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>> YOU KNOW OUT HERE, LEGENDS
AREN'T BORN, THEY'RE MADE, IN
THE HEAT OF BATTLE, AND THIS ONE
IS AS BIG AS THE DESERT SKY.
2 SEEMED INEVITABLE, REALLY,
THIS SHOWDOWN IN THE DESERT,
IT'S BEEN BREWING FOR QUITE A
SPELL, AND NEITHER ONE HAS LOST
A BATTLE ALL SEASON, SO IT HAD
TO COME DOWN TO THIS.
AND GUESS WHO'S READY TO FINALLY
GET IT ON?
RUMBLING OUT OF THE NEBRASKA
PLAINS, COME THE CORNHUSKERS LED
BY TOMMIE FRAZIER AND LAWRENCE
PHILLIPS, THEY ARE THIS YEAR'S
FLAG BEARERS OF THE NEBRASKA'S
LEGACY AND THE NATIONAL TITLE.
DRIVEN BY THE STEADY HAND OF TOM
OSBORNE, WHO'S NOT ONLY READ THE
BOOK, HE'S SCENE THE MOVIE.
BUT SWOOPING OUT OF THAT DESERT
SKY, THE HIGH-FLYING ATTACK OF
DANNY WUFR .
THIS HIGH-STAKES GAME IS NEW TO
THE GATORS, BUT THEY FIGURE TO
GO RIGHT FOR THE GOLD UP IN
THOSE HILLS.
TONIGHT, WHEN THE DUST SETTLES
ON THIS ONE, WE'LL FINALLY ALL R
LONG.
>> Jim: ALL RIGHT, MICHELE, KRIS
BROWN READY TO KICK.
NEBRASKA ELECTED TO LET FLORIDA
TAKE THE FOOTBALL FIRST.
>> Terry: I'VE NEVER SEEN TWO
TEAMS TAT ARE MORE CONFIDENT
THAN THESE TWO TEAMS.
THEY REFLECT THE ATTITUDE OF
THEIR HEAD COACHES.
>> Jim: A BIG RETURN BY REIDEL
ANTHONY.
>> Terry: WHAT A GREAT WAY FOR
FLORIDA TO OPEN THIS GAME UP.
>> Jim: JACQUES EZ GREEN RUNNING
THAT ONE BACK, ACTUALLY.
WATCH JACQUEZ GREEN.
>> Terry: ONE OF THE INTERESTING
THINGS HERE IS THAT TOM OSBORNE
FELT THAT HIS TEAM HAD THE
ADVANTAGE IN THE KICKING GAME,
AND HERE FLORIDA OPENS UP THE
GAME WITH A GREAT RETURN.
>> Jim: WELL, DANNY WUERFFEL, AT
QUARTERBACK, HAD THE BEST YEAR
STATISTICALLY ANY QUARTERBACK
HAS HAD IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL
HISTORY, BREAKING THE
SINGLE-SEASON PASS EFFICIENCY
MARK OF JIM McMAHON, THE 35
TOUCHDOWNS LED THE COUNTRY IN
THAT TOTAL AS WELL.
WUERFFEL BACKS SOMEWHAT
OVERLOOKED.
>> Terry: ONE OF THE REAL
MATCH-UPS IT'S GOING TO BE VERY
INTERESTING TO WATCH TONIGHT
WILL BE MO COLLINS AGAINST THE
ALL-AMERICAN TOMICH.
I THINK THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE
BIG MATCH-UPS OF THE NIGHT.
>> Jim: SO WALTON ASSISTED TO
THE SIDELINE, AND THERE'S A LOOK
AT MO COLLINS, GETTING STARTED
AT ALL 12 GAMES, A RED SHIRT
FRESHMAN AGAINST AARON TOMICH.
WE'LL SEE HOW EARLY STEVE
SPURRIER DECIDES TO SPREAD
THINGS FOR THIS GATOR ATTACK.
RIGHT AWAY HE'S GOING WITH THREE
RECEIVERS WITH HILLIARD AND
DOERING AND REIDEL ANTHONY.
THE FOURTH RECEIVER IS JACQUEZ
GREEN.
>> Jim: AND FLORIDA NEAR A FIRST
DOWN AT THE 50-YARD LINE.
CHRIS DOERING, GIVE HIM NINE
YARDS, MIKE MINTER ON THE
COVERAGE.
>> Jim: WUERFFEL'S PASS
INTERCEPTED AND THEN DROPPED.
INCOMPLETE.
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>> Jim: SO THE GATORS ESCAPED AN
EARLY NEAR-TURNOVER AND PICK UP
THE FIRST DOWN IN NEBRASKA
TERRITORY.
>> Jim: WITH PRESSURE THEY GET
TO WUERFFEL THIS TIME.
AND THERE'S JARED TOMICH IN THAT
WHOLE GROUP OF CORNHUSKERS.
THAT'S THE MATCH-UP AGAINST
COLLINS THAT YOU ALERTED US TO,
TERRY, BEFORE THE GAME.
>> Terry: WELL, THIS IS THE
WHOLE NEBRASKA PLAN, KEEP DANNY
WUERFFEL OFF GUARD.
HERE WE SEE JARED TOMICH COMING
IN, PUTTING PRESSURE ON HIM.
WUERFFEL TUCKS THE BALL AWAY,
DOES A GREAT JOB OF NOT FUMBLING
THAT FOOTBALL.
>> Jim: LOST FOUR ON THE PLAY.
TOMICH SAYS EVERYBODY HAS A
BREAKING POINT, WE'RE GOING TO
TRY TO FIND IT IN THIS GAME
AGAINST WUERFFEL.
JEROME EVANS IS THE FULL BACK
NOW IN THIS FORMATION.
>> Jim: PASS CAUGHT DOERING,
DOERING DOWN TO THE 32 AND
ANOTHER GATOR FIRST DOWN.
>> Terry: ONE OF THE INTERESTING
THINGS ABOUT THAT PLAY, JIM, IS
THAT FLORIDA ONLY HAD TWO WIDE
RECEIVERS OUT, PRO TESHTED WERE
ALL OF THE OTHER OFFENSIVE
BLOCKERS, AND THAT TIME THEY
WERE ABLE TO GIVE DANNY WUERFFEL
THE TIME THAT HE NEEDED TO HIT
THAT PASS.
>> Jim: CHRIS DOERING,
RECORD-SETTING RECEIVER FOR THE
GATORS, LOOK AT HIM ACROSS THE
MIDDLE, PICKING UP 20 YARDS ON
THAT PLAY.
FIRST DOWN FROM THE NEBRASKA 32.
>> Jim: SHORT TROP AGAIN,
DOERING SLICING ACROSS THE
MIDDLE FOR ANOTHER FIRST DOWN.
11 YARDS THIS TIME.
DOERING WITH THREE RECEPTIONS ON
THIS OPENING SERIES.
>> Terry: IT HASN'T TAKEN HIM
LONG TO GET INTO THE GAME PLAN,
JIM.
THIS TIME EVERY PROGRAM NEEDS A
PLAYER LIKE CHRIS DOERING.
CAME IN AS A WALK-ON, ALWAYS
WANTED TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY
THERE, AND HERE HE IS AS THE
LEADING SCORER.
>> Jim: MAN OPEN, IT'S DOERING
AGAIN.
HE IS WIDE OPEN OUT THERE.
OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE SIX.
UNABLE TO MATCH UP WITH CHRIS
DOERING ON THE OPENING DRIVE.
>> Terry: JIM, THE KEY TO THIS
PLAY TO ME WAS AT GREAT
ATHLETICISM OF DANNY WUERFFEL.
NEBRASKA PUT AN AWFUL LOT OF
PRESSURE ON HIM.
HE SCRAMBLED AROUND, FOUND AN
OPEN RECEIVER DOWNFIELD.
THIS IS JUST ONE ATHLETE MAKING
A GREAT PLAY IN A CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME.
>> Jim: IT'S DOERING AGAIN, HE
LED HIM TOO MUCH.
MIKE MINTER TRYING TO STAY WITH
HIM, BUT DOERING HAD A STEP ON
HIM.
>> Terry: RIGHT NOW, THE
NEBRASKA DEFENSIVE BACKS ARE
HAVING A HARD TIME MATCHING UP
AGAINST THE FLORIDA SPEED.
FLORIDA HAS GREAT SPEED, AND
THEY ARE UTILIZING IT ALREADY IN
THIS FIRST DRIVE OF THE NIGHT.
>> Jim: FLORIDA IN SCORING RANGE
INSIDE THE 20 THIS YEAR GETTING
TOUCHDOWNS THREE QUARTERS OF THE
TIME.
>> Jim: WILLIAMS LOST A YARD.
>> Terry: JASON PETER, ALONG
WITH CHRISTIAN PETER, THEY'RE
THE HAMMERS INSIDE THE NEBRASKA
DEFENSE, ONE OF THE VERY BEST
RUNNING DEFENSES IN THE COUNTRY.
FLORIDA WILL ONLY COUNTER WITH
THE RUN AS A TRUE COUNTER TO THE
PASSING GAME.
>> Jim: SO HERE COME THE GATORS,
THEY TOOK THAT OPENING KICK.
>> Jim: PASS TOO HIGH.
DOERING WAS THE INTENDED
RECEIVER.
STEVE SPURRIER CALLS FOR THE
FIELD GOAL TEAM.
>> Terry: I'M SURPRISED THE WAY
STEVE SPURRIER LIKES TO PLAY
HE'S GOING TO KICK A FIELD GOAL.
I THOUGHT HE'D GO FOR SEVEN.
>> Jim: YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HE'S
GOING TO DO.
>> Terry: HE'S THE MOST
UNPREDICTABLE COACH IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL NOW.
>> THEIR FIELD GOAL KICKER WAS
ONLY 246-7 THIS YEAR.
EDMISTON.
HE'S OPENED THE GAME WITH A
23-YARD FIELD GOAL.
SO THE GATORS TA,
PUM UPS UP YOUR
TEAM, I THINK IT'S VERY
CRITICAL.
>> Jim: CHILDS TO THE 32.
OKAY.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY EXCHANGING A
FEW WORDS, A LITTLE TRASH TALK
OUT THERE, AND A FLAG.
>> Terry: I THINK WE HAVE A
PENALTY AGAINST FLORIDA.
THAT WILL ADD ANOTHER 15 YARDS
TO THE KICKOFF RETURN.
>> Jim: THAT WOULD PUT
NEBRASKA...
>> DEAD BALL FOUL, PERSONAL FOUL
AGAINST THE KICKING TEAM,
15-YARD PENALTY, FIRST AND TEN.
>> Jim: THAT WILL SET NEBRASKA
NOW IN EXCELLENT SHAPE TO OPEN
ITS FIRST SERIES.
THAT BRINGS THE FOOTBALL NEAR
THE 50.
LET'S CALL IT THE 48.
IT HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER CHILDS
IS BROUGHT DOWN.
>> Terry: A LITTLE BIT OF A
SCUFFLE THERE GOING ON AFTER THE
KICKOFF.
>> Jim: LAWRENCE PHILLIPS LEFT
SIDE, MAYBE A YARD.
>> Jim: THEY HAVE NOT ALLOWED A
SACK, BY THE WAY, ALL SEASON.
>> Jim: HERE GOES LAWRENCE
PHILLIPS, BREAKING UNINSIDE THE
30.
BROUGHT DOWN BY ANTHONE LOTT
AFTER A 23-YARD DASH.
>> Terry: JIM, WHEN YOU GET THE
BALL DEEP TO A PLAYER LIKE
LAWRENCE PHILLIPS, YOU'RE GOING
TO GET SOME YARDS BEHIND THAT
NEBRASKA OFFENSIVE LINE.
THEY'RE THE BEST OFFENSIVE LINE
IN THE COUNTRY, AND THE DEEPER
HE GETS THE BALL, THE MORE HE
CAN SEE THE RUNNING LANES
DEVELOP.
>> Jim: FULLBACK JEFF MAKOVICKA
GIVING A HUGE HOLE TO PHILLIPS.
>> Jim: THE SMOOTH OPTION
OPERATOR KEEPS IT DOWN TO THE 21
FOR DEXTER DEN YELLS MAKING THE
HIT.
THIS IS A FLORIDA DEFENSE
MALIGNED BY SOME.
IN SEVEN OF THEIR NINE GAMES
AGAINST THE S.E.C. TEAMS THEY
FACED, THEY ALLOWED ONE
TOUCHDOWN OR LESS.
>> Jim: PHILLIPS STOPPED SHORT
OF THE FIRST.
>> Terry: LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME
OF THE TIPS HERE THAT YOU HAVE,
COACH DONAHUE, FOR NEBRASKA
TONIGHT.
>> Terry: WELL, JIM, IF NEBRASKA
CHROMES THE FOOTBALL, THEY KEEP
FLORIDA'S OFFENSE OFF THE FIELD.
TOM OSBORNE TOLD ME THAT A LOT
OF TEAMS GAVE FLORIDA CHEAP
TOUCHDOWNS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T
LINE UP PROPERLY AGAINST THEIR
OFFENSIVE TEAM.
>> Jim: FRAZIER ON SECOND EFFORT
PICKS UP THE FIRST.
BROKE THE TACKLE OF DEXTER
DANIELS AND LAWRENCE WRIGHT HAD
TO WRESTLE HIM DOWN AT THE 16.
>> Terry: ONE OF THE KEYS TO THE
FLORIDA DEFENSE TONIGHT IS TO
TACKLE WELL.
IN ORDER TO HANG IN THERE
DEFENSIVELY, FLORIDA HAS GOT TO
TACKLE TOMMIE FRAZIER AND THE
GREAT NEBRASKA AYE-BACKS.
ON THAT PARTICULAR PLAY, FRAZIER
BROKE A TACKLE TO MAKE THAT
FIRST DOWN.
>> Jim: LAWRENCE PHILLIPS SCORES
THE GAME'S OPENING TOUCHDOWN.
>> Terry: JIM, NEBRASKA HAS DONE
THIS FOR 30 YEARS.
THEY START THEIR OFFENSE ONE WAY
AND THEN THEY COME BACK WITH A
COUNTER PLAY, EITHER A PASS OR A
RUN.
THIS WAS A LITTLE COUNTERPASS
FROM THE QUARTERBACK BACK TO THE
TAILBACK AND IN FOR THE
TOUCHDOWN.
>> Jim: THE EXTRA POINT BLOCKED,
AND THAT'S SOMETHING FLORIDA HAS
SPECIALIZED IN THIS YEAR.
>> Terry: THEY'VE GOT SEVEN
BLOCKS ON THE YEAR.
>> Jim: AND THAT ACTUALLY WILL
MAKE IT EIGHT.
>> YOU CAN SEE RIGHT UP THE
MIDDLE HE GETS THE PENETRATION,
THE DEFENSIVE MAN GETS HIS HANDS
UP AND MAKES THE BLOCK.
>> Jim: MIKE PETERSON WAS IN
THERE, GOT A HAND ON IT.
NEBRASKA DRIVES FOR AN OPENING
>> Jim: SO FLORIDA RACES DOWN
THE FIELD WITH ITS FIRST
POSSESSION, GETS A FIELD GOAL,
NEBRASKA, I'LL TELL YOU, THAT
15-YARD PENALTY WAS A BIG ONE,
TOO.
>> Terry: JIM, IT'S HARD TO GIVE
NEBRASKA THAT KIND OF FIELD
POSITION.
>> Jim: GATORS WILL BEGIN AT THE
20.
BUT WATCH THE WAY TOMMIE FRAZIER
FOOLED THEM AGAIN.
>> Terry: WELL, ON THIS
PARTICULAR PLAY WE HAVE A PLAY
ACTION PASS WHICH WE TALKED
ABOUT AT THE START OF THE GAME.
ALL OF THE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS ARE
ON THIS SIDE OF THE FIELD WHICH
ALLOWS TAILBACK LAWRENCE
PHILLIPS TO SLIP TO THE OTHER
SIDE AND GO DOWN AND SCORE THE
TOUCHDOWN.
>> Jim: H WHAT A GREAT
INDIVIDUAL EFFORT BY PHILLIPS
GETTING THAT BALL ACROSS THE END
ZONE.
>> Jim: ERIC GRAHAM ALSO DOWN
THERE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF A
FEW GATOR BODIES.
>> Jim: ELIJAH WILLIAMS WRESTLED
OUT OF BOUNDS FOR NO GAIN.
>> Terry: JIM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE
A HOLDING PENALTY AGAINST
FLORIDA.
>> Jim: McFARLEY AGREES WITH
YOU.
>> ILLEGAL BLOCK IN THE BACK
OFFENSE.
>> Jim: AN ILLEGAL BLOCK.
THAT WILL BACK UP THE GATORS.
