Tom Osborne on ESPN Up Close ~1998 (1/2)

[@smwest95]

Tom osborne is the greatest coach in history. We will never see anyone like that in football ever again

[@LordDirus007]

smwest95 There is this one guy. I believe he is cut from the same cloth. I hear he is moving to Lincoln soon. It's getting sort of Frosty in Lincoln lately.

[@lloydkline7245]

I love his style of football, option football wishbone offense ,

[@robjohnson8861]

Yeah, he was the bestest and so misunderstood.....signed Jo Paterno

[@jamieborden9094]

@@lloydkline7245 Funny...I don't remember us lining up in the Wishbone more than a few plays...Maybe the ''Halfbone''

[@fallguye6011]

@@LordDirus007 Are you sure you're not talking about Dabo Swinney?

[@augiegirl1]

8:02 I went to college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where a LARGE percentage of the students were from Minneapolis. They HATED Nebraska because of that 1983 game, even though most of them were only 5-6 years old at the time.

[@FodorPupil]

We miss you! GBR

[@JeffTheNebraskaDJ]

Thank you Tom Osborne for all that you have done for College Football and humanity, One of the greatest coaches ever. Still the greatest run in a three year span in history. I think we can all learn something from Tom Osborne, the dj.

[@robjohnson8861]

lol. 3 years is not gonna get you there. It's either 4 years or 5 years (60-3 run). The 96 debacle against unranked TX messed up his fairytale ending.

[@fallguye6011]

@@robjohnson8861 It did? Thought he smashed Peyton and won a share of a third national title in his last year.

[@robjohnson8861]

@@fallguye6011 Peyton? You mean the only offensive player to be be beaten out by a defensive player in Heisman history? They valued Woodson play against MI's opponents more than Peyton's play against TN's opponents. Share of the NC? MI 3 votes from a consensus NC Neb 31 votes from consensus NC

[@oldironsides4107]

Humanity? The guy was a scoundrel politician. Awesome football couch. Which is a game Humanity… lmao

[@juliechase2047]

Four year run! RC

[@donaldschmidt2990]

I agree wholeheartedly with SM West 95. Overall, Tom Osborne is the greatest coach in the history of college football. Of course, he had his seven game losing streak in bowl games. He also suffered early heartbreaks against his great rival The Oklahoma Sooners. He also has one record you will never see again. His Cornhusker teams won at least nine games in every season of his career! The old rule of "What Goes Up Must Come Down," never applied in the case of Tom Osborne. Coaching icons like Darrell Royal, Frank Broyles, Woody Hayes and John McKay all had several misfires during their careers. Even Alabamas Bear Bryant, lauded by many as the greatest coach ever, had many lowlights. Bryant never beat Tennessee and General Neyland. He also never defeated Notre Dame or Texas during his Alabama career! A regal bearing and catchy nickname can't gloss over those facts. Osbornes chief rival at Oklahoma, Barry Switzers undisciplined coaching style finally caught up with him. Leaving under fire. The end result was the Sooner program crashing to the ground. Switzer had a heavy hand in that downfall. In his closing act, Osborne was undoubtedly the greatest ever. Finishing 60-3 with three national titles in his final five seasons!! That will never be seen again. Neither will his unparalleled streak of sustained excellence. Much better than any coach who wins today and is gone tomorrow.

[@cubswin3838]

My guy. Dr. Tom taught me to do things the right way. He's a offensive GENIUS!

[@lloydkline7245]

I love coach tom osborne style of football wishbone offense, option etc etc

[@robjohnson8861]

Yeah, like me, he was above it all......signed Jo Paterno.

[@cubswin3838]

Offensive genius. HE INVENTED the counter sweep and the counter trey!

[@lloydkline7245]

David Miller love his brand of football, wishbone offense, option

[@robjohnson8861]

Yeah, in the Big 8, not including the Switzer games, those worked great. In the bowls and against Bowden, not so great. I think the genius is a stretch when it doesn't work most of the time against very good teams. What say you?

[@markstepanekii388]

@@robjohnson8861 what was his win percentage dumb dumb?

[@robjohnson8861]

@@markstepanekii388 He avged 9+ wins, right. He lost 60% of his games against other 9+ win coaches. He beat a whole bunch of god awful teams.

[@markstepanekii388]

@@robjohnson8861 he was the fastest coach to 250 wins. Saban couldn't even match that feat.

[@chadshepard3449]

that 1983 team was no joke

[@dougduda6255]

yeah, but the pedophiles at PENN State stole that game. . .. . .

[@robjohnson8861]

@John Van Hof So what you are saying is that we could add the "go for the win" decision to a list of stupid decisions that will plague Osborne's legacy. Most every fan of the game, outside of Lincoln, would definitely agree with ya.

