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START THE GAME.
Sean>> THEY WILL BE GOING
DIRECTLY INTO THE 14 MILE AN
HOUR BREEZE STARTING THE GAME.
CEDRIC WILSON IS BACK DEEP FOR
THE OPENING KICK.
A TRUE FRESHMAN FROM MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE -- ORDINARILY, THEY
HAVE DWAYNE GOODRICH RETURNING
KICKOFFS.
Sean>> AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE
THE GAME, HE HAS AN INJURY --
A QUAD MUSCLE PULL.
KRIS BROWN KICKS OFF.
Sean>> THE JUNIOR FROM SOUTH
FORK, TEXAS, PUTS HIS FOOT TO
THE BALL AND THE FINAL GAME OF
THIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON
IS UNDER WAY WITH A TOUCHBACK.
Sean>> 60 YEAR OLD TOM
OSBORNE.
Sean>> SO MANY MEMORIES FROM
THE ORANGE BOWL IN RECENT
YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN SWEETER
MEMORIES.
Sean>> PEYTON MANNING HOLDS
EVERY PASSING RECORD AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.
Sean>> HUSKERS SPREAD THE
FIELD TO START THE GAME.
Sean>> MANNING CHECKING ON THE
FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE.
HE THROWS.
ON TARGET.
CLOSE TO A 1st DOWN.
MARCUS NASH -- THERE IS A FLAG
ON THE PLAY, THROWN IN THE
OFFENSIVE BACKFIELD.
Terry>> SEAN, I THINK WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE A HOLDING
PENALTY TO START THE GAME.
Sean>> IT'S AN ATLANTIC COAST
CONFERENCE OFFICIATING CREW.
Terry>> SPENCER RILEY, THE
LEFT GUARD WAS THE CULPRIT
WORKING AGAINST JASON PETER
NUMBER 55.
Sean>> OFFENSIVE LINE OF
TENNESSEE HAD DIFFICULTY EARLY
IN THE SEASON -- PARTICULARLY
IN THE LOSS TO FLORIDA.
THEY WERE MANHANDLED UP FRONT.
THEY HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER
SINCE, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY
PUT THE TRUE FRESHMAN, COSEY
COLEMAN IN THE LINE UP AT
TACKLE.
INSTEAD OF A GAIN OF 8, THE
BALL BACK ON THE 8 YARDLINE.
1st AND 22.
THE QUICK-HITTER CAUGHT FOR A
SHORT GAIN OUT ACROSS THE 12,
GOES PEERLESS PRICE TACKLED BY
ERWIN SWINEY.
Sean>> THE STRENGTH OF THAT
LINE, THE TACKLES, CLIFTON AND
COLEMAN.
JAMAL LEWIS.
OUT TO THE 14 YARDLINE.
THE TRUE FRESHMAN, LEADING
FRESHMAN RUSHER IN THE NATION
THIS SEASON.
AVERAGING 114 YARDS PER GAME.
TRIPPED UP BY TONY ORTIZ.
Sean>> 3rd DOWN AND 16.
SHOVEL PASS.
SHAWN BRYSON -- TO THE 20.
AND TACKLED.
10 YARDS SHORT OF THE 1st DOWN
-- THE HOLDING PENALTY REALLY
HURT.
Terry>> YOU REALLY HAVE TO
WONDER, SEAN, TENNESSEE CAME
OUT, HAD GOOD PROTECTION ON
THE FIRST PASS PLAY OF THE
GAME, THE LINE DID PROTECT HIM
-- THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE
HOLDING PENALTY REALLY SET
THEM BACK.
HERE, OUT OF THE SHOTGUN
FORMATION THEY RUN A LITTLE
SHOVEL PASS UNDERNEATH, BUT
THE SPEED AND THE MOBILITY OF
THE NEBRASKA DEFENSE -- THAT'S
GOING TO BE THE TOUGH THING ON
THE TENNESSEE OFFENSE TONIGHT:
HOW TO COUNTER THAT SPEED.
Sean>> TENNESSEE HAD TO USE A
TIME OUT.
YOU SAW THE PUNTER, CHRIS
HOGUE SIGNALING THEY DID NOT
HAVE ENOUGH MEN ON THE FIELD
Sean>> CHRIS HOGUE READY TO
PUNT INTO THE BREEZE --
EXCELLENT FIELD POSITION FOR
NEBRASKA ON ITS FIRST
POSSESSION.
HOGUE, A BOOMER -- SENDS BOBBY
NEWCOMBE BACK INTO THE 20.
THAT ROLLS INSIDE THE 5 -- AND
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STOP
NEAR THE 2!
WHAT A KICK BY HOGUE!
Sean>> BY FAR, THE LONGEST OF
HIS CAREER, 78 YARDS -- HIS
PREVIOUS LONG WAS 52.
AND THAT 78-YARDER IS JUST 4
YARDS SHY OF THE ORANGE BOWL
RECORD.
Terry>> SEAN, IN BIG GAMES,
COACHES TALK TO THEIR TEAMS
BEFORE COMING OUT ABOUT
TURNOVERS AND FIELD POSITION.
THAT KICK BY CHRIS HOGUE WAS
DRAMATIC IN TERMS OF FIELD
POSITION.
Sean>> HE WASN'T EVEN THE
STARTING PUNTER AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR; HE WAS
THE BACK-UP.
THE FRESHMAN HAD TROUBLE.
JOEL MAKOVICA STOPPED WITH
VERY LITTLE -- PERHAPS A HALF
YARD.
RAYNOCH THOMPSON LED THE SURGE
FOR THE TENNESSEE DEFENSE.
THE NEBRASKA QUARTERBACK IS
SCOTT FROST.
THE SENIOR FROM WOOD RIVER,
NEBRASKA -- STARTED HIS CAREER
AT STANFORD.
AFTER TWO SEASONS THERE
TRANSFERRED BACK TO HIS HOME
STATE UNIVERSITY.
Sean>> BECAME THE 10th
QUARTERBACK IN I-A HISTORY TO
Sean>> FROST.
KEEPS ON THE OPTION.
OUT ACROSS THE 3.
THAT'S ALL.
TORI NOEL, THE STRONG SAFETY
UP TO MAKE THE PLAY ON THE
NEBRASKA QUARTERBACK.
Terry>> NEBRASKA BACKED UP
HERE IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY.
WENTS THE BEST
>> WANTS THE BEST PLAYER ON
THEIR TEAM WITH THE BALL,
THAT'S SCOTT FROST ON THE
OPTION.
THE SPEED OF THE TENNESSEE
DEFENSE, THE MOBILITY PLAYED
THE PLAY PERFECTLY.
Sean>> ON 3rd AND 9.
FROST.
HAS A MAN OPEN -- IT'S TOO
HIGH.
HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE TIGHT
END, SHELDON JACKSON.
JONATHAN BROWN APPLIED SOME
PRESSURE ON FROST AND FORGED A
HASTY THROW.
Terry>> ONE THING NEBRASKA
DOES NOT LIKE TO DO IS THROW
WHEN YOU EXPECT HIM TO THROW.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
HERE.
SCOTT FROST DOES NOT WANT TO
BE IN A THROWING GAME TONIGHT;
THEY WANT TO SURPRISE YOU WITH
THE PLAY-ACTION PASS.
THEY HATE IT WHEN THEY'RE
BEHIND THE DOWN IN DISTANCE.
Sean>> TERRY FAIR HAS THE SAME
INJURY AS PEYTON MANNING -- A
BURSA SAC INJURY.
BACK TO RECEIVE THE PUNT FROM
JESSE KOSCH.
FAIR BOBBLED IT.
RETREATED BACK TO THE 33.
AND HE IS STOPPED AT THE 37
YARDLINE.
A 56-YARD PUNT BY KOSCH, AND
THE PUNTERS ARE THE STORY HERE
IN THE 1st 4 MINUTES.
NO SCORE.
Sean>> TOM OSBORNE WORKING IN
THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR ROLE
ON THE SIDELINE.
HE DECIDED BECAUSE OF HIS
HEART CONDITION, HE JUST
DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
WORK THE KIND OF SCHEDULE THAT
IT TAKES TO BE THE OFFENSIVE
COORDINATOR AND THE HEAD
COACH.
(Whistle)
Sean>> TENNESSEE ON OFFENSE
FOR THE SECOND TIME -- A
WHISTLE STOPPED THE PLAY.
Terry>> SEAN, I THINK IT'S
INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT
TENNESSEE, TONIGHT, --
Referee>> FALSE START ON THE
OFFENSE.
5 YARDS.
STILL 1st DOWN.
Terry>> -- IS PLAYING FOR THE
FIRST TIME WITHOUT A LOT OF
PRESSURE ON THEM.
THEY'RE THE UNDERDOG TONIGHT.
A HEAVY UNDERDOG TO NEBRASKA.
AND SOMETIMES, THAT ALLOWS YOU
TO BE LOOSER.
YOU PLAY WITH MORE OF A
CARE-FREE SPIRIT, IF YOU WILL,
AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING AS
THE GAME UNFOLDS IF TENNESSEE
CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
UNDERDOG ROLE.
Sean>> ONE THING THE MICHIGAN
WIN DID DO, YESTERDAY, WITHOUT
QUESTION IS ELIMINATE
TENNESSEE FROM NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP CONSIDERATION.
MORE THAN 11,000 YARDS PASSING
IN MANNING'S CAREER -- ONLY
TODD SANTOS AND TY DETMER HAVE
THROWN FOR MORE IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
BRYSON, THE FULLBACK, IS AN
EXCELLENT RECEIVER.
HE'S BACK TO THE 35 YARDLINE.
TACKLED BY ERWIN SWINEY.
BRYSON A JUNIOR FROM FRANKLIN,
NORTH CAROLINA.
SWINEY IS A TRUE FRESHMAN WHO
BECAME A STARTER IN THE 4th
GAME OF THE YEAR WHEN WE TOOK
OVER FOR JEROME PETERSON.
MANY ANALYSTS BELIEVE THE ONE
WEAKNESS OF THE NEBRASKA TEAM
IS THE SECONDARY.
Terry>> YOU KNOW, THEY'RE
YOUNG.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT
TALENTED -- THEY'RE VERY
TALENTED -- BUT THEY'RE
INEXPERIENCED, FRESHMAN,
SOPHOMORE.
THEY HAVE INEXPERIENCED
PLAYERS.
Sean>> QUICK PASS.
IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
PEERLESS PRICE WRAPPED UP
IMMEDIATELY BY OCTAVIOUS
MCFARLIN.
Terry>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
GIVE THE NEBRASKA DEFENSE
CREDIT FOR THEIR SPEED.
THAT BALL WAS THROWN TO THE
OUTSIDE.
DAVID KUTCLIFF, THE OFFENSIVE
COORDINATOR OF TENNESSEE WANTS
TO MAKE NEBRASKA DEFEND THE
ENTIRE FIELD, SO HE BUNCHES
RECEIVERS AND THROWS IT
OUTSIDE.
WATCH THE CLOSING SPEED OF THE
RED SHIRTS -- THAT'S WHY
NEBRASKA IS ONE OF THE BETTER
DEFENSES IN THE COUNTRY; THEY
CAN RUN TO THE FOOTBALL.
Sean>> 3rd DOWN AND 12.
MANNING'S 4 FOR 4.
BUT FOR ONLY 13 YARDS.
HE'S UNDER PRESSURE.
A SHORT PASS.
Sean>> AND THE RESERVE
FULLBACK IS THROWN DOWN
IMMEDIATELY -- AGAIN, ERWIN
SWINEY ON THE STOP FOR
NEBRASKA.
THE PENALTIES HAVE REALLY HURT
TENNESSEE ON ITS FIRST TWO
POSSESSIONS AND THE VOLUNTEERS
WILL PUNT AGAIN.
Terry>> REMEMBER, WE SAID AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE TELECAST
THAT THE TENNESSEE OFFENSIVE
LINE HAS GOT TO KEEP PEYTON
MANNING CLEAN.
THAT'S NOT A SACK, BUT IT'S A
LITTLE BUMP -- AND WHO KNOWS,
WITH THAT KNEE OF HIS, THEY'VE
GOT TO MAKE SURE THEY KEEP HIM
CLEAN ALL NIGHT LONG.
Sean>> WHAT CAN CHRIS HOGUE DO
-- HE CAN BOOM ANOTHER ONE.
TAKEN BY BOBBY NEWCOMBE, THE
TRUE FRESHMAN.
STARTED AT THE 12, DRIVEN BACK
AT THE 22 YARDLINE.
THE BALL CAME OUT BUT HE WAS
RULED DOWN BY CONTACT.
A 51-YARD PUNT.
AND A 10-YARD RETURN.
FOR NEWCOMBE.
CHRIS HOGUE, THE MAN OF THE
PER CARRY.
BILLY LEGATE MOVES IN AT
FULLBACK, NUMBER 40, BLOCKING
FOR AHMAN GREEN.
RAYNOCH THOMPSON MADE THE
TACKLE FOR TENNESSEE.
AHMAN GREEN SECOND LEADING
RUSHER IN THE NATION.
Sean>> FOUR FIFTH YEAR SENIORS
AND THE JUNIOR, JOHN HESKEW,
AT CENTER.
SECOND AND 9.
FROST.
CHOPPED DOWN BEHIND THE LINE
OF SCRIMMAGE BY RAYNOCH
THOMPSON.
BACK AT THE 21 YARDLINE.
SO THOMPSON HAS BEEN ACTIVE
EARLY -- THE SOPHOMORE FROM
NEW ORLEANS.
COACHES SAY HE'S GOING TO BE A
BIG-TIME PLAYER -- HAS GREAT
SPEED AND DOES A GREAT JOB
DIAGNOSING THE PLAY EARLY.
Sean>> FROST ON 3rd DOWN.
HIT AS HE THREW.
OPEN TO TIGHT END SHELDON
JACKSON.
SHORT OF THE 1st DOWN OUT TO
THE 29.
CORY GAINES MADE THE TACKLE
AND IT WILL BE ANOTHER PUNT.
Terry>> SEAN, RIGHT NOW, THE
SPEED, MOBILITY, AND QUICKNESS
OF THE TENNESSEE DEFENSE IS
AFFECTING THE NEBRASKA
OFFENSE.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
THEY ARE MATCHING UP VERY WELL
EARLY IN THE GAME -- AND THE
MORE THEY CAN PUT PRESSURE ON
SCOTT FROST RIGHT THERE,
THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM AS
THE GAME GOES ALONG.
GET SCOTT BEHIND DOWN AND
DISTANCE, MAKE HIM A THROWING
QUARTERBACK; TAKE HIM OUT OF
WHAT HE DOES THE BEST, AND
THAT'S RUNNING.
Sean>> FAIR WAITING FOR THE
PUNT FROM KOSCH.
KOSCH CAME TO NEBRASKA AS A
WALK-ON, AND THAT WAS NOT A
VERY GOOD PUNT.
DOWNED AT THE 37 YARDLINE.
A 36-YARD PUNT BY KOSCH.
NO SCORE.
Sean>> SCORING RUNS OF 15 AND
14 YARDS, NEBRASKA THE
Sean>> TO BRING TOM OSBORNE
HIS FIRST NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
OF COURSE, THEY REPEATED AT
THE FIESTA BOWL THE FOLLOWING
YEAR.
WITH AN ANNIHILATION OF
FLORIDA -- SOME OF THE
TENNESSEE PLAYERS BELIEVE THE
REASON THEY'RE SUCH A BIG
UNDERDOG IN THIS GAME IS THAT
PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT
SEC TEAM, FLORIDA, GETTING
HAMMERED TWO YEARS AGO BY
NEBRASKA.
ANOTHER FLAG DOWN.
MANNING TRYING TO STRETCH THE
DEFENSE.
THROWS INCOMPLETE.
LOOK FOR MARCUS NASH.
HE WAS WELL COVERED.
BY RALPH BROWN -- AN
OUTSTANDING CORNERBACK.
CONSENSUS FIRST TEAM ALL BIG
12 THIS SEASON.
AS WE CHECK OUT THE FLAG ON
THE LINE.
Terry>> SEAN, THE TENNESSEE
TEAM OFFENSIVELY WANTS TO KEEP
--
Referee>> OFFSTUDIES ON T
Referee>> OFFSIDES ON THE
DEFENSE.
Terry>> THE TENNESSEE OFFENSE
WANTS TO KEEP THE THREAT OF A
RUNNING GAME ON NEBRASKA ALL
NIGHT, YET THEY HAVE RUN 7
OFFENSIVE PLAYS TOTAL, BUT
ONLY ONE RUN.
JAMAL LEWIS, THE GREAT
FRESHMAN TAILBACK AT TENNESSEE
HAS GOT TO GET INTO THE GAME.
HE'S GOT TO BECOME A FACTOR.
Sean>> THE TENNESSEE OFFENSE
IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY THIS
SEASON ONCE THEY DID ESTABLISH
THE GROUND GAME WITH THE
EMERGENCE OF LEWIS.
HERE IS LEWIS FIGHTING FOR A
COUPLE -- OUT TO THE 43.
TACKLED THERE BY JASON PETER.
LEWIS RUSHED FOR 1364 YARDS
THIS SEASON.
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, HE
STARTED ONLY 9 GAMES.
Terry>> IT TOOK LEWIS A LITTLE
TIME TO LEARN PASS PROTECTION,
AND IN THIS OFFENSE, YOU HAVE
TO PROTECT PEYTON MANNING WHEN
YOU'RE A RUNNING BACK.
Sean>> 2nd DOWN LEWIS, TRYING
TO GET OUTSIDE.
HE HAS A GREAT COMBINATION OF
POWER AND SPEED.
AND HE'S ACROSS MIDFIELD.
MIKE RUCKER MADE THE TACKLE.
A GAIN OF 8.
Terry>> THIS IS WHAT I WAS
REFERRING TO.
TENNESSEE, IF THEY BECAME
2-DIMENSIONAL, IF THEY CAN RUN
AND THROW THE BALL, THEY CAN
ATTACK THE NEBRASKA DEFENSIVE
TEAMESQUIVELY; IF THEY ARE
ONE-DIMENSIONAL, THEY ARE
PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF WHAT
CHARLIE MCBRIDE, THE DEFENSIVE
COORDINATOR OF NEBRASKA, WANTS
THEM TO DO.
Sean>> LEWIS PROVIDED THE
FIRST 1st DOWN OF THIS GAME
FOR EITHER TEAM.
BALL AT THE 49 OF NEBRASKA.
MANNING WITH TIME.
HAS A RECEIVER.
1st DOWN.
AT THE 31 YARDLINE.
ANDY MCCULLOUGH TACKLED BY
RALPH BROWN, THE SENIOR FROM
DAYTON.
ON THE RECEIVING END OF THAT
PASS FROM MANNING.
Terry>> SEAN, YOU SAID IT
CORRECTLY.
MANNING WITH TIME -- THAT IS
THE KEY.
PEYTON MANNING HAD PLENTY OF
TIME TO GET BACK, GET PLANTED,
AND PUT THAT BALL ON THE
TARGET.
THAT IS WHAT WILL AFFECT THIS
TEAM AS MUCH AS ANYTHING --
GIVE YOUR GREAT PLAYER,
MANNING, TIME TO THROW.
Sean>> DEREK EDMONDS NOW IN AT
FULLBACK LEADING THE WAY FOR
LEWIS.
GOOD CUT BACK TO THE INSIDE,
AND JASON PETER HELPED DRIVE
HIM BACK.
JASON WILTZ, THE OTHER
DEFENSIVE TACKLE AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE PILE.
WE CHATTED WITH THE OFFENSIVE
COORDINATOR FOR TENNESSEE, HE
HAD NO DISRESPECT FOR THE
NEBRASKA DEFENSE BUT FELT THE
FLORIDA DEFENSE WAS TOUGHER.
Terry>> THERE IS NO QUESTION
ABOUT IT, THE TENNESSEE
COACHES CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT
OF RESPECT FOR THIS DEFENSE,
BUT THEY'RE NOT AWED BY IT.
WHEN THEY PLAYED FLORIDA, THEY
PLAYED ONE OF THE BETTER
DEFENSES IN THE COUNTRY -- A
FIERCE PASS RUSH, REALLY NO
DIFFERENT THAN NEBRASKA IN THE
TENNESSEE COACHES' MINDS.
Sean>> 5:20 REMAINING IN THE
1st QUARTER.
NO SCORE.
HE WAS LOOKING FOR DAVID
MARTIN, A TRUE FRESHMAN WHOM
THE TENNESSEE COACHES THINK
WILL BE A STAR, BUT HE HASN'T
PLAYED MUCH THIS YEAR.
HE'S A SURPRISING TARGET IN
THIS GAME.
HAVING APPEARED IN JUST 4
GAMES DURING THE REGULAR
SEASON.
WITH JUST ONE RECEPTION.
Terry>> TENNESSEE WAS TRYING
GET A MISMATCH HERE
PHYSICALLY.
ERWIN SWINEY FOR NEBRASKA IS
ONLY 6-1.
MARTIN IS 6-5 FOR TENNESSEE.
THEY LIKE THE MATCH-UP THEY'VE
GOT THERE OF THE THE BALL WAS
ABOUT 6 INCHES OFF TARGET.
Sean>> NOW 3rd DOWN AND 7.
NEITHER TEAM HAS CONVERTED ON
3rd DOWN TONIGHT.
MANNING AGAIN WITH PLENTY OF
TIME.
AND THAT'S CAUGHT FOR A 1st
DOWN.
SHAWN BRYSON.
TACKLED BY ERWIN SWINEY.
TENNESSEE AT THE NEBRASKA 20.
1st AND 10.
Terry>> CHARLIE MCBRIDE, THE
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT
NEBRASKA, HAS GOT TO BE
CONCERNED -- NOT BECAUSE
PEYTON MANNING IS COMPLETING
SOME PASSES -- HE'S A GREAT
PLAYER.
HE'S GOING TO HIT SOME OPEN
RECEIVERS.
BUT BECAUSE PEYTON MANNING IS
GETTING TIME TO THROW.
WISTROM, THE GREAT PLAYER IS
WORKING AGAINST CHAD CLIFTON,
67.