AGAIN, THERE WERE SOME WORDS
EXCHANGED AFTER THE PLAY.
CHRIS DOERING WITH TYRONE
WILLIAMS ON HIM THIS TIME.
>> Terry: YOU KNOW, CHRIS
DOERING TOLD US BEFORE THE GAME
IN ONE OF THE INTERVIEWS WE HAD
WITH HIM THAT HE LIKED TO TALK A
LITTLE SMACK DURING THE GAMES
AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THOSE DEFENSIVE BACKS KNEW THAT
HE WAS A TOUGH GUY.
>> Jim: I THINK THEY KNOW HE'S
PRETTY TOUGH NOW AFTER THAT
FIRST SERIES WHERE HE HAD FOUR
CATCHES.
TALKING TO THEM A LITTLE BIT
ALSO.
SO FIRST AND 21.
THEY MARK OFF THE PENALTY FROM
THE POINT OF THE INFRACTION.
>> Jim: ELIJAH WILLIAMS, ONLY
TWO YARDS.
THE FOOTBALL WAS LOOSE, THEY
RULE HIM DOWN.
THIS IS A GATOR PROGRAM THAT HAS
REALLY GOTTEN IT INTO GEAR IN
THE 90'S.
>> Jim: THROWING ACROSS HIS
BODY, DOERING WAS THE INTENDED
RECEIVER.
OVERTHREW HIM.
SCOTT SALTSMAN WAS IN ON THE
QUARTERBACK A LITTLE BIT LATE TO
PUT SOME PRESSURE.
>> Terry: JIM, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT FLORIDA HAS DONE ALREADY
TONIGHT, IS THEY HAVE NOT ALWAYS
EVERY PLAY SPREAD FOUR AND FIVE
WIDE-OUTS ACROSS THE FIELD.
THEY'VE KEPT PROTECTORS IN TO
MAKE SURE DANNY WUERFFEL DOESN'T
GET HIT TOO OFTEN.
>> Jim: DOERING TO THE 20, SOME
TEN YARDS SHY OF A FIRST.
BRANDT WISTROM MADE THE TACKLE
AT THE 20.
SO FLORIDA WILL PUNT.
IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BUILT OF AN
AREA OF CONCERN LEADING UP TO
THIS GAME.
THEY HAVE A FRESHMAN PUNTER,
ROBBY STEVENSON.
HE FUMBLED THE SNAP IN THE GAME
AGAINST FLORIDA STATE.
HE'S AVERAGED 38 YARDS A PUNT.
>> Jim: NOT ANYTHING ON THIS
ONE, THOUGH.
TONY GEORGE MADE THE HIT RIGHT
AWAY.
44-YARD PUNT.
NO RETURN.
FOREMAN TAKES THE HIT, BUT
NEBRASKA WILL HAVE VEDRAL HAS C.
>> Jim: ONLY ABOUT THREE YARDS.
WHAT'S BEEN YOUR READ ON THE
PHILLIPS' STORY THIS WEEK?
>> Terry: WELL, JIM, I KNOW TOM
OSBORNE, HE'S A FOOD MAN.
I THINK HE WAS FACED WITH A VERY
DIFFICULT SITUATION.
MY OWN OPINION IS THAT A COACH
SHOULDN'T BE LEFT OUT THERE
ALONE.
I REALLY BELIEVE WHEN YOU HAVE A
MAJOR BREACH OF THE LAW OR RULES
OF THE UNIVERSITY, THE
UNIVERSITY SHOULD BE INVOLVED
WITH THE COACH TO MAKE THE
DECISION WHETHER THE PLAYER
STAYS ON THE TEAM OR NOT.
>> Jim: FRAZIER LOOKING TO THROW
AGAIN, OVER THE HEAD OF REGGIE
BAUL.
YOU KNOW, COACH, ALONG THE LINES
OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THE THING
IS WHEN THE COACH HOLDS ALL THE
POWER, A BYPRODUCT OF THAT
AUTONOMY CAN BE HIS PERSPECTIVE
BECOMES CLOUDED OR DISTORTED IN
SOME SITUATIONS.
TOM OSBORNE, AS YOU KNOW, IS A
DEEPLY SPIRITUAL MAN IN HIS OWN
RIGHT, HE TRULY BELIEVES HE HAS
DONE THE RIGHT THING IN HIS
HANDLING OF LAWRENCE PHILLIPS.
WHEN YOU COME IN HERE, PHILLIPS
WILL PLAY, HE'S BEEN BACK
PLAYING IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
>> Terry: WELL, I THINK ONCE YOU
DECIDE THAT THE PLAYER'S
REINSTATED ON THE TEAM, ONCE YOU
SAY THAT, THEN I THINK THE BEST
PLAYER PLAYS.
>> Jim: BEFORE THE SNAP, FALSE
START ON THE OFFENSE.
FIVE-YARD PENALTY, STILL FIRST
DOWN.
>> Jim: LET'S TALK ABOUT
PHILLIPS ON THE FIELD AND HOW HE
MAKES THEM A BETTER TEAM.
AHMAN GREEN IN HIS ABSENCE, A
FRESHMAN, TRUE FRESHMAN, RUSHED
FOR A THOUSAND YARDS.
BUT WHAT ABOUT PHILLIPS THE PLAY
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>> Terry: LAWRENCE PHILLIPS IS
TRULY ONE OF THE GREAT RUNNING
BACKS IN THE COUNTRY TODAY.
>> Jim: FRAZIER IN TROUBLE,
INTERCEPTED BY THE GATORS.
SO THE FIRST TURNOVER OF THE
GAME COMMITTED BY NEBRASKA.
TEAKO BROWN, THE FRESHMAN FROM
MIAMI, PICKS UP FRAZIER.
>> JIM, HERE WE SEE TOMMIE
FRAZIER RELEASING THE PASS,
INTERCEPTED BY ANTHONE... TEAKO
BROWN, EXCUSE ME, MADE THAT
PLAY.
>> Jim: TEAKO BRUIN IN THE
S.E.C. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HAD TWO
INTERCEPTIONS.
ANOTHER TURNOVER GAME, AND HERE
COMES FLORIDA WITH MIKE
HILLIARD.
A SOPHOMORE FROM PATTERSON,
LOUISIANA.
THESE TWO RECEIVERS, WE'VE BEEN
WATCHING ALL NIGHT, DOERING,
THEY'VE JUST BEEN FIESTAING ON
DOERING TRYING TO GO BACK TO HIM
REPEATEDLY, COMBINED WITH
HILLIARD, WHAT A COMBINATION,
THEY BOTH HAD TOTAL RECEIVING
YARDAGE OVER 1,000 YARDS.
IT WON'T BE THE LAST TIME I'M
SURE WE'LL SEE HILLIARD TONIGHT.
>> Jim: IT'S TERRY JACKSON NEAR
THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 44.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
TIPS.
WE SAW YOUR TIPS FOR NEBRASKA
TONIGHT.
LET'S SEE T.D. TIPS ON FLORIDA.
WELL
>> Jim: THEY GET IT ON THE
GROUND, A TOUGH YARD.
TERRY JACKSON, I BELIEVE HE HAS
IT.
>> Terry: YOU KNOW, JIM, I FOUND
IT VERY INTERESTING THIS WEEK IN
TALKING TO THE NEBRASKA
DEFENSIVE COACHES, THEY FELT
THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY STOPPED THE FLORIDA RUNNING
GAME, NOT THE PASSING GAME, THE
RUNNING GAME.
THEY FELT THAT IN ORDER TO BEAT
FLORIDA, THEY NEEDED TO MAKE
THEM ONE-DIMENSIONAL.
IF THEY STOP THE RUN AND MAKE
THEM THROW EVERY DOWN, THEY
THOUGHT THEY COULD BE IN CONTROL
OF THE BALL GAME.
>> Jim: OOH, THEY'RE JUST INCHES
SHY, AND IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
STEVE SPURRIER, HE'S WRESTLING
WITH IT.
>> Terry: THERE'S NO QUESTION IN
MY MIND WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.
STEVE SPURRIER IS GOING TO DO
FOR IT.
HE DOESN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT
PUNTING.
>> Jim: QUARTERBACK SNEAK, AND
PHIL ELLIS MAY HAVE DENIED HIM.
>> Terry: ELLIS GOT A LAST LICK
ON HIM, AND IT'S AWFUL CLOSE.
ELLIS UNHAPPY WITH THE SPOT,
THEY GO AHEAD AND SAY FIRST DOWN
FLORIDA.
>> Terry: HERE WE SEE THAT
OFFENSIVE LINE OF FLORIDA SURGE
AHEAD.
THEY'VE ALL BEEN TOGETHER FOR
FIVE YEARS EXCEPT FOR THE RIGHT
TACKLE, MO COLLINS, THE YOUNG
FRESHMAN.
>> Jim: SO GUTSY CALL.
>> Jim: TIME-OUT CALLED BY
WUERFFEL.
TRIED TO MAKE A READ OF THAT
NEBRASKA SIDE.
SO LET'S TALK IT OVER.
SO FLORIDA DRIVING CE, WE
HEAR IT'S AN A.C. L. INJURY, SO
KNEE INJURY TAKES OUT ONE OF THE
BACKUP LINEBACKERS FOR FLORIDA'S
ATTACK.
>> Jim: HILLIARD HAD A SHOT AT
THAT ONE DOWN AT THE 25-YARD
LINE.
IT LOOKED LIKE A CATCHABLE BALL
TO ME, TERRY.
>> Terry: I THINK IN A BIG GAME
LIKE THIS, HILLIARD'S GOT TO
MAKE THIS CATCH.
IT APPEARS HE OUGHT TO LAY OUT
AND CATCH THAT BALL.
DANNY WUERFFEL PUT IT RIGHT IN
HIS HANDS.
>> Jim: THE NAME HILLIARD SOUND
FAMILIAR?
HIS UNCLE, DALTON HILLIARD, THE
START FOR L.S.U. AND THE SAINTS,
EVERYBODY THOUGHT HE WOULD JOIN
THE TIGERS, BUT HE JOINED THE
GATORS INSTEAD.
>> Jim: SECOND AND TEN, 1-1
COVERAGE, TRYING TO FIND
DOERING.
MICHAEL BOOKER WAS RIGHT WITH
HIM.
GOOD COVERAGE ON THAT PLAY.
THE BUMP AND RUN BIG TONIGHT FOR
THIS NEBRASKA D, ISN'T IT,
TERRY?
>> Terry: STEVE SPURRIER TOLD
HIS TEAM IF THEY COULDN'T GET
OFF THE BUMP AND RUN COVERAGE
THEY COULDN'T WIN THE GAME.
THEY CAN PLAY IT TIGHT OR THEY
CAN BACK OFF THE BALL AND NOT BE
UP THERE QUITE SO SNUG.
>> Jim: THERE'S REIDEL ANTHONY
FOR THE FIRST DOWN AT THE 29.
14-YARD COMPLETION.
ANOTHER SPEED STER.
>> Terry: JIM, THE WAY THESE
TEAMS HAVE COME OUT AND MOVED UP
AND DOWN THE FIELD, IF YOU'RE
GOING TO PLAY DEFENSE TONIGHT,
YOU BETTER ORDER A GATORADE TO
GO.
THIS IS WILD.
>> Jim: FLAGS ARE DOWN, THE PLAY
WHISTLED DEAD.
JARED TOMICH HATES TO SEE THAT
HAPPEN.
HE WAS READY TO DO A LITTLE
NUMBER ON THE QUARTERBACK.
>> DEAD BALL, FALSE START ON THE
OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY,
STILL FIRST DOWN.
>> Jim: FLORIDA THIS SEASON
SCORING DRIVE TOOK AN AVERAGE OF
TWO MINUTES AND FOUR SECONDS.
>> Terry: HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO
BE PLAYING DEFENSE IN THAT
THING?
>> Jim: WUERFFEL LOOKING DOWN TO
THE END ZONE, HILLIARD WAS DOWN
THERE, BUT KNOCKED AWAY BY
MICHAEL BOOKER.
>> Terry: WE MENTIONED THAT ONE
OF THE KEYS TO THIS GAME WAS THE
ABILITY OF FLORIDA TO PROTECT
DANNY WUERFFEL.
HERE THEY PICK UP THE BLITZ AND
THEY GIVE HIM TIME TO PUT THE
BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
>> Jim: THAT MATCH-UP, AND
TOMICH COLLINS GOT THE BEST OF
IT THAT TIME.
>> Jim: MORE PROTECTION, AND
JUST A PASS OF THE SHORT VARIETY
WITH PHIL ELLIS COMING IN ON THE
TACKLE.
JEROME EVANS WITH THE GRAB, ONLY
HIS FOURTH CATCH OF THE YEAR.
>> Terry: BECAUSE OF WHAT
FLORIDA DOES, JIM, THEY SPREAD
YOU OUT ACROSS THE FIELD, THEY
FORCE YOU INTO A LOT OF MAN-TO
MAN TYPE OF SITUATIONS, AND THEN
THEN THEY RUN A LOT OF CROSSING
ROUTES TO HAVE YOU PICK YOUR
PLAYERS OFF.
>> Jim: REIDEL ANTHONY, TOWN AT
THE THREE-YARD LINE.
26 YARDS.
ANTHONY'S SECOND BIG CATCH ON
THIS DRIVE.
>> Terry: ANTHONY SIMPLY RUNS
RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF A
TWO-DEEP COVERAGE BREAKS IT TO
THE OUTSIDE AND COMES UP WITH
THE RECEPTION.
ANYTIME YOU'RE IN TWO-DEEP
COVERAGE, YOU'RE VULNERABLE TO A
DEFENSE GETTING AGAINST YOU.
>> Jim: THE GOAL LINE.
>> Jim: AND THEY SAY SHORT OF
THE GOAL LINE.
JARED TOMICH JUST GOT HIM AT THE
LAST SECOND, TRIPPED HIM,
>> Terry: HERE WE SEE ELLIS, THE
MIDDLE LINEBACKER, HE'S GOT HIM
TRAPPED FOR ABOUT A SEVEN-YARD
LOSS, AND IT'S A GREAT RUN BY
ELIJAH WILLIAMS.
THIS IS WHAT OUTSTANDING BACKS
CAN DO, THEY CAN MAKE YOU MISS.
THAT BALL IS ABOUT SIX INCHES
SHORT OF THE GOAL LINE.
>> Jim: SETTING UP THE
QUARTERBACK SNEAK AGAIN,
WUERFFEL JUST REACHED OUT AND
FOUND THE GOAL LINE, TOUCHDOWN
FLORIDA.
SAME PLAY THAT THEY USED EARLIER
ON THIS SERIES ON THE
FOURTH-DOWN CALL HERE AT
MIDFIELD.
THEY CALLED EVERYBODY OUT AND
WUERFFEL ON THE SNEAK.
THIS TIME IT GOT HIM A
TOUCHDOWN.
>> Terry: ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT'S SO HARD ABOUT THIS
FLORIDA OFFENSE IS THEY SPREAD
YOU OUT AND THEY CAN RUN THE
BALL, OR THEY SPREAD YOU OUT AND
THEY CAN THROW.
>> Jim: THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.
>> Jim: EDMISTON FOR THE EXTRA
POINT, AS HE HAS DONE ALL
SEASON.
72 OF 72.
EDMISTON MAKING IT 10-6 FLORIDA.
>> Jim: WEAVING NEAR THE 30.
DWAYNE THOMAS ON THE TACKLE.
HAVING ONE V. TWO WITH BOTH
TEAMS UNDEFEATED, THAT HASN'T
HAPPENED THAT OFTEN.
FOUR OTHER OCCASIONS.
'93 SUGAR BOWL, WHERE ALABAMA
BEAT MIAMI.
AND YOU HAD THAT ORANGE BOWL,
THE FIESTA BOWL, REMEMBER THAT
ONE HERE, PENN STATE, MIAMI,
PENN STATE PREVAILED.
>> Jim: PHILLIPS, TOUGH TO BRING
DOWN, OUT TO THE 36.
JAMES BATES FINALLY BUMPED HIM
OUT.
FLORIDA'S FIELD GOAL FROM
EDMISTON FROM 23 YARDS, BACK
CAME THE CORNHUSKERS, BOY DID
THEY SET HIM UP ON THIS PLAY,
PHILLIPS GOING IN, EXTRA POINT
BLOCKED, AND NOW FLORIDA ON AN
11-PLAY DRIVE, 10-6.
THE ONE-YARD SNEAK FROM THE
QUARTERBACK WUERFFEL.
>> Jim: INSIDE THEY GO, AND
THAT'S JEFF MAKOVICKA.
THE FULLBACK, SENIOR.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, ONE OF THE
BACKUPS.
