12 22nd 32 45 The Big 12 Began after the SWC Conference was dissipated from Cheating on their Recruitments. After Arkansas bolted to the SEC, half of the SWC Texas Teams joined the Big 8 Conference(Texas, Texas A & M, Texas Tech, and Baylor) to form The Big 12. The Other Texas Schools(Texas Christian, Southern Methodist, Rice, and Houston) were scattered everywhere else. Was it in 1995 then when The SWC Conference was dissolved then?
@@willbadley4798 yeah, about 7-10 years back the Alumni Letter said NE was going to broadcast games in Spanish...Oh Great, 30 people in Mexico get to pound their Chests for 3 Win Seasons. "Woke" is more important than Wins in Lincoln nowadays. And there were Agitators trying to burn down brick bldgs in downtown Lincoln last time i was there, 3 years ago. Maybe one of our Football Players can Swim on the Women's Team and bring back the "Glory"??
Tennessee fan here...much respect for Nebraska and their fans. I have no doubt that this Nebraska team would have crushed Michigan like they did us. Michigan made out like bandits in '97...stole the Heisman from Peyton (yes, I'm still bitter about that lol) and got to play Washington State (?!) for their claim at the '97 national title.
You know who got royaly screwed in a heisman race? Tommy Frazier in '95'. Eddie George was a great back but Tommy was the best player in college football that year.
But thats the problem the Heisman had for a while. It is supposed to be awarded to the "Best College player" not the best potential pro player. In the 90's thats kind of what it was but I think thats turned around after all Eric Crouch won it in 2000.
+apex6689 Nebraska would have beat Michigan worse. Big Ten has always been a joke. Still is. Worse thing that ever happened to Nebraska football. Different times.
I was 10 in 1995 and just getting into youth football when Nebraska won that first championship, then went on to win 2 more over the next 3 years. I've been a fan ever since (all the way in North Carolina). Mid to late 90's Nebraska had the best rushing offense in the history of college football IMO.
@@generalkayoss7347 Same. Husker fan here also in NC. I was a triple option QB in Junior High when Nebraska made their runs. Have been a fan since. No one could call the option game like Tom Osborne. The man was a genius.
Me Too. And speaking of talent not given proper recognition - Jack Mildren was by far the greatest Wishbone Quarterback in collegiate history. - Husker Fan
Anyone else watching a marathon of the 90's championship games? The 1995 Orange Bowl versus Miami, 1996 Fiesta Bowl versus Florida, and this one, or is it just me?
Was Miami's 3rd bowl loss in a row, the year before was shut out by Arizona 29-0 in the bowl, was Erickson's last game, was in trouble with the NCAA. When did Miami players know it was Erickson's last game. Do you think it would affect their performance? Neb 24, Miami 17. Not impressive, but yes, a win. Spurrier 11-10 in bowls, Fulmer 8-7 in bowls. Osborne's impressive feat was beating 3 top 10 ranked CO teams and the margin of the victory over TN, FL, not the victories themselves.
"Both our programs deserve better results " Why? Because of what Neyland did back in 20's, 30's, 40's and early 50's? Shit, I thought Neyland accomplished greatness. Boy, I was misguided. 21 Seasons, 1-NC, 2-5 in bowls In the country: finished #1, 1 time (the NC year where he lost the Sugar but still won the NC. What!!!) In the conference: finished #1, 2 times, tied for 1st, 5 times He wasn't a great coach by any stretch!
Too bad Tennessee and Florida State suffered their only regular season losses when they did. Florida State was a much better team than Tennessee in 1997 and IIRC finished above them in the polls.
Seems like these players played with more sportsmanship than in today's game. I didn't notice much trash talking in this game. Today seems like there isn't as much respect between teams.
It was different on the field. Billy would say how they would grab each other, twist knees and ankles, do everything they could to really really hurt you. I remember a game where he tackled a guy, got back up, stepped on his head, and went and tackled another! Didn’t even realize he skull stomped a guy!
