Back when players stayed 4 years, the original conferences were intact (TV money hadn't totally taken over), the U hadn't polluted sportsmanship and Keith Jackson & Frank Broyles were calling games. Those were very good days.
@@robjohnson8861 "Tom Osborne's 1995 team is really the best team that has ever stepped foot on the green playing field" - Bear Bryant, talking about the best team ever.
I just love that Alabama was down one score in the final minute and STILL was in the wishbone. They literally had no other formations. It's amazing to see how much more sophisticated football has become in the last few decades.
It's all in the execution. Alabama was coached by, at the time, the best coach in the game. They had Ozzie Newsome, Tony Nathan, and Jeff Rutledge, each one an All America, not to mention a number of other receivers and running backs they could count on. They had PLENTY of plays to run out of the wishbone that would have won them the game, even when they were behind, but Alabama did not execute and Nebraska played excellent defense. 4 picks by the huskers late in the game (5 total I believe) and Nebraska wins by a TD. Great ballgame by two of the best teams in the country that year.
@@iamtonyp123 True! But the wishbone was also a great equalizer. Strong players who train hard and prepared themselves could be successful in the wishbone. It didn’t require blinding speed or some out of this world talent. It just requires a good football players.
It required great speed from the 2 tailbacks, and the Quarterback. One of The keys to the wishbone was you had to have players that were fast enough to beat the defenders to the corner. Oklahoma had blinding speed in the backfield when Switzer ran it.
@@iamtonyp123 - You need speed, but you really beat the corner with the pitch out, or QB pulls and keeps and runs inside a too wide corner. An intelligent QB with great ball skills, a long with quickness and a sturdy frame really helps.
Damn, Rob Burns was one heck of a runner! He reminds me a bit of John Cappalletti, 1973 Heisman winner from Penn St. When they showed him during the introductions he looked like a skinny white guy that wasn't very strong. But he was one tough runner!!
This was my first Nebraska game with my dad. I was six years old. At half time, my dad took me to the rest room nearest our seats, which at that time was adjacent to the visiting locker room. I did my business and wandered outside to wait for my father. I felt someone pat me on the head. I looked up and saw this huge man, wearing a hat similar to the one my grandfather used to wear. The man said, "You enjoyin' the game, son?". My dad had just emerged, his eyes wide. He said, "You know who that was, don't you?". Of course, being a small child, I didn't. He explained to me that I had just met Bear Bryant. He told me I would remember that moment all my life. Dad was right. By the way.... Not knowing any better, I was the only one in that stadium, Nebraska players included, who was convinced Nebraska would win that game.
@@franklinbolander1916 Stop the all caps. What did Scott do at Neb? Lost to ASU in an atrocious no show. Lost to TX Beat Manning who had 134 yds vs the other 11 QB that had an avg of 189 against Neb.
I recall when a Husker player that played on O-Line. Maybe at center. You literally could not tell if he had shoulder pads! Back in around 1989s. What was his name?
My freshman year at Bama. 15 Pi Kappa Phi brothers took a RV up to this game. These are the only interceptions Rutledge threw all year. I have lived 45 minutes from Memorial Stadium for the last 7 years. Haven't set foot in it.
I remember this game! Nobody thought NU had a chance. They just kept hanging in and eventually got the win. This was IM Hipp's coming out game. Tom Sorley was a solid QB and Rick Berns and Hipp were good, tough running backs.
@@petermorgan3744And apparently you never read Saban's book on how he stole Nebraska's formula for a running game at 'Bama after being humiliated by about 40 points when coaching at MSU..
@@ronconrad2867 Well Ron, maybe Scott Andrew Frost should just "steal" it back from Saban and then Nebraska could dominate the college football landscape for the next 12 years!!!??? I mean....if it's as simple as you suggest!!???
This was a great game I am an Oklahoma fan I hate that Oklahoma and Alabama did not play each other home and home in the seventies or eighties. It would have been the battle of the Wishbones Barry Switzer verse Bear Bryant
@@robjohnson8861 And the result was a beatdown at the hands of the Trojans in '78. Still think USC should not have had to share the title with Bama in '78.
@@jcotler22 - glad you think that. 24-14 not exactly a beatdown. Charles White was quite a weapon, Bama wasn't ready. Bama also missed a chance at the end of the game. Not a beatdown, but a solid USC win.