THAT KIND OF NIGHT, THE FIELD
COMING UNDONE.
>> Terry: JIM, ONE OF THE WAYS
TO STOP TOMMIE FRAZIER AND THE
NEBRASKA OFFENSE, IS TO KEEP
THEM OFF THE FIELD, AND HERE
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT FLORIDA'S
DONE.
>> Jim: PHILLIPS TO THE 50.
>> Terry: THE THING THAT I'M
IMPRESSED WITH, AND NOT
SURPRISED A BIT ABOUT, JIM, IS
THE FACT THAT NEBRASKA HAS COME
OUT AND NOT CHANGED THEIR
OFFENSIVE STYLE WHATSOEVER, EVEN
THOUGH THEY'RE BEHIND.
TOM OSBORNE IS A VERY PATIENT
COACH.
HE'S BEEN IN THE SAME OFFENSIVE
DESIGN FOR PROBABLY 25 YEARS,
AND HE KNOWS HIS OFFENSE.
EVENTUALLY HE'S GOING TO KEEP
PICKING AWAY AT YOU UNTIL HE CAN
FIND YOUR WEAKNESS
>> Jim: EIGHT-YARD GAIN, SECOND
AND TWO.
>> AND WIDE OPEN FIRST QUARTER,
WHAT PEOPLE WERE HOPING FOR.
FLORIDA WITH A TOUCHDOWN AND A
FIELD GOAL, DANNY WUERFFEL ON
THE.
MICHAEL BARKANN AND MICHELE
TAFOYA.
>> Jim: FRAZIER TUCKING THAT
BALL AWAY.
BEING CAREFUL AT THE LAST
MINUTE.
THEY HAD BEN HANKS REACHING IN
TRYING TO STRIP IT, BUT FIRST
DOWN FOR NEBRASKA.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH MICHELE
TAFOYA.
>> Michele: STANDING ON THE
BENCH BEHIND ME IS A RED SHIRT
FRESHMAN NAMED DOCK POLLARD,
HE'S NOT PLAYING TONIGHT, BUT
HE'S HAD A VERY SIGNIFICANT ROLE
ALL WEEK IN PRACTICE.
HE HAS PLAYED THE ROLE-PHRASE
PHRASE ALL WEEK IN PRACTICE.
>> Jim: TOUCHDOWN NEBRASKA!
>> Jim: 42 YARDS, LAWRENCE
PHILLIPS.
>> Terry: THIS IS NEBRASKA
FOOTBALL.
BEHIND THE BEST LINE IN THE
UNITED STATES, LAWRENCE PHILLIPS
GETS THE BALL DEEP, CUTS BACK
AND RUNS, RUNS THROUGH THE
FLORIDA GATORS FOR THE
TOUCHDOWN.
THE KEY TO FLORIDA'S DEFENSE
TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE TACKLING,
JIM.
THEY'VE GOT TO TACKLE BETTER
THAN THEY DID ON THAT RUN TO
STAY IN THIS GAME WITH NEBRASKA.
>> Jim: KRIS BROWN FOR THE EXTRA
POINT, 13-10 NEBRASKA.
I THINK YOU SAID IT CORRECTLY.
RAN THROUGH THE GATOR DEFENSE ON
THAT ONE.
THIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF
>> Jim: ANTHONY HOLDS ON WISELY,
BECAUSE NEBRASKA WAS DOWN THERE
ON THAT PLAY.
REIDEL ANTHONY TO THE 22-YARD
LINE, PHILLIPS BROKE THREE
TACKLES ON THAT TOUCHDOWN RUN OF
42 YARDS.
>> Terry: JIM, WHAT HAPPENS ON
THIS PLAY, MARK CAMPBELL, THE
FLORIDA DEFENSIVE END, GETS TOO
FAR UP THE FIELD.
THE BALL IS GIVEN DEEP IN THE
BACKFIELD TO LAWRENCE PHILLIPS,
AND HE HAS A RUNNING LANE BACK
TO THE BACKSIDE AGAINST THE
DEFENSE.
THERE'S A MISTACKLE HERE.
LAWRENCE PHILLIPS BREAKS THAT
ONE.
HE KEEPS GOING.
RIGHT HERE THERE'S ANOTHER
MISTACKLE, AND THEN FINALLY THE
THIRD MISSED TACKLE RIGHT THERE,
AND HE BREAKS A LONG RUN.
WHAT A PLAY.
>> Jim: WUERFFEL AULT WAY OUT TO
THE 42, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A
HOLDING CALL COMING UP.
>> Terry: THAT FLAG IS IN THE
GENERAL AREA THAT THEY USUALLY
CALL OFFENSIVE HOLDING ON THE
LINE.
>> HOLDING ON THE OFFENSE.
>> Jim: TAKE AWAY THE 21-YARD
RUN BY DANNY WUERFFEL.
>> Terry: JIM, I'M NOT SURE THAT
WE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHO'S
HOLDING.
RIGHT HERE THE LEFT GUARD, I
THINK IT WAS NUMBER 78, REGGIE
GREEN, GOT HIM HOOKED.
HIS ARMS GOT OUTSIDE THE
FRAMEWORK OF THE BODY.
>> Jim: HE HAD A HOLD IT LOOKED
LIKE OF JEFF OGARD WHO HAS COME
IN.
THEY'RE SHUFFLING IN A LOT OF
FRESH FACES IN THAT DEFENSIVE
LINE FOR NEBRASKA.
>> DEAD BALL, FALSE START ON THE
OFFENSE.
>> Jim: THAT'S FLORIDA'S FIFTH
PENALTY TONIGHT ALREADY AND FOUR
ON THE OFFENSIVE UNIT.
>> Terry: I THINK ON THE TOTAL
OFFENSE, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE
EXPECTED.
WE EXPECTED NEBRASKA TO BE ABLE
TO RUN THE BALL AND DO A GREAT
JOB, AND WE EXPECTED FLORIDA TO
COME OUT THROWING, AND THAT'S
WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
>> Jim: LOOK OUT, THEY'RE IN ON
HIM.
IT SHOULD BE A SAFETY.
FOOTBALL MIGHT HAVE BEEN KNOCKED
LOOSE ALSO.
THEY'RE GOING TO RULE HIM DOWN
JUST INCHES OUTSIDE OF THE END
ZONE, AND TERRELL FARLEY IS
FURIOUS.
>> Terry: WE TALKED AT THE TOP
OF THE GAME THAT THE PRESSURE
THAT NEBRASKA CAN GET ON
WUERFFEL WAS GOING TO BE THE KEY
TO THIS GAME AND WE'VE GOT
FARLEY COMING ON THE RIGHT SIDE
WITH THE BLITZ, HE'S ONE OF THE
BEST BLITZES ON THE DEFENSIVE
TEAM.
>> Jim: DID THAT LOOK LIKE A
SAFETY TO YOU?
>> Terry: IT LOOKED LIKE IT TO
ME.
>> Jim: NOW THEY GOT HIM.
THERE'S THE SAFETY.
JAMAL WILLIAMS.
>> Terry: HERE WE SEE JAMAL
WILLIAMS, NUMBER 28, COMING FROM
THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
CHUCK McBRIDE, THE DEFENSIVE
COORDINATOR FROM NEBRASKA, TOLD
ME HE'S ONE OF THE BEST BLITZERS
ON THE TEAM, HE RUNS LIKE A
DEFENSIVE BACK.
>> Jim: NO ONE TOUCHED HIM HERE
AT ALL.
HE JUST CAME CLEAR.
>> Terry: NEBRASKA WANTED THE
CHANGE-UP ON WUERFFEL, FOUR-MAN
RUSH, FIVE-MAN RUSH, SIX-MAN
RUSH.
THEY GOT HIM THAT TIME WITH A
SIX-MAN RUSH.
>> Jim: CUSS HERS 15-10.
THAT IS FLORIDA'S STYLE.
THAT PLAY CALLING, NEBRASKA WAS
READY FO
>> Jim: THAT'S A HUGE TACKLE BY
FRED WEARY, OTHERWISE, WH
KNOWS, CHILDS WAS READY TO BREAK
IT.
HOW DO THEY LET JAMAL WILLIAMS
COME THROUGH THERE UNTOUCHED?
>> Terry: THEY CAN PROTECT WITH
FIVE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN WHEN THEY
SPREAD YOU OUT.
NEBRASKA CAME WITH SI
DEFENDERS, THEREFORE, THEY
OUTNUMBERED THE OFFENSE.
HE BROUGHT THE HEAT ON THE
ONE-YARD LINE, PLAYED MAN TO MAN
AND BLITZED.
VERY UNUSUAL, JIM, THAT A
DEFENSIVE COACH WILL BRING THAT
KIND OF PRESSURE IN THAT KIND OF
FIELD POSITION.
IT WAS A GREAT DEFENSIVE CALL BY
THE NEBRASKA DEFENSIVE STAFF.
>> Jim: WELL, IT WAS THE SECOND
STRAIGHT PLAY, TOO, YOU'LL
RECALL FARLEY, THE PLAY BEFORE,
HAD RUSHED IN THERE ALMOST
UNTOUCHED.
HE THOUGHT HE HAD A SAFETY.
>> Terry: HE ALMOST DID HAVE A
SAFETY.
>> Jim: THIS IS TONY GEORGE,
COUSIN IN FACT, OF THE HEISMAN
TROPHY WINNER, EDDIE GEORGE, OF
OHIO STATE.
AND FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THAT
JARING HIT, BUT ABLE TO WALK OFF
THE FIELD UNDER HIS OWN POWER.
HERE COMES NEBRASKA NOW FROM ITS
OWN 49.
>> Jim: FRAZIER ADVANCES THE
FOOTBALL ACROSS THE 50, HIT BY
JAMES BATES AND KEITH COUNCIL.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
AHMAN GREEN.
WE'LL GET TO FRAZIER NOW, KIND
OF SHAKING OFF FINGER MOVEMENT
THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, HAD A
LITTLE STINGER.
>> Terry: JIM, NEBRASKA IS ONE
OF THE MOST AMAZING TEAMS.
THEY DON'T DROP OFF A GREAT DEAL
WHEN THEY BRING AHMAN GEORGE
INTO THE GAME.
>> Jim: NO RUNNING ROOM ON HIS
FIRST CARRY.
KEITH COUNCIL AND BEN HANKS
WELCOME HIM TO THE GAME.
GREEN AVERAGED ALMOST EIGHT
YARDS A CARRY THIS SEASON.
RUSHED FOR 13 TOUCHDOWNS.
>> Terry: AND HE DIDN'T GET TO
PLAY, JIM, UNTIL EVERYONE ELSE
HAD GOTTEN HURT OR SUSPENDED.
HE WAS A FOURTH-STRING TAILBACK
A TRUE FRESHMAN THIS YEAR AT
NEBRASKA BEFORE HE GETS ON THE
FIELD.
>> Jim: UNBELIEVABLE.
>> Jim: FRAZIER WITH BLOCKERS IN
FRONT.
IT LOOKED LIKE THE GATORS MIGHT
STOP HIM SHORT OF THE FIRST
DOWN, AND INSTEAD TOMMIE FRAZIER
TAKES IT ALL THE WAY INSIDE THE
20, BROKEN TACKLES AGAIN.
>> Terry: ONE OF THE KEYS WE
POINTED OUT AT THE START OF THE
GAME, WAS THAT FLORIDA HAD TO
TACKLE WELL TONIGHT.
YOU NOT ONLY HAVE TO TACKLE
TOMMIE FRAZIER WELL, YOU'VE ALSO
GOT TO TACKLE THOSE TAILBACKS
WELL.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, YOU SEE
A MISTACKLE RIGHT THERE, FRAZIER
THE GREAT ATHLETE THAT HE IS,
GETS THE BALL NORTH AND SOUTH
DOWN THE FIELD.
A MISTACKLE THERE...
>> Jim: WELL, THE HURTFUL ONE
WAS THE FIRST ONE.
MARK CAMPBELL...
>> Terry: FINALLY HE GOES DOWN
ON HIS OWN.
>> Jim: THAT'S FRAZIER'S LONGEST
RUN OF THE SEASON, 31-YARD RUN.
GREEN STRETCHES TO THE 12.
>> Jim: TOMMIE FRAZIER, HE WAS
THE STARTING QUARTERBACK AS A
TRUE FRESHMAN H. 32-3 IN HIS
CAREER AS A STARTER.
HE WAS THE RUNNER-UP IN THE
HEISMAN VOTING THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW WHEN HE STARTED PLAYING
AS AN OPTION QUARTERBACK?
WHEN HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD.
>> Terry: HE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO
RUN THE OPTION GOOD.
>> Jim: ON SECOND AND SIX AND A
TIME-OUT CALLED BY NEBRASKA.
SECOND ONE THEY HAVE USED IN
THIS HALF H. CORNHUSKERS LEADING
15-10, DRIVING AGAIN.
Jim: NEBR0
YARDS A GAME, AND THEY'RE
ALREADY KIND OF ON PACE FOR
THAT.
LAWRENCE PHILLIPS WITH TWO
TOUCHDOWNS IN THIS GAME ALREADY.
15-10.
PHILLIPS IS OUT, THOUGH, ON THIS
SERIES.
AHMAN GREEN HAS REPLACED HIM.
SECOND DOWN AND SIX.
>> Jim: GREEN TO THE CORNER,
NEAR A FIRST DOWN.
NORMALLY FLAGMATIC LEADER OF THE
CORNHUSKERS SHOWING A LOT OF
EMOTION TO GET THE ATTENTION OF
HIS UNIT A MOMENT AGO.
>> Terry: A LOT OF PEOPLE
MISREAD TOM OSBORNE, JIM.
HE'S A VERY EMOTIONAL FIERY
COACH.
HE ATTACKS THE SAME WAY STEVE
SPURRIER ATTACKS.
>> Jim: FULLBACK TIME, AND
SHOESER ALMOST GOT THERE.
IN FACT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME
STORY FOR BRIAN SCHUSTER, HE'S
NEVER SCORED A TOUCHDOWN IN HIS
CAREER.
MAYBE HE'LL GET ANOTHER CALL.
>> Terry: JIM, THIS IS A LITTLE
TRAP PLAY FOR NEBRASKA.
THEY'VE RUN IT FOR SIX, I'VE
SEEN IT SIX YEARS I COMPETED
AGAINST TOM OSBORNE'S TEAM.
THE FULLBACK DOESN'T CARRY THE
BALL VERY OFTEN, BUT WHEN HE
DOES, HE WILL SLICE THE INSIDE
OF YOUR TEAM APART.
>> Jim: SECOND AND GOAL, HERE'S
AHMAN GREEN, HE IS IN FOR THE
TOUCHDOWN.
>> Terry: THE NEBRASKA HI BACKS
JUST KEEP POUNDING AWAY AT YOU.
FIRST LAWRENCE PHILLIPS, NOW
AHMAN GREEN, THE TRUE FRESHMAN.
>> Jim: BROWN MAKES IT 16
UNANSWERED FOR THE CORNHUSKERS.
THEY HAVE JUST EXPLODED TO TAKE
A 22-10 LEAD WITH H. LEAD.
>> Jim: WE HAVE SEEN A HUGE
MOMENTUM CHANGE.
WHAT A HIT ON JACQUEZ GREEN BY
JOEL MAKOVICKA.
AND GREEN IS SLOW TO GET UP.
>> Terry: THIS KIND OF A
DEFENSIVE PLAY CAN REALLY SPARK
A FOOTBALL TEAM.
CERTAINLY IN THIS PARTICULAR
CASE FOR NEBRASKA IT HAS.
IT CAN ALSO DEMORALIZE AN
OFFENSIVE FOOTBALL TEAM, WHEN
YOU GET YOUR QUARTERBACK HIT
LIKE THAT FOR A SAFETY, HE'S
GOING TO HAVE TO RECOVER.
>> Jim: SO THE SAFETY AND THEN
THE DRIVE THAT FOLLOWED AFTER
THE FREE KICK.
AND HOW ABOUT THE BODIES THAT
, NOW THEY'VE GOT
TO GET INTO THE RHYTHM OF THE
GAME LIKE THEY DID IN THE FIRST
QUARTER.
>> Jim: AND ELIJAH WILLIAMS
BROUGHT DOWN BY JAM AL WILLIAMS,
THE SAFETY MAKER FROM EARLIER IN
THIS QUARTER.
MICHELE TAFOYA HAS SENT WORD
THAT THEY HAVE CON IF I RECALLED
NOW A DISLOCATED HIP FOR JACQUEZ
GREEN.
>> Jim: HILLIARD OUT TO THE 23.
VERY CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN.
THIS HAS BEEN A QUARTER WHERE
WUERFFEL REALLY SEEMED TO CLICK
THIS YEAR.
