This was objectively the most talented team Tennessee had of all their great 90s teams, on both sides of the ball, and they still got whooped in this game. Their only two losses this season were to teams with elite defensive lines who didn't allow Peyton to dissect the secondary. Goes to show it doesn't matter how good your QB is if you can't keep the defense out of his face.
@@chrisuncleahmad And to think everybody knew what they were gonna do and yet nobody could stop them!!!! True smashmouth football. They would run the ball straight down your throat and nobody could do nothing about it.
As a Bears fan it’s so cool to see Mike Brown playing and doing well in college. This Nebraska team was unbelievable and I wish they could’ve played Michigan for the National Championship. Nebraska would’ve won easy.
@@calvinhobbes5524 What are you drinking, and where can I buy it? I don't think Nebraska would have won "easily," if at all, but KNOW they wouldn't have been shut out. The game would've been a dogfight with the edge to Nebraska, because.... when it comes to a team catching a break or having luck, Michigan ain't that team.
I grew up rooting for Nebraska. I agree that Nebraska likely would have beaten Michigan in 1997, but I don't think it would have been quite as much of a beat down as they laid on Tennessee in this game. Michigan's speed on defense would have given them fits. But Nebraska's Top 5 defense would have shut down Michigan's bland offense. So long as that physical o-line could take control, I think Big Red wins by 10.
Michigan would've been decided underdogs to Nebraska. They would've stood as good a chance of beating Nebraska as Petyon & Tennessee did. The Big 10 was hot garbage in 1997. Everyone in the Big 10 that Michigan built their resume on got crushed in a Bowl game. (0-6, losing by an average of 19+ points) Washington St. gave up 33 or more points 5 times. Michigan only managed to score 21 against them. Tennessee never gave up 33 points a single time. Nebraska scored 42 against them. Michigan's defense gave up 91.0 YPG on the ground vs a lame Big 10 schedule. (see Bowl results) Tennessee's defense gave up 93.3 YPG on the ground vs an SEC schedule. Nebraska rushed for 409 yards vs Tennessee. Their ground attack would've steamrolled Michigan, whose defense would've been sucking wind by the 4th quarter just like Ray Lewis and Warren Sapp were 3 years earlier in the Orange Bowl. Brian Griese threw for 2,042 yards / 14 TDs / 7.4 YPA / 138.2 QBR vs that lame Big 10 schedule. While Peyton threw for 3,819 yrds / 36 TDs / 8.0 YPA / 147.7 QBR vs an SEC schedule. Nebraska held Peyton to 134 yds / 1 TD / 4.3 YPA / 108.2 QBR. What makes anyone think Griese would've fared any better than Manning vs Nebraska's defense?
Fun story. Tom (up until around 2 years ago) bought his own small pond/lake outside of a small town in Nebraska. He could be seen spending hours fishing in his little boat. He would often walk the highway that goes to the lake....him and Nancy would ALWAYS wave. Most down-to-earth/kind spirited Man that you will EVER meet!!
@@mas5867 More lies from Rob Johnson. "While the game wasn't able to be played, Las Vegas odds makers placed Nebraska as a 14 point favorite over Michigan in a mythical title game". Also "at least 20 AP poll voters discuss their choice of Michigan over Nebraska that season, but valid reasons for that choice were quite scarce for the offering. Several even granted that Nebraska was likely the better team. Beano Cook, for example, said that Nebraska may have been the better team, but that he voted for Michigan because they "accomplished more." This seemed to be the general feeling among Michigan touters, but it makes no sense. By their own ballots, Nebraska played more rated opponents, higher-rated opponents, and a better bowl opponent. But there was a reason they felt that Michigan accomplished more. And that is because ABC/ESPN relentlessly told us all season that the Big 10 was by far the toughest conference. Just about everyone at a studio desk or in a broadcast booth for those networks that season said so, over and over again. Aside from Michigan, there was Ohio State, who started 5-0 and came into the Michigan game 10-1. Penn State started 7-0, Purdue 6-1, Wisconsin 6-1, Michigan State 5-0, and Iowa 4-0. And ABC/ESPN's non-stop Big 10 lovefest is also the main reason Charles Woodson won the Heisman over Peyton Manning, the preseason favorite who shocked everyone by returning for his senior year, then finally won the SEC. More glaring, if less noticed, was Penn State running back Curtis Enis being selected a consensus All American over Nebraska's Ahman Green. Green was the #2 running back (156.4 yards per game), Enis #11 (123.9). Green averaged 6.8 yards per carry, Enis 6.0. Green scored 22 touchdowns, Enis 19. What did Enis have in his favor? Only that he played for a high-profile Big 10 team. When the bowls arrived, and the Big Ten crashed like the house of cards it was all along, going 2-5, hardly anyone seemed to even notice. Their minds had already been made up. But here are the facts. The Big 10 was 28-16 against nonconference opponents in 1997, good for 4th place amongst conferences. The SEC, virtually ignored by ABC/ESPN all that season, went 37-5, the best record by any conference since World War 2! They went 5-1 in bowl games. The PAC 10, at 28-8, and the ACC, at 22-9, were also well ahead of the Big 10 in the end. The Big 10 did edge out the Big 12, who went 26-16, but the Big 12 did less poorly in their bowls (2-3) and were better against rated nonconference opponents (Big 12 was 5-8, Big 10 was 3-9). Not only was the Big Ten not the best conference in 1997, they were not even particularly good. Most importantly, Michigan played 6 teams in the regular season who earned bowl berths, while Nebraska only played 4. But the 6 teams Michigan played went a disastrous 0-6 in their bowl games, and none of them even came within a touchdown, losing by 18, 10, 28, 15, 27, and 17 points. Nebraska's 4 bowl-bound opponents went 2-2 in their bowls." Rob Johnson, DESTROYED by facts yet again.
the last beautiful offense in college football. what a wonder to watch and enjoy. never seen so many defenders get laid flat on their back. damn i miss this.
Those times are gonna be difficult to bring back, hopefully Scott gets the chance and the time. Regarding the whole thing about the old days of the Big 12, Osborne knew once the realignment came that it was gonna centralize everything through Texas . Mack Brown getting hired at Texas was like the final kill shot .
From the 95-96 bowl season to the 97-98 bowl season the SEC as a conference only had 2 bowl losses in those 3 seasons if I'm not mistaken. Both were ass whippins handed out by the Big Red Machine.
You're somewhat correct but not quite. in 1995 the SEC went 2-4 in bowl games and the last loss was by Florida against Nebraska which decided the 1995 national championship. In 1996 the SEC went 5-0 in bowls and they were 5-0 this season (1997) until this game was played. So the SEC won 10 bowl games in a row between the two losses to Nebraska.
@@24lancelot85 The SEC had more than 2 losses in the 1995 bowl season. I'm not questioning the wins by Nebraska over Florida and Tennessee I just think he's got his years confused. In 1995 the SEC went 2-4 in bowls and that season was capped off by Nebraska beating Florida in the Fiesta Bowl for the national title. In 1996 the SEC went 5-0 in bowls. In 1997 the SEC won their first 5 bowl games before Nebraska beat Tennessee in the Orange Bowl. Thus the conference finished 5-1 in the '97 bowl season. So saying that the SEC only had 2 bowl losses in 3 seasons is incorrect. Actually the conference only lost 1 bowl game in 2 seasons. The conference did win 10 straight bowl games between the 2 losses to Nebraska. Hope I explained it well.
Now I know why Peyton Manning always said Omaha in his cadence in the NFL. He remembered all the times the Huskers put a beating on him in this game as he couldn't remember if they played in Lincoln or Omaha lol.
After this game Fulmer went out and got Haynesworth and big John Henderson.. Nebraska was sooo dam physical in the 90's.. They wore the Vols defense out
The 5th year SR.'s on this Nebraska team finished 60-3 with 3 national championships. And the 4 year SR.'s finished 49-2 with 3 championships. And neither ever lost a conference game big8/big12 ! And only lost 1 regular season game in from 93-97 @ ASU in 96! Never see a 5 year run like that again!
@@RepublicConstitution - No they didn't. Find a 4 year run where Bama finished with a better record. Alabama has done better over a longer period of time but Nebraska's run from 1993 to 1997 was a better 5 year run than Alabama has had at any time under Saban.
@@rooh5825 *"Nebraska's run from 1993 to 1997 was a better 5 year run than Alabama has had at any time under Saban."* LOL *"Strength of Schedule"* Neb (93-97): 23, 40, 24, 5, 41 Avg for the 5 yrs: 27 AL (2007-2020): 21, 34, 2, 18, 17, 14, 35, 5, 1, 1, 22, 3, 39, 3 Avg for the 14 yrs: 15 Avgs for every 5 yr period in the 14 yrs: 18, 17, 17, 18, 14, 11, 13, 6, 13, 14 Every 5 yr period of Saban's tenure he has faced stronger opponents that Ozzy did during the Skip Along. LOL. Osborne's last 5 yrs: 27 Saban's last 5 yrs: 14
I think Nebraska was definitely better but one of the polls should have voted Michigan 1. because they went undefeated. You can't know for sure unless you play on the field and it's not Michigan's fault they were sent to play Washington State instead of Nebraska.
