On September 26, 2009, the University of Nebraska celebrated their 300th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium, extending what had already been an NCAA record. Their opponent on this important date: the Lousiana-Lafayette Rajin' Cajuns (a team in desperate need of an acronym). Nebraska knew months in advance that this game would be No. 300, so they commemorated the achievement by wearing throwback...
It doesn't seem possible, but it really was 15 years ago when the player who's featured with Tom Osborne on the statue in front of Nebraska's North Stadium entrance had his miracle game in a Husker uniform. "Brook Berringer played a great game against Colorado in 1994," recalled Osborne, the former Hall-of-Fame coach and now Nebraska's athletic director. "Colorado had the Heisman Trophy...
You know you're one hell of a leader when your own player suspends himself longer than you did. Nice job, Urban. Florida coach Urban Meyer said Brandon Spikes will sit out the entire Vanderbilt game on Saturday as punishment for an incident in last week's 41-17 win against Georgia, in which he stuck his hand in Bulldogs running back Washaun Ealey's facemask and appeared to be poking at his eyes. Meyer...
Eight turnovers, which tie a school record. The original was on October 21st, 1967, against Colorado when Nebraska had four fumbles and four interceptions, two of which went for touchdowns. Nebraska didn't win that game, losing 21-16. Nebraska ran up the yardage, though, 402-182 over the Buffs. Fat lot of good all that yardage did them. That was right there when ol' Bob Devaney had a 6-4 year. People...
I've covered a Cyclone victory over the Huskers [19-10 in 1992 at Ames when Jim Walden , of all people, beat Tom Osborne ], and I know how difficult it is . * Also, how good Iowa State's fans feel afterward. Nice going, Paul Rhoads . You're looking more like Dan McCarney every game . * Bo Pelini and his error-prone Nebraska players should be ashamed of themselves. * I wonder how long it'll be before...
Let's look at a recruiting checklist to see how Nebraska stacked up in college football 30 years ago and how the Huskers would stack up now that Tom Osborne is the athletic director instead of the head coach. On a weekend when Nebraska is hosting Iowa State, let's use an Iowa native to help us with this checklist on modern-day reality. Let's call the Bay Area in California and talk to the high-stepping...
Turner Gill will never forget Oct. 3, 1981, the day after Nebraska had beaten Auburn, 17-3. In his usual understated style, then Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne told Gill, a sophomore, that he would be Nebraska's starting quarterback for the Big Eight Conference opener against Colorado.
The following post appeared on the Mizzou Athletics Facebook page this afternoon. There apparently was something special that came out of the Nebraska-Missouri football game last Thursday night in Columbia. "Missouri Director of Athletics Mike Alden received this e-mail from Nebraska AD Tom Osborne this morning: Dear Mike, read more
Mizzou fans have the reputation as some of the worst in the Big 12. Knowing a few certain fans, it's easy to see that. However, Nebraska Athletic Director (and ex-coach) Tom Osborne wrote Mike Alden concerning the treatment a visiting Huskers fan received in Columbia last week. Osborne forwarded the letter from the ill person's wife. Dear Coach Osborne: We just returned from our trip to Columbia to...
That's the answer I try to solve in this Top 10 list. NOTE: The records listed were compiled in just the Big 12 era and many wins from Bill Snyder and Tom Osborne were eliminated. 10. Mark Mangino, Kansas (50-41, 23-34) Despite being the only Big 12 head coach to lose to Baylor twice, Mangino barely beats out Iowa State's Dan McCarney for the final slot. While McCarney took over Iowa State when both...
More photos » by Jeff Roberson - AP Ndamukong Suh's ownership of the Missouri offense would have attracted national attention even if the game had been played on Saturday as originally scheduled. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) Browse more photos » On NET's Big Red Wrapup last week, host Kevin Kugler interviewed Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne and passed on a viewer's question from "Eric"...
I don't know how many of you caught the Nebraska - Oklahoma volleyball game on ESPNU this past week, but if you did you had to be amazed at how close the Oklahoma fans were to the Nebraska volleyball players during the serves. Now it sounds like there will be some action taken on the part of the Big 12 conference : Nebraska coach John Cook said Monday that OU event management staff and Big 12 referees...
Occasionally an entire state will elect a rookie novelty politician to a high office. Hilary Clinton as New York’s Senator, Arnold as the Governator, things like that. Usually, however, the novelty politicians start at U.S. Representative or lower - Steve Largent and Tom Osborne for example. Not in Minnesota. Apparently the absense of a high-ranking novelty [...]
In 1991, legendary former Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne and his wife, Nancy, began the TeamMates mentoring program, which encouraged University of Nebraska athletes to spend time each week with local middle school kids.
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