I am a diehard Cornhusker fan, and even I thought Colorado got screwed. We truly did NOT belong in that game with Miami. I think they could have given Miami a run for their money.
Man, same here. I was also 9 when I watched this game with my dad, a former Texas defensive end. I was sick to my stomach the rest of the week after this. 12 years later I still haven't gotten over this game. Still to this day I cannot understand why Major wasn't starting. Never trusted Chris Simms in big games.
My darkest night as a Longhorn. The good fortune of OU losing in Bedlam the weekend before, punching our ticket to Dallas for this game. Then Tenn upsetting Fla, assuring us a Rose Bowl berth with a win over a Buffs team we handily beat earlier in Austin. The early lead and about to go up 14 and then...disaster. Then Major nearly led us back, after being on ice the entire season, it seemed destiny favored us. But Colorado did just enough to hold on. The '08 Tech loss and the '09 Bama loss never stung me like this. Was finally made whole again in '05.
I don't think Colorado gets enough credit for this as well. Yes they were beaten handily in Austin a few weeks before this, but it was bobby pesavento's first start and we were just starting to discover what we had in Chris Brown. It all clicked against Nebraska, and that momentum carried over. Colorado was a really really good team that year.
Max Jefferson The month off between this game and the Fiesta Bowl Happened. Had the game been played a week after this game it would have been different. Maybe not the outcome but the score. But Oregon had a month to prepare for us. And its not like we had anything outrageous in terms of philosophy. We had really good running backs, a great O-line, two NFL receivers and a quarterback that took care of the ball. But our system was simple and was not going to fool anyone. Oregon had the speed to counter against that and with a month of prep time they just figured us out.
I wish we could get a back like Chris Brown again. If there was no hole he was so big fast and strong he could still get 4 yards. He hit those holes so hard. I miss him.
Mark Ash-Petta: Not saying you're wrong, but not even winning their division is not the issue. It's possible for the best two teams in the conference to be from the same division-look at the Big 12 with OU-Texas when the north went to hell. Look at LSU-Alabama. In this case, Nebraska beat OU and was better. In turn OU was better than Texas so Colorado and Nebraska were the best two teams. They didn't win their conference, but division is meaningless. That said, not sure why you or any CU fans would care about that anymore. Nebraska got blown out by Miami and Colorado got clobbered by Oregon so obviously Colorado wouldn't have stood a chance against Miami, they just probably would have hung in there longer than Nebraska did.
Hate Texas, but mad credit to Applewhite for getting screwed by Daddy's boy for this season, then coming in and shit-talkin' the entire Colorado bench (@ 19:33).
Didn’t NU loose to CU and went to play in National Championship to lose to Miami? CU beats NU (soundly may I add) and wins the Big XII title game but gets fucked! SMH
A lot of things hurt Colorado over the years. Bad Coaches, the inability to recruit kids out of California, Texas and Louisiana like they used to as schools like USC, UT and LSU got back on track, the CU administration not showing much support to the Athletic Program and the move to the PAC 10 has not been good because they really have no rivals in the PAC 10 like they did with Nebraska.
Through the late 90s and the first decade of the 2000s. The Big 12 was just as good or even better then the SEC. with Oklahoma and Texas being on the top of their games. along with Nebraska, and even Colorado, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. Missouri wasnt to shabby either. Now the Big 12 doesnt seem right with both Oklahoma and Texas being on the rebuild and the fact that the conference lost teams like Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado and Texas A&M.
+spinnernet1 How can Nebraska and Colorado go from national champions, to barley winning 7 games a year?? it's pathetic. and both Oklahoma and Texas are both shells of what they used to be. 3 of the best teams in the 90s Nebraska, Colorado and Washington have all hit rock bottom.
***** Southern California is struggling to recover from the unfair sanctions imo but that's a story for another day. They have yet to find someone to replace Pete Carroll. Michigan is coming back with Jim Harbaugh.