Neb fans hate this stat. Votes FROM consensus NC in 97 MI: 3 Neb: 31 (Neb barely won the coaches and MI crushed the AP.) Who had * stronger strength of schedule * better defense * didn't allow a unranked team to take them to overtime * beat Baylor by more and didn't allow a TD * beat CO by more and didn't allow a TD * had a Heisman winner on the team * beat a QB in their bowl who had the better stats on the season than Manning (See Heisman chart)
It is so refreshing to see comments that contain honest and intelligent responses. Viewers that understand what an unbelievable machine the Nebraska team was at its apex. I've seen so many commentaries laced with ignorance and bias against this glorious team. THAT IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE!! Don't forget the 1997 team was a culmination of an era like no other. In 1993, the Huskers lost in the final seconds to Florida State on a missed field goal. Moreover, even Bobby Bowden admitted the Seminoles were outplayed. And the officiating was horrendous. So bad the NCAA apologized for it, later. Nebraska destroyed Miami in the Final Quarter of the 1995 Orange Bowl. Outscoring them in the final period 14-0. IF YOU COMBINE THE FIVE QUARTERS OF THOSE TWO GAMES NEBRASKA OUTSCORED MIAMI AND FLORIDA BY A COMBINED SCORE OF 76-24!! Even Alabama and Georgia now did not attain this level of dominance. THEY OWNED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. Not with more NFL draft picks. Simply with more good players than any other team. EVER. It's gratifying to see this five year period of unprecedented greatness fully appreciated. It's like will never be seen again.
Pinkfox said it all in his comment. Nebraska had the greatest five year run in the history of college football at 60-3! Simply incomparable. After a stretch of poor bowl performances Tom Osborne got it all right in his swan song. You could easily argue that Tom Osborne was the greatest college coach ever. Like his mentor, the great Bob Devaney, Osborne finished higher than a mountain top. Somewhere in the ozone layer of the college football world. Notice how fast Tennessee looked at the start of the game. And how slow they looked at the end! Against every Nebraska opponent the Cornhuskers depth delivered the decisive blow. Too many good players coached to perfection. The Volunteers were ready to "Un Volunteer" in the second half of this debacle. One inarguable fact is that no team ever dictated what they would do to an opponent like the Cornhuskers. Not Miami or even the Alabama powerhouse now. While Nick Saban has maintained it longer, no team matched this powerhouse at its peak. Their record speaks for itself.
in 1995, 8 of Nebs 11 reg season opponents had 55 losses. That means 33 wins/88 or 38% winning %. Vandy's liftetime winning % is 48%. No SEC school would ever bow their chest over anything to do with Vandy, but Neb95 sure shot the S about the number of points they beat teams by. Yes, Neb beat CO, KS and KSU by a lot but those teams were farces too bec they were facing 5 of the horrible teams above.
@Rob Johnson yet no seems to care about the actual facts. Nebraska was the first to face 4 Top 10 teams in the same season. Plus the conference did a NCAA first which have 4 teams finished Top 10 overall, won bowl games. Now you try to throw besides Colorado that none faced ranked teams in bowl games. Yet look at difference of 95 compared today. Today there's 40 bowl games to 18 in 1995. With bowl ties to conferences, it would of been extremely difficult to find ranked team for Kansas and Kansas State to play in. As much you keep ripping the Big 8 and Nebraska, stats show it was more difficult compared to the schedule of today. Sorry but your facts don't mean squat
@sorney98 *"Today there's 40 bowl games to 18 in 1995. With bowl ties to conferences, it would of been extremely difficult to find ranked team for Kansas and Kansas State to play in. *" It gets so tiresome keeping your lies in check. We have been here how many times before? 1992 #10 CO vs #6 Syra #11 Neb vs #3 FSU LOL, both losses. Playing ranked teams matters....most...of the time, you SPOS. In 93 and 94, one of the 2 #10 and #11 teams played a ranked team. In 96, both #10 and #11 played ranked teams in their bowls.
Tom Osbourne's third National Championship is the same year Brett Favre won his third consecutive MVP award. The 90's was a great decade to be a Cornhusker and Packer fan
Then you come back down to reality and remember that Manning had a ruptured bursa sac in his right knee that was swollen the size of a cantaloupe in this game.
@@joshg2350 half of Tennessee already had it in their mind that they lost when they saw Nebraska doing heavy squats and deadlifts in the ballroom when they went swimming for fun the night before the game. Nebraksa brought their weights with them. Tennessee brought their swim trunks and beach towels. Speaks volumes.
@@joshg2350 If he was really that hurt then why did he play? The backup was good enough to lead them to win the NC the next year. I hate excuses. Everyone has injuries and plenty of Nebraska players played hurt. But I think Frost doing better than Manning has more to do with Nebraska's outstanding defense.
@MAS Rob over rated, yet no cares about that considering made the Colts better. But what you say is true, is Jim Kelly overrated? Dan Marino, John Elway? Only reason you go after Manning is because he faced Nebraska. Give it up loser
Long time watcher of NCAA...and reading all these Saban vs Osborne stuff is intriguing if not funny. something's amiss tho.. like diff eras...and rhe re-alignment of conferences n such. i give Bama its props .. but i have yet to see a Bama team that i think could beat any of the 3 national champ Husker teams.....esp the 95-96 teams....considered best of all-time.. they just overwhelmed everybody. not one Bama QB could match tommy frazier or scott frost either...let alone mind what Lawrence Philips and Amand Green wouldda done behind those offensive lines. my teams are the Buckeyes and Sooners,...cuz illinois teams werent even broadcast we were so bad lol. The more i watch the Huskers of the nineties,..the more i'm in awe...just cant think of any team in the past 25 yrs that could handle the physicality of of the Huskers of that time. and dont forget the blackshirt defense,...what monsters!.....best part of fun for me is watching those florida teams get their asses kicked...esp Miami's punk squad. Tennesee simply overpowered,....outta their league.
@@stick9095 ...I dunno friend,..Bama would have to stop That juggernaut of an offense Nebraska had...let alone deal with nebraskas defense,..bamas defense nowhere near nebraskas...sorry.
It wouldn't be a blowout but Bama's defense(even today) prove they're up for any challenge. I respect Nebraska's game from back in the 90s but Bama has won 6 nattys in the last 13 years for a reason. Also played in 3 they didn't win
I didn't mean that any 1990s nebraska team couldn't beat 2020 Bama. I'm sure they could but Bama could beat them too. They could probably split 10 games. Bama plays with that same physical mentality when the big lights are on. Besides the 2018 national championship against Clemson, I've never seen them not give themselves a chance to win the game.
The Nebraska championship teams of the 90s played very physical ball that few teams play now. THEY COULD MATCH CURRENT ALABAMA TEAMS. THERE WERE LESS RESTRICTIONS ON PRACTICE AND LESS PROTECTIONS FOR QBS AND RECIEVERS. Back then the big 12 was a running not passing league with defenses geared towards stopping the run first. Get rid of the current protections for Qbs and Young wouldn't last 1 quarter against Nebraska's defense. On the other foot Nebraska qbs would hold up they were tough and used to contact and so were the backs.
@@chrisuncleahmad Why in the world qould you ever need to throw the ball if you knew you could run the ball straight down everybody's throats and NOBODY could do anything about it. Everybody knew what they were gonna do, and yet NOBODY could atop em. True SMASHMOUTH football
I think one of the keys to this game was Nebraska's ability to complete some passes early on. Tennessee was actually shutting down the Husker ground attack to start the game. Once Frost threw successfully, the Vols couldn't commit so much to the run. Then, later on, Nebraska just ground them down.
The key was Tennessee's never ending stupid mistakes. Their first good drive Lewis fumbles around the 20. Then Manning throws a brainless interception par for his big game history, he does nothing. Then some pinhead drops a punt at the 15 and pukes up 7 free points. Nebraska was probably the better team but Tennessee sure made things easier for them. This game is eerily like their 1995 game at Kansas where they repeatedly made stupid mistakes and gave the game away.
@@jamiecrawford8133 Yes, your points are absolutely valid (though I still think Nebraska's ability to complete passes early was extremely important). Tennessee definitely made more mistakes. (I didn't rewatch the video to check this, but I think Nebraska did fumble once in scoring position as well.)
You're both wrong...the key to the game was the adjustments at halftime offensively for Nebraska. They came out in the 3rd quarter and rushed for 228 yards in that quarter alone. The whole 2nd half they gashed Tennessee and guys weren't getting touched until after 7 yards most times.
@@jamesw5353 Yes, I am sure they made some adjustments. All teams do, and that almost certainly factored in. It was still important for them to have thrown the ball.
I hope that Coach Rhule can bring the Nebraska program back to the powerhouse they used to be. I’m a OU fan. And loved the rivalry between Nebraska and OU. And always loved that smash mouth football Osborne brought with him to his teams
Sadly this was way before the playoffs and the BCS wasn't that much better when picking the top two teams. This was the last time you saw Nebraska that dominant. You still had the 02 Nebraska team that made it to a national championship game only to be crushed by Miami. After that, Nebraska would never be essentially be mediocre.
01 Neb made it to the NC. Neb has been a farce its entire existence except for a few popups here and there. All those 9 win seasons, yet Osborne had a losing record to 9 win coaches. Owned by Bowden and Switzer. A losing bowl record.
To comment further, Pinkfox was spot on in his assessment. Michigan was so lucky there was no playoff at that time. They would have been Played Out!! In a couple comments you hear about the Huskers Schedule. They played four top ten teams and crushed all of them!! More importantly, here is a list of their victims in Bowl Games in that period. Virginia Tech, Miami, Florida and Tennessee. A Whos Who of opponents that they ran roughshod over. If you count the Sixty Plus points they tallied against Big Ten Tri Champ Northwestern. They averaged over 50 points in Bowl games during that stretch!! Unmatched before or since. No coach finished his career in as dominating a fashion as Tom Osborne. PERIOD!!
