[Husker] Nebraska's Mt. Rushmore of Football

[jon johnston]

Oh, wow, Laura. That's a great comment! And a great point!

"man woman and child, just laid him out in the backfield."

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com
On Feb 12, 2009, at 5:13 PM, Brown, Laura (LLU) wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: Husker List
> 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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