After looking at The History of Nebraska Football, of their 5 Natl Titles, 4 were earned by beating an SEC Team(LSU Alabama, Fla, Tennessee). That’s the way we do it Go Big Red 💪
what is really going to get to you is that the only way you are going to see a successful husker program is through you tube, history and such. Man Colorado beat you guys so bad in 2001 you never recovered.
@@davidkahil5158 I wouldn’t know I was only 3. Honestly could care less about your opinion on the huskers as you probably could care less about mine and that’s okay. In the end I’ll always root for them win or lose. Thanks for reminding me about my comment from six years ago also, got to watch this bad ass RU-vid video again.
32:00 Jamal Lewis fumble. 41:00 Ahman Green TD run. 50:48 Tennessee muffed punt turnover. 53:51 Shevin Wiggins for Nebraska TD. 1:09:20 Scott Frost QB keeper TD plunge. 1:15:52 43-yard run by Ahman Green. 1:18:00 Scott Frost QB keeper for the TD. 1:29:30 yet another TD run by Ahman Green. 1:50:11 yet another TD run by Scott Frost.
I get rivals not liking Tenn, but I've never understood the unbridled hatred for Peyton? He's an all time great QB, and a class act on and off the field. He never ran his mouth, never caused controversy, was always respected by teammates, and never had off-field issues. He's about as clean of an athlete as you can create, where does all this disdain come from?
Just raw doing what a QB is supposed to do. What happened the rest of the game? Manning 134, Leaf 330 fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/archive/fbs/1997team.pdf
No I can't stand manning he's an arrogant ass!!! And I'm glad frost out played him and smoked Tennessee nothing against the vols I just can't stand manning and he's still on my TV hate it!!!
@Diane Newman you got that right but I knew they would they were truely the best team and would have destroyed Michigan had they played! And I can't stand manning he's such an arrogant prick!!!
@Diane Newman"I was so happy to see Tom and Frost persevere and tromp Tenn and Manning " Oh come on you stupid girl. Even I could beat Phat Phulmer......signed F. Solich.
The kind of player peyton manning turned out to be now speaks volumes of the kind of defense Nebrasks had in this game and throughout the 90's, they were outstanding football teams
What the hell? Go to the link below. Scroll down to 2nd grid. Sort on %. Peyton was 14-13 in playoffs. His .519 win % is the lowest of all QBs that had a winning %. Everybody else below him were 50/50 in playoffs or worse. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_quarterback_playoff_records This game was just a microcosm of the kind of QB he was. That is, when it mattered, most of the time, he didn't.
@@johnlawlyes8277 with those stats he should have at least 2 more SBs. Btw, he had 1 Td in both SBs and everybody knows Cam lost the SB bec of Dens def, Peyton didnt win it. 39 games at TN. Name his most significant win.
I’m a Pitt fan but Nebraska is the real national champions of 1997. Don’t know who thought a team who barley beats a crappy Washington State team should share a title. Nebraska would’ve destroyed Michigan.
If Nebraska played Michigan that year the Huskers would've stomped Michigan! The Huskers absolutely embarrassed Tennessee and Peyton Manning in this game! Michigan barely beat a Washington State team! Nebraska 31 Michigan 14!
So not true! Nebraska barely beat a unranked Colorado team and never Even played anybody the whole season. The only reason you guys got a share of The title was because Coach Osborne was retiring at the end of the season.
@@thatstokleyguy You are so wrong. Nebraska beat 4 ranked teams, including #2 Washington AT Husky Stadium, 17 KState, 14 Texas A&M, and finally #3 Tennessee, by an average score of 45-18. Michigan fans go on and on about the points per game allowed by their defense, but fail to realize WHY the Nebraska defense allowed 17 points per game (7 more than Michigan). Michigan's offense was TERRIBLE, scoring only 27 points per game, and often the first stringers for Michigan had to play deep into the 3rd even 4th quarter in order to ensure a victory. Nebraska would handily have opponents defeated by halftime, and third, fourth, whatever stringers were playing the entire second half, allowing garbage points to be scored by their opponents. Also, before the "Nebraska should have never jumped the number one team if the number one team didn't lose" NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND. Let's go back to November 8, 1997. Nebraska was number one, barely beat Missouri, at Missouri, a rivalry game, and Michigan jumped them. The best team in the nation was Nebraska, if anyone stole half the title, it was Michigan, who should have have leapfrogged a Nebraska team that never lost.
