Is 25 Indiana better than 95 Nebraska?

[Pepe Silvia]

BTW, for all the talk about how old Indiana's roster is, Miami is actually slightly older on average

 

[Tonkasker]

Indiana is about as good as 2015 Cockeye with slightly better skill talent. I don't think its been fully realized how much worse a top-end team is now vs pre-NIL.

2022 Georgia was the last team in an echelon that will probably never be tapped again. 2019 LSU before that was the last team that can be compared to all the teams throughout history

 

[Poor_and_Stupid]

In response to the OP, no.

They’re significantly better than any Nebraska team since maybe 2001, but I have no doubt the ’95 Huskers win if not dominate an actual game.

Honestly it’s getting to be too long ago to compare to modern teams. Lots of rule changes. All the competition has optimized nutrition and strength training. Unlike back then where there was just a handful of teams that even looked like the same species as us.

What I will say is if Indiana completes the 16-0 season it will be a lot more impressive than any of our natty runs. There is really no shame in that. It would probably be the most impressive single season ever given their history.

 

[Quint]

Honestly it’s getting to be too long ago to compare to modern teams. Lots of rule changes. All the competition has optimized nutrition and strength training. Unlike back then where there was just a handful of teams that even looked like the same species as us.

What I will say is if Indiana completes the 16-0 season it will be a lot more impressive than any of our natty runs. There is really no shame in that. It would probably be the most impressive single season ever given their history.

I agree with a lot of this, but regardless of era, rule differences, etc, that ‘95 team was on another level. A level’25 Indiana can’t compete with.

They win against Miami and finish 16-0 and they will and should get their props.

 

[2010sarenevercomingback]

Honestly it’s getting to be too long ago to compare to modern teams. Lots of rule changes. All the competition has optimized nutrition and strength training. Unlike back then where there was just a handful of teams that even looked like the same species as us.

For all the talk about S&C, this was NOT the conventional wisdom at the time. We were not even mentioned in the same stratosphere as the athletes for 1993 FSU. 1994 Miami was also considered more athletic than us by a significant margin (option didn't have a chance of working against their defense, it was said). 1995 Florida was supposed to be way faster when playing on the same surface. The 1997 team was not thought to be at the same level as previous years. (Ironically, 1996 was probably the year people liked our team/athletes the most on paper.)

We go back and (rightly) give flowers to our strength & nutrition program for their work in helping make those teams what they were, and it was an edge, but if you made a comment in the 1990s that none of the other teams even looked like the same species, half of the college football experts would have argued with you.