So bad for so long? Holy mother of all recency biases

May 19, 2020
2:24:47pm

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

List of Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Nebraska Cornhuskers football program since the team's inception in 1890. The list documents Nebraska's season records, conference finishes, bowl results, and final rankings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_seasons

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This is crazy to me because Nebraska has been bad for so long

cougman02

5/19/20 2:24pm

So bad for so long? Holy mother of all recency biases

Indy Coug

5/19/20 2:24pm

The past 15 years

cougman02

5/19/20 2:25pm

In 9 of the last 15 years, they've won 9+ games

Indy Coug

5/19/20 2:25pm

Did not realize that, must be decency bias then🤣

cougman02

5/19/20 2:27pm

Decency bias 😂

puntersarepeople

5/19/20 2:28pm

When I was growing up Nebraska felt unstoppable. Seemed like every play they

tevye

5/19/20 2:28pm

Best College game experience I have ever had.

SLC-Warrior

5/19/20 2:29pm

I hate comparisons of teams based on wins per season from a wide time period

Scratch

5/19/20 2:34pm

I'll agree, but it is still a nice barometer...

CoachSpeak

5/19/20 2:43pm

I agree. Teams that peaked in the 80s deserve more respect than teams that

panguitch

5/19/20 6:28pm

You hate when all teams are compared on the same thing over the same time?

BYUFam1

5/19/20 7:47pm

The point is that it’s not the same thing. And, frankly, it sells BYU’s

Scratch

5/19/20 8:54pm

It is not offensive as a BYU fan as is

BYUFam1

5/19/20 9:00pm

You should be, I’m not saying you shouldn’t, but equating teams that won 9

Scratch

5/19/20 9:11pm

Is being on this list special or an honor? Yes (period)

BYUFam1

5/19/20 10:31pm

Not offended, just saying there are better ways to measure success over a

Scratch

5/19/20 10:49pm

Yep, win% would be a better metric

Hill4Heisman

5/20/20 1:32pm

Not really: six 9 win seasons since 2010. And 6 from 2000-2009.

Thrill

5/19/20 4:32pm

Nebraska will be back in the top 25 most years now that Scott Frost and Bill

blackshirts

5/19/20 4:41pm

Eh they’re recruiting hasn’t been that good has it? Seems like a few more years

puntersarepeople

5/19/20 4:52pm

The classes have been 20, 23, 17 with avg seasons. As wins increase so will

blackshirts

5/19/20 5:04pm

Yeah that is good enough to beat OSU fairly

puntersarepeople

5/19/20 6:00pm

Nebraska - the king of partical qualifiers under Tom Osbourne. That ship sailed

Nat Gas Man

5/19/20 4:56pm

Cool video

blackshirts

5/19/20 6:36pm

Seeing lists like this is pretty wild, because every team on the list but one is

List of Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons

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