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HE WAS THE HUSKER'S MOST
VALUABLE PLAYER LAST YEAR.
TOMMIE FRAZIER, AN EXPERIENCED
FRESH MORE.
STARTED AS A FRESHMAN LAST
YEAR.
***: JONES AND THERE'S AN
EARLY HIT, LOSES A YARD.
TODDRICK MCINTOSH 94 LED THE
CHARGE.
***: JONES IS CARTWHEELED AT
THE 27-YARD LINE, BROUGHT DOWN
BY SAFETY, BUSH, WHO WORKS HERE
AT THE ORANGE BOWL UNIVERSITY
OF MIAMI AS AN USHER.
BOB: TOMMIE FRAZIER RAN THE
OPTION IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT PITCH TO JONES, EXCELLENT
JOB OF GETTING THE BALL
UPFIELD.
AGAIN, YOU SAW NEBRASKA IN A
SECOND AND 10 SITUATION.
***: FRAZIER HAS THE FIRST
DOWN AND FIVE YARDS MORE TO THE
35-YARD LINE BEFORE HE'S
TACKLED BY RICHARD COES.
JAMES ROBERSON WITH A PIECE AS
WELL.
10 YARDS FOR FRAZIER.
BOB: TOMMIE FRAZIER AND
NEBRASKA WANT TO PURSUE THAT
WAY.
FRAZIER GOES BACK, NO QUESTION
THAT THAT'S A DESIGNED
ROLLOUT.
HE IS THE SECOND LEADING RUSHER
ON THE BALLCLUB.
HE'S VERY CONFIDENT CARRYING
THE FOOTBALL.
GOOD PICKUP, NICE FIRST DOWN.
***: FRAZIER SLIPS AT THE 39.
TWICE THAT A HUSKER RUNNER HAS
SLIPPED ON THE GRASS.
IT HAS SEEMED TO BE IN
BEAUTIFUL CONDITION BUT THERE
WAS RAIN MID AFTERNOON TODAY.
BOB: NEBRASKA'S START HERE IS
PHRASEIARY, IT'S INTERESTING.
GIVE THE BALL TO TOMMIE
FRAZIER, LET HIM RUN THE
FOOTBALL.
ALL THIS IS TO SET UP CALVIN
JONES.
THE MORE THEY CAN RUN THIS
OPTION, FEWER CHANCES CHARLIE
WARD HAS.
***: JONES STRAIGHT AHEAD.
THE JUNIOR FROM OMAHA WHO GREW
UP LISTENING AND WATCHING THE
HUSKERS AND DREAMING SOME DAY
HE WOULD WEAR THAT BRIGHT
SCARLET JERSEY FOR NEBRASKA.
BOB: INSIDE NEBRASKA LIKES TO
RUN IT.
YOU SEE THE GREAT LEAD BLOCK BY
FULLBACK SCHLESINGER WHO'S A
BIG FACTOR IN THE OFFENSE FOR
NEBRASKA.
HAMMERS ALL OVER THE PLACE ON
THIS NEBRASKA OFFENSIVE LINE.
***: JONES IS ABLE TO SNEAK
ALONG THE SIDELINES.
HE STEPPED OUT AT THE 49.
LET'S WAIT, ANOTHER OFFICIAL
MARKING DOWN BACK AT THE 44.
THAT WON'T BE A FIRST DOWN.
BOB: AGAIN THOUGH, ONE OF THE
KEYS TO THE OPTION WORK
SOMETHING CONTROL ON THE LINE
OF SCRIMMAGE.
YOU CANNOT ALLOW ANY
PENETRATION.
***: FOURTH AND 2.
ON COMES THE PUNTING TEAM.
BOB: IF THEY GET ONE FIRST
DOWN, THEY NEED MORE THAN
THAT.
PSYCHE0 LOGICALLY MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE, TOM OSBORNE
NEEDED HIS TEAM FOR A COUPLE
SUSTAINED FIRST DOWNS.
***: COREY SAWYER AT THE
19-YARD LINE.
***: SEAN JACKSON, NEBRASKA
WAS READY.
TERRY FROM NEBRASKA LED THE
CHARGE.
BOB: CONOLY PLAYED EIGHT-MAN
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN
NEBRASKA.
***: TRAF ALBERT, HIS RIGHT
ARM PROTECTED, DISLOCATED THAT
IN THE GAME AGAINST OKLAHOMA.
BOB: FLORIDA STATE GOES BACK TO
THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
***: HIT IN THE BACKFIELD IS
JACKSON.
MIKE ANDERSON FROM GRAND
ISLAND, NEBRASKA, THE TACKLER.
***: OUT TO THE 27-YARD LINE,
SHY OF THE FIRST DOWN.
LORENZO BRINKLEY AND TOBY
WRIGHT THE TACKLERS.
FLORIDA STATE WILL HAVE TO GIVE
UP THE BALL.
BOB: BOBBY BOWDEN ON THE
SIDELINE -- I'M SURE THESE
PLAYS ARE SCRIPTED.
WHY HE CHOSE TO GO WITH CHARLIE
WARD UNDERNEATH CENTER, MADE IT
MAYBE TO PROVE A POINT.
IT ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING AND YOU
PUT YOUR HEISMAN TROPHY
QUARTERBACK IN JEOPARDY ON THAT
RUN.
***: THE LINE DRIVE IS
MISHANDLED AND KAREEM MOSS IS
SMOTHERD IN A SEA OF WHITE
JERSEYS, 45-YARD PUNT AND WE
HAVE
>> THAT MIGHT BE THE STRENGTH,
BUT I THINK IT'S THE OFFENSIVE
LINE.
BIG, SLOWER GUYS, MUCH SLOWER
THAN OUR DEFENSIVE LINE OR
LINEBACKERS, I CAN WE CAN
OUTRUSH THE PASSER.
IF WE'RE IN THE BACKFIELD, NONE
OF THEIR PLAYS WILL BE ABLE TO
WORK.
***: FRAZIER WITH A YARD AT
BEST.
JOHN NANCE, THE NOSE GUARD, IN
ON THE TACKLE.
BOB: THE COMMENT MADE BY
DERRICK ALEXANDER, BOBBY BOWDEN
INTENTIONALLY SACRIFICES SIZE
FOR SPEED IN THAT DEFENSIVE
LINE.
VERY MUCH ALONG THE LINES OF
WHAT JIMMY JOHNSON DID WITH THE
MIAMI HURRICANES.
BOBBY SENT HIS PEOPLE UP HERE.
JIMMY SAID GET RID OF THOSE FAT
GUYS, GET GUYS WHO CAN RUN DOWN
THE BACKS.
***: ANOTHER ONE-YARD PICKUP,
THIRD AND 8.
DERRICK BROOKS, A SPEEDY
LINEBACKER AT 220, HE CAN RUN
WITH THE BACKS A 4.4 LINEBACKER
IS BROOKS.
BOB: HE CAN ALSO HIT LIKE A GUY
WHO'S 230.
GOOD SUPPORT FROM THE INSIDE
OUT.
BROOKS COMES FROM THE OUTSIDE.
TAKES ON THE BLOCKER, MUHAMMAD
ABDUL, EXCELLENT JOB.
***: FRAZIER TO JONES WHO
TAKES A LOSS AT THE 22.
BOB: THAT'S ON TOMMIE FRAZIER.
HE DID NOT GIVE CALVIN JONES
ANY CHANCE TO CLEANLY CATCH
THAT BALL AND TURN UPFIELD.
HE JUST DRILLED IT IN TO HIS
HIP.
FRAZIER'S ONLY COMPLETING 47%
OF HIS PASSES.
HE GIVES JONES NO CHANCE.
***: AND ALEXANDER THERE TO
MAKE SURE.
BYRON BENNETT, THE PUNTER, IN
FOR NEBRASKA.
***: FLORIDA STATE BOUNCE DOWN
TO MIDFIELD BY NEBRASKA.
LANCE GRAY, A FULLBACK.
LET'S GO TO O.J. SIMPSON.
O.J.: IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY
FLORIDA STATE HAD CHARLIE UNDER
THE CENTER, TRUMPY, YOU KNOW
EARLY IN THE GAME, BILL WALSH
LIKES TO SHOW THE DEFENSE
SOMETHING JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY
WOULD DO FOR IT.
THE WORDY GET FROM THE PLAYERS,
THEY WERE TRYING TO SEE WHAT
NEBRASKA TPWHOBE DO DEFENSE
FIFL THEY LINED UP THAT WAY SO
LATER IN THE GAME, THEY HAVE A
FLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
BOB: O.J., THAT'S A TOTAL LACK
OF RESPECT FOR NEBRASKA, GIVE
UP A SERIES TO THE OPPONENT AND
THE OPPONENT IS 11-0.
***: CHARLIE WARD AND MATT
FRIER OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE
41-YARD LINE.
TYRONE WILLIAMS THE DEFENDER.
FRIER FROM FLORIDA STATE
SEMINOLES, WHAT A HIGH SCHOOL
PLAYER HE WAS, 41 TOUCHDOWNS, 2
TO CATCHES.
O.J.: I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH
CONFIDENCE IN THIS OFFENSE, HE
KNOWS IT'S A GAME THAT MAY GO
THE FULL 60 MINUTES AND WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY LATE IN THE
GAME THIRD AND LONG WHEN THEY
SET UP SOMETHING, THEY SAW
SOMEBODY NEBRASKA DID TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF LATER ON.
BOB: BY HALFTIME, JUICE, I WANT
YOU TO COME UP WITH THE LAST
COACH YOU SAW GIVE UP A SERIES
IN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
TO SEE WHAT THE OPPONENT WAS
GOING TO DO.
***: WARD FIRES INCOMPLETE.
INTENDED FOR TAMARICK VANOVER,
NUMBER 80.
BOB: THAT WENT THROUGH FOUR
HANDS, ***, NOT TWO.
***: THE FIRST FLAG OF THE
DAY, OFFSIDE AGAINST NEBRASKA
NOBODY GIVE FLORIDA STATE A
FIRST DOWN.
BOB: LOOKED LIKE IT WAS TREV
ALBERTS WHO LINED UP IN THE
NEUTRAL ZONE.
IN COLLEGE, THEY PAY ATTENTION
TO.
IN THE PROS, THEY STOPPED DOING
THAT.
***: THERE'S ALBERTS.
REFEREE: OFFSIDES, DEFENSE
LINING UP IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE,
FIRST DOWN WITH A FIVE-YARD
PENALTY.
BOB: THERE HE IS, THAT RIGHT
ELBOW -- HE'S WEARING THE
BRACE.
HE WAS CONCERNED YESTERDAY
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GOING
TO LET HIM WEAR THE BRACE.
***: WARD IS COMPLETE AND IT'S
TO THE NEBRASKA 25.
11 YARDS.
BOB: THIS IS THE PART OF THE
FAST BREAK OFFENSE I'M NOT SURE
MANY DEFENSES CAN KEEP UP
WITH.
YOU NOT ONLY HAVE TO CONTEND
WITH THE SPREAD FORMATION
OFFENSIVELY, BUT YOU CAN'T MISS
A TACKLE.
IF YOU MISS, THEN YOU'RE
ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE NEXT
TACKLER AND FLORIDA STATE BACK
TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IN THE
HURRYUP.
BOB: TERRY CONNEALY, WAS HE
DRAWN ON?
REFEREE: DEAD BALL, FALSE START
ON THE OFFENSE.
FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
BOB: LOOKS LIKE THE LEFT GUARD
WILL COME OUT OF THERE.
I THINK HE HEARD THE OFFICIAL'S
WHISTLE BLOW.
***: PATRICK MCNEIL, JUNIOR
FROM FLORIDA.
***: WARD WIDE OPEN AND IT
WILL BE FIRST AND GOAL.
20 YARDS.
WARD WITH A ROPE TO HIS
RECEIVER.
BOB: ONE OF THE NEW ASPECTS OF
THIS NEBRASKA DEFENSE IS
THREATENING THE BLITZ.
