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Why did Tom Osborne retire at 60?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 12/4/14 at 4:40 pm
The game had not passed him by. Could have made it 5-6 more good years minimum.
Was he that anxious to get into politics?
Was he that anxious to get into politics?
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Posted on 12/4/14 at 4:46 pm to Cosmo
good question. I didn't realize he was only 60.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 4:47 pm to Cosmo
Because the Big 12 placed a limit on partial qualifiers. Goodbye advantage.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 4:47 pm to Cosmo
Why did barry sanders retire at 30?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 4:53 pm to Nonetheless
So he didn't wind up a drooling idiot who doesn't know where he is half the time?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 4:56 pm to Cosmo
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anxious to get into politics
Posted on 12/4/14 at 4:56 pm to Thurber
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good question. I didn't realize he was only 60.
60 was older then than it is now.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 4:57 pm to Jim Rockford
1997? 
This post was edited on 12/4/14 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 12/4/14 at 5:00 pm to Cosmo
He got the '97 national title as a parting gift
Posted on 12/4/14 at 5:00 pm to Cosmo
That was nearly 20 years ago, baw. Testosterone therapy has come a long way since then.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 5:01 pm to Cosmo
Because that Federal Retirement was too good to pass up.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 5:03 pm to Cosmo
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The game had not passed him by. Could have made it 5-6 more good years minimum.
tejas
they ruined all of the advantages he used
Posted on 12/4/14 at 5:04 pm to Cosmo
Didn't he have some heart issues?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 5:06 pm to Cosmo
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
stupidest decision in the history of sports
Posted on 12/4/14 at 5:14 pm to Kafka
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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 on 12/4/14 at 5:54 pm to Feral
His last 5 years he went 60-3. Wow.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 6:09 pm to Akit1
Chuck Norris and Superman wear Tom Osborne pajamas to bed.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 6:42 pm to Kafka
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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
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 on 12/4/14 at 8:34 pm to Akit1
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His last 5 years he went 60-3. Wow.
I just looked at his record by year. He never won fewer than 9 games a year. That's pretty sick.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 8:53 pm to Akit1
60-3? 
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