Football
Hail Varsity Digest | Frazier Out, Berringer In, then Out for 1994 Nebraska Football| 3/4/25
Nebraska football, 5-0 and second in the AP poll and now the Coaches poll, led Oklahoma State 9-3 at halftime of the Big Eight opener at Memorial Stadium, Oct. 8, 1994. I-back Lawrence Phillips scored the touchdown on a 2-yard run (Tom Sieler missed the extra point...
Hail Varsity Digest | An Eye-Opener for Nebraska Football, Maybe | 2/25/25
Keep in mind Nebraska football opened the 1994 season with four decisive victories when Wyoming came to Memorial Stadium Oct. 1. The Huskers were No. 1 in the Coaches poll, 2 in the Associated Press poll. Wyoming, 2-2, had lost to Utah the previous week 41-7. Now go...
Hail Varsity Digest | Nebraska’s Rudy – Adam Kucera | 02/18/24
“RUDY, RUDY” - By Mike Babcock His name wasn’t “Rudy.” But that was the chant by some among the 75,273 remaining at Memorial Stadium when he ran onto the field with about 5 minutes remaining in Nebraska’s fourth game of the 1994 season against Pacific. His name was...
Greg Sharpe Was Truly One of the Good Guys
“Because I could not stop for Death
“He kindly stopped for Me
“The carriage held but just Ourselves
“And Immortality.”
Beloved Nebraska Broadcaster Greg Sharpe Passes Away After Battle With Cancer
Nebraska athletics announced Saturday that longtime Nebraska play-by-play broadcaster, Greg Sharpe passed away Friday, February 14th, 2025.
Hail Varsity Digest | Nebraska vs. UCLA, September 17th, 1994 | 02/11/25
NO DEFENSIVE RESPECT - Mike Babcock Nebraska defensive coordinator Charlie McBride seemed irritated following the Huskers’ third victory of the 1994 season, 49-21 against UCLA at Memorial Stadium, September 17. Not with his defense, but rather with what seemed lack...
Hail Varsity Digest | Looking Back at Cam Jurgens’ Move | 2/7/25
Time to enter the Wayback Machine, although it’s not “way back,” just a few years, mid-April 2019, an interview with Husker redshirt freshman Cam Jurgens. Yes, “the” Cam Jurgens, center for the Philadelphia Eagles, who will play against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super...
Hail Varsity Digest | Nebraska Football vs. Texas Tech, September 1994 | 2/4/25
Nebraska takes down Texas Tech 42-16 September 8th, 1994.
Hail Varsity Digest | Mike Babcock Edition – Tom Osborne’s First National Championship Season Series | 01/28/25
(*Beginning this week, Historicals will go game-by-game through Tom Osborne’s first national championship season, 1994.) OFF TO A GOOD START At the end of the telecast of Nebraska’s 18-16 loss to Florida State in the 1994 Orange Bowl, NBC’s Dick Enberg noted the...
Subscribe To Our Newsletter
Get bi-weekly emails from Mike Babcock about Nebraska history and what’s top of mind for him in Husker athletics each week.