@@keylearning5746 I take your point. "Beatdown" was overstating the matter. It was a competitive game, but not exactly a nail biter. SC never trailed, as I recall, and led 24-7 in the fourth quarter. Since they finished with identical records, and SC won the head to head, I always felt they were entitled to the National Championship. But you can't ignore Bama's win over Penn State in the Sugar Bowl. I just hope in the years to come SC becomes competitive with Bama again!
That, on its own, doesn't put anyone in elite company. Nebraska has been awful for twenty years. For some reason, they still sell out that barn. It would be nice if someone manages to resurrect that program. Football is better when the blue bloods are good.
I forgot that AL ran the wishbone‼️😃 So it’s like the Huskers playing OU! They’re used to seeing the wishbone! I wish that I could talk to both O & D sides of the Huskers to see who ran the wishbone better. And to talk to Sorely & Berns as well! Man! Berns was a tough I-back. This is a Sooner excited about Husker football. Those were the days of college football folks. None of this “transfer portal” mess. Players were loyal and unselfish.
@@leemontgomery7914 Judging by our record the last few years, I'm not confident. Plus, the Sooners are probably still pissed about our AD's comments last spring about wanting to back out of the game.
@@Northstadiumhusker Rob's prediction. Frost knew that the team lacked heart and came up with the ploy of NOT playing the bowl game himself, but rather letting the team vote. Frost knows OU will destroy Neb and feebly used the wanting a home game for the economy bull S excuse. I truly believe what was said about his turning tail when Phliips beat up Kate.
How do you play QB, run into some of the S that Frost ran into and be one of the strongest players on the team (which Scott supposedly was) and not have the guts to mix it up with Phillips. It wasn't like it was gonna be a leg fight.
I call this a "passing of the torch" game. Bear Bryant, still at the height of his powers, but getting to the end of his run, vs. a young, upstart Tom Osborne.
Rutledge was an All American. He had plenty of talent. His career had this pattern, where he would be outstanding, game manager, laser arm in key situations, and lots of wins. That said, once every 7-8 games he would show up and play poorly, passes sailing on him, poor timing on the handoffs and pitch outs, not taking anything away from Nebraska, they were the better team here and literally created the havoc that took Bama's timing away. They did not look like they were running downhill in any of these replays.
31-24 Nebraska was gifted a win via Jeff Rutledge's 4 interceptions and I think one fumble. I know my Bama football, I was at the poolhall that day so I watched this game in Western Auto (LOL) Look it up, if Bama didn't have 5 Turnovers I cussed out the QB for nothing (only 13 and cussing !! Hell I ran a poolhall at 10, what you expect) I rarely mess up via my memories and Bama football. My brother got a Bama Preseason Mag like 20 years ago and it had every season and every score, he was looking at our 1979 12-0 record and scores and the mag had Bama 30 LSI 0,, and I told him, that's BS, I sat by our Stereo Console that day (those were the days, LOL) listening to our Zenith radio, and that game was played in a driving rainstorm, and we won 3-0 after fumbling 4 orv5 times inside their 5-20 yard line (or the Redzone now-a-days) and my brother who is like 12 years younger than me said, BS, you can't remember that to that degree, the book is not wrong. He looked it up, and ole big dog was 100 percent right.
The AL vs LSU memories sounded good....but Re: the score. Easy misprint. AL did win 30-0 the next week against Miami and any fan would remember a 30-0 game against LSU NOT happening. You remembered AL fumbling 4-5 times? Reality check. Bama fumbled once. It was; however, inside the LSU's 5 and LSU recovered. Source: rolltide . com 1979 archives and youtube 1979 AL vs LSU highlights
@@robjohnson8861 That was a typo (of sorts) if I remember we had one interception and one fumble. Because of the Nebraska mention I conflated turnovers with us getting inside the 20 4 or 5 times ad turning it over, or missing field goals. (which is kinda the same thing, when you miss a FG in a driving rain storm it fells like a turnover. I think we missed 2 or 3 chip shot FGs in that game. So, the point stands, we dominated the game, got inside that 10-20 yard line all day, but a Frustrated 15 year old guy was a nervous wreck that day. (Because of the driving rain storm.) I remember the 73 game (I think 73 maybe 74) where it was televised nationally at night. (Charley Mac) I remember crying in 73 when we lost to Notre Dame because of a missed extra point. I remember Tenn. Bama 79 where they got a 17-0 lead and we beat them 27-17 and the day before my best friend got killed in a car wreck. Like Oct 20 1079. And I remember getting in trouble when I was like 14 with the law, and the Judge let me and my two friends off (Not Guilty) because he went to Alabama Law School, and I was talking with him in the chambers about football scores from 1925, 34 (LOL) Been a Christian/teacher of the bible for 35 years, so I learned my lesson. The truth is, it really doesn't matter that much to me at all now. Its way too commercial.
