Oh gosh, I had put that out of memory. But hey they were mid week games so according to some people on here they don’t count.
Tennessee v Nebraska canceled
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I don't need to feel better, I already feel fine. I'll try hard to not hurt myself over a football schedule.
You really think our defensive line was better than all four of OSU's playoff opponents (Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame)?
I think they’re a bunch of pussies regardless. I don’t need any additional reasons.
I agree with all of this. And I also agree that if you’re in the B1G or SEC there’s no real “need” to schedule top 25 caliber opponents in the non-conference. What I don’t agree with in canceling your remaining marquee non-con matchups. Don’t be a pussy, play the matchups that are currently scheduled, then just refrain from scheduling such games going forward. I mean, we all will live. The stadium will still sell out and life will go on. I just don’t like the way we are handling the end of marquee non-con matchups. This may be the way CFB is headed, but you can evolve and adapt with some dignity. Quitting is just so… pathetic.
Hard to defend this decision when Tennessee’s AD has publicly stated he was disappointed in NU canceling the games. It’s one thing if it was a mutual agreement in that they both no longer wanted to play the games due to risk/reward in the current playoff system.
I agree. Terrible optics with this decision. Nebraska again getting in its own way. Man they make it hard to cheer for sometimes:
I agree, but if he wanted to play, then move the games when we asked for them to be moved just like we allowed when they asked for them to be moved and we let them move them back.
Don’t let Tennessee’s AD off the hook that easily.
Exactly. Move the game in Lincoln to another year. Play the one in Tennessee as scheduled. Come to a compromise. Tennessee AD is posturing. If anything he is the pu$$ie.
What would you expect him to say? Who feckin cares about Danny White? He hates Nebraska dating to us hiring Frost away from Central Florida. The bottom line is the B1G plays 9 conference games and the SEC plays 8, yet we're competing for the same playoff spots.
Fine cheer for someone else.put your money where your mouth is .Nebraska doesn’t need you.
I have seen your senseless post. This is why Kong and others laugh at you. You make it easy
Tenn asked to move the game because they were attempting to break a world record for single game attendance
We asked to move the game (allegedly) because we are voluntarily closing a part of our stadium
Awesome context
I’m sorry, did I say something wrong? Tennessee could have agreed to move the game. Just like we did for them.
Just sharing a bit of truth. Nothing more, nothing less.
Yes but your take isn’t slighting Nebraska enough. Mr All About The Facts insists that everything should implicate Nebraska administrators as being incompetent. Your facts aren’t as salacious as his facts
Exactly. Don’t care. SEC already gets to play three home cupcakes - one late in the season. Even king SEC homer Finebaum says B1G is the superior football conference right now.
2026 schedule has:
Indiana (playoff team)
Washington (would have been considered a marquee non-con game 2 years ago)
Oregon (playoff team, would have been considered a marquee non-con game 2 years ago)
Ohio State (playoff team, national champion)
Our conference schedule is going to be a gauntlet every single year from now on, best case scenario we get into the playoff and have several more marquee non-con matchups. I don't care at all about the higher ups wanting to rack up some wins, that's how the game is played AND those games serve their purpose in getting better as well.
Sir you can only focusing the weak B1G teams while ignoring the bottom feeders in the SEC
2026 schedule has:
Indiana (playoff team)
Washington (would have been considered a marquee non-con game 2 years ago)
Oregon (playoff team, would have been considered a marquee non-con game 2 years ago)
Ohio State (playoff team, national champion)
Our conference schedule is going to be a gauntlet every single year from now on, best case scenario we get into the playoff and have several more marquee non-con matchups. I don't care at all about the higher ups wanting to rack up some wins, that's how the game is played AND those games serve their purpose in getting better as well.
Very smart move on our part. If you look at our wins over the last seven years, the majority are against mid major nobodies and conference weaklings. Replacing Tennessee with Bowling Green and whoever guarantees wins and butts in seats.
Ohio St. was playing at an entirely different level at that point, but to answer your question I think our DL was a damn tough college defensive line. And our DL played lights out against the Buckeyes and on that day our line was better than Notre Dame and Tennessee. Arguably as good as Texas and Oregon even though those lines look better on paper. However, I will admit that our defensive line could not sustain that level of performance, but turn on Colorado, Ohio State, Iowa, BC-- and it's really harder to ask a group to play better than that. Just my opinion.
Don’t let top Kong see this, he will flip a cookie saying the B1G schedule will be a gauntlet.
