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After Willie Miller picked up six yards on a key third -down play, Alexander, who was left in the game, rumbled 11 yards to the CU 1-yard line, where Crouch plunged in on a quarterback sneak, ending the game. It was a sweet end for Alexander, whose performance had turned bitter after a spectacular 151-yard first half, which featured touchdown runs of 50 and 80 yards. The fumble late in the game nearly made him the goat “I was down on myself at first,” Alexander said. “But then I thought about Sampson and the adversity he went through. I just asked my Lord for one more chance.” When Crouch, who was named the Big 12’s co-offensive player of the year Saturday, scored, Brown took a dead sprint toward the Nebraska fans in show of celebration. But mostly, the Huskers looked relieved. They had survived, rather than pummeled, Colorado. it nun wnatever cnances in u naa oi playing for the national title, though. Virginia Tech, which stands ahead of Nebraska in Bowl Championship Series rankings, easily took care of Boston College 38-14 Friday to finish its season undefeated. NU needed a big win over CU to help its cause, didn’t get it and now might need a blowout of UT, the only Big 12 team the Huskers haven’t beaten. So it doesn’t look good. Many players said the situation is “in the hands of others.” Nebraska Coach Frank Solich said, “We leave it in the hands of those who know college football.” Before the comeback, Nebraska didn’t need to, as it was cruising toward victory. The 52,946 fans at Folsom Field paid more attention to a snowball fight between mascots thfin the game. For three quarters, NU was domi nant It scored on the first offensive play of the game, when Alexander tiptoed the sideline and dragged defender Rashidi Barnes into the end zone. Alexander scored twice more in the first half, once outrunning Colorado speed ster Ben Kelly 80 yards to the end zone. At half, NU led 24-3. But, as it usually does against the Comhuskers, Colorado lengthened the game and came back. And much like Crouch, Solich nab top awards for conference ■ ' . . .. • From staff reports Leading the Comhuskers to a Big 12 North Division title, 10-1 record and an outside shot at the national championship, the Big 12 named Head Coach Frank Solich the Big 12 Coach of the Year and Eric Crouch die Co-Offensive Player of the Year. Also, seven Huskers were named to the coaches’ Big 12 All Conference team. For the first time in conference history, there was a tie in voting for the Offensive Player of the Year. Crouch split the award with Texas quarterback Major Applewhite. The two will meet this weekend in San Antonio in the Big 12 Championship. Crouch has been versatile for the No. 3 Huskers this year. He is second on the NU squad in rushing with 817 yards, passed for 1,214 yards and even scored on a pass reception vs. California earlier this season. He scored the game-winning touchdown vs. Colorado on a 1-yard sneak, capturing the game, the Big 12 North title and helping the Huskers escape fropi a 24-point Buffalo comeback. Crouch has rushed for 100 yards three times this season, vs. Texas A&M, Kansas State and this past Friday at Colorado. Applewhite has broken or tied 28 Texas game; season and career records and helped the team to its sec ond Big 12 South title in three years. Solich is in his second season at the controls for Nebraska and has extended NUV streak of 30 straight seasons with nine victories to 31 with his 10-1 mark this year. He has a chance to pay back Texas on Saturday for the only blemish on his record. Solich is now 19-5 in his two sea sons as head coach, after serving 18 years as an assistant under Hall of Fame Coach Tom Osborne. He will lead his team to a record 31st straight bowl appearance. Crouch also tied with Applewhite for the coaches’ pick as the All Conference quarterback. Also on the All-Big 12 offense were center Dominic Raiola and tight end Tracey Wistrom. All three on die offense are sophomores. Four members of the Blackshirt defense are on the All-Conference team: defensive lineman Steve Warren, linebacker Carlos Polk and both Browns in the secondary. Mike and Ralph Brown both earned spots on the first team. 1997, when CU cut a 27-10 deficit to a final margin of 27-24, the comeback started with a questionable fumble. It came at the hands of wingback Bobby Newcombe, who lost one of NU’s seven fumbles after catching a shovel pass from quarterback Eric Crouch. Replays showed Newcombe might have