by Mike Babcock | Aug 1, 2019 | Football
The national respect the “Scoring Explosion” team earned in 1983 carried over to the 1984 season. Despite the loss of nine starters on offense, among them Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, Irving Fryar, Turner Gill and Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award...
by Derek Peterson | Jul 27, 2019 | Football
The summer is all about gains. What was the top-of-the-list most important goal this offseason? Get bigger, faster, stronger. “We were nowhere near the team that I wanted us to be last year. Not even close, in a lot of different areas,” head...
by Derek Peterson | Jul 26, 2019 | Football
There’s a banner lining the inside of the fence surrounding the Huskers’ outdoor practice field. It reads “Can’t Be Beat… I Won’t Be Beat.” The team-issued Day-by-Day shirts the Huskers wore throughout the offseason had the...
by Brandon Vogel | Apr 5, 2019 | Football
I don't know if Tom Osborne has room for any more awards at this point, but he's getting another one. The Football Bowl Association announced Thursday that Osborne and former Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning are the dual recipients of this year's...
by Mike Babcock | Jan 24, 2019 | Football
At some point during the 1981 Nebraska football season I referred to Charlie McBride in a story I wrote for the Lincoln Journal and Star as “defensive coordinator,” a title he wouldn’t have until a year later. It was fake news. He was in...
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