Well, only if you consider 304 yards "almost identical" to 467. Frazier had 199 rushing and 105 passing (6 completed of 14 attempts, 43%), while Vince had 200 rushing and 267 passing (30 of 40, 75%)
Not really that close. But I'll admit that that Nebraska team may very well have been better than this Texas team. Depends on how one views Florida's offense (with their best receiver going out with a broken leg early in the game) as compared to USC, but the NU defense almost certainly was better than UT's.
Tommie Frazier was a GREAT QB! If he didnt have blood clots he would have have made a huge impact in the NFL!
No. This is a bigger deal. Everyone in the sports media is saying that this USC team is the best all time. For UT to go and beat them-- with two Heisman trophy winners is astounding.
touche. I hadn't had a chance to look up the stats from that '96 game. Yes, Young's yardage numbers tonight were greater, but subjectively.... Frazier was just as dominating as Young was tonight. You are quite correct that it was Nebraksa defense that produced the blowout in '96. But all that aside, tonights game featured 2 very good teams. In the end I think Young was the difference.
The only way you can know if one team is "better" than another is for them to play a game.