This game fundamentally hurts my soul in an indescribable way to this day. I still cant watch the kick without turning the video off early. It truly set the tone for my existence as a Nebraska fan. I would highly recommend SB considers a deeper dive to the 2021 Nebraska season as a whole. It is one of the wildest seasons of football in the history of CFB and deserves further analysis.
I remember being a senior in high school for this game at a huge watch party at my buddy’s house. There was about 15 of us all losing our minds when Suh was absolutely dominating for 4 quarters. I cannot begin to describe how dead and helpless that room was when Texas made that FG. Just like you I feel like it really left a huge impact on me as a Husker fan. Out of all of our recent struggles this game still pops in my head as one of my worst Husker memories lol
This was the last time we were almost relevant. It still hurts. To top that off, Suh absolutely deserved to be #1 or #2 in the Heisman race that year, but being a defensive player that wasn’t on a team in the top 3 in the nation meant he was #4 when the Heisman votes came in. By the definition that the Heisman goes to the most outstanding and impactful player, he more than deserved it, and this game proved it.
@@georgejohnson8674 how did colt McCoy’s nfl career go? Will he be remembered as one of the greatest to ever play his position? Or matter of fact anyone on the 09 Texas team?
@@natehollenbeck6348 talking about the team Thank you for deflecting and proving my point. Since you deflected to something not discussed. You lose. Now get triggered and reply back some more to continue proving my point 😘
As a Nebraska fan being able to witness suh play each week was truly amazing. I’m only 27 but in all my years he’s truly the most dominant college football player I’ve ever seen play. He was a DT and still the most influential player on the field each snap.
I'm not a Nebraska fan but he is the most dominant defensive player I've seen in my life. The way you had to even try to guard him was ridiculous. Teams were sending 3 guys at him at times it was unreal.
Suh singlehandedly almost won that game. He should've won the Heisman that year as well as he was paralleled with top defenses in the country(Alabama and Florida just to name a few) and it goes to show that if he couldn't win that award , no primary defensive player will ever win the Heisman. Go Big RED!
@@saintbrownthetrojansadly, not even that would have mattered. For whatever reason, back in 2009, the voters still mailed in their votes. So the Heisman was already decided before conf. Championship weekend.
Why did this ruin your childhood? Nebraska wasn’t playing for anything in this game? They were a 3 loss team ranked #22. At very best Nebraska played for an orange bowl if they win. Nebraska gets what it deserves for biting the hand that feeds them. Now they’re irrelevant bottom feeders in a cold weather football conference. Lmao wimps
No, it was really only Nebraska’s whiny excuse for a move they would have absolutely made anyway. (1) The call was correct, and (2) Nebraska admins would have to have been braindead to turn down a spot in one of the two most demographically secure conferences.
Genuinely true. Teams were getting fed up with Texas for years, but this + the Longhorn network is what made us to jump ship and thank god we did. And it destabilized the Big 12 to the point where Texas and OU leaving was always going to happen eventually.
@@qhillis TBH, it was already destabilized. The conference was never a great match. Texas and Texas A&M never really wanted to go there. Texas was coveting the Pac 10 and Texas A&M was coveting the SEC.
really hard to understate how much of a celebrity Ndamukong Suh was in nebraska. here in lincoln he was in tv advertisements and on billboards - something i’d never seen from a college football player before
He set the stage for Nebraska football to come - we have Chris Simms meals here in Omaha, and Doug McDermott burgers in bars. One of the guys who really helped College players get the respect, and money, that they deserve.
As a History major, respect to you for throwing the World War 1 reference in there! Suggestions for future episodes: The Millthrow Jose Bautista Batflip Game Red Sox Break the Curse Deshaun Watson's CFP heroics in 2017 Reggie Miller vs. Spike Lee Montreal Screwjob (yes I know wrestling is scripted, but still a moment in history)
Not mentioned when he said Nebraska playing for the little guy/ mid majors, Cincinnati. They went 12-0 and actually jumped TCU for 3rd place in the final BCS rankings. It's believed if Texas loses, Cincinnati would have been playing Bama for a trophy.
I was a 5th grader living in Texas as a Nebraska fan. I cried like a baby. If Nebraska had won this game I probably would have been insufferable to my UT friends but this was like, genuinely devastating to me. This was the start of Nebraska footballs depression machine.
I grew up watching Nebraska football, before going to OkState and switching teams. This was my first real Nebraska game, and I was about to turn 10. I got to go to this game as a birthday present. I was there with my dad, and we watched Suh dominate Texas for 60 minutes. I remember watching that ball sail out of bounds. I can remember it as clear as day. Dad and I were jumping up and down with glee. I had finally understood why people really liked Nebraska. My dad had watched them win two national titles in person, and now we had seen the resurgence of Nebraska as they should be. But this joy only lasted a few moments, as they subsequently added a second back on the clock. The kick was in slow motion. I will never forget it. I will never forget the orange and white confetti that then rained down through the tears that streamed down my face. I have resented Texas ever since then. I will never blame refs for a loss, and I think that the people who do that are poor sports. Texas won the game. There is nothing beyond that. It did not matter to me. I will never forget how robbed we felt, and the sadness that I felt. Luckily, I have seen Texas lose to my pokes quite a bit (save for this year haha).
As a Texas fan who was at that game in Arlington, it was impressive how Suh and the Nebraska D had N in position to win. It was also clear to me that the last replay got it unquestionably right, and Texas got the correct one second back. I still deal with Nebraska fans who feel somehow robbed.?.?. The disillusion runs deep. 🙄
@@737smartinlol delusion runs deep? Hmm considering that rule states you can't use replay to just check the clock. Never was that way in the NFL or up to this point. Bottom line only reason Texas got their way was Dan Bebee kissing a$$ for more money which lead to Big 12 going the way it is today.