Michigan beat 4 top ten teams and 6 total top 25 teams in their regular season. Their defense alone would have at least kept it close if not help them win also Nebraska bear 1 top 10 team not four though they did beat 4 top 25 teams. In the end your just making speculations and neither of us truly has a clue
*"More importantly, here is a list of their victims in Bowl Games in that period. Virginia Tech, Miami, Florida and Tennessee. A Whos Who of opponents that they ran roughshod over. "* LOL. My sides are hurtin. The 4 coaches retired with a combined 35-38 bowl record. Spurrier 11-10 Fulmer 8-7 (11 of the 14 coaches retired with losing bowl records. He lost to Paterno twice. Coughlin was 1-1.) Beemer 11-12 (3rd on the all time losers list). Erickson 5-9 Neb95 beat 1 ranked team that beat a ranked team in their bowl. CO beat a 1st yr coach to boot. LSU2019 beat 5. Yes, Neuheisel was 1st yr coach too, but his bowl path was easier in 95.
Nebraska was so dominant this decade. This was another championship team. Made mince meat of Payton. How far have these proud programs have fallen. The college football landscape has changed dramatically since.
If I had the choice of which coach to play for: 1. Osborne 2. Terry Donohue.. Both are quality humans. But I suck as an athlete, so only played JC ball😅
Oddly enough, they completed 3-4 passes right in a row to set up their first touchdown. Tennessee was selling out to stop the run and the passing game was wide open.
I'm a Texas fan, but I love Nebraska too. Especially during the 90s. In my opinion, this Nebraska team was even better than the 95 team. Like a machine.
i loved seeing Texas beat USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl. Respect to Longhorns and hate to the University of Spoiled Children. Vince Young was Unstoppable and Never Gave Up.
LOL. You Neb fans and your cherry picking. MI's worst game in 97 was against whom and what were they ranked? Neb worst game in 97 was against whom and what were they ranked? Who had to go to overtime to win again? Who fell in the polls after their, cough, win? Right. WSU, 8th MO, UNRANKED Neb Neb MI was 3 votes away from consensus, Neb 31 votes. The coaches got it wrong.
@@robjohnson8861 Big shock, it's the Nebraska hating troll. Maybe you should log in to your other accounts & agree with yourself. I know you ignore all stats when they don't fit your argument, instead focusing on the coach of the team we played & their experience, & how they did the next year & more BS that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the players on the field. It took poor time management for Michigan to cough, beat WSU (#8). Nebraska crushed Peyton & the Vols (#2) 42-17 (and TN scored 8 points in the final minute). Michigan's offense was barely above middle of the pack (48th out of 112), while Nebraska's was 1st in the country, averaging almost 20 points more a game than Michigan. Michigan's D gave up 7 points less per game than Nebraska's did, but they never faced an offense close to Nebraska's level. Keep being delusional by basing it on the Missouri game, but the numbers don't lie. Michigan's offense would have struggled to score against Nebraska like TN did & their offense averaged almost a TD more than Michigan's (19th out of 112). Say what you want, because I know you'll come up with unrelated BS, but the numbers don't lie.
@Jim Applebee God, you are SOOOO slow, but mostly defiant, mostly. I bring actual results and you inundate with words and maybes. Here are your numbers. Against the same teams MI 27, CO 3 Neb 27, CO 24 Offenses: Equal Defense: Neb allows 21 more. Any fool can see MI's defense contributed more than Neb's offense to the margin of victory. MI 38, Baylor 3 Neb 49, Baylor 21 Offenses: Neb by 11 Defenses: MI by 18 Any fool can see MI's total team contribution was 7 points more. Strength of schedule MI: 32 Neb: 41 Heisman: MI Best QB outing against MI: 331 (Leaf, #8 WSU) Neb: 362 (Hessler, UNRANKED CO) Who had to go to overtime to win. Neb Who fell in the polls during the year Neb. Who owned 90% of the total votes for #1 (AP and Coaches combined): MI LOL. You said, TN scored 8 points against Neb in the last min. Unranked CO scored 14 in the last 6 mins against Neb too. Points to their lack of defense, huh.
@@robjohnson8861 see, nothing but crap numbers, like the transitive property is at all relevant when it comes to sports. You never win any arguments, you just pile on the BS & hope something sticks. Do you see the irony in your comment about Nebraska fans cherry picking numbers, when that's all you do, trying to field a pathetically feeble attempt at a lame "argument". Move on troll, I find your lack of intelligence disturbing.
I'm going to say this - announcers are neutral. They do not favor one team vs the other. And, I'm going to say this too - I've never heard a fan say that the announcers favor THEIR team. I always hear that they favor the OTHER team. That's consistent with everyone who has the complaint you have.
Fulmer 8-7 in bowls and a losing record to close to 19 coaches. One of the most overrated coaches ever. Edit. 11 of the 14 bowl coaches he coached against retired with losing records. He lost to Paterno twice and Coughlin retired 1-1.
Your only chance against these husker teams was to score first and make them play catch up and pass more than they prefer. Because if they got the lead they would just run you and pound you into oblivion!
@mortikal part of the problem is Big 10 and Pac 10 wanted to keep the traditional game but BCS fixed it the next year. Which did them a favor to eventually get Ohio State to play Miami in 02. OSU fans would of been kicking doors had the traditional bowl games stayed, yet gave Miami the title.
The Big 10 and Pac 10 held a lucrative and quite frankly very selfish contract with the Rose Bowl, they didn't want to give up that money. It was unfortunate because it ended up with Michigan stealing away half of the national title from Nebraska, the true champion that year.
@@jamiecrawford8133 39 starts at TN and only 2 significant wins. John Cooper (HA) and Auburn that he tried so hard to give the game to. NO NFL QB with a winning record has as low of a winning percentage as Manning does. Like 60 QBs a year or so ago.
Nebraska should've won 5 in a row in the 90s undefeated and 1999 undefeated too, also should've won 1982 undefeated and 1983 undefeated, Nebraska Football should have 10 today it should be 1970 1971 1982 1983 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 but they've kinda done it to themselves in the past but they have 5.
He saw them at UCF. Has to be asking himself why he left there for the dumpster fire he's at now. And his UCF successor heading to Tennessee what irony.
He coached an undefeated UCF team to a victory over Auburn in the 2018 Peach Bowl as the head coach. He saw numerous bowl games as a coach at Oregon. Next time you should think before you comment.
I hated Nebraska, but it is absolutely ridiculous how they had to share the national title with Michigan. Nebraska was way more deserving. However, the NCAA will ALWAYS favor Michigan in any scenario.
I will say the same thing I said to someone else Michigan beat 6 top 25 teams that season with 4 of them being in the top 10 cut the nonsense out without a game between them we have no idea
@@mas5867 I never said they didn't have an argument what this guy said was not an argument it was a definitive statement I just said without a game between them we have no idea just speculation
@@jamesraisch1876 Talk about twisting somebody's words. I never said you said they didn't have an argument. You did comment on the rankings at game time of the team's they played, but failed to mention final rankings or how those teams did in their bowl games.
@@mas5867 how did I twist your words you said Nebraska fans have an argument my original statement never said Nebraska didn't deserve to be national champions I simply said without a game between the two we don't know and I also defended Michigan's strength of schedule. And of course I didn't mention the final rankings because that's what we're arguing about who should have been number one also if I remember correctly the Big Ten had seven teams in bowl games while the Big 12 only had five and both conferences only managed to win two of their bowl games I'm not really sure what you're on about for my argument the whole time has been basically we don't know without a game between the two teams I'm not sure how that's so upsetting or controversial which seems to be for you
You idiot. There was nothing unjust about Michigan and Nebraska splitting the title. Michigan's defense that year was astounding and Nebraska played a bunch of chumps all season like usual. Decades of cupcakes which is why Osborne was trash in bowl games until the very end when no team was familiar with how to defend the antiquated option.
@@RepublicConstitution Michigan's offense was awful, nebraska was also very good on defense, AND offense. Vegas picked nebraska by FOURTEEN POINTS in a mythical title game. The big ten was no better than the big 8, so stop being foolish. Who had the most titles during the 25 years of Osborne coaching? The big ten or the big 8? It didn't matter what conference Nebraska was in, or Oklahoma, they would have dominated The same way. Look up Nebraska's record against the SEC during that time. You apparently don't know anything about college football
@@rooh5825 There you go again. Almost every time Osborne faced an SEC team he was ranked higher. I have the comparisons somewhere and it is not even fair that the SEC teams got paired (based on rankings) with Neb in most of those matchups.
You forget Manning could barely walk when this game started. A Ruptured bursa sac. I think that Manning kid and that Jamal Lewis kid ended up doing better than most Huskers in the NFL. Both of these teams were loaded.
Oh, yes….the ruptured bursa sac….give me a break. Tennessee had the shit stomped out of them by Nebraska, plain and simple. What the hell do NFL careers have to do with this game?!
@@mbapache64 Plus, the Nebraska players were ultra-motivated for this game. Not only was the National Championship at stake, but it was Osborne's last game as head coach. There was no way in hell they were going to lose that game.
All the Nebraska fans on here reliving ancient history. And I wouldn't count any chickens ahead of time in a match-up between them and Michigan in 1997. That Michigan defense would absolutely suffocate your one dimensional offense and win fairly easily. Florida st was the second best team in the country in 97 anyway. P.S...Michigan is a powerhouse again and Nebraska is busy looking for another coach. hahahehehoho!
Michigan needed a friend running the scoreboard to avoid losing to #18 Washington State. There should not have been a shared title that year. Nebraska was the clear champion.
Michigan had NO offense and would have had a horrible time trying to score against Nebraska's defense. Charles Woodson would have been laid on his back over and over by our big tight ends. Nebraska wins by 14 points against Michigan in 1997.
Nebraska was the superior team. Michigan struggled to beat Ryan Leaf. Nebraska throttled Peyton Manning & Jamal Lewis. Also, the Big 10 was exposed as hot garbage in the Bowl games. Michigan's Big 10 opponents went a combined 0-6 in Bowl games, losing by an average of 19+ points.
