October 2011
32 posts
An Upbeat Head Coach Covers a Wide Range of Topics
Bo Pelini credits NU offensive coordinator Tim Beck for dramatic improvement.
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By Randy York
You know Bo Pelini’s in a good mood when he walks into a press conference saying he wants a Halloween mask of Lincoln Journal-Star sports columnist Steve Sipple. The quip set the mood for a productive half-hour in which Nebraska’s head...
Husker Heroes Love Reaching Out and Touching You
Tear’a Laudermill taught kids with special needs how to out-dribble her.
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By Randy York
Even though Tear’a Laudermill, a freshman guard from Riverside, Calif., played her first basketball game as a Cornhusker Sunday afternoon, she never lost an ounce of energy Sunday night in her first-ever Husker Heroes event that drew 800...
Meylan Was so Fast, He Could Catch a Rabbit on...
Wayne Meylan was fast enough to catch a wascally wabbit in Wisconsin.
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Rob Ahlschwede lives in Olympia, Washington, now, but he had a flashback Saturday when he stumbled across our column on Wayne Meylan while checking the gameday roster for Nebraska’s showdown...
Michigan Had Big Impact on 1970 National Champions
Four starters on Nebraska’s 1970 National Championship team were from the state of Michigan.
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If you’re looking for evidence on what kind of impact the state of Michigan has had on Nebraska football, look beyond the Huskers’ only two consensus first-team...
Michigan Native White Stands Tall with Record...
Freeman White Jr. was a 2-time All-Big Eight player and a 1965 All-American.
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In Nebraska’s countdown to its showdown with Michigan State Saturday at Memorial Stadium, we offer up a tidbit that shows how much former Michigan State assistant Bob Devaney valued the...
Kenny Bell Playing for More than just Wins and...
Kenny Bell had four catches last Saturday at Minnesota, plus an 82-yard TD run.
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Hope 4 “Hoogie” benefits Bell’s cousin
By Randy York
I remember asking Prince Amukamara last year who was the toughest receiver he’s faced, and Nebraska’s All-America cornerback and NFL first-round draft choice added a footnote to his official answer. He made a point of saying...
Conditioning Could Be Pivotal to Husker-Spartan...
Taylor Martinez believes conditioning could be a Nebraska edge against MSU.
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By Randy York
Some members of the media don’t always cater to Taylor Martinez’s short answers at weekly press conferences, but Nebraska’s sophomore quarterback is honest, quick to the point and doesn’t mince words. And, when it comes right down to it, don’t...
Juniors Werth, Burkhead Help Huskers Look Inward
Hannah Werth and Rex Burkhead are juniors with senior leadership skills.
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By Randy York
You may have noticed Monday that Nebraska’s feature attractions in men’s and women’s athletics are looking up, not down, and two of their teams’ biggest stars – juniors Hannah Werth in volleyball and Rex Burkhead in football – are the kind of leaders...
Husker Fans Will Applaud Cousins, Spartans, Win or...
Kirk Cousins explains why college football is a privilege
Cousins’ Hail Mary pass matches Flutie’s Magic in Miami
By Randy York
This blog has some required watching, so I’m asking everyone to click here and learn why Michigan State’s Kirk Cousins came into the season as a legend in the first-ever Legends Division. Cousins was such a hit at last summer’s Big Ten Media Days that...
Big Red Fans Moved Watching Bo’s Love for His...
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By Randy York
Judging by all the comments that came our way and through Facebook, Nebraska football fans everywhere were moved when Bo Pelini made a rare decision to open the kimono and let them inside the historic Ohio State post-game locker room celebration. Reed Emsick of Elkhorn writes: “The emotion shown is genuine and deeply felt....
Osborne Calls 1966 Comeback at Colorado No. 2...
Dennis Morrison (89), Bob Churchich (15) and Tom Penney (85) led ‘66 comeback.
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By Randy York
It’s been almost two weeks now, and everyone is calling Nebraska’s win over Ohio State in Lincoln the Huskers’ greatest comeback win of all time. The question, it seems, is what was Nebraska’s greatest comeback before Lavonte David, Rex...
“Thanks for posting that locker room video, and please tell Bo thanks from a...”
– Joann Kouba, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Here's the Ultimate N-Sider: Celebrating History...
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By Randy York
Two weekends ago, Nebraska players beat the odds, walked on clouds and made school history. The Huskers banded together, joined hands, knelt down and waited patiently. They knew their head coach would be rising up, keying in and flying high, so in the locker room, they hung on every word that Bo Pelini said when he led a...
A Swift Move Puts NU Record-Holder in Gophers’ Lot
Acrobatic catches highlighted NU career leader Nate Swift and his 166 receptions.
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Tom Osborne never ceases to be amazed by the ingenuity of Nebraska football fans who find their way into packed stadiums at not exactly family friendly prices. Well, here’s a spinoff on that kind of ingenuity: Nebraska’s all-time career...
Memories from The Scoring Explosion in Minneapolis
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By Randy York
Yes, I was in the Metrodome in Minneapolis on Sept. 17, 1983, when Nebraska scored 21 points in the first quarter, 21 in the second quarter, 21 in the third quarter and 21 in the fourth quarter to beat Minnesota, 84-13. It was the worst defeat in a proud Minnesota program’s first 100 years of college football, and it was...
Crick’s Quiet Leadership Could Galvanize the...
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By Randy York
Here’s the thing about Jared Crick. He won’t be in pads at practice anymore, and steam won’t be coming out of his nostrils and ears on Saturdays. But, oh, the senior defensive tackle and surefire pro from Cozad, Neb., will be an integral part of the Huskers in their stretch drive to win the first-ever Big Ten Conference...