Tell me about it! But don't blame Chris just because he sucks at QB. It was Mack's idea to have him out there instead of Major. One of the worst coaching decisions made by Mack. Cost us a shot at a national championship against the U.
I was sitting in a motel 6 in Del Rio, Texas watching this game. Luckily Del Rio is on the Texas/ Mexico border because I needed a lot of Corona and Tequila shots to erase the memory of this game. Thank you Major Applewhite for always trying to lead amazing comebacks after Simms choked in every big game.
I think the fake punt wouldve worked if Mariscal managed to block that oncoming rush but the failed block caused Hodge to hurry his throw while being off-balanced.
This was a dark day in so many ways. But chief of all was Brown's decision to start Sims over Applewhite. Applewhite was the fan favorite and he showed why. But the hole was just too deep
I remember this game. Mack browns stubborn refusal to allow his star proven quarterback applewhite to take the helm. Chris sims got them in trouble here.
How can you put together highlights of this game and leave out the crucial roughing the punter on CU’s second to last possession that ended with the FG?
Even Joey Harrington of Oregon thought if the Ducks and Hurricanes played, Miami would have won 7 of 10. He was humble and honest. But the Ducks had a chance
The CU Buffs will be back. MacIntyre is the right coach. They're going to have a resurgence. Colorado has such a proud tradition. Every quality program falls down on hard times, but CU will return, and soon. The time is coming. MacIntyre will have the Buffs rolling in due time.
This game was one of 2 that put BS in BCS that year. 1. Colorado DESTROYED Nebraska. 2. Then (spoiler) Colorado beat Texas in the Big XII Title Game. Who did the BCS spit out as the Rose Bowl/Title Game? Miami (which rightfully deserved #1) and Nebraska, who didn't even WIN the Big XII. Colorado should've leapt over Nebraska after their win. There were 3 teams that should've gotten consideration to play Miami: Colorado, Oregon, and Tennessee. Thank goodness Miami beat Nebraska BADLY.
@@darickalizadeh6269 nobody was beating Miami in '01 sorry. for a team that got MANHANDLED by Oregon in that years Fiesta Bowl they were not surviving Miami.
Colorado lost to: 1) Fresno State 2) Texas (almost lost to Texas again... in the Big 12 Championship game!!!!?) 3) Oregon CU had no business in the National Championship game!
This was a painful loss. Applewhite should have played the whole game. I'd say we got some pay back kicking their asses 70-3 in the 2005 Big 12 title game. CU respect to them in this game they definitely rode those running backs to AZ. Still, I agree with most didn't matter who showed up to Pasadena Miami would have steamed rolled whoever.
Frankly, the BCS may have screwed CU here, but it was much better than the current playoff stupidity. Now it is going to go to 8 teams, then 16 and on and on. They need to go back to win bowl games actually mattered. Rose Bowl will ALWAYS BE Big 10/Pac 10.
Wack Brown killed us. Lets talk about it. We were fixing to get the ball back. Colorado defense was exhausted. Mack calls for a punt block on 4th down with like 3 minutes left. We rough the kicker. They get the first down and kick a FG with 2 minutes left extending their lead to 9. That was the game. Alls we had to do was get the ball and we would have scored. Then in 08 in LBK, he was hurring Colt to hurry and score. We scored with too much time on the clock. Again the defense was exhausted, fozzy could have literally scored whenever he wanted. We scored to fast because wack was hurrying Colt. And ya know what happened after that. Wack cost us 2 looks at the ship. And in 09 against Nebraska he almost cost us another one when his clock management was horrible. If ut wasn't for the greatest kicker of all time. He would have cost that game too. What a terrible football coach Wack was. A great recruiter, a terrible coach.
counter tre, that really was the colorado offense, it couldnt be stopped then for some reason after scoring the opening td vs oregon he stopped running it, God barnett wtf.
