by Mike Babcock | Dec 16, 2021 | Football
During the Big Eight’s weekly conference call on the Monday after Nebraska’s 28-12 victory at Iowa State, Oklahoma Coach Gary Gibbs was asked if he planned to resign, effective at season’s end. Gibbs had succeeded Barry Switzer as the Sooners’ head coach in 1989....
by Mike Babcock | Dec 9, 2021 | Football
Tom Osborne never looked past an opponent, a fact reflected in his record. During his 25 seasons as head coach, Nebraska lost only once to a team that finished with a losing record. The team was Iowa State in 1992. Coach Jim Walden’s Cyclones went into the game in...
by Mike Babcock | Dec 2, 2021 | Football
And so it came to pass, sort of. Brook Berringer passed for 249 yards and two touchdowns against Kansas in 1994—in the first half. He threw only 10 passes, completing eight. That opened up the running game. I-back Lawrence Phillips rushed for 118 yards and a...
by Mike Babcock | Nov 11, 2021 | Football
When Coach Bill McCartney arrived at Colorado in 1982, after eight seasons as an assistant at Michigan, he declared Nebraska the Buffaloes’ rival. He told the Big Eight Skywriters about the declared rivalry, which even included banning athletic department staff from...
by Mike Babcock | Nov 4, 2021 | Football
Nebraska changed its offense for the 1994 game at Missouri. Not because Tom Osborne wanted to. He wasn’t trying to confuse the Tigers. But because he felt he had to. Quarterback Brook Berringer was coming back from a collapsed lung, and Osborne didn’t want him running...
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