2026 schedule has:
Indiana (playoff team)
Washington (would have been considered a marquee non-con game 2 years ago)
Oregon (playoff team, would have been considered a marquee non-con game 2 years ago)
Ohio State (playoff team, national champion)
Our conference schedule is going to be a gauntlet every single year from now on, best case scenario we get into the playoff and have several more marquee non-con matchups. I don't care at all about the higher ups wanting to rack up some wins, that's how the game is played AND those games serve their purpose in getting better as well.
Omg we play the losingest program in college football history and Washington in the same season?!
Better be safe and schedule 3 FCS schools and try not to have the games on TV in case any scouts are watching
After all the goal of college football in 2025 is to limit exposure to maybe 1 game in December (according to cowardly dipshits)
Thanks Brett McMurphy! they booked a team that has averaged 4-5 wins over the last 8 years. Played in 3 Bowl Games (Birmingham, Gasparilla, Quick Lane) in the top 3 seasons and were 7-6 in each.
Funny thing is that I thought Georgia Tech was far better than that prior to taking a look. Always seemed like a 7-6 to 8-4 program. Didn’t realize that 7-6 was a good year for them. Even historically they sucked. That 1990 Season they beat Leodis Flowers and the Huskers was an insane anomaly for them.
That was Osborne and Devaney's goal, except it was one game around Thanksgiving and everyone was OK with that then. They must be cowardly dipshits too.
You guys who think that playing the toughest schedule possible, lose a bunch of close games, and finish around 6-6 every season is the way to go slay me. In this day and age, you play a reasonable schedule then if you're good enough, run the gauntlet in the playoffs.
BTW, Nebraska finished 6-6 last season, but had we pulled out 4 of 5 really close games against USC, UCLA, Illinois, Ohio State, and Iowa (3 of them we lost because of just bad luck and poor officiating), we would have probably been a playoff team too, even with our sorry offense, replacing tOSU if we had pulled that out. We were that close, even with our weak offense.
Point is that we're getting close, and we don't need to sabotage ourselves.
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I prefer to play a tough schedule and win, not go 6-6
Btw, when you’re talking about what-ifs for 1/3 of the schedule, you’re not that close
We have had 2 teams in our history 1971 and 1995, who probably could have played all Top 20 teams and won them all. We have plenty of really good or great teams on our schedule for 2025, 2026, and 2027 without Tennessee.
What I'm hearing from a lot of you is some kind of violating your manhood thing going on because we switched one non-conference game. I haven't heard one player or coach complain about not playing Tennessee.
We're getting 8 home games in 2026 and 2027 too, which helps with revenue while the stadium is under reconstruction.
It is my opinion that fans deserve to see 1 non-con marquee matchup. Those games do zero harm to playoff chances and can boost them and the program greatly with a good showing.
Pretty simple.
The coaches aren’t complaining because it was their bitchmade idea. Tennessee got plenty of well deserved pot shots in.
SEC plays less conference games and can get away with better non conference games. Big 10 should follow.
Terrible excuse
Bottom half of our league is crap, those games shouldn’t deter us
Plenty of B1G schools play marquee non-cons
Just not us under Rhule
With all due respect, the fans don't deserve shit regarding who we play in the NC season, and based on the history of our program the past 25 years, I confident that the vast majority of our fans are OK with us not playing freaking Tennessee.
It's a new era in college football with a lot more young players and older but new players playing every year than ever before. In most cases, you have no idea what you have until you play 2-3 games and can make adjustments. A marquee match-up in week 2 is a complete crap shoot for most teams and that's why they want to avoid it.
I know you don't want to acknowledge this because you seem to be in the fan camp "we'll play anyone, anytime" even though none of you take a snap on the field, but the expansion of the B10 to 18 teams with UCLA, USC, Washington, and Oregon and the 9 game conference schedule almost necessitates having 3 less demanding non-conference opponents just to get your team ready for the conference season.
If my wife lost 150 lbs, got a boob job, fixed her bald spot, cut off her 11th toe, corrected her gonzo nose and lazy eye and had a Kardashian make-up team … she could be a super model. Point is - she’s getting close.
Name one single team that lost a playoff spot due to a non-conference game.
I’ll wait.
You honestly believe we were close to being a playoff team last year?
Jesus, name me one conference where the bottom half of the league isn't very good. Now the phrase "crap" I take exception to. We were 3-6 in the conference last season but were not crap. With another bounce and one less bad call by an official, we would have beaten the eventual national champion in their crib.
The only teams in the B10 who were "crap" last season were Purdue, Maryland, and Northwestern. The rest of the teams have good to great talent, with some playing better than others. There were also 4 elite teams in the conference last season.
There were 14 teams in the B10 that if they played in the B12 or ACC, would have been at a minimum 9 win teams and at least 4 of them would have been undefeated. Nebraska likely would have gone 9-3 or 10-2 in the B12 or ACC.