@@rooh5825 last play of the Missouri game is all I need to prove my Point. 100% a false start on the QB frost and then a kick ball and the catch is highly questionable! If Nebraska was so dominant why does it take multiple missed calls in the final play of the game for you guys to score and take it to overtime. Nebraska football is horrible! Last top 25 ranking was back in 2007! 15 god damn years!
@@rooh5825So you have decided to go with feelings over facts. Explains a lot. 1997 Michigan vs Colorado 27-3 Michigan 1997 Nebraska vs Colorado 27-24 Nebraska. A 6 lose team finds away to put 24 points on your team. Plus the facts I just dropped about a 5 lose Missouri team. Michigan held 7 opponents to a single digit score and somehow you find a way to say Nebraska puts up 45. Your a full blown slappy.
I'm glad the Big 10 respects and welcomes the Big Red by playing our historic games on the BTN. Also The Sooners are the only team I miss from the Big 12.
This was arguably Tennessee's most talented roster in the 90s, and the fact Nebraska pummeled them is further evidence how insanely biased the media is in awarding Michigan a share of the title. Peyton was the best player that year, and Nebraska was the best team. The Big10 is a constant parasite on this sport, always receiving more accolades than they deserve because they have so many stooges in the media.
if people remember Nebraska held the #1 spot all year until the Mizzou game. Michigan blew out Ohio St and jumped NU. Like Scott Frost said to the coaches, "If your job depended on winning your next game and you can choose who you could play, who would you play...? Michigan or Nebraska...that answered the question why NU got part of the title. NU would have beaten Michigan by 10-20 points easy.
+husker hammer Nebraska's second string would have beaten Michigan by 10-20. Nebraska's first string would have dismantled them worse than they did Tennessee. Times have changed a lot. I'm glad to have lived through those times. People knew how to get things done in general back then.
Michigan was the true and ONLY Champion for 1997. First of all, Michigan was ranked #1 in BOTH polls going into their bowl game. They won, and beat a highly ranked WSU team handedly. Therefore, never in the history of college football has a team went into a bowl game being ranked, then won, and dropped in ranking? Look at little bitch boy Neb qb Frost, whining and crying to the coaches to vote them ahead of Michigan, since it was Osbournes last game.....You see, the coaches poll that year was tainted, and not only that, but the AP is a higher ranked poll, and has more meaning. Oh, I guess you Nebraska fans forgot about that little game you had in Missouri, in which you LOST (if not for cheating, and kicking the ball in the endzone). But, you would like to forget that little hiccup, hey sparky? Michigan dominated every game they played, beat more ranked teams, had the Heisman Trophy winner (Woodson), and none of their games were close....Nebraska on the other hand, it took a miracle and LUCK for you to "beat" Missouri, and then you played a highly overrated Tennessee team which had chokemeister Manning at the helm...(Yes, Manning always choked in big college games, just ask him about Florida....lol)
B Tyler Hows that piece of plywood of a trophy? Most "experts" have said Nebraska would have beaten Michigan. Highly Ranked WSU? They were like 19th in that Rose Bowl. NU beat #4 Tennessee by 28 points. Give me a freaking break...and besides if WSU hadn't been fucked at the end they were poised to win the game.
