by Mike Babcock | Nov 18, 2021 | Football
No. 2-ranked Colorado came to Lincoln in late October of 1994 with its version of Nebraska’s “triplets,” the name given to quarterback Turner Gill, I-back Mike Rozier and wingback Irving Fryar by Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer in the early 1980s. The Huskers were 3-0...
by Mike Babcock | Nov 11, 2021 | Football
When Coach Bill McCartney arrived at Colorado in 1982, after eight seasons as an assistant at Michigan, he declared Nebraska the Buffaloes’ rival. He told the Big Eight Skywriters about the declared rivalry, which even included banning athletic department staff from...
by Mike Babcock | Nov 5, 2020 | Football
Sixty-two Colorado football fans were ejected from Folsom Field for throwing snowballs during the Nebraska game the day before Halloween in 1993. Nearly a foot of snow had fallen the previous morning. When Colorado sports information director Dave Plati announced the...
by Mike Babcock | Apr 30, 2020 | Football
Rewind to Derek Brown’s comment following the second game of the 1991 season, against Colorado State: “People think we get on TV in big games and lose.” That’s what had happened the next week. The No. 9 Huskers had been unable to hold a...
by Mike Babcock | Apr 2, 2020 | Football
Tom Osborne hadn’t committed to a starting quarterback for the 1991 Colorado State game following Nebraska’s season-opening 59-28 victory against Utah State. Would it be Mickey Joseph, who had started the opener? Or Keithen McCant, who had come off the...
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