BEAUTIFULLY PICKED UP BY
FLORIDA STATE AND YOU GOT
MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE.
ONE OF THE PLACES NEBRASKA HAS
TRIED TO HAVE SPEED IS AT THE
CORNERS SO THEY CAN BLITZ THAT
TIME, WARD AND MCCORVEY BEAT
THE BLITZ.
***: WARD AND THAT ONE GOES
AWRY.
STEWART NOT FOOLED A BIT A
SEVEN-YARD LOSS.
BOB: *** PLAY IT HAD
PERFECTLY, THAT'S A YOUNG MAN
WHO'S BEEN WATCHING SOME FILM,
PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THE
COACHES TELL HIM.
IT'S THE ROLLUP.
WATCH 44.
STEWART 32 IS ON THE BLITZ.
HE'S TRYING TO KEEP FLOYD IN.
HE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB.
BOB: IF STEWART'S NOT OUT
THERE, THERE'S NOBODY TO MAKE A
TACKLE.
IT'S HOW BIG A PLAY THAT WAS.
***: CHARLIE WARD SPENDS A
TIME-OUT.
***: WARD UNDER PRESSURE GOES
DOWN AT THE 30 A RARE SACK OF
CHARLIE WARD.
TREV ALBERTS, THE GREAT PLAYER
FROM CEDAR FALLS, IOWA.
HE MAKES HIS PRESENCE KNOWN.
MIKE ANDERSON THERE TO ASSIST.
BOB: WE KNOW ABOUT HIS ELBOW.
HE'S HAD VERY LITTLE CONTACT ON
THAT DISLOCATED ELBOW.
IT'S THE RIGHT ONE.
HE GRABS AHOLD OF CHARLIE WITH
THE LEFT ONE AND CHANGES ON.
WILL ASSIST ON THE SACK.
A YOUNG MAN WHO'S A G.T.E.
ACADEMIC ALL AMERICAN.
GOING TO BE A LAWYER SOME DAY.
***: WARD THREW TOWARD THE END
ZONE.
NO ONE THERE.
NO FLAG.
BOB: KNOCKS FELL DOWN, HE
SLIPPED.
81, KNOX SLIPPED.
KNOX HAD RUN A GOOD PATTERN AND
THIS IS WHERE CHARLIE WARD WAS
LOOKING.
I TAKE THAT BECOME -- HE DIDN'T
SLIP.
THERE WAS SERIOUS CONTACT
THERE.
***: WARD SAY HEY, WAIT A
MINUTE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
SCOTT BENTLEY, THE MUCH
HERALDED FRESHMAN FROM AURORA,
COLORADO.
***: BENTLEY HOOKED IT WIDE TO
THE LEFT.
SO BENTLEY IS NOW ONLY 2-8 OVER
30 YARDS.
THIS SEASON.
BOB: THIS WASN'T EVEN CLOSE.
OF COURSE, THIS FLORIDA STATE
FOOTBALL TEAM HISTORICALLY HAS
NOT KICKED WELL IN THE ORANGE
BOWL.
SPOT'S GOOD.
***: OF COURSE, FIELD GOALS
HAVE TORMENTED BOBBY BOWDEN AND
FLORIDA STATE THE LAST TWO
YEARS WHEN POSSIBLE
***: FRAZIER'S SECOND PASS IS
INCOMPLETE.
GERMANE BELL WAS THE CLOSEST
RED JERSEY.
ALEXANDER FOR FLORIDA STATE.
BOB: NEBRASKA SNEB TRYING TO BE
A LITTLE FANCY, NOT REALLY
RUNNING RIGHT AT THIS DEFENSE.
THAT IS ROLLOUT BY FRAZIER.
YES, HE'S AN OPTION
QUARTERBACK.
BUT WITH A COMPLETION
PERCENTAGE AROUND 47%, THINGS
HAVE TO GO VERY WELL FOR
FRAZIER TO THROW THE BALL
ACCURATELY.
***: CALVIN JOHNSON TOOK THE
HANDOUT.
JONES DRILLS TO THE 39-YARD
LINE.
ALEXANDER AND BUSH MAKE THE
STOP.
KEN ALEXANDER, 36, ACADEMIC
STAR AS WELL.
HAS WON A NATIONAL FOOTBALL
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP AND MAY
GO ON TO LAW SCHOOL.
BOB: ALSO WENT TO NEW YORK FOR
FOOTBALL FOUNDATION DINNER AND
ROOMED WHEN TREV ALBERTS.
WHEN YOU ASK HIM WHAT HE THINKS
OF TREV ALBERTS, ALL COUNTRY.
***: FRAZIER TAKES IT FOR A
FIRST DOWN TO THE 44.
ALEXANDER TRIPPED HIM UP WITH
AN ASSIST BY RICHARD COES AND
DERRICK BROOKS.
BOB: ONE OF THE THINGS NEBRASKA
BELIEVES THEY CAN DO IS, WHEN
THIS DEFENSE OVERPURSUES, YOU
CAN CUTBACK.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT TOMMIE
FRAZIER DOES.
THE FIRST READ, IT'S COVERED.
WATCH HIM CUTBACK AND HE PICKS
UP THE FIRST DOWN.
THIS DEFENSE IS DESIGNED TO
PURSUE ALL OVER THE FIELD AND
THEY ARE SUCCESS SUPT I BELIEVE
TO THE CUTBACKS AND REVERSES.
***: FLAG DOWN, INCOMPLETE TO
GERALD ARMSTRONG, THE TIGHT END
WHO LED THE NEEM TOUCHDOWNS
THIS YEAR WITH FIVE.
BOB: AS WE AWAIT THE CALL, THE
NEBRASKA COACHES TOLD US THE
ONE THING THEY HAD TO BE IN
THIS GAME TONIGHT WAS
UNPREDICTABLE.
THEY HAVE FILLED THE BILLOW
FENCE I FEEL.
REFEREE: ILLEGAL FORMATION.
NEBRASKA ONLY HAD SIX MEN ON
THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
BOB: EITHER THIS GUY'S GOT TO
BE ON THE LINE.
THIS GUY HAS TO BE BECAUSE THE
SLOT MAN IS HERE.
HE WAS NOT ON THE LINE.
THAT MADE IT ILLEGAL.
TOM OSBORNE, DR. TOM, HATES
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS GUY IS A -- HE IS A
PREPARATION FREAK.
LIKE A LOST GREAT COACHES ARE,
HE WANTS EVERY DETAIL HANDLED.
***: DOWN ON THE SLIP FRAZIER
AGAIN.
DERRICK ALEXANDER THE DEFENSIVE
END THAT CUT OFF HIS PATH.
BOB: ALEXANDER RIGHT HERE BITES
OFF THE BLOCK.
GOES TO THE OUTSIDE.
THEY HAD IT COVERED THE WHOLE
WAY.
KNIGHT IS ON THE OUTSIDE FOR
THE PITCH MAN.
ALEXANDER ON THE QUARTERBACK.
AGAIN, GREAT RESPECT FOR A
DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.
PUT HIM ON A QUARTERBACK ON THE
OPTION.
2340R78LY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
LINE BACKTORY MAKE THAT
TACKLE.
***: DEFLECTED AND COREY DIXON
CANNOT COME UP WITH IT.
BOB: CALVIN JONES WAS WIDE OPEN
IN THE FLAT.
A LITTLE SWING PATTERN AND
CALVIN JONES WOULD HAVE STILL
BEEN RUNNING.
***: LET'S SEE WHO DEFLECTED
THE BALL AT THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE.
BOB: DERRICK ALEXANDER NUMBER
90 HAVING A BIG FIRST QUARTER
FOR THE SEMINOLES.
AGAIN, PRESSURE AND THEN GETS
UP UNTIL THE AIR.
***: COREY SAWYER WILL DRIFT
BACK.
BICK BICK ANOTHER KICK INTO THE
WIND, TAKES A HUSKER ROLL AND
DIES INSIDE THE 25.
***: THROW IS TO JACKSON,
INCOMPLETE.
BOB: THIS IS THE ASPECT OF THIS
OFFENSE THAT HAS BEEN SO GOOD
FOR FLORIDA STATE.
HITTING THE FULLBACK OR THE
RUNNING BACK OUT OF THE
BACKFIELD.
IT'S JUST SWING PATTERN WHEN
YOU COVER EVERYTHING ELSE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT TAKES GREAT
FUNDAMENTALS BY THE QUARTERBACK
TO MAKE THE COMPLETION.
CHARLIE JUST SLINGS IT OUT
THERE, HE DOESN'T THROW IT.
IF THEY CAN COMPLETE THAT PASS,
THIS IS AN UNSTOPPABLE
OFFENSE.
***: ANOTHER RIFLE SHOT
INCOMPLETE TO KEVIN KNOX.
BOB: FOR A QUARTERBACK WHO FOR
THE SEASON HAS COMPLETED 70% OF
HIS PASSES STRX SAFE TO SAY MR.
WARD IS A HEISMAN HEADACHE
HERE?
IS HE NOT PERFORMING UP TO HIS
OWN PERSONAL STANDARDS.
*** *** LONG AND TOO WIDE OUT
OF BOUNDS.
THE WIND TAKING THAT ONE.
FLORIDA STATE IS THREE AND
OUT.
BOB: NEBRASKA CAME WITH A
CORNER BLITZ, DID ITS JOB.
GOOD PRESSURE BY NEBRASKA.
PICKED UP WELL BUT AT THE SAME
TIME, YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE LOSE
RIGHT AT CHARLIE WARD'S FACE.
LAST YEAR IN THIS ORANGE BOWL,
NEBRASKA BANGED CHARLIE WARD
PRETTY GOOD.
***: COREY DIXON DOWN THE
SIDELINE AND TOUCHDOWN NEBRASKA
A FLAG IS DOWN.
HOLD ON, A FLAG IS DOWN BACK AT
THE 33.
HUSKER TERRITORY.
A A BRILLIANT RETURN BY THE
FASTEST MAN ON THE NEBRASKA
TEAM, COREY DIXON.
IT MAY BE FOR NAUGHT.
A 47-YARD PUNT.
AND NOW IT'S FLORIDA STATE THAT
CHEERS.
BOB: THAT REMINDS US A FEW
YEARS AGO, NOTRE DAME-COLORADO
DOWN TO THE FINAL MINUTE.
THE ROCKET ISMAIL WITH THAT
BRILLIANT PUNT RETURN AND NOTRE
DAME THOUGHT THEY HAD WON THE
GAME BUT A BLOCKING PENALTY.
REFEREE: PUSHING THE BACK ABOVE
THE WAIST, 10-YARD PENALTY.
NEBRASKA'S BALL, FIRST AND 10.
***: INSTEAD AFTER 7-0 LEAD,
IT'S NEBRASKA BACK AT THE
23-YARD LINE.
BOB: WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS ON
THE PENALTY, WE DON'T KNOW WHO
DOES IT.
BUT A BRILLIANT RETURN.
***: IF NOTHING ELSE, TOM
OSBORNE'S TEAM HAS SHOWN
THEY'RE READY TO PLAY DEFENSE
AND THEY CAN CREATE SOME
HAZARDS ON SPECIAL TEAMS.
BOB: I DON'T SEE ANYTHING
THERE.
***: FRAZIER WAS HIT BEFORE HE
COULD THEREFORE THE SNAP.
TODDRICK MCINTOSH, 94, WAS
THERE BEFORE FRAZIER COULD
REALLY GET AWAY FROM CENTER.
BOB: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS
TO WORK ON THE OPTION, YOU'VE
GOT TO PROTECT THE AREA ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE CENTER.
MCINTOSH IS UNTOUCHED.
I HAVE A FEELING ONE OF THE
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN DIDN'T GET
THE RIGHT PLAY CALL.
***: FRAZIER CHARGES ACROSS
THE 30 TO THE 32-YARD LINE.
SHORT A YARD AND A HALF OF A
FIRST DOWN.
ROBERSON MAKES THE STOP.
