The “What if Osborne had gone to Nebraska instead?” question becomes one of the greatest sports debates of all time.

Osborne is remembered as the man who put UNO football on the map.

Omaha becomes known as a “football city” alongside Lincoln.

By the mid-90s, boosters push for UNO to jump to Division I-A ( — and Osborne retires before the leap.

30+ All-Americans across 25 years.

Several drafted into the NFL despite UNO’s small-school status.

Academic record mirrors real Nebraska: UNO consistently leads the FCS in Academic All-Americans.

18× Conference Champion

6× National Champion
1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1995

20× Playoff Appearances

Coach of the Year: 7× (multiple national awards)

Hall of Fame Inductee (2000s) – remembered as the greatest small-college coach ever

Osborne adjusts to modernizing offenses; still dominates.

UNO wins two more national titles (1993, 1995).

1993 Mavericks: Go undefeated (14–0), widely considered one of the greatest teams ever. (Avg victory 55-4.5)

Final 5 years: 60–3, retires in 1997 after another undefeated season (13–0).

Osborne’s system (option offense, crushing defense, disciplined training) peaks.

1983–1987: UNO wins four national titles in five years.

Signature Season (1985): 12–0 record, national champs, outscoring opponents by an average of 32 points.

Playoff record this decade: 28–4.

Early Era (1973–1979)

Records around 9–2, 10–1.

Establishes UNO as the dominant program in NCC.

By 1976, Mavericks win their first conference title.

First playoff run in 1977, reaching the semifinals.

Osborne makes UNO a “must-watch” small-college powerhouse. Heated rivals w/North Dakota State

Years: 1973–1997 (25 seasons)

Overall Record: 256-27 (.937 win %)

Conference Titles: 18

Playoff Appearances: 20

National Championships: 6

Longest Winning Streak: 29 games (1984–1986)

Academic All-Americans: Consistently top 5 nationally

There is an alternate reality where Tom Osborne was patrolling the sidelines at Al Caniglia Field 🧵

Professional football is happening in America (Brazil) starting today....also give me BC, Saskatchewan, Hamilton, Calgary up north 🇺🇸🏈🇧🇷🏈🇨🇦🏈

Week 2 bracketology

Oh, I’m back on this one.

Rizzler reveals his top 4 favorite things in the universe and they are ALL the Double Don.

“So In honor of our nations coming together I bear a gift, it’s called a “Double Don”, you believe that! So good! The best they doubled me! For you to eat, it’s not made out of me or by me but it does have an onion ring on top.”

Emperor Penguin: “We have snow.”

Declan Rice is thrilled as he holds a Double Don at the Emirates stadium

Double the goals deserves double the Don

Movie idea: Angels in the Outfield but it’s a Double Don in a soccer ball

Get that man a Double Don!

When you lock eyes with the back of house cook and they top your Double Don with a fresh onion ring

The employee handling the flat top when I walk in to order all the Double Dons

Or a Double Don

When you are at a function at 10:30 knowing you have a 30 minute drive to the D&M, so you have to speed to get there before close to get to gods country

These are the same results when you google “houses reacting to a Double Don coming fresh out of the kitchen.”

A sports graphic with Ja Morant doing his shotgun celebration. It’s captioned “Ja Morant, FINED $75K” except I photoshopped a Double Don burger into his hands

Wow, the NBA fined Ja Morant $75k for not sharing his Double Don with Adam Silver

In case anyone else needs a transparent .PNG of a Double Don for...reasons