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 16, 2020 | Football
Oklahoma State blitzed. And paid the price. Quarterback Keithen McCant made the reads. Fullback Lance Lewis helped pick up the blitzers. And Nebraska seemed to get back on track in its 1991 Big Eight opener at Oklahoma State. McCant “knocked the breath out of...
by Mike Babcock | Apr 9, 2020 | Football
Johnny Mitchell’s words to reporters following the Colorado State game rang true: The next week’s Washington game at Memorial Stadium would determine Nebraska’s season. So did Derek Brown’s. “People think we get on TV in big games and...
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...
by Mike Babcock | Mar 26, 2020 | Football
At one point in the game, Keithen McCant lined up behind Will Shields, Nebraska’s right guard, who told him to “scoot over” to his left, one place, behind center. The mistake was probably understandable. McCant, the Husker quarterback, was...
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