Okay, I looked something up, regarding the "most painful" endings in college football games.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/features/houseofpain/_/n/8For some reason they have the Texas-Arkansas game of 1969 as the most painful.
That was an incredible game (from history books); what happens when an irresistible force meets an immoveable object. I always considered this one the "Game of the Century" for the 20th century.
Number seven's Miami-Nebraska in the 1984 Orange Bowl, when Nebraska went for two and the win, and got none and the loss.
They also have Nebraska-Oklahoma in 1971, the so-called "Game of the Century," as number eleven.
I myself never considered that the "Game of the Century," because Nebraska was expected to win that game anyway, and won it.
The Florida State-Nebraska Orange Bowl of 1994 is number 17, which Florida State won 18-16; this was when I was wandering around the socialist paradises of the workers and peasants, and couldn't keep track. I dunno what happened.
Number 19's Nebraska-Missouri of 1997, which Nebraska won 45-38 on a flea-flicking play.
As number 32, they list the 1987 Oklahoma-Nebraska contest, which Oklahoma won 17-7. They called that the "Game of the Century II;" more media hype.
As number 43, they list the Oklahoma-Nebraska contest of 1978, which Nebraska won 17-14 when Billy Sims fumbled the ball on his own three-yard line, if I recall correctly. Now,
that I consider the biggest Nebraska-Oklahoma game ever played. Nebraska wasn't supposed to win that game, but did.
Finally, as number 50, they have the Texas-Nebraska game of 2009 (not the regular season game, but for the Big 12 championship), which Texas won, 13-12.
That's a pretty interesting site, but biased.
