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we couldn't have coached this game any poorer... they run blitzed most of the game, yet do you think our OC would think to pass to the TE or do a middle screen? Or maybe run more option since they keyed on the RB and let TA run wild on first half option plays? Or maybe pass the ball to the RB instead of waiting till the end of the game to do it? And since 2 of your top 3 WR's went out of the game with injuries, maybe you'd try someting besides passing the ball on out routes or slants to back WR's?
it was like watching me trying to dunk a ball..Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.
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By JIMMIE TRAMEL World Scene Writer | 1 comment
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Barry Switzer is the subject of a new book (“Switzer: The Players’ Coach”) published by the Tulsa World.
Former Nebraska coach Tom Osborne wrote a foreword for the book, never mind that Switzer’s Sooners bedeviled Osborne’s Cornhuskers.
Why would Osborne agree to do that?
“Many people thought that we would grow to hate Oklahoma because of our losses to them and the intensity of the rivalry,” Osborne wrote.
“This was not the case, as we had great respect for them and came to realize that we couldn’t bring Oklahoma down to our level. Rather, we needed to get better, to elevate our level of play from good to elite.”
Osborne said it took a long time — longer than Nebraska fans wanted — “but there is no question that being in the same league with Oklahoma and having so much importance attached to that one game made us better coaches, players and a better program.”
Losing high-stakes games to OU was tough on Osborne, who said his daughter was 7 when she informed him she was going to “move to Oklahoma since we could never beat them.”
Osborne wound up beating Switzer five times, including their last head-to-head meeting in 1988.
“He did the greatest coaching job that has ever been done in this country,” Switzer said of Osborne when Osborne’s name was mentioned during a recent interview.
“For 25 years, Tom Osborne won and won big. It’s unbelievable, the numbers that he put up. I’m glad I wasn’t around in the 1990s and had to play those teams he had in the ‘90s when he won three national championships. ... They wore people out.”
Switzer resigned under pressure in 1989. People in Husker land were not eager to see him go. In March of 1989, the Omaha World-Herald published results of a poll in which Nebraskans were asked if Switzer should resign. “Stay” voters outnumbered “go” voters by 16 percent.
Wrote Osborne in the foreword: “Barry is quite likely more popular in Nebraska than I am, and I have always felt welcome in Oklahoma.”Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.
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a friend Aaron Semm's radio take on UNL's last game... good listenGrammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.
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