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re: Why did Tom Osborne retire at 60?

Posted on 12/4/14 at 5:06 pm to
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 12/4/14 at 5:06 pm to
b/c he was a moron who went for 2 instead of kicking the PAT that would guarantee him the NC

stupidest decision in the history of sports
Posted by Feral
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 12/4/14 at 5:14 pm to
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b/c he was a moron who went for 2 instead of kicking the PAT that would guarantee him the NC

stupidest decision in the history of sports


Meh, as a non-Nebraska fan, I've always thought it was a pretty baller move for him to say "nah, I don't want to split a title." Plus, the guy should've caught that pass.

If I was a Nebraska fan, I'd have been angry as heck.

ETA -- per Wikipedia, Nebraska was #1 in both polls going into the game and Miami was #4 and #5, so there's the possibility that the polls just would've given Nebraska the title outright because they were #1 going into the game. So yeah, stupid at the time, but at least he made up for it ten years later.
This post was edited on 12/4/14 at 5:17 pm
Posted by Overbrook
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 12/4/14 at 6:42 pm to
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b/c he was a moron who went for 2 instead of kicking the PAT that would guarantee him the NC

stupidest decision in the history of sports
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Giving that he wanted to be sporting and not just accept the tie, the mistake he made was not going for 2 the first time. That would have given him 2 chances to make the 2 point conversion and show he was sportsman and all he needed was a tie.
Posted by Requiem for a Dream
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Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:13 pm to
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b/c he was a moron who went for 2 instead of kicking the PAT that would guarantee him the NC




Dude had balls of steel. Two missed final plays away from retiring w/ 5 NCs.

This post was edited on 12/4/14 at 9:16 pm
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