Date: January 1, 1994
Location: Miami Orange Bowl Stadium, Miami, Fla.
Opponent: Nebraska Cornhuskers
The 1994 Orange Bowl between Florida State and Nebraska was as full of drama as they come. Everyone wants drama in a national championship game, but when it involves your team every moment can make you feel like Schrödinger’s cat. This was felt even more acutely by Florida State fans, who had watched the possibilities collapse into heartbreak more than once on that very field.
But in the 1993 season the stars seemed aligned - FSU had a Heisman Trophy winner in quarterback Charlie Ward, the nation’s best scoring defense led by Derrick Brooks , and the most heralded kicking prospect in Scott Bentley.