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NU season ticket holders no doubt recall the tremendous run the team had from 1991-1998 of 47 straight home games without a loss. It's no coincidence that that was also the time frame where Nebraska won three national championships. While fans would love to see NU win one more national championship, the truth is their insatiable appetite for gridiron success practically demands another dynasty. The interesting thing about college football dynasties, they tend to require this kind of streak.

From 1985 to 1994 Miami won a record 58 straight home games. They won three national titles in that time. From 1963 to 1982, Alabama put together a streak of 57 home wins. They won four national titles in that span. Florida State won two national titles during their home stand between 1992 and 2001. USC seemed like the program everyone admired this past decade, and they ran off 35 consecutive home wins between 2001 and 2007 and won two national titles.

There's no mystery to it. At least half of your biggest games in the regular season come at home. Think about Nebraska's win over Colorado in 1994. That Buffalo team ranked higher than any team Nebraska faced that year. In 1995, the Huskers had to beat two top ten teams on the road, but it helped that they beat eighth-ranked Kansas State on homecoming weekend. But the other thing to notice is that these home winning streaks all began before these teams won their titles. First, a team shows they can't be beaten at home, then they show they can't be beaten at all.

Think back to October, it wasn't just that Nebraska lost to underdog teams in Texas Tech and Iowa State that was so painful for Husker fans to watch. It was that they lost at home to those teams. Unfortunately, home losses have been a far too common occurrence this past decade. You have to go back to the Eric Crouch era to find an NU team that didn't lose at home. You also have to go back that far to find a team that finished in the top ten or played for a national championship.

If Nebraska wants to regain respect nationally, it will start with taking care of business at home. Texas, Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado. Those are the home games on the conference slate and wins over all four would not only set up NU to remain Big 12 North champions, but could set up runs at national championships.

Restoring the Aura - Nebraska Football

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Let's do it. I see no reason why we shouldn't beat all of those teams at home this year. The only major challenge I see there is Texas. And we're going to be ready to kick the crap out of them. Let's go Big Red! woo hoo