My huskers #GBR🏈🏈🌽🌽 SHOULD HAVE BEEN 4 STRAIGHT but we had to send coach Osborne off with that natty and yes we would have beat Michigan ass just the same that year
Osborne should not have retired. The 1998 season would have been a rebuilding year, but he most likely would have won another in 1999 and possibly 2000. Frank Solich wasn't half the coach Osborne was, and he still only lost three games combined in those two seasons.
@@pretorious700 That's the biggest lie ever told. My brother and 3 cousins played. 1 friend played, he is a HOFer. Top 3 receivers ever. 2 friends played and won Super Bowls. Starting LBs
@@gregorycampbell1432 - oh? Michigan top ranked defense. Nebraska 5th. Nebraska number one offense in the nation. Michigan? 44th. That doesn't bode well for you, at all. Las Vegas also felt this way, and stated that if the game had been played, Nebraska would have been a 14 point favorite going into the game. Nebraska was the more complete team. Michigan should never have leapfrogged Nebraska to number one mid-seasons, Nebraska never lost a game.
Einreb: What do you mean "hang with all other college teams?" Are we talking about hanging out with USC and Ohio State at parties? I'm not sure what you mean by deserve either. No college football fans deserve anything. The players and coaches are the ones putting in the work. Do Nebraska fans think we can be at least a top 25 team maybe a consistent top ten program? Well, yeah, considering we were pretty close to top ten under Pelini recently and surely if Wisconsin and K-State can have that type of success so can Nebraska. I don't think most people expect Nebraska to get back to the top but no one thought Alabama would get there again. If Nebraska gets the right guy with the type of support and resources in the program they can get there. But I'm not sure who you're talking to or where you think you're getting your info from other than just perception. Every Nebraska fan I've seen knows we are awful right now but we hope we can still at least be good again soon or should we just lower our standards and be happy to win a few games? That's the loser way and gets you nowhere.
Man Huskers today can't do shit. Sucks this team went from great to garbage, so tired of it. They had trouble with North Dakota ffs. This team isn't ever going to be good again.
PSA . Someone fix the title of this video . That's not 1998 we did not play Nebraska in 1998 and we were undefeated in 1998 we were national champions 1998 13 and no go Big Orange
Game played January 2 1998. This was the 97 bowl season, but bowl games are officially labeled by the year they are played in, not the season for some reason. Title is correct.
Nebraska fans have been bad for so long their fans have become delusional looking back and talking about then whipping Michigan this year had they played.
All these loser Nebraska fans have nothing to root for currently, so they have to playbackCZcams videos from 1997 and pretend like they could’ve beaten Michigan lol
@@tennesseecurtiss5741 The difference? Bama won the national championship in 1992, went 12-1 in 1994, won the SEC in 1999 under Mike Dubose, won 10 games under Franchione, won 10 games under Shula. All Bama fans knew it was just a matter of time and the right coach. The media tried to say we were done. Screw the media.
@@tennesseecurtiss5741 LOL,the difference is Bama is a great program with one short down time ,Tennessee has never been relevant except for a very short one time rise . You are a basketball school now , and not a very good one .
More than you. Also, notice that you've never heard any NFL coach or GM, then or now, refer to Peyton Manning as "overrated". Only fanboys & talking heads who fail to realize it's a TEAM sport spout such nonsense. Trent Dilfer won more Super Bowls than Dan Marino. No sane person would even suggest that Dilfer was somehow better. Defense, special teams, rushing attack, offensive line and coaching all affect how successful a QB will be.
This was objectively the most talented team Tennessee had of all their great 90s teams, on both sides of the ball, and they still got whooped in this game. Their only two losses this season were to teams with elite defensive lines who didn't allow Peyton to dissect the secondary. Goes to show it doesn't matter how good your QB is if you can't keep the defense out of his face.
Peyton was 39-6 at TN. His ONLY significant wins 6 pts over John Cooper and a 1 pt win over AU that he tried so hard to give away.
Nebraska would've done the same thing to Michigan in 97 if they played!
Yep, Michigan barely squeezed out a victory against Wazzu in their bowl.
the one trick pony never throw the ball Cornhuskers?
@@chrisuncleahmad And to think everybody knew what they were gonna do and yet nobody could stop them!!!! True smashmouth football. They would run the ball straight down your throat and nobody could do nothing about it.
Mock the run game all ya want, was successful back then
Michigan had defense they should have played against Nebraska and we would have beat the hell out of them
As a Bears fan it’s so cool to see Mike Brown playing and doing well in college. This Nebraska team was unbelievable and I wish they could’ve played Michigan for the National Championship. Nebraska would’ve won easy.
I doubt they score tbh. MIchigan was much better
@@calvinhobbes5524 What are you drinking, and where can I buy it? I don't think Nebraska would have won "easily," if at all, but KNOW they wouldn't have been shut out. The game would've been a dogfight with the edge to Nebraska, because.... when it comes to a team catching a break or having luck, Michigan ain't that team.
@@calvinhobbes5524 Michigan had a good defense. Nebraska had a good defense AND a good offense.
I grew up rooting for Nebraska. I agree that Nebraska likely would have beaten Michigan in 1997, but I don't think it would have been quite as much of a beat down as they laid on Tennessee in this game. Michigan's speed on defense would have given them fits. But Nebraska's Top 5 defense would have shut down Michigan's bland offense. So long as that physical o-line could take control, I think Big Red wins by 10.
Michigan would've been decided underdogs to Nebraska. They would've stood as good a chance of beating Nebraska as Petyon & Tennessee did. The Big 10 was hot garbage in 1997. Everyone in the Big 10 that Michigan built their resume on got crushed in a Bowl game. (0-6, losing by an average of 19+ points)
Washington St. gave up 33 or more points 5 times. Michigan only managed to score 21 against them.
Tennessee never gave up 33 points a single time. Nebraska scored 42 against them.
Michigan's defense gave up 91.0 YPG on the ground vs a lame Big 10 schedule. (see Bowl results)
Tennessee's defense gave up 93.3 YPG on the ground vs an SEC schedule.
Nebraska rushed for 409 yards vs Tennessee. Their ground attack would've steamrolled Michigan, whose defense would've been sucking wind by the 4th quarter just like Ray Lewis and Warren Sapp were 3 years earlier in the Orange Bowl.
Brian Griese threw for 2,042 yards / 14 TDs / 7.4 YPA / 138.2 QBR vs that lame Big 10 schedule.
While Peyton threw for 3,819 yrds / 36 TDs / 8.0 YPA / 147.7 QBR vs an SEC schedule.
Nebraska held Peyton to 134 yds / 1 TD / 4.3 YPA / 108.2 QBR. What makes anyone think Griese would've fared any better than Manning vs Nebraska's defense?
Fun story. Tom (up until around 2 years ago) bought his own small pond/lake outside of a small town in Nebraska. He could be seen spending hours fishing in his little boat. He would often walk the highway that goes to the lake....him and Nancy would ALWAYS wave. Most down-to-earth/kind spirited Man that you will EVER meet!!
yeah, ask Kate McEwen how she feels about your most kind post.
@@mas5867 - what?????
@@b-man1232 do you know who she is? Im like seriously way doubting she would have the same take as you.
@@mas5867 - WTF r u alking about???
@@b-man1232 look her up stoopid
That Nebraska defense was relentless! Amazing.
Would’ve buried wolverines equally
@taitrief all but 3 of the pollsters in the AP and Coaches polls thought MI was better.
LOL. All but 31 thought the same of Neb.
@@mas5867 More lies from Rob Johnson. "While the game wasn't able to be played, Las Vegas odds makers placed Nebraska as a 14 point favorite over Michigan in a mythical title game". Also "at least 20 AP poll voters discuss their choice of Michigan over Nebraska that season, but valid reasons for that choice were quite scarce for the offering. Several even granted that Nebraska was likely the better team. Beano Cook, for example, said that Nebraska may have been the better team, but that he voted for Michigan because they "accomplished more." This seemed to be the general feeling among Michigan touters, but it makes no sense. By their own ballots, Nebraska played more rated opponents, higher-rated opponents, and a better bowl opponent. But there was a reason they felt that Michigan accomplished more.
And that is because ABC/ESPN relentlessly told us all season that the Big 10 was by far the toughest conference. Just about everyone at a studio desk or in a broadcast booth for those networks that season said so, over and over again. Aside from Michigan, there was Ohio State, who started 5-0 and came into the Michigan game 10-1. Penn State started 7-0, Purdue 6-1, Wisconsin 6-1, Michigan State 5-0, and Iowa 4-0.
And ABC/ESPN's non-stop Big 10 lovefest is also the main reason Charles Woodson won the Heisman over Peyton Manning, the preseason favorite who shocked everyone by returning for his senior year, then finally won the SEC. More glaring, if less noticed, was Penn State running back Curtis Enis being selected a consensus All American over Nebraska's Ahman Green. Green was the #2 running back (156.4 yards per game), Enis #11 (123.9). Green averaged 6.8 yards per carry, Enis 6.0. Green scored 22 touchdowns, Enis 19. What did Enis have in his favor? Only that he played for a high-profile Big 10 team.
When the bowls arrived, and the Big Ten crashed like the house of cards it was all along, going 2-5, hardly anyone seemed to even notice. Their minds had already been made up.