been down. It shouldn’t have mattered with only nine minutes and 34 seconds remaining and the Huskers ahead 27-6. But CU quarterback Mike Moschetti got hot, and the Blackshirt defense got tired. In a little more than five minutes, CU scored three touchdowns as Moschetti hooked up with three differ ent receivers. His 21-yard fade pass to Javon Green with 2:59 tied the score at 27-27. The gold pom-poms of the majority of the fans at Folsom Field went wild In all, CU had 284 total yards in the quarter. Moschetti had 188 yards pass ing. “We got in a dogfight,” Defensive Coordinator Charlie McBride said. “You have to give them credit; they made some plays. We had the effort.” Defensive tackle Steve Warren, who was named to the top All-Big 12 Conference team on Saturday, was nurs ing a cold going into the game. The thin Rocky Mountain air undoubtedly hurt the defense. “I can’t speak for anybody else, but I got tired out there,” Warren said. The defense needed an assist from the offense, which never came in the fourth quarter. After a powerful first half where NU racked up 312 total yards, the Huskers managed an anemic 63 yards in the entire second half. Missed kick mars Colorado comeback CU from page 9 in the comer of the end zone for a 14 yard touchdown to cut the NU lead to 27-13. The Huskers went four and out on their next possession and a 64-yard Dan Hadenfeldt punt resulted in a touchbackforCU. Once again, Moschetti grabbed the reins and 10 plays, 80 yards, two NU penalties and two and a half minutes later, the Buffaloes were just seven points behind the Huskers. Colorado recovered an on-side kick that gave it the ball at its own 44 yard line with 3:38 left in the game. And while Ralphie wasn’t running, the Buffs decided they’d give it a shot. Moschetti, after his own 22-yard jaunt, handed off to tailback Cortlen Johnson. Johnson, who had been stymied by the NU defense all day, ran right through the Blackshirts for an 18 yard gain to die Nebraska 16-yard line. “They were getting tired,” Johnson said. “And we wanted to prove some thing with our offense. (NU defensive players) were saying, ‘You guys are a good test for us, getting us ready for Texas, for the Big 12 Championship.’ I kept saying, ‘The game isn’t over yet.’ They quit talking after awhile.” And they were dead silent two plays later when Green hauled in a 21 yard touchdown pass from Moschetti that tied it, 27-27. “We had the momentum on our side, no question,” Green said. “We were just pounding and pounding.” With 2:03 left, the Buffs found 66 (NU defensive players) were saying, 'You guys are a good testfor us...!I kept saying, 'The game isn’t over yet! ” ?• Cortlen Johnson CU tailback themselves with the ball once again, this time pinned back at their own 5 yard line following another booming Hadenfeldt punt. On second and 10, Johnson went up the middle on a draw and fell into Mike Brown and a host of Husker tacklers that cushioned the sophomore tailback and kept him on his feet just long enough for Brown to strip the ball and comerback Keyuo Craver to dive on it. It was NU’s ball at the CU 16. _ “I said to myself, ‘I can’t believe you just did that,”’ Johnson said. But CU defenders that met him as he was coming off the, field told Johnson they would get the ball back. Sure enough, the first Husker play was a fumbled option pitch and once again, Sykes found himself on top of a turnover. With 1:43 to go, Barnett called the very same play that Johnson had fum bled on, and this time Johnson held on fora 27-yaid romp through the heart of the Husker defense. Moschetti then hit Minardi for a 36-yard gain to the Nebraska 22-yard line. Two rushing plays gained six yards, and the Buffs called timeout with one second remaining in the game. • - Aldrich came on for a 34-yard field goal attempt, was frozen by a Nebraska time out and missed wide right. “What can I say?” Aldrich said. “I missed it.” It’s all Aldrich did say. , In the overtime period, Aldrich would hit a 33-yarder from almost exactly the same spot as his previous miss. But it would not be enough, as Crouch finally relieved NU with a touchdown to seal the win. “We played our hearts out,” said Johnson, who finished with 135 yards on 25 carries. “We were not going to die.” For the Buffalo seniors, who have not beaten Nebraska in four years, there were many tears. Moschetti, twice the victim of the Huskers, broke down. “This is die type of game - win or lose - that you’ll remember die rest of your life,” he said. “It’ll stick with me.” J