CLIFTON WON THAT PARTICULAR
WAR.
Sean>> THE PITCH TO LEWIS.
BRYSON LEADING THE WAY.
LEWIS HIT HARD -- AND FUMBLED!
AND NEBRASKA HAS RECOVERED!
RALPH BROWN KNOCKED IT OUT AND
MIKE RUCKER RECOVERED THE
FUMBLE AT THE 21 YARDLINE.
WHAT A HIT BY BROWN.
THEN RUCKER POUNCED ON THE
FOOTBALL.
Terry>> I SAID EARLIER THAT
YOU ARE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT
FIELD POSITION AND TURNOVERS.
THAT'S WHAT YOU PREACH TO YOUR
TEAM IN THE LOCKER ROOM BEFORE
THE OPENING KICKOFF.
JAMAL LEWIS, A YOUNG PLAYER,
JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE BALL PUT
AWAY QUITE TIGHT ENOUGH, AND
CONSEQUENTLY, RALPH BROWN GETS
OFF THE BLOCK, MAKES A GREAT
TACKLE, THE BALL IS LOOSE, AND
NEBRASKA RECOVERS.
Sean>> TENNESSEE SHOWING
BLITZ.
THEY'RE UP NEAR THE LINE.
AHMAN GREEN OUT ACROSS THE 25
TO THE 26.
PHILIP FULMER SAID EARLIER
THIS WEEK HIS TEAM CANNOT
AFFORD TO MAKE MANY MISTAKES
AGAINST THIS TALENTED NEBRASKA
BUNCH, AND HE WATCHED THE
FIRST MAJOR MISCUE OF THE
NIGHT.
Terry>> PHILIP FELT THEY HAD
POINTS ON THE BOARD, FIELD
GOAL RANGE AS A MINIMUM AND
PROBABLY TOUCHDOWN RANGE.
Sean>> 2nd AND 6.
NO SCORE.
4:10 REMAINING IN THE 1st
QUARTER.
NOW ONE BACK LOOK FROM
NEBRASKA.
GREEN WAS HIT IMMEDIATELY FROM
BEHIND -- EXCELLENT
PENETRATION BY THE VOLUNTEERS.
BUCK BUXTON.
WHO HAS BEEN A BACK-UP
DEFENSIVE TACKLE MUCH OF THIS
SEASON, FORCED INTO ACTION
WITH THE SEASON-ENDING INJURY
TO BILLY RATLIFF, WHO WENT OUT
FOR THE YEAR WITH A KNEE
INJURY SUFFERED AGAINST
SOUTHERN MISS.
Terry>> WHAT THE TENNESSEE
DEFENSE IS DOING RIGHT NOW IS
THEY ARE PENETRATING UP FIELD.
WHENEVER YOU PENETRATE AGAINST
AN OPTION TEAM OR A COUNTER
TEAM, WHICH NEBRASKA RUNS A
LOT OF COUNTER PLAYS, IT'S
DISRUPTIVE TO THE OFFENSE.
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING
EFFECTIVELY.
Sean>> PLAY-ACTION FAKE TO
GREEN.
FROST THROWS.
MAN OPEN.
CAUGHT -- 1st DOWN NEBRASKA!
SHELDON JACKSON ACROSS
MIDFIELD WITH THE FIRST 1st
DOWN OF THE NIGHT FOR THE
HUSKERS.
A GAIN OF 25.
Terry>> SHELDON JACKSON IS THE
BEST RECEIVING TIGHT END AT
NEBRASKA.
HE'S GOING TO COME FROM THIS
SIDE OF THE SCREEN, DRAG
ACROSS THE FIELD, IT'S A NICE
COUNTER PASS BY NEBRASKA --
ALL OF THE TENNESSEE DEFENSE
FLOAT ONE DIRECTION; FROST
COMES AWAY FROM THE FLOW,
FINDS SHELDON JACKSON, GREAT
HAND PLACEMENT AND
CONCENTRATION BY THE BIG TIGHT
END.
Sean>> JOEL MAKOVICA BACK ON
THE FIELD FOR NEBRASKA.
HE GOT THE CARRY AND GOT 2 TO
THE 46 OF TENNESSEE WHERE HE
RAN INTO RAYNOCH TMPSON.
Terry>> IT'S GOING TO BE
CRITICAL TO SEE IF MAKOVICA
CAN STAY IN THIS GAME -- HE'S
SUCH A WONDERFUL BLOCKER, AS
WELL AS AN OUTSTANDING RUNNER.
YOUR FULLBACK'S GOT TO LEAD
THAT TAILBACK ALL NIGHT LONG,
AND BOY, WHEN YOU LOSE A GUY
LIKE THAT OUT OF YOUR LINE UP,
IT AFFECTS YOUR RUNNING GAME.
Sean>> TALKING WITH JOEL A
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, HE SAID
"LATELY TEAMS HAVE BEEN KEYING
ON HIM TAKING AWAY THOSE
INSIDE RUNS.
AS A RESULT, HIS STATS HAVEN'T
BEEN AS IMPRESSIVE LATELY.
(Whistle)
Sean>> WHISTLES BEFORE THE
PLAY.
NO PLAY.
Terry>> TENNESSEE IS LUCKY
THERE WERE WHISTLES.
NEBRASKA CAME IN AN UNBALANCED
LINE AND RAN AN OPTION TO THE
SHORT SIDE OF THE FIELD.
TENNESSEE WASN'T LINED UP
PROPERLY.
THAT PLAY MIGHT HAVE GONE --
Referee>> 5 YARDS.
2nd DOWN.
Terry>> THAT PLAY VERY WELL
MIGHT HAVE GONE FOR A NEBRASKA
TOUCHDOWN.
THERE'S ONLY 2 MEN OVER HERE
ON THIS SIDE.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS OVER HERE.
TENNESSEE HAD TO ADJUST.
DIDN'T GET QUITE LINED UP.
AND THE PITCH IS WIDE OPEN
WITH A LEAD BLOCKER -- NO ONE
ELSE IN THE DEFENSE OUT HERE.
FOR TENNESSEE.
Sean>> TOM OSBORNE GIVES THE
OPPONENT JUST ABOUT EVERY
FORMATION, JUST ABOUT EVERY
PLAY OUT OF EVERY FORMATION,
IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH THEM
PRACTICE, AND HERE IS FROST
THROWING.
ON TARGET AGAIN.
MATT DAVISON, THE TRUE
FRESHMAN FROM TECUMSEH,
NEBRASKA, PERHAPS BEST KNOWN
FOR HIS DIVING CATCH AT THE
END OF REGULATION AGAINST
MISSOURI FOR A TOUCHDOWN TO
FORCE OVERTIME IN THAT GAME
AGAINST THE TIGERS -- A GAME
THE HUSKERS WENT ON TO WIN IN
OVERTIME.
Terry>> TOM OSBORNE HAS BEEN
IN A LOT OF BIG GAMES, AND HE
KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING
AGAINST A FIRED-UP DEFENSIVE
TEAM THAT'S REALLY PENETRATING
AND FLYING TO THE BALL,
COUNTER THEM, PLAY-ACTION PASS
AND COUNTER PLAYS, AND THAT'S
WHAT THAT WAS -- A PLAY-ACTION
COUNTER PASS THAT WAS
EFFECTIVE.
Sean>> NEBRASKA STARTING TO
GET IN RHYTHM AFTER THE FUMBLE
BY LEWIS.
FROST.
THROWS.
LOOKING DEEP.
IT IS CAUGHT BY NEWCOMBE --
AND BOBBY IS OUT OF BOUNDS AT
THE 14 YARDLINE.
TACKLED BY TORI NOEL.
21 YARDS ON THE THROW BY
FROST.
TO NEWCOMBE.
Terry>> THIS IS WHAT MAKES
DEFENDING THE NEBRASKA OFFENSE
SO DIFFICULT.
IT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND
DIFFICULT OFFENSE IN THE
COUNTRY TO STOP.
IT'S A PLAY-ACTION PASS.
THEY MAKE IT LOOK LIKE OPTION,
THEN FROST JUMPS BACK,
NEWCOMBE RUNS IT INSIDE, POST
CORNER ROUTE -- HE RUNS TO THE
POST AND THEN BACK OUTSIDE.
THE BALL IS THROWN WHERE
EITHER HE CATCHES IT OR NO ONE
CATCHES IT.
Sean>> HE PITCHES IT, WIGGINS
INSIDE THE 5 AND DOWN NEAR THE
GOAL LINE.
GERALD GRIFFIN MADE THE TACKLE
THAT SAVED THE TOUCHDOWN.
WIGGINS, A WINGBACK, TAKING
THE PITCH, AND HE HAS NEBRASKA
INSIDE THE 2 -- FIRST AND
GOAL.
Terry>> THIS IS A 3-BACK PLAY,
THE FAMOUS OPTION PLAY FOR
NEBRASKA.
SCOTT FROST TAKES THE HIT BUT
DISHES THE BALL OFF -- JUST
BEAUTIFULLY.
SCOTT FROST, HALF THE TIME,
WHEN YOU WATCH HIM PLAY ON THE
OPTION, HE DOESN'T EVEN LOOK
WHERE HE'S PITCHING THE BALL
-- HE JUST FLICKS IT OUT
THERE, KNOWS HIS WING MAN IS
WITH HIM.
Sean>> AHMAN GREEN SHORT OF
THE GOAL LINE.
HE WAS STOPPED BY LEONARD
LITTLE.
IT WILL BE 2nd AND GOAL WITH A
MINUTE AND A HALF REMAINING IN
THE 1st QUARTER.
AND THERE WAS A FLAG ON THE
PLAY.
SO IT REMAINS 1st AND GOAL.
Terry>> AHMAN GREEN HERE ON
THE POWER PLAY FIGHTS FOR
HEAVY YARDAGE, AND THEN ALL OF
A SUDDEN FUMBLES IT, TRIES TO
SNEAK IT ACROSS, BUT THE
OFFICIALS SAW IT -- NO
TOUCHDOWN.
SEAN, IT'S AMAZING.
JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO,
TENNESSEE'S DEFENSE WAS IN
CONTROL OF THE NEBRASKA
OFFENSE, BUT THAT IS WHAT
MAKES IT SO DIFFICULT TO
DEFENSE TOM OSBORNE'S ATTACK.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THEY HAVE SO
MANY WEAPONS, SO MANY
FORMATIONS -- AND YOUR DEFENSE
JUST CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF ALL
OF THEM.
Sean>> MANY OF THE COACHES WHO
TALKED ABOUT TOM OSBORNE SINCE
HE ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT
TALK ABOUT HIS GREAT SKILL AS
A GAME COACH -- HIS MANY
ADJUSTMENTS.
UP AND OVER -- AND IN FOR A
TOUCHDOWN.
AHMAN GREEN MAKES IT 6-0
NEBRASKA.
Terry>> WATCH THE FULLBACK,
BILLY LEGATE, NUMBER 40.
HE TAKES THE PLACE OF
MAKOVICA.
HE'S THE LEAD BLOCKER ON THE
PLAY.
HE'S THE ONE THAT ISOLATED ON
THE LINEBACKER.
NUMBER 40.
HE KNOCKED LEONARD LITTLE OUT
OF THE HOLE WHICH ENABLED
AHMAN GREEN TO SCORE THE
TOUCHDOWN.
Sean>> KRIS BROWN OUT OF THE
HOLD.
NOW THIS ORANGE BOWL MEMORY.
Sean>> NEBRASKA TRAILED BY 7
WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE TO
PLAY.
JEFF SMITH SCORED FROM 24
YARDS OUT.
NEBRASKA WENT FOR TWO AND THE
WIN.
BUT THE PASS WAS KNOCKED OUT
OF SMITH'S HANDS.
MIAMI WON THE NATIONAL
CHAM
Sean>> OUR OVERHEAD SHOTS ARE
FROM THE GOODYEAR BLIMP "STARS
& STRIPES." GOODYEAR'S BLIMP
FLEET WILL DOUBLE THIS YEAR
WITH THREE NEW BLIMPS ARRIVING
IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.
Sean>> FROST WAS 3 FOR 3 ON
THE DRIVE WITH TENNESSEE
CONCENTRATING ON STOPPING THE
RUN.
HE HURT THEM WITH THE PASS.
KRIS BROWN.
BOUNCING IT DOWN THE FIELD.
NICE HOP FOR CEDRIC WILSON,
THE TRUE FRESHMAN.
HE'S IN TROUBLE.
AND STOPPED SHORT OF THE 20
YARDLINE.
KNOCKED DOWN AT THE 17.
MIKE BROWN IN ON THE TACKLE
FOR NEBRASKA.
Sean>> AGAIN, CONFUSION IN THE
TENNESSEE HUDDLE.
A PLAYER RUNNING ON LATE.
THEY WILL HAVE TO HURRY TO GET
THIS PLAY OFF.
THE PLAY CLOCK AT 3.
Sean>> MARK LEVINE NOW THE
TAILBACK.
HE'S OUT TO THE 21.
TACKLED BY TONY ORTIZ.
LEVINE WAS THE STARTING
TAILBACK AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE YEAR BEFORE LEWIS WON THE
JOB.
Terry>> YOU GO BACK, MARK
LEVINE IN THE GAME FOR JAMAL
LEWIS, JAMAL LEWIS RIGHT HERE
WITH THE BALL, HE HAS IT IN
THE WRONG ARM.
HE SHOULD HAVE THE BALL
OUTSIDE, IN THE OUTSIDE ARM
AWAY FROM ALL THOSE DEFENDERS
-- I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT
NECESSARILY IS WHAT CAUSED THE
FUMBLE, BUT YOU ALWAYS
FUNDAMENTALLY PUT THAT BALL
AWAY FROM THE DEFENSE.
Sean>> ANTRON PEEBLES, ONE OF
THREE TIGHT ENDS, THE JUNIOR
FROM MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE,
STARTED HIS CAREER AT
LINEBACKER.
Sean>> TIGHT END NOT A BIG
PART OF THE PASSING ATTACK.
U.T. TIGHT ENDS JUST 3 CATCHES
THIS YEAR.
Terry>> THE RUNNING BACK FELL
INTO HIS RIGHT KNEE.
IT WAS A GOOD BLOCK BY
PEEBLES, BUT ALL OF A SON HE
WAS HIT FROM BEHIND.
Sean>> LEVINE AGAIN -- BIG
HOLE.
MARK LEVINE BREAKS FREE.
GOOD MOVE ON WARFIELD, AND
HE'S TACKLED OUT AT THE 48
YARDLINE BY CARLOS POPE, A
BACK-UP LINEBACKER.
GAIN OF 27 FOR LEVINE.
AND POLK IS SLOW TO GET UP FOR
NEBRASKA.
UPON
Terry>> NEBRASKA WANTS TO MAKE
SURE THEY ELIMINATE THE
RUNNING GAME.
TENNESSEE HAS ESTABLISHED,
EARLY IN THIS GAME, THAT THEY
ARE CAPABLE OF FINDING SOME
CREASES IN THAT NEBRASKA
FRONT.
SO FAR, LEVINE FOUND THEM, SO
DID JAMAL LEWIS.
IT'S ENCOURAGING IF YOU ARE A
TENNESSEE FAN.
Sean>> JAMAL LEWIS TROTTING
ALONG THE TENNESSEE SIDELINE
-- MIGHT HAVE BEEN INJURED ON
THAT HIT THAT CAUSED THE
FUMBLE.
PLAY-ACTION FAKE.
A GOOD ONE BY MANNING.
HE THROWS INTO COVERAGE -- AND
IT'S ALMOST INTERCEPTED BY
MIKE BROWN.
HE WAS LOOKING FOR MARCUS
NASH.
AND IT WAS NEARLY PICKED OFF
BY THE SOPHOMORE FROM
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA.
Terry>> MIKE BROWN IS THE
ROVERBACK FOR NEBRASKA.
HE READ PEYTON MANNING'S EYES.
PEYTON MANNING WAS LOOKING
WHERE HE WAS THROWING.
BROWN MADE A GOOD BREAK ON THE
BALL.
VERY CLOSE TO AN INTERCEPTION
THAT COULD HAVE GONE THE
DISTANCE HAD HE BEEN ABLE TO
HANG ONTO IT.
Sean>> BROWN WAS AN
OUTSTANDING TWO-WAY PLAYER IN
HIGH SCHOOL, IN ARIZONA -- THE
ARIZONA HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER OF
THE YEAR AS A SENIOR.
HE WON THE AWARD AS THE BEST
RUNNING BACK IN THE STATE AND
ALSO THE BEST DEFENSIVE BACK.
MANNING.
PASS DEFLECTED -- INTERCEPTED
BY ERIC WARFIELD -- WARFIELD
-- AT THE 30 AND TACKLED FROM
BEHIND AT THE 25 YARDLINE BY
SHAWN BRYSON.
MANNING HAS SEEN THIS BEFORE
-- HIS RECEIVERS HAD A TOUGH
TIME HANGING ON IN THE SEC
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST
AUBURN, AND AS A RESULT THE
VOLUNTEERS JUST DID SQUEAK OUT
A VICTORY.
Terry>> YOU HAVE TO WONDER,
JEREMAINE COPELAND, NUMBER 6,
THE WIDE RECEIVER, IS DRAGGING
ACROSS THE FORMATION, BUT
PEYTON MANNING THROWS A HOT
BALL HERE.
THIS BALL IS AN UNDERNEATH
ROUTE, AND IT NEEDS TO BE A
LITTLE BIT LOWER AND A LITTLE
SOFTER.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT HOT.
I DON'T SAY THAT JEREMAINE
COPELAND SHOULDN'T HAVE CAUGHT
IT BUT IT WASN'T AN EASY
CATCH.
Sean>> THIRD INTERCEPTION OF
THE SEASON FOR WARFIELD -- THE
ONLY SENIOR STARTER IN THE
SECONDARY FOR NEBRASKA.
HE HAILS FROM TEXARKANA,
ARKANSAS.
Terry>> ON THE INTERCEPTION
THAT PEYTON MANNING JUST
THREW, JEREMAINE COPELAND,
NUMBER 6, COMES ACROSS THE
FORMATION ON A LITTLE DRAG
ROUTE.
THE BALL CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE
BEEN CAUGHT.
I WOULD SAY, THOUGH, I HAVE
SEEN IT ON PRACTICE FIELDS FOR
29 YEARS -- THE BALL, WHEN
IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGH OR A
LITTLE BIT HOT, WIDE RECEIVERS
HAVE OFTENTIMES TIPPED IT UP
IN THE AIR AS THEY DID RIGHT
THERE.
Sean>>
Sean>> CARLOS POLK, INJURED A
COUPLE OF PLAYS AGO HAS THE
SHOULDER PADS OFF AND IS
HEADING TO THE LOCKER ROOM FOR
NEBRASKA.
HE'S A BACK-UP LINE BAXER.
FROST ON 1st DOWN KEEPS AND
GETS DRILLED AT THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE.
WHAT A 1st HALF RAYNOCH
THOMPSON IS HAVING.
LET'S GET MORE ON THE
CONDITION OF CARLOS POLK FROM
MICHELE TAFOYA.
Michele>> SEAN, THEY TOOK HIM
TO THE SIDELINES AND HE WAS
LYING FLAT THE ENTIRE TIME.
THEY THINK HE MAY HAVE BROKEN
HIS RIGHT COLLAR BONE
WANTITARY
Michele>> THEY'RE TAKING HIM
BACK FOR X RAYS.
Sean>> NEWCOMBE IN TROUBLE
BEHIND THE LINE AND THROWN FOR
A LOSS BY JONATHAN BROWN.
Sean>> ANTRON PEEBLES HEADING
TO THE DRESSING ROOM FOR
TENNESSEE WITH HIS RIGHT SHOE
OFF.
Terry>> JONATHAN BROWN, THE
LEFT DEFENSIVE END FOR
TENNESSEE, PLAYS THE REVERSE
PLAY PERFECTLY.
IT'S A LITTLE COUNTER PLAY TO
NUMBER 12, BOBBY NEWCOMBE, THE
FASTEST PLAYER AT NEBRASKA,
BUT JONATHAN BROWN DID EXACTLY
WHAT HIS COACHES TOLD HIM TO
DO: PLAY THE REVERSE.
Sean>> QUARTERBACK DRAW.
FROST.
TRYING TO GET OUTSIDE.
TWO FLAGS THROWN.
AT THE FEET OF OFFENSIVE
LINEMEN.
RAYNOCH THOMPSON AND TERRY
FAIR MADE THE TACKLE.
IT'S AGAINST NEBRASKA.
THE PLAY WOULD BE SHORT OF A
1st DOWN AND IT WOULD BE 4th
DOWN AT THE 22 -- CERTAINLY A
MAKEABLE FIELD GOAL DISTANCE
FOR KRIS BROWN.
Terry>> TENNESSEE WILL TAKE
THE PENALTY AND BACK THEM UP
AND GIVE THEM ANOTHER DOWN BUT
CERTAINLY PUT THEM OUT OF
FIELD GOAL RANGE -- OR AT
LEAST IN MORE DIFFICULT RANGE.
Referee>> BY THE OFFENSE, 10
YARDS, SPOT OF THE FOUL.
REPEAT 3rd DOWN.
Sean>> LET'S GET MORE ON THE
TENNESSEE INJURY SITUATION
FROM ED CUNNINGHAM.
Ed>> SEAN, RUNNING BACK JAMAL
LEWIS HAS A SLIGHT SPRAIN IN
HIS LEFT ANKLE.
HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO
BACK IN THE GAME, RUN IT OUT.
LOOKS GIMPY ON THE SIDELINES.
ANTRON PEEBLES HAS A SEVERELY
SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.
HE WILL NOT RETURN UNLESS A
MIRACLE HAPPENS BEFORE NOW AND
THE NEXT TIME THEY GO ON
OFFENSE.
Sean>> NEBRASKA AT THE 39
YARDLINE.
FROST.
SETTING UP THE SCREEN TO
GREEN.
LEONARD LITTLE PULLS HIM DOWN
FROM BEHIND.
