Greatest football game I watched, in my lifetime. This is better than any NFL game. Irony O.J. Simpson was the first to interview a victorious Bobby Bowden. Later that year, O.J.'s life was destroyed.
I watched an Oprah Winfrey show in the spring of 1994 for the release of a Naked Gun movie, where all the stars of the movie were in a panel setting, including OJ. I remember thinking, “Something is wrong with him. Something isn’t right. He’s pre-occupied.” I grew up seeing OJ in commercials and doing NFL sideline reporting, so I knew his “happy-go-lucky” demeanor. And I saw something was wrong. I saw that Oprah show on that day in the spring of 1994 and have never been able to find it again.
@@wildmercuryfilmsWhen you say something was wrong, did your gut feelings happen to arrive at any conclusions pertaining to his innocence or guilt? You mentioned that you perceived him as “happy go lucky” so I would assume you’d conclude he was innocent. I hate to assume though.
@@markstepanekii388 blatant PI by Nebraska dbs for much of the game because they couldn’t cover them. They made William Floyd have to score twice too at the goal line. Calls went against both sides. Y’all always complain about that block in the back.
This is the game where Nebraska’s defense turned its back on its past & started to stop the elite offenses in National Title games. This game marked the beginning of a new era for Nebraska defense that lasted through the 1999 season & Charlie McBride’s retirement
Also their running game started to move better against those fast Florida teams. They'd run well against Miami next year and the gators two years later
HA! Coaches Neb faced in their bowl games and their lifetime bowl records. 94- Erickson finished 6-9. Got run out of the house in the 2 previous bowls when playing with his recruits. 95- Spurrier (11-10) 96- Beamer (10-12) third most bowl losses 97- Fulmer (8-7) 98- Neb lost. Tomey finished 5-3. But statistically better than all the others and what happened. Neb lost. 99- Fulmer (8-7) Neb played overrated coaches during the time.
@@robjohnson8861 Didn’t all of those coaches coach in a national title game? I mean… you think they suck, but every coach you mentioned was extremely successful
@@JG-hb4pw LOL Levell Edwards Gene Chezik Danny Ford Howard Schnelliberger The CO coach The GT coach The Wash coach Les Miles The A&M coach and how many more All have a 1 NC and nobody would argue any of them were/are "extremely" successful. The lifetime bowl records of who Ozzy beat was indicative of how good they were vs one and done. Fulmer had a losing record to around 12 coaches.
"I don't think there's a penalty there"... nope! Phantom clip! This is the second way in this game that the officials prevented Nebraska from having another national championship.
@@brandonchrisp4598 Trumpy said it can be one of 2 calls. Look at the left. At 38:22 look straight from the ref straight up the field. The FSU player in on the 35 yd line running east west, then at 38:24, he back on the 33 bec the neb player hit him which you can see the collision at 38:22.
@@robjohnson8861 There is no debating that the Nebraska player blocked the FSU player you're highlighting. Look at that FSU player see the Nebraska player coming, and brace and put his own shoulder into the Nebraska players hit that is oncoming. Does he have eyes in the back of his head? That hit was on his shoulder. Fair block.
@@brandonchrisp4598 REF is right there. Agaijn, FSU player is on the 35 but winds up back on the 33 or 33.5 because of the impact and it was in the back. If a player can see any part of of another's number and hits the player, it is blocking in the bac.
Yeah...NEB won it all in 94, 95, and 97 ⁉🏈🏟NEB lost the 93 national championship game..NEB was good in 96 and 99, didn't play in the title game, but did win a "Big Four Bowl" game those years..
@@fiesta061000 Yeah, and it could have easily just been 1. I don't think they had the best team in 94 (PSU probably was) and 97 could have gone either way with Michigan (although I think Nebraska was better). A big reason Nebraska was #1 in 94 was due to these heartbreaks and the pollsters throwing Osbourne a bone to get his first title.
Can you imagine if Nebraska makes the game winner how much second guessing of Bowden taking a time out for the game winning kick with 24 seconds left. Could've bled more off the clock to really end any chances.
2nd down with 24 secs , no timeouts. Take a gimme and if the kicker doesn't like the look, take a knee and attempt again and who would have thought Neb was gonna get in range. You have the benefit of judging based on what happened AFTER FSU kicked and are not based on what had happened up to that point.
@@robjohnson8861 I generally don't second guess plays and decisions, but on this one my opinion is that you never leave time on the clock if you have the option to bleed it. Note that FSU called their final timeout just after the first down, whereas they could have saved the timeout and bled the clock down, and/or forced Nebraska to use their final timeout, then run one more play and bled the clock down to under 10 seconds. The coach is responsible for the "what ifs" in these situations, and Bowden did a terrible job of that, and nearly lost the game because of it. But a great game none the less.
First time since I watched this game back in 94 that I have reviewed this tape. Good game. It still hurts like hell though. I must say that Bobby Bowden is one class act and if we had to lose at least it was to a classy person like Bobby -- but damn what a last two minutes of that game. Officials made bad calls on both teams - I don't believe it was decided by the officials though.
even though ND beat us that year, Nebraska was the best team we played. i gotta admit, i miss Nebraska being an elite program. and i definitely miss FSU being elite.