@@MrRondonmon Well, your redo is not any better. *"I think we missed 2 or 3 chip shot FGs in that game."* Would a 28 yd or 39 field goal attempt be considered chip shots? Regarding the "driving rain" storm. in 1990, Stallings was asked whether his first game loss to Southern Miss had anything to do with the heat. He looked at the stupid reported and said, "it was hot on their side of the field too." Stop with the rain excuse. *"So, the point stands, we dominated the game, got inside that 10-20 yard line all day"* I'm calling you out on this. I can't find anything to support that. Can you? Bama had 114 more yds than LSU on the day. The 2nd lowest margin of the season. Give LSU some credit vs AL beat themselves, HS! Source: AL.com Vintage: Top-ranked Alabama survived vs. LSU in rain-soaked Baton Rouge in 1979
@@robjohnson8861 Yes they are, I have to listen to a sissy LSU fan complain and gripe. Give it a rest man. Do you wake up every day seeing things in the worst possible light? Without the Driving rainstorm, we put 45 on you guys. You were probably praying for the rain or others were, just like you prayed to get past the 50-yard line in the 2012 National Title Game (LOL) NUFF SAID?
@@MrRondonmon *"Without the Driving rainstorm, we put 45 on you guys."* FU. The Stalling comeback totally eluded you. The fact is, it rained on LSU's side of the field too, PERIOD. LSU lost 5 games #1 USC by 5 Unranked GA by 7 #8 FSU by 5 #1 AL by 3 #18 Tuiane by 11 LSU was a good team that played Bama a damn good game. I'm a Bama grad and I rake the Neb fans for always coming up with excuses. Nothing you said about the 79 AL/LSU game was on balance correct except knowing the score wasn't 30-0.
Just think, 18 years later the greatest team ever in college football, 1995 Nebraska, had the greatest season of all time, magical incredible powerful , the accolades never stop
Are you serious? Rutledge was the #1 QB prospect coming out of high school at Banks, where he won a high school national championship. He was a dropback pro style guy, but they put him in the wishbone. He did well, winning a national title and, because of this game, narrowly missed another one. Every 5-6 games, he would have a bad passing game. His pro career was very similar. Other games, he would look like Johnny Unitas.
@@tuat.mvpformallybigd.2635 Don’t need to go back and watch the games, I saw them the first time. You go back and study the conference and national titles from the 70’s. No teams more dominant than USC, Bama, ND, and Nebraska.
@@tuat.mvpformallybigd.2635 Really? All SEC, Sugar Bowl MVP IN ‘78 for the Natty,, National titles in high school and college (playing for the Bear no less) and a long time backup for the Giants (with a Super Bowl ring he actually had to come in for injured Phil Simms and lead them to the win). Yeah, not that good. 33-5 record as a starter running the wishbone when he was actually a pro style drop back passer. 14 seasons as an NFL backup, plenty of time for QBs who “aren’t that good” to be replaced. Rutledge, what a joke. Yeah, terrible.
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Back when players stayed 4 years, the original conferences were intact (TV money hadn't totally taken over), the U hadn't polluted sportsmanship and Keith Jackson & Frank Broyles were calling games. Those were very good days.
*"the U hadn't polluted sportsmanship"*
Yeah, we hated those enablers, signed Osborne, Paterno/Sandusky.
@@robjohnson8861 "Tom Osborne's 1995 team is really the best team that has ever stepped foot on the green playing field" - Bear Bryant, talking about the best team ever.
@@rooh5825 yeah, I remember his speech in 1980 talking about Neb 95. One of his best. Man you know your S!
Bear Bryant died in January of 1983.
@@brianwynne9536 Roo H is special. Play along.
I was at this game. Snare drummer in the Husker Marching Band. Go Big Red.
ROLL TIDE!!!
Osborne vs. Bryant--can it get anymore epic than that? Thank you for another epic old school Husker game upload!
Sugar Bowl that year was Bryant vs. Woody Hayes. 1978 it was Bryant vs. Paterno. And 1979 was Bryant vs. Lou Holtz. That was fun.
