Not talking about games from years ago. Their most recent team lost to: Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Western Ill, San Diego St., South Florida and Wyoming.

This year's NIU team already lost to Boston College at home. That is B.C's only win on the season thus far.

 

[huskerfan1414]

Tom trailed Wyoming by TWO TDs late in a game back in the day with Frazier and Berringer as I recall. Somehow we miraculously came back and won that game. Riley doesn't have Frazier, Berriinger or the"pipeline".

It was 2 touchdowns late in the first half, not late in the game, then NU took over. Our pass defense wasn't great that day.
And there was no Frazier.
Berrimger had a collapsed lung.
And we won.
Funny how you can call Tom out for a win in a national title season , but can't call Riley out for a loss in his third year to start 1-2.
You're a piece of work.

 

[huskerfan1414]

Northern Illinois last five recruiting classes: 92, 100+, 79, 100+, 100+

Not talking about games from years ago. Their most recent team lost to: Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Western Ill, San Diego St., South Florida and Wyoming.

This year's NIU team already lost to Boston College at home. That is B.C's only win on the season thus far.

But but but...five years ago they beat somebody!!! Beat purdue too!! All is well!!!

 

[Toms Wife]

But but but...five years ago they beat somebody!!! Beat purdue too!! All is well!!!

We lost to a bad MAC team playing a 2nd string qb. You can't polish that turd.

 

[dinglefritz]

It was 2 touchdowns late in the first half, not late in the game, then NU took over. Our pass defense wasn't great that day.
And there was no Frazier.
Berrimger had a collapsed lung.
And we won.
Funny how you can call Tom out for a win in a national title season , but can't call Riley out for a loss in his third year to start 1-2.
You're a piece of work.

bullsh## I was there. It was 2 TDs a good share of the 3rd quarter.

 

[redfanusa]

Nebraska's athletic budget is FOUR times larger than Northern Illinois's. We're clearly not getting our money's worth.

 

[jlb321]

bullsh## I was there. It was 2 TDs a good share of the 3rd quarter.

We were never down more than 7 in the third quarter ... In fact we were down 7 at half and scored 21 straight in the 3rd quarter.

Nebraska never trailed after the 1st possession of the 2nd half

That was with the backup QB playing the entire game and the entire 2nd half with a collapsed lung

https://www.huskermax.com/games/1994/wyoming94.html

 

[dinglefritz]

It was 2 touchdowns late in the first half, not late in the game, then NU took over. Our pass defense wasn't great that day.
And there was no Frazier.
Berrimger had a collapsed lung.
And we won.
Funny how you can call Tom out for a win in a national title season , but can't call Riley out for a loss in his third year to start 1-2.
You're a piece of work.

I "didn't call out Tom". I merely stated a fact. We had the pipeline and yes I know maybe better than anybody else on this board about TF's an Berringer's medical situation. Berringer's injury wasn't why we were behind in the first place. Amazingly he continued to play with it. We had a bazillion blue chippers compared to Wyoming and maybe the most brilliant mind in college football as our head coach and yet for the better part of 3 quarters they took it to us. Sh## happens. Wyoming was no better than NIU.

 

[huskerbux]

And lost to Iowa 18-17 in Chicago in 2012. They also lost to Ohio State 20-13 in 2015. Sure, it's still Northern Illinois, but I think we can agree that they definitely have some talent on their team. It doesn't excuse losing to them, but it gives us a little history and perspective. We weren't on our game today, and they took it to us.

Here are recent results of games vs B1G teams..

2015 - @Ohio State - L 20-13
2014 - @Northwestern - W 23-15
2013 - @ Iowa - W 30-27
2012 - Iowa - L 18-17
2011 - Wisconsin - L 49-7
2010 - @Illinois - L 28-22
2010 - @Minnesota - W 34-23
2009 - @Wisconsin - L 28-20
2009 - @Purdue - W 28-21

The two teams on this list we should be striving to mirror....OSU and Whisky.....beat em. But yeah, lets keep striving to be Northwestern, Purdue, and Minny.

 

[Toms Wife]

I "didn't call out Tom". I merely stated a fact. We had the pipeline and yes I know maybe better than anybody else on this board about TF's an Berringer's medical situation. Berringer's injury wasn't why we were behind in the first place. Amazingly he continued to play with it. We had a bazillion blue chippers compared to Wyoming and maybe the most brilliant mind in college football as our head coach and yet for the better part of 3 quarters they took it to us. Sh## happens. Wyoming was no better than NIU.

Actually, we were the ones who were up by two touchdowns late in the third quarter that day.

 

[Bugeater]

As we've seen many times before in football, you don't have to be the best team going into the game, you have to be the best team during the game, and NIU was just that.

 

[schuele]

bullsh## I was there. It was 2 TDs a good share of the 3rd quarter.