@@markheil1434incomplete catch called as complete…FSUs wr were held throughout the game….Floyd had to score twice. First drive, FSU should’ve had it first and goal after being interfered with and they had to settle for a missed FG. Illegal substitution before Nebraska got a shot at possibly making that last FG. Very poorly called game for both sides, but I don’t wanna hear the 14 points crap. We always waxed Nebraska and never had problems with them. One game it was close. Cry me a river
Before that last Nebraska field goal attempt, I was relishing the sight of a gatorade-soaked Bobby Bowden being interviewed on-field as the losing coach, having to explain his decision to not bleed the clock.
The most frustrating game ever as a Florida State fan! Terrible game plan to put Ward under center to start the game-or for any part of the game! I thought Bowden was coaching to lose! Combine that with us sending our coaches to Nebraska to teach them how to cover receivers after the 1992 season; it's a small miracle we won this game!
most frustrating game was 1997 loss at Florida..Florida State would've faced Nebraska in the Orange Bowl and had a shot at a split national title ⁉🟧🏈Florida State sputtered on offense in 1998 and 2000 national championship games..FSU lost 23-16 to Tennessee in 1998 game..FSU lost 13-2 to OU in 2000 game..
@@allengreene9954 Vermeil did not have a PhD in psychology where Osborne learned early on he wasn't gonna reach Phillips through playing football. But the path to another NC was gonna be easier if he played him. Osborne was best manure salesman in history, hands down.
@@robjohnson8861 course if you actually watched the Florida game didn’t matter who was the I-Back, they would of still killed Florida regardless. But since you want to go after coaches that gave Phillips a chance, let’s see there Jimmy Johnson, Steve Mariucci who also got a tip from Bill Walsh to sign him so gonna go after them?
Phillips was serving a 31-year sentence on assault convictions when he was charged in 2015 for murdering his cellmate. While awaiting trial, he committed suicide in solitary confinement
Even though I was riding with FSU,Nebraska even in defeat showed they where a formidable opponent.The Cornhuskers were tough as nails in the Osborne era.War Eagle
@@wildmercuryfilms Didn't realize that 5 of the 6 were by the margin they were. Who did Osborne ever own a winning record or even a 500 record against that was considered a very good coach? Remember, some says he was a great coach. * Paterno. Osborn 3, Paterno 2 * Darrell Royal. Osborn 1, Royal 0 * Switzer owned him * Bowden owned him * Johnson has a winning rec against him * Spurrier was an Osborne when they met. Losing bowl record at the time and finished 11-10 lifetime. Not a very good coach on balance. * Fulmer is ranked in the 90s of the ESPN's top 150 coaches. Not a very good coach. Would Bill McCartney be considered a very good coach.
@@robjohnson8861 I think you need to check about coaches, first off Osborne owned Johnson but thanks for playing. But your evaluation of coaches, no offense is ridiculous. Only reason you try to go after coaches because you have your God send in Nick Saban
I still wear a Nebraska national champions t-shirt to honor the 93 team. There were about 6 critical calls that went against Nebraska, but only 2 were killers. They 1st one was a punt return by Cory Dixon. The official saw a clip about to be made and started to prematurely throw his flag. He then watched the return man pass by, this turning his head away from the blocker. The blocker pulled up and did not clip the man. Result Nebraska lost 6 or 7 points. The other call was a hand off to the rb. He got into the end zone but was stripped of the ball about 6 to 10 inches outside the goal line. Nebraska recovered and it was still called a touchdown. Result was 7 points for Florida State. So there were 13 to 14 points that went to FSU and Nebraska lost by 2. Conclusion is that NU would have won that game by 10 or 11 points just on those two missed calls alone. No replay rules in those days. Tough for those guys.
Richard Barnes You should edit your comment with the times of the errors. The proof of no clip on the Dixon return was 38:00, but I don’t know the time of the FSU “touchdown.”
Re: the clip. Trumpy said it can be one of 2 calls. Look at the left, not the right which Trumpy was talking about. At 38:22 look straight from the ref straight up the field. The FSU player in on the 35 yd line running east west, then at 38:24, he back on the 33 bec the neb player hit him which you can see the collision at 38:22. The ref is absolutely right on top of the play. Re: the goal line NO FUMBLE. Please, oh please, provide the horrible video where you can see the "6 to 10 inches" where the ball was stripped.
@@robjohnson8861 maybe get eyes examined, if watch carefully it’s not the back, it’s the side which is still legal. Whoops, another loss for Rob, sorry but no a block or clip.
FSUs wide receivers were held much of the game. The first drive, FSU had to settle for a field goal miss because they weren’t given first and goal. At 3:14 left in the game, Nebraska wide receiver dropped the ball and they said he caught it on their drive to go up 16-15. Floyd crossed the goal line the first time and they said he didn’t. Illegal substitution wasn’t called on Nebraska on the play that got them into field goal range for the potential game-winner. Garbage excessive celebration was called on FSU after they made the kick. Nebraska always lost to us. This one was closer than those. Quit whining. Nebraska was lucky to even be in this game.