Saban vs Meyer?
@@williamjordan5554 this was regular season ooc
@@markstepanekii388 I know. I was suggesting a possible more epic matchup.
I just love that Alabama was down one score in the final minute and STILL was in the wishbone. They literally had no other formations. It's amazing to see how much more sophisticated football has become in the last few decades.
It's all in the execution. Alabama was coached by, at the time, the best coach in the game. They had Ozzie Newsome, Tony Nathan, and Jeff Rutledge, each one an All America, not to mention a number of other receivers and running backs they could count on. They had PLENTY of plays to run out of the wishbone that would have won them the game, even when they were behind, but Alabama did not execute and Nebraska played excellent defense. 4 picks by the huskers late in the game (5 total I believe) and Nebraska wins by a TD. Great ballgame by two of the best teams in the country that year.
The wishbone was very sophisticated. That's what made it so successful.
@@iamtonyp123 True! But the wishbone was also a great equalizer. Strong players who train hard and prepared themselves could be successful in the wishbone. It didn’t require blinding speed or some out of this world talent. It just requires a good football players.
It required great speed from the 2 tailbacks, and the Quarterback. One of The keys to the wishbone was you had to have players that were fast enough to beat the defenders to the corner. Oklahoma had blinding speed in the backfield when Switzer ran it.
@@iamtonyp123 - You need speed, but you really beat the corner with the pitch out, or QB pulls and keeps and runs inside a too wide corner. An intelligent QB with great ball skills, a long with quickness and a sturdy frame really helps.
Nebraska needs to come back to the big 12
Would be great to see a reset of the conferences back to the way they were in the 70's plus bring back the Big East
Damn, Rob Burns was one heck of a runner! He reminds me a bit of John Cappalletti, 1973 Heisman winner from Penn St. When they showed him during the introductions he looked like a skinny white guy that wasn't very strong. But he was one tough runner!!
WOW THIS GAME WAS CALLED BY THE LATE GREAT ICONIC KEITH JACKSON!...HE WAS MR COLLEGE FOOTBALL!...GREAT MEMORIES!
"Oh lemme tell you about..."
"Whooaaa, Nellie!"
The last game I have ever scene with two straight on kickers.
As a lifelong Alabama fan, I’m 58 now, I still vividly remember this game and it still hurts.
This was my first Nebraska game with my dad. I was six years old.
At half time, my dad took me to the rest room nearest our seats, which at that time was adjacent to the visiting locker room.
I did my business and wandered outside to wait for my father. I felt someone pat me on the head. I looked up and saw this huge man, wearing a hat similar to the one my grandfather used to wear. The man said, "You enjoyin' the game, son?".
My dad had just emerged, his eyes wide. He said, "You know who that was, don't you?". Of course, being a small child, I didn't. He explained to me that I had just met Bear Bryant. He told me I would remember that moment all my life. Dad was right.
By the way.... Not knowing any better, I was the only one in that stadium, Nebraska players included, who was convinced Nebraska would win that game.
Go Big Red! I got to meet & talk to Scott Frost yesterday I know he wants so deeply for the program to get back to this and I believe he will!
WOW GETTING TO MEET SCOTT FROST MUST HAVE BEEN GREAT..WHAT AN ICONIC PLAYER HE WAS AT NEBRASKA!..IM A SOONER FAN BUT AM ALSO A FAN OF SCOT FROST!
@@franklinbolander1916 Stop the all caps. What did Scott do at Neb?
Lost to ASU in an atrocious no show.
Lost to TX
Beat Manning who had 134 yds vs the other 11 QB that had an avg of 189 against Neb.
@@robjohnson8861 FROST DID WAY MORE THEN YOU ,I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN OF THAT LOL!...NOW GO AWAY TROLL!!
I recall when a Husker player that played on O-Line. Maybe at center. You literally could not tell if he had shoulder pads! Back in around 1989s. What was his name?
@@leemontgomery7914 MIGHT HAVE BEEN DAVE REMINGTON HE WAS AN ALL AMERICAN CENTER AT NEBRASKA BACK IN THE EARLY AND MID 80S!
My pal Eric and I watched this at the enlisted mens club when I was a young dude in the U.S.Navy. A long ass time ago.
