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The Hiring of Bo Pelini: A Study In Risk Taking 101
When Darin Erstad was tabbed to succeed Mike Anderson as head baseball coach of Nebraska, heads were scratched, jaws were dropped, and some, including a few of us at Corn Nation and Tiger Tom's, were dowright flabbergasted and just a little perturbed. There were good, experienced candidates out...
Big 10 Countdown 40: Colorado Head Coach Tom Osborne?
It almost happened. Despite a 55-15-2 record in his first six years as head coach, there was more than a little grumbling from a fan base that was impatient for another national title since it had already been a whopping seven years since the second of Devaney's back-to-back championships.It was...
Big Ten Countdown: 62 - Bob Devaney Saves Nebraska Football, Minnesota's Last Rose Bowl
1962 started as a good season for the Big Ten as Minnesota bashed UCLA 21-3 in the Rose Bowl. The 1961 team was coached by Murray Warmath, who was the head man for the Golden Gophers from 1954-1971. Warmath won the national title in 1960 and took the Gophers to the Rose Bowl in 1961 and 1962. The...
Big 10 Countdown 69: Offensive Coordinator Tom Osborne
Bob Devaney to the Miami Herald in 1995: "Tom Osborne saved my job. I turned the offense over to Tom and he installed the I-back option attack. After that we won back-to-back championships." In every dynasty, there is a seminal moment or event that is the launching pad for that team or...
Big Ten Countdown: 70 - The first National Title
The Grantland Rice Award is what we have in our trophy case for the 1970/71 titles. If you click on that link, you'll notice that we did not win that title in 1997, Michigan did. Our 1994 Grantland Rice Award is shown below along with The Associated Press NC trophy. We won two from the writers...
Big 10 Countdown 72: The Bobfather's Last Ride
If a coach could read the tea leaves correctly, then Bob Devaney would have announced his retirement on January 1, 1972 immediately following Nebraska's 38-6 victory over Alabama in the Orange Bowl which capped a 24-0-1 two year run that included national titles in both seasons. What better way to...
Profiles of the Big 10: Michigan State
This page intentionally left blank That's the total sum of how I view Michigan State. Not with disdain, nor with any level of affection, but instead a high level of ignorance. Every time I make a list of Big 10 teams, I come up with ten and then have to look up who I've forgotten (oh, the...
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Iowa State Cyclones: It Could Have Been Worse!
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....
Countdown to Husker Football Season: #4 - The All-Time College Football Wins List
We're continuing our countdown to Florida Atlantic here at Corn Nation, and coming in at #4 is our place on the All-Time College Football Wins List. The list, up to date entering the 2009 season, is below: Bob Devaney - the "Bobfather" - started the modern era of success at Nebraska....
Countdown to Husker Football Season: #9 - Nine Win Seasons - The Standard At Dear Ol’ Nebraska U
A little late today with today's countdown, but as a suggestion from Husker Mike, nine represents the minimum number of wins per season that Husker fans tolerate before they're ready to fire their coach. Wait! What's that? Shades of Frank Solich? He had a bad season, winning only seven and losing...
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