Every coach since TO’s Best Win

[That SOB Van Owen]

Random Friday night thought. We talk about all our failed coaches and their worst loss. What about the best win every coach after TO has had? Here’s my list:

Solich: 2001 Oklahoma. #1 vs #2. Enough said. Game was massive at the time. We didn’t know what was coming at the end of that year.

Callahan: 2006 @Texas A&M. Huge comeback win on the road that set us up to win the Big 12 North. Aggies were ranked at the time.

Bo: 2010 Missouri. Expectations were high that season. The clunker against Texas was just two weeks earlier. Missouri was #7 and we dominated that game. That game really made you feel like Nebraska was a contender again.

Riley: 2015 MSU. I’m a little torn because the 2016 Oregon game set up what is still our best start in decades, but that team was a paper tiger and got exposed later on. Also turns out Oregon sucked. That MSU team was #7 at the time, won the big ten and made the CFP.

Frost: [file not found]. Holy shit there really isn’t a single good win on his resume here. I guess I will go back to 2018 and say the MSU snow game. Gave you hope that things were getting right late in year one. But that MSU team was barely .500

Jospeh: 2022 Cockeye. Fuck Cockeye.

Rhule: Probably 2024 Colorado. Coach Prime hype, Shedildo and Travis Hunter. They ran into a buzz saw and we shut their ass down, even though the second half was meh. CU finished ranked. The Cinci win this year is looking better and better though.

What ya got?

 

[Larry Fisherman]

I agree with all these, good times. IMO Wisconsin last year to end their 10? game win streak, bowl eligibility and just overall optimism moving forward.

SF, probably beating Minnesota for his first win as sad as that was. We put up a shitload of yards and you could kind of see what his offense was supposed to look like.

 

[Link-]

I agree on Solich & Callahan for sure.

Roy Helu could not be tackled in 2010. But I’d argue the Thursday night game against K State was pretty legendary for Bo purely from how the announcers were talking and TMart would just rip an insane touchdown. In 09 Mizzou or Colorado games were just ass whoopings as well. Particularly for Colorado, Henery’s kick was truly epic then Suh destroys the coach’s kid.

Riley it has to be Michigan State. That game was an absolutely bonkers comeback and an electric post-game environment.

Rhule’s is for sure Colorado. That was a massive fuck you game when they had a monstrous hype machine behind them.

 

[Scott Hall]

 

[Pepe Silvia]

For Callahan I'd say the Alamo bowl against Michigan was the best. That Michigan team has a ton of talent

This wouldn't even be a discussion if not for Terrance Nunn

 

[king_kong_]

Frost’s best win was 2020 against the sick twisted little boy butt rapists

aka the Luke McCaffrey sliding doors game

 

[king_kong_]

Rhule’s is for sure Colorado. That was a massive fuck you game when they had a monstrous hype machine behind them.

Hype machine? We were 7.5 point favorites against CU.

Rhule’s best win was @ Illinois in 2023 aka the “if we die we die” game aka the Haarberg has 10lb balls game - the only time Rhule has won here as an underdog on the road

 

[Cornicator]

Rhule's best win is going to end up being Cincinnati, as they're going to finish 10-2.

It could be USC, but I doubt Nebraska beats USC.

 

[Cash68847]

Random Friday night thought. We talk about all our failed coaches and their worst loss. What about the best win every coach after TO has had? Here’s my list:

Solich: 2001 Oklahoma. #1 vs #2. Enough said. Game was massive at the time. We didn’t know what was coming at the end of that year.

Callahan: 2006 @Texas A&M. Huge comeback win on the road that set us up to win the Big 12 North. Aggies were ranked at the time.

Bo: 2010 Missouri. Expectations were high that season. The clunker against Texas was just two weeks earlier. Missouri was #7 and we dominated that game. That game really made you feel like Nebraska was a contender again.

Riley: 2015 MSU. I’m a little torn because the 2016 Oregon game set up what is still our best start in decades, but that team was a paper tiger and got exposed later on. Also turns out Oregon sucked. That MSU team was #7 at the time, won the big ten and made the CFP.

