A harrowing night for Nebraskans everywhere

The Nebraska football team celebrates after defeating Michigan 32-28 in the Alamo Bowl (AP Photo)

They almost lost it, instead, just as Stanford lost the 1982 Big Game (vs California; a game Gloria attended as a freshman at Stanford), on a confusing play at the very end. Michigan started pitching the ball all over the field on a play that started deep in their territory with :02 seconds left. But instead of making it into the endzone as California did against Stanford, the last Michigan player to get the ball was tackled on the Nebraska 15 yard line by the last two Nebraska defenders.

I almost went into cardiac arrest, watching it—if that Michigan guy had run with more conviction, it would have been a Big Play Nightmare Repeat.

Coming soon: Pearl the Mud Dog Video

I'm waiting for Google Video to "verify" my submission of Pearl wallowing in the mud at the Mitchell Park dog run—more sensible dogs kept their distance, and Cole observed "I don't think Pearl is a good role model." Now it has been over 24 hours since I've submitted it. Do they really look at each video before making it available on the Google Video site?

Added later: The video has been Google-verified. Here it is