by Mike Babcock | Nov 21, 2017 | Football
A headline in the Omaha World-Herald indicated that 60 walk-ons would “bolster” Nebraska’s freshman team when it opened what had been a five-game schedule against Kansas State at Memorial Stadium on a Friday afternoon in late September of 1974....
by Brandon Vogel | Nov 17, 2017 | Football
Paul Myerberg of USA Today did his best to throw water on the Scott-Frost-to-Nebraska flames this week. Just kidding. The bucket marked “WATER” was actually gasoline. It wasn’t Myerberg’s fault. He just went to Orlando to do a story on the...
by Mike Babcock | Nov 14, 2017 | Football
The week before, Monte Anthony had been a back-up fullback. But he was switched to I-back because junior John O’Leary was sidelined by injury. O’Leary suffered a cracked jaw and broken teeth in a 21-20 upset loss at Wisconsin in the second game of the 1974...
by Hail Varsity Staff | Nov 9, 2017 | Football
Gary Patterson, the current head football coach at TCU who is likely to have his phone ringing off the hook over the coming months as several high-profile coaching positions come open, recently opened up to ESPN about his happiness in Fort Worth, Texas, and...
by Mike Babcock | Nov 7, 2017 | Football
Tom Osborne’s first season as head coach ended as it had begun, with Steve Runty, who had walked on from Ogallala, Nebraska, at quarterback. The 12th-ranked Huskers, 8-2-1, were set to play No. 8 Texas in the 1974 Cotton Bowl. They had learned of the invitation...
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