[@robjohnson8861]

@@dougduda6255 What a great T shirt idea. The Pedophiles vs the Enablers.

[@redwingsfan3621]

They fired Solich way too soon

[@guspeterson3134]

Michigan beat a poor WA ST team.....Nebr creamed Tenn so we know who the real National Champion was

[@larryshamlin2369]

Mich should have lost,look at the players on that Tennessee team,lots of pro players.

[@michaelgoodale655]

I remember a conversation supposedly, among college coaches, that had they played Michigan, Nebraska would have won!!!!! YES.

[@grant8490]

Osborne offered Michigan a game after the season and Michigan turned it down. They knew they would have lost.

[@slshusker]

1995 Hussker team is the most dominant for the YEAR I've ever seen. The whole season, including Bowl Game.

[@mas5867]

LOL. I wuv this stat. Closest Win: * Neb beat a team that was unranked that took them to overtime. * MI's beat the 8th ranked team in the country with the 2nd best QB.

[@dianehaas6637]

he was the best love that man he did well for nebraska thanks tom and god bless you

[@dnrood1]

Nebraska fans should have watched this before wanting Frank Solich fired. The Nebraska fans were so spoiled at the end of the Osborne era. Solich got fired for not being competitive against elite teams. Almost ten years later does it look like Nebraska is competitive against top 10 teams. It doesn't look like it to me.

[@robjohnson8861]

We are at year 20 or so with Solich's coaching career. He as but 1 conference championship.....cough.....with Osborne's recruits. Another thing Tom got wrong. Choosing his replacement.

[@cubswin3838]

Every bit as good as Wooden or Dean Smith! A guy I personally admire!

[@robjohnson8861]

You are out of your mind to compare him to either of those coaches.

[@tjmusa]

yes in nebraska a 10 win season is avg. go big red

[@fallguye6011]

Dabo Swinney could be the next one who can possibly measure up to Osborne overall.

[@mas5867]

Not gonna happen. Dabo peaked.

[@EmceeNolan]

Just realized today the Up Close theme song was taken from Information Society--What's On Your Mind...which is clever when you quickly realize how the lyrics apply to the show.

[@ajellis2891]

Oz was the GOAT

[@Deathadder50]

0 dislikes, nuff said

[@joeskater88]

hes the AD now

[@tdthies18]

what was the real reason frank was fired?

[@robjohnson8861]

32-7 then 16-12 starting with CO game when Neb knew something was not right. 20 seasons now and only 1 conf championship.

[@williamdiemert9866]

Steve Pedersen made the biggest mistake ever by getting rid of Frank Solich.

[@barflentigo7060]

bangin a booster's wife

[@KBoe4]

But what about the Miami Hurricanes?! (SARCASM)

[@robjohnson8861]

Bowls 1993 Bama 34, Miami 13 1994 Arizona 29, Miami 0 1995 Neb 24, Miami 17 Did Osborne beat a good Miami team? Did Erickson retire after the game which (was highly speculated before the game that he might)? Did Miami face NCAA sanctions after the game that Miami knew was probably coming before the game? Miami was a shell.

[@Jordan23c]

The health issues for you?

[@ScottyUrb]

Actually that was when they shared the 1997 championship with Meeeeeeeee-chigan!

[@robjohnson8861]

Some share. MI: 3 votes from consensus NC Neb: 31 votes from consensus NC

[@robjohnson8861]

Re: his leading the All American stat. If Neb had it to over again, one has to wonder if they would have said, Tom, we are hiring you to win football games, not become the Harvard of Div 1 football. The losing bowl record will always haunt his legacy for those evaluating a football coach for his #1 priority, to win football games THAT MATTER. Once again, Osborne didn't get it right. Poor man.

[@jamieborden9094]

The game really is ''More Than Winning'' Wooden would agree

[@robjohnson8861]

@@jamieborden9094 Winners say that and so do wannabes.

[@dianehaas6637]

Thats not fair he was fired over some thing personel. Peterson was a ass and the coach he picked over Solich did not come through so he went also.THANK GOD.. Now we have BO and every body is crying that he can"t make it Wake up people it takes time to get a perfect team together Tom also had a tough time but he finally got there

[@robjohnson8861]

Can a great coach retire with a losing bowl record? If you are honest and most of you aren't, you'll say no, you can't.

[@jamieborden9094]

But yet...He did

[@stoopstified7376]

This Shure didn't age well for ole Tom..his legacy in ruins..

[@StonedMeadowOfDoom]

You are sure STOOPID alright

[@R1XTER5150]

Oh I heard that he was running a sweat shop out of Korea.