Yes it was the Big 12 vs SEC. this was the year that Nebraska beat Texas A & M in the first ever Big 12 Championship gm. I saw the video the other day where the Huskers had beaten the Aggies 54-15 to go to the Orange Bowl. What a lopsided win just like this one
Ummmm....that was not the first ever Big 12 championship game. The first ever, was the year before, when Texas upset Nebraska. That was the 1996 season, the first year of the Big 12.
DEFENSE 1. RE: Grant Wistrom 2. DT: Jason Peter 3. LE: Mike Rucker 4. LB: Carlos Polk 5. CB: Ralph Brown 6. S: Mike Brown 7. DB: Eric Warfield OFFENSE 1. RB: Ahman Green 2. FB: Joel Mackovicka 3, TE: Sheldon Jackson 4. QB: Scott Frost 5. WR: Bobby Newcombe...ETC......coached under Dr. Tom Osborne.........NUFF SAID!!!!
k dude no need to get mad its like losing the state championship in swimming in highschool but then being an olympic gold medalist but stop trying to start shit ok grow up
wow.. you are comparing college national championship in football to swimming in highschool. and i need to grow up? i haven't seen a display of such stupidity in quite a while.
THIS is what Scott Frost will bring BACK to Huskerville... Polished Efficiency from the D-backs, an option-happy QB that loves to dish out the punishment, & the blackshirts allowing YAC's that can be measured with a Micrometer...
@@robjohnson8861 we had our hopes. At this point WHO would we get that would want to even come here other than another paycheck-pillager? No, we're gonna have to learn how to make chicken soup outta chicken droppings with FROSTY, or nobody... he IS capable, he IS "home-grown"... We also often come close, but no cigar. How different would our fortunes be if we could add one score to every loss? but then we sometimes get behind, and give up. And our team seems to do that with EVERY coach since Osbourne...
@@Steve-dv8zr yeah, but. Don't you hate the yeah, buts. How many close Neb wins could the other teams say the same thing. Oh had we scored just 1 more score we would have beaten Neb.
That's what happens when an elite coach retires and leaves the dynasty to someone else. Do you believe Alabama would still be at the top of college football if Saban had retired in 2017 like Osborne did in 97? Osborne retiring at 60 was the worst thing that could happen to Nebraska just like anywhere else
It was a different world then, one in which folks still had compassion, understanding, level-headed thinking was still in style, and anytime you get to the Orange Bowl, even the lesser of the two teams is pretty good.
Doesn't Nebraska seem much more dynamic back then than now? I don't remember anyone diving with the ball, and when did we remember how to catch the ball.
I watched this game live when i was a kid. Im a big Huskers fan from Nj! Lol i find it funny they started talking about Manning being injured during the 3rd qt! Lol. Bruh...Huskers had a squad back then!!
Nebraska beat the shit out of Peyton that night! The Cornhuskers more than deserved that Co-National Championship they shared with A Weak Michigan Team who squeaked by Washington State(And Cryin’ Leaf) at the Rose Bowl.
Back then was the godly days. We’d be going almost undefeated, winning national titles, all that good stuff. But now, we can’t even make it to a bowl game.
I'd love to see you kick it 78 yards. Good luck finding many others that have/can do that. From that position and weather conditions, it was expected for Nebraska to start at their own 40. But instead were 37 yards back. Every part of the game is important.
In my opinion the two beatdowns that Nebraska gave to SEC teams in the 90's is what inspired the SEC to start playing the physical style of football they play today. I mean think about it, the SEC started to step up it's game over the next five years or so, after this. Tennessee won the title the next year, then LSU got better, then Auburn and Georgia got better, and eventually they started that string of National titles, but it seems like after this game the SEC steadily became more and more physical, and less finesse; unlike the Florida and Tennessee teams that just got overpowered by Nebraska.
jeremy10ization Tom Osborn was like 20-1-1 against the SEC. The only loss was to Bear Bryant, they were 1-1 against each other. And most of those SEC foes were league champions.
Well thank you and happy holidays to you and your's! Now when are you guys going to come to your senses and go back to running the triple-option full-time? Lol! Man I miss those days!