THE GATORS SCORING 180 POINTS ON
THE SEASON.
>> Jim: SO THEY HAVE THIRD AND
SHORT YARDAGE, THIRD AND ONE H.
WELL, AT FIRST THEY WERE GOING
TO LET THEM GO AHEAD AND RUN THE
PLAY, ON SECOND THOUGHT, WE'RE
GOING TO BRING OUT THE CHAIN
GANG.
>> Terry: STEVE SPURRIER ASKED
HIS OFFENSIVE LINE COACH WHICH
PLAYS HE LIKED, AND THE
OFFENSIVE LINE COACH REPLIED I
DON'T LIKE ANY OF THEM.
>> Jim: BOY, THIS WILL BE A BIG
PLAY COMING UP, TERRY, THIRD AND
ABOUT A FOOT.
>> Terry: HUGE.
>> Terry: JIM, THERE ISN'T MUCH
ROOM TO GO HERE FOR THE FIRST
DOWN, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO
SEE DANNY WUERFFEL SNEAK THIS
BALL.
>> THEY BROUGHT IN AN EXTRA
TIGHT END, SHAWN NUNN.
>> Jim: HE GIVES IT TO ELIJAH
WILLIAMS, AND THIS IS GOING TO
BE CLOSE.
BRANDT WISTROM WITH A FINAL HIT
TO BACK HIM UP A BIT.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO
MEASURE.
IT'S FOURTH AND LESS THAN A
YARD.
>> Terry: NEBRASKA IS GREAT
AGAINST THE RUN.
THEY CAME INTO THE GAME SAYING
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW
FLORIDA TO RUN THE BALL, THIRD
DOWN AND ONE FOOT, AND THEY STOP
HIM.
>> Jim: HE WON'T GAMBLE DOWN AT
THE 22, THAT'S FOR CERTAIN.
12 RUSHING PLAYS SO FAR TONIGHT
FOR THE GATORS, FOR A TOTAL OF
FOUR YARDS.
>> Jim: THIS PLAY WHISTLED DEAD.
>> DEAD BALL, DELAY OF GAME ON
THE OFFENSE, FIVE-YARD PENALTY.
IT WILL BE FIRST DOWN.
>> THE FRESHMAN BOOTER WILL NOW
STAND AT THE TWO-YARD LINE.
ROBERT LEWIS STEVENSON, A
FRESHMAN FROM MANATEE HIGH
SCHOOL.
>> Jim: SHORT KICK FIELDED BY
OCTAVIUS McFARLIN, AND NEBRASKA
IS SET UP IN EXCELLENT POSITION
AGAIN.
ONLY A 31-YARD PUNT WITH A
NINE-YARD RETURN.
>> Jim: THOSE AGAIN ARE NOT LONG
SERIES FOR THEM, SCORING SERIES.
SIX PLAYS, FIVE PLAYS, SEVEN
PLAYS ON THE TOUCHDOWN DRIVE.
LAWRENCE PHILLIPS HAS RETURNED,
AND HE'S DOWN TO THE 40-YARD
LINE.
DEXTER DANIELS ON THE TACKLE.
>> Terry: JIM, THIS IS A
CRITICAL SERIES FOR THE FLORIDA
DEFENSE.
THEY'RE A FAST GROUP OF
ATHLETES.
THEY CAN RUN TO THE FOOTBALL.
THEY NEED TO GET ON BLOCKS AND
WRAP THOSE BALL CARRIERS UP.
>> Jim: PUT IN PERSPECTIVE WHAT
KIND OF NIGHT LAWRENCE PHILLIPS
HAS HAD, HE RETURNED FOR THE
LAST THREE GAMES OF THE REGULAR
SEASON, AND PLAYED IN ALL THREE
OF THOSE GAMES, NEVER RUSHED FOR
MORE THAN 673 YARDS IN ANY ONE
OF THEM, HE'S ALREADY RUN 88
YARDS IN THE FIRST QUARTER ALONE
OF THIS GAME.
>> Jim: TOMMIE FRAZIER DECKED
FOR NO GAIN ON THE PLAY.
>> Terry: THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT
JOB BY THE FLORIDA DEFENSE
RUNNING TO THE SIDELINES TO
COVER TOMMIE FRAZIER.
THEY HAD SEVEN PLAYERS OVER
THERE ATTACKING THAT BALL
CARRIER.
>> Jim: SO WITH NEBRASKA IN
FLORIDA TERRITORY, HAVING SCORED
16 UNANSWERED, ALL OF THOSE
UNANSWERED POINTS I SPEAK OF
HERE IN THIS QUARTER.
FRAZIER ZIPS IT, CAUGHT BY
LESTER JOHNSON, BUT THE SHORT
TACKLE BY DEMETRIC JACKSON MAY
HAVE STOPPED THEM SHY OF THE
FIRST BY A YARD.
JACKSON THE THIRD DIFFERENT FREE
SAFETY FLORIDA HAS USED TONIGHT.
MIKE HARRIS ANTIQUE OWE BROWN
HAVE ALSO SEEN PLAY.
>> Terry: FLORIDA CAME WITH THE
LINEBACKER BLITZ.
HE GIVES TOMMIE FRAZIER TIME TO
KEEP THAT PASS.
>> Jim: NEBRASKA IS GOING FOR IT
ON FOURTH AND A LONG YARD.
>> Jim: FRAZIER DRIVES FOR IT.
THAT CHESTER WAS GIVING CHASE.
>> Terry: JIM, THAT WAS AN
UNBELIEVABLE PLAY BY THE MOST
DANGEROUS PLAYER IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
>> Jim: FIRST DOWN NEBRASKA.
HE SAW IT, IT WAS ALL SHUTDOWN.
>> Terry: FRAZIER COMES DOWN ON
THE COUNTEROPTION PLAY, HE GETS
STOPPED BY THE FLORIDA DEFENSE,
REVERSES HIS FIELD AND JUST
INDIVIDUALLY TURNS ON THE
BURNERS AND DIVES FOR THE FIRST
DOWN.
WHAT A PLAY.
>> Jim: PLAY ACTION LOOKING DOWN
FIELD, AND CAUGHT OUT OF BOUNDS
BY BRENDAN HOLBEIN.
THERE IS A FLAG ON THE PLAY.
>> HOLDING ON THE DEFENSE,
TEN-YARD PENALTY.
AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.
>> Terry: RIGHT NOW, JIM, THE
TOUGHEST THING FOR THE FLORIDA
COACHES AND PLAYERS IS TO HANDLE
THIS MOMENTUM THAT'S ALL GOING
AGAINST THEM.
EVERYTHING HAS TURNED A LITTLE
BIT SOUTH ON THEM RIGHT NOW.
THEY NEED TO JUST HANG IN THERE.
THEY'RE AN EXCELLENT TEAM,
THEY'VE GOT AN UNDERRATED
DEFENSE, THEY'VE JUST GOT TO GET
BACK INTO THE RHYTHM OF THIS
GAME AND PLAY EVEN WITH
NEBRASKA.
>> Jim: INSIDE THEY GO, FLORIDA
FINALLY SEES THE OPEN MAN, JEFF
MAKOVICKA.
ALL THREE FULLBACKS AT NEBRASKA
ARE WALK-ONS.
THAT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING WE
SAW LAST YEAR IN THE ORANGE BOWL
FROM COREY SCHLESINGER WHEN HE
SCORED TWO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER.
>> Terry: WHAT HAPPENS, THE
FLORIDA DEFENSE IS MOVING TO THE
OUTSIDE TO TRY AND STOP TOMMIE
FRAZIER AND THE TAILBACK.
WHEN THEY DO, THEY OPEN UP A
RUNNING LANE INSIDE FOR THE
FULLBACK, IN THAT CASE THAT'S
EXACTLY WHERE HE TOOK THE BALL,
INSIDE UP THE MIDDLE.
>> Jim: FRAZIER GOOD FAKE, END
ZONE, MAN WAS OPEN, GILMAN.
SO THE FULLBACK, THE MENTIONED
ONE OF MANY WALK-ONS FOR
NEBRASKA.
YOU LOOK AT THE STARTERS
TONIGHT.
REGGIE BAUL HAS BEEN THE STARTER
MOST OF THE YEAR, BUT REALLY
FOUR OF THEIR PLAYERS WALK-ONS.
>> Terry: NEBRASKA HAS THE
BIGGEST WALK-ON POPULATION IN
THE COUNTRY.
IT GIVES THEM AN UNBELIEVABLE
ADVANTAGE OVER ANYBODY THEY
PLAY, BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS HAVE
MORE THAN ENOUGH PLAYERS TO TRY
AND PRACTICE AGAINST.
>> Jim: FRAZIER JUST SHUT DOWN
ALL THE WAY, AND THE LATE PITCH
RESULTS IN VERY LITTLE AT ALL.
DEXTER DANIELS JUST A FINAL POP
THERE ON PHILLIPS, SO THAT TIME
THE GATORS READ THE OPTION QUITE
WELL.
>> Terry: AND YOU NOTICE, JIM,
HOW QUICKLY THEY FLOWED TO THE
OUTSIDE, TO PLAY THE OUTSIDE.
THE PREVIOUS PLAY, WHEN THE
FULLBACK HURT HIM UP INSIDE,
THAT'S THE REASON, THAT DEFENSE
IS FLOWING SO FAST TO THE
OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE
THAT FRAZIER AND EITHER AHMAN
GREEN OR LAWRENCE PHILLIPS PUTS
ON YOUR DEFENSE.
>> Jim: LOOKING, LOOKING AND
THROUGH THE END ZONE.
SO FLORIDA HAD TO HAVE A BIG
DEFENSIVE SERIES, IN THAT
GOAL-TO-GO SITUATION, AND THEY
MAY HAVE COME UP WITH IT.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING
UP THE FIELD GOAL UNIT.
>> Terry: CRITICAL HOLD THERE BY
THE FLORIDA DEFENSE.
I'M JUST NOT SURE THEY COULD
HAVE AFFORDED TO GIVE UP ANOTHER
TOUCHDOWN.
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY
DIFFICULT.
HERE YOU GIVE UP THREE POINTS,
YOU GO IN AT HALFTIME, YOU
REGROUP, YOU GET YOUR FOOTBALL
TEAM BACK IN THE FLOW OF THE
GAME AT THE SECOND HALF, YOU'RE
STILL ALIVE.
SEVEN POINTS AT THIS TIME, IT'S
DIFFICULT TO COME BACK FROM.
>> Jim: 26-YARD BOOT, SPLIT IT.
SO NEBRASKA WITH 3:46 TO GO IN
THE SECOND QUARTER NOW HAS TAKEN
SCORED 19 IN THIS QUARTER TO
LEAD 25-10.
>> Jim: THERE'S NO DAYLIGHT ON
THAT ONE, TACKLED AT THE 23.
AND MICHAEL BARKANN DOWN THERE
ON THE NEBRASKA SIDE.
>> Michael: IN LINCOLN, THE
DEFENSE IS SHOWN AS THE BLACK
SHIRTS, YOU SEE THE SCOUT TEAM
WEARS THE WHITE JERSEYS IN
PRACTICE, SECOND-STRING WEARS
THE YELLOW JERSEYS, AND IF
YOU'RE A STARTER, YOU WEAR THE
BLACK SHIRT AND A NICE TOUCH
BEEN THE-- BEFORE THE FINAL HOME
GAME, THE SENIORS GET THEM TOO.
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT,
WITH SO MUCH PRIDE, GETTING THAT
BLACK SHIRT.
>> Jim: AND OUT TO THE 30-YARD
LINE.
THEY HAD SOME NICE MOVEMENT
THERE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
IKE HILLIARD ON THE CATCH.
AND THAT'S DEFENSE SECOND IN THE
NATION AGAINST THE RUSH, FOURTH
IN POINTS ALLOWED.
FEWEST POINTS ALLOWED.
>> Jim: WUERFFEL CUTS BACK TO
FIND ISRAEL YARD AGAIN NEAR THE
50.
>> Jim: SO THAT PASS NOW
ACTUALLY RULED INCOMPLETE.
INCOMPLETE.
HILLIARD DIDN'T HAVE IT.
>> Jim: THERE ARE FLAGS DOWN, WE
THOUGHT NEBRASKA MAY HAVE
JUMPED, AND HILLIARD WAS OUT
THERE, WUERFFEL'S MAN,
OVERTHROWN A BIT.
IF NEBRASKA JUMPED, IT WILL
GIVE FLORIDA THE FIRST DOWN.
>> OFFSIDES, DEFENSE, FIVE-YARD
PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.
>> Jim: SO A FIRST DOWN BY
VIRTUE OF THE PENALTY.
IT'S ONLY THE SECOND PENALTY OF
THE NIGHT AGAINST NEBRASKA.
2:51 REMAINING IN THE SECOND
QUARTER.
>> Jim: MICHAEL BOOKER IN FOR
THE TOUCHDOWN!
>> Jim: HE TIED FOR THE TEAM
LEAD IN INTERCEPTIONS THIS YEAR,
BUT SOME THOUGHT MAYBE THEY
COULD BEAT BOOKER TONIGHT.
MICHAEL BOOKER RACING IT 42
YARDS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> Terry: THE REASON THAT THIS
BALL WAS THROWN FOR AN
INTERCEPTION WAS THE PRESSURE
THAT NEBRASKA APPLIED TO
WUERFFEL.
THEY BROKE HIS TIMING.
RIGHT AS HE WAS THROWING THE
BALL, HE WAS BUMPED AND THE BALL
HAD NO STEAM ON IT.
>> Jim: 32-10.
>> Jim: MICHAEL BOOKER WITH A
TOUCHDOWN IN THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
>> Terry: JIM, FLORIDA HAS THREE
WIDE-OUTS TO THE TOP OF THE
SCREEN.
WUERFFEL GOES BACK TO THROW THE
PASS.
>> Jim: YOU'RE RIGHT, COACH.
IT LOOKED LIKE THE BALL HAD
NOTHING ON IT BECAUSE OF THE
PRESSURE.
>> Terry: RIGHT NOW HE GETS HIT
RIGHT AS HE'S THROWING, AND
CONSEQUENTLY BOOKER IS ABLE TO
BREAK ON THAT BALL, STEP IN
FRONT AND MAKE THAT
INTERCEPTION.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK CONTINUOUSLY
THROUGHOUT THE GAME THAT
NEBRASKA FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED
TO BREAK HIS RHYTHM, NEEDED TO
BREAK DANNY WUERFFEL'S RHYTHM.
NOT NECESSARILY SACK HIM, BUT
KEEP HIM OFF HIS TIMING.
THAT WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
THEY DIDN'T GET A SACK, BUT THEY
FORCED HIM INTO A BAD THROW,
BECAUSE HE COULDN'T PUT HIS
WEIGHT INTO THAT PASS.
>> Jim: IT LOOKED LIKE THE LEG,
TOO, OF REGGIE GREEN, HIS LEFT
GUARD, GOT A LITTLE TANGLED WITH
THE QUARTERBACK AS HE WAS TRYING
TO FLING IT.
>> Terry: HE'S OVER THERE
EXPLAINING TO STEVE SPURRIER
THAT I COULDN'T GET MY BODY INTO
THAT THROW.
>> Jim: AND THE FAKE AGAIN ON
THE REVERSE, REIDEL ANTHONY
GOING OUT OF BOUNDS SHY OF THE
30-YARD LINE.
>> WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE LOOK AT
IT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PASS PROTECTION
THAT COLLAPSES.
THERE'S PENETRATION TO THE LEFT
SIDE, AND IT BUMPS BACK INTO
WUERFFEL, THEREFORE, HE JUST
CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL IN HIS
FOLLOW-THROUGH.
>> Jim: BOOKER WAS OUT THERE
BATTLING WITH IKE HILLIARD, AND
WE HAVE ONLY 2:33 LEFT IN THE
HALF.
>> AND HERE THEY COME, AND
UNCONTESTED AGAIN ON THE
QUARTERBACK.
THERE IS A FLAG DOWN, THOUGH.
MIKE RUCKER...
>> Terry: JIM, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE, NONE OF US
SHOULD FORGET, THAT EARLIER THIS
YEAR FLORIDA CAME BACK AGAINST
TENNESSEE BEING DOWN 30-14.
THEY CAME BACK AND SCORED OVER
60 POINTS IN THAT GAME.
SO THIS GAME IS FAR FROM OVER IF
FLORIDA JUST STAYS IN THERE,
KEEPS THEIR POISE AND CONTINUES
TO RUN THEIR OFFENSE.
THEY'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY,
THOUGH, TO GET DANNY WUERFFEL
PROTECTED.
