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Nope, sometime around 96 or 97 is when it started. For sure 97 because of the Missouri game.How do Florida and FSU tie? I thought there was always OT...
Why do you think Osborne went for 2 in the 84 Orange Bowl?
Nope, sometime around 96 or 97 is when it started. For sure 97 because of the Missouri game.How do Florida and FSU tie? I thought there was always OT...
Yes. For many years now.Is anyone else absolutely appalled by this lately?
I thought that Mizzou was supposed to have an outstanding school of journalism? I guess that's why they didn't get into the Big 10?:rant
Ok, seriously, what the hell has happened to professionalism in journalism?!?! Jesus effing Christ.
"Texas kicker Hunter Lawrence slid a 46-yard field goal inside the upright. Texas won, 13-12. The Huskers fled for the Big Ten -- can you blame them?"
Unbelievable. This, less than a month after Mike Blackwell posts "dear children of the corn" on a FREAKING ESPN AFFILIATE!!!!
And the fact that a guy like Mike DeArmond still has a job? Or AP poll votes? I'm absolutely too disgusted to try and find out if that clown has a Heisman vote.
Is anyone else absolutely appalled by this lately?
A sportswriter saying Nebraska "fled to the Big 10, can you blame them?" on the zenith of sports media, ESPN? How does crap like this happen? That's purely a shot a Nebraska with a thinly veiled disguise of disrespect by saying "can you blame them?"
Seriously I fully expected all of the hate from people who are able to convince themselves that Nebraska "fled" to the Big 10 for all the wrong reasons, but on crappy blogs and message boards, not ESPN, affiliated websites, and national publications!
:rant
No that would be NorthwesternI thought that Mizzou was supposed to have an outstanding school of journalism? I guess that's why they didn't get into the Big 10?
When I was shopping around for colleges, NW Missouri State had a fine J-School.I thought that Mizzou was supposed to have an outstanding school of journalism? I guess that's why they didn't get into the Big 10?
That game was a heart breaker. It tops my list. That team had the most offensive talent ever assembled on one team.Nebraska's had plenty of painful losses, but the 1984 Orange Bowl loss was by far the most painful. Not even the 94 Orange Bowl loss comes close.
How do Florida and FSU tie? I thought there was always OT...
iirc OT was officially introduced for the bowl games in 1995.Nope, sometime around 96 or 97 is when it started. For sure 97 because of the Missouri game.How do Florida and FSU tie? I thought there was always OT...
Why do you think Osborne went for 2 in the 84 Orange Bowl?
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=54344773. Nebraska CornhuskersTom Osborne guided the Cornhuskers to three national championships, but before he won his first title in 1994, there was plenty of heartbreak in the heartland.
In 1982, the Cornhuskers' only loss was at Penn State, in which the Nittany Lions won 27-24 after a controversial catch and diving touchdown reception in the final seconds. In 1983, Nebraska lost a national championship after quarterback Turner Gill's two-point pass fell incomplete in a 31-30 loss to Miami in the Orange Bowl.
And, in 1993, the Cornhuskers lost another national title after Byron Bennett missed a 45-yard field goal on the final play of an 18-16 loss to Florida State in the Orange Bowl.
4. Missouri Tigers
The Tigers have endured myriad losses in the final seconds. BYU beat them 21-17 in the 1983 Holiday Bowl on, of all things, a halfback pass to Cougars quarterback Steve Young with 23 seconds to play.
In 1990, eventual co-national champion Colorado scored the winning touchdown in a 33-31 victory on what should have been fifth down. In 1997, Nebraska's Matt Davison caught a tying touchdown after the ball bounced off the hands, chest and foot of teammate Shevin Wiggins. The Cornhuskers won 45-38 in overtime and went on to share a national championship with Michigan.
Even when Missouri was really good -- it was ranked No. 1 in the country heading into the 2007 Big 12 championship game -- it was overlooked. After losing to Oklahoma 38-17 in the Big 12 title game, the Tigers were left out of a BCS bowl game. Kansas, which lost to Missouri 36-28 during the regular season, was invited to the Orange Bowl instead of the Tigers.
5. Clemson Tigers
In 1984, the Tigers lost to Georgia 26-23 on Kevin Butler's game-ending, 60-yard field goal. Four years later, Clemson lost to Florida State 24-21 after Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden's gutsy "Puntrooskie" play set up the winning field goal.
Life has been just as frustrating for Clemson fans during the past two decades. The Tigers haven't won a conference championship since 1991, but they've come agonizingly close a couple of times. In 2000, the Tigers were 8-0 and ranked No. 4 when they lost to Georgia Tech 31-28. The Yellow Jackets won after Kerry Watkins made a one-handed touchdown grab with seven seconds to go.
In 2008, Boston College's Matt Ryan threw a late touchdown pass to give the Eagles a 20-17 lead in a winner-take-all game to decide the ACC's Atlantic Division. Clemson's Aaron Kelly dropped what would have been a winning touchdown, and then the Tigers missed a 54-yard field goal try at the end.
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In 1984, the Tigers lost to Georgia 26-23 on Kevin Butler's game-ending, 60-yard field goal. Four years later, Clemson lost to Florida State 24-21 after Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden's gutsy "Puntrooskie" play set up the winning field goal.
Life has been just as frustrating for Clemson fans during the past two decades. The Tigers haven't won a conference championship since 1991, but they've come agonizingly close a couple of times. In 2000, the Tigers were 8-0 and ranked No. 4 when they lost to Georgia Tech 31-28. The Yellow Jackets won after Kerry Watkins made a one-handed touchdown grab with seven seconds to go.
In 2008, Boston College's Matt Ryan threw a late touchdown pass to give the Eagles a 20-17 lead in a winner-take-all game to decide the ACC's Atlantic Division. Clemson's Aaron Kelly dropped what would have been a winning touchdown, and then the Tigers missed a 54-yard field goal try at the end.
As a NWMSU alum and grad of the mass media dept. I must say, its good...but not MU good.When I was shopping around for colleges, NW Missouri State had a fine J-School.I thought that Mizzou was supposed to have an outstanding school of journalism? I guess that's why they didn't get into the Big 10?
thanks.... :hmmphAnd I threw in Missouri and Clemson for our friends![]()
Misery loves company, so if we're going to be miserable, we're taking everyone with us! :lol:thanks.... :hmmphAnd I threw in Missouri and Clemson for our friends![]()
one list I could care less to be on. :bang