November 2011
33 posts
Strange Connection: Tom, Tommie and Havana
Gus Rodriguez and Paul Fell flank Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne.
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By Randy York
A few weeks ago, Gustavo Rodriguez got to meet one of his all-time favorite American idols, none other than Tom Osborne. The surprise meeting came a day after Gus was invited to speak at Peru State College. This is one of those classic Nebraska...
Maher's Advisors: Brown, Henery and Larson
Brett Maher hit 16 of 19 field goals this season, missing none shorter than 50.
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By Randy York
With all due respect to Nebraska Special Teams Coach John Papuchis, Husker junior Brett Maher had something outside-the-box going for him in becoming the first Big Ten place-kicker/punter in 10 years to sweep first-team all-conference honors....
Husker Stars Share Memories of Sherwin Jarmon
Sherwin Jarmon led Nebraska’s defensive linemen in tackles in 1968 and ‘69.
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By Randy York
Sherwin Jarmon, a Michigan native and Nebraska letterwinner that played opposite Mike Wynn in what many viewed as the nation’s best tandem of defensive ends in 1969, died recently, and a celebration of his life was held on Nov. 19,...
Hall-of-Famer Warren Believes in the Power of a...
Kids rush “quarterback” Steve Warren at one of the founder’s football camps.
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By Randy York
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
The founder and president of the D.R.E.A.M. Omaha Foundation, Steve Warren...
Yoshi Said All the Offense Needed Was a Little...
Austin Jones (28) set the tone for a team offensive meeting that paid dividends.
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By Randy York
Coming off one of its worst offensive performances of the season at Michigan, Nebraska fans wondered what to expect when the Huskers launched their Heroes Game rivalry with Iowa Friday, and what they saw was an offense accepting a challenge and...
21 Seniors Making Their Last Tunnel Walk Saturday
The Tunnel Walk start shows how crowded it gets outside the locker room.
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By Randy York
“Walk-ons were the heart and soul of Nebraska football when I played. Walk-ons bring the passion and the drive to practice every day, and they help set the tone for Saturdays.” Derrie Nelson, 1980 Captain, first-team All-America defensive end, Big...
Huskers Taking Nutrition Message to Schools
John Cook believes nutrition needs to be an important part of your life.
Watch Cook, Osborne, Husker athletes preach nutrition
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By Randy York
One of the best things about Nebraska winning a Big Ten Conference volleyball championship this week is the credibility that comes with it, not only nationally and within its new league, but also...
Marcel Jones: Kids View Huskers as Heroes
Marcel Jones, center, is a hero to four brothers from Overland Park, Kan.
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By Randy York
Before Husker offensive line starter Marcel Jones finished his first of five years at Nebraska, he simplified thedefinition of a hero. A hero in Nebraska, he learned quickly, is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with being a...
Heroes Game: Big Ten's Second-Best Rivalry Name
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By Randy York
In the avalanche of analysis about Friday’s first-ever Nebraska-Iowa Heroes Game, both Big Ten Conference schools are proud and thankful that there will be a Wednesday morning news release, announcing the names of each state’s hero. Their names will be engraved on the long-awaited trophy that will be presented to the game’s...
Cassidy Paints the Best Picture of an Incredible...
Safety Austin Cassidy (8) helped the Huskers win in overtime in Ames in 2010.
Austin Cassidy shares his experiences as a Nebraska walk-on
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By Randy York
Austin Cassidy is a walk-on, a dreamer, a leader and perhaps one of Nebraska’s best seniors ever to paint the picture of an incredible journey as a Cornhusker football player. At Monday’s...
Take It to the Bank: This Bo Knows Basketball
Bo Spencer (23) scored 23 points Sunday in an 83-63 win over Rhode Island.
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By Randy York
There’s a new Bo in town, and if you’ve missed seeing what he brings to Nebraska, find a way to clear your Thanksgiving calendar for a few hours and catch his act Wednesday night when the Husker men’s basketball team hosts Oregon. Doc Sadler knows...