O.J.?
O.J.: AFTER THE PUNT RETURN ON
THE FLORIDA SIDELINE, SEAN
JACKSON STARTING RUNNING BACK,
HE PULLED THE OFFENSE TOGETHER
AND SAID GUYS, THIS IS FOR THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE WAS OUT OF CONTROL YELLING.
AS BOBBY BOWDEN WALKED BY, HE
YELLED AT COACH BOWDEN AND
SAID, "I WANT THE BALL, I WANT
THE BALL."
***: DON'T THEY ALL?
THEY SAY CHARLIE WARD IS GOOD
ABOUT LISTENING TO HIS
RECEIVERS, TRIES TO SPREAD IT
AROUND.
THAT WILL BE THE END OF THE
OPENING QUARTERBACK.
IF YOU'RE A NEBRASKA FAN, THE
SCORE WON'T BE BEING
DISAPPOINTING.
BOB: THE PETITION IS EITHER
HERE OR AS IT IT COMES DOWN
HERE, A MAN IS HIT.
BUT, I CAN'T REALLY TELL
WHETHER IT'S FROM BEHIND.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PENALTY
THERE.
I REALLY DON'T.
NUMBER 8 IT LOOKED LIKE TYRONE
WILLIAMS WAS THE CLOSEST MAN.
BUT, THE FLAG WAS THROWN VERY,
VERY EARLY.
NULLIFYING A TREMENDOUS PUNT
RETURN.
***: WIDE OPEN, ABDUL
MUHAMMAD, A FIRST DOWN AT THE
45.
14 YARDS TO MUHAMMAD, HIS
FAVORITE RECEIVER.
CAUGHT 25 THIS YEAR.
BOB: GREAT PLAY ACTION FAKE.
ALEXANDER, EXCELLENT THROW BY
TOMMIE FRAZIER.
WHEN HE SETS UP AND CAN THROW,
HE THROWS VERY WELL.
MUHAMMAD ONLY HAD 26 OR 27
RECEPTIONS FOR THE SEASON.
***: THE THROW IS LONG FOR
MUHAMMAD.
BROKEN UP WITH A BIG HIT BY
RICHARD COES, NUMBER 16.
BOB: WE SAW THAT AT PRACTICE,
DIDN'T WE?
***: WELL, IT WORKS.
BOB: THE PITCH.
AND YOU CAN SEE MUHAMMAD IS
OPEN, BUT A GREAT HIT.
IF HE DOESN'T MAKE THE HIT,
THAT IS A RECEPTION.
***: THAT'S THE SPEED OF THAT
SECONDARY, JUST A HALF STEP
SLOWER, THEN MUHAMMAD HAS A
CHANCE TO PULL IT IN.
BUT COES THE SENIOR FROM MIAMI,
RATTLES IT FREE.
***: FRAZIER IS GOING TO SPEND
A TIME-OUT.
WITH SECONDS GONE IN THE SECOND
PERIOD, NEBRASKA WITH THE
BALL.
THE NATIONAL
***: CALVIN JONES, WELL DONE
BY THE FLORIDA STATE DEFENSE.
MCINTOSH AND ROBERSON, 47.
BOB: THAT FIFNSE TACKLE GETTING
ALL THE WAY OUT THERE.
TO NOT ONLY ASSIST ON THE
TACKLE TO THE PITCH MAN.
BUT HE IS OUT THERE JUST AS THE
GUY TRIES TO TURN UPFIELD.
***: NO GAIN, THIRD AND 10.
IT'S SPEED VERSUS SIZE.
THE 40-POUND DIFFERENCE IN THAT
OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE LINES.
HH
***: FRAZIER IS CAUGHT FROM
BEHIND BY DERRICK ALEXANDER,
WHAT A PATH THIS SOPHOMORE HAS
HAD FOR FLORIDA STATE.
BOB: BY COMMENTING ABOUT HOW
WEAK HE THOUGHT THE OFFENSIVE
LINE WAS, THIS IS ALL PURSUIT.
THE COMPLIMENT MADE TO
ALEXANDER BY THE COACHING STAFF
OF FLORIDA STATE, NEVER TAKES
ANY PART OF A PLAYOFF.
***: PERSISTENCE.
***: NEBRASKA DID NOT COVER
BEHIND THE PUNT RETURNER SO
FLORIDA STATE WILL GET THE 20
YARDS ON THE
***: SEAN JACKSON, A YARD IS
ALL THEY CAN MUSTER.
TREV ALBERTS KNIFING THROUGH.
BOB: ALBERTS IS A DEFENSIVE
END.
HE IS UP PLAYING INSIDE
LINEBACKER.
IF YOU DON'T BLOCK HIM, I
GUARANTEE YOU HE'LL MAKE THE
TACKLE.
NO QUESTION.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT FLORIDA
STATE IS DOING HERE, BUT
NEBRASKA IS WINNING THIS PART
OF THE GAME.
***: WARD UP ON TOP.
WHAT A CATCH BY KNOX AT THE
NEBRASKA 49.
30 YARDS.
THE SENIOR FROM NICEVILLE,
FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES WHO
CAUGHT 42 THIS YEAR.
LED THE TEAM IN TOUCHDOWN
RECEPTIONS WITH SEVEN.
BOB: THERE'S NO WAY THIS BALL
SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
CHARLIE WARD PUTS IT THE ONLY
SPOT KNOX CAN CATCH IT.
***: GOOD COVERAGE THROWING
INTO THE WIND, PERFECT.
BOB: THERE ARE SO MANY WEAPONS
AND THINGS THIS FLORIDA STATE
OFFENSE DOES.
THEY DON'T CARE IF IT'S THIRD
AND 15, 20, 25, 30.
***: WARD TO THE SIDELINES.
VANOVER, STILL GET ALMOST THE
FIRST DOWN AT THE 41 OF THE
HUSKERS.
BOB: BARRON MILES IS IN ON
COVERAGE.
NEBRASKA DEFENSE HAS TRIED TO
GET FASTER.
WARD HAS SUCH A QUICK RELEASE.
***: MILES CELEBRATING HIS
22ND BIRTHDAY TODAY.
SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER IS
WOULD HAVE LOVED THE OFFENSE OF
THE WILDCATS.
***: SEAN JACKSON HIT BY
CHRISTIAN PETER, THE SOPHOMORE
FROM NEW JERSEY, FIRST DOWN.
BOB: I THINK THAT'S JACKSON'S
FIRST CARRY OF THE NIGHT --
EXCUSE ME, SECOND CARRY OF THE
HE WAS THEIR LEADING RUSHER,
6.2 YARDS PER CARRY.
YOU GOT TO GET ALL THESE GUYS
THEIR FAIR SHOTS.
***: FLOYD, THE FULLBACK.
THERE'S FLOYD, HE MAY GO TO THE
NFL AS A JUNIOR.
BOB: GREAT BLOCKING.
THIS OFFENSIVE LINE, EXCELLENT
JOB.
YOU TALKED ABOUT HERNANDEZ.
LOOK AT THAT SEAL BLOCK THERE.
ALLOWED FLOYD TO GET RIGHT UP
THERE.
ANOTHER HELMET ROLLS OFF A
NEBRASKA PLAYER.
>> NUMBER ONE, GO NUMBER ONE,
BABY.
***: WARD TO JACKSON, WHAT A
DEFENSIVE SHOT BY TOBY WRIGHT,
FLYING UP FROM THE SECONDARY,
THE ROVER FOR NEBRASKA.
BOB: THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THEY WANTED TO INCORPORATE INTO
THEIR DEFENSE.
ALBERTS, 34, EXCELLENT
BLOCKING.
BUT, YOU CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR THE
SAFETY.
WRIGHT IS RIGHT THERE TO MAKE
THE TACKLE IN THE BACKFIELD.
***: TIED FOR THE SEASON ON
TACKLES.
YOU CAN SEE WHY.
***: THE PUMP AND THE THROW.
REECE HAD NO ALTERNATIVES.
BOB: NOTHING SEEMS TO UPSET
THIS FLORIDA STATE FOOTBALL
TEAM.
AS POORLY AS THEY PLAY, THE
NEXT DOWN THEY HAVE, THAT
REFLECTS THEIR QUARTERBACK.
HE'S SO UNFLAPPABLE.
NEBRASKA'S GOT HIM DODE
RIGHTS.
PEOPLE HANGING ALL OVER HIM.
AND THEN JUST AN OBVIOUS CALL,
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT
WHATSOEVER.
REECE DOES THE ONLY THING HE
CAN.
WARD HAS A CHANCE TO SET UP,
MCCORVEY KAFNS THAT BALL DEEP
AND IT'S SIX POINTS.
***: BECAUSE WARD IS SUCH A
THROAT RUN.
REFEREE: 15-YARD PENALTY,
AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.
***: THE DEFEND VERSE TO TRY
TO COVER A MAN AND WHEN WARD
GETS IN THAT MODE, THEY HAVE TO
RESPECT THE FACT HE MIGHT BE
RUNNING.
BOB: ABSOLUTELY AND CHARLIE
WARD IS SO QUICK OUT OF THE
POCKET.
HE CAN FREEZE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
AND BE READY TO THROW IN A
HURRY.
***: DO YOU THINK CO-PLAY
QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL?
BOB: I PERSONALLY DO BUT YOU'D
HAVE TO HAVE FEIGNED AN OFFENSE
WHEN HE'S IN THE SHOTGUN.
***: INTO THE SIDELINES.
HIT BY TYRONE WILLIAMS THERE
WAS AN AMPLE OF WHAT CHARLIE
WARD TOLD US ABOUT, THE
TRANSFER OF BASKETBALL LEARNING
TO FOOTBALL.
THE LOOKOFF IN BASKETBALL IS
POINT GUARD LOOKING ONE WAY AND
PASSING ANOTHER.
HE LOOKED OFF THE DEFENSE ALL
THE WAY.
BOB: THE RECEIVER IS TO THE
LEFT AND HE'S TAKING THE ENTIRE
FIELD.
GREAT MECHANICS THROWING THE
FOOTBALL.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, IT IS RELATED
TO THE BASKETBALL SKILLS AFTER
POINT GUARD.
***: DUNN IS LIGHTNING QUICK,
TO THE 12-YARD LINE, TOBY
WRIGHT MAKES THE STOP.
BOB: TOBY WRIGHT MADE THE STOP
FROM BEHIND TOO.
WHENEVER FLORIDA STATE HAS GONE
TO THE "I" FORMATION, YOU SEE
TOBY WRIGHT GO TO THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE.
HE'S CAUGHT SEVERAL PLAYS FROM
BEHIND.
SO FAR
***: ALL-OUT BLITZ.
THE THROW IS INCOMPLETE TO
FRIER.
ED STEWART WAS THE MAN DRIVING
THROUGH TO KNOCK CHARLIE WARD.
THE FLAG IS DOWN.
TOO MUCH TIME BY FLORIDA
STATE.
DID THEY GET THE PLAY OFF?
REFEREE: THERE'S NO PLAY, THERE
IS NO PLAY.
DELAY OF GAME BEFORE THE SNAP.
***: THAT'
***: WARD TO THE END ZONE AND
NO ONE THERE.
MCCORVEY CHECKED ON THE FAR
SIDE BY TOBY WRIGHT.
AS DERRICK ALEXANDER HAS BEEN
BIG ON DEFENSE, FLORIDA STATE
HAS ANSWERED FOR NEBRASKA.
BOB: THE COVERAGE HAS COME FROM
THE INSIDE.
MCCORVEY IS IN THE SLOT.
HERE'S MCCORVEY RIGHT HERE.
THEY RUN THE OUT AND UP.
IT'S TOBY WRIGHT WHO HAS HAD AN
AWFUL GOOD HALF FOR NEBRASKA'S
DEFENSE.
WILLIAMS TOOK THE INSIDE
ROUTE.
***: BENTLEY'S 34-YARD ATTEMPT
INTO THE WIND IS GOOD.
