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Northwestern is a considerably better job and one of the better ones in the B1G. I’ll give you Indiana and Purdue, but I think the fan and administration expectations make it pretty close. The only thing Nebraska has going for it anymore is the financial support of fans and boosters and the administrative desire to win (which also makes it ****ty in a way).
I don't think Northwestern is better. Fitzgerald has done an amazing job there, and I think they are a better football team right now, but it would not surprise me to see them regress to the mean when he's done, so I don't think the program is better overall. It's always seemed like a niche program to me, but maybe that's just my perception, going back to Barnett taking them to the Rose Bowl as a Cinderella story, back in the day.
oh, I get that. I've spent a little bit of time there.
I'm with you there. Fitz has NW playing close to their ceiling, and they're still irrelevant.
Let’s not get carried away. Purdue and Indiana are perennial bottom feeders with lackluster support. Northwestern is an elite academic institution with challenging admission requirements. All that said, kNU is not even in the top half of the conference. The thing they have that they think sets them apart is a big factor in what makes it such a bad job - delusional nut case fans with completely unrealistic expectations.
I’d move Minnesota above Nebraska, but otherwise I agree.
but a lot less job pressure at NW than most other B1G schools
Minnesota has only won 10 games twice in the past 100 years.
less pressure means better program?
not better program, but better job (all other factors being equal) -- which is what I thought the discussion was about
Only year I remember them being relevant was the Rose Bowl year. Ironically enough, Fitz was on that team I'm pretty sure.
I’m not comparing the historical success of the programs. If we were doing that, Nebraska would be much, much higher. If I’m an up and coming head coach who has the opportunity to coach at Minnesota or Nebraska, I’d choose Minnesota. Location alone makes it about a bajillion times better. Better school. Better location. Fewer delusional dipshits to deal with. Everything else is basically equal.
This is what the issue really is.
The coaching search will be brutal for the nubs, entertaining for the rest of us.
that drive is terrible, but still better than the trek across Kansas.
At this point I don't think it matters who the coach is, Saban couldn't fix it.
Well, I can almost guarantee that one of two things will get left in Norman:
Yes, but it's still a better job than NU.
No. This isn’t the deciding game. Another hard loss in the big 10 might do it though.
Meh, the right answer is "wait, aren't trev's balls in his wife's purse?"
Do Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota fans clap for their opponent at the end of a game?
Northwestern was bad for so long that their fans appreciate any success.
That's three things.
Two, if you are counting balls.