YOU SAW THE GREAT SPEED OF
LITTLE, WHO HAS PLAYED MOST OF
HIS CAREER LINED UP OUTSIDE AS
A PASS RUSHER -- THIS YEAR
HE'S MADE THE TRANSITION TO
MIDDLE LINEBACKER, AND NO
MATTER WHERE YOU PUT HIM HE'S
A TERRIFIC PLAYER.
Terry>> LEONARD LITTLE, IN THE
MIDDLE HERE RUNS UNDERNEATH
THE BLOCK, MAN TO MAN ON THE
TAILBACK.
THEY TRIED TO BLOCK HIM.
HE RAN UNDERNEATH THE BLOCK.
HE USES THE ATHLETICISM TO
TRACK DOWN AHMAN GREEN,
COULDN'T BE PLAYED ANY BETTER
BY A MAN PLAYING MAN TO MAN
COVERAGE.
Sean>> JESSE KOSCH, HIS FATHER
BILL A DEFENSIVE BACK ON THE
'70 AND '71 NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS.
HANGS IT UP HIGH -- ANOTHER
FUMBLE!
AND A TOUCHDOWN FOR NEBRASKA!
BROWN RAN IT IN, BUT IT WAS A
MUFFED PUNT SO THE BALL WILL
COME BACK TO THE 15 YARDLINE,
BUT IT'S ANOTHER KEY MISTAKE
BY TENNESSEE.
IT WILL BE 1st AND 10 AT THE
15 YARDLINE.
TERRY FAIR COULD NOT HANDLE
THE PUNT.
Terry>> SEAN, RIGHT BEFORE HE
DROPPED THIS PUNT, I WAS ABOUT
TO SAY WHAT A TERRIFIC STOP BY
THE TENNESSEE DEFENSE.
WHAT A JOB THEY DID ON
DEFENSE.
BUT THE MUFFED PUNT OBVIOUSLY
BRINGS THEM BACK INTO A VERY
DIFFICULT POSITION -- BUT
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
RALLY.
THEY'VE GOT TO GO RIGHT BACK
IN AND SAY WHATEVER WE DO WE
CAN'T GIVE UP A TOUCHDOWN.
SUCK IT UP AND GO.
Sean>> I WONDER IF FULMER WILL
CONTINUE WITH FAIR AS THE PUNT
RETURNER.
HE'S HAD A TOUGH TIME.
MAKOVICA BACK AT THE EIGHT
YARDLINE.
TELL BE 2nd DOWN.
BROWN AND GRIFFIN MADE THE
TACKLE.
TENNESSEE FORTUNATE NOW TO
JUST BE DOWN 7-0 WITH 3
TURNOVERS, BUT IT COULD BE 14
SHORTLY.
Terry>> YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT
ABOUT TERRY FAIR.
HE HAD A COUPLE FUMBLES ON
PUNT RETURNS IN THE SEC
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, AND TONIGHT
THE WIND IS A FACTOR, NO
QUESTION, WHEN THE BALL GETS
UP THERE IT'S DIFFICULT TO
CATCH AND HARD TO HANDLE.
I THINK YOU WILL SEE PUNT
CATCHERS ON BOTH SIDES HAVE
DIFFICULTY.
Sean>> PROBLEMS WITH PERSONNEL
AND A FLAG THROWN AGAINST
NEBRASKA.
MAKOVICA WAS TRYING TO RUN OFF
-- THEY HAD TOO MANY MEN ON
THE FIELD.
Sean>> HUSKERS WERE TRYING TO
GET A TIME OUT, BUT INSTEAD,
THE FLAG FOR THE ILLEGAL
SUBSTITUTION.
CONFUSION -- HE WANTED THE
TIME OUT BUT THE FLAG HAD BEEN
THROWN.
THE BALL IS BACK AT THE 13.
WHERE IT WILL BE 2nd DOWN AND
8.
Sean>> MAKOVICA STILL OUT OF
THE GAME.
THE FULLBACK IS BILLY LEGATE.
FROST PITCHES TO GREEN.
GREEN DRAGGED DOWN AT THE 10
YARDLINE.
BY TORI NOEL.
THEY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB
BOTTLING UP GREEN, WHO HAS
RUSHED FOR AT LEAST 100 YARDS
IN EACH OF THE LAST 11 GAMES.
THE ONLY GAME THIS SEASON
WHICH HE FAILED TO REACH 100
WAS THE OPENER AGAINST AKRON,
AND HE HAD 99 IN THAT ONE.
Terry>> SO FAR THE TENNESSEE
DEFENSE IS UTILIZING WHAT THEY
HAVE THE MOST OF -- AND THAT'S
THAT SPEED AND ATHLETICISM.
Sean>> GREEN SECOND IN THE
NATION IN RUSHING THIS YEAR
BEHIND RICKY WILLIAMS.
WIGGINS -- TOUCHDOWN!
Terry>> THIS IS THE OPTION
PLAY THAT NEBRASKA RAN AT THE
OTHER END OF THE FIELD THAT
CAME UP JUST SHORT OF THE
TOUCHDOWN.
FROST FAKES TO THE FULLBACK,
COMES OUTSIDE, AND NOW ALL OF
A SUDDEN FINDS WIGGINS, THE
WING MAN, PITCHES THE BALL,
TENNESSEE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH
SUPPORT IN THE SECONDARY.
HE GOES INTO THE END ZONE
CLEAN.
Sean>> KRIS BROWN -- STILL
PERFECT THIS YEAR IN P.A.T.'S
-- 64 FOR 64.
Sean>> THE MUFFED PUNT BY
TERRY FAIR GAVE NEBRASKA
OUTSTANDING FIELD POSITION
THAT LED TO THE SECOND SCORE
FOR NEBRASKA.
SEAN MCDONOUGH AND TERRY
DONAHUE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME THE
PROBLEMS IN THE SEC
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
Terry>> IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH
MORE DIFFICULT FOR TENNESSEE
TO OVERCOME THE MISTAKES
TONIGHT, 3 TURNOVERS AND 14
POINTS OFF TWO OF THE
TURNOVERS.
IF THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT,
IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT
FOR TENNESSEE.
Sean>> KRIS BROWN TO KICK OFF
AGAIN.
HE BOUNCES IT, A SHORT KICK
TAKEN BY BRIAN DARDEN, A
BACK-UP RUNNING BACK.
QUALITY FIELD POSITION FOR THE
VOLUNTEERS AS DARDEN BROUGHT
IT OUT TO THE 38 YARDLINE.
Sean>> RIGHT HERE ON CBS.
14-0 NEBRASKA.
CORNHUSKERS HOPING FOR A
CONVINCING VICTORY TO SWAY
VOTERS -- PERHAPS EARN AT
LEAST A SHARE OF THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
VOTERS HAVE BEEN FLIPFLOPPING
ALL YEAR.
JAMAL LEWIS BACK IN THE GAME,
TWO HANDS AROUND THE BALL AS
HE DOVE TO THE 43 YARDLINE
WHERE HE WAS CHOPPED DOWN BY
MIKE BROWN.
Terry>> IT'S FUNNY ABOUT
TURNOVERS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
TURNOVERS, TENNESSEE 9
TURNOVERS IN THE LAST 6
QUARTERS, SOMETIMES THEY JUST
COME.
YOU COACH THE SAME, YOU
ELFICIZE THE SAME
FUNDAMENTALS, -- YOU EMPHASIZE
THE SAME FUNDAMENTALS,
SOMETIMES THEY JUST OCCUR.
IN THIS TURNOVER THE BALL
NEEDED TO BE IN THE OUTSIDE
ARM FOR SURE; MAYBE IT COULD
HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
Sean>> ON SECOND AND 5,
MANNING.
A FLAG THROWN.
AS MARCUS NASH HAS A 1st DOWN
IF THE PLAY STANDS.
ERWIN SWINEY MADE THE TACKLE
AT THE 47 OF NEBRASKA.
THE FLAG THROWN IN THE
SECONDARY.
HOLDING AGAINST NEBRASKA.
THAT WILL LIKELY BE REFUSED.
AS A RESULT OF THE PLAY A
10-YARD GAIN AND A 1st DOWN.
THERE IS GRANT WISTROM,
CONCLUDING A BRILLIANT CAREER
AT NEBRASKA, FOR THE SECOND
YEAR IN A ROW HE'S A FIRST
TEAM ALL AMERICA IN FOOTBALL,
ALSO A FIRST TEAM ACADEMIC
AMERICAN.
Referee>> DECLINED.
1st DOWN.
Sean>> THE ONLY OTHER NEBRASKA
PLAYER TO HAVE THAT
DOUBLE-DOUBLE DAVE RIMINGTON.
GRANT WISTROM IS A
PRE-PHARMACY MAJOR, CARRIES A
3.43 AVERAGE.
Terry>> BIG 12 DEFENSIVE
PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN '96 AND
'97.
Sean>> MANNING -- FAKED THE
DRAW, THROWS, NICE CATCH.
HIS RECEIVER HELPED HIM THERE.
JEREMAINE COPELAND, WHO HAD
THE COSTLY DEFLECTION THAT LED
TO THE INTERCEPTION EARLIER
MADE A NICE CATCH AT THE 34
YARDLINE.
31 MORE FOR THE VOLS AND A 1st
DOWN.
Terry>> COPELAND IS IN THE
INSIDE SLOT POSITION.
HE'S GOING TO RUN DOWN THE
FIELD.
IF YOU'RE A TENNESSEE FAN, THE
THING THAT YOU HAVE TO BE
ENCOURAGED ABOUT IS THERE ARE
SOME HOLES IN THIS NEBRASKA
DEFENSE.
BOTH THROWING AND RUNNING.
WHAT YOU ARE DISCOURAGED ABOUT
IS YOU'VE GOT TO HANG ONTO THE
FOOTBALL IF YOU'RE GOING TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE HOLES.
Sean>> JAMAL LEWIS THE LONE
BACK.
MARCUS NASH THE MOTION MAN.
LOBBED OUT TO LEWIS.
(Whistle)
Sean>> HE'S BOUNCED OUT OF
BOUNDS AFTER A SHORT GAIN.
TONY ORTIZ PUT THE HIT ON
LEWIS.
Sean>> ORTIZ FROM WATERBURY,
CONNECTICUT.
NEBRASKA HAS PLAYERS IN THE
PROGRAM FROM 26 DIFFERENT
STATES.
ORTIZ A STATE CHAMPION IN
TRACK WHILE HE WAS AT CROSBY
HIGH SCHOOL IN WATERBURY, WON
THE 100 METERS IN CONNECTICUT
AND THE 110 METER HURDLES.
Terry>> NEBRASKA HAS A LOT OF
FORMER TRACK ATHLETES ON THIS
TEAM.
IN THE EARLY 1990s, TOM
OSBORNE CHANGED HIS
PHILOSOPHY.
THEY WENT TO RECRUITING MORE
SPEED AND THEY HAVE PLENTY OF
SPEED ON THIS SQUAD.
Sean>> LEWIS.
DOWN TO THE 30 YARDLINE.
GRANT WISTROM AND JAY FOREMAN
COMBINED ON THE STOP.
FOREMAN THE SON OF THE FORMER
GREAT MINNESOTA VIKING CHUCK
FOREMAN.
HE SWITCHED NUMBERS THIS YEAR
TO WEAR THE NUMBER WORN BY HIS
DAD.
Terry>> GRANT WISTROM HERE,
JUST ON A LITTLE STUNT TO THE
INSIDE, PLAYED IT VERY WELL.
HE HAS A SCHOOL RECORD 58 1/2
TACKLES FOR LOSSES THROUGHOUT
HIS CAREER AT NEBRASKA.
Sean>> BIG 3rd DOWN, 6 YARDS
TO GO FOR A VOLUNTEER 1st
DOWN.
TENNESSEE TRAILS 14-0.
MANNING THROWS -- SHORT OF A
1st DOWN.
WE'LL SEE WHERE THE FORWARD
PROGRESS IS SPOTTED.
MIKE BROWN PUT THE HIT ON
JEREMAINE COPELAND.
LOOKS LIKE THE BALL WILL BE
JUST INSIDE THE 27.
MEANING THEY'RE ABOUT TWO FULL
YARDS SHORT OF THE 1st DOWN.
SO PHILLIP FULMER SENDS ON THE
FIELD GOAL UNIT.
Terry>> PEYTON MANNING HAD TO
GET RID OF THAT BALL QUICKER
THAN HE WANTED TO.
THERE WAS PRESSURE FROM
NEBRASKA.
HE HAD TO UNLOAD IT.
I KNOW HE'S FRUSTRATED BECAUSE
HE KNOWS HOW CRITICAL THE 1st
DOWN WAS.
Sean>> JEFF HALL.
THE JUNIOR FROM WINCHESTER,
TENNESSEE.
Sean>> WILL TRY A 44-YARD
FIELD GOAL.
Sean>> VINCENT SCOTT IS THE
HOLDER.
THAT IS RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE
-- AND TENNESSEE IS ON THE
BOARDS.
WITH 8:28 REMAINING IN THE 1st
HALF.
♪ ♪ ♪
Sean>> JEFF HALL, TENNESSEE'S
4th ALL TIME
Sean>> HERE IS ED CUNNINGHAM.
Ed>> PEYTON MANNING CAME TO
THE SIDELINES AND WAS NOT
HAPPY THAT THEY DIDN'T GO FOR
IT ON 4th,THEN CAME TO THE
OFFENSE AND SAID GUYS, IT'S
OUR JOB TO GET 1st DOWNS.
DON'T PUT IT ON THE COACHES TO
MAKE THAT DECISION.
Sean>> PEYTON LOOKS SHARP
TONIGHT, ED -- 11 OF 14 FOR 70
YARDS AND HE HAD THE ONE BALL
DEFLECT OFF THE HANDS OF
COPELAND THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
CAUGHT.
SHEVIN WIGGINS WAITING FOR THE
KICKOFF.
Terry>> PEYTON MANNING
RESPONSIBLE FOR 75 PERCENT OF
THE TENNESSEE OFFENSIVE
PRODUCTION THIS YEAR --
CERTAINLY, IS ON TARGET
TONIGHT.
Sean>> JEFF HALL TO KICK OFF.
Sean>> GRIFFIN HAD TO HOLD THE
BALL -- SHEVIN WIGGINS HAS A
SEAM -- SPINS OUT ACROSS THE
30 -- AND GOES DOWN AT THE 34
YARDLINE.
NICE RETURN BY THE JUNIOR FROM
PALMETTO, FLORIDA, BACK IN HIS
HOME STATE OUT OF MANATEE HIGH
SCHOOL, THE SAME SCHOOL THAT
SENT TOMMY FRAZIER TO
NEBRASKA.
Sean>> FROM THE 34.
FROST HANDS IT OFF.
GREEN.
TACKLED BY RAYNOCH THOMPSON,
MANAGED TO BREAK THROUGH THE
TACKLE FOR AN EXTRA COUPLE OF
YARDS OUT TO THE 41 YARDLINE.
Sean>> THOMPSON LIMPING A BIT
AFTER MAKING THE TACKLE.
HE HAD A BRUISED KIDNEY
EARLIER IN THE SEASON THAT
CAUSED HIM TO MISS THEIR BIG
WIN AT UCLA OUT IN LOS
ANGELES.
Terry>> SEAN, JOEL MAKOVICA,
THE FULLBACK, WHEN HE'S IN THE
GAME, NEBRASKA IS A DIFFERENT
OFFENSIVE TEAM THAN WHEN HE'S
ON THE SIDELINE.
Sean>> HE'S IN THE GAME NOW
BLOCKING FOR GREEN WHO SQUIRTS
ACROSS THE 45 WITH A 1st DOWN
FOR THE CORNHUSKERS.
CORY GAINES MADE THE TACKLE.
7:40 LEFT IN THE 1st HALF.
Terry>> IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR A
LITTLE PLAY-ACTION PASS BY DR.
TOM OSBORNE.
THIS IS WHERE HE LIKES TO
POUND YOU AND POUND YOU AND
MAKE SOMETHING LOOK LIKE A RUN
AND GO UP TOP ON YOU.
Sean>> THE OPTION.
FROST KEEPS.
GAIN OF 3 TO THE 49.
DARWIN WALKER AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE PILE FOR TENNESSEE.
Terry>> TENNESSEE, TONIGHT ON
DEFENSE, IS GOING TO TRY TO
READ THE PATH OF THE FULLBACK
TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S
OPTION OR POWER FOOTBALL.
THAT TIME MAKOVICA SHOWED THEM
A CLEAR PATH, AS A RESULT THE
LINEBACKERS WERE ABLE TO FLOW
AND GET INTO THE PLAY.
Sean>> FROST HAS TWO WIDE
RECEIVERS TO THE RIGHT.
HE KEEPS.
AND GETS ACROSS MIDFIELD --
RUN DOWN AGAIN BY DARWIN
WALKER.
BACK-UP TACKLE.
CORY GAINES ALSO IN ON THE
PLAY.
Terry>> SEAN, DARWIN WALKER
MADE A GREAT DEFENSIVE
FOOTBALL PLAY FROM THE INSIDE
POSITION.
HE KEPT HIS PADS PERFECT.
HE WENT DOWN THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE AND RAN LIKE A
LINEBACKER TO THAT PLAY.
IT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
Sean>> HE'S A BIG, STRONG MAN
-- STRONGEST MAN ON THE TEAM
-- BENCHED 515 POUNDS IN THE
SPRING.
Terry>> YOU COULD DO THAT,
COULDN'T YOU?
YOU AND ME.
Sean>> I COULD DO THE 15 PART,
ANYWAY.
BIG 3rd DOWN AND 5.
FROST.
SPINNING INTO DIFFICULTY AND
ESCAPES.
NOW HE THROWS FOR A 1st DOWN!
SHELDON JACKSON DOWN TO THE 34
YARDLINE.
14 YARDS ON THE GAIN.
WAS DARWIN WALKER WHO PUT
THE PRESSURE ON FROST, AND IF
YOU LET HIM ESCAPE, YOU'RE
GOING TO PAY THE PRICE.
Terry>> I MENTIONED THAT
PLAY-ACTION PASSING.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS WAS.
COACH OSBORNE CAME BACK WITH A
PLAY-ACTION PASS.
DARWIN WALKER WITH TREMENDOUS
PRESSURE BUT GREAT PLAYERS
MAKE BIG PLAYS, AND THAT'S
WHAT SCOTT FROST DID.
HE GOT OFF THE HOOK AND FOUND
AN OPEN RECEIVER FOR THE 1st
DOWN.
Sean>> JUST INSIDE THE 35.
FROST.
DOWN THE MIDDLE -- NEWCOMBE
DROPPED THE BALL!
HAD HE CAUGHT IT, IN ALL
LIKELIHOOD IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
6 POINTS.
HE WAS BEHIND TORI NOEL UAND
THE PASS HIT HIM IN STRIDE --
BUT NEWCOMBE COULD NOT SQUEEZE
IT.
Terry>> BOBBY NEWCOMBE CAME
OFF A FAKE OF THE OPTION AND
RAN RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD,
WORKING ON NOEL.
THE BALL IS JUST MAYBE AN INCH
OR TWO LONG, BUT CERTAINLY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT, OR IF
BOBBY NEWCOMBE DID ANYTHING,
MAYBE LAY OUT FOR THE BALL AND
GIVE HIMSELF THE EXTRA INCHES
TO COME UP WITH THE RECEPTION.
Sean>> 2nd AND 10.
FROST KEEPS AND HE'S RUN DOWN
FROM BEHIND.
JAROD HAYDEN, THE BACK-UP
LINEBACKER SHOWING HIS SPEED.
FROST CAN RUN, AND HAYDEN
GAINED GROUND COMING FROM
BEHIND.
Terry>> THE TENNESSEE DEFENSE,
ALL 11 PLAYERS ON THE FIELD
CAN RUN.
HAYDEN IS THE RIGHT SIDE
LINEBACKER.
HE RACES, LAYS IT OUT TO GET
SCOTT FROST BY THE ANKLES.
Sean>> ANOTHER 3rd DOWN AND
10.
Terry>> TENNESSEE HAS THE
SPEED DEFENSIVELY TO COUNTER
THIS OFFENSE.
Sean>> FROST THROWING ON THE
RUN.
AND IT IS INCOMPLETE.
IT SHORT-HOPPED KENNY CHEATHAM
WITH GERALD GRIFFIN IN
COVERAGE.
NOW A DECISION FOR TOM
OSBORNE.
IT WOULD BE A LONG FIELD GOAL
-- BETTER THAN 50 YARDS --
INTO THE WIND.
♪(Band playing)♪
Sean>> IT IS TERRY FAIR BACK
DEEP FOR PHILLIP FULMER.
DESPITE HIS PROBLEMS PUNTS
TONIGHT AND IN THE SEC
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, HE'S BACK
THERE.
MIGHT NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THAT ONE.
LANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
END ZONE, A TOUCHBACK.
36-YARD PUNT WITH A NET OF
Sean>> ALL MONDAY NIGHT, RIGHT
HERE ON CBS.
TONIGHT IT'S THE FEDEX ORANGE
BOWL -- ON CBS.
FINAL GAME FOR PEYTON MANNING.
AS QUARTERBACK OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.
LEWIS UP THE MIDDLE.
THAT'S 5.
STEVE WARREN, A BACK-UP
DEFENSIVE TACKLE WITH HELP
FROM JAY FOREMAN ON THE STOP
FOR NEBRASKA
Terry>> TENNESSEE, WHEN YOU
GET 5 YARDS ON 1st AND 10 FROM
THE DEFENSE YOU'RE STARTING TO
CONTROL THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE
AND IT'S NOT AN EASY DEFENSE
TO CONTROL.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF MOBILITY
AND ATHLETICISM, BUT TENNESSEE
CAN MOVE THE BALL.
Sean>> THEY'RE MOVING IT
AGAINST THE FIFTH BEST DEFENSE
IN THE NATION IN TOTAL
DEFENSE.
MANNING IN THE FLAT.
INCOMPLETE.
LOW BALL -- LOOKING FOR ANDY
MCCULLOUGH.
THE OTHER GOOD NEWS FOR
TENNESSEE -- YOU WOULD NEVER
KNOW PEYTON MANNING HAD A BAD
KNEE THE WAY HE HAS THROWN THE
BALL TONIGHT.
