[Husker] Nebraska's Mt. Rushmore of Football

[Brown, Laura (LLU)]

I hate the idea of not having a representative of the defense.  Our
championships were won on that side of the ball.

My personal vote would be Glover (showing my age), but I could live with
Wistrom.

Who to take off is harder, but I think it would have to be Rozier - he
wasn't as versatile as JR and never got the ring.

Laura 


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From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Steve Cornelius
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:33 PM
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Subject: [Husker] Nebraska's Mt. Rushmore of Football

Since there is a lull between the football and baseball seasons, ESPN is
putting together a sports version of Mount
Rushmore<http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/sportscenter/mtrushmore>immortal
izing
the iconic figures of each state.

Here's Nebraska's contribution: http://bit.ly/b9B1h.

   - Bob Devaney -- Led the Cornhuskers to a pair of national
championships
   and produced eight conference championships in his 11-season coaching
   career.
   - Tom Osborne -- Set the school record with 255 victories in his
   25-season career as coach, including three national championships and
at
   least nine victories in every season.
   - Johnny Rodgers -- Heisman Trophy winner in 1972 who helped lead the
   Cornhuskers to a pair of national championships. When he left school
he
   owned the NCAA records for all-purpose yards and punt returns for
   touchdowns.
   - Mike Rozier -- Two-time consensus All-American won the Heisman
Trophy
   in 1983, leading the nation with 2,148 rushing yards and 29
touchdowns.

Tommie Frazier, Eric Crouch, Rich Glover, Dave Rimington, Dean
Steinkuhler,
Grant Wistrom and Trev Alberts were also considered for inclusion.

Since we're only choosing four, I really can't argue with this list
although
I would have also considered Turner Gill.

There are no pre-1970s players on this list from Nebraska although other
states do have earlier coaches and players on their lists.
<http://myespn.go.com/blogs/big12/0-7-78/Nebraska-s-Mount-Rushmore.html>
Thoughts?

--
Steve Cornelius
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