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In 45 hours, two football powerhouses line up across from each other on the field: Nebraska vs. Miami.Video: Tom Osborne discusses the history of Nebraska vs. MiamiThe two teams haven’t played each other a lot, but when they have, the games have certainly been memorable.One man’s been in the middle of almost all of them.To Tom Osborne, Nebraska vs. Miami isn’t a rivalry.“If you don't play every year, you probably don't have a true rivalry. But certainly we had some important games we played with them,” said Osborne.Games like 1962’s Gotham Bowl, when Nebraska defeated Miami in New York during Bob Devaney’s first season. And again in Lincoln in 1976, but then the 1980s hit.“We had a couple of unfortunate encounters with them back in the Orange Bowl,” said Osborne.One unfortunate encounter came in the 1984 game, which Husker fans try to remember for the famous “fumblerooski” play. Instead, it’s remembered for a missed two-point conversion that would’ve won the game.“The difference between completing the pass and not completing, it was probably about an inch,” said Osborne.All Osborne had to do was kick the extra point, take the tie and it would’ve been a national championship for the Huskers. But even now, that’s not how he approaches the game.“I always assume that if you're going to win a national championship you had to win a game, you couldn't just settle for a tie,” said Osborne.Osborne said he has no regrets, especially since he got his national championship, the first of three, a decade later.“The thing that stood out about 1994 was really exceptional resolve,” said Osborne.The seeds of that resolve were planted a year earlier.The Huskers went through the regular season undefeated, but lost to Florida State in another heartbreaker when a last-second field goal went wide left. Osborne’s Huskers had the lead with a little more than 1 minute left in the game. The players coming back for the 1994 season wouldn’t let themselves forget the moment.“They had a 1:16 put on their T-shirts during the winter conditioning. And during the summer, 1:16 was on the scoreboard,” said Osborne. “So, what they were saying is, you know, ‘We had them with 1:16 left and we managed to lose the game. We're not going to let that happen again,’” said Osborne.And they didn’t, running the table despite losing key players off and on throughout the season.That team beat Miami in the 1995 Orange Bowl.“I thought that team, of all the teams that I coached, probably wasn't the most talented team, but it was a team that I thought had the greatest determination and the greatest desire to win of any team that I was around,” said Osborne.And now 20 years later, the 1994 Huskers will be honored in Memorial Stadium. Many will be there, but one won’t.“Brook will be an element that will be certainly sorely missed,” said Osborne.Brook Berringer stepped in to quarterback when Tommie Frazier went down with a blood clot. Berringer played through his own injuries and won, a testament to his character. When Frazier returned in 1995, Berringer returned to the backup spot and never complained.Three months after the season ended, Berringer died in a plane crash.“I think his death probably impacted our football team more than anything that I can remember,” said Osborne.So while maybe not technically a rivalry, Nebraska vs. Miami has all the emotions and Osborne expects Saturday to be no different.“I think it will be a very vocal atmosphere. I think the fans will be fired up about it,” said Osborne.And so will the players.“I think both teams are trying to establish an identity, kind of show where they stand nationally,” said Osborne. “It’ll be an interesting game.”