They would have done better than Nebraska did against Miami, CU was 26 points better than Nebraska so I think they would have put up a better fight. Oregon or Colorado had more of a right to be in that game than the Huskers. That is where I am bitter. We destroy them, then win the Big XII and somehow they have a chance to play for a championship.
this really was a great game. I remember having just turned 9 before this game and when Texas couldn't finish the comeback I went home and cried and cried and cried. For a while I hated Colorado, but honestly now looking back I'm almost thankful that even though Texas didn't win this game, it was still unbelievable just to be a part of what was one of the best Big 12 Championship games of all time.
@@dadestarmysteries255 What does that have to do with the fact that Miami got to play Nebraska, who Colorado beat by 62 points when Nebraska was ranked number 1? Obviously we'll never know if Miami was the best or not.
Colorado deserved consideration for the National Championship game against Miami, but Oregon deserved it more than anybody else. They later proved that by whoopin the Buffs in the Fiesta Bowl.
The most important play of the game isn't even on here, the roughing the punter on fourth down that gave Colorado the ball back that led to the field goal that made it a 3 point game with 2 minutes to go.
Nebraska got a bunch of crap for their defense (deservedly), but look at the hole at 14:32. That is awful. Furthermore, what the hell was that fake punt? First of all, why run it? Second, what kind of crappy play is that????
The hardest hit of the game was Cedric Benson hitting big Mike Williams @ 18:38 . Both got knocked out the game. Most dissapointing loss in school history
In reply to Kelley Stolze: I think you owe those Texas teams more respect. They only lost to Oklahoma (who were playing for national championships year in and year out at that time) for the most part. I know Chris Simms was a joke but he was his own player individually and didn't represent the team as a whole. Plus, Mack was too involved with the politics and never put the best players on the field off his available roster. Major Applewhite, as you can see from watching the game, is a fine example of this unfortunate waste of team talent. Hook Em'
sboudreaux27 Corn fan here: Anyone would have given Miami a better game than the Huskers did. Miami could have scored sixty but called off the dogs. We didn't belong in that game. That said, No one was beating the Hurricanes that year. Legendary team. The NFL roster they put out that year does not need mention. They probably should have won three in a row if not for the BCS (BCS putting FSU over UM in 2000 was just as egregious as Neb going in the next year) and the Big 12 officials in that title game with OSU in 2002.
Texas with that offense, would've given Miami a better game, do they beat the Canes? Probably not, but then again ... everyone thought the '05 USC team was unbeatable, look what happened there.
I remember that game. All Texas had to do was win this game and they would be in the National Championship with OU losing the week before to OSU and I think Florida lost in the SEC championship. Well Texas put the hurt on Colorado 4 years later putting up 70 points on Colorado.
@@deerobinson557 what’s that sound? Oh just another time that Texas put that pathetic Colorado team in its place in the Alamo bowl 😂 Enjoy this fluke win handed to you by our qb 19 years ago. It’s the last time anybody will remember Colorado being relevant in anything ever again lol
CU were hillbilly killers that year. The last time CU had a dominating running game. May be the last the way they've been playing. But anyway, at least they won this game no matter how much how much shit Major Applewhite talked.
John Doe This coming from a Corn fan: We hate Texas, but we respect Applewhite. Yeah he talked a lot of shit sometimes, but he had heart and he was a player. Not like the other guy that played in this game.
Yeah, cu would have done so much better against the U. Your buffs got the hell beat out of them by Oregon, just think what Miami would have done. Too bad cu didn't play Miami in the 1991 Orange Bowl, they would have gotten smashed had that happened. cu is a doormat, deal with it.
Chris Simms. Jesus what a mistake. I always wonder how good we could've been if he'd never stepped in that Austin airport limo that took him to UT. Don't think he's been back since. People hate that guy in Austin
No need to use my Lord and savior’s name in vain. But I do agree with your comment on Simms, That and not recruiting Jameis Winston, when he was wanting Mack to extend a welcome but it Mack never did. Those are the two biggest mistakes Mack made while on the 40 acres. Jameis wanted to be a longhorn, instead he went to FSU and won a natty
