[Husker] "1968"

[David Asch]

I was aslo at the USC-NU game in 69.  (As a kid.)   We fell behind  
28-7.  Tagge came in after Brownson was hurt and led a comeback to  
28-21. USC got a late field goal after an int to win 31-21.  Actually  
much like the OU game this year.

Dave

On Nov 7, 2005, at 4:41 PM, Alan Siporin wrote:

> I was a student, then, and attended all the home games, and all the  
> freshmen
> games. Freshmen weren't eligible, but the last year the varsity  
> went 6-4,
> the freshmen team was a monster-in-waiting, with Jerry Tagge, Larry
> Jacobsen, Van Brownson, Jeff Kinney and many, many others. I remember
> watching them a year later (as sophs) do warm-up exercises and they  
> were so
> impressive the other team stopped to watch them. People who knew  
> football
> knew they were going to be very good. Sports Illustrated (very good  
> and
> reliable back then) did their cover story on USC-Nebraska, and  
> decided in
> advance whoever won would be on the cover. We came very close to  
> beating
> them. I don't recall the specifics, nearly forty years later, but I  
> remember
> the game was closer than the ten point loss. That sophomore class won
> back-to-back national titles. Others may disagree, but I think you  
> could see
> their swagger the moment they walked on the field.
>
> Any parallel to apply today? I don't know. If last year's class of  
> recruits
> is all it's cracked up to be, then we should know it next year. Or  
> know the
> coaches need to go.
>
> Alan Siporin
>
>
> On 11/7/05 12:39 PM, "Scott Messer" <messersa at cox.net> wrote:
>
>
>> 1968 is just a couple of years before my time.  Prior to the 1970  
>> season
>> what was the opinion of the team?  Did anybody think that NU was  
>> going to
>> win the conference title or even play at the level?  When did the  
>> fans and
>> the rest of the country really KNOW that the team was for real?
>>
>>
>
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