I'm a Nebraska fan and I would love for you guys to do a Collapse video on Nebraska Football. You guys did very well with this video and I've always hoped you would spotlight Nebraska at some point.
I second that. I grew up during the post-apocalyptic era of Nebraska hearing about the glory days from my parents and everyone else who was around in the 90s. I'd love to see how we got to that from what we used to be. I mean it will be painful to watch but definitely informative.
I've wondered the same. Nebraska to me seems like a perfect team for that format because their decline has been so long. They lost the BCS against Miami, and they've spiraled into a hole that they've never really gotten out of.
Alas...I got to watch the greatest college football team (still to this day) to take the field and I probably never see those Huskers again@@jahcode6132
@@jahcode6132 being a 2000s kid and born into nebraska fandom sucks lol. grew up hearing "damn we suck" from friends and family before i was paying much attention to football. looking back now, we probably went 9-3 most of those times. now we can't even make a bowl game
I’m a Cincinnati fan and think about this game all the time. I was in a hotel in Pittsburgh just having witnessed a crazy comeback by my Bearcats to cap an undefeated year. If this kick goes wide, or that extra second goes off the clock- Cincy goes to the the championship game vs Bama. We would have had extremely long odds to win, but could Brian Kelly have still left for ND with his team playing for a ring? Would Nebraska have taken another step in 2010 having won the Big12? Maybe they wouldn’t have left for the Big 10? This game is the Butterfly Effect of college football.
There is no scenario Cincinatti should have gone to the title game over TCU. It was criminal that UT went to the title game over TCU, but UC would have even less of an argument. - TCU beat more ranked teams than UT & UC - TCU beat higher ranked teams than UT & UC - TCU beat ranked teams by a larger margin than UT & UC (vs UC - 21.6 vs 2 MOV) - TCU had the #1 ranked defense by ypg and #2 by ppg (UT was #6 and UC was #48) - TCU had the #4 ranked offense (UT was #5 and UC was #3) Cincinatti shouldnt have even been ranked above Boise State. That ranking never made any sense. Boise State outclassed UC in every statistical category and beat #7 Oregon by 18. UC only had one more ranked game then them beating #15 Pitt by 1 and #16 WVU by 3 in OT. Boise State and UC even had two common opponents and it wasnt even close: - vs Miami: UC won 37-24; Boise State won 48-0 - vs Fresno State: UC won 28-20; Boise State won 57-24
@@wanini24 Actually no. Just annoyed with the narratives of bs sport. As a fan i wanted Boise State in the game. But they didnt really play anyone outside of Oregon. This was the common narrative as to why Mid-Majors were never good enough for a title bid. But 2008-2010 proved how bs that narrative truly was. 08 Utah beat 5 Top 25 teams and went undefeated, but was still ranked behind 6 teams with worse records and less ranked wins. 09 TCU beat more ranked teams than everyone besides Alabama, literally had a higher SOS, but somehow that didnt matter. 10 - The perfect illustration of how bad the system truly was. 2010 TCU first team in NCAA history to go undefeated and get jumped out of a championship game despite more than twice as many ranked wins as Oregon and statistically superior by 100X than auburn, but that didnt matter. TCU beats a Top 6 teams on the road by 40 points and drops in the rankings..... And the cherry on top and unranked 8-5 Big East Champ getting the nod for the BCS over #7 12-1 Boise State, because they were a mid major..... Bruh - 2010 Boise State averaged a larger margin of victory than Big East Champ Uconn scored points per game - and it wasnt close (36.7 vs 20.2). BSU beat 4 T25 teams vs Uconn's 0. It doesnt get more obvious than that, that the system is completely f&cked..... These teams didnt make a title game not because of anything they did or didnt do, but because they didnt have the clout of money. Thats it. You realize this "sport" is a complete sham when you come to terms with this truth.
@@MattBuild4 Well if the 2009 BCS version of this problem still bothers you, I can only imagine what you think of today's system. BTW, I'd love to have seen Cincinnati take on TCU and Boise in 2009. SOS stats aside, I still like my Bearcats' odds against both teams.
If it’s any consolation to Nebraska fans, our next game against Alabama where Colt McCoy went down with a pinched nerve in his throwing shoulder and having to watch a true freshman now take over hurt worse than the ‘01 Big 12 Championship when we lost to Colorado because Mack started Chris Simms over Major Applewhite. 😭
It is not. The worst decision the big 8 made was to allow Texas in the conference. If not for Texas greed the original conference sans Texas would more than likely still be intact and be better for it. Nebraska was screwed. There is nothing else to say. There were 0's on the clock. Period.
I was at the game vs Colorado and for as long as I live, I’ll never forget the booing against Chris Simms, and then when he was finally benched, Major throwing a bomb to BJ Johnson. God I hated Chris Simms and his dad
I'm a husker fan. Always have been always will be. This game is like a dagger to the back every time it's mentioned. We were so close. We still feel we were screwed. But we got to see colt run for his life against suh. That was the best husker defense in ages and to see them fall just. Short ugh
@@somebody9889 I said we felt screwed. Big difference. We can't forget what was going on with the conference and the longhorn network at that time. There's a reason why the big 12 died and is dead and a shell of its self now.
@@LordJudgement1818The Big 12 was always going to die. It was a great conference for 15 years, but it was always a demographic weakling compared to the Big Ten and the SEC, and as the money involved in the sport grew explosively, it was only a matter of time before the conference got dismembered.