My freshman year at Bama. 15 Pi Kappa Phi brothers took a RV up to this game. These are the only interceptions Rutledge threw all year. I have lived 45 minutes from Memorial Stadium for the last 7 years. Haven't set foot in it.
you should. It's fun, even though we've struggled the past few years. I'm a die hard Husker fan, but it'd be cool to see a game in Birmingham.
Would love you see a home and home series between these two teams now. RMFT
I remember this game! Nobody thought NU had a chance. They just kept hanging in and eventually got the win. This was IM Hipp's coming out game. Tom Sorley was a solid QB and Rick Berns and Hipp were good, tough running backs.
Rutledge said after this game that he was never hit so hard than by Nebraska. He also stated that he still cries at night from the pain.
He also stated that Nebraska hasn't been relevant in college football for the last twenty years!
@@petermorgan3744 Yeppers, Oct 2020 marked 20 years since Neb was ranked #1.
@@petermorgan3744And apparently you never read Saban's book on how he stole Nebraska's formula for a running game at 'Bama after being humiliated by about 40 points when coaching at MSU..
@@ronconrad2867 Well Ron, maybe Scott Andrew Frost should just "steal" it back from Saban and then Nebraska could dominate the college football landscape for the next 12 years!!!??? I mean....if it's as simple as you suggest!!???
He also said how he loved kicking the cornhuskers ass 20-3
This was a great game I am an Oklahoma fan I hate that Oklahoma and Alabama did not play each other home and home in the seventies or eighties. It would have been the battle of the Wishbones Barry Switzer verse Bear Bryant
Watching a wide receiver split out in a stance...hilarious
Bama scheduled road trips against Nebraska and USC in the same year. Commendable.
LOL.
When Bama scheduled those 1977 games don't you think the Bear was fully aware that NEB and USC would come to Bama in 1978.
@@robjohnson8861 And the result was a beatdown at the hands of the Trojans in '78. Still think USC should not have had to share the title with Bama in '78.
@@jcotler22 - glad you think that. 24-14 not exactly a beatdown. Charles White was quite a weapon, Bama wasn't ready. Bama also missed a chance at the end of the game. Not a beatdown, but a solid USC win.
@@keylearning5746 I take your point. "Beatdown" was overstating the matter. It was a competitive game, but not exactly a nail biter. SC never trailed, as I recall, and led 24-7 in the fourth quarter. Since they finished with identical records, and SC won the head to head, I always felt they were entitled to the National Championship. But you can't ignore Bama's win over Penn State in the Sugar Bowl. I just hope in the years to come SC becomes competitive with Bama again!
The 70's, when the Alltime 9 were truelly the amongst the top 10 every year
miss the tear-away jerseys
Ahhhhh, for a return to the days when they painted concrete green and called it Astro Turf.
Jeff Rutledge owned a restaurant Newport Beach, Ca at one time. We ate there a few times.
Is it still there or did someone intercept his restaurant from him?
@@krimsonhaze327 Not sure. That was 90's. I heard he is coaching. CA cafes change names and hands like an octopus.
Pillen had a great game. I'll give him that.
I.M. Hipp. One of the all time cool names in college football.
Great trivia note: Rutledge threw 5 interceptions in this game, and did not throw another interception that year for the remaining 10 games.
great, its always good when Nebraska wins
Nebraska with 58 year old Tim Smith at split end.
We would grind Nebraska into powder if we played them today. RDT
That, on its own, doesn't put anyone in elite company. Nebraska has been awful for twenty years. For some reason, they still sell out that barn.
It would be nice if someone manages to resurrect that program. Football is better when the blue bloods are good.
I forgot that AL ran the wishbone‼️😃
So it’s like the Huskers playing OU! They’re used to seeing the wishbone!
I wish that I could talk to both O & D sides of the Huskers to see who ran the wishbone better. And to talk to Sorely & Berns as well! Man!
Berns was a tough I-back.
This is a Sooner excited about Husker football.
Those were the days of college football folks. None of this “transfer portal” mess. Players were loyal and unselfish.
I hope we can give you guys a decent game this September.
@@Northstadiumhusker I’m certain that the Huskers will be well prepared.
@@leemontgomery7914 Judging by our record the last few years, I'm not confident. Plus, the Sooners are probably still pissed about our AD's comments last spring about wanting to back out of the game.
@@Northstadiumhusker Rob's prediction. Frost knew that the team lacked heart and came up with the ploy of NOT playing the bowl game himself, but rather letting the team vote.
Frost knows OU will destroy Neb and feebly used the wanting a home game for the economy bull S excuse.
