by Mike Babcock | Jul 17, 2018 | Football
Whoa, Nellie! Legendary sportscaster Keith Jackson probably would have used that exclamation at some point during the Nebraska-Minnesota football game at the Metrodome in 1983. If he had been calling it. The game was televised, but only in Nebraska on...
by Mike Babcock | Jul 10, 2018 | Football
On his 13th carry against Wyoming in 1983, Mike Rozier became Nebraska’s all-time rushing leader. The carry was good for 12 yards, increasing his career total to 2,819 yards. Isaiah Hipp had held the school career record, with 2,814 yards. The carry also...
by Mike Babcock | Jul 3, 2018 | Football
Nebraska had only eight returning starters in 1983, four on each side of the ball. The four on offense were imposing, however: I-back Mike Rozier, wingback Irving Fryar, guard Dean Steinkuhler and most importantly, quarterback Turner Gill, a third-year starter. Tom...
by Mike Babcock | Jun 26, 2018 | Football
The 1983 Orange Bowl coaches’ luncheon was held at Miami’s Omni International. I had to call the Lincoln Journal immediately after to dictate a short story for the city edition from a phone booth near a large window/wall that looked out on the...
by Mike Babcock | Jun 19, 2018 | Football
Hawaii Coach Dick Tomey was not amused, you might say. “That superiority complex of Nebraska; I’m sick of it,” he was quoted in the Omaha World-Herald following his Warriors’ 37-16 loss to Nebraska in early December of 1982. He...
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