Burkhead Enjoys Playing for Beck, the Witch Doctor
Watch Big Ten Network interview with Rex Burkhead
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My friend the witch doctor, he taught me what to say
My friend the witch doctor, he taught me what to do
By Randy York
Say this about Rex Burkhead: Nebraska’s original Quiet Man is becoming an old pro the minute a camera starts rolling. Take this week’s BTN...
A Wrap: N-Sider Rewind
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By Randy York
The greatest thing about Nebraska athletics is how variety becomes the very spice of life, and how each slice means something different to all of us. Take the solemnity of where we began last Sunday, explaining how Ron Brown was the right man at the right place at the right time forNebraska and Penn State fans alike....
Schlesinger Likes Burkhead-Led Huskers at Big...
Cory Schlesinger (40) had two fourth-quarter touchdown runs against Miami.
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By Randy York
Cory Schlesinger is 39, married and has two daughters with wife Karen – Natalie, 13, and Leah, 11. They live in Deerborn, Mich., hometown of Henry Ford, and the Duncan, Neb., native enjoys the laid-back, small-town lifestyle that sits right next to...
Friday Night Lights Shine on Nebraska-USC Women
Jordan Hooper (35) and Lindsey Moore (00) lead NU against USC Friday night.
Huskers set for showdown with No. 23 USC Friday
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By Randy York
If you’re waiting for that magic moment to check out the Nebraska women’s basketball team, wait no longer than Friday night. The Huskers are hosting all kinds of Tinseltown star power with the...
Penn State Staff, Fans Appreciate Nebraska’s...
Nebraska Coach Ron Brown stood so those on their knees could hear his prayer.
Audio pregame prayer
Brown postgame
Brown philosophy
Bo Pelini postgame
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By Randy York
Penn State football fans and followers aren’t the only ones that appreciate the role Nebraska played last Saturday in leading the pregame prayer for both teams and...
Big House Next Challenge for Big-Time ‘Backer...
All-America linebacker Lavonte David delivers big plays in big games.
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By Randy York
Having already scored 14 unanswered points, Penn State had the ball, fully primed to write a storybook finish in the Nittany Lions’ first game without their legendary coach in what seems like forever. It’s fourth-and-one at their own 37-yard line,...
Ron Brown prayer before Nebraska vs Penn State...
Ron Brown: Right Man, Right Place, Right Time
Ron Brown, right, delivered a drug-free message at NU’s 2011 Spring Game.
Hear the pre-game prayer from Nebraska vs Penn State on Nov. 12, 2011
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Ron Brown’s Post Game Press Conference
Brown Shares His Thoughts on Winning and Football
By Randy York
“God, there are a lot of little boys around the country today watching this game and...
31 Years Ago Was a Long, Winding Road for Osborne
Jimmy Williams’ big day at Penn State in 1980 helped save the Huskers’ day.
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By Randy York
Everyone who’s watched Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne over the last 50 years knows how unflappable he is. Whether he’s trying to outfox Joe Paterno, Bobby Bowden or Bear Bryant, Osborne remains his stoic self. Nothing seems to...
Root, Conners Show the True Meaning of Team Trust
Assistant Dan Conners and setter Brigette Root play prominent team roles.
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By Randy York
Last weekend, without its No. 1 setter, Nebraska’s No. 2-ranked volleyball team re-learned the meaning of the most important word in the Huskers’ vocabulary: T-R-U-S-T. Trust me on this one. John Cook and Lauren Cook couldn’t have been prouder about...
Husker Hall-of-Famer: ‘82 Game Needed Instant...
Tony Felici gives Husker fans a Blackshirt salute as a new Hall-of-Famer.
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By Randy York
Long before Saturday’s Penn State game commanded national attention beyond football-related reasons, a former Nebraska Hall-of-Fame defensive end envisioned the Huskers’ new annual cross-divisional game with the Nittany Lions evolving into NU’s...
