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1983 Orange Bowl LSU v Nebraska

Husker In Oklahoma said:
I was 15 when that game was played. I remember it well. Not nitpicking, but it was the 1982 Orange Bowl, after the 1981 season. That is a team Nebraska should have beaten, handily. Just too sloppy, the layoff, press clippings and travel did them in. It was also the debut of the red face masks. Lol. They beat that Clemson team 8/10 times.
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I was at the game. Clemson fans outnumbered Nebraska fans probably 6-1. Nebraska didn't play well for most of the game. You also have to remember Turner Gill was out with the nerve problem in his leg. Mark Mauer was the QB. He didn't have a great game.

Nebraska didn't play well the next year in the game against LSU. They barely won game, didn't it end up 13-10.
 
NUinID said:
I was at the game. Clemson fans outnumbered Nebraska fans probably 6-1. Nebraska didn't play well for most of the game. You also have to remember Turner Gill was out with the nerve problem in his leg. Mark Mauer was the QB. He didn't have a great game.

Nebraska didn't play well the next year in the game against LSU. They barely won game, didn't it end up 13-10.
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21-20 was the final against LSU. Still should have beaten that Clemson team.
 
Husker In Oklahoma said:
It was the last really great Nebraska team 1999. You could argue 2000 as well, but they had some unfortunate luck. 2001 was a facade. The cracks were showing in 1999 when Carl Crawford went for baseball, amongst other things recruiting wise. I was simply talking about Tom’s tenure. But yes agree, in 1999 Nebraska was the best team in the country. Florida State and Virginia Tech were both extremely lucky they didn’t have to play NU. Hell, I’d make an argument that 1999 team could have been an all time type of team, if it could have just held onto the football. It was the lone setback for that team, which was otherwise nasty. I rate that NU team really, really high, but most forget about it. Hands of stone did them in.
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Was that the year when Buckhalter fumbled right before the endzone against Texas and also stepped out of bounds running free along the sideline?
 
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djlhuskerfan said:
Was that the year when Buckhalter fumbled right before the endzone against Texas and also stepped out of bounds running free along the sideline?
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I absolutely love Buckhalter and how he ran the football, but every time I think of him I recall those season costly mistakes. How we think of Solich could be quite different if he didn’t fumble that ball.
 
Alaskajohn said:
I absolutely love Buckhalter and how he ran the football, but every time I think of him I recall those season costly mistakes. How we think of Solich could be quite different if he didn’t fumble that ball.
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And yet he overcame his fumbling issues to have a 10 year career in the NFL with the Eagles and Broncos. It looks like he even qualified for a full NFL Pension!!

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This team wins the NT if there was instant replay back then. We beat the National Champs on their won field if there was IR
 
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