@@somebody9889yet replay rule actually was broken, couldn't replay just for the clock yet they did. Bad call, only by Bebee to send Texas to BCS for money. That's all it was
As I said at the time, if Nebraska's offense had been merely run-of-the-mill bad, they would have been 12-1. Instead, it was absolutely wretched. Joe Ganz having one more year would have put that team in the BCS.
This hurts so much to watch. I have to like this video because it’s another great one by secret base, but I had to close my eyes to hit the like button
I went to high school with Suh. Still happy he didn't win Heisman. I always wonder exactly how many people he stomped on while they were on the ground.
Me too. I was at the game and felt like I got beat up. I also went to the Longhorn Sooner game earlier and it was also a defensive battle. They had Gerald McCoy.
As a Boise State fan, I was actually pulling for Texas during the game. If Texas lost, Nebraska would have taken a BCS bowl spot, and the BCS chaos would have likely left the Broncos out. TCU wouldn't have climbed to #2 because Cincinnati has won earlier that day and they would have made the title game against Bama since they beat Pitt earlier in the day. BSU needed the Big 12 champ to go to the championship so the Broncos could take their BCS spot.
I’m a diehard Bammer and totally agree. While I was thrilled that Mark Ingram brought home the first Heisman Trophy in Alabama football history, I absolutely concede that Suh was the BEST player that season. He single handedly kept Nebraska in this game. Nebraska’s completely lack of offense cost them the title.
I remember watching this game but I forgot all about how Boise State and TCU were both undefeated and robbed of a chance to play for a national championship. Just another of the many victims, of the college football powers that be deciding not to implement a real playoff system until next year.
The TCU embarrassment in the title game last year kinda showed that the committee made the right decision back in 09,I think that's why they kept Florida state out this year
I'd love to see a Deep Rewind video on Sirr Parker's touchdown in the 1998 Big 12 Championship Game. Arguably the most devastating loss any CFB team has ever suffered.
Fun Fact: Ndamukong Suh won MVP of this game even though Nebraska lost. Only other time a losing teams player received MVP in the Big12 championship was Nebraska RB DeAngelo Evans in a loss to Texas.
Texas defense carried the offense all season, I remember thinking Colt McCoy played one of the worst seasons of his tenure at Texas his senior year. Honestly it was like pulling teeth watching this game as a Longhorn fan, that Nebraska defense was extremely good.
There are a couple of things I wanted to point out about the history of this season that this video didn’t quite get correct. 1. Nebraska played in the Big 12 north, not the Big 12 south. 2. The Big East was not a mid major conference. They were a BCS conference. They were certainly the weakest of the 6, but the conference champion had an automatic bid to a BCS game. That’s not what I would consider mid major. 3. TCU and Boise State were not the only undefeated conference champions hoping for Texas to stumble. Cincinnati had also wrapped up and undefeated Big East title that morning and would have jumped TCU to go to the national championship game. If you’re going to consider the Big East a mid major program, then I find it odd that you left them out when talking about who would have benefitted from a Texas loss.
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I was at this game, on the side of the game winning FG. It was unreal to witness in person Suh’s absolute dominance. The stadium was rocking after that kick.
This only happened because SUH was amazing. Nebraska wins if Suh doesn’t blow up the play so fast. Then, Texas does not play for a national championship. Does Nebraska still leave the Big 12? Does TCU play for a title and UPSET ALABAMA?!? Suh changed college football history and he should’ve won a Heisman too. This should’ve been the focus here. I’m stepping off my soapbox now.
Watching this literally brought back anxiety and memories of this game..... Suh wrecked us man, we could not block him at all.... I honestly couldn't believe that we were fixin to lose to some damn team that didn't even have an offense, but luckily we prevailed.... Hook 'em!!!!!🤘🤘🤘💯💯💯
Sub single-handedly had better stats than Alabama’s, Texas’, and Florida’s entire defensive lines. He absolutely should have won the Heisman and I wholeheartedly believe he was the biggest snub in that award’s history.
Don’t want to be *that* guy but Miami won the title in 2001 and played in 2002 while they were playing in the Big East. (In regards to your mid-major inclusion of the BE)
@@nwj03a big time agree. I was only addressing the fact he stated no team from the Big East had ever made it to the NCG and referred to them as a mid-major conference.
What’s funny is after all this the Big12 was crushed by the SEC when Alabama beat Texas for the NC. Now, some 17 years later, the B12 has collapsed with Texas A&M, Texas and OU leaving for the SEC.
I don't care what anyone has to say, Nebraska has the BEST fans. Even though I will cheer against them when they play my team, They will always be my second team from now to forever because of their amazing fans..
That year Texas had 22 tackles for loss all season. Ndamukong Suh had 23. National champion Alabama had 9 sacks. Suh had 12. Defending national champions Florida had 10 QB hurries. Suh had 24. That man earned his heisman trophy goddamnit.
Bummer. Best not to leave or turn off the TV early in a close game. I remember seeing a few Texas fans head for the exit near our seats at the Rose Bowl after USC went up by 12. I’ve always wondered how they live with themselves as Texas fans after having missed the legendary conclusion to the greatest game ever played. At least your regret can’t be as bad as theirs.
How the hell do you not say that the Big East was an automatic qualifier back then and the Cincinnati would have played for the title had Texas lost?? Maybe Brian Kelly doesn't leave for Notre Dame and the butterfly effect that the 1 extra second caused?
People weren’t necessarily upset about a second being left. They were upset because the officials changed the rules for this game to send Texas to the National Championship. At the time, this play was not reviewable based on what the rules in place said. The refs ignored them however and reviewed the play anyway. It seemed like rules applied to everyone but Texas.
