Nebraska Moves Up in Coaches Poll, Stays #6 In AP

well, Stanford. And you can say that LSU, Arizona, Auburn, and Utah all have had better wins vs. Neb’s Washington, which is looking worse with BYU’s season taking a nose dive. But then again, I would say that only Alabama, OSU, and Boise State have really separated themselves with big wins (and in Boise’s case, that may be a stretch) and OSU is the only team that has looked consistently dominate. Teams 4 thru 14 are really interchangeable right now.

October is here. If we’re going to lose this year, it is going to happen in the next four games. We will be substantial favorites in all of them. The key is consistency. This is a down year for the Big 12. If we get up for our big games and play decently in the others, we’re going to go 12-0. Look at our schedule. Who on there qualifies as “very good?”

Bo will have this team playing at a championship level by the end of November. October is where our concern must be. K-State, Texas, Oklahoma State, Missouri. We’ve seen these teams play. We’ve seen our team play. We are a substantially better team than all of them. Play anywhere close to how we did at Washington, and we will beat them all by double digits. Play anything like we did against SDSU or Idaho, and we could lose to any of them.

In the long haul, last night’s game means nothing. It’s a 14 point win against a team we should’ve beaten by 50. Bad game. Fluke game. Everyone knows it. We didn’t luck out to win, we just looked really bad while doing it. All we know is what this team looks like when it plays flat. And it isn’t a pretty sight. There are a few schematic things for the coaches to work on, but mission #1 is making sure a let down like this never, ever happens again.

I have a feeling this was the “letdown” game. Nebraska’s coming off a huge road win, and they’re heading into a bye. Take comfort in the fact that this team slept through an entire game and still won. Nebraska slept through the Iowa State game last year and lost.

Nebraska’s still 4-0 and after yesterday’s events the next 4 weeks don’t look nearly as daunting.

I think most of you are making a big deal out of nothing. Any one remember the 1994 game against Wyoming 42-32 victory against pass-happy Wyoming. or the 1997 game against Central Florida 38-24 followed buy a near disaster in Missouri. Even Tom Osborn lead teams had bad days,even some of his ( Osborn) best teams. Bo Is a great coach and will have the team ready to play against K-State Housecats.

They don’t have enough time nor do they have the attention span available to properly educate themselves before each vote.

Sometimes a win is a loss and a huge step back for a program, yet we move up. =)

Scary thought, the coaches poll is the relevant poll in the BCS…