Manning 38 yds in the second half, 134 total. Leaf 330 against the #1 defense. NEB had nothing to do with the majority of Manning career chokes when it mattered.
Really? Yet who had the better NFL career? Manning, but let’s recap, what did the Rose Bowl prove. That Michigan’s defense wasn’t as good as described. You can throw stats at me all you want but bottom line, if Leaf who was a shitty QB can torch that defense, shows they were as good as described
@@sorney98 "Really? Yet who had the better NFL career?" Neb fans and always looking to the future in attempt to make Neb look better. Like. "Neb beat FL who won the NC the next year." HA! Manning started 39 games at TN and had 2 significant wins. When it mattered, Manning, like Osborne, MOST of the time, choked. "If Leaf who was a shitty QB can torch that defense" You bit*ch. You never do any research and constantly make a fool of yourself bec of it. Manning and Leaf were virtually tied in 97 and Manning was a Sr and Leaf a Jr. 2 Peyton Manning SR QB 287 Cmp, 477 Att, 3819 Yds, 36 TD, 11 Int 3 Ryan Lea JR QB 227 Cmp, 410 Att, 3968 Yds, 34 TD, 11 Int
Check out behind the scenes and the surprise of all of us former teammates in the weight room prior to the SCOTT FROST press conference. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xGK3TTS-mFQ.html
In 1996 Nebraska was ranked #1 in the nation and Florida was ranked #2. They played for the national championship in the Fiesta Bowl. Nebraska beat Florida 62 to 24. (!ND the game really wasn't that close. ) LOL
Yepper, but Neb still has a losing bowl record thanks to Solich. God, the admin did right in canning him thinking anybody but him, but it just hasn't panned out. Solich has 1 conference championship in 20 years of coaching now.
If your still fighting Michigan fans here's the facts: Nebraska (the coaches' poll #1) played 5 top 25 opponents to Michigan's 3, and 2 of those were rated higher than any team Michigan played. Nebraska outscored their opponents by an average of 30.2 points per game, Michigan by 17.3. And after the bowls, Nebraska had the #1 offense and #5 defense, while Michigan had the #45 offense and #2 defense. So don't tell us we wouldn't win. Michigan Tom called we want or trophy thanks pumpkin.
I guess this is the last Pre-BCS college football season? All the obnoxious sports pundits complained that there needed to be a deciding game, so they got the BCS National Championship. Then those same bozos complained that there needed to be a playoff system, so there 4 team playoff was created. Now they want more. The student athletes are basically pros at this point...
No sympathy for Michigan or the Big 10. They refused to join the Bowl Alliance so Nebraska had to play #3 Tennessee while Michigan played a much weaker PAC-10 team. The Big 12 did their part joining the alliance. The Big 10 wanted to protect their precious Rose Bowl. If you're not willing to play #2 then you deserve to split the title at best. (Same with Penn St. a couple of years earlier.) For those who say Michigan would have beaten Nebraska, we'll never know because your conference wouldn't man up and play the game.
I understand your point, but I feel that it was more of an approach of wholesomeness on the part of the Big-10, as oppose to one of cowardliness. But then I am a woman, so what do I know?
How is Nebraska not the lone national champion in 1997 after going 13-0 and beating #3 UT in the Orange Bowl? UT win the SEC with a 11-1 record and their only SEC loss was to Florida. That was a top 5 team that UT lost to that beat PSU in its bowl game.
As talented as Tennessee was its hard to believe they were smoked like this. The offensive line was ypung but they had Mannong and Lewis in the backfield.
FSU fan and wish Kansas St would have beat A&M in the Big 12 conference game that year and played Tenn, without our starting QB lucky to have stayed in the game.
I remember KC and Jo Jo’s terrible National Anthem and I knew it was going to be a long night. My friend, UT punter Chris Hogue, had our best play of the night. (A long punt) 🤦♂️
Nebraska beat the shit out of the two best SEC teams of the 90s, who had much better offenses than any SEC teams of today. Then they put the icing on the cake in 99 when they trounced UT again. No question this team's 3 out of 4 run was better than Bama's current run.
