by Mike Babcock | Sep 8, 2022 | Football
Tommie Frazier or Brook Berringer? Who would emerge atop the depth chart at quarterback? That had been the first-asked question in the spring of 1995, and technically it probably wouldn’t be answered until the opening game in the fall at Oklahoma State. Probably. The...
by Mike Babcock | Sep 1, 2022 | Football
Tom Osborne described 1994 as “one of the more difficult recruiting years we’ve had,” a fact related to having played for a national championship according to Dave Gillespie, Nebraska’s recruiting coordinator at the time. Gillespie, who left to coach at Kansas in...
by Mike Babcock | Jan 6, 2022 | Football
When Tom Osborne, Tommie Frazier and Brook Berringer arrived at media day for the 1995 Orange Bowl, the frenzy began. Reporters jostled for position near the three. Osborne and Frazier would answer questions from the stands, Berringer on the field. At issue, of...
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 | Dec 23, 2021 | Football
Never mind that Nebraska was averaging a nation-leading 358.5 rushing yards per game. Or that the undefeated and top-ranked Huskers were averaging 493.8 yards of offense and 38.4 points going into their last regular-season game in 1994. And never mind that Lawrence...
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