[Husker] "1968"

[Alan Siporin]

Thanks for the details. I couldn't quite remember. I recalled we were in a
position to win, having fought back (as you recalled for me) to be within a
touchdown and then getting the ball back. We had all that momentum, too.
That's one of the problems with falling behind. One interception can kill
you. By the time they were seniors, those players never put themselves in
that position. They won nearly every game by the same workman-like score of
35-7 or 34-7 or 42-7. The one exception was the game of the century with OU,
35-31.




On 11/8/05 8:08 AM, "David Asch" <dkasch at cc.ysu.edu> wrote:

> 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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