>> Jim: IN THAT GAME AGAINST
TENNESSEE, A TEAM THAT WILL
TYKELY FINISH THIRD, MAYBE EVEN
SECOND DEFENDING ON TONIGHT'S
OUTCOME IN THE NATIONAL POLLS,
FLORIDA COMING BACK FROM THAT
30-14 DEFICIT AND SCORED 38
UNANSWERED POINTS.
>> WUERFFEL GETS IT AWAY ON
TIME, DOERING BUMPED OUT OF
BOUNDS.
>> Terry: I THOUGHT THAT LAST
PLAY WAS VERY INTERESTING.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WUERFFEL
REALLY HAS MOVED THE POCKET.
HE WAS FLUSHED A COUPLE OF
TIMES, BUT THIS WAS A DESIGNED
PLAY BY STEVE SPURRIER TO MOVE
HIS QUARTERBACK, GET HIM AWAY
FROM SOME OF THAT HEAT, GET HIM
ON THE OUTSIDE SO HE CAN HIT
THAT PASS.
>> Jim: WELL, NEBRASKA WITH THIS
ELECTRIFYING SECOND QUARTER HAS
A SET OF FIESTA-- HAS SET A
FIESTA BOWL RECORD AS YOU MIGHT
EXPECT.
>> Jim: THEY'RE IN ON HIM AGAIN.
ERIC WARFIELD BLITZING, A
SOPHOMORE FROM TEX AR CAN A,
ARKANSAS.
THEY ARE NOT GIVING WUFRLG
ANYTIME TO OPERATE.
THAT'S THE FIFTH SACK, ONE OF
THEM WAS A SAFETY.
>> WE SAID THAT FLORIDA WILL
SPREAD THE FEEL AND THEY HAD TO
PROTECT.
IF THEY WERE GOING TO SPREAD
THEIR WIDE RECEIVERS OUT THEY
HAD TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE BLITZ.
SO FAR TONIGHT, THE KEY TO
STOPPING THE FLORIDA OFFENSE IN
THE SECOND QUARTER HAS BEEN THE
ABILITY OF NEBRASKA TO BLITZ
FLORIDA.
>> Jim: NEBRASKA'S GOT A CHANCE
TO SCORE AGAIN WITH 1:18
REMAINING BEFORE THE HALF.
43-YARD PUNT.
COMING UP AT THE HALF, PAT
O'BRIEN AND BOOMER ESIASON WILL
GIVE THEIR SPIN ON THE FIRST
HALF ACTION.
PLUS DAVID LETTERMAN WILL JOIN
US LIVE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN
THEATER IN NEW YORK.
THERE'S A FLAG DOWN ON THAT PUNT
RETURN.
TALK ABOUT HOW STRONG THIS
NEBRASKA TEAM IS...
>> ON THE RETURN, ILLEGAL BLOCK
BELOW THE WAIST ON THE RETURN
TEAM.
15-YARD PENALTY, FIRST AND TEN.
>> Jim: ON THAT SERIES FOR THE
GATOR OFFENSE, WUERFFEL,
WUERFFEL WAS SACKED TWICE BY
PLAYERS WHO ARE USUALLY ON THE
13-DEPTH CHART.
ERIC WARFIELD AND MIKE RUCKER, A
FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE WHO HAVE
SEEN LIMITED ACTION THIS YEAR,
BUT THEY EACH GOT A SACK OFTEN
THE LAST SERIES.
>> Terry: TO ROTATE THE
DEFENSIVE LINE SO THEY
CONSTANTLY HAD FRESH PLAYERS AND
TWO TO PLAY FAST PLAYERS AT THE
OUTSIDE LINEBACKER POSITIONS SO
THEY COULD BLITZ WITH MORE
SPEED.
>> Jim: THE CATCH MADE BY JON
VEDRAL.
FLORIDA'S OFFENSIVE LINE...
>> Terry: TRYING TO GET THOSE
PROTECTION PROBLEMS WORKED OUT.
DURING A GAME LIKE THIS, YOU
JUST GOT TO WORK LIKE CRAZY, TRY
TO GET THOSE PLAYERS SETTLED
DOWN, GET TARGETED PROPERLY SO
YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR
QUARTERBACK.
YOU'VE GOT TO PROTECT HIM.
>> Jim: FRAZIER OUT OF BOUNDS TO
STOP THE CLOCK.
1:08 REMAINING.
NOW, NEBRASKA IN ONE V. TWO
GAMES, YOU REMEMBER THIS ONE,
PEOPLE CALL IT THE GAME OF THE
CENTURY, AND THEN YOU HAD THE
ORANGE BOWL HIGHLIGHTED BY THAT
JOHNNY RODGERS PUNTS RETURN.
1987 REGULAR SEASON, THE SOONERS
PREVAILED BY TEN, AND THEN TWO
YEARS AGO IN THE ORANGE BOWL,
FLORIDA STATE WINNING 18-16,
CORNHUSKERS HAD A FIELD GOAL TRY
FROM 45 YARDS WITH ONE SECOND TO
GO.
THAT WENT WIDE LEFT.
>> Jim: EASILY GETTING THE
YARDAGE, PHILLIPS DOWN AT THE 45
OF FLORIDA.
LAWRENCE PHILLIPS GOES OVER 100
WITH THAT CARRY.
>> Terry: LAWRENCE PHILLIPS IS
HAVING A GREAT GAME TONIGHT, BUT
I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE
CREDIT TO THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
THIS IS THE STRONGEST, DEEPEST
OFFENSIVE LINE IN THE COUNTRY.
JIM, I WATCHED THEM PRACTICE,
THEY HAVE THREE AND FOUR DEEP,
THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME, THEY'RE
ALL ABOUT 285-310.
>> Jim: WIDE OPEN IS HOE BIN,
HOE BIN MAKING A MOVE TO GET
DOWN NEAR THE TEN YARD LINE.
>> Terry: HOW ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE
WHO SAY TOMMIE FRAZIER CAN'T
THROW.
>> Jim: YOU'VE GOT HIM AS A
QUARTERBACK ON YOUR SIDE ON THE
EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME COMING UP
IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
YOU GOT TO LIKE WHAT YOU SEE.
>> Terry: I CAN'T WAIT.
>> Jim: SO WITH NO TIGHT END IN
THIS ALIGNMENT, CLOCK RUNNING...
>> Jim: THE SENIOR SCOOPS IT UP
AND GETS OUT OF BOUNDS TO STOP
THE CLOCK WITH 27 SECONDS.
THAT 100-YARD RUSHING EFFORTS BY
PHILLIPS IS THE FIRST ONE BY A
NEBRASKA PLAYER IN A BOWL GAME
SINCE 1985 AND JIM DUBOSE.
>> Terry: AND JIM, WE'RE IN THE
FIRST HALF.
>> Jim: UNBELIEVABLE.
WHAT WILL GO ON UNTIL THE
FLORIDA LOCKER ROOM AT HALFTIME,
TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THIS
BLITZ CREW OF THE SECOND
QUARTER?
>> Jim: PHILLIPS IS DOWN AT THE
FIVE.
FOR A MOMENT THERE, I THOUGHT HE
MIGHT GET PASSED THAT WAVE.
AND THERE THEY USE THEIR FINAL
TIME-OUT.
DEMETRIC JACKSON MADE THE
TACKLE.
SO WE'LL TAKE A TIME-OUT WITH
THEM.
NEBRASKA ON SOME ROLL RIGHT NOW.
>> Jim: FRAZIER ROLLING OUT,
BALL DEFLECTED UP IN THE AIR.
THEY WERE UNABLE TO RUN THE BALL
LIKE THEY TRADITIONALLY WOULD
BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T STOP THE
CLOCK.
>> Jim: SO KRIS BROWN ON THE
KICK, AND GOOD FROM 24 YARDS.
THE LAST TEAM TO REPEAT AS
NATIONAL CHAMPION, ALABAMA,
1978, '79.
YOU REMEMBER THAT SUGAR BOWL
GAME DOWN THERE, THE BEAR.
BEAR GOING AGAINST PENN STATE.
THIS IS MAJOR OGLEVI ON THE
PITCH.
ALABAMA LEAD 14-7, THEN WHAT A
DEFENSIVE STAND BY THE CRIMSON
TIDE STOPPING THEM TWICE.
THIRD AND FOURTH DOWNS FROM THE
GOAL LINE, AND THE BEAR HAD
HIMSELF BACK-TO-BACK
CHAMPIONSHIPS, RIDING OFF THE
SHOULDERS OFF THE WAVE OF THE
CRIMSON TIDE.
RIGHT NOW YOU SEE VERY LITTLE
SIGN THAT NEBRASKA'S GOING TO BE
PREVENTED FROM ACHIEVING BACK TO
BACK HERE TONIGHT.
>> Terry: IT'S GOING TO BE HARD
FOR FLORIDA TO CAM BACK AFTER
THIS SECOND QUARTER, JIM.
BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE, THEY'VE DONE
IT BEFORE, THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT PLAYERS LIKE
WUERFFEL, IKE HILLIARD.
THOSE KINDS OF PLAYERS YOU CAN
COME BACK, IF YOU CAN GET
PSYCHOLOGICALLY BACK INTO THE
GAME.
>> Jim: HILLIARD PICKS IT UP AT
LAST, AS PLAY EXPIRES.
THEY SCORED 29 POINTS IN THE
QUARTER.
CONSIDER THAT AUBURN SCORED THE
MOST THIS YEAR AGAINST FLORIDA,
38, TENNESSEE SCORED 37 H.
NEBRASKA SCORED 35 IN ONE HALF
OF ACTION.
THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT SHAKES UP
STEVE SPURRIER, BUT MAYBE THIS.
LET'S GO TO MICHELE TAFOYA.
>> Michael:--
>> Michele: ALL RIGHT, YOU SAID
THE PASS PROTECTION WAS GOING TO
BE KEY.
>> MICHELE, WE'RE JUST GETTING
CLOBBERED RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GETTING BEAT PRETTY BAD
ALL THE WAY AROUND.
>> Michele: DOWN 25, HOW DO YOU
GET YOUR TEAM EMOTIONALLY BACK
ON TRACK?
>> WE'LL HOPEFULLY KEEP THROWING
IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND
HOPEFULLY CAN PASS BLOCK.
>> Michael: COACH, YOUR PLAN
OBVIOUSLY WORKING.
DID YOU MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS AT
ALL AFTER THEY GOT THEIR TEN
POINTS ON THE BOARD?
>> NO, THIS ISN'T A GAME PLAN,
WE'RE JUST PLAYING WELL.
WE GOT SOME GUYS WHO CAN PLAY.
FLORIDA'S GOT A VERY EXPLOSIVE
FOOTBALL TEAM.
WE GOT A HALF TO GO, SO WE'RE
NOT OUT OF THIS THING YET.
>> Michael: THE BIG FLURRY BEGAN
AFTER YOU GOT THE SAFETY.
WERE YOU SURPRISED THEY WENT
WITH FIVE WIDE-OUTS ON THEIR OWN
GOAL LINE?
>> I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S THEIR
BUSINESS.
WE'RE PLAYING HARD.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR
DEFENSIVE.
>> Michael: THANKS, COACH, JIM?
>> Jim: THEY HAVE
AVERAGE, THEY AVERAGE 399 YARDS
A GAME THIS SEASON, LOOK AT
THIS, 198 IN THE FIRST HALF.
>> Terry: AND THEY'RE PLAYING
THE NUMBER TWO TEAM
>> Jim: THEY POP IT UP SHORT AND
IT'S FIELDED BY NEBRASKA AND
DOWN AT THE 32-YARD LINE.
AND WITH JON HESSE MAKING THE
CATCH, LET'S GO DOWN TO MICHELE
TAFOYA.
>> Michele: ALL RIGHT, HAD A
QUICK WORD WITH THE COACHING
STAFF OF FLORIDA, THEY SAID ON
DEFENSE IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE
DOING, IT'S HOW WE'RE DOING IT.
THEY ALSO DISCOVERED THIS
OFFENSE IS HAVING AN AWFUL TOUGH
TIME COMMUNICATING AT THE LINE
BECAUSE OF THE NOISE.
AN UPDATE ON JACQUEZ GREEN, HE'S
BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL
TO BE WATCHED OVERNIGHT.
THEY HAVE REDUCED THE FRACTURE,
HE WILL STAY OVERNIGHT IN A
HOSPITAL.
>> Jim: LAWRENCE PHILLIPS WITH
GOOD ROOM AGAIN.
>> Terry: JIM, THIS IS WHERE THE
FLORIDA DEFENSE HAS GOT TO GET
PUMPED UP.
NEBRASKA WILL POUND ON YOU, BIG
MAN ON BIG MAN, THEY'LL MAKE IT
PHYSICAL AND THEY'LL JUST WEAR
YOU OUT IF YOU CAN'T GET YOUR
DEFENSE UP PD-- PUMPED UP TO
PLAY IN THE SECOND HALF, AND YOU
CAN'T DO IT BY GIVING EIGHT
YARDS ON THE FIRST SNAP.
>> Jim: THAT TIME CHESTER GOT
HIM.
OR MAYBE A LOSS OF A YARD.
I'LL SAY THIS ABOUT LAWRENCE
PHILLIPS.
THIS IS MOST LIKELY HIS LAST
GAME AT NEBRASKA.
IT'S THE END OF HIS JUNIOR YEAR,
HE WANTS TO GET SOME FEEDBACK
FROM N.F.L. ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
WILL HE GO IN THE FIRST ROUND OF
THE DRAFT?
IF HE GETS SOME MOSSTIVE
INFORMATION BACK, THE FEELING IS
THAT'S ALL IT WILL TAKE TO
TRIGGER HIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE TALKED TO SOME SCOUTS THIS
WEEK, THEY SAID IT'S NOT A
QUESTION OF HIM GOING IN THE
FIRST ROUND, THEY SAID HE MIGHT
BE THE FIRST PICK.
AND THE PLAY WHISTLED DEAD.
STILL TIME THOUGH TO SHAKE ONE
MORE TACKLE.
>> DEAD BALL, DELAY OF GAME ON
THE OFFENSE.
FIVE-YARD PENALTY, REPEAT THIRD
DOWN.
>> Jim: RUSHING YARDAGE HAS NOW
BETTERED FLORIDA'S TOTAL
OFFENSE.
>> Jim: PHILLIPS TOTAL OFFENSE,
THAT INCLUDES THE 16-YARD CATCH
FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
>> Terry: THAT DELAY OF GAME
PUTS THEM IN THIRD AND EIGHT AS
OPPOSED TO THIRD AND TWO.
>> Jim: BOUNCING AROUND TO THE
43-YARD LINE, AND ENOUGH FOR THE
FIRST.
HE RUNS THE FOOTBALL, HE KIND OF
LOOKS LIKE A TAILBACK MAYBE AT
SOME OTHER SCHOOLS, AND HE WAS A
TAILBACK IN FACT, WHEN HE FIRST
ARRIVED AT NEBRASKA.
>> Terry: HIGH SCHOOL TAILBACK.
WE SAID AT THE VERY BEGINNING
THAT FLORIDA HAD TO TACKLE WELL
TONIGHT.
FRAZIER HITS THE BUL BACK--
FULLBACK OUT IN THE FLAT, HE
BREAKS TWO TACKLES AND FALLS
FORWARD FOR THE CRITICAL FIRST
DOWN.
>> Jim: PHILLIPS OUT TO THE 47
OF BEN HANKS.
>> Terry: JIM, WHAT'S INCREDIBLE
IS I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
REALIZE THAT FLORIDA'S GOT EIGHT
AND SOMETIMES NINE PEOPLE UP ON
THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE TO TRY AND
STOP THIS RUSHING ATTACK FROM
NEBRASKA.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE PLAYING
WITH SEVEN UP THERE, THEY'RE
PLAYING WITH NINE.
>> Jim: VIRTUALLY NO GAIN, MAYBE
GIVE HIM A YARD.
DAVID BARNARD HAS A HOLD OF HIM,
ALONG WITH BEN HANKS AND OTHERS.
SO WUERFFEL WANTING TO GET THAT
HIGH TECH GATOR OFFENSE ALL
SEASON BACK ON TRACK, BACK TO
WHAT PEOPLE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO
SEEING.
>> Jim: LESTER JOHNSON DOWN TO
THE 16, 17-YARD LINE.
THERE'S A CASE WHERE FRAZIER
JUST FROZE THE GATORS.
THEY HAD TO RESPECT PHILLIPS.
>> JIM, WE SAID ALL ALONG THAT
NEBRASKA WILL RUN, WILL RUN AND
THEN THEY WILL PLAY ACTION.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY TOMMIE
FRAZIER IS SO HARD TO STOP.
HE'S AN ACCURATE PASSER OFF THE
PLAY ACTION FAKE.
>> Jim: DOWN TO THE 17.
