Miami, Nebraska, And The Orange Bowl

[@empireonyt15]

some corrections that have been pointed out - 1. 12:50 Notre Dame played West Virginia, not Florida State (honestly have no clue where I got florida state from) 2. While technically not a correction, throughout the video I refer to the year certain bowl games were played instead of the season the bowls were for, which in hindsight is kind of confusing. Going forwards I'll mainly stick to the season instead.

[@JP93002]

very well could have been thinking of the 1993 Game of the century FSU ND game or the Orange Bowl they played the next season

[@donnix1192]

588-2300 represent

[@igorlobkovenko9480]

You show clips from the 1993 Sugar Bowl v Alabama while talking about the Orange Bowl that took place one year earlier.

[@TaurineDippy]

My boy spitting these out like sunflower seeds.

[@empireonyt15]

what 500 backup scripts does to a mf

[@Hrumskit]

​@@empireonyt15 true dedication to the craft. Keep it up!

[@Xstrangis]

Please continue cfb content

[@ManCityMKWii]

@@empireonyt15damn we better get to see all those !

[@Lawl423]

@@empireonyt15you… you don’t really have 500 cranked out already do you?… you’re about to take off as THE cfb KZbin channel if so. This shit has been bangin

[@gabeamick4869]

RIP Brook Berringer, QB for the 94 team and backup for the 93 and 95 teams. He passed away in ‘96 in a plane crash 2 days before he was set to be drafted in the NFL.

[@grapeapeductape2489]

Huskers and Hurricanes is a great old school rivalry, I miss being good.

[@bJT42]

Not only one of the greatest, but also one of the most contrasting bowl rivalries ever: the power and grit of Nebraska vs the speed and swagger of Miami.

[@insanemob8508]

Miami had power too

[@tomdemay6147]

@@insanemob8508 you are right. Nebraska had speed too though. works both ways

[@theace8502]

@@insanemob8508They’re probably talking about the perceptions of both teams rather than what they actually were, as the commenter above me noted that both teams possessed power and speed. But, Nebraska back then and likely still to this day gives off tough, workman qualities (power?) opposed to the swagger and fun loving nature of Miami

[@alexcharmander6973]

Also represented the 2 sides of America Miami the Glitz Glamor and Fast Life of the Big City Nebraska the Tough Working culture of the rural country

[@slabpanda]

Osbourne's call to go for 2 was a great gutsy call, even though it didn't work. Good calls don't always work.

[@megadoomerr]

Insightful documentary about the historic Canes - Sooners rivalry. The best part is seeing how these teams experimented with variations on play formations because they studied their opponent, learning and adapting their their tells, exploitables.

[@BakaBroski]

Seeing your channel get better and better is like watching a sapling grow into a beautiful flower

[@marketalpha5426]

Lmao

[@tommcintyre8092]

As a college football fan these are the videos that get me through the offseason. Cheers EMPIRE.

[@NNNNN1870]

1983 Miami slayed the giant Nebraska. Ten years later Nebraska laid claim to the most dominant Era in college football history. Learned from it.

[@kidmack3556]

And I have hated Miami ever since! January 1984 and counting...

[@insanemob8508]

Nebraska never beat FSU in the 90s , they did win 3 nattys in the 90s but FSU won 2 best Nebraska for 1 and finished in the top 4 every year of the 90s now that dominance

[@markstepanekii388]

​@insanemob8508 3 national titles>2. Plus Nebraska had the best 5 year record, ever. I'll take that

[@echoproductions8561]

Only 6k subscribers is criminal. This content is amazing

[@notumbre]

crazy how you’ve just come out of nowhere to be the best cfb youtuber already - you’re doing a great job with all of these, and i can’t wait to see what’s next

[@ryanwilliams1112]

The best college football content on the internet

[@DW-es3iy]

This is my new favorite KZbin channel easily

[@railfanmaximstill7279]

2:34 The greatest coach in Nebraska Football history. Memorial Stadium's field was even named after him. His name can also be seen on the sideline in red

[@strangedayz24]

"Greatest coach in history" fixed it for ya

[@chroniclestudios1673]

Dont know how i came across this channel last week but im glad i did

[@kadejett1724]

Please don’t stop making these. These are some of the best I’ve seen. This channel will grow I promise dude.

[@Mani-lu9mp]

You might be the best College Football youtuber ever holy shit the quality

[@MrVideoVero]

Content is truly some of the best on YT. But I would recommend you get your audio sorted, music is way louder than your mic and then the broadcast audio is too quiet. Good luck, can't wait to watch the next one.

