as the quarterback’s legs keep pump
ing.
The Huskers marched through
their 1995 campaign with 12 consecu
tive wins, including a 62-24 romp over
Florida for yet another national title. It
might have been the best team in
Nebraska history. Many believe it to be
the best team in the history of college
football.
“With so many guys on the team
with the same attitude, it funnels down
to everybody,” Frazier said. “We had
everything going - all the pieces to the
puzzle - and we just kept it going.”
Frazier finished with 1,966 yards
of total offense, including 604 yards on
the ground. Through the air, he com
pleted 56 percent of his passes for
1,362 yards.
In the end, he earned the Johnny
Unitas Golden Arm Award and fin
ished second in the Heisman Trophy
race behind Ohio State’s Eddie George.
And though he said finishing
behind George didn’t bother him, he
quickly rationalized the decision.
•*“1 don’t dwell on that,” Frazier said.
“That’s something that’s out of my con
trol. I only get upset over things I can
control. I don’t even like talking about
it because everybody says, ‘You should
have won.’ Well, I feel all those awards
are opinionated.
“If you look at the voting and how
it’s set up, certain people are going to
win it every year. I don’t worry about
individual awards. If I would have won,
I would have won. If I lost, I lost. .And.
even though 1 didn’t win, I probably
have something that Eddie George
wants, and that’s a national champi
onship.”
But did Osborne think Frazier
should have earned the honor?
“If you’re talking about the best
football player, the guy that accom
plished the most, I would say, ‘Yes,’”
Osborne said. “There was no question
in my mind. He was a catalyst and a
guy that held everything together.”
Cutting to the right sideline, he s
home free. Sprinting over hash marks,
he thrusts his right arm into the air and
extends his pointer finger. No. 1. Fifty
three yards later, he slows down and
jaunts into the end zone where he drops
the ball and looks up to the crowd.
It’s over.
Currently the Running Backs
Coach at Baylor, Frazier didn’t have
the opportunity to play in the NFL, but
said he doesn’t regret anything that has
happened in his career.
And no matter what happens in his
future, the Bradenton, Fla., native will
always carry with him the things he
learned in Lincoln.
“I learned that hard work pays off,”
Frazier said. “I learned to have faith in
everyone, to be true to everyone, and
don’t take anything for granted.”
One of 11 Huskers to have his jer
sey retired Frazier said he has yet to
reminisce about the career that shaped
him.
When and if he does (“Maybe in 10
years,” he said), Frazier will no doubt
look back at the careerlong 75-yard run
he made against Florida in the final
game of his career.
The game was already out of reach,
but Frazier capped things off with an
option run to the right.
This time, he went the right way.
Touched 10 times by UF defend
ers, Frazier broke at least seven tackles
before scoring his final career touch
down.
“1 think the fans and the media
make it more than I did,” Frazier said.
“It’s one of those rules that any football
player can tell you. When you’re smart,
you’re taught to always keep your legs
going when you feel contact. That’s all
I did. I don’t think I really did anything
special. I just followed the rules I was
taught when I was seven years old.
“It was something that just hap
pened that one time. If you put me in
the same scenario five other times, I’d
probably never do it again.”
But Gill knows better
“That one run kind of ^ives a sym
bol of what Tommie Fi zier was all
about,” Gill said. “That signifies him
as a runner and that signifies him as a
competitor. He never quit. He’s never
going to give up.
“If he starts something, he’s going
to finish it.”
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