FLORIDA STATE ON THE BOARD
FIRST AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE
SECOND QUARTER.
***: ACROSS THE 35-YARD LINE
BEFORE HE CAN BE STOPPED BY KEN
ALEXANDER AND MATT FRIER.
***: JONES AROUND THE CORNER,
A FLAG DOWN AND MAYBE A LATE
HIT AT THE 44-YARD LINE THERE'S
THE YELLOW FLAG UNDER JONES.
BOB: CHASED BY DAVID BUSH ALL
THE WAY TO THE SIDELINE.
I'M NOT SURE WHO THE FLAG IS
GOING TO BE ON.
FACEMASK.
BOB: JONES COMING AND WHERE --
YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY
ACCIDENTAL AND I DON'T BELIEVE
HE PULLED HIM ON DOWN.
***: FIVE-YARD PENALTY,
REFEREE: INCIDENTAL 3-0 WITH 7:E
FIRST HALF.
***: FRAZIER HANDING OFF
INSIDE.
A RARE ATTACK BY THE FULLBACK
FROM NEBRASKA WHERE HE PLAYED
EIGHT-MAN FOOTBALL.
TAKING THE HANDOFF FROM
FRAZIER.
BOB: THEY BRING IN THE BIG GUYS
NOW, SCHLESINGER COMES BACK
IN.
AND ALSO JOHNSON COMES BACK
IN.
*** DELIBERATING'S ABDUL
MUHAMMAD THE LEADING RECEIVER
THIS YEAR.
***: FRAZIER THROWS TO DIXON
INCOMPLETE.
BOB: HE WAS OUT OF BOUNDS WHEN
HE THREW IT AND HE THREW TO A
RECEIVER OUT OF BOUNDS.
***: THAT'S RIGHT.
IT WILL BE A BIG LOSS FOR
NEBRASKA.
JOHN NANCE HAD THE RIGHT FOOT
OUT OF BOUNDS -- NANCE, THE
260-POUND NOSE GUARD OUT THERE
FORCING FRAZIER TO THE
SIDELINES.
BOB: WE HAVE HAD A RECURRING
THEME FOR FLORIDA STATE'S
DEFENSE, MCINTOSH, NANCE ON THE
SIDELINE CHASING NOT ONLY
TOMMIE PHRASEIARY BUT THE
RUNNING BADGE.
***: JOHNSON TO THE FLORIDA
STATE 35-YARD LINE.
JOHNSON CAUGHT ONLY EIGHT ALL
SEASON GETS 25 ON THAT ONE.
BOB BOBBLE LOOKED LIKE TOMMIE
FRAZIER GOT HURT ON HIS
SHOULDER.
TRYING TO THROW IT OUT BUT
FLORIDA STATE CAME WITH A
BLITZ.
MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE AND THAT'S
WHY JOHNSON WAS OPEN.
HERE'S THE BLITZER RIGHT HERE.
WATCH THIS SHOT.
MACK KNIGHT GETS ON HIM.
HE HAD HIS ARM FOLDED IN FRONT
OF HIM AND THE HELMET ON THE
ARM OR SHOULDER.
YOU CAN TELL HIS ARM IS KIND OF
DEAD.
***: THERE'S ANOTHER PLAYER
DOWN AT THET MORE.
***: JUST ONE FLORIDA STATE
TACKLER AFTER ANOTHER SLOWING
JONES DOWN.
O.J.: IT'S AMAZING CALVIN JONES
IS ON THE FIELD TALKING TO THE
DOCTOR.
SAY HE HAS A MILD SPRAIN OF HIS
A.C. JOINT WHICH IS A SHOULDER
SEPARATION.
HE SAID HE WANTED TO GO AND HE
RAN ONE PLAY BUT I SEE HE'S
COMING OFF THE FILED AND I'LL
TRY FIND OUT FURTHER NEWS.
***?
***: A YARD-GAIN ON THAT
PLAY.
***: TOUCHDOWN NEBRASKA!
***: REGGIE BAUL, A SOPHOMORE
FROM BELLVUE, NEBRASKA, DID NOT
CATCH A TOUCHDOWN ALL SEASON
LONG.
ON THE CAR ROME, THE BALL IN
THE RIGHT PLACE TO GIVE THE
UNDERDOG HUSKERS THE LEAD.
BOB: LOOKED LIKE IT WAS
INTENDED FOR JOHNSON, NUMBER
33, WHO JUST CAUGHT THE PASS ON
THE PLAY BEFORE.
***: 6-3 NEBRASKA AS BYRON
JOHNSON TRIES FOR THE EXTRA
POINT.
AND DRIVES IT THROUGH.
64 YARDS AND SIX POINTS FOR THE
HUSKERS, 34 YARDS ON THE
TOUCHDOWN.
BOB: HERE'S THE INTENDED
RECEIVER WHO RUN THIS IS
ROUTE.
THE RECEIVER RUNS THIS ROUTE.
SOMETIMES YOU NEED LUCK TO WIN
A GAME LIKE THIS.
WATCH, THOSE HANDS INTO MY
HANDS, YEAH, I'LL TAKE SIX NO
MATTER HOW YOU GIVE IT TO ME.
NEBRASKA LEADS IN THE ORANGE
BOWL.
***: TOMMIE FRAZIER WHO THREW
FOR 12 TOUCHDOWNS FOR THE YEAR,
PERHAPS NONE QUITE THIS THIS
ONE AS REGGIE BAUL IN THE RIGHT
PLACE TO GIVE THE HUSKERS A 7-3
LEAD.
BOB: SO, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
WE PUT THAT PLAY IN WHEN WE
WERE DOWN HERE.
***:
***: VANOVER ACROSS TO THE
38-YARD LINE.
TAMARICK VANOVER.
THE LAST TIME NEBRASKA LED IN A
BOWL GAME, THEY'VE LOST SIX IN
A ROW, WAS IN THE FIESTA BOWL
FOUR YEARS AGO.
THAT LED FLORIDA STATE BUT DID
NOT WIN.
10-7 IN THE SECOND QUARTER THE
LAST TIME THEY WERE AHEAD UNTIL
TONIGHT THEY WENT ON TO LOSE TO
THE NOLES.
THEY LEAD 7-3 TONIGHT.
TOMMIE FRAZIER APPEARS TO BE
OK.
***: HIT FROM BEHIND BY
ALBERTS, THE SECOND SACK.
NO FUMBLE.
BOY, IS HE SHOOTING INTO THAT
BACKFIELD.
BOB: GREAT QUICKNESS.
NORMALLY, HE'S AN OUTSIDE PASS
RUSHER BUT WATCH THIS MOVE ON
LAUREANO.
LAWYER WHRAUR EVEN GRABS HIS
JERSEY AND HE CAN'T STOP HIM.
TOLD US HILLS FAVORITE
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM, HE
LIKES THE CHICAGO BEARS.
BOB: HIS BROTHER LIVES UP IN
CHICAGO, HE WOULDN'T MIND
PLAYING FOR THE BEARS.
***: IT APPEARED TO BE MARVIN
FERRELL PULLING BACK BEFORE THE
SNAP.
REFEREE: DEAD BALL FOUL, FALSE
START ON THE OFFENSE.
***: ALL OF THE BLITZING AND
THE LINE IS A LITTLE CONFUSED.
BOB: I DON'T BLAME FERRELL FOR
BREAKING OUT OF HIS STANCE
HERE.
YOU WANT TO TRY TO GET A HEAD
START ON TREV ALBERTS.
HE HAS THAT ABILITY TO GET
AROUND THE CORNER OF THOSE
OFFENSIVE TACKLES.
HE TOLD US I'M NOT BIG BUT PASS
RUSHING IS ANGLES.
***: LORENZO BRINKLEY,
195-POUND SAFETY MAN PLAYING IN
A LINEBACKER POSITION.
BOB: AFTER LAST YEAR'S ORANGE
BOWL, TOM OSBORNE REALIZED HIS
DEFENSE DIDN'T HAVE THE SPEED
TO COMPETE AT THIS LEVEL.
CALLED BOBBY BOWDEN.
BOBBY BOWDEN SENT TWO DEFENSIVE
ASSISTANTS TO LINCOLN,
NEBRASKA.
SAID GENTLEMEN, HOW DO WE
CHANGE OUR DEFENSE SO IT CAN
FUNCTION AT YOUR LEVEL?
***: NOT KNOWING THIS WOULD BE
THE OUTCOME.
BOB: THEY HAD NO IDEA.
***: WARD IS BEHIND HIS
RECEIVER.
WHAT A GOOD JOB OF ELUDING.
LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO
SACK HIM.
KEVIN KNOX WAS ALONG THE
SIDELINES BUT FLORIDA STATE
GIVES UP THE BALL.
THE PUNTING TEAM COMES ON.
BOB: TO PUT THIS IN
PERSPECTIVE, FLORIDA STATE
THROUGH THE SEASON AVERAGES 548
YARDS A GAME A 43 POINTS.
THIS TEAM SCORED 63 OFFENSIVE
TOUCHDOWNS TO THIS POINT, A
FIELD GOAL.
***: THE BALL BOUNCES BACK
TOWARD FLORIDA STATE AND DOWN
NEAR THE 45-YARD LINE.
NEBRASKA HAS THE
***: CALVIN JONES KEEPS IT
HIMSELF FOR ABOUT THREE.
RICHARD COES CHARLIE WARD
NOTHING LIKE MOST OF THE GAMES
HE'S PLAYED.
***: DIXON DID A GOOD JOB OF
GETTING AROUND THE CORNER.
BOB: NEBRASKA HAS STAYED
UNPREDICTABLE OFFENSIVELY IN
THIS FIRST HALF.
***: DIXON FIGHTING JUST TO
GET BACK TO THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE.
FLORIDA STATE STAYED AT HOME
AND PLAYED IT VERY WELL.
DRAW THE PENALTY.
BOB: NEBRASKA HAS WON A LOT OF
LITTLE BATTLES HERE IN THIS
FIRST HALF, GREAT FIELD
POSITION.
THE ONLY BAD BREAK --
REFEREE: HOLDING, OFFENSE,
10-YARD PENALTY, STILL SECOND
DOWN.
BOB: THE ONLY BAD BREAK
NEBRASKA HAS HAD IS THE PENALTY
ON THE PUNT RETURN.
BY DIXON.
THE FIELD POSITION NORMALLY FOR
A TEAM THAT
***: FRAZIER CAN'T FIND
ANYBODY OPEN.
REDSHI
***: FRAZIER HAS DIXON -- IS
HE INBOUNDS?
NO, HE COULDN'T GET HIS FEED
DOWN.
LANDED OUT OF BOUNDS ON HIS
SHOULDER, COULDN'T GET ONE FOOT
DOWN.
BOB: EXCELLENT THROW BY TOMMIE
FRAZIER.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT
CALL.
LOOKS LIKES HE WAS AIRBORNE.
WHEN HE GOES TO THE NFL -- NO,
NO, HIS TOE WAS DOWN.
***: THE RIGHT TOE DID APPEAR
TO HAVE HIT THE TURF.
THEY DON'T GIVE IT TO HIM.
BOB: AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, IT'S
STILL AN INCOMPLETE PASS.
***: 32 YARDS ON THE PUNT FOR
BENNETT.
ONE OF THE DELIGHTS OF COMING
TO MIME
***: WARD TO THE FAR SIDELINES
WIDE OPEN.
MASS MCCORVEY.
WRIGHT ON COVERAGE.
WELL THROWN, MCCORVEY SEEMS TO
BE OPEN CONSISTENTLY.
NO WONDER HE CAUGHT 74.
VAUGHN SELLERS MORE WITH COULD
HAVE BEEN IN 198 6.
BOB: DEEP OUT BY CHARLIE WARD, S
OFFENSE, THEY CAN SPUTTER AND
BAM DOWN THE FIELD THEY GO IN A
FLASH.
***: KNOCKED DOWN THE WAY
OF THE QUARTERBACK.
NICE PLAY, MOORE.