Oh man as a Husker fan this is so gut wrenching. If that kick were aimed down the middle, Suh would have blocked it. If Colts pass arced juuust a bit higher that second wouldn’t have been put back on the clock. I also would have loved seeing the BCS chaos following losses by 2 of the 3 top teams on championship weekend.
This game fundamentally hurts my soul in an indescribable way to this day. I still cant watch the kick without turning the video off early. It truly set the tone for my existence as a Nebraska fan.
I would highly recommend SB considers a deeper dive to the 2021 Nebraska season as a whole. It is one of the wildest seasons of football in the history of CFB and deserves further analysis.
The Michigan Nebraska game that year was the most electric atmosphere I’ve ever experienced
The Kick Six does that to me. I’ll turn off a highlight video quick.
Hookem lil boi
@@TheCheffer76I feel the same about Desmond Howards punt return lol
I remember being a senior in high school for this game at a huge watch party at my buddy’s house. There was about 15 of us all losing our minds when Suh was absolutely dominating for 4 quarters. I cannot begin to describe how dead and helpless that room was when Texas made that FG. Just like you I feel like it really left a huge impact on me as a Husker fan. Out of all of our recent struggles this game still pops in my head as one of my worst Husker memories lol
This was the last time we were almost relevant. It still hurts.
To top that off, Suh absolutely deserved to be #1 or #2 in the Heisman race that year, but being a defensive player that wasn’t on a team in the top 3 in the nation meant he was #4 when the Heisman votes came in. By the definition that the Heisman goes to the most outstanding and impactful player, he more than deserved it, and this game proved it.
Suh in this game had one of the greatest single game performances in the history of the sport at any level
Except for, yaknow… one tiny thing.
HE LOST LMAO
@@Cthulhu3C buddy Suh owns Texas to this day and you know it
@@natehollenbeck6348 He doesn't since we beat him every time lol. Texas OWNS nebraska.
@@georgejohnson8674 how did colt McCoy’s nfl career go? Will he be remembered as one of the greatest to ever play his position? Or matter of fact anyone on the 09 Texas team?
@@natehollenbeck6348 talking about the team
Thank you for deflecting and proving my point. Since you deflected to something not discussed.
You lose.
Now get triggered and reply back some more to continue proving my point 😘
As a Nebraska fan being able to witness suh play each week was truly amazing. I’m only 27 but in all my years he’s truly the most dominant college football player I’ve ever seen play. He was a DT and still the most influential player on the field each snap.
I'm not a Nebraska fan but he is the most dominant defensive player I've seen in my life. The way you had to even try to guard him was ridiculous. Teams were sending 3 guys at him at times it was unreal.
Charles Woodson was the 1st primarily defensive player to win the Heisman, Ndamukong Suh should've been the 2nd. Dude was unreal.
He’s also the dirtiest player ever
you were a chld when he played there xD like that could make any impact on you xD
@@darthsilversith667 when you got 3, 300 lb goons going at you every play, you better fight dirty.
Suh singlehandedly almost won that game. He should've won the Heisman that year as well as he was paralleled with top defenses in the country(Alabama and Florida just to name a few) and it goes to show that if he couldn't win that award , no primary defensive player will ever win the Heisman. Go Big RED!
If Nebraska wins this game, Suh wins the Heisman.
@@saintbrownthetrojanno no he doesnt
@@Stopcommentingthesamecomments Who else could win it?
the person who did win lmaoi@@saintbrownthetrojan
@@saintbrownthetrojansadly, not even that would have mattered. For whatever reason, back in 2009, the voters still mailed in their votes. So the Heisman was already decided before conf. Championship weekend.
How kind of you to do a deep dive into the day my childhood was ruined
Why did this ruin your childhood? Nebraska wasn’t playing for anything in this game? They were a 3 loss team ranked #22. At very best Nebraska played for an orange bowl if they win. Nebraska gets what it deserves for biting the hand that feeds them. Now they’re irrelevant bottom feeders in a cold weather football conference. Lmao wimps
It's all good because it made my childhood pretty cool.
This game is one of the catalysts for the great realignment of college football from 2010-2024
Yup. This game and the Longhorn Network.
No, it was really only Nebraska’s whiny excuse for a move they would have absolutely made anyway. (1) The call was correct, and (2) Nebraska admins would have to have been braindead to turn down a spot in one of the two most demographically secure conferences.
Genuinely true. Teams were getting fed up with Texas for years, but this + the Longhorn network is what made us to jump ship and thank god we did. And it destabilized the Big 12 to the point where Texas and OU leaving was always going to happen eventually.
Texas f*cked up the Big 12 then ran away
@@qhillis TBH, it was already destabilized. The conference was never a great match. Texas and Texas A&M never really wanted to go there. Texas was coveting the Pac 10 and Texas A&M was coveting the SEC.
McCoy and Shipley are what I think of when I think of college football, my faves growing up
really hard to understate how much of a celebrity Ndamukong Suh was in nebraska. here in lincoln he was in tv advertisements and on billboards - something i’d never seen from a college football player before
How was that allowed before the NIL stuff? He just didn’t get paid for it?
Well you couldn't see that because CFB players werent allowed to do endorsements until they changed the NIL rules
Blatant lying
He set the stage for Nebraska football to come - we have Chris Simms meals here in Omaha, and Doug McDermott burgers in bars. One of the guys who really helped College players get the respect, and money, that they deserve.
@@daniels8112Oh, he got paid. NCAA doesn’t like talking about it though.
As a History major, respect to you for throwing the World War 1 reference in there!
Suggestions for future episodes:
The Millthrow
Jose Bautista Batflip Game
Red Sox Break the Curse
Deshaun Watson's CFP heroics in 2017
Reggie Miller vs. Spike Lee
Montreal Screwjob (yes I know wrestling is scripted, but still a moment in history)
“as a history major” 🤓☝🏼
@@KryerMan Lummox
Milroe TD too recent. If you’re gonna do a college football memory, need to do Zeke’s run imo.