>> Jim: INSIDE MAKOVICKA FOR NO
GAIN.
HANKS ON THE HIT.
SOME OF THE BIG GAMES THIS YEAR,
TENNESSEE AGAIN PUT UP 37 ON
THEM.
BUT THEY WON ALL OF THESE GAMES.
>> Dave: AND A ONE-YARD GAIN.
SO KEEPING WUERFFEL ON THE
SIDELINES, WUERFFEL ANXIOUS TO
GET BACK IN.
NEBRASKA WILL FACE A THIRD DOWN
SITUATION HERE.
>> Terry: JIM, IT'S WHAT WE
TALKED ABOUT.
NEBRASKA KEEPS THE BALL, THEY
KEEP FLORIDA'S OFFENSE OFF THE
FIELD.
NEBRASKA KEEPS THE BALL, THEY
WEAR FLORIDA'S DEFENSE DOWN.
>> Jim: THIRD AND EIGHT, THE
EIGHTH DRIVE, EIGHTH PLAY OF THE
DRIVE.
>> Jim: FRAZIER IN THE END ZONE
AND INTERCEPTED.
SECOND TIME TONIGHT, AND ANTHONE
LOTT MAKES THE PICK IN THE END
ZONE.
AS FRAZIER KIND OF HOLDING ON TO
A HAMSTRING.
SO, GATOR DEFENSE COMES UP WITH
A PLAY.
>> Terry: IT'S A BIG PLAY, JIM.
TOMMIE FRAZIER IS GOING TO WANT
THAT BALL BACK WHEN THE NIGHT IS
OVER WITH.
HE HAD POINTS IN THE BAG, HE HAD
GREAT FIELD POSITION, HE WENT
FOR IT ALL, BUT HE'S GOING TO
REGRET THROWING THAT BALL.
HE'S GOING TO DREAM ABOUT IT.
>> Jim: THAT'S WILLIE RODGERS
DECKING THE ICKED
FOR THE SECOND TIME TONIGHT.
ELIJAH WILLIAMS IN THE
BACKFIELD.
WILL THIS GIVE FLORIDA MOMENTUM,
OR IS THIS JUST A BLIP ON THE
NEBRASKA SCENE TONIGHT?
THEY WHISTLE THE PLAY DEAD.
>> Michael: MASSAGING THE LOWER
RIGHT CALF OF TOMMIE FRAZIER,
CRAMPING, LIKEWISE THE UPPER
RIGHT HAMSTRING CRAMPING.
THEY PUT SOME BAUM ON IT, AND HE
SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO, JIM?
>> Jim: HIS BACKUP I KNOW WOULD
LOVE TO SEE SOME ACTION IN THIS
HIS FINAL GAME IN A NEBRASKA
UNIFORM, BERRINGER.
>> Jim: HE HAD REIDEL ANTHONY IN
NEBRASKA TERRITORY.
MICHAEL BOOKER BROKE IT UP.
WE'VE SEEN BOOKER BREAK UP TWO
PASSES TONIGHT.
I THINK HE GOT A FINGERTIP ON IT
AND THREW OFF ALL THE TIMING.
>> Terry: HE SURE DID.
COMING INTO THE GAME, PEOPLE
THOUGHT BOOKER WAS THE WEAKEST
PART OF THE NEBRASKA SECONDARY,
AND HERE HE IS HAVING A HUGE
GAME TONIGHT.
>> Jim: WUERFFEL GETTING HIS
PROTECTION, AND HILLIARD WAS THE
MAN HE WAS LOOKING FOR.
THE GATORS' FIRST THREE
POSSESSION, TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION, IT WAS ALL IN THE
FIRST QUARTER, THESE THREE
POSSESSIONS, AND THEN NOTHING.
>> Terry: YOU HAVE TO WONDER,
JIM, HOW MUCH OF THE TIMING IN
THE RHYTHM THAT HAS BEEN THROWN
OFF FOR DANNY WUERFFEL TONIGHT
HAS AFFECTED THOSE STATISTICS.
>> Jim: WUERFFEL NEVER HAD A
CHANCE.
DUMPED HIM AT THE SIX.
THE NUMBERS JUST NOT MATCHING UP
TONIGHT FOR FLORIDA.
>> Terry: YOU CAN'T HAVE FIVE
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN HANDLING SIX
RUSHERS.
YOU CAN COUNT THEM, YOU CAN SEE
WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
THE PROBLEM YOU JUST DON'T KNOW
HOW TO ADJUST YOUR OFFENSE,
BECAUSE THEY COME FROM BOTH
SIDES.
BUT AS YOU SPREAD OUT, THE
NEBRASKA DEFENSE PUTS YOU IN
VEKTORS COMING.
>> Jim: DOWN BY BENNING AT THE
45-YARD LINE.
SO UNABLE TO PUT ANYTHING
TOGETHER AFTER THE INTERCEPTION,
>> Jim: RUNNING UP THE MIDDLE
FOR ONLY A YARD WITH MAKOVICKA.
YOU KNOW, IT'S AN OFFENSIVE LINE
THAT LOST FOUR STARTERS OFF OF
LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
ONLY GRAHAM RETURNED.
I MEAN, HOW GOOD ARE THEY?
TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR LEFT
TACKLE.
YOU KNOW, HERE'S A GUY, CHRIS
DISHMAN, WHO ENTERED THE
STARTING LINEUP JUST THIS YEAR.
DO THEY GET RESPECT AT NEBRASKA?
ONE PRESEASON PUBLICATION
LISTENED HIM SECOND TEAM
PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN.
>> Jim: PHILLIPS LOOKING TO
PASS, REGGIE BAUL WAS WIDE OPEN.
THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN PHILLIPS
THE TRIFECTA TONIGHT.
HE'S ALREADY RUN WON AND CAUGHT
ONE AND NOW TRYING TO THROW FOR
ONE.
>> Terry: THIS LOOKS EXACTLY
LIKE A RUN TO THE SECONDARY, AND
THEN PHILLIPS TRIES TO BECOME A
QUARTERBACK.
TEASE A TAILBACK, HE'S NOT A
QUARTERBACK.
>> Jim: REGGIE BAUL, THERE WAS
NO ONE AROUND HIM.
>> Jim: AND ON FOURTH AND FIVE,
NEBRASKA GETTING VERY CLOSE TO
THE FIRST DOWN YARDAGE.
THE GATORS THINK THEY'VE HELD
HIM.
MAKOVICKA HAD TO GET JUST PASSED
THE 25, AND THEY HAVE STOPPED
THEM.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO
MEASURE.
SO SOME HALF YARD SHY OF THE
NECESSARY YARDAGE, THEY BIPASS A
FIELD GOAL OPPORTUNITY, WHAT DO
YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> Terry: IT'S TOO LONG.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LONG
KICK.
HE RUNS A RUNNING PLAY, HE EATS
UP THE CLOCK, HE JUST MISSES IT
BY A FOOT OR SO, HE ALMOST MAKES
IT ANYWAY.
>> Jim: SO HERE'S A QUARTER
WHERE FLORIDA HAS REALLY HAD TO
MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN AND
THEY'VE HAD THE BALL FOR ONLY
THREE PLAYS.
>> Jim: HILLIARD, HILLIARD GOING
OUT OF BOUNDS AT MIDFIELD.
MICHAEL BOOKER, HE WAS PRETTY
CLOSE TO HIM, AND THAT PASS HAD
TO BE JUST RIGHT, AND IT WAS.
>> Terry: THAT WAS A GREAT THROW
BY DANNY WUERFFEL.
THE BUMP AND RUN COVERAGE IS
WHAT NEBRASKA HAS PLAYED MOST 69
NIGHT, FLORIDA HAS HAD
DIFFICULTY TRYING TO BEAT IT.
ON THIS PARTICULAR PLAY,
WUERFFEL PUT THE BALL RIGHT
WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE TO MAKE A
BEAUTIFUL PASS.
>> Jim: REIDEL ANTHONY, GOOD
TACKLE THERE BY TERRELL FARLEY.
TERRELL FARLEY'S HAVING QUITE A
GAME FOR HIMSELF, ALSO.
HE WAS THE ONLY JUNIOR COLLEGE
RECRUIT THIS YEAR, AND CAME ON
TO THE BIG EIGHT SCENE IN A BIG
WAY, NEW COVER OF THE YEAR,
FIRST TEAM ALL BIG-EIGHT AND HE
ONLY STARTED THE LAST FIVE GAMES
OF THE SEASON.
>> Terry: THE KEY NEBRASKA'S
DEFENSE IS THE OUTSIDE
LINEBACKERS CAN RUN LIKE
DEFENSIVE BACKS.
>> WUERFFEL MAN OPEN, DEFENDER
FELL DOWN.
AND IKE HILLIARD MAKES ANOTHER
GRAB ON THIS SERIES.
18-YARD RECEPTION.
THIS IS A GUY WHO CAN BREAK THE
BIG PLAY ON YOU ALSO.
>> Terry: IKE HILLIARD JUST
DRIVING DOWNFIELD, ACTING LIKE
HE'S GOING DEEP, RUNS A LITTLE
STOP ROUTE.
IKE HILLIARD THIS YEAR, AFTER
EVERY FOUR RECEPTIONS, THIS GUY
HAD A TOUCHDOWN.
>> Jim: DEFENDERS EVERYWHERE.
CHRISTIAN PETER AND GRANT
WISTROM.
I'LL TELL YOU, WISTROM STAYED AT
HOME ON THAT ONE, THE TRUE
SOPHOMORE WHO COMES OFF A FALL
SEMESTER WHERE HE HAD A 4.0
G.P.A.
>> Terry: THE NEBRASKA COACHES
THINK THAT WILL BE-- THIS WILL
BE THEIR NEXT ALL-AMERICAN
DEFENSIVE LINE MAN, GRANT
WISTROM.
HE STAYS AT HOME, WHERE HE NEEDS
TO BE, MAKES SURE THAT NO BIG
PLAYS COME BACK HIS WAY.
>> Jim: WUERFFEL PICKED OFF
AGAIN, INTERCEPTED, ERIC STOKES.
THE JUNIOR FROM LINCOLN ENDS THE
FLORIDA HOPES ON THAT SERIES.
>> Terry: FLORIDA HAD A NICE
GOING HERE, JIM.
DANNY WUERFFEL TURNED THAT BALL
LOOSE, JUST AWE OUTSTANDING PLAY
BY
INTERCEPTION, GIVING IT BACK TO
THE CORNHUSKERS WITH FOUR
MINUTES AND CHANGE REMAINING,
THIRD QUARTER.
FRAZIER OUT TO THE 41.
LAWRENCE WRIGHT ON THE TACKLE.
11 YARDS AND STEVE SPURRIER,
WHEN HIS QUARTERBACK CAME OFF
THE FIELD.
DANNY, DANNY.
>> Terry: STEVE SPURRIER PLAYS
THE GAME IN HIS MIND H. HE SEES
THE FIELD BETTER THAN ANY COACH
IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
HE'S AN EX-QUARTERBACK.
HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE HE WANTED
DANNY WUERFFEL TO GO WITH THAT
BALL.
>> Jim: PHILLIPS TAKES IT
OUTSIDE AND PICKS UP ANOTHER
NICE PIECE OF YARDAGE THERE.
11 YARDS.
>> I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED, JIM,
TO SEE NEBRASKA TO BEGIN JUST TO
KEEP POUNDING AWAY, POUNDING
AWAY AT THAT FLORIDA DEFENSE,
EAT THE CLOCK UP, CONTINUE TO
MAKE IT A PHYSICAL GAME, SO THAT
BY THE FOURTH QUARTER IT'S OVER.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO
GET DONE RIGHT NOW.
>> Jim: PHILLIPS, LOOK AT THAT,
SO GRACEFUL THE WAY HE GALLOPS
AROUND THOSE DEFENDERS AND THEN
SOMER SALTS DOWN TO THE 41-YARD
LINE.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GLIDING ON
THAT PLAY
>> Terry: YOU KNOW, THEY'VE HAD
SO MANY I-BACKS AT NEBRASKA, ALL
OF THEIR GREAT BACKS AND WE'RE
WATCHING TWO OF THE BEST BACKS
THEY'VE EVER HAD IN LAWRENCE
PHILLIPS AND AHMAN GREEN, WHO
HASN'T REALLY PLAYED ALL THAT
MUCH.
>> Jim: THEY GO FULLBACK UP THE
MIDDLE WITH MAKOVICKA.
BROWN WITH A TACKLE IN THE
SECONDARY.
THEY'VE HAD SOME KIND OF HISTORY
AT NEBRASKA.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT
TOM OSBORNE IS A CONSERVATIVE
COACH.
HE'S ANYTHING BUT A CONSERVATIVE
COACH.
HE SIMPLY BELIEVES IN THE
RUNNING GAME.
HE WILL RUN THE BALL, RUN BALL,
AND THEN HE WILL GO FOR BIG
STRIKES AGAINST YOUR DEFENSE AT
EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT HE SEES.
>> Jim: TOMMIE FRAZIER WITH A
TOUCHDOWN!
35 YARDS.
>> Terry: JIM, WE SAID HE WAS
THE MOST DIFFICULT ATHLETE IN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY TO TRY
AND DEFEND.
HE CAN RUN LIKE CRAZY, THIS GUY.
>> Jim: LOOK AT THIS.
AND SPURRIER JUST DESPONDENT.
>> THEY SPREAD THEM OUT ACROSS
THE FIELD, JUST LIKE FLORID
DID, BUT THEY RUN THE
QUARTERBACK DRAW WITH TOMMIE
FRAZIER.
GREAT BLOCK BY THE RIGHT GUARD,
STEVE OTT, NUMBER 69.
>> Jim: THEY JUST SPREAD THEM
OUT WITH THE FIVE WIDES, AND
FRAZIER IS OVER 100 YARDS.
HE HAS 120 YARDS ON THE NIGHT ON
THE GROUND.
AND THE CORNHUSKERS, NEBRASKA,
42-10.
>> Jim: 23-YARD LINE, THE
STARTING POINT.
ERIC STOKES, WHO MADE THE
INTERCEPTION EARLIER, MADE THE
TACKLE ON THAT PLAY.
>> Terry: THIS IS THE NEBRASKA
TRAP PLAY.
ALL THEY DO IS RUN THE TRAP PLAY
WITH THE QUARTERBACK NOW AS
OPPOSED TO THE FULLBACK.
THEY'VE EXECUTED THIS PLAY A
HUNDRED TIMES A WEEK IN THEIR
PRACTICE REPETITION.
FRAZIER IN THE OPEN FIELD,
FORGET IT, HE'S GOING TO SCORE.
>> Jim: NEBRASKA HAS SCORED 36
UNANSWERED POINTS AFTER TRAILING
10-6 AFTER ONE.
TOMMIE FRAZIER HAS STILL THAT
RIGHT LEG CRAMPING.
DIDN'T BOTHER HIM TOO MUCH ON
THE QUARTERBACK DRAW, DID IT?
>> SURE HASN'T.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLEMENT I CAN'T
TELL YOU HOW IMPRESSED I AM WITH
THE ENTIRE NEBRASKA TEAM, BUT
PARTICULARLY WITH TOMMIE FRAZIER
AND LAWRENCE PHILLIPS AND THAT
OFFENSIVE LINE.
>> Jim: THAT WAS LOOKING FOR
JEROME EVANS.
WISTROM AND SALTSMAN WERE IN ON
THE QUARTERBACK.
YOU KNOW, WUERFFEL HAS HAD HEAVY
PRESSURE ALL NIGHT, MORE SO THAN
HE'S EVER SEEN, BUT WOULD THEY
CONSIDER BRINGING IN ERIC
KRESSER, HIS BACKUP WHO THREW 12
TOUCHDOWNS THIS YEAR?
>> Jim: THAT'S A COMPLETION TO
TERRY JACKSON.
AND HE GOT THE FIRST DOWN.
TERRY JACKSON, KEEPING A LITTLE
TRADITION ALIVE AT FLORIDA.
>> Terry: YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES A
NUMBER BELONGS TO A FAMILY.
TERRY JACKSON, NUMBER 22, HIS
FATHER WILLIE JACKSON, RECEIVER
AT FLORIDA IN THE 70'S, WILLIE,
JR. SET SEVERAL, SEVERAL FLORIDA
RECEIVING RECORDS, AND NOW TERRY
JACKSON, HE GETS TO WEAR NUMBER
22.
>> Jim: WELL, HIS FATHER BROKE
THE COLOR BARRIER ON THE GATOR
FOOTBALL TEAM WHEN HE STARTED
PLAYING THERE IN 1969.
THEY'VE ALL WORN 22.
>> Jim: THERE'S A PLAY THAT'S
WORKED FOR DOERING, WHO HAS BEEN
SILENT FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE AGES
NOW.
