[Husker] McCloughan

[Bob Beach]

weldoc at juno.com wrote:
> Nice post, Bob, and thanks for the memories. The first games I remember
> hearing Lyell announce (I was just a kid) involved Hohn and McCloughan.
> And Fred Duda. Those were fun days...everyone hoped NU would win but no
> one was looking ahead before Big-8 season play had started, wondering
> which BOWL GAME we might be in !!!
>   

     Thanks.  To me those were the really fun days of NU Football.  I 
think partially because I was pretty young having graduated from High 
School in 1968.  But, the other reason was NU was on the rise and no one 
really had any expectations that had to be met.  There was a new sheriff 
in town (Devaney) and he was making his mark.  Spirit was high and it 
finally looked like NU was doing to not only escape the doldrums but 
were ready to emerge as one of the best in the nation.  It was a great 
time. 


> If KU hadn't gotten Sayers, the FOOTBALL side of their sports hall would
> REALLY be threadbare  :-)
>   

     Yeah, big time bare!

> BTW, could someone jog my memory as to why we lost out on getting
> McCloughan's son at NU ?  IIRC he went to play for the dreaded CU Buffs.
> Did we not recruit him well enough ?
>   

     I'll see if I can dig that up.


Bob Beach