Begging them for some footy content imo.
@@QuickScop3zviralthis one? ruclips.net/video/aCaCywyRpUU/видео.htmlfeature=shared
wwe nerd lmao. gtfo the actual sports talk with that bs
I was at this game and the last minute of game time was insane.
i was sitting next to you. it was intense!
Not mentioned when he said Nebraska playing for the little guy/ mid majors, Cincinnati. They went 12-0 and actually jumped TCU for 3rd place in the final BCS rankings. It's believed if Texas loses, Cincinnati would have been playing Bama for a trophy.
Thank goodness Texas won 😊
Cincinatti wasnt a mid major at that point...
I'd tend to agree. They were in the Big East at the time,which had BCS Bowl tie ins. However he listed the Big East as Mid Major in his graph.
@@kyleward1650Cincinnati
@@pantherjoseph I always put the double letter in the wrong spot 😂
Love when there is a new video on a topic I have no previous knowledge of!
Suh was a damn monster for Colt that game. He single handily the wrecked our O-Line.
The Offensive line was atrocious that whole season. It’s unbelievable the numbers colt put up with that caliber of O line
@@austinperkins6820Yep. They were awful. Pretty amazing that Texas somehow went undefeated before the NC game with an OL that bad.
This is the first Nebraska game I remember… it’s been nothing but pain since
I remember screaming there is one more second and nearly having a heart attack on the McCoy roll out
Having never watched this play before I was fully expecting a block by Suh
I was sitting behind that goal post, what a memory! Although i mostly just remember Suh throwing my boy Colt around like a rag doll.
Such a great call by Musberger
Can’t wait for the 4th and 31 miracle play from the iron bowl review
That was rough for Nebraska. At least I know Suh went on to have a great pro career and beef.
I was a 5th grader living in Texas as a Nebraska fan. I cried like a baby. If Nebraska had won this game I probably would have been insufferable to my UT friends but this was like, genuinely devastating to me. This was the start of Nebraska footballs depression machine.
Same here I was 8 living in Austin as a husker 😪
I grew up watching Nebraska football, before going to OkState and switching teams. This was my first real Nebraska game, and I was about to turn 10. I got to go to this game as a birthday present. I was there with my dad, and we watched Suh dominate Texas for 60 minutes. I remember watching that ball sail out of bounds. I can remember it as clear as day. Dad and I were jumping up and down with glee. I had finally understood why people really liked Nebraska. My dad had watched them win two national titles in person, and now we had seen the resurgence of Nebraska as they should be. But this joy only lasted a few moments, as they subsequently added a second back on the clock. The kick was in slow motion. I will never forget it. I will never forget the orange and white confetti that then rained down through the tears that streamed down my face. I have resented Texas ever since then. I will never blame refs for a loss, and I think that the people who do that are poor sports. Texas won the game. There is nothing beyond that. It did not matter to me. I will never forget how robbed we felt, and the sadness that I felt. Luckily, I have seen Texas lose to my pokes quite a bit (save for this year haha).
As a Texas fan who was at that game in Arlington, it was impressive how Suh and the Nebraska D had N in position to win. It was also clear to me that the last replay got it unquestionably right, and Texas got the correct one second back. I still deal with Nebraska fans who feel somehow robbed.?.?. The disillusion runs deep. 🙄
@@737smartinlol delusion runs deep? Hmm considering that rule states you can't use replay to just check the clock. Never was that way in the NFL or up to this point. Bottom line only reason Texas got their way was Dan Bebee kissing a$$ for more money which lead to Big 12 going the way it is today.
I'm a Nebraska fan and I would love for you guys to do a Collapse video on Nebraska Football. You guys did very well with this video and I've always hoped you would spotlight Nebraska at some point.
I second that. I grew up during the post-apocalyptic era of Nebraska hearing about the glory days from my parents and everyone else who was around in the 90s. I'd love to see how we got to that from what we used to be. I mean it will be painful to watch but definitely informative.
I've wondered the same. Nebraska to me seems like a perfect team for that format because their decline has been so long. They lost the BCS against Miami, and they've spiraled into a hole that they've never really gotten out of.
@@lucashenderson2775they’re getting out of it right now
Alas...I got to watch the greatest college football team (still to this day) to take the field and I probably never see those Huskers again@@jahcode6132
@@jahcode6132 being a 2000s kid and born into nebraska fandom sucks lol. grew up hearing "damn we suck" from friends and family before i was paying much attention to football. looking back now, we probably went 9-3 most of those times. now we can't even make a bowl game
I’m a Cincinnati fan and think about this game all the time. I was in a hotel in Pittsburgh just having witnessed a crazy comeback by my Bearcats to cap an undefeated year. If this kick goes wide, or that extra second goes off the clock- Cincy goes to the the championship game vs Bama. We would have had extremely long odds to win, but could Brian Kelly have still left for ND with his team playing for a ring? Would Nebraska have taken another step in 2010 having won the Big12? Maybe they wouldn’t have left for the Big 10? This game is the Butterfly Effect of college football.
There is no scenario Cincinatti should have gone to the title game over TCU. It was criminal that UT went to the title game over TCU, but UC would have even less of an argument.
