Tom Osborne at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 3

Tom Osborne at the Little Rock Touchdown Club Part 3

1997 Orange Bowl #2 Nebraska vs #3 Tennessee Part 1 of 2

Uploaded on Dec 2, 2007

The final collegiate game for Tom Osborne, Peyton Manning, Ahman Green, Grant Wistrom, Jason Peter, Scott Frost. Nebraska thoroughly dominated the Vols on both sides of the ball running for over 400 yards. This is first half action only over 40 clips, second part to be up shortly. Great talent on both sides of the ball Nebraska: Wistrom, Green, Peter, Frost, Rucker, Ralph and Mike Brown, Eric Warfield, Tennesse: Peyton Manning, Jamal Lewis, Peerless Price, Leonard Little, Raynoch Thompson, Jonathan Brown.

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On Sept 9, 2013 at the Little Rock Touchdown Club before Tom Osborne got to speak we had the review of what happened last week in the SEC by Rex Nelson and he discussed how Bobby Petrino invented 8 new curse words during the 6 plays in a row where Western Kentucky turned it over 5 times to the Vols. Here are some of the details below:

By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, September 9, 3:30 AM

Sometimes it seems like an offense can’t do anything right.Western Kentucky knows the feeling. The Hilltoppers turned the ball over five times in a span of six plays against Tennessee in a 52-20 loss on Saturday.

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That’s right. Five turnovers, six plays.

“I don’t remember that many interceptions and that many turnovers back-to-back-to-back-to-back,” Western Kentucky coach Bobby Petrino said. “It really dug us a hole.”

Ya think?

Western Kentucky’s second through sixth series ended like this: interception, interception, fumble, fumble, interception.

Tennessee converted the turnovers into four touchdowns and a field goal, or 31 points, with Justin Coleman and Cameron Sutton returning picks for TDs.

The Hilltoppers committed two other turnovers, including one the Vols turned into another touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Brandon Doughty threw the five interceptions and was the first Western Kentucky quarterback since 1977 to get picked off that many times in a game.

Tennessee’s seven takeaways were its most since it had that many against Memphis in 1984. The Vols hadn’t intercepted five passes in a game since they did it against Kentucky in 1999.

There are no records kept for most turnovers in fewest number of plays. According to the NCAA, the record for consecutive series ending in a turnover is seven by Florida State against Florida in 1972. That run of bad luck happened on the Seminoles’ first seven possessions.

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F
THE LIFE JOURNEY OF A LEGENDAR
Y NEBRASKA COACH AND POLITICIAN
(
Lincoln, NE
)
Tom Osborne
is easily recognized as one of the most respected
coaches in college football history. In his memoir,
Beyond the Final Score:
There’s More to Life Than the Game
(Regal Books, Sept. 2009), Osborne
reflects on observations and experiences in his life as a family man, coach,
congressman, fisherman, ment
or and spiritual servant.
Osborne grew up in Hastings, Nebraska where he attended high school and
college. After college graduation, he spent three seasons in the NFL as a wide
receiver for the Washington Redskins and the San Francisco 49ers. In 1964,
Osborne joined the University of Nebraska Cornhusker coaching staff and
eventually became head coach in 1972, where he remained until 1997. Osborne
became a coaching legend by serving those around him and always placing a
strong emphasis on his spiritual walk. Few colleg
e football coaches have seen the success that
Osborne did (255 wins in 25 seasons). In
Beyond the Final Score
,
Osborne shares some
thoughts on the following:
On Team Unity: “Having a nu
cleus of spiritually committed players and coaches made a
significant difference on our football teams. It
creates the kind of team chemistry that
enables everyone to pull together in one direction.”
On His Political Career: “I ran for office wi
thout money from political action committees
(PAC’s). Personal contributions didn’t exceed
$300 per person so nobody could claim my
allegiance because of donations. I made my
judgments based on my conscience and the
best interests of my constituents.”
On the Economic Downturn: “We’ve become a very materialistic nation. This crisis has
lead Americans to self-examination and a re
alization that we are not in control of
everything, maybe God has a place in our priorities. I hope that we can strengthen our
democracy and never trade it for short term monetary comforts. “
On Mentorship: “Mentoring is not only an inve
stment in the life of one child but also an
investment in the future of our nation
. A mentor demonstrates vision, shows
unconditional care and while prov
iding life-changing affirmation.”
On Returning to the Nebraska Athletic Department: “Morale wasn’t good. Each person
needed to be heard and to know they were
valued. It was from there that the healing
process, which was critical to accomp
lishing our mission, began to occur.”
In 2000, Osborne won a Congressional seat for
Nebraska’s Third Distri
ct. During his three
terms in Congress, he participated in the Iraqi
Women’s Caucus, and served on the Agricultural
Committee, the Education and the Workforce Co
mmittee, and the Transportation Committee.
Osborne’s commitment was to serve the people of
Nebraska despite the downsides of being away
from his family and experiencing the dissention
and struggle for control between both parties.
In 2006, Osborne ran
for Governor of Nebraska, but lost to
his opponent. In 2007, he returned

to the University of Nebraska as Athletic Director

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Osborne also shares thoughts on the many chan
ges in college football over the years. Often
challenges involve the players (“Many carry heavy emotional baggage or have critical parents
pushing them from a young age to succeed”), their performance (“Enhancement seems to have
been too great a temptation for many players and
coaches, and officials let it go on for far too
long”), and the recruitment process (“We often see improper or unrealistic promises being made
to young people”).
In
Beyond the Final Score
, Osborne chronicles personal storie
s that include growing up during
World War II with a father who was overseas serv
ing in the war, discovering his love for fishing
at a young age, yearning to pass his love for fish
ing on to his wife and children (without much
success), learning to fly later in life, and the st
ruggle to keep family a priority over his career.
Through the story of his life, Osborne reminds readers of the principle that he has strived to
maintain in his life, “Many people wander thro
ugh life without thinki
ng deeply about their
purpose or intentions, my personal mission stat
ement has always been to try to serve and honor
God. Sometimes I came close to living up to
this mission and other times I fell far short.”

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