PSA: the original Game of the Century is airing now on BTN
September 14th, 2021 at 9:30 PM ^
I’m waiting to see how many posters here
were there
September 14th, 2021 at 10:30 PM ^
I wasn't there, but I saw it. That used to be such a great rivalry. A pity it's gone.
September 14th, 2021 at 11:58 PM ^
Interesting that they didn't do victory formations back then. I wonder when those started?
September 15th, 2021 at 6:24 AM ^
I don't see anything on the origination of the play, but the end of the Eagles/Giants in November 1978 made the play an absolutely necessary inclusion in every offensive playbook.
September 14th, 2021 at 9:31 PM ^
Wait.
I thought "BTN" stood for Big Ten Network.
September 14th, 2021 at 9:47 PM ^
I am sure Scott's mom was a cheerleader for Nebraska in that game!
September 15th, 2021 at 1:55 PM ^
Yes she was.
September 14th, 2021 at 9:51 PM ^
The 1969 #1 Texas vs. #2 Arkansas was the "Game of the Century" before that. And there have been many that were given the label:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_the_Century_(college_football)
With hindsight, I think most think the game you're posting about is considered the best college football game of all time.
September 14th, 2021 at 10:23 PM ^
I'll take '69 OSU @ Michigan, thanks.
September 15th, 2021 at 1:19 AM ^
And not only was I there for that one, I was working for ABC that afternoon!
September 15th, 2021 at 8:48 AM ^
'69 OSU vs Mich.
"THE UPSET OF THE CENTURY"
Bill Flemming.....you could hear the pride in his voice.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:53 AM ^
I wasn't yet a twinkle in daddy's eye......
September 14th, 2021 at 11:57 PM ^
Perhaps. I think the Arkansas-Texas matchup was always exaggerated because of Nixon"s presence.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:46 AM ^
I would put those two and the USC/Texas national championship game as the three best I have seen given the magnitude, quality and competitiveness of the games.
September 14th, 2021 at 10:23 PM ^
Rich Glover had 1/3 of Nebraska's tackles on the day. When does that ever happen?
September 15th, 2021 at 10:31 AM ^
A NG? (or what they called a Middle Guard in those days)
Never these days.
Of course that was before it was legal for blockers to use their hands, and Oklahoma was running the option FB Dive a lot. So he'd be blocked, but since defenders could use their hands and offensive linemen couldn't, he was able to come off the block and make the tackle almost every time.
September 14th, 2021 at 10:31 PM ^
Yeah this is a Big8 game, I don’t think BiG10 should claim pre 2011 Nebraska
September 15th, 2021 at 8:04 AM ^
Great. So we can't claim the good Nebraska, only the shitty one. Thanks, Joe...
September 15th, 2021 at 11:50 AM ^
Haha! A very BiG10 thing of us to do
September 14th, 2021 at 10:32 PM ^
A classic Big Ten game the same way Crecy was a classic American war.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:42 AM ^
It's basically the same. People descended from those people (probably) live in America. The sticky property of 'Murica means it's our war now!
September 15th, 2021 at 3:52 PM ^
Crècy is more “my battle” than any Revolutionary battle. Hell, the wars of German and Italian unification did more to shape my existence than the Civil War, which is weird to think about as an American.
I find it interesting how we claim histories that we personally have no connection to as our own.
September 14th, 2021 at 10:32 PM ^
Jeff Kinney sure had a day
September 14th, 2021 at 11:31 PM ^
>folks
cringe
September 14th, 2021 at 11:55 PM ^
What would you prefer, Mrs. Mason?
September 15th, 2021 at 12:00 AM ^
HR at work is actually promoting 'folks' -- in their suggested language for employees, as a gender neutral, inclusive way, of referring to a group of people.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:47 AM ^
For casual, nonwritten use, I like folks, y'all, and all y'all. Y'all and barbeque* may be the South's two greatest (only?) contributions to American culture.
*I will preempt anyone's objections and agree that barbeque has a long and complicated history that extends far beyond the American South. For the sake of this quip, I am focusing on the recent history of contemporary American barbeque, which has its origins in the South.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:48 AM ^
I must be a trendsetter because I've been calling groups of folks, "folks" for decades.