30 YARDS ON THAT ONE.
>> Terry: DANNY WUERFFEL RUNS
THE REVERSE FAKE HERE, COMES OFF
THE PLAY ACTION, MAKES A NICE
MOVE TO AVOID THE SACK AND FINDS
CHRIS DOERING OPEN ON THE
SIDELINE.
YOU KNOW, FLORIDA IS A VERY
PRIDEFUL TEAM, JIM, THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO LIE DOWN.
>> Jim: WUERFFEL LOADING THAT
GUN AND FIRING IT LONG, AND THE
BALL IS CAUGHT FOR A TOUCHDOWN
BY HILLIARD.
THAT WAS SOME OVER THE SHOULDER
CATCH.
35-YARD STRIKE.
>> Jim: IKE HILLIARD CAUGHT AN
82-YARD TOUCHDOWN LAST YEAR IN
THE SUGAR BOARD.
HE GETS ON THE BOARD TONIGHT FOR
GATORS.
>> Terry: NEBRASKA IS NOT IN
THEIR TYPICAL BUMP AND RUN
COVERAGE.
THEY WERE OFF THE BALL, THEY
GAVE HIM A CUSHION, HE TOOK
ADVANTAGE OF IT.
>> Jim: JUST HAVE TO GET ONE
FOOT DOWN IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
THAT WAS AWFUL CLOSE.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR TWO.
>> Jim: GOT A MAN, REIDEL
ANTHONY.
THAT MAKES IT 42-18.
REMEMBER NOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE
ONLY ONE FOOT DOWN IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
IT WAS A SENSATIONAL CATCH BY
HILLIARD, LOOKING BACK, LOOKING
BACK, AND A GREAT THROW.
>> Terry: WATCH WHERE THIS BALL
IS PLACED FOR THE RECEIVER.
>> Jim: BUT DOES HE HAVE THE
FOOT DOWN WHEN HE CATCHES IT?
THE JUDGMENT IS THE LEFT FOOT
DOWN AS HE CAUGHT IT.
>> Terry: HARD TO KNOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS OUT OF
BOUNDS REALLY, JIM.
THE GUY RIGHT ON THE SPOT, HE'S
GOT THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE.
>> Jim: 52 SECONDS TO GO IN
QUARTER NUMBER THREE WITH
NEBRASKA LEADING 42-18.
FLORIDA HAS JUST SNAPPED THAT
UNBELIEVABLE STREAK THAT NO ONE
WHO HAVE IMAGINED WHO HAVE
HAPPENED IN THIS GAME TONIGHT,
WHEN NEBRASKA RATTLED OFF SOME
36 UNANSWERED POINTS.
SO FLORIDA REBOUNDS WITH A SCORE
HERE IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE
THIRD QUARTER.
42-18 H. ONSIDEKICK A
CONSIDERATION HERE FOR YOU?
>> Terry: WITH STEVE SPURRIER
YOU NEVER, NEVER KNOW WHAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> Jim: DAMON BENNING WILL SET
THE CORNHUSKERS AT THE 20-YARD
LINE.
TONY GEORGE EXCHANGING WORDS.
HE TO KEEP MY
TEAM ON THIS ROLL, AND
CONVERSELY, WHEN YOU'RE STEVE
SPURRIER, YOU'RE WONDERING CAN I
GET MY TEAM BACK IN THE GAME.
>> Jim: THERE'S CLINTON CHILDS A
THIRD DIFFERENT TAILBACK WE'VE
SEEN TONIGHT.
HE WAS IN ON THAT LAST SERIES
ALSO THAT RESULTED IN A FRAZIER
TOUCHDOWN RUN.
AGAIN, HE WAS THE ONE WHO
REPLACED PHILLIPS IN THE THIRD
GAME OF THE SEASON AGAINST
ARIZONA STATE, AND THE FIRST
PLAY FOR THE CORNHUSKERS IN THAT
GAME, HE WENT 65 YARDS FOR A
TOUCHDOWN, HAD 143 YARDS IN THE
GAME BEFORE HE INJURED A KNEE.
>> Jim: FLAIZ ADDING MORE
NUMBERS, MORE YARDS TO THOSE...
THEY DON'T HAVE HIM YET, LOOK AT
TOMMIE FRAZIER, HOW MANY TACKLES
CAN ONE MAN BREAK?
TOUCHDOWN!
75 YARDS, PUT HIM OVER 200 ON
THE NIGHT, A CAREER HIGH.
WHAT DID HE TELL YOU ABOUT
TACKLING?
>> STEVE SPURRIER MADE THIS
STATEMENT, "WE HAVE GOT TO
TACKLE WELL TO WIN THIS FOOTBALL
GAME."
STEVE KNEW LIKE EVERY GOOD
FOOTBALL COACH KNOWS, WHEN IT
COMES TO DOWN TO A CHAMPIONSHIP
PLAY-OFF GAME, YOU NEED TO GET
YOUR FUNDAMENTALS, YOU NEED TO
EXECUTE YOUR FUNDAMENTALS, IN
THIS CASE IT'S TACKLING.
IT'S NOT THAT THE FLORIDA
PLAYERS DON'T WANT TO TACKLE,
THEY'RE JUST HAVING TO TACKLE
GREAT PLAYERS.
>> Jim: HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF
THE NIGHT, 14 CARRIES, MAKE IT
195, A CAREER HIGH.
AND THIS, IN HIS FINAL GAME AS
THE NEBRASKA QUARTERBACK, ON HIS
WAY TO A 33-3 RECORD AS A
STARTER.
IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH FLORIDA
THOUGHT THE WHISTLE HAD BLOWN,
BUT IT HADN'T, NO ONE COMPLAINED
ABOUT IT, HE SHOOK OFF FOUR
TACKLES.
DANIELS, WRIGHT, WEARY, NO ONE
WAS LEFT.
NG BOWL, THE '95
ORANGE BOWL, AND WHO DO YOU
THINK THE FAVORITE IS TO BE THE
M.V.P. AT THE '96 FIESTA?
>> Terry: HE'S GOING TO GET A
COUPLE OF VOTES.
>> Jim: THAT WILL END THINGS IN
THE THIRD QUARTER.
>> Jim: WUERFFEL DOWN FOR A
SEVENTH SACK.
HE'S NEVER BEEN SACKED THAT MANY
TIMES IN HIS CAREER.
GRANT WISTROM.
>> GRANT WISTROM IS A GREAT
DEFENSIVE END WITH EXCELLENT
SPEED.
THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS GUY WILL
BE THE NEXT ALL-AMERICAN
DEFENSIVE END AT NEBRASKA.
>> Jim: WELL, SOME OF YOUR TIPS
FOR NEBRASKA BEFORE THE GAME.
>> Terry: CERTAINLY NUMBE
THREE, BREAK WUERFFEL'S RHYTHM,
THE NEBRASKA DEFENSE HAS BEEN
ABLE TO DO THAT TONIGHT.
>> Jim: HOW ABOUT AN
INTERCEPTION?
THIRD ONE OF THE NIGHT. ENDS UPT
BEFORE THE SEASON OPENER WITH
THE SAME INJURY, BROKEN
COLLARBONE.
HERE'S PHILLIPS RETURNING.
>> Terry: YOU KNOW, JIM, I THINK
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE
TO KEEP IN PERSPECTIVE IS THAT
FLORIDA IS THE SECOND-RANKED
TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.
DANNY WUERFFEL IS ONE OF THE
BEST PLAYERS EVER TO PLAY
QUARTERBACK IN THE N.C.A.A., AND
HERE HE IS AGAINST THIS DEFENSE
HAVING A HECK OF A HARD TIME.
I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES
ABOUT THE NEBRASKA DEFENSE.
>> Jim: AND THAT TACKLE BY
CHESTER PREVENTED PHILLIPS FROM
KICKING IT IN GEAR.
JOHNNY RUTLEDGE POUNDS ON HIM
ALSO.
A NEW ATTENDANCE RECORD AT THE
FIESTA BOWL, JUST 136 SHY OF
80,000.
79,864, 5,000 MORE 2457B THE
DIDN'T THAN THE PREVIOUS FIESTA
RECORD WHEN NOTRE DAME DEFEATED
VIRGINIA IN 1989.
>> Jim: SO THEY STOP THEM THIS
TIME, THREE DOWNS AND OUT.
>> Michele: JIM, BEN HANKS,
NUMBER 11, HAS BEEN CONSIDERED A
VERY SPECIAL PLAYER ON THIS
FLORIDA DEFENSE THIS SEASON, SO
SPECIAL THAT WHEN HE CAME IN AS
A HIGH ACADEMIC RISK, STEVE
SPURRIER ACTUALLY WENT TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY TO
GET HIM ADMITTED.
HE MADE SUCH AN IMPRESSION ON
EVERYONE THAT STEVE SPUFIER TOOK
HIS OWN NUMBER 11 OUT OF
RETIREMENT TO FIVE IT TO HANKS,
AND WHEN HANKS LEAVES AFTER THIS
GAME TONIGHT, THAT NUMBER 11
WILL GO TO ANOTHER SPECIAL
PLAYER.
>> Jim: LOOK AT THIS, BALL FREE,
STILL DOWN AND FINALLY RECOVERED
BY THE CORNHUSKERS.
SO JESSE KOSCH CAME ON TO PUNT
FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT, I
WAS BEGINNING TO WONDER IF THE
STARTING PUNTER WAS EVEN GOING
TO BE ABLE TO SAY HE PLAYED IN
THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
SO REIDEL ANTHONY COULDN'T
HANDLE IT, AND NEBRASKA'S
LOOKING TO ADD TO THIS ENORMOUS
TOTAL OF 49 POINTS.
RECOVERY BYN
HOLBEIN AT THE 22.
>> Jim: FRAZIER SAW OPTION ONE
CLOSE DOWN, WENT FOR OPTION
DOWN, AND LAWRENCE WRIGHT JUMPED
IN FRONT OF MARK GILMAN. QUARTEE
COULD PROBABLY GET IN THE GAME
AND HE, TOO, COULD AVERAGE ABOUT
SEVEN YARDS A RUN.
>> Jim: AND TEAKO BROWN GRABBING
HIM BY THE ANKLE.
FLORIDA'S TIPS BEFORE THE GAME,
TERRY, THE ONES YOU HAD WORKED
UP, AND WE CAN SEE HERE WHAT
MAYBE WENT WRONG.
THIS WAS ITEM ONE, THE POINT YOU
WERE MAKING ABOUT TACKLING.
>> Terry: WELL, TOMMIE FRAZIER
IS JUST SO GIFTED AND SO IS
LAWRENCE PHILLIPS.
THOSE ARE SUPERIOR ATHLETES.
THEY'RE HARD TO TACKLE.
CERTAINLY THE PROTECTION OF
DANNY WUERFFEL WAS A MAJOR
PROBLEM TONIGHT IN THIS GAME.
FLORIDA'S RHYTHM OFFENSIVELY WAS
REALLY TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM BY
THE NEBRASKA PRESSURE.
>> Jim: TLP HE HAS HIS 200.
FIRST AND GOAL INSIDE OF THE
TEN.
YOUR THIRD ITEM ON YOUR TIP WAS
BEAT THE BUMP... BEAT BUMP AND
RUN.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOME TIME
WARP YOU WERE IN, MAYBE SOME
DONNA SUMMERS FROM THE 70'S.
>> Terry: HERE'S TOMMIE FRAZIER
IN THE SHOTGUN, RUNNING THE
QUARTERBACK OFF-TACKLE PLAY.
NEBRASKA CAN HIT YOU IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT PLACES.
IT'S SO HARD TO GET AHOLD OF
THAT OFFENSIVE TEAM.
>> Jim: PHILLIPS WILL LOSE A
COUPLE TO HIS TOTAL.
NEBRASKA ON ITS WAY TO ITS 25th
STRAIGHT WIN, AND TRYING TO
BREAK THE RECORD FOR MOST WINS
IN A THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
THE TOLEDO ROCKETS AND THE
B.Y.U. COUGARS HAD 35 ALSO.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FOR
FRAZIER'S PARTICIPATION IN THE
SHRINE GAME WHEN YOU'RE COACHING
HIM, I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO BE
RUNNING THE OPTION.
>> Jim: WELL, THAT'S A FIVE-YARD
LOSS, AS JOHNNY RUTLEDGE, A TRUE
FRESHMAN, COMES IN TO DROP THE
QUARTERBACK AND HURT HIS TOTAL A
LITTLE BIT THERE.
>> Terry: JOHNNY RUTLEDGE, THE
FLORIDA COACHES ON DEFENSE FELT
LIKE THIS ONE WILL BE THE NEXT
GREAT ALL-AMERICAN LINEBACKER AT
FLORIDA.
HE CAME THERE, HE WAS A MAN AS A
FRESHMAN.
>> Jim: YES, MOST OF THESE
18-YEAR-OLDS, YOU SEE THEM WHEN
THEY WALK ON CAMPUS, THEY COME
AS KIDS, AND THEY LEAVE THE
PROGRAM, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS
LATER, MEN.
>> Terry: THIS GUY CAME IN A
MAN.
>> Jim: THIRD AND GOAL, PHILLIPS
WITH THAT LAST EFFORT FOUND THE
END ZONE.
HIS THIRD TOUCHDOWN OF THE
NIGHT.
THIRD AND GOAL AT THE 15.
>> IF IT'S NOT TOMMIE FRAZIER,
IT'S LAWRENCE PHILLIPS.
UP THE MIDDLE.
>> Jim: AND THIS ONE IS BLOCKED,
FLORIDA CAN PICK IT UP, FRED
WEARY IS TRYING TO RUN THE
DISTANCE FOR AN ADDED TWO
POINTS.
LAWRENCE PHILLIPS, WATCH THE
LAST EFFORT TO FIND THE END
ZONE, AND NEBRASKA KEEPS ON
TONIGHG.
>> Terry: WELL, THE OFFENSIVE
LINE COACH SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE
MANY OF THE RUNNING PLAYS
AGAINST THIS NEBRASKA DEFENSE,
AND YOU CAN'T BLAME HIM.
THEY'RE THE SECOND-BEST AGAINST
THE RUSH IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
>> Jim: ANTHONY'S RUNBACK W
DOWN, THEY'VE DONE THAT TWICE
THIS EVENING.
REIDEL ANTHONY A LITTLE GIPPY
LEAVING THE FIELD. LINE WE HAVE
A NEW QUARTERBACK, ERIC KRESSER
COMES IN.
>> Jim: HE HAD A START THI
YEAR, TERRY, AGAINST NORTHERN
ILLINOIS.
ALL HE DID IN HIS ONE START WAS
THROW SIX TOUCHDOWNS, A SCHOOL
RECORD.
>> Jim: KRESSER HAS THE CATCH AT
THE 21-YARD LINE.
THAT'S LITTLE TRAVIS McGRIFF.
>> Terry: HERE, JIM, WE'VE GOT A
KICKOFF COVER RIGHT THERE,
MOWINGLY FOR FLORIDA JUST LEVELS
A NEBRASKA FOOTBALL PLAYER.
YOU CAN SEE THAT FLORIDA IS
STILL PLAYING *** THE
SPECIAL TEAMS OFFENSE AND
DEFENSE.
>> Jim: SECOND DOWN AND ONE.
>> Jim: KRESSER HAVING A HARD
TIME WITH HIS FOOTING, BUT
McGRIFF MAKES ANOTHER GRAB.
TRAVIS McGRIFF, HIS FATHER WAS A
WIDE RECEIVER, AND A GOOD ONE AT
FLORIDA.
HIS FATHER WAS AN S.E.C. WIDE
RECEIVER AT FLORIDA.
HIS GRANDFATHER BACK IN THE 40'S
RAN TRACK AT THE SCHOOL.
YOU MENTIONED TERRY JACKSON
EARLY, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY,
TOO, IN THE McGRIFF FAMILY AT
FLORIDA.
>> Terry:
>> Jim: DOERING OUT AT THE 40.
THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY SAY
FIRST STEPPED OUT AT THE 47, SO
LOSING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HE
HAD EXPECTED.
23 YARDS.
AGAIN, KRESSER, AS
QUARTERBACK, WUERFFEL WAS NOT
INJURED, MID SEASON WHEN THEY
PLAYED NORTHERN ILLINOIS, HE
SAID HEY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
A CHANCE.
HEY, COACH, WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO
TO PROVE I CAN PLAY, HE THROWS
SIX RECORDS, A SCHOOL RECORD AND
NEXT WEEK HE HAS TO GO BACK TO
THE BENCH.
>> Dave: KRESSER A LONG BALL
OVER THE HEAD OF HILLIARD.
