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Re: Jersey Countdown to College Football Saturday
« Reply #392 on: August 01, 2025, 09:14:04 AM »




current governor of Nebraska - Jim Pillen.

Pillen, who also served 10 years on the NU Board of Regents, is originally from Monroe, Neb. He attended school in nearby Columbus. Jim followed his brother Clete to Lincoln to play for the Huskers. Clete was a standout linebacker, earning All-Big Eight honors as a senior in 1976, Jim's sophomore season. The younger Pillen would earn All-Big Eight honors as a defensive back in 1977 and 1978.

Jim Pillen had his most memorable moment in the 1978 game against #1 ranked Oklahoma. With the Huskers clinging to a three-point lead late in the game, the Sooners were driving. At the NU 20 with 3:45 to play, the Sooners ran a play from their classic wishbone formation. A fake to the fullback. Quarterback Thomas Lott looked like he was going to keep it before flipping it to Billy Sims streaking around the right end.

Sims - who would win the Heisman Trophy in 1978 - was at full speed and headed for the end zone. At the seven, Jeff Hansen hit Sims, knocking the ball free. Jim Pillen dived on the ball at the three. It was his second fumble recovery of the day. The Huskers ran out the clock on a victory that changed the trajectory of Osborne's career.*
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Re: Jersey Countdown to College Football Saturday
« Reply #393 on: August 01, 2025, 09:57:43 AM »
#29 is transfer safety Matt Jung. He will see the field this season. No pictures of him in action, of course.

I was looking for a #29 and found this one. #33 is not Ron Dayne.



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Re: Jersey Countdown to College Football Saturday
« Reply #394 on: August 02, 2025, 09:33:23 AM »
2009 Gator Bowl





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Re: Jersey Countdown to College Football Saturday
« Reply #395 on: August 02, 2025, 09:52:43 AM »
All this guy ever did was score touchdowns as part of one of the greatest trios of RB's in CFB history - if not THE greatest.

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Re: Jersey Countdown to College Football Saturday
« Reply #396 on: August 02, 2025, 10:35:18 AM »
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« Reply #397 on: August 03, 2025, 10:22:22 AM »


Irving Fryar, by some accounts, may have been the most talented of the Scoring Explosion triplets,  Consider: On the magical 1983 squad, Fryar touched the ball 83 times (catches, runs and kick returns). He averaged a staggering 14.6 yards per touch. He averaged 19.5 yards per reception.


Fryar easily earned All-Big 8 and All-America honors in 1983. Do you understand how rare it is – and how good you need to be – to earn consensus All-America honors as a receiver on a team that leads the nation in rushing? Think about it, if your offense is rolling up 400 yards rushing every game, how many opportunities will you get to catch passes?

That’s probably why Fryar was only the second player in college football history to ever do it, Another Husker legend – Freeman White – was the first.

Fryar went on to become Nebraska’s second-ever No. 1 pick in the NFL draft.


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« Reply #398 on: August 03, 2025, 10:38:53 AM »
Former kicker Raphael Gaglianone, honoring Sam Foltz.

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« Reply #399 on: August 03, 2025, 10:52:23 AM »
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Re: Jersey Countdown to College Football Saturday
« Reply #400 on: August 03, 2025, 09:39:28 PM »

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« Reply #401 on: August 03, 2025, 10:06:21 PM »
Counting is a 400 level course in Columbus I see

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« Reply #402 on: August 03, 2025, 11:01:49 PM »
Lot of trophy's to count,not so much in C-Town
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« Reply #403 on: August 03, 2025, 11:22:14 PM »

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Re: Jersey Countdown to College Football Saturday
« Reply #404 on: August 04, 2025, 08:22:09 AM »


Tom Rathman is one of the greatest fullbacks in Nebraska history. In 1985, he set the position record for rushing yards in a season (881, 164 more than Dick Davis). He was the fifth-leading rusher in the Big Eight.

That 60-yard touchdown against FSU wasn't even his longest run of the 1985 season. Later in the year, Rathman scored from 84 yards out against Colorado.* His 12 career rushing touchdowns tied the position record (set by Mark Schellen).


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Re: Jersey Countdown to College Football Saturday
« Reply #405 on: August 04, 2025, 11:28:15 AM »
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