[Husker] Ricky Williams' 1998 standing ovation was a selling point for NU

[George Rapp]

Summarized here in the Columbus Dispatch:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/06/12/title-game-in-football-is-coming-to-big-ten.html?sid=101

Also, you can listen to the entire audio conference at
http://www.bigtennetwork.com/sports/football/story.asp?list_id=47&story_id=3391540.
The Ricky Williams reference comes about 11 minutes into the audio replay.
>From a personal standpoint, I got chills listening to that, both because I
was there that day, and because Commissioner Delany didn't even know if
Nebraska won or lost that day -- in the end, it didn't matter.

In the deed, the glory ...

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