Asked by Husker Max

5/8/2014

Was the "go for 2" call the right choice in the 1984 Orange Bowl?

84%

Yes WINNER

16%

No

84%

Yes

You go for the win.

You go for the win. Show Less

22 Comments

Richard Borman

We are still talking about it, right? That says it all! Go Big Red!

Arlie Rauch

That was the clear road to the championship.

Richard Barnes

We play football to win or fail trying.

David Olson

Huskers went there to win.

Jeremy Dean Petersen

You don't play the game to tie...

Jay Schultz

It changed the way the nation viewed Tom and NU football.

Alan J Farrell

Look back at Parsegian (SP) of ND against Mich St. That haunted him forever. That was not Osborne's plan for NU. If they had won, they would have been the top of college football for years.

Robert Hegler

You play to win, not tie the game.

Charles Johnson

Because you don't go to the prom to kiss your sister.

Kelly Sterling

We were the better team. Boiled down to missed execution

Stephen Johnson

Everyone I know who is a Nebraska fan agreed to go for the win. There is no other decision.

Allen H. Browning

Osborne taught the world what big-time football was all about .

Eric Farris

play to win, not to tie

Ron Bauer

Should be only one (1) National Champion.

Jerry L. Hammon

You play to win not tie

Frank M. Olivarez

Huskers always go thru the front door

Keith Petrie

It wasn't the safe call... but it sure was GUTSY! and the right way to go! Go for the win!!!

Bart Burroughs

you don't have overtime in '84. you go for the win, not the tie if you are a competitor.

Travis Stewart

Same reason Osborne said - you play to win. If there had been overtime back then you kick the xtra point and play it out

Kendrick Marshall

You play to win the game. That's all.

Jeff Van Every

Because there was no doubt that Dr. Tom would go for 2. Go for the win, not the tie. Football isn't soccer, hehe. I guess it is.

Erik Olson

"A tie is like kissing your sister."

16%

No

Take the tie and undefeated record.

Take the tie and undefeated record. Show Less

5 Comments

Jeff Malooley

Although I do not have a problem with what coach Osborne did I do feel that going to their home field and with their crowd advantage, that a tie would have been a win.

Phil Coffey

because I know what the outcome was

Carol Brown

The National Championship that would have gone with the tie would have been at lease as valuable as the split with Michigan! Arkansas Husker

David Foster

Nothing wrong with going for the tie.

Greg Mann

The goal at the beginning of the season was to win a title. Kick the extra point and you achieve the goal. TO's gambled cost all those players a championship and years of wondering needlessly.

Given the Huskers’ difficult 2026 football schedule, is it realistic to think 8 wins are possible?

Asked by Husker Max

2 months left

Given the Huskers’ difficult 2026 football schedule, is it realistic to think 8 wins are possible?

20%

Yes Yes

80%

No No

20%

Yes

1 Comments

Wade Williams

Looking at the schedule, 5-0 on the front end is a definite possibility. Going 3-4 on the backend is doable. Having said that, there's still no consistency with this team, making 5-7 just as much of a possibility.

80%

No

9 Comments

Double D

8 wins.. Lol. We'll be lucky to get half of that. Do you know who our coach is?

Scott Ferguson

Schedule is not favorable at all.

Wade Williams

The schedule actually is favorable if you look at not just who we play, but when we play them. Looking at the non con, we'll definitely come out of the gate 3-0, then MSU & MD. We can win those. That would be 5-0. 3-4 on the back end is doable, even if you pencil in IU, OR, & OSU as definite L's.

Christopher O'Brien

6 wins

Robert Lloyd

Never would believe this, but we could come away with only 2-4 wins. I do love the new QB, the new DC coordinator and new OL coach. But no proven RBs, limited personnel in the DL,, Rhule has never learned the run first offense, and we have TOO MANY coaches. A hat on backwards isn't going to help.

Alexanderthegreatandterrible

We saw what we saw last season and that means little hope we can win 5-6 in 2026. Too many new things to know what is going to happen but easy to assume 8 wins is out of the question.

AK-460Mag Nurse

I hate to be this negative but I think we'll be lucky to make a bowl game 😔 Between not being able to beat a ranked opponent, the coaching carousel, no proven QB or RB and just sucking the last 25 years I'm starting to lose hope and lose faith in this staff. GBR 😭

Edward Payne

I'm hopeful, but six wins seems most likely until the the team proves itself with a new QB and rebuilt lines.

Andy Redick

Not possible. Lost our best player to the NFL draft. New OL coach and DC. Major rebuild. Scary to think this is year 4 and NU is talking about a major rebuild. Rhule sells the Kool Aid hard in the off season. GBR!!!

Nebraska Right to Life

QB turnover machine. No D tackles. No RBs. Good Luck. 6-6 is the absolute ceiling. 5-7 is what it will be.

Does Anthony Colandrea’s skill set change how Nebraska can design its offense?

Asked by Husker Max

21 days left

Does Anthony Colandrea’s skill set change how Nebraska can design its offense?

92%

Yes Yes

8%

No No

92%

Yes

8 Comments

Linda Ogren

YES have QB option run pass

Robert Lloyd

He seems more than just a mobile QB, he plays with abandon and spunk. Why wasn't he here right out of high school? But how could we have lost Ekeler? Have we turned into the dumbest program in America?

Ruthie Patterson

Mobile QB

Michael Gross

Running quarterback opens ton on new plays.

Scott Ferguson

Mobility is a good thing to have. Opens up a few things.

John Haller

It better or Holgorsen will need to be the next firing

Joe Hegarty

I sure hope so.

Alexanderthegreatandterrible

Of course, it should since we had a statue QB, once Lateef was in the offense changed to suit his skill set, and so it follows that Dana will tweak the offense to suit Colandea's skill set and with a new o-line coach changes come.

8%

No

1 Comment

Rod Shuman

You would HOPE it does but I’ve got zero faith they’ll utilize him the right way

Husker Max

Was the "go for 2" call the right choice in the 1984 Orange Bowl?

84% Yes WINNER

16% No

84% Yes

16% No

Given the Huskers’ difficult 2026 football schedule, is it realistic to think 8 wins are possible?

20% Yes Yes

80% No No

20% Yes

80% No

Does Anthony Colandrea’s skill set change how Nebraska can design its offense?

92% Yes Yes

8% No No

92% Yes

8% No

84%

Yes WINNER

16%

No

84%

Yes

16%

No

20%

Yes Yes

80%

No No

20%

Yes

80%

No

92%

Yes Yes

8%

No No

92%

Yes

8%

No