Why would NU stoop to Colorado/K-State-type shenanigans for one game? NU let Texas get in its head from Day One of the Big 12 conference. In some of the Longhorn losses, NU was the better team. In most of them, they outplayed UT only to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Not sure why there is so much venom out of Lincoln, when the real culprit has been dressed in red. Let's review the wins that were pissed away:
1996--Blown defensive assignments, sloppy play, flu bug kill the Huskers
1998--Frank Solich crashes the bus as Ricky Williams mauls NU
1999--Correll Buckhalter fumbles at the goal line. NU coughs it up five times, loses 3.
1999, part II--NU wins with defense, 22-6, and overcomes Rat Solich's ineptitude
2002--Rat Solich has Jammal Lord force one more pass to the end zone instead of kicking the tying FG. Game-losing INT ensues.
2003--Bottle blasted in Austin due to shitty team and coach
2006--Bill Callahan pulls a Solich and goes for it on 4th down. Could have punted and made Cunt McCoy go 85 yards into the wind with little time left. Nope.
2007--Cosgrove's defense folds late. Loses another game for NU.
2009--Kunalic blows the last kickoff. Game over.
In five of these nine matchups, NU was the higher rated team. In all but one of the games, NU played better. The chokes have been numerous. Until NU treats it like another game (Bo Pelini's mantra), the meltdowns will continue. Texas is the biggest bunch of underachievers in the last 30 years. NU treats the Horns like they're the best team in NCAA history. Sad.
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