[@danielmagnuson9986]

Also the 2014 Miami-Nebraska game is one of the most electric games in memorial stadium history

[@keithharvey2112]

I really enjoy the way you break down the different formations and what they are designed to do. Seeing the X’s and O’s on a chart and seeing the formation in real life is great as well.

[@Crushkirkland]

I feel like this channel is about to blow up. I hope so. I love this content! Great work!

[@tjkarrjr4935]

You are a star in the making my dude. Keep up the great work

[@cavecookie1]

As a lifelong Husker fan, I have some memories of some frustrating, heartbreaking losses on New Year's Day...and a precious few victories! Always remember...Real men go for 2!

[@knutschack8625]

These college football videos are amazing for a clueless Brit with a keen interest in American sport and the culture behind it. Fantastic music choice too.

[@bigwill585xx89]

Love this old school college ball content

[@yuhboi5634]

you are quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Keep it up man, your story telling and analysis on the sport is fascinating and I really do appreciate the entertainment.

[@tucan2234]

this channel is quality for real

[@rpeterson1989]

You're on way to the top soon and I'm glad to be subscribed early. Keep up the great work (from a Canes fan 🙌🏾)

[@zebraprince9179]

Such an underrated channel.

[@phatnecktm3783]

Your videos just get better and better with each release. Definitely your best work so far. Keep it up!

[@Tantibus9]

My father was a lifelong Hurricanes fan, told me about how before the 1983 orange bowl he made a bet with a classmate that Miami would win. That Nebraska team had been so dominant the other guy gave him a 10 point spread, so he'd have won either way that the 2pt conversion went. He was still glad the Canes won though. Same way with a tie, winning on the spread wouldn't have felt very good at all. Side note nothing but respect for Osborne going for 2, cause who the hell wants a tie?

[@csmith1298]

Another nice job. We need more channels like this. Keep up the good work. Go Big Red.

[@2009blahblah]

Just had a friend show me this great video can't wait to watch the others and more you make in the future.

[@Skers91]

Production on these videos are actually insane. Baffles me how you only have 11k subs. GBR

[@danielmagnuson9986]

Using the bowl year (January 1 1995) and not the teams actual season (the fall prior in 1994) is the only complaint I have. This was greatness to watch.

[@Mike_Poppe]

Brother. I have just binged all of your college football videos. You earned a sub, keep it up

[@MrBmick79]

In that '89 game, Johnson calls a timeout and talks to the defense on one of the final drives. He did not want to give up even a touchdown against Tom Osborne's team. Jimmy needed some get back from his Big 8 days at OSU

[@MORONIC_official]

Good job on getting 6,000 subscribers

[@Nobody-kg8md]

My Dad still isn’t over the 1983 Orange Bowl loss to Miami, but man there’s not a wheelbarrow big enough to hold TO’s balls when he decided to go for 2.

[@willgaines5310]

Please keep making videos they are just getting better. War Damn

[@Eazy863Tv]

The song at 4:26 🔥🔥🔥 what is the name??

[@brandon-cs7fw]

Loving the work you're doing bro.

[@doughboyjr9418]

Great work again bro

[@RSWplanespotting]

I hope someday both these programs will rise from the ashes and once again tackle each other more often in the years to come. Im almost 20 now and I've never seen both teams be any elite good(Being Hurricane fan) 2017 was the closest season that I've seen to greatness. At least I was there to see Miami beat Nebraska in 2015

[@TapeDelayYT]

May this offering please the algorithm gods. Great video!

[@isaacchang1702]

Don’t watch college football. But your story telling is captivating. Hoping for the best!

[@woodyyyyyy9820]

Empire keeps putting out BANGER after BANGER after BANGER

[@joeburrowenjoyer09]

Amazing video. Love these college football vids.

[@lifenotequaltoexistence]

love the channel, it’d be really sick if you did some college basketball content but i understand if you aren’t as passionate in it. keep up the great work

[@empireonyt15]

I have a few ideas planned but yeah would need to be much more familiar with it to do it justice

[@ryanogen]

Really really great work!! Love your content!!

[@jeremy28135]

Fantastic video. Subscribed 🍻

[@FBI-wn2qo]

He dont miss, he just dont miss

[@theamateurobserver]

Your content is sick bro

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

What a great video. Well done. I truly miss the bowl games. The BCS, the playoffs, they are all answers to a non-existant problem.