Officiating stunk this game. But kudos to FSU for the victory. Huskers played tough and had chances. Damn wide left. Huskers kicking game didn't help, esp. the kickoff that went out of bounds spotting FSU more yardage. Oh well, this game set the tone of championships that followed. GBR! Thanks for posting it.
@@TimothyCihal-pn7fm Fraziers Huskers have 2 titles. Based on Team win Percentage, Carrer passer rating, TD's generated per season, Total Offense per game, and Career Interception percentage Ward far out ranks him.
@@shawnwintle937 Tommie Frazier cannot be measured by statistics. It was ALWAYS about the intangibles with Frazier. Case in point: the next year, Nebraska beat Miami, and Frazier was the unanimous MVP, yet he barely played 2 quarters and had approximately 35 yards passing and 30 yards rushing, but if you watched that game from beginning to end, you’d know why he was MVP. You can’t measure Frazier by numbers, only wins and losses. He did what needed to be done to win.
@@wildmercuryfilms *"Tommie Frazier cannot be measured by statistics"* and Neb fans can be measured by their abstract, unproveable comments. Here's your case in pt: Miami got run out the building in their 2 previous bowls. Erickson sucked in bowls when playing his recruits.
Two missed calls, the punt return called back and the FSU fumble at the goal line. Nebraska still had a chance to win with a FG. This was the team that catapulted Nebraska as a yearly national championship contender and one of the greatest 5 year runs in college football history. Played and won 3 of 5 national championship games. Nebraska was a 17 point underdog and earned respect.
Poor sport. The FG. If we're gonna spot you the missed Neb FG, then I am sure you would spot FSU their missed FG in the 1st or 2nd qtr. And if they get that FG, Neb has a problem. They're losing by 5 at the end, not 3. A FG at the point would do them no good. No way they score 6 from where they were with the time they had. The goal line fumble. Listen to the long version of the game. Dick Enberg and Bob Trumpy refer back to that play many times. The best they could say was....."I don't know", not bad call like Dan Fout in the Miami/OSU goal line call where he said Bad Call, Bad Call. The punt return. Again, find the game where Trumpy draws on the screen. He says the call could be here or here. He directs world to the right. The block in the back was on the left is the penalty the ref called. See the red standing right no top of it. And the 60-3 Skip Along was a farce.
Tommie Frazier was great. But the story of Nebraska in the 90s is the transition from the defense that faced the venerable Peter Tom Willis in 1989 that gave up 400 yds/41 pts to a defense that faced Charlie Ward in 1993 in this game. Ward was the best player on the field bar none. Without him Florida State probably scores about 6 points
Good game but they gave Bobby his first title because it was his time. They knew Tom had put together a powerhouse program and would have dominated the 90’s more than they did. I think they could have back to back championships from 92-97. So Bobby might not have won any titles on his career, but they gave him this one to be sure.
man... I might be young, but it was hella weird that with a bowl system we almost never had #1 vs #2 matchups on the field in a bowl game back them. Like in 1995: if Miami defeated Nebraska they would be champions only if Oregon defeated Penn State at the Rose Bowl. In 1995 Tom Osborne (Nebraska HC) defended a playoff to determine the national champion. Can you imagine the matchups we lost due to the lack of playoffs in those days? Colorado-Georgia Tech in 1990, Miami-Washington in 91, Nebraska-Penn State in 95, Michigan-Nebraska in 97
People saying Bowden didn’t deserve this championship is full of shit. Yes the Irish beat FSU at home but by few points. Also the next week they were at Home against Boston college which should have been a easy win and they blew it. That gave fsu the shot. So any Irish fan that still complains about it is laughable. The right teams were there.
@@robjohnson8861 1:31:35 is your best look for video review. "Not from that angle!" How far out of the end zone does he need to be when the hit that caused the fumble took place for you to think there was ENOUGH evidence? At the time there was no overturning it when they blew the initial call. Today that would be reviewed, overturned, and Nebraska wins.
@@brandonchrisp4598 I would absolutely love to take you money. Say $200. We ask 10 people if they are 100% sure if he fumbled before he crossed the line. Remember, football evolved into a format that it has to be indisputable evidence to overturn the call.
@@brandonchrisp4598 NEITHER Dick Enberg non Bob Trumpy said, bad call, bad call, bad call like Fouts did in the NC game (Miami vs OSU.) Both said, " I dont know". That is not indisputable times 2. That is why non neb fans love to ride Neb. NO other fans are woulda, coulda, shoulda to the extent Neb fans are. You know like the missed FG but not recognizing that FSU missed a FG 2. Net: Same results.
@@brandonchrisp4598 Also, the no fumble happed earlier enuf for bowden to adjust. Remember he had adjusted to Osborne 15 hours of the 21 hours they had played before (5-2).. Bowden still wins.
I’m glad I know you’re just trolling lol you got Florida State fucked up. We got plenty of Hall of Fame players that came to that school and played football for the University get real.
The real question is how much did Somebody pay the Nebraska kicker to miss the field-goal that could have won them the game come on man stop the cap the officiating had nothing to do with them losing Nebraska just took the L.