***: WARD GETS AWAY AND OUT AT
THE 35.
BOB: THAT'S WHAT HE DOES BEST.
***: 23 BIG YARDS FOR FLORIDA
STATE.
BOB: ORIGINALLY FLUSHED BY
ALBERTS.
34 STARES HIM RIGHT IN THE EYE,
FAKES OUTSIDE, COMES INSIDE.
THOSE BASKETBALL INSTINCTS AND
THEN CHARLIE WARD WITH
EXCELLENT SPEED.
BASEBALL PLAYER MY RUSHERS
TO STAY IN THEIR LANES.
***: THERE'S VANOVER, THE
SOPHOMORE FROM TALLAHASSEE A
FLAG IS DOWN.
QUITE A DAY FOR ROUGHING WARD.
THAT'S GOING TO MOVE FLORIDA
STATE INSIDE THE 10.
14 ON THE PASS AND THEN
ROUGHING THE PASSER AGAINST
NEBRASKA.
BOB: THAT'S RAMAEKERS, 67, NOT
A HARD HIT, JUST A LITTLE
SHOVE.
***: HE DIDN'T HAVE TO SHOVE
HIM, I GUESS.
RIFF REV PERSONAL FOUL,
ROUGHING THE PASSER ON A
COMPLETED PASS.
PENALTY IS ENFORCED FROM THE
END OF THE RUN HALF THE
DISTANCE TO THE GOAL LINE.
BOB: THEY HAVE THAT STEP AND A
HALF RULE.
IF YOU TAKE MORE THAN ONE AFTER
THE BALL'S GONE, THE PENALTY IS
GOING TO BE THROWN.
***: THREE UNDERNEATH.
VANOVER.
PICKED UP ONLY 3 TO THE
FIVE-YARD LINE.
THIRD AND GOAL.
BOB: YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF
SINGLE COVERAGE BECAUSE THEY
HAVE SO MANY SPREAD FORMATIONS
THAT FLORIDA STATE USES.
NEBRASKA HAS COVERED THESE GUYS
BEAUTIFULLY IN THE FIRST HALF.
***: FLORIDA STATE USES THEIR
SECOND TIME-OUT.
BOBBY BOWDEN WANTS TO MAKE SURE
THIS PLAY CALL.
THIS IS SEVEN POINTS VERSUS A
TRY
***: COULD ALMOST HAVE BEEN
INTENTIONALLY GROUNLDED BUT HE
THREW IT IN TO A NEBRASKA
PLAYER.
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTF THERE WAS
TONIGHT.
BOB: THIS SURPRISES ME.
***: THEY RULED HE WAS DOWN
BEFORE HE THREW THE BALL.
***: BENTLEY MAKES IT A
ONE-POINT GAME.
BOB: TWO FIELD GOALS BY FLORIDA
STATE IN THIS FIRST HALF.
***: OFFICIALLY, 25 YARDS.
NEBRASKA LEADS 7-6 WITH 22
SECONDS REMAING.
NEBRASKA HAD A 71-YARD PUNT
RETURN FOR A TOUCHD PENALTY THAT
***: WHAT A RETURN TO THE 47
AS THIS YOUNG MAN FROM OMAHA
WEAVES HIS WAY NEARLY
MIDFIELD.
BOB: WE MAKE A LOT OF FUN OF
KICKERS BUT IN THIS CASE, THE
KICKER FOR FLORIDA STATE ENDED
UP BEING THE LAST GUY TO MAKE
CONTACT AND MAKE THE TACKLE.
IN FACT, HE DOES HELP OUT.
A SHOULDER TACKLE, BUT HE DOES
GET HIM TO THE GROUND.
***: IS IT COMPLETE?
NO.
DIXON AGAIN HAS BEEN
***: INTERCEPTED.
CLIFTON ABRAHAM HAD ONE
INTERCEPTION ON THE YEAR.
HE PICKS IT OFF.
SO END THIS IS FIRST HALF.
THE SCORE SURPRISING --
NEBRASKA THE BIG RED, THE
UNDERDOGS, UNBEATEN, LEAD
FLORIDA STATE
***: RILEY WRESTLES WILLIAMS
OUT OF BOUNDS AT ABOUT THE
33-YARD LINE.
***: WARD THROWING AND TYRONE
WILLIAMS OVER THE BACK.
NO FLAG AS HE HE KNOCKS IT AWAY
FROM KEVIN KNOX.
BOB: ALL WEEK-LONG, TALKING TO
TOM OSBORNE, WE ASKED WHERE HE
IMPROVED HIS TEAM THE MOST.
HE SAID IN THE CORNER COVERAGE,
THE SPEED OF THE CORNERS.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WE HAVE
SEEN CORNERBACKS FROM NEBRASKA
THERE TO SUPPORT IN THE RUN AND
KNOCK THE BALL AWAY.
***: VANOVER, CLOSE TO THE
FIRST DOWN AT THE 44.
JOHN REECE MADE THE HIT.
BOB: YOU TALK ABOUT AN ATHLETE
THIS KID, 212 POUNDS, HAS A
41-INCH VERTICAL LEAP.
CAME TO CAMP THIS SUMMER AT
225.
TOOK HIM A LONG TIME TO GET
BACK IN SHAPE BUT THIS KID'S
STILL GROWING, JUST A
SOPHOMORE.
***: WARD THROUGH THE HANDS OF
KNOX.
BOB: THOSE WHO QUESTION HIS ARM
STRENGTH MUST SEE SOMETHING I
DON'T.
HE CAN FIRE THE BALL.
IT ALMOST STAYS COMPLETELY IN
SPIRAL.
THAT'S A RICOCHET.
LOOKED LIKE A BULLET GOING OFF
HIS HANDS AND HE'S WEARING
GLOVES TOO.
***: BOBBY BOWDEN, FROM
BIRNLING HAM, ALABAMA.
BOB: OH, WHAT A CATCH!
***: PULLED IN BY MATT FRIER,
THE 5'11'SENIOR, HE IS TOUCH AS
NAILS.
BOB: THEY COME WITH THE BLITZ
TO TRY TO DISRUPT.
BECAUSE OF THIS, IT'S QUICK
RELEASE.
THAT'S THE AMAZING PART.
THIS CATCH BOUNCES OFF OF
FRIER.
HE STAYS WITH IT AND MAKES THE
CATCH.
***: BARRON MILES ALL OVER
HIM.
BOB: FOR 23 YARDS, A PLAY LIKE
THAT CAN IGNITE AN OFFENSE.
***: WARD ON TOP AND GOING
LONG.
CAUGHT BY KNOX.
THE BIGGEST PLAY OF THE GAME,
40 YARDS.
BOB: THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL THE
STREAK.
HIS SPEED AGAINST WILLIAMS'
SPEED AND WARD PUTS IT OVER
THAT OUTSIDE SHOULDER.
THE CATCHABLE SPOT WHEN YOU
HAVE TITLE COVERAGE.
***: WILLIAM FLOYD, THE
FULLBACK IS NEAR THE GOAL
LINE.
BOB: THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE
HIM THE TOUCHDOWN.
AN OFFICIAL MARKED HIM JUST
OUTSIDE THE END ZONE, ***.
***: THE WHISTLE SOUNDED,
EVERYONE RELAXED AND FLOYD GOES
IN.
SECOND AND GOAL FROM THE ONE.
BOB: QUICK HUDDLE ON THE GOAL
LINE.
***: NEBRASKA RECOVERS!
WAS HE IN?
NO, THEY SAY TOUCHDOWN.
HE HAD BROKEN THE PLANE.
MIKE ANDERSON FELL ON THE
BALL.
BUT FLOYD CAN BROKEN THE
PLANE.
TOUCHDOWN FLORIDA STATE.
BOB: THREE-BACK SET, GOOD PUSH
AND SHOVE.
FLOYD GETS UP IN THE AIR AND
***, HE REALLY DIDN'T NEED
TO.
THE BALL IS LOOSE, THE SCORE
COUNTS.
GOOD SHOVE UP FRONT.
DIDN'T HAVE TO GO UP IN THE
AIR.
VERY FORTUNATE.
***: BENNING IN TROUBLE,
SMOTHERED JUST OUTSIDE THE 10.
SAMUEL COWART.
TOMMIE FRAZIER AND THE HUSKERS
START DEEP IN THEIR OWN END,
FIRST POSSESSION OF THE SECOND
FAF.
BOB: IN THE FIRST HALF,
NEBRASKA HAD REASONABLE SUCCESS
ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN'T RUN THE
BALL THAT WELL.
***: THE GAVE IS TO BENNING.
SO CALVIN JONES DOES NOT START
THE SECOND HALF.
BENNING, THE FRESHMAN,
200-POUNDER, 5'11", ALMOST SIX
YARDS A TRY FOR THIS SEASON
BOB: CALVIN JONES, OBVIOUSLY
HIS LEFT SHOULDER IS BOTHERING
HIM.
***: BENNING'S FATHER IS THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF OMAHA.
***: THE SPWHROCK OUT THERE
BLAH FINE DEFENSIVE PLAY.
A TRIP MADE BY THE SEMINOLES.
COULD HAVE BEEN MCINTOSH
GETTING A HAND OR ALEXANDER.
BOB: THE DEFENSE FROM FLORIDA
STATE STAYED HOME.
I THINK THEY KNOW THE
REPUTATION THAT EVERYBODY ELSE
HAS ABOUT FLORIDA STATE.
THAT THEY'RE SMALL UP FRONT AND
WILL OVERPURSUE.
***: FRAZIER COMPLETE TO BELL,
OUT TO THE 35 AND A FIRST
DOWN.
BUSH AND BROOKS DRAG HIM DOWN
AFTER 16.
BOB: BROOKS, WE HAVE NOT CALLED
HIS NUMBER MANY TIMES TONIGHT.
HE PLAYED THE BANDIT POSITION
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
AS BELL RELEASES ON TOP OF THE
LINEBACKERS UNDERNEATH THE
DEFENSIVE BACKS, DERRICK BROOKS
THERE TO MAKE THE ASSIST.
NEBRASKA IS FLOPPING TIGHT
ENDS, RUNNING THE BALL WITH
DERRICK BROOKS.
***: BENNING OUT TO THE 40,
ALMOST 5 ON THE PLAY.
ROBERSON AND BROOKS IN ON THE
STOP.
BOB: LET'S GO BACK IN TIME.
THE TOUCHDOWN BY FLORIDA
STATE.
AGAIN TOBY WRIGHT HITS HIM.
ARMS GO UP IMMEDIATELY.
***: THE OFFICIAL ON THIS SIDE
MADE THE CALL.
THERE IS A NEBRASKA PLAYER
BLOCKING THE VIEW.
DROPS NOT UNLIKE A ROSE BOWL
PLAY OF MANY YEARS AGO.
***: BENNING IS CLOBBERED.
GD CATCH, COULD RUN THE
SAME PATTERN, GET IT TO THE
TIGHT END.
***: FRAZIER INCOMPLETE.
NO PENALTY.
BUSH AS ALL OVER THE BACK OF
REG ON THAT ONE.
BOB: TOMMIE FRAZIER TOOK A REAL
CHANCE, THROWING LATE DOWN THE
MIDDLE.
BUSH IS RIGHT THERE.
KIND OF LOOKS LIKE HE'S PLAYING
BASKETBALL WITH HIM, DENYING
HIM THE PASS.
THAT'S TAKING A CHANCE.
TOMMIE FRAZIER WANTS THE PLAY.
HE DOESN'T GET IT.
***: FAIR CATCH AT THE 26-YARD
LINE.
35 YARDS ON THE PUNT WITH 9:22
LEFT IN THE THIRD.
***: WELCOME BACK TO THE
FEDERAL EXPRESS ORANGE BOWL, AN
ALL TIME RECORD ATTENDANCE.
OVER 81,000 TO SEE THE BATTLE
FLAFMT STATE LEADING BY FIVE
WITH THE BALL.
***: DEFLECTED AND
***: CAUGHT BY
HE IS EXTRAORDINARY.