[@void37000]

You are unironically inspiring to make a video about LSU football

[@empireonyt15]

please do, expecting a 4 hour section on the rag

[@void37000]

@@empireonyt15 LMAO, can for the early part, the framing of the video is “LSU, the dynasty that never happened”, basically every time the tigers seemed to have the ability to build a dynasty or repeat, something always went wrong

[@empireonyt15]

seems like a solid angle to take it, looking forward to watching it!

[@void37000]

@@empireonyt15 hopefully you’re really looking forward to it, because dude this is gonna take me a while LMAO, I appreciate your feedback tho!

[@williamhild1793]

For me, it all started with that 1984 Orange Bowl. I grew up in the upper Midwest, and you were expected to be a Nebraska fan. THERE SHALL BE NO DISSENT!! The whole culture demanded that you cheer for Nebraska, as they have been deemed the "default" team to cheer for. My friends in high school were shocked and amazed that I actually gave Miami a good chance to win. I was laughed at and ridiculed for thinking that Miami might have a chance against "God's team", the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Well, imagine the next day at high school... Nobody said D!CK to me. And to my credit, yes...I could have rubbed it in. But I didn't. Seeing them all hang their heads, on the verge of tears, was all the validation I needed. That's where my love for Miami began. My hatred for Nebraska came from everyone just assuming that I would be a Nebraska fan, without allowing me to make my own decision. YOU SHALL BE INDOCTRINATED! YOU WILL CHEER FOR NEBRASKA! END OF DISCUSSION! Plus, I saw Tom Osborne as a self righteous, sanctimonious, condescending prick. False humility and false humbleness. For me, he came off as a total and complete phony.

[@MrBmick79]

He failed Lawrence Phillips

[@tombrady2688]

This channel needs more hype. Nobody’s doing this. Not espn not big ten network not fox not sec network… CFB history is impossible to find in the mainstream

[@ronaldgreen8423]

Our little league football team used that Nebraska formation. I played HBack and would carry the football on jet sweeps. Or get the football thrown to me on deep throws.🏈🙂👌

[@stevenstevens6149]

I would LOVE a video on the BCS era as a whole. I grew up in during that time and was naive to all the outside noise surrounding it. Would be cool to really learn how it was perceived and why it was even made

[@EtowahEdits]

The 🐐 CFB channel on KZbin.

[@nathanporrata9274]

Love my Huskers. Great video. I'm too young to temember those esrly games but I remember the 90s.

[@3ra_graderia_4ever]

Bernie Kosar mentioned, absolute legend

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

I end my critique by noting that the narrator’s somewhat sonorous voice would be excellent for those who find a good night’s sleep difficult to achieve. I cannot dispute his knowledge about the two teams as I don’t really care enough about either team enough to investigate their shared history. I DO know that in 1971 mighty No. 1 ranked Nebraska met also mighty No. 2 ranked Oklahoma in the so-called “Game of the Century” in Oklahoma. Both teams were undefeated going into the contest and the game lived up to the hype with Nebraska going on to win by a whisker, 35-31. Spirts Illustrated hyped the upcoming game on their cover: Irresistible Oklahoma Meets Immovable Nebraska. I also noted that when Nebraska met Miami it was often touted as the Good Guys (Nebraska) vs the Thugs (Miami). I now end my obsevations about the video. Happy New Year to all. May 2025 recover from a horrible start (homegrown terrorism in New Orleans and calamitous fires in California) and be good to us all.

[@KornPop96]

I've lived most of my life in Knoxville, so I'm a life long Vols fan. In the autumn of 97 i lived in Wisconsin for the entire season so i only got to see 1 game. The game against Nebraska. Talk about embarrassing 😂😂😂. But it's cool though because 98 was my freshman year at UT, so i got to be there for the undefeated national championship year.

[@LGib01]

2:08 he said the thing!

[@afrayedrope1939]

Channel is great. Notre dame fan here, can you do a vid on them? Good or bad I just wanna see ya talk about my Irish lol

[@empireonyt15]

i got a ton planned for notre dame down the road

[@rockchalk966]

Great video 🫡❤️love the music infused in there as well!

[@Noah62405]

Great video, although ND played WVU at the end of the 1988 season, not FSU

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

At 6:55 the narrator says that Nebraska’s defense “stiffens back up”. He could have said that the defense “stiffens up” and that would have sufficed.

[@matthewmajewski8719]

Its one of the best rivalries that was born out of bowls and contention for national titles.

