by Mike Babcock | Aug 29, 2019 | Football
Nebraska’s pass-list drama in the late summer of 1986 began with an NCAA investigation into the leasing of a Nissan 300ZX by I-back Doug DuBose and spilled over into other areas. Husker coach Tom Osborne said the NCAA was really after DuBose “all the...
by Brandon Vogel | Dec 31, 2018 | Football
What a day for Miami Hurricanes football. Over the span of one Sunday the Hurricanes lost head coach Mark Richt, who announced his retirement around noon, and got former defensive coordinator Manny Diaz back to be the new head coach that evening. Diaz accepted...
by Brandon Vogel | Aug 7, 2018 | Football
This 2018 season feels like a uniquely good one for coach-gawking. College football is always sort of that way as our most coach-forward sport, but through a combination of a wild carousel ride last December and some summer developments we have a number of...
by Mike Babcock | Apr 3, 2018 | Football
Bobby Bowden had predicted it the season before. “They’ll kill us,” he said following Florida State’s 18-14 upset of Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in 1980. The Seminole coach was referring to his team’s return visit in 1981. He...
by Mike Babcock | Feb 27, 2018 | Football
You want drama? Try this, Oct. 4, 1980: Nebraska was at the Florida State 3-yard line trailing 18-14 with the final seconds ticking off as quarterback Jeff Quinn rolled to his left. Those in a sellout crowd of 76,152 at Memorial Stadium were on their feet, cheering....
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