[Husker] Nebraska and Minnesota

[Dick and Bev Tilly]

The series goes back 110 years, Lynette, to a 20-12 squeaker for the Gophers in Minneapolis.   They managed to thoroughly dominate things until the sixties when the Bobfather took over and set the pattern for a turnaround.   The Gophers have been on the short end of the stick since '63 and have managed to drop into a 407-100 scoring deficit since then.   Sensibly, they decided to give it a rest in 1990 and we haven't seen hide nor hair of them since.

Two of the games stand out in my memory:  One in Lincoln in, I think, 1949, which the 'Skers lost handily and the '83 debacle in the leaky Metrodome, in which NU put everyone in the game but the cheerleaders to try to stop the scoring hemorrhage . . . it didn't work as things ended up at 84-13 in favor of the visitors.

The reason I remember that '49 game is that after it was finished I was standing by the knothole bleachers when Trainwreck Tom and Leo Nomellini walked by, arms over shoulders, laughing and chatting . . . Nomelini's face was hamburgerized and our guy was missing a tooth and his right ear, half-ripped off, was taped against the side of  his bloody scalp.

Memories are made of this in Huskerland!        

Dick


--- On Fri, 9/3/10, Lynette Tillner <ltillner at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Lynette Tillner <ltillner at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Husker] Nebraska and Minnesota
To: "Dick Karre" <dkarre at comcast.net>, "Jay Saunders" <jaydsaunders at yahoo.com>
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 9:09 AM

And the series goes way, way back but the year escapes my old brain! 
 Lynette (Tillner) Peavey
ltillner at yahoo.com 




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From: Dick Karre <dkarre at comcast.net>
To: Jay Saunders <jaydsaunders at yahoo.com>
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Sent: Thu, September 2, 2010 6:04:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Nebraska and Minnesota

Jay Saunders wrote:
> Haven't read much about this today (but I've been busy at work): Andy Katz of 
>ESPN reports Nebraska was PROMISED it would be in the same division as 
>Minnesota. Anyone heard anything about this? Any thoughts as to why? The only 
>thought that comes to mind is Geography.
> 
> 
>  

Minnesota is a long-time rival. NU has played the gophers more (51 games) than 
anyone other than the old Big Seven schools, and Minnesota has the edge in the 
series (29-20-2). I'm thinking TO wants NU to get even in his lifetime.

-- Dick Karre
dkarre at comcast.net


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