But here are the facts. The Big 10 was 28-16 against nonconference opponents in 1997, good for 4th place amongst conferences. The SEC, virtually ignored by ABC/ESPN all that season, went 37-5, the best record by any conference since World War 2! They went 5-1 in bowl games. The PAC 10, at 28-8, and the ACC, at 22-9, were also well ahead of the Big 10 in the end. The Big 10 did edge out the Big 12, who went 26-16, but the Big 12 did less poorly in their bowls (2-3) and were better against rated nonconference opponents (Big 12 was 5-8, Big 10 was 3-9). Not only was the Big Ten not the best conference in 1997, they were not even particularly good.
Most importantly, Michigan played 6 teams in the regular season who earned bowl berths, while Nebraska only played 4. But the 6 teams Michigan played went a disastrous 0-6 in their bowl games, and none of them even came within a touchdown, losing by 18, 10, 28, 15, 27, and 17 points. Nebraska's 4 bowl-bound opponents went 2-2 in their bowls."
Rob Johnson, DESTROYED by facts yet again.
the last beautiful offense in college football. what a wonder to watch and enjoy. never seen so many defenders get laid flat on their back. damn i miss this.
I miss this type of football dearly 😓
I'm not even a Husker fan and I agree. The spread is boring. @@bles05
@@Klopp619 yeah it's redundant, same plays over & over.
The look on Peyton's face as he goes down 28-3, LOL. Nebraska sure was something
The moment you realize even Scott Frost passing game is out performing yours! Lol
Yeah, was. I'm fortunate to have watched all of their championship seasons. Don't know if and when I will see another.
@@blainecole5452 I hope Nebraska has a resurgence, would be great for the B1G.
@@ytacct000 : You and me both.
Those times are gonna be difficult to bring back, hopefully Scott gets the chance and the time. Regarding the whole thing about the old days of the Big 12, Osborne knew once the realignment came that it was gonna centralize everything through Texas . Mack Brown getting hired at Texas was like the final kill shot .
From the 95-96 bowl season to the 97-98 bowl season the SEC as a conference only had 2 bowl losses in those 3 seasons if I'm not mistaken. Both were ass whippins handed out by the Big Red Machine.
You're somewhat correct but not quite. in 1995 the SEC went 2-4 in bowl games and the last loss was by Florida against Nebraska which decided the 1995 national championship. In 1996 the SEC went 5-0 in bowls and they were 5-0 this season (1997) until this game was played. So the SEC won 10 bowl games in a row between the two losses to Nebraska.
@@chuckwest7045 Where was he mistaken? He said the SEC had 2 bowl losses in the years mentioned with both to Nebraska and you said the same thing.
@@24lancelot85 The SEC had more than 2 losses in the 1995 bowl season. I'm not questioning the wins by Nebraska over Florida and Tennessee I just think he's got his years confused.
In 1995 the SEC went 2-4 in bowls and that season was capped off by Nebraska beating Florida in the Fiesta Bowl for the national title.
In 1996 the SEC went 5-0 in bowls.
In 1997 the SEC won their first 5 bowl games before Nebraska beat Tennessee in the Orange Bowl. Thus the conference finished 5-1 in the '97 bowl season.
So saying that the SEC only had 2 bowl losses in 3 seasons is incorrect. Actually the conference only lost 1 bowl game in 2 seasons. The conference did win 10 straight bowl games between the 2 losses to Nebraska.
Hope I explained it well.
Now I know why Peyton Manning always said Omaha in his cadence in the NFL. He remembered all the times the Huskers put a beating on him in this game as he couldn't remember if they played in Lincoln or Omaha lol.
After this game Fulmer went out and got Haynesworth and big John Henderson.. Nebraska was sooo dam physical in the 90's.. They wore the Vols defense out
The 5th year SR.'s on this Nebraska team finished 60-3 with 3 national championships. And the 4 year SR.'s finished 49-2 with 3 championships. And neither ever lost a conference game big8/big12 ! And only lost 1 regular season game in from 93-97 @ ASU in 96! Never see a 5 year run like that again!
Nebraska did lose to Texas in the 1996 Big 12 Championship, unfortunately.
Bama has surpassed all those stats.
@@willlewis6622 That was hilarious. I loved seeing James Brown scorch them on that 4th down and inches pass.
@@RepublicConstitution - No they didn't. Find a 4 year run where Bama finished with a better record. Alabama has done better over a longer period of time but Nebraska's run from 1993 to 1997 was a better 5 year run than Alabama has had at any time under Saban.
@@rooh5825 *"Nebraska's run from 1993 to 1997 was a better 5 year run than Alabama has had at any time under Saban."*
LOL
*"Strength of Schedule"*
Neb (93-97): 23, 40, 24, 5, 41
Avg for the 5 yrs: 27
AL (2007-2020): 21, 34, 2, 18, 17, 14, 35, 5, 1, 1, 22, 3, 39, 3
Avg for the 14 yrs: 15
Avgs for every 5 yr period in the 14 yrs: 18, 17, 17, 18, 14, 11, 13, 6, 13, 14
Every 5 yr period of Saban's tenure he has faced stronger opponents that Ozzy did during the Skip Along.
LOL.
Osborne's last 5 yrs: 27
Saban's last 5 yrs: 14
Manning is perhaps the best qb to ever touch a football. To see his determined face prior to kickoff was hysterical.
Love the EFFORT of each ball carrier NEB had in this GAME!
SteelBuck 6 : Thanks for all the hard work.
How did the AP voters give Michigan their national title? Both them and NU were undefeated and NU had the more impressive bowl win.
I think Nebraska was definitely better but one of the polls should have voted Michigan 1. because they went undefeated. You can't know for sure unless you play on the field and it's not Michigan's fault they were sent to play Washington State instead of Nebraska.
I assume Michigan played a tougher regular season schedule, penn state, Michigan state and Ohio state were all great in this era.
Neb fans hate this stat.
Votes FROM consensus NC in 97
MI: 3
Neb: 31 (Neb barely won the coaches and MI crushed the AP.)
Who had
* stronger strength of schedule
* better defense
* didn't allow a unranked team to take them to overtime
* beat Baylor by more and didn't allow a TD
* beat CO by more and didn't allow a TD
* had a Heisman winner on the team
* beat a QB in their bowl who had the better stats on the season than Manning (See Heisman chart)
@@robjohnson8861 you mean the votes that no one cares about?
@rob Johnson, and yet Nebraska would have beat Michigan and you know it. Fucking loser.
Glory days for all involved. All have fallen from the perch.
It is so refreshing to see comments that contain honest and intelligent responses. Viewers that understand what an unbelievable machine the Nebraska team was at its apex. I've seen so many commentaries laced with ignorance and bias against this glorious team. THAT IS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE!! Don't forget the 1997 team was a culmination of an era like no other. In 1993, the Huskers lost in the final seconds to Florida State on a missed field goal. Moreover, even Bobby Bowden admitted the Seminoles were outplayed. And the officiating was horrendous. So bad the NCAA apologized for it, later. Nebraska destroyed Miami in the Final Quarter of the 1995 Orange Bowl. Outscoring them in the final period 14-0. IF YOU COMBINE THE FIVE QUARTERS OF THOSE TWO GAMES NEBRASKA OUTSCORED MIAMI AND FLORIDA BY A COMBINED SCORE OF 76-24!! Even Alabama and Georgia now did not attain this level of dominance. THEY OWNED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. Not with more NFL draft picks. Simply with more good players than any other team. EVER. It's gratifying to see this five year period of unprecedented greatness fully appreciated. It's like will never be seen again.
Pinkfox said it all in his comment. Nebraska had the greatest five year run in the history of college football at 60-3! Simply incomparable. After a stretch of poor bowl performances Tom Osborne got it all right in his swan song. You could easily argue that Tom Osborne was the greatest college coach ever. Like his mentor, the great Bob Devaney, Osborne finished higher than a mountain top. Somewhere in the ozone layer of the college football world. Notice how fast Tennessee looked at the start of the game. And how slow they looked at the end! Against every Nebraska opponent the Cornhuskers depth delivered the decisive blow. Too many good players coached to perfection. The Volunteers were ready to "Un Volunteer" in the second half of this debacle. One inarguable fact is that no team ever dictated what they would do to an opponent like the Cornhuskers. Not Miami or even the Alabama powerhouse now. While Nick Saban has maintained it longer, no team matched this powerhouse at its peak. Their record speaks for itself.
in 1995, 8 of Nebs 11 reg season opponents had 55 losses. That means 33 wins/88 or 38% winning %. Vandy's liftetime winning % is 48%. No SEC school would ever bow their chest over anything to do with Vandy, but Neb95 sure shot the S about the number of points they beat teams by.
Yes, Neb beat CO, KS and KSU by a lot but those teams were farces too bec they were facing 5 of the horrible teams above.
@Rob Johnson yet no seems to care about the actual facts. Nebraska was the first to face 4 Top 10 teams in the same season. Plus the conference did a NCAA first which have 4 teams finished Top 10 overall, won bowl games.
Now you try to throw besides Colorado that none faced ranked teams in bowl games. Yet look at difference of 95 compared today. Today there's 40 bowl games to 18 in 1995. With bowl ties to conferences, it would of been extremely difficult to find ranked team for Kansas and Kansas State to play in. As much you keep ripping the Big 8 and Nebraska, stats show it was more difficult compared to the schedule of today. Sorry but your facts don't mean squat
@@robjohnson8861 Still here, still SO JEALOUS hahaha. 1995 Nebraska the best team in college football history, that makes you SO upset doesn't it? LOL
@sorney98 *"Today there's 40 bowl games to 18 in 1995. With bowl ties to conferences, it would of been extremely difficult to find ranked team for Kansas and Kansas State to play in. *"
It gets so tiresome keeping your lies in check. We have been here how many times before?
1992 #10 CO vs #6 Syra
#11 Neb vs #3 FSU
LOL, both losses. Playing ranked teams matters....most...of the time, you SPOS.
