Wisconsin came close to understanding the "key" to beating Nebraska last night, but I doubt they'll remember it for future reference. After all, even Missouri, which played Nebraska more times than any other team, never bothered to remember it--not even after a hundred + times.
So I feel eminently comfortable revealing how one can beat Nebraska, even when Nebraska's a powerhouse, even when Nebraska's number one, even when Nebraska's unbeatable.
Nobody remembers it anyway.
Nebraska is not a "comeback" team. Never has been, never will be.
Nebraska comes out swinging, and usually swings clear until the end, as our history shows.
I suspect in all the history of Nebraska football, Nebraska's scored more points during a first quarter than any other quarter. If there was a way to total up the numbers, I'm sure it would show that in all the history of Nebraska football, Nebraska's scored more points in first quarters, than in entire second halfs.
But, but, but.....
What if the other team isn't a pushover the first quarter?
And God forbid, what if the other team actually scores more during the first quarter, than Nebraska?
Well, problems for Nebraska.
If one's rooting for the other team, the way to decipher the outcome is this: if the other team's ahead of Nebraska by two touchdowns or so the end of the first half, game over. Nebraska's not coming back; never has, never will.
If the other team's ahead of Nebraska by three or more touchdowns at the end of the first half, the other team can feel free to screw up, fumble, lose the ball, commit infractions for penalties, miss kicks--the other team can feel free to wear slippers and tutus the rest of the game, because Nebraska's not coming back.
I've seen this all my life.
Everybody has flaws, vulnerabilities, and this seems to be ours.
How different from Oklahoma. All my life, I've seen cases where Oklahoma was behind by three touchdowns or something, and only two minutes to go in the game.....and Oklahoma won.
Nebraska never had that "comeback" resiliency of Oklahoma.
So if one wishes to beat Nebraska, even if Nebraska seems unbeatable, pound them in the first quarter, or at least the first half; pound them hard, pound them often. And then after a two- or three-touchdown lead, relax; no matter how much time is left, you've beaten Nebraska.
This has always been s-o-o-o-o obvious even a blind man can see it.
But for some reason, not even our most-often-rival Missouri ever saw it.
Not even some of the biggest geniuses of college football coaches have ever seemed to grasp it.
Nebraska's not a "comeback" team; never has been, never will be.
Okay, so I've given away the secret to beating Nebraska, but feel no qualms about it, as nobody seems to remember it anyway. It's a pretty sad state of affairs, when franksolich knows something about college football that most don't.