Frost: [file not found]. Holy shit there really isn’t a single good win on his resume here. I guess I will go back to 2018 and say the MSU snow game. Gave you hope that things were getting right late in year one. But that MSU team was barely .500

Jospeh: 2022 Cockeye. Fuck Cockeye.

Rhule: Probably 2024 Colorado. Coach Prime hype, Shedildo and Travis Hunter. They ran into a buzz saw and we shut their ass down, even though the second half was meh. CU finished ranked. The Cinci win this year is looking better and better though.

What ya got?

I’ll say the 2009 Missouri game was the most demoralizing game which turned on a switch to be one of the best.

 

[That SOB Van Owen]

I’ll say the 2009 Missouri game was the most demoralizing game which turned on a switch to be one of the

That game was crazy. Ended up being so fun. And in the pouring rain.

 

[Cash68847]

That game was crazy. Ended up being so fun. And in the pouring rain.

The OSU game in the rain was similar, but the one reason we won is because we hurt their qb. I guess Suh pretty much did the same thing to Gabbert in 2009. He got his ass kicked.

 

[Ironwardog]

For Callahan I'd say the Alamo bowl against Michigan was the best. That Michigan team has a ton of talent

This wouldn't even be a discussion if not for Terrance Nunn

Wasn’t that the snow game where we took the lead and it started snowing? Then Nunn fumbled it on a 3rd and 1 WR screen……

 

[That SOB Van Owen]

Wasn’t that the snow game where we took the lead and it started snowing? Then Nunn fumbled it on a 3rd and 1 WR screen……

It was 4th down if I remember right. T Nunn had the first, then fumbled. We could have taken a knee if he didn’t.

 

[doublewing]

How about - the last time a coach punched above their weight to beat a better team? We rarely upset anyone.


Solich - he beat a few higher ranked teams (1999 KSU, 2001 OU, 2003 OSU) but NU wasn't ranked too far behind and/or was favored to win.

Callahan - 2005 CU and Michigan.

Pelini - beat a number of higher ranked teams, but all closely matched: 2009 OU, 2011 MSU and Michigan, 2012 Michigan, 2013 Georgia

Riley - 2015 Michigan State

Frost - none. Mickey Joseph was interim when they beat 2022 Cockeye.

Of all of those games, the ones I'd consider actual upsets would be 2005 CU and Michigan, 2015 Michigan State and 2022 Cockeye.

 

[Flabio]

Sad list

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Scrote has a best win which is against some who gives a fuck team that went 7-5 because he's a total fucking loser, but best is relative so we can't deprive him of that.

Sure it's a worse best win than for everyone who has held a P5 head coaching post this century, but that's not our fault

 

[Samkellers_69]

It's never actually seems like we've been terrible for so long until a list like this...

 

[That SOB Van Owen]

How about - the last time a coach punched above their weight to beat a better team? We rarely upset anyone.


Solich - he beat a few higher ranked teams (1999 KSU, 2001 OU, 2003 OSU) but NU wasn't ranked too far behind and/or was favored to win.

Callahan - 2005 CU and Michigan.

Pelini - beat a number of higher ranked teams, but all closely matched: 2009 OU, 2011 MSU and Michigan, 2012 Michigan, 2013 Georgia

Riley - 2015 Michigan State

Frost - none. Mickey Joseph was interim when they beat 2022 Cockeye.

Of all of those games, the ones I'd consider actual upsets would be 2005 CU and Michigan, 2015 Michigan State and 2022 Cockeye.

It's never actually seems like we've been terrible for so long until a list like this...

This thread was meant to help us remember some of the good times we’ve had over the years, even in the middle of shit. Leave it to the Sandy vaginas to ruin literally everything

 

[king_kong_]

Rhule's best win is going to end up being Cincinnati, as they're going to finish 10-2.

No, they’re not.

Last 5 games are a gauntlet.

8-4 is more like it.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

No, they’re not.

Last 5 games are a gauntlet.

8-4 is more like it.

I mean that still might be Rhule's best win