Must be a misprint in the BOXSCORE.

News coverage of that game also must be way off:

The Huskers' game-tying touchdown came with 12:05 left in the third quarter after NU cornerback Tyrone Williams returned an interception 28 yards to the NU 43. Four plays later, Berringer scored the second of his three touchdowns from 24 yards to make it 21-21.

Just two plays into Wyoming's ensuing series, an outstretched Barron Miles picked off his second pass of the game to set up the Huskers at the Wyoming 40. Phillips went all the way on the next play, putting NU up 28-21.

The Huskers' defense then forced a Wyoming punt, and Berringer led a nine-play, 43-yard march that ended with his 11-yard run around left end for a 35-21 lead with 8:11 left in the third quarter.

 

[big red22]

I'm not so sure if NIU won this game or NU lost it. Take away the picks and we win it 17-7. Rough day for our QB.

You say 17-7, but in my opinion that is not accurate for one reason in two parts

We were in the Red Zone when the 1st pick six happened. So you would have to assume that we score at least 3 there, but could of been 7. So if the game actually played out the exact same after a field goal, and there was no pick 6's in the game, It would of end 20-7 or 24-7.

With that said the second part to that reason is, if we do indeed score on that 1st drive of the game, the whole feel of the game changes and NIU doesn't have that hope they got after the first pick six. So it is a whole new ball game does that first one not happen

At the end of the day they happened and just like every other Mike Riley game comes down to the end of the game. There is a reason Riley loses games, and that is because he plays to not lose. Losers lose games and winners win, and that is the story of Mike Riley... he loses games. The guy lets off the gas, and NIU's lone touchdown drive is proof. We take the lead and have not allowed them to score all game, but the ONE TIME you need the stop they march right down the field and score. In football you need to be 100% at all points in the game whether you are Up 50... tied... or down 50. You continue to give 100% and want to win. You punch them in the mouth and make them feel that we aren't going to lose

Look at at how many gut wrenching losses we have had under his watch. Yeah I know there are too many to count. That isn't a coincidence, I thought it was that first year but it is way to common under one mans watch.

San Diego Chargers 2000 season 1-15

09/03/2000@ OaklandNetwork Associates Coliseum (Oakland, CA)L 9-6
09/10/2000New OrleansQualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)L 28-27
09/17/2000@ Kansas CityArrowhead Stadium (Kansas City, MO)L 42-10
09/24/2000SeattleQualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)L 20-12
10/01/2000@ St. LouisTrans World Dome (St. Louis, MO)L 57-31
10/08/2000DenverQualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)L 21-7
10/15/2000@ BuffaloRalph Wilson Stadium (Orchard Park, NY)L 27-24, OT
10/29/2000OaklandQualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)L 15-13
11/05/2000@ SeattleHusky Stadium (Seattle, WA)L 17-15
11/12/2000MiamiQualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)L 17-7
11/19/2000@ DenverMile High Stadium (Denver, CO)L 38-37
11/26/2000Kansas CityQualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)W 17-16
12/03/2000San FranciscoQualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)L 45-17
12/10/2000@ BaltimorePSINet Stadium (Baltimore, MD)L 24-3
12/17/2000@ CarolinaEricsson Stadium (Charlotte, NC)L 30-22
12/24/2000PittsburghQualcomm Stadium (San Diego, CA)L 34-21

Edit: Nebraska's 2015 season

09/05 Brigham Young Lincoln L 28-33
09/12 South Alabama Lincoln W 48- 9
09/19 Miami (Fla.) Miami L 33-36 (OT)
09/26 Southern Miss-HC Lincoln W 36-28
10/03 #Illinois Champaign L 13-14
10/10 #Wisconsin Lincoln L 21-23
10/17 #Minnesota Minneapolis W 48-25
10/24 #Northwestern Lincoln L 28-30
10/31 #Purdue W. Lafayette L 45-55
11/07 #Michigan State Lincoln W 39-38
11/14 #Rutgers Piscataway W 31-14
11/27 #Iowa Lincoln L 20-28
12/26 ‡UCLA Santa Clara W 37-29

Bold and highlighted are the one possession games...

His record in these one possession games is 4-14

I love Riley the man, but not Riley the coach. He does not know how to close out games and it is too common of a theme under Riley.

 

[Wasnt-drunk-didnt-troll]

Rough start with a new D-cord, these things happen. Im not going to say Northern Ill is a good team but you guys have Rutgers this week and a chance to get better over the next couple weeks before you have a real test coming. Whatever you do... BEAT WISCONSIN!

 

[jlb321]

quote from a yahoo sports article regarding NIU

"then a dreadful performance in a home loss to Northern Illinois on Saturday. There was a time when losing to NIU was no shame, but that time has passed – the Huskies came to Lincoln having lost 11 of their last 17 games. They also came to Lincoln without their starting quarterback, who was out with an injury."