Michael Jenkins and that punt return was a td... so 25-23 fsu... but he fumbled... I’m a Husker fan... this game was great albeit a heartbreaker, this was when college football was at its peak! Loved those Florida teams vs Nebraska. Truly awesome memories
John Phillips no that game never happened we beat Miami Louisville and Pitt that year we deserved to have a split title we also beat the team that beat Notre Dame who beat Florida state that’s not fair we deserve a claim
There's about 275 yards of taunting and unsportsmanlike penalties that today's refs would call. I think I saw a nice targeting too. :D. I miss the 90's.
Cory Dixon"s punt return was a TD, the FSU full back fumbled and T.O.(GOD) gave the BEST HALFTIME COMMENT TO (OJ) IN THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL!! Nebraska WON this game and the god dam fucking refs ruined this game worse than OJ's attempt to kill his wife...(it was his son)...#GBR!
Nebraska should have won this game there were bad penalties and that punt return got called back for some odd reason pretty much the referees wanted Florida State to win this game, and Nebraska should have 8 or more national titles today they should have 1982 1983 1993 and they possibly could have won 5 in a row, Nebraska has gotten screwed over a lot in the past.
Gosh these intro's are legendary!!!!
He finally got his first national championship. Bobby lived a long life. I mean dying at 91 is old especially for a man. He lived a long long life.
3 straight NCAA appearances for Nebraska against Florida's top 3 teams. So close going 3-0 against them.
This NBC intro is A++++++++++
Eightball sang the national anthem and Bobby Bowden finally got his title in a thriller. Great memories.
Greatest football game I watched, in my lifetime. This is better than any NFL game. Irony O.J. Simpson was the first to interview a victorious Bobby Bowden. Later that year, O.J.'s life was destroyed.
O.J. Simpson was also the MC when Charlie Ward was presented with the Heisman Trophy just a few weeks earlier.
Lol, forget about those other 2 that lost their lives.
@@shogunjobu Nicole somebody and a guy named Goodman I think.
Man that intro to this game gave me chills! That was top notch stuff right there! Game definitely lived up to hype
Man FSU & Nebraska had some dogs on there squads.Goons!!!
5months later O.J. ran loose in L.A.
I watched an Oprah Winfrey show in the spring of 1994 for the release of a Naked Gun movie, where all the stars of the movie were in a panel setting, including OJ. I remember thinking, “Something is wrong with him. Something isn’t right. He’s pre-occupied.” I grew up seeing OJ in commercials and doing NFL sideline reporting, so I knew his “happy-go-lucky” demeanor. And I saw something was wrong. I saw that Oprah show on that day in the spring of 1994 and have never been able to find it again.
😁😄😁😄😁😄😁😄
@@wildmercuryfilmsWhen you say something was wrong, did your gut feelings happen to arrive at any conclusions pertaining to his innocence or guilt? You mentioned that you perceived him as “happy go lucky” so I would assume you’d conclude he was innocent. I hate to assume though.
Just imagine if Nebraska made that field goal at the end.
@@royalpriest2696 No $hit.
Imagine if FSU made field goals against Miami. We earned that miss. There was also illegal substitution before that play that got them into range.
@Jagnole101 a nole fan complaining about officiating in this game is gold
@@markstepanekii388 incomplete pass counted as a catch with 3:14 left too for Nebraska.
@@markstepanekii388 blatant PI by Nebraska dbs for much of the game because they couldn’t cover them. They made William Floyd have to score twice too at the goal line. Calls went against both sides. Y’all always complain about that block in the back.
R.I.P. Bobby Bowden 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Notre Dame should have shared the national championship!
It was good to see the grand lady The Orange Bowl Stadium. Great Game
Great game. Kudos to Nebraska an Osbourne.
Great job on the National Anthem.
Go Noles!
This is the game where Nebraska’s defense turned its back on its past & started to stop the elite offenses in National Title games. This game marked the beginning of a new era for Nebraska defense that lasted through the 1999 season & Charlie McBride’s retirement
Also their running game started to move better against those fast Florida teams. They'd run well against Miami next year and the gators two years later
HA! Coaches Neb faced in their bowl games and their lifetime bowl records.
94- Erickson finished 6-9. Got run out of the house in the 2 previous bowls when playing with his recruits.
95- Spurrier (11-10)
96- Beamer (10-12) third most bowl losses
97- Fulmer (8-7)
98- Neb lost. Tomey finished 5-3. But statistically better than all the others and what happened. Neb lost.
99- Fulmer (8-7)
Neb played overrated coaches during the time.
@@robjohnson8861
Didn’t all of those coaches coach in a national title game? I mean… you think they suck, but every coach you mentioned was extremely successful
@@JG-hb4pw LOL
Levell Edwards
Gene Chezik
Danny Ford
Howard Schnelliberger
The CO coach
The GT coach
The Wash coach
Les Miles
The A&M coach
and how many more
All have a 1 NC and nobody would argue any of them were/are "extremely" successful.
The lifetime bowl records of who Ozzy beat was indicative of how good they were vs one and done.
Fulmer had a losing record to around 12 coaches.