HILLIARD AND DOERING NOW BOTH
HAVING HUNDRED-YARD NIGHTS.
RECEIVING YARDAGE.
DOERING, 123, HILLIARD 100, PLUS
A TOUCHDOWN.
STARTING BACKFIELD OF MAKOVICKA
AND PHILLIPS.
>> Jim: KRESSER, HE ALSO TOOK A
LITTLE HIT, LOW HIT, AS HE WAS
TRYING TO FIND A TARGET ACROSS
THE MIDDLE.
>> Jim: NOT MUCH RESPECT DO YOU
HAVE IN THIS MODERN ERA OF
COLLEGE FOOTBALL, BEING ABLE TO
REPEAT AND WIN 25 STRAIGHT.
>> Terry: JIM, I WENT AND
WATCHED NEBRASKA PRACTICE, AND I
HAD COMPETED AGAINST NEBRASKA
FOR SIX YEARS, AND I WAS SO
IMPRESSED WITH THAT FOOTBALL
PROGRAM.
IT'S A PROGRAM.
BOB DEVANEY BUILT IT, TOM
OSBORNE WAS A PART OF THAT
BUILDING PROCESS, HE ENHANCED
IT, AND IT'S THE STRONGEST, MOST
POWERFUL PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY
TODAY.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE TONIGHT
IS THE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO
TEAMS COMPETING, AND THE NUMBER
ONE TEAM IN NEBRASKA IS TOTALLY
DOMINANT IN EVERY SINGLE AREA.
>> Jim: NEBRASKA CLEARLY NUMBER
ONE, AND THE NUMBER TWO IN THE
FINAL POLL, TENNESSEE, ALTHOUGH
TENNESSEE LOST TO FLORIDA THIS
YEAR, THOSE TWO WILL BE...
>> Terry: I REALLY THINK FLORIDA
SHOULD BE.
>> Terry: WELL, I DON'T THINK
YOU CAN THROW OUT EVERYTHING
THAT FLORIDA HAS DONE THIS
SEASON ON THE BASIS OF ONE GAME.
THIS IS A GREAT FLORIDA FOOTBALL
TEAM THAT HAD A GREAT SEASON.
HERE ROY PECH, THE STARTING
QUARTERBACK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF TONIGHT'S
GAME?
>> OH, GREAT GAME.
NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THIS
MUCH.
>> Michael: WHAT'S DIFFERENT
ABOUT THIS, YOUR GAME WAS A LOT
DIFFERENT BACK THEN, WHAT'S
DIFFERENT ABOUT IT?
>> MUCH LARGER AND BIGGER.
WE HAD TO GO BOTH WAYS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPECIALS, SO
TO SPEAK.
IT'S A DIFFERENT BALL GAME.
>> Michael: A BIG RUN THERE BY
AHMAN GREEN.
>> Jim: THEY'VE BROKEN ANOTHER
BIG ONE HERE.
42 YARDS FOR AHMAN GREEN.
>> Terry: YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T
MATTER, JIM, WHICH TAILBACK IS
IN THE GAME BEHIND THAT POWERFUL
OFFENSIVE LINE, AND THAT'S THE
SECOND-STRING OFFENSIVE LINE IN
THERE RIGHT NOW.
>> Jim: MATT VERZ GAVE THEM A
BIG BLOCK.
>> Terry: HONESTLY, NEBRASKA IN
PRACTICE WAS THREE-DEEP.
EVERY FOOTBALL PLAYER LOOKED
LIKE HE WAS 285 POUNDS OR PLUS
H. VERY STRONG, NO ONE WAS FAT,
OUT OF SHAPE.
THEY WERE JUST MAMMOUTH PLAYERS.
>> Jim: DAMON BENNING COMES IN,
HE'S THE FOURTH TAILBACK TO SEE
ACTION TONIGHT.
TEAKO BROWN MAKES THE HIT.
DAMON BENNING ALSO GOT A CHANCE
TO START THIS YEAR.
WE GAVE YOU THE ROTATION WITH
PHILLIPS OPENING THE START OF
THE SEASON AND THEN CHILDS
BEFORE HE WENT OUT WITH A KNEE,
BENNING CAME IN AGAINST PACIFIC,
RUSHED FOR 173 YARDS, THREE
TOUCHDOWNS BEFORE HE WENT OUT
WITH AN ANKLE, AND THAT'S WHEN
IT OPENED THE DOOR AT LAST FOR
AHMAN GREEN THE FRESHMAN WHO
TOOK IT THE REST OF THE WAY.
BERRINGER TOUCHDOWN!
>> Jim: THEY'VE UPPED THE TOTAL
OVER 60 NOW.
>> Jim: EXTRA POINT BY TED RATS
LEAF
SOME DAYS IT'S YOUR DAY, SOME
DAYS IT'S NOT.
BUT IF YOU JUST KEEP COMPETING,
YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO KEEP YOUR
PRIDE AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT
YOURSELF.
>> Jim: THEY KICKED AT HIM A FEW
TIMES ON THE KICK, AND ANTHONY
ABLE TO GET PAST KRIS BROWN.
>> Terry: I LOVE IT WHEN PLAYERS
JUST KEEP FIGHTING AND KEEP
COMPETING.
I'LL TELL YOU, STEVE SPURRIER
DOES, TOO.
NEVER IN HIS WILDEST DREAMS DID
HE ENVISION NEBRASKA PUTTING 62
POINTS ON HIM.
BUT THE FIGHT IS STILL GOING.
>> Jim: THAT'S ALL YOU ASK FOR
AS A COACH.
>> Terry: THAT'S ALL YOU CAN ASK
FOR.
FLORIDA HAS BEEN ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THIS.
>> Jim: RECEIVED CRITICISM FOR
IT.
SPURRIER SAID ALL I TELL MY TEAM
IS WHEN YOU GO IN AND PLAY HARD.
>> THEY'RE STILL PLAYING HARD,
AND NEBRASKA CONTINUES TO PLAY
HARD.
>> Jim: LOOK AT THIS, THEY GOT A
CHANCE TO PICK UP TWO.
IT'S CHRISTIAN PETER, CHRISTIAN
PETER ALL FOR NAUT, THE RULE ON
THE PLAY DEAD, CHRISTIAN PETER
GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN FIELD WITH
THE FOOTBALL, BUT THEY'RE GOING
TO BRING IT BACK.
JARED TOMICH HITTER I CAN
KRESSER.
>> Jim: SO THE NEBRASKA FANS WHO
REMAIN UNHAPPY, THAT LOOKED LIKE
A PRETTY CLEAN FUMBLE
>> Jim: 6 -24-- 62-24, REIDEL
ANTHONY, A 82-- 92 YARD RETURN
FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
HERE TIM CARPENTER IS RAMBLING
WITH THE FOOTBALL FOR A MOMENT.
I'VE GOT A FEW BOWL RECORDS
COMING FROM NEBRASKA.
INDIVIDUAL RUSHING RECORD HAD
BEEN HELD BY MIKE ROZIER, OF 147
YARDS, BLOWN OUT TONIGHT BY
TOMMIE FRAZIER.
AND ALSO, PHILLIPS HAS BROKEN
THAT MARK ALSO.
FRAZIER'S NUMBERS, 199, HE HAD A
FIVE-YARD LOSS ON THE LAST
EXCHANGE.
AHMAN GREEN, END OF THE LINE FOR
ABOUT THREE.
THEY'VE ALSO SET AN ALL-TIME
NEBRASKA BOWL RECORD FOR RUSHING
YARDAGE, THE SAME YEAR THAT
REZIER, TONIGHT 470 AND
COUNTING.
>> ABOVE THEIR SEASON AVERAGE.
>> Jim: 0-- 70 YARDS ABOVE THEIR
SEASON AVERAGE.
MOST POINTS IN A BOWL GAME BY
NEBRASKA, BETTERING THEIR 1969
SUN BOWL TOTAL OF 45.
>> Jim: CHILDS GETTING THE
HAND-OFF TO THE 49-YARD LINE.
>> Terry: YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR
TWO, TOM OSBORNE CHANGED HIS
PREPARATION FOR BOWL GAMES.
THEY HAD HAD A LOSING STREAK
THAT WAS GOING ON.
HE CAME BACK AND SAID SOMETIMES
WE DON'T HAVE THE TIMING THAT
YOU NEED ON THE OPTION PLAY TO
PLAY WELL IN BOWL GAMES.
SO THEY STARTED PRACTICING
SOONER AFTER THEIR LAST GAME.
AS AN EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR THEY
PLAYED OKLAHOMA, FOUR DAYS LATER
THEY WENT TO THE PRACTICE FIELD
AND STARTED WORKING FOR THIS
GAME.
HE BELIEVED, THE NEBRASKA
COACHING STAFF BELIEVED THAT IT
REALLY KEPT THE TIMING FOR THE
OPTION AND FOR THEIR OFFENSE IN
SYNC.
SURE ENOUGH TONIGHT, THEY PUT
OVER 60 POINTS ON THE BOARD.
>> Jim: I THINK THEY'RE IN SYNC.
JOE MAKOVICKA RAN IT THAT TIME.
THEY HAD LOST SEVEN STRAIGHT
BOWL GAMES BEFORE LAST YEAR.
>> Terry: WELL, YOU KNOW, BOWL
GAMES, THEY'RE HARD TO WIN.
YOU'RE ALWAYS PLAYING A GOOD
TEAM.
>> Jim: IT'S, YOU KNOW, A STREAK
THAT ENDED AT LAST LAST YEAR,
NOW THEY'RE ABOUT TO WIN A
SECOND STRAIGHT NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
FOURTH AND A YARD TO GO, AHMAN
GREEN REACHING FOR IT.
AND HE'S GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH
FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Jim: BEFORE WE GIVE THEM THAT
FIRST DOWN, I THINK THEY'LL
BRING THE CHAINS OUT AND A
CHANCE TO MARV EL AT THE RECORD
AMASSED THIS YEAR BY BIG EIGHT,
NOT ONLY DURING THE SEASON, BUT
ALSO DURING THE BOWL SEASON.
THEY HAVE FOUR TEAMS WITH AT
LEAST TEN WINS, NOW THAT THE
YEAR IS OVER.
KANSAS, KANSAS STATE, COLORADO
AND NEBRASKA.
THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE,
WHERE ONE CONFERENCE PRODUCED
FOUR TEN-WIN TEAMS, PLUS ALL
FOUR OF THEM WON IN THE BOWL
SEASON.
>> Terry: WELL, THE BIG-8
CONFERENCE, ALONG WITH THE
S.E.C., THE SOUTHEAS
CONFERENCE, CERTAINLY HAD BIG
YEARS THIS YEAR.
THEY'VE HAD EXCELLENT TEAMS IN
BOTH CONFERENCES, BUT THE BIG 8
CERTAINLY HAD ITS YEAR THIS
YEAR.
>> Terry: JIM, I THINK THE MOST
INTERESTING COMMENTS OF ALL OF
THE BOWL PREPARATION WAS WHEN I
HEARD THE NEBRASKA COACHES ON
DEFENSE SAY THAT THEY WERE GOING
TO STOP THE FLORIDA RUN.
THEY NOT ONLY STOPPED THE RUN,
THEY STOPPED THE PASS, THEY
STOPPED IT ALL TONIGHT.
THEY WERE BRILLIANT.
>> Jim: AND BILLY LEGATE, THE
FRESHMAN GETTING A CARRY.
SO TOM OSBORNE GIVING A LOT OF
PLAYERS A CHANCE TO GET IN THE
GAME HERE, AT THE END PLAY IN
THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME,
CONTRIBUTE.
48 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA'S
ALL-TIME AT NEBRASKA.
FAR AWAY THE ALL-TIME LEADING
PRODUCER OF ACADEMIC
ALL-AMERICA'S.
>> Jim: THE PITCH TO CHILDS,
CHILDS OUT OF BOUNDS AFTER
GETTING THE FIRST DOWN.
JUST 1:15 REMAINING NOW.
NEBRASKA WILL JUST BE ABLE TO
RUN IT OUT.
THIS ONE WILL STING FOR A LONG
TIME, BUT WHEN THEY GET BACK TO
PLAYING FOOTBALL NEXT FALL,
STEVE SPURRIER'S TEAM MIGHT BE
PRESEASON NUMBER ONE.
>> Terry: I THINK THEY WILL BE.
I THINK THEY HAVE A GREAT
CHANCE, PROBABLY ALONG WITH
TENNESSEE.
YOU CAN'T RULE OUT NEBRASKA, I
DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DON'T PICK
THEM AGAIN.
THEY'VE GOT TO REPLACE OBVIOUSLY
TOMMIE FRAZIER, BUT ONCE THEY DO
THAT, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP
RIGHT ON ROLLER.
>> Jim: EVEN WHEN THE GAME WAS
STILL ON THE LINE, WE'VE SEEN
THIRD STRINGERS CONTRIBUTING.
>> Terry: I KNOW THIS GAME HURTS
AND THE FLORIDA PLAYERS GO
THROUGH A PERIOD OF TIME HERE,
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO REMEMBER A
LOT OF THE GOOD TIMES THEY HAD.
AND THIS WILL PASS.
IT ALWAYS DOES IN FOOTBALL.
>> Jim: SIMS STOPPED AT THE ONE.
32 YARD RUN.
THEY'RE GETTING ALL SET UP.
THEY KNOW BETTER THAN TO TRY TO
DO THAT ON TOM OSBORNE, RIGHT?
>> Terry: THEY GOT ONE OF THE
ASSISTANT COACHES.
THOSE GUYS ARE SMART.
>> Jim: THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR
THE COACH.
THEY GOT HIM AFTER ALL.
>> Terry: HE DOESN'T MIND.
NOT NOW.
>> Jim: GO AHEAD AND CRACK A
SMILE, YOU HAVE WON A SECOND
STRAIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
25 STRAIGHT WINS FOR THE
CORNHUSKERS.
ONE OF THE MOST DOMINATING
STRETCHES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL
HISTORY.
AND TONIGHT, YOU TALK ABOUT
DOMINATION, IN A CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME AND A BIG GAME, YOU DON'T
SEE IT TO THIS DEGREE VERY
OFTEN.
>> Terry: WE MAY HAVE SEEN ONE
OF THE BEST TEAMS IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL HISTORY TONIGHT, JIM.
>> Jim: CELEBRATING ITS 25th
YEAR OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SPONSORSHIP, CHEVROLET WILL
DONATE 1,000 TO EACH SCHOOL'S
GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO
AWARD GENERAL STUDENTS FOR THEIR
SCHOLARSHIP NEED.
NEBRASKA, THERE IS NO DOUBT
SHALL THEY ARE THE NATION'S
>> Jim:
>> Pat: THE ONLY MYSTERY NOW IS
WHETHER OR NOT AFTER SCORING 62
POINTS, TOM OSBORNE CAN CRACK A
SMILE FOR US HERE.
NEBRASKA 62, FLORIDA 24.
WELCOME BACK, FLOX.
I'M
>> Pat: ALONG WITH BOOMER
ESIASON.
WELCOME TO THE FORD TAURUS POST
GAME SHOW.
BOOMER, ANY THOUGHTS?
>> Boomer: YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A
FLORIDA GATOR, YOU REALIZE HOW
HUMBLING AND HOW HUMILIATING
THIS GAME CAN BE.
I SYMPATHIZE WITH THEIR PLAYERS
AND COACHING STAFF.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU REALIZE
HOW EXCITING A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP CAN BE,
CONGRATULATIONS TO TOMMIE
FRAZIER.
>> Pat: AND TERRY DONAHUE SAID
IT, THEY WERE PLAYING A PROGRAM
TONIGHT, AND ALL OF THE FANS OF
THAT PROGRAM ARE NOW AWAITING
FOR THE TROPHY PRESENTATION.
>> Michele: I AM JOINED BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE TOSTITOS FIESTA
BOWL, WHO IS READY WITH THE
TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY TO PRESENT
TO NEBRASKA HEAD COACH TOM
OSBORNE.
>> ON BEHALF OF OUR 2,500
VOLUNTEERS, I WANT TO THANK AND
COMPLIMENT OUR PARTNER
TOSTITOS, FORD CORPORATION AND
CBS SPORTS, THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY
THE BEST.D IT'SY EST
THE TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL WINNING
TROPHY TO COACH TOM OSBORNE AND
NEBRASKA!
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> Michele: ALL RIGHT.
AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.
YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOWL ALLIANCE,
IT IS THE FIRST-EVER GREAT GAMES
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.
>> COACH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO
PRESENT YOU WITH THE GREAT GAMES
TROPHY ON BEHALF OF COLLEGE
FOOTBALL'S AIANCE.
CONGRATULATIONS, COACH.
>> THANK YOU.
THANKS.