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Scoop123

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Which one hurt worse?

My therapist said I might be able to talk about the 1983 season /84 OB in maybe another 10 to 15 years.

As a teenage boy, I honestly did not know what heartbreak meant until that night in January. My dad had a hard time keeping his three boys together that night. We were all a train wreck.

Is the heartache worse than getting dumped by my first love / girlfriend?

I can tell you that I have forgot about the girlfriend…
 
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the decision to pass, when going for 2, 84 orange bowl.. haunts me to this day.. i still don't understand how anyone makes that call.
 
SuperBigFan69

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suffocation_ said:
2009 Big 12 Championship >>> anything

1 second away from a trajectory-altering win.
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This!

First off, what drives me crazy about that one is that we never see the ball hit the ground because the view is blocked by that dude in the comfortable dockers. We KNOW it hit the ground and bounced up because we can use common sense, but we don't see that happen. We only see the ball go behind the guy and then we see the ball disappear and when we see it again, it is going up.

But the fact that the refs don't see it actually hit the ground, should have made it impossible for them to add time on. Even though we know it hits the ground, we don't see it happen.

It would be like a guy stepping out of bounds but the view is blocked. You know he stepped out but you don't see it, so you can't rule him out.
 
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Also, what dude is "heartbroken" when some girls breaks up with him? My god.
I know, I know, she was "special" she wasn't like other girls.
 
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SuperBigFan69 said:
This!

First off, what drives me crazy about that one is that we never see the ball hit the ground because the view is blocked by that dude in the comfortable dockers. We KNOW it hit the ground and bounced up because we can use common sense, but we don't see that happen. We only see the ball go behind the guy and then we see the ball disappear and when we see it again, it is going up.

But the fact that the refs don't see it actually hit the ground, should have made it impossible for them to add time on. Even though we know it hits the ground, we don't see it happen.

It would be like a guy stepping out of bounds but the view is blocked. You know he stepped out but you don't see it, so you can't rule him out.
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Not that you've really thought about it much...
 
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SuperBigFan69 said:
The ruling just made no sense. The ref should have come out and said
"So, we don't see the ball hit the ground, we can't just assume that it did...game over"
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That exact situation could play out 1,000 times with different combinations of teams in different game situations.... and no ref would ever put :01 back on the clock. #Nebraska
 
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Scoop123 said:
Which one hurt worse?

My therapist said I might be able to talk about the 1983 season /84 OB in maybe another 10 to 15 years.

As a teenage boy, I honestly did not know what heartbreak meant until that night in January. My dad had a hard time keeping his three boys together that night. We were all a train wreck.

Is the heartache worse than getting dumped by my first love / girlfriend?

I can tell you that I have forgot about the girlfriend…
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I'll take the bait and be real

Depends on if kids were involved with the Divorce... Both my parents died when I was in my early 20's and I didn't think anything could top that pain until the day I told my 8 year old son that mom and dad are not going to be together anymore. I tell you that was officially my worst day I have ever experienced, and let me tell you I've had some ****** ones. No sporting event will ever top that for emotional struggle!
 
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big red23 said:
I'll take the bait and be real

Depends on if kids were involved with the Divorce... Both my parents died when I was in my early 20's and I didn't think anything could top that pain until the day I told my 8 year old son that mom and dad are not going to be together anymore. I tell you that was officially my worst day I have ever experienced, and let me tell you I've had some ****** ones. No sporting event will ever top that for emotional struggle!
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Yeah, but how happy were you when you told your wife you wanted out???
 
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mgbreeze said:
That exact situation could play out 1,000 times with different combinations of teams in different game situations.... and no ref would ever put :01 back on the clock. #Nebraska
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The powers that be did not want Boise State playing in the national championship and Nebraska beating Texas was the only scenario that makes that happen since Alabama had cruised their way through Florida in the SEC title game already. That is the only reason Texas got the last second put back on the clock. The horse collar penalty a few plays before really hurt us as well.
 
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HuskerInCarolina said:
1982?

Or was it happy tears in 1983?

en.wikipedia.org

1983 Orange Bowl - Wikipedia

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litespeedhuskerfan said:
I cried when we lost the '83 Orange Bowl.. there, I said it. :cry:
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It was the 1984 orange bowl and To this day I won’t rewatch that game! I did find it interesting I watched a round table interview with some of the players on the 83 team and they all said they took Miami for granted they figured by just showing up they’d be handed the championship you could see on their faces there was a lot of regrets by not taking the game seriously
 
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NikkiSixx said:
the decision to pass, when going for 2, 84 orange bowl.. haunts me to this day.. i still don't understand how anyone makes that call.
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I don’t have a problem passing I the the play that I didn’t like, turner should have rolled out to his right a thrown to a back or tight end to his left Miami was way over pursuing that the receiver would have walked into the end zone similar to tommies pass to LP in the 96 fiesta bowl
 
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Baxter48 said:
I don’t have a problem passing I the the play that I didn’t like, turner should have rolled out to his right a thrown to a back or tight end to his left Miami was way over pursuing that the receiver would have walked into the end zone similar to tommies pass to LP in the 96 fiesta bowl
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i hear you.. it was a do or die play.. i would have kept it on the ground, that was our bread and butter
 
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Baxter48 said:
It was the 1984 orange bowl and To this day I won’t rewatch that game! I did find it interesting I watched a round table interview with some of the players on the 83 team and they all said they took Miami for granted they figured by just showing up they’d be handed the championship you could see on their faces there was a lot of regrets by not taking the game seriously
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BugsAreQualityProtein said:
Not giving the ball to Mike Rozier is the same as not giving the ball to Marshawn Lynch
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Bugs get into the game Rozier was out with a sprained ankle
 
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Scoop123 said:
Which one hurt worse?

My therapist said I might be able to talk about the 1983 season /84 OB in maybe another 10 to 15 years.

As a teenage boy, I honestly did not know what heartbreak meant until that night in January. My dad had a hard time keeping his three boys together that night. We were all a train wreck.

Is the heartache worse than getting dumped by my first love / girlfriend?

I can tell you that I have forgot about the girlfriend…
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alot of healing from that went on when we broke charley thopsons legs on the last play in 88 heading to the orange bowl.
 
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Claud-Henry Smoot said:
The way the defense was playing in that game Miami very well could have scored in the 47 seconds they would have had left
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If you could have combined the '84 offense with the '85 defense, it may have been the best college team of all time. Frankly, the '94 Orange Bowl loss ranks about as high on my heartbreak meter as the '84 loss.
 
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