- TCU beat more ranked teams than UT & UC
- TCU beat higher ranked teams than UT & UC
- TCU beat ranked teams by a larger margin than UT & UC (vs UC - 21.6 vs 2 MOV)
- TCU had the #1 ranked defense by ypg and #2 by ppg (UT was #6 and UC was #48)
- TCU had the #4 ranked offense (UT was #5 and UC was #3)
Cincinatti shouldnt have even been ranked above Boise State. That ranking never made any sense. Boise State outclassed UC in every statistical category and beat #7 Oregon by 18. UC only had one more ranked game then them beating #15 Pitt by 1 and #16 WVU by 3 in OT. Boise State and UC even had two common opponents and it wasnt even close:
- vs Miami: UC won 37-24; Boise State won 48-0
- vs Fresno State: UC won 28-20; Boise State won 57-24
@@MattBuild4 let me guess- TCU fan?
@@wanini24 Actually no. Just annoyed with the narratives of bs sport. As a fan i wanted Boise State in the game. But they didnt really play anyone outside of Oregon. This was the common narrative as to why Mid-Majors were never good enough for a title bid.
But 2008-2010 proved how bs that narrative truly was. 08 Utah beat 5 Top 25 teams and went undefeated, but was still ranked behind 6 teams with worse records and less ranked wins. 09 TCU beat more ranked teams than everyone besides Alabama, literally had a higher SOS, but somehow that didnt matter. 10 - The perfect illustration of how bad the system truly was. 2010 TCU first team in NCAA history to go undefeated and get jumped out of a championship game despite more than twice as many ranked wins as Oregon and statistically superior by 100X than auburn, but that didnt matter. TCU beats a Top 6 teams on the road by 40 points and drops in the rankings..... And the cherry on top and unranked 8-5 Big East Champ getting the nod for the BCS over #7 12-1 Boise State, because they were a mid major..... Bruh - 2010 Boise State averaged a larger margin of victory than Big East Champ Uconn scored points per game - and it wasnt close (36.7 vs 20.2). BSU beat 4 T25 teams vs Uconn's 0.
It doesnt get more obvious than that, that the system is completely f&cked.....
These teams didnt make a title game not because of anything they did or didnt do, but because they didnt have the clout of money. Thats it. You realize this "sport" is a complete sham when you come to terms with this truth.
@@MattBuild4 Well if the 2009 BCS version of this problem still bothers you, I can only imagine what you think of today's system. BTW, I'd love to have seen Cincinnati take on TCU and Boise in 2009. SOS stats aside, I still like my Bearcats' odds against both teams.
If it’s any consolation to Nebraska fans, our next game against Alabama where Colt McCoy went down with a pinched nerve in his throwing shoulder and having to watch a true freshman now take over hurt worse than the ‘01 Big 12 Championship when we lost to Colorado because Mack started Chris Simms over Major Applewhite. 😭
It is not. The worst decision the big 8 made was to allow Texas in the conference. If not for Texas greed the original conference sans Texas would more than likely still be intact and be better for it. Nebraska was screwed. There is nothing else to say. There were 0's on the clock. Period.
@@ZakJJ1 Sucks to Suh
@@ZakJJ1 there weren’t lol. We had one second
Did you watch the video? The clock had 1 second on it when the ball hit the ground.but nice try! @@ZakJJ1
I was at the game vs Colorado and for as long as I live, I’ll never forget the booing against Chris Simms, and then when he was finally benched, Major throwing a bomb to BJ Johnson.
God I hated Chris Simms and his dad
I'm a husker fan. Always have been always will be. This game is like a dagger to the back every time it's mentioned. We were so close. We still feel we were screwed.
But we got to see colt run for his life against suh.
That was the best husker defense in ages and to see them fall just. Short ugh
@@somebody9889 I said we felt screwed. Big difference. We can't forget what was going on with the conference and the longhorn network at that time. There's a reason why the big 12 died and is dead and a shell of its self now.
@@LordJudgement1818The Big 12 was always going to die. It was a great conference for 15 years, but it was always a demographic weakling compared to the Big Ten and the SEC, and as the money involved in the sport grew explosively, it was only a matter of time before the conference got dismembered.
@@jasonrogers6454if Nebraska wins, Longhorn Network don't happen and I highly doubt Big 12 dies.
@@somebody9889yet replay rule actually was broken, couldn't replay just for the clock yet they did. Bad call, only by Bebee to send Texas to BCS for money. That's all it was
@@somebody9889there was not one second left so… not a good call
Another great video!
Suh was dominant in NCAA football game as well!
I was there. Quite possibly the most excruciating win I’ve ever experienced.
Yep
That Nebraska offense was so bad. This was the year Nebraska lost to Iowa State 9-7 and had 8 turnovers on offense.
how things never change
As I said at the time, if Nebraska's offense had been merely run-of-the-mill bad, they would have been 12-1. Instead, it was absolutely wretched. Joe Ganz having one more year would have put that team in the BCS.
Niles Paul running by himself for a touchdown just drops the ball. That Iowa State game was another of many knives to the heart. #GBR
This hurts so much to watch. I have to like this video because it’s another great one by secret base, but I had to close my eyes to hit the like button
GBR
this was an extremely thoughtful video. thank you for putting this together
Cincy would have played in the BCSNCG if Texas lost. I still think about that to this day.
Watching this I thought for sure Texas was going to blow it
Me too.
why did I think they'd miss it this time
I went to high school with Suh. Still happy he didn't win Heisman. I always wonder exactly how many people he stomped on while they were on the ground.
Haven't heard wills voice on a vid in a while. Welcome back dude
I watched that game and watching Suh, I’ve never seen a defensive player much less a DT completely dominate and control a game
After this game it just feels Nebraska is cursed
"Texas goes to Pasadena"
Still remember screaming my 15 year old heart out 🤘🏾
This is the most stressful Texas game I've ever watched. 🤘
Me too. I was at the game and felt like I got beat up. I also went to the Longhorn Sooner game earlier and it was also a defensive battle. They had Gerald McCoy.
