Nebraska has lost 19 games the last three seasons. Alabama has lost 14 games the last 10 seasons. Despite the disparity, the Huskers still have 22 more wins than the Crimson Tide over the last three decades.
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There was a time that Nebraska was king of college football and Alabama was an irrelevant speck on the national radar. Tom Osborne led the Huskers to three national championships in four seasons in the 1990s, the final of which came in 1997 when they went 13-0. That same season, first-year head coach Mike DuBose led Alabama to four wins.
The 1997 season sat in the middle of a long period of ups and downs for the Tide, during which a few 10-win seasons were mixed with three-, four- and seven-win campaigns. Then Nick Saban arrived in 2007 and, shortly thereafter, everything changed. Since 2008, Alabama is 123-14 and Nebraska is 85-47, meaning the Tide have picked up a staggering 38 wins in a decade over the premier college football team of the 1990s.
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Alabama, however, still trails Nebraska in the win column from the last 30 years, 279 to 257, as noted by Pick Six Previews. Nebraska ranks third, only behind Florida State (287) and Ohio State (283). Florida is fourth (276), followed by Oklahoma (272), Miami (268), Georgia (261) and Michigan (259). One win behind Alabama is Clemson (256), who rounds out the top 10.
Alabama not only has an opportunity to increase their lead over Clemson in the Sugar Bowl, they can also creep closer to Nebraska, who is hoping a return by their prodigal son Scott Frost will stop the bleeding.