THE EXCEPTION OF TOKYO.
THEY DRIVE TO ALL OF THEM.
***: DIXON CORRALLED AT THE AT
THE 15.
HE HAD THE HOLE FOR THE OUTSIDE
WERE IT NOT FOR THAT TACKLE BY
COWART.
HE COULD HAVE GONE THE WHOLE
WAY.
WHAT A STOP BY COWART.
BOB: VERY SELDOM TO YOU SEE
PUNT RETURN WITH ANY PLUS
YARDAGE WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR BACK
TO THE SPOT YOU'RE TRYING TO
RUN.
***: FRAZIER AND WHAT A CATCH
BY TRUMANE BELL AT THE HUSKER
36-YARD LINE.
SCHLESINGER, THE FULLBACK.
***: BENNING COULDN'T GET
CAIN JONES IN THIS
SITUATION.
***: UP FROM THE SECONDARY,
THE TWO SAFETIES.
BOB: SHOULDER TO SHOULDER.
DID YOU SEE THAT?
WHEN THE FIRST OPTION IS NOT
AVAILABLE, YOU SEE TOMMY
FRAZIER.
DRAIRK BROOKS MAKES HIM
DECLARE.
THE TWO SAFETIES COME UP
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER.
WHERE YOU GOING TO GO, SON?
NOWHERE. A MEMR OF THE KRIT IMT
FIMT CHAMPIONS AS A JUNIOR.
***: NOT ENOUGH FOR A FIRST
DOWN A A LONG
FIVE.
BENNETT PUNTS FOR THE SEVENTH
TIME TONIGHT.
***: FAIR CATCH CALLED AT THE
11-YARD LINE.
47-YARD PUNT BY BENNETT AND A
TIME-OUT.
***: WARD THREW LONG.
TYRONE WILLIAMS HAD KEVIN
KNOX.
BOB: YOU WONDER ABOUT CHARLIE
WARD'S TOUGHNESS?
FLORIDA STATE SENDS SEVEN GUYS
ON HIM HERE.
WATCH THEM ALL COME THERE'S THE
SEVENTH, SLIDES OVER SLIGHTLY
AND STILL TRYING TO CATCH THAT
MAN ON MAN RECEIVER.
***: CAUGHT FROM BEHIND BY
MIKE ANDERSON.
WILLIAM FLOYD GETS THIS CROWD
STIRRED.
245-POUND JUNIOR.
BOB: WHAT DID HE TELL US?
IF YOU MENTION FINESSE AROUND
ME, YOU'RE TALKING SISSY.
I AM NO SISSY.
HE STARTED PLAYING FOOTBALL IN
THE LITTLE GREEN DEVILS WHEN HE
WAS A KID.
HIS MOM MADE HIM PLAY FOOTBALL,
KICKED HIM OUT OF THE FIELD AND
SAID GO PLAY.
***:
DOWN AT THE SPOT WHERE THE BALL
WAS THROWN.
ANOTHER LATE HIT AGAINST
NEBRASKA.
THIS TIME, DONTA JONES IS
TICKETED.
THE GAIN ON THE PASS INTO
NEBRASKA TERRITORY PLUS THE
PENALTY.
BOB: DONTA JONES, A LATE
BLITZ.
THAT'S A HELMET RIGHT
UNDERNEATH THE CHIN.
PRETTY OBVIOUS.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BIG
PENALTIES TONIGHT AGAINST
NEBRASKA.
THAT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS ONE IT.
REALLY AFFECTED NEBRASKA'S
CHANCE.
THE ONE BY RAMAEKERS -- YOU SEE
TOM OSBORNE -- A RIGHTEOUS
INDIVIDUAL IS TOM OSBORNE.
HE DOES NOT LIKE HIS PLAYERS
DOING THAT.
***: RIGHT INTO THE ARMS OF
DWAYNE HAS SUPERIOR STRENGTH.
***: LOOKED AS IF TACKLE
CONOLY, FORREST CONOLY, A
SOPHOMORE FROM BERLIN,
CONNECTICUT.
REFEREE: DEAD BALL, FALSE START
CORN.
***: YESTERDAY HE WAS
EXPLAINING THAT, THAT THAT'S
EARLY BEFORE THE CORN A RIPE,
THEY TAKE OFF THE SILK, RIGHT?
BOB: NO, THE TOP OF THE ENTIRE
STALK OF CORN.
***: WARD THROWS UNDERNEATH TO
FRIER.
FRIER TACKLED AT ABOUT THE 23,
BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
12 YARDS ON THE PLAY.
THAT BRINGS UP THIRD DOWN AND
ABOUT 10.
BOB: HIS NICKNAME IN SUMMER.
***: ONE OF THE COACHES CALLED
HIM SUMMER.
HE SAID SUMMER HERE AND SUMMER
THERE.
***: NO PASS,
THROWS.
THEY SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET TO
THE RIGHT PLACE.
BOB: YES.
YOU HAVE TO EXPECT HE'S A
PRETTY GOOD THREE-POINT SHOOTER
ALTHOUGH HE DOESN'T DO THAT
MUCH FOR FLORIDA STATE AS A
BASKETBALL PLAYER.
DONTA JONES HOPGSE THIS ISN'T
GOOD.
***: THAT WAS GOOD.
***: BENTLEY HITS THIS.
BENTLEY HAD ONLY TWO FROM OVER
30 ALL SEASON HAS TWO TONIGHT.
THE SEMINOLES UP THEIR LEAD TO
15-7.
BOB: THAT 15-7 LEAD IS
CERTAINLY STILL WITHIN REACH OF
NEBRASKA.
AGAIN, FLORIDA STATE MOVES THE
BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
COURTESY OF A BIG PENALTY TO
NEBRASKA.
***: WEST VIRGINIA UNBEATEN
PLAYING IN THE SUGAR BOWL
TRAILING 28-7 TO FLORIDA.
BOBBY BOWDEN WHO HAS HAD MUCH
DIFFERENT EXPRESSION, I THINK HE
BETTER HAVE SOMETHING RED ON.
***: CLOSES IN A HURRY AT THE
15-YARD LINE.
LIKE SOMEBODY HAD A WIRE OUT
THERE AND JUST WAS BRUTAL HIT.
***: GERMANE GREEN, NUMBER 42
IN ON THE TACKLE.
REFEREE: OFFSIDES ON THE
TICKERS.
BOB: FLORIDA STATE WILL HAVE TO
TEE IT UP AGAIN IF NEBRASKA
CHOOSES.
WE'LL SEE WHO WAS ACROSS THAT
LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
OK, LET'S SAY THAT GUY.
HE'S THE CLOSEST ONE.
THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE AGAIN.
REFEREE: OFFSIDES ON THE
KICKERS, NEBRASKA HE ELECTS TO
REKICK AFTER A FIVE--YARD
PENALTY.
*** TKHICK HAS BEEN A BIG
QUARTER FOR FLORIDA STATE. LADYL
HAS SEEN A LOT OF IMPORTANT
GAMES.
***: DIXON TO THE 27-YARD
LINE.
DONNY FRAZIER FROM BRADENTON.
THERE ARE HIS PARENT
UN AN
OLDER BROTHER WATCHING THIS
GAME FROM PRISON IN NORTHERN
FLORIDA.
***: THE TRUE FRESHMAN IS TO
THE 29-YARD LINE.
BOB: TIME AND TIME, WE HAVE
SEEN ONE OF THE BIG THINGS
ABOUT NEBRASKA OFFENSE, THIS
OPTION AND THE ABILITY TO@
PITCH.
BUT YOU SEE THE OUTSIDE
LINEBACKERS DARE TO MAKE THE
PITCH HAPPEN SO EARLY.
IT'S REALLY AFFECTED REALLY
ALMOST THE ENTIRE PITCH OFFENSE
OF NEBRASKA.
***: FRAZIER ON THE
QUARTERBACK DRAW OUT TO THE
27-YARD LINE.
THAT'S CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN.
DERRICK ALEXANDER HAD THAT BIG
FIRST WAS IN ON THE TACKLE.
KNEE DOWN AT THE 36 SO THIS
WILL BE THIRD AND ONE.
BOB: THE QUARTERBACK BACK DRAW
HAS BEEN O
***: THE FLAG GOES DOWN.
FALSE START.
ZACH WE GO EARTH, 72, ONE EVERY
THOSE MOVING.
BOB: THE MOST PENALIZED GAME --
TEAM IN THE GAME HAS BEEN
NEBRASKA.
NORMALLY A VERY DISCIPLINED
TEAM.
REFEREE: DEAD BALL, FALSE
START.
FIVE YARDS.
***: YOU GO FROM THIRD AND ONE
TO THIRD AND 6.
WIEGERT'SELL, ERICK.
***: FRAZIER TO DIXON.
WRESTLED DOWN BY BIG EIGHT AND O
NEBRASKA.
***: SHORT ON THIS THROW
INTENDED FOR CHESTER JOHNSON.
ABDUL MUHAMMAD INJURED IN THE
FIRST HALF, LEADING RECEIVER.
NOW FRAZIER LOOKS AS THOUGH HE
MIGHT HAVE BEEN INJURED.
THE LEADING RUSHER CALVIN JONES
ALSO OUT IN THE SECOND HALF FOR
NEBRASKA NEBL.
A COUPLE OF HARD LUMPS TO
SWALLOW.
BOB: TOMMY FRAZIER GOT HIT IN
THE FIRST HALF AND IT AFFECTED
HIS ARM A LITTLE.
LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GRABBING HIS
BICEP.
***: LAWRENCE FILL INSURE
THROUGH A BIG HOLE.
TO THE 39-YARD LINE AND A FIRST
DOWN.
BOB: FLORIDA STATE HAS ALLOWED
NEBRASKA TO OPPORTUNITY, TO BE
IN THIS GAME 42 SECONDS AND
COUNTING INTO THE THIRD
QUARTER.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE SUATION
THAT TOM OSBORNE WAS HOPING FOR
.
CALVIN JONES IS OUT.
THEIR LEADING RECEIVER IS OUT.
THIS IS A TEEFM CHARACTER.
HERE IT'S SHOWING.
***: PHRASE TKWRORE DIXON, A
JUGGLING CATCH AND A TACKLE AT
THE 12.
COES FIGHTING FOR THE BALL BUT
DIXON ABLE TO WRESTLE IT AWAY A
FIRST DOWN AT THE 12.
BOB: LOOKED LIKE COES SLIPPED A
LITTLE.
WHAT A GREAT CATCH BY DIXON
THAT WAS BOUNCING ALL OVER.
***: DIXON VOTED THE HUSKERS
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER LAST
YEAR.
HAS HAD A TOUCHDOWN AND PUNT
RETURN CALLED BACK TONIGHT 71
YARDS.
DEVELOPING IN THIS 50TH FEDERAL
EXPRESS ORANGE BOWL FLAFMT
STATE DOWN 7-6 AT THE HALF
SCORING ALL OF THE POINTS IN
THE THIRD QUARTER TO TAKE AN
EIGHT-POINT LEAD.
***: FILL IPTS HAS A
TOUCHDOWN!
OFFICIALLY 12 YARDS AND
PHILLIPS, WHO IS THE QUICKEST
AND FASTEST OF THE TALENTED
CORPS OF TAILBACKS AT NEBRASKA,
MAKES IT 15-13.
DOES OSBORNE GO FOR TWO?
BOB: THIS WAS THE END ZONE THAT
HE TRIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
HE SAID ALL WEEK, I'D GO FOR
TWO.
KNOWING WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND
THE FACT I'VE NEVER WON A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BECAUSE
OF IT, I WOULD STILL GO FOR
TWO.
***: THIS IS A TWO TIME.
***: FRAZIER HAD A MAN OPEN
BUT DIDN'T THROW IT.
OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 1 BY KEN
ALEXANDER.
HE HAD AN OPEN RED JERSEY BUT
COULDN'T GET THE BALL UP TO RUN
IT.