That was the difference in this game and the other Orange Bowls. I wonder if FSU coaching staff figured this out prior or during this game.
You can tell at 38:00 that there was no clip on the Corey Dixon punt return
"I don't think there's a penalty there"... nope! Phantom clip! This is the second way in this game that the officials prevented Nebraska from having another national championship.
@@brandonchrisp4598 Trumpy said it can be one of 2 calls. Look at the left. At 38:22 look straight from the ref straight up the field. The FSU player in on the 35 yd line running east west, then at 38:24, he back on the 33 bec the neb player hit him which you can see the collision at 38:22.
@@robjohnson8861 There is no debating that the Nebraska player blocked the FSU player you're highlighting. Look at that FSU player see the Nebraska player coming, and brace and put his own shoulder into the Nebraska players hit that is oncoming. Does he have eyes in the back of his head? That hit was on his shoulder. Fair block.
@@brandonchrisp4598 REF is right there. Agaijn, FSU player is on the 35 but winds up back on the 33 or 33.5 because of the impact and it was in the back. If a player can see any part of of another's number and hits the player, it is blocking in the bac.
@@robjohnson8861 only problem is everyone including the announcers are asking where is it? Sorry but you need a eye and head examination done
I just realized that Nebraska could have won 4 titles in 5 years 😳
Yeah...NEB won it all in 94, 95, and 97 ⁉🏈🏟NEB lost the 93 national championship game..NEB was good in 96 and 99, didn't play in the title game, but did win a "Big Four Bowl" game those years..
@@fiesta061000 Yeah, and it could have easily just been 1. I don't think they had the best team in 94 (PSU probably was) and 97 could have gone either way with Michigan (although I think Nebraska was better). A big reason Nebraska was #1 in 94 was due to these heartbreaks and the pollsters throwing Osbourne a bone to get his first title.
@ams533 penn st played Noone that year and wouldn't have been able to keep up lol
Great game! Always liked Bowden, good man
both teams with those classic unis. sure beats the gimmick unis of today.
Real football. Approaching the summit.
Anyone know the name of the music that plays in the intro part? Specifically when they talk about the past near misses for the coaches
Can anyone find the NBC theme for the major bowl games back them? Starting at 1:58 in this video
Can you imagine if Nebraska makes the game winner how much second guessing of Bowden taking a time out for the game winning kick with 24 seconds left. Could've bled more off the clock to really end any chances.
2nd down with 24 secs , no timeouts.
Take a gimme and if the kicker doesn't like the look, take a knee and attempt again and who would have thought Neb was gonna get in range.
You have the benefit of judging based on what happened AFTER FSU kicked and are not based on what had happened up to that point.
@@robjohnson8861 Hey I'm a massive FSU fan, but this was a dumb decision that almost blew up in Bobby's face.
@@Carnold02 I get it. Ur stupid and have never seen this before. Again it gives him 2 opportunties
@@robjohnson8861 😂😂😂, Chris is stupid? I wouldn’t talk
@@robjohnson8861 I generally don't second guess plays and decisions, but on this one my opinion is that you never leave time on the clock if you have the option to bleed it. Note that FSU called their final timeout just after the first down, whereas they could have saved the timeout and bled the clock down, and/or forced Nebraska to use their final timeout, then run one more play and bled the clock down to under 10 seconds. The coach is responsible for the "what ifs" in these situations, and Bowden did a terrible job of that, and nearly lost the game because of it. But a great game none the less.
that team was so good even ward couldn't choak it away
Lets go to OJ Simpson 😂😂
Non conference schedule that year
FSU
Kansas
Notre Dame
Miami
Florida
Nebraska
North Texas
Texas Tech
UCLA
Colorado State
Dick. Enberg. Is. The. Best. Ever..
First time since I watched this game back in 94 that I have reviewed this tape. Good game. It still hurts like hell though. I must say that Bobby Bowden is one class act and if we had to lose at least it was to a classy person like Bobby -- but damn what a last two minutes of that game. Officials made bad calls on both teams - I don't believe it was decided by the officials though.
Your blind. 2 plays. Cory Dixen's punt return & Floyd's fumble. 14 points. Ball game.
even though ND beat us that year, Nebraska was the best team we played. i gotta admit, i miss Nebraska being an elite program. and i definitely miss FSU being elite.
@@markheil1434incomplete catch called as complete…FSUs wr were held throughout the game….Floyd had to score twice. First drive, FSU should’ve had it first and goal after being interfered with and they had to settle for a missed FG. Illegal substitution before Nebraska got a shot at possibly making that last FG. Very poorly called game for both sides, but I don’t wanna hear the 14 points crap. We always waxed Nebraska and never had problems with them. One game it was close. Cry me a river
Bowden's decision to kick the field goal with 24 seconds left was incomprehensible. FSU probably deserved to lose the game for that alone. So bad.
Before that last Nebraska field goal attempt, I was relishing the sight of a gatorade-soaked Bobby Bowden being interviewed on-field as the losing coach, having to explain his decision to not bleed the clock.
Charlie Ward versus Tommy Frazier .