Sean>> MOST WOULD SAY MICHIGAN
HAS THE BETTER DEFENSE, BUT
MANY WOULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT
NEBRASKA HAS A MUCH BETTER
OFFENSE.
NEBRASKA AVERAGED 47 POINTS
PER GAME.
MICHIGAN NEVER SCORED MORE
THAN 38 IN A SINGLE GAME.
Sean>> MANNING UNDER PRESSURE
-- HAS A MAN IN THE FLAT --
WENT THROUGH THE HANDS OF
LEWIS.
A LITTLE BIT HIGH.
WARREN WAS PUTTING THE HEAT ON
MANNING.
THIS TEAM, IT IS 3 DOWNS AND A
PUNT FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.
Terry>> STEVE WARREN, THE
NOSEGUARD, CAME UP THE MIDDLE
OF THE TENNESSEE OFFENSIVE
LINE THIS TIME, WORKING
AGAINST TREY TEAGUE, NUMBER
70.
ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES TONIGHT
THAT MANNING HASN'T BEEN ABLE
TO SET HIS FEET AND THROW
PROPERLY.
Sean>> CHRIS HOGUE HAVING A
CAREER NIGHT.
PUNTING WITH THE WIND THIS
TIME.
HE KICKED TWO BEAUTIES AGAINST
THE WIND.
AND HERE IS ANOTHER CANNON
SHOT.
NEWCOMBE BACK TO THE 20.
AND HE'S STOPPED AT THE 31
YARDLINE.
A 55-YARD PUNT BY HOGUE.
AND 11-YARD RETURN.
CHRIS HOGUE --THE SENIOR FROM
MEMPHIS.
Sean>> AHMAN GREEN SLIPPED AS
HE WAS TRYING TO TURN
DOWNFIELD.
GREEN IS DOWN WITH A LOSS OF
2, BACK TO THE 29.
Terry>> AL WILSON, PLAYING THE
INSIDE LINEBACKER POSITION,
FORCED THE SWEEP LIKE YOU WANT
YOUR LINEBACKER TO FORCE IT,
HE RAN RIGHT DOWNHILL AND
AHMAN GREEN FLAT DUCKED TO
KEEP FROM GETTING BEHEADED BY
HIM.
Sean>> REMEMBER WHAT WE TOLD
YOU ABOUT NEBRASKA -- NOT ONLY
LEADING THE NATION IN RUSHING
THIS SEASON BUT THEY AVERAGE
60 YARDS PER GAME MORE THAN
ANY OTHER TEAM IN THE NATION
IN RUSHING.
HAVING A TOUGH TIME TONIGHT
AGAINST THIS VERY QUICK
TENNESSEE DEFENSE.
THE RECEIVER UPENDED --
NEWCOMBE DRAWS THE FLAG.
HE COLLIDED WITH TORI NOEL.
AND THE OFFICIALS THREW THE
FLAG AT THE 45 YARDLINE.
Terry>> THAT'S A GOOD CALL BY
THE OFFICIAL.
ONE THING YOU CAN'T DO WHEN
YOU PLAY PASS DEFENSE IS PUT
YOUR HANDS ON SOMEONE.
TORI NOEL WORKING AGAINST
BOBBY NEWCOMBE, RIGHT IN THE
SLOT, WHEN NEWCOMBE BREAKS
OUTSIDE NOEL TAKES HIM BY THE
SHIRT AND TRIED TO HOLD HIM.
SCOTT FROST SAW IT.
ONCE HE SAW THE FLAG, HE WAS
OKAY.
PHILLIP DIDN'T SEE IT.
Sean>> I THINK MAYBE PHIL
FULMER HAS AN ARGUMENT THAT IT
COULD HAVE BEEN DEFENSIVE
HOLDING.
FROST I THINK STILL HAD THE
BALL WHEN THE CONTACT WAS
MADE.
NEWCOMBE TOOK A COUPLE OF
STEPS AND FELL DOWN.
INSTEAD OF A 5-YARD PENALTY,
WALKING OFF TO THE SPOT AT THE
44.
A FLAG THROWN WHERE YOU WOULD
EXPECT OFFENSIVE HOLDING.
Terry>> GUARANTEE, THIS IS
GOING BACK ANOTHER 10 YARDS
FROM THE SPOT OF THE FOUL.
Sean>> HOLDING IS THE CALL.
INTERESTING, THE RESULTS OF
THE ALL-TIME GREATS POLL --
THE '95 NEBRASKA TEAM.
WE ASKED TOM OSBORNE SOME OF
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS CAREER
-- MEMORABLE GAMES OR SEASONS
-- HE SAID '78 WHEN HE BEAT
OKLAHOMA FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THAT WAS THE KNOCK ON HIM
EARLY IN HIS CAREER.
HE COULDN'T WIN THE BIG ONE.
HE FINALLY BEAT OKLAHOMA.
HE MENTIONED OTHER TEAMS ALONG
THE WAY.
HE SAID "THE '95 TEAM I
ENJOYED ON THE FIELD, HE DID
MAKE THE DISTINCTION, ON THE
FIELD.
THE OFF THE FIELD PROBLEMS
WERE A DISTRACTION.
Terry>> HE CLEARLY MADE THAT
DISTINCTION IN THE
CONVERSATION, AND YOU DO AS A
COACH.
IT AFFECTS YOU.
Sean>> SHOVEL PASS TO GREEN.
GREEN TRYING TO TURN THE
CORNER.
AHMAN GREEN BACK INTO
TENNESSEE MATERIALITY.
1st DOWN, AND MUCH MORE -- ALL
THE WAY TO THE 36 OF THE VOLS.
DARWIN WALKER, RAYNOCH
THOMPSON BROUGHT DOWN GREEN
AFTER A GAIN OF 29.
Terry>> THIS IS A LITTLE
SHOVEL PASS THAT NEBRASKA
RUNS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE AN INVERTED
OPTION PLAY.
INSTEAD OF THE BACK BEING ON
THE UPFIELD OF THE
QUARTERBACK, IT'S UNDERNEATH
-- AND THE QUARTERBACK, FROST,
JUST SHOVELS IT TO AHMAN
GREEN, HE GETS A GREAT BLOCK
BY BOBBY NEWCOMBE, NUMBER 12,
THE WIDE RECEIVER, AND AHMAN
GREEN IS A VERY POWERFBACK,
AND HE WILL PUNISH YOU RATHER
THAN RUN OUT OF BOUNDS -- HE
WILL RUN RIGHT THROUGH YOU.
Sean>> DARWIN WALKER DOWNFIELD
AGAIN.
Terry>> SEAN, ONE THING ABOUT
AHMAN GREEN, HE AVERAGES 172
YARDS WHEN HE'S PLAYING
AGAINST RANKED TEAMS.
HE GENERALLY AVERAGES ABOUT
156 YARDS A GAME.
HE GETS UP FOR BIG, IMPORTANT
GAMES.
Sean>> RAYNOCH THOMPSON LEFT
EARLIER IN THE GAME WITH A
SPRAINED ANKLE AND RETURNED;
BUT IT LOOKS A BIT MORE
SERIOUS THIS TIME AROUND.
HE HAS BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR ON
DEFENSE TO THIS POINT FOR
TENNESSEE.
Sean>> 1st AND 10.
NEBRASKA AT THE TENNESSEE 36.
GREEN CUTS BACK.
GREEN DELIVERING A BULLET
AND HE GOT KNOCKED DOWN BY
LEONARD LITTLE.
TERRY FAIR HAD THE FIRST HIT
LOW, AND GREEN JUST SMILED AT
LITTLE WHO WAS BARKING A BIT
IN THE FACE OF AHMAN AFTER THE
HIT.
Terry>> WATCH THE OUTLAND
TROPHY WINNER.
THERE IS SOME HITTING GOING ON
DOWN THERE, SEAN, AND NUMBER
67, AARON TAYLOR, THE OUTLAND
TROPHY WINNER, THE LEFT GUARD,
MADE A GREAT BLOCK TO OPEN UP
THAT CUTBACK LANE FOR GREEN.
Sean>> SECOND AND SHORT.
TWO YARDS TO GO FOR NEBRASKA.
1st DOWN.
GREEN.
TO THE 26.
IT WILL BE CLOSE.
BILL DUFF AND ANTHONY HAMPTON
COMBINING ON THE STOP.
HAMPTON WEARS NUMBER 85.
HE CAME IN TO REPLACE THOMPSON
WHO LEFT TWO PLAYS AGO.
Terry>> SEAN, IF YOU'RE
PLAYING DEFENSE NOW, AT
TENNESSEE, YOU'VE GOT TO BE
TALKING ABOUT, LISTEN,
FELLOWS, LET'S MAKE SURE WE
ONLY GIVE UP A FIELD GOAL
HERE.
LET'S NOT GO IN 21-3 AT
HALFTIME.
IF WE GO IN 17-3 WE'RE TWO
TOUCHDOWNS DOWN WITH PEYTON
MANNING, SOME OF OUR
RECEIVERS, WE CAN GET RIGHT
BACK INTO THIS GAME.
Sean>> TIME OUT FOR A
MEASUREMENT.
Sean>> IT IS A 1st DOWN.
OUR OVERHEAD SHOTS ARE
COURTESY OF THE GOODYEAR BLIMP
STARS & STRIPES.
IT WAS 1960 WHEN THE GOODYEAR
BLIMPS FIRST BEGAN LIVE SPORTS
COVERAGE RIGHT HERE IN SOUTH
FLORIDA AT THE ORANGE BOWL.
BACK IN THOSE DAYS, THE GAME
WAS PLAYED AT THE ORANGE BOWL
STADIUM -- WE'VE MOVED A
LITTLE BIT NORTH TO THIS
BEAUTIFUL NEW FACILITY, PRO
PLAYER STADIUM.
JAY SIMS NOW IN AS THE I-BACK
FOR THE HUSKERS.
FROST PITCHES TO SIMS.
HE'S OUT OF BOUNDS.
UPON PERHAPS A GAIN OF 1 FOR
THE OLDEST PLAYER IN THE GAME
TONIGHT -- JAY SIMS, 26 YEARS
OLD.
HE SPENT A COUPLE OF YEARS
WORKING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL
BEFORE HE CAME TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
AS A WALK-ON.
HE'S NOW ON SCHOLARSHIP --
GRADUATED IN DECEMBER WITH A
DEGREE IN COMMUNICATIONS.
Terry>> IN THE 2nd QUARTER THE
NEBRASKA OFFENSIVE LINE IS
BEGINNING TO ASSERT ITSELF --
STARTING TO COME OFF THE BALL
BETTER THAN THEY DID EARLIER
IN THE GAME, THEY HAVE BETTER
FIELD POSITION, PLAYING WITH
MORE CONFIDENCE.
Sean>> SIMS STILL THE I-BACK.
THE GIVE TO MAKOVICA -- A
SHORT GAIN.
AL WILSON WRAPPED HIM UP.
MAKOVICKA, GREEN AND FROST,
THE STARTING BACK FIELD HAVE
COMBINED THIS SEASON FOR 3,657
YARDS RUSHING AND 50
TOUCHDOWNS.
Terry>> WHEN YOU RUN BEHIND
THIS BIG OFFENSIVE LINE,
NUMBER 67, THE LEFT GUARD
RIGHT THERE, AARON TAYLOR, HE
TOOK THE NOSEGUARD AND KNOCKED
HIM 5 GUARDS OFF CENTER AND
THEY CREATE A VOID IN THE
DEFENSE.
BUT TENNESSEE IS QUICK ENOUGH
TO FILL IT UP WITH SOME OTHER
DEFENDER.
Sean>> STILL SIMSLET I-BACK.
THEY HAND IT OFF TO WIGGINS,
AND HE IS CLOSE TO A 1st DOWN.
SHEVIN WIGGINS HAD JUST ONE
RUSH ALL SEASON PRIOR TO
TONIGHT.
HE'S HANDLED IT ON A COUPLE OF
OCCASIONS TONIGHT INCLUDING
THE 10-YARD RUN FOR THE SECOND
NEBRASKA TOUCHDOWN.
Terry>> I THINK NEBRASKA WILL
GO FOR THIS.
THEY RUN 68 RUNNING PLAYS PER
GAME ON AVERAGE.
Sean>> THE 1st DOWN IS ALMOST
AN AUTOMATIC -- AS TERRY
SUGGESTS.
DUE TO THE PROWESS ON THE
GROUND BY NEBRASKA.
IT WAS FROST ON THE KEEPER,
1st AND 10 AT THE 14 YARDLINE,
AND THE TIME IS BECOMING A
FACTOR.
55 SECONDS LEFT.
Terry>> LOOK AT THE PUSH BY
THIS BIG OFFENSIVE LINE.
THEY JUST MOVE THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE.
THEY WILL GET THEIR PADS
UNDERNEATH -- FROST EASILY
MAKES THE 1st DOWN BEHIND
AARON TAYLOR, THE LEFT GUARD.
Sean>>
Terry>> THIS IS A STACK-I.
Sean>> IT'S FROST.
HE RAN INTO TROUBLE AND PUT IT
ON THE GROUND AND IT IS STILL
FREE!
AND TENNESSEE HAS RECOVERED!
FIRST TURNOVER OF THE NIGHT BY
NEBRASKA, AND A BIG ONE!
♪(Band playing)♪
Sean>> JONATHAN BROWN CAME UP
WITH THE BALL AFTER TERRY FAIR
AND ANTHONY HAMPTON COMBINED
TO LEVEL SCOTT FROST AND KNOCK
THE BALL LOOSE.
Terry>> SCOTT FROST ON THE
OPTION JUST GETS STRIPPED.
A GREAT PLAY BY TERRY FAIR.
Sean>> FINALLY, A
Sean>> THAT IS A SPECTACULAR,
ANNUALLY THE BEST HALFTIME
SHOW OF ALL THE BOWL GAMES.
LEWIS UP THROUGH A BIG HOLE.
LOOK AT HIM POWER HIS WAY
ACROSS THE 40!
AND NOW TENNESSEE WILL USE A
TIME OUT -- A RUNNING PLAY --
TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET
SOMETHING TO GET SOME
BREATHING ROOM, AND THEN
PERHAPS TAKE A CHANCE, AND
THAT'S WHAT THEY WILL DO NOW
-- ONE TIME OUT LEFT FOR THE
VOLUNTEERS -- 26 SECONDS LEFT
IN THE HALF.
THEY'RE OUT AT THE 42.
Terry>> WHEN YOU'RE BACKED UP
LIKE TENNESSEE WAS, WHATEVER
YOU DO, YOU DON'T WANT TO TURN
THE BALL OVER.
IT'S A GREAT LEAD BLOCK BY THE
FULLBACK, SHAWN BRYSON, AND
JAMAL LEWIS SHOWING WHY HE IS
SUCH A STRONG RETURN AS A --
STRONG RUNNER AS A FRESHMAN
TAILBACK.
THIS GUY HAS POWERFUL LEGS.
HE DRAGS NEBRASKA TACKLERS
WITH HIM, AND HE HASN'T HAD A
BAD 1st HALF EXCEPT FOR THAT
ONE FUMBLE THAT OCCURRED TO
HIM EARLY IN THE GAPE.
IF HE CAN GET ON TRACK IT WILL
OPEN UP THE GAME IN THE 2nd
HALF.
Sean>> HE WAS COMPARED WITH
JAMAL LEWIS, COMING OUT OF
HIGH SCHOOL, TO HERSCHEL
WALKER -- BOTH FROM GEORGIA --
JAMAL IS FROM ATLANTA.
THIS SEASON, LEWIS HAD THE
SECOND HIGHEST FRESHMAN
RUSHING TOTAL IN THE HISTORY
OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
-- ONLY HERSCHEL WALKER RUSHED
FOR MORE YARDS IN HIS FRESHMAN
SEASON IN THE SEC.
Terry>> I THINK TENNESSEE MAY
TAKE A SHOT DOWNFIELD WITH 26
SECONDS LEFT IN THE HALF HERE.
Sean>> WHY NOT?
NOW THAT THEY'RE AT THE 42.
MANNING HIT AS HE THROWS --
THAT MIGHT BE A COMPELLING
ARGUMENT WHY NOT.
GRANT WISTROM FINALLY GOT TO
PEYTON MANNING.
NO PROBLEMS WITH THE KNEE AS
MANNING GETS BACK UP WITH 23
SECONDS LEFT IN THE HALF --
SECOND AND 10.
Terry>> IT'S SURPRISING,
BECAUSE TENNESSEE'S LINE HAS
DONE A REASONABLE JOB TONIGHT
GIVING PEYTON MANNING PLENTY
OF TIME, BUT ON THIS
PARTICULAR PLAY, GRANT WISTROM
COMING ON AN INSIDE STUNT PUTS
TREMENDOUS PRESSURE ON PEYTON,
AND LIKE YOU SAY, YOU WORRY
ABOUT THAT KNEE AS THE GAME
GOES ON.
Sean>> THREE STRAIGHT
INCOMPLETIONS THROWN BY
MANNING.
2nd AND 10.
THE PASS IS CAUGHT BY MARCUS
NASH.
NASH HIT HEARD BUT HE HELD
>> NASH HIT HARD BUT HE HELD
ON.
TENNESSEE LOOKING TO THE
SIDELINE TO SEE IF THE LAST
TIME OUT WILL BE USED.
TONY ORTIZ MADE THE HARD HIT
ON NASH.
THEY HAVE ONE TIME OUT LEFT.
I DON'T THINK PEYTON WANTED IT
CALLED.
BUT IT WAS.
YOU CAN SEE HIM HOLLERING AT
HIS TEAMMATES.
Terry>> YOU REALLY NEEDED TO
SAVE THAT TIME OUT FOR YOUR
FIELD GOAL TEAM, SEAN.
PEYTON MANNING EASILY COULD
HAVE GOTTEN UP, DOWNED THE
BALL -- HE HAD MORE DOWNS THAN
TIME LEFT -- HE HAD 4 DOWNS
BECAUSE IT WAS A 1st DOWN, HE
COULD HAVE USED THE DOWN,
SAVED THE TIME OUT FOR THE
FIELD GOAL TEAM.
PEYTON MANNING UNDER REAL
PRESSURE THERE BY JASON PETER,
NUMBER 55.
Sean>>
Sean>> HE DROVE MANNING A LONG
WAY BACK AFTER THE BALL HAD
BEEN THROWN TO GET HIM ON THE
GROUND.
SCOTT FROST TOLD US LAST
SEASON -- HE HAD THE BURSA SAC
INJURY TO THE GREEN.
IT GOT PUFFY JUST AS MANNING'S
DID.
FROST HAD HIS DRAINED 19
POINTS.
HE SAID IN GAMES IT DIDN'T
BOTHER HIM UNTIL HE WAS HIT
AND THE KNEE WAS DRIVEN DOWN
INTO THE GROUND.
IT PUFFED BACK UP.
I WONDER IF SCOTT HAS SAID
THAT TO HIS DEFENSIVE
TEAMMATES.
THEY MADE A REAL EFFORT TO
DRIVE PEYTON INTO THE GROUND.
Terry>> THEY FELT LIKE THEIR
ONLY CHANCE FOR A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP WAS TO BEAT
TENNESSEE WITH PEYTON MANNING
-- NOT WITHOUT HIM.
Sean>> 15 SECONDS LEFT AND NO
TIME OUTS.
THEY GO OVER THE MIDDLE, THEY
WOULD HAVE TO GET UP VERY
QUICKLY TO SPIKE.
Sean>> GET OUT OF BOUNDS.
HE STAYED INBOUNDS AND LUNGES
FOR A 1st DOWN.
THE ONE BREAK FOR TENNESSEE
COULD BE THAT IT'S CLOSE TO A
1st DOWN.
THEY SHOULD AT LEAST STOP THE
CLOCK FOR A MEASUREMENT HERE.
THE OFFICIALS CONFERRING AND
THE HALF ENDS.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY BAD
PIECE OF OFFICIATING THERE OF
THE THEY OTHERWISE HAD A GOOD
HALF.
BUT THAT WAS RIGHT AT THE 30
YARDLINE.
AND VERY CLOSE TO A 1st DOWN.
BUT IT TOOK THE REFEREE, TERRY
MCAULAY, A LONG TIME TO
DECIDE.
Terry>> THE KEY IS JEREMAINE
COPELAND, SEAN, HAS TO GET THE
BALL OUT OF BOUNDS.
THE YARDAGE IS NOWHERE NEAR AS
IMPORTANT AS THE TIME.
GET THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS SO
YOUR COACHES AND PLAYERS CAN
HAVE ONE MORE SHOT AT A FIELD
GOAL OR AT THE TOUCHDOWN.
Sean>> NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
Jim>> PEYTON MANNING 13 OF 19,
96 YARDS, PICKED OFF ONCE,
SCOTT FROST 7 OF 10.
HE'S THROWN FOR MORE YARDS,
LOU, HE'S THROWN FOR 109 IN
THE 1st HALF.
TELL ME ABOUT THE 1st HALF
PERFORMANCE BY THE
QUARTERBACKS.
Lou>> SCOTT FROST IS RUNNING
PLAY-ACTION PASSES COMING OFF
THE RUNNING GAME, THE RUNNING
GAME ISN'T WORKING AS WELL,
BUT HE'S GIVING GOOD
LEADERSHIP, HE DID HAVE ONE
TURNOVER BUT HE'S EXECUTING
THE PLAY-ACTION PASS WELL.
Craig>> I HAVEN'T SEEN PEYTON
MANNING PLAY IN PERSON
RECENTLY.
I THOUGHT HIS CONTROL OF THE
OFFENSE WAS OUTSTANDING.
HE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF YARDS
THROWING THE FOOTBALL BECAUSE
HIS GUYS ARE GETTING TACKLED
AS SOON AS THEY CATCH THE
FOOTBALL.
IF THEY WOULD MAKE A BREAK AND
GO THE DISTANCE THEY WOULD
HAVE THE YARDS.
Jim>> THE SEC IS NOW 5-0 IN
THE POSTSEASON.
AND EARLIER TONIGHT -- LIVE ON
OUR COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY
PREGAME SHOW, THE MOST
REWARDING PASS PLAY OF THE
SEASON -- A 10- 11-POINT LEAD O
3, AND NEBRASKA WILL GET THE
BALL FIRST IN THE 2nd HALF.