As a Boise State fan, I was actually pulling for Texas during the game. If Texas lost, Nebraska would have taken a BCS bowl spot, and the BCS chaos would have likely left the Broncos out. TCU wouldn't have climbed to #2 because Cincinnati has won earlier that day and they would have made the title game against Bama since they beat Pitt earlier in the day. BSU needed the Big 12 champ to go to the championship so the Broncos could take their BCS spot.
Suh should have won the Heisman Trophy. That was the most dominant season I've ever seen a defensive player have
I’m a diehard Bammer and totally agree. While I was thrilled that Mark Ingram brought home the first Heisman Trophy in Alabama football history, I absolutely concede that Suh was the BEST player that season. He single handedly kept Nebraska in this game. Nebraska’s completely lack of offense cost them the title.
I see secret base is back with some heat 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Cincinnati in the title if Nebraska holds on...
Suh was the last hope of a defensive player winning Heisman. That 09 vote was the nail in the coffin for any defensive player ever winning it again.
Ah yes, Colt McCoy, the most famous person to ever come from Hobbs, New Mexico.
Nebraska was in the Big 12 North
“Colt McCoy” is the most Texas name ever. It’s like his parents decided at birth, “he will be a quarterback.”
Please more Texas content. I beg of you
Cincinnati should have been in the BCS National Championship Game that year.
Why? (they got smoked in the bowl by Florida)
I remember watching this game but I forgot all about how Boise State and TCU were both undefeated and robbed of a chance to play for a national championship. Just another of the many victims, of the college football powers that be deciding not to implement a real playoff system until next year.
The TCU embarrassment in the title game last year kinda showed that the committee made the right decision back in 09,I think that's why they kept Florida state out this year
I'd love to see a Deep Rewind video on Sirr Parker's touchdown in the 1998 Big 12 Championship Game. Arguably the most devastating loss any CFB team has ever suffered.
i'll never forget how upset i was. i hated texas SO MUCH i dont even know why
Fun Fact: Ndamukong Suh won MVP of this game even though Nebraska lost. Only other time a losing teams player received MVP in the Big12 championship was Nebraska RB DeAngelo Evans in a loss to Texas.
If we are doing this game.. feel like we need Ames 2011
hell do the iowa state/nebraska game from 09 too. both wild in pretty different ways
Putting the big east as a mid major is some hard core historical revisionism
Lol right, UC jumped TCU in the week after rankings. If Texas loses we’re looking at Cincy in the national title game
honestly lmao
He also accidentally said that NU won the Big XII South
It really should have been. The Big East was a joke compared to the MWC and WAC in the BCS post 2003.
Kids today don't understand how many power conferences there were 20-30 years ago so anything outside the current Power 4/5 were 'mid-major'.
It was awesome! My Nebraska friends STILL haven't gotten over it!!!
2008 National Championship. Kansas vs. Memphis. Mario's Miracle deserves a Deep Rewind.
Texas defense carried the offense all season, I remember thinking Colt McCoy played one of the worst seasons of his tenure at Texas his senior year. Honestly it was like pulling teeth watching this game as a Longhorn fan, that Nebraska defense was extremely good.
Ironically the previous game Colt had to carry the team at A&M when the defense sprung a leak
@@chrisuncleahmad666 But Texas A&M were terrible though, I mean A&M didn't even become a good program until after leaving the BIG12.
@@FreddyMacTit’s a rivalry game tho. A&M was playing their Super Bowl that game lol.
@@jcas98jc I do remember them getting worked up thinking they were the "rivals."
Agreed! I think his best season was his junior year!
There are a couple of things I wanted to point out about the history of this season that this video didn’t quite get correct.
1. Nebraska played in the Big 12 north, not the Big 12 south.
2. The Big East was not a mid major conference. They were a BCS conference. They were certainly the weakest of the 6, but the conference champion had an automatic bid to a BCS game. That’s not what I would consider mid major.
3. TCU and Boise State were not the only undefeated conference champions hoping for Texas to stumble. Cincinnati had also wrapped up and undefeated Big East title that morning and would have jumped TCU to go to the national championship game.
If you’re going to consider the Big East a mid major program, then I find it odd that you left them out when talking about who would have benefitted from a Texas loss.
Facts, Joshua Jackson. Facts.
Suh should’ve won the Heisman with that performance.
Rewinder: 2006 Orange Bowl 3OTs
Beef History: Lindros vs Flyers Organization
Overlap: Greatest College Football Coach (Saban) and the Greatest NFL Coach (Belichick) coaching in the same division
Untitled: Reggie Miller
Untitled: Ken Griffey Junior
Untitled: Jim Kelly
Collapse: Early 90s Bills
Untitled: Red Sox Players (particular Yaz)
Prism: Steph Curry and all those mid major players
Rewinder: The Catch By Willie
Rewinder: Hank Aaron and Bonds breaking the respective HR record
Untitled: Don Nelson
The Rangers World Series win deserves a rewind. It is truly remarkable what we as fans have been through.
2010 (World Series Loss)
2011 (World Series Loss)
2012 (Lost first-ever Wildcard Game)
2013 (Lost in a tiebreaker game 163 w/ Rays)
2015 (Lost ALDS)
2016 (Lost ALDS after a 2-0 lead, Jose Bautista Bat Flip)
2017-2022 (One of the worst teams in Baseball)
2021 (Worst Season in Franchise History)
2023 (Lost on last day of the season to lose division, Never lost a road playoff game, beat the defending WS champion Astros in ALCS)
2023 Welcome to a moment in history...
I remember Texas getting their ass beat in the natty that year, I definitely forgot about the lead up and all that was at stake. Great story, Will!