HE TRIED TO RUN AND FLORIDA
STATE DENIES IT.
REMAINS 15-13.
BOB: HERE'S THE GUY WHO'S GOING
TO BE OPEN IN THE END ZONE.
GERALD ARMSTRONG IS WELL
COVERED.
THE DEFENDER IS JUST BETWEEN
THE RECEIVER AND QUARTERBACK SO
PHRASEIARY HAS TO RUN.
DERRICK ALEXANDER MAKES A BIG
TACKLE.
BROOKS GETS KNOCKED ON HIS FACE
BY SCHLESINGER.
***: KEN ALEXANDER AND DERRICK
ALEXANDER, NOT RELATED,
DENIED.
IT'S A TEAM THAT LED THE NATION
NOT ONLY IN OFFENSE BUT IN
DEFENSE.
THAT COMBINATION MOVINGí INTO
THE TOP RUNG ON THE NATIONAL
POLLS.
BUT LEAD BY ONLY TWO AS
NEBRASKA HAS MARCHED 73 YARDS
IN SEVEN CONVINCING PLAYS.
THE FINAL 12 BY LAWRENCE
PHILLIPS.
WITH MANY ENEMIES,
THAT SEEMED MORE IMPORTANT TO
HIM.
***: RILEY TO THE 25-YARD LINE
AND A FLAG IS DOWN.
THE 23 OF FLORIDA STATE.
***: THE REFEREE SAYS IT'S
AGAINST THE NOLES.
BOB: THIS IS THE CLASSIC
COUNTER, THEY BLOCK DOWN.
THESE GUYS PULL.
IT IS BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED.
WHEN YOU'RE A RUNNING BACK AND
YOU SEE THAT MUCH ROOM, THE APPS
THAT THE WINNER OF THIS GAME
WILL BE THE NATIONAL CHAMPION.
***: WA
MORE OF THEM TONIGHT.
***: FLOYD SHOT DOWN.
THE PENALTY OF MAKING A TACKLE
ON FLOYD BEING FELT BY
NEBRASKA.
PLAYER DOWN, NUMBER 5, LORENZO
BRINKLEY.
HIS DAD, LORENZO SR. WAS A
DEFENSIVE BACK IN MISSOURI IN
THE EARLY 1970'S.
BOB: I THINK BRINKLEY PUTS HIS
ARM OUT HERE AND THE TRUCK GOES
THROUGH.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT HIS
FOREARM. O MAKE THE
SCORE USC 14, MICHIGAN 3.
THE TROJANS WENT ON TO WIN AND
FINISH THE NUMBER TWO TEAM.
THE FUMBLE IS SEEN CLEARLY HERE
AND CLEARLY A PLAY SIMILAR TO
WILLIAM FLOYD'S TOUCHDOWN EARLY
IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF
TONIGHT'S ORANGE BOWL.
NOW BACK TO *** AND BOB.
***: NOT FOR THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP BUT S.C. FINISHES
SECOND ON THAT VICTORY.
SHEER WILLIAM FLOYD AT THE GOAL
LINE.
BOB: AND HERE'S TOBY WRIGHT
MAKING THE CONTACT.
I STILL DON'T THINK HE WAS IN
THE END ZONE.
ALTHOUGH IT WAS RULE ADD
TOUCHDOWN IMMEDIATELY.
***: NUMBER 48 FOR NEBRASKA,
MILK ANDERSON, FELL ON IT IN
THE END ZONE.
BOB: THE OFFICIAL CLOSEST TO US
DOWN THE LINE.
***: ON THE FAR SIDE NOW.
BOB: WATCH THE SIGNAL.
***: HE CAN'T SEE IT BECAUSE
THERE ARE BODIES IN FRONT OF
THE FUMBLE.
BOB: BETWEEN HIM AND THE BALL
CARRIER.
***: THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF
THE GAME, FLOYD IN OR OUT BUT
IN IS THE WAY IT WILL READ.
DOWNS.
REGULAR SEASON, 56%.
BOB: A LOT OF NUMBERS HAVE
CHANGED TONIGHT FOR FLORIDA
STATE.
***: WARD THROWS -- WHAT A
CATCH.
THE FLAG DOWN.
KEVIN KNOX PULLING IT IN AT THE
49.
BOB: HE WAS HORIZONTAL WHEN HE
CAUGHT THAT ONE.
***: LET'S SEE THE CALL.
15 YARDS IF --
REFEREE: HOLDING, DEFENSE.
PASS IS COMPLETE.
THE PENALTY IS DECLINED.
MORE THAN 10 YARDS.
FIRST DOWN.
***: THEY CONVERT FOR THE
FIRST TIME TONIGHT, 1-9.
CALL IT IT ON TYRONE WILLIAMS.
BOB: HANGING ON TO THE
FOOTBALL.
***: YOU WATCH HIM IN PRACTICE
AND WE COVER THE NFL ALL SEASON
LONG, YOU WOULD HAVE SWORN
YOU'RE WATCHING A
***: OH, MY, KEVIN KNOX WAS
THERE AGAIN.
THE SENIOR FROM
***: THIRD DOWN AND 4.
ONE OF THE FEW TONIGHT THAT
HASN'T BEEN CLOSES A COACH, MOMA
LIBRARIAN.
***: HIT BY TWO SEMINOLES,
COMES BACK OUT A 25-YARD NET.
NEBRASKA TRAILING BY TWO
ONE IN THE A.P. POLL LEADING BY
TWO.
***: LAWRENCE PHILLIPS PICKS
GUY DOZEN.
THEY COULDN'T ACCOUNT FOR.
***: OUT TO THE 39-YARD LINE,
THE FULLBACK.
ANOTHER OF THOSE EIGHT-MAN
FOOTBAHLETES A DEPTH OF
TALENT.
BUT YOU CAN TELL THERE'S AN
EDGE TO THIS MAN.
***: GREAT FAKE ON THE PITCH.
FRAZIER DARTS OUT TO THE 50 AND
ANOTHER FIRSTRAZIER TURNED IT U.
NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO RUN THE
FOOTBALL.
NEVER BEEN AFRAID TO RUN THE
FOOTBALL.
***: FOUR YARDS ON THAT CARRY
BY
***: FRAZIER ON SECOND DOWN TO
PHILLIPS ON THE HANDOFF.
TO THE 44.
STUFFED BY NANCE, THE
***: CAUGHT AND TACKLED
IMMEDIATELY WAS CHESTER JOHNSON
THAT DEPEND ON THE SPOT.
IT WOULD APPEAR THAT'S A FIRST
DOWN
BACK.
FRAZIER HAS PLAYED WELL.
***: FRAZIER TOA STATE PLAYER ,
DEVIN BUSH.
BOB: GERMANE BELL TO THE RIGHT
SIDE AS TOMMY FRAZIER ROLLS.
A VERY GOOD THROW BY TOMMY
FRAZIER.
THIS IS A KID WHO COM THE
CREW HERE IN ARIZONA AND IN
DALLAS.
***: LAWRENCE PHILLIPS HIT
WELL ON THE OUTSIDE BY SAWYER.
LOOKED LIKE THERE MIGHT BE ROOM
FOR HIM TO COME UPFIELD.
A TERRIFIC JOB TO MAKE THE
STOP.
BOB: AIRCRAFT ALEXANDER ALSO
HAD A HAND TOO.
HE STRETCHED IT OUT, ALLOWED
THE DEFENSIVE BACKS TO CATCH UP
WITH THE RUNNING BACK.
***: IF THEY SHOULD GET INTO A
FIELD GOAL SITUATION HERE,
BYRON BENNETT'S LONGEST THIS
YEAR AND LONGEST OF HIS CAREER
IS 48 YARDS.
***: THE DREW PHILLIPS AND NO
PLACE TO GO.
DE
***: FRAZIER WASN'T ABLE TO
GET IT OFF IN TIME.
PLAY WAS LATE COMING IN AND
CHECKING THE DEFENSE TO BE
SURE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE YARDS
WITH A LONG FIELD GOAL, ONE OF L
THEIR FANS.
***: FLAGS DOWN AS FRAZIER IS
INSIDE THE 15 TO THE 14.
IT WOULD BE A FIRST DOWN, BUT
IT APPEARED TO BE A FALSE START
NEBRASKA.
REFEREE: DEAD BALL, FALSE
START.
OFFENSIVE LINE.
BOB: ***, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL
PLAY.
NEBRASKA HAS FOUND SOMEBODY
THAT WORKS IF THEY CAN AVOID
THE PENALTIES.
THIS IS A QUARTERBACK COUNTER
IT.
WORKS BEAUTIFULLY.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS, THE LEFT
TACK THAT'S BRIN
IT BACK.
***: HE'S PLAYED BEAUTIFULLY
DOESN'T TONIGHT.
***: SNEMTED BY COES AND
FINALLY KNOCKED DOWN AT THE
30-YARD LINE A FLAG IS DOWN.
THE LEAD, THE FIRST TURNOVER OF
SIGNIFICANCE.
REFEREE: ABOVE THE WAIST, UNDER
RECEIVERS AFTER THE
INTERCEPTION.
***: THAT WILL COME BACK AFTER
THE PENALTY BACK TO THE 20-YARD
LINE.
BOB: THE INTENDED RECEIVER, I'M
%OT SURE.
WE JUST MENTIONED TOMMY FRAZIER
HAD NOT MADE ANY MISTAKES
TONIGHT BUT THE SAFETY IS
WAITING FOR CHESTER JOHNSON.
COES MAKES THE INTERCEPTION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE GAME IS
OVER.
6:55 LEFT.
BUT THAT WAS OSBORNE'S BEST
CHANCE AND THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH
AS EMOTION AS YOU GET OUT OF
TOM OSBORNE.
*** DAKE FIVE AND A HALF
MINUTE DRIVE STARTED AT THEIR
OWN 20.
FRAZIER KNEW HE HAD MADE
MISTAKE.
20-YARD LINE.
THE OTHER TURNOVER WAS THE
INTERCEPTION AT THE END OF THE
HALF, JUST HOPE SOMETHING
SPECIAL WOULD HAPPEN.
***: MCCORVEY IS HIT AT THE
23-YARD LINE.
***: THE THROW ON THIS SIDE IS
CAUGHT INSIDE THE 30.
THEY MARK IT AT THE 29 FOR THE
FIRST DOWN.
TYRONE WILLIAMS MADE THE TACKLE
ON TAMARICK VANOVER.
FOR A MOMENT, IT LOOKED LIKE
THAT WAS HANGING FOR A POSSIBLE
INTERCEPTION.
BOB: I THOUGHT SOMEBODY HIT
CHARLIE WARD'S ARM.
IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO CONVERT
THE THIRD DOWN TO FIRST, BUT I
HAD THE SAME FEELING YOU DID.
IT WAS TAKING A LONG TIME TO
GET THERE.
***: PHILLIPS TO THE
***:HILLIPS AGAIN, FUMBLES.
IT APPEARED ONE OF THE LINEMEN
DOWNFIELD, ZACH WIEGERT, FELL
ON IT FOR NEBRASKA.
BOB: OH, MY.
THEY RUN THE COUNTER AGAIN.
I COULD NOT SEE WHO HIT
PHILLIPS.
COMING RIGHT AT YOU.
***: PHRASE TKWRORE JOHNSON
BOB: THEY'RE CALLING IT A
RECEPTION, I THINK IT BOUNCED.
***: HE CAUGHT IT, THEN THE
BALL BOUNCED AFTER HE HIT THE
GROUND.
BOB: RUNNING THE CROSSING
ROUTE.
HE DOES CATCH IT.
OR DOES HE?
HE
***: CONSTRICTOR.
*** DAKE FLAG DOWN.
THE TACKLE IS MADE BY MACK
KNIGHT AND HE MAY HAVE HAD THE
FACEMASK.
OH, MY, LISTEN TO NEBRASKA.
***: 31 YARDS PLUS.
BOB: SECOND LEADING RUSHER FOR
NEBRASKA, TOUGH KID.
