[Husker] Nebraska's Mt. Rushmore of Football

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Speaking of "man, woman, and child", how about Lyle Bremser on Mt Rushmore of Nebraska Football?

Gerald in PTC, Georgia



In a message dated 02/12/09 23:46:02 Eastern Standard Time, jon.johnston at gmail.com writes:
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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