In 93 and 94, one of the 2 #10 and #11 teams played a ranked team. In 96, both #10 and #11 played ranked teams in their bowls.
Osborne was overrated by far. His bowl record was 12-13. That's far from elite.
Great hard hitting game! GBR!
One sided HARD HITTING GAME! GBR
Tom Osbourne's third National Championship is the same year Brett Favre won his third consecutive MVP award. The 90's was a great decade to be a Cornhusker and Packer fan
You’re not a Wisconsin fan? Probably a bandwagoner
@@NiggletFarm wisconsin football program was built based off of nebraska why would anyone care about the cheap copy especially in the 90s
When you realise Scott Frost passing game is more potent than Peyton Manning's! Lol
Then you come back down to reality and remember that Manning had a ruptured bursa sac in his right knee that was swollen the size of a cantaloupe in this game.
@@joshg2350 they weren't touching Nebraska no matter what
@@joshg2350 half of Tennessee already had it in their mind that they lost when they saw Nebraska doing heavy squats and deadlifts in the ballroom when they went swimming for fun the night before the game.
Nebraksa brought their weights with them.
Tennessee brought their swim trunks and beach towels. Speaks volumes.
Peyton might have gotten the last laugh on that comparison...
@@joshg2350 If he was really that hurt then why did he play? The backup was good enough to lead them to win the NC the next year. I hate excuses. Everyone has injuries and plenty of Nebraska players played hurt. But I think Frost doing better than Manning has more to do with Nebraska's outstanding defense.
the look on Peytons face when the Huskers hit 28 pts....He knew it was over.
Peyton.....OVER....RATED.......worst playoff winning % of any QB above .500. The count was 60 qbs, 2 years ago.
@MAS Rob over rated, yet no cares about that considering made the Colts better. But what you say is true, is Jim Kelly overrated? Dan Marino, John Elway? Only reason you go after Manning is because he faced Nebraska. Give it up loser
4 of 5 Nebraska’s natty’s against the SEC LSU ‘71 OB, BAMA ‘72 OB, gators 🐊’96 fiesta & vols ‘97 OB. The ‘canes got smacked around in ‘95 OB.
Long time watcher of NCAA...and reading all these Saban vs Osborne stuff is intriguing if not funny. something's amiss tho..
like diff eras...and rhe re-alignment of conferences n such. i give Bama its props .. but i have yet to see a Bama team that i think could beat any of the 3 national champ Husker teams.....esp the 95-96 teams....considered best of all-time.. they just overwhelmed everybody. not one Bama QB could match tommy frazier or scott frost either...let alone mind what Lawrence Philips and Amand Green wouldda done behind those offensive lines. my teams are the Buckeyes and Sooners,...cuz illinois teams werent even broadcast we were so bad lol. The more i watch the Huskers of the nineties,..the more i'm in awe...just cant think of any team in the past 25 yrs that could handle the physicality of of the Huskers of that time. and dont forget the blackshirt defense,...what monsters!.....best part of fun for me is watching those florida teams get their asses kicked...esp Miami's punk squad. Tennesee simply overpowered,....outta their league.
Bamas 2020 team would beat any 1990s nebraska team. Just too stacked on offense
@@stick9095 ...I dunno friend,..Bama would have to stop That juggernaut of an offense Nebraska had...let alone deal with nebraskas defense,..bamas defense nowhere near nebraskas...sorry.
It wouldn't be a blowout but Bama's defense(even today) prove they're up for any challenge. I respect Nebraska's game from back in the 90s but Bama has won 6 nattys in the last 13 years for a reason. Also played in 3 they didn't win
I didn't mean that any 1990s nebraska team couldn't beat 2020 Bama. I'm sure they could but Bama could beat them too. They could probably split 10 games. Bama plays with that same physical mentality when the big lights are on. Besides the 2018 national championship against Clemson, I've never seen them not give themselves a chance to win the game.
The Nebraska championship teams of the 90s played very physical ball that few teams play now. THEY COULD MATCH CURRENT ALABAMA TEAMS. THERE WERE LESS RESTRICTIONS ON PRACTICE AND LESS PROTECTIONS FOR QBS AND RECIEVERS. Back then the big 12 was a running not passing league with defenses geared towards stopping the run first. Get rid of the current protections for Qbs and Young wouldn't last 1 quarter against Nebraska's defense. On the other foot Nebraska qbs would hold up they were tough and used to contact and so were the backs.
Tennessee would do a little better next year. 😉
Yes, but against a different team
had to have chapped peytons ass big time.
Nebraska was a beast in the middle and late 90s
I remember this game
Too bad Nebraska did not get to play the Michigan Wolverines that year for the National championship they would have kick their ass
John Manning indeed! Maybe 17 point closer game then the throttling NE gave tenn!!!
Please, the one trick pony never throw the ball Cornhuskers?
@@chrisuncleahmad Why in the world qould you ever need to throw the ball if you knew you could run the ball straight down everybody's throats and NOBODY could do anything about it. Everybody knew what they were gonna do, and yet NOBODY could atop em. True SMASHMOUTH football
❤️✔️
Michigan's be defense that year was amazing. It would have been close.
I think one of the keys to this game was Nebraska's ability to complete some passes early on. Tennessee was actually shutting down the Husker ground attack to start the game. Once Frost threw successfully, the Vols couldn't commit so much to the run. Then, later on, Nebraska just ground them down.
The key was Tennessee's never ending stupid mistakes. Their first good drive Lewis fumbles around the 20. Then Manning throws a brainless interception par for his big game history, he does nothing. Then some pinhead drops a punt at the 15 and pukes up 7 free points. Nebraska was probably the better team but Tennessee sure made things easier for them. This game is eerily like their 1995 game at Kansas where they repeatedly made stupid mistakes and gave the game away.
@@jamiecrawford8133 Yes, your points are absolutely valid (though I still think Nebraska's ability to complete passes early was extremely important). Tennessee definitely made more mistakes. (I didn't rewatch the video to check this, but I think Nebraska did fumble once in scoring position as well.)
The key was playing Fulmer. A losing record to close to 19 coaches.
You're both wrong...the key to the game was the adjustments at halftime offensively for Nebraska. They came out in the 3rd quarter and rushed for 228 yards in that quarter alone. The whole 2nd half they gashed Tennessee and guys weren't getting touched until after 7 yards most times.
@@jamesw5353 Yes, I am sure they made some adjustments. All teams do, and that almost certainly factored in. It was still important for them to have thrown the ball.
Back when Nebraska was my second favorite team.
I hope that Coach Rhule can bring the Nebraska program back to the powerhouse they used to be. I’m a OU fan. And loved the rivalry between Nebraska and OU. And always loved that smash mouth football Osborne brought with him to his teams
tom brady was once down 28-3 in the third quarter. He probably thanks god it wasn't vs Nebraska
Yeah, right. Nebraska is a dead and irrelevant program. Brady is the GOAT.
a different time a different game wish we could go back.
Sadly this was way before the playoffs and the BCS wasn't that much better when picking the top two teams. This was the last time you saw Nebraska that dominant. You still had the 02 Nebraska team that made it to a national championship game only to be crushed by Miami. After that, Nebraska would never be essentially be mediocre.
01 Neb made it to the NC.
Neb has been a farce its entire existence except for a few popups here and there. All those 9 win seasons, yet Osborne had a losing record to 9 win coaches. Owned by Bowden and Switzer. A losing bowl record.
putting a beatdown on 2 SEC teams in 3 years was so sweet
I'm watching this like how in the world could u have been a wide receiver being recruited by Nebraska back then.
They used their speed men in different ways, and on special team. Newcombe could fly.
1997 Nebraska 35, 1997 Michigan 10
That intro!
To comment further, Pinkfox was spot on in his assessment. Michigan was so lucky there was no playoff at that time. They would have been Played Out!! In a couple comments you hear about the Huskers Schedule. They played four top ten teams and crushed all of them!! More importantly, here is a list of their victims in Bowl Games in that period. Virginia Tech, Miami, Florida and Tennessee. A Whos Who of opponents that they ran roughshod over. If you count the Sixty Plus points they tallied against Big Ten Tri Champ Northwestern. They averaged over 50 points in Bowl games during that stretch!! Unmatched before or since. No coach finished his career in as dominating a fashion as Tom Osborne. PERIOD!!
Michigan beat 4 top ten teams and 6 total top 25 teams in their regular season. Their defense alone would have at least kept it close if not help them win also Nebraska bear 1 top 10 team not four though they did beat 4 top 25 teams. In the end your just making speculations and neither of us truly has a clue
Mich would have went through those teams like a hot knife through butter.
*"More importantly, here is a list of their victims in Bowl Games in that period. Virginia Tech, Miami, Florida and Tennessee. A Whos Who of opponents that they ran roughshod over. "*
LOL. My sides are hurtin.
The 4 coaches retired with a combined 35-38 bowl record.
Spurrier 11-10
Fulmer 8-7 (11 of the 14 coaches retired with losing bowl records. He lost to Paterno twice. Coughlin was 1-1.)
Beemer 11-12 (3rd on the all time losers list).
Erickson 5-9
Neb95 beat 1 ranked team that beat a ranked team in their bowl. CO beat a 1st yr coach to boot.
LSU2019 beat 5.
Yes, Neuheisel was 1st yr coach too, but his bowl path was easier in 95.
I love how we got pictures with Eric Warfield in the tunnel at memorial stadium that year! Was such an epic experience as a kid.
Nebraska was so dominant this decade. This was another championship team. Made mince meat of Payton. How far have these proud programs have fallen. The college football landscape has changed dramatically since.
