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LINCOLN, NE - SEPTEMPER 6: Running back Ameer Abdullah #8 of the Nebraska Cornhuskers runs past the McNeese State Cowboys during their game at Memorial Stadium on September 6, 2014 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Abdullah broke off a 58 yard touchdown run with 20 seconds remaining in a tie game. Nebraska defeated McNeese State 31-24. (Photo by Eric Francis/Getty Images) | Getty Images
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Nebraska fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers love their football more than any other sport – and with love that deep comes incredible heartbreak at times. Remember the good old days when heartbreak consisted of a consistently highly-ranked Huskers team doing things like losing to Oklahoma in the early Tom Osborne days.
Then when they conquered Oklahoma for a stretch, they just couldn’t win the big one when it came to chasing a national title, the most crushing being the Miami loss in the 1984 Orange Bowl. Then a few more losses to Oklahoma, a diet of Florida teams in Florida for bowl games including several more losses to Miami on their home field, before finally getting over in the mid-90’s
Who wouldn’t kill for that kind of disappointment again?
The end of the Osborne Era brought on a different kinds gut punches, but, hard as it is to believe, the Huskers skirted larger disasters more than once, but at least came away with an irritating win instead of a national butt-of-jokes loss.
Of these three near binge-booze-inducing losses, which as the Huskers’ greatest escape?
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