September 15th, 2021 at 1:02 AM ^
The "All Corn All the Time Classic"?
September 15th, 2021 at 1:20 AM ^
Can we get Oklahoma to bring Nebraska along to the SEC?
September 15th, 2021 at 11:32 AM ^
There program is down right now, but dangit they have some of nicest fans I have had the pleasure to tailgate with.
September 16th, 2021 at 11:18 AM ^
Most definitely. A2 and Lincoln fans are some of the most accommodating in all of college football.
On the other hand it was really interesting to hear my dentist (UNL grad and season ticket holder) describe her experiences when she went Columbus for the first time.
September 15th, 2021 at 2:39 AM ^
Blasphemy.
September 15th, 2021 at 6:50 AM ^
The Wiki article on the 1971 Oklahoma / Nebraska game is wild - Bob Devaney apparently has the Cornhuskers' food flown in from Nebraska as well in the event anyone in Norman should attempt to give his team food poisoning. I laughed when I read that for some reason.
September 15th, 2021 at 6:53 AM ^
More modern "Little Brown Jug" equivalent.
September 15th, 2021 at 7:42 AM ^
Im surprised some of you old folks know how to use a computer, let alone post on a blog.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:06 AM ^
Who do you think invented computers?
Newsflash - it wasn't the 20-something manbun wearing douchebags of today...
September 15th, 2021 at 9:13 AM ^
Its crazy to think actually. I got my first cellphone when I was 16, and it was the original Nokia brick. My daughter who is 2, knows how to find movies on the iPad, and use the firestick remote.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:14 AM ^
The original game of the century pre-dated that one: undefeated ND v. Undefeated MSU at the end of the season in1966. Hell, there was likely a game of the century before that one.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:32 AM ^
Games that end in a tie are automatically disqualified, as are games involving ND or MSU. So games involving both are doubly disqualified.
September 15th, 2021 at 8:57 AM ^
One of the things that sucks about the destruction of the old regional-based conferences is the disappearance of rivalries like Oklahoma-Nebraska. At the time of the 1971 game, that rivalry was every bit as intense and nationally meaningful as Michigan-OSU has ever been before or since.
September 15th, 2021 at 9:21 AM ^
Here's the game in no-huddle format:
September 15th, 2021 at 9:27 AM ^
Here is a good article from ESPN.
"Behind-the-scenes stories of Oklahoma, Nebraska and college football's greatest game."
ESPN link:
September 15th, 2021 at 9:51 AM ^
There's a link on that article that takes you to their ranking of the greatest games in CFB history. The Game 2006 was ranked 101. Maybe that game gets ranked higher if one of those teams win a title, but that is absurdly low.
September 15th, 2021 at 10:19 AM ^
My senior year at UM, what a great season that was until the last two games. F'n Alan Branch and f'n USC...
September 15th, 2021 at 3:13 PM ^
Don't you mean f"n Shawn Crable?
September 16th, 2021 at 7:59 AM ^
I did comrad, thank you.
September 15th, 2021 at 10:08 AM ^
Craig Ross told me about these:
https://125.nd.edu/moments/this-day-in-history-notre-dames-second-game-of-the-century-1946-vs-army
/https://125.nd.edu/moments/this-day-in-history-notre-dames-second-game-of-the-century-1946-vs-army/
September 15th, 2021 at 10:20 AM ^
I was 2 years old so no, I was neither at the game nor do I remember it.
September 15th, 2021 at 10:21 AM ^
The Wishbone and Wishful Passing, OL forced to block without using their hands, tearaway jerseys...wow, what a nostalgia trip. The YouTube version (link below) even has a pre-game walk-through primer of the Wishbone before the game by Bud Wilkinson.
The commercials are a bit of nostalgia too - haven't seen the whole thing, but I don't think I ever saw the same commercial repeated throughout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-urZvcMgqog
UofM alumnus Bill Fleming pops up quite a bit.
(Also interesting that both head coaches were from Michigan,as were Nebraska's ends, I believe)