[Husker] Nebraska's Mt. Rushmore of Football

[Brown, Laura (LLU)]

I know this is an older topic, but when I finally got to Gerald's
message it got me to thinking that I don't want a Mt Rushmore of Husker
football.  There is no way to define its character in just four people.
Four groups of people - maybe [coaches, players, reporters, fans (whole
state)].  

 

We have had some very special coaches, Bob and Tom being the cream of
the crop.

 

We have had hundreds of special players that have engrained themselves
into our adoring memory

 

The reporters and announcers have been the conduit that has feed that
adoration (I remember many a Sunday morning not leaving my room til I
had read every word of every article in the Journal Star sports section
(and poured over every stat).

 

Nothing can replace the sensation of standing with 70+ thousand of your
closest friends in Memorial Stadium on Gameday.

 

Nebraska football encompasses all of these things.  To try and limit it
to four faces would be a crime.

 

Laura 

 

 

From: Huskercleg [mailto:huskercleg at aol.com] 
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 5:26 PM
To: jon johnston; Brown, Laura (LLU)
Cc: Husker List
Subject: Re: [Husker] Nebraska's Mt. Rushmore of Football

 

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 
	> blog: http://sscornelius.blogspot.com 
	> Twitter: http://twitter.com/sscornelius 
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