September 2011
41 posts
Devaney mentored and Osborne influenced Alvarez
Barry Alvarez, left, based his career on the teachings of Bob Devaney.
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By Randy York
Saturday night at Camp Randall Stadiumis the perfect setting to write the first chapter in Nebraska’s Big Ten history book. Jim Delanyand his staff established the plot when they announced the schedule, and the most beautiful thing about it is...
Despite Nation’s Best Defense, 1967 Team Missed a...
Two-time consensus Nebraska All-American Wayne Meylan (66) led the Huskers’ nation-leading defense with 119 tackles in 1967. All-Big Eight linebacker Barry Alvarez contributed 112 tackles.
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I remember living in the same dorm with Barry Alvarez, who was a senior All-Big Eight linebacker at Nebraska in 1967 before he...
Nebraska Fan Could Moonlight as a Budget Travel...
Juan Rico is spending less for a round-trip to Madison for two than most NU fans are spending on game tickets alone.
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By Randy York
Juan Rico keeps more than busy as an IT specialist in Computing Services for the Nebraska Athletic Department. After this weekend, though, he might want to consider moonlighting as a budget travel...
Stith Shocked NU Did Not Join Big Ten Conference...
Carel Stith is a 2011 inductee into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame.
Stith calls Osborne ‘the ultimate Boy Scout’
Pelini reminds Devaney players of their coach
By Randy York
He grew up with Lynn Senkbeil and is still great friends with John Kirby. Both Nebraska football “legends” from the 1960s, in fact, were at Memorial Stadium this fall when Carel Stith was...
In Bo Pelini’s Vocabulary, Hype is Like a Swear...
Huskers talk about Big Ten opener at Wisconsin
“I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I’d rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves.” - Bill Ford, Ford Motor Company
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Leftover Devaney Stories after Wyoming Weekend
Bob Devaney raised Nebraska to unprecedented heights in college football.
Fate took Devaney to Wyoming instead of Missouri
By Randy York
All attention in Nebraska shifts to Madison, Wisconsin, this week, but we thought you would enjoy a few leftovers from Bob Devaney’s pivotal decision to leave Laramie for Lincoln. If first impressions had lasting impact, Nebraska’s Hall-of-Fame football coach...
Fresno State Fan Has 10 Observations Why NU Game...
Nebraska fans were their usual appreciative self in this win over Fresno State two weekends ago.
It’s time to take Husker hospitality on the road
By Randy York
Since this is Nebraska’s first road game of the season, the N-Sider Blog is yielding precious space today to Peter Smits, vice president for University Advancement at Fresno State University, a 43-29 loser to Nebraska two weekends...
Devaney’s Departure from Wyoming Had Its Share of...
Don “Fox” Bryant, left, and Bob Devaney became longtime friends.
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By Randy York
We all know how sportswriters will track airplane numbers to find out what coaches certain universities are interviewing and trying to hire, proving that one covert action can be trumped by another. Well, you’ll get a kick out of Don...
Fate Took Devaney to Wyoming Instead of Missouri
Jerry List (82) and Red Beran (62) carry Bob Devaney off the Orange Bowl field.
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By Randy York
In my office hangs a large piece of composition art, showing Nebraska Hall-of-Fame Coach Bob Devaney, wearing his red Nebraska jacket with a white N and his red Nebraska cap with another white N. Devaney’s countenance emerges among the...
New Practice Facility Shows NU’s Commitment to...
Doc Sadler, left, and the Whitehead children: Sydney Uthoff, Lesley Jaggers and Mark Whitehead.
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Some leaders hope and promise while others plan and commit, and Doc Sadler knows what camp his program is living in right now. Every day that Nebraska’s head basketball coach walks through the door of the Hendricks Training Complex and sees...
Husker Conference Roots Go Clear Back to 1891
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Arthur Ashe wrote a book called “A Hard Road to Glory”. In it, the tennis legend mentioned that Nebraska’s George Flippin was just the fifth black football player at a predominantly white university, and race was often an issue during his four years at NU in the early 1890s.
As you will read in the latest N-Sider on Huskers.com, Flippin was personally...
It's Time to Take Husker Hospitality on the Road
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By Randy York
If this is Monday, it must be Wyoming week … time to take Nebraska’s hospitality to Laramie, the home of Bob Devaney’s first head coaching job. You already know how much Tom Osborne appreciates Big Red sportsmanship in Lincoln. Well, the same principles apply on the road, so treat Wyoming Cowboy fans in their 31,000-seat house like you treat opposing fans...
Bo Confident His Defense is Growing up the Right...
Complete transcription of Bo Pelini’s Monday Press Conference
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By Randy York
Someone once said you should go out in the world and work like money doesn’t matter, sing as if no one’s listening, love as if you’ve never been hurt and dance as if no one’s watching. It all sounds good, but try sharing that philosophy with a young Nebraska football player, who spends...
Hagedorn a Hall-of-Famer in Every Sense of the...
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By Randy York
If there’s one word that describes Jami Hagedorn’s formal induction next Sunday (Sept. 26) into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame at Lincoln’s downtown Lied Center, it’s shock. Jami (above) told me her selection “completely surprised” her for two reasons: 1) that she would even be considered for such an honor; and 2) that she would receive...
Weber: Crouch, Hartung Toughest Athletes He’s Seen
All-access video featuring Hall-of-Fame trainer Jerry Weber
By Randy York
It’s an unfair question, but we still had to ask Jerry Weber (above) something we knew would interest Husker fans before he was honored Saturday for his induction last June into the National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame: Of all the athletes he’s seen and treated over the past 34 years at Nebraska,...
Short Hits before the Rubber Match
By Randy York
After Nebraska knocked out Washington in Seattle last fall, the Huskies got up and outpunched the Huskers in San Diego. Here are a few tidbits as we count down to kickoff for the rubber match:
Among today’s special events will be the pregame presentation of the George Sullivan Scholarship and a salute to Jerry Weber, Nebraska’s associate director of Athletic Medicine and head...
Ameer Abdullah: A ‘Must Read’ Story
By Randy York
Once in awhile, we come across something we would describe as “must reading” because it surprises you in its simplicity, its elegance and its overall message. Well, we have a Nebraska football story that fits that category because it takes the complexity out of a coach-player relationship simply, elegantly and refreshingly.
We’re not Oprah recommending books, but we will recommend...
Pack Your Black for Wisconsin and Yell ‘Go Big...
By Randy York
Here’s a quick news flash for every Nebraska football fan that plans to travel to Madison for Nebraska’s first-ever Big Ten Conference football game against the Wisconsin Badgers in Camp Randall Stadium: Pack your black and warm up your lungs as we support our team in unison at a classic college football venue for a nationally televised game.
In this case, fan support is merely an...
This Blog is a Real N-Sider: From Istanbul, Turkey...
By Randy York
Today is a perfect time to let everyone know that the N-Sider – the official blog of the Huskers – is more than one person on the third floor of the Osborne Athletic Complex. We have correspondents all over out there, so please welcome Nebraska assistant wrestling coach Bryan Snyder, who will keep us up-to-date all weekend on Jordan Burroughs and his pursuit of a gold...
