Asked by
Husker Max
5/8/2014
Was the "go for 2" call the right choice in the 1984 Orange Bowl?
84%
Yes
WINNER
84%
22
16%
No
16%
5
84%
Yes
84%
16%
No
16%
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.
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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
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We are still talking about it, right? That says it all! Go Big Red!
ReplyThat was the clear road to the championship.
ReplyWe play football to win or fail trying.
ReplyHuskers went there to win.
ReplyYou don't play the game to tie...
ReplyIt changed the way the nation viewed Tom and NU football.
ReplyLook 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.
ReplyYou play to win, not tie the game.
ReplyBecause you don't go to the prom to kiss your sister.
ReplyWe were the better team. Boiled down to missed execution
ReplyEveryone I know who is a Nebraska fan agreed to go for the win. There is no other decision.
ReplyOsborne taught the world what big-time football was all about .
Replyplay to win, not to tie
ReplyShould be only one (1) National Champion.
ReplyYou play to win not tie
ReplyHuskers always go thru the front door
ReplyIt wasn't the safe call... but it sure was GUTSY! and the right way to go! Go for the win!!!
Replyyou don't have overtime in '84. you go for the win, not the tie if you are a competitor.
ReplySame reason Osborne said - you play to win. If there had been overtime back then you kick the xtra point and play it out
ReplyYou play to win the game. That's all.
ReplyBecause 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.
Reply"A tie is like kissing your sister."
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