Tommie
I was just 9 years old at this time when these two teams collided what is championship game
Shocking to see Nebraska in a New Years' Day Bowl. They've been so bad for so long.....
how much did the officials make on the side for each bad call
The most frustrating game ever as a Florida State fan! Terrible game plan to put Ward under center to start the game-or for any part of the game! I thought Bowden was coaching to lose! Combine that with us sending our coaches to Nebraska to teach them how to cover receivers after the 1992 season; it's a small miracle we won this game!
most frustrating game was 1997 loss at Florida..Florida State would've faced Nebraska in the Orange Bowl and had a shot at a split national title ⁉🟧🏈Florida State sputtered on offense in 1998 and 2000 national championship games..FSU lost 23-16 to Tennessee in 1998 game..FSU lost 13-2 to OU in 2000 game..
Haven't seen this in years. Freshman Lawrence Phillips beaten to death in prison. Sad story. Osborne did so much to help that troubled soul.
Dick Vermill tried too.
@@allengreene9954 Vermeil did not have a PhD in psychology where Osborne learned early on he wasn't gonna reach Phillips through playing football. But the path to another NC was gonna be easier if he played him. Osborne was best manure salesman in history, hands down.
@@robjohnson8861 course if you actually watched the Florida game didn’t matter who was the I-Back, they would of still killed Florida regardless. But since you want to go after coaches that gave Phillips a chance, let’s see there Jimmy Johnson, Steve Mariucci who also got a tip from Bill Walsh to sign him so gonna go after them?
Phillips was serving a 31-year sentence on assault convictions when he was charged in 2015 for murdering his cellmate. While awaiting trial, he committed suicide in solitary confinement
Even though I was riding with FSU,Nebraska even in defeat showed they where a formidable opponent.The Cornhuskers were tough as nails in the Osborne era.War Eagle
Sorry about Gus, War Eagle fan
Hey man: you gotta remember the context: Nebraska had lost their previous 6 bowls, and had been blown out most of the time.
@@wildmercuryfilms Didn't realize that 5 of the 6 were by the margin they were.
Who did Osborne ever own a winning record or even a 500 record against that was considered a very good coach? Remember, some says he was a great coach.
* Paterno. Osborn 3, Paterno 2
* Darrell Royal. Osborn 1, Royal 0
* Switzer owned him
* Bowden owned him
* Johnson has a winning rec against him
* Spurrier was an Osborne when they met. Losing bowl record at the time and finished 11-10 lifetime. Not a very good coach on balance.
* Fulmer is ranked in the 90s of the ESPN's top 150 coaches. Not a very good coach.
Would Bill McCartney be considered a very good coach.
@@robjohnson8861 I think you need to check about coaches, first off Osborne owned Johnson but thanks for playing. But your evaluation of coaches, no offense is ridiculous. Only reason you try to go after coaches because you have your God send in Nick Saban
@@sorney98again, the twit that never looks stuff up bec hes afraid of the internet. Yeah Osborne owned Johnson
Miami 23, Neb 3.
I still wear a Nebraska national champions t-shirt to honor the 93 team. There were about 6 critical calls that went against Nebraska, but only 2 were killers. They 1st one was a punt return by Cory Dixon. The official saw a clip about to be made and started to prematurely throw his flag. He then watched the return man pass by, this turning his head away from the blocker. The blocker pulled up and did not clip the man. Result Nebraska lost 6 or 7 points. The other call was a hand off to the rb. He got into the end zone but was stripped of the ball about 6 to 10 inches outside the goal line. Nebraska recovered and it was still called a touchdown. Result was 7 points for Florida State. So there were 13 to 14 points that went to FSU and Nebraska lost by 2. Conclusion is that NU would have won that game by 10 or 11 points just on those two missed calls alone. No replay rules in those days. Tough for those guys.
Richard Barnes You should edit your comment with the times of the errors. The proof of no clip on the Dixon return was 38:00, but I don’t know the time of the FSU “touchdown.”
Wah wah get over it
Re: the clip.
Trumpy said it can be one of 2 calls. Look at the left, not the right which Trumpy was talking about. At 38:22 look straight from the ref straight up the field. The FSU player in on the 35 yd line running east west, then at 38:24, he back on the 33 bec the neb player hit him which you can see the collision at 38:22. The ref is absolutely right on top of the play.
Re: the goal line NO FUMBLE. Please, oh please, provide the horrible video where you can see the "6 to 10 inches" where the ball was stripped.
@@robjohnson8861 maybe get eyes examined, if watch carefully it’s not the back, it’s the side which is still legal. Whoops, another loss for Rob, sorry but no a block or clip.
FSUs wide receivers were held much of the game. The first drive, FSU had to settle for a field goal miss because they weren’t given first and goal. At 3:14 left in the game, Nebraska wide receiver dropped the ball and they said he caught it on their drive to go up 16-15. Floyd crossed the goal line the first time and they said he didn’t. Illegal substitution wasn’t called on Nebraska on the play that got them into field goal range for the potential game-winner. Garbage excessive celebration was called on FSU after they made the kick. Nebraska always lost to us. This one was closer than those. Quit whining. Nebraska was lucky to even be in this game.