I’ve always wondered how Florida State’s 1997 team would have fared against this Nebraska one, because the Seminoles were a better team than Tennessee. FSU played Florida tougher than the Vols and dominated UNC’s best team ever. Tennessee played a shitload of close games this year. Then again, Florida State struggled in title games during this period and would’ve faced a team not only looking for revenge (for the 1994 Orange Bowl) but also hoping to send its coach out a winner.
There's no way Michigan beats this nebraska team not even close!!! Why it took them so long to figure out how to put #1 against #2 is beyond me I'm sure had to do with bowl game money its always about money not what's best for college football!!!
What sad is Nebraska. For all those years with Tom. We ran the ball, with an emphasis on being the most physical team. Today? for whatever the reason is, we are equal to K State of the early 80s. Throwing the ball does not establish anything. Because it never depletes the defense. Why cant we go back to running the ball out of the I formation. And start using the resources at Nebraska. Instead of playing the same game as other teams with lesser talented players
You need a good running back and line to run the ball bro. Notice in the ucla game we ran. Riley and co wants to run the ball we just need monsters up front and a good running back. Ozigbo could be the guy. Cavanaugh is bringing in monster recruits too. I think we will be fine.
+dannyhuskerjay You also need a qb that can throw the ball like Peyton Manning if you are going to throw the ball like Riley, and Langsdorf did this year. 40+ attempts with Armstrong? Really? Proves to me, that Riley and Langsdorf are sold on the pass. Because We had the running backs, but we wasted them, because our line wasn't good at run blocking? That's because? They weren't conditioned to do it. That is a poor coaching. Because We never tried doing it, in 10 years. Our line wasn't that bad, when they got to do it for the whole game, which we won. So whats the answer? Keep throwing the ball, and extend the game? or try to run the ball, and shorten the game?
My youngest brother Juan lives in Spokane, Washington and is a disabled Army veteran. Juan calls himself a American/European Union citizen who happens to be black. Why won't the Veterans Administration Hospital in Spokane, Washington issue him medication.?
Boy, what mismatch this game was talent-wise. Tennessee had 12 or 13 future NFL players and a first ballot HOFer at QB. Nebraska 4 or 5 NFL players and Scott Frost at QB, LOL. Tom Osborne was an absolute wizard to get so much out of so little.
That said, UT has been notoriously bad at stopping both mobile quarterbacks AND the option. A matchup with a Nebraska of this era signaled doom from the start. Look at what happened when we played them again 2 years later. Same result different cast. I hated to see Peyton go out like this, but I do give heavy props to how effective Nebraska was in this era. Maybe now that the option is back in vogue they will return to form.
By my quick count NU had at least 20 players (probably more) on this bowl game roster that played in the NFL, including eight of the defensive starters. Notable players are Ahman Green, Mike Brown, Ralph Brown, Jay Foreman, Carlos Polk, Mike Rucker, Eric Warfield, Grant Wistrom all of whom played at least eight years in the NFL. There was far more talent on this team than you realize. That said, I agree that TO was one of the best coaches of all time.
Let's see here... Scott Frost was one of the FEW QB's to EVER have a Dbl-K season... (That's a grand rushing, & another grand passing in the SAME season, for you SEC types) HOW many yards rushing did `ol Peyton-Pizza have in his BEST year ever? Hell, Here it is 2018, & Frosty's just getting STARTED, & `ol Peyton has been Yesterday's newz for 5 years now...
"Shhhhhh", not so loud man--------you might give them ideas :-O How's the Big Red shaping up this year? I haven't followed them very much since they left the Longhorn Conference.
2 problems...…..1- Nebraska was not a Big 10 school at this time so why is the Big 10 even mentioned and 2 - the commercials are redundant and the fact they are still in is a testament as to the poster's lazy attitude
