If there's any more proof needed that voters in the college football polls are clueless wits, you need only to look at this week's ratings. Nebraska somehow managed to jump up six spots in the national rankings this week, including moving ahead of fellow Big 12 members, unbeaten Kansas and once beaten Oklahoma State. This comes on the heels of a Husker victory over the Missouri Tigers on the road.
A win yes, but has any team in the country looked worse for three quarters while winning a game this year? Nebraska was so bad they'd been shutout and had only 100 yards in total offense for the first three quarters. They had their backup QB warming up because Zac Lee had done nothing in the game.
Voters must have tuned in to the fourth quarter and thought they'd caught the end of a replay of a Cornhusker game in the 80's or 90's when Tom Osborne was coaching. It's the only explanation I can give for that kind of movement in the polls. Impressive it wasn't. Not enough to leapfrog a quarter of the field ahead of them.
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