The Nebraska kicker missed as bad as the Ohio State Kicker
Officiating stunk this game. But kudos to FSU for the victory. Huskers played tough and had chances. Damn wide left. Huskers kicking game didn't help, esp. the kickoff that went out of bounds spotting FSU more yardage. Oh well, this game set the tone of championships that followed. GBR! Thanks for posting it.
Charlie Ward was the greatest college QB of the 90's. I'll die on that hill!
Tommy Frazier has two National Title's Ward only has one! Sounds like your Battle of Stalingrad!
@@TimothyCihal-pn7fm Fraziers Huskers have 2 titles. Based on Team win Percentage, Carrer passer rating, TD's generated per season, Total Offense per game, and Career Interception percentage Ward far out ranks him.
@@shawnwintle937 Tommie Frazier cannot be measured by statistics. It was ALWAYS about the intangibles with Frazier. Case in point: the next year, Nebraska beat Miami, and Frazier was the unanimous MVP, yet he barely played 2 quarters and had approximately 35 yards passing and 30 yards rushing, but if you watched that game from beginning to end, you’d know why he was MVP. You can’t measure Frazier by numbers, only wins and losses. He did what needed to be done to win.
@@wildmercuryfilms *"Tommie Frazier cannot be measured by statistics"* and Neb fans can be measured by their abstract, unproveable comments. Here's your case in pt: Miami got run out the building in their 2 previous bowls. Erickson sucked in bowls when playing his recruits.
lol Frazier was MVP of 3 straight NC games...
Would be the last game Nebraska would lose until 1997 season
At least herbstreit and them did admit that they underestimated Nebraska
Two missed calls, the punt return called back and the FSU fumble at the goal line. Nebraska still had a chance to win with a FG. This was the team that catapulted Nebraska as a yearly national championship contender and one of the greatest 5 year runs in college football history. Played and won 3 of 5 national championship games. Nebraska was a 17 point underdog and earned respect.
Poor sport.
The FG. If we're gonna spot you the missed Neb FG, then I am sure you would spot FSU their missed FG in the 1st or 2nd qtr. And if they get that FG, Neb has a problem. They're losing by 5 at the end, not 3. A FG at the point would do them no good. No way they score 6 from where they were with the time they had.
The goal line fumble. Listen to the long version of the game. Dick Enberg and Bob Trumpy refer back to that play many times. The best they could say was....."I don't know", not bad call like Dan Fout in the Miami/OSU goal line call where he said Bad Call, Bad Call.
The punt return. Again, find the game where Trumpy draws on the screen. He says the call could be here or here. He directs world to the right. The block in the back was on the left is the penalty the ref called. See the red standing right no top of it.
And the 60-3 Skip Along was a farce.
William floyd scored on 1st and goal from the 6 but the refs blew the whistle too early
What about the deflected pass turned touchdown?
Nebraska's last loss until their second game of the 1996 season.
A great game, good win for Charlie Ward & Seminoles
38:00 and 1:30:30 Two huge blown calls that cost Nebraska the game. This was not great win for the Seminoles.
Both teams had bad calls. Just Nebraska may had more. Nevertheless, Nebraska had a chance to win and didn't get it done.
Bob Trumpy did nothing but question the winning game plan. That's why he's in the booth and really shouldn't have even been there.
Tommie Frazier was great. But the story of Nebraska in the 90s is the transition from the defense that faced the venerable Peter Tom Willis in 1989 that gave up 400 yds/41 pts to a defense that faced Charlie Ward in 1993 in this game. Ward was the best player on the field bar none. Without him Florida State probably scores about 6 points
Nebraska finally started recruiting out of state, fast defenders in the early 90's, and it showed in this game and the following years.
The Probation may have ROBBED Auburn's National Titles Hopes in the 90's but, the 2000's SEC and National Champions belongs to Auburn Tigers in 2004.
2003 USC 23, Aub 0 AT Auburn. USC would have creamed Aub again in 2004.
Good game but they gave Bobby his first title because it was his time. They knew Tom had put together a powerhouse program and would have dominated the 90’s more than they did. I think they could have back to back championships from 92-97. So Bobby might not have won any
titles on his career, but they gave him this one to be sure.
NBC simpin' hard for Notre Dame during this entire broadcast, and in the post game.
Also if we had todays playoff system here then it would have been Nebraska.Florida State. Notredame. And Florida. Which would have been interesting.
man... I might be young, but it was hella weird that with a bowl system we almost never had #1 vs #2 matchups on the field in a bowl game back them. Like in 1995: if Miami defeated Nebraska they would be champions only if Oregon defeated Penn State at the Rose Bowl.
In 1995 Tom Osborne (Nebraska HC) defended a playoff to determine the national champion. Can you imagine the matchups we lost due to the lack of playoffs in those days? Colorado-Georgia Tech in 1990, Miami-Washington in 91, Nebraska-Penn State in 95, Michigan-Nebraska in 97
Coach Bowden 🏈
People saying Bowden didn’t deserve this championship is full of shit. Yes the Irish beat FSU at home but by few points. Also the next week they were at Home against Boston college which should have been a easy win and they blew it. That gave fsu the shot. So any Irish fan that still complains about it is laughable. The right teams were there.