I love the cfb content
I remember watching that game too. Good game if you like low scoring defensive battles.
I was at this game, on the side of the game winning FG. It was unreal to witness in person Suh’s absolute dominance. The stadium was rocking after that kick.
This only happened because SUH was amazing. Nebraska wins if Suh doesn’t blow up the play so fast.
Then, Texas does not play for a national championship.
Does Nebraska still leave the Big 12?
Does TCU play for a title and UPSET ALABAMA?!?
Suh changed college football history and he should’ve won a Heisman too.
This should’ve been the focus here.
I’m stepping off my soapbox now.
Watching this literally brought back anxiety and memories of this game..... Suh wrecked us man, we could not block him at all.... I honestly couldn't believe that we were fixin to lose to some damn team that didn't even have an offense, but luckily we prevailed.... Hook 'em!!!!!🤘🤘🤘💯💯💯
Sub single-handedly had better stats than Alabama’s, Texas’, and Florida’s entire defensive lines. He absolutely should have won the Heisman and I wholeheartedly believe he was the biggest snub in that award’s history.
I was 9 and crying after this game
My friend has a core memory of his dad smashing a couch and breaking it after that final kick sailed through
Still hoping for a Mamadi Diakite buzzer beater rewind
Pain just pain
Don’t want to be *that* guy but Miami won the title in 2001 and played in 2002 while they were playing in the Big East. (In regards to your mid-major inclusion of the BE)
The Big East was a P6 conference (there used to be six).
@@nwj03a big time agree. I was only addressing the fact he stated no team from the Big East had ever made it to the NCG and referred to them as a mid-major conference.
I would love a beef video on Patrick Roy vs. Mario Tremblay or George Steinbrenner vs. Billy Martin
What’s funny is after all this the Big12 was crushed by the SEC when Alabama beat Texas for the NC. Now, some 17 years later, the B12 has collapsed with Texas A&M, Texas and OU leaving for the SEC.
I don't care what anyone has to say, Nebraska has the BEST fans. Even though I will cheer against them when they play my team, They will always be my second team from now to forever because of their amazing fans..
Im STILL angry about this!
Wonder how good Suh woulda been had he not been dirty
Big East had an auto bcs bid, they had the Power 6 and Group of 5. Bad graphic
Would love to see a Rewinder on the ‘21 Big 12 ending.
That year Texas had 22 tackles for loss all season. Ndamukong Suh had 23.
National champion Alabama had 9 sacks. Suh had 12.
Defending national champions Florida had 10 QB hurries. Suh had 24.
That man earned his heisman trophy goddamnit.
You're telling me Bama averaged less than one sack per game? Without checking, that doesn't sound right at all.
@@lomarsweed6604 D-line only. Not entire defense. Still 5+ players vs 1.
@@lomarsweed6604 but look it up Suh vs other defenses. It’s insanity.
@@natehollenbeck6348 Well you should've specified that. Your post is misleading.
Please do a rewinder on Novak Djokovic hitting one of the most legendary return winners ever at the US Open 2011 semifinal vs Roger Federer. Thanks.
As a Texas fan I missed the last kick thinking we lost already
Bummer. Best not to leave or turn off the TV early in a close game. I remember seeing a few Texas fans head for the exit near our seats at the Rose Bowl after USC went up by 12. I’ve always wondered how they live with themselves as Texas fans after having missed the legendary conclusion to the greatest game ever played. At least your regret can’t be as bad as theirs.
hey Will what happened to Texas after that
Pulled from the trenches of the somme, deep ww1 cut yo
Wasn’t controversial it was 1 second left lol
The ending of this gave me the ick.
How the hell do you not say that the Big East was an automatic qualifier back then and the Cincinnati would have played for the title had Texas lost?? Maybe Brian Kelly doesn't leave for Notre Dame and the butterfly effect that the 1 extra second caused?
Bro… hate to break it to you but Brian Kelly would have went to notre dame regardless… you don’t turn down notre dame to stay at Cincinnati… lol
The big east seemed to always have a team in BCS tittle contention as well
It wasn’t an “extra” one second, and it didn’t result in any “butterfly effect.”
It's power 4 now unfortunately. RIP ACC
As a Texas fan I was worried Suh was gonna win them the game single-handedly
So the "controversy" was that the field operator didn't stop the clock like he should have, but they reviewed it and got the call correct?
People weren’t necessarily upset about a second being left. They were upset because the officials changed the rules for this game to send Texas to the National Championship. At the time, this play was not reviewable based on what the rules in place said. The refs ignored them however and reviewed the play anyway. It seemed like rules applied to everyone but Texas.
@@Rochrikqvbingo!
@@Rochrikqv It's egregious that the rules weren't that way to begin with. I'm glad they changed it for the better.
Cincinnati would have played vs Alabama if Texas would have lost
Oh man as a Husker fan this is so gut wrenching. If that kick were aimed down the middle, Suh would have blocked it. If Colts pass arced juuust a bit higher that second wouldn’t have been put back on the clock. I also would have loved seeing the BCS chaos following losses by 2 of the 3 top teams on championship weekend.
The kick out of bounds was really the most impactful mistake of the game.
Or refs actually following the rules correctly
Yeah, I remember when the Mid Majors played Georgia a few times lol.
This was a great game, I was pissed Texas won.
In hindsight so happy Suh got his hopes and dreams crushed
Yeah, he turned out to be a real POS. Odd that he wasn’t that way in college.
Says some twaatwaffle who's never played a down in his life 🤡
Crazy to me that in 08 Tebow had the most first place votes but finished 3rd for the heisman
What a great video
This might be the most hurtful loss in my life for Nebraska. If Nebraska wins this game, maybe the program goes in a better direction.