I truly believe what was said about his turning tail when Phliips beat up Kate.
How do you play QB, run into some of the S that Frost ran into and be one of the strongest players on the team (which Scott supposedly was) and not have the guts to mix it up with Phillips. It wasn't like it was gonna be a leg fight.
Can't beat old Keith Jackson with some southern color by Mr. Broyles.
I like the 1978 game better.
Wow ! I don’t remember seeing this game! Thank you for posting it
With one loss to Neb early in the year Bama won the National Championship that season
Dear God Rutledge made some awful throws. I mean WTF was he thinking?
Yeah he did throw some really bad Passes
Rather have him than Richard todd
I call this a "passing of the torch" game. Bear Bryant, still at the height of his powers, but getting to the end of his run, vs. a young, upstart Tom Osborne.
Osborne, being Osborne, passed the torch back the next year. 1978: Bama 20, Neb 3.
@@robjohnson8861 Then he beat Switzer and #1 Oklahoma later that year.
@@Northstadiumhusker Then lost to unranked Missouri the game after and then lost to OU in the rematch. Some torch passing.
Bama won the Natty in 1978 and 1979. We should have won the Natty this year but #5 Irish beat #1 Texas. We ended up #2.
@@robjohnson8861 FFS, that was over 40 years ago. Let it go.
How in the world did Bear Bryant ever allow Jeff Rutledge to throw a pass?
Rutledge was an All American. He had plenty of talent. His career had this pattern, where he would be outstanding, game manager, laser arm in key situations, and lots of wins. That said, once every 7-8 games he would show up and play poorly, passes sailing on him, poor timing on the handoffs and pitch outs, not taking anything away from Nebraska, they were the better team here and literally created the havoc that took Bama's timing away. They did not look like they were running downhill in any of these replays.
and how da ya do
31-24 Nebraska was gifted a win via Jeff Rutledge's 4 interceptions and I think one fumble. I know my Bama football, I was at the poolhall that day so I watched this game in Western Auto (LOL) Look it up, if Bama didn't have 5 Turnovers I cussed out the QB for nothing (only 13 and cussing !! Hell I ran a poolhall at 10, what you expect) I rarely mess up via my memories and Bama football. My brother got a Bama Preseason Mag like 20 years ago and it had every season and every score, he was looking at our 1979 12-0 record and scores and the mag had Bama 30 LSI 0,, and I told him, that's BS, I sat by our Stereo Console that day (those were the days, LOL) listening to our Zenith radio, and that game was played in a driving rainstorm, and we won 3-0 after fumbling 4 orv5 times inside their 5-20 yard line (or the Redzone now-a-days) and my brother who is like 12 years younger than me said, BS, you can't remember that to that degree, the book is not wrong. He looked it up, and ole big dog was 100 percent right.
The AL vs LSU memories sounded good....but
Re: the score. Easy misprint. AL did win 30-0 the next week against Miami and any fan would remember a 30-0 game against LSU NOT happening.
You remembered AL fumbling 4-5 times? Reality check. Bama fumbled once. It was; however, inside the LSU's 5 and LSU recovered.
Source: rolltide . com 1979 archives and youtube 1979 AL vs LSU highlights
@@robjohnson8861 That was a typo (of sorts) if I remember we had one interception and one fumble. Because of the Nebraska mention I conflated turnovers with us getting inside the 20 4 or 5 times ad turning it over, or missing field goals. (which is kinda the same thing, when you miss a FG in a driving rain storm it fells like a turnover. I think we missed 2 or 3 chip shot FGs in that game. So, the point stands, we dominated the game, got inside that 10-20 yard line all day, but a Frustrated 15 year old guy was a nervous wreck that day. (Because of the driving rain storm.) I remember the 73 game (I think 73 maybe 74) where it was televised nationally at night. (Charley Mac)
I remember crying in 73 when we lost to Notre Dame because of a missed extra point. I remember Tenn. Bama 79 where they got a 17-0 lead and we beat them 27-17 and the day before my best friend got killed in a car wreck. Like Oct 20 1079. And I remember getting in trouble when I was like 14 with the law, and the Judge let me and my two friends off (Not Guilty) because he went to Alabama Law School, and I was talking with him in the chambers about football scores from 1925, 34 (LOL)
Been a Christian/teacher of the bible for 35 years, so I learned my lesson. The truth is, it really doesn't matter that much to me at all now. Its way too commercial.