WHEN HE TURNS IT UPFIELD, HE
MEANS BUSINESS.
NICE MOVE THERE TO GET IFN SIDE
COES.
FINALLY, MACK KNIGHT HAS TO
MAKE THE TACKLE.
31-YARD PICKUP.
***: PLUS THE PENALTY.
AN THAT'S GOING TO TAKE IT
HALF THE DISTANCE INSIDE THE
FIVE SO IT WILL BE NEBRASKA
FIRST AND GOAL AT THE FOUR-YARD
LINE.
FOUR YARDS FROM A SSIBLE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
15-13 FLORIDA STATE WITH 2:18
LEFT.
***: PHILLIPS RUNS UP THE BACK
OF HIS BLOCKERS, NOTHING
THERE.
THE CLOCK RUNS AND FLORIDA
STATE MAY EYE ELECT TO CALL
TIME TO SAVE THEMSELVES SOME
TIME IF A FIELD GOAL AESTIMATE
WHAT TOM OSBORNE'S
***: PHILLIPS GOES DOWN WITH
THE LOSS.
JOHN NANCE WITH ANOTHER BIG
PLAY.
NOW FLORIDA STATE CALLS TIME.
***: IT'S GOOD!
BOB: YOU WORRY ABOUT SO MANY
THINGS IN A FOOTBALL GAME.
THE OTHER DAY AT NEBRASKA'S
PRACTICE, THEY STOPPED PRACTICE
IN THE MIDDLE AND HAD THE FIELD
GOAL KICKER GO OUT AND KICK.
TOM OSBORNE'S KICKER WAS
PREPARED.
GOOD PRESSURE BY FLORIDA
STATE.
***: SO THE NEBRASKA
CORNHUSKERS ARE SHOWING THAT
HEART THAT OSBORNE TALKEDED
ABOUT WITH 10 POINTS IN THIS
FOURTH QUARTER.
BOB: TOMMY FRAZIER THE BIG RUN
TO GET THEM DOWN THERE.
YES.
THE YOUNG MAN FROM BRADENTON,
FLORIDA.
PLAYING IN FRONT OF 60 MEMBERS
OF HIS FAMILY AND RIGHT UP
THERE WHERE HE'S RUNNING AND
SCREAMING.
***: IT'S NOT OVER YET.
FLORIDA STATE IS AS HIGH
POWERED AS ANY TEAM IN THE
NATION.
THEY'LL HAVE 1:16 AND ONE
TIME-OUT.
THCLOCK STOPPED WITH FIRST
DOWNS TO MOVE INTO FIELD GOAL
RANGE THEMSELVES.
BOYD LANGUAGE ON FIELD GOALS
HAS NEVER GONE BOBBY BOWDEN'S
WAY.
BOB: ESPECIALLY NOT ON THAT
GOAL POST.
***: IT'S NOW UP TO CHARLIE
WARD, THE COLLEGIATE HERO, THE
HEISMAN AWARD WINNER, THE
LEADER OF THIS FLORIDA STATE
TEAM TO, RALLY HIS TEAM UNDER
VANOVER, NUMBER 80, HAS HAD
SOME HUGE RETURNS IN HIS
CAREER.
UNTIL TONIGHT.
WHEN HE'S MANAGED TO GET TWO
FROM OUTSIDE THE 30.
***: THE FANS CHEERING FOR
FLORIDA STATE
THE GIVE TO FLOYD, JUST GETS
ACROSS THE 45 FOR THE FIRST
DOWN. IKE THERWERE 12
GUYS AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE
FOR NEBRASKA, ***.
***: FLORIDA STATE USED ONLY
FOUR SECONDS.
WARD IN THE OPEN FIELD.
OUT OF BOUNDS AND A FLAG GOES
DOWN.
OH, MY, OH, MY, NEBRASKA, I
BELIEVE, IS GOING TO BE CALLED
FOR A PERSONAL FOUL.
DUNN S
THAT HAVE BEEN SO MUCH OUT OF
CHARACTER FOR THE NEBRASKA
CORNHUSKERS.
EVERY ONE HAS HURT AND HURT
BADLY.
ANDERSON, THE LINEBACKER CAN'T
CATCH HIM.
HE'S OUT OF BOUNDS.
YES, FLAG THROWN.
THAT'S EASY THAT ADDS 15 YARDS
ON TO IT. FFICIALS HAVE BEEN
CONSISTENT, NOT A REAL VICIOUS
HIT, JUS CONTACT AND THAT'S
THE PERSONAL FOUL.
REFEREE: PERSONAL FOUL, DEAD
BALL, OUT OF BOUNDS.
***: FLORIDA STATE WITH 45
SECONDS IS IN FIELD GOAL
RANGE.
NOW IT'S A MATTER OF PROTECTING
THE BALL FOR BOBBY BOWDEN.
BALL THE WAY TO THE 18-YARD
LINE WHICH WOULD MAKE IT ABOUT
A 35-YARD FIELD GOAL HERE.
***: THROWN TOWARD THE END
ZONE AND THERE'S THE FLAG.
INTERFERENCE, 15 YARDS AGAINST
TOBY WRIGHT.
FLORIDA STATE HALF THE DISTANCE
TO THE GOAL LINE.
INSIDE THE 10.
BOB: THAT'S TWICE TONIGHT THERE
HAVE BEEN A KEY INTERFERENCE
PENALTIES ON DRIVES AGAINST
NEBRASKA.
I DON'T THINK THIS WAS
CATCHABLE.
THAT'S QUESTIONABLE AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT HE CAN GET TO
THAT BALL.
I THOUGHT HE WAS PLAYING FOR
THE FLAG.
***: TOM OSBORNE, 21 GREAT
SEASONS IN NEBRASKA, NEVER
WINNING LESS THAN NIN GAMES.
BOBBY BOWDEN, HIS RECORD
EQUALLY REMARKABLE.
HE'S WON 10 OR MORE THE LAST
SEVEN SEASONS.
EACH MAN STILL WITHOUT A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND THEY MARK OFF THE FULL 15
TO THE 3 THREE-YARD LINE.
115 YARDS ON PENALTIES FOR
NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND ONE OF
THEM COST THEM 71 MORE YARDS ON
THE PUNT RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN
DENIED NEBRASKA.
***: THE GIVE IS TO SEAN
JACKSON.
SWARMED BY REDSHIRTS A TIME-OUT
CALLED BY FLORIDA STATE, THEIR
LAST.
TWO YEARS AGO, MIAMI, FLORIDA
STATE.
FLORIDA STATE LOOKS GOOD ALL
THE WAY AND MISSES WIDE RIGHT
AND THE SEMINOLES DENIED AND
BOBBY BOWDEN THOUGHT HE HAD
VICTORY AND LOSES BY ONE.
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AIONAL
TITLE.
1992, FOR A TIE.
MOWREY WIDE RIGHT.
AND MIME PREVAILS.
THE TIE COULD AGAIN HAVE GIVEN
THE SEMINOLES A SECOND FINISH
IN THE NATION A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
APPARENTLY, IT WILL COME DOWN
TO ANOTHER FIELD GOAL, A A
POSSIBLE TURNOVER.
IF NEBRASKA EVER HAD A BLOCKED
FIELD GOAL PLAY, THIS IS THE
TIME.
***: HE'S GOT IT.
***: THERE'S GOING TO BE A
PENALTY HERE FOR THE EXCESSIVE
CELEBRATION AND NEBRASKA WILL
HAVE 21 SECONDS FOR A POSSIBLE
MIRACLE.
SCOTT BENTLEY, 22-YARD FIELD
GOAL.
FOUR FIELD GOALS TYING AN
ORANGE BOWL RECORD BUT NONE
BIGGER IN THE HISTORY OF
FLORIDA STATE THAN THAT SHORT
SHOT BY BENTLEY.
BOB: HIT IT SQUARELY, TOOK HIS
TIME, HIT IT PERFECTLY, DEAD
CENTER, GOOD CONCENTRATION.
***: 18-YEAR-OLD YOUNGSTER
WITH ALL THE PRESSURE OF AN
ENTIRE FOOTBALL PROGRAM AND A
POSSIBLE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
BOB: I'M SURE HE'S SAYING
WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
MY FIRST YEAR IN COLLEGE, PART
OF A NATIONAL AMPIONSHIP.
IT LOOKS LIKE BOBBY BOWDEN VERY
MAD AT HIS TEAM FOR GOING OUT
THERE ON THE FIELD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PENALTY
IS.
IT'S A 10-YARD PENALTY.
***: 15-YARD PENALTY TO
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HERE.
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***: FRAZIER GOESR LONG FOR
BELL
ALMOST
EIGHT SECONDS LEFT.
***: BELL IS A BIG RECEIVER,
6'@4", A LITTLE BUMP ON SAWYER,
SAWY@
***: BELL TACKLED WITH ONE
SECOND TO GO -- THEY DIDN'T
ST THE CLOCK SOON ENOUGH.
THEY SHOULD HAVE A SECOND
LEFT.
HE WAS CLEARLY DOWN BEFORE THE
FINAL ZERO WENT UP AND THE
OFFICIALS DID NOT CALL IT.
OSRNE CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
BOB: I AGREE WITH YOU TOTAL.
HE WAS DOWN, THE CLOCK SHOULD
BE STOPPED, THERE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN ANOTHER PLAY.
***: THERE SHOULD BE TIME.
OSBORNIS POINTING AT THE
CLOCK SAYING THE TACKLE WAS
MADE AND NOW THE OFFICIALS ARE
SENDING@ BOTH TEAMS OFF THE
FIEL
***: E HIT BY DERRICK
BROOKS, THE TACKLE AND DOWN
RIGHT THERE SO THERE'S TWO
SECONDS LEFT FOR NEBRASKA AND
CERTAINLY, THE GAME WAS NOT
OVER.
BOB: WHAT AGONY FOR
***: HE HOOKED IT LEFT FLAFMT
STATE WINS.
WITH ONLY NOT DE TO BEAT.
***: AFTER TWO WIDE RIGHTS FOR
THE SEMINOLE BOWDEN
AGONIZINGLY WATCHES ONEO
LEFT. Xk
O.J.?
O.J.: COACH, FOR THE POETIC
JUSTICE THAT 2 CAME DOWN TO A
FIELD GOAL, BUT THIS TIME, YOU
WON.
>> YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING
I'LL END UP GETTING BEAT BY A
FIELD GOAL AGAIN.
O.J.: YOU DIDN'T LET TIME RUN
OFF THA CLOCK BEFORE YOU
KICKED.
>> LET THE@ KIDS
*** AND BOB?
***: WITH ALL THE CROWD AROUND
THE VICTORIOUS HEAD COACH BOBBY
BOEN, TOUGH FORHT
MICROPHONE B I THINK WE GOT
THE ESSENCE, HE'S HAPPY WITH
THE VICTORY BUT HOW AGONIZINGLY
CLOSE HE CAME TO HAVING ANOTHE@
ONE DENIED.
BOB: WHAT TORTURE FOR BOTH
TEAMS I THIS SITUATION.
THIS ONE,@ NOT EVEN CLOSE.
***: THIS ONE NOT CLOSE BUT
THERE WAS A CONTROVERSIAL
FUMBLE AND A NEBRASKA RETURN
CALLED BACK SO THAT CLOSE TO
ANTHERE WILL BE A LO TO CHEW
ON TGHTINCOLN AND THE
IF EVER A TEAM PLAYED B
NEBRASKA DID TONIGHT.
BOB: YES, THEY DID.
CK:RE ARE SO MAN WAYS
TOOSBORNE COULD BE ON THE
S@OULDERS OHI@EAM.
p I THINK IT LAYS TO REST
THIS THING ABOUTL PLAYING ONEW
YEAR@ AND@NOT SHING UP.
THIS TEAM SHOWED GR
CHARACTER AND FLORI STATE
ALMOST OFFERED THEM THE
RTUNITY FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP
AND THEY ALMOST TOOK ADVTAGE
OF IT. @