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The Global Warming of College Football
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March 3, 2010 by
You've heard the argument before: The power in college football has shifted to schools in warmer climates. They have a built in recruiting advantage in the weather and, outside the football realm, more desirable locations that attract more residents which...
Grading Nebraska at the de facto break
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October 1, 2009 by
How's your week without a game going? Feeling a little left out? Me too. Care to read about how awesome Carl Crawford would've been as a QB again to cheer up a bit? Me neither. Instead, since we have a...
“Mythical” National Championships
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August 18, 2009 by
For years, when writers would talk about college’s national championship, they’d feel obliged to put the word “mythical” in front of it, because of the lack of a playoff. With the advent of the Bowl Alliance and then the BCS,...
Sporting News Panel Gets It Wrong
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July 31, 2009 by
Normally, I don’t get caught up in lists. It doesn’t matter if it’s the 50 greatest this or the 100 greatest that, because the lists are inherently subjective. What does it matter what someone’s opinion is? But then when you...
Assumptions About Nebraska to Color Every Off-Season Conversation: Momentum Means Something
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March 3, 2009 by
The notion of momentum as it pertains to Nebraska football is a relatively new concept. For more than three decades, spanning all of the 70s, 80s and 90s, Nebraska was a rock in the college football landscape, an inert piece...
The Value of Returning Starters and Further Reason for Hope in 09
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January 27, 2009 by
The reasons for pessimism regarding Nebraska's chances in 2009 seem to center around the following: 1) Nebraska returns the second fewest number of starters in the conference (11).Only Missouri (10) has fewer. 2) Chief among those non-returning starters is Joe...
Suh and Helu Make Two
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December 23, 2008 by
When the Big 12 coaches named their all-conference nominees, Nebraska's Ndamukong Suh probably got snubbed for first team honors. The AP rectified that a few days later. But now Suh has appeared on perhaps an even more interesting list from...
Relatively Speaking, The Wiseguys Like Nebraska
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August 21, 2008 by
Earlier this week the Las Vegas Sports Consultants emerged from their smoke and grease-board filled offices, took off their green-tinted visors to wipe their collective brows with Rolex-clad wrists and unveiled their preaseason poll to the adoration of media and...
Nebraska Starts the Season Unranked
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August 2, 2008 by
The inaugural USA Today coaches poll was released Friday. To nobody's surprise, Nebraska will start the 2008 season unranked, though NU did receive votes in the poll. Five Husker opponents and five teams from the Big 12 conference are ranked...
Blogpoll Ballot - Week 8
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October 23, 2007 by
Here again we present the Big Red Network ballot for the college football top 25 poll at M Go Blog. Just five teams are undefeated and I’ve got them slated 1 through 5. In this crazy season, winning means everything....
Blogpoll Ballot - Week 7
Here again we present the Big Red Network ballot for the college football top 25 poll at M Go Blog. Only six remaining teams are undefeated and I’ve got them slated 1 through 6. Any of them (save Hawaii) deserve...
Blogpoll Ballot – Week 6
Here again we present the Big Red Network ballot for the college football top 25 poll at M Go Blog. As the season has become predictably unpredictable, the ballot will continue to emphasize wins and losses over style points or...
Blogpoll Ballot - Week 5
Once again we present the Big Red Network ballot for the college football top 25 poll at M Go Blog. If ever there was a case for waiting to release polls until October, last weekend was it. Three AP top...
BRN Top 25 Ballot
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August 21, 2007 by
We at the Big Red Network have been invited to vote in a weekly college football top 25 poll at http://mgoblog.blogspot.com/ While it's both a fun exercise and an invitation to mass hysterical criticism, we decided to go for it....
The Top 25 – Week Eight
Perhaps a sign that the Huskers are gaining respect nationally, they did not drop out of the AP Top 20 and Texas did not fall from the Top 5 for having such a close call. Nebraska (#20) still ranks ahead...
The Top 25 - Week Seven
The Huskers climbed to #17 in both the AP top 25 and the initial Bowl Championship Series Poll. Nebraska leapfrogged week seven losers like Georgia, Missouri, and Iowa, as well as undefeated Boise State....
The Top 25 – Week Six
Ohio State retained its top ranking in the Associated Press top 25 poll and USC remained third, but the rest of the top ten changed spots after a weekend that saw Auburn, LSU, and Georgia tumble from the top ten....
The Top 25 - Week 5
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October 3, 2006 by
Iowa had a fairly soft landing after their three touchdown loss at home to Ohio State, dropping from 13 to 19 in the AP Poll. Meanwhile, Virginia Tech's 11-point home loss to Georgia Tech dropped the Hokies from 11th to...
The Top 25 - Week 3
The Huskers took only a minor hit in the polls this week after a loss to USC that hovered around consensus expectations (i.e. the point spread). The Huskers dropped to 23rd in the AP and 24th in the coaches'...
The Top 25 – Week 2
Texas had a soft landing to #8 in the AP Top 25 Poll after their loss to Ohio State. Granted they lost to the #1 team but the offense looked pretty inept. Florida State remains in the Top 10 despite...
The Top 25
Mea Culpa! Mea Culpa! OK, I don't even really know exactly what that means but I couldn't have been more wrong in my remarks about the preseason Top 25. First, nearly every ranked team took care of business in their...
The Preseason Top 25
Preseason rankings in college football are worth about as much as the preseason standings in the NFL, which is to say they’re pretty much worthless....
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- The Global Warming of College Football
- Huskerpedia Down then Frozen
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- Admire Makes Four
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