1998 Orange Bowl pregame coverage from Nando

This collection of Associated Press and Scripps-Howard stories and commentary led up to the Nebraska-Tennessee game to cap the 1997 college football season. The articles appeared on Nando, a now-defunct website created by the Raleigh News & Observer in North Carolina. The items are still online because of Wayback Machine archiving.

 

• Osborne’s career colored by Orange
• A little respect, please, for Tennessee’s receivers
• Huskers hope to give Osborne a grand finale
• With one more win, Nebraska deserves national title
• Osborne waits for final whistle
• Vols offense has a challenge of its own
• First the Waiting Game, then the Orange Bowl
• Wilson thinks Tennessee can corral Huskers
• Vols, Huskers prepare to watch and wait
• Much of the load falls on Vols freshman
• Even without Heisman, Manning is glad he came back in ’97
• Huskers QB’s roller-coaster career ending
• After 1,800-yard season, Nebraska back shrugs off critics
• They call this a national title game?
• Pass the pancakes, Cornhuskers style
• Frazier back on field — for this week, at least
• Osborne leaves spotlight after 25 years
• Vols almost an afterthought in Miami
• Huskers’ Brown often gets his wish
• Huskers’ Peter walks line for clean image
• Lewis next star to shine at Tennessee
• Will Huskers overpower Vols?
• A coming-out party for Nebraska’s next coach
• Vols’ first challenge is to get the ball occasionally
• Tennessee QB Manning back in all drills
• Manning practices again, says he expects to play
• Manning’s status uncertain for Orange Bowl