 

[terrehawk]

Nebraska should never lose to Northern Illinois. End of discussion.

This is 2017 bro.

 

[huskerfan1414]

I "didn't call out Tom". I merely stated a fact. We had the pipeline and yes I know maybe better than anybody else on this board about TF's an Berringer's medical situation. Berringer's injury wasn't why we were behind in the first place. Amazingly he continued to play with it. We had a bazillion blue chippers compared to Wyoming and maybe the most brilliant mind in college football as our head coach and yet for the better part of 3 quarters they took it to us. Sh## happens. Wyoming was no better than NIU.

Keep reaching dingle.
Maybe some of the shit you throw at the wall will stick.

 

[huskerfan1414]

Must be a misprint in the BOXSCORE.

News coverage of that game also must be way off:

The Huskers' game-tying touchdown came with 12:05 left in the third quarter after NU cornerback Tyrone Williams returned an interception 28 yards to the NU 43. Four plays later, Berringer scored the second of his three touchdowns from 24 yards to make it 21-21.

Just two plays into Wyoming's ensuing series, an outstretched Barron Miles picked off his second pass of the game to set up the Huskers at the Wyoming 40. Phillips went all the way on the next play, putting NU up 28-21.

The Huskers' defense then forced a Wyoming punt, and Berringer led a nine-play, 43-yard march that ended with his 11-yard run around left end for a 35-21 lead with 8:11 left in the third quarter.

Dingle says better part of three quarters.

 

[CollegeSportsWriter]

Nebraska should never lose to Northern Illinois. End of discussion.

Over the past ten years, NIU has a better record against like opponents than Nebraska.

Over the last ten years, NIU has been ranked above Nebraska in the final College polls 7 times

WHen NIU played #1 Ohio State in 2015, they lost on a pick six 20-13. The next time Nebraska played OSU, you lost 62-3.

Shawon Lurry has a record of picking off Big 10 QBs as he did against Ohio State


Upon sliding past NIU, Urban Meyer said "Thats one hell of a football team", But he has class. I have heard nothing but B#tching out of Nebraska fans and Coaches and Admins.

I got news for you Husker fans . . . NIU has been a better program for the last decade.

I got more bad news . . . They come back to Lincoln every other year for the next 7 Years.

 

[schuele]

Over the past ten years, NIU has a better record against like opponents than Nebraska.

Over the last ten years, NIU has been ranked above Nebraska in the final College polls 7 times

WHen NIU played #1 Ohio State in 2015, they lost on a pick six 20-13. The next time Nebraska played OSU, you lost 62-3.

Shawon Lurry has a record of picking off Big 10 QBs as he did against Ohio State
https://flic.kr/s/aHsm878Bo5

Upon sliding past NIU, Urban Meyer said "Thats one hell of a football team", But he has class. I have heard nothing but B#tching out of Nebraska fans and Coaches and Admins.

I got news for you Husker fans . . . NIU has been a better program for the last decade.

I got more bad news . . . They come back to Lincoln every other year for the next 7 Years.

I agree with you that the Husker faithful have not given NIU enough credit for how well they played Saturday, but you lost me a bit with the Urban Meyer comparison. Meyer could afford to be gracious because OSU won the game, albeit narrowly. If the Huskers had managed a similar result on Saturday, you would have certainly heard a lot of compliments directed at NIU.

 

[CollegeSportsWriter]

I agree with you that the Husker faithful have not given NIU enough credit for how well they played Saturday, but you lost me a bit with the Urban Meyer comparison. Meyer could afford to be gracious because OSU won the game, albeit narrowly. If the Huskers had managed a similar result on Saturday, you would have certainly heard a lot of compliments directed at NIU.

I will grant you that it is different if you pull it out.

However, NIU has beaten Big10 Teams on 6 occasions in the recent past. I never remember any backlash decrying them as anything more than a quality opponent.

Minnesota
Purdue Twice
Iowa
Northwestern

 

[NIU007]

I know it's hard to believe but most of us wanted this QB to play rather than the "starter", Graham, who played against BC. Watch the game and you'll see how bad he was. Not only did Graham miss a few short passes like Santacaterina did, but he overthrew wide open WRs deep several times during the game. That's why we lost. Well, that and a missed field goal.

 

[CollegeSportsWriter]

I know it's hard to believe but most of us wanted this QB to play rather than the "starter", Graham, who played against BC. Watch the game and you'll see how bad he was. Not only did Graham miss a few short passes like Santacaterina did, but he overthrew wide open WRs deep several times during the game. That's why we lost. Well, that and a missed field goal.

