Battle turned out to be a pretty good WR... Wish he hadn't got injured, no telling how good of a QB he could have developed into. He still made it to the league, tells you just how good of an athlete he was. #Irish4Life
@@damienkirksey7026 and thats why the rams drafted him to play a position he never played, receiver? He just kept thinking he could be a qb. Not going to happen in the pros.
@@dqmachine2624 He knew he wasn't an NFL qb, that's why he took the Rams gig. And yes, he was fast, 4.3 fast. The problem happened in about the third or fourth pre-season game for the Rams. Crouch went across the middle for a pass where his quarterback "hung him out to dry". He got absolutely BLASTED by a safety. He did catch it, but I'm positive he left that game thinking NFL receiver wasn't for him. Too bad someone didn't pull him aside and tell him to only catch that ball if the game is on the line. Holt or Bruce would've pulled up and let that pass go, unless it was critical. I watched them do it all the time.
Eric Crouch was arguably one of Nebraskas greatest quarterbacks. He had highlight reel runs and plus won the Heisman trophy. That's my argument period.🤔🏈🏆👌
@@notyourpuppet5975Frazier was an incredible quarterback and probably should have won a Heisman, but for his junior year his voter base was diluted by the great Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips, and he spent a lot of time sidelined by injury. I really admired Crouch and felt he did deserve his Heisman. He was an incredible athlete.
Great game. I’d forgot about this one but slowly remembered it as I watched. Took me a minute with the ND QB, Arnaz Battle. I’d forgot about him. Remember him in the nfl as a receiver. Do remember when Willingham took over. They won their first 4 games with crazy plays on d and special teams. Their offense couldn’t do anything that season. Heck, this may be that season. Not sure.
I know that Nebraska even now will take the home field advantage with them when they play teams like northwestern and Rutgers but Notre f'ing Dame? A top 25 ND? Jesus Christ I wish I was alive for that era. Early 60s to 2001 was probably the greatest dynastical run in CFB history period. But unfortunately husker football was killed on the grass of Pasadena by a familar foe.
That was indeed unbelievably pathetic. But it was basically Notre Dame fans recognizing what an awful coach Davie was (his third or fourth year I believe?) and deciding it was better to scalp their tickets for probably five times face value to rabid Nebraska fans. Serves them right for missing a great game the Irish could have won had Davie shown some backbone and gone for the win instead of playing for OT. Also, I wish the Irish would get the has-been Huskers back on their schedule soon so they could stomp them a few times. :)
This was a huge red flag game for me. Nebraska should have eviscerated Notre Dame, and instead went to OT. They would go on to get absolutely embarrassed by Oklahoma and lose to an average KSU.
I was at this game. And norte dame only lost because of the refs bad calls. I was in the 7th row behind the band. Go irish. Had season tickets until I moved from Mishawaka/South Bend to colorado
@@MaxwellShap Ummm....it was still a close game regardless of how the Irish were able to make it so. Not sure how an OT loss makes them "barely in the game"? Sounds like the same crap Michigan fans whined about in '89, "if Rocket hadn't returned those two kickoffs for touchdowns we woulda won!"
@@patoconnor9600 Was a fun game. Definitely credit to ND special teams for keeping them in the game. Statistically, the Irish were dominated. If I were you I'd re-look at those then come back and explain how that game wasn't something like Nebraska 34, Notre Dame 14.
I remember this game when a supposed #1 Nebraska had to rely on a world class sprinter playing QB running to the corner in overtime to squeak out a win over #23
"World class sprinter" dude stop it lol. He had average speed and it was shown in the NFL as he was getting laid down trying to convert to a wide out with no experience 🤣🤣🤣
It is quite normal for a team to play its best game against a top-rated foe. I have been watching football for over half a century and have seen it many times.
The world is a better place when ND loses at football. I keep hearing about their money and their recruiting advantages. But they still can't do $hit. What a terrible football program.
My heart soars when ND gets beat. The Charlie Weiss era was especially good. When they do get the politics working to make it to the playoffs, reality sets in with a 30 point defeat by a good team.
