re: Here's a stat that is hard to believe (oh, how the mighty have fallen -- and keep falling)

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers are on the verge of missing out on going to a bowl game for the 7th year-in-a-row.

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Their "secret sauce" under Osborne was two-fold. One, the "walk on" program, that was endowed with private money and pretty much functioned as another scholarship program. And two, for a time they really were ahead of the pack regarding their strength and conditioning program. At least according to what I've heard various analysts and former players discuss.