[@reesedern5096]

these cfb videos are so good, all its gonna take is for one of them to hit the algorithm the right way and youre gonna blow up i know it, the quality of the content is to good for these vids to go under-appreciated

[@adammettd9362]

You are amazing man

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

As a lifelong huskers fan if we didn’t have to play them in Miami, we’d have like six or seven national championships that wasn’t fair making us play them on their home field. It wasn’t a fair game if they had to come to Lincoln in January, even Osborne said that one time if they had to play us in Lincoln in January, it would’ve been a different story

[@ShadowTwister28]

Hey @Empire can you please list the Playlist of Vaporwave songs you included? I love this genre and recognize some songs in my personal playlist. But im other's would like to discover these great tracks too, especially the rare ones 😅❤

[@jackmiller-johnston8689]

Anyone got the song for the 1995 Orange Bowl? Pure magic

[@manmanonamission5955]

WE NEED MORE VIDEOS 🗣️ dropping classics

[@patrickward8993]

Can someone remind me of what Craig James did at SMU?? I think he did it to 5 people but i forgot

[@empireonyt15]

*****allegedly

[@Crushkirkland]

The elevator music puts these over the top. Love it!

[@jrino1979]

What is minimized now but a big deal then: it wasn’t obvious that Nebraska should change its defense. The offense was browning out against Miami and at times FSU. Key was: even good passing offenses stalled against the Canes. But a great D that could rush the passer could stifle Miami’s O.

[@lreonsman7480]

this video is great, keep making more videos

[@WMT.]

beautiful video

[@jacksongreen5614]

this channel is fucking awesome

[@ryankutchenriter]

Can you please talk about Marshall as well as Rakeem Cato

[@dantheman5745]

8:42 -heart-wrenching- ... *heart-rending*

[@kizitokatende412]

For future videos like this one... Can you plz use the year of the season that the game was played in instead of the calendar year of which the game occured?? Makes it much easier to follow during the video and look up information about the games after the fact. Thanks. Otherwise great work.

[@formulahank1250]

We need a return to relevance for these two programs

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

Ok, I Have returned. At 6:31 the narrator says that Nebraska has “cut the deficit down to three”. In this case, the words “down to” are superfluous as he should have said “cut the deficit to three”. This may seem trivial but how you say things does matter. Okay. On we go. The narrator fefers to Nebraska as “the black shirts”. This is odd because Nebraska’s jerseys are red.

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

At 15:16 the narrator again refers to the “Husker black shirts”. I am now so confused by the narrator for the second time referring to the red Jersey Huskers as “black shirts” that I felt compelled to look it up. I now understand why the defensive unit is sometimes referred to as the black shirts thanks to something on Google that explains why this is so. Did the narrator ever mention this earlier in the video? If he did not, shame on him. If he did, shame on me and I stand corrected and apologize.

[@bigdog638]

You should do a video reviewing the 2007 college football season

[@marz2one]

good piece

[@Arcticpokemon]

Crazy how bad these teams are now or more like mid went from the best to mid kind of sad but guess their teams left in the past

[@loganpykiet7326]

I’m digging these videos. Where do I find the music that you use?

[@donjohnson5172]

11:20 doesn't make any sense. You say the Miami 4-3 is most advantageous when there is a dominant O line that makes it difficult yo force mistakes. How would a defense work better when the offensive line is dominant?

[@dantheman5745]

Lost in the drama of Osborne's decision to go for 2 in the '84 Orange Bowl was his strategic blunder in not going for 2 after the TD that pulled Nebraska to within 31-24. If you make it THERE, it's 31-25 and the next TD & XP wins the National Championship. But if you DON'T make it there, it's 31-23 and you can still go for 2 again after the TD scored by Jeff Smith in the final minute. Make THAT 2-pt conversion, and Nebraska gets an "honorable tie" and wins the National Championship. Osborne gave himself 1 chance to make a 2-pt conversion to win the National Championship. But he _could have_ had TWO chances to make that 2-pt conversion to win the NC. A strategic blunder no matter how you look at it.

[@williamdiemert9866]

Georgia Tech and Colorado shared the national championship in 1990 also Miami Hurricanes won the National Championship in 1991. Nebraska Cornhuskers defense when from 5-2 to a 3-4 in 1993.

[@lancejj0]

You make me interest in football.

[@jaylenbarnes2.079]

Great Video

[@h-townhighlights1347]

not sure how he doesnt have more subs

[@NNNNN1870]

No doubt both programs influenced college football in a big way.

[@therealbimecruz2482]

Your vids rule. Don’t get discouraged if the subs don’t come right away