Who Needs the Win More: Nebraska or Texas?

It won’t be the end of the world if we lose and we’ll still be able to go to the Big 12 championship and a BCS bowl game. Remember that just a few months ago even most of us Husker fans thought that a national championship run was very unlikely…but now everyone seems to be on board with it. I think this year’s team is great, but I could see them slipping up in a big game like this one or at some point down the road.

All that to say, this game is very winnable and I think we will win…Go Big Red!

Yes, I’ve heard. Kills men by the hundreds, and if he were here he’d consume the English with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse. I AM William Wallace. And I see a whole army of my countrymen here in defiance of tyranny. You have come to fight as free men, and free men you are. What would you do without freedom? Will you fight?

Aye, fight and you may die. Run and you’ll live — at least a while. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!!!

-William Wallace in the film, “Braveheart”

NU needs it more. Bo wants to win ‘em all. We are 7-1 against Texas in the B12. Why does Texas need this game? To stop a 3 game skid? Pfffft…their fans have already jumped ship after one loss, so 3 shouldn’t matter. Besides, we win, they claim rebuilding year. We lose, and we were never that good and never will be.

All the pressure is on NU. <——This is the scariest part. Texas can come in and take all the chances in the world because if they lose, they were supposed to. NU could come in rather tight and try not to lose…..but I have complete faith that Bo has their minds right. We will play our game and make adjustments as the game progresses and come away with a win. I doubt we win by 3 TDs (plus history says we don’t), but we will win this game.

By Texas standards, this season is already shot. They’re not going to win the South, they’re not going to a BCS game. The only real thing they have to win here is a game and the pain that they would be inflicting on Nebraska.

From our point of view, this game means everything, and not that much all at once. Everything in that we HAVE to beat these bastards before we leave. Not that much meaning that all a loss would do in reality is end our dark horse run for the national title. All our other goals would still be on the table.

That said, this game could ruin our season in a couple of ways. One, we’re extremely emotionally invested in this game, and a win or a loss could lead to a letdown at Okie State the next week (although I’d like to think we wouldn’t take a 7-0 team on the road too lightly). The other way is injuries. Something about that UT defense…I don’t know I’m just going to breathe a sigh of relief if we get out of this game with our playmakers (Tmart) intact.

It would validate:

1)Bo Pelini’s statement, “Nebraska is back!”
2)Shawn Watson’s coaching ability
3)The Huskers can beat anyone/anywhere (regardless of their record, everyone knows Texas is dangerous)
5)Fan belief in the coaching staff’
6)National hype for the Huskers

For Texas a win would validate:

1) …
2) …
3) …
4) Texas’ thought that it owns Lincoln

For Nebraska it is respect, revenge, statement.
For Texas it is ‘Boy, sure hope we don’t lose three in a row!’

No comparison.

We (UT) need this to keep any hope alive for the remainder of the season, as well as any happy feelings going into 2011. It would also suck knowing that Nebraska got their revenge as they exited the B12.

You guys need it for so many more reasons. That, plus being obviously better than us so far, is what may be the deciding factor.

As for this:

A loss from Texas simply signifies a rebuilding year. Ohhhh of course they weren’t going to be as good, they lost their four-year starting quarterback and had to replace most of their key offensive personnel. They’ll be back next year.

I won’t be that guy, but I will say my confidence has fluctuated. Preseason, I thought we’d take it. Through Week 3, I still felt alright. The past three weeks, I have felt completely hopeless. Today, I have no idea what to expect other than a hell of a game.

Looking forward to it, CN.

and say that Texas needs this win more than we do. If you take a long term perspective, and do a little (wild?) speculation, let’s just say that Nebraska wins the Big 12 Championship game.

How much damage do you think that would do to the existing Big 12, if the best team in the conference in its final season left for another conference? Texas would suffer some prestige damage in that process, damage that would last much longer than a single season.

I would trade every win we already have and the rest of the season to get this win.

We’re a bit flummoxed that many (not all) Big Red boosters blame us for running you out of the league

It has more to do with Texas’ lack of commitment to the Big XII than anything Texas did. I don’t know who came up with the idea but Nebraska, among others, wanted a “BigXII Network” a la “BigTen Network” and Texas apparently refused to sign over their media rights (Longhorn Network.) When Deloss Dodds and Bill Powers were confronted at the Big XII meetings, in June, about signing over the school’s media rights to the Big XII, Dodds and Powers refused and that was essentially the end of Nebraska’s tenure in the Big XII.

Nebraska wanted the Big XII Network so as to stay viable as a conference (read revenue.) Nebraska as a state can’t support their own television network, Texas can. So with Texas not being able to make a commitment to the conference, Nebraska didn’t know how long the Big XII would be viable. Big Ten (stability, viability) announces possible expansion and the rest is history…

Win or lose there is a lot of football to be played after this game….