by Mike Babcock | Oct 28, 2021 | Football
So many storylines . . . Nebraska defeated Kansas State in 1994 at Manhattan, before an overflow crowd of 42,817. The 17-6 victory was the Huskers’ sixth in a row. The loss was Kansas State’s first after four victories. “We went into this game with a lot of confidence...
by Mike Babcock | Oct 21, 2021 | Football
Some folks tried levity. One suggested Nebraska quarterbacks coach Turner Gill might soon be out of a job, not because of incompetence but rather because he wouldn’t have anyone to coach. Another suggested the Huskers just needed to snap the ball directly to I-back...
by Mike Babcock | Oct 14, 2021 | Football
Tommie Frazier listened to the 1994 Oklahoma State game on the radio from a hospital bed, dealing with blood clots. The thought then was his junior season was over. Brook Berringer watched the second half from the sideline after being driven to student health at...
by Mike Babcock | Oct 7, 2021 | Football
Brook Berringer ran 5 yards for a touchdown with 12 seconds remaining in the first half of Nebraska’s final nonconference game in 1994 against Wyoming at Memorial Stadium. He apparently suffered a collapsed lung on that play. Though he was wearing a flak jacket, he...
by Mike Babcock | Sep 30, 2021 | Football
Three weeks before the Texas Tech game in 1994, quarterbacks coach Turner Gill told freshman Adam Kucera to check out pads. Kucera was a student manager. Nebraska was short of quarterbacks, so Kucera joined freshman Ryan Held, a walk-on from Overland Park, Kansas, and...
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