rose bowl 2001

"It was an unpleasant feeling to fall behind at the beginning," Solich said. But just some off-field problems that never went away. We'd talk about it in the huddle, we could see it in their eyes, we could see how they were breathing, how they'd get up after runs, a little slower, not as eager, so they did a great job all game long. They were competitive. 2004 Holiday Bowl Ring Texas Tech … Everyone is out of their mind. He produced 176 total yards-114 on 22 rushes and 62 on five completions in 15 passes. But you know what? He out-dueled Brees and helped the … I think it says a lot about the character of those guys wanting to win, being physical, tough, knowing how to finish games.We had a pretty good lead and then Marques made that pitch-out to Elstrom, who was not part of that option game. That guy never makes a bad decision. "We just went out there and executed and played our game. "The Huskers actually sparked some comeback hopes by scoring on a 16-yard run by Judd Davies late in the third quarter. They are very deserving of everything they get.

6 in the wire service polls. There isn't anybody that isn't just out of their mind to play in that game when it starts. Listening to the coaches, you might conclude the following about the 2001 Rose Bowl: * Washington and Purdue will combine for 2,000 yards in total offense.

The game featured the Miami Hurricanes and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, marking the first time since the 1919 Rose Bowl, and only the third time in the game's history, that neither the Big Ten nor the Pac-10 Conferences had a representative in this game. Miami followed up the 62-36 loss that Nebraska suffered Nov. 23 at Colorado with a dominating first-half performance that stripped the national championship showdown of its drama. We had the critical juncture when we lost I remember we had a comfortable lead (at Stanford), and Stanford was all geared up because the year before we had run the G (guard pulls outside) option, so they had about 150 guys standing outside the tackle box on both sides, and we ran the inside zone, the inside zone, just really worked them over. Washington senior quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game. After that we took off. Checkout Rose Bowl 2001/02 series Fixtures and Results Online. But as That game had all the storylines. "It's obviously very difficult to cover Dorsey, and they have excellent running backs. The No. That was a really fun football team to coach.

The game also marked only the second time that a Nebraska team has lost consecutive games by 10 points or more since Bob Devaney took over the program in 1962.The Huskers closed the 1990 season with losses of 45-10 to Oklahoma in conference play and 45-21 to Georgia Tech in the Florida Citrus Bowl. The whole thing was over. With all the things we did in the passing game and our other run game, it wasn't like we practice pitch relationship 35 yards down the field.

"This loss is a hard thing to swallow," junior I-back Dahrran Diedrick said. Know what I mean? Oklahoma, who was undefeated and beat Florida State in the This was Purdue's second Rose Bowl appearance, both of Purdue's starting Rose Bowl quarterbacks 2 Florida lost to Tennessee, the Colorado Buffaloes went on to win the The game, which was played on a Thursday night, two days after the parade, has been remembered as a low point for the Rose Bowl. "Crouch ended what ranks as one of the greatest careers by a Husker without the national title he so coveted.