@@MrRondonmon Well, your redo is not any better.
*"I think we missed 2 or 3 chip shot FGs in that game."*
Would a 28 yd or 39 field goal attempt be considered chip shots?
Regarding the "driving rain" storm.
in 1990, Stallings was asked whether his first game loss to Southern Miss had anything to do with the heat. He looked at the stupid reported and said, "it was hot on their side of the field too."
Stop with the rain excuse.
*"So, the point stands, we dominated the game, got inside that 10-20 yard line all day"*
I'm calling you out on this. I can't find anything to support that. Can you?
Bama had 114 more yds than LSU on the day. The 2nd lowest margin of the season. Give LSU some credit vs AL beat themselves, HS!
Source: AL.com Vintage: Top-ranked Alabama survived vs. LSU in rain-soaked Baton Rouge in 1979
@@robjohnson8861 Yes they are, I have to listen to a sissy LSU fan complain and gripe. Give it a rest man. Do you wake up every day seeing things in the worst possible light? Without the Driving rainstorm, we put 45 on you guys. You were probably praying for the rain or others were, just like you prayed to get past the 50-yard line in the 2012 National Title Game (LOL) NUFF SAID?
@@MrRondonmon *"Without the Driving rainstorm, we put 45 on you guys."*
FU. The Stalling comeback totally eluded you. The fact is, it rained on LSU's side of the field too, PERIOD.
LSU lost 5 games
#1 USC by 5
Unranked GA by 7
#8 FSU by 5
#1 AL by 3
#18 Tuiane by 11
LSU was a good team that played Bama a damn good game.
I'm a Bama grad and I rake the Neb fans for always coming up with excuses. Nothing you said about the 79 AL/LSU game was on balance correct except knowing the score wasn't 30-0.
Huge should pads in the day.
Now Nebraska can’t beat a FCS team.
What ever happened to Nebraska football.
I was 17 and watching at home in East Central Alabama. Cotton Mill territory. Alabama to me had better talent, but the interceptions were killers
Rutledge threw 4 or 5 interceptions in this game.
5, and did not throw another for next 10 games on schedule.
Old school run the ball slugfest, nd fan
Has Alabama ever beaten Nebraska?
The following season in Tuscaloosa, can't remember the score though.
@@boondoxatron9167 Neb never played in Tusc. Game was in Bham 20-3.
@@boondoxatron9167 20-3 Bama. Should have been 30-3.
@@boondoxatron9167Alabama 20 Nebraska 3. Actually is was in Birmingham. But the cheerleaders spent Friday night in T-town. Fun time.
Just think, 18 years later the greatest team ever in college football, 1995 Nebraska, had the greatest season of all time, magical incredible powerful , the accolades never stop
Leave it to Jeff to help out the other team. We couldn't never get a decent qb for some reason.
Are you serious? Rutledge was the #1 QB prospect coming out of high school at Banks, where he won a high school national championship. He was a dropback pro style guy, but they put him in the wishbone. He did well, winning a national title and, because of this game, narrowly missed another one. Every 5-6 games, he would have a bad passing game. His pro career was very similar. Other games, he would look like Johnny Unitas.
Are you serious or delirious? He would play fair one week and terrible another. We always had bad qbs back then. Go back and watch the games.
@@tuat.mvpformallybigd.2635 Don’t need to go back and watch the games, I saw them the first time. You go back and study the conference and national titles from the 70’s. No teams more dominant than USC, Bama, ND, and Nebraska.
@@keylearning5746 I was around the 1st time and still remember our defense's and running game kept us going. Jeff was not a real good qb, period.
@@tuat.mvpformallybigd.2635 Really? All SEC, Sugar Bowl MVP IN ‘78 for the Natty,, National titles in high school and college (playing for the Bear no less) and a long time backup for the Giants (with a Super Bowl ring he actually had to come in for injured Phil Simms and lead them to the win). Yeah, not that good.
33-5 record as a starter running the wishbone when he was actually a pro style drop back passer.
14 seasons as an NFL backup, plenty of time for QBs who “aren’t that good” to be replaced.
Rutledge, what a joke.
Yeah, terrible.
Nebraska gave steroids to their players.
Enjoy watching this, y'all will never see it again in your lifetimes, LMAO 🤣😆🤣😆
Be kinda nice if the game wasn't so butchered up.
Be nice if wouldn’t be such a troll on Husker videos but hey we all can’t get what we want now can we.