The oddest thing about this game is OJ at the end, 6 months before he killed 2 people!
Not guilty
Not guilty
@@derricklawson7771 actually he was in a civil case, so know what you're talking about loser.
2:57:48
ever player on both defenses would have been thrown out if they played with today's rules.
imagine if Bobby didn't have coward kickers. how many chips would he have won
This is 1993.
Man…Florida State was handed this game.
5 Days before the Birth of Famous Jameis Winston.
1:30:30 Fumble in the end zone recovered by Nebraska. Huskers got robbed of a National Championship by the pre Instant Replay era.
BS! There was not enuf evidence to suggest (overturn) a TD.
@@robjohnson8861 1:31:35 is your best look for video review. "Not from that angle!" How far out of the end zone does he need to be when the hit that caused the fumble took place for you to think there was ENOUGH evidence? At the time there was no overturning it when they blew the initial call. Today that would be reviewed, overturned, and Nebraska wins.
@@brandonchrisp4598 I would absolutely love to take you money. Say $200.
We ask 10 people if they are 100% sure if he fumbled before he crossed the line. Remember, football evolved into a format that it has to be indisputable evidence to overturn the call.
@@brandonchrisp4598 NEITHER Dick Enberg non Bob Trumpy said, bad call, bad call, bad call like Fouts did in the NC game (Miami vs OSU.)
Both said, " I dont know". That is not indisputable times 2.
That is why non neb fans love to ride Neb. NO other fans are woulda, coulda, shoulda to the extent Neb fans are. You know like the missed FG but not recognizing that FSU missed a FG 2. Net: Same results.
@@brandonchrisp4598 Also, the no fumble happed earlier enuf for bowden to adjust. Remember he had adjusted to Osborne 15 hours of the 21 hours they had played before (5-2).. Bowden still wins.
ward always shrank in big games
Auburn was robbed because of the NCAA Probation from Live TV, and Post-Season in 1993.
You have trouble with compliance don't you? It has to be a genes thing.
War Eagle .!!
Forgot NBC used a potato to film this game.
karma was on nabraska
The pathetic, biased announcers should have been ashamed of themselves, as should the referees.
Is this the game where the officials cheated for Bowden?
FSU had Deion Sanders. Florida had Emmitt Smith. And Miami had Michael Irvin and so many more!
so? Mississippi Valley State had Jerry Rice lol
@@afridgetoofar1818 Yeah but Florida had more stars. He named 3 guys you named 1
I’m glad I know you’re just trolling lol you got Florida State fucked up. We got plenty of Hall of Fame players that came to that school and played football for the University get real.
I wonder how much money Fla. St. Paid those officials.
The real question is how much did Somebody pay the Nebraska kicker to miss the field-goal that could have won them the game come on man stop the cap the officiating had nothing to do with them losing Nebraska just took the L.
That was a touchdown.the FSU player got the ball across the goal line before he fumbled
Ridiculous
Michael Jenkins and that punt return was a td... so 25-23 fsu... but he fumbled... I’m a Husker fan... this game was great albeit a heartbreaker, this was when college football was at its peak! Loved those Florida teams vs Nebraska. Truly awesome memories
@@johnphillips9935 FSU owned Nebraska
that was a fumble
Nebraska covered.
This isn’t fair WVU deserved to be in this game they would’ve destroyed both of them
John waffle WV yeah, they did great against Florida..
John Phillips no that game never happened we beat Miami Louisville and Pitt that year we deserved to have a split title we also beat the team that beat Notre Dame who beat Florida state that’s not fair we deserve a claim
John waffle WV well they got their shot at Nebraska to start the next season.. 😋
WV lost in their bowl game!
imagine if a playoff existed then. these 2 plus ND and WV.
today's game has no comparison to what football used to be. it's completely lost its soul in today's game. it's robotic and absolutely garbage now
West va got robbed
Absolute job by refs.
There's about 275 yards of taunting and unsportsmanlike penalties that today's refs would call. I think I saw a nice targeting too. :D. I miss the 90's.
Agreed. You get comment of the year . Good one
Cory Dixon"s punt return was a TD, the FSU full back fumbled and T.O.(GOD) gave the BEST HALFTIME COMMENT TO (OJ) IN THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL!! Nebraska WON this game and the god dam fucking refs ruined this game worse than OJ's attempt to kill his wife...(it was his son)...#GBR!
Huskers were CLEARLY the better team. Got jobbed time and time again!!!
But fsu won?
Excuses excuses
Nebraska fans want to blame the officiating but they had a chance to win the game late
How many touchdowns were called back by some mysterious call in this game? Yeah. The officials were MAJORLY against Nebraska.
Chad A so I guess it's the official's fault the nebraska kicker missed a field goal that could have won the game.stop crying about it and get over it
Nebraska should have won this game there were bad penalties and that punt return got called back for some odd reason pretty much the referees wanted Florida State to win this game, and Nebraska should have 8 or more national titles today they should have 1982 1983 1993 and they possibly could have won 5 in a row, Nebraska has gotten screwed over a lot in the past.
Lawrence Phillips starts this game and Nebraska wins.