A&M Experience Could Help Martinez at Penn State
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Martinez completed 29-38 passes for 308 yards and two TDs last Saturday.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn.” – C.S. Lewis
By Randy York
One thing you have to give Taylor Martinez is his remarkable ability to erase a bad memory and hit the reset button faster than he can juke a linebacker out of his cleats. Yes, Texas A&M actually came up in a...
NU's Marlowe Expecting Hostile Crowd at Penn State
Tim Marlowe shares a jubilant moment with Taylor Martinez and Rex Burkhead.
ESPN Will Televise Saturday’s Husker-Nittany Lion Game
By Randy York
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Nebraska’s first football recruit in 10 years from the state of Ohio is going to a stadium he’s been to before, and make no mistake, junior wide receiver Tim Marlowe has a Bo Pelini-like...
Complimentary Tickets for Veterans / Active...
One Caring Act Becomes Worldwide Husker Salute
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By Randy York
In honor of Veterans Day Friday, the Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball programs have announced a special Military / Veterans Appreciation Promotion for this weekend’s season openers for both teams. The Nebraska men host South Dakota Friday at 7 p.m. at the Devaney Center,...
Stewart, Barnes Were NU All-Americans from Chicago
Ed Stewart (32) was an All-America linebacker at Nebraska in 1991.
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By Randy York
Nebraska record-holder Joe Ganz calls Johnny Mitchell one of the best tight ends ever to play college football, but Mitchell wasn’t the only highly decorated player the Huskers recruited from Chicago. Ed Stewart and Walt Barnes were both first-team...
Lifelong Spartan: Nebraska Has Nation's Best Fans
Who are those Big Red fans the TV cameras seem to love?
By Randy York
Today is Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 … another chance for Nebraska to show a new conference rival that the Huskers have the best fans in the country … another opportunity to throw out the welcome mat for Northwestern like Big Red fans did for Michigan State last weekend. Please, don’t just take my word for it. The N-Sider donates...
Huskers Will Celebrate Baseball Milestones at...
All-American John Cole hit a home run in Nebraska’s first-ever CWS.
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By Randy York
It may be November, but Nebraska fans will be thinking June Saturday when they watch a baseball video on HuskerVision’s big screens. The video salutes the 10th anniversary of the Huskers’ first-ever appearance in the College World Series in Omaha....
Fans Encouraged to Arrive Early for Veterans...
Honoring the military and veterans as gate sentinels is a Nebraska tradition.
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By Randy York
When the Huskers host Northwestern Saturday at 2:30 p.m., Nebraska will salute all those who represent our country, serve in the military and have fought in our nation’s wars. The Cornhusker Marching Band will salute all branches of the military...
Cook talks World Cup, Gets World-Class Input,...
By Randy York
Wednesday was a day for John Cook to focus on world-class players he’s coached, the world-class facility that he’s honored to have input on design, and world-class support that came to him well beyond the game itself. Yes, 400 Husker donors and fans gave Nebraska’s head volleyball coach a standing ovation before he addressed the monthly Huskers Athletic Fund Luncheon at Lincoln’s...
Beck: Nebraska’s Offense is Unique in the Big Ten
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By Randy York
If you look at the latest NCAA offensive rankings, Nebraska hardly jumps off the page … 44th in third-down conversion percentage, 51st in total offense, and 90th in time-of-possession comparisons. But stats can be misleading because the Huskers are also 9th nationally in rushing (252.1 ypg), 22nd in scoring (35.9 ppg) and...
Northwestern Delivered Alexander’s One Shining...
Watch Dan Alexander and Nebraska run wild in 2000 Alamo Bowl.
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By Randy York
Quick now … in Nebraska’s 47-game bowl history, what back holds the Huskers’ single-game rushing record? Mike Rozier? Tommie Frazier? Ahman Green? Eric Crouch? Cory Ross? Give up? Move to the head of the class of you said Dan Alexander, who needed only 20...
