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Frazier a Bold Seer

By Staff Reports
Published: 11/27/1993
Last Modified: 2/27/2007 8:17 AM

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Tommie Frazier made a bold statement
when Nebraska went to the Orange Bowl a year ago to lose
to Florida State 27-14.
The freshman quarterback predicted Nebraska would not only
return for another try to break its six-game bowl losing
streak, but it would head to Miami with an unbeaten record
and a shot at a national title.
Friday, Frazier and his teammates made that vision reality.
Frazier's 11-yard pass to Abdul Muhammad with 13:20 left
to play lifted the No. 2 Cornhuskers to a 21-7 victory over
No. 16 Oklahoma.
"We always found a way to win," Frazier said of the 11-0
season that included three second-half thrillers (UCLA,
Oklahoma State and Oklahoma). "We've had to go through
a lot of adversity and people said a lot of negative things.
It does not matter what anybody said, this team found a
way to win."
Frazier, who also scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter,
bulled his way 10 yards and 4 more in the drive for the
go-ahead touchdown that gives Nebraska the chance it wanted
to play for a national title.
The Huskers battled for their chance, overcome criticism
for its bowl losing streak and against what some perceived
to be a soft schedule.
"The only way you can respond is to go down and win,"
Frazier said of the new bowl test. "There is going to be
no bad-mouthing from us and we can't get anyone to shut
up because all that people say is out of control. We will
respond by winning."
Running back Calvin Jones said the regular-season finale
probably won't do much to improve Nebraska's national image,
because of a miserable first half. The Nebraska rushing
leader with 1,042 yards on the season, after his 82 against
Oklahoma, said national poll voters will have to draw their
own conclusions.
"If they were watching and turned the TV off at halftime,
I'm sure they'd say Nebraska does not deserve a shot (at
the national title)," Jones said. "But if they looked
at the second half, we turned it on and the defense dominated.
They say defense wins championships and they proved that
today."
Defensive coordinator Charlie McBride said it will be a
very different Cornhusker team heading to the Orange Bowl
this time around. He said Nebraska's last undefeated team
lost its chance to win a national title in the Orange Bowl
because it couldn't stop a good Miami team.
"When you look back to our 31-30 loss to Miami (1984),
it was because we were not a good defense," McBride said.
"That's not gonna happen any more."
"We pride ourselves on togetherness," said strong safety
Toby Wright.
By Staff Reports

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