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[Vlad the Impaler]

Nebraska didn't run a triple option. They ran a pro-set, lots of I and 1-back, playaction with some option run built into that.

They threw for 1,654 yards in 1994. That is as a team.

 

[RunLeeRun]

They threw for 1,654 yards in 1994. That is as a team.

Pro-set doesn't mean pass.

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

So then you have to concede that any label of best ever would never be feasible.

Pretty much. a qb 40 years from now whoever he is will likely be the best ever because the game evolves. Compare the greatest qb of today to the greatest qb of 1970. There is no comparison.

There will never be a best ever really. Just guys that transform the game like Peyton.

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

Pro-set doesn't mean pass.

It's Nebraska and they have an 8th grade qb skill level, they are running...Just because you run a pro set offense doesnt mean anything

 

[RunLeeRun]

It means they aren't running a triple-option offense like you mistakenly believed.

 

[GoBlue34]

I hope you are kidding. Teams of these days would roll those teams. They ran the option and never had a qb that could throw and when I say throw, not even a good high school qb as far as throwing the ball.

It was just a different time. That is why 1950's great Army teams or whatever it was do not count. They probably looked great playing against roofers but no where near the talent of a good 8th grader of today.

A team like that Nebraska team would roll teams of today (they are like a modern day Oregon team but with a much much better defense). They used to wreck teams...

They beat Miami and Florida teams with similar talent of today and didn't give up many yards (Florida played a wide open offense and Nebraska shut them down). They would pound and pound a team until they gave up facing 8, 9 or 10 people in the box.

I would say easily one of the top 2 or 3 teams ever but like was said above, hard to compare because they didn't play but that team was as good as any I've ever seen.

 

[GoBlue34]

Was that THE incident or another?

Same

 

[RunLeeRun]

Pretty much. a qb 40 years from now whoever he is will likely be the best ever because the game evolves. Compare the greatest qb of today to the greatest qb of 1970. There is no comparison.

There will never be a best ever really. Just guys that transform the game like Peyton.

The ever transformative Peyton. I remember when Nebraska transformed him into sod.

 

[ANOTHERDAY]

A team like that Nebraska team would roll teams of today (they are like a modern day Oregon team but with a much much better defense). They used to wreck teams...

They beat Miami and Florida teams with similar talent of today and didn't give up many yards (Florida played a wide open offense and Nebraska shut them down). They would pound and pound a team until they gave up facing 8, 9 or 10 people in the box.

I would say easily one of the top 2 or 3 teams ever but like was said above, hard to compare because they didn't play but that team was as good as any I've ever seen.

Agree 10000% - Others who say that's not the case are just uneducated in sports

 

[PatsFan1283]

There is brain dead nostalgia

and then like 10 levels above that there is thinking Nebraska would beat your avg top tier SEC teams today. It's like some of you guys don't even know what HGH is.

 

[GoBlue34]

Pats read up about the 95 husker team, who they beat, by how many, who was on some of those teams, etc. Google best teams of all time and see how many people put the 95 team at or very near the top (and not just weirdos like me, espn, cnnsi, etc).

Averaged 54 points a game, gave up 14, beat an undefeated SEC team by 40, list goes on and on. Sure there are bigger, faster players today but speed didn't hurt them back then either.

That's like saying Jordan couldn't compete today because the game was slower back then too. There are great teams/players that would translate to any era and this is one of those teams.

 

[PatsFan1283]

Pats read up about the 95 husker team, who they beat, by how many, who was on some of those teams, etc. Google best teams of all time and see how many people put the 95 team at or very near the top (and not just weirdos like me, espn, cnnsi, etc).

Averaged 54 points a game, gave up 14, beat an undefeated SEC team by 40, list goes on and on. Sure there are bigger, faster players today but speed didn't hurt them back then either.

That's like saying Jordan couldn't compete today because the game was slower back then too. There are great teams/players that would translate to any era and this is one of those teams.

Lists like that are based on dominance in their era, how much the team accomplished. I hope nobody actually thinks the '94 Huskers would beat modern day Alabama teams. Too much speed and strength to overcome.

Look at combine scores, you'll get the right answer.

Comparing '94 Nebraska to Michael Jordan is not even in the same ballpark. I'd take the early aughts U teams over Nebraska.

 

[PatsFan1283]

It's not an insult to that team but just be objective for a minute, there is a reason nobody in the SEC really runs that offense anymore.

 

[ANOTHERDAY]

Lists like that are based on dominance in their era, how much the team accomplished. I hope nobody actually thinks the '94 Huskers would beat modern day Alabama teams. Too much speed and strength to overcome.

Look at combine scores, you'll get the right answer.

Comparing '94 Nebraska to Michael Jordan is not even in the same ballpark. I'd take the early aughts U teams over Nebraska.

That 94 Husker team would beat the Tide no matter what Tide team you brought...

 

[ANOTHERDAY]

Pats read up about the 95 husker team, who they beat, by how many, who was on some of those teams, etc. Google best teams of all time and see how many people put the 95 team at or very near the top (and not just weirdos like me, espn, cnnsi, etc).

Averaged 54 points a game, gave up 14, beat an undefeated SEC team by 40, list goes on and on. Sure there are bigger, faster players today but speed didn't hurt them back then either.

That's like saying Jordan couldn't compete today because the game was slower back then too. There are great teams/players that would translate to any era and this is one of those teams.

No other team will ever do that again

 

[PatsFan1283]

That 94 Husker team would beat the Tide no matter what Tide team you brought...

Yes I know you think every single athlete 20-30 years ago was better than now. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning would be an avg QB in the 80s, we have you on record saying that. This is the guy who is agreeing with you GoBlue....

 

[PatsFan1283]

Why not just go for the grand slam and say Gracie would beat Bones Jones?

 

[ANOTHERDAY]

Why not just go for the grand slam and say Gracie would beat Bones Jones?

I've said it all along, Jones is a HW fighting LHW. He has the gift to be able to do that and the only one that I know of that can. He would never make it in the HW division, and Dana knows that to a T.

 

[ANOTHERDAY]

Yes I know you think every single athlete 20-30 years ago was better than now. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning would be an avg QB in the 80s, we have you on record saying that. This is the guy who is agreeing with you GoBlue....

It was so much harder back then and what those guys did was amazing.

 

[PatsFan1283]

Cormier has had pretty good success at HW and he absolutely dominated him. Would he beat Cain? Doubt it but thats the champ. He would hold his own at HW though.

The point is UFC is another sport where guys are way better now.

Someone like Ortiz or Liddell who are considered GOATs would be handled now.