October 2011
32 posts
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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By Randy York
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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By Randy York
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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By Randy York
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...
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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By Randy York
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...
