Was nebraska the juggernaut program when we play them in the sugar bowl in the 1980s?

Steroids….on steroids…fun to watch

I was a young kid for the 1982 team, but I listened to every game on the radio at my kitchen table except for the Orange Bowl against Nebraska that I got to watch on TV. If I remember correctly LSU kicked a FG and there was a penalty on Nebraska and LSU took the points off the board. Risher proceeded to throw an INT I believe and LSU ended up losing 21-20. Not that the FG was really the difference - game flow changes - but I just remember being a young kid thinking, man, needed that FG.

Also to OP, Nebraska was ranked top 5 going into the game. LSU was in it probably due to Nebraska turning the ball over all over the place.

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I think Tommy Clapp went two way a few times.

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No

Closest LSU came was the first game - the 1983 Orange Bowl. LSU had a 17-7 lead in the third quarter.

LSU was outmanned in the other two games in the Sugar Bowl.

LSU would always play them off their feet through three quarters and wore down late in the game. Because steroids.

Some of those games are on YouTube. LSU looks like a high school team playing against the NFL. Their linemen were 280-290 when LSU was averaging 235.

All everyone in my family could talk about was just how much larger Nebraska was top to bottom. Years later, and now we know that the entire program was being fed steroids.

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I thought they were just corn fed?

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Corn Fed High Motor Lunch Pailer Gym Rats.

Old School INDIANA clones.

WE never beat them either!

They resembled this. (Personnel and school colors)

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Closest LSU came was the first game - the 1983 Orange Bowl. LSU had a 17-7 lead in the third quarter.

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Yep. We needed Garry James, who was out with an injury. Dalton Hilliard rushed for 90+ yards, but we lacked the rotation to finish things off. James being there, I think we win that.

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LSU was outmanned in the other two games in the Sugar Bowl.

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We shouldn't have been. I remember reading the pregame comparisons, at least one of those Sugars we had the advantage at RB, and a solid O Line. I remember a couple things from those games;

Nebraska DT or DE spitting in the face of Erik Andolsek and getting him ejected when he retaliated.

And, watching a number of our guys puking on the sidelines during the game, suggesting they might have enjoyed the French Quarter instead of prepping for the game.

Tommy clapp - uh nope
He was 1984-1987

I don’t remember him ever playing two ways

in the 84 and 86 sugar bowls. we were simply out muscled. out physicaled.

sure we had skill players. we only had 2 players on the whole team who could bench over 465. nacho albergamo and eric andolsek. while that is not as important as squat and drive strength off the ball we did not have the horses they had.

Nebraska had a factory for lineman.

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the University of Nebraska was considered an elite "factory" for developing offensive linemen during the 1980s, setting the foundation for the famous "Pipeline" teams of the 1990s. While the 1990s teams are more frequently cited for their dominance, the 1980s was the era where Nebraska's offensive line coaching and strength program became a nationally recognized machine.

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