[Husker] Saban recalls first game against Huskers

[Steve Cornelius]

Nice story. Thanks for sharing!

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Steve Cornelius




On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Gary Doyle <gd5565 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From SI article on SEC coaches es.pn/pVrsnd
>
> Saban: The first year I was a head coach at Michigan State, the first game
> we played was against Nebraska when Tom Osborne was the coach. Here, I'd
> been in the NFL for the four, five, six years, I can't remember exactly how
> long. Here we play Nebraska, who goes on to win the national championship. I
> mean they've got a really good team. And we're playing at Michigan State.
> I'm looking at this like Nebraska's just like anybody else, because I don't
> know that they're that much better than everybody. I've been coaching in the
> NFL for a long time. And they beat us like 55-14. I mean, it was
> unbelievable. Physically, emotionally and everything else. Tom Osborne comes
> across the field and we shake at the end of the game, and he puts his arm
> around me and says, "You're not as bad as you think." And I didn't really
> know what he meant by that. Really what he meant was, "We've got a really,
> really good team here. So when you play somebody your own size, you'll be
> fine." And he was right
>  . We went on to win six games, beat Michigan that year, went to a bowl
> game. For a first year starting a program, we didn't have a bad team. But it
> sure seemed like it that day.
>
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