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...Jaksha of Omaha, Nebraska, is a true believer, but he looked like a true eccentric in early November as he roamed 600 miles across the plains of Nebraska, covering much of the distance on foot. The retired telephone-company manager, 79, wore a Revolutionary War-era costume, complete with brocade knickers, flounced tie and a white wig. His message was equally rambunctious. "We have a distant, oppressive government in Washington," he told people along the way. "It is time to restore a citizen legislature. If we didn't have liars and cheaters and people who wanted to be in office...
Runner up number one: 1984 Orange bowl for the College Football national championship. Unbeatable Nebraska was losing to unheradled Miami by one point with just seconds on the clock...
...Nebraska, a heavy favorite, had come back from a 17-point deficit. Coach Dr. Tom Osborne had the choice of going for one and a tie--and in all likelyhood the national championship...
...went for two, and failed. As Turner Gill, Nebraska's brilliant, dexterous quarterback, rolled to his right, he had back-up I-Back Jeff Smith open for a split second. He unloaded, only to see a Miami player dive and break it up at the last second...
...sullying the January 2 scene further by splitting them apart. Instead, now we get three different undefeated teams playing none of each other, #9 Kansas State exiled to the Aloha Bowl, and even worse, Colorado--which, for my money, is better than all of them, one off-day at Nebraska notwithstanding--reliving a familiar rivalry at the expense of the nation's sanity...