by Mike Babcock | Dec 30, 2021 | Football
Not everyone gets a second chance Ed Stewart said following Nebraska’s 13-3 victory at Oklahoma in 1994. “And we’ve got one now.” The Huskers had earned an Orange Bowl bid for a fourth consecutive season and, more to Stewart’s point, would have a chance to win a...
by Mike Babcock | May 14, 2020 | Football
Miami players didn’t lack confidence. “I don’t think Nebraska would score unless we played until tomorrow about noon,” Hurricanes defensive tackle Eric Miller said following the 1992 Orange Bowl. He was nothing if not brash. Top-ranked (more...
by Mike Babcock | Nov 15, 2019 | Football
Once again we’re in Mr. Peabody’s Wayback Machine for what would be the final Gotham Bowl football game. The date was Dec. 15, 1962, the place, New York City—the Bronx. The temperature at kickoff, 11 a.m. EST, was 14 degrees according to a New...
by Brandon Vogel | Nov 8, 2019 | Football
So, this is a thing that was on the internet this week. #BREAKING: Source closely involved in the #FSU coaching search process tells me their call with Jimmy Sexton on the Saban buyout “went much better than anyone expected” and that the attitude in the building is...
by Mike Babcock | Nov 7, 2019 | Football
I’ve got heartaches by the number Troubles by the score . . . Those opening lines from a Ray Price song pretty much summarize Nebraska’s experience in the 1989 Orange Bowl against Miami, which had stopped the “Scoring Explosion” Huskers...
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