Osborne Featured on Monday Night Big Ten Network...
BTN interviewed Jim Ebke for Monday night’s feature on the TeamMates program.
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By Randy York
The Big Ten Network may be the golden goose for the 12 teams it features every week, but one of the best things about the trailblazing network is its social conscience. When we interviewed Big Ten...
New Wrestling Facility Honors the Past, Entices...
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By Randy York
When Mark Manning addressed donors who helped make his program a part of the new Hendricks Training Complex, Nebraska’s head wrestling coach told them how thankful he and his entire squad were. He also told me how much it meant to NU wrestlers from the past and how much it will mean to future Huskers who now will view...
Smallwood: We Have Everything it Takes to Recruit
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By Randy York
Before she addressed nearly 200 donors and special guests Thursday night on behalf of the Nebraska women’s basketball team, associate head coach Sunny Smallwood was asked what kind of impact the new Hendricks Training Complex would have on recruiting. “Nebraska has always displayed a product of excellence,” she said, “but...
Noonan Says Bo Pelini Knows How to Motivate...
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By Randy York
Take it straight from a guy who was inside Nebraska’s locker room last year as a guest coach of Nebraska football: Bo Pelini knows how to push the right buttons, and Danny Noonan can only imagine what the postgame celebration was like last Saturday night when Nebraska completed the biggest comeback in Husker history, scoring...
Burkhead Tells Little Buddy He Helped Inspire...
Burkhead, Team Jack members smiling everywhere
Caring Bridge site for new 6-year-old Jack Hoffman
By Randy York
This is by no means an attempt to scoop Team Jack, but Keith Zimmer, our associate athletic director for Life Skills, told me at lunch today that Rex Burkhead felt the time was right to call his little buddy, Jack Hoffman, at Boston Children’s Hospital today, so he went into Zimmer’s...
Osborne Praises Fans for Their Role in Greatest...
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By Randy York
Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne says the Huskers’ 34-27 triumph over Ohio State last weekend was the school’s greatest comeback ever, and he wants to make sure Big Red fans get credit for their role in the outcome. “It looked pretty grim early in the third quarter,” Osborne said before...
Team Jack Members are Smiling in Boston and...
Jack Hoffman, left, and his parents were ready for surgery Monday in Boston.
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By Randy York
The first five words in the fifth neurosurgery update from the Hoffman family delivered encouraging news for Team Jack fans across the country and around the world:...
Did David Make the Play That Will Define the...
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By Randy York
If this is Sunday, it’s time for confession, and I’m willing to admit I didn’t see the greatest comeback in Nebraska football history happening Saturday night when the Huskers were down and out to what was supposed to be a down-and-out Ohio State team. Are you kidding me? When, in the history of college football, has a...
New Spirit Coach Asks Fans to Be Loud, Stay Loud
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By Randy York
Let’s get this straight. Erynn Nicholson, Nebraska’s new Spirit Squad Head Coach, can’t change a Game Day atmosphere by herself, but the one-time NU cheerleader – who tried out three times before she made the squad – can identify with all fans, share what she would like to see and hear, and accept the results Saturday night...
Delany Calls Shields a Legend and a Leader
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Even the commissioner of the oldest conference in intercollegiate athletics knows when to change the script, and Jim Delany (full speech for HuskersNSide subscribers here) didn’t hesitate to do just that Friday as the keynote speaker for the season’s third Huskers Athletic Fund Luncheon at Lincoln’s Downtown Embassy...
The "N Crowd" Eager to Hear Delany's Thoughts...
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By Randy York
Those of us who were in high school in the 1960s remember a song called “The ‘In’ Crowd” by Dobie Gray, who sang: “I’m in with the in crowd … I go where the in crowd goes … I’m in with the crowd … and I know what the in crowd knows.” Well, Nebraska has its own version of the “N Crowd” with our new Huskers Athletic Fund...
Wilks’ Wife Always Seems to Have the Right Answers...
Alicia Wilks, wife of former NU lineman Joel Wilks, starts her Huskers early.
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By Randy York
Next Monday, Joel Wilks will celebrate his milestone 40th birthday, but he’s already opened his present … hard-to-get tickets for Nebraska’s historic home football game Saturday night against six-time defending Big Ten Conference champion Ohio...
Career Fair Covers It All, Including How to Dress...
Football players Braylon Heard and Givens Price consult with Kevin Murray.
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Kevin Murray has a pretty good barometer of just how tight the job market is. Monday night was his fourth HuskerPalooza Student-Athlete Career Fair at Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium, and the Lincoln owner of Murray’s Men of Stature clothing store...
Burkhead: Stay Confident; Coach Bo: Fix ‘Us’ First
Junior Rex Burkhead supports senior leaders seeking to help NU bounce back.
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By Randy York
Rex Burkhead lives in a no comfort-zone and has proven to be a real stand-up guy during challenging times. Talk to any Husker player or coach who was in a private team meeting Sunday in Nebraska’s football auditorium. They’ll tell you how Burkhead, a...
Badger Faithful Embrace Nebraska’s Model for...
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By Randy York
Before everyone thinks Nebraska scored no wins in Madison, Wisconsin, over the weekend, let the record show there was one: A record crowd of 420 at Friday’s South Union luncheon heard a legendary coach address a school and a team that wants to grow up and be just what Tom Osborne was for a quarter century and what Nebraska...
Walk-ons Thrive on Attitude, Hard Work and...
Matt May has been a peak performer for special teams coach John Papuchis.
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Nebraska has climbed to No. 8 in the national polls and plays at No. 7 Wisconsin Saturday night, and one thing seems fairly certain on both sides of the ball, plus special teams: Walk-ons will play a pivotal role in the outcome of a game that will...
