Despite being favored,
Bowden fearful of NU
By Jeff Griesch
Senior Editor
Once again, Nebraska football
coach Tom Osborne and Florida State
coach Bobby Bowden will be spend
ing the holidays together.
Osborne and
[Bowden have spent
'three of the past six
New Year’s Davs
T^on opposing side
lines of the football
* field, but unfortu
nately forOsbornc,
Bowden sholidays
have been a bit hap
pier.
The Scminoles
have not lost a bowl game since 1981,
have beaten Nebraska three times on
New Year’s Day and arc favored to
make it four straight against the
Cornhuskers in the Orange Bowl.
But despite the Scminoles’ recent
dominance over the Huskers, Bowden
said he feared playing Nebraska again.
“I’m scared to death of the law of
averages,” Bowden said. “History
could be a great motivation for them.
They haven’t beaten us in a while, it’s
the Orange Bowl and they are due.”
Bowden, who is tied for fifth on the
all-time win list among Division I-A
coaches with 238 victories, brings the
Scminoles into the Orange Bowl with
an 11-1 record and a No. 2 ranking.
Bowden Osborne
Bowden said the similarities be
tween the offenses of Nebraska and
Notre Dame — which beat Florida
State 31-24 on Nov. 13 — were a
major concern.
“Notre Dame was different than
any other team we ha ve faced because
they were strictly a running football
team who could also throw the ball,”
he said.
“Nebraska is kind of the same be
cause they also have a dominant run
ning game, so I am very concerned.”
Although Florida State and Ne
braska appear to employ opposite of
fensive styles, Bowden insisted that
the two teams were similar.
“We have thrown from the shot
gun almost exclusively this season
just because of Charlie’s ability,”
Bowden said.
Osborne said ;hc and Bowden
shared some other important coach
ing styles.
“Our philosophies arc very similar
in terms of how we treat our players,”
Osborne said. “I have a good deal of
respect for Bobby, and I think that
Florida State has been one of the six or
seven most consistent programs in the
country.”
Bowden had equal praise for
Osborne.
“I think the world of Tom,” Bowden
said. “He has built one of the best
programs in the country, and I think
most of the criticisnThe has received
is unfair. I have great respect for Tom
and the entire Nebraska program.”
Bowden said Osborne’s lack of
bowl success was partially due to the
conditions under which the Huskers
have played.
“We have had the luxury of play
ing them down here on New Year’s
Day,but I’ll tell you, I would not want
to play him up there in December
because it would be next to impossi
ble for us to win,” Bowden said. “We
wouldn’t be able to throw the ball.”
Bowden and Osborne share one
other similarity: Neither of them have
won a national championship.
But Osborne said the Huskers
wouldn’t do anything unusual to try to
win one.
Nor will the Seminolcs, Bowden
said.
“I am going to dance with who
brought me here, and I am sure Tom
is going to dance with who brought
him here,” Bowden said.
--
Shaun Sartin/DN
on a two-point attempt, which enabled Nebraska to escape with a 21-20 win. At right,
Nebraska’s David Seizys leaps over Oklahoma’s Darrius Johnson to recover a fumble on a
kickoff. The Huskers scored on the next possession, pushing their lead to 21-7, putting
Oklahoma away and securing their first undefeated regular season since 1983.
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