If I had the choice of which coach to play for: 1. Osborne 2. Terry Donohue..
Both are quality humans. But I suck as an athlete, so only played JC ball😅
Frost was tough runner for QB
Imagine if Nebraska actually passed the ball in this game
Oddly enough, they completed 3-4 passes right in a row to set up their first touchdown. Tennessee was selling out to stop the run and the passing game was wide open.
Imagine if NEBRASKA NEEDED TO PASS!!!
the Huskers shared the title with Michigan...but VEGAS had made Michigan a 14 pts Underdog IF they had met the Huskers head to head
Points from consensus NC.
MI 3
Neb 31
10 times closer than Neb.
@@mas5867 maybe 48 -17 'Huskers
@@ajreyes9742 Poll points, not score
And Griese would have been abused by the 'Husker defense just like Manning was.
@@mas5867 Shut up Rob Johnson the autistic troll.
I'm a Texas fan, but I love Nebraska too. Especially during the 90s. In my opinion, this Nebraska team was even better than the 95 team. Like a machine.
i loved seeing Texas beat USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl. Respect to Longhorns and hate to the University of Spoiled Children. Vince Young was Unstoppable and Never Gave Up.
The fact the AP gave Michigan the title after squeaking past WS was laughable
and it took extremely poor clock management by WSU to throw that game away.
LOL. You Neb fans and your cherry picking.
MI's worst game in 97 was against whom and what were they ranked?
Neb worst game in 97 was against whom and what were they ranked?
Who had to go to overtime to win again?
Who fell in the polls after their, cough, win?
Right.
WSU, 8th
MO, UNRANKED
Neb
Neb
MI was 3 votes away from consensus, Neb 31 votes. The coaches got it wrong.
@@robjohnson8861 Big shock, it's the Nebraska hating troll. Maybe you should log in to your other accounts & agree with yourself. I know you ignore all stats when they don't fit your argument, instead focusing on the coach of the team we played & their experience, & how they did the next year & more BS that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the players on the field.
It took poor time management for Michigan to cough, beat WSU (#8). Nebraska crushed Peyton & the Vols (#2) 42-17 (and TN scored 8 points in the final minute).
Michigan's offense was barely above middle of the pack (48th out of 112), while Nebraska's was 1st in the country, averaging almost 20 points more a game than Michigan. Michigan's D gave up 7 points less per game than Nebraska's did, but they never faced an offense close to Nebraska's level.
Keep being delusional by basing it on the Missouri game, but the numbers don't lie. Michigan's offense would have struggled to score against Nebraska like TN did & their offense averaged almost a TD more than Michigan's (19th out of 112).
Say what you want, because I know you'll come up with unrelated BS, but the numbers don't lie.
@Jim Applebee
God, you are SOOOO slow, but mostly defiant, mostly.
I bring actual results and you inundate with words and maybes.
Here are your numbers.
Against the same teams
MI 27, CO 3
Neb 27, CO 24
Offenses: Equal
Defense: Neb allows 21 more.
Any fool can see MI's defense contributed more than Neb's offense to the margin of victory.
MI 38, Baylor 3
Neb 49, Baylor 21
Offenses: Neb by 11
Defenses: MI by 18
Any fool can see MI's total team contribution was 7 points more.
Strength of schedule
MI: 32
Neb: 41
Heisman: MI
Best QB outing against
MI: 331 (Leaf, #8 WSU)
Neb: 362 (Hessler, UNRANKED CO)
Who had to go to overtime to win. Neb
Who fell in the polls during the year Neb.
Who owned 90% of the total votes for #1 (AP and Coaches combined): MI
LOL. You said, TN scored 8 points against Neb in the last min. Unranked CO scored 14 in the last 6 mins against Neb too. Points to their lack of defense, huh.
@@robjohnson8861 see, nothing but crap numbers, like the transitive property is at all relevant when it comes to sports. You never win any arguments, you just pile on the BS & hope something sticks.
Do you see the irony in your comment about Nebraska fans cherry picking numbers, when that's all you do, trying to field a pathetically feeble attempt at a lame "argument". Move on troll, I find your lack of intelligence disturbing.
Game of bygone powers
Heartline
Typical anouncing, oh he failed to go all the way ,after a 50 yard run, they never stop hating a clean program that does it the right way.
Nebraska was by no means a clean program.
I'm going to say this - announcers are neutral. They do not favor one team vs the other. And, I'm going to say this too - I've never heard a fan say that the announcers favor THEIR team. I always hear that they favor the OTHER team. That's consistent with everyone who has the complaint you have.
38:00 - tell me the announcer hates Nebraska...
I knew Tennessee had zero chance.
Fulmer 8-7 in bowls and a losing record to close to 19 coaches. One of the most overrated coaches ever.
Edit. 11 of the 14 bowl coaches he coached against retired with losing records. He lost to Paterno twice and Coughlin retired 1-1.
I am a Iowa State fan but I hate the SEC. Here is what NE needs to do, return to the Big XII, get your pipeline to Texas back.
They need 3.5 million more people in population.
1,952,570 is Nebraska's population.
LOL. Nebraska is done and never coming back and neither is Tennessee.
Fuck the weak Big 12.
@@TDL-xg5nn Now that they are talking pay for play. Things might really level out depending on the pay of course.
I'm an SEC fan and we hate Iowa St.
I see killer Leonard Little out there too. He was charged with manslaughter for running into a woman's car and killing her.
I miss the good ole Neb glory days.
They were the most impressive program of my lifetime for that decade. Machine.
@@bellazoe1 LOL. lifetime, decade, WHAT!
@@mas5867 it was the most dominant decade for a cfb program I’ve ever seen in my life. Sorry
Peyton who?
Long before the SEC became a dynasty. SEC schools was getting their arse kicked in the title games
I remember this game. Very frustrating to watch as a vols fan.
AS A HUSKER FAN VOL'S HELL'A A TEAM THOUGH YOU SHOULD BE PROUD!
🔨 drop! GBR
Your only chance against these husker teams was to score first and make them play catch up and pass more than they prefer. Because if they got the lead they would just run you and pound you into oblivion!
Can anyone explain why this game was 2vs3 and not 1vs2?
Didn't matter. MI was 10 times closer to consensus NC than Neb. 3 votes vs 31 votes.
@mortikal part of the problem is Big 10 and Pac 10 wanted to keep the traditional game but BCS fixed it the next year. Which did them a favor to eventually get Ohio State to play Miami in 02. OSU fans would of been kicking doors had the traditional bowl games stayed, yet gave Miami the title.
@Rob Johnson yet still in the books as split champs.
@@robjohnson8861 Nebraska has the crystal and Michigan has the wood plank.
The Big 10 and Pac 10 held a lucrative and quite frankly very selfish contract with the Rose Bowl, they didn't want to give up that money. It was unfortunate because it ended up with Michigan stealing away half of the national title from Nebraska, the true champion that year.
!💪🏼 & 🧠 !
Nebraska dominance ended when Tom Osborne retired, and it is never coming back.
🎉 only sweeter win was the obliteration of Florida in Fiesta Bowl
Jesus Tennessee, just give them the game. Muffed punt, RB fumbles as you are about to take the lead, receiver bats ball into the air...
Payton was the king back then.
LOL. 39-6 at TN and only won 2 games of sign.
Nebraska whoop on the SEC before it was the so called SEC
'97 michigan team woulda been destroyed. No wonder they probably paid to play against no 8
Lol Peyton was talking MAD shit about the huskers before this game too
Then he wouldn't even acknowledge Scott Frost after the game.
I never get tired of watching manning lose.
His big game record in college and pro was pretty poor.
@@jamiecrawford8133 39 starts at TN and only 2 significant wins. John Cooper (HA) and Auburn that he tried so hard to give the game to.
NO NFL QB with a winning record has as low of a winning percentage as Manning does. Like 60 QBs a year or so ago.
As a UF grad back in the 90s, I'd agree.... then after college I moved to Indy and Manning showed up the year after.
Jamal Lewis!! Incredible how BLACKSHIRT$ contained him
Coaching problem cost game.
Tn kept a free saftey back.
Neb cant throw.
Blirz everyone... make them throw!!
Tenn. had NO clue on how to stop Nebraska. ..the Huskers would have scored 60 pts....as they did vs that other Wimp....Florida...but ran out of time
This was a national embarrassment to have this game on national TV complete utter blowout.
It was the national championship and a bowl game.
That’s how I felt about this years game
Nebraska should've won 5 in a row in the 90s undefeated and 1999 undefeated too, also should've won 1982 undefeated and 1983 undefeated, Nebraska Football should have 10 today it should be 1970 1971 1982 1983 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 but they've kinda done it to themselves in the past but they have 5.
Wish Frost could plead for his team now to listen. Man what a terrible job he has done so far.
Callahan and Riley are still getting the blame. GBR Excuse U.
Scott Frost hasn't seen a bowl game since!
He's a loser.
He saw them at UCF. Has to be asking himself why he left there for the dumpster fire he's at now. And his UCF successor heading to Tennessee what irony.
He coached an undefeated UCF team to a victory over Auburn in the 2018 Peach Bowl as the head coach. He saw numerous bowl games as a coach at Oregon.
Next time you should think before you comment.
@@ryanhaase35 😂 lol, he played an unmotivated Auburn team and claimed a joke national championship, GTFO
@@RepublicConstitution not my point
Nebraska should not have left the Big 12.
I hated Nebraska, but it is absolutely ridiculous how they had to share the national title with Michigan. Nebraska was way more deserving. However, the NCAA will ALWAYS favor Michigan in any scenario.
I will say the same thing I said to someone else Michigan beat 6 top 25 teams that season with 4 of them being in the top 10 cut the nonsense out without a game between them we have no idea
@@jamesraisch1876 neb fans have an argument. Didn't the Big 10 finished 1-5 in bowls?
