[Husker] Andre Ware (fwd)

[Mike Nolan]

> I believe our traveling squad of fewer players was quite possibly 84 points 
> better than Minnesota and barring playing the cheerleaders there may not 
> have been much that could have been done to keep the score lower. I saw a 
> game once where one team was very far ahead and quite visibly intentionally 
> tried not to score and do well. This was far more humiliating than having 
> the score get out of hand.

Some Florida fans told me that the most humiliating play of the National
Championship Fiesta Bowl Game was when they sent Matt Turman in and he
took a knee inside the Florida 5.  (I contrast that, though, with a 
decision that Woody Hayes made in the 1970's to call a time out with less 
than 10 seconds left in a blowout game against Northwestern.  They scored 
on the final play of the game.)

Osborne reportedly once had word sent to the opposing team that he would 
not call any more plays outside the tackles.  As the story goes, the 
Huskers still scored at least one touchdown after than.

At times I wish there had been an Osborne-coached team that DID try to
score 100 points, if only to put an end to this type of discussion.  I can 
think of several games where it might have been possible, including one 
against New Mexico State (with something like 49 first downs), one against 
Iowa State and even one against Oklahoma during the post-Switzer bad years.
--
Mike Nolan