And One of the touchdowns Nebraska DID score shoudn't have counted.
http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/video/1048185923739

 

[Hoosker Du]

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Over the past ten years, NIU has a better record against like opponents than Nebraska.

Over the last ten years, NIU has been ranked above Nebraska in the final College polls 7 times

WHen NIU played #1 Ohio State in 2015, they lost on a pick six 20-13. The next time Nebraska played OSU, you lost 62-3.

Shawon Lurry has a record of picking off Big 10 QBs as he did against Ohio State

View embedded media

Upon sliding past NIU, Urban Meyer said "Thats one hell of a football team", But he has class. I have heard nothing but B#tching out of Nebraska fans and Coaches and Admins.

I got news for you Husker fans . . . NIU has been a better program for the last decade.

I got more bad news . . . They come back to Lincoln every other year for the next 7 Years.

Seriously STFU! NIU plays in the MAC, which means they go through entire seasons without beating a team better than Illinois. If NIU played in a Power 5 conference, they might go 0-12 some seasons.

 

[CollegeSportsWriter]

Well, They have a better record against like opponents over the last 10 years than Nebraska . . . sooooo.

It's simple. The stats don't lie. They have been better than Nebraska . . . for a decade.

 

[jlb321]

Well, They have a better record against like opponents over the last 10 years than Nebraska . . . sooooo.

It's simple. The stats don't lie. They have been better than Nebraska . . . for a decade.

The question is how good is N Illinois THIS year. Record over the last decade doesn't factor. They were 6-11 in their 17 prior games. They have already lost at home to what is supposed to be one of the poorer teams in the ACC.

If N Illinois wins the MAC then maybe the loss isn't so bad. If they are mid to lower tier then that is a different story.

Similar to the Oregon game last year. What seemed to be a high quality win at the beginning of the season became having to come from behind and get gifted a win by them going for 2 every time against the worst team in the PAC 12 north.

 

[CollegeSportsWriter]

So NIU last year was on it's 4th String QB due to injury. When they got their 3rd string guy back, they finished with 4 wins.

They also Lost to 4 (Four) Division or Conference Champions: USF, San Diego State, Wyoming and Western Michigan.

Retrospectively, they were not as bad as we thought they were. The only embarrassment last year was USF. I will take one losing season every decade if it goes down like that.

Sutton Smith, Kyle Pugh and Shawon Lurry will be first or second round draft picks.

If they get the QB Situation sorted out, this will be a good season.

 

[Phillipe]

Tom trailed Wyoming by TWO TDs late in a game back in the day with Frazier and Berringer as I recall. Somehow we miraculously came back and won that game. Riley doesn't have Frazier, Berriinger or the"pipeline".

That's the beauty with believing in Riley. Wins and losses never matter. I said lost.

Isn't that the game Berringer played with a punctured lung ?

 

[Phillipe]

Pay attention.. No one is justifying anything. Just saying that they aren't the typical cupcake OOC team. They have gone 5-5 in the last 10 games against the B1G. Some cupcakes have never beaten a Power 5 team, let alone go .500 against a P5 conference.

So, we are a MAC quality team. Gotcha. Glad we imported the OSU staff so we could drop to this.

 

[Hoosker Du]

Well, They have a better record against like opponents over the last 10 years than Nebraska . . . sooooo.

It's simple. The stats don't lie. They have been better than Nebraska . . . for a decade.

You are 100% pure idiot! Over the last 10 years, if they played Nebraska's schedule, their winning % would be at least 200 percentage points lower. Stop the charade. We both know that over the last 10 years Nebraska is the better program.

 

[Wasnt-drunk-didnt-troll]

No Husker du, by using like opponents he is proving in fact they have been the better team. Just because every opponent hasn't been the same does not mean you throw out the data of similar opponents.

 

[stonesak]

And One of the touchdowns Nebraska DID score shoudn't have counted.
http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/video/1048185923739

Am i missing something? Mike Pereira said he thought it was the right call.

 

[Hoosker Du]

No Husker du, by using like opponents he is proving in fact they have been the better team. Just because every opponent hasn't been the same does not mean you throw out the data of similar opponents.

A few common opponents means very little over a 10 year period. We would have smoked Northern Illinois any other year but this year. Even two years ago with Tommie Armstrong we would beat NIU. It took us throwing two pick sixes from a new QB whose confidence was really shaken prior to the game, and an unprepared OLine, for NIU to barely beat us. They scored one TD, very late in the game, on offense.

 

[schuele]

They scored one TD, very late in the game, on offense.

That's true, but the Huskers really only scored one offensive TD as well. The other was gift-wrapped by the NIU punt returner, who had a brain cramp.

 

[DaCDiggity]

NIU does a great job of mucking up games and being there in the fourth quarter! I hope Iowa never plays them again

Hate to do this too you but we play them week 1 next year