@@mas5867 I never said they didn't have an argument what this guy said was not an argument it was a definitive statement I just said without a game between them we have no idea just speculation
@@jamesraisch1876 Talk about twisting somebody's words. I never said you said they didn't have an argument. You did comment on the rankings at game time of the team's they played, but failed to mention final rankings or how those teams did in their bowl games.
@@mas5867 how did I twist your words you said Nebraska fans have an argument my original statement never said Nebraska didn't deserve to be national champions I simply said without a game between the two we don't know and I also defended Michigan's strength of schedule. And of course I didn't mention the final rankings because that's what we're arguing about who should have been number one also if I remember correctly the Big Ten had seven teams in bowl games while the Big 12 only had five and both conferences only managed to win two of their bowl games I'm not really sure what you're on about for my argument the whole time has been basically we don't know without a game between the two teams I'm not sure how that's so upsetting or controversial which seems to be for you
The color commentator is Donahughe. His comments did not age well. Total shovel.
It is unfortunate that Michigan stole half of Nebraska's national title that year.
You idiot. There was nothing unjust about Michigan and Nebraska splitting the title. Michigan's defense that year was astounding and Nebraska played a bunch of chumps all season like usual. Decades of cupcakes which is why Osborne was trash in bowl games until the very end when no team was familiar with how to defend the antiquated option.
@@RepublicConstitution Michigan's offense was awful, nebraska was also very good on defense, AND offense. Vegas picked nebraska by FOURTEEN POINTS in a mythical title game. The big ten was no better than the big 8, so stop being foolish. Who had the most titles during the 25 years of Osborne coaching? The big ten or the big 8? It didn't matter what conference Nebraska was in, or Oklahoma, they would have dominated The same way. Look up Nebraska's record against the SEC during that time. You apparently don't know anything about college football
@@rooh5825 There you go again.
Almost every time Osborne faced an SEC team he was ranked higher. I have the comparisons somewhere and it is not even fair that the SEC teams got paired (based on rankings) with Neb in most of those matchups.
@@robjohnson8861 like his 2 resounding bowl wins over multiple loss LSU teams.....
@@robjohnson8861 You have nothing LOL as usual
To share a championship is pathetic. Nebraska and Michigan should've played eachother to see who the TRUE championship is!
The Big Ten hid rather than join the Bowl Alliance. Blame them for being too scared to face the best.
Typical Peyton, struggled in big games. No question one of the greatest reg season QBs ever, but post season ,not even in top ten, maybe not top 20
To see him strut around like he is something really grates. Who knew his struggles against FL would be so telling.
Nebraska in this era was Christian motivated. ✝️ one can see the colorblindness of the man known as Tom Osborne.
and blindness to doing the right thing by not kicking the thug off the team.
You forget Manning could barely walk when this game started. A Ruptured bursa sac. I think that Manning kid and that Jamal Lewis kid ended up doing better than most Huskers in the NFL. Both of these teams were loaded.
@mortikal Lewis will be a HOF player too. Over the years both schools have had many great pros.
@mortikal Grant Wistrom, Mike Rucker, and Chad Kelsay as well.
Oh, yes….the ruptured bursa sac….give me a break. Tennessee had the shit stomped out of them by Nebraska, plain and simple. What the hell do NFL careers have to do with this game?!
@@mbapache64 Plus, the Nebraska players were ultra-motivated for this game. Not only was the National Championship at stake, but it was Osborne's last game as head coach. There was no way in hell they were going to lose that game.
@@mbapache64 Funny thing is Vols won the title the next year.
Tennessee got whooped!
All the Nebraska fans on here reliving ancient history. And I wouldn't count any chickens ahead of time in a match-up between them and Michigan in 1997. That Michigan defense would absolutely suffocate your one dimensional offense and win fairly easily. Florida st was the second best team in the country in 97 anyway. P.S...Michigan is a powerhouse again and Nebraska is busy looking for another coach. hahahehehoho!
Michigan needed a friend running the scoreboard to avoid losing to #18 Washington State. There should not have been a shared title that year. Nebraska was the clear champion.
Michigan had NO offense and would have had a horrible time trying to score against Nebraska's defense. Charles Woodson would have been laid on his back over and over by our big tight ends. Nebraska wins by 14 points against Michigan in 1997.
Nebraska was the superior team.
Michigan struggled to beat Ryan Leaf.
Nebraska throttled Peyton Manning & Jamal Lewis.
Also, the Big 10 was exposed as hot garbage in the Bowl games. Michigan's Big 10 opponents went a combined 0-6 in Bowl games, losing by an average of 19+ points.
Players of the Game? PM played like shit. AG was boss
My huskers #GBR🏈🏈🌽🌽 SHOULD HAVE BEEN 4 STRAIGHT but we had to send coach Osborne off with that natty and yes we would have beat Michigan ass just the same that year
But ya didn’t
Osborne should not have retired. The 1998 season would have been a rebuilding year, but he most likely would have won another in 1999 and possibly 2000. Frank Solich wasn't half the coach Osborne was, and he still only lost three games combined in those two seasons.
Frost should’ve stayed at UCF. Nebraska football is a dumpster fire so enjoy the glory days lol
for 5 years the cornhuskers could have competed in the NFL and maybe won some SBs,
The option doesn't work in the pros. Guys are too fast, and coaches figured it out long ago.
They had some great teams, but no way in hell.
@@pretorious700 That's the biggest lie ever told. My brother and 3 cousins played. 1 friend played, he is a HOFer. Top 3 receivers ever. 2 friends played and won Super Bowls. Starting LBs
Nope.
The guys from this team couldn't even cut it in the NFL.
Tennessee lost on purpose because they didn't want Michigan to win the championship that year
Nebraska would’ve beat Michigan in 97
Game that should’ve been played
@@dorianpreister3983 yeah whatever
Michigan had defense
@@gregorycampbell1432 - oh? Michigan top ranked defense. Nebraska 5th. Nebraska number one offense in the nation. Michigan? 44th. That doesn't bode well for you, at all. Las Vegas also felt this way, and stated that if the game had been played, Nebraska would have been a 14 point favorite going into the game. Nebraska was the more complete team. Michigan should never have leapfrogged Nebraska to number one mid-seasons, Nebraska never lost a game.
Tennessee was better than Washington State. Michigan BARELY beat Washington State. Manning was a lot better than Ryan Leaf.
Even in 2020, the Husker fan base is still delusional thinking they deserve to hang with all other college teams after 1998. Drives me nuts.
Best fans in the Country. They'll be back.
Einreb: What do you mean "hang with all other college teams?" Are we talking about hanging out with USC and Ohio State at parties? I'm not sure what you mean by deserve either. No college football fans deserve anything. The players and coaches are the ones putting in the work. Do Nebraska fans think we can be at least a top 25 team maybe a consistent top ten program? Well, yeah, considering we were pretty close to top ten under Pelini recently and surely if Wisconsin and K-State can have that type of success so can Nebraska. I don't think most people expect Nebraska to get back to the top but no one thought Alabama would get there again. If Nebraska gets the right guy with the type of support and resources in the program they can get there. But I'm not sure who you're talking to or where you think you're getting your info from other than just perception. Every Nebraska fan I've seen knows we are awful right now but we hope we can still at least be good again soon or should we just lower our standards and be happy to win a few games? That's the loser way and gets you nowhere.
Alabama has never been irrelevant as long as Nebraska. Even in Nana's ten down years, they still won the SEC and had multiple ten win seasons.
Dork with a fake account.
What an idiot 🤪
@@RepublicConstitution
What the hell are you even talking about.
Man Huskers today can't do shit. Sucks this team went from great to garbage, so tired of it. They had trouble with North Dakota ffs. This team isn't ever going to be good again.
PSA . Someone fix the title of this video . That's not 1998 we did not play Nebraska in 1998 and we were undefeated in 1998 we were national champions 1998 13 and no go Big Orange
Game played January 2 1998. This was the 97 bowl season, but bowl games are officially labeled by the year they are played in, not the season for some reason. Title is correct.
Fool
Nebraska fans have been bad for so long their fans have become delusional looking back and talking about then whipping Michigan this year had they played.
All these loser Nebraska fans have nothing to root for currently, so they have to playbackCZcams videos from 1997 and pretend like they could’ve beaten Michigan lol
Two has been programs that will never return to what they were .
Dead, irrelevant programs.
Joining Miami, Florida State, Michigan and Texas in the also ran club.
college football is a series of ups and downs. i remember when people were saying the same thing about alabama in the 90s and 2000s.
@@tennesseecurtiss5741 The difference? Bama won the national championship in 1992, went 12-1 in 1994, won the SEC in 1999 under Mike Dubose, won 10 games under Franchione, won 10 games under Shula. All Bama fans knew it was just a matter of time and the right coach. The media tried to say we were done. Screw the media.
@@tennesseecurtiss5741 LOL,the difference is Bama is a great program with one short down time ,Tennessee has never been relevant except for a very short one time rise . You are a basketball school now , and not a very good one .
Never liked Peyton Manning.
Peyton Manning. Most OVERRATED QB in history. No National Championship. Oh, oops. I forgot about ALL those Super Bowls. Wait, what? How many?
More than you.
Also, notice that you've never heard any NFL coach or GM, then or now, refer to Peyton Manning as "overrated". Only fanboys & talking heads who fail to realize it's a TEAM sport spout such nonsense.
Trent Dilfer won more Super Bowls than Dan Marino. No sane person would even suggest that Dilfer was somehow better. Defense, special teams, rushing attack, offensive line and coaching all affect how successful a QB will be.