JOE WALKER AMONG THE MEN BACK
DEEP FOR THE CORNHUSKERS.
SHEVIN WIGGINS STANDING
ALONGSIDE.
JEFF HALL WITH THE KICK OFF.
A GOOD BOOT WITH THE WIND.
(Captioning sponsored by U.S.
Department of Education, and
CBS.)
Sean>> THE THREE TURNOVERS
COSTLY TO TENNESSEE IN THE 1st
HALF, BUT THE GOOD NEWS,
NEBRASKA JUST 69 YARDS RUSHING
AND PEYTON MANNING WAS NOT
SACKED.
Terry>> THE TENNESSEE
OFFENSIVE LINE HAS CERTAINLY
PLAYED BETTER THAN
ANTICIPATED.
TENNESSEE IS THROWING THE BALL
QUICKLY AND THEY ONLY HAVE 100
YARDS IN TOTAL PASSING
YARDAGE, BUT THE SHOCKING
THING IS TENNESSEE HAS RUSHED
FOR MORE YARDS, 80, NEBRASKA
69, THE NUMBER 1 RUSHING TEAM
IN AMERICA.
Sean>> NEBRASKA ON THE GROUND
IN THE 1st PLAY OF THE SECOND
HALF, AND AHMAN GREEN WENT OUT
ACROSS THE 25.
(Captioned by
Real-Time Captioning, Inc.,
Van Nuys, Calif.)
Terry>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN
TENNESSEE PLAY AS GOOD ON
DEFENSE AS TONIGHT.
THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB
AGAINST THIS NEBRASKA
OFFENSIVE FOOTBALL TEAM.
Sean>> FEWEST YARDS RUSHING
NEBRASKA HAS HAD IN ONE GAME
THIS SEASON IS 335.
NO OPPONENT HAS HELD THEM
UNDER 335.
IT WAS TEXAS A&M THAT "HELD
THEM" TO 335 IN THE SEC
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
AHMAN GREEN HAS A 1st DOWN.
CHASED OUT BY GERALD GRIFFIN.
Terry>> SCOTT FROST CARRIED
THE BALL 8 TIMES FOR A 0.4
YARD UNCLE -- -- YARD AVERAGE
-- UNDER A YARD A CARRY.
A TERRIFIC JOB BY THE
TENNESSEE DEFENSE.
Sean>> AHMAN GREEN LUNGES
FORWARD OFF THE HIT OF GAINES.
Terry>> I THINK TENNESSEE IN
THIS HALF WILL TRY TO PUT THE
BALL DOWNFIELD FURTHER NOW
THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN
PROTECT, THEY PROVED THAT IN
THE 1st HALF, PEYTON MANNING
IS ON THE TARGET, HE'S ON THE
MONEY.
HE LOOKS GOOD TO ME.
Sean>> 5 OR 6 HOURS A DAY IN
THE TRAINING ROOM FOR PEYTON
MANNING HAVE CERTAINLY PAID
OFF.
HIS KNEES HAD HELD UP WELL.
MAKOVICKA RUMBLING INTO THE
SECONDARY -- TERRY FAIR TRYING
TO COLLAR HIM, AND FINALLY HE
DID, AT THE 41 YARDLINE OF
TENNESSEE.
24-YARD GAIN FOR JOEL
MAKOVICKA.
THE JUNIOR FROM NEBRASKA.
Terry>> JOEL MAKOVICKA REMINDS
THE NEBRASKA PEOPLE OF
RATHBURN, THE GREAT FULLBACK
WHO PLAYED AT NEBRASKA THEN
THE 49ers.
JUST A ROLE PLAY TO THE
FULLBACK.
HE FINDS A SEAM, BREAKS A
TACKLE, SPINS OUT AND THEN
DRAGS TENNESSEE FOR THE 1st
DOWN.
THIS IS A WALK-ON -- A FORMER
WALK-ON, ONE OF THE FAMOUS
NEBRASKA WALK-ONS.
Sean>> FROM A FOOTBALL FAMILY,
HIS BROTHER JEFF WAS
NEBRASKA'S STARTING FULLBACK
IN 1995.
FROST KEEPS.
RAYNOCH THOMPSON, WHO HAS BEEN
IN AND OUT OF THE GAME WITH A
SPRAINED ANKLE WRAPPED UP
FROST.
SCOTT ADVANCED THE BALL TO THE
37 YARDLINE.
A GAIN OF 4.
WE MENTIONED MAKOVICKA FROM A
FOOTBALL FAMILY.
NOT ONLY DID THEIR DAD JEFF
PLAY BUT JOHN IN THE
Sean>> 6.5 YARDS PER RUSH.
BEST AMONG ALL FULLBACKS IN
THE NATION.
Terry>> CERTAINLY NEBRASKA'S
BEST BLOCKING FULLBACK.
HE DOES SO MANY NICE THINGS
FOR NEBRASKA.
Sean>> NIGHT BLOCK BY BILLY
LEGATE WHO TOOK OVER FOR
MAKOVICKA.
HE CLEARED A PATH AND GAINES
HAD TO TAKE HIM DOWN IN THE
SECONDARY.
NEBRASKA ON THE MOVE TO BEGIN
THE 2nd HALF
Terry>> WATCH BILLY LEGATE,
THE FULLBACK, YOU MENTIONED
HIS BLOCK RIGHT HERE.
HE'S GOING TO ISOLATE ON THE
LINEBACKER FOR TENNESSEE.
THIS IS WHY TAILBACKS CAN CUT
BACK.
HE REALLY MAKES A TREMENDOUS
BLOCK WHICH OPENS THAT HOLE.
Sean>> TWO MINUTES INTO THE
2nd HALF.
14-3 NEBRASKA.
Sean>> ONE LONG DRIVE IN THE
1st HALF, A 78-YARD TOUCHDOWN
DRIVE.
THEY'RE MARCHING HERE.
THE PLAY GOES TO THE 20 FOR
AHMAN GREEN.
LEONARD LITTLE AND COREY
GAINES COMBINING TO PUT THE
STOP ON GREEN.
Terry>> IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE
TOM OSBORNE AND HIS COACHES
WENT IN AT HALFTIME AND SAID
HEY, FELLOWS, WE HAVE NEVER
HAD 69 YARDS AT HALFTIME
AGAINST ANYBODY.
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK OUT
THERE AND CONTROL THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE AND START TO
ESTABLISH A RUNNING GAME.
Sean>> ALREADY, MORE RUSHING
YARDS ON THIS DRIVE THAN THEY
HAD IN EITHER OF THE FIRST TWO
QUARTERS OF THE FOOTBALL GAME.
SECOND DOWN AND 7.
Sean>> OUT OF THE SHOTGUN.
THEY LOVE THE QUARTERBACK DRAW
OUT OF THE SHOTGUN.
AND FROST IS VERY CLOSE TO A
1st DOWN.
AL WILSON AND LEONARD LITTLE
ON THE STOP.
Terry>> PHILLIP FULMER SEEN ON
THE SIDELINE HAS TO BE
CONCERNED.
YOU GO IN AT HALFTIME, YOU'RE
IN THE BALL GAME, YOU KNOW
YOUR TEAM HAS MADE TURNOVERS,
MISTAKES THAT HAVE REALLY HURT
YOU.
YOU COME OUT, YOU WANT TO GET
OFF TO A GOOD START IN THE 2nd
HALF, AND HERE NEBRASKA TAKES
THE OPENING KICKOFF AND IS
REALLY MOUNTING A POWERFUL
DRIVE -- AND I SAY POWER
BECAUSE THEY'VE KEPT IT ON THE
GROUND AND THEY'RE KNOCKING
THEM OFF THE BALL RIGHT NOW --
SOMETHING THEY WERE UNABLE TO
DO IN THE 1st HALF.
Sean>> IT IS A 1st DOWN.
HISTORICALLY, THAT'S BEEN THE
CASE: THIS NEBRASKA ATTACK
WEARS OUT THE DEFENSE.
AFTER A WHILE, IT'S HARDER AND
HARDER TO STAND UP TO THE
POUNDING.
FROM THIS RELENTLESS RUSHING
ATTACK.
Sean>> FROM THE 13.
1st AND 10.
NEWCOMBE.
BOBBY'S DOWN AT THE 5.
HE LUNGED AHEAD TO MOVE THE
BALL TOWARD THE 4.
HE CAME INTO NEBRASKA AS A
QUARTERBACK -- AN OUTSTANDING
PROSPECT OUT OF ALBUQUERQUE.
RECRUITED BY MOST OF THE TOP
PROGRAMS IN THE NATION.
THEY MOVED HIM TO WINGBACK
THIS SEASON.
FRANK SOLICH WILL BE THE NEW
HEAD COACH AFTER THIS GAME,
SAYS HE WILL GET A LOOK AT
NEWCOMBE TO REPLACE FROST IN
THE SPRING.
Terry>> YOU CAN CERTAINLY
UNDERSTAND THAT, SEAN.
HE'S ONE OF THE FASTEST GUYS
ON NEBRASKA'S TEAM.
TOM OSBORNE WITH A LITTLE
COUNTER PLAY THERE TO BOBBY
NEWCOMBE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE FAST FLOW OF TENNESSEE'S
DEFENSE.
Sean>> GREEN.
FOLLOWING JOEL MAKOVICKA'S
BLOCK.
GREEN HAS THE 1st DOWN.
AND IT WILL BE 1st AND GOAL
FOR THE HUSKERS AT THE 2.
THIS IS THE LAST GAME FOR TOM
OSBORNE.
AFTER 25 YEARS AS HEAD COACH.
Sean>> FRANK SOLICH, 19 YEARS
AS AN ASSISTANT TO OSBORNE,
FORMER OUTSTANDING RUNNING
BACK AT NEBRASKA BACK IN THE
MID '60s, AND SOLICH WILL TAKE
OVER.
Sean>> HE SAID TOM TOLD ME
BEFORE THE SEASON THIS WAS
GOING TO BE IT BUT THE TWO OF
THEM KEPT IT A SECRET.
11th PLAY OF THE DRIVE -- AND
IT IS STOPPED AT THE GOAL
LINE.
Sean>> LEONARD LITTLE PUT THE
POP ON AHMAN GREEN.
TOM OSBORNE HAS A NUMBER OF
LONG-TIME ASSISTANTS, BUT NO
LACK OF HARMONY ON THE STAFF.
THE REST OF THE STAFF MEMBERS
KNEW SIX YEARS AGO WHEN
OSBORNE MADE SOLICH THE
ASSISTANT HEAD COACH THAT THAT
REALLY WAS TOM'S WAY OF
DESIGNATING SOLICH AS THE MAN
HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SUCCEED
HIM.
Terry>> TOM SAID THE TIMING
FOR HIM TO RETIRE WAS PERFECT
-- BECAUSE HE COULD HELP
INFLUENCE WHO HIS SUCCESSOR
WOULD BE.
THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTND
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AGREED WITH
THE DECISION.
Sean>> FROST UP AND OVER --
AND IN FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
AN IMPRESSIVE OPENING DRIVE,
NEVER MIND THE PASSES OR THE
PLAY-ACTION FAKES, NEBRASKA
GOES BACK TO ITS BREAD AND
BUTTER, AND THEY MADE THAT
LOOK EASY.
♪(Band playing)♪♪
Terry>> THAT OFFENSIVE LINE
HAS COME OUT IN THE 2nd HALF
AND RE-ESTABLISHED THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE.
SCOTT FROST IN THERE BY AT
LEAST A YARD -- A YARD AND A
HALF BEHIND THE BIG LEFT
GUARD, AARON TAYLOR, THE
CENTER ARE NUMBER 59, JOSH
HESKEW.
Sean>> FROST MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SHAKEN UP, POINTING TO HIS
LEFT CALF.
DARWIN WALKER IS GOING OFF,
GRABBING AT THE BACK OF HIS
NECK.
Terry>> SEAN, HAVE YOU NOTICED
HOW MANY TENNESSEE PLAYERS
HAVE LEFT THE GAME ALREADY?
ONE OF THE DIFFICULT THINGS,
WHEN YOU PLAY NEBRASKA, THEY
ARE SO PHYSICAL AND SO STRONG
AND SO DEEP, THEY BEGIN TO
JUST WEAR YOU OUT.
Sean>> KRIS BROWN FOR THE
EXTRA POINT.
AND IT IS GOOD.
80-YARD DRIVE BY NEBRASKA.
Sean>> AN IMPRESSIVE OPENING
DRIVE TO BEGIN THE SECOND HALF
BY NEBRASKA, AND THE LEAD IS
21-3 FOR THE CORNHUSKERS,
TENNESSEE ABOUT TO GET THE
BALL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE
2nd HALF.
CEDRIC WILSON TOOK KRIS
BROWN'S KICKOFF AT THE GOAL
LINE.
NICE MOVES TO GET ACROSS THE
20 AND NOW
NICE RETURN BY WILSON.
LET'S GET AN UPDATE ON THE
CONDITION OF SCOTT FROST.
HERE IS MICHELE TAFOYA.
Michele>> SCOTT IS SUFFERING
CRAMPS IN BOTH CALVES, MORE IN
THE LEFT THAN THE RIGHT BUT HE
TOLD ME HE'S FINE.
QUARTERBACK COACH CAME OVER
ASKING IF THEY NEEDED ICE TO
RUN THE CALVES DOWN BUT THE
STAFF SAID THEY DIDN'T EVEN
NEED THAT.
BACK TO YOU.
Sean>> ON THAT DRIVE, 12
PLAYS, 80 YARDS, 74 OF THEM ON
THE GROUND, AND THE ONE PASS
WHICH THE OFFICIAL SCORER
DEEMED A PASS WAS THE SHOVEL
PASS.
74 YARDS RUSHING ON THE
OPENING DRIVE OF THE HALF, 69
YARDS RUSHING THE ENTIRE 1st
HALF.
JAMAL LEWIS OUT TO THE 29.
A GAIN OF 2 FOR THE FRESHMAN.
Terry>> SEAN, IN VISITING WITH
PHILLIP FULMER, THIS WEEK
PRIOR TO THE GIM, -- PRIOR TO
THE GAME HE SAID ONE OF THE
THINGS WE'VE GOT TO DO TO WIN
THIS GAME IS ANSWER WHEN
NEBRASKA SCORES.
NEBRASKA IS REALLY TOUGH WHEN
THEY GET AHEAD BY A COUPLE OF
TOUCHDOWNS BECAUSE THEY
CONTROL THE BALL ON YOU
BECAUSE THEY'RE A
GROUND-ORIENTED GAME AND THEY
CONSEQUENTLY EAT UP THE CLOCK.
PHILLIP SAID WE'VE GOT TO COME
BACK AND ANSWER.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DRIVE.
Sean>> ON 2nd AND 8.
THE RUN YIELDS NOTHING.
MIKE RUCKER AND JASON PETER AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE FOR
NEBRASKA.
Sean>> IT WILL BE 3rd DOWN AND
8.
Terry>> NEBRASKA HAS GONE TO
THEIR NICKEL PACKAGE -- PUT
THEIR FIFTH DEFENSIVE BACK IN
THE GAME EXPECTING PASS.
Sean>> THREE WIDE RECEIVERS.
NO TIGHT END FOR TENNESSEE.
MANNING RUNNING OUT OF TIME --
HE'S SACKED BY MIKE RUCKER.
THE FIRST SACK OF MANNING
TONIGHT.
Terry>> MIKE RUCKER, THE LEFT
DEFENSIVE END, NUMBER 84, RUNS
A LITTLE INSIDE STUNT MOVE.
HE'S THE ONE WHO COMES
UNDERNEATH, SLIPS THROUGH A
LITTLE CRACK IN THE TENNESSEE
LINE THERE TO SACK PEYTON
MANNING.
PEYTON NEVER HAD TIME TO GET
THAT ARM COCKED AND GET THE
BALL DOWN THE FIELD.
Sean>> CHRIS HOGUE WITH HIS
WORST PUNT OF THE NIGHT.
BUT HE DID GET A OOD BOUNCE.
HOGUE AVERAGED 61 YARDS PER
PUNT ON 3 PUNTS IN THE 1st
HALF.
THAT ONE WOUND UP GOING 43.
THERE IS A FLAG DOWN AT THE 41
YARDLINE.
AND IT'S FOR AN ILLEGAL BLOCK
IN THE BACK AGAINST NEBRASKA.
Referee>> ILLEGAL BLOCK IN THE
BACK ON THE RECEIVING TEAM
DURING THE KICK.
10 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE
KICK -- 1st DOWN.
Terry>> SEAN, I REALLY THINK
THE NEBRASKA OFFENSE IS ONE OF
THE TOUGHEST IN THE COUNTRY TO
STOP.
Sean>> BACK IN A MOMEN
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AHMAN GREEN WITH RUNNING ROOM
AGAIN OUT TO THE 35.
TERRY, OBVIOUSLY, BEFORE THE
BREAK, GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO
FINISH YOUR THOUGHT ABOUT THE
OFFENSE.
Terry>> IT'S SUCH A TOUGH
OFFENSE TO STOP BECAUSE THEY
RUN 3-BACK OFFENSE, MULTIPLE
FORMATIONS, AN OPTION GAME, A
POWERFUL GAME WITH THE
TAILBACK, A MOBILE
QUARTERBACK, AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN THEY JUST STRESS YOU ON
DEFENSE UNTIL YOU COME APART,
AND YOU COUPLE THAT WITH
QUALITY PLAY-ACTION PASSES.
IT'S HARD TO DEFEND IT.
Sean>> GREEN UP THE MIDDLE,
AND HE RAN INTO RAYNOCH
THOMPSON.
MIGHT BE HAVING THE BEST GAME
OF HIS CAREER TONIGHT.
THEY'VE SEEN HIM SEVERAL
TIMES, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER
THOMPSON BEING AS MUCH OF A
FACTOR AS HE HAS BEEN IN THIS
ONE.
SOME QUESTION TENNESSEE AS THE
NUMBER 3 TEAM.
THE PLAYERS TALK ABOUT IT.
THEY'VE DEVELOPED A REPUTATION
FOR NOT WINNING THE BIG ONE --
IN LARGE PART BECAUSE THEY
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DEFEAT
FLORIDA DURING THE PEYTON
MANNING ERA, AND BEFORE THAT,
ACTUALLY, BUT WE'RE SEEING
THIS IS A VERY GOOD TENNESSEE
TEAM, A LOT OF GOOD ATHLETES
WHO CAN RUN ON DEFENSE.
Terry>> THEY PLAYED THAT
NEBRASKA OFFENSE AS WELL AS
ANY TEAM I HAVE SEEN PLAY
AGAINST THEM.
IF THEIR OWN
Sean>> GREEN WITH ONE MAN TO
BEAT AND HE COULD NOT BEAT
HIM!
TERRY FAIR MADE THE
TOUCHDOWN-SAVING TACKLE AT THE
21 YARDLINE.
A 43-YARD PICKUP FOR GREEN.
♪(Band playing)♪
Terry>> SCOTT FROST IS THE
MASTER -- THE MAGICIAN WITH
RUNNING THE OPTION PLAY.
HE COMES DOWN THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE HERE.
HE GETS THE BALL PITCHED.
SOMETIMES HE NEVER EVEN LOOKS.
THIS TIME HE DOES.
HE LAYS IT OFF PERFECTLY.
MAKOVICKA LEADING THE WAY AND
AHMAN GREEN, THE SPEEDSTER,
GETS A CRACK AT THE DEFENSE
AND TURNS IT DOWNFIELD.
Sean>> HE NOW HAS 113 YARDS
RUSHING.
MAKOVICKA.
WEAVING HIS WAY TO THE RIGHT.
A GAIN TO THE 17.
4-YARD PICKUP.
RON GREEN AND LEONARD LITTLE
MADE THE TACKLE.
12 STRAIGHT GAMES WITH 100
YARDS RUSHING OR MORE FOR
AHMAN GREEN.
Terry>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO
ASK YOURSELF WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE IN THIS SECOND HALF
AS COMPARED TO THE FIRST HALF?
WHY CAN NEBRASKA RUN THE BALL
ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW IN THE 2nd
HALF WHERE THEY WILL COULDN'T
IN THE 1st HALF, AND I THINK
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE
INTENSITY OF THE OFFENSIVE
LINE.
THEY SEEM TO HAVE A LITTLE
SKIP IN THEIR STEP, IF YOU
WILL, IN THIS 2nd HALF, WHERE,
IN THE 1st HALF, HAY DIDN'T
SEEM TO, AND TENNESSEE IS NOT
PENETRATING AS MUCH AS THEY
WERE ABLE TO IN THE 1st HALF.
Sean>> GREEN UP THE MIDDLE.
A TIRED LOOKING ARM TACKLES
FROM THE DEFENSIVE FRONT NOW
FROM TENNESSEE.
TORI NOEL HAD TO COME UP FROM
THE SECONDARY TO HELP CORY
TERRY, THE DEFENSIVE END, AND
IT'S CLOSE TO A 1st DOWN.
TERRY MCAULAY, THE REFEREE
SAYS IT IS A 1st DOWN JUST
OUTSIDE THE 10.
THEY COULD GET ANOTHER 1st
DOWN CLOSE TO THE GOAL LINE.
THE DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR THE
TENNESSEE OFFENSE, NOT ONLY IS
NEBRASKA CHEWING UP THE CLOCK
BUT THEY'RE MAKING GROUND.
Sean>> FROST KEEPS.
FROST TOUCHDOWN!
(Applause)
Sean>> HE MIGHT STILL BE
CRAMPING UP A LITTLE BIT.
YOU SAW HIM TRY AND STRETCH AS
HE WENT INTO THE END ZONE.
Terry>> SCOTT FROST WAS
CERTAINLY SILENCED IN THE 1st
HALF BUT HAS RESPONDED IN THE
2nd HALF.
THIS IS A DESIGN QUARTERBACK
KEEP.
HE FOLLOWS THE TAILBACK, AHMAN
GREEN.
HE'S THE ONLY GUY THAT'S
SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE BALL ON
THIS PLAY.
HE'S A GREAT RUNNER.
THEY WANT HIM TO CARRY IT INTO
THE END ZONE.
Sean>> FROST HAD A NEBRASKA
RECORD 19 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.
THAT'S THE SCHOOL RECORD FOR
QUARTERBACKS.
AND HE HAS TWO TONIGHT.
Sean>> THAT RUN WENT 11.
Sean>> SEAN MCDONOUGH WITH
TERRY DONAHUE, MICHELE TAFOYA,
AND ED CUNNINGHAM.
DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU WITH US
FOR THE FEDEX ORANGE BOWL FROM
MIAMI.
NEBRASKA HAS TAKEN CONTROL
LEADING BY 25.
STILL 5 MINUTES LEFT IN THE
3rd QUARTER.
CEDRIC WILSON RUNNING INTO
TRAFFIC.
>> MOM, I LOVE YOU!
GET BETTER, MOM!
ALL RIGHT!
Sean>> THE CHEVROLET
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS IN
EFFECT TONIGHT, AND LATER IN
TONIGHT'S GAME WE WILL BE
GIVING YOU THE CHEVROLET
PLAYERS OF THE GAME.
Sean>> 1st AND 10.
TENNESSEE NEEDS TO DO
SOMETHING.
THEY NEED TO DO IT QUICKLY.
THE PASS CAUGHT BY MARCUS
NASH, A SENIOR FROM TULSA,
OKLAHOMA, WITH 76 CATCHES
COMING INTO TONIGHT BUT HE'S
HAD A QUIET NIGHT.
Terry>> TENNESSEE HAS BEEN
UNABLE TO GET THE BALL
EFFECTIVELY TO MARCUS NASH.
ONE OF THE ADJUSTMENTS
TENNESSEE JUST MADE, THEY WENT
TO THE SHOTGUN THAT TIME.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE
SHOTGUN VERY OFTEN BUT THE
PRESSURE IS STARTING TO MOUNT
ON PEYTON MANNING AND THEY'RE
TRYING TO GET HIM OFF THE LINE
A LITTLE BIT.
Sean>> FROM THE 32.
2nd AND 6.
A LOB.
LOOKING FOR NASH.
HE HAS IT!
AND HE'S ACROSS MIDFIELD.
ERWIN SWINEY MADE THE TACKLE.
ONE ON ONE COVERAGE.
NASH HAD HIS 4th RECEPTION OF
THE NIGHT.
Terry>> THIS IS A GREAT JOB,
NASH GETTING OFF THE BUMP AND
RUN COVERAGE OF ERWIN SWINEY,
THE FRESHMAN, NUMBER 16, AND
PEYTON MANNING LAYS THIS BALL
UP BEAUTIFULLY.
NASH GOES UP, TREMENDOUS
CONCENTRATION, PEYTON MANNING
HERE UNDER THE RUSH.
THEY GOT HIM ON THAT KNEE A
LITTLE BIT.
Sean>> FOREMAN HIT HIM AFTER
THE BALL WAS GONE.
JAMAL LEWIS OFF RIGHT TACKLE,
FOUND THE HOLE.
HE'S DOWN AT THE 41 YARDLINE.
A QUALITY GAIN OF 7 ON 1st
DOWN.
FOR LEWIS.
THERE IS JAY FOREMAN, THE
JUNIOR FROM EDEN PRAIRIE,
MINNESOTA, WHO MADE THE STOP.
HE'S HAD AN UP AND DOWN CAREER
AT NEBRASKA.
WAS A STARTER AS A REDSHIRT
FRESHMAN IN '95, LAST YEAR
BACKED UP JOHN HESS, NOW BACK
IN THE STARTING LINE UP AS A
JUNIOR.
SECOND ON THE TEAM WITH THE 61
TACKLES.
3 1/2 MINUTES REMAINING, 3rd
QUARTER.
MANNING.
THROWS.
CAUGHT -- AGAIN BY NASH.
NO, INCOMPLETE, SAY THE
OFFICIALS.
NASH WAS WIDE OPEN.
THE THROW A BIT ERRANT.
Terry>> I THINK THIS IS WHAT
TENNESSEE HAS TO TRY AND DO:
IS GET THE BALL UP FIELD MORE.
I KNOW EARLY IN THE GAME THEY
WANTED TO HIT THE SHORT PASSES
BUT THEY NEED TO DRIVE THOSE
DEFENSIVE BACKS OFF.
MARCUS NASH.
THAT BALL WENT THROUGH HIS
HANDS.
PEYTON MANNING HAS BEEN
PLAGUED ALL SEASON LONG WITH
DROPPED PASSES BY HIS WIDE
RECEIVERS.
Sean>> NASH SLIPPED, AND THAT
MIGHT HAVE HURT HIS CHANCES OF
CATCHING IT.
MANNING THROWS SHORT OF
JEREMAINE COPELAND.
NOW IT'S 4th DOWN.
AND 4.
DOWN BY 25.
I DON'T THINK PHILLIP
APPROXIMATE FULMER HAS ANY
CHOICE HERE, TERRY, BUT TO GO
FOR IT.
Terry>> GRANT WISTROM, THE
GREAT DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, HAS
BEEN QUIET IN THE 1st HALF,
BUT HE'S STARTING TO TURN IT
UP AND HE GIVES YOU A GREAT
2nd EFFORT ALL THE TIME.
HE'S ALWAYS WORKING AT GETTING
TO THE QUARTERBACK.
Sean>> BIG PLAY HERE FOR
TENNESSEE.
OOZE AS THEY CLING TO HOPES OF
A COMEBACK.
4th AND 4.
BLITZ.
CAUGHT.
1st DOWN.
HE HAD THE FORWARD PROGRESS
BEYOND THE MARKER, AS ERIC
WARFIELD PUT THE COLLAR ON
JEREMAINE COPELAND, BUT IT IS
A 1st DOWN JUST INSIDE THE 37
YARDLINE.
Terry>> JEREMAINE COPELAND
JUST RAN RIGHT DOWN THE FIELD,
TURNED AROUND, AND STOPPED,
AND PEYTON MANNING THREW THE
BALL RIGHT AT HIM.
IT'S A GREAT THROW.
HITS HIM RIGHT BETWEEN THE
NUMBERS.
YOU CAN WATCH HIM IN THE SLOT.
HE TURNED AROUND, THE BALL IS
THERE ON TIME, COPELAND GETS
THE 1st DOWN.
Sean>> THE CLOCK DOWN TO 3
MINUTES AND CHANGE REMAINING
IN THE 3rd QUARTER.
LEWIS.
CLOSE TO ANOTHER 1st DOWN.
HE HAD ONE MAN TO BEAT AND HE
WAS GONE.
INSTEAD, IT'S A GAIN OF 9.
IT WILL BE 2nd AND 1 AT THE 28
YARDLINE OF NEBRASKA.
Terry>> SEAN, THAT WAS A NICE
CUT BY JAMAL LEWIS, THE
FRESHMAN TAILBACK.
HE MADE A COUPLE OF
CORNHUSKERS MISS THERE.
HE IS A POWERFUL RUNNER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A GUY, I
THINK, WHO WILL BE THE NEXT
HEISMAN TROPHY CANDIDATE AT
THE WHY OF TENNESSEE -- AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AS HE
GETS A LITTLE MORE EXPERIENCE,
A LITTLE MORE MATURITY.
Sean>> 67 YARDS RUSHING, ON 13
CARRIES.
HE GETS THE HAND OFF AGAIN,
BURSTS THROUGH THE HOLE, RAN
INTO HIS OWN MAN AND THAT
MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED A
TOUCHDOWN.
INSTEAD HE'S DOWN AT THE 5
YARDLINE.
TACKLED BY ERIC JOHNSON -- A
RESERVE LINEBACKER.
23 YARDS ON THE RUSH FOR LEWIS
AND THE VOLUNTEERS ARE ON THE
MOVE.
Terry>> JAMAL LEWIS ON THE
ISOLATION PLAY FINDS A CRACK
IN THE NEBRASKA DEFENSE.
HE WILL GO AHEAD AND CUT THIS
BALL BACK, AND HE'S GOING TO
RUN IN TO JEREMAINE COPELAND,
NUMBER 6, RIGHT IN THE WAY --
HE MAKES THE TACKLE -- OR AT
LEAST PREVENTS THE TOUCHDOWN
FOR SURE.
Sean>> 1st AND GOAL AT THE 5.
MANNING.
LOOKING IN THE END ZONE.
RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
THROWS -- TOUCHDOWN!
PEERLESS PRICE WITH THE
RECEPTION FOR THE TENNESSEE
SCORE.
Sean>> IT APPEARS THEY WILL GO
FOR TWO.
YOU SAW MANNING HOLDING UP THE
TWO FINGERS, AND THE SIDELINE
HELD UP 2 LOOKING BACK AT THE
OFFENSE.
Terry>> PEYTON MANNING IS A
QUARTERBACK WHO CAN THROW ON
THE RUN AS WELL AS HE WORKS
OUT OF THE POCKET.
TENNESSEE DOES A GOOD JOB.
THEY GET HIM AWAY FROM THE
PRESSURE OF NEBRASKA BY
SPRINTING HIM OUT, BUYING HIM
TIME ENOUGH TO FIND THE OPEN
RECEIVER.
Sean>> IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH
BETTER PEYTON MANNING'S KNEE
IS IN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS.
WE WATCHED HIM PRACTICE THAT
PLAY A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND
HE REALLY HOBBLED AS HE ROLLED
TO HIS RIGHT.
TONIGHT, NO SIGN OF ANY HITCH.
Terry>> SEAN, I DIDN'T THINK
HE WAS HEALTHY FOR THE BALL
GAME BUT HE CLEARLY IS.
Sean>> THE TRY FOR 2 -- HE
THROWS INCOMPLETE, LOOKING
AGAIN FOR PEERLESS PRICE.
ERWIN SWINEY HAS THE COVERAGE.
28-9.
MASTER -- THE MASTER AT
RUNNING THE OPTION.
BUT WHAT A BLOCK BY JOEL
MAKOVICKA, NUMBER 45, THE
FULLBACK.
HE WILL BE WAY OUT IN THE
CORNER.
FROST COMES DOWN, PITCHES.
WATCH 45, THE LEAD BLOCKER.
HE GETS THE TENNESSEE MAN DOWN
THAT ALLOWS THAT CREASE TO
OPEN UP FOR AHMAN GREEN.
Sean>> KRIS BROWN ADDS ANOTHER
EXTRA POINT.
MAKOVICKA PLAYING COURAGEOUSLY
WITH A VERY SORE HAMSTRING
THAT HE PULLED A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO.
HE SAID THERE WOULD BE NOTHING
THAT WOULD KEEP HIM OUT OF
THIS GAME.
Terry>> HE JUST WON'T COME OUT
OF A FOOTBALL GAME.
THEY SAY IF THEY DO GET HIM
OUT, HE WILL REST A PLAY OR
TWO AND WALK RIGHT BACK ONTO
THE FIELD.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE TO CREDIT
THE WIDE RECEIVERS OF
NEBRASKA.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB
DOWNFIELD.
NUMBER 14, LANCE BROWN.
THERE IS BLOCKS ALL OVER THE
FIELD THAT ALLOWED AHMAN GREEN
TO HIT THE CREASES.
Sean>> 29 SECONDS REMAINING IN
THE 3rd QUARTER.
THERE IS AARON TAYLOR.
THE OUTSTANDING LEFT GUARD IN
HIS FINAL GAME AT NEBRASKA.
Terry>> SEAN, WHAT YOU HAVE TO
DO NOW, IF YOU'RE TENNESSEE,
PHIL FULMER HAS THE TOUGHEST
JOB.
HE'S GOT TO TELL HIS TEAM,
LISTEN, FELLOWS, WE'VE GOT TO
KEEP COMPETING.
WE'RE PLAYS AGAINST A GREAT
FOOTBALL TEAM.
WE'VE GOT TO SHOW OUR STUFF IN
THE 4th QUARTER.
WE'VE WORKED HARD.
WE'VE HAD A GREAT SEASON.
YOU LOOK BACK, TENNESSEE HAS
BEEN IN SUDDEN DEATH EVER
SINCE THEY LOST THE FLORIDA
GAME.
EVERY WEEK HAS BEEN SUDDEN
DEATH FOR THEM.
NOW THEY'VE GOT TO SIT IN
THERE AND BE COMPETITIVE AND
JUST NOT GET RUN OUT OF HERE.
Sean>> SUDDEN DEATH BECAUSE
THEY KNEW, AFTER THE ONE LOSS
TO FLORIDA IF THEY WANTED TO
WIN THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH
HAY THEY SAID WAS THEIR MAIN
GOAL AND BE IN THE ALLIANCE
WHICH HAS ELUDED THEM IN
RECENT YEARS THEY NEEDED TO
WIN OUT, SO EVERY GAME HAD THE
SENSE OF URGENCY, COACH
FULMER'S TEAM RAN THE TABLE TO
WIN A CONTRACT EXTENSION
THROUGH THE YEAR 2003 WITH A
HEFTY PAY RAISE -- HE WILL
MAKE ABOUT $750,000 PER YEAR
OVER THE COURSE OF THAT
CONTRACT.
Terry>> IT'S AMAZING WHAT'S
HAPPENED TO CONTRACTS IN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
Sean>> YOU SAY THAT AS IF YOU
MIGHT PONDER GOING BACK.
Terry>> (Laughing) NO.
NO.
Sean>> DARDEN OUT TO THE 30
YARDLINE.
22-YARD RETURN.
PHILLIP FULMER DOESN'T GET
MUCH ATTENTION AROUND THE
COUNTRY -- AND BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, HE DOES HAVE SOME CRITICS
IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
Terry>> I THINK PHILLIP FULMER
IS A VERY UNDERRATED --
UNDERAPPRECIATED, AT TIMES,
COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSEE, AND PRIMARILY
BECAUSE OF THE FLORIDA SERIES.
THAT'S BEEN THE SERIES THAT
HE'S JUST NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET
OVER THE HUMP.
Sean>> JUST A COUPLE OF WINS
AGAINST THE GATORS, HE WOULD
BE A FULLY BELOVED FIGURE IN
THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
LEWIS.
TACKLED FROM BEHIND BY JASON
PETER.
TERRIFIC PLAY BY PETER WHEN IT
LOOKED LIKE LEWIS WAS READY TO
BREAK AWAY.
YOU WONCHED
Sean>> YOU WONDER IF THE VOLS
ARE GOING TO GO WITHOUT A
HUDDLE.
THEY WON'T HAVE TIME, IT
SEEMS, TO GET ANOTHER PLAY OFF
IN THE 3rd QUARTER.
THEY DO NOT.
THE 3rd QUARTER DOMINATED BY
NEBRASKA.
TRYING TO MAKE A STATEMENT FOR
THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.RE BA
AND AN ARTIST AT WORK -- TOM
Sean>> TOM OSBORNE AND PEYTON
MANNING, EACH IN HIS FINAL
GAME AT HIS RESPECTIVE
UNIVERSITY, MANNING THROWS
SHORT TO THE 35, A GAIN OF 2.
IT USED TO BE PEOPLE WOULD
TALK IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL ABOUT
IF YOU RELY ON THE RUN, YOU
CAN'T SCORE QUICKLY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE WEAKNESSES.
WE SAW 21 POINTS AND A
BLIZZARD OF RUSHING YARDS,
UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCE IN
THE 3rd QUARTER BY NEBRASKA.
Terry>> THE THING IS WHY HAS
IT HAPPENED ALL OF A SUDDEN,
AND I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS
IS TENNESSEE IS NOT TACKLING
AS WELL AS THEY DID IN THE 1st
HALF.
Sean>> NEBRASKA 227 YARDS
RUSHING IN THE 3rd QUARTER.
JAMAL LEWIS CHOPPED DOWN SHORT
OF A 1st DOWN.
ABOUT A YARD SHORT.
BRANDON HARRISON, A JUNIOR
FROM GAINESVILLE, TEXAS,
BACK-UP QUARTERBACK MADE THE
TACKLE.
Sean>> DOWN 35-9, 14-MINUTES
LEFT, ONE YARD TO GO --
THEY'RE PUNTING.
Sean>> BOBBY NEWCOMBE WAITING
FOR THE PUNT FROM CHRIS HOGUE
-- OFFSIDE AND THEN SOME,
GRANT WISTROM VERY ANXIOUS
COMING AROUND RIGHT END.
THE QUESTION IS, WAS HE DRAWN
OFF.
Referee>> FALSE START ON THE
OFFENSE.
5 YARDS.
4th DOWN.
Sean>> WISTROM SAID IT WOULD
BE JUST AWFUL -- HE COULDN'T
IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE
IF NEBRASKA DID NOT WIN TOM
OSBORNE'S LAST GAME.
Sean>> HIS TEAMMATES, AND
GRANT HIMSELF, DELIVERING A
BIG PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
NOW IT'S 4th AND 6.
AND NEWCOMBE GOES BACK TO THE
22 YARDLINE.
SHEVIN WIGGINS WAITING FOR THE
PUNT FROM CHRIS HOGUE.
ANOTHER NOSE-UP SPIRAL.
A BEAUTY AGAIN.
SHEVIN WIGGINS FROM THE 20,
STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE AND
DOWN AT THE 28 YARDLINE.
48 YARDS ON THE PUNT BY HOGUE.
FRUSTRATION CONTINUES FOR
PEYTON MANNING.
Sean>> THEY'RE STARTING TO
SENSE IT IN THE NEBRASKA
SECTION.
IN THE TENNESSEE SEATING AREAS
AS WELL, WE MAKE THAT
OBSERVATION BECAUSE A LOT OF
THE VOLUNTEER FANS HAVE LEFT.
JAY SIMS IN AT I-BACK, BACK TO
THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE AND
THAT'S IT.
HERE IS MICHELE.
Michele>> MIKE OSBORNE, THE
OLDEST OF COACH OSBORNE'S
THREE KIDS IS DOWN ON THE
SIDELINES WITH A HAND-HELD
VIDEO CAMERA DOCUMENTING HIS
FATHER'S LAST GAME.
HE TOLD ME RIGHT NOW HE'S
FOCUSED ON THE GAME, BUT IF IT
KEEPS GOING THE WAY IT'S
GOING, HE'S BOUND TO GET
NOSTALGIC AND HE IS SURE HIS
DAD IS TOO.
Sean>> AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE
THE GAME, HIS BIGGEST REASON
TO STEP ASIDE IS FOR HIS
FAMILY, HIS WIFE RAISED THE
CHILDREN AS HE WAS PUTTING IN
17-HOUR DAYS.
IT'S ANOTHER 1st DOWN FOR
NEBRASKA.
Terry>> SEAN, MOST COACHES'
WIVES RAISE THE FAMILIES.
THE COACHES ARE GONE 12, 15,
18-HOUR DAYS.
THE WIVES ARE CALLED UPON TO
DO THAT.
CERTAINLY, TOM IS NO EXCEPTION
WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
Sean>> MIKE IS HOPING HE CAN
TURN HIS DAD INTO A GOLFER --
TOM OSBORNE PREFERS FISHING IN
HIS RARE FREE MOMENTS.
FROST THE KEEPER OUT TO THE
45.
WHAT A TURNAROUND IT'S BEEN
FOR SCOTT FROST AT NEBRASKA.
HE TOOK OVER FOR TOMMY
FRAZIER, ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR PLAYERS AND SUCCESSFUL
PLAYERS IN NEBRASKA HISTORY.
THEY WERE COMING OFF THE BACK
TO BACK NATIONAL TITLES WHEN
THE TEAM STRUGGLED EARLY LAST
YEAR, AND LOST TO ARIZONA
STATE.
MUCH OF THE CRITICISM OF
NEBRASKA FANS DIRECTED AT
FROST.
HE WAS BOOED, AND HE BRISTLED
AT THAT, SPOKE OUT AGAINST IT;
NOW HE HAS BEEN EMBRACED, BUT
YOU GET THE SENSE HE STILL
REMEMBERS THE BOOS TOO.
Terry>> THERE IS NO QUESTION,
SCOTT FROST MADE A POOR
DECISION OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL
WHEN HE CHOSE STANFORD,
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T FIT IN THE
STANFORD OFFENSE.
STANFORD IS A GREAT SCHOOL BUT
HE DIDN'T FIT THERE.
HE WANT TO PLAY FOR BILL
WALSH BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE
KIND OF THROWING ARM HE
NEEDED.
HE MADE A GREAT DECISION WHEN
HE DECIDED TO COME BACK HOME
AND GET INTO THIS OFFENSE,
BECAUSE HE'S A DOMINANT PLAYER
IN IT.
Sean>> HE WAS THE BACK-UP TO
STEVE SENDSTROM FOR TWO YEARS
AT STANFORD, TWO LOSING
SEASONS.
HE WANTED TO GO BACK TO PLAY
ON A WINNING TEAM WHERE HE
WOULD BE A KEY MEMBER.
TO THE TENNESSEE 37 YARDLINE.
NICE BLOCKING BY JEFF LAKE,
WIDE RECEIVERS REALLY ARE
GLORIFIED BLOCKERS IN THIS
OFFENSE.
Terry>> THEY DO A TREMENDOUS
JOB ON THE PERIMETER WITH THE
BLOCKS.
SCOTT FROST RUNNING THE OPTION
TO PERFECTION.
HE LOVES TO KEEP THE BALL AND
HIT THE CREASE IN THE DEFENSE.
THE BIG RED MACHINE RIGHT NOW
IS STARTING TO ROLL.
Sean>> WHAT WAS INTERESTING
ABOUT FROST'S DECISION TO GO
TO STANFORD, TOO, IS HE HAS A
LENGTHY FAMILY HISTORY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA.
BOTH PARENTS WERE ATHLETES AT
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
HIS DAD, LARRY, WAS A FOOTBALL
PLAYER.
HIS MOTHER, CAROL, A TRACK
ATHLETE.
HIS MOTHER, CAROL, WON THE
DISCUS IN THE PAN AM GAMES IN
'67.
Terry>> SCOTT TALKED ABOUT
WANTING TO GET THE EDUCATION
AT STANFORD AND WANTING TO GET
AWAY FROM NEX, TRY SOMETHING
-- FROM NEBRASKA, TRY
SOMETHING NEW.
Sean>> CAROL FROST REMAINS
INVOLVED IN SPORTS IN
FOOTBALL.
THERE IS LARRY FROST, AND
CAROL.
Sean>> LARRY FROST IS THE HEAD
COACH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH
SCOTT FROST ATTENDED IN WOOD
RIVER, NEBRASKA, AND CAROL
FROST IS AN ASSISTANT COACH.
SHE COACHES THE WIDE RECEIVERS
AND THE DEFENSIVE ENDS, AND
THE OTHER DAY WHEN MOST OF
THING MOTHERS OF THE NEBRASKA
PLAYERS WENT TO THE SEAQUARIUM
IN MIAMI SHE SAID SHE WOULD
RATHER STAY IN THE HOTEL AND
WATCH THE N.F.L. PLAYOFF
GAMES, AND THAT'S WHAT SHE
DID.
FROST ON THE CARRY.
CLOSE TO A 1st DOWN AT THE 28.
GRANT MADE THE TACKLE.
Terry>> YOU CAN SEE SCOTT
FROST, WHEN HE HAS THE BALL IN
HIS HANDS, HE'S FALLING AHMAN
GREEN, THE TAILBACK HERE.
THIS IS A DESIGN KEEP.
AHMAN GREEN BLOCKS THE
LINEBACKER AND THERE IS A HOLE
IN THE DEFENSE FOR FROST, AND
HE'S LIKE HAVING ANOTHER
TAILBACK IN THE BACKFIELD.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GUY WHO
WEIGHS 220 POUNDS, HE'S
STRONG, TOUGH, HE'S GOT IT ALL
-- EXCEPT HE'S NOT A GREAT
THROWER.
Sean>> HE HAS AN AWKWARD
MOTION THAT UNDOUBTEDLY BILL
WALSH WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
WORKED WITH, HAD SCOTT STAYED
THERE, HAD BILL WALSH STAYED
AT STANFORD FOR THAT MATTER.
Terry>> HE'S THROWN FOR 1,000
YARDS MOSTLY WITH PLAY ACTION
TYPE PASSING.
Sean>> HE'S GOING TO PLAY IN
POST SEASON GAMES, AND WHILE
HE WOULD LIKE TO PLAY
QUARTERBACK TO PROVE HE IS ONE
OF THE BEST QUARTERBACKS IN
THE COUNTRY HE REALIZES THAT
HE SHOULD PROBABLY PLAY
DEFENSE BECAUSE IF HE HAS A
FUTURE IN THE N.F.L. -- AND
MANY THINK HE DOES -- IT IS AS
A DEFENSIVE BACK.
Terry>> HE REMINDS ME OF NOLAN
CROMWELL, THE GREAT OPTION
QUARTERBACK FROM KANSAS WHO
HAD A WONDERFUL PRO CAREER.
THAT'S WHO HE LOOKS LIKE.
Sean>> FROST, THE PITCH TO
GREEN AND IT IS A LOOSE BALL.
LEONARD LITTLE RAN BY IT, NOW
IT'S PICKED UP AND YOU CANNOT
ADVANCE THAT PITCH -- BUT
DARWIN WALKER RECOVERED AND
DIDN'T REALLY MATTER --
BECAUSE IT WAS 4th DOWN
ANYWAY.
TENNESSEE WAS GOING TO GET THE
BALL.
AND THEY HAVE IT AT ABOUT THE
32.
Terry>> TERRY FAIR, NUMBER 13,
THE DEFENSIVE BACK FROM
TENNESSEE, DOES A GREAT JOB.
HE MAKES THE QUARTERBACK PITCH
THIS BALL.
HE MAKES -- HE STRETCHES IT,
HE STRETCHES IT, THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN, THE BALL IS PITCHED --
THE LEAD BACK, AHMAN GREEN,
HAD GOTTEN AHEAD OF HIM A
LITTLE BIT AND FROST DIDN'T
GET IT DONE.
Sean>> THE COACHES
Sean>> SEAN MCDONOUGH, TERRY
DONAHUE, MICHELE TAFOYA AND ED
CUNNINGHAM AT THE FEDEX ORANGE
BOWL IN MIAMI.
NEBRASKA TAKES OVER.
9:14 REMAINING.
MANNING'S PASS INCOMPLETE.
HERE IS ED CUNNINGHAM, THE
HALL OF FAMER BETTER KNOWN AS
PEYTON'S DAD.
Ed>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
EMOTIONS YOU'RE FEELING NOW?
>> YOU HATE TO SEE THEM LOSE,
NEBRASKA IS A GREAT TEAM, BUT
I HATE TO SEE IT COME TO AN
END FOR PEYTON AND ALL HIS
BUDDIES WHO ARE SENIORS
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE
FOR THEM.
THIS IS A GREAT TEAM.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE
FOR THEM.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE
FOR THE MANNING FAMILY.
WE HAVE HAD A OF WONDERFUL
TIME.
Ed>> TAKE A SHORT BREAK FOR
THE PLAY.
Sean>> AS A LIGHT RAIN BEGINS
TO FALL, MANNING'S PASS TO
LEWIS.
JAMAL IS THROWN FOR A LOSS.
Ed>> AS A PARENT -- HE MADE A
HUGE DECISION TO TURN DOWN A
LOT OF MONEY.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE AS A PARENT?
>> WE WERE PROUD OF HIM.
IT WAS GOING TO BE HIS
DECISION AND WE WOULD HAVE
SUPPORTED HIM IF HE HAD COME
OUT, BUT IN HIS HEART IT'S
WHAT HE WANTED TO DO, AND WE
WERE PROUD THAT HE DID THE
RESEARCH AND HIS DUE
DILIGENCE, AND I THINK IT SAID
A LOT -- I THINK IT MADE AN
IMPACT ON SOME OTHERS, AND I'M
GLAD IT WORKED OUT FOR HIM.
I'M GLAD HE WAS ABLE TO STAY
HEALTHY THIS YEAR.
THEY WON A CHAMPIONSHIP.
I'M GLAD HE STAYED.
HE IS TOO.
WE'RE PROUD OF HIM.
Ed>> ARCHIE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
ENJOY THE REST OF THE BALL
GAME.
Sean>> PASS INCOMPLETE.
HERE COMES THE PUNTING UNIT.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE IS
ANOTHER MANNING COMING ALONG
-- PEYTON'S YOUNGER BROTHER,
ELI, IS A HIGH SCHOOL
QUARTERBACK, A JUNIOR IN NEW
ORLEANS.
SOME SAY AT THAT STAGE OF HIS
DEVELOPMENT, HE'S BETTER AS A
JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL THAN
PEYTON MANNING WAS, AND IF
THAT'S THE CASE IT'S A
FRIGHTENING PROSPECT.
ELI HIGHLY RECRUITED.
Terry>> IF HE IS, HE'S
SOMETHING SPECIAL, AND I'M
SURE HE IS, BUT PEYTON MANNING
REPRESENTS EVERYTHING YOU LIKE
ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
EVERYTHING.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING A MORE
COMPLETE PLAYER AND PERSON
THAN THIS GUY IS.
Sean>> YOU CAN'T CARRY
YOURSELF AS A COLLEGE ATHLETE
WITH ANY MORE CLASS OR DIGNITY
OR GRACE THAN PEYTON MANNING
HAS.
39-YARD PUNT.
BACK IN A MOMENT.
Sean>> AHMAN GREEN HAS A
CHANCE AT THE ORANGE BOWL
RECORD FOR RUSHING YARDS IN A
GAME.
205 IS THE RECORD.
THEY GIVE IT TO AHMAN GREEN,
AND HE'S TO THE 35 FOR A GAIN
OF 1.
MONDAY ON CBS.
Sean>> ALL MONDAY NIGHT ON
CBS.
Sean>> NEWCOMBE TAKES THE
PITCH.
HE CAN FLY!
HE'S STILL FLYING!
FLAG DOWN IN THE SECONDARY.
NEWCOMBE INSIDE THE 25.
AND DOWN TO THE 16.
AN IMPORTANT FLAG -- PERHAPS.
FOR NEBRASKA -- AND FOR
MICHIGAN, BECAUSE YOU WONDER,
TERRY, IF PEOPLE LOOK AT
COMPARATIVE SCORES, IF 35-9
ISN'T ENOUGH TO SWAY SOME,
WOULD 42-9 BE ENOUGH TO SWAY
SOME?
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE
FROST FAMILY, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS
SO AGITATED IN THEIR REACTION
TO THE FAILED 4th DOWN.
THEY KNOW EVERY POINT COULD BE
CRUCIAL.
Terry>> NO QUESTION ABOUT IT,
THE TURNOVER THAT FROST HAD ON
THE OPTION PLAY, NOW THIS BIG
PLAY CALLED BACK AGAIN, IT
PROBABLY WILL INFLUENCE SOME
VOTERS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
ERIC ANDERSON, NUMBER 70, THE
BIG RIGHT TACKLE HUSTLES DOWN
THE FIELD AFTER TRYING TO MAKE
HIS BLOCK, AND ON THE PITCH
PLAY, NEWCOMBE, BOBBY NEWCOMBE
COMES DOWN THE SIDELINE AND
ANDERSON HIT RIGHT IN THE BACK
THERE, PUSHING IN THE BACK,
GETS CALLED AND BRINGS THAT
PLAY BACK.
Sean>> GOOD CALL.
Terry>> IT WAS A GOOD CALL.
THEY SAW IT RIGHT.
Sean>> THEY'VE DONE A VERY
GOOD JOB TONIGHT, THESE
OFFICIALS FROM THE ATLANTIC
COAST CONFERENCE.
Terry>> ERIC ANDERSON, NUMBER
7, ON DEION GRANT, THE
DEFENSIVE BACK FOR TENNESSEE,
AND THE OFFICIAL WAS RIGHT
THERE ON THE SPOT.
YOU HATE TO BRING A PLAY BACK
LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENS.
Sean>> WALKED OFF FROM THE
SPOT, 2nd DOWN AND 6.
HUSKERS AT THEIR OWN 38.
FROST.
THE PITCH TO GREEN.
RUNNING ROOM IN THE CORNER.
HE'S IN TO TENNESSEE
TERRITORY.
DOWN AT THE 47 YARDLINE.
Terry>> YOU KNOW WHAT'S
INTERESTING, TOO, SEAN?
THE NEBRASKA OFFENSE, YOU
COULD ONLY RUN THIS STYLE OF
OFFENSE IN CERTAIN
ATMOSPHERES.
THERE IS A LOT OF PLACES
AROUND THE COUNTRY YOU CAN'T
RUN THIS OFFENSE.
THE FANS DON'T LIKE IT.
IT'S NOT WIDE OPEN ENOUGH IN
SOME PEOPLE'S MINDS.
Terry>> IT'S SO RUN ORIENTED,
AND PEOPLE WANT TO PASS THE
FOOTBALL, BUT PEOPLE IN
NEBRASKA LOVE IT.
Sean>> MAKOVICKA DANCING
THROUGH TRAFFIC.
LOOK AT FROST HUSTLING
DOWNFIELD TO THROW A BLOCK.
TORI NOEL MADE A TACKLE AT THE
37.
1st DOWN NEBRASKA.
Terry>> THE PHYSICALNESS OF
THE NEBRASKA OFFENSE HAS WORN
TENNESSEE DOWN IN THE 2nd
HALF.
TENNESSEE PLAYED TREMENDOUS
DEFENSE IN THE 1st HALF.
BUT NOW, THAT POWERFUL
OFFENSIVE LINE, AND THAT
RELENTLESS ATTACK BY THE BIG
RED, IS JUST WEARING THEM
DOWN, AND THEY HAVE HAD A LOT
OF INJURIES AS WELL, ON
DEFENSE -- A LOT OF PLAYERS
HAVE LEFT THE GAME.
Sean>> JAY SIMS BACK IN AT
I-BACK.
HERE HE GOES.
ALMOST WENT THE DISTANCE.
DEION GRANT MADE THE TACKLE.
14 FOR SIMS.
HE IS THE I-BACK.
AHMAN GREEN IS ONE YARD SHORT
OF THE ORANGE BOWL RUSHING
RECORD WITH 204 YARDS TONIGHT.
Terry>> I THINK IT'S SAFE TO
SAY, IF AHMAN GREEN GETS BACK
INTO THE GAME HE WILL GET THE
ORANGE BOWL RECORD THE WAY
THESE HOLES ARE BEGINNING TO
OPEN UP AGAINST THE TENNESSEE
DEFENSE.
Sean>> THE TRUE FRESHMAN,
BUCHHALTER IS IN AT I-BACK
NOW, AND FROST MIGHT BE
CHANGING THE PLAY.
5 ON THE PLAY CLOCK.
THERE IS BUCHHALTER, FRESH
LEGS, RIDING DOWN INSIDE THE
15 YARDLINE.
UNPRECEDENTED RUN OF SUCCESS
FOR THIS SENIOR CLASS, THE
RECRUITING CLASS OF 1993.
Sean>> OTHER THAN THAT, THEY
DIDN'T DO MUCH.
Terry>> (Laughing) THE OFFENSE
IS OVERPOWERING.
IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO STOP THE
BIG RED ARMY OF CHINA THAN THE
BIG RED ARMY OF LINCOLN,
NEBRASKA.
Sean>> GREEN NEEDS A YARD TO
TIE THE RECORD -- LOOKS LIKE A
GAIN OF 2.
JONATHAN BROWN MADE THE STOP.
THAT IS A TWO-YARD GAIN
OFFICIALLY FOR GREEN, AND HE
NOW HAS THE ORANGE BOWL RECORD
FOR RUSHING YARDS IN A GAME --
206 ON 29 CARRIES.
Sean>> BREAKING THE MARK SET
BY SAYLES, IN THE 1978 ORANGE
BOWL.
AGAINST OKLAHOMA.
Sean>> MAKOVICKA INSIDE THE 10
-- FUMBLE!
AND IT'S STILL FREE!
AND YOU WONDER -- NOT TO
OVERLY DRAMATIZE THE POINT, IF
THAT COULD BE A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP SAVING RECOVERY
FOR THE CORNHUSKERS.
IF EVERY POINT MATTERS, AND
VOTES ARE BEING SWAYED BASED
ON COMPARATIVE SCORES AND THE
LIKE, THEN THIS IS BIG.
Terry>> YOU WATCH THE POWER
AND THE PRECISION OF THE
NEBRASKA OFFENSE, AND IT'S
UNMATCHED IN THE COUNTRY.
NO ONE HAS AN OFFENSIVE TEAM
AS POWERFUL AS THIS ONE.
THEY JUST DON'T.
MICHIGAN CERTAINLY HAS A
TOP-RANKED DEFENSE -- THE BEST
DEFENSE IN THE COUNTRY.
Sean>> FROST SCORES ANOTHER
TOUCHDOWN!
HIS THIRD OF THE NIGHT.
♪(Band playing)♪
Terry>> SCOTT FROST CERTAINLY
HAS STEPPED IT UP A NOTCH HERE
IN THE 2nd HALF.
IT'S THE FAKE TO THE FULLBACK
-- FOLLOW THE TAILBACK.
IT'S A STINE ASK KE
Terry>> IT'S A DESIGN KEEPER
-- THEY'VE RUN IT ABOUT 8
TIMES TONIGHT -- THAT'S WHAT
SCOTT FROST HAS RESPONDED WITH
IN THE 2nd HALF.
Sean>> KRIS BROWN ADDED THE
EXTRA POINT.
42-9 NEBRASKA.
Sean>> THE QUESTION BECOMES,
IS IT ENOUGH TO GET THE
CORNHUSKERS A PIECE, AT THE
VERY LEAST, OF THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
Sean>> TOM OSBORNE WON 2, HAS
BEEN A PART OF THE PROGRAM
SINCE 1962, A ASSISTANT TO BOB
DEVANEY.
KRIS BROWN TO KICK OFF.
CEDRIC WILSON BACK DEEP.
Sean>> GOOD KICK WITH THE
WIND.
WILSON -- IT'S A TOUCHBACK.
PEYTON MANNING'S CAREER AT
TENNESSEE IS OVER AS TEE
MARTIN HAS HIS HELMET ON AND
HE'S READY TO RUN ONTO THE
FIELD.
Terry>> THIS IS CERTAINLY
UNDERSTANDABLE.
PEYTON MANNING HAS DONE
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING HE COULD
IN HIS POWER FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.
Terry>> THIS IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR TEE MARTIN AND
A CHANCE FOR PEYTON MANNING TO
COME OUT HEALTHY.
NOT A LOT OF TENNESSEE FANS
LEFT HERE, SEAN.
(Laughing)
Sean>> HANDOFF UP THE MIDDLE,
TRAVIS STEVENS, A TRUE
FRESHMAN, TAKING THE HANDOFF.
MANNING ENDS HIS CAREER
HOLDING EVERY PASSING RECORD
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSEE.
THE SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR,
THIS YEAR.
Terry>> YOU KNOW HE HATES
ENDING HIS CAREER LIKE THIS,
HE IS SUCH A FIERCE
COMPETITOR.
Sean>> MARTIN OVER THE MIDDLE
TO SHAWN BRYSON.
THE POINT WAS MADE AT THE TOP
OF THE TELECAST HE MIGHT HAVE
COST HIMSELF SOME MONEY
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T COME OUT
LAST YEAR.
I THINK HE COULD CARE LESS
ABOUT THAT OF THE HE'S GOING
TO MAKE MORE MONEY, IN ALL
LIKELIHOOD THAN HE WILL EVER
NEED AND HE CAME BACK BECAUSE
HE WANTED TO BE A SENIOR IN
COLLEGE AND EXPERIENCE THE
ENTIRETY OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS
-- AS A STUDENT, AS AN
ATHLETE.
Terry>> SEAN, HE CAME BACK FOR
ALL THE RIGHT REASONS.
THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT EXACTLY
PROBABLY AS HE WOULD WISH BUT
THAT'S LIFE, AND YOU LEARN
SOMETHING THERE TOO.
THAT'S PART OF THE EXPERIENCE,
AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE.
THAT'S WHY HE CAME BACK.
HE WANTED TO CONTINUE WITH HIS
COLLEGE EDUCATION.
AND WITH THAT EXPERIENCE.
Sean>> LET'S TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO THE LARGER ISSUE
NOW.
WHO IS NUMBER 1.
THE BEST TEAM IN THE NATION.
THIS SITUATION, AGAIN, CRIES
OUT FOR A PLAYOFF -- BECAUSE
IT'S OBVIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO
CHOOSE EITHER TEAM.
Sean>> OUR CREW, I DON'T
THINK, WAS OVERLY GENEROUS IN
AWARDING NEBRASKA A VICTORY IN
THIS GAME.
NICE THROW BY MARTIN, AND ANDY
MCCULLOUGH IS RUNNING FREE IN
THE SECONDARY.
MUCH WAS MADE THAT MICHIGAN
PLAYED A TOUGHER SCHEDULE BUT
I THINK AS WE LOOK AT THE BOWL
GAME RESULTS, TERRY, THE BIG
10 MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED FOR
NOT BEING AS STRONG AS PEOPLE
SAID IT WAS ALL SEASON LONG.
THE BIG 10 REALLY STRUGGLED IN
BOWL GAMES -- 2-5, INCLUDING
MICHIGAN'S VICTORY, AND THEIR
OUT OF CONFERENCE GAMES --
BAYLOR, AND NOTRE DAME, AND
COLORADO -- THAT LOOKS TOUGH,
NOTRE DAME WITH A
DISAPPOINTING YEAR, COLORADO A
DISAPPOINTING YEAR, BAYLOR NOT
A VERY GOOD TEAM, NEBRASKA
WENT OUT AND PLAYED A VERY
GOOD WASHINGTON TEAM IN
SEATTLE -- AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF
THE TOUGHEST PLACES IN THE
NATION TO PLAY, AND WON
EASILY.
Terry>> I THINK IF YOU ARE ONE
OF THE A.P. 70 WRITERS WHO ARE
GOING TO VOTE ON THIS
DECISION, OR ONE OF THE 62
COACHES WHO VOTE IN THE
COACHES' POLL, YOU'VE GOT TO
REALLY SIT DOWN AND THINK
ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE IT WOULD
BE A -- IN MANY WAYS, TO ME, A
TRAGEDY IF BRIAN GRIESE AND
CHARLES WOODSON -- YOU LOOK AT
GRIESE THE ROAD OF A WALK-ON,
WOODSON THE HEISMAN TROPHY
WINNER, IF THEY DON'T GET A
SHARE OF THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP THERE IS
SOMETHING WRONG.
THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY WERE
ASKED TO DO.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SCOTT
FROST AND JOEL MAKOVICKA AND
THOSE GUYS DID EVERYTHING THEY
WERE ASKED TO DO.
Sean>> YES, THEY DID.
MARTIN LOST HIS HELMET -- AND
HE IS SACKED, AND THERE IS A
FLAG THROWN IN THE SECONDARY.
THE SECOND SACK OF A TENNESSEE
QUARTERBACK TONIGHT.
2:04 REMAINING.
NEBRASKA LEADS 42-9.
AND THE OFFICIALS CONFER ABOUT
THE PENALTY.
Sean>> CHEVROLET WILL DONATE
$1,000 TO EACH SCHOOL'S
GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO
AWARD OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.
I THINK IF THESE TWO TEAMS,
MICHIGAN AND NEBRASKA,
NEBRASKA WOULD BE THE
FAVORITE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE
LISTENED TO A RADIO PROGRAM IN
SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY, WHO CARES
WHAT THE ODDSMAKERS SAY, BUT
THEY CALLED OUT AND THE
ODDSMAKERS SAID NEBRASKA WOULD
BE A FAVORITE BY A TOUCHDOWN.
THAT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT BOTH
TEAMS ARE GREAT ON DEFENSE.
YOU HAVE TO SAY NEBRASKA HAS
AN EDGE ON OFFENSE.
Terry>> THAT MAY BE, BUT I
HAVE MY OWN PERSONAL BELIEFS
AND I THINK THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP SHOULD BE SHARED
BY THESE TWO TEAMS.
THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE.
I REMEMBER IN '90, COLORADO,
GEORGIA TECH, THEY SHARED IT.
Sean>> I AGREE WITH YOU, BY
THE WAY.
I'M SAYING FOR THOSE WHO
AWARDED THE THING TO MICHIGAN
AFTER THEY WON YESTERDAY, THIS
SHORTCHANGES THIS NEBRASKA
TEAM, AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
THEY BOTH DESERVE IT.
IF IT ISN'T A SPLIT, SOMEBODY
IS GOING TO BE DESERVEDLY VERY
UPSET.
Terry>> I REMEMBER IN '91,
MIAMI AND WASHINGTON, I HAD A
VOTE IN THE COACHES' POLL AND
I VOTED BOTH TEAMS IN 1st
PLACE, AND I THINK YOU BETTER
WEIGH IT, BECAUSE A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP IS SUCH A SPECIAL
THING TO PLAYERS AND COACHES.
IT MEANS SO MUCH.
Sean>> TEE MARTIN CAN REALLY
RUN.
HE'S INSIDE THE 5.
WITH A MINUTE TWO REMAINING.
AN 11-YARD GAIN.
IT'S UP TO THE VOTERS NOW.
EACH TEAM STATED ITS CASE OVER
THE LAST TWO DAYS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT
SUPER-ALLIANCE WHICH COMES IN
NEXT YEAR DOESN'T SOLVE THE
PROBLEM, THIS YEAR YOU COULD
HAVE HAD THREE UNDEFEATED
TEAMS PLAYING FOR NUMBER 1 IF
FLORIDA STATE HAD WON AT
FLORIDA.
THEN WHAT DO YOU DO
Sean>> HUSKER ILLUSTRATED HAS
PROCLAIMED NEBRASKA NUMBER 1.
1st AND GOAL FROM THE 3.
TEE MARTIN INTO THE END ZONE.
TOUCHDOWN TENNESSEE!
ANDY MCCULLOUGH.
THE HEIR-APPARENT TO PEYTON
MANNING DRIVES THE VOLUNTEERS
DOWN THE FIELD AND A FINAL ACT
FOR GRANT WISTROM AND JASON
PETER WILL BE TO GIVE TOM
OSBORNE A BATH.
Terry>> YOU'VE GOT TO BE
IMPRESSED WITH TEE MARTIN
COMING IN OFF THE BENCH, TOOK
THE TEAM RIGHT DOWN TO SCORE
AND THROWS ACROSS HIS BODY
THERE AND FINDS AN OPEN
RECEIVER IN THE END ZONE.
Sean>> THEY'RE ALL SET.
Terry>> I'M TELL YOU, THAT IS
COLD WHEN YOU GET THAT LITTLE
SHOWER THERE -- BUT YOU LOVE
EVERY SECOND OF IT.
Sean>> NOW THE TRY FOR 2.
MARTIN WAS 4 FOR 4 ON THAT
DRIVE.
HE SWINGS IT OUT AND THERE IS
THE 2-POINT CONVERSION FOR
TRAVIS STEVENS, THE TRUE
FRESHMAN FROM CLARKSVILLE,
TENNESSEE.
THE GAME FROM AHMAN GREEN,
CELEBRATING HIS SECOND
TOUCHDOWN OF THE NIGHT, A
22-YARDER.
HE HAS DELIVERED A RECORD-SETTI
TONIGHT.
Terry>> ONLY THE REAL GOOD
PLAYERS ON THE TEAM, SEAN,
DARE CARRY THAT BUCKET.
YOU LOOK THERE AT JASON PETER,
WISTROM -- THOSE ARE THE KIND
OF GUYS THAT CARRY THAT BUCKET
TO GET THE OLD HEAD COACH.
Sean>> LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
TRYING TO GIVE HIM A
CHAMPIONSHIP CAP AND TOM SAYS
THAT'S OKAY, I LIKE THE ONE I
HAVE ON.
YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT HIM TO
CHANGE -- SO LITTLE HAS
CHANGED ABOUT THE MAN AND THE
PROGRAM OVER THE PAST 36
YEARS.
THEY RUN THE SAME OFFENSES AND
DEFENSES THAT BOB DEVANEY PUT
IN WITH THE HELP OF TOM
OSBORNE, THE SAME NUMBERING
SYSTEM AS IF NOTHING HAS
CHANGED IN THAT 36-YEAR SPAN.
THE ONE THING THAT CERTAINLY
HAS NOT CHANGED IS WINNING.
THEY HAVE HAD 36 STRAIGHT
WINNING SEASONS.
Terry>> TOM OSBORNE, 25 YEARS
HEAD COACH, 25 STRAIGHT BOWLS
-- IT'S INCREDIBLE THE JOB HE
HAS DONE.
Sean>> AS COLLEGE FOOTBALL
FANS WELL KNOW, HE'S NOT AN
EMOTIONAL FAN BUT YOU SENSE
LOOKING IN THE FACE THE
REALIZATION THAT IN 58 SECONDS
HE WILL WALK OFF THE FIELD FOR
THE LAST TIME AND NEBRASKA
WILL BE "THE LAND OF OS" NO
LONGER.
THE FLAG COMES OUT.
ANDY MCCULLOUGH FIELDED IT BUT
HE WAS ON THE NEBRASKA
SIDELINE.
WISTROM AND PETER INCHING
CLOSER.
Referee>> ON THE KICKING TEAM.
PENALTY IS DECLINED.
1st DOWN.
Sean>> THE LEGACY OF TOM
OSBORNE --
Terry>> HERE WE GO.
Sean>> OOH!
ANOTHER BATH IN THAT LEGACY.
A HUG FROM JASON PETER.
Sean>> YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU
WANT ABOUT THE DECISIONS HE
HAS MADE RELATIVE TO SOME
PLAYERS OVER THE YEARS, BUT BY
AND LARGE, THE VAST MAJORITY
OF NEBRASKA PLAYERS HAVE BEEN
OUTSTANDING IN THE CLASSROOM,
OUTSTANDING IN THE COMMUNITY,
AND THEY HAVE HAD SOME
PROBLEMS OFF THE FIELD -- SOME
HAVE QUESTIONED OSBORNE'S
DECISIONS IN THAT REALM, BUT
YOU CAN'T DENY THAT HE DOES
CARE UNBELIEVABLY ABOUT HIS
PLAYERS, AND THEY RETURN THAT
AFFECTION.
Terry>> NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
THERE IS NOT A PROGRAM IN
AMERICA THAT HASN'T HAD SOME
FORM OF PROBLEMS.
NEBRASKA ISN'T ANY DIFFERENT
THAN ANYBODY ELSE WHEN IT
COMES TO THAT.
Sean>> CLEARLY ONE OF THE
GREAT COACHES OF ALL TIME.
AND HE'S 20 SECONDS AWAY FROM
A CAREER-ENDING VICTORY.
ONLY FITTING THAT IT WOULD END
WITH A VICTORY, AND PERHAPS A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR TOM
OSBORNE.
WHO LEAVES US WITH 255 WINS.
Sean>> AND NOT A HAPPY ENDING
FOR PEYTON MANNING.
AS HE HEADS TOWARD THE N.F.L.
AND TOM OSBORNE HEADS FOR A
FISHING POLE.
Sean>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH
ARMEN.
Armen>> THE FIRST THREE
TURNOVERS.
Peyton Manning>> YOU CAN'T
TURN IT OVER AGAINST A GREAT
TEAM LIKE NEBRASKA AND EXPECT
TO WIN.
WE WERE HOPING TO PLAY
MISTAKE-FREE FOOTBALL, AND WE
DIDN'T DO IT.
THAT HURT US.
Armen>> THE WIN, PRESSURE FROM
THE DEFENSE?
Peyton Manning>> WE HURT
OURSELVES.
THEY'RE A GREAT DEFENSE.
IF YOU GIVE THEM ANYTHING EASY
THE OFFENSE IS GOING TO MAKE
YOU PAY.
WE HURT OURSELVES ALL NIGHT.
Armen>> INDIANAPOLIS HAS THE
FIRST PICK.
DOES THAT MATTER TO YOU?
Peyton Manning>> I DON'T KNOW
AT THIS POINT.
IT'S MY LAST COLLEGE GAME.
NOW THAT IT'S OVER I'LL MAKE
THE NEXT MOVE AND WE'LL SEE
WHAT HAPPENS.
Armen>> CLASS ACT, PEYTON.
SEAN, BACK TO YOU.
Sean>> THANK YOU, ARMEN.
Sean>> NEBRASKA A WINNER.
42-17 THE FINAL.
Sean>> AS THE
Sean>> NEBRASKA FANS CHANTING,
"WE'RE NUMBER 1" FOLLOWING THE
VICTORY IN THE FEDEX ORANGE
BOWL OVER TENNESSEE TONIGHT.
TIME AGAIN FOR THE FEDEX
DELIVERY OF THE GAME, AND HERE
IT IS -- AHMAN GREEN, SECOND
OF HIS TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
22 YARDS.
PART OF HIS RECORD-SETTING
PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
LET'S CHECK IN DOWN ON THE
FIELD WITH JIM NANTZ.
Jim>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
SEAN.
SO IN THE 2nd HALF, NEBRASKA,
TONIGHT, PILES UP 340 RUSHING
YARDS IN THE 2nd HALF ALONE.
CRAIG AND LOU -- YOU FORECAST
THAT, LOU, FOR THE 2nd HALF,
THEY WOULD START MOUNTING THE
YARDAGE.
THE BIG QUESTION NOW, WHO IS
NUMBER 1?
COACH?
Lou>> I THINK THAT IT'S
DIFFICULT NOT TO GIVE IT TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY
NEEDED TO DO -- WENT
UNDEFEATED.
BUT HOW DO YOU LOOK AT
NEBRASKA AND SAY YOU PUT ON AN
AWESOME PERFORMANCE ALL YEAR,
I CAN'T VOTE YOU NUMBER 1?
I THINK THEY BOTH OUGHT TO
SHARE IT UNTIL WE HAVE A
PLAYOFF SYSTEM, BECAUSE THEY
BOTH DID EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED
TO DO WHICH WAS GO UNDEFEATED.
Craig>> I CAN'T STRADDLE THE
FENCE.
I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOE
THAT I TRUST THEIR OPINIONS
AND I THINK EVERYBODY IS JUST
LIKE ME OF THIS IS UNFORTUNATE
THAT WE HAVE BEEN PLACED IN
THIS POSITION.
BOTH OF THESE FOOTBALL TEAMS,
MICHIGAN AND NEBRASKA DESERVE
TO BE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
I'VE TAKEN IT DOWN TO THIS.
WHO WOULD I VOTE FOR NUMBER 1
-- WHO WOULD I VOTE FOR WITH A
GAME LIKE THIS, NEBRASKA OR
MICHIGAN.
I THINK NEBRASKA AND THEIR
OPTION WOULD WIN THE FOOTBALL
GAME AND THEIR DEFENSE WOULD
WIN IT FOR THEM.
I'M GOING TO VOTE NEBRASKA
NUMBER 1 IN THE COUNTRY.
I HATE TO DO IT BECAUSE
MICHIGAN HAS DONE EVERYTHING
THEY SHOULD DOCTOR HAVE DONE.
Jim>> WHY COULDN'T THE VOTERS
GET TOGETHER, THE CHAIRMAN OF
ONE OF THE POLLS SAY HEY,
GUYS, GIVE ME YOUR VOTE TO
EACH TEAM AND GO AHEAD AND
ANNOUNCE THEM.
Lou>> BECAUSE THEY WON'T,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO VOTE.
BUT MICHIGAN DID EVERYTHING
THEY COULD DO, BUT SO DID
NEBRASKA.
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO THE
COACHES, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO
THE FANS, IT DOES MATTER TO
THE PLAYERS BECAUSE YEARS NOW
TO SAY I WAS PART OF A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, AND
THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN SAY NO
TO EITHER ONE.
Craig>> THERE IS GOING TO BE A
VOTE AND THERE IS GOING TO BE
CONTROVERSY WHICH IS GOING TO
FUEL ALL THE SPARK AND THE
DESIRE FOR A NATIONAL PLAYOFF
ON THE FIELD.
Jim>> COACH OSBORNE GOES OUT
WITH HIS 4th STRAIGHT BOWL
VICTORY.
HE IS A MAN WHO NEVER CHANGED
IN 25 YEARS.
A PHLEGMATIC, UNFLAPPABLE
FIGURE, A MAN OF DEEP FAITH
AND AT TIMES BLINDING LOYALTY,
BUT AT ALL TIMES A MAN DEVOTED
TO HIS TEAM, TO HIS STATE, AND
TO THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
IN FOOTBALL.
HE'S LEAVING IN HIS ABSOLUTE
PRIME, WINNING PRECISELY 60
GAMES IN HIS LAST 5 SEASONS --
AN UNHEARD OF 12 WINS PER
CAMPAIGN.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, COACH.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE
POLLSTERS TELL YOU -- YOU WENT
OUT ON TOP, IN YOUR SILVER
ANNIVERSARY SEASON LEAVING
NOTHING BUT GOLDEN MEMORIES.
IT'S TIME FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
LET'S TAKE IT BACK TO THE
FIELD AND TO MICHELE TAFOYA.
MICHELE.
Michele>> THEY ARE CHANTING
"T.O." IN THE CROWD FOR NONE
OTHER THAN TOM OSBORNE WHO HAS
JUST COACHED HIS VERY LAST
GAME, BUT WITHOUT FURTHER ADO,
LET'S TURN IT OVER TO LESLIE
PANTENE, PRESIDENT OF THE
ORANGE BOWL.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE ORANGE
BOWL COMMITTEE,
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS AND
ESPECIALLY TO DR. TOM OSBORNE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Tom Osborne>> THANK YOU.
Michele>> ALSO HERE,
COMMISSIONER OF THE BIG-12
CONFERENCE, STEECH HATC,
TO PRESENT THE ALLIANCE
TROPHY.
>> ON BEHALF OF ALL THE
CONFERENCES AND TEAMS IN THE
BOWL ALLIANCE, WE WOULD LIKE
TO PRESENT THIS TROPHY TO YOU,
TOM, FOR NOT ONLY AN
OUTSTANDING SEASON BUT TO A
GREAT CAREER.
WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOR A
WONDERFUL FOOTBALL SEASON, AND
TO THE SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE
FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS THEY
DID IN FOOTBALL THIS YEAR.
AND IN PRESENTING THIS, TOM, I
THINK THE BEST PART IS THAT
MAYBE TOMORROW THERE WILL BE
ANOTHER TROPHY YOU CAN GET AS
WELL.
(Applause)
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
Michele>> COACH,
CONGRATULATIONS.
A DECISIVE WIN, TO SAY THE
LEAST -- AND GIVEN THAT, AND
ALL THE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES,
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS,
TONIGHT, ON THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURE?
Tom Osborne>> I'M VERY PROUD
OF OUR TEAM.
I THINK WE DID ALL WE COULD.
WE WON 13, AND THAT'S ALL WE
PLAYED.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THESE GUYS.
I THOUGHT NAY THEY PLAYED A
GREAT GAME.
Michele Tafoya>> THIS IS THE
LAST GAME FOR YOU IN 25 YEARS
AT NEBRASKA, YOU HAVE COACHED
YOUR LAST GAME -- HOW MUCH OF
THAT HAS SUNK IN SO FAR?
Tom Osborne>> IT'S KIND OF A
BITTERSWEET MOMENT.
VERY PROUD OF THE PLAYERS.
I HAVE GREAT APPRECIATION FOR
OUR COACHING STAFF.
MOST OF WHAT'S HAPPENED HAS
BEEN DUE TO THEIR EFFORTS AND
THE PLAYERS.
WE HAVE GREAT FANS.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR BEING
HERE.
IT'S A GREAT NIGHT FOR
NEBRASKA.
Michele>> COACH,
CONGRATULATIONS.
Tom Osborne>> THANKS, MICHELE.
Michele>> I'M JOINED BY SCOTT
FROST, THE QUARTERBACK OF
TONIGHT'S WINNING NEBRASKA
HUSKERS.
Michele>> WHAT A GAME.
DESCRIBE THE FEELING AT THIS
POINT AND YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURE.
Scott>> IT FEELS GREAT.
I'M SO PROUD OF THIS TEAM AND
I'M SO PROUD TO HAVE HAD A
CHANCE TO PLAY FOR COACH
OSBORNE, AND I WANT TO SAY
THIS ABOUT THE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP.
IF ALL THE POLLSTERS HONESTLY
THINK, AFTER WATCHING THE ROSE
BOWL AND WATCHING THE ORANGE
BOWL, THAT MICHIGAN COULD BEAT
NEBRASKA, GO AHEAD AND VOTE
MICHIGAN BY ALL MEANS.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANYBODY
OUT THERE THAT, WITH A CLEAR
CONSCIENCE, CAN SAY THAT
NEBRASKA, AND ESPECIALLY TOM
OSBORNE, THAT GREAT MAN
DOESN'T DESERVE A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THIS -- AT
LEAST A SHARE.
Michele>> SCOTT FROST HAS MADE
HIS CASE.
NEBRASKA SEEMS TO HAVE MADE
THEIRS.
LET'S SEND IT BACK TO JIM
NANTZ.
Jim>> YES, INDEED, MICHELE, AN
URGENT PLEA FOR SCOTT FROST
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF FROST
IN THE END ZONES, 3 TOUCHDOWNS
BY THE QUARTERBACK, AHMAN
GREEN 206 YARDS ON THE GROUND
LEADING THE WAY.
BACK IN A MOMENT.
HEAD COACH PHILLIP FULMER.
HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY,
BACK STAGE.
Ed>> COACH, A TALE OF TWO
HALVES.
WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE
2nd HALF?
>> THE TWO TURNOVERS DIDN'T
HELP THINGS.
WE PLAYED PRETTY DARN WELL.
THE 3rd QUARTER, PARTICULARLY,
WE HAVE BEEN BEATEN A FEW
TIMES IN THE 5 YEARS THAT I
HAVE BEEN THE COACH, BUT I
DON'T KNOW WE'VE QUITE HAD OUR
BUTTS HANDED TO US LIKE WE DID
PHYSICALLY IN THE 3rd QUARTER.
NEBRASKA IS A VERY, VERY FINE
FOOTBALL TEAM, AND THAT'S ONE
THING WE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE
HAPPEN -- IS THEM TO GET
MOMENTUM RUSHING THE FOOTBALL.
Ed>> PEYTON MANNING SPENT 5
YEARS WITH YOU.
CAN YOU PUT INTO WORDS THE
EMOTIONS YOU ARE FEELING WITH
HIS LAST GAME?
>> NO, I CAN'T.
PEYTON IS EVERYTHING TO
EVERYBODY AT TENNESSEE.
HE'S MOST OF ALL A GREAT
PERSON.
WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIS
LEADERSHIP -- WE'RE GOING TO
MISS HIS ABILITY.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO MISS PEYTON
MANNING, THE PERSON, THE MOST.
Ed>> COACH, YOU HAVE A VOTE IN
THE COACHES' POLL.
IS NEBRASKA THE BEST TEAM IN
AMERICA?
>> I HAVEN'T SEEN EVERY TEAM
IN AMERICA, BUT NEBRASKA IS
THE BEST TEAM I'VE SEEN AND
THEY WILL HAVE MY VOTE.
Jim>> I DOUBT THERE IS ANY
OTHER WAY TONIGHT, AFTER THAT
PERFORMANCE BY NEBRASKA
AGAINST HIS TEAM, THAT HE
BEING VOTE ANY OTHER WAY.
YOU FOR BACK WITH MORE AFTER
BEING PROFESSIONAL, FOR
HELPING ME THROUGH MY FIRST
YEAR, THANKS TO CBS FOR HAVING
ME, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL
EXPERIENCE, I ENJOYED BEING
WITH YOU THOROUGHLY, AND
THANKS TO THE FANS FOR HOW
GREAT THEY HAVE BEEN.
Craig>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
BIG PICTURE, THINGS THAT ARE
GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE OFF
SEASON, I THINK THAT THE
PEOPLE WHO RUN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL HAVE TO TAKE TO HEART
THE LACK OF ATTENDANCE AT
LESSER BOWL GAMES AND NEED TO
MAKE SURE THEY CONSIDER WHAT
IS GOING ON IN COLLEGE
FOOTBALL AND THE FAN INTEREST
LEVEL.
THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THEY
DO THINGS TO HELP CONFERENCES
LIKE THE BIG EAST.
THEY'VE GOT TO KEEP THE FAN
INTEREST LEVEL HIGH AND NOT
LET IT SLIP OFF.
Jim>> LOOK FORWARD TO BEING
BACK WITH YOU NEXT SEASON.
Lou>> LIKEWISE.
Jim>> THIS WAS A COLLEGE
FOOTBALL SEASON THAT WAS
MEMORABLE FOR MANY REASONS --
A FAREWELL TO TOM OSBORNE BUT
THE AGELESS ROBINSON TOO.
THE FIRST DEFENDER TO CLAIM
THE HEISMAN, THE BONUS FOR ALL
FANS, SAVORING ONE MORE SEASON
WITH PEYTON MANNING IN COLLEGE
AND THE GRACE WITH WHICH HE
HANDLED DEFEAT.
REGRETTABLY, IN THE END, THE
TREASURED AMERICAN FREEDOM OF
VOTING IS WHAT WILL MOST
CLEARLY DEFINE THIS YEAR,
THOUGH -- NOT ONLY BECAUSE
EVER THE HEISMAN CONTROVERSY
BUT FOR THE TEAMS AS WELL.
IN A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO
HOURS THE VOTING WILL BE
TABULATED AND UNLESS IT'S A
SPLIT ONE TEAM WILL BE
UNDEFEATED AND
UNDERAPPRECIATED -- FOR NO
LOGICAL REASON, THIS GREAT
SPORT IS LEFT TO THE JUDGES --
NO DIFFERENT THAN BOXING OR
FIGURE SKATING.
UNTIL A TRUE PLAYOFF IS MADE,
THEY MAY AS WELL ELECT A
CHAMPION IN THE FIRST DAYS OF
NOVEMBER INSTEAD OF JANUARY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MICHIGAN
AND NEBRASKA.
YOU